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06SEOUL2457	ROKG AID SUSPENSION TRIGGERS ANGRY DPRK BACKLASH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 21 meeting with the A/DCM, Secretary to the President for National Security Strategy SIPDIS Park Sun-won said that the DPRK has responded strongly to the ROKG's suspension of humanitarian aid following the DPRK's July 5 missile launches. To date, the DPRK has indica [...]	2006-07-21 09:26:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN

06SEOUL2458	DPRK MISSILES PROVOKE PUBLIC ANGER AT ROKG AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile tests appear to be causing public ire, but not necessarily at the DPRK. According to polling agencies and our own informal "man-on-the-street" survey, many South Korean citizens are angry at their government's relatively slow response to the launches. More [...]	2006-07-21 09:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2475	THE GRAND NATIONAL PARTY - LEADERSHIP RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11 at the Grand National Party (GNP) convention, five-term National Assembly member Kang Jae-sup was elected GNP Chairman. Along with Kang, four GNP Supreme Council members were elected. On July 18, Kang nominated two more members to the Council and appointed the head of [...]	2006-07-24 02:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2488	FTA LABOR TEAM MEETS KCTU, OTHER LABOR GROUPS [...] (SBU) Formally meeting with U.S. officials in Seoul for the first time, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),the more radical of the ROK's two major labor federations, welcomed the U.S. FTA labor negotiators to their headquarters on July 13. In a professional and business-like me [...]	2006-07-24 23:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL2492	2007 ROK POSSIBLE PRESIDENTAIL CANDIDATES PROFILED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the presidential election season nears (See Reftel A),there are many faces, most old, some new, that are busy jockeying for position. Will the old guard come out ahead and succeed in replacing President Roh next year with a conservative leader such as Park Geun-hye? Or does [...]	2006-07-25 00:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2493	JULY 26 BY-ELECTIONS PREVIEW: FOUR MORE NA SEATS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There will be a by-election on July 26 for four National Assembly seats but even Uri Party lawmakers concede there is little chance for the ruling Uri Party to win even one seat. Two of the vacant seats are in Seoul, one in Masan, Gyeongsang Province, and one in Bucheon, Gyeong [...]	2006-07-25 00:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2549	JULY 26 BY-ELECTIONS: URI PARTY CONTINUES ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Out of the four National Assembly seats contested yesterday, the ruling Uri Party zeroed out again; the main opposition GNP won three and the minor opposition Democratic Party won one seat. The Democratic Party victory was particularly depressing for President Roh, as the victor, [...]	2006-07-28 02:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2576	BLUE HOUSE STANDS BY "AUTO-PLAGIARIZING" EDUCATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Education Minister Kim Byong-joon faces widespread criticism for his alleged plagiarism and admitted publication of same articles in different journals. President Roh continues to back DPM Kim, and Blue House officials said the charges are not ma [...]	2006-07-31 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2577	THE HINES WARD EFFECT: KOREA QUESTIONS ITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: When Hines Ward, a half-Korean, half-African-American pro football player, visited Korea recently, the event caused Koreans to examine their own prejudices against Koreans of mixed-race heritage. Hines Ward became a media darling, while the average mixed-race Korean suffers bigot [...]	2006-07-31 09:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KS
06SEOUL2593	BORDER GUARDS EXCHANGE FIRE ALONG DMZ [...] (C) On July 31, border guards of the two Koreas briefly exchanged fire around 7:35 p.m. (local) in Yanggu, the eastern portion of the demilitarized zone (DMZ). According to the South Korean Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) and United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission initial investigati [...]	2006-08-01 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL2596	LABOR STRIKE SEASON IN KOREA: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (U) As part of an annual ritual, labor unions throughout Korea are pressing their employers for concessions. Strikes and threats of strikes are affecting many key areas of industry ranging from the largest steel manufacturer (POSCO) to the Korean Stock Exchange (KRX). Although these strikes a [...]	2006-08-02 01:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KS
06SEOUL2605	BIPARTISAN FRUSTRATION WITH PRESIDENT ROH MOUNTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a round of calls on reform minded Uri and GNP National Assembly members, poloff met with Foreign Affairs Committee members Choi Jae-chun, Lee Mi-kyoung, and GNP member Park Jin on August 1. While they expressed some expected differences of views on ROK's North Korea policy, t [...]	2006-08-02 07:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2684	ROKG TO PROVIDE FLOOD-RELATED AID TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The ROKG is expected to announce emergency aid to the DPRK, probably through private NGOs, in the next few days, in the wake of reports of hundreds of deaths and extensive agricultural and infrastructure damage from the mid-July floods in the North. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [...]	2006-08-09 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KN KS PGOV
06SEOUL2685	ROH TAPS ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR TO LEAD MOJ [...] (C) In a surprise announcement, President Roh on August 8 nominated Kim Song-ho to be the next Justice Minister. The nomination put an end to a fierce fight between the Blue House and the Uri Party over the fitness for duty of Roh's initial choice for the position, long-time Roh crony Moon J [...]	2006-08-09 09:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2704	PRESIDENT ROH ON WARTIME OPERATIONAL CONTROL BY [...] (SBU) President Roh held an exclusive two-hour interview with state run news agency Yonhap at the Blue House on August 9, expressing his confidence in South Korea's defense capabilities. He said that "the ROK military is ready even immediately" to conduct independent wartime operational contr [...]	2006-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL2729	ROKG ANNOUNCES FLOOD ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) On August 11, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade North American Affairs Division I Director Hahn Choong-hee provided the Embassy with the Ministry of Unification (MOU) press release announcing that the ROKG has decided to provide USD 10 million (10 billion SKW) of matching flood relief [...]	2006-08-11 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KS KN
06SEOUL2788	ROK READY FOR A WOMAN PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the ruling Uri Party utterly out of public favor, South Koreans await the 2007 presidential race with great anticipation. Among the candidates, Park Geun-hye, former chairwoman of the Grand National Party and the one of the leading presidential hopefuls, has a shot at becomi [...]	2006-08-17 06:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2812	ENVIRONMENTAL SUBCOMMITTEE IMPASSE: SPI 10 FORECAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the end of Security Policy Initiative (SPI) 9 meeting on July 13, the chairs of both parties left with an agreement that fifteen of eighteen bases would be returned immediately and formally accepted by the ROKG, with documents signed within 1 or 2 weeks following internal admin [...]	2006-08-18 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL2827	PRESIDENT ROH'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON OPCON, NORTH [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 13, President Roh Moo-hyun hosted a dinner for several newspapers which are considered "friendly" to the Roh Administration, including Hankyoreh, KyungHyang and Seoul Shinmun. Over the course of the dinner, Roh made frank comments on a number of issues, in [...]	2006-08-19 09:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS
06SEOUL2851	ROKG NOT PLANNING TO INVITE CHAVEZ [...] (C) Following up on ref A and media reports that Venezuelan President Chavez will visit China August 22-27, poloff on August 21 asked Choi Won-seok, MOFAT's Deputy Director for Latin American and Caribbean Regional Cooperation Division, whether South Korea would be a stop on the Chavez trip. [...]	2006-08-21 09:17:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS VE
06SEOUL2852	AID SUSPENSION MAY FULFILL UNSCR 1695, SAYS NSC [...] (C) In an August 21 courtesy call by the CDA, Senior Secretary to the President for National Security Suh Choo-suk SIPDIS said that the ROKG's suspension of rice and fertilizer shipments would likely fulfill the ROKG's obligation under UNSCR 1695. Suh also explained the ROKG's one-time shi [...]	2006-08-21 22:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2877	PRESIDENT ROH'S CABINET: CHANGING FACES [...] (C) This is an update on the incumbent ROK cabinet members and possible changes in the coming weeks. Amidst growing negative public sentiment toward the Blue House, President Roh Moo-hyun conducted a reshuffle of thirteen vice minister-level posts, including Vice Minister of Planning and Budge [...]	2006-08-23 04:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2912	A REAL YODUK STORY [...] (SBU) Twenty-six-year-old Kim Eun-cheol has a five-hundred-dollar cellphone, a gold bracelet on his left wrist, and angry scars on both knees from being tortured in the DPRK. Kim was an inmate in North Korea's infamous Yoduk prison from 2000 until 2003 and is one of fewer than fifteen people [...]	2006-08-25 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL2913	PARTY REALIGNMENT - POSSIBLE SCENARIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With still sixteen months to go, the December 2007 Presidential elections already dominates political discussion in Seoul. Lawmakers are looking at how their actions in the fall Assembly session will affect the elections and the press is focusing more and more on possible candid [...]	2006-08-25 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL2917	THE "GAMBLING REPUBLIC": CAUGHT IN THE NET OF [...] (SBU) A scandal surrounding a video gambling craze is sweeping the nation and on August 25 has captured the front page of Seoul newspapers for the fifth straight day. The scandal centers on suspicion of bribes and kickbacks related to the approval of a new type of digital slot machine and its [...]	2006-08-25 09:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3008	ROK LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE IN LEBANON; RENEW IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, POL-MIL Chief met with Ministry of National Defense (MND) officials during a round of courtesy calls and asked about the status of deliberations on ROK troop commitments to UNIFIL and Iraq. Several MND officials stated that the ROK will likely contribute a 30-40 p [...]	2006-08-31 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL3029	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA: HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) As the National Assembly convenes its 262nd session, beginning September 1 and lasting a hundred days, politicians and pundits alike anticipate a series of political battles as the ruling and opposition parties struggle to gain the upper hand. Given the stunning defeat for the ruling Uri [...]	2006-09-01 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3064	KOREA AT CROSSROADS WITH LABOR LEGISLATION [...] (C) Following a meeting on September 2, the Korean Tripartite Commission (KTC) announced that several of the key players at the meeting agreed to a five-year ban on multiple trade unions in the workplace while continuing to allow the provision of salaries by companies to full-time unionists. [...]	2006-09-07 02:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3103	AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP FLOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition GNP Floor Leader Kim Hyoung-o told the Ambassador several times in a meeting on September 6 that the Grand National Party (GNP) strongly urged the U.S. not to discuss a timetable for the handover of wartime operational control (OPCON) at the September 14 summit or the [...]	2006-09-08 09:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3170	WILL THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ELECT THE NEXT KOREAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Historically, regionalism has played an important role in Korean presidential elections. But in 2002, young voters successfully mobilized and helped Roh Moo-hyun edge out Lee Hoi-chang by a 2.2 percent margin. The media had a frenzy touting the "youth revolution," and the da [...]	2006-09-14 08:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3217	SOHN HAK-KYU: THINKING MAN'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Buddhist-run youth hostel at the foot of scenic Mount Sorak, GNP presidential hopeful Sohn Hak-kyu met with poloff over tea on September 17. The former Gyeonggi Province Governor, dressed in plain workman's clothes and sporting an unkempt beard, described his 100-day tour o [...]	2006-09-18 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS
06SEOUL3249	AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP [...] (C) SUMMARY: GNP National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee Sang-deuk told the Ambassador on September 19 that the Grand National Party (GNP) was opposed to OPCON transfer. Lee emphasized that the purpose of his planned September 20-23 visit to the United States was to ask that OPCON talks be suspen [...]	2006-09-20 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3309	ROH CAN'T BUY A VOTE: FAILS THREE TIMES TO APPOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Blue House failed three times to confirm its choice for President of the Constitutional Court, Jeon Hyo-sook, at the National Assembly. The Blue House asked Jeon to resign from her position as a court justice so she could subsequently start a new six-year term as the first w [...]	2006-09-26 08:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3311	DEFENSE MINISTER YOON ON OPCON, JIKDO RANGE, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, following his meeting with visiting Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition Alfred Volkman, Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang-ung raised several Alliance issues with the Ambassador one-on-one. On OPCON, Yoon emphasized the need for the USG to show flexibili [...]	2006-09-26 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR PGOV KS
06SEOUL3366	GYEONGGI PROVINCE GOVERNOR'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Kim Moon-soo, the newly elected Governor of Gyeonggi Province, on September 28. His province is of particular interest at this time because the majority of U.S. troops currently stationed at Yongsan in Seoul will be relocated to a base in the city of Pyeongtaek [...]	2006-09-29 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3369	AMBASSADOR VERSHBOW DISCUSSES OPCON WITH GNP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26 over lunch, Ambassador Vershbow discussed OPCON transfer with three National Assembly members from the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP). The members gave the Ambassador feedback from their September 19-25 trip to the United States and explained in detai [...]	2006-09-29 09:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3370	SEOUL MAYOR OH SE-HOON'S VISION: A NEW SEOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a convivial lunch on September 29 with newly elected Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, the Ambassador and the Mayor discussed plans to improve Seoul, the issues regarding the relocation and redevelopment of the Yongsan Garrison, the 2007 presidential elections, the KORUS FTA and North [...]	2006-09-29 09:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3378	ROK PRIME MINISTER AND LIBYAN LEADER DISCUSS DPRK [...] (C) On September 26, Ma Young-sam, MOFAT's Director-General of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, requested a meeting with POL M/C to provide a read-out of Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook's September 19-21 trip to Libya. In addition to a discussion on bilateral economic matters, L [...]	2006-10-02 05:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC ETRD KS KN LY
06SEOUL3390	SCENESETTER FOR HAGEL CODEL TO KOREA [...] (SBU) Despite a successful summit last month with President Bush, President Roh continues to face criticism in the press and even within his own party. Roh still has 15 months in office, but it is widely believed he is already a "lame duck". Nonetheless, he must still address a number of ke [...]	2006-10-02 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD KN KS MARR PGOV PREL
06SEOUL3433	INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH MOU VICE MINISTER SHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting, Ministry of Unification (MOU) Vice Minister Shin Eon-sang told visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that the international community needed to create an environment where North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) would be useless. [...]	2006-10-10 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KN KS
06SEOUL3437	INR A/S FORT,S MEETING WITH MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER [...] (C) Over dinner on September 26, Amb. Park In-kook, Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),agreed with visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that Japan remained preoccupied with the DPRK abduction is [...]	2006-10-10 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN KS
06SEOUL3440	INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH NIS FIRST DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting with visiting INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort, National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Man-bok said NIS has no evidence that Kim Jong-il would visit China in the near future. DD Kim said he believed there was consensus among th [...]	2006-10-10 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3447	INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH MOFAT DM OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting with visiting INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort, Yun Byung-se, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),assessed that the U.S.-ROK alliance was healthy, citing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations as a sign of its gr [...]	2006-10-11 02:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3465	ROH-ABE SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HISTORY AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) MOFAT Asia Bureau DG Lee Hyuk told POL M/C on October 11 that Japanese Prime Minister Abe's summit with President Roh in Seoul on October 9 provided momentum for an improvement in the strained bilateral relationship. The summit meeting, conducted in a frank and sincere manner, was domina [...]	2006-10-11 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KS KN JN
06SEOUL3492	REACTION TO DPRK TEST: ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Local academic observers in South Korea provided the Embassy on October 10 and 11 with their takes on the DPRK nuclear test. Professor of Korean Studies and DPRK cultural analyst Brian Myers argued that the DPRK conducted the test primarily for internal reasons to recover from failed mi [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3591	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ALEKSEYEV'S READOUT OF [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Hill, Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo and Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Alekseyev of Russia met in a trilateral meeting to hear Alekseyev's readout of his meetings in Pyongyang on October 13. In his high-level meeting with DPRK officials, Alekseyev made it cle [...]	2006-10-20 02:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3592	A/S HILL'S SEOUL MEETINGS: ROKG NOT PLANNING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's October 17-18 meetings in Seoul revealed that, while Seoul said it was prepared to implement UNSCR 1718, the ROKG had decided that the resolution did not specifically target North-South engagement projects, such as the Kaesong Industrial Complex and Mount Kumgang [...]	2006-10-20 03:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL3600	ROK REGISTERS NO OBJECTION TO POTENTIAL REFUGEE [...] (C) On October 18, poloff conveyed reftel points on USG interest in processing North Korean asylum seekers on a case-by-case basis in Cambodia to Park Ji-hyun, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division. Poloff said the USG sought confirmation that the ROKG would assist with bac [...]	2006-10-20 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KS KN CB
06SEOUL3655	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER HAN SUNG-JOO'S OCTOBER [...] (C) On October 24, POL M/C met with Han Sung-joo, Korea University Professor and former ROK Ambassador to the United States (2003-2004) and Foreign Minister (1993-1994),to discuss his October 17-21 visit to North Korea as part of a 21-person ROK delegation to attend an exhibition honoring fo [...]	2006-10-25 04:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KS KN
06SEOUL3670	OCTOBER 25 BY-ELECTIONS: ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In another crushing defeat for the ruling Uri Party, the two National Assembly seats up for grabs in the October 25 by-elections went overwhelmingly to the opposition. To add insult to injury, in Incheon, the Uri Party candidate, a close friend of Uri Chairman Kim Geun-tae, ca [...]	2006-10-26 06:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3684	GNP PARLIAMENTARY VICE SPEAKER LEE SANG-DEUK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lunch meeting on October 25 with the Ambassador, GNP National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee expressed concern over the Roh administration's handling of the U.S.-ROK alliance, OPCON transfer, North Korea and expressed general dissatisfatction with Roh. Lee's clear message was th [...]	2006-10-27 02:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3760	KOREA'S NEW INTEL CHIEF NAMED [...] (U) President Roh Moo-hyun named Kim Man-bok as the new chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on November Â [...]	2006-11-01 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3764	KOREA'S NEW MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: LEE JAE-JEONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lee Jae-jeong, Senior Vice President of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification, former Assemblyman (2000-2004),Anglican Pastor and former Campaign Publicity Director for Roh Moo-hyun's 2002 campaign, was nominated November 1 to be the next Minister of Unif [...]	2006-11-01 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3791	THE FUTURE OF THE URI PARTY: BREAKUP? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Within the Uri Party, there are three distinct schools of thought on what the party's future should be; first that the Uri Party should continue on as is and work to strengthen the party; second, the party should dissolve and re-form as a regional party similar to Kim Dae-jung's [...]	2006-11-03 00:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL3861	FORMER GYEONGGI GOVERNOR SOHN HAK-KYU ON NORTH [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador on November 3, GNP Presidential hopeful and former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu asked many probing questions about where U.S.-ROK relations were headed and offered his views on North Korea and his assessment of the ROK political scene, including h [...]	2006-11-09 01:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3881	URI PARTY REP. CHUN JUNG-BAE ON NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Uri Representative Chun Jung-bae made his case why the Uri Party has a chance to maintain the Blue House in next year's presidential election and why he might be the person to lead the Uri Party charge. Chun, the former Justice Ministe [...]	2006-11-09 09:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL3885	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KOH GUN ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the DCM and PolMinCouns on November 9, former Prime Minister Goh Kun, among the leading candidates in the 2007 presidential election, emphasized that his experience as acting President in 2004 made him realize that national security was the most important consider [...]	2006-11-13 00:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KS KN
06SEOUL3899	ROKG IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718: TEXT OF REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Unification jointly announced at 1500 on November 13 the ROKG "Report of the Republic of Korea on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)." The twelve-page report (see text below) comprises a [...]	2006-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN
06SEOUL3916	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS ROKG ON [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-Designate Song Min-soon, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM-Finance and Economy) Kwon O-kyu, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Special Representative for Korean Pen [...]	2006-11-14 04:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL KS IZ AF
06SEOUL3975	DEPARTING UNIFICATION MINISTER URGES FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 16, Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok reconfirmed that the ROKG would support the UN resolution on DPRK human rights. Noting his awareness of USG disappointment with the ROKG's November 13 announcement on PSI, Lee told the Ambassador that Seou [...]	2006-11-17 05:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KS KN
06SEOUL3992	HEARINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY FOR FM, MOU, DEFMIN GO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon, Defense Minister-designate Kim Jang-soo and Unification Minister-designate Lee Jae-jeong all passed through committee hearings in the National Assembly with relative ease on November 16 and 17. The Assembly has no power to stop cabinet n [...]	2006-11-17 08:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3999	OPPOSITION CHAIRMAIN CLARIFIES OPCON REMARKS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with opposition GNP Chairman Kang Jae-sup on November 16 to discuss Kang's November 8 address to the National Assembly which was critical of the transfer of Wartime Operational Control (OPCON) to the ROK. Although Kang clarified that he remained supportive of the princi [...]	2006-11-20 06:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4014	LEE MYUNG-BAK: THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF KOREA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with the DCM, former Seoul Mayor and leading presidential hopeful Lee Myung-bak said that the December, 2007 ROK presidential elections will be about the economy above all else. He said the Korean economy should be growing at a 7 percent rate instead of [...]	2006-11-21 05:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL4036	CHUNG DONG-YOUNG: STILL HOPING TO BE KOREA'S NEXT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, former Unification Minister and Uri Party Chairman Chung Dong-young discussed the resumption of the Six Party Talks, state of the KORUS FTA, future of the Uri party, and the recent elections in the U.S. Chung was confident that the Uri Party could still p [...]	2006-11-22 07:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4039	FORMER PRIME MINISTER KIM JONG-PIL'S LAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil told the Ambassador on November 16 that U.S.-ROK relations were paramount and that the administration had to change in 2007. Kim said he would support the GNP candidate, whoever that may be, provided that he/she agreed to "sweep out the debris" o [...]	2006-11-22 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL4057	MOFAT SUPPORTS TROOP EXTENSION IN IRAQ AND UNIFIL DISPATCH TO LEBANON [...] (C) On November 24, MOFAT Director-General for American Affairs Cho Tae-yong told A/DCM that President Roh's administration had decided to submit a motion to the National Assembly requesting authorization for a one-year extension of ROK troop deployment in Iraq, but at a lower force level. In [...]	2006-11-24 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ LE KS UNGA
06SEOUL4073	SEJONG INSTITUTE PRESIDENT BAEK JONG-CHUN EXPECTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Roh Moo-hyun this week is expected to name Baek Jong-chun, currently President of the government-supported Sejong Institute, as National Security Advisor to replace Song Min-soon, who is becoming Foreign Minister. Baek's appointment will mark the completion of Roh's na [...]	2006-11-27 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KS KN
06SEOUL4075	NGO TB PROJECT GAINING DPRK BUY-IN [...] (C) In a November 24 briefing for the Ambassador, Dr. Stephen Linton, Chairman of the EugeneBell Foundation, described a recent two-week mission in the DPRK to oversee EugeneBell medical assistance programs. He reported on improved access to facilities and increased North Korean receptivity [...]	2006-11-28 00:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL4094	MORE SIGNS OF ERODING AUTHORITY: PRESIDENT ROH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Roh withdrew the nomination of Jeon Hyo-seok for Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court on November 27 amid fierce opposition to the controversial nomination. After insisting for months Jeon's nomination, Roh finally backed down when it became clear that unless he w [...]	2006-11-28 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL410	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ROK CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) The Republic of Korea made significant contributions to the common defense of the Korean peninsula in 2004 and 2005. The ROKG demonstrated a strong commitment to the U.S.-ROK alliance, working closely with the U.S. to address the DPRK nuclear issue and making important contributions to t [...]	2006-02-06 08:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL PGOV PARM MARR ECON KS
06SEOUL4138	KOREA'S RAGING REAL ESTATE SPECULATION [...] (C) Korea's speculative fever in metropolitan real estate recently claimed three victims: Construction Minister Choo Byung-jik and two Blue House presidential advisors, Senior Secretary on Public Information Lee Baek-man and Economic Advisor Chung Moon-soo. Their departures were carefully o [...]	2006-12-02 03:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ECON SOCI PGOV KS
06SEOUL4156	ROK'S IRAQ ZAYTUN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: 2007 EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The ROK government is likely to forward a motion to the National Assembly proposing to extend the ROK's Iraq Zaytun troop deployment until the end of 2007. One complicating factor is the demand of the ruling Uri Party to include a pullout plan together with the troop extension m [...]	2006-12-05 02:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4194	KOREA PASSES NON-REGULAR WORKER BILLS [...] (SBU) After two years of delays and debate, the ROK passed three labor bills to address wage and benefit discrimination against non-regular workers who comprise more than one-third of the workforce in Korea. Although the bills layout a clear path for non-regular workers to become regular wor [...]	2006-12-07 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4210	ROK'S IRAQ ZAYTUN TROOP DEPLOYMENT EXTENSION: [...] (SBU) The bill to extend the ROK Zaytun troop deployment to Iraq was submitted to the National Assembly's Defense Committee on December 6 calling for a one-year renewal of the deployment and a reduction in troops from 2,400 to 1,200. The bill currently calls for the ROK to complete its mission [...]	2006-12-08 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL423	DPRK ECONOMY: CHINESE EXPERTS FORESEE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A January 18-19 academic conference in Beijing explored the potential for North Korea to change its "military first" security policy in order to realize more meaningful economic reform, faster economic growth and an increase in international aid. The American organizers of the event wor [...]	2006-02-07 06:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV KN KS CH JA
06SEOUL4247	GOVERNOR ROMNEY VISITS KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney visited South Korea on December 6-7 and met with a wide range of government and non-governmental leaders, gave a speech to AMCHAM, visited the DMZ and received a briefing from USFK. The Governor's meetings focused on North Korea and the curren [...]	2006-12-14 00:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL4281	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE ROK: AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) The ROKG's resettlement programs for North Korean refugees have evolved over time as the number of refugees has grown and their demographics have changed. South Korean officials and experts see the ROK's efforts to help the nearly 10,000 refugees successfully resettle in the ROK as the [...]	2006-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4282	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: FIRST STEPS INTO ROK SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon arrival in the ROK, North Koreans undergo an interagency security screening process, during which the ROKG seeks to confirm refugees' bona fides and assess security risks. Thereafter, nearly all North Koreans move to the ROK's Hanawon resettlement facility, where they rece [...]	2006-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4283	NK REFUGEES: OBSTACLES TO INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees face an enormous culture shock in adjusting to life in the ROK. Not accustomed to South Korean political and economic systems and unable to compete educationally, North Koreans face difficulties obtaining stable employment. Their resettlement is not helpe [...]	2006-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4284	NK REFUGEES: THE QUEST FOR STABLE EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finding stable employment is probably the greatest challenge for North Koreans resettling in the ROK. The ROKG assigns North Korean refugees to employment officers, provides incentives, recruits employers, and subsidizes half of North Koreans' salaries to their employers for two [...]	2006-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4285	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S CONSULTATIONS ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum on December 11 inaugurated a U.S.-Korea consultation on Central Asia. Feigenbaum reviewed with ROKG officials U.S. objectives in the region, including enlisting less traditional partners, such as Korea, to help promote economic libe [...]	2006-12-15 09:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KS UZ KZ
06SEOUL4294	MOU DEPUTY MINSTER UNDERSCORES AID SUSPENSION [...] (C) In a follow-up to the Ambassador's discussion with Foreign Minister Song Min-soon on December 14 (ref A),POL M/C met with Deputy Unification Minister Lee Kwan-sei on December 15 and requested the ROKG to establish a stricter inspections regime for North-South cargo moving through the two [...]	2006-12-18 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC ECON KS KN
06SEOUL4297	PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE: ROK [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 06:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KS
06SEOUL4309	INCOMING UNIFICATION MINISTER URGES FLEXIBILITY ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 18, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung reaffirmed that the U.S.-ROK alliance was "essential" to peace on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. The ROKG would work closely with the USG, fully implement UNSCR 1718, and cooperate with the inte [...]	2006-12-19 02:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KS KN
06SEOUL4331	NEW ROK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SEEKS CLOSE [...] (C) During a call on newly appointed National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun, the Ambassador and NSA Baek agreed to cooperate closely in resolving alliance issues, such as OPCON transfer and base relocation, and to continue coordination with regard to the Six Party Talks. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2006-12-20 03:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL434	LEE JONG-SEOK HEARING OCCASIONS REHASH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOU-designate Lee Jong-seok's hearing at the National Assembly has served as a stage for renewed controversy over the recent U.S.-ROK agreement on strategic flexibility of U.S. Forces in Korea. The debate was sparked last week when a ruling party lawmaker disclosed classified r [...]	2006-02-07 09:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KS
06SEOUL4367	PRESIDENT ROH SPEEKS VERY FRANKLY, AGAIN [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun delivered angry and provocative remarks on December 21 to National Unification Advisory Council, criticizing three former Ministers, Goh Kun, Kim Geun-Tae and Chung Dong-young and railing against former defense ministers and generals. Taking 70 minutes to deliver r [...]	2006-12-22 09:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4375	NORTH-SOUTH AIR ROUTE REOPENS FOR NGO [...] (SBU) The air route between Pyongyang and Seoul opened December 18 for the first time since the October 9 nuclear test. Members of the Korean Sharing Movement, an NGO engaged in humanitarian work in the DPRK, visited Pyongyang to observe the opening of a new hospital wing. The air route is [...]	2006-12-26 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL4412	ROKG UNDECIDED ON ARF WORKSHOP DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 07:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC ARF KS
06SEOUL504	CABINET HEARINGS END WITH A WHIMPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly's first-ever hearings on Cabinet nominees ended with a whimper February 10, as President Roh ignored the legislature's non-binding opinions, as well as the objections of many in his own party, and installed five new Cabinet members and a new police chief. T [...]	2006-02-14 07:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL507	LABOR SNAPSHOT: THE PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Upcoming U.S.-ROK FTA negotiations will include a close USG look at Korea's labor-management relations, a tumultuous sector charged with decades of conflict. This is the first of three cables that will draw a contemporary portrait of industrial relations in the ROK. This cable describ [...]	2006-02-14 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL509	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER THROWS HAT INTO UNSYG RING [...] (C) On February 14, the ROK formally announced Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon's candidacy for UN Secretary General. Ban, who has been actively campaigning for several weeks, has apparently been encouraged by initial reactions to his candidacy. MOFAT DG Kim Won-soo, who was recently tapped to be [...]	2006-02-14 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KS
06SEOUL510	INDIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS [...] (SBU) On February 13, Park Young-shik, Southwest Asia and Oceania Division Deputy Director at MOFAT, told poloff that the February 6-9 visit of Indian President Abdul Kalam resulted in the signing of three documents: (1) a joint statement on the start of negotiations for a South Korea-India C [...]	2006-02-14 08:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KS IN
06SEOUL548	LABOR SNAPSHOT: THE ISSUES [...] (SBU) This is the second of three cables (Ref A is the first) that describe ROK labor-management relations in anticipation of upcoming U.S.-ROK Free Trade Agreement negotiations. This report focuses on the two main issues that have dominated industrial relations debate over the past year: " [...]	2006-02-17 05:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL549	LABOR SNAPSHOT: MEETING THE STANDARDS [...] (SBU) This is the final report in a three-part series on labor-management relations in the ROK. In previous cables we described the major players (Ref A) and current issues (Ref B). We now focus on whether Korean labor laws meet the core labor standards contained in the Trade Promotion Autho [...]	2006-02-17 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL590	CHUNG DONG-YOUNG RETAKES HELM OF RULING URI PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young was elected chairman of the ruling Uri Party on February 18. His election is seen as further proof of his voter appeal and augurs well for his bid to win the party's nomination for the 2007 presidential election. Chung's first ch [...]	2006-02-23 07:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KS
06SEOUL632	ROH TO RESHUFFLE CABINET NEXT WEEK [...] (SBU) Roh Administration officials, including the Prime Minister, have signaled another partial Cabinet reshuffle to be announced next week. Three ministers -- Oh Geo-don (Maritime and Fisheries),Oh Young-kyo (Government Administration and Home Affairs),Lee Jae-yong (Environment) -- appear [...]	2006-02-27 08:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KS
06SEOUL659	ROH CRITICIZES JAPAN IN MARCH 1 SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech marking the 87th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, President Roh offered clear, but relatively measured, criticism of the Koizumi government's handling of historical and territorial issues. He acknowledged that Japan had apologized for its wartime ag [...]	2006-03-02 08:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
06SEOUL663	ROH ANNOUNCES CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] As previewed in reftel, Roh announced the resignation of five Cabinet ministers, four of whom will run in the May 31 regional elections. The Blue House announced replacements for four of the five positions: - Government Administration and Home Affairs: Lee Yong-seop, Blue House Senior Secr [...]	2006-03-02 09:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KS

06SEOUL740	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SEOUL MAYOR LEE MYUNG-BAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 7 the Ambassador met with Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak, a leading contender to become the opposition Grand National Party's (GNP)' nominee in next year's presidential election. Lee said that he was looking forward to his visit to the United States the week of March 13, in [...]	2006-03-08 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL777	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Post's submission for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the March 2005 to March 2006 reporting period. G [...]	2006-03-10 09:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KCRM KWMN PGOV ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06SEOUL802	PRIME MINISTER UNDER PRESSURE TO RESIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Lee Hae-chan in facing mounting pressure to resign after revelations that he skipped ceremonies marking Independence Movement Day (March 1) in favor of playing golf with businessmen of dubious provenance. Chances that Lee will be able to weather the storm appear to be declin [...]	2006-03-13 09:59:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL809	KOREA FTA: PREPARATORY DISCUSSIONS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) On March 6-8 an interagency team led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler made substantial progress in laying the procedural groundwork for U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks, the first round of which will be held during the week of June 5 in Washington. The U.S. [...]	2006-03-14 02:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SCUL PGOV KS
06SEOUL822	PRIME MINISTER OFFERS RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Following clear signs that the ruling Uri Party believed PM Lee Hae-chan should step down, President Roh has indicated that he will accept Lee's resignation. In a meeting shortly after Roh's return to Seoul March 14 from an overseas trip, Lee offered his resignation "without reservatio [...]	2006-03-14 09:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
06SEOUL859	INVITATION FOR ROK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ REGIONAL [...] (C) On March 16, poloff delivered ref A diplomatic note on the Iraq PRT initiative to Chun Young-hee, Deputy Director of North America Division III, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Poloff also conveyed the message to Ms. Oh Hyun-ju at the United Nations Division. Undertakin [...]	2006-03-16 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL861	KOREA NAMES NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND NEW FAIR [...] (U) On March 15, President Roh nominated Lee Chi-beom, President of Korea's state-run company that promotes recycling (the Korea Environment and Resources Corporation - - ENVICO) to be Minister of the Environment. The nominee will replace Lee Jae-yong, who resigned to run in local elections s [...]	2006-03-16 08:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV KS
06SEOUL875	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 14 LUNCH WITH KIM GEUN-TAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Kim Geun-tae, a senior member of the Uri Party and a presidentiaQhopeful, told the Ambassador March 14 that U.S. and ROK officials needed to manage more effectively public portrayals of differences in Seoul's and Washington's approaches to the North Korea nuclear issue. He [...]	2006-03-17 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
06SEOUL877	NORTH KOREA: THE MUSICAL [...] (SBU) "Yoduk Story," a musical which premiered in Seoul on March 14, is like "Les Miserables" with all blue notes and a leitmotif of North Korean patriotic anthems. In this production, the beatings, rapes, summary executions, and other crimes that have been reported from one of the DPRK's mo [...]	2006-03-17 09:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KS KN
06SEOUL888	KOREA ENVIRONMENT ISSUES: SUPREME COURT RULING ON [...] On March 16, South Korea's Supreme Court handed down a final ruling that the Saemangeum Reclamation Project, begun in 1991 but stalled over the last year by a lawsuit, could go ahead. The world's largest coastal reclamation project, the Saemangeum project will convert 40,100 hectares of tidal [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV KS
06SEOUL889	KOREAN TAX REFORMS DRAW FIRE, PASSAGE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) The Korean government introduced ambitious income tax reform legislation in February, proposing to raise certain value-added and excise taxes and tighten individual income tax loopholes favoring the wealthy and self-employed. But the proposals have run up against significant criticism fr [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV KS
06SEOUL902	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 17 LUNCH WITH FORMER PM GOH KUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Goh Kun, a leading presidential contender, expressed to the Ambassador March 17 his deep concern about the apparent lack of communication between Washington and Seoul. He pressed for the ROK's inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program and expressed confidence a [...]	2006-03-21 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC PINR KS KN
06SEOUL930	GERMAN DCM IN PYONGYANG: NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK [...] (C) Klaus Wendelberger, DCM at the German Embassy in Pyongyang, told poloff that the DPRK had moved aggressively in recent months to reassert control of the North Korean population, taking steps ranging from resuming control of the rice supply to tighter limits on the flow of information, inc [...]	2006-03-22 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON PHUM KN
06SEOUL973	HAN MYUNG-SOOK NAMED PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Roh on March 24 nominated Han Myung-sook, a two-time former Cabinet minister and current Uri lawmaker, to be his new prime minister, subject to parliamentary confirmation. She would replace Lee Hae-chan, who stepped down earlier this months in the wake of a golf sca [...]	2006-03-24 08:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KS
06SHANGHAI6459	EAST CHINA VIEWS ON PEACEFUL RISE AND HARMONIOUS WORLD [...] (C) Summary. According to East China scholars, China's foreign policy doctrine is moving beyond the concept of "Peaceful Development" to "Harmonious World." President Hu, determined to put his stamp on China's foreign policy, had initially supported the "Peaceful Rise" concept promoted by f [...]	2006-10-12 01:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI6460	SHANGHAI CHINA CONFERENCE A PRELUDE TO 6TH PLENUM [...] (C). Summary. During an international conference of China Studies, top Chinese scholars discussed China's political development and foreign policy, in a prelude to discussions at the October 2006 Plenum and even the 2007 Party Congress. Chinese scholars characterized China as committed to t [...]	2006-10-12 04:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI6494	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During DAS Christensen's September 12-14 visit to Shanghai, he participated in a Fudan University roundtable, and met with Shanghai foreign policy academics, influential Shanghainese, and representatives of AmCham Shanghai. His lunch with academics was reported in reftel A. Dur [...]	2006-10-13 01:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH ECON EFIN
06SHANGHAI6518	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Five of Shanghai's North Korea Scholars told Poloffs that China would support a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution to punish North Korea, but would oppose including any military action in the resolution. While one scholar said that China might also move its humanitarian assist [...]	2006-10-13 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN
06SHANGHAI6861	CHINESE LEGAL EXPERTS CALL FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Prosecutors, judges and legal scholars attending the 2006 China Litigation Law National Conference in Hangzhou from September 27-28 urged that amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law include provisions to protect human rights and constrain governmental power through due p [...]	2006-10-25 09:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH
06SHANGHAI6957	PENSION SCANDAL CLAIMS MORE; POLITICS AS USUAL [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai pension scandal, to date, has snared some 50 business and political leaders, with the number continuing to rise. Four of our well-placed contacts recently took the view that the current investigation was not primarily designed to clean up Shanghai--although that was [...]	2006-10-27 11:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI7043	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON SCO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to scholars in Beijing (Reftel),Shanghai SCO scholars told visiting EAP Poloffs in November 1-3 meetings that is unlikely that the SCO will accept new members in 2007, especially Iran. They expect China to continue to promote multilateral economic cooperation within [...]	2006-11-13 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RS UZ TI KZ KG TX
06SHANGHAI7044	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAITS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Shanghai-based cross-Straits scholars told visiting EAP Political Officers during meetings on November 1-3 that domestic political turmoil in Taiwan would continue and would prevent any breakthroughs on cross-Straits issues for the foreseeable future. The scholar [...]	2006-11-13 09:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06SHANGHAI7085	INNOVATION REQUIRED FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bureau of Statistics and the U.S.-based Conference Board hosted a national forum on Innovation and China Economic Growth October 20- 22 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. During the conference, PRC officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPP [...]	2006-11-27 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CH WTO
06SHANGHAI7086	AMITY PRINTING PRESS -- CHINA'S BIBLE PUBLISHER [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's November 20 visit to Amity Printing Press in Nanjing, Special Assistant to General Manager Peter Dean said they did not have any substantive problems printing Bibles in China. Amity Printing Press produces all Bibles sold in officially-approved Prote [...]	2006-11-28 02:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06SHANGHAI7097	SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON ILLICIT ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Jin was shocked to learn of the illicit ordination of Xuzhou Bishop Wang Renlei. He said that the ordination was ridiculous and a challenge by the Chinese government to the Vatican. He said there was no hope for reconciliation in the near future. According to B [...]	2006-11-30 09:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT
06SHANGHAI7098	2006 CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Second Annual Chinese Bloggers Conference took place in Hangzhou from October 28-29. Organizers had problems in holding the conference and had to switch venues twice. While the public sessions suffered from uninspiring speakers, a conference organizer said there were 20 priv [...]	2006-12-01 00:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECPS CH
06SHANGHAI7112	CITI'S RICHARD STANLEY ON GDB AND BANKING IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Citibank China CEO Richard Stanley updated a visiting Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) delegation led by Governor Kevin Warsh on the status of Citi's efforts to purchase a minority stake with management control in the Guangdong Development Bank (GDB). According to Stanle [...]	2006-12-08 03:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH
06SHANGHAI7121	(C) BIO DETAILS UFWD HEAD LIU YANDONG'S HUSBAND [...] (C) Summary: On December 4, Poloff met with Yang Yuanxing (STC: 2799/0337/1932),husband of Hu Jintao protigi and United Front Work Department Head Liu Yandong, in connection with a visa referral for his upcoming tourist trip to the United States on December 20. Liu has been rumored to be in [...]	2006-12-12 09:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PINR EINV ECON KPAO CH
06SHANGHAI7122	CSIS ROUNDTABLE ON CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 discussion between members of the Johns Hopkins Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) and Shanghai scholars, and representatives from BHP Billiton and other Shanghai-based economic consulting firms, participants disagreed about the impact of China's [...]	2006-12-13 01:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
06SHANGHAI7126	SHANGHAI PETITIONER ACTIVISTS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai petitioners complained to Poloff during a December 7 meeting that the Chinese government continued to closely monitor their movements and prevented many petitioners from meeting or traveling to Beijing. They expected that prominent petitioners Mao Hengfeng and Chen Xia [...]	2006-12-13 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06SHANGHAI7129	SHANGHAI LEADERSHIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In the continuing fallout of the pension scandal that led to the ouster of former Party Secretary Chen Liangyu (Ref A),four Shanghai contacts viewed acting Party Secretary Han Zheng as a transitional figure likely to be SIPDIS replaced at, or before, the 17th Party Congress. [...]	2006-12-14 09:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON KPAO CH
06SHANGHAI7130	RECENT SETBACKS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary. For the past several months, Shanghai's Public Affairs Section (PAS) has pursued local partner institutions as potential hosts for a variety of IIP-produced poster shows on key mission themes. Like our colleagues in Guangzhou (reftel),we too have run into resistance from our lo [...]	2006-12-15 05:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US CH
06SHANGHAI7137	SHANGHAI ELECTIONS--A MIX OF PAGEANTRY AND FICTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite efforts to portray them as paragons of democratic virtue, three contacts descriptions of Shanghai's district-level People's Congress elections reflected little more than choreographed political pageantry. Congenoffs visited elections in two separate Shanghai districts, Mi [...]	2006-12-21 04:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI7139	CONSULTATIVE DEMOCRACY YIELDING FRUIT IN WENLING [...] (C) Summary. An open budget initiative that is moving into its third year in Zeguo Township of Zhejiang Province's Wenling municipality, has introduced an unusual level of participatory democracy. The process was launched out of the Zeguo Party Secretary's frustration with competing voices fo [...]	2006-12-21 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SHANGHAI7140	WENLING PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Riding on the coattails of the successes with "democratic consultative meetings (minkenhui) and participatory democracy reforms in other townships, Wenling municipality in Zhejiang Province has moved forward and implemented further reforms in the township of Xinhe, which put the e [...]	2006-12-21 09:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
06SINGAPORE1044	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: During Secretary Michael Chertoff's March 29 meetings with senior GOS officials, he stressed the need for closer law enforcement cooperation and a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). The Secretary noted that Singapore and the United States had similar approaches to balance th [...]	2006-03-31 06:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE1047	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: During Secretary Michael Chertoff's March 29 and 30 meetings with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng, the Secretary outlined the United States' approach to improving transportation security in ways which facilitate rather than hamper tra [...]	2006-03-31 08:15:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE109	SEN. BAUCUS' MEETING WITH LEE KUAN YEW [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT),Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew discussed the rise of China and its generally successful efforts to improve ties with its neighbors. China's economic success had also spurred reform in India; the only question now was how [...]	2006-01-17 04:39:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1289	SINGAPORE PM CALLS EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (U) On April 20, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong moved to dissolve Parliament more than a year early and called for an election on May 6. Candidates must register for the election on April 27. As Singapore's formal election season gets underway, we have prepared (beginning in para 3) a primer [...]	2006-04-20 09:43:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE1321	SINGAPORE'S NEW MALAY/MUSLIM PAP MP CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary. Four new Muslim candidates will be running for Parliament on the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) slate, replacing four retiring Muslim members of Parliament (MPs). All four are highly educated, successful professionals with international experience. Only one, however, has th [...]	2006-04-24 07:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PSOC KISL SN
06SINGAPORE1379	SINGAPORE ELECTION: OPPOSITION TO MAKE A RACE OF IT [...] (C) Summary: For the first time since 1988, the opposition parties will contest more than half of the seats for parliament in the May 6 general election, denying the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) an automatic majority on nomination day. The economy and local issues will dominate the nine [...]	2006-04-27 09:46:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1468	MALAY/MUSLIM ISSUES IN SINGAPORE'S GENERAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Opposition candidates in Singapore's general election campaign have questioned the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) handling of Malay/Muslim concerns such as unemployment. The PAP has responded that Malay concerns are national issues, but, at the same time, asserted that the PA [...]	2006-05-05 09:37:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL SN
06SINGAPORE1486	OLD-STYLE PAP WINS ANOTHER ELECTION [...] (U) Please see suggested press guidance in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In the May 6 general election for parliament, the ruling People's Action Party won another landslide victory with 82 out of 84 seats. The election is another mandate for the PAP to continue its successful economic and secu [...]	2006-05-08 10:13:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1567	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your May 20-22 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership will be interested in your views on developments in Asia and the U.S. role in the region and can be counted on to provide thoughtful views on questions such as terrorism in Southeast Asia and the rise of China. [...]	2006-05-16 05:39:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PTER PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1667	PM LEE MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO GOS CABINET [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced minor changes to his cabinet on May 22. The only ministerial change involves Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong, who will be stepping down; his replacement will be Raymond Lim, currently Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Five ne [...]	2006-05-24 06:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1740	THE GOMEZ SAGA: PAP'S APPROACH TO THE OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Opposition politician James Gomez left Singapore for Sweden on May 15 after the police issued him a "stern warning." The Elections Department had accused him of "criminal intimidation" stemming from his mishandling the paperwork of his election campaign (Ref A),and the ruling P [...]	2006-05-31 06:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1795	SINGAPORE'S RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 1, the Economic and Political Counselor called on Tan Yee Woan, Director of the International Organisations Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran. Tan expressed interest in the United States' new approach, and [...]	2006-06-02 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SN
06SINGAPORE1829	A/S HILL'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Summary: In his wide ranging discussions with Singapore's senior leadership, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill stressed the importance of Southeast Asia for the United States and said we were not in a competition with China for regional influence. Singapore wanted an open and in [...]	2006-06-05 09:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1837	SINGAPORE WELCOMES NEW IRAN INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 06:26:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNNP IR SN
06SINGAPORE1912	COURT RULES THAT SDP DEFAMED LEES [...] (U) The High Court ruled on Thursday, June 8, that the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the January edition of its newsletter. Lawyers for PM Lee and MM Lee asserted that articles in the newsletter alleged that the [...]	2006-06-09 08:57:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE201	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR PM A/S HILLEN'S VISIT [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore during your February 6-7 visit here. Your visit comes at an important time to: -- thank Singapore for its diplomatic and military support for Coalition actions in Iraq; -- encourage Singapore to expand its role and level of commitment in A [...]	2006-01-24 08:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS SN
06SINGAPORE2118	CHEES' ATTORNEY LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED [...] (C) Summary: Lawyers for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew have filed a motion for summary judgment in their defamation suit against Dr. Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin (Ref A, B). The Chees' attorney, M. Ravi, also faces suspension for up to five [...]	2006-06-29 09:39:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE228	DPM WONG ON CASINO REGULATION AND THE TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (MHA) Wong Kan Seng and the Ambassador discussed our extensive intelligence and law enforcement cooperation and ways to improve them during a January 24 courtesy call. Turning to casino regulation, Minister Wong said Singapore ha [...]	2006-01-26 03:09:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE2695	SENATOR BOND'S MEETINGS WITH SINGAPORE'S SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussing the Middle East situation, Singapore's senior leadership told Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) that Hezbollah had won a strategic victory against Israel and the reputation of the Israeli Defense Forces had been damaged by its poor performance in Lebanon. Foreign [...]	2006-08-24 06:45:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE274	DPM JAYAKUMAR ON MLAT AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, the Ambassador raised the U.S. interest in concluding a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Law S. Jayakumar. DPM Jayakumar noted the recent efforts by the GOS to amend its Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters [...]	2006-02-02 01:09:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KIPR ECON KJUS KTIA KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE2854	SINGAPORE TO EXPAND STRATEGIC GOODS CONTROL LIST [...] Singapore Customs and MFA announced plans September 7 to implement an expanded strategic goods control list in January 2008 that it says will include all items covered by the Australia Group, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Wassenaar Arrangement. In [...]	2006-09-08 09:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP KOMC EFIN
06SINGAPORE3110	LEE KUAN YEW: MINISTER AND PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's October 9-23 visit to the United States will be an opportunity for him to discuss with senior USG officials the broad strategic developments that affect Singapore's future, notably the rise of China and India. The reemergence of these two powers on [...]	2006-09-27 08:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON SN
06SINGAPORE3136	BANNED IN SINGAPORE - GOS HITS FAR EASTERN [...] (U) On September 28, the GOS announced it had banned the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) in Singapore. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) said FEER had failed to meet the requirements of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act to appoint a local legal representa [...]	2006-09-29 08:56:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE3149	DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITY IN SINGAPORE [...] (U) Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 2 delivered the following response to reftel demarche. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Singapore supports internationally recognized initiatives to combat WMD proliferation. This is seen, for example, in Singapore,s participation in and co-op [...]	2006-10-02 08:51:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PARM PREL PGOV MNUC KTFN SN
06SINGAPORE3224	INR A/S FORT AND GOS DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (S) Summary: The rise of China and India was creating a new dynamic in the region and the United States should not rely exclusively on its traditional alliance system to maintain its influence, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told INR Assistant Secretary Fort during his Octobe [...]	2006-10-11 04:02:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV ECON PINR SN
06SINGAPORE3538	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Mr. President, I warmly welcome your November 16-17 visit to Singapore. The U.S.-Singapore bilateral relationship is at an historic high point. Your visit and the major policy address you will deliver here signal the importance we attach to ties with both Singapore and the broader Southe [...]	2006-11-06 07:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SN
06SINGAPORE3591	LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSSES THAILAND'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-10 09:04:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN TH
06SINGAPORE3592	PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen briefed his interlocutors on U.S. efforts to promote regional security cooperation in Southeast Asia using a model that had been successful in the Gulf. Foreign Minister George Yeo responded enthusiastically and suggested including both secu [...]	2006-11-13 02:32:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE3786	DUSTR BHATIA AND GOS OFFICIALS DISCUSS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's growth opportunities and regional development figured prominently in discussions between Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia and GOS officials. Representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Economic Development Board (EDB) offered [...]	2006-12-15 01:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECN EINV USTR PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE3829	VIETNAM'S PLACE IN THE SUN: SINGAPORE'S VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore is actively promoting closer economic and diplomatic ties with Vietnam as an up and coming regional leader worth cultivating. Singapore is already Vietnam's largest source of foreign direct investment, and bilateral trade has grown at a 20-percent annual rate over the [...]	2006-12-21 03:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD VM SN
06SINGAPORE553	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister George Yeo and EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John conducted a tour d'horizon of Southeast Asia during their February 9 meeting. FM Yeo said the United States' engagement with Indonesia was vital and he welcomed the resumption of U.S. ties with the Indonesian [...]	2006-02-24 03:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SN
06SINGAPORE554	EAP DAS JOHN'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John briefed GOS interlocutors on U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia and the resumption of military ties with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) during his February 8-11 visit. Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Chiang Chie Foo said Preside [...]	2006-02-24 03:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER SN
06SINGAPORE792	SINGAPORE'S FY2006 BUDGET PRIMES PUMP FOR GENERAL [...] Summary. With an eye on anticipated but still not officially announced general elections, Singapore's FY2006 budget offers a S$2.6 billion (US$1.6 billion) "Progress Package" targeting primarily lower income groups. The budget also includes the usual array of fiscal incentives for specific i [...]	2006-03-14 06:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI KTDB SN
06SINGAPORE88	DEFENSE MINISTER TEO ON SECURITY TIES AND [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Minister of Defense Teo Chee Hean, Minister Teo stressed the importance of active U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia. He affirmed that the U.S.-Singapore security relationship was built on strong institutional ties and common values. [...]	2006-01-12 09:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MARR SN
06SINGAPORE89	MM LEE ON CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During her January 6 courtesy call, Ambassador Herbold engaged Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew, in a wide-ranging discussion covering China, Taiwan, and Iraq. MM Lee commented that the U.S. presence in Asia created the stability that engendered t [...]	2006-01-12 09:48:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW IZ SN
06SINGAPORE93	FM YEO ON U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: In a very cordial introductory call, Foreign Minister George Yeo sketched out for the Ambassador Singapore's hopes for a new East Asian architecture and emphasized the need for the United States to remain actively engaged with the region as it begins building this new structure. [...]	2006-01-13 07:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SN
06SINGAPORE943	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN'S MEETINGS WITH SINGAPORE'S [...] (C) Summary. Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Frank Lavin assured Singapore's top leadership that the United States was pursuing a vigorous free trade agenda in the Asia region despite protectionist sentiment in Washington. Although a Malaysia FTA would help ASEAN integratio [...]	2006-03-24 04:31:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL PGOV EFIN PTER EAIR
06SINGAPORE945	DUSTR BHATIA'S MEETING WITH MTI MINISTER LIM [...] (SBU) Summary. Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry LIM Hng Kiang told Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia during a March 18 meeting that the WTO's "big four" economies needed to work together to finalize a package that could be sold to other more resistant member economies. [...]	2006-03-24 06:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV USTR PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE990	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOF/MFA SECOND MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim told the Ambassador during a March 24 courtesy call that the United States and Singapore could resolve issues separating us on a double taxation agreement (DTA). On casinos, he said that Singapore would implement addit [...]	2006-03-28 06:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SN
06SKOPJE1017	MACEDONIA: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In his October 17 meetings with GOM officials and opposition party leaders, EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh noted the need for improved inter-ethnic dialogue and continued implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, a vigorous and non-partisan fight against crime and corruption, [...]	2006-10-24 05:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE1037	MACEDONIA: EUR DAS DICARLO'S OCT 23-24 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) During meetings with high-level GOM officials in Skopje October 23-24, EUR DAS DiCarlo underscored the need for the government to build consensus with the opposition to gain buy-in for key legislative and reform initiatives, for redoubled efforts to implement the reforms required for NATO [...]	2006-10-30 10:22:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MK
06SKOPJE1056	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-04 12:08:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE1078	MACEDONIA: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ELECT NEW PARTY [...] (C) During a November 5 party congress that lasted into the early hours of the following day, Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) delegates elected by a landslide former Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska as the new party president. The delegates chose as the party's secretary g [...]	2006-11-09 11:37:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MK
06SKOPJE1090	(CORRECTED COPY) MACEDONIA: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ELECT [...] (C) During a November 5 party congress that lasted into the early hours of the following day, Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) delegates elected by a landslide former Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska as the new party president. The delegates chose as the party's secretary g [...]	2006-11-14 16:45:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MK
06SKOPJE1095	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT, [...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC,s assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new government,s man [...]	2006-11-16 12:09:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE1096	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT, [...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC's assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new governmentQs mandat [...]	2006-11-16 14:02:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE1100	MACEDONIA: RULE OF LAW VICTORIES -- WIRETAP LAW [...] (U) Macedonia recently scored two major victories in strenghtening rule of law and fighting organized crime. On November 15, after months of preparatory work by the former and current governments, and heated parliamentary and public debate, the parliament passed the Law on Monitoring Communic [...]	2006-11-20 15:34:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE1120	MACEDONIA: US-EU EFFORT BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER [...] (C) After weeks of U.S. and EU coaxing, the leaders of the four main parties in Macedonia met on November 27 for their first substantive talks on legislative and policy priorities since the new government took office in late August. The party leaders outlined some of their key priorities and [...]	2006-11-28 15:10:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE1139	MACEDONIA WELCOMES NATO SUMMIT STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) In a telcon November 30, MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski told P/E Chief the GOM was delighted with the NATO Summit statement at Riga announcing, inter alia, the Alliance's intent to "extend further invitations to those countries who meet NATO's performance based standards..." The gover [...]	2006-12-01 16:18:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
06SKOPJE1157	MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]	2006-12-08 15:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1164	MACEDONIA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO WASHINGTON, [...] (SBU) The Macedonian government has nominated Zoran Jolevski, a close associate of late President Trajkovski's and a longtime USAID local Chief of Party (COP),as Macedonia's next Ambassador to the United States. Never strongly identified with any single political party, Jolevski nevertheless [...]	2006-12-13 07:56:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE1165	MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]	2006-12-13 09:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1174	MACEDONIA: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK -- [...] (SBU) Leaders of Macedonia's four main parties (government and opposition) met December 13 behind closed doors, with U.S. and EU facilitation, in their second meeting to discuss how to move forward on Macedonia's main Euro-Atlantic integration reforms (reftel). Three of the four parties reach [...]	2006-12-18 13:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MK
06SKOPJE118	MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, NATO [...] (C/NF) PM Buckovski told the Ambassador February 1 that parliamentary elections likely will be held in late June/early July, and that he expects the opposition to use rough campaign and electoral tactics in trying to replace his government. On Macedonia's NATO accession prospects, he agreed th [...]	2006-02-06 18:11:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MK
06SKOPJE147	MACEDONIA'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ELECTS MODERATE [...] (C) Members of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) elected moderate Skopje Imam Taxhedin Bislimi as Skopje's new Mufti on February 7, ousting Salafi-backed former Mufti Zenun Berisha in an impromptu election attended by EU Monitoring Mission and OSCE representatives. The February 7 sessio [...]	2006-02-14 17:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF MK
06SKOPJE148	(CORRECTED COPY) MACEDONIA'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (C) Members of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) elected moderate Skopje Imam Taxhedin Bislimi as Skopje's new Mufti on February 7, ousting Salafi-backed former Mufti Zenun Berisha in an impromptu election attended by EU Monitoring Mission and OSCE representatives. The February 7 sessio [...]	2006-02-15 07:15:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF MK
06SKOPJE152	MACEDONIA: FURTHER REACTION TO GOVERNMENT REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: Although ethnic Albanian parties have publicly objected to the Macedonian government's decision to "continue preparations" for the return of four unindicted war crimes cases to domestic jurisdiction (reftel),key leaders in coalition partner DUI privately tell us the party did not [...]	2006-02-15 15:12:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ICTY MK
06SKOPJE251	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...]	2006-03-14 16:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK
06SKOPJE255	MACEDONIA: STRONG BUT MEASURED REACTION TO [...] (U) Macedonian government reaction to Albanian FM Mustafaj's March 13 statement on Albanian Alsat TV that Albania could not guarantee inviolability of borders with Kosovo or Macedonia "if division of Kosovo takes place" (reftel) has been strong but measured. MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridon [...]	2006-03-16 17:40:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL MK
06SKOPJE294	MACEDONIA: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP AS SUMMER [...] (SBU) With parliamentary elections possible as soon as late June, political parties are fueling increasingly heated pre-campaign rhetoric with personal attacks and mudslinging. Although the parties publicly deny it, there are numerous behind-the-scenes discussions ongoing about possible post-e [...]	2006-03-31 14:04:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE310	SEN. VOINOVICH DISCUSSES NATO, KOSOVO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior Macedonian officials on March 25, Sen. George Voinovich encouraged Macedonia to make further progress on NATO-related reforms, discussed Kosovo final status issues, and thanked Macedonia for its military support of coalition operations in Iraq and Afghani [...]	2006-04-05 07:20:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE330	MACEDONIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO IRAQ EFFORT [...] (U) Deputy Senior Advisor on Iraq Robert Deutsch and his State and DoD team visited Skopje April 5-6 to thank GOM officials and parliamentarians for Macedonia's support for international efforts in Iraq, and to discuss developments in Iraq. (NOTE: Macedonia currently has 40 troops deployed to [...]	2006-04-11 16:37:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MK IZ
06SKOPJE373	U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) During April 13 discussions in Skopje with U.S. Special Representative on Kosovo Talks Frank Wisner, Macedonian leaders focused on the unresolved issue of the delineated but not yet demarcated Kosovo-Macedonia border as the only open issue between Skopje and Pristina, and said they would t [...]	2006-04-20 10:01:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK KS
06SKOPJE38	MACEDONIA'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT NOMINATED AS [...] (SBU) The GOM has nominated Speaker of Parliament Ljupco Jordanovski as Macedonia's next ambassador to the United States. A long-time parliamentarian, Jordanovski is meticulous, hard-working, and a consensus builder. He is widely-respected as an administrator and has presided over an ambitio [...]	2006-01-17 08:31:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV MK

06SKOPJE383	U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a tete-a-tete meeting April 13 in Skopje, President Crvenkovski gave Amb. Wisner his assessment of Serbian President Tadic as "pragmatic" in dealing with Kosovo status issues, while characterizing Serbian PM Kostunica as unlikely to compromise and more likely to walk out of the stat [...]	2006-04-21 16:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KS MK
06SKOPJE420	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 5, [...] (C) SUMMARY. With parliamentary elections scheduled for July 5, governing and opposition parties are building their campaign platforms around common themes of economic development, NATO and EU integration, and education. Despite their stated intent to run issues-based campaigns, however, the [...]	2006-05-05 11:56:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MK
06SKOPJE451	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) During separate meetings May 4, the Ambassador told DUI and DPA leaders Ali Ahmeti and Arben Xhaferi, respectively, to refrain from importing K-Albanian "muscle" to assist them during upcoming parliamentary elections. She reiterated the USG position on Macedonia-Kosovo border demarcation [...]	2006-05-12 06:00:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE457	MACEDONIA: FURTHER PROGRESS ON NATO MAP-RELATED [...] (U) The Macedonian Parliament recently adopted several judicial and defense reforms that demonstrate further progress in meeting Macedonia's NATO MAP requirements. On May 5, the parliament amended the Law on Defense, formally ending conscription. The amended law will make the Army of the Rep [...]	2006-05-15 15:58:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE484	MACEDONIA: CAVEATS FOR TROOPS SERVING WITH ISAF [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on ISAF caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski and to NATO Head of Sector Marjan PopAngelov on May 16. DATT delivered the same points to CHOD MG Stojanovski on May 15. Our interlocutors assured us that Macedonia would maintain its policy of [...]	2006-05-19 14:33:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF MK
06SKOPJE497	MACEDONIA: POLITICAL LEADERS EXPECT INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial Macedonian reaction to the May 21 Montenegro referendum on independence has been generally positive, with most interlocutors welcoming the development as contributing to bolstering regional stability. It is encouraging that harder-line eAlbanian parties, such as opposi [...]	2006-05-23 15:46:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE507	MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 05:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MK
06SKOPJE517	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS GIVE POLICE A VOTE OF [...] (U) Three ethnic Albanian youths were killed and six were injured after a drive-by shooting at an internet cafe in the Skopje municipality of Cair late May 18. A Ministry of Interior (MOI) spokesman told the local press on May 22 the police suspect an inter-family blood feud was the motive for [...]	2006-05-30 05:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MK
06SKOPJE531	MACEDONIA WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (Mitreva was en route from the Netherlands to Macedonia on May 31, and therefore was unavailable for a meeting that day.) Mitreva welcomed the Secretary's statement and said she would issue a public statement of support. Mitreva emphasized the GOM's continued support for U.S. and EU-3 effo [...]	2006-06-01 16:35:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE580	MACEDONIA PASSES CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 11:57:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PREL MK
06SKOPJE594	MACEDONIA: WITH US-EU PRODDING, ETHNIC ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EU Special Representative (EUSR) Fouere convoked the leaders of ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA for a meeting June 20 to express grave concerns over recent violent incidents related to the campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections July 5. They noted that [...]	2006-06-21 11:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE596	MACEDONIA: AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 20-day official campaign season for Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections began June 15, with a total of 31 parties competing in the country's six electoral districts. The parliament on June 12 amended the criminal code to stiffen penalties for violations of the electo [...]	2006-06-22 14:19:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MK
06SKOPJE598	MACEDONIAN MOI: "POLICE NOT INVOLVED IN [...] (C) The Ambassador and post's DOJ ICITAP representative met with Minister of Interior Mihajlovski on June 22 to discuss the recent campaign-related incidents and accusations by political party leaders that the police have been involved in or have provoked the incidents (reftel). The Ambassador [...]	2006-06-23 09:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE613	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER ON NEXT [...] (C) During a June 26 meeting, the Ambassador shared with PM Buckovski her concerns over recent campaign-related violent incidents, mostly involving supporters of ethnic Albanian rival parties DUI and DPA (refs A and B). She outlined steps the U.S. Embassy would take over the next several days [...]	2006-06-28 07:09:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE625	MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CALMS; AMBASSADOR [...] (C) An unspoken agreement to cool things down has taken hold in Macedonia after a handful of campaign-related incidents, some of them violent and most of them between competing ethnic Albania parties DUI and DPA, occurred at the beginning of the official parliamentary elections campaign on Jun [...]	2006-06-30 13:31:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE631	MACEDONIA: CAMPAIGN CALM EXTENDS THROUGH THE [...] (C) Continuing a recent campaign-period trend (reftel),the July 1-2 weekend remained calm in Macedonia with only two minor campaign-related incidents reported (neither of which was substantiated.) The MOI took action against perpetrators of campaign-related incidents, and eAlbanian parties DU [...]	2006-07-03 16:45:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE640	MACEDONIA VOTES: OPPOSITION WINS IN GENERALLY CALM [...] (SBU) The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party emerged as the clear winner in Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections, with the ethnic Albanian DUI party (governing coalition) consolidating its lead over rival eAlbanian opposition party DPA. The elections were considered to have "largely met intern [...]	2006-07-06 15:50:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE648	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]	2006-07-07 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE649	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]	2006-07-07 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE668	MACEDONIA: MAJOR TIP TRIAL REFLECTS SOLID [...] (U) Macedonia's largest-ever trial for trafficking in persons continued on July 6 with the testimony of the star witness for the prosecution. The witness, who initially was charged as a co-conspirator in the case, reached an immunity deal with the prosecution in exchange for his testimony aga [...]	2006-07-14 12:07:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE669	MACEDONIA: VMRO-DPMNE LEADER BEGINS BUILDING A [...] (C) Recent Macedonian parliamentary election winner (reftel) and VMRO-DPMNE leader Gruevski is engaged in trying to build a broad-based inter-ethnic governing coalition to help ensure stability as he pursues an economic reform agenda and continued implementation of NATO and EU integration refo [...]	2006-07-14 12:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE696	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RE-RUN OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Parliamentary election re-runs in 29 polling stations (representing less than one percent of Macedonia's 3,000 polling stations) generally were well conducted, although international monitors noted some serious irregularities in some stations. The voting gave one additional MP seat to r [...]	2006-07-20 15:41:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MK
06SKOPJE779	MACEDONIA: YOUNG TECHNOCRATS DOMINATE NEW [...] (SBU/NF) Prime Minister-designate Gruevski's proposed cabinet lineup, which the parliament is likely to approve on August 25, is comprised of mostly young technocrats without extensive bureaucratic experience. That bodes well for a fresh start, with Gruevski likely to exercise greater control [...]	2006-08-17 14:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MK
06SKOPJE816	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Parliament easily confirmed on August 26 the new government and work program of VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization -- Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity) leader and now Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski's work program focuses on economic develop [...]	2006-08-28 16:14:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE837	MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo status negotiations to Foreign Minister-designate Antonijo Milososki on August 23. (NOTE: Milososki and his fellow cabinet members were confirmed in office following a parliamentary vote on August 26). Milososki agreed strongly with the point o [...]	2006-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK KS
06SKOPJE848	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS IMPROVED SERBIA-ICTY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 14:52:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SRYI AA MK
06SKOPJE863	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial to MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva on September 12. Geleva said a GOM representative will attend this year's CD Ministerial at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but did not [...]	2006-09-13 09:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR MK
06SKOPJE880	MACEDONIA: GOM LEADERSHIP ON NATO MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate calls on PM Gruevski and FM Milososki September 15, the Ambassador urged the GOM to move quickly to implement NATO membership reforms, show concrete anti-corruption results, and restart political dialogue with the ethnic Albanian opposition. She restated the USG posit [...]	2006-09-18 13:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE887	MACEDONIA NOMINATES FORMER FM SRDJAN KERIM FOR [...] (U) MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva confirmed on September 16 press reports that the GOM has nominated former Foreign Minister and former Macedonian PermRep to the UN Srdjan Kerim for the 2007 UNGA Presidency. Kerim currently is the general director of the local med [...]	2006-09-20 01:37:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR UNGA MK
06SKOPJE888	MACEDONIA: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) Although you will be meeting with the A-3 foreign ministers as a group on the margins of the UNGA in New York on September 22, we believe you can reinforce some key themes we have been underlining with the newly-elected GOM should you have an opportunity for a brief pull-aside with newly [...]	2006-09-20 14:31:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR UNGA MK
06SKOPJE898	MACEDONIA: POLITICS TRUMPS FAITH -- ELECTION OF [...] (SBU) Self-proclaimed moderate Islamic cleric Sulejman Rexhepi was elected Reis-ul-Ulema (head) of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) on September 20. The election itself was uneventful, but the electoral process was marred by the political intervention of ethnic Albanian governing coal [...]	2006-09-25 12:53:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV MK
06SKOPJE900	MACEDONIA: SUCCESSFUL CONVICTION IN ORGANIZED [...] (U) On September 14, a Macedonian court convicted four defendants from an international organized crime ring on drug smuggling charges. The trial was presided over by a chamber of five judges, including two professional judges, one of whom is the chief presiding judge, and three "lay judges," [...]	2006-09-25 13:25:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MK
06SKOPJE913	MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran [...]	2006-09-27 14:27:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ
06SKOPJE953	MACEDONIA: POLICE LAW IMPASSE:GOM-OPPOSITION TALKS [...] (C) The parliamentary impasse between the VMRO-DPMNE-led government and ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI over the draft police law continues, with DUI insisting that it will not respect the police law unless it is passed with a qualified (Badinter) majority. PM Gruevski and DUI President [...]	2006-10-06 13:39:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV MK
06SKOPJE980	MACEDONIA: OPPOSITION SDSM LEADER AXED IN [...] (SBU) SDSM President and former Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski lost an October 7 intra-party confidence vote, setting the stage for rival Radmila Sekerinska, an SDSM vice president, to run for the party presidency at the SDSM's extraordinary congress on November 5. Buckovski was ousted due to [...]	2006-10-17 08:15:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MK
06SKOPJE983	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S VISITTO SKOPJE, [...] (U) Your visit comes at the right time, two months into the new VMRO-DPMNE-led government of PM Gruevski, to deliver the following core messages to the government and opposition: Government: --Need broad consultations and consensus-building with DUI and opposition parties on key legislatio [...]	2006-10-18 14:30:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MK
06SOFIA1080	LINE OF BULGARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22 presidential elections will offer Bulgarian voters the opportunity to pass judgment on the country,s most influential politician, incumbent President Georgi Parvanov. With Parvanov's candidacy a certainty (though still formally unannounced),several other figur [...]	2006-08-03 12:42:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA1111	BULGARIA KICKS OFF DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on July 4, Bulgaria took over the presidency of the 2005-2015 Decade of Roma Inclusion. The pomp and circumstance of Bulgaria's ascendance to the Decade's presidency contrasts sharply, however, with the squalid living conditions of the Roma throughout [...]	2006-08-09 03:57:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIA BU
06SOFIA1168	BULGARIA: NEW TOOLS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under U.S. and EU urging, Bulgaria has begun considering more sophisticated tools to fight organized crime (OC),especially its financial aspects. Complex money laundering schemes finance massive, pervasive local underground activities. Recognizing that inadequate laws and w [...]	2006-08-17 04:10:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PGOV PTER BU
06SOFIA121	BULGARIA: EDGING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward concluding a combined supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia January 18-20. This session p [...]	2006-01-26 14:40:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA1241	BULGARIA'S VIEW ON KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Deputy FM Lyubomir Kyuchukov on 21 August. He confirmed Bulgaria's supportive approach to U.S. policy on Kosovo, while voicing Bulgaria's concern that the effect of a final settlement on regional security be given due consideration by all parties. In an Au [...]	2006-08-31 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN EU YI BU
06SOFIA1273	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two issues dominate Bulgaria's political scene and calendar: a final verdict on EU accession, framed by the September 26 European Commission report on Bulgaria's readiness for membership; and Bulgaria's October 22 Presidential election. Seized by these two overlapping events, t [...]	2006-09-08 12:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK KPKO SR YI EU BU
06SOFIA1311	BULGARIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 12:22:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BU
06SOFIA1316	BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...]	2006-09-14 15:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1342	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN [...] (C) Your meeting with Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin in New York on September 20 comes just six days prior to the European Commission's final report on Bulgaria's readiness for accession. Much of official Bulgaria is holding its breath in anticipation of the report, which in turn will play in [...]	2006-09-19 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LY IZ BU
06SOFIA1369	BULGARIA,S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PARVANOV HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incumbent Georgi Parvanov, a consistent supporter of moderate, pro-U.S. policies, looks poised to win re-election, if not on October 22 then in a second-round run off the following week. The conspicuous absence from the line-up of the charismatic Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov has d [...]	2006-09-25 15:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
06SOFIA1370	BULGARIA,S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PARVANOV HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incumbent Georgi Parvanov, a consistent supporter of moderate, pro-U.S. policies, looks poised to win re-election, if not on October 22 then in a second-round run off the following week. The conspicuous absence from the line-up of the charismatic Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov has d [...]	2006-09-25 15:15:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
06SOFIA1402	RELIEVED BULGARIA ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO CONTINUE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarians' satisfaction over receiving the green light for a January 2007 entry into the European Union has not been dampened by the threat of "safeguard" actions if certain reforms are not completed following accession. Ruling coalition politicians have put a positive spin on the [...]	2006-09-29 14:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1451	BULGARIA: CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) We delivered CFE talking points on October 13 to Dimitar Dimitrov, head of the MFA's OSCE & Regional Security Department. He expressed openness to the possibility of approaching Greece on CFE entitlement transfers, but he did not make any commitment. Noting bruising discussions on the Am [...]	2006-10-17 13:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1491	BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1494	BULGARIA: END GAME IN SIGHT ON JEWISH RESTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A report submitted to the Prime Minister by the government-appointed Restitution Commission sidesteps the controversial Rila hotel case (reftel),but recognizes Jewish claims on MOD property in Varna and urges the Ministry of Health (MOH) to give Shalom some space at the already [...]	2006-10-27 12:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNAR BU
06SOFIA1495	BULGARIA WOOS INVESTORS WITH 10 PERCENT CORPORATE [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government's recent decision to lower the corporate tax rate to 10 percent was a bold act to put the country in the lowest bracket in Europe, attract foreign investors and encourage domestic growth. During its recent mission visit, the IMF commended continued strong e [...]	2006-10-30 06:51:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
06SOFIA1499	INCUMBENT PARVANOV SCORES LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN BULGARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent President Georgi Parvanov scored a decisive victory against extreme nationalist Volen Siderov in the October 29 run-off, becoming Bulgaria's first president re-elected since communism collapsed. The former Socialist leader captured 75.9 percent of a weak turnout, an u [...]	2006-10-30 12:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
06SOFIA1518	BULGARIA NAMES POPULAR, PRO-U.S. MINISTER AS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government on October 26 nominated European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to serve as Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner. EC President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the nomination and assigned Kuneva the consumer protection portfolio. One of Bulgaria's most respected politica [...]	2006-11-02 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EUN BU
06SOFIA1521	BULGARIA: REFORM-MINDED PRIME MINISTER DETERMINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A feisty and confident Prime Minister Stanishev told the Ambassador Nov. 2 that his government would not let up on reforms. He looks to speed up structural changes, improve government ministries' efficiency and effectiveness, and keep up public support for reform. The Prime [...]	2006-11-03 13:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA1554	BULGARIA, TURKEY AND GREECE WANT MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political and energy leaders from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey told EUR DAS Bryza on November 3 that the U.S should play a stronger role in ensuring diversity of energy supply - particularly gas - in the region. Bryza stressed the need for countries in the region to work together [...]	2006-11-09 15:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06SOFIA1560	B-A OIL PIPELINE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS; BULGARIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY Greek and Bulgarian officials described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza progress on the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline during his November 3 visit to Sofia. The Greek consortium plans to transfer most of its shares to international private sector participants, including Chevron, [...]	2006-11-14 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06SOFIA1573	CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]	2006-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1652	BULGARIAN BANKS GENERALLY HEALTHY, BUT A FEW BAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian banking sector is in its strongest position since the banking crisis of 1996. Thanks to stricter legislation, sound bank oversight and management, and an influx of large, stable foreign banks, most Bulgarian banks are prospering legitimately. Two skunks are circling [...]	2006-12-11 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BU
06SOFIA1655	BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO DISCLOSE COMMUNIST-ERA FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament passed groundbreaking legislation on December 6, to open up the files of the former communist secret services. Under the law, adopted after heated debate, all senior officials in the Presidency, Parliament, government, the Judiciary, academia, mass media, [...]	2006-12-11 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BU
06SOFIA1667	BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]	2006-12-15 09:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA1677	MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS AS BULGARIA PREPARES FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first official visit to Moscow, Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed several unresolved bilateral issues, including arm sales to Georgia, the production and sale of weapons under outdated Soviet licenses, and efforts to trim Bulgaria's ballooning trade deficit with Russia [...]	2006-12-18 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA1682	BULGARIA: STEP FORWARD ON JEWISH HOSPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Health Radoslav Gaidarski confirmed that the Ministry is prepared to return the already-restituted hospital to the Jewish organization Shalom, but it must wait until the hospital's new facilities are renovated. To emphas [...]	2006-12-19 13:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNAR OVIP BU
06SOFIA1683	OUTRAGED BULGARIA CONDEMNS LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria predictably reacted with shock and outrage to the Tripoli Criminal Court decision to confirm the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. Although largely expected, the dec [...]	2006-12-19 14:20:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1684	OUTRAGED BULGARIA CONDEMNS LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria predictably reacted with shock and outrage to the Tripoli Criminal Court decision to confirm the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. Although largely expected, the dec [...]	2006-12-19 14:24:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1691	DIRTY ENERGY: CORRUPTION AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cleaning up pernicious corruption in Bulgaria's powerful (and often murky) energy sector, where cronyism is alive and well, should rank high on Bulgaria's to do list. A closer look at the sector reveals an ideal environment for graft and abuse. Accounting for a significant shar [...]	2006-12-20 13:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL BU
06SOFIA1695	BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT DROPS "SILENT DIPLOMACY;" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death sentences passed by a Tripoli court on five Bulgarian nurses Dec. 19 triggered mounting outrage in Bulgaria as politicians, NGOs, the public and the press lashed out at Libya for holding a deeply politicized trial and called for international support. Over the course o [...]	2006-12-21 13:33:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1718	BULGARIA'S FIRST EU BUDGET CONTINUES FISCAL DISCIPLINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament approved the 2007 state budget on December 19 - Bulgaria's first as a full EU member state. It is a fiscally disciplined plan with an expected surplus of 0.8 percent of GDP (well above the Maastricht requirement of a 3 percent deficit or better for Euro entry.) This co [...]	2006-12-29 12:21:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI BU
06SOFIA215	SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of the most influential personalities in the current government, and is almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelings among Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to be among the most popular public officials in the coun [...]	2006-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KCOR BU
06SOFIA220	BULGARIA - PRESIDENT AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov used a media- sponsored tolerance event to call for tolerance in the wake of violence inspired by cartoons of Mohammed. The previously- scheduled event, sponsored jointly by Bulgaria's Turkish- language daily and the largest circulation Bulgarian [...]	2006-02-13 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL KPAO BU
06SOFIA249	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES APPROVE BULGARIAN MISSION [...] The parliamentary committees on foreign policy and defense voted in a joint session February 15 to approve the proposal to send Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Four MPs from the ultra-nationalist Ataka party voted against the proposal as expected, and the other 14 MPs re [...]	2006-02-16 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA250	BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: TOO FAR OR NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian parliament is currently considering a package of proposed constitutional amendments aimed at implementing judicial reform and responding to EU criticism of the judicial system. While most observers view the package as essentially well-meaning, concerns have been r [...]	2006-02-17 07:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU
06SOFIA267	PARLIAMENT APPROVES BULGARIAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Bulgaria's ruling three-party coalition won parliamentary approval February 22 to send 155 Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf, Iraq. The vote was 151 to 14 with one abstention. This decision clears the final hurdle in the GOB's political approval process for the mission and hi [...]	2006-02-22 16:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA292	BULGARIA CONDEMNS AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venelin Lazarov, Head of the MFA's Near East and North Africa Section, on February 24. The MFA issued an official statement February 24 condemning the Al-Askariya bombing and calling on Iraqis to exercise restraint. 2. (U) Embassy Sofia's unofficia [...]	2006-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ BU
06SOFIA394	BULGARIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BASING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told Ambassador on March 15 that Bulgaria remains committed to a successful conclusion of the basing negotiations, although additional consultations between the ruling coalition's party leaders are necessary. Following these consultations, accordi [...]	2006-03-16 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO RU BU
06SOFIA430	BULGARIA LOOKS TO U.S. FOR "PUSH" ON LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MARCH 23 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RELEASE OF BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA WERE "GOING INTO SLEEP MODE" AND SUGGESTED THAT A HIGH-LEVEL PUSH FROM THE U.S. SIDE MIGHT BE THE BEST NEAR-TERM CHANCE OF GETTING TALKS BA [...]	2006-03-23 14:29:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL LY BU
06SOFIA454	BULGARIA: NEGOTIATING TEAMS AGREE ON BASING TEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. An interagency negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis reached agreement "ad referendum" with the GOB on all articles of the Defense Cooperation Agreement March 23. The U.S. team preserved USG red lines in all areas including freedom of action (or [...]	2006-03-28 08:19:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA465	BULGARIA'S RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY [...] (U) Per reftel, we are submitting information on the actions of the Bulgarian government as a result of the information discovered by the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC). 2. (U) In response to the release of the USG's "Duelfer Report," the 39th Parliamentary Assembly of Bulgaria (2001- [...]	2006-03-30 11:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ BU
06SOFIA468	BULGARIAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) A contingent of 153 soldiers departed Bulgaria March 30 to begin its mission at Camp Ashraf, located 70 kilometers north of Baghdad. The unit will replace a U.S. Army military police company, providing security for defectors from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK),an Iranian opposition group. [...]	2006-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU
06SOFIA482	MILITARY BASING: MEDIA BATTLE SHIFTS IN THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After the March 24 announcement (reftel) that the U.S. and Bulgaria had reached agreement on text for the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),Bulgarian officials at all levels have come out in support of the agreement. Continuing Embassy public diplomacy efforts, combined with [...]	2006-04-04 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA502	BULGARIA: CORRUPTION MAKES A COMEBACK IN 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Bulgaria reached a high-water mark in 2005, reversing a gradual positive trend of declining rates of corruption from 1998 to 2004. This was the main conclusion of the seventh annual Corruption Assessment Report prepared by the NGO, Center for the Study of Democracy [...]	2006-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA537	BULGARIA'S G8 CTAG MEETING: POLITICS OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 April, A/DCM attended a local meeting of the G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group and delivered reftel A talking points. The meeting was chaired by Russian Ambassador Anatoly Potapov and was attended by diplomatic representatives of all G8 member nations except Canada, which [...]	2006-04-17 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PTER RS BU
06SOFIA553	BULGARIA: NEW CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Purvanov has appointed Lieutenant General Zlatan Stoykov to be Bulgaria's new Chief of the General Staff. Stoykov is a strong supporter of increased U.S./NATO engagement as well as Bulgaria's continued participation in OIF and ISAF. From the U.S. point of view, he is [...]	2006-04-19 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA557	BULGARIA REMAINS SUPPORTIVE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Hristo Georgiev, director of the MFA's Europe I (Balkans) department. Georgiev agreed to convey the recommended messages to both Belgrade and Pristina on behalf of Bulgaria, and said the GOB's position on Kosovo remains very close to that of the United States. [...]	2006-04-19 13:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR KPKO BU
06SOFIA562	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]	2006-04-20 12:55:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA565	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]	2006-04-20 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA601	BULGARIA: DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (SBU) The Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kalfin signed the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) April 28 at a ceremony at the Council of Ministers. After the ceremony, the Embassy and the MFA exchanged diplomatic notes using cleared text from Ambassador Loftis referencing the NATO- Ru [...]	2006-04-28 13:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA638	BULGARIAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF BASING [...] (U) Since the signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Sofia April 28, Bulgarian political leaders have stepped up their support of the accord. In a May 6 article in the Bulgarian daily "24 Hours," Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov, the most popular politician in Bulgaria, added his voi [...]	2006-05-08 15:31:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA647	BULGARIA'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN: GREAT HOPES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Sofia Mayor and former Interior Ministry General Boiko Borisov has stormed onto the national political scene in recent weeks, founding a new movement that has quickly become the most popular political force in the country. Borisov has denied rumors that he will be a candidate [...]	2006-05-09 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ASEC KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA661	BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALISTS REAPING WHAT THEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist party Ataka is reeling from self-inflicted wounds just one year after its founding. A recent scandal steming from the erratic behavior of several Ataka members following a highway accident has contributed to a sharp decline in the party's support and led [...]	2006-05-10 11:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PINR SOCI RU BU
06SOFIA68	BULGARIA: COURT HEARS APPEAL OF JEWISH PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A five member panel of the Supreme Cassation Court (SCC) held a hearing January 17 on the Bulgarian Jewish community's appeal regarding restitution of the disputed Rila Hotel (reftel). The Jewish community organization Shalom is appealing a July 2005 decision on grounds that it [...]	2006-01-18 15:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KTIA BU
06SOFIA713	BULGARIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES APPROVE DEFENSE [...] Six parliamentary committees overwhelmingly recommended final approval of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Bulgaria and the U.S. after concluding a review of the document May 18. The Committees on Defense, Foreign Policy, Legal Affairs, Internal Security, Economy, and Finance w [...]	2006-05-19 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR BU
06SOFIA714	BULGARIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES APPROVE DEFENSE [...] Six parliamentary committees overwhelmingly recommended final approval of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Bulgaria and the U.S. after concluding a review of the document May 18. The Committees on Defense, Foreign Policy, Legal Affairs, Internal Security, Economy, and Finance w [...]	2006-05-19 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR BU
06SOFIA716	NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU
06SOFIA719	BULGARIA SCENESETTER FOR MAY 25-26 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has sought to play a positive and constructive role in helping to bring about a successful outcome to the talks regarding Kosovo's future status. Sofia has maintained a balanced approach to the talks and avoided favoring one side or solution over another. However, the [...]	2006-05-19 14:27:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KRKO SR BU
06SOFIA746	BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Parliament ratified the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Bulgaria and the U.S. May 26 by an overwhelming majority. The ruling socialist-led coalition and the right-wing opposition parties came together in support of the agreement. Only the ultra-nationalist Ataka par [...]	2006-05-26 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA777	BULGARIA ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING U.S. IRAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarches by Ambassador and DCM, the MFA released the following statement June 1: "Bulgaria welcomes the statement by the Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for the preparedness of the USA to become a full partner to the EU 3 negotiations with Iran. This new ini [...]	2006-06-02 11:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR BU
06SOFIA783	BULGARIA OFFERS ITS SUPPORT ON KOSOVO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In May 25 meetings with Ambassador Wisner, Bulgaria's prime minister and foreign minister emphasized Sofia's firm support for Ahtisaari's efforts to negotiate a final status for Kosovo and acknowledged that independence was the most likely outcome. Apart from continuing to encour [...]	2006-06-05 07:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KRKO SR BU
06SOFIA786	STATE SECURITY FILES COME BACK TO HAUNT BULGARIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The unfinished sixteen-year-old debate over Bulgaria's communist-era State Security files was unexpectedly revived in recent days when Interior Minister Rumen Petkov revealed that several prominent journalists and political figures, including the country's highest Islamic lead [...]	2006-06-05 13:39:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR BU
06SOFIA827	BULGARIA: SHORT WINDOW TO COMPLETE "ACTION PLAN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria presented its Action Plan to the European Community on June 8 after weeks of collaboration to identify the most important weaknesses that threaten its 2007 entry. The government has until mid-July's first draft of the EC report to make real progress and begin swaying op [...]	2006-06-13 12:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EUN BU

06SOFIA834	BULGARIA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of one (1) claim of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB),and one claim that has been resolved. 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. A) Claimant A (Resolved case) B) 2003 C) Claimant A and [...]	2006-06-14 11:25:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
06SOFIA915	YEMEN ORDERS 5000 MORE BULGARIAN THERMOBARIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On June 29, Ivelina Bachkevanova and Christo Atanasov of the Ministry of Energy and Economy's Export Control Division called us in to inform us that they had received an export application for 5000 thermobaric rounds (Model GTB- [...]	2006-07-03 05:09:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC KSTC YM BU
06SOFIA918	AMB. BEYRLE'S 6/30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PARVANOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador on June 30 delivered Ref A letter from President Bush to President Parvanov reiterating U.S. support for Bulgaria's European Union accession. In the ensuing 40-minute discussion, Parvanov expressed deep appreciation for the President's timely response and vowed Bulga [...]	2006-07-03 10:41:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KNAR EUN LY BU
06SOFIA926	BULGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S JULY 9-13 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev is arguably Bulgaria's best hope for fighting organized crime and related political corruption. His position under the constitution gives him vast powers, which, if wielded effectively, could put a major crimp in the activities of organized cr [...]	2006-07-05 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM OVIP BG
06SOFIA958	ZFR ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06SOFIA968	ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]	2006-07-11 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06SOFIA986	CAN ALL THE KINGS MEN PUT SIMEON BACK TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: Rocked by scandal and feeling betrayed by his partner in the governing coalition, former Prime Minister and boy-king Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha is facing increasing frustration from his party's members, who fear his decline could spell an end to the party. The scandal -- which orig [...]	2006-07-14 14:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BU
06STATE106928	RESPONSE TO CHINA ON E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS; NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 2. 2. (S/NF) Action Request: Request Post deliver to appropriate host government officials the points in paragraph 3 responding to China's reactions (ref A) to Executive Order 13382 designations (ref B) and informing [...]	2006-06-28 16:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH
06STATE113089	JUNE 7 U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 15:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL CH KN IN IR PGOV
06STATE117616	E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: On June 29, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 authorizing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the assets of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators and their supporters (reftel). E.O. 13382 auth [...]	2006-07-18 19:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV IR
06STATE123845	AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]	2006-07-28 15:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE123851	AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]	2006-07-28 15:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE133232	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS - USG REPLY TO [...] (C) Per post's request (ref B),following are talking points in response to a GOJ demarche in which Japan asked the United States to explain the activities of U.S. Navy survey vessel USNS Victorious on August 1 in waters north of the Senkaku islands and what interactions took place with the Ch [...]	2006-08-14 23:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06STATE137357	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS; USG REPLY TO [...] (C) Per post's request (ref B),following are talking points in response to a GOJ demarche in which Japan asked the United States to explain the activities of U.S. Navy survey vessel USNS Victorious on August 1 in waters north of the Senkaku islands and what interactions took place with the Ch [...]	2006-08-21 20:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06STATE139878	GUIDANCE ON ASYLUM CASE OF FARC TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Department understands the Colombian government has approached the GOB regarding the July 14 decision by the Brazilian National Committee on Refugees (CONARE) to grant political asylum to Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos (ref B). [...]	2006-08-24 19:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER BR CO
06STATE152914	E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver the text in paragraph 3 to appropriate host-country officials. The text in paragraph 3 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: The GOJ is planning to take additional measures to implement UNSCR 1695 [...]	2006-09-14 22:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH
06STATE157519	IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM: APPROVAL OF NOTE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per ref A request, the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have reviewed the draft Note Verbale and three Memoranda of Operation (MOO) for the Immigration Advisory Program with the final minor change proposed by Japan,s Ministry [...]	2006-09-21 18:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAIR CVIS JA
06STATE16185	THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST [...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]	2006-01-31 23:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06STATE164524	THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: EAP Acting A/S Kathleen Stephens, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 26, 2006; 1:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, Embassy Jakarta EAP A/S Christopher Hill PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft (S Staff [...]	2006-09-29 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS UN ID
06STATE185480	DEMARCHE REQUEST: BN350 BILATERAL TALKS [...] (U) This is an Action Request: Chief of Mission (or highest appropriate official at post's discretion) is requested to approach the highest ranking Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) official available, as soon as possible, to convey U.S. request to establish ongoing senior and technical level di [...]	2006-11-09 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MNUC PARM KNNP KZ
06STATE185727	BN-350 SENIOR POLICY WORKING GROUP PROPOSAL [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See Para. 3 and 4. SUMMARY: The USG would like to begin discussions with the Government of Kazakhstan on permanent disposition of Kazakhstan,s BN-350 spent nuclear fuel. The USG proposes that the first formal discussion on options for permanent disposition be he [...]	2006-11-13 13:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP MNUC KZ
06STATE185757	BN-350 SENIOR POLICY WORKING GROUP PROPOSAL [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See Para. 3 and 4. SUMMARY: The USG would like to begin discussions with the Government of Kazakhstan on permanent disposition of Kazakhstan,s BN-350 spent nuclear fuel. The USG proposes that the first formal discussion on options for permanent disposition be he [...]	2006-11-13 13:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP MNUC KZ
06STATE190845	REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR [...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...]	2006-11-22 21:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT
06STATE192971	DEMARCHE REQUEST - IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Iran will hold elections on December 15 for three institutions: the Assembly of Experts, local municipal councils, and a handful of Majles by-elections. Vetting procedures ensure that these institutions remain biased from the outset to [...]	2006-11-29 21:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR
06STATE193403	DEMARCHE REQUEST - IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Iran will hold elections on December 15 for three institutions: the Assembly of Experts, local municipal councils, and a handful of Majles by-elections. Vetting procedures ensure that these institutions remain biased from the outset to [...]	2006-11-30 17:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR
06STATE193703	E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver the text in paragraph 3 and/or 4, as appropriate, to appropriate host-country officials. The text in paragraph 3 and/or 4 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: Washington would like to provide exa [...]	2006-11-30 22:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN
06STATE196230	IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE [...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]	2006-12-07 02:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE202870	SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR THE U.S. MISSION TO [...] U.S. Ambassador to the African Union (AU) Cindy Courville will be receiving a briefing following the December 27 AU meeting on Somalia. Below are points and background for her use during this briefing. In response to aggression by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC),Ethiopia has commenced m [...]	2006-12-26 23:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO SO ET AU
06STATE25359	NON-PAPER ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs four and five. 2. (S) The Department is concerned about reports in other channels that link several foreign branches of the Kuwaiti NGO, Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to terrorist organizations. The Department requests that [...]	2006-02-16 03:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KTFN PGOV PTER KU
06STATE29555	SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]	2006-02-23 17:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06STATE40904	DISCOURAGING MORATINOS' SYRIAN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos' unannounced March 7 trip to Damascus to meet with Syrian FM Muallim is at variance with US and EU policy on avoiding high-level visits to Damascus. This policy gives concrete form to the international isolation of th [...]	2006-03-14 15:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP SY LE IS FR UN
06STATE46975	IRAQ: RESPONSE TO GOJ REQUEST ON SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary. In response to reftel B, the Department provides points to emphasize regarding USG priorities for Japanese support of Iraq. We are also sending by email a province by province situational assessment which Embassy can draw on. In the most recent quadrilateral meeting in London, [...]	2006-03-24 00:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK JA
06STATE47923	E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF TWO SWISS ENTITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern and US Mission to the EU please see paragraph 3. Embassies Beijing, Moscow, Seoul, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Background: On June 28, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 allowing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the [...]	2006-03-26 21:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV MNUC
06STATE54012	IRAN: STATUS OF USG THINKING [...] (U) This is an action request cable; see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. In response to recent news articles alleging USG pressure on GOJ regarding Azadegan, the Department wants to share with the GOJ the USG's latest thinking on Iran. Post is asked to share the information provided with app [...]	2006-04-05 14:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KNNP IR XE JA
06STATE65681	ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 18, 2006, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 18, 2006 meeting with A/S Welch on the margins of the 21st Tunisian-American Joint Military Commission, Tunisian Defense Minister Morjane reinforced many of the points made in the just prior meeting with Deputy Secretary Zoellick with regards to Tunisia's intention to [...]	2006-04-26 15:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KMPI TS
06STATE66104	Deputy Secretary Zoellick's April 18, 2006 [...] (U) April 18, 2006; 4:00 p.m.; Washington D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary D Staff Aaron Jost Ambassador William Hudson Embassy Pol/Econ Deputy Susannah Cooper Tunisia Deskoff William Lawrence (notetaker) Tunisia Defense Minister Kamel Morjane Ambassador Neji [...]	2006-04-26 22:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS ECON EAID
06STATE73557	SUPPORT FOR UNAMI BAGHDAD PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Department welcomes an expanded United Nations role in Iraq, including a possible UNAMI-sponsored peace initiative. There are a number of Iraqi, U.S. and international initiatives, including the formation of a national unity government, intended to promote a reduction in internal tensions [...]	2006-05-09 11:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
06STATE79031	MTAG 05-96: UKRAINIAN FIRM ZAPORIZHZHYA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kiev please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: Since 2002, we have discussed with the GOU cooperation between the Ukrainian entity Zaporizhzhya Regional Foreign Economic Association (RFA) and Iran's missile program (Ref A). Most recently, in Febr [...]	2006-05-16 18:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE MNUC UP IR
06STATE85689	SECRETARY'S CONDOLENCE LETTER TO GNP CHAIRWOMAN [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Rice to GNP Chairwoman Park Geun-hye immediately. The Department of State does not plan to release the text of the message but has no objection if the GNP wishes to do so. There will be no signed original. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear Ms. Park: [...]	2006-05-26 00:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV PREL KS
06STATE86446	DEMARCHE: ATTENDING IRAN-HOSTED CONFERENCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request. Iran plans to host an "Iraq and its Neighbors" conference - to include Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and Bahrain, as well as a UNAMI representative - proposed May 31- [...]	2006-05-26 23:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
06STATE91067	FISCAL DATA FOR USG SITE DEVELOPMENT IN EL [...] (U) An expanding U.S. Government presence in Darfur requires modest infrastructure development, including living and working facilities, to support U.S. personnel in the field. S/CRS and AF/EX have agreed to split the costs associated with refurbishing RSO-identified buildings in El Fasher (r [...]	2006-06-05 20:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRS PGOV SU
06STATE95206	E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF FOUR CHINESE ENTITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. All other posts, please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Background: On June 28, 2005 the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 authorizing the U.S. to block or "freeze" the assets of weapons of mass destruction (WM [...]	2006-06-12 21:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH
06STOCKHOLM1421	SWEDEN'S 9/17 ELECTION: ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES [...] (c) Sweden's 9/17 parliamentary election remains a neck-and-neck race (ref A),too close to call. All seven parties currently in parliament appear likely to reach the 4 percent threshold; no newcomers are likely to qualify. This means that the most likely outcomes are either a return of Pri [...]	2006-09-07 14:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM1489	SWEDEN'S SEPTEMBER 17 ELECTIONS [...] (c) Swedes go to the polls September 17 to elect a new parliament that will decide their government for the next four years. The race has been the tightest Sweden has seen in decades, with opinion polls see-sawing, but mostly giving a slight lead to the opposition "Alliance for Sweden" over [...]	2006-09-15 14:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM1501	SWEDEN'S ELECTIONS: CENTER/RIGHT ALLIANCE FOR [...] (c) Sweden voted Social Democrat Prime Minister Goran Persson out of office September 17, giving the mandate to Moderate Fredrik Reinfeldt and the center/right Alliance for Sweden. Reinfeldt is the big winner, with his Moderate party earning a larger vote total than his three Alliance allies [...]	2006-09-18 13:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM154	SWEDEN: POST-TSUNAMI POLITICS [...] (c) More than a year after the killer tsunami struck Southeast Asia, the political ripple effects in Sweden continue. A parliamentary committee is currently conducting hearings to which key members of the government, including Prime Minister Persson and Foreign Minister Freivalds, have been [...]	2006-02-02 15:33:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM1632	SWEDEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, MAKES POLICY [...] (c) Fredrick Reinfeldt, who was formally elected Prime Minister by the Swedish parliament on October 5, named his cabinet and gave the new government's statement of policy on October 6. Ministers from Reinfeldt's Moderate Party will lead about half the ministries, including many of the key o [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM1646	SWEDEN'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, FREDRIK REINFELDT [...] (u) Fredrik Reinfeldt became Sweden,s Prime Minister October 6, following the victory of a four-party center-right coalition in September parliamentary elections. Reinfeldt,s Moderate party led the coalition; the Moderate party alone won over 26 percent of the total vote. Reinfeldt became th [...]	2006-10-11 11:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM180	SWEDEN: CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (sbu) Polcouns attended the February 6-7 Conference "Democratic Change in Cuba: Who are the Actors," which gathered about 100 representatives of NGOs, embassies, and political parties (we have requested an electronic version of the list of participants, and will forward) from around Europe. [...]	2006-02-08 09:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU SW
06STOCKHOLM189	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE [...] (c) Polcouns delivered 2/8 reftel demarche in support of Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American non-permanent seat on the UNSC to MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmquist. On 2/10, the Charge delivered the demarche by telcon to MFA Political Director Olof Skoog. Without saying how the GoS [...]	2006-02-10 12:29:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE SW
06STOCKHOLM1907	SWEDEN: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR SW
06STOCKHOLM1921	SWEDES ON 11/12 DECEMBER GAERC [...] (c) Polcouns discussed 12/7 with MFA deputy European Correspondent Niclas Kvarnstrom the 12/11-12 GAERC topics (reftels). Responses are keyed to the agenda items. Turkey/EU Accession ------------------- 2. (c) Sweden considers itself to be one of the most enlargement-friendly countries; [...]	2006-12-08 11:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN VY SR BK IS LE IR
06STOCKHOLM1924	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]	2006-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM224	SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION [...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...]	2006-02-17 16:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM234	SWEDEN ON RELATIONS WITH HAMAS [...] (c) MFA Director for the Near East and North Africa Peter Tejler told us 2/22 that while Sweden hewed to the common line of the Quartet and the EU on the message to and contacts with Hamas, there was need for a strategy that went beyond "high-pitched" public diplomacy. Sweden's Palestinian a [...]	2006-02-22 14:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SW IS
06STOCKHOLM235	SWEDEN'S IMMIGRANTS' DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent GoS reports show immigrants in Sweden to be overrepresented in crime and sick leave statistics, which are interpreted as being indicators of integration shortcomings. The level of attention applied to the issue of integration stands to increase as we approach the S [...]	2006-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PINS PGOV KCRM ASEC SW
06STOCKHOLM393	SWEDEN: FOREIGN MINISTER FREIVALDS RESIGNS [...] (u) Prime Minister Goran Persson announced at a press conference March 21 the resignation of Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds. Persson named Deputy Prime Minister Bosse Ringholm as her "temporary" replacement. FM Freivalds had been scheduled to meet with Secretary Rice April 21. State Secr [...]	2006-03-21 16:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM426	SWEDEN: JAN ELIASSON NAMED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (u) Prime Minister Goran Persson named 3/27 former Ambassador to the U.S. and current President of the UNGA Jan Eliasson to be the new Foreign Minister. Eliasson replaces Bosse Ringholm, who was named March 21 as the "temporary" Foreign Minister, following the resignation of Laila Freivalds [...]	2006-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM427	SWEDEN: JAN ELIASSON NAMED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM527	SWEDEN: THE NEW POST "CIA PLANES" REALITY -- [...] (c) What could have been a routine diplomatic flight clearance for a 4/4 Department of Homeland Security deportation "ICE" flight to land briefly and refuel in Sweden enroute to final destinations in the Middle East developed into an urgent situation when late in the game Swedish authorities [...]	2006-04-18 13:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM913	UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A DEAD HEAT; LEFT [...] (sbu) Recent opinion polls show the Social Democrats (SDP) and their Green and Left support parties have closed the gap with the opposition alliance; the parliamentary elections now look to be a dead heat. The Green and Left parties have claimed the right to a more influential role within a [...]	2006-06-21 12:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW
06STOCKHOLM934	SWEDEN: SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (u) See Action Request Para 2. 2. (c) Polcouns made 6/21 reftel demarche seeking support for Nicaraguan presidential elections to MFA Desk Officer for Nicaragua Carolina Benedictsson. Sweden supports an EU election observation mission, Benedictsson said, adding that a Swedish representat [...]	2006-06-22 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KDEM NU PGOV PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM935	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE REGARDING VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 15:29:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE EAID SW
06STOCKHOLM952	SWEDEN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MODERATE PARTY [...] (c) Ambassador, accompanied by Polcouns, met June 26 with Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, the virtual shadow Prime Minister of the center-right (in the left-skewed Swedish spectrum) opposition. Reinfeldt, who took the lead in forming the opposition's Alliance for Sweden, said the Se [...]	2006-06-28 15:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ELAB SW
06SUVA100	TONGA: GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY CONSULTATIONS MAKE [...] (C) The National Committee tasked with sounding out Tongans' views and aspirations on political reform is on the road, making progress. Members of the Committee are currently holding village-level consultations in Vava'u. Critics within the pro-democracy movement say the process is redundant. [...]	2006-03-08 23:25:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TN
06SUVA109	MILITARY INSERTS ITSELF INTO FIJI'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to May's elections, the war of words between the government and military in Fiji continues to intensify. In radio and print interviews over the past week, Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander, Frank Bainimarama, issued a series of blasts against the [...]	2006-03-16 01:38:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM FJ
06SUVA133	FIJI MILITARY'S INTENTIONS: A WORRYING UPDATE [...] (S) The secret report of a late-February conversation between Fiji Police Commissioner Hughes (protect) and Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama is worrisome reading, with Bainimarama signaling he is willing to remove Prime Minister Qarase and place himself in power i [...]	2006-04-03 02:32:00	Embassy Suva	SECRET	PINS PGOV MARR PREL FJ
06SUVA167	FIJI'S ELECTION: THE SYSTEM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) The campaign for Fiji's May 6-13 general elections is in full force. Paragraphs 2-7 describe aspects of Fiji's Constitution and current electoral procedures that create complications and make it difficult to predict the winner. Most everyone expects the two largest parties, Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-25 23:31:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FJ
06SUVA173	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN FIJI: ANSWERING [...] (C) Ref A provided a partial response to a number of questions raised by HQ PACOM (ref B) and CIA (ref C) concerning issues raised in Suva reporting (ref D and previous) about the state of play in Fiji between Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama and the Qarase govern [...]	2006-04-27 22:23:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL FJ
06SUVA185	FIJI ELECTION WEEK: CALM, THEN UNCERTAINTY? [...] (C) Voting in Fiji's general election begins Saturday and will run for a week. Most people expect Prime Minister Qarase's SDL and Opposition Leader Chaudhry's FLP to take the bulk of the seats, though minor parties and independents could hold the balance in a close election. With the ethnic [...]	2006-05-04 01:10:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM MCAP FJ
06SUVA201	FORMER FIJI PM RABUKA ARRESTED ON 2000 MUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has been arrested in Fiji and charged with inciting the military mutiny that took place in November 2000. Rabuka has been released on bail and his case has been transferred to the High Court, where a preliminary hearing will take place Jun [...]	2006-05-12 01:42:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS CJAN PREL MARR PGOV PINR FJ
06SUVA206	FIJI'S ELECTION: ALL IS CALM AS COUNTING BEGINS [...] (C) Voting has ended in Fiji's national election, and all remains peaceful as counting begins today, May 15. Some of the smaller constituencies with a dominant favorite will know results today. A number of swing constituencies are not likely to have a first-ballot victor and will require co [...]	2006-05-15 02:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINS PINR ASEC FJ
06SUVA209	FIJI ELECTION TO QARASE'S SDL...PROBABLY [...] (C) In Fiji's general election, Prime Minister Qarase's SDL and Opposition Leader Chaudhry's FLP garnered nearly all seats, with the SDL, supported by two independent candidates, likely to form government with a tiny majority. Final, marginal-seat results are still trickling in. The FLP hasn [...]	2006-05-17 02:42:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC FJ
06SUVA210	TONGA'S PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Tongan PM Fred Sevele announced a major cabinet shake up May 16. Five ministerial portfolios were shifted, three new ministers were appointed, and two former ministers were removed. The most significant ch [...]	2006-05-17 03:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OFDP TN
06SUVA214	QARASE CONFIRMED AS FIJI'S PM; MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (C) By scraping through to a win in a disputed seat, Prime Minister Qarase's SDL party secured a tiny parliamentary majority in Fiji's national election. Two SDL-oriented independents add cushion. The losing FLP may still sue, but that is an issue only for the longer term. Qarase has announ [...]	2006-05-18 02:56:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL MARR ASEC FJ
06SUVA215	POLITICAL REFORM IN TONGA - OPTIMISM REIGNS, FOR [...] (C) Summary. Government officials and diplomats we met during a May 13-16 visit to Tonga are optimistic about prospects for political reform over the next few months. The New Zealand High Commissioner said PM Fred Sevele has gotten off to a good start, and has demonstrated a willingness to [...]	2006-05-18 23:32:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON TN
06SUVA218	FIJI'S NEW MULTI-PARTY CABINET: CONTINUITY AND [...] (C) Fiji Prime Minister Qarase has named his Cabinet of 24 Ministers, plus 12 Ministers of State. FLP leader Chaudhry plans to be Leader of the Opposition, but his party will take 9 portfolios under a multi-party cabinet provision of Fiji's Constitution. A number of FLP leaders want to give [...]	2006-05-23 02:23:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR FJ
06SUVA254	FIJI'S MULTI-PARTY CABINET: IS THE HONEYMOON [...] (C) Summary: The creation of a multi-party Cabinet following the May elections has given rise to a groundswell of hope and optimism that Fiji's rival SDL and Labor parties might finally cooperate for the good of the nation. Across the political spectrum, there have been calls for a new, less [...]	2006-06-29 01:19:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FJ
06SUVA255	FIJI'S MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT TALKING AGAIN [...] (C) Representatives of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and Fiji's Ministry of Home Affairs tell us a June 23 meeting between RFMF Commander Bainimarama and Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola appears to have helped put civil-military relations in Fiji back on the right track. RFMF s [...]	2006-07-02 18:20:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV FJ NZ
06SUVA262	TONGA'S POLITICAL EVOLUTION: HOW FAR AND HOW FAST? [...] (C) The public drive in Tonga for political change seems to have decelerated in recent months, though debate is no longer about whether change should occur, but about the pace and degree. New Prime Minister Sevele's series of modest reforms may have reduced pressure. Also, people may be awa [...]	2006-07-05 22:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV PINR EFIN CVIS TN CH
06SUVA309	TUVALU ELECTIONS: NEW GROUPING TAKES THE REINS [...] (C) Summary: Tuvalu's governing coalition of seven independent MPs supporting PM Maatia Toafa was resoundingly defeated August 3. AmEmbassy officer observed the elections and concurs with the general observation that the vote was free and fair. Based on still unconfirmed reports from contact [...]	2006-08-09 01:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TV
06SUVA323	CODEL HYDE'S VISIT TO FIJI, AUGUST 15-17 [...] (SBU) Visiting House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde congratulated Fiji's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tavola on Fiji's recent national elections, testimony to the strong democratic institutions Fiji has developed. The Minister hoped that Fiji will be considered for Mill [...]	2006-08-17 00:51:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR EAID ETRD CVIS FJ TN
06SUVA418	PIF OFFICIALS DISCUSS RESTRUCTURING PACIFIC ISLAND [...] (SBU) Charge passed Ref A points to Greg Urwin, Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) SIPDIS Secretariat October 2. Charge also passed the points to SIPDIS Jimmie Rodgers, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Urwin had no immediate comment. [...]	2006-10-05 00:26:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV XV XU
06SUVA427	TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN'S VISIT TO NAURU; READ-OUT [...] (C) Summary: According to Australia's Consul General in Nauru, security concerns were paramount during Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's six-hour state visit to Nauru September 6. Of the 80-member Taiwan delegation that made the trip, 30 were security guards. The Nauru Police were required [...]	2006-10-12 21:47:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID TW NR FJ CH XU
06SUVA432	FIJI SEEKS MNFI JOB FOR COMMODORE BAINIMARAMA; [...] (S) Fiji Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola has asked if the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq (MNFI) can offer the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, a senior (two star or above) position. The request is with the approval of PM Qarase. According to V [...]	2006-10-16 19:43:00	Embassy Suva	SECRET	KPKO MARR PREL PGOV IZ FJ
06SUVA433	TONGAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT CALLS FOR [...] (C) The National Committee on Political Reform (NCPR) submitted its report to Tonga's Parliament on Oct. 3. The King received a copy a month ago. The report says Tonga's people want political reform but also want to protect traditional culture. The report recommends an all-elected, 26-memb [...]	2006-10-16 23:38:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TN
06SUVA434	PIF SECGEN TO RECOMMEND AGAINST PACIFIC-LEADERS' [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points on Pacific institutions' regional restructuring to Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General Greg Urwin on Oct. 16. He expressed understanding of USG views and noted that the Forum Officials' advice going to PIF Leaders appears on the same track as o [...]	2006-10-16 23:54:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV XV XU
06SUVA452	PRC PROTESTS A/S HILL'S PLANNED MEETING WITH TAIWAN VICE [...] (SBU) Summary: China pressed on U.S. diplomats at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Nadi, Fiji, to cancel an informal encounter between Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and Taiwan Vice Foreign Minister Chang Siao-Yue. Beijing's new special envoy for PIF affairs, Ambassador Wang Yon [...]	2006-10-24 23:52:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH TW FJ
06SUVA480	NEXT STEPS IN TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Tonga Prime Minister Sevele has responded to the proposals for political reform put forward by the National Committee on Political Reform (ref) with an alternate reform model. The NCPR called for all members of Parliament to be elected, with the PM and all cabinet members to be chosen [...]	2006-11-06 22:48:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TN
06SUVA489	FIJI UPDATE 11/13: GCC TRIES TO MEDIATE; NO STABLE [...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama appeared before the Great Council of Chiefs on Nov. 10 and angrily attacked PM Qarase and his policies. Thereafter, the GCC tilted toward Qarase and initiated an effort to mediate. It is possible an attempt will be made to resu [...]	2006-11-12 22:46:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA494	FIJI UPDATE 11/14: "GUILTY" IN CORRUPTION CASE; [...] (C) Peniasi Kunatuba, who was CEO of the Agriculture Ministry during part of the Qarase interim administration in 2000-2001, was found guilty on corruption charges on Nov. 14 in Justice Nazhat Shameem's Suva court. PM Qarase and several of his current and former Ministers were called to testi [...]	2006-11-13 22:34:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA497	FIJI UPDATE 11/15: WAITING FOR CIV-MIL MEDIATION; [...] (C) Suva remains superficially calm. Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) reserves are finishing a two-week camp and are about to return home, at least temporarily. At the same time, the Army has added to its list of "political" complaints to Prime Minister Qarase. The Chair of the Great [...]	2006-11-14 22:14:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA499	FIJI UPDATE 11/16: STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Late on Nov. 15, RFMF Commander Bainimarama provided the media a statement concerning his latest set of demands on PM Qarase's government (reftel). He reportedly said the demands are non-negotiable and must be met before any Bainimarama-Qarase meeting can take place. Bainimarama suggeste [...]	2006-11-15 22:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA500	RIOTS IN TONGA; AMCITS HUNKER DOWN [...] (C) Rioters in downtown Nuku'alofa, Tonga, this afternoon (Nov. 16) trashed properties of PM Sevele, King George Tupou V, and some Indian and Chinese businesses. They may have been responding to a reported decision of the Tonga Parliament, that has been discussing political reforms, to end it [...]	2006-11-15 22:55:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM ASEC CASC TN
06SUVA504	RIOTS DEVASTATE NUKU'ALOFA; TONGA IN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Up to 70% of downtown Nuku'alofa was laid to waste by rioters 11/16 after a pro-democracy demonstration ignited into the streets. The city now appears calm, but authorities are concerned about potential continued unrest. Media is reporting that six people were killed in the rioting. A [...]	2006-11-16 21:21:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC MARR KDEM TN
06SUVA508	TONGA NAT'L COMMITTEE CHAIR BLAMES PM SEVELE FOR [...] (C) According to Sitiveni Halapua, the Chairman of Tonga's National Committee on Political Reform (NCPR),and a person whose instinct is always to find the middle ground, much of the blame for the atmosphere that led to last week's riot in Nuku'alofa rests on the shoulders of Prime Minister Sev [...]	2006-11-20 22:33:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID TN
06SUVA518	FIJI UPDATE 11/27: BAINIMARAMA TENSION WITH THE [...] (C) We are tentatively scheduled to meet with Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama on Wednesday. We intend to join others in a joint demarche on RFMF senior officers Tuesday. Over the weekend, New Zealand FM Peters got nowhere with Bainimarama. The GNZ considered ar [...]	2006-11-26 22:24:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA519	FIJI UPDATE 11/28: QARASE-BAINIMARAMA IN NZ; AMB [...] (C) Fiji PM Qarase and RFMF Commander Bainimarama have agreed to meet in New Zealand 11/29 under an agreement brokered by NZ FM Peters. The Ambassador and other diplomats had a useful, scheduled meeting with RFMF leaders in Suva. However, Bainimarama later reacted angrily, and the RFMF issued [...]	2006-11-27 23:41:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA52	TONGAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (U) Summary: Tongan Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, has resigned. Lavaka Ata, youngest son of the King of Tonga, submitted his resignation on Saturday, February 11, to his older brother Prince Regent Tupouto'a. Tupouto'a named Minister of Labour, Commerce, and Industries Fred Se [...]	2006-02-13 03:10:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM TN
06SUVA524	TOURISM TAKES A NOSE-DIVE IN FIJI [...] (SBU) Managers of several of Fiji's top hotels told us the tourism industry is "bleeding" due to RFMF Commander Bainimarama's repeated threats to take action against the government. Occupancy for most major resorts in Fiji is 40% or below, when it should be in the 70-75% range this time of [...]	2006-11-28 22:58:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CASC PGOV PREL FJ

06SUVA525	FIJI UPDATE 11/29: CURIOSITY ABOUT WELLINGTON [...] (C/NF) Fiji hungers for details of what went on in the meeting between PM Qarase and RFMF Commander Bainimarama in Wellington. Tonight, the RFMF is conducting an exercise in the Suva area, preparing for the possibility of foreign military intervention. We issued a warden notice. President I [...]	2006-11-28 23:04:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA530	TONGA AFTER THE FIRES: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Tonga's King, Prime Minister, and others are demanding that those who looted and burned Nuku'alofa's central business district November 16 be brought to justice. At the same time, they have acknowledged that, while the national dialogue on democratic reforms has stumbled, it must [...]	2006-12-03 21:41:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM TN
06SUVA534	PIF EMINENT PERSONS GROUP FOR FIJI ON HOLD [...] (C) We conveyed Ref A points regarding an "eminent persons group" to Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Secretary General Urwin in late a.m. of 12/5. This was before many of today's events unfolded in Fiji (see septels). Urwin noted, per Ref B, that the PIF was awaiting a Fiji Cabinet invitation for [...]	2006-12-04 22:37:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FJ
06SUVA540	CHINESE IN FIJI KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN, HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese community in Fiji, estimated at 6,000-10,000 persons, is hoping to ride out the crisis caused by the military's announcement that it is deposing the lawfully elected government of Fiji. A PRC Embassy official told us the Embassy knows of only 17 Chinese residents wh [...]	2006-12-05 18:34:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FJ CH TW
06SUVA559	ALLEGATIONS OF SECURITY FORCE ABUSE OF RIOT [...] (C) Summary: An employee from a Tonga NGO has released a report alleging inhumane prison conditions and physical abuse of prisoners arrested after Tonga's November 16 riot (see reftels). The Tonga government and military have denied the charges, and there is some debate about the report's acc [...]	2006-12-17 22:45:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PHUM PREL TN
06SUVA56	NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' VISIT TO FIJI [...] (C) Summary. According to New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, the visit of Foreign Minister Winston Peters met all of New Zealand's objectives. Peters delivered messages about the importance of democracy and the rule of law and the need for positive civil-military relations. Both PM [...]	2006-02-15 02:15:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR FJ NZ CH
06SUVA57	FIJI UPDATE: ELECTIONS, CIV-MIL RELATIONS, ETC. [...] (C) Fiji's general election may take place as early as late April. Political parties are gearing up. Opposition leader Chaudhry seems satisfied that complaints about electoral-registration are being resolved. Elections Commissioner Leung is confident a free and fair election can take plac [...]	2006-02-15 21:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR FJ
06SUVA578	FIJI UPDATE 12/20: NO OUTCOME YET AT THE GCC [...] (C) As expected, there was no substantive outcome announced at the end of the 12/20 meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs. The GCC meeting will conclude 12/21. The Chairman of the GCC began the 12/20 session by noting how the GCC had been ridiculed by the military, and urged Chiefs not to [...]	2006-12-20 00:36:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA581	FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT [...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]	2006-12-21 00:09:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA582	FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT [...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]	2006-12-21 00:23:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA587	FIJI UPDATE 12/22 [...] (C) In a statement issued after the conclusion of its meeting 12/22, the Great Council of Chiefs reaffirmed the status of the appointed President and Vice President. The Council condemned the coup, but recognizing the reality of the military takeover, called for the PM to resign. The Counc [...]	2006-12-22 01:18:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA64	NEW DOCUMENTS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Jennifer Rawson, passed us copies February 17 of two documents that raise concerns about Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Frank Bainimarama's intentions in the run-up to this year's planned elections in Fiji. Both docu [...]	2006-02-17 06:55:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC FJ
06SUVA65	SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S FEBRUARY 25 [...] (C) We look forward to your short visit to Fiji. It comes in the run-up to national elections, which could take place as early as late April. It is also a time of very difficult civil-military relations. Tensions between the government and military have been at a near-boiling point for m [...]	2006-02-21 21:47:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV FJ US
06SUVA92	VISIT OF GENERAL ABIZAID TO FIJI [...] (C) The Commander of U.S. Central Command, General John Abizaid, met with Fiji's Prime Minister, Vice President, and Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) during a four hour visit to Suva on February 25. In all his meetings, General Abizaid discussed the possibility of hav [...]	2006-03-06 02:40:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV FJ
06SUVA97	TONGA'S CROWN PRINCE FAVORS CHANGE ASAP [...] (C) Tonga's Crown Prince Tupouto'a has seen the light: reform to a more democratic system needs to happen ASAP. He envisions a constitutional monarchy with the King delegating all day-to-day government business to an elected government. The current King, ill in New Zealand, has not signed off [...]	2006-03-07 02:17:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL ECON TN
06SUVA98	FIJI'S PRESIDENT SELECTED TO SERVE A SECOND TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) announced the selection of Fiji's President Ratu Josefa Iloilo and Vice President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi to serve five more years. The action follows a statement by Iloilo in early February that he was available to serve another ter [...]	2006-03-08 03:14:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FJ
06TAIPEI1024	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. The people of Taiwan are committed to maintaining Taiwan's hard won freedoms, Presidential Officer Secretary General Mark Chen told the Director in their SIPDIS initial meeting on March 24. Mark Chen noted to the Director that President Chen would be less likely to cause futu [...]	2006-03-27 10:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1096	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON LEGISLATIVE YUAN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's current political climate makes a breakthrough on the arms procurement issue unlikely in the very near term, LY President Wang Jin-pyng told the Director on March 28. However, all parties "will likely agree" to purchase P-3C anti-submarine aircraft and increase Taiwan's [...]	2006-03-30 09:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1139	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MAINLAND AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan and the PRC will meet in early July to discuss direct cargo and passenger charter flights and increasing the number of PRC tourists visiting China, Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu told AIT Director Young on March 30. Wu described a deep sense of frustration a [...]	2006-03-31 10:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CH TW
06TAIPEI1141	PAN-BLUE TRUMPETS MA'S U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou used his recent U.S. visit to boost his chances in the 2008 presidential race and recast the party's overly passive policy into an active plan to improve cross-Strait relations. Despite our denials, Pan-Blue contacts insist that Ma received red carpet t [...]	2006-03-31 12:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI1151	DIRECTOR'S INITIAL CALL ON VICE PREMIER TSAI [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen expressed concerns about Taiwan's democracy and economic situation with AIT Director Young during his initial courtesy call on March 28. She promised to work hard to address the concerns of business leaders with regard to overly bureaucratic travel regulat [...]	2006-04-03 07:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1155	JEFFREY KOO SPEAKS ON TAIWAN'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 29, 2006, courtesy call on China Trust Holdings Chairman Jeffrey L. Koo, Koo lamented the lack of competent political appointees in President Chen's government, but did not rule out a DPP victory in the 2008 presidential election. He also said that President Chen [...]	2006-04-03 08:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1159	KMT CHAIR MA AND PRESIDENT CHEN MEET FACE TO FACE [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou met with President Chen for a highly anticipated televised "debate" that lasted two hours and ten minutes. Despite all-too-clear political differences and barely concealed disdain, the atmosphere was polite, and both had plenty of time to get their poi [...]	2006-04-03 11:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1194	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. In his initial meeting with AIT Director Young, Defense Minister Lee Jye welcomed continued close support with AIT on defense subjects. Minister Lee reported that progress had been made on approval of procurement of three procurement items (PAC-2 Upgrade, P-3C, Submarine desig [...]	2006-04-06 07:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	CH MARR MAS PGOV PREL
06TAIPEI1222	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAIPEI MAYOR/KMT [...] (C) Summary: Taipei mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on April 4 that as the "majority" party in opposition, the KMT must assume greater responsibility for Taiwan's "national" welfare. Ma agreed that Taiwan's defense capability should not be treated as a pol [...]	2006-04-07 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MCAP TW
06TAIPEI123	TALK SHOWS IN TAIWAN: WHO CARES? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AIT met with Taiwan media analysts, talk show hosts, and AC Nielsen to assess the viewership and influence of Taiwan talk shows. Analysts agree that only the older generation watches talk shows, and those who watch them are already set in their political beliefs. Thus, talk sh [...]	2006-01-12 23:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR TW
06TAIPEI1245	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAOYUAN MAGISTRATE [...] (C) Summary: Taoyuan Magistrate Eric Chu told AIT Director Young that now is the time for the KMT to act responsibly on national defense and other matters, even if it means sharing credit with President Chen's DPP government. During an April 6 meeting with the Director, Chu (a close advisor t [...]	2006-04-07 10:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1261	GROWING DISARRAY AND ANXIETY IN THE GREEN CAMP [...] (C) Summary: A number of DPP legislators, dismayed by low public support for the party and President Chen Shui-bian, are growing increasingly concerned about election prospects over the next two years, leading them to call for reforms and a greater role for legislators in DPP policymaking. So [...]	2006-04-10 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1263	TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO COUNTER THE PRC IN LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Latin America and Beijing's growing influence in the region. Taipei is particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might soon switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing. In an effort to cou [...]	2006-04-10 22:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	CR NC PM PGOV PREL TW XR
06TAIPEI1283	HIGH-SPEED RAIL CHAIRMAN CRITICIZES CHEN'S [...] (C) Summary: During an April 10 meeting with AIT Director Stephen Young, leading businesswoman and Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation Chairman Nita Ing (protect) expressed strong disappointment in the performance of the Chen administration, arguing that it had been unsuccessful at adapting fro [...]	2006-04-12 06:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV CH TW
06TAIPEI1287	KMT Wins Taitung Supplemental Magisterial Election [...] (SBU) In Taitung County's April 1, 2006, supplemental magisterial election, the KMT candidate Kuang Li-chen defeated Pan Green independent candidates Liu Chao-hao and Lai Kun-cheng. Voter turnout was only 38.17 percent. 2. (SBU) In her first-ever election, Kuang Li-chen won with 62.51 p [...]	2006-04-12 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1290	Unemployed Public School Teachers in Taiwan [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan is home to reportedly over 50,000 unemployed public school teachers. Local scholars attribute the increase in teacher unemployment to a decade-long "teacher cultivation program," which was designed by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to enable college graduates from universi [...]	2006-04-12 23:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI1300	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PFP CHAIRMAN JAMES [...] (C) Summary: People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (Chu-yu) told the Director on April 11 that the PFP supports the purchase of P-3C aircraft and submarines, and is in favor of increasing Taiwan's military budget to three percent of GDP. Soong says he understands that Taiwan must maint [...]	2006-04-13 06:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1325	TAIWAN SEEKING TO COUNTER THE PRC IN INDIA [...] (C) The following is in response to questions posed in C-AL6-00293 (reftel) on Taiwan's efforts to enhance bilateral ties with India. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan is pursuing closer economic ties with India to bolster its political relationship and counter a growing reliance on the PRC economy. [...]	2006-04-14 10:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL TW XR
06TAIPEI1327	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH DPP CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: Director Young stressed the importance of maintaining the cross-Strait status quo and not crossing red lines on constitutional change during his April 13 introductory meeting with DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun. Saying that he fully understood the U.S. position, Yu assured the Directo [...]	2006-04-14 10:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1328	KMT CAUCUS EMBARRASSES CHAIRMAN MA . . . AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou professed "surprise" at the KMT caucus decision April 11 to reject Hsieh Wen-ding, President Chen's nominee for Prosecutor-General. Ma has been publicly promising a more rational, responsible KMT legislative voting bloc to get beyond years of legislat [...]	2006-04-16 23:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1339	KMT DEFENSE COUNTER-PROPOSAL: ROUND TWO [...] (C) Summary. KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is making another push for a KMT alternative defense proposal after failing to achieve party consensus before his late March visit to Washington. While Ma appears sincere in his effort to "get the defense issue behind him" before the 2008 presidential [...]	2006-04-17 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI1340	FORMER PREMIER URGES TAIWAN - PRC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Former Premier Vincent Siew described Taiwan to AIT Director as politically divided over the appropriate policy on cross-Strait issues. He prescribed consultative mechanisms between the KMT and DPP to resolve domestic issues and consultations, on economic issues only, between T [...]	2006-04-17 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1341	LIEN-HU MEETING STIRS UP TAIWAN'S CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary. The KMT-CCP economic forum closed with the PRC's announcement of fifteen measures to unilaterally expand agriculture, tourism, and education links between China and Taiwan. DPP critics say the measures are simply "united front" tactics to weaken President Chen Shui-bian and deep [...]	2006-04-17 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI138	KUOMINTANG STRATEGY TOWARD CHEN SHUI-BIAN [...] (C) This cable is in response to Ref A's request for AIT input regarding, inter alia, Kuomintang (KMT) strategy toward the legislative and political agenda of President Chen Shui-bian and his Democratic People's Party (DPP),KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's control of the party and its cross-Strai [...]	2006-01-13 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1386	MAC CHAIRMAN SEES HINTS OF CROSS-STRAIT MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu told the Director April 18 that there are hints of movement on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He noted some flexibility on the PRC side during the Lien Chan visit to Beijing, and he acknowledged that Taipei is under domestic p [...]	2006-04-20 10:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH TW
06TAIPEI139	DPP PARTY CHAIRMAN ELECTION SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members elect a new party chairman on Sunday, January 15. The leading candidates are former Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun, a cautious moderate close to President Chen, and Legislator Trong Chai (Tsai Tong-rong),an independe [...]	2006-01-13 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1415	TAIWAN ON WHO: IHRS, TWO-BY-TWO, AND OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is considering making a unilateral pledge adhering to the WHO International Health Regulations (IHRs),though it has some questions about timing. No decision has been made yet on whether Taiwan will concur with a limited two-by-two debate in WHA Plenary Session and Gener [...]	2006-04-24 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL PGOV WHO TW
06TAIPEI1416	DPP LEGISLATORS DISCUSS ELECTION PROSPECTS AND [...] (C) Summary: A group of DPP legislators told the Director that the new election format for the Legislative Yuan (LY) will disadvantage the DPP in 2007 and future LY elections. However, the upcoming completion of three major transportation projects and a strong performance by Premier Su on the [...]	2006-04-24 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1455	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAICHUNG MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is unlikely to move forward on the arms procurement issue until this fall, when his political position will be more secure, Taichung Mayor and Ma intimate Jason Hu told the Director during their introductory meeting on April 25. Hu predicted that Ma will [...]	2006-04-27 22:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1456	DANIEL TSAI URGES CLOSER CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 introductory call, Fubon Financial Holdings (FFH) Chairman Daniel Tsai lamented President Chen's squandered opportunities for a breakthrough in cross-Strait relations and said he would advise politicians to have more confidence in Taiwan's future. Tsai also r [...]	2006-04-27 22:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1461	Kaohsiung Mayoral Election - Preliminary Report [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the DPP and KMT primaries, DPP elected officials and supporters are urging DPP's Central Office to recruit Acting Kaohsiung Mayor Yeh Chu-lan as its candidate in the upcoming December Kaohsiung mayoral election. Although former Council of Labor Affairs chairpe [...]	2006-04-28 01:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1492	PRC-VATICAN RELATIONS: TAIWAN INCREASINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Recent conciliatory statements by Vatican and PRC officials have increased Taipei's anxiety that its diplomatic ties with the Holy See are in jeopardy. Taiwan officials say they have no influence over the Vatican and appealed to the USG for assistance and information on the statu [...]	2006-05-01 23:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06TAIPEI1536	DEMARCHE TO MOFA ON TAIWAN AND WHO: TAIWAN RAISES [...] (SBU) Summary. AIT presented Ref A demarche on Taiwan participation in WHO to Vice Foreign Minister Michael Kau, highlighting U.S. requests for Taiwan to unilaterally adhere to the IHR's and to agree to the "two-by-two" debate proposal. Kau responded that Taiwan is nearly ready to go forwar [...]	2006-05-04 01:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV PREL WHO CN TW
06TAIPEI1544	DIRECTOR,S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: Hopefully the halving of the number of legislators in 2007 will improve the "quality" of the legislature, Vice President Annette Lu told the Director during their introductory meeting on April 28. As could be expected, the outspoken Lu criticized both KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou [...]	2006-05-04 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1551	MA YING-JEOU WEAK, EVEN WHEN HE WINS [...] (C) Summary: KMT Legislator John Chiang withdrew last week from the KMT Taipei mayoral race after nudging from KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou. Ma wants the KMT to nominate a Taiwanese candidate and apparently favors former Taipei Deputy Mayor Yeh Chin-chuan. Chiang's departure, however, probably [...]	2006-05-05 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1558	AIT DIRECTOR AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER LEE [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Nobel Prize winner Lee Yuan-Tseh told AIT Director he felt that the PRC's policy of only talking with the opposition Kuomingtang (KMT) was unequivocally wrong. While disappointed with President Chen's performance, he also criticized the KMT for its dealings with the PRC. [...]	2006-05-08 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI EDU CH TW
06TAIPEI1572	TAIWAN CONCERNED ABOUT TIES WITH SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been working to keep a low profile in the Solomon Islands following recent anti-Chinese riots that some blamed on alleged political bribery by Taiwan and ethnic Chinese business people. Prime Minister Mannaseh Sogavare reportedly announced prior to his May 4 election [...]	2006-05-08 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI158	PRESIDENT CHEN'S CANDIDATE WINS DPP PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: Former Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun, a moderate tacitly supported by President Chen, won election as chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on January 15. Chen hopes Yu's victory will help him reconsolidate his power, weakened by a defeat i [...]	2006-01-17 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1583	LAPTOP TYCOON PESSIMISTIC ON TAIWAN'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with AIT Director Stephen Young on May 3, Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam described increasing arrogance in the PRC. He is glad to see the Mainland prosper, but stills sees Quanta as a Taiwan firm. Taiwan is a part of China, and its economic future depends o [...]	2006-05-09 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV PGOV CH TW
06TAIPEI159	TAIWAN PREMIER FRANK HSIEH RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh announced his resignation on January 17, pledging that his entire cabinet will follow suit next week. President Chen told the press that he will name a new premier as soon as possible to ensure political stability and that he hopes a new cabinet will b [...]	2006-01-17 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1623	TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION WANTS 3 LINKS [...] (C) Summary. KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Ping-kun told AIT Director Young May 1 that Taiwan's economic performance is slipping relative to its neighbors and the solution is to implement the three links. In an analysis heavily influenced by his partisan opposition to the current government, Chia [...]	2006-05-11 08:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1627	PAN-BLUE CROSS-STRAIT BILL: MOSTLY POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Pan-Blue legislators are pushing for a May 12 vote on a bill to amend the law which governs air and sea travel between Taiwan and the PRC. The bill proposes to eliminate restrictions on such travel, to set the stage for future direct cross-Strait transportation links. DPP and TSU [...]	2006-05-11 22:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1652	NO COMPROMISE FROM DPP LEGISLATORS [...] (C) Summary: DPP legislators expressed a range of views to the AIT Director on May 10, including that if KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou were elected president he would surrender Taiwan to the PRC. The legislators also discussed corruption, cross-Strait trade, and the recent transit flap. End Summ [...]	2006-05-15 08:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1731	MA YING-JEOU: FTA ESSENTIAL TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with the Director, Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou reviewed his recent visits to Singapore and Australia. He also volunteered that he is frustrated with the lack of progress toward a U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),arguing that without a [...]	2006-05-19 10:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW ETRD CH US
06TAIPEI1732	PRC ACADEMIC SAYS "SHARED SOVEREIGNTY" WITH TAIWAN [...] (U) Summary: For the first time to our knowledge, a well-known PRC academic affirmed publicly in Taiwan the prospect of China "sharing" its sovereignty with Taiwan. This suggests the possibility of a Track II-type dialogue between the PRC and Taiwan. End summary. PRC: Might Share Sovereignt [...]	2006-05-19 10:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI1744	KMT LEGISLATORS DEFEND OPPOSITION TO DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: KMT legislators debated each other and sheepishly defended their opposition to the stalled defense procurement legislation during a May 18 meeting with the Director. There was a strong difference of views on the upcoming Economic Sustainable Development Conference (ESDC) between [...]	2006-05-22 23:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1755	TAIWAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT ATTRACTS LIMITED [...] (SBU) Following approval by the National Security Council and President Chen, Taiwan published its first-ever National Security Report (NSR) on May 20. The 162-page report is divided into a preface by President Chen and five parts: an introduction, Taiwan's security environment, internal and [...]	2006-05-23 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1840	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETING WITH TAIWAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: President Chen told DUSTR Bhatia that Taiwan is interested in an FTA for economic reasons and is prepared to take steps needed to further open its market. Bhatia stressed the difficulties in an FTA and explained that it would be more practical to negotiate agreements in specific [...]	2006-05-30 07:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1853	PRESIDENT CHEN DECIDES TO YIELD SOME OF HIS POWERS [...] (C) Summary: President Chen on May 31 made a surprise announcement that he would yield some powers to Premier Su and refrain from making major government policy and personnel decisions other than in defense, foreign affairs, and cross-Strait relations. NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen told [...]	2006-06-01 13:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI190	PRESIDENT CHEN NAMES SU TSENG-CHANG AS NEW PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen named Su Tseng-chang, former chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the new premier on January 19 to replace Frank Hsieh, who resigned two days earlier. AIT's contacts predict a large-scale cabinet reshuffle ovr the next week. Su, the most popular [...]	2006-01-19 09:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1915	MA YING-JEOU: TOO GENTLE FOR JAMES SOONG? [...] (C) Summary: The KMT rank-and-file is scrambling to take partisan advantage of Chen Shui-bian's political and personal miseries, but their Chairman, Ma Ying-jeou, seems inclined to demure and delay. Instead of attacking Chen and calling for his ouster, Ma has preached caution and patience. [...]	2006-06-05 22:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1945	DPP Primary for Kaohsiung Mayoral election - High Stakes, [...] Summary: After much public and party debate on who should represent the DPP in the December 2006 Kaohsiung mayoral election, former Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) Chairperson Chen Chu garnered 80 percent of DPP member votes (19,765) during the May 28 DPP primary to become the party's mayoral c [...]	2006-06-08 01:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI196	PEOPLE FIRST PARTY: COMING TO AN END? [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan observers have been predicting the demise of the People First Party (PFP) for several years now, and now it is happening. After the PFP's poor showing in the December 2005 local election, PFP Legislative Yuan (LY) members have begun to return to the KMT in increasing numbe [...]	2006-01-20 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI197	VICE PREMIER-DESIGNATE TSAI ING-WEN ON [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Ing-wen, an expert on cross-Strait and economic issues, has accepted appointment as vice premier in the new cabinet to be headed by Su Tseng-chang. Tsai is expected to play a leading role on cross-Strait issues, compensating for [...]	2006-01-20 09:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR CH TW
06TAIPEI198	TAIPEI MAYOR'S RACE: PAN-BLUES ALREADY CAMPAIGNING [...] (U) Summary: Though the election to replace Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou is still ten months away, former Environmental Protection Minister and New Party member Hau Lung-bin is leading a pack of five Pan-Blue candidates, including the once-popular People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong. In [...]	2006-01-22 21:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI1983	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) Summary: Former President Lee Teng-hui criticized President Chen and DPP corruption but predicted Chen would not step down during an introductory meeting June second with the Director. Lee also criticized KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou for supporting the ultimate goal of reunification, and he [...]	2006-06-09 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1984	AIT CHAIRMAN MEETS TAIWAN PREMIER [...] (C) Summary. On June 8, Premier Su Tseng-chang told AIT Chairman Burghardt that after delegating powers to Su, President Chen retains authority over security, international affairs and cross-Straits issues. The premier expressed confidence that Taiwan's democratic institutions would weather [...]	2006-06-09 11:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV TW
06TAIPEI2006	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: From June 8-11, AIT Chairman Burghardt visited Taiwan. This cable reports his meetings with Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, KMT LY President Wang Jin-pyng, prominent Taiwan academics, Foreign Minister James Huang, AmCham business leaders, and Mainland [...]	2006-06-12 22:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2007	LEGISLATIVE YUAN WILL CONSIDER RECALL DURING [...] (U) The Legislative Yuan (LY) voted, during a June 12 informal meeting, to convene an extraordinary session from June 13-30. The LY also approved an agenda proposed by the KMT and PFP to discuss fourteen bills during the session. The first bill is a proposal to recall President Chen, jointly [...]	2006-06-12 22:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2010	AIT CHAIRMAN MEETS TAIWAN VICE PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: AIT Chairman Burghardt met June 9 with Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen. Chairman Burghardt told VPM Tsai that his visit to Taiwan was primarily a "re-introductory call" and that he was not carrying any messages from President Bush to President Chen. However, his recent consultations in [...]	2006-06-13 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2044	REACTIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT ON CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER [...] (C) Summary: AIT's political contacts view today's announcement of the Taiwan-PRC agreement on charter flights as positive, but two Pan-Blue legislators said the agreement did not go far enough or was just a "tiny step." Our contacts believe the announcement will boost President Chen, curren [...]	2006-06-14 11:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2056	Southern Taiwan Youth Prepping for Global Business [...] Summary: In 2004, Taiwan's Ministry of Education included globalization as an important factor in the annual university performance evaluation program. Local universities have worked to comply by diversifying international exchange programs and re-engineering campuses into international learni [...]	2006-06-16 05:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI2113	CHEN'S FAMILY SCANDALS THREATEN DPP [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Pan-Blue politicians are pushing for President Chen's resignation or recall over new corruption scandal allegations involving his wife (Wu Shu-chen),his son-in-law (Chao Chien-ming),and officials in the Presidential Office. Chen is fighting back, however, and a reca [...]	2006-06-20 22:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2166	MA: HOLD CHEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 televised address, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou defended the Pan-Blue effort to recall President Chen and urged him to step down to take political responsibility for corruption scandals and incompetence in managing Taiwan's economy and relations with the U.S. In respo [...]	2006-06-22 21:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2179	PAN-BLUE RIVALS TARNISH, FRUSTRATE MA [...] (C) Summary: Both PFP Chairman James Soong and KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng resent KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's rise to power, which they see as eroding their own positions. They are taking steps separately to try to shore up their influence. Tapping Deep Blue anger, Soon [...]	2006-06-23 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2194	THE LEGISLATURE PREPARES TO VOTE ON RECALLING [...] (C) Summary: The Taiwan legislature's vote tomorrow on a Pan-Blue opposition motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian is expected to fail by more than twenty votes. The Pan-Blue is trying to recall Chen over allegations of corruption against several persons close to him, while ruling party [...]	2006-06-26 10:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI221	TAIWAN'S NEW VICE PREMIER TSAI ING-WEN - [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 19, Legislator Tsai Ing-wen (DPP) was named Vice Premier. Tsai, elected as a legislator-at-large for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in December 2004, will take charge of economic and financial issues after the latest cabinet shuffle by President Chen Shui-b [...]	2006-01-23 07:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2215	RECALL MOTION AGAINST PRESIDENT CHEN FAILS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Blue opposition motion to recall President Chen Shui-bian failed to pass Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) on June 27, as was expected. Following the vote, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced he would not support a vote of no confidence in Premier Su Tseng-chang at this time [...]	2006-06-27 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI222	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM MEANS CIVIL RIGHTS, NOT [...] (C) Summary: Constitutional Reform Office (CRO) Director Lee Chun-yi told AIT on January 17 that his office's constitutional reform work over the next two years will be limited to human rights and environmental protection concerns, and will not touch on government structural reforms or sensit [...]	2006-01-23 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2270	NSC SECRETARY GENERAL CHIOU I-JEN ON THE CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent days President Chen has recovered his good spirits as a result of receiving strong DPP support against the opposition's recall move, NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen told ADIR and ADDIR on June 30, adding that Chen no longer feels "alone." Chiou predicted that politica [...]	2006-06-30 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI229	KMT CHAIRMAN MA SEEKS TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. After sixteen months of mechanically obstructing the Defense Procurement Special Budget weapons systems, the KMT under the leadership of Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is moving to develop an alternative proposal on defense policy and arms procurement. Ma has established a task force to [...]	2006-01-24 06:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARS MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI2365	ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - CROSS-STRAIT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Sustainable Economic Development Conference has been rescheduled to July 27-28. Planners are optimistic that members of the pan-Blue opposition will participate, although only in a personal capacity. Cross- Strait issues will dominate the agenda with progress possible o [...]	2006-07-13 01:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI242	CABINET AND PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Premier-designate Su Tseng-chang and his new cabinet will take office on January 25, following the formal resignaion of Premier Frank Hsieh and his entire cabinet on January 23. The presidential office and Su Tseng-chang have announced through the media all of the major new appointments [...]	2006-01-24 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2431	U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister James Huang told the USCC delegation that the recent PRC-Taiwan joint announcement of cross-Strait charter flights was "the most significant breakthrough in cross-Strait relations of the past six years," and that prospects for further progress are good. Huang said [...]	2006-07-18 22:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2432	US-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Premier Tsai Ing-wen told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation that Taiwan is in generally good economic health, but must create new industries and jobs and must preserve its competitive advantages over China. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) [...]	2006-07-18 22:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2440	KMT HONORARY CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON PRESIDENT CHEN, [...] (C) Summary: KMT Honorary Chairman Lien Chan strongly criticized President Chen for organizing his policies around the "totally impractical" goal of Taiwan independence, during a meeting with the Director on July 18. Chen's policies have negatively affected relations with allies as well as pr [...]	2006-07-19 10:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2441	PFP CHAIRMAN JAMES SOONG WEIGHS IN ON DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Director on July 17 urged PFP Chairman James Soong to show leadership in breaking the political deadlock blocking arms procurement, pointing out that U.S. decisionmakers are beginning to question Taiwan's commitment to defend itself. Soong made no specific commitments but a [...]	2006-07-19 11:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI246	Southern View on the New DPP Chairman [...] (U) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held its island wide Chairmanship election on January 15 in which former Secretary General of the Presidential Office Yu Shyi-kun was elected the new DPP Chairman. With record low turnouts in southern Taiwan, Yu won all the cities/ [...]	2006-01-24 23:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2480	TAIWAN FRETTING OVER NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] Action request--see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan MOFA official Ko Jai-son expressed concern to AIT that multiple candidates opposing Sandinista's Daniel Ortega in the November Nicaraguan presidential election would give the election to Ortega, resulting in a switch in diplomatic reco [...]	2006-07-24 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW NU
06TAIPEI2483	RULING DPP SEEKS TO RESTORE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: The DPP this weekend passed a series of resolutions at its national party congress that aim to curb corruption and burnish its reformist image. In an unexpected and controversial move, the congress abolished the party's formal factions, which up to now have been a primary mechani [...]	2006-07-24 10:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2485	DIRECTOR MEETS KMT TAIPEI MAYORAL CANDIDATE HAU [...] (C) KMT candidate Hau Long-bin told the Director on July 20 that he expects to win the Taipei mayoral election in December, but the contest between him and DPP candidate Frank Hsieh will be much closer than current polling suggests. If elected mayor, Hau will focus on environmental improvement [...]	2006-07-24 22:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2495	KMT INSIDER ON MA, ARMS SALES, KMT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: KMT legislator Joanna Lei told AIT that KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's position on arms sales is not yet fully supported by the party's legislative caucus. Lei said Ma's inept handling of the recall against President Chen demonstrates that Ma must learn how to give orders and demand [...]	2006-07-25 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2513	WANG JIN-PYNG PREDICTS ARMS BUDGET BY DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: KMT LY President Wang Jin-pyng predicted to the Director on July 25 that the LY would agree to an arms budget no later than this December, which would include the P-3Cs, and possibly PAC-II upgrades and limited funds for a submarine feasibility study. According to "close hold" in [...]	2006-07-26 22:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2535	KMT ASSETS SELL-OFF IN FULL SWING [...] (C) Summary: The Kuomintang (KMT) continues to liquidate its assets in order to ease financial pressures on the party and to deprive the DPP of a campaign issue, a KMT official told AIT. Most of the KMT's major assets, including the party headquarters building, have already been sold, and th [...]	2006-07-27 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW

06TAIPEI2536	KMT FIGHTS CORRUPTION BY LOCALIZING CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. The KMT, in a break from previous practice, will not hold a Taipei convention to conduct this weekend's election of Central Standing Committee (CSC) members, a party official told AIT. Instead, the electors will cast ballots at their respective local party headquarters. KMT Chair [...]	2006-07-27 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2537	DPP CHAIRMAN YU SHYI-KUN ON DOMESTIC POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun told the Director on July 26 that the DPP's recent national party congress was the most productive of the last ten years. Over the next six months, DPP efforts will focus on implementing the congress' reform resolutions and supporting its candidates in the [...]	2006-07-27 10:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2538	TALKING POINTS ON NICARAGUA DELIVERED TO TAIWAN [...] (S) AIT POL Chief conveyed ref A talking points on Nicaraguan presidential election to MFA Director General for Central and South American Affairs Jai-son Ko on July 27 (See para 4 for talking points). POL Chief strongly urged Taiwan not to provide funding to Rizo and the FLC. 2. (S) Ko r [...]	2006-07-27 10:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2569	DAMNED IF HE DOES OR DOESN'T: JAMES SOONG FOR MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong plans to run for Taipei mayor in hopes of exchanging his last-minute withdrawal for Kuomintang (KMT) agreement to reserve a few races for the PFP in the 2007 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. Soong's popularity is stuck below ten percen [...]	2006-07-31 22:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2610	KMT: PRC'S CHEN YUNLIN AND MAC JOSEPH WU COULD MEET [...] (C) Summary: A senior Kuomintang (KMT) official told AIT August 1 that the KMT hopes AIT will help persuade the DPP government to agree to a visit by PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin to attend an agricultural forum in Taipei October 13-18. The PRC has agreed to the KMT plan to a [...]	2006-08-03 05:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2618	MAC CHAIRMAN UPBEAT ON CROSS-STRAIT INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan will implement the 58 cross-Strait "consensus proposals" by the end of August, then begin considering the more controversial 14 "other items" from last week's Sustainable Economic Development Conference (SEDC),Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu told the Di [...]	2006-08-03 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH TW
06TAIPEI262	NEW ECON CABINET IN TAIWAN, SAME TIGHT [...] (C) Ref A reports on the new economic ministers in Taiwan. After discussions with a range of interlocutors it appears unlikely that the new cabinet will push for liberalization of cross-Strait economic ties. A senior banker suggested to AIT/T that while he sees many of the new appointees as [...]	2006-01-25 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2635	PFP CONSIDERING DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET KMT TO [...] (C) Summary: A PFP campaign strategist told AIT August 1 that the party is prepared to fight dirty if KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou continues to "arrogantly" ignore PFP power-sharing demands. He claimed the PFP has evidence linking KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Hau Long-bin to the Lafayette kickbac [...]	2006-08-04 09:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2636	KMT CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE ELECTION DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: The recent KMT Central Standing Committee election results did not hurt Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's leadership position, a senior Kuomintang (KMT) official told AIT. The KMT caucus is prepared to vote to approve purchasing the P-3C anti-sub aircraft and PAC-II upgrades this fall, ac [...]	2006-08-06 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2654	THREAT OF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] (C) Summary. Threats by opposition legislators to push for a vote of no confidence against Premier Su Tseng-chang have brought back to the forefront the pending major restructuring of the Legislative Yuan (LY). If a vote of no confidence passes this fall, President Chen Shui-bian can dissol [...]	2006-08-08 00:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI27	KMT LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng announced January 2 that President Chen has asked him to serve as his special envoy to the inauguration of Honduran President-elect Manuel Zelaya, scheduled for January 27. Wang also announced he will make a [...]	2006-01-04 08:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI2835	TAIPEI MAYOR MA YING-JEOU: PRESIDENT CHEN WON'T [...] (C) Summary: President Chen will not step down under pressure from former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-te, Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou predicted to AIT on August 16. Ma hypothesized that if Chen were to resign now, the President would lose his immunity and risk immediate prosecution for [...]	2006-08-17 06:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2853	TAIWAN SOLIDARITY UNION GOING ITS OWN WAY? [...] (C) Summary: Former President Lee Teng-hui wants the TSU, once considered an appendage to the DPP, to "go its own way." Lee is dissatisfied with President Chen and with DPP polcies viewed as too much in favor of opening to China. Lee has urged TSU candidates to stay to the end in mayoral rac [...]	2006-08-17 09:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2859	TAIWAN: TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Director General of North American Affairs Leo C.J. Lee on August 17. Per reftel instructions, post emphasized that Taiwan was placed on the Tier 2 watch list for failing to show evidence of increasing [...]	2006-08-18 00:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2860	ETC FIASCO BRINGS DOWN MOTC MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 3 ruling from Taiwan's Supreme Administrative Court ensured that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) would have to either hold a second bid process for the troubled electronic highway toll collection (ETC) system or take over the system itself from [...]	2006-08-18 02:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PGOV TW
06TAIPEI29	KMT FLEXIBILITY ON ARMS PROCUREMENT: APPEARANCE OR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent signal of increasing Kuomintang party (KMT) flexibility on arms procurement, on December 27, KMT Spokesperson Cheng Lee-wen quoted Ma as saying there is now "space" to give the arms issue a "reasonable review" in the Legislative Yuan (LY). Ma pledged the KMT will [...]	2006-01-04 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MASS MCAP PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2923	TAIWAN REMAINS INTENT ON A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan remains intent on securing U.S. concurrence to launch talks on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement. Taiwan officials at all levels took advantage of the August 17-21 trade talks in Taipei to raise the issue, emphasizing that an FTA is Taiwan's number one trade goal. Taiwan [...]	2006-08-24 02:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2948	PRESIDENT CHEN CONTINUES TO FEND OFF CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian moved to counter his detractors and rally his supporters by declaring three times over the past several days that he will not step down from the presidency. Vowing he would not "betray" his supporters and would remain in office until May 20, 2008, Chen [...]	2006-08-24 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI2975	DUMP CHEN MOVEMENT BOGGING DOWN AS PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of President Chen sponsored a rally in Taipei's 228 Peace Memorial Park on August 26 to shore up support for the beleaguered president, lashing out at organizers of an anti-Chen movement who are planning to start their rallies later this week. While attending the ina [...]	2006-08-28 11:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3013	VICE PRESIDENT LIU SEES ANTI-CHEN MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Annette Lu told the Director that she believes the "Depose Chen" movement will blow over in the next few weeks, but expressed concern about the potential for violence by anti-Chen demonstrators. She steadfastly defended President Chen Shui-bian and gave no outwar [...]	2006-08-31 22:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TW
06TAIPEI3027	CHEN PLAYS PRESIDENTIAL CARD AS PROTESTERS PREPARE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen is going forward with his long-planned trip to visit diplomatic partners Palau and Nauru Sept 3-6 in an effort to bolster Taiwan's ties to its allies in the South Pacific. In so doing, Chen aims to highlight his determination to forge on as President in the face [...]	2006-09-01 11:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3038	TAIWAN PROTESTS START OFF WITH A WHIMPER [...] (C) Summary: Weekend protest demonstrations calling on President Chen to step down appeared poorly organized and under-attended partly as a result of heavy downpours. The "Depose Chen" campaign, led by former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Shih Ming-te, drew under 1,000 pre-re [...]	2006-09-05 10:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3118	TAIPEI PROTESTS SET TO SWING INTO FULL GEAR [...] (C) Summary: Demonstrations calling on President Chen to step down are set to kick off 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 9. Shih Ming-te, leader of the "Depose Chen" campaign, stressed during a press conference September 7 that the event would be "peaceful and non-violent." He also vowed to [...]	2006-09-08 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3146	WEEKEND ANTI-CHEN PROTESTS PEACEFUL, CONTINUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Weekend protests aimed at "deposing" President Chen were peaceful and attracted up to 100,000 people on Saturday, September 9. Turnout did not reach the 300,000 organizers projected. Organizers nevertheless declared the turnout was a "strong statement" of the people's disapp [...]	2006-09-11 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3154	KMT LY SPEAKER WANG ON DEFENSE BUDGET, "DEPOSE [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director and DDIR on September 11 that "the time had arrived" for the LY to resolve the defense budget question. Wang said he and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou expect the LY to approve funding for the purchase of [...]	2006-09-12 08:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3165	AIT DIRECTOR'S SEPT 12 MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY [...] (C) During a September 12 meeting, the Director discussed the internal situation and defense budget with NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen. Chiou discounted the staying power of Shih Ming-de's street protests, claiming President Chen remains calm about the threat to him. Chiou said Ma Ying- [...]	2006-09-13 03:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS TW
06TAIPEI3214	WEEKEND OF BATTLING DEMONSTRATIONS: PRO-CHEN [...] (C) Summary: Organizers of the ongoing sit-in aimed at pressuring President Chen to step down will hold a "Besiege the City" march on Friday evening, September 15. The march will follow a route out of Ketagalan Boulevard, encircle the Presidential Office and residence, and end at the Taipei [...]	2006-09-15 10:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3233	TAIWAN DEFENSE BUDGET BATTLE IN FALL LY SESSION [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and other party leaders are saying they want to move forward on defense procurement when the fall Legislative Yuan (LY) session begins September 19. While Ma has repeatedly assured AIT he is serious about defense and wants to pa [...]	2006-09-18 10:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW
06TAIPEI3234	DUELING DEMONSTRATIONS CONCLUDE PEACEFULLY [...] (C) Summary: The Friday night anti-Chen march led by former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Shih Ming-te attracted an unexpectedly large crowd of 360,000, despite rainy weather. The march ended at the Taipei Railway Station, where Shih and his movement are continuing their sit-in [...]	2006-09-18 10:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI324	MA MUST BE PRACTICAL [...] (C) Summary: (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is being forced to face political reality, according to one advisor. Although he has insisted he is clean and deeply committed to cleaning up KMT politics, Ma is finding he must pragmatically maintain connections with unsavory local politicians who can [...]	2006-01-27 06:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3240	PREMIER SU DISCUSSES DEFENSE BUDGET AND POLITICAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting on September 15, the Director stressed to Premier Su Tseng-chang the importance for Taiwan and U.S.-Taiwan relations of ensuring that the Legislative Yuan (LY) approves a robust defense budget for 2007. Responding that he would do his utmost to ensure passage o [...]	2006-09-19 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR TW
06TAIPEI325	PRESIDENT CHEN RECONSOLIDATES HIS POWER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen, who appears to have regained confidence in recent days, has taken important steps toward reconsolidating his power with the appointment of the new cabinet led by Premier Su Tseng-chang and the installation of the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu [...]	2006-01-27 06:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3261	TAIWAN POLICE CHALLENGED BY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN PRO [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the large anti-Chen march and pro-Chen rally held over the weekend in Taipei (Reftel),two sparsely attended anti-Chen activities in southern Taiwan early this week generated small-scale violent clashes with pro-Chen supporters. Ruling and opposition leaders are c [...]	2006-09-20 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW ASEC CASC CMGT
06TAIPEI3269	DPP LEADERS YU SHYI-KUN AND FRANK HSIEH DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Director on September 19, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun and DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Frank Hsieh both suggested that Shih Ming-te was hoping to make a political comeback through his ongoing movement aimed at pressuring President Chen to step down. Bot [...]	2006-09-21 12:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3273	MA OPTIMISTIC ON DEFENSE BUDGET, PUBLIC ORDER [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou told AIT Director that the KMT leadership and Legislative Yuan (LY) caucus had reached consensus to support the purchase of P-3C antisub aircraft and PAC-2 missile upgrades, and to fund a submarine feasibility study (in the 2 [...]	2006-09-21 21:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3288	TAIWAN SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS TRADE ISSUES [...] Summary: (S/NF) AIT Director Young discussed current political and economic situations with Vice Premier TSAI Ing-wen and Minister of Economic Affairs Steve CHEN (Ruey-long). Tsai seemed mot to be preoccupied with the continuing drive to bring down President Chen, emphasizing that the gover [...]	2006-09-22 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3310	PRESIDENT CHEN PROPOSES DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In his opening address to a DPP forum on constitutional revision on Sunday, September 24, President Chen proposed that serious consideration be given to dealing with the question of defining national territory in the process of constitutional revision. Chen's proposal does not a [...]	2006-09-25 11:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3321	TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADERS ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: AIT Director Young hosted a lunch with business leaders to discuss their views on economic issues. The group complained the leadership of the anti-Chen demonstrations are driven by ulterior motives. They favored the authorities setting the rules to promote a positive business e [...]	2006-09-26 07:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3390	DPP 20th Anniversary -- Many Depart Before Chen Speaks [...] (SBU) On September 30, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held a march and a rally in Kaohsiung City to celebrate the party's twentieth anniversary. Although the parade route was shortened to one kilometer from the original plan of holding the parade throughout Kaohsiung City kilo [...]	2006-10-02 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3394	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM EFFORT SPARKS DEBATE WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Divisions within the ruling DPP between moderates and independence activists are complicating the process of producing an acceptable constitutional revision proposal for the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) to consider on October 4. Originally focusing on two constituti [...]	2006-10-03 02:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3426	ANTI-CHEN CAMPAIGN GENERATES LITTLE SUPPORT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2 the "Depose Chen" movement motorcade crossed the Chuo-shui river into the deep Southern counties that make up the heartland of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Movement leader Shih Ming-teh, denied permission by local DPP authorities to hold events i [...]	2006-10-03 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3444	Anti-Chen Protest Motorcade in Kaohsiung, Pingtung, and [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of October 3, the anti-President Chen motorcade led by Shih Ming-teh passed through Kaohsiung City without stopping and held a rally in Pingtung City. Two thousand local people joined the event, which ended peacefully without encountering any protest from pro-Ch [...]	2006-10-04 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3456	DPP SHIFTS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM INTO LOW GEAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing and debating various constitutional revision proposals, some of which dealt with sensitive sovereignty issues, the ruling DPP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) on October 4 decided to continue discussion of constitutional revision during its next meeting in earl [...]	2006-10-05 10:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3479	NSC SECRETARY GENERAL CHIOU I-JEN ON ANTI-CHEN [...] (C) Summary: NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen told the Director on October 11 that President Chen was "a little angry" over the disruptive protests launched against him by pan-Blue legislators at the October 10 national day ceremony. Chen had agreed to participate in the ceremony, against th [...]	2006-10-11 10:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3494	PRESIDENT CHEN'S RECALL RERUN [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of ongoing public protests against President Chen, KMT and PFP legislators have begun legislative hearings on their second motion to recall Chen from office. DPP legislators have shunned the hearings and have vowed to boycott the recall vote scheduled for this Friday, [...]	2006-10-12 11:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3520	FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Director discussed recent developments in East Asia, Central America, and Taiwan domestic politics with Foreign Minister James Huang (Chih-fang) on October 12. Huang reiterated Taipei's support for U.S. policy on North Korea and said regional instability underscored the need [...]	2006-10-13 09:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TW NU
06TAIPEI3521	SECOND PRESIDENTIAL RECALL FAILS AND THINGS CALM [...] (C) Summary: Voting along strict party lines, on October 13 the Legislative Yuan (LY) rejected the second motion to recall President Chen this year. Before the vote, "Depose Chen" protest movement leader Shih Ming-te instructed his followers to go home and rest instead of picketing the LY duri [...]	2006-10-13 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3522	PRESIDENT CHEN AND DIRECTOR DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: The Director briefed President Chen Shui-bian on October 12 on his recent consultations in Washington, underscoring the importance Washington attaches to Taiwan's passage this fall of a robust defense budget. President Chen stressed his strong determination and his expectation th [...]	2006-10-13 10:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL APECO TW
06TAIPEI3554	FORMER PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Director and DDIR on October 16, former President Lee Teng-hui attributed problems in Taiwan's democracy, including poor governance and corruption, to the lack of political education in the democratic process and values of the island. Lee criticized Pre [...]	2006-10-17 10:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3563	Policy Changes on Legal Education Delivery [...] (U) Summary: Since the 1992 establishment of southern Taiwan's first law degree program at National Chung Cheng University (NCCU) in Chiayi, law programs offered in southern Taiwan have never equaled in number or prestige the law programs offered in northern Taiwan, the center of the island's [...]	2006-10-18 06:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI3587	PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON ARMS PROCUREMENT, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Premier Su Tseng-chang, the Director underscored the need for Taiwan to SIPDIS enhance export controls following the North Korean nuclear test and the critical importance for Taiwan to approve a robust defense budget that includes arms procurement [...]	2006-10-19 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3588	KMT CHAIRMAN MA PLEDGES FORWARD MOVEMENT ON ARMS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Director on October 19, Taipei Mayor/Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou expressed confidence that next week the Procedural Committee of the Legislative Yuan (LY) would approve the 2006 U.S. arms procurement supplemental for consideration by the full LY [...]	2006-10-19 11:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3589	LEGISLATIVE YUAN SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON ARMS [...] (S) Summary: LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director on October 19 that party leaders in the LY have agreed to put the supplementary budget bill on arms procurement on the LY agenda for review next week. The regular defense budget, which also includes arms procurement, has already b [...]	2006-10-19 11:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MCAP PREL TW
06TAIPEI3604	KMT CHAIRMAN MA SUFFERS FALLOUT FROM DEPOSE CHEN [...] (C) Summary: After more than six weeks of demonstrations, Shih Ming-te's "Depose President Chen" movement has failed to topple Chen, but has ironically weakened KMT Chairman and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and boosted PFP Chairman James Soong. A drop in Ma's approval rating largely reflects Deep [...]	2006-10-20 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3627	DEFENSE MINISTER LEE REPORTS EXTENSIVE MND AND LY [...] (C) During an October 23 meeting with Director, Defense Minister Lee Jye briefed on recent discussions with key LY members on the long-stalled defense budget and committed to continued close contact with AIT on this subject. Lee informed Director of a recent letter from former Deputy Secre [...]	2006-10-24 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MASS TW
06TAIPEI3640	PFP CHAIRMAN SOONG ON ARMS PROCUREMENT, MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 meeting with the Director, PFP Chairman (and Taipei mayoral candidate) James Soong promised to publicly reaffirm his support for the P-3C antisubmarine warfare aircraft and a submarine feasibility study, but stopped short of committing to pass the "Supplementa [...]	2006-10-25 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3641	PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE DIRECTOR DISCUSS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian invited the Director to a meeting on October 24 apparently to ask about a recent "background" interview in the pro-Blue United Daily News (UDN) with EAP DAS Christensen. The Director explained that the Q and A portion of the report was relatively accurat [...]	2006-10-25 11:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3708	KMT TAIPEI MAYORAL CANDIDATE HAU CAUTIOUS BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Taipei mayoral candidate Hau Long-bin appears confident of victory in December, but remains somewhat concerned that a split Pan-Blue vote could weaken his mayoral mandate. Hau named DPP mayoral candidate Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) as his only real competitor, and [...]	2006-10-31 11:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3730	Weak KMT Campaign Allows DPP to Catch Up in Kaohsiung [...] (SBU) Summary: Negative reactions to Shih Ming-te's movement against President Chen and KMT campaign shortcomings in leadership and strategy are jeopardizing KMT candidate Huang Chun-ying's bid to win the December 9 Kaohsiung mayoral election. Recent media polling indicates that the Kaohsiung [...]	2006-11-02 06:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3736	Taiwan Southerners' Views on U.S. Arms Procurements [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, at a Legislative Yuan procedural committee meeting, Taiwan's Pan Blue legislators once again blocked the U.S. arms procurements bill from the agenda for the next legislative session. Given that the Pan Blue opposition has blocked the special and supplemental defen [...]	2006-11-02 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI3771	"POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE" - PRESIDENT CHEN IMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: The Taipei Prosecutor's office today issued an indictment against President Chen Shui-bian's wife Wu Shu-chen for corruption and falsifying documents in the use of Presidential Office special funds claimed to have been used for secret diplomacy. President Chen was implicated in [...]	2006-11-03 22:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3773	PRESIDENT CHEN'S BATTLE TO STAY IN OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has announced plans to launch a third recall effort against President Chen, following release yesterday of the prosecutor's report implicating Chen in corruption charges against his wife. The recall effort will fail unless the KMT can persuade at [...]	2006-11-04 11:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3781	PRESIDENT CHEN WEATHERS POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: President Chen offered a range of arguments to defend himself and his wife Wu Shu-chen against corruption charges in a televised statement to the media and public on November 5. At the end of his statement, Chen announced dramatically that he would step down immediately if his wi [...]	2006-11-06 22:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3792	DPP Candidate Chen Chu Sits Out First Kaohsiung City [...] (SBU) Summary. The TVBS TV Station hosted the first televised Kaohsiung mayoral election debate on November 5. Although all three major mayoral candidates were invited, only the Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Huang Chun-ying and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) candidate Lo Chih-ming attended, d [...]	2006-11-07 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI382	CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S CHINESE NEW YEAR SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary: In an informal Chinese New Year speech in southern Taiwan on January 29, President Chen announced that he was considering abolishing the National Unification Council (NUC) and National Unification Guidelines (NUG),using the name Taiwan in applying to join the UN, and holding a c [...]	2006-02-07 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3836	RESIGNATION OF TWO PROMINENT DPP LEGISLATORS [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, DPP legislators Lin Cho-shui and Lee Wen-chung dropped a political grenade by announcing their resignation from the Legislative Yuan (LY),to take effect by the end of the week. Lin and Lee are taking responsibility for being unable to fulfill their previous comm [...]	2006-11-13 10:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3874	KMT VICE CHAIRMAN JOHN KUAN ON MAYORAL RACES, [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman John Kuan assured the Deputy Director on November 13 that the KMT and Chairman Ma Ying-jeou understand the importance of U.S.-Taiwan common interests and regard the U.S. as pursuing its national interests, not favoring one or another Taiwan political party. The [...]	2006-11-16 01:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3889	SCENESETTER: DECEMBER 9 MAYORAL ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Taipei and Kaohsiung will head to the polls Saturday, December 9, to elect mayors in Taiwan's two largest cities. The recent indictment of First Lady Wu Shu-chen, which implicated President Chen, has heightened the importance of these elections, especially the close rac [...]	2006-11-17 10:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3890	MA YING-JEOU TARNISHED BY MAYOR'S OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou finds himself unexpectedly under investigation for the alleged misuse of a mayoral office expense account. An assistant responsible for handling Ma's reimbursement requests has admitted to swapping high-dollar receipts of his own for Ma [...]	2006-11-17 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3891	KMT TAIPEI MAYORAL CANDIDATE HAU STILL FACES [...] (C) Summary: While KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Hau Long-bin still appears likely to win the December 9 election, there are several unpredictable scenarios that could threaten this expectation. Hau's relaxed campaign style has stirred some discomfort among KMT supporters, giving many voters the [...]	2006-11-20 06:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3902	DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT LU DISCUSS POLITICS, [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Annette Lu told the Director on November 16 that Kaohsiung DPP candidate Chen Chu's campaign is going well although she is trailing slightly in the polls following the recent corruption indictment of First Lady Wu Shu-chen, which implicated President Chen. The DPP [...]	2006-11-20 12:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3903	DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TAIWAN POLITICS IN MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: Premier Su Tseng-chang and DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun both expressed strong reservations about the possibility of Vice President Annette Lu replacing President Chen during separate meetings with the Director on November 16. Both agreed Lu enjoys little support within the party, a [...]	2006-11-20 12:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI392	PRESIDENT CHEN AVOIDS FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN HIS [...] (C) Summary: In brief remarks to a Tainan County Compatriots Association on February 7, President Chen did not repeat the controversial proposals to consider abolishing the National Unification Council (NUC) and National Unification Guidelines (NUG),using the name Taiwan in applying to join [...]	2006-02-08 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3920	PRESIDENT CHEN AND DIRECTOR DISCUSS TAIWAN [...] (S) Summary: President Chen told the Director on November 20 that Legislative Yuan (LY) speaker Wang Jin-pyng has assured him the LY will approve arms procurement after the Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections on December 9. Chen reviewed the campaigns in the two cities, pointing out that [...]	2006-11-21 09:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3960	Kaohsiung Mayoral Race: Acting Mayor and Mayoral [...] (SBU) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Chu and Kuomintang Party (KMT) candidate Huang Chun-ying told DDIR separately on November 21 that the critical Kaohsiung mayoral race remains too close to call and the final outcome could hinge on just 5,000 votes. Chen was conce [...]	2006-11-27 05:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI3964	DPP CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON UPCOMING MAYORAL [...] (S) Summary: DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on November 22 that his only hope to eke out a narrow victory on December 9 is if there is a large enough split in the pan-Blue vote. According to Hsieh, this would require PFP Chairman James Soong and other minor candid [...]	2006-11-27 06:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW JA
06TAIPEI3971	MINISTER HU SHENG-CHENG ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: November 22, Minister Without Portfolio and Council for Economic Development and Planning Chair Hu Sheng-cheng said he thought China opposed the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) because it undermined China's efforts to marginalize U.S. economic influence in East Asia. [...]	2006-11-27 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW WTO
06TAIPEI3972	VICE PREMIER TSAI ON GPA AND FTA [...] Summary: Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan is "not ready to consider" having any footnote in its WTO GPA accession language during a meeting with AIT DIR late on November 24. She said that Taiwan was prepared to discuss a bilateral GPA during AUSTR Stratford's visit next month. DIR also [...]	2006-11-27 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW WTO
06TAIPEI3974	MAYOR MA HOPEFUL ON DEFENSE, MAYORAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on November 24 that the December 9 Kaohsiung mayoral election remains too close to call, while in Taipei KMT candidate Hau Lung-bin appears to be maintaining his substantial lead. Stating that the Legislative Yuan (LY) had effectively [...]	2006-11-27 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR TW
06TAIPEI3995	TAIPEI MAYORAL RACE: PERSONALITIES, THEMES, AND [...] (C) Summary: KMT candidate Hau Lung-bin continues to lead DPP candidate Frank Hsieh by a comfortable margin in popular opinion polls on the December 9 Taipei mayoral election. The ongoing investigation of current Taipei Mayor (and KMT Chairman) Ma Ying-jeou's special fund has had little effec [...]	2006-11-29 10:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4006	Southern Students Want Change in Local Administration [...] (SBU) AIT/K representatives recently discussed the upcoming Kaoshiung mayoral election with 25 third-year university students of voting age at a local university. Those eligible to vote in the Kaohsiung election are highly motivated to vote, although those who would have to return to Taipei t [...]	2006-11-30 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI4008	KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL ELECTION: PERSONALITIES, [...] (C) Summary: The Kaohsiung mayoral race between DPP candidate Chen Chu and KMT candidate Huang Chun-ying remains too close to call with just over a week remaining before the December 9 election. The DPP and KMT both view this election as critical to their future plans, the DPP to stop the sl [...]	2006-11-30 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4038	DPP WEEKEND CAMPAIGN EFFORT FOCUSES ON LOVE RIVER'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling DPP is holding a mass rally in Kaohsiung on Sunday December 3 aimed at energizing supporters to boost the prospects of mayoral candidate Chen Chu winning election on December 9. Ostensibly organized by the Southern Taiwan Association, the "Love Kaohsiung, Cherish Tai [...]	2006-12-01 10:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI4047	TAIPEI LUMINARIES ATTEMPT TO LIGHT UP KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: All top DPP leaders, including a beleaguered President Chen Shui-bian, attended the "Love Kaohsiung, Cherish Taiwan" rally on December 3 (ref A),an indication of the importance they attach to the tight Kaohsiung mayoral race. Also on December 3, the KMT held a 20,000-strong " [...]	2006-12-04 09:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI4057	Business and Other Associations Stay Neutral on Tight [...] (SBU) Summary: Professional associations, business groups, and unions in Kaohsiung are choosing to remain neutral rather than risk backing a potential loser in the tight mayoral race between KMT Candidate Huang Chun-ying and DPP Candidate Chen Chu on December 9. Some AIT/K contacts suggest th [...]	2006-12-05 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL TW
06TAIPEI4062	KMT VICE CHAIRMAN P.K. CHIANG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Ping-kun told DDIR recently that Beijing's approach toward the KMT has softened under President Hu Jintao. Hu is more willing than previous CCP leaders to work with the KMT to preserve the "status quo" because of his concern that President Chen is pursui [...]	2006-12-06 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW PREL
06TAIPEI4063	MAC CHAIRMAN PREDICTS CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM [...] (C) Summary. MAC Chairman Wu told the Director December 5 that a cross-Strait agreement to further open Taiwan to PRC tourism would likely be concluded shortly after the December 9 Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections. He said charter flights will take longer, though he expects the Ministr [...]	2006-12-06 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAIR ECON PGOV CH TW
06TAIPEI4064	KMT HONORARY CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON DECEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: KMT Honorary Chairman Lien Chan told the Director on December 6 that the December 9 Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections will be a contest between the KMT and the DPP as well as one between the candidates. Lien expects Pan-Blue voters in Taipei to ignore James Soong and unite [...]	2006-12-06 10:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4067	CHINA RATCHETS UP DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. Bejing is ratcheting up its global drive to contain and undercut Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on December 6. In particular, PRC pressure in Central America and Africa is keeping the heat on Taiwan, said Huang, who just returned from relations-st [...]	2006-12-06 22:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TW
06TAIPEI4089	TAIWAN PREMIER ON MAYORAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. Two days before mayoral elections in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Premier Su Tseng-chang told AIT/T Director Young there is little hope for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei but the race is still tight in Kaohsiung. Su appears inclined to step down as premier if the DPP loses [...]	2006-12-08 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW
06TAIPEI409	ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS AT AIT-TAIPEI AND THE [...] (U) On Tuesday 07 February 2006, sixteen members of the Taiwan Southern Society staged a brief demonstration outside the commercial office building housing the AIT-Kaohsiung (AIT-K) branch office. The purpose of the protest was to present a written statement to AIT-Kaohsiung protesting the U. [...]	2006-02-09 04:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4090	TAIWAN MAYORAL ELECTION SCENESETTER: DPP PULLING [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Taipei and Kaohsiung will elect mayors in Taiwan's two largest cities this Saturday December 9. The KMT is expected to easily retain control of Taipei, where supporters of the KMT substantially outnumber those of the DPP. Under DPP rule for the past eight years, Kaohs [...]	2006-12-10 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4091	TAIWAN MAYORAL ELECTION SCENESETTER: DPP PULLING [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Taipei and Kaohsiung will elect mayors in Taiwan's two largest cities this Saturday December 9. The KMT is expected to easily retain control of Taipei, where supporters of the KMT substantially outnumber those of the DPP. Under DPP rule for the past eight years, Kaohs [...]	2006-12-10 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4096	RULING DPP AND OPPOSITION KMT SPLIT KEY MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary: In key mayoral elections on December 9, the ruling DPP narrowly retained control of its southern base, Kaohsiung, and the opposition KMT kept control of Taipei as expected. Although Frank Hsieh lost the election in Taipei, his stronger than expected 41 percent showing boosts his [...]	2006-12-11 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4110	DEFENSE MINISTER LEE UPBEAT ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) During a 12 December meeting with the Director, Defense Minister Lee Jye briefed on his recent discussions with LY members on the defense budget and indicated that his information is that the 2006 supplemental budget will be passed by the procedural committee next Tuesday 19 December 20 [...]	2006-12-13 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MASS TW
06TAIPEI4113	LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON DEFENSE BUDGET AND [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng discussed progress on the defense budget and Taiwan's post-election political landscape with the Director on December 12. Wang suggested that the 2007 annual defense budget is likely to pass during the current legislative session, wi [...]	2006-12-13 11:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4114	DPP CHAIRMAN YU SHYI-KUN ON DOMESTIC POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun told the Director on December 12 that the results of the December 9 Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections were a "small victory" for the party, with Chen Chu winning narrowly in Kaohsiung and Frank Hsieh turning in a good performance in Taipei. The elect [...]	2006-12-13 11:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI4124	PRESIDENT CHEN ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND ARMS [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with President Chen Shui-bian on December 14, the Director expressed hope that the Taiwan government will submit a supplemental defense budget request to the legislature next March to provide funding for PAC-III and to increase defense spending to 2.85 percent of [...]	2006-12-14 10:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4145	COUNTER-TERRORISM IN TAIWAN: PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan authorities have made a concerted effort since 2005 to establish an island wide counter-terrorism network to reduce stove-piping and competing interests between relevant ministries and agencies that could hamper the government's response in the event of a terrorist attac [...]	2006-12-18 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER TW ID
06TAIPEI4152	Kaohsiung Mayoral Election - Aftermath Lawsuit [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a KMT loss in the Kaohsiung mayoral race by a tight margin to the DPP, KMT candidate Huang Chun-yin has sued DPP candidate Chen Chu for violating election law by falsely accusing him of vote buying just hours before the polls opened. Kaohsiung prosecutors have now det [...]	2006-12-19 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW

06TAIPEI4155	KMT LEGISLATOR JOHN CHIANG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Central Standing Committee and LY member John Chiang suggested to the Acting Director on December 18 that PRC leaders' growing confidence in China's development has made them more accommodating in engaging Taiwan on cross-Strait economic issues. However, Chiang believes B [...]	2006-12-19 10:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI4168	Pro-Independence Southern Taiwan Society Joins Forces with [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 07:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI469	CHEN MOVES TOWARD DECISION ON UNIFICATION [...] (S) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian is moving toward a final decision on the National Unification Council (NUC) and Guidelines in time for the March 14 anniversary of China,s Anti-Secession Law. The National Security Council (NSC) may try to float the argument that the NUC and Guidelines [...]	2006-02-14 12:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI479	POU CHEN GROUP FOCUSES ON CHINA'S RETAIL MARKET AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As widely reported in the Taiwan press, Taiwanese businessmen have largely greeted President Chen's exhortation to avoid excessive focus on the mainland either negatively or dismissively. However, according to Chi Jui Tsai, Chairman of Pou Chen Group, the world's largest shoe [...]	2006-02-15 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TW HK CH BG IN
06TAIPEI490	Candidates for Chiayi Supplemental Legislative [...] (U) Former KMT Legislator Huang Min-hui's election as Chiayi City Mayor in the December election has forced a supplemental legislative election to elect a legislator to fill in more than half of the term left by Huang. Both KMT and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have decided on [...]	2006-02-16 03:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI512	TAIWAN - SHARING U.S. CONCERNS ON ARMS SALES TO [...] (S) AIT delivered the talking points reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of National Defense (MND). MOFA North American Affairs Acting Director Leo Lee assured AIT that he would pass U.S. concerns to the National Security Council (NSC) and other relevant governm [...]	2006-02-16 09:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MASS PARM MARR PHUM ETTC PREL VE CH TW
06TAIPEI525	ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION AT AIT-TAIPEI [...] (U) On Tuesday 21 February 2006, approximately one hundred and fifty (150) supporters from the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) political party and other affiliated pro-Taiwan independence groups, staged an anti-American protest outside the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT-Taipei). The proteste [...]	2006-02-21 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV TW
06TAIPEI53	PRESIDENT CHEN'S NEW YEARS ADDRESS AND GREEN [...] (C) Summary: AIT's contacts suggest that President Chen is determined to carry out the policy direction laid out in his tough New Years address, but they stress that his statements do not signal any change in Taiwan's policy toward the cross-Strait status quo. Our contacts claim that Chen's [...]	2006-01-06 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI54	PFP INSIDER SAYS: PFP HAS NO FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: People First Party (PFP) legislator Lin Yu-fang told AIT that the PFP has no political future and that he and a number of other legislators will be returning to the KMT before the next LY session begins in February. Lin describes PFP Chairman James Soong as deeply jealous over t [...]	2006-01-06 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI592	PFP SAYS DON'T CALL US PAN-BLUE ANYMORE [...] (U) Summary: The People First Party (PFP) is threatening to withdraw from the Legislative Yuan's (LY) majority Pan-Blue coalition if the Kuomintang (KMT) refuses to share political power or give greater respect to the PFP and its Chairman, James Soong. Eight prominent PFP legislators, one- [...]	2006-02-27 07:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI597	CHEN ANNOUNCES THAT NATIONAL UNIFICATION COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian convened the National Security Council (NSC) the afternoon of February 27 to approve the NSC's recommendation that the National Unification Council (NUC) would "cease to function (zhongzhi yunzuo)" and the NUG would "cease to apply (zhongzhi shiyong)." F [...]	2006-02-27 12:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI598	BLUE ANGER AND GREEN CELEBRATION IN REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Green is celebrating President Chen's "victory" in announcing the National Unification Council's (NUC) "ceasing to function" and the National Unification Guideline's (NUG) "ceasing to apply" in the face of domestic and international pressure. The KMT is in reaction mode. [...]	2006-02-28 11:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI656	Protest by Suspended Taitung Magistrate - Wu Chun-li [...] (U) After the December 3-in-1 election, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) suspended the duly-elected Taitung County Magistrate Wu Chun-li (KMT) from his post immediately following his swearing-in ceremony (December 20). The reason given for the dismissal was Wu's conviction in a c [...]	2006-03-02 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI677	YOU SAY "CEASING," WE SAY "ABOLISHING" [...] (C) Summary: After President Chen announced February 27 that the National Unification Council (NUC) "ceased to function" and the National Unification Guidelines (NUG) "ceased to apply," Taiwan politicians and commentators have universally said simply that both the NUC and NUG have "ceased." [...]	2006-03-03 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI678	KMT AIR TRAVEL/TOURISM PROMOTION VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yun-lin asked a visiting Kuomintang Party (KMT) delegation from Taiwan whether the KMT or the U.S. government could "restrain" President Chen Shui-bian from abolishing the National Unification Council and Guidelines (NUC/NUG). KMT r [...]	2006-03-03 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI7	DECLINE IN TAIWAN PRESIDENT CHEN,S APPROVAL RATING [...] Recent Taiwan public opinion polls by TVBS, ERA, United Daily News, and Commonwealth magazine indicate President Chen Shui-bian,s approval rating reached record lows at the end of 2005: -- TVBS: A TVBS (Blue-leaning) poll released December 15, two weeks after the ruling Democratic Progress [...]	2006-01-03 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI705	Southern Taiwan Confirmed Epidemic -- Vote-buying [...] (SBU) Summary. At the conclusion of the 3-in-1 elections on December 3, 2005, prosecutors in southern Taiwan found themselves overwhelmed with clean-up of vote-buying complaints. Blossoming creative methods and variations on the practice of vote-buying do little to help practitioners avoid th [...]	2006-03-07 01:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI708	KMT USES NUC ISSUE TO ATTACK CHEN, PFP USES IT TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong apparently recognize that President Chen did not actually alter the status quo by declaring the National Unification Council and National Unification Guidelines (NUC/NUG) no longer functionin [...]	2006-03-07 11:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI727	THE OPPOSITION KMT REACTS TO PRESIDENT CHEN [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) plans to initiate a recall motion against President Chen, not with any expectation of success, but to highlight Chen's perceived failings and to counter his repeated attacks on party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou. The KMT believes that Chen will fail to a [...]	2006-03-08 11:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI729	DPP Will Pay the Price for New Highway Toll System [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's new electronic toll collection (ETC) system has come under fire for the high costs to drivers and snarled traffic despite low usage rates. There have also been accusations of corruption in the bidding process. The ETC is only latest in a series of transportation build [...]	2006-03-09 01:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV TW
06TAIPEI773	KMT TRIES MIXED TACTICS TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) legislators intend to move forward with a recall motion against President Chen. KMT legislators told AIT that the recall will protest Chen putting his own selfish political interests ahead of the Taiwan people's desire for cross-Strait stability and economic de [...]	2006-03-09 09:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI795	"DEEP GREENS" ATTACK TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] (S) Summary. Taiwan's representatives in Washington and Brussels, David Lee and C. J. Chen, are under attack from Deep Green ideologues, who view them as opposition Kuomintang (KMT) holdovers unwilling to vigorously push the Green cause. David Lee, under attack for his supposed weak advocacy [...]	2006-03-10 09:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI8	CHEN SHUI-BIAN APPEALS TO BASE, CONFRONTS [...] (C) Summary. President Chen Shui-bian's New Years Day speech surprised Taiwan with its harsh line toward the opposition Kuomintang party (KMT) and its reiteration of old ideas and charges. Political leaders across the blue-green spectrum had expected a more moderate, conciliatory speech in [...]	2006-01-03 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI819	PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Since January 1 President Chen has veered rhetorically toward the Deep Green Taiwan independence platform. On March 13, Chen told the Washington Post that he would not block efforts to make independence part of the debate over Taiwan's constitution. His February 27 announcement [...]	2006-03-14 12:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI83	PRESIDENT CHEN'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH: GIVING UP ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's advisors insist that the New Year's speech was intended to "clarify" Chen's view of the current situation facing Taiwan and to set the agenda for his final two years. After pro forma insistence that Chen's speech did not mean policy changes, th [...]	2006-01-10 10:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI84	PUBLIC OPINION POLLING ON PRESIDENT CHEN'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen's approval rating rose very slightly after his controversial New Years address but remains extremely low, 23 percent, according to a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) internal public opinion poll. Nonetheless, Chen's speech struck a responsive chord within the DPP [...]	2006-01-10 10:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
06TAIPEI865	CHAIRMAN MA HEADS TO WASHINGTON EMPTY-HANDED [...] (C) Summary. KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou had promised to present his alternative defense procurement proposal before he traveled to Washington. The KMT legislative caucus, however, unexpectedly blocked that initiative. KMT legislators blamed President Chen's NUC/NUG announcement for making a [...]	2006-03-16 05:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARS MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI872	PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE DEEP GREEN: ALLIES OF [...] (C) Summary: The Deep Green pro-independence movement and President Chen each see the other as helpful to achieving their separate goals. Chen has gained much needed political support in return for lending his own support to Deep Green initiatives such as abolishing the National Unification [...]	2006-03-16 11:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI902	MA YING-JEOU: READY FOR THE U.S. STAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou sees his upcoming visit to Washington as a key step in his run for the presidency in 2008. He hopes to burnish his credentials as a statesman who knows how to handle the big political and security issues including U.S.-Ta [...]	2006-03-17 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TW
06TAIPEI916	COMPETING DEMONSTRATIONS FOR AND AGAINST PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and pan-Green allies held a large march and rally on Saturday March 18 to "shout out to China," support President Chen Shui-bian, and rebuild party morale following a series of election reverses. The event coincided roughly with the [...]	2006-03-20 12:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI918	Loss in Chiayi Supplemental Legislative Election Shows [...] (SBU) Summary. In Chiayi City's March 11, 2006, supplemental Legislative election (reftels A and B),the KMT candidate Chiang Yi-hsiung won by 3,038 votes over DPP candidate Chen Li-chen. In the December 2005, 3-in-1 election, Chen Li-chen had already lost her re-election bid for mayor. Thi [...]	2006-03-20 23:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI943	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAIWAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. AIT Director Stephen Young used his introductory meeting with Foreign Minister James Huang on March 20 to preview some of the issues he intended to raise in greater detail in his meeting with President Chen Shui-bian the following day. The Director stressed that he looked forwa [...]	2006-03-21 11:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI959	KMT: KISSING ITS ASSETS GOODBYE [...] (C) Summary: The Kuomintang (KMT) is busy selling off the assets it acquired while in power to keep the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from flogging the issue in upcoming elections. With operating costs of over NT$150 million (US$4.7 million) per month, the party also has practical reas [...]	2006-03-22 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06TAIPEI960	FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG PROMOTES MORE [...] (C) Foreign Minister James Huang, who took office January 25, told DDIR that he intends to promote a substantive foreign policy that emphasizes developing a broad range of ties with key regions and countries. This new policy will be a departure from the current heavy focus on trying to prese [...]	2006-03-22 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06TALLINN1009	MURDERED RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANKER'S VISIT TO [...] (U) In early October, Estonian investigative paper Eesti Ekspress published an article noting that recently- murdered Russian Central Bank Vice-President Andrei Kozlov visited Tallinn in June to meet with the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (FSA). According to the article, Kozlov ve [...]	2006-11-13 12:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV PHUM RS EN
06TALLINN1042	OIL SHALE ENERGY: FACING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary. Oil shale is a key Estonian national resource, whose existence has allowed the country to remain relatively independent of Russian natural gas supplies. Despite the high cost of compliance, the GOE and power utility Eesti Energia are confident they will bring Estonia's oil shale [...]	2006-11-20 15:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EN
06TALLINN1076	PRESIDENT ILVES REACHES OUT TO RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary. In an effort to reach out to Estonia's Russian-speaking minority, on November 14 Toomas Hendrik Ilves chose Ida-Virumaa as the destination of his first domestic trip as President. While there, he encouraged young ethnic Russians to participate actively in the political process, [...]	2006-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN1082	ESTONIA CONCERNED OVER PRESERVING SINIORA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EN
06TALLINN1083	ESTONIA: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR EN
06TALLINN1084	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES'S TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, President Ilves's Foreign Affair Advisor, Sven Jurgenson, briefed us on Ilves's recent trip to Georgia. While in Tbilisi, Ilves emphasized to Georgian President Saakashvili the need for the GOG to reduce tensions with Russia and take a more pragmatic approach to E [...]	2006-12-07 09:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EN
06TALLINN1085	RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...]	2006-12-07 10:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN1086	ESTONIA: BIOS OF PRESIDENT ILVES?S ADVISORS [...] (SBU) Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has surrounded himself with trusted, experienced advisors he has known for most of his political career. For the most part, these officials gained experience in the early days of re-independence, and comprise some of the most thoughtful and well c [...]	2006-12-07 14:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV EN
06TALLINN1087	ESTONIA: GAERC RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, on November 7. Meius provided feedback on the following issues: -- Afghanistan: The GOE believes the EU should be engaged in the reconstruction process in both Kabul an [...]	2006-12-08 13:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN TU CH AF EU EN
06TALLINN1091	ESTONIA: LANNEOTS APPOINTED AS NEW CHOD [...] (C) Summary. Major General Ants Laaneots was confirmed as Estonia's new Chief of Defense Forces (CHOD) on December 5. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) hopes Laaneots's appointment will heal the rift between the MOD and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF),which existed under the previous CHOD. Laane [...]	2006-12-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EN MARR PGOV PINR PREL
06TALLINN1114	UKRANIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Estonia, Ukrainian President Yushchenko emphasized his country's interest in NATO and EU membership, and asked the GOE to send senior officials to Ukraine to explain the benefits of integration. Yushchenko said that a rift between Belarusian President Lukashenk [...]	2006-12-19 13:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP BO EN
06TALLINN1115	ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS IRAQ TROOP [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 15:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR PGOV IZ EN
06TALLINN1131	ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP VISITS AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Afghanistan December 10- 12, Prime Minister Ansip assured President Karzai that Estonia and NATO are in Afghanistan for the "long haul." Karzai expressed gratitude for Estonia's support to Afghanistan and complained bitterly about Pakistan's unwillingness to dea [...]	2006-12-22 12:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL AF EN
06TALLINN1138	ESTONIA: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRES ILVES [...] Post received a fax copy of a letter of condolence dated December 27, 2006 addressed to H. E. Mr. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, from H. E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia. Following is the text of the letter: Dear Mr. President, [...]	2006-12-28 12:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN311	AFGHANISTAN - ESTONIA'S MAIN FOREIGN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Estonia's main foreign military mission priority for the year. Its contribution to the UK-led PRT in Helmand (up to 150 troops) will be a huge commitment for this small country, the largest it has ever undertaken. In the run up to deployment of a company- size con [...]	2006-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UK AF EN
06TALLINN316	ESTONIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PREL PGOV EN
06TALLINN322	ESTONIA: POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION ON THE RIGHT [...] (U) Two right-wing Estonian political parties, Res Publica (RP) and Pro Patria Union (PPU),have decided to merge and form a new political party, Party For Estonia (PFE). Tonis Lukas, PPU Chairman, and Taavi Veskimgi, RP Chairman, signed a memorandum of understanding and published a declarat [...]	2006-04-05 14:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN369	ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR EN
06TALLINN411	ESTONIA AMENDS LAW ON ALIENS TO CONFORM WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Estonian Parliament adopted an amendment to the Estonian Aliens Law on April 19, 2006. The updated law widens non-citizen residents? freedom of movement and employment in other EU countries, and has generated strong interest among Estonia's 135,000 mostly Russian-speaking "st [...]	2006-04-28 14:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN418	UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S SCHOOL REFORM [...] (U) Summary: In September 2007 Estonia's 63 Russian language high schools will begin a gradual four-year transition to teaching 60% of the curriculum in Estonian (reftels). The GOE is slowly responding to criticism that preparations have been insufficient and a National Action Plan was adopt [...]	2006-05-03 12:58:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN423	CODEL COBLE ENGAGES WITH ESTONIANS ON LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 18 - 19 visit to Tallinn Congressman Howard Coble and Congressional staff discussed narcotics, shipping and port security, and other law enforcement issues with the Members of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet, Minister of Internal Affairs Kalle [...]	2006-05-04 14:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP EN
06TALLINN427	ESTONIA GEARS UP FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to presidential elections five of Estonia's six major political parties have agreed to try to find a common candidate from a slate of twelve nominees. The first round of voting is scheduled for a special session of parliament in August. If no single candidate win [...]	2006-05-05 13:49:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN433	ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 14:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN EN
06TALLINN439	ESTONIA: VE DAY REMAINS DIVISIVE [...] On May 8 approximately 200 World War II veterans gathered at Tallinn's Maarjamae memorial to mark the anniversary of the end of the war. The event was organized by the Estonian War Veterans Association, an umbrella group that includes veterans associations from both Soviet and German units. [...]	2006-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EN
06TALLINN451	ESTONIA: MERGER OF RES PUBLICA AND PRO PATRIA [...] (U) Summary: Estonian opposition political parties Res Publica and Pro Patria Union have completed preparatory work for their merger, announced in early April (reftel). The boards of the parties have approved the merger agreement and a working version of new statutes, both of which will be s [...]	2006-05-12 14:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN463	ESTONIA INCREASES FOREIGN AID [...] (U) On May 11 the GOE endorsed a development cooperation and humanitarian assistance development plan for 2006 to 2010. According to the plan, which hews closely to a draft that has been under discussion since December 2005 (reftel),in the coming four years foreign aid will grow to 0.1 perce [...]	2006-05-16 06:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN476	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SARG HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SY EN
06TALLINN480	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON EU TAMIL TIGERS DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 09:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN CE EN
06TALLINN496	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ, INTEGRATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 18 luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Maret Maripuu (Reform Party) and MPs Kllo Arjakas (Center Party) and Eiki Nestor (Social Democrats) shared their views on the Estonian mission in Iraq, domestic politics, and Russian minority integration [...]	2006-05-24 13:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN533	ESTONIA: ETHNIC TENSION OVER TALLINN'S "BRONZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions have escalated between ethnic Estonians and Estonia's Russian-speaking community over the fate of a World War II monument in central Tallinn depicting a Red Army soldier. The proximate cause is an event involving the desecration of an Estonian flag carried by two count [...]	2006-06-05 13:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN537	ESTONIA: MERGER OF RES PUBLICA AND PRO PATRIA [...] On June 4 the general assemblies of Res Publica and Pro Patria Union approved their parties' merger into "the Union of Pro Patria Union and Res Publica." Taavi Veskimagi, Chairman of Res Publica, told the press the goal of the merger was to "prevent the leftists and the new nomenclature from [...]	2006-06-07 05:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EN
06TALLINN541	ESTONIA: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On June 5 we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights, and Karen Tikenberg, MFA TIP Desk Officer. The Estonians were pleased to hear that the Report acknowledged progress the GOE [...]	2006-06-07 09:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EN
06TALLINN567	ESTONIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. On June 9, the Finnish and Estonian MFAs co-hosted in Tallinn a major conference on a renewed Northern Dimension (ND) to enhance regional and cross- border cooperation. High level speakers, including the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Finland, and Latvia, participated in the event [...]	2006-06-15 06:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV FI RS EN
06TALLINN576	ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL [...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]	2006-06-16 14:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN578	ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL [...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]	2006-06-16 14:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN580	ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S REPORT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Urmas Paet presented his semi-annual foreign policy report to the Estonian Parliament on June 6. On June 15 MFA Policy Planning Director Raul Malk (co-author of the speech) told us key take-aways included: a warning that Estonia was at risk of overextension wi [...]	2006-06-19 04:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN582	WHAT MAKES TOOMAS HENDRIK RUN? [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Foreign Minister Toomas Hendrik Ilves is one of the front runners as we approach August's first round of elections for president, a job Ilves tells us he does not want. Openly disdainful of incumbent Arnold Ruutel, Ilves explained that he had to run because he could not [...]	2006-06-19 11:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN599	AFGHAN DELEGATION VISITS ESTONIA TO STUDY NATION [...] (U) Summary: Estonia recently hosted a high-level delegation from Afghanistan to discuss issues relating to nation building and e-governance. Although our Estonian interlocutors believe the Afghans are unlikely to implement what they learned about e-government in the near future, they belie [...]	2006-06-22 11:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EN
06TALLINN626	ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN644	CREATION OF A BALTIC AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its launch in 1995, the Baltic American Enterprise Fund (BalAEF) has played an important role in promoting economic growth in the three Baltic states. It is important for U.S. interests in the Baltics and beyond to create a successor institution that will be ready to st [...]	2006-07-12 08:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL EN LH LG
06TALLINN649	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMISSION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 06:13:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CU EN
06TALLINN658	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT RUUTEL TO RUN FOR SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. As expected, President Ruutel announced on June 13 that he will seek a second term as President of Estonia. Ruutel's party, People's Union, is working hard to ensure the election is decided in the Electoral College, where Ruutel has stronger support. This has only added to the [...]	2006-07-17 14:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN683	IRAN: ESTONIA SUPPORTS P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 12:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC PGOV UNSC IR EU EN
06TALLINN695	ASEM DEMARCHE - ESTONIA HOLDING EU LINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EN
06TALLINN739	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a stead War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troops h casualties includi [...]	2006-08-15 15:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP IN TH MG FI
06TALLINN740	ESTONIA SUFFERS FIRST CASUALTIES IN HELMAND BUT [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on August 11, 37 Estonian soldiers came under attack at their temporary base camp in Garmsir (along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border),where they are serving as part of the UK-led PRT. The Estonians came under fire by 23 MM Sergei anti-aircraft rounds and/or rocket [...]	2006-08-15 15:23:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF UK EN
06TALLINN742	BRINGING ESTONIAN AND U.S. TIP NGOS TOGETHER [...] (SBU) Summary. In January 2006 the GOE passed its National Action Plan (NAP) to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). However, prior to and since the NAP's passing, many NGOs have criticized the plan for its lack of consultation with civil society. On July 19 post organized a roundtable disc [...]	2006-08-15 15:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN743	FINNISH CASE REOPENS UNFINISHED TIP DEBATE IN [...] (U) In July, Finnish prosecutors brought to trial a group of Estonians and Finns under TIP-specific statutes. The five Estonian and two Finnish traffickers were convicted of trafficking 15 Estonian women to Finland for prostitution. The ringleaders were given prison sentences and hefty fines [...]	2006-08-16 10:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN768	ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]	2006-08-24 08:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN776	ESTONIA: KOSOVO STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 14:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU EN
06TALLINN794	ESTONIA TIP ACTION PLAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On August 29 Poloff delivered talking points (as per reftel) to Riina Pihel, Acting MFA Director for Human Rights, and Karen Tikenberg, Third Secretary, to explain to the GOE specific areas of SIPDIS concern noted in the 2006 TIP Report. Pihel said the GOE was thankful for the "valuabl [...]	2006-08-31 08:49:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN797	ESTONIA WANTS FIRM EU STANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 14:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EU IR EN
06TALLINN798	ESTONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH [...] (U) As expected, in the first round of voting on August 28-29 in Estonia's presidential elections, Center Party and People's Union MPs did not cast a single ballot, forcing a second round in the Electoral College (composed of MPs and local government representatives). In successive rounds of [...]	2006-08-31 14:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN833	ESTONIA ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 07:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EN
06TALLINN845	ESTONAIN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: NO LONGER HOT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. These days, progress in Estonian- Russian relations is measured in inches. Over the last several months, disagreements over sensitive and controversial issues such as the border treaty have not hindered cooperation on less hotly debated issues. However, Estonia's relationship [...]	2006-09-15 08:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN851	ESTONIAN MPS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon discussion of Afghanistan and Iraq with four members of Parliament: Jarno Laur (Social Democrats),Janno Reiljan (People's Union),Ela Tomson (Res Publica) and Ain Seppik (Center Party). The discussion focused on the upcoming deb [...]	2006-09-19 13:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU NATO AF IZ EN
06TALLINN867	ESTONIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - TEMPEST IN A [...] (SBU) Summary: The second round of voting in Estonia's presidential elections will take place on September 23rd, when members of the electoral college meet in Tallinn. Although polls indicate popular support favors Social Democrat Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the contest in the electoral college b [...]	2006-09-22 11:06:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN883	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FRIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans-Atlantic security institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanist [...]	2006-09-27 05:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN
06TALLINN887	ESTONIA: ILVES IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF [...] (U) On September 23 Toomas Hendrik Ilves, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S., was elected President of Estonia. A 345-member electoral college comprised of parliamentarians and local municipality representatives voted 174-162 for I [...]	2006-09-27 05:39:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN892	ESTONIA: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES IRAQI MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 13:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN901	CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...]	2006-10-03 11:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN
06TALLINN907	PANDORA 2006: MOCK BIRD FLU PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (U) Summary: GOE is in the process of wrapping up PANDORA 2006, a multi-stage program created to test how Estonia's crisis management systems would respond to a bird flu pandemic. The program is being used as a learning tool to highlight some of the GOE's crisis management strengths and wea [...]	2006-10-05 11:42:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI EAGR PGOV EN
06TALLINN941	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART I: ILVES ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Toomas Henrik Ilves brings international perspective and strong foreign policy experience to the presidency in Estonia. In contrast to his predecessor, Ilves has made it clear that he will use the presidency as a bully pulpit on both domestic and foreign policy issues. While th [...]	2006-10-16 13:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN964	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART II: A MORE ASSERTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has highlighted three foreign policy priorities for his presidency: helping to improve transatlantic relations, increasing Estonia's profile in and contributions to the European Union (EU) and development of a coherent and coor [...]	2006-10-23 13:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN968	ESTONIA STANDS UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) According to Simmu Tiik, MFA Director General for Russia, on October 20, during the dinner with EU leaders in Finland, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip asked President Putin if Russia could be a "trusted partner" to supply energy to Europe "in light of its behavior in Georgia." PM Ans [...]	2006-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU GG RS EN
06TALLINN983	ESTONIA: REFLECTIONS ON EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Estonia's attitude toward EU membership has evolved away from EU skepticism and towards a more pragmatic "good European" engagement. Public support for Estonia's EU membership has recently reached a record high. However, in foreign policy Estonian officials recognize that their [...]	2006-11-02 11:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU EN

06TALLINN988	ESTONIA OFFERS FREE CITIZENSHIP COURSES [...] (U) Summary. The number of stateless people living in Estonia has declined significantly since 1992. A new program to provide citizenship training to non-citizens is being jointly funded by the GOE and the EU. It will help up to 10,000 more stateless people meet the qualifications for citi [...]	2006-11-03 10:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN RS PHUM SOCI
06TASHKENT1212	GOU IMPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT OF NUCLEAR, [...] (U) The Uzbek parliament has adopted an amendment to its export control law restricting the export of nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, according to multiple Uzbek press reports. The text was published in the Russian language Narodnoye Slovo newspaper on June 21. The amendment to [...]	2006-06-23 11:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP UZ
06TASHKENT1225	UZBEKISTAN BURNS 700 KGS OF NARCOTICS [...] (U) Uzbekistan marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking by burning 700 kilograms of seized narcotics on June 26. The narcotics burned included 430 kg of heroin, 182 kg of opium, 73 kg of marijuana, 8 kg of hashish, and an unspecified amount of other phychot [...]	2006-06-27 06:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR UZ
06TASHKENT1358	FM GANIEV OUT, NOROV IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confirming rumors post picked up through the day, President Islom Karimov issued a decree July 12 naming former Ambassador to Belgium, NATO and the EU Vladimir Norov as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Former Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev returned to his old post of Minister [...]	2006-07-13 14:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UZ
06TASHKENT1562	UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...]	2006-08-11 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT1707	FEARS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has urged Tashkent community leaders to take robust measures to discourage Islamist tendencies among the public. An Embassy contact with strong local government connections said that officials expressed fear that Islamists may be planning disturbances ahead of the 2007 P [...]	2006-09-07 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM PTER SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT1739	UZBEKISTAN HAVING ITS WAY WITH THE OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Two contacts at the OSCE's Tashkent Project Coordinator's Office (PCO) told poloff OSCE Ambassador Jenca is working closely with the MFA to restructure the PCO. The MFA reportedly will select two local OSCE staff to replace four who will lose their jobs in October. Jenca also re [...]	2006-09-11 11:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSEC UZ
06TASHKENT2324	NEW STATE ADVISOR ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS BAKHROM [...] (C) Summary: Bakhrom Abdukhalimov has been appointed State Advisor to the President for Religious Affairs and Interethnic Relations. Abdukhalimov is an expert in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has spent much of his career at the Al Beruni Oriental Studies Research Institute under the Academ [...]	2006-12-13 11:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF UZ
06TASHKENT245	(U) NATIONAL TV AND RADIO REPLACES STATE TV [...] (U) On January 28 Uzbekistan's state-owned television company, "Uzbekistan State Television and Radio," officially reverted to its former name of "Uzbekistan National Television and Radio." This followed a November presidential decree bringing television and radio stations under unified manag [...]	2006-01-31 13:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT247	DISARRAY IN EGULIK'S JIZZAK BRANCH LEADS TO CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In December 2005, the head of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society, Vasila Inoyatova, filed a request with Jizzak Province registration authorities to dissolve Ezgulik's Jizzak regional branch. As she explained to poloff, the decision was the result of more than two years of internal [...]	2006-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT261	TAJIBAYEVA TRIAL OPENS WITH CHARGES OF U.S. AND [...] (C) Summary: The trial of human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva opened in a small town near Tashkent on January 30. The charges against her include having received funding from the U.S. and French Embassies, which she used to distribute literature intended to sow panic among the populace. T [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT263	EGYPT ENCOURAGES UZBEK STUDENTS TO STUDY ARABIC AND [...] (C) DCM met with Egyptian Charge d'Affaires Jailan Abbas Abdel-Aziz on January 30 to discuss educational programs for Uzbeks offered by the Egyptian Government. According to Abbas Abdel-Aziz, annually 20 Uzbek undergraduates receive four-year scholarships for either Islamic or secular studies [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EG UZ
06TASHKENT269	PROSECUTORS SEEK TO MERGE SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS' [...] (C) Summary: January 30 was scheduled to be the last day of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova's trial on tax evasion charges. It also was to be the first day of fellow co-founder Sanjar Umarov's trial on similar accusations. Instead, the judge postponed action on both cases an [...]	2006-02-02 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON UZ
06TASHKENT300	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES G-8 COOPERATION [...] (SBU) As part of the 2006 Russian Chairmanship of the G- 8, the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Farit Mukhametshin, invited other G-8 ambassadors to discuss how their countries might cooperate on assistance to Uzbekistan. The chief of the United Nations Office of Drug Control (UNODC) and th [...]	2006-02-08 14:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV RS UZ
06TASHKENT302	OSCE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP ITS PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca told the Ambassador that the GOU continues to review the Tashkent CenterQs mandate. Jenca expects a change for the worse, perhaps even a proposed decrease in OSCE international staff, when the current mandate expires in June. OSCE officers are facing accred [...]	2006-02-09 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV ECON EAID UZ
06TASHKENT305	UZBEK SENATE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) The Embassy obtained an advance copy of the agenda of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Uzbekistan Senate, to take place in Tashkent on February 24. Items slated for discussion are: A. Law on information security in the automated banking system B. Amendments to laws relating to simpl [...]	2006-02-10 05:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT324	RUMORS OF AN IMMINENT EARTHQUAKE SHAKE THE COUNTRY [...] (U) Rumors of an imminent earthquake spread throughout Tashkent and into the provinces of Uzbekistan late afternoon on February 9, causing panic among the population. The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) confirmed for the Embassy that it had in no way predicted an earthquake. An Instit [...]	2006-02-13 12:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV UZ
06TASHKENT325	FREEDOM HOUSE APPEAL DENIED [...] (U) On February 7, Freedom House lost its appeal of an Uzbek court order issued January 11 suspending its operations for six months (Ref A). After deliberating for approximately seven minutes, the appeals court also upheld the decisions to forward allegations that Freedom House illegally oper [...]	2006-02-13 12:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT326	TAJIBAYEVA - NOT A RUN-OF-THE-MILL SHOW TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic departure from Uzbekistan's recent Soviet-style show trials, human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva and her attorneys are putting up a spirited defense in her criminal trial. The judge has opened the proceedings to outside observers: journalists, diplomats and NGO [...]	2006-02-14 01:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR UZ
06TASHKENT327	SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS' TRIALS - BOMBAST AND [...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founders Sanjar Umarov and Nodira Khidoyatova's trials continue in parallel sessions, in the same court and under the same judge. The judge has excluded testimony about alleged USG financial support for the opposition movement, limiting testimony to esoteric [...]	2006-02-14 01:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT345	UNHCR PRESSING FOR UZBEK RATIFICATION OF REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Country Representative asked for U.S. support in encouraging the GOU to sign the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Uzbekistan is the only CIS state not to have signed the documents. There are currently 1,816 refugees, mostly Afghan, registered wit [...]	2006-02-15 02:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT346	DANISH CARTOONS - A WESTERN CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek ambassadors to Egypt and the OSCE both made statements alluding to a greater Western conspiracy with regards to the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Though the GOU has issued no official statement on the controversy, it seems that it is jumping at the opp [...]	2006-02-15 02:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
06TASHKENT377	NO UNAUTHORIZED COOPERATION WITH FOREIGNERS [...] (C) Summary: An August 2005 decree of the GOU Higher Education Ministry effectively imposed a blanket prohibition on any cooperation between Uzbek educational institutions and foreign organizations without explicit prior government approval. The decree mentions the Peace Corps by name, and th [...]	2006-02-23 07:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAO PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT427	SUNSHINE COALITION TRIALS - KHIDOYATOVA SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova ended on March 1 with a ten-year prison sentence. A verdict in the trial of fellow coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov is scheduled for March 6. The final session of Umarov's trial featured a theatrical debate between [...]	2006-03-01 13:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT430	GOU BLASTS UNHCR AND OSCE FOR THEIR CONCERN WITH [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan has accused the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) of needlessly politicizing the deportation of ten Uzbeks from Ukraine. The MFA has summoned the OSCE Ambassador in Tashkent to protest the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's statement on the returnees. The GOU [...]	2006-03-02 11:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT439	RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY NAMANGAN [...] (C) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Namangan correspondent Nosir Zokir was released from prison on February 26 after serving a six-month sentence at a Namangan detention facility. Zokir was convicted in August 2005 for insulting a member of the National Security Service (Ref A). Zoki [...]	2006-03-03 13:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT440	WHAT IS EU IDENTITY IN UZBEKISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: The French Embassy, current EU chair in Tashkent, has started a campaign to inform Uzbek students about the EU. However, at a round-table discussion, EU diplomats failed to convey a concept of EU identity that satisfied their audience. The Uzbek students attending the roundtable [...]	2006-03-03 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT462	ANOTHER UZBEK OPPOSITION LEADER SENTENCED TO A [...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov was convicted on March 6 and sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison, with the sentence reduced to ten years and ten months by an amnesty decree. He plans to appeal. Fellow coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova, convicted earlier o [...]	2006-03-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT464	GOU'S EMINENT DOMAIN PLACES AMCITS OUT ON THE [...] (SBU) On March 2, the Amcit owners of a local business, American Optical, were served an eviction notice by the Tashkent City Hokimiyat giving them two days to vacate the premises before the building was demolished. The one-story building was shared by two other shops, both of which had close [...]	2006-03-09 05:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC ECON UZ
06TASHKENT465	(S) VIDEO SHOWS MAFIA TIES TO GOU [...] (S) Summary: Video footage obtained by Post suggests close ties between families of senior GOU officials and organized crime. The footage shows the wives of four top GOU Ministers and two Deputy Prime Ministers, with the family of Tashkent crime boss Salim Abduvaliyev and the wife of a foreign-base [...]	2006-03-09 10:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	KCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
06TASHKENT466	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAJIBAYEVA SENTENCED TO [...] (C) On March 6, the Lower Chirchik District Criminal Court sentenced human rights activist and Embassy Democracy Commission grantee Mutabar Tajibayeva to eight years in prison. The many charges against her included using U.S. Embassy grant funds to distribute printed materials intended to spr [...]	2006-03-09 13:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT477	UZBEKISTAN PLAYS THE RUSSIAN AND CHRYSANTHEMUM [...] (C) Summary: The GOU appreciates Japan,s continued economic assistance and views the Central Asian (CA) plus Japan Forum as complimentary to other regional groups. The GOU said it will work with any &friendly8 country on projects. The Japanese government plans to reduce the number of aid pro [...]	2006-03-13 09:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT495	POWER OUTAGE SPARKS ANDIJON PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Over 100 local residents protested gas and electric outages near the Andijon city limits on March 8. Reports conflict in the details, but all agree that residents are fed up with the frequent utility interruptions, which have left many with no means to cook or heat their homes. Pr [...]	2006-03-14 13:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON UZ
06TASHKENT500	A SURPRISING RECIPE: PLOV WITH CUBAN RICE [...] (C) The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) refuses to confirm reports that a Cuban delegation, headed by Deputy FM Eumelio Caballero, visited Tashkent March 13 to establish diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan. The delegation's visit was reported by Cuba-based Prensa Latina, the National [...]	2006-03-15 11:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT502	DEMARCHE ON THE MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORP. FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff requested a meeting to deliver reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consistent with recent practice, the MFA refuses to respond. Therefore, on February 21 post faxed the points to the MFA. The Ministry provided no comment or acknowledgement that the points were r [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UK ZK
06TASHKENT506	KAZAKH DCM COMMENTS ON TRADE AND BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokaev did not meet with any Uzbek officials during his February 8 visit to Tashkent. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan live along the border between the two countries, but require a visa to cross the border. While there is some cross-border tr [...]	2006-03-16 10:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK ZK
06TASHKENT512	RESOLUTION TIGHTENS CONTROL OF JOURNALISTS - [...] (C) Summary: A Cabinet of Ministers resolution passed on February 24 and released March 7 restricts working conditions for independent journalists and accreditation procedures for foreign journalists. Under the resolution, it is illegal for Uzbek citizens to work for non-MFA accredited foreign [...]	2006-03-16 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GM UZ
06TASHKENT520	GOU ORDERS CLOSURE OF UNHCR [...] (C) UNHCR Protection Officer Asako Nozawa told poloff that the Uzbek mission in Geneva had delivered a note verbale to UNHCR headquarters on March 17 giving the Tashkent office thirty days to close. She added that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will not intervene, and that the office w [...]	2006-03-20 08:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ
06TASHKENT521	INTER-AGENCY GROUP DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the Uzbek criminal code for strengthening Trafficking-In-Persons (TIP) legislation are still under consideration, the current composition of the inter-agency TIP working group is still unknown, and there are no plans to register the International Organization for [...]	2006-03-20 09:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG ELAB ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT522	ACCUSED "WAHHABIS" DETAIL TORTURE IN DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: Eight defendants being tried on religious extremism charges in Tashkent have openly testified that investigators beat and otherwise intimidated them into signing confessions. Such charges have rarely been raised in open court sessions in the past. A defendant's mother told trial [...]	2006-03-20 10:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT532	INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C)Summary: Deutsche Welle stringer Obid Shabanov told Poloff that the MFA revoked his accreditation after he wrote a report about Uzbek migrant laborers freezing to death on a bus headed to Russia. Only one Deutsche Welle stringer is still accredited. Several international wire agency corre [...]	2006-03-23 02:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI GM KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT535	FREEDOM HOUSE'S DIRECTOR DEPARTS UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Freedom House's Uzbekistan country director, Branka Sesto, has left Uzbekistan following the organization's decision not to appeal the March 6 Tashkent City Civil Court liquidation order. Prior to her departure, Sesto told Emboffs that the liquidation of Freedom House's Tashkent office wa [...]	2006-03-23 13:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT536	GOU DENIES ACCESS TO UZBEKS DEPORTED FROM UKRAINE [...] (C) In response to Post's request that international monitors be given access to the Uzbeks deported from Ukraine (ref A),the MFA replied in a March 23 diplomatic note that the individuals are subjects of a criminal investigation. In order to provide a fair investigation free from interferenc [...]	2006-03-23 13:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT538	KYRGYZ DCM DISCUSSES GOU DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek-Kyrgyz economic relations are souring and the GOU is reneging on a long standing deal to trade Uzbek gas for Kyrgyz water, according to the Kyrgyz DCM. Uzbekistan,s accession to the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) has the potential to improve regional relations. Howeve [...]	2006-03-24 02:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT577	UNHCR OFFICE PROPOSES PASSING TORCH TO UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ
06TASHKENT579	GERMANY WARNS THE UZBEKS TO BE NICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians (MPs) from the German-Central Asia group met with GOU officials in February to discuss cooperation on issues including terrorism. GOU officials held to the party line that the truth about Andijon had been established. The Germans were generally pleased that the [...]	2006-03-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT584	MFA DISCUSSES OIC, KOREA AND INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Asia and Africa Department of the MFA surprisingly agreed to see us regarding the upcoming meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League Boycott (ref A). The MFA official gladly discussed South Korea and India, and welcomed future meetings. End [...]	2006-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT601	ANDIJON RESIDENTS ASK BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE [...] (C) In a recent visit to Andijon, British Ambassador David Moran was followed and questioned by self-proclaimed mahalla (neighborhood) representatives. He told the U.S. Ambassador that he first encountered the mostly-female group when he exited his hotel. They asked the purpose and duration [...]	2006-03-28 12:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT605	CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE - GOU [...] (C) Summary: When the Ambassador, at the invitation of the MFA, decided to attend a provincial investment roundtable in Andijon, the GOU quickly canceled the event. A Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, several other government officials and a handful of diplomats were already p [...]	2006-03-28 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT611	THE END OF THE NEXIA? HYUNDAI LOOKING TO INVEST IN [...] (C) Summary: A key agenda item for President Islam Karimov,s March 28 meetings in Korea will likely be a possible Hyundai investment into UzDaewoo. According to UzDaewoo senior management, they were informed just prior to Karimov,s departure that Hyundai would likely purchase up to half of th [...]	2006-03-29 12:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT632	KAZAKH AMBASSADOR ON NAZARBAYEV'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh President Nazarbayev signed several cooperation agreements with President Islam Karimov during his Navruz visit to Tashkent. Kazakh Ambassador Kabdrakhmanov said the visit was successful, but discussions will continue on reducing excise tariffs and oil and gas investments. [...]	2006-03-31 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KZ PGOV PREL UZ EINV
06TASHKENT633	OIL, AUTOS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: KARIMOV VISITS KOREA [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov,s trip to South Korea was successful, according to the South Korean DCM Jeung-Hyun Ryu, but it is too early to know how much fruit the agreements will bear. In addition to speaking to Karimov about human rights, the Korean President discussed oil, gas and uraniu [...]	2006-03-31 13:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT650	IN THE SPORT OF MINING, THE RUSSIANS TAKE URANIUM [...] (C) Summary: The local press is painting an idealistic picture of the agreement between Techsnabexport and Uzbekistan,s Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combine (NGMK) to produce uranium. Meanwhile, US-based RWE Nukem is worried that it is slowly being pushed out of the uranium industry. Non-West [...]	2006-04-04 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV PREL UZ ZK PENV
06TASHKENT651	DE GUCHT AND KARIMOV - AN OSCE MANDATE CHANGE AND [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca briefed OSCE ambassadors on Belgian FM and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Karel De Gucht,s visit. According to Jenca, President Karimov told De Gucht a decision has not yet been made on the OSCE,s mandate, but he would like the mission to transform into a &Pr [...]	2006-04-04 12:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ PHUM
06TASHKENT691	JOURNALIST SOBIRJON YAKUBOV RELEASED [...] (C)Sobirjon Yakubov, a journalist with "Hurriyat" newspaper, was released on April 3, after spending a year in prison. Yakubov was detained on April 11, 2005, on the charge of undermining the constitutional order, under article 159 of the criminal code (ref A). However, he was never formally [...]	2006-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT693	UNHCR OFFICE MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has still not responded to UNDP's proposal to assume some of UNHCR's responsibilities after its closure. UNHCR headquarters has told its office to begin closing down on April 11 if the GOU has still not responded by then. UNHCR's Protection Officer told Poloff that the GO [...]	2006-04-07 14:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT694	CULTURAL DELEGATION HEADED TO RUSSIA EXCLUDES [...] (C) According to a source in the parliament, an Uzbek cultural delegation will travel to Saint Petersburg from April 17-22 to participate in the Forum of Art and Science Intellectuals of the CIS countries. The delegation was invited by the rector of Moscow State University, actor Kyril Lavrov [...]	2006-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL RU UZ
06TASHKENT699	KARIMOV IN KOREA: FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOOD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the Korean Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Moon Hayong, the GOK has chosen to engage Uzbekistan instead of isolating it. Despite concerns over lack of progress in human rights, the GOK is interested in Uzbekistan's energy sector, UzDaewoo plant and the sizeable resident e [...]	2006-04-11 02:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ENRG KS PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT703	LOCAL RESIDENTS SING THE K2 BLUES [...] (C) Summary: The forced departure of the U.S. military from the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) airbase immediately affected hundreds of local area workers who depended on the generous wages. According to the head Imam of Kashkadaryo Province, the loss of jobs and humanitarian support has impacted the [...]	2006-04-11 10:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT710	GOU PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON STUDENTS AT EU MEETING [...] (C) Several universities in Tashkent reportedly threatened to expel students if they attended EU informational meetings sponsored by the French Embassy. An Embassy contact told poloff numerous students missed the latest meeting out of fear that the universities would make good on the threat, [...]	2006-04-12 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT728	UNHCR OFFICE CLOSES; UNDP ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT730	GANIEV AND AZIMOV TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: In the next three months, FM Ganiev and Deputy PM Azimov will both travel to Japan. Ganiev will head the Uzbek delegation to the Uzbek-Japan Joint Committee on the Economy in May, and Ganiev will represent Uzbekistan at the May Central Asia Plus Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting in [...]	2006-04-14 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL UZ JP
06TASHKENT755	DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTER BUSHUYEVA HARASSED [...] (C) Deutsche Welle reporter Natalia Bushuyeva told Poloff that she has been the subject of extensive harassment since March 28, when she began receiving hundreds of telephone calls inquiring about sexual services and the sale of her apartment. Anonymous individuals posted fliers stating that [...]	2006-04-19 07:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT774	RUSSIA CONSIDERS OPENING CONSULATES, REGULARIZING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Embassy Counselor Yury Lebedev told Poloff that Russia is considering opening consulates in Samarkand and Ferghana City. This would be based on a reciprocal agreement under which Uzbekistan would open two consulates in Russia. However, a final decision has not yet been r [...]	2006-04-20 11:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV RS UZ
06TASHKENT777	INL COORDINATOR/DCM TRIP REPORT: TERMEZ AND [...] (U) Summary: Visiting INL Coordinator and DCM visited the Surkhandarya Province for inspection and observation of border post facilities and procedures. Emboffs assessed the use of equipment and training provided to Uzbek Customs and Border Guard officials by USG-funded programs through the [...]	2006-04-21 03:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF TI UZ
06TASHKENT798	FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE STILL UNDER [...] (C) During a recent embassy reception, Bekzod Yuldashev, the director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, pulled the Ambassador aside to discuss the current status of his brother-in-law, former Defense Minister Kodir Gulomov. Yuldashev told Ambassador that Gulomov is still under GOU investi [...]	2006-04-24 03:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT799	INDIAN EMBASSY'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Indian PM Manmohan Singh will officially visit Tashkent on April 25-26 to talk with President Karimov and lay a wreath at the National World War II Memorial. According to Indian DCM B.M. Vinod Kumar, the GOI's expectations are very low for the visit, as this trip seems primarily t [...]	2006-04-24 03:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ IN
06TASHKENT800	UNDP ESTABLISHES REFUGEE SUPPORT UNIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 03:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT802	(CORRECTED COPY) WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]	2006-04-24 07:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT808	WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]	2006-04-24 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT809	THE REJUVENATION OF ISLAM: WHY UZBEK MOSQUES ARE [...] (U) This is the first in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan with future cables addressing a trip to Friday prayer, the relationship of mosque and state, and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Uzbek men are filling the mosques in search of solace [...]	2006-04-25 03:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT823	IREX DIRECTOR DEPARTS [...] (C) AmCit IREX Country Director departed Tashkent with his family on April 19. His visa had expired, but he was able to obtain a one day visa at the airport for his family and himself. He is now in Ashgabat, where he will continue to manage IREX regional programs. 2. (C) Before they can l [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT825	UZBEKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA DEEPEN THEIR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan and South Korea are taking steps to strengthen their labor relations. Sources at the Uzbek Ministry of Labor and South Korean Embassy told Poloff that their governments have agreed to facilitate labor contracts for Uzbek guest workers. Uzbekistan will reportedly become [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV KS UZ
06TASHKENT826	AN INVITATION TO FRIDAY PRAYER [...] (U) This is the second in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan, with future cables addressing the relationship of mosque and state and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to a neighborhood mosque during Friday prayers, poloff [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT827	EMOTIONS STIR UP ROMANIAN-UZBEK RELATIONS [...] (C) Romanian Political Officer Calin Ilie told PE Chief that the Romanian-Uzbek relationship continues to flounder. He said that his Embassy's interactions with the MFA are essentially non-existent. The last meeting the Romanian Ambassador had with Deputy FM Nematov occurred last fall when th [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO UZ ZK
06TASHKENT828	ADB COUNTRY DIRECTOR ON FUTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)released its strategy for Uzbekistan that cites difficulties with the GOU as a reason for the failure of certain projects. ADB will focus its program funds on technical assistance and education. ADB Country Director told DCM that ADB will become t [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UZ EINV
06TASHKENT834	MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 02:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT845	THE LATEST FROM ANDIJON [...] (C) Summary: A local contact from Andijon reported a series of recent "worrying events" in and around the province. He said that the local government seems to be continuing to try to boost public morale but does not plan to officially commemorate the anniversary of the May 2005 violence. Six [...]	2006-04-27 12:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL UZ
06TASHKENT852	GOU CLOSES ABA/CEELI [...] (SBU) On April 27, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasia Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) to liquidate. In requesting ABA/CEELI's liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) alleged that the organization acted outside its mandate and ch [...]	2006-05-01 02:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT881	BRITISH STUDY PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Despite an often rocky Uzbek-British relationship, British sources in Tashkent indicate that the GOU has not imposed direct obstacles to study programs in the UK. A scholarship program jointly supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),Open Society Institute, and a [...]	2006-05-03 13:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT882	WE AGREE TO AGREE: KARIMOV RECEIVES INDIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: After years of GOU pressure, the Indian PM finally visited Tashkent on April 25-26. The timing was convenient, as President Karimov departed one week later to Pakistan. The PM's visit resulted in numerous agreements, but most lacked substance, according to the Indian DCM. Seven [...]	2006-05-03 13:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IN PGOV PREL PTER UZ ZK
06TASHKENT887	NGO'S SAMARKAND OFFICE FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO [...] (C) Summary: The local office of the Ministry of Justice took action against Amcits from the NGO Global Involvement through Education in Samarkand. Several were detained, harassed, and forced to sign statements. The organization paid fines for non-compliance with registration laws and volunt [...]	2006-05-04 09:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT888	(S) UZBEK AMBASSADOR TO CHINA FEARS RECALL [...] (S) Summary: Uzbekistan's Ambassador to China, Sabirjon Yusupov, told an Embassy contact visiting China that he fears being recalled. Yusupov said that President Karimov is dissatisfied with his performance, and considering replacing him with former Primer Minister Utkir Sultanov. He specu [...]	2006-05-04 13:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH UZ
06TASHKENT900	COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL ORDERED LIQUIDATED [...] (SBU) On May 4, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered Counterpart International to liquidate. In requesting liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) accused Counterpart of not providing required documentation on its programs, acting outside its mandate in setting up a local NGO in Kokan [...]	2006-05-05 12:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT902	(S) MAFIA BOSS FIXES GOU TENDERS AND JOBS \ [...] (S) Summary: A well connected Embassy contact described a \ mafia chieftain's role in helping businessmen to secure GOU \ tenders and job applicants to "buy" government jobs. Crime \ boss Salim Abduvaliyev puts bidders for tenders in touch with \ an Iranian businessman holding British citizenship [...]	2006-05-05 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	KCRM PGOV ECON PREL PINR UZ
06TASHKENT938	LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect),the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...]	2006-05-15 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT980	LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TOLD TO BUILD TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) The GOU is encouraging local NGOs and civic leaders to focus their international activities on cooperation with Russia and China. In a meeting on March 8 in celebration of International Women's Day, Deputy Prime Minister Svetlana Inamova told a group of local women civic leaders that they [...]	2006-05-19 05:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UZ
06TASHKENT992	PARANOIA IN FLIGHT: KARIMOV ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE IN [...] (S) Summary: Prior to President Karimov's visit to Islamabad, Pakistani DCM Malik said the two largest issues facing Uzbekistan and Pakistan were transportation and customs problems. Pakistani Ambassador Kamran reported that Karimov's visit produced few tangible results, but stressed that the [...]	2006-05-22 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT997	SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	UZ IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
06TASHKENT999	NATIONWIDE PROSECUTION OF FAITH-BASED NGO [...] (C) Summary: According to senior management at the faith-based NGO Central Asian Free Exchange (CAFE),the GOU has launched a coordinated effort to prosecute several of its regional offices. Seven of its nine provincial offices have come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Thes [...]	2006-05-23 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM UZ
06TBILISI2512	NEGOTIATION ROUND ABORTED AS SOUTH OSSETIANS [...] (C) The latest scheduled round of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) failed to convene after the South Ossetians refused to permit one member of the Georgian delegation, peacekeeping battalion commander Paata Bedniashvili, to enter Tskhinvali for the talks. OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve told us [...]	2006-09-20 06:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
06TBILISI2590	GEORGIA ARRESTS RUSSIANS FOR SPYING, PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Georgian government announced the arrests of four Russians and eleven Georgians on September 27, in connection with an alleged espionage ring. One Russian suspect remains inside a diplomatically protected Russian military building in Tbilisi. The Georgians tell us the arrests are [...]	2006-09-28 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2698	GOG OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN ESTONIAN MODEL FOR [...] The USAID Georgia Business Climate Reform Project (GBCR) sponsored and participated in a very successful visit of key GoG officials to Latvia and Estonia September 4-14 as part of its technical assistance in the establishment of a new revenue service. The new GoG revenue service will unite the [...]	2006-10-11 07:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV KFIN GG
06TBILISI2708	SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF SOUTH OSSETIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) International donors, OSCE, Georgia, and South Ossetia kicked off the new economic rehabilitation initiative for South Ossetia with the first steering committee meeting in Tskhinvali October 6, much of which was open to Georgian and SIPDIS South Ossetian media. DCM signed a memorandum w [...]	2006-10-11 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID GG
06TBILISI2709	UN-CIS KODORI PATROL SCHEDULED, WHILE ABKHAZ TALK [...] (C) Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflict Resolution Ruslan Abashidze told us October 9 that the main questions about the modalities of a UNOMIG monitoring patrol of the Upper Kodori Gorge with participation of CIS peacekeepers (reftel) had been resolved. He said an agreement was reached [...]	2006-10-11 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
06TBILISI2754	SOUTH OSSETIA TALKS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) As described by OSCE, the October 12-13 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Vladikavkaz produced few real results because the Georgians and the other sides deadlocked over the Georgian proposal to change the format of the discussions. The commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces ( [...]	2006-10-17 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV GG
06TBILISI2789	UN AND CIS CONDUCT JOINT PATROL OF KODORI GORGE [...] (C) A joint UNOMIG-CIS patrol visited the Georgian-controlled Upper Kodori Gorge October 12, the first such international monitoring mission since Georgian forces re-established control over the area from local warlord Emzar Kvitsiani in July. Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflict Resol [...]	2006-10-20 08:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2937	KVITSIANI ON FIRING IN UPPER KODORI: I DID IT [...] (U) Abkhaz television broadcast November 1 a video, quickly picked up on Georgian channels, in which ousted Upper Kodori warlord Emzar Kvitsiani took responsibility for the October 25 missile attack near the Georgian village of Azhara during the visit of Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs V [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2938	GORKONI FRUIT PROCESSING COMPANY: AFTER STALIN, [...] Summary. The city of Gori in the Shida Kartli region of central Georgia prides itself on many things: the birthplace of Josef Stalin, the home town of current Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, and host to the country's top fruit processing factory. Econoff visited the Gorkoni frui [...]	2006-11-03 04:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV KFIN GG
06TBILISI3046	GOG NEEDS STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: On November 7-8, PolEcon Chief and Poloff traveled to the multi-ethnic region of Samstkhe-Javakheti to meet with newly-elected local officials, NGO leaders, media representatives, and university students. The purpose of the visit was to reinforce the USG's commitment to increased [...]	2006-11-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU

06TBILISI3061	MFA RELEASES FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY [...] (U) The MFA recently released its 2006-2009 Foreign Policy Strategy document. The Strategy focuses on the goals of territorial integrity, Euro-Atlantic integration, economic growth, and the protection of Georgians abroad, and helps to fulfill a requirement in Georgia's NATO Individual Partner [...]	2006-11-22 06:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI3069	THE ROSE REVOLUTION: THREE YEARS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Saakashvili administration came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution promising to build democracy, increase prosperity, and reincorporate Georgia's separatist regions. Three years after the Rose Revolution, the Saakashvili administration has much to be proud of. In place [...]	2006-11-22 15:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI3406	BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN GEORGIAN AND ABKHAZ [...] (C) Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflicts Resolution Ruslan Abashidze returned December 21 from leading a GoG delegation at the Conciliation Resources-organized discussions in London with an Abkhaz delegation. He briefed Charge about the results of the meeting. The Georgian delegation [...]	2006-12-27 11:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1	MEDIA REACTION ON DHS, DECEMBER 30, 2005 [...] On 12/30 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" ran an op-ed by Cristina Ozaeta entitled "U.S. Defenseless towards Attacks." "According to a report issued by the Democrats, the Department of Homeland Security has failed and hasn't fulfilled 33 of its own promises to improve U.S. secu [...]	2006-01-03 14:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1000	(S) UNDER ATTACK, HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT TROUBLED [...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos respects President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, but fears the influence that certain leftist advisors surrounding him are exercising over Honduran policy. Zelaya is trying, in his view, to "play both sides" but will be unlikely to abandon his c [...]	2006-06-02 16:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1007	HONDURAS DID NOT SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO NAM [...] (C) On May 25, PolChief delivered ref E demarche on the NAM Ministerial and UN reform to Honduran MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Irene Cardona and ref D demarche on the possible NAM Ministerial statement on Iran to Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez. FM Jimenez told PolChief that Honduras [...]	2006-06-02 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM AORC UNGA UNSC IAEA KNNP IR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1008	HONDURAS: IMF INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT TREND [...] (C) Summary: The International Monetary Fund is increasingly concerned about the direction of GOH fiscal policies. Rising losses in parastatal telecommunications and energy companies, coupled with the possibility of a return to unsustainable wage hikes for teachers, threaten to shatter GOH c [...]	2006-06-02 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA11	Honduran President-Elect Zelaya's Letters of [...] Ambassador Jose Eduardo Martell, General Coordinator of the Honduran Presidential Inauguration, under cover of a December 28 letter to PolChief (received by the Political Section December 30),sent the Embassy letters dated December 21 from President-elect Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales to [...]	2006-01-04 19:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PGOV OREP OVIP HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1104	HONDURAS: FIRST OFFICIAL BOLIVARIAN CIRCLE MEETS [...] (U) According to press reports, on June 14 Honduras hosted its first official Bolivarian circle (a grass-roots mobilization effort originally created to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution.") Television coverage of the event appeared to show 30-50 people in atte [...]	2006-06-15 21:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1131	HONDURAN MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS, SAYS IT IS [...] (C) Summary: GOH Minister of Finance Hugo Noe Pino resigned on June 16, effective July 1, when he will be replaced by Vice Minister Rebecca Santos. Noe Pino assured EconChief that his resignation was not in protest, but rather was the result of the President's desire to send him as Honduras' [...]	2006-06-22 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1179	HONDURAN POPULIST PRESIDENT ZELAYA: MELISTAS PUSH [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately five months. Zelaya is acting more and more like a populist, and has stumbled through a series of missteps ever since his meeting with POTUS June 5. His willful mis-characteri [...]	2006-06-30 18:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA12	Honduran President Maduro Letter to President Bush [...] The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under cover of a diplomatic note dated January 3, 2006, sent the Embassy a letter dated December 27, 2005, from Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to President Bush inviting him to attend Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales' January 27, 2006 inauguration. [...]	2006-01-04 19:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PGOV OREP OVIP HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1238	HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE MAY GO TO TRAFIGURA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the national bid were reportedly sent by bid consultant Robert Meyeringh to the GOH for review June 29. Ambassador has called for an appropriate and CAFTA-consistent review and comment period of the TOR once they are formally released (expec [...]	2006-07-11 22:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1273	KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN, RAMON J. ACIDE [...] Summary. On July 17, 2006 at approximately 2100 hours, RSO was notified by Honduran police officials that Ramon J. Acide (DOB 09/26/89),a U.S. citizen, was forcibly taken from his car at a stoplight near the town of Villanueva, which is located 15 minutes south of the city of San Pedro Sula. [...]	2006-07-18 21:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1310	HONDURAN CONGRESS ABROGATES KEY IMF CONDITIONALITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: As feared, on July 18 the Honduran Congress voted to remove the Teachers Wages and Benefits Law (Ley de Estatutos de Docente) from coverage by the 2003 Wage Reform Law (Ley de Reordenamiento del Sistema Retributivo). Rem [...]	2006-07-21 23:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1324	UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN CITIZEN RAMON [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21, 2006 RSO Tegucigalpa and LEGATT San Salvador met with local authorities assigned to the kidnapping investigation of U.S. citizen Ramon J. Acide. A briefing on the current status of the investigation revealed the alleged possibility that the father of Ramon, Joaquin [...]	2006-07-25 17:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1329	Honduran President Zelaya Discusses Fuel, [...] Classified by: Ambassador Charles Ford for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and A/DCM met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez for more than an hour during the evening of July 23. Zelaya was relaxed and discussed plans for a [...]	2006-07-25 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1331	HONDURAS: DIPPSA SALE A PDVSA FRONT? ALSO: FUEL [...] (S) Summary: The Terms of Reference for the international fuel bid solicitation are due to be released on July 25. The TOR are expected to be "ex-tank," meaning bidders will be responsible for both importing and storing the fuel. This gives an apparent bidding advantage to companies that alr [...]	2006-07-25 22:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1333	HONDURAS NATIONAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS: ORGANIZATIONAL [...] Summary: In early June, the Honduran National Congress discussed amending Article 54 of the Constitution in order to make changes in the directorate of the National Registry of Persons (RNP),the GOH's civil registry. The RNP has often been used as a political tool and the proposed changes we [...]	2006-07-26 19:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SMIG PHUM ECON PREL KFRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1345	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA: JULY BETTER THAN JUNE, [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office six months. Zelaya continues to act like a populist, although he makes fewer obvious errors, fired his most incompetent minister (the Minister of Health),and has, since the Embassy's U.S. I [...]	2006-07-28 19:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1361	AUGUST 1 UPDATE ON THE KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, July 29, 2006 RSO received several calls from the father of Ramon Acide, Joaquin Acide. He explained that he was frustrated with the pace of the investigation and felt local police officials were not doing enough to assist with the safe return of his son. Ramon was [...]	2006-08-01 20:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PGOV KSAC CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1375	HONDURAS: RECA DENIES HE'S BEHIND CARIBBEAN [...] (S) Summary: Adrien Reca Salaburu denied he is involved with or in any way related to U.S. firm Caribbean Petrochemical Company -- a firm created in Miami on June 13 and which claimed on July 21 to have purchased DIPPSA. Reca admitted, however, that he continues seeking to purchase DIPPSA, [...]	2006-08-03 14:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA139	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]	2006-01-24 01:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1393	(C) HONDURAS: RECENT HONDURAS ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (S/NF) The following responds to tasker C-AL6-01066 transmitted ref M. All responses are keyed to questions contained in reftel and repeated below. A. (U) PRESIDENT ZELAYA. 1) (C) WHERE DOES ZELAYA STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE VENEZUELA OIL TALKS? WHAT ARE HIS MOTIVATIONS FOR INVOLVE [...]	2006-08-04 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1427	HONDURAS: DIPPSA NOT SOLD YET, BUT BOTH RECA AND [...] (C) Henry Arevalo, President and owner of Honduran gasoline distribution company DIPPSA, confirmed to Ambassador and EconChief on August 8 that he had not concluded the sale of his company and continues to seek a buyer. According to Arevalo, uncertainty surrounding the pending national fuel [...]	2006-08-09 19:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PINR PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1430	(C) HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT SEEKS TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (S) Summary: Honduran Vice President Elvin Santos reached out to Post August 8 to better understand U.S. strategy and concerns on the upcoming national fuel bid. In the next few days Santos stated he will be trading his unwilling public support of the bid process for a strict evaluation of [...]	2006-08-09 21:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET HO PGOV PINR
06TEGUCIGALPA1469	HONDURAN VP SAYS PRESIDENT SEEKS CLIMATE OF [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Elvin Santos, an outsider within his own government, continues to work to moderate the influence of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales' leftist advisors. At Zelaya's request, Santos recently again publicly pledged loyalty, but remains true to his free-mark [...]	2006-08-14 20:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR EPET HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1489	HONDURAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT "QUIETLY DOING HER [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank President Gabriela Nunez is content with Honduras' macro-economic situation, citing a stable exchange rate and declining inflation. Nunez was sanguine (perhaps too much so) on the likely impact on the economy of the recent mammoth wage increase granted by the GOH t [...]	2006-08-16 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1559	OIL COMPANIES AND GOH NOW TALKING, THOUGH NO [...] (C) Summary. Throughout the week of August 18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales reverted to his former style of publicly hurling invectives, largely blaming the international oil companies, particularly Esso and Texaco, for his continuing difficulties in implementing the proposed fue [...]	2006-08-25 18:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET ENRG PGOV HO VE
06TEGUCIGALPA1649	HONDURAS: CONGRESS REVIEWS FUEL BID TERMS; DIPPSA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 23:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1747	HONDURAS: VENEZUELAN FUEL SCHEME IN EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: A recent meeting in San Salvador has detailed a potential deal involving Venezuelan fuel that may be used to influence upcoming elections. The deal involves oil trading company Trafigura Beheer SV, which has links to Venezuelan fuel company PDVSA and has been in serious negotiati [...]	2006-09-18 16:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1816	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S UNGA SPEECH LONG ON LEFTIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his address to the UN General Assembly on 9/18, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya employed religious and traditional leftist Latin American rhetoric in what appeared, in the Honduran context, to be an implicit condemnation of U.S. foreign policies promoting democracy and fr [...]	2006-09-26 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1847	A REQUIEM FOR MINING IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. Reforms of the new mining law in Honduras have reached a critical period of discussion in the Honduran National Assembly. An extreme-leftist group formed of politicians from the Union Democratica (UD) Party, certain NGOs, and the renegade Archbishop Luis Alfonso Santos of Copan, h [...]	2006-09-29 21:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1857	HONDURAS: IMF WAITING FOR GOH DEMONSTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) shares donor concerns that GOH fiscal discipline is eroding and the GOH has lost previous momentum towards policy reforms. While the Fund has not publicly declared it, facts on the ground seem to indicate that the GOH PRGF program has gone of [...]	2006-10-02 20:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1881	(S) HONDURAS UNDER CAFTA: AFTER SIX MONTHS, [...] (S) Summary: Six months have passed since CAFTA entered into force for Honduras. President Zelaya's support was key to getting Honduras on board, and he continues to profess his support for capitalism and free markets. Yet when faced with making the reforms necessary to let a free market dev [...]	2006-10-04 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA192	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S INAUGURATION GOES WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, January 26, 2006 a U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, arrived in Tegucigalpa to attend the inauguration of Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While the weeks and days leading to the events were plagued with confusion and inde [...]	2006-01-31 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1921	HONDURAS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: LEION "LEO" [...] (S) Biographical Note: Leion Starkman Milla (DPOB 17 May 1968, San Pedro Sula, Honduras) served until recently as Minister without portfolio for Investment Promotion and later simultaneously as Director General of the parastatal electric company ENEE. Starkman has been criticized for failin [...]	2006-10-11 21:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR TBIO ENRG PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA193	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA HOLDS FIRST BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Directly after his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, January 27, 2006, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales met with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the rest of the official U.S. Presidential Delegation. While a variety of issues were discussed in a short time, it [...]	2006-01-31 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1930	HONDURAS: CORRUPTION, ELECTRICITY, AND RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Honduras is heading for rolling blackouts within year, according to Leion "Leo" Starkman, outgoing head of national electric company ENEE. GOH officials resist reducing their costs for electricity purchases from as high as USD 0.25 cents per KWh (for thermal generation) to just [...]	2006-10-11 23:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PREL ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1935	HONDURAS: FUEL BID FAILURE AN INCREASINGLY LIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 21:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA1950	HONDURAS: LOOSE MONEY: SPURRING GROWTH OR RISKING [...] (C) Summary: In stark contrast to its unhelpful and seemingly improvised trade policies and crumbling fiscal discipline (reftel),the GOH has implemented a more coherent and thus-far successful (if risky) monetary policy. The GOH is pushing down interest rates and pushing up money supply, wi [...]	2006-10-13 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2030	Honduras: Latin American-Caribbean BioFuels Initiative [...] Summary: This cable responds to ref (A). Despite confusion and controversy in the traditional energy sector, Honduras has made real progress in biofuel development. Efforts are focused primarily on biodiesel, mainly through the cultivation of African Palm oil, and a consumer trial is now unde [...]	2006-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2046	HONDURAS: MIN FIN SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 23 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Finance Rebeca Santos asked for additional technical assistance to assist her ministry in improving fiscal administration and oversight and increasing transparency. She also renewed her request for technical assistance in bud [...]	2006-10-27 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2048	HONDURAN FUEL BID: TRAFIGURA MAY INCREASE STAKE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-28 15:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREF
06TEGUCIGALPA2057	HONDURAN FOOD SAFETY LABS IN DISARRAY [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent USDA lab assessment mission determined that Honduras, food safety organization (Senasa) does not have labs sufficiently supplied or staffed to do even the most basic food safety testing. The assessment team visited animal health, plant health and pesticide detection lab [...]	2006-10-30 20:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2095	RESIGNATION OF ADVISING MINISTER ON HOUSING NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Advising Minister on Housing Hector Briceno resigned in a huff on 10/27, lamenting a lack of political support from President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Briceno, whose appointment to an "advising ministry" (with no agency to direct) was a political payoff in the first place, is [...]	2006-11-02 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2130	COMBATING CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) An elite-run kleptocracy, endemic corruption and the concomitant sense of impunity enjoyed by high-level officials are major obstacles to achieving the USG's primary goals in Honduras of strengthening democracy, promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, preventing illegal immigration, [...]	2006-11-09 18:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CASC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA214	HONDURAS APPEARS TO BE CONSIDERING CHANGE OF [...] (U) This is an Action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) appears to be attempting to extend its influence into the Central American region at the expense of Taiwan. The left-of-center ideological shift of the Zelaya administration has provided the PRC [...]	2006-02-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2210	DISBURSEMENT OF HONDURAN IDB DEBT RELIEF SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: Post notes with interest the November 17 decision by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) to provide debt relief for five WHA countries, including Honduras. As discussions of precise amounts and delivery modalities progress within the IDB, Post requests that disbursement of [...]	2006-11-22 21:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2232	HONDURAS: PRICE CONTROLS ON OIL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Price controls -- existing or proposed -- continue to be a worrisome topic in Honduras, as recent developments leave both the private sector and the consuming public unsatisfied. In the last few days, talk has centered on challenging a private sector price increase in corn flour, a sta [...]	2006-11-27 22:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EPET PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2256	LABOR MINISTRY SEEMS INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Labor Minister Rixi Moncada Godoy, in an 11/8 meeting with Laboff to discuss CAFTA compliance, essentially sought to slough off responsibility for getting recalcitrant companies to permit labor inspections, arguing that the Embassy should somehow pressure them to admit inspecto [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2265	HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS WINS CONTROVERSIAL FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-02 00:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2309	HONDURAS: CONOCOPHILLIPS FUEL BID MAY BE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 20:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2347	WHY ENFORCE ANTI-TRUST LAWS WHEN PRICE FIXING IS [...] (U) Summary. Over the past year the Honduran press has reported frequently on increasing prices of basic goods, including corn flour, sugar, rice, meat, eggs, and even cement. Rallied by local leftist political parties and an active press campaign, the Honduran people have clamored for governm [...]	2006-12-20 22:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2352	HONDURAN BANKING SECTOR CONSOLIDATING AS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The purchase by General Electric of Honduran Banco Mercantil (BAMER) marks the fifth such acquisition to affect Honduras this year, but the first aimed specifically at Honduras. Consolidation of the sector at the hands of more experienced foreign banks (including Citibank, HSBC [...]	2006-12-21 19:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2372	HONDURAS: FUEL BID MISSES KEY DEADLINE; FREE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA2373	HONDURAS: IMPORT-LED GROWTH? [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Honduras is predicting economic growth for 2006 of 5.3 to 5.8 percent. Some bankers are now openly talking about a possible resurgence of inflation in 2007, and made their fears plain by under-subscribing a recent GOH bond issuance, complaining that yields o [...]	2006-12-27 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2392	Can Fish Oil Scale? Honduran Biodiesel Initiative Could [...] Summary: A GOH initiative to develop more energy independence may be in danger due to U.S. incentives that provide up to USD $1 in tax credits for biodiesel refined in the U.S. The GOH plan to import over 1 million African Palms could conceivably meet about 30 percent of Honduras' diesel requ [...]	2006-12-29 21:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2393	CUMPLE Y GANA HELPS FUND RENOVATION OF REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2006 Laboff participated in the inauguration of the newly renovated regional office of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in Choluteca, which was financed in part by the USG funded Cumple y Gana project. With USD 15 million in total DR-CAFTA related funding, Cumple y G [...]	2006-12-29 21:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA268	HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE PROBLEMS PERSIST, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Post worked closely with the outgoing Maduro Administration during its final months in office to both urge and assist reform of the Honduran immigration service. Post has presented the GOH with solid evidence of ongoing corruption in the immigration service that is directly ab [...]	2006-02-13 19:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA271	NEW HONDURAN TELECOM LAW PUT ON HOLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the face of rising opposition, a new draft telecommunications law designed to open the market to competition and meet CAFTA requirements was not introduced to Congress. A last-minute attempt to introduce competition specifically into international calling was also derailed. K [...]	2006-02-13 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
06TEGUCIGALPA326	HONDURAS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEXICAN ENERGY PLAN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Elvin Santos reiterated Honduras, strong support for the proposed Mexican fuel initiative, echoing the GOH,s positive comments to A/S Wayne in January. Meanwhile former minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero has initiated talks with an American company ov [...]	2006-02-22 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV
06TEGUCIGALPA33	HONDURAS: 13 PRISONERS KILLED BY OTHER [...] Summary: On January 5, at approximately 3pm local time, A violent conflict occurred in which 13 prisoners were killed and up to 38 prisoners injured within Tamara National Penitentiary outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was reported by both the press and by Embassy sources. It was report [...]	2006-01-06 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA333	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (reftel A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]	2006-02-22 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC KSAC PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA355	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) AMB and PolChief met February 15 with Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez Puerto and delivered ref A demarche on relations with Taipei/Beijing. AMB particularly emphasized that the GOH should not rush into any hasty decision on relations. 2. (S) Jimenez appreciated the information, noting [...]	2006-02-24 21:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA430	Proposal for Strengthening Trade Unions' Effective [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the first of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]	2006-03-06 20:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA431	Proposal to Improve the Agribusiness Workplace in [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the second of three USAID/Honduras responses t [...]	2006-03-06 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD SENV EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA432	Proposal for Strengthening Honduran Judicial [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the third of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]	2006-03-06 20:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA433	RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS MAY INDICATE A TREND OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the transition into power one month ago of the elected Liberal Party government of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, RSO has seen a slow but steady increase in the reported cases of armed robberies, muggings, murders, and other violent crime throughout Honduras. These e [...]	2006-03-06 21:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA48	MEDIA REACTION ON BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT, JANUARY [...] On 01/09 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Ruben Dario Paz, Social Sciences Professor, titled "Evo Morales, the Andean." "If there is a country that has suffered greatly, it is Bolivia, a wealthy country with abundant resources, but with extreme poverty." [...]	2006-01-09 22:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA521	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA NOW CLAIMS HE SECRETLY [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary: In a private meeting, President Zelaya told Ambassador he was solely responsible for the decision to move to a state-run fuel import regime, but that he had done so in the hopes the affected companies could convince the Hondur [...]	2006-03-15 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA522	NEW MOD/MFA DEMARCHED ON NEED FOR RAPID GOH [...] (SBU) Post has to-date received a noncommittal diplomatic note acknowledging receipt of the diplomatic note 010. 2. (SBU) On February 7th, PolOff delivered demarche ref A and talking points in English and Spanish on GPOI and the exchange of the Article 505 agreement diplomatic notes to Min [...]	2006-03-16 13:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA524	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the [...]	2006-03-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD KCRM PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]	2006-03-16 20:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA534	HONDURAN FUELS: THE SEARCH FOR A CALM DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: At present the decision on if and how to implement the recent decision to have the GOH itself offer a public fuel tender rests with the GOH. Over the coming weeks, however, Post plans to encourage both GOH and private sector interlocutors to engage in a process of calm and reason [...]	2006-03-17 23:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA575	HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...]	2006-03-23 18:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA620	Honduras Agrees on New Minimum Wage - 8.4 to 11 [...] After three months of deliberations between business and labor, the Honduran Special Commission for the Minimum Wage approved a 8.4 to 11 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2006 on March 25. The increase is retroactive to January 1. The official decree signed March 27 is awaiting publi [...]	2006-03-30 13:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA621	HONDURAS ENTERS INTO FORCE ON ARTICLE 505 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PGOV KTIA KPKO HO
06TEGUCIGALPA622	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...]	2006-03-30 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA623	HONDURAN FUEL BID CONSULTANT REPORTEDLY HIRED; [...] (C) Summary: Honduran press reports that the GOH has signed a one-year contract with U.S. citizen consultant Robert Meyeringh to develop a national fuels bid strategy; other sources consulted by Post doubt the deal is completed yet. Comments from key GOH officials on the proposed bid were mix [...]	2006-03-30 23:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA645	END USE MONITORING: POST STILL WAITING FOR [...] (U) This is an Action request for Embassy Santiago. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff, MILGP Commander, and DAO delivered ref A demarche and both English and Spanish non-papers on end use monitoring to Minister of Defense (MOD) Aristides Mejia on February 16. Although the issue was a se [...]	2006-04-03 21:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM ETTC PREL PINS PINR PGOV KOMC CI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA676	HONDURAS: FUEL BID CONSULTANT LEAVES WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The main fuel consultant pushing for an international fuel bid left the country abruptly March 31 when agreement was not reached on his contract to run a proposed international fuel bid. Honduran President Jose Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya continued to support the hiring of the consulta [...]	2006-04-07 19:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA684	The Early Stages of the New Honduran Congress and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Honduran Congress is made up of every extreme, with politics permeating every part of it. Because of the political diversity of this group, it has been hard for them to come to agreement on many of the issues that they face. Within Congress, the Liberal Party has the m [...]	2006-04-07 23:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743	HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]	2006-04-21 17:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TEGUCIGALPA809	HONDURAN-PETROCARIBE DEAL MAY BE SIGNED FOR POWER [...] (C) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl that a deal for bunker fuel for electricity generation has been signed between Honduran parastatal energy company ENEE and PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan fuel sales scheme. The unconfirmed deal may involve Honduran gasoline distributor DIPPSA. Meanwhile, th [...]	2006-05-04 00:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA853	WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]	2006-05-09 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA872	POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA897	HONDURAS: ALLEGED PETROCARIBE - ELECTRICITY FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET HO PGOV PINR PREL
06TEGUCIGALPA942	HONDURAN FM JIMENEZ TELLS AMB THAT CENTRAL [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Beijing, Embassy Mexico, and the other Embassies in Central America. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a May 22 meeting between Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez Puerto and AMB, DCM, and Pol [...]	2006-05-24 22:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA949	Honduras: Telecom Debates in Final Round [...] (U) This is an action request: Please see para. 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The CAFTA-compliant telecommunications sector framework law (Ley Marco),recently revised and shortened, is now set to be introduced to Congress. A competing law by parastatal telecommunications company Hondutel has so [...]	2006-05-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB KPRV PGOV ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA972	HONDURAN PRESIDENT SIGNALS PETROCARIBE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch, President Zelaya signaled to Ambassador that a PetroCaribe deal was likely, reiterated the many areas that GOH worked closely with the USG, and asked for "reciprocity" of support from the USG for the GOH in its time of need. Zelaya stressed that any such deal [...]	2006-05-30 12:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA984	AMB DEMARCHES HONDURAN PRESIDENT AND FM ON U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 21:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA985	(S) HONDURAS: USG SHOULD KEEP ZELAYA NERVOUS ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (S) Summary: In preparation for his June 5 meeting with POTUS, President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales is explicitly seeking USG reassurance that we will not object to a GOH deal with Venezuela for oil. Zelaya has on several recent occasi [...]	2006-05-31 21:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR VE HO
06TELAVIV1049	WITHOUT ARIK, MORE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING VOTERS SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israel's Russian-speaking electorate, which numbers close to one million, represents one of the most important target populations in the upcoming elections, one that could determine an allocation of some 15 to 20 of the 120 Knesset seats, according to academics and [...]	2006-03-15 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1057	OLMERT'S SUCCESSFUL JERICHO MISSION COMES AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's successful March 14 Jericho prison operation will likely stabilize Kadima's standing in the polls and may yield additional seats in the March 28 Knesset elections. One pollster gauged that, since, as she assesses, Kadima's support had alr [...]	2006-03-15 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1061	C-NE6-00442 KADIMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR CONTROL OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Less than two weeks before Israel's elections, the Kadima Party is on course to win a plurality of seats in the next Knesset despite minor up and down swings in the weekly polls. Kadima's broadly accepted political goal of unilaterally defining Israel's borders will allow the pa [...]	2006-03-16 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KDEM GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1064	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON AID TO PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the GOI has not yet established a clear interagency position on assistance to the Palestinians. Eiland said that the NSC's plan on possible steps to reduce [...]	2006-03-16 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG KPAL LE IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1065	SETTLEMENTS AND BARRIER: OLMERT CHANGES GEARS; [...] (C) Summary: A/PM Ehud Olmert has recently made a number of public statements on the separation barrier, annexation of settlements, and finalizing Israeli borders that appear to be at odds with his oft-stated commitment to the Roadmap and previous agreements with the USG concerning settlements. [...]	2006-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1066	GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...]	2006-03-16 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1084	POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE GOI ON SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Michael Sfard, at attorney working for Peace Now on settlement and outposts cases, told econoff that the route of the separation barrier around the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc raised the eyebrows of human rights NGOs. They wondered why the barrier cut through Palestinian lands [...]	2006-03-17 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS

06TELAVIV1086	PERETZ, THE SHEPHERD WHO AWAITS THE RETURN OF HIS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Chairman Amir Peretz told the Ambassador and DCM March 17 that he believes that the large number of still undecided voters will be pivotal on election day. Peretz speculated that Labor's real public support may be larger than current polls indicate as traditional Laborites [...]	2006-03-17 17:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1115	CHIEF RABBI PROPOSES PRESIDENT BUSH CONVENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger proposed to the Ambassador March 16 that President Bush convene a forum of world religious leaders to promote peace and establish principles of mutual respect and tolerance among religions. He also called for the creation of a standing body o [...]	2006-03-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1163	SETTLEMENTS/FENCE: MOFAZ ANNOUNCES ACCELERATED [...] (U) This message contains an action recommendation. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U) In recent press interviews, DefMin Shaul Mofaz discussed additional details of -- and an accelerated timetable for -- Kadima's plan to disengage from parts of the West Bank and unilaterally establish new b [...]	2006-03-23 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1164	BIBI SAYS UNDECIDEDS, TURNOUT RATE MAKE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Likud Chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu told the Ambassador and DCM March 22 that the main factors to consider in this election are the continuing high number of undecided voters so close to election day and the possibility of a low voter turnout. Netanyahu underlined his concer [...]	2006-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV117	ISA DISKIN DISCUSSES HAMAS AND PLC ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA or "Shin Bet") Director Yuval Diskin briefed Representative Gary Ackerman January 5 on the future of Israeli politics in light of Prime Minister Sharon's health, the revolution within Fatah, and the implications of a Hamas victory in upcoming Palestinia [...]	2006-01-09 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV IS KPAL KDEM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1181	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF ELECTION [...] (C) Israel's three main parties have all responded to the unusual attention being paid to social-economic issues in this election campaign. They have devoted considerable attention in their platforms to the need to narrow the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Labor Party, [...]	2006-03-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB PINR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1183	ISRAEL'S ELECTIONS AT THE HOME STRETCH: KADIMA [...] (C) Summary: The March 28 Israeli election will cement the long-predicted victory of the new, centrist Kadima party by a dominant plurality of the votes, with its sparring partners, Labor and Likud, most likely coming in distant second and third places, respectively. Neither Labor nor Likud [...]	2006-03-24 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1184	A CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE PRIMER ON MARCH 28 [...] Summary. The chairperson of the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC),Supreme Court Judge Dorit Beinisch, told the Ambassador March 22 that she is confident of the solid organization of Israeli elections, and explained details of the voting process as it will unfold on Election Day. Ex [...]	2006-03-24 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1193	ISRAELI-ARAB PARTIES APPEAR SET TO REMAIN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polls show that rising Israeli-Arab interest in the March 28 elections, possibly prompted by fears of a growing right-wing Jewish vote, may yield up to 10 Knesset seats for Israeli-Arab parties, up two seats from the current Knesset. Until this past week, polls have proj [...]	2006-03-27 14:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1197	BIG PARTIES SPEND BIG BUCKS ON BIG DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Kadima and Likud have budgets for election day at least 50 percent larger than that of the Labor Party, Labor will draw on an extensive and experienced organizational network at the local level. Kadima party organizers say they must work particularly hard to get out the [...]	2006-03-27 17:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1198	A CALM ELECTION DAY IN ISRAEL -- SHOPPING, [...] Summary: Entering the evening hours of election day in Israel, the prognosticators of voter apathy are claiming victory. Only 47 percent of the electorate had voted as of 1800 (local time),by which time -- historically speaking -- well over half the electorate usually would have cast their [...]	2006-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1218	ELECTION RESULTS OFFER MANY OPTIONS FOR OLMERT [...] Summary: The March 28 election results confirmed a Kadima plurality, the status quo of Labor, the relative demise of Likud and less so of the religious Zionist parties, the stability of the ultra-Orthodox and Arab parties, the surprise electoral success of the Pensioners' Party, and the long [...]	2006-03-30 04:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV125	GOI ISSUES TENDERS TO BUILD IN BEITAR ILLIT, [...] (U) Press reported December 26 that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) issued a tender for 150 housing units in Beitar Illit settlement, southwest of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion bloc. According to the tender, which was published in Ha'aretz, the units are divided into one apart [...]	2006-01-09 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1315	GOI MAY PLAN TO RETROACTIVELY APPROVE SOME OUTPOSTS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: A March 21 article in the Jerusalem Post claimed that senior GOI officials are considering a proposal to retroactively authorize ten illegal West Bank outposts that would remain under Israeli control under a f [...]	2006-04-03 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1318	FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1324	GILAD ON HAMAS'S RELATIONS WITH JORDAN, EGYPT, AND [...] (C) Summary: MOD Pol-Mil Bureau Head Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on March 31 that Hamas' close relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan would negatively impact Jordan's security. While he had raised the issue with GOJ officials, he claimed that they are "afraid t [...]	2006-04-04 07:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1336	UPDATE ON CASES INVOLVING SEPARATION BARRIER IN [...] (C) Summary: Col. (res.) Shaul Arieli, consultant for the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF),member of the Council for Peace and Security, and consultant to the High Court on the separation barrier, told econoff on March 29 that he is proposing changes to the route of the barrier that co [...]	2006-04-04 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV1395	EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...]	2006-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1396	ICRC: NGOS CANNOT AVERT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart told the Ambassador April 4 that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) cannot avert a looming humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. He emphasized that NGOs do not have the resources or capacity to assume the functions of government, [...]	2006-04-07 06:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PGOV PREF PHUM PREL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1412	JORDAN VALLEY CLOSURES LIKELY TEMPORARY [...] (C) On April 17, the Ambassador raised with Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel the recent closures and increased number of roadblocks in the Jordan Valley (reftel). Spiegel admitted that the IDF has increased the number of roadblocks and flying checkpoints between Nablus and Jenin, but explaine [...]	2006-04-07 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KWBG ASEC IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1438	BASSEY DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF GAZA EVACUEES AND [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told EconCouns on April 4 that Gaza disengagement was a success because the level of violence was lower than he had predicted a year ago. He commented, however, that the evacuees have had a very difficult time adju [...]	2006-04-10 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV145	PERES TELLS CODEL BAYH THAT OLMERT WILL BE NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 6 meeting, former Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Senator Evan Bayh, that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chances of returning to political power are ""nil,"" and that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be the next Prime Minister of Israel. Peres discussed the fu [...]	2006-01-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IS KPAL PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1469	ISRAELI CABINET DISCUSSES "BOYCOTT" OF PA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Cabinet announced April 11 that it will "hold no ties" with the Palestinian Authority, but that "there will be no personal disavowal" of PA President Mahmud Abbas. The Cabinet also imposed a "boycott" of foreign officials who plan to meet with Hamas and GOI officials [...]	2006-04-12 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1470	SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND ISRAELI A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11 -- the day that the Cabinet elected him Acting Prime Minister -- a confident and relaxed Ehud Olmert met with Senator Joseph Lieberman and the Ambassador. Olmert outlined his "convergence plan," with which he hopes to create defensible security borders, minimize Israe [...]	2006-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1523	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...]	2006-04-18 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1584	EMBLEM: ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGES ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on April 20 (septels),the Ambassador outlined U.S. efforts to facilitate the admission of Magen David Adom (MDA) into the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. The Ambassador stressed the importance of four technical changes required to br [...]	2006-04-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1586	FM LIVNI DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 20, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned that there are limits to Israel's restraint following Palestinian terror attacks. Livni promised to examine ways that the GOI could pay medical costs for Palestinians being treated in Israeli hospi [...]	2006-04-21 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1600	BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON ISRAEL'S CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to begin implementation of what he calls the "convergence plan" within the next two years (reftels) confronts the USG with decisions on whether and how to engage with Israel on the issue. The complexities, potential benefits, and pit [...]	2006-04-24 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1612	WITHERED LIKUD: SHALOM DESPERATELY MANEUVERS TO [...] (C) With the rest of the nation focused on the evolving makeup of the future governing coalition, the Likud faction's number two, Silvan Shalom, has started what will be at best a pained and drawn out process and at worst a doomed attempt to dislodge Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu. Netany [...]	2006-04-25 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1617	OLMERT'S SUPER-COALITION DEALS SOW DISCONTENT, [...] SUMMARY: (C) The continuing and much bally-hooed difficulties that Ehud Olmert is facing in forming what he asserted would be a broad, 84-MK coalition government reflect the "souk" political dynamic that, historically, has yielded consistently narrow-majority Israeli governments. Olmert had [...]	2006-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1619	EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...]	2006-04-25 16:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1620	SHIMON PERES CONCERNED ABOUT JORDAN'S STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Shimon Peres told CODEL Shays that Palestinian patience with ineffectual Hamas governance will run out sooner than Hamas thinks, and that the USG must encourage PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be courageous in standing up to Hamas. He asked the USG to encourage the GOI to work wit [...]	2006-04-25 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1621	GOI COMMITTED TO KEEPING KARNI OPEN, WILL GET U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Political-Military Advisor Amos Gilad said that he is committed to keeping Karni open despite the security risks. He agreed to get the Ambassador a prioritized list of specific assistance projects that the GOI wants to see con [...]	2006-04-25 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1628	REP. SHAYS AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSS HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Representative Christopher Shays April 20 that there is no Palestinian partner with whom Israel can negotiate. She described A/PM Ehud Olmert's "convergence" plan, in which Israel seeks to define a new eastern border after evacuating isol [...]	2006-04-26 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1642	GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN HAR ADAR [...] (U) Press reported today, April 26, that the Israel Lands Authority, the Commissioner for Absentee Property, and the company Arim, Ltd., issued a tender for 33 plots to construct single-family houses in Har Adar settlement, northwest of Jerusalem. The tender, which was published in Yediot Ah [...]	2006-04-26 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1643	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT, [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told Representative Christopher Shays, Representative Jim Marshall, and the DCM that Iran's main goals are to acquire nuclear weapons, support Hizballah and other proxies, and to increase Iranian influence in Iraq. Eiland sai [...]	2006-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KNNP IZ IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1685	UPDATE ON MDA EFFORTS TO CHANGE ITS STATUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: Following Foreign Minister/Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's engagement April 23 on Magen David Adom (MDA) accession to the Red Cross Movement (ref A),the GOI and MDA reportedly have made some progress toward amending MDA statutes, as required by the IFRC-ICRC joint statutes commi [...]	2006-04-28 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1722	FM LIVNI TELLS VISITING NSG TROIKA NUCLEAR-ARMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli FM Livni told representatives of the visiting Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Troika and U.S. Consultative Group Chairman Richard Goorevich April 27 that a nuclear-armed Iran represents "the greatest threat to Israel since the Holocaust." She also stressed that Israel suppo [...]	2006-05-02 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PINS PINR PGOV KNNP PARM IR IS UN UNSC GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1728	OLMERT'S NARROW COALITION GOVERNMENT: ROOM TO GROW? [...] (U) Summary: Israel's 31st government, comprising 25 ministers from the Kadima, Labor, Shas and the Pensioners parties, is scheduled to be sworn into office on May 4, after Acting Prime Minister Olmert presents his Cabinet to the Knesset. At that time, Olmert will announce the basic lines of [...]	2006-05-02 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1752	FM LIVNI OPPOSES USG ASSISTANCE TO ABBAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that by strengthening President Mahmud Abbas the USG could lend legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority (PA) without changing Hamas. Livni also said that the GOI does not plan to involve the Palestinians in [...]	2006-05-04 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV1753	HERZOG TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN THAT LABOR SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor MK Itzhak ("Boojy") Herzog told Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that the Labor Party advocates strengthening Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas. Herzog said he supports USG assistance to the Abbas-controlled Presidential Guard in order to enhance that bod [...]	2006-05-04 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1754	DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND [...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...]	2006-05-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1774	A SPRING OF LIEBERMAN'S DISCONTENT: NO [...] (C) The absence from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 25-member Cabinet of even a single representative from the Russian-speaking immigrant community -- despite that community's electoral strength -- has elicited strong criticism from Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Kadima MK Marina [...]	2006-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1787	NSG TROIKA CONDUCTS OUTREACH WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) troika representatives held discussions April 27 with an inter-ministerial team led by the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) as part of the NSG's outreach to Israel. Current NSG Chairman Ambassador Naess (Norway) updated the Israeli side on changes made [...]	2006-05-08 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PINS PINR PGOV KNNP PARM IR IS UNSC UN GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1799	EU AMBASSADORS SEEK CLARITY ON USG POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador briefed some 25 EU ambassadors plus the Swiss and Norwegian ambassadors May 8 on USG policy regarding acceptable humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians; assistance to and contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas; the importance of EU solidar [...]	2006-05-09 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IR IS KBTS ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV180	SHINUI LEADER LAPID TO CODEL OBAMA: OLMERT LIKELY [...] (C) Shinui leader Tommy Lapid told Senator Barack Obama and the Ambassador January 10 that he believes that the most likely scenario will be that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be elected as Prime Minister in the March 28 elections, provided he can hold the newly established Kadima [...]	2006-01-12 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1807	EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...]	2006-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1817	GAZA-ISRAEL COMMERCIAL CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The crossings between Gaza and Israel are important commercial ports. The GOI is devoting significant resources to upgrade and expand several crossings, including Erez, Kerem Shalom and Tarqumiya. The GOI has also instituted a risk management scheme in order to promote securit [...]	2006-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1844	OLMERT: CONVERGENCE TO BE MAIN THRUST OF MY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with CODEL Cochran on April 21, a tired but upbeat Ehud Olmert detailed his "convergence" plan to establish Israel's final borders within four years and begin the relocation of thousands of Israeli settlers. Olmert told the CODEL that he had formed a coalition of 84 [...]	2006-05-11 07:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG IR IS KBCT KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1864	CONVERGENCE COHORT: INFLUENTIAL ADVISERS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a bid to make his office more "presidential," Prime Minister Olmert has decided to name Dr. Yoram Turbowicz as his chief of staff, a new position that will reportedly make the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) more effective in terms of policy coordination. The incoming cha [...]	2006-05-11 17:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1870	NEW NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert has appointed as the new chairman of National Security Council Ilan Mizrahi, a former Deputy Head of the Mossad, to replace Giora Eiland, who will retire in several weeks. The National Security Council (NSC),created in 1999 during the tenure of then-PM Bi [...]	2006-05-12 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS IR GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1874	THE PENSIONER PARTY: THE YOUNGEST PARTY OF [...] With seven new members of the Knesset whose average age is 72 years, and of whom only two were expected to capture seats in the country's parliament, the leaders of the Pensioner Party are now billed as the custodians of Israel's "social agenda" -- a title dearly coveted by Labor Party leader [...]	2006-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1945	A/S SILVERBERG AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told IO A/S Silverberg and the Ambassador May 14 that time is running out in the international community's efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. She outlined Israel's justification for the "convergence" plan, denying that t [...]	2006-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KPAL KWBG IR LE IS KNNC UN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1946	ISRAEL'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER COMMITTED TO FISCAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Hirchson told the Ambassador that the new government would continue to practice fiscal restraint, and will resist strong pressures from members of the coalition to open the spending floodgates. He pledged that the 2006 budget would not be renegotiated and would keep to t [...]	2006-05-18 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1978	ISRAELI PLAN FOR CONTINUED SHEKEL CHECK CLEARING [...] (S) The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) are developing a package of proposals to present to the Israeli banks that handle shekel check clearing for Palestinian Banks. The purpose is to convince the banks to continue to provide the check-clearing services, which they offici [...]	2006-05-19 15:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1979	OLMERT'S COS DISCUSSES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, confirmed ongoing talks with the ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party to join the coalition. He said that such a step would provide cover for the other main religious part [...]	2006-05-19 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1980	OLMERT'S COS ON VISIT PREPARATIONS, AMA, MDA, AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, described the main goal of Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington as building trust and getting to better know the President. According to Turbowicz, he, Dov Weissglas, and Shalom Tourgeman con [...]	2006-05-19 17:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GTIP ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1982	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONVEYS ISRAELI BANKING [...] (S) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and his antiterrorism finance team told Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and the Ambassador on May 2 that Israeli banks want to end their relationships with Palestinian banks due to fears of being accused of involvement with terror finance. They said that [...]	2006-05-19 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1983	RAMON ON CONVERGENCE AND ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that his government will "sincerely" try to work with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas until at least the end of the year, before deciding, if this effort fails, to implement convergence. Ramon admitted that throug [...]	2006-05-19 17:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1986	JUSTICE MINISTER ON CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that the GOI will reform its Nationality and Entry in Israel Law of 2003 to ensure that it conforms with international standards. This temporary law currently prohibits many Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens from residing [...]	2006-05-19 17:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2001	GOI APPROVES EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS IN WEST BANK [...] (U) Israeli press reported May 21, that new Defense Minister Amir Peretz recently approved plans to expand four settlements in the West Bank. According to the reports, the decision and legal steps to expand the settlements began under former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, and the approvals to [...]	2006-05-22 15:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV201	MOFAZ DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador, A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, General Dayton, and PolCouns January 12 that the GOI would not talk to Hamas members elected to the PLC if they did not give up their terrorist activities. He said that the elections should take place a [...]	2006-01-13 13:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2025	EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT [...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect),for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV204	ISA CHIEF DISKIN SAYS HAMAS TO DO WELL IN PA [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams met on January 12 met with Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin, who gave an assessment of the January 25 Palestinian elections and developments inside Fatah and Hamas. Diskin said that the most probable election scen [...]	2006-01-13 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2077	MK TALKS OF EXPANDING HEBRON SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Kadima MK Otniel Schneller said on May 26 that the GOI plans to expand settlements in Hebron and connect them to the Kiryat Arba settlement, all of which would subsequently be included in the GOI's "realignment" plan, according to press. Ministry of Defense officials denied tha [...]	2006-05-30 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2107	COALITION TURBULENCE UNLIKELY TO DERAIL 2006 BUDGET [...] (C) Despite disagreement between PM Olmert and DefMin Peretz over cuts to the defense budget, the Knesset will likely pass the 2006 budget by June 18, the end of the legally mandated 45-day period within which a newly installed government must pass a budget in order to avoid elections. United [...]	2006-06-01 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2113	OUTPOSTS: DEMOLITION ORDERS HANDED OUT, TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel said on May 31 that Kadima MK Otniel Schneller's comments about the expansion of Hebron settlements were "not relevant." He added that the GOI does not intend to expand Beitar Illit, Givat Ze'ev, Oranit, and Maskiyyot settlements, and that recen [...]	2006-06-01 15:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2120	GOI HITS SNAG IN MEDICAL AID DISTRIBUTION; [...] (C) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, COGAT head General Yossef Mishlev said that the GOI intends to use NIS 50 million from frozen clearance revenues to purchase goods in Israel and transfer them through NGOs/international organizations to Palestinian hospitals or to the central medical supply w [...]	2006-06-01 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV214	PRIMARIES SHAKE UP SHINUI, LIKUD; OLMERT TO NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Surprise results in the Shinui January 12 primaries for the party's Knesset list have led to a split in the party, with at least six Shinui MKs -- and perhaps party leader Tommy Lapid -- poised to form a new party that could be eligible to take on Shinui's name and its budget. [...]	2006-01-13 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV215	DEMOLITION OF PERMANENT HOMES IN AMONA OUTPOST [...] (U) Israeli press reports indicate that yesterday, on January 12, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to postpone the demolition of nine permanent homes in Amona outpost, approximately 1 kilometer east of Ofra, for one or two more weeks (see reftel). The GOI had promised last year to demoli [...]	2006-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV220	IDF'S HALUTZ WARNS OF HAMAS ELECTION SUCCESS AND [...] (C) Summary: IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz predicted to A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador on January 13 that Hamas will win at least 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming PLC elections and will seek ministerial positions within the government. Halutz said that the GOI cannot nego [...]	2006-01-16 07:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2224	MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON ABBAS AND EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and the Ambassador June 6 that Israel could help PA President Mahmud Abbas the most by staying quiet. Welch stressed the importance of supporting President Abbas and working to help the Palestinian people avoid a human [...]	2006-06-09 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL PGOV IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2230	PASSAGE OF 2006 BUDGET PRESAGES EXCEEDING LGA [...] (C) After a six month delay, the 2006 Israeli budget, the largest ever at NIS 271 billion (USD 60 billion),passed the Knesset on June 7 by a vote of 53 for, 25 against, and 45 abstaining. A considerable amount of expensive last- minute financial maneuvering was needed to secure the abstentio [...]	2006-06-09 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2271	GOI ISSUES TENDER FOR CONSTRUCTION IN ELKANA [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority on Monday, June 12, issued a tender for construction of single-family homes on 53 plots in the religious neighborhood of the Elkana settlement near Qalqilya. (Note: Press incorrectly reported 54 units. End note.) According to the tender, the plots range in si [...]	2006-06-13 12:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV230	OLMERT SHUFFLES THE KADIMA CARDS IN HIS CABINET [...] On January 18, Alternate PM Ehud Olmert's Cabinet approved the appointment of three Kadima ministers to fill the Foreign Affairs, Agriculture/Rural Development, Education and Health portfolios in his transitional government vacated following the January 15 resignation of four Likud ministers [...]	2006-01-19 16:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2301	ALLEGED ISRAELI CORRUPTION AT KARNI IMPEDES U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG PINR IS SCRM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2345	DEADLINE FOR ENDING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING [...] (C) A senior Bank Hapoalim official said that all Israeli banks were set to cut ties with Palestinian banks due to the fear of being implicated in a chain of financial transactions that might enable a terrorist attack. He said that the banks want the GOI to issue them a list of suspect indi [...]	2006-06-15 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2346	SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...]	2006-06-15 18:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2413	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHAS CHAIRMAN AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor and Shas Party Chairman Eliyahu Yishai outlined his priorities as a minister as well as Shas's position on PM Olmert's realignment plan. The Ambassador enumerated USG concerns regarding p [...]	2006-06-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KIPR IS KINR GTIP ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2459	FERRERO-WALDNER SEEKS ISRAELI CONTRIBUTION TO TIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 19-20 visit to Israel, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner sought Israeli support for the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) and urged the GOI to contribute revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority through the mec [...]	2006-06-22 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EUN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2510	BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...]	2006-06-24 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2511	MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN [...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...]	2006-06-24 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2517	MOF CONFIDENT BANKING CRISIS WILL BE RESOLVED [...] (C) Stressing the need to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the territories, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar and his senior advisor said on June 20 that the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) was acceptable to the MOF as long as it did not become an avenue for sending funds [...]	2006-06-26 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR IS KWBG KPAL SCRM PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2570	RAFAH: SPIEGEL AND PISTOLESE REPORT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Lt. Gen. Pietro Pistolese, head of the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),and Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense (MOD),on June 23 gave the Ambassador a status update of the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip. According to Pistole [...]	2006-06-27 19:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG EFIN IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV2571	(S) SHIMON PERES ON HAMAS, JORDAN, NEGEV-GALILEE [...] (S) Summary: In a June 26 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres said the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom by militants, without the knowledge of Hamas Prime Minister Haniyeh proves that Haniyeh is as weak as President Abbas, at l [...]	2006-06-27 19:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO AF IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2620	OLMERT TELLS AG GONZALES THAT AIM IS SAFE RETURN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Prime Minister Olmert told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that: -- The kidnapping of a solider near Gaza is "a pure act of terror" and a "clear violation of international law." Olmert said that no one can any longer argue t [...]	2006-06-30 09:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2621	ISRAELI MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONCERNED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Minister of Justice Haim Ramon encouraged the United States to take action at the United Nations regarding Khalid Misha'al, whom Israel believes is behind the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom. Ramon also [...]	2006-06-30 09:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KJUS IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2643	(C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...]	2006-06-30 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2679	MOF OFFICIAL PRESENTS THE CASE FOR EXTENDING THE [...] (C) Finance Ministry official Eyal Klein told Deputy Economic Counselor July 4 that the GOI decision to increase year-to-year spending from 2007 to 2009 by 1.7 percent, in violation of its commitment to the U.S. in the 2003 U.S. - Israel Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA) to keep spending increa [...]	2006-07-05 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2782	SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...]	2006-07-13 19:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2784	KNESSET SPEAKER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING [...] (SBU) During his July 12 meeting with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (septel),the Ambassador asked for Itzik's support in advancing legislative initiatives in three areas: anti-trafficking in labor, copyright law, and export controls. Regarding the first, the Ambassador noted that Israel's cur [...]	2006-07-14 08:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIPR KOMC IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2787	HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 12, Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog indicated that Israel would soon retaliate against targets in Lebanon for Hizballah's attack across Israel's northern border. Herzog lamented the timing of the dual crises in Gaza and Lebanon, claiming the deteriorating [...]	2006-07-14 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2788	KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS ISRAEL MUST REACT STRONGLY TO [...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador July 12 that Israel must react strongly to Hizballah's July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and killing of eight others in its cross-border attacks that day and that Israel cannot appear weak. She expressed hope that the internation [...]	2006-07-14 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV282	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI [...] Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named Kadima MK Tzipi Livni, who continues to hold the Justice and Immigration portfolios, to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the departure of Likud Minister Silvan Shalom. This decision, which the cabinet approved on January 18 (septel [...]	2006-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2915	PERETZ CALLS FOR MNF ABLE TO BLOCK HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Amir Peretz told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, and the Ambassador July 23 that the GOI's goals in Lebanon are to secure the release of the two kidnapped IDF soldiers, see the implementation of UNSCR 1559, and give a [...]	2006-07-27 06:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE
06TELAVIV2923	ISRAEL CLAIMS IT IS SEEKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal told Staffdel Lara Alameh July 9 that the GOI is considering creative options to advance GOI-Vatican negotiations for a concordat on fiscal and legal matters, but Tal did not elaborate on what the creative options might entai [...]	2006-07-27 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM IL
06TELAVIV2927	SPIEGEL OUTLINES HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION SYSTEM [...] (C) Defense Minister advisor BG (res) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador July 26 that he is working to eliminate the confusion remaining within the IDF on the implementation of humanitarian corridors as agreed by Secretary Rice and PM Olmert July 25. He said that the guidelines the army rece [...]	2006-07-27 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV293	IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT [...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]	2006-01-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV296	OLMERT ORDERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON, AMONA, AND [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, January 18, instructed Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz to evacuate eight families from the outpost in the Hebron market and to demolish the nine houses in Amona outpost within the next two weeks. He also called on the Ministry of [...]	2006-01-20 15:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV299	OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON" [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...]	2006-01-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL

06TELAVIV3038	ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS PREF PGOV PHUM LE

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