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06TELAVIV3040	ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...]	2006-08-03 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE

06TELAVIV3054	ISRAELI ECONOMY HOLDING ITS OWN [...] (C) The Lebanon conflict war has negatively affected the resurgent Israeli economy, but has not yet caused severe damage. Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer said at a press event on August 2 that by the end of its first month, the war will have cut Israeli GDP growth by bet [...]	2006-08-04 13:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3149	ICRC ACCESSES CIVILIANS SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER [...] (SBU) ICRC Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Balthasar Staehelin told the Ambassador August 9 that ICRC successfully mounted a humanitarian mission August 8 to evacuate approximately 230 civilians from Houla, south of the Litani River. (See Septel.) Staehelin said that ICRC dec [...]	2006-08-10 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3150	ICRC PRESIDENT MEETS PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff August 10 that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assured visiting ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger earlier that day that the GOI supports ICRC efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in southern Lebanon. Olm [...]	2006-08-10 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3151	SPIEGEL URGES RAPID USG STAND-UP OF ISRAEL-LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3196	IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...]	2006-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3198	KNESSET SPEAKER DISCUSSES CRISIS WITH CODELS [...] (C) Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) and MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) told CODELs Miller and Royce on August 9 that Hizballah's July 12 attack demonstrated that the nature of the conflict between Israel and Iran is ideological and not territorial. Itzik explained that the Hizballah actions, follow [...]	2006-08-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3199	SHIMON PERES ON THE HOSTILITIES IN THE NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary. During an August 10 meeting Vice Premier Shimon Peres told visiting U.S. Representatives Johnson, Miller, Royce, Shaw, and Sherwood, and Ambassador Jones that Hizballah's goal is to destroy Israel. Peres defended the Israeli Air Force (IAF) saying it is only targeting rocket lau [...]	2006-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ECIN IS
06TELAVIV3272	ISRAEL: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS IN POST-CEASEFIRE POLLS [...] Precisely 48 hours after implementation of the Lebanon ceasefire prime-time Israel Radio was offering a hotline to traumatized victims of the month-long Hizballah bombardment of northern Israel, but poll results from the center of the country, show that those outside the bombardment zone are al [...]	2006-08-18 05:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV3316	DEFMIN PERETZ AND CODEL SPECTER DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 20 meeting with Senator Arlen Specter in Jerusalem, Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz claimed victory against Hizballah, raised the possibility of talks with Syria, and expressed concern that the international community is not keeping its commitment to deploy a robus [...]	2006-08-21 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EG IS IR LE SY
06TELAVIV3336	SUMMER BUILDING: GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing on Thursday, August 17, issued a tender in Globes for construction on ten plots in Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem. According to the tender, two plots are for a commercial area to include parking with a 49-yea [...]	2006-08-22 14:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3370	CRITICISM OVER ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HANDLING OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: The cease-fire in Lebanon has rapidly eroded the strong public and political support for the Government's conduct of the war and has left both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz open to an increasingly loud chorus of criticism. Initial GOI att [...]	2006-08-24 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3395	NO BUDGET: NO COALITION -- AND VICE VERSA [...] This year, the budget wrangling got under way early in the form of a government attempt to slash 2 billion NIS from its own 2006 expenditure in order to free up funds for rehabilitation of the Katyusha-battered north of Israel. Initial attempts to secure Knesset Finance Committee approval for [...]	2006-08-25 07:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV3432	FORMER PM ADVISER ON GOI POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 luncheon meeting former PM Advisor Dov Weissglas told the Ambassador that the GOI is in political trouble because it placed too much faith in military advice and set overly ambitious goals, which were impossible for it to achieve and trapped it into continuing the war a [...]	2006-08-28 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS LE IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3438	MOJ PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS MAY UNDERMINE [...] (U) Israeli press reported on August 28 that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing a proposal that could undermine the recommendations made in Talia Sasson's March 2005 report on illegal outpost activity in the West Bank. According to Sasson, who was quoted in the article, the MOJ's prop [...]	2006-08-29 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3457	SPIEGEL DENIES RAFAH CLOSED TO PRESSURE PA TO [...] (U) Ha'aretz reported today, August 30, that the IDF and Shin Bet recommended six days ago that the GOI keep Rafah crossing closed to pressure the Palestinians to release kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Ha'aretz apparently obtained a copy of a transcript from a Ministry of Defense (MOD) meet [...]	2006-08-30 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3458	FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MOJ DRAFT PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL [...] (C) Dror Etkes, settlement watch coordinator for Peace Now, told econoff on August 30 that there is no specific mention in the draft MOJ proposal about which outposts, whether pre- or post-March 2001, are expected to be retroactively approved. He said that the proposal simply makes it easy f [...]	2006-08-30 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV349	OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]	2006-01-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3511	SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND [...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...]	2006-09-01 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3551	HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS [...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]	2006-09-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3561	TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]	2006-09-07 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV3590	MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...]	2006-09-08 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3651	PRESSING THE EU TO RENEW EUBAM MANDATE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) European Commission Pol/Econ Counselor Emanuele Giaufret told EconCouns on September 7 that the EU is having a difficult time justifying the existence of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Rafah because the crossing has been basically closed since June 25, either for security thr [...]	2006-09-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV366	ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW [...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...]	2006-01-26 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
06TELAVIV3669	ISRAELI FISCAL RESTRAINT FACES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Chief Bank Leumi Economist Gil Bufman thinks that the Israeli economy can sustain increased spending in the short-term to cover war-related expenses without undermining investor confidence in the Israeli market or reversing the economic gains of the last few years. However, he is deeply [...]	2006-09-14 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3670	MOF DG ON ISRAELI ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar says that Israeli politicians understand the need to maintain a policy of fiscal restraint. The policy is not dependent on individuals, but on market forces, which punish deviations from that path. He is worried about the government's longevity [...]	2006-09-14 16:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3705	POWERS OF INQUIRY: THE PROPOSED WINOGRAD COMMITTEE V. A [...] Summary and Introduction: After several false starts (reftels),Prime Minister Olmert proposed and the government approved a "Government Review Committee" to "examine the functioning of both the political leadership and the security establishment regarding the campaign in the north." The Gov [...]	2006-09-18 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS IS LE
06TELAVIV3729	NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...]	2006-09-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
06TELAVIV3785	SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...]	2006-09-21 16:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3786	GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 854 HOUSINGS UNITS TWO WEEKS [...] (U) As reported septel, the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) on Thursday, September 21, issued three tenders in Ha'aretz for construction in settlements in the West Bank. The first is a tender to build 20 units on ten plots in the Central Hill [...]	2006-09-21 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3791	LIKUD READS QUARTET STATEMENT AS A DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) PM Olmert's plans to meet West Bank settlers next week and his quest to shore up his coalition no doubt prompted some Likud leaders to take issue with the September 20 Quartet statement as a way to flex their political muscles before the Jewish High Holidays begin on September 22. Forme [...]	2006-09-22 12:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IS KPAL
06TELAVIV3794	GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...]	2006-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3843	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...]	2006-09-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF
06TELAVIV3844	GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...]	2006-09-28 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS
06TELAVIV389	MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH [...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...]	2006-01-27 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV390	LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...]	2006-01-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3909	PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]	2006-10-04 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV391	SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...]	2006-01-27 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3911	Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim [...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...]	2006-10-04 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF
06TELAVIV392	DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...]	2006-01-27 17:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3937	PEACE NOW REPORT DETAILS CONSTRUCTION IN ILLEGAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 4 raised the recently-published Peace Now report on construction in illegal outposts and settlements with BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Senior Adviser Haggai Alon. 2. (U) Peace Now published a report on October 2 detailing extensi [...]	2006-10-05 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3938	SPIEGEL ON CROSSINGS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AMA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting, BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and MOD Senior Adviser Haggai Alon reported to the Ambassador that Minister of Defense Amir Peretz has given the green light for the MOD to undertake talks with the USG to implement the AMA, and that the MOD will also be workin [...]	2006-10-05 17:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV394	SHEETRIT SAYS ISRAEL MUST PROPOSE FINAL BORDERS TO [...] (C) In a discussion with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Meir Sheetrit said that the Kadima Party list for the Parliamentary elections would be fully formed by the end of January, and added that he was confident that all of the ministers and members of the Knesset (MKs) in the party [...]	2006-01-30 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV3958	ISRAEL'S 2007 ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS BILL A MIX OF [...] (U) Israel's 2007 Economic Arrangements Bill includes both new reform initiatives and attempts to enact several old programs from previous years. (Note: The Economic Arrangements Bill, which typically moves through the Knesset approval process in tandem with the state budget, outlines the eco [...]	2006-10-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3960	ISRAEL'S 2007 STATE BUDGET ATTEMPTS TO BALANCE [...] (U) Israel's 2007 state budget, as approved by the Cabinet on September 12, totals approximately NIS 283 billion (USD 65 billion). This represents year-on-year real expenditure growth of 3.3 percent over 2006, consisting of the previously announced 1.7 percent increase plus an additional 1.6 p [...]	2006-10-06 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4001	CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...]	2006-10-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG
06TELAVIV4002	ISRAELI ACADEMICS OFFER POST-LEBANON WAR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge, Political Counselor and PAO recently discussed Israeli politics and regional developments in the aftermath of the Lebanon war with leading academics and area experts from Israeli universities and think tanks. These academics, who spoke to us under the Chatham House ru [...]	2006-10-11 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS LE SY IR IZ
06TELAVIV4013	LIEBERMAN'S GAME PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when most government officials are on holiday, and on the eve of the resumption of Knesset activity on October 16, political pundits are making hay of reports that Prime Minister Olmert will soon expand the governing coalition to incl [...]	2006-10-11 15:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV4033	BOI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ISRAEL'S POST-WAR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Research Director Dr. Karnit Flug voiced optimism about the health of the Israeli economy, citing the various political and security shocks weathered over the last year as proof of the economy's resilience. Flug indicated that she thinks the GOI responded to post-war c [...]	2006-10-12 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4034	LABOR PARTY OBJECTS TO YISRAEL BEITEINU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MKs have awakened to the political challenge posed by coalition-broadening talks between Prime Minister Olmert and Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Lieberman, but have yet to speak with one voice. Although Party Chairman Peretz conveyed his opposition to the Yisrael Bei [...]	2006-10-12 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS KPAL
06TELAVIV4042	CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ [...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...]	2006-10-13 14:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS
06TELAVIV4043	PRESS REPORTS PORTEND DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) The "Ha'aretz" Hebrew edition reported on October 13 that Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to expedite the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank. The article stated that Peretz ordered the demolition of a total of 86 structures--47 Israeli, 39 Palestinian. The I [...]	2006-10-13 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4069	TWO FORMER IDF CHIEFS OF STAFF OFFER OPPOSING [...] (C) In separate meetings September 22 and October 10, former IDF Chiefs of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and Moshe Yaalon provided POL and DAO sharply differing assessments of how Israel should deal with Syria. These assessments mirror a broader debate in Israel, with political commentators and [...]	2006-10-16 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS SY LE IR IS
06TELAVIV4106	UPDATE ON ISRAEL'S COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION [...] (S) Summary: Israel is moving forward with legislation to modernize and unify its existing copyright law. Three pieces of pending copyright legislation have a direct impact on U.S. industry. Working-level contacts at Ministry of Justice (MoJ),who drafted the legislation, display varying degr [...]	2006-10-17 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR IS
06TELAVIV4107	OLMERT PUSHES LIEBERMAN-LIKE REFORM IDEAS IN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert opened the Winter session of the Knesset October 16 in the conspicuous absence of President Moshe Katsav, who ducked the occasion rather than face a firestorm of protest from MKs who are calling for the President's resignation amidst serious allegations of s [...]	2006-10-17 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV4111	DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...]	2006-10-18 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS
06TELAVIV4176	REFORM MAVEN LEAVING FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Yossi Bachar, the Director General of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on October 16 that he will be leaving his post at the ministry. He agreed to Finance Ministry Hirchson's request to stay on the job until the 2007 budget is passed by the Knesset, which should happen by the end o [...]	2006-10-20 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
06TELAVIV4177	PERETZ WANTS MERETZ, BUT BEILIN IS BETTING ON BIBI [...] (C) PM Olmert's courting of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party as a potential coalition partner has forced Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz to look left to Meretz for political survival. Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan last floated the idea of a Meretz-Labor partnership at the end of S [...]	2006-10-20 16:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS
06TELAVIV4256	LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...]	2006-10-25 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY
06TELAVIV4266	SIPDIS TEST CABLE - TEL AVIV [...] (C) THIS IS A SIPDIS TEST CABLE FROM TEL AVIV. 2. (U) PLEASE DISREGARD THIS CABLE UPON RECEIPT. ******************************************* ****************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access this site through t [...]	2006-10-26 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
06TELAVIV4269	BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC [...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...]	2006-10-26 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV4272	ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4303	THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...]	2006-10-27 16:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US
06TELAVIV4349	(S/NF) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, embassy submits the following answers to questions posed in reftel. These answers were formulated with contributions from SIHO, DAO Tel Aviv, ConGen Jerusalem, and the U.S. Security Coordinator's office. 2. (S/NF) The answers below correspond to the questions [...]	2006-11-01 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PBTS PGOV PREL GZ IS
06TELAVIV4395	ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP [...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...]	2006-11-03 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4465	PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...]	2006-11-08 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4474	MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...]	2006-11-09 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4481	ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...]	2006-11-09 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL
06TELAVIV450	POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE [...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...]	2006-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV456	HEBRON SETTLERS LEAVE VOLUNTARILY, REACH [...] (U) According to press reports, settlers left the Hebron market "voluntarily" on the night of January 30 in exchange for a deal made with the GOI that they would be permitted to return legally at a later date. They have until Thursday, February 2, to clear out their belongings. Brigadier Gen [...]	2006-01-31 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV4579	PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...]	2006-11-21 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4677	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...]	2006-11-29 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4695	NATIONAL STRIKE SHUTS DOWN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY Early on November 30, the National Labor Tribunal ordered an immediate end to the strike by federal civil servants declared on November 29 by the Israeli trade union congress Histadrut. The strike was called after Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini failed to reach agreement with Finance M [...]	2006-11-30 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV IS
06TELAVIV4703	ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...]	2006-12-01 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS
06TELAVIV4730	AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...]	2006-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO
06TELAVIV4731	GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]	2006-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV4736	ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...]	2006-12-05 15:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS
06TELAVIV4742	THE PROPER ORDER OF GOVERNMENT: CORRUPTION AND THE ROLES [...] The proliferation of allegations and investigations into the conduct of public sector officials recently prompted questions as to whether Israel's norms of public life have indeed reached an unprecedented nadir, or whether oversight in the person and functioning of the Attorney General and the [...]	2006-12-06 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS IS
06TELAVIV480	RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...]	2006-02-01 17:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV4890	CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]	2006-12-20 07:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4892	CODEL NELSON AND ISRAEL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 12, Colonel Amit Aviram of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) briefed Senator Bill Nelson (FL) on regional security threats facing Israel. Aviram described the Middle East as caught in a struggle between moderates and Iranian-backed extremists, and said the growing Iranian [...]	2006-12-20 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL IR SY LE IS
06TELAVIV4914	OLMERT TELLS CODEL DODD/KERRY HE IS READY TO MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENATORS CHRISTOPHER DODD (CT) AND JOHN KERRY (MA) DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE FACED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL IN DEALING WITH EXTREMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ON DECEMBER 21. AT THE TOP OF THEIR MEETING, SENATORS DODD AND KERRY AND PRIME MINISTER [...]	2006-12-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE IZ
06TELAVIV4927	ISRAEL HOSTS UN DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION [...] Israel hosted a conference on "Deserts and Desertification -- Challenges and Opportunities" under the aegis of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conference took place November 6-9 at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion Universi [...]	2006-12-26 08:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL UN IS
06TELAVIV4929	SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...]	2006-12-26 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US
06TELAVIV5003	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH COMMENTS ON THE MOD [...] (S) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador (discussion of efforts to remove obstacles to movement in the West Bank and other issues reported reftel),Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh candidly discussed the MOD's dissatisfaction with the 2007 budget as well as the IDF's lessons le [...]	2006-12-29 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE
06TELAVIV5004	OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER HE IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) briefed Prime Minister Olmert on President Asad's willingness to negotiate with Israel. Specter noted that Asad had expressed a willingness to exert Syrian influence over Hamas, and pledged to cooperate with the Hariri assassination investigation and UNSCR 17 [...]	2006-12-29 14:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS KPAL SY ECON IR IZ GE
06TELAVIV5005	SENATOR SPECTER'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and the Ambassador met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 27 to discuss Syria and the Iranian nuclear threat. Senator Specter reported on Syrian President Asad's interest in negotiations with [...]	2006-12-29 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS IR SY KJUS IN
06TELAVIV5007	FM LIVNI URGES CAUTION ON SYRIA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed Syria, Iran and efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap with FM Tzipi Livni on December 27. Describing his recent trip to Damascus, Senator Specter said Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed an interest in negotiating with [...]	2006-12-29 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE
06TELAVIV515	ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...]	2006-02-03 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV518	SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...]	2006-02-06 07:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV522	Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...]	2006-02-06 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV53	CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP [...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...]	2006-01-05 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV542	GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...]	2006-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV543	YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI [...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...]	2006-02-06 17:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV544	KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...]	2006-02-06 17:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV55	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ON GAZA BORDER AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Asem Ibrahim stressed that Mubarak will sincerely miss Sharon, whom he views as a real partner. Ibrahim expressed concern about the instability of the Israeli party system, suggesting that both Li [...]	2006-01-05 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KPAL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV566	EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...]	2006-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV567	SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR [...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...]	2006-02-07 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV596	GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]	2006-02-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY

06TELAVIV634	EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...]	2006-02-10 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
06TELAVIV668	HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...]	2006-02-14 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV676	ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...]	2006-02-15 04:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV687	MOD PRIORITIZING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS; WANTS TO CONTINUE SOME EVEN UNDER HAMAS GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV695	OLMERT'S SEPARATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in which he said that Israel is moving toward separation from the Palestinians, and toward defining Israel's final borders. He explained that he plans to uphold all GOI commitments on unauthorized outposts -- pr [...]	2006-02-16 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV712	POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...]	2006-02-17 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV714	FISCHER GOVERNS A STABLE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Governor Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy is in good shape, and that, contrary to statements by some politicians, the poverty situation was actually improving. He said that the political issue was really one of relative rather than absolute [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV745	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...]	2006-02-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV756	GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...]	2006-02-22 18:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV773	MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI AND RAFAH CROSSINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on February 22 that while the GOI appreciates Egypt's efforts to combat smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, weapons smuggling continues nevertheless and terrorists are getting into Gaza. He said that if Egypt and the Palestini [...]	2006-02-23 15:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV810	GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...]	2006-02-27 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV826	ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...]	2006-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV853	ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]	2006-02-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV859	SPIEGEL DISCUSSES CROSSINGS, GOI'S HAMAS POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel on February 24 gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Dibble and the Ambassador an update on the status of the crossings in Gaza. Karni and Sufa are both closed, Erez is open, and Kerem Shalom has "big potential but zero activity," according [...]	2006-02-28 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV876	A/PM OLMERT AND CONGRESSMAN BERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Representative Howard Berman and the Ambassador on Sunday, February 26 to discuss Hamas, Iran, and the future of the Jordan Valley. Olmert stressed that Israel will not deal with a Hamas government and that only a unified, strong co [...]	2006-03-02 07:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV877	ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...]	2006-03-02 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV894	RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...]	2006-03-03 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV899	BEILIN PONDERS PA REFERENDUM ON A GOI-ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin repeatedly expressed incredulity to the Ambassador during their February 28 meeting that FM Tzipi Livni publicly referred to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas as "irrelevant." Beilin said that former PA negotiator Saeb Erekat recently propose [...]	2006-03-03 17:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV91	MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...]	2006-01-06 16:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV92	SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL [...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]	2006-01-06 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV922	U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...]	2006-03-07 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV940	DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...]	2006-03-08 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV989	EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...]	2006-03-10 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV990	BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...]	2006-03-10 17:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06THEHAGUE1001	ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: There are a growing number of Islamic schools in The Netherlands, but they are hardly madrassas. All are state funded, follow the national Dutch curriculum, teach in Dutch, and have largely Dutch personnel. Although the number of Islamic schools is small - 47 in the whole country - the [...]	2006-05-04 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE1141	AYAAN HIRSI ALI: FIRESTORM CONTINUES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The debate over Ayaan Hirsi Ali's citizenship status continues to divide the Netherlands. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was roundly criticized during a marathon May 16 Parliamentary debate for hastily stripping Hirsi Ali's Dutch citizenship, and Prime Minister Balkenende has [...]	2006-05-19 15:04:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PREF KISL NL
06THEHAGUE1168	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Deputy Head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Thymen Kouwenaar on May 22 and 23. Kouwenaar appreciated the points, and was not aware of new Russian initiatives aimed to link South Ossetia and Russia through a "single information space," a gas p [...]	2006-05-24 07:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE1184	DUTCH SOCIALIST PARTY (SP): NOT YOUR FATHER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the charismatic leadership of Jan Marijnissen, the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) is reconfiguring itself to become a credible left-wing alternative to the increasingly centrist Labor Party (PvdA) of Wouter Bos. In a rare meeting with Ambassador Arnall on May 16, Marijnissen and [...]	2006-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EU NL
06THEHAGUE120	DUTCH SAY TOO LATE TO REVERSE EIB ACTION ON SYRIA [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche January 4 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. On January 17, Econoffs followed up with Stefan van Wersch, Director of the Office for EU External Affairs, Directorate for European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MF [...]	2006-01-19 08:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL
06THEHAGUE1233	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche seeking public statements of support for the U.S. position on Iran to Rob Swartbol, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister Balkenende, on March 31. Swartbol promised to pass the message immediately to the Foreign Minister -- who was in [...]	2006-06-01 11:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR NL
06THEHAGUE1236	NETHERLANDS/ELECTIONS: VVD PLAYS IT SAFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an upset victory announced May 31, State Secretary for Education Mark Rutte defeated Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the contest to lead the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) into the next election. While polls had consistently shown Verdonk in the lead, Rutte's popularity amo [...]	2006-06-01 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE1244	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON LAW AND ORDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 13:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF NATO NL
06THEHAGUE1292	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH FIGHTING ON THE GROUND AND IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch troops in Uruzgan have faced their first serious military challenge in Uruzgan and, by all accounts, aquitted themselves professionally. Prime Minister Balkenende, CHOD Berlijn, Defense Minister Kamp, Foreign Minister Bot and other senior Dutch officials have all reaffirmed the D [...]	2006-06-08 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF NL
06THEHAGUE131	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PARLIAMENTARY TRIP CANCELED; [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch parliament on January 18 called off a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan citing security concerns and time constraints. The decision is not expected to have a significant impact on the upcoming debate on Dutch participation in ISAF III. The opposition Labor Party (PvdA [...]	2006-01-19 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MAAR NL AF
06THEHAGUE135	MEDIA COVERAGE OF PDAS KURT VOLKER VISIT [...] Summary: PA organized a TV interview and a roundtable with journalists for PDAS Kurt Volker on January 17 in The Hague. All media emphasized Volker's "moderate" approach and reported positively his statement that the US is not pressuring the Dutch. They noted his assertion that [...]	2006-01-20 10:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL MARR PGOV NL AF
06THEHAGUE1357	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-NGO LAW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 15 to MFA Venzuela desk officer Dimitri Vogelaar. According to Vogelaar, the NGO law was raised in the June 6 COLAT working group, at the EU. On June 8, a resident European Union representative met in Caracas with the Vice Foreign Minister for Europe [...]	2006-06-16 10:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL VE NL
06THEHAGUE1360	NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 11:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AORC KDEM PREL NU NL
06THEHAGUE1378	DUTCH CT COORDINATOR REITERATES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Counter Terrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra told the Ambassador June 9 that he was seriously concerned about Islamist radicalization, through both the Internet and a handful of problematic mosques; he said radicalization now seemed to be moving at a faster pace, in par [...]	2006-06-20 12:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR KCRM PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE141	UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING AMONG DUTCH MUSLIMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Unemployment among the almost 700,000 ethnic Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands is high and rising. While the overall unemployment level in the country stabilized last year at 6.5 percent, survey data presented this week show that unemployment among the Turkish and Moroccan im [...]	2006-01-20 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB KISL NL
06THEHAGUE1511	NETHERLANDS: WILLING TO DISCUSS NEW MNF-I POSITION [...] (C) Summary: MOD Director for General Policy Affairs Lo Casteleijn said the GONL is holding firm to its decision to withdraw its staff officer from Basrah, Iraq, as part of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). However, Casteleijn said he recognizes the political significance of maintaining a [...]	2006-07-07 12:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE1559	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH STILL CONSIDERING MNF-I [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Arnall spoke July 14 with senior MFA and MOD officials to press for Dutch acceptance of an MNF-I position. Although the Dutch decision to withdraw its officer from Basra (reftel) is final, the GONL is still considering whether to send an officer to fill a staff positio [...]	2006-07-14 12:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE1566	NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR ELECTION DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 11:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EUN KDEM PGOV NU NL
06THEHAGUE1567	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 14 to Gertie Mulder, Head of the MFA's South America Division. Mulder promised to share the document, which contained information previously requested by senior officials at the Ministry. 2. Post will share the information with NGOs active in the Cuba [...]	2006-07-17 12:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL CU NL
06THEHAGUE1590	DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN MISSILE-RELATED [...] (U) Econoff shared on July 20 reftel points concerning the designation of two Iranian missile-related entities with Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial Markets Policy Directorate, Du [...]	2006-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV KTFN NL
06THEHAGUE1701	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: FINNISH ASEM INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Although the GONL avoided inviting the Burmese to any EU fora during their 2005 EU Presidency, it insists such an invitation is consistent with EU procedures (per reftel). The Dutch are not actively pushing to reverse the Finnish decision. End summary. 2. (C) Poloffs delivere [...]	2006-08-04 07:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BU FI NL
06THEHAGUE1706	NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE1708	NETHERLANDS: TURKISH IMAMS DENIED RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands, new, tighter immigration policies are causing friction with the country,s 436 mosques, which rely heavily on foreign-born clerics to lead their congregations. At least 18 Turkish mosques are without imams as a result of immigration delays. Meanwhile, the Neth [...]	2006-08-04 16:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PREL PGOV PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE1739	NETHERLANDS/JSF/C-17/LEBANON/AFGHANISTAN: MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp said the GONL is committed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, and hopes to sign the follow-on MOU prior to the parliamentary elections on November 22. He said the GONL remains interested in the NATO C-17 consortium, and is actively reviewing funding o [...]	2006-08-09 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL LE AF
06THEHAGUE1776	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DUNCAN VISIT TO THE [...] We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands on transportation infrastructure and security issues. The Netherlands prides itself as the "Gateway to Europe" for trade and commerce. The Port of Rotterdam is the world's third largest in terms of cargo throughput. Amsterdam's Schiphol airpor [...]	2006-08-14 13:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL
06THEHAGUE1782	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...]	2006-08-14 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE1787	NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPEN-MINDED PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Dutch parliamentary Defense Committee members intends to keep an ""open mind"" during their upcoming ""fact-finding"" trip to Washington and Ft. Worth to discuss the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary supporters and critics alike voiced concerns during an [...]	2006-08-15 08:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1856	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...]	2006-08-24 09:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL
06THEHAGUE1895	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UPDATED BRIEFING ON STATUS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Aug 22 to Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, Senior Policy Advisor, MFA Western Balkans Division. The Dutch support our policy but continue to stress that a timeline should not be imposed at the expense of a comprehensive solution. Secondly, they continue to urge [...]	2006-08-29 12:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI NL
06THEHAGUE190	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STARTING LINE UP FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is making final preparations for the parliamentary debate on participation in Stage III. The MFA and MOD continue to slog through the 193 questions posed by Parliament. The list of external experts for the January 30 hearing has firmed up; also key will be an informal, c [...]	2006-01-27 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF NL
06THEHAGUE1924	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WANT MORE INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dutch are frustrated at the lack of information sharing on Iran within the EU, and do not believe a discussion of sanctions is appropriate at Gymnich absent more details of the Iranian response to the P5 1 proposals. Without having seen the response directly, the Dutch unde [...]	2006-08-31 14:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM EU KNNP PGOV PREL UN IR NL
06THEHAGUE193	NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN DONORS CONFERENCE: DUTCH WILL [...] Econoff delivered reftel information on planed U.S. participation and pledging to MFA Afghan desk officer Marit van Zomeren on 25 January. Van Zomeren appreciated receiving the information. 2. In a subsequent phone call, South Asia office director Wilfred Mohr confirmed Development Minis [...]	2006-01-27 13:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF NL
06THEHAGUE1958	NETHERLANDS/NATO: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 09:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR ISAF NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE1976	SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]	2006-09-11 05:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1978	NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: SECRET PRISONS COULD BECOME [...] (C) Summary: Dutch press and parliamentarians of all stripes are expressing disappointment and/or outrage over the revelation of CIA-operated secret prisons for high-value detainees. Foreign Minister Bot is coming under intense pressure, including from his own party, for misleading Parliament [...]	2006-09-11 05:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...]	2006-09-12 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL
06THEHAGUE2029	NETHERLANDS/UN: SEPTEMBER 20 COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2044	NETHERLANDS/ICTY/SERBIA: DEL PONTE, GONL URGE [...] (C) Summary: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Dutch MFA officials have expressed concern that the message from the U.S., as well as the messages being sent by various EU and NATO members, are not consistent. The Dutch are maintaining a hard line on ICTY compliance and are worried tha [...]	2006-09-19 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ICTY PGOV PHUM SR YI NL
06THEHAGUE2062	Netherlands: Justice and Housing Ministers Resign [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 21, Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner and Housing Minister Sybilla Dekker announced their resignations, less than two months before the November 22 national elections. The resignations followed the publication of a highly critical investigative report into [...]	2006-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE210	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: TURNING THE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: Following over 12 hours of Parliamentary hearings on January 30, the two largest parties in the Dutch Parliament -- the coalition CDA and opposition PvdA -- appear poised to vote in favor of participating in ISAF III. This would all but ensure a broad majority in favor of deployment wh [...]	2006-01-31 17:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF
06THEHAGUE2140	NETHERLANDS/JSF: CABINET APPROVES FOLLOW-ON PHASE; [...] (C) Summary: Following the weekly Cabinet meeting, the GONL announced September 29 its decision to participate in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The Cabinet announcement stressed that the GONL intends to sign the follow-on MOU with the US [...]	2006-09-29 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2164	DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...]	2006-10-03 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2176	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ER SU NL
06THEHAGUE2262	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) Ambassador Arnall discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Middle Eastern Affairs Henriette van Lynden-Leijten on October 17. Van Lynden-Leijten said she had heard "similar echoes" from the Dutch embassy in Damascus, especially regarding the fragility of the Siniora government and Syrian [...]	2006-10-18 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE2277	SCENESETTER FOR ATT... [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...]	2006-10-19 15:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2282	NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S [...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]	2006-10-20 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2306	NETHERLANDS/JSF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FOLLOW-ON [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary majority approved a resolution October 24 to support GONL participation in the Production, Sustainment, and Follow-on Development (PSFD) phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Parliamentary approval represented the last hurdle prior to the GONL's plans to sign [...]	2006-10-24 16:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2308	Netherlands/Elections: Start Your Engines! [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch voters go to the polls November 22 to elect the 150 member Second Chamber of Parliament ("Tweede Kamer") and, indirectly, to choose the next Dutch government. Although formal campaigning does not begin until November 1, the race is already shaping up as a mano-a- mano fi [...]	2006-10-25 08:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2371	NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...]	2006-11-03 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE239	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/CYPRUS: DUTCH CONSIDER ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary: MFA working level contacts responded positively to ref A demarche on February 2, and support the concept of using the Turkish proposal to restart final settlement talks. Obstacles within the EU, however, including perceived reluctance of the Austrian presidency, the ability of th [...]	2006-02-03 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY GR TU NL
06THEHAGUE241	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: GOING TO URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: O February 2, the Dutch Parliament overwhelmingly-- 127 to 23 -- endorsed the GONL's proposal to articipate in ISAF Stage III following a full day f debate with Cabinet ministers. On February 3, te Dutch Cabinet formally took a final, unanimousdecision to deploy Dutch troops to t [...]	2006-02-03 17:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL AF
06THEHAGUE2415	SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM... [...] The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are [...]	2006-11-08 16:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2431	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...]	2006-11-09 21:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR
06THEHAGUE2468	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUNICE REDDICK, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to (A/E) Director Eunice Reddick, (AF/E) William Schofield and (L) Melanie Khanna to travel to the Netherlands on November 19-21, 2006 to attend a meeting of the Eritrea-ethiopia Boundry Commission. 2. Per reftel, reservations at the Carlt [...]	2006-11-17 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PGOV PREL OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2469	TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...]	2006-11-17 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL
06THEHAGUE2526	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' DECEMBER 3-4 [...] (SBU) My Embassy and I warmly welcome you back to the Netherlands. Since your last visit here, the political landscape has changed dramatically. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the short run, we d [...]	2006-11-30 17:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KISL NL
06THEHAGUE2543	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT ENGAGING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to press Syria to become a more responsible actor and believe the international community should hold Damascus strictly accountable for its actions. The international community, however, should also be prepared to engage positively with Syria if/when it ac [...]	2006-12-04 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY NL
06THEHAGUE2544	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT TO DELIVER "FIRM" MESSAGE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot intends to deliver a "firm" message to Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki when the two meet on December 7, focusing on Iran's nuclear program, support for terrorism, regional meddling, and lack of human rights. Bot also expected to raise the al-Mansuri c [...]	2006-12-04 12:18:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL
06THEHAGUE2546	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) My embassy and I warmly welcome you to the Netherlands. Your visit comes at a time when the Dutch political landscape is undergoing significant change. The November 22 national elections have left the country divided, with no party or group of parties having a clear majority. In the sh [...]	2006-12-04 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF NL
06THEHAGUE2577	Integration: Netherlands Searches for a "New [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The diverse opinions heard during November 3 meetings between Farah Pandith, Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives, National Security Council, and Dutch government and think tank representatives capture the debate on what integration means for all of Dutch society. Agree [...]	2006-12-08 12:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL NL SCUL SCOI PINR
06THEHAGUE2587	NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...]	2006-12-11 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
06THEHAGUE2595	SHARPER TOOLS FOR THE CT TOOLBOX: DUTCH [...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Parliament approved three significant pieces of counter terrorism legislation in 2006. The first, permitting the use of intelligence information in criminal proceedings, went into effect November 1. The other two, which will expand the use of special investigative techniq [...]	2006-12-12 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2597	NETHERLANDS/BALKENENDE: PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 12 meeting with Ambassador Arnall, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende expressed satisfaction with his party's strong performance in the November elections, and predicted a centrist-coalition government could be in place by February. According to Balkenende, th [...]	2006-12-13 09:48:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IR RU NL
06THEHAGUE2611	THREE-YEAR REVIEW OF DUTCH INTEGRATION [...] Summary. Three years after the Balkenende government instituted significant changes to Dutch immigration and integration policies, "there is still a long way to go" on the integration of ethnic minorities, according to the Justice Ministry's Annual Memorandum on Integration Policy. The Memor [...]	2006-12-14 14:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS PGOV KISL NL
06THEHAGUE2639	NETHERLANDS: STILL STRUGGLING WITH SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp presented a special insignia on December 4 to troops who served in Dutch Battalion (Dutchbat) III under the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia in 1995. While the insignia is intended to honor Dutch servicemen who functioned honorably and conscient [...]	2006-12-19 16:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2661	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: BOT AND MOTTAKI ON NUKES, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 7 meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot urged Iran to work with the IAEA to address international concerns about Iran's nuclear program or face possible UNSC sanctions. Bot also called on Iran to rein in Hizballah and Hamas and [...]	2006-12-27 09:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR NL
06THEHAGUE267	DUTCH SUPPORT FRENCH AL MANAR BAN; FOCUS NOW ON AL [...] (S) On January 27, the Dutch press reported that Minister of Justice Donner had informed parliament that the French, at Donner's request, had agreed to block the transmission to the Netherlands of Lebanese Al Manar and Iranian Sahar TV1 satellite broadcasters after their programs were found [...]	2006-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ANET PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/OUTREACH: CHARGE MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen February 3 to discuss opportunities for Muslim outreach in the city. Cohen complained that the media had distorted his recent comments on "unrest" in Amsterdam, but acknowledged religious/ethnic tensions remain a serious problem. He cr [...]	2006-02-10 12:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE311	NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL [...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...]	2006-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL
06THEHAGUE314	UPDATE ON DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Danish cartoons remain a hot topic in the Netherlands. So far, there have been no violent reactions here, but officials are watching closely a planned "peaceful demonstration" in Amsterdam on February 11. PM Balkenende and other government officials have expressed support f [...]	2006-02-10 17:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE33	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PRESSING THE DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Post pressed GONL officials and parliamentarians from all major parties on Dutch participation in ISAF III over the last few days. Most indicated chances for deployment were grim, but were unwilling to rule out a positive decision completely. Some senior GONL officials are advi [...]	2006-01-06 18:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE353	NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS [...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...]	2006-02-16 10:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE357	NETHERLANDS/ISLAM: MORE ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Danish cartoon controversy continues to resonate in the Netherlands. Two small, generally peaceful demonstrations were held February 10 in Maastricht and February 11 in Amsterdam. Two well-known Muslim Amsterdam officials have attempted to downplay the issue in an effort t [...]	2006-02-16 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE368	RADICAL IMAMS EXPELLED FROM THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The last of the three radical Eindhoven-based Muslim clerics that Immigration and Integration Minister Verdonk ordered deported in June 2005 had left the country by year's end. Verdonk accused all three of tolerating the recruitment of terrorists within a mosque and inciting vi [...]	2006-02-17 13:08:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE374	NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: MISSION SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 2005, Post established an Integration Issues Working Group (IIWG) to coordinate outreach and reporting activities related to the Dutch Muslim community. This approach succeeded in considerably expanding Embassy The Hague's and Consul General Amsterdam's contacts in the Dutc [...]	2006-02-17 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KISL NL
06THEHAGUE380	DUTCH MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has taken important steps since 2001 to bolster its ability to counter terrorism. It has passed tough new legislation, revamped institutional structures, strengthened the security of critical infrastructure, and devoted substantial personnel and financial resources to the coun [...]	2006-02-21 11:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL

06THEHAGUE386	NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE [...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...]	2006-02-22 06:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE402	DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS COMMUNITY - A GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The number of ethnic Muslim entrepreneurs and related business organizations in the Netherlands has increased significantly in recent years. Over the last few months, Emboffs have met with some of these organizations, as well as with traditional Dutch employer associations th [...]	2006-02-23 11:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE406	REACHING OUT TO THE DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Embassy lunch with members of the Dutch Muslim business community on February 8 succeeded in launching a constructive dialogue on discrimination in Dutch employment practices, unemployment among young ethnic Muslims, and the pros and cons of membership in ethnic business [...]	2006-02-23 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE41	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: WALKING A FINE LINE [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende hosted a strategy session January 9 to develop a compromise that would allow the debate on ISAF III to move forward to Parliament. D-66 Ministers Pecthold and Brinkhorst had announced over the weekend they continue to oppose an official Cabinet decision to support [...]	2006-01-09 17:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE416	SCENESETTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Aart de Geus is in the United States to examine U.S. approaches to work place issues related to family and child care. His visit is part of broader information-gathering effort to identify effective labor and social welfare policies, in preparati [...]	2006-02-24 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV SOCI NL
06THEHAGUE426	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON NGO SUMATE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to MFA Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department Senior Policy Advisor Guillaume Teerling and left a copy for South America Division chief Gertie Mulder, who is currently away on travel. 2. (C) Teerling stressed that the GONL shares our inter [...]	2006-02-27 16:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EU PGOV PREL VE NL
06THEHAGUE462	EIB/SYRIA: DUTCH WILL NOT BLOCK WATER LOAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points February 23 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. On March 1, Econoffs followed up with Gita Salden, Director of the Office for International Economy and Financial Institutions, Foreign Financial Relations Directorate, Ministry [...]	2006-03-02 17:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL
06THEHAGUE488	DUTCH TERROR THREAT LEVEL REMAINS SUBSTANTIAL [...] On March 2, Justice Minister Donner and Interior Minister Remkes submitted the National Counter Terrorism Coordinator's quarterly terror threat assessment to Parliament. The report maintained the current threat level in the Netherlands at "substantial," where it has been since June 2005. "S [...]	2006-03-07 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR KCRM PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE523	DEFENSE MINISTER KAMP BLASTS CHAVEZ IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Defense Minister Kamp blasted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in parliamentary hearings March 9. Addressing Dutch coast guard operations in the Netherlands Antilles, Kamp called Chavez a populist with lots of money who "casts big eyes on the morsels along the coast of Venezuela that form [...]	2006-03-10 15:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NT VE NL
06THEHAGUE527	HOFSTAD GROUP RULED A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The Hague court ruled March 10 that the Hofstad group was a terrorist organization, because it aimed to incite hatred, violence, and intimidation, according to press reports. Nine of the 14 defendants were found guilty of membership in a criminal-terrorist organization. One of those conv [...]	2006-03-10 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM KPRP PINR PREL PGOV CASC NL
06THEHAGUE528	SCENESETTER FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time when GONL concern about Venezuela is growing. You could use this opportunity to press the Dutch to actively campaign against Venezuela's UNSC bid, and to help ensure a stronger EU response toward Venezuelan human rights and weapons procurement activities [...]	2006-03-10 16:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR VE NT NL
06THEHAGUE563	NETHERLANDS: COORDINATING STATEMENTS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 10:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI IR NL
06THEHAGUE564	NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK OUT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. Poloff also followed up with MFA human rights policy officer Eric Litver on March 17. 2. (C) Litver confirmed the EU is raising through diplomatic channels the closing of the European Com [...]	2006-03-17 10:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY NL
06THEHAGUE569	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHING EU MEMBERS ON REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN KDEM PGOV PREL BO NL
06THEHAGUE591	FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]	2006-03-20 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE610	NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: INTEGRATION EXAM [...] Summary: Effective March 15, certain nationalities will need to pass a civic integration exam to immigrate to the Netherlands. Initial reactions in local and foreign press have been divided on whether such a policy will result in better integration of immigrants in the country or only further [...]	2006-03-22 06:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE642	NETHERLANDS: CONCERN SIMMERS OVER VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 15 with Dutch MFA, Interior, MOD and military intelligence officials. The Dutch message was consistent. The GONL is deeply concerned about developments in Venezuela - its neighbor - but does not currently see a direct military threat to the Net [...]	2006-03-24 13:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV BL CU CO NT VE NL
06THEHAGUE685	CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN, MEPP, INDONESIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) visited The Netherlands March 22-23 and discussed Iran, Palestinian and Israeli elections, Indonesia, and Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Wexler also publicly debated H.J. Ormel, Parliamentary foreign policy leader for the governing Christian [...]	2006-03-30 13:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP MARR NL
06THEHAGUE690	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VERSION OF TAILHOOK NAVY [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch Navy and Ministry of Defense are scrambling to address recent media reports alleging scandalous and possibly criminal behavior aboard Dutch naval vessels. One story involves allegations by a female crew member of sexual intimidation, assault, and drug abuse on board th [...]	2006-03-31 11:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE764	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 16:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI IR NL
06THEHAGUE814	ONDCP DIRECTOR'S APRIL 5-6 VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Director for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters visited The Hague on April 5-6, at the end of a three-nation tour that included stops in Afghanistan and Belgium. Walters met with Thomas Driessen, Director of the Dutch National Crim [...]	2006-04-12 13:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS PGOV AF NL CO NS
06THEHAGUE834	AIVD REPORT... [...] (U) SUMMARY. The AIVD, the Dutch civilian intelligence service, issued a report March 30 on the terrorist threat in the Netherlands, entitled ""Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat."" The report concludes that the terrorist threat in the Netherlands now [...]	2006-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE894	NETHERLANDS/PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on April 21. Van Beuningen, the Dutch coordinator for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),appreciated the points and said he would review the matter further. He noted that the Dutch have actively engag [...]	2006-04-21 15:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE895	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL greatly appreciated the oral brief on U.S. Kosovo policy, but is concerned that the USG might be "tipping its hand" by trying to influence the status process in favor of Kosovar independence. MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Kosovo Sebastiaan Messerschmidt said that the Dutc [...]	2006-04-21 16:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI EU NL
06THEHAGUE9	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STATE OF PLAY, RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet's failure to reach consensus on ISAF Stage III, and PM Balkenende's controversial decision to refer the question to Parliament without a clear Cabinet mandate have complicated an already heated public debate. Parliament is now seized with the procedural question [...]	2006-01-04 10:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO KPAO NL AF OIIP
06THEHAGUE940	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: SPURRING AMIS ACTION TO PROTECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 07:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM PINS PREL SOCI SU NL
06THEHAGUE978	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DM KAMP INTERVIEW DOES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dutch government officials downplayed DM Kamp's April 30 television interview in which he claimed the Netherlands might withdraw its deployment to Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF III mission should it become "impossible to fulfill the mission." Dutch officials said Kamp [...]	2006-05-02 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV NL AF
06THEHAGUE995	NO DUTCH RESERVATIONS ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (U) Econoff met April 28 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department to deliver reftel A. points urging the immediate EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organ [...]	2006-05-03 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER NL
06THEHAGUE997	NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPPOSITION GETTING VOCAL, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch opponents of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fired the opening salvo in their efforts to perusade Cabinet not to sign the JSF follow-on MOU by the end of the year. A member of the main opposition Labor Party (PvdA) claimed Labor would cancel a signed MOU should Labor come to power [...]	2006-05-04 09:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NL
06TIRANA1208	TRADE UNION POWER STRUGGLE INTERRUPTS WORK OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With dwindling membership and waning societal influence, the Albanian trade union organization that helped bring down the communist regime has been further weakened by an internal power struggle. This struggle has pitted Gezim Kalaja, long-time trade union confederation presid [...]	2006-11-27 16:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON AL
06TIRANA1209	IMPASSE ENDS AFTER ISLAMIC COUNCIL VOTES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After losing a vote of confidence in a meeting of the National Islamic Council on November 25, Bashkim Bajraktari, the Mufti of Shkoder, agreed to step down. His resignation ended a weeklong impasse during which Bajraktari, who had been fired earlier in the week by Selim Muca, h [...]	2006-11-27 17:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF AL
06TIRANA365	ALBANIA: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief raised reftel demarche with Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas desk at the MFA. Kondo was not aware of the issue, and thanked us for the information. She noted the sensitive nature of religious issues in Albania, but agreed that religious tolerance was somethin [...]	2006-04-10 13:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR AL
06TIRANA408	U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian officials expressed appreciation for the USG role in the region and especially in Kosovo. All accepted the role that Wisner asked Albania to play as the Kosovo status negotiations advanced, and pledged that Albania would do its part to reach a successful conclusion. Amb [...]	2006-04-21 11:18:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS AL
06TIRANA420	ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S [...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AL
06TIRANA436	BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: A HIGH LEVEL SMACKDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last eight months, PM Berisha and his allies have engaged in a campaign to dump General Prosecutor Sollaku, claiming he is a major obstacle to progress in the fight against crime and corruption. Berisha has publicly accused Sollaku of everything from laziness to ties [...]	2006-05-02 15:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
06TIRANA486	SAM SEEKS MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Mimoza Kondo, MFA Office Director for the Europe, America, and Russia, told Pol/Econ Chief that Albania has been approached by Serbia-Montenegro regarding the possibility of formally establishing military cooperation. She also pro [...]	2006-05-11 06:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AL
06TIRANA506	VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM: OBELISK BUT NO ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 08:41:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM AL
06TIRANA559	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AFFIRMS JUDICIAL Q@%Q@AQQN(U) Under the Albanian [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 13:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS AL
06TIRANA564	GOA CRACKING DOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AND PASSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two unrelated, but widely reported arrests were made in recent days, both of which highlight the fight of Albanian police and prosecutors against corruption and organized crime. In the first case, seven members of a drug trafficking network who were laundering proceeds through c [...]	2006-05-30 11:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV ASEC PINR KFRD CVIS KRIM AL
06TIRANA585	ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. OFFER TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points to PM Berisha on June 1. Berisha immediately agreed to issue a statement in support of the USG's offer to Iran. The GoA issued the following statement on June 2: (Begin text) -- The Government of the Republic of Albania follows with special atten [...]	2006-06-02 12:36:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
06TIRANA600	SHKODRA REGION RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Religious tensions that flared in Shkoder when a statue to Mother Theresa was proposed for a public spot in central Shkodra have settled somewhat, but there is still lingering resentment between the Muslim and Catholic communities. Both sides cite foreign influence(meaning fore [...]	2006-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AL MW
06TIRANA628	SOCIALIST PARTY CONGRESS: RAMA'S REFORMS AND [...] (SBU) Albania's Socialist Party (SP) held its first Congress since its bitter defeat last July in Parliamentary elections and the ascendancy of Tirana Mayor Edi Rama to the Chairmanship of the party last fall. Former Chairman, and fallen PM, Fatos Nano, was nowhere to be seen and his suppor [...]	2006-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
06TIRANA629	EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ALBANIAN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. A DRL-funded project to improve conditions at one of Albania's largest prisons was launched June 7. This project will provide training to prison guards and administration officials. Complementing the project's launch, the Ministry of Justice disseminated a new internal regulation [...]	2006-06-13 05:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM AL
06TIRANA657	WORLD BEKTASHI LEADER INVITED TO TURKEY: [...] (SBU) On June 12, Bulent Arinc, head of the Turkish parliament, visited the world headquarters of Bektashism in Tirana, Albania. Arinc invited Reshat Bardhi, head of the World Bektashi Community, to come to Turkey to participate in a Bektashi feast August 16. This would be the first official c [...]	2006-06-19 16:31:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AL
06TIRANA662	EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...]	2006-06-21 06:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AL GR
06TIRANA684	GENERALS' RETIREMENT A POSITIVE STEP FOR ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Ministry of Defense retired four top generals. The decision was taken despite considerable resistance in the beginning by the military's top brass and by President Moisiu. The retirement of these communist-era generals and their replacement by capable, progressiv [...]	2006-06-29 06:47:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NATO AL
06TIRANA696	CHAM PROTESTS MARK 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF LEAVING [...] (SBU) Several hundred Chams gathered at a rally in Saranda on June 23 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Chams' expulsion from Greece to Albania. The rally was organized by the "Chameria" association and the Cham-founded Party for Democracy and Integration (PDI). The following day, proteste [...]	2006-07-05 16:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV AL GR
06TIRANA740	BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: ONE ROUND IN A BROADER BATTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Parliamentary investigative committee looking into allegations of incompetence and misconduct against Prosecutor General (PG) Sollaku has issued a report claiming evidence of serious misconduct and recommending not only that President Moisiu dismiss the PG, but that criminal pr [...]	2006-07-13 05:10:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM AL
06TIRANA743	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Berisha on July 11 to review requirements for NATO accession and Albania's reform process. The Prime Minister signaled that he understood quite well from his discussion with Assistant Secretary Fried in Croatia that while the U.S. hoped there SIPDI [...]	2006-07-14 05:20:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	AL PGOV PTER
06TIRANA798	PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DISMISS PROSECUTOR GENERAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Parliament approved the Special Investigative Committee report recommending that President Moisiu dismiss Prosecutor General Sollaku. The ball is now in Moisiu's court. The President is determined not to dismiss Sollaku, but he is seeking international cover for [...]	2006-07-28 12:58:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM AL
06TIRANA846	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chairman, the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program (ACWEP) is proceeding apace. Although delays in testing the destruction equipment in Germany mean that destruction will not have begun by the time of your visit, the program is nevertheless on track to complete des [...]	2006-08-11 10:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PARM MASS NATO PGOV ECON PREL AL
06TIRANA920	ALBANIA: LULL IN GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION WARFARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thanks to EC-OSCE-hosted "coffee negotiations," the Democratic Party (the largest party in the majority) and the Socialist Party (the largest opposition party) broke the logjam preventing forward movement on electoral reform and organization of local elections. The agreement a [...]	2006-09-01 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
06TIRANA995	IMPEDIMENT TO BECHTEL BID TO BUILD KEY SECTION OF [...] (C) Bechtel Corporation on August 7 was selected by the Albanian Ministry of Transportation (MOT) to build a 60 km. segment of difficult mountain road on the main route between the Adriatic port of Durres and the town of Kukes, in northeastern Albania near the Kosovo border. When completed, t [...]	2006-09-22 12:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ELTN PGOV ECON EFIN AL ZL
06TIRANA996	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO ALBANIA AND SEDM [...] (C) Your attendance at the September 26-27 Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) is the event's highlight for your Albanian hosts. NATO entry is Albania's primary goal, one supported by all levels of society and all political tendencies. The Ministerial provides the chance for Albani [...]	2006-09-22 12:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MCAP AL
06TOKYO1004	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1023	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1039	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/06 [...] Date of submission 2. Proponents 3. Reasons 4. Result Â [...]	2006-02-28 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1058	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1085	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 06:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1136	JAPAN'S CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki met with FM Aso for two hours on February 27 and thirty minutes with PM Koizumi on the 28th. The discussions focused primarily on the nuclear impasse but also covered a range of other bilateral issues. During the meetings, FM Aso and PM Koizumi [...]	2006-03-03 05:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA JA IR ECON ENER PGOV
06TOKYO1139	BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON JAPAN'S DIET FRESHMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the September 2005 election of 83 freshmen Diet members, Post has had several opportunities to gather biographic data on some of them. What follows is a summation of that data. END SUMMARY. 2. (C//NF) Yoshitami Kameoka of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) revealed d [...]	2006-03-03 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO1149	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1151	SENIOR LDP PARTY OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC OVER [...] (C) Summary: Senior LDP Party official Hidenao Nakagawa said he remained pessimistic over Japan-China relations despite press reporting there had been a positive atmosphere surrounding his recent visit to Beijing. Although the Chinese received him warmly and appeared willing to deal constr [...]	2006-03-03 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH JA
06TOKYO1169	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1170	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1186	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1199	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1217	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1224	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1231	IRAQI AMBASSADOR VISITS KOREA, URGES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Ambassador to Japan, Al-Jumaily, visited Seoul February 22-25 to express appreciation for and encourage further support in reconstruction, discuss future Korean military engagement, and notify MOFAT of Iraq's intention to reopen its embassy in Seoul. As he has done in Japan [...]	2006-03-08 04:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID JA KR IQ
06TOKYO1249	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1257	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 05:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1268	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1300	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-12 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1306	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1321	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1327	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1342	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1363	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1382	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1404	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1417	JAPAN-BURMA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DELIVERS [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to regime leader Than Shwe, PM Koizumi urged the regime to: -- begin a dialogue with the international community, -- re-open a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi -- release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. In delivering the letter, former Fo [...]	2006-03-17 02:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM CH JA
06TOKYO1435	DCM MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DG [...] (C) Summary: MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told the DCM March 15 that he agreed a GOJ road map for resolving the beef import ban would be useful. While Agriculture Minister Nakagawa has taken helpful steps on the issue, Kawai would discreetly see what could be done to bring Health M [...]	2006-03-17 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA
06TOKYO1440	KOMEITO PARTY SUPPORT CRUCIAL TO LDP'S [...] (C) Summary: The once center-left Komeito party is slowly moving toward the right, Embassy contacts tell us, and that trend is unlikely to change even if Komeito President Kanzaki decides to step down later this year. Although the New Komeito Party's support has been crucial to the Liberal [...]	2006-03-17 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN MARR KN CH JA
06TOKYO1444	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1449	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 00:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1461	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1469	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1479	DEFENSE MINISTER NUKAGA MEETS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C ) Summary: Defense Minister Nukaga on the evening of March 17 made a pitch for a "two plus two" ministerial meeting after the base realignment initiatives are finalized, stressing that a "political statement" is necessary to gain public understanding of the realignment initiatives, particu [...]	2006-03-22 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1521	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO1536	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1598	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1616	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1620	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/29/06 [...]Mitani joined the NPA in 1974. His appointment to a vice minister- level post is a triple-jump appointment, according to a high government official. Lurking in the background is Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's intention to strengthen the intelligence- SIPDIS gathering capability of t [...]	2006-03-29 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1634	MOFA ECONOMIC CHIEF ON EAS-APEC DIFFERENCES, FTA [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry's (MOFA) obsession with China is driving Japan's interest in the East Asian Summit (EAS),the Director General of MOFA's Economic Affairs Bureau told the U.S Senior Official for APEC on March 23. The MOFA official has endeavored to brief the Foreign Minist [...]	2006-03-29 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV APECO ASEAN JA
06TOKYO1653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1654	LDP AND KOMEITO SECRETARIES GENERAL APPEAL FOR [...] (C) During a March 29 courtesy call on the Ambassador, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Takebe and Komeito Secretary General Fuyushiba requested the Ambassador's SIPDIS assistance in securing meetings with Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rice, Secretary Rumsfeld and the leaders o [...]	2006-03-29 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP JA
06TOKYO1655	LDP'S NAKAGAWA AND KYUMA ON DPRI, CHINA, IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the DCM March 29, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweights Hidenao Nakagawa and Fumio Kyuma shared their views on alliance realignment negotiations, Sino-Japanese relations, Iran and beef. Policy Affairs Research Council Chairman Nakag [...]	2006-03-29 09:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA
06TOKYO1662	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1684	JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]	2006-03-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685	JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]	2006-03-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1689	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1705	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1734	DPJ LEADERSHIP RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Seiji Maehara and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama announced their resignations on March 31. This surprise move caught DPJ staffers flatfooted. Maehara and Hatoyama's decision was in response to the ongoing turmoil caused by a DP [...]	2006-03-31 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO1735	JAPAN DELAYS DECISION ON CHINA LOAN PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan has decided to delay a decision on extending ODA yen loans to China for FY 2005 (April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006),reflecting growing political difficulties in the bilateral relationship. The delay resulted from a determination by MOFA that its proposal for a yen loan pr [...]	2006-03-31 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
06TOKYO1742	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1744	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-01 11:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1786	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1801	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1815	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai appears to be rolling out an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. As reported by the press, his proposals run counter to recent GOJ dec [...]	2006-04-05 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1818	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1831	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1842	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/06 [...] The speech lasted for more than an hour, and he devoted a large part of it to economic issues. He noted, "We must create a small but strong government." He thus added his own view to the ongoing argument calling for a small government in order to indicate that he is not a mere successor to t [...]	2006-04-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1848	JAPAN "CAREFULLY CONSIDERING" CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) The demarche on support for a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur (State 51778) was conveyed to MOFA on April 3. First Middle East Division's Jun Nanazawa on April 6 responded that, following consultations within the Foreign Ministry, Japan has decided to wait and consider the Secretary [...]	2006-04-06 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU JA
06TOKYO1851	JAPAN'S TRADE MINISTER PROPOSES EAST ASIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: METI Minister Nikai announced on April 4 an ambitious new proposal for a region-wide "comprehensive economic partnership agreement" paired with a new regional policy think tank along the lines of the OECD. Foreign, Finance and Agriculture Ministry senior bureaucrats had no prior [...]	2006-04-06 09:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1884	IRAN: INITIAL JAPAN REACTION TO USG THINKING [...] (C) On April 6, Post conveyed reftel points regarding the status of USG thinking on Iran to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation and Second Middle East divisions, as well as the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI). MOFA also shared the information with its Po [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP IR XE JA
06TOKYO1886	MOFA REORGANIZES SOUTH ASIA DEPARTMENT; SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is creating a South Asia Department by merging parts of the Southwest Asia, First Southeast Asia and Second Southeast Asia divisions of the Asian Affairs Bureau. The move stems from a perceived organizational need to devote more resources [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN JA
06TOKYO1887	JAPANESE BUREAUCRATS SLAM METI'S TRADE PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. Four Japanese Ministries slammed METI for its uncoordinated proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement at a previously scheduled interagency meeting today. End Summary. 2. (C) METI Minister's Nikai's proposal for an East Asia Economic Partnership Agreement (see [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1888	JAPAN SEEKING MORE EVIDENCE WHILE CONSIDERING [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel points regarding Tehran's treatment of religious minorities to MOFA Second Middle East Division on April 5 . On April 7, Second Middle East's Koichi Nakao replied [...]	2006-04-07 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR JA
06TOKYO1889	OZAWA WINS DPJ PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO1903	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-1 [...] The flight paths will avoid the skies over the Henoko, Toyohara, and Abu districts in Nago. 2. In determining the construction site based on the government's plan, consideration will be given to: (a) the safety of the residents near the new airfield; (b) natural conservation; and (c) th [...]	2006-04-10 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1904	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-3 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1931	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1962	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1977	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-1 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1990	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2011	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2019	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2041	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2063	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2066	U/S BURNS' LETTER DELIVERED TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC PGOV PTER RS BO GG MD AM AJ JA
06TOKYO2075	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...]	2006-04-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2093	THE DPJ UNDER ICHIRO OZAWA: WHAT TO EXPECT (WHEN [...] (C) Summary. The election of Ichiro Ozawa as leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could have long-term significance for Japan's political scene, but there will be little or no immediate impact on U.S. interests. Ozawa has created a wide network of contacts throughout a lon [...]	2006-04-18 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO2094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2117	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2144	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2162	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2176	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2182	SUDAN SANCTIONS: JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PGOV SU DAFR JA
06TOKYO2193	APRIL 23 BY-ELECTION A TOSS-UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The April 23 by-election for Chiba District 7 pits LDP candidate Ken Saito against opposition DPJ candidate Kazumi Ota. The media is playing up the election as the first showdown between Prime Minister Koizumi and new DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa. Koizumi has a personal stake [...]	2006-04-21 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO2196	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-22 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2207	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2216	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2224	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2237	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2241	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2276	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2281	JAPAN'S DIET AGENDA: FATE OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Three months into the 164th Diet session, Japanese lawmakers are finally turning back to policy after being distracted by scandals for many weeks. Several big bills with broad consensus support are still on track. A planned supplemental budget and the FY06 budget passed the [...]	2006-04-26 10:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO2282	JAPAN CAN RELY ON STRONG U.S. TIES, EAP/DAS KEITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 discussion, visiting EAP/DAS James Keith told a Japanese scholar that Japan should approach its relations with China and Taiwan with more self-confidence, asserting that U.S. interests would always favor a strong U.S.-Japan alliance. Japan would benefit from [...]	2006-04-27 05:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW JA
06TOKYO2298	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2322	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2341	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2353	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2375	TIMING OF ALLIANCE TRANSFORMATION LEGISLATION [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Tokyo newspapers ran stories this weekend quoting Prime Minister Koizumi as saying that it might be difficult to include implementing legislation for the alliance transformation agreement in the present Diet session ending June 18. Koizumi, who leaves office in September, w [...]	2006-05-01 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO2377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2443	FUKUDA MAKES HIS MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary (CCS) Yasuo Fukuda is very slowly inching up in the public opinion polls on current CCS Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to replace PM Koizumi in September's LDP presidential election. While Fukuda, like Abe, is not a declared candidate, his recent wor [...]	2006-05-05 02:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2445	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2467	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2481	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2540	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2550	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2564	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06 [...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]	2006-05-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2579	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2604	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2630	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/06 [...] The legislation is valid for only ten years. 2. Establish a realignment-related council in the Cabinet Office chaired by the prime minister. 3. Designate realignment-related special defense facilities to provide subsidies with municipalities in the vicinity. 4. Map out promotional p [...]	2006-05-15 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2654	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TALKS, SESSION 4: [...] (C) Summary. In Session 4 U.S.-Japan-ROK policy planning talks, discussion focused on the future of the Middle East. S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner briefed on U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). Japanese DVFM Kohno said that Middle East devel [...]	2006-05-15 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ XF AF KS JA
06TOKYO2656	U.S.-ROK POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. During a May 11 bilateral lunch meeting between ROK and U.S. policy planners, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-kook told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that although China is changing, it is still resistant to ideas that could limit [...]	2006-05-15 07:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH TW KN KS JA
06TOKYO2659	U.S.-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Japan's leadership role in Asia were the main topics of a May 11 conversation between U.S. and Japanese policy planners. DVFM Kohno told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that he had expected the U.S. to make a counte [...]	2006-05-15 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ASEAN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2662	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2672	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2689	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2699	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO2715	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2718	SUNSHINE POLICY REACHES KOREAN COMMUNITY IN JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY On Wednesday May 17, 2006 Ha Byung Ok, leader of the pro-South Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) and So Man Sul, leader of the pro-North Korean General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren): -- Signed a joint statement calling for reconciliation betwee [...]	2006-05-17 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL JA KS KN
06TOKYO2724	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2751	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2790	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2836	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2854	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2867	MUKHERJEE JAPAN VISIT TO BUILD ON EXCHANGES, [...] (C) Summary. The May 25-28 visit of Indian Minister of Defense Mukherjee to Tokyo will build on the momentum created by the Global Partnership announced by PM Singh and PM Koizumi in April 2005. The two defense ministers will announce specific plans to increase the number of exchanges betwee [...]	2006-05-24 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR JA IN
06TOKYO2873	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 00:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2875	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2905	JFTC Flexes Its Muscles on Bid-rigging [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's chief competition regulator, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC),has made a good start in applying the new powers it gained at the beginning of the year in several bid-rigging cases. Though not a player in what has been arguably the most prominent bid-rigging cas [...]	2006-05-25 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO2911	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LK JA
06TOKYO2913	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2915	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE JA
06TOKYO2920	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/06 [...] Of important bills, they intend to pass an administrative reform promotion law and a set of bills to reform the medical system through the Diet during the current session. The outlook is that it will be extremely difficult to enact a bill to revise the organized crime law that would make "consp [...]	2006-05-26 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2939	AMBASSASOR YAMAMOTO PREVIEWS CT TRILATERAL PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Tadamichi Yamamoto reviewed Japan's strategy for the upcoming U.S.-Japan-Australia Counterterrorism Trilateral with the Deputy Chief of Mission on May 25, 2006. Yamamoto hoped for a short plenary session that would include a threat assessment and [...]	2006-05-26 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AS JA
06TOKYO2946	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2964	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2969	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2987	CO-CHAIRS APPEAL TO SRI LANKA TO PULL BACK FROM [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Japanese, Norwegian and EU participants at the 30 May 2006 Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting concluded a joint statement presenting a strong Co-Chairs position on the failing Sri Lankan peace process. Participants agreed to cite Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) failure to prevent attacks by a [...]	2006-05-31 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA
06TOKYO2988	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S MAY 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with MOFA Vice Minister Yachi to discuss the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, SCA A/S Boucher said that he expected congressional approval for necessary amendments to U.S. domestic law. India and the U.S. must also satisfy NSG partners bef [...]	2006-05-31 09:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN JA
06TOKYO2989	A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH MOFA DG NAKANE [...] (C) Summary. SCA A/S Boucher reviewed for MOFA Arms Control DG Nakane on May 30 the status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. Nakane explained that Japan had not yet determined its position, but that MOFA must be sensitive to the public,s nonproliferation concerns. He a [...]	2006-05-31 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN JA
06TOKYO2992	A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DDG [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Europe Takeshi Yagi told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher that Japan will hold its second round of Foreign Ministerial-level talks with Central Asian nations on Monday, June 5. Tokyo hopes the Central Asian countries will adopt an Action Plan that will include int [...]	2006-05-31 23:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ KG UZ TI TX JA
06TOKYO3004	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3012	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/06 [...] Japan and the United States have held intergovernmental consultations, in which the Japanese and US governments reviewed the structure of US forces in Japan as well as the Self-Defense Forces' roles, tasks, and capabilities. On Oct. 29, 2005, the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (SCC) a [...]	2006-06-01 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3018	JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] Japan supports the proposal of the United States that it will come to the table with the EU 3 countries and meet with the Iranian representatives, as soon as Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities. 2. Since it is essential for the international socie [...]	2006-06-01 09:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR JA
06TOKYO3025	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3038	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3052	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3072	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3076	METI VICE MINISTER ON LDP PRESIDENTIAL RACE; METI [...] (C ) Summary. Vice Trade Minister Kusaka told Ambassador Michalak that Foreign Minister Taro Aso was seeking the support of METI Minister Toshihiro Nikai in the LDP presidential race. Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka was also looking to increase his waning influenc [...]	2006-06-05 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON JA PGOV PINR
06TOKYO3078	CONSPIRACY LAW STALLED AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Despite ruling and opposition camp admissions that a bill to criminalize conspiracy is needed, the conspiracy bill remains locked in a Lower House committee with almost no chance of passage before the Diet session ends on June 18. The conspiracy law would bring Jap [...]	2006-06-05 09:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON JA
06TOKYO3087	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3101	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3119	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3170	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3182	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3193	FOREIGN MINISTERS RELEASE "ACTION PLAN" AT CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. The June 5 "Central Asia Plus Japan" dialogue in Tokyo produced an "Action Plan" with specific initiatives for regional cooperation in the areas of counterterrorism, counternarcotics, anti-personnel landmine clearance, poverty alleviation, health care, the environment, disaster p [...]	2006-06-09 05:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER PGOV SNAR AF KZ KG UZ TI TX
06TOKYO3208	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3237	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3250	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3251	MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...]	2006-06-13 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3277	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3289	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3316	AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER DISCUSSES YASUKUNI, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer met with PRC Ambassador Wang Yi over lunch June 14. Highlights of their lunch included the following: -- FM's Aso's statement that "national interests are more important than personal image" during his meeting with Chinese FM Li had helped move the bilate [...]	2006-06-15 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR KS CH JA
06TOKYO3319	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3324	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3337	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3348	JAPAN NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR CHINESE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Teppei Kanda on June 16. Kanda thanked us for the notification and assured us that he had the information he needed. SCHIEFFER [...]	2006-06-16 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH JA
06TOKYO3349	JAPAN ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 10:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KDEM PGOV PREL NU JA
06TOKYO3368	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3407	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3432	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PEACE IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BK JA
06TOKYO3440	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3454	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3479	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3491	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3508	164TH DIET SESSION CONCLUDES WITH MUCH UNDONE [...] (SBU) Summary. The 164th Diet session closed on June 18, leaving many in Tokyo unsatisfied. Scandals, a change in the opposition's Diet management style and a Prime Minister determined to finish the session on time left many high-profile bills related to history and national identity in the [...]	2006-06-23 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR JA
06TOKYO3517	AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER MEETS WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) Summary. During a June 22 private, no-press meeting with the Upper House Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issues, Ambassador Schieffer: -- recounted his visit to Niigata and the President's personal interest in the abductee issue, --updated the Committee on North Korea's m [...]	2006-06-23 11:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR KN KS CH RS JA
06TOKYO3523	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3529	"OTHER RUSSIA" NGO EVENT: JAPAN UNDECIDED [...] On June 23, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche seeking Japan's presence at the July 11-12 "Other Russia" NGO event to MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura. Nakamura said that Japan was still considering whether it would send a representative [...]	2006-06-26 06:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS JA
06TOKYO3534	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3539	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3555	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3580	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3595	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3660	VICE TRADE MINSITER KUSAKA SUPPORTS CLOSER [...] (C) Summary. METI Vice Minister Kazumasa Kusaka praised the recent US-Japan Subcabinet level meetings during a recent meeting with DCM and EMIN. He added insights into the Nikai proposal for an ASEAN Plus Three FTA and apologized for not consulting with the U.S. before making the proposal. K [...]	2006-06-30 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO3676	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3717	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06 [...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]	2006-07-05 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO374	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3743	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO375	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3778	METI ROTATIONS YIELD NO SURPRISES [...] (SBU) METI,s annual rotations, announced on July 4 and effective July 10, yielded no surprises. As expected, current Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau Director General (DG) Takao Kitabata will succeed Hideji Sugiyama as Administrative Vice Minister. Trade Policy Bureau DG Toshiaki Kitamu [...]	2006-07-06 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO3789	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3809	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO381	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3814	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3815	LTGEN EIKENBERRY MEETINGS ON TOKYO CONFERENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 23:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PGOV
06TOKYO3818	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3825	JAPANESE POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Japan's political leaders reacted angrily to the July 5 North Korean missile launches. Most are calling for Japan to respond forcefully against the launches. Some politicians, including Prime Minister Koizumi, are being more cautious when describing the way forward. In a stat [...]	2006-07-10 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON UNSC KN JA

06TOKYO3826	DPRK MISSILES SHOOT DOWN MINDAN-CHOSEN SOREN [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent reconciliation accord between pro-Seoul and pro-Pyongyang organizations of Korean residents in Japan has become an early casualty of the DPRK missile launches. The agreement, aimed at ending 50 years of confrontation between the rival groups, had been shaky from the [...]	2006-07-10 05:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN JA
06TOKYO3835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3838	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3844	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3867	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3879	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3886	NAKAGAWA DISCUSSES ECONOMIC VIEWS AT DIPLOMAT'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ruling party policy heavyweight Hidenao Nakagawa declared that Japan was finally on the path to a healthy economy and he highlighted the party's Policy Research Council (PARC) plan to cut budget expenditures to achieve a "primary balance" by 2011 during a recent lunch with dipl [...]	2006-07-12 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO3909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3910	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3911	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3922	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3925	INFORMATION ON "COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CU JA
06TOKYO3930	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3952	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3955	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3996	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4020	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4031	GSDF MISSION TO IRAQ HAILED AS IMPORTANT MILESTONE [...] (C) Summary: Media and political reaction to the July 17 withdrawal of the last Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit from Iraq on has focused on the success of the mission and its contributions to U.S.-Japan relations. Japanese officials are optimistic that the GSDF's positive experience in [...]	2006-07-20 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
06TOKYO4042	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO406	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4061	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4084	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4100	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4146	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4152	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO416	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 04:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4183	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 03:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4204	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4212	JAPAN LIFTS SUSPENSION OF U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Japan announced July 27 that the suspension of processing of imports of U.S. beef has been lifted. The GOJ imposed the suspension January 20 following the discovery by Japanese inspectors of prohibited spinal bones in a shipment of veal from the United States. [...]	2006-07-27 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO4217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4229	EMPEROR'S WORDS SPARK DEBATE ON YASUKUNI, HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Revelation of a memo quoting the late Emperor Hirohito as saying his refusal to go to Yasukuni Shrine was directly related to the enshrinement there of Class-A war criminals is already reshaping Japan's debate on Yasukuni. The release of the memo has refocused the debate as a [...]	2006-07-28 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4231	ABE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT [...] (C) Summary. A week after Yasuo Fukuda's announcement that he will not run in the September Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race, it now appears likely that current Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has locked up the race and will consequently become Japan's next Prime Minister. [...]	2006-07-28 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4275	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4301	LDP HOPEFULS TAKE THE STAGE AT TOKYO CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) drew huge crowds of supporters to its July 28 Tokyo bloc convention, the first in a series of 11 policy discussions to be held across Japan in the run up to September leadership elections. The low-key debate between Chief Cabinet Secr [...]	2006-08-01 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4305	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4306	JAPAN ASKED TO TAKE FURTHER MEASURES REGARDING [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo officers delivered ref (A) points to Ministry of Finance International Bureau Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, and to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Acting Director Kosei Murota on August 1. Both officials expressed Japan's full [...]	2006-08-01 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4343	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4356	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4372	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 00:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO438	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/06 [...] The US is taking seriously the inclusion of specified risk materials for BSE being found in a US beef shipment to Japan. It was a great shock to us. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already removed the companies involved from the list of beef exporters to Japan. It also has increased [...]	2006-01-27 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4417	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 04:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4426	NAGANO GOVERNOR RACE GOES TO POSTAL REBEL [...] (U) Summary. Jin Murai, a former ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Lower House member, defeated independent incumbent Yasuo Tanaka on August 6, in a Nagano Prefecture gubernatorial contest that was seen as more a test of Tanaka's poor leadership than any sort of wider referendum on natio [...]	2006-08-07 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4431	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4433	JAPAN CONTEMPLATING RESPONSE TO CASTRO'S ILLNESS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Acting Political Minister-Counselor drew from reftel talking points to discuss Fidel Castro's illness and political transition in Cuba with MOFA's Mexico and Central America Division Principal Deputy Director Daisuke Na [...]	2006-08-07 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CU JA
06TOKYO4434	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 23:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4438	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4452	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4453	THE "COLLAPSE OF TRUST" IN JAPAN - ROK RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japan-ROK relations presently suffer from a &collapse of trust,8 according to Prof. Masao Okonogi, a leading Japanese expert on Korea. Upcoming elections for prime minister of Japan and for president of the ROK will impact the future course of the bilateral relationship, Okonogi [...]	2006-08-08 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS JA
06TOKYO4470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4477	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4486	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4507	JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...]	2006-08-10 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JA
06TOKYO4508	KANDAHAR-HERAT RING ROAD: JAPAN LOOKING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AF JA
06TOKYO4513	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 17:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4547	ROK FM BAN KI-MOON'S MEETINGS WITH FM ASO, CCS ABE [...] (C) Summary. During August 8-9 meetings with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Aso, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon urged his interlocutors to emphasize dialogue with the DPRK, not pressure. Abe and Aso both responded that pressure was needed to produce d [...]	2006-08-11 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO4548	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4559	JAPAN UNABLE TO ACT AGAINST MARITIME INSURER SEPIA [...] (S) Summary. Further to reftels (A) and (B),MOFA NE Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara advised Embassy Tokyo Political Officer August 8 that Japan was unable to take further action against suspect maritime insurance company SEPIA. MOFA officials believe that Panama,s issuance [...]	2006-08-14 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KN JA
06TOKYO4560	JAPAN WANTS UNANIMOUS JOINT ACTION UNDER BERN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche August 14 to the MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division's Noriko Tanaka. Tanaka said her division would coordinate with the China and Mongol [...]	2006-08-14 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH JA
06TOKYO4561	FACTIONS RUSH TO BACK ABE AS TWO MORE CHALLENGERS [...] (SBU) Summary. CCS Abe's August 12 informal announcement that he will run for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President on September 20 came as no surprise. As the front-runner for weeks, he faces no serious challenge from the two remaining candidates, Finance Minister Tanigaki and Foreign Mi [...]	2006-08-14 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4565	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 23:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4581	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4598	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4618	JAPAN WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO GUYANA'S ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 07:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS KDEM PGOV GY JA
06TOKYO4628	YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...]	2006-08-15 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4629	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4637	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO464	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4663	JAPAN STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post has seen progress on several fronts in advancing the HSPD-6 Terrorist Screening Information Initiative. Post's inter-agency working group on HSPD-6 has been working closely to identify and educate key GOJ contacts, and to find solutions to potential obstacles. On June 6, 2006 [...]	2006-08-16 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4686	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4720	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4723	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS - USG REPLY [...] (C) In an August 16 meeting with MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura, Poloff delivered points ref A concerning the activities of USNS Victorious in waters north of the Senkaku islands and her interaction with PRC vessels. 2. (C) Nomura said MOFA was "glad" to hear that Vict [...]	2006-08-18 00:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06TOKYO4725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4739	ABE TO CALL FOR SWEEPING CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION [...] (SBU) Summary. Shinzo Abe, the odds-on favorite to replace Junichiro Koizumi as Japan's next prime minister, plans to make constitutional revision a cornerstone of his campaign in the run up to the September 20 LDP presidential contest, according to an unofficial version reported in the Niho [...]	2006-08-18 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4751	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4755	THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...]	2006-08-18 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE JA
06TOKYO4762	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4783	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/06 [...] Aso 2. Abe 3. Tanigaki Asia Â [...]	2006-08-22 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4795	ASO ENTERS LDP PRESIDENT RACE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Taro Aso announced his candidacy for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidency on August 21; however, every indication suggests that frontrunner Shinzo Abe will win by a wide margin. In campaign pledges released the same day, Aso promised to focus on economic [...]	2006-08-22 06:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4797	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4806	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4823	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 9 with S/P Director Stephen Krasner, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau DG Kawai expressed appreciation for our efforts in making Prime Minister Koizumi's recent trip to the United States a success. Kawai shared his expectation that Koizumi's successor wi [...]	2006-08-23 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IR KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO4829	IAP DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda on August 23, 2006. Masuda thanked us for the Immigration Advis [...]	2006-08-23 10:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV JA
06TOKYO4830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4834	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO484	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4855	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ASO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed appreciation for the Admiral's efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance and praised the "2 plus 2" statement as a "historical accomplishment in our bilateral relations." [...]	2006-08-24 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4866	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4876	KOMEITO LEADER TO RESIGN, LDP WEIGHS IN ON [...] (C) Summary. Takenori Kanzaki has announced he will step down in September after eight years as leader of New Komeito, part of a leadership reshuffle that may have wide-ranging implications for Japan's ruling coalition. Akihiro Ota and Toshiko Hamayotsu have been widely touted by the press [...]	2006-08-25 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO4891	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO4892	YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented interest among Japanese in the U.S.-Japan defense relationship. This is particularly true for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your meetings in Tokyo, and the high-profile you will lend to the USS Shiloh's arrival in [...]	2006-08-25 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4893	YASUKUNI MUSEUM TO REEXAMINE SOME DISPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. Yasukuni Shrine's war history museum has begun reviewing the way it characterizes U.S. strategy before and during World War II, Japanese media reported August 25. The shrine's response reflects in part Japanese response to growing public criticism from former senior U.S. offici [...]	2006-08-25 09:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4895	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4926	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/06 [...] Morihiro Hosokawa 68% 2. Junichiro Koizumi 50% 3. Tsutomu Hata 47% 3. Toshiki Kaifu 47% 5. Hayato Ikeda 44% 6. Ryutaro Hashimoto 43% 7. Tanzan Ishibashi 41% 8. Yasuhiro Nakasone 40% 9. Eisaku Sato 38 [...]	2006-08-29 04:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4948	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4978	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4994	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4998	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO501	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5017	ISAO IIJIMA ON SHINZO ABE'S LEADERSHIP, U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Isao Iijima, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's most trusted advisor, shared the following frank and perhaps self-serving observations with Acting DCM Meserve on August 23: -- Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, may lack the political skills to lead the ruling LDP in next [...]	2006-09-01 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO5025	JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) MOFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Kenichi Sasae informed Charge Donovan on September 1 that he would be in Seoul on September 7 accompanying Vice Minister Shotaro Yachi to the third round of the Japan-ROK "Strategic Dialogue." Sasae said Japan would again propose establishment o [...]	2006-09-01 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA KS
06TOKYO5033	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5054	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5067	NAVY SECRETARY WINTER MEETS WITH MOFA DG KAWAI [...] (C) Summary. Acceptance of new U.S. military assets, efforts to locate a suitable location for night landing practice, relocation of Futenma, and Japanese commitment to operations in Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean dominated the August 28 conversation between Secretary of the Navy Donald Wi [...]	2006-09-06 05:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV OVIP JA
06TOKYO5080	NAVY SECRETARY WINTER STRESSES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. During a 20-minute meeting on August 28, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter told Japan,s FM Taro Aso SIPDIS that the Secretary's visit symbolized the U.S. perception of the importance of cooperation between the navies and governments of both countries. The Secretary emphasize [...]	2006-09-06 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO5081	IT'S A BOY! FIRST GRANDSON FOR JAPAN'S EMPEROR [...] Summary. Japan's long wait for a male successor to the Chrysanthemum throne came to an end early on the morning of September 6, as Princess Kiko gave birth to the Imperial family's first male heir in 41 years. His birth is likely to bring an end to any remaining debate on revising Japan's I [...]	2006-09-06 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5082	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral William Fallon told Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo on August 24, that US-Japan relations had grown stronger since his visit in 2001 and that this was a welcome development. Abe, responding to Admiral Fallon's questions, outlined his views of China-Japan rel [...]	2006-09-06 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5089	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 23:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5091	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 23:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO510	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5113	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5138	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]	2006-09-08 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5140	LDP ELECTION OPENS, AS PARTIES AGREE TO ELECT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi, in an apparent concession to the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),has changed the opening date for the Extraordinary Diet session from September 22 to September 26, according to the press. Embassy Tokyo media contacts attributed the flip flop [...]	2006-09-08 05:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5161	LDP MEMBERSHIP DECLINES AS VOTING PATTERNS CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Membership numbers for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have fallen sharply on the mass defections of postal workers since the passage of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization package in 2005, according to recently released party statistics. Peaking [...]	2006-09-08 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5166	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5176	ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]	2006-09-10 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5177	ASO, NUKAGA AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR ON DPRK MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Aso and Defense Minister Nukaga, Ambassador Schieffer highlighted recommendations on how to further strengthen U.S.-Japan alliance coordination from the September 7 "Capstone Lessons Learned Conference" on the bilateral response to recent [...]	2006-09-10 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5209	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5212	RESPONSE TO JAPAN'S E.O. 13382 QUESTIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Asian Bureau DG Sasae told the DCM September 11 that Japan was already aware of the information contained in reftel through its Embassy in Washington, and that most of the information was previously known to his government. [...]	2006-09-11 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
06TOKYO5213	SECNAV WINTER MEETINGS AT JDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent North Korean missile launches have heightened interest in ballistic missile defense cooperation, Japan Defense Agency (JDA) civilian and service chief counterparts told visiting Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter August 28. Self Defense Forces chiefs told Secretary [...]	2006-09-11 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO5221	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 05:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5243	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/06 [...] Establishing political leadership TOKYO 00005243 002 OF 010 1) For speedy and accurate decision making that can meet changing times, implement the following reforms to strengthen the political leadership and establish a top-down system led by the Prime Minister's Official Residence (K [...]	2006-09-12 08:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5249	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 02:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5286	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 02:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO529	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5308	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5309	JAPAN'S PLANS FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. Gaining a permanent UNSC seat remains a top foreign policy objective, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Takizaki, and Japan looks forward to receiving a U.S. response shortly to Japan's most recent UNSC reform proposal. Japan's domestic political calendar makes it i [...]	2006-09-14 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC PGOV PREL BM JA
06TOKYO5325	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5331	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5332	U.S. COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AGENDA DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM JA
06TOKYO5334	ASSISTANT CABINET SECRETARY ANDO URGES STRONG U.S. [...] (S) On September 15, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyasu Ando called the DCM to report that Japan will announce its steps to implement UNSCR 1695 during the Koizumi Administration,s last Cabinet meeting on September 19. Ando noted that he had briefed Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe earlier [...]	2006-09-15 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV JA KN CH
06TOKYO5336	DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO5339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5357	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO536	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5361	JAPAN ANNOUNCES NEW NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS [...] (U) Summary. On September 19, the Government of Japan announced a series of new "measures," i.e. sanctions, against the DPRK (full text in para 6). Japan's new sanctions will block the property of designated entities within Japan, and prohibit Japanese firms from conducting transactions with [...]	2006-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
06TOKYO5362	THE ELECTION MECHANICS BEHIND ABE'S LIKELY WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Japan's next Prime Minister will be chosen by an election for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidency. On the eve of the September 20 poll, Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe has an insurmountable lead over his two opponents. This message outlines the mechanics of the LDP pre [...]	2006-09-19 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5399	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5408	IT'S OFFICIAL; ABE WINS [...] (U) Summary. As expected, Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election on September 20, defeating Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Sadokazu Tanigaki in a contest that was never really close. He became the 21st LDP president immediatel [...]	2006-09-20 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5410	THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]	2006-09-20 10:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5423	THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]	2006-09-21 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5448	UPDATED BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE LANGUAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 07:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA
06TOKYO5450	TAKENAKA RESIGNATION UNSURPRISING [...] (C) Summary. On September 15 Heizo Takenaka, well known economist, reluctant politician, and symbol of Prime Minister Koizumi's reform agenda, announced that he would give up his Diet seat on September 26. Faced with the imminent retirement of Koizumi, his biggest supporter, Takenaka was not [...]	2006-09-21 07:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO5456	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5483	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5488	JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...]	2006-09-22 10:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA
06TOKYO5490	JAPAN QUESTIONS RUSSIAN MOTIVES REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and Russian Embassy officials provided alternative interpretations of Russia's July 18 decision to revoke approval of a key environmental study on the Sakhalin-2 energy project, which has effectively stopped progress on the joint venture. Russia's motives for rescinding the [...]	2006-09-24 22:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RU JA
06TOKYO5512	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5515	JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]	2006-09-25 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5516	ABE NAMES NEW LDP EXECS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe named Hidenao Nakagawa, Shoichi Nakagawa (no relation),and Yuya Niwa to the LDP's three top executive posts on September 25. The three positions, which are the key LDP policy and party management slo [...]	2006-09-25 09:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5529	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5562	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5568	U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...]	2006-09-26 10:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL
06TOKYO560	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5600	ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...]	2006-09-27 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5605	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5625	INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 LUNCH WITH IAS [...] (S) Summary. Over lunch on September 25, INR Assistant Secretary Fort and MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service SIPDIS (IAS) Director General Takeuchi agreed that China and South Korea are critical players to resolving the North Korea issue. IAS Deputy Director General Shigeo Matsutomi [...]	2006-09-28 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH TH JA
06TOKYO5646	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO567	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5707	PDUSD RYAN HENRY,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 25 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Henry that U.S. involvement on China and North Korea is critical to maintaining stability in the region. Henry agreed that managing our relationship with China [...]	2006-10-01 22:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CH KN IZ AF AS JA
06TOKYO5740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5744	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5758	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5761	ABE TRIP TO BEIJING AND SEOUL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Sunday and with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Seoul on Monday. MOFA Asia-Pacific Director General Kenichiro Sasae confirmed this during a telephone conversation with Charge on the e [...]	2006-10-03 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO5791	JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS [...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...]	2006-10-04 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA RU
06TOKYO5792	JAPAN AND RUSSIA TO RE-START FISHNG TALKS [...] (C) MOFA Russia Division Principal Deputy Director Kazuhiko Nakamura confirmed October 4 Japanese media reports that Russia and Japan will soon restart discussions on a fishing safety agreement for ships operating in waters near the disputed Northern Territories. According to Nakamura, the ta [...]	2006-10-04 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA RU
06TOKYO5812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5819	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5822	PRIME MINISTER ABE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO BEIJING AND [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo did not make a second, secret trip to Japan to arrange Prime Minister Abe's trip to Beijing, as reported in the press, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on October 5. Instead, a last-minute breakthroug [...]	2006-10-06 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP CH KN KS JA
06TOKYO5831	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-08 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5833	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-08 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5873	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5876	JAPAN'S INITITAL MEDIA RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCED DPRK [...] Summary. The public and media reaction to the DPRK's October 9 announcement of a nuclear test was universally condemnatory. Press coverage throughout the day highlighted the cool, unflappable responses of Prime Minister Abe and his aides, the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and the co [...]	2006-10-10 11:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO5884	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5902	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5903	ABE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Although Prime Minister Abe's campaign platform for addressing social disparity issues lacked detail, he has already laid significant groundwork for related government programs, according to Cabinet Office and ministry contacts. Six members of his so-called "second chance" parliamentary [...]	2006-10-11 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EINV JA
06TOKYO5913	TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...]	2006-10-12 00:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5914	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO593	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5941	JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...]	2006-10-12 10:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO5942	JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...]	2006-10-12 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO5956	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5958	TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...]	2006-10-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO5962	JAPAN'S INCOME DISPARITY: WIDENING TREND PREDATES [...] (U) Summary: The perception of an expanding income gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in Japan has become a significant political issue over the past year, with some charging that former Prime Minister Koizumi,s reforms have undermined Japan's egalitarian society. Prime Minister Abe [...]	2006-10-13 03:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
06TOKYO5988	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO599	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5998	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO6042	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06 [...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]	2006-10-17 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6056	A/S HILL REAFFIRMS FIRM U.S.-JAPAN TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an October 17 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Chris Hill, MOFA North America Director General Kawai praised U.S.-Japan cooperation on North Korea but explained that Japan,s public is unsettled by the DPRK,s missile and nuclear tests. Kawai suggested that additional U. [...]	2006-10-18 03:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNDC JA
06TOKYO6057	JAPAN ENCOURAGES TOUGH STANCE ON DPRK WITH A/S HILL [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill that the issue of maritime interdiction SIPDIS operations was generating what Sasae implied was excessive Japanese media attention. The Director General said the st [...]	2006-10-18 03:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6093	CCS SHIOZAKI PLEASED WITH ABE VISITS TO CHINA, ROK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed satisfaction that successful visits to China and the ROK had got Prime Minister Abe's administration off to a good start. Japan will play a role in implementing UN sanctions against [...]	2006-10-19 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6112	A/S HILL DISCUSSES ASIA SUMMITS AND DPRK AT DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in Tokyo October 16, MOFA DG for SIPDIS Asian Affairs Kenichiro Sasae asked the U.S. to consult closely with Japan on sanctions imposed following the recent DPRK nuclear test and requested that the U.S. take [...]	2006-10-20 04:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6125	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6160	MOFA PAINTS AZADEGAN CONTRACT CHANGE IN POSITIVE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Hideki Ito told EMIN on October 20 that Inpex's reduction in ownership of the Iranian Azadegan oil field from 75 percent to 10 percent has effectively delayed the start to the project by at least a year. [...]	2006-10-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6164	AMBASSADOR AND JDA MINISTER KYUMA DISCUSS DPRK, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Minister Fumio Kyuma emphasized Japan's commitment to working with the U.S. on North Korea and Alliance Transformation during an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Kyuma said that Japan is eager to discuss accelerated Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) [...]	2006-10-23 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO6174	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO618	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6188	ABE BUOYED BY WINS IN OCTOBER 22 BY-ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the big winner in October 22 by-elections in Osaka and Kanagawa, after LDP candidates swept both races by comfortable margins. The press is attributing the LDP win to Abe's personal popularity in the aftermath of his strong response to the DPRK nucle [...]	2006-10-24 06:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
06TOKYO6195	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO622	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6222	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6227	DEMARCHE ON FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Deputy October 25 met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Shigeo Yamada to deliver reftel message regarding broadcasting into North Korea from Japan. Yamada responded that the determination of whether Japan can permit, participate in, and/or finance such br [...]	2006-10-26 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO6229	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6241	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6250	SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS AND THE LABOR MOBILITY [...] (C) Current efforts to foster Japanese labor mobility are centered around two pieces of legislation: a new Labor Contracts Law and a revised Labor Standards Law. A key Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) advisory committee is preparing both laws for submission to the regular 2007 D [...]	2006-10-26 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO6292	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 22:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6301	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6302	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06 [...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units Â [...]	2006-10-31 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6316	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6358	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO642	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6420	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6432	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6471	ABE ON THE EVE OF APEC: STRONG, DECISIVE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has moved quickly and decisively to demonstrate strong leadership since assuming office on September 26. Perceived as pragmatic and effective, he is receiving approval ratings in the 65-75 percent range. Abe's emphasis on close ties with the United States an [...]	2006-11-09 10:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6475	THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]	2006-11-12 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6492	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6496	JAPAN STILL MULLING U.S. REQUEST RE BROADCASTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN JA
06TOKYO6497	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6542	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6576	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6578	MITSUI & CO. CONFIDENT RUSSIA WILL ALLOW SAKHALIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 27 Econoff met with Mitsui & Co. General Manager of Planning Ken Yamaguchi and General Manager of Sakhalin Development Toru Matsui to discuss Mitsui and Co.,s investments in the Russian Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project. (Note: Sakhalin 2 is owned by Sakhalin Energy, a [...]	2006-11-17 03:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO658	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6587	NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEBATE PERSISTS DESPITE OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary: Political debate over Japan's possession of nuclear weapons continues despite efforts by Prime Minister Abe to reaffirm the government's strict non-nuclear policy platform. Discussion has largely taken place in the Diet and media, with few indications that the public allergy to n [...]	2006-11-17 05:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KN JA
06TOKYO6595	RULING COALITION PUSHES EDUCATION BILL THROUGH [...] (U) The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and Komeito Party ruling coalition on Thursday pushed a controversial bill to revise the 1947 Basic Education Law through the lower house despite opposition party efforts to delay deliberations until after the November 19 Okinawa gubernatorial e [...]	2006-11-17 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA PREL
06TOKYO6597	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]	2006-11-17 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO6634	U/S BURNS NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH LDP DIET MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of ruling party Diet members expressed skepticism over North Korea's willingness to abandon its nuclear weapons program during a November 6 lunch with U/S Burns in Tokyo. Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested that the recent agreement to restart Six-Party Talks [...]	2006-11-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6638	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6650	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6661	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6690	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6695	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6710	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-26 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6730	VISIT TO JAPAN,S KASHIWAZAKI-KARIWA NUCLEAR POWER [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 15, EmbOffs visited the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station on the western coast of Japan, operated by TEPCO. Embassy staff were provided a tour of unit 6, one of two Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) onsite. In addition to a general description of the fac [...]	2006-11-27 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG JA PARM PGOV PREL
06TOKYO6731	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6736	JAPAN DEBATES COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's proposal to review constitutional interpretations that restrict the exercise of Collective Self-Defense has sparked a sharp debate within the government and ruling coalition. The focus of Abe's initiative has been on whether Japan has the authority to [...]	2006-11-27 23:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6738	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO675	CAN THE KOIZUMI GOVERNMENT MANAGE HIS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic debate in this Diet session is shaping up to be more contentious than we anticipated, due to the convergence of five issues the opposition party has exploited to criticize government handling of the economy. Some observers believe the Prime Minister has emerged with [...]	2006-02-07 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6770	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6785	RUSSIA OIL SEMINAR REVEALS DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Russian guest panelists at a November 9 seminar on Russian energy strategy in Tokyo displayed starkly different views on Moscow's energy policy. An executive of the energy company Rosneft strenuously defended the Russian government and its environmental policies, particul [...]	2006-11-30 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
06TOKYO679	ECONOMIC GOALS OF JAPAN'S 164TH DIET SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi has labeled this 150 day session the &administrative reform8 Diet to emphasize his continuing commitment toward the structural reform of Japan's economy. Important economic bills this session include an administrative reform bill -- to be submitted by the [...]	2006-02-07 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6795	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6814	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6824	TAKUMI NEMOTO AND ABE'S EVOLVING ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's initiatives to strengthen the Kantei (Prime Minister's Office) in the policy-making process have created a number of new economic players, one of the most important being Special Assistant to the Prime Minster Takumi Nemoto. There do not appear to be plans for Nemoto [...]	2006-12-04 05:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6839	LDP INTEREST IN AID TO INDIA SURPRISINGLY HIGH, [...] (SBU) After a recent lecture on trends in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers peppered Takushoku University President Toshio Watanabe with questions about how to use aid to turn India into a counterweight to China, Watanabe told Econoff in a Novembe [...]	2006-12-04 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON JA PGOV IN
06TOKYO6842	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6858	CCS SHIOZAKI-DUSD LAWLESS ON DPRI IMPLEMENTATION, [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6877	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 00:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6896	AGREEMENT REACHED ON GSOMIA TEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Japanese negotiators reached substantial agreement November 29 on the text of a General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA),which will set uniform rules across the Japanese government for handling U.S.-origin classified military information. The GSOMIA [...]	2006-12-07 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6897	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6909	FORMER LDP OFFICIALS ADMITS LIE ABOUT KOIZUMI DPRK [...] (U) The December 8 edition of Tokyo Shimbun reported that former LDP vice president Taku Yamasaki has admitted that he lied when he told reporters that former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi had expressed a willingness to make a third trip to North Korea. On December 7, Japanese-language news [...]	2006-12-08 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO691	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6927	JAPAN-TERRORIST LISTS [...] (C//NF) Japan uses at least five lists to track terrorists and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nation Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs). These two lists are shared across the Japanese government, are available to the public, and are updated on an as-need basis. Th [...]	2006-12-11 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KHLS PGOV PROG JA
06TOKYO693	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6940	TOKYO DENIES REQUEST FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM [...] (U) In response to reftel, on December 8, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara notified Embassy Political Officer that Tokyo officials would not authorize foreign (i.e. U.S.) radio broadcasts to North Korea from Japanese territory. [...]	2006-12-12 05:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	BBG PHUM PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6941	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6943	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6954	AMBASSADOR AND CCS SHIOZAKI ON NORTH KOREA, CHINA, [...] (S) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki outlined Japanese expectations for the upcoming Six-Party Talks during a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on December 11. Shiozaki welcomed the resumption of talks in Beijing, but said Japan is not particularly optimistic about it [...]	2006-12-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KN CH JA
06TOKYO6979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 03:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO698	FM ASO CHINA COMMENTS: ADVERTISEMENTS FOR HIMSELF? [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts among Japan's China watchers believe FM Aso's recent provocative comments on Japan-China relations are a calculated effort by the Foreign Minister to boost his standing in the race for the LDP presidency. Without making such controversial statements, Aso would have [...]	2006-02-08 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
06TOKYO6994	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...]	2006-12-15 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR
06TOKYO7000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7002	JAPAN: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR--PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan uses at least five immigration and watchlist databases to track terrorist and terrorist entities. Two lists are based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions and one is based on Japan's Foreign Exchange Law. These three lists are available to the public and are [...]	2006-12-15 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN KHLS PROG PGOV KS TH TW JA
06TOKYO7027	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7028	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7042	JDA UPGRADE, FORM OVER SUBSTANCE? [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Diet passed a set of bills to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to full ministry status. The package of legislation also includes a revision to the Self Defense Forces Law that lists international peacekeeping, rear area support for U.S. forces, Non-comba [...]	2006-12-18 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7051	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7064	TOP ADVISOR PUSHES "LABOR BIG BANG" FOR GROWTH [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe supports a "labor big bang" as a pillar of the administration's new growth strategy, Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) private sector member Naohiro Yashiro told Embassy officials. Yashiro judges Japan's labor market structures to be out of step with the wo [...]	2006-12-20 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV EINV JA
06TOKYO7075	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 02:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7084	ABE'S SHORT HONEYMOON [...] Summary (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japanese voters has come to a quick end. Abe's popularity in polls surged above 70 percent when he visited Beijing and Seoul to better relations with Japan's neighbors and the DPRK exploded a nuclear device. However, his popularity began [...]	2006-12-21 04:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO7096	DIET SESSION A SUCCESS FOR ABE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has succeeded in gaining passage of most of his key legislative proposals in the extraordinary Diet session that ended on December 19, gaining sound marks for achievement. He has been aided by high popularity ratings throughout most of the legislative term, a [...]	2006-12-21 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV MARR JA
06TOKYO7097	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...]	2006-12-21 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA
06TOKYO7098	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7099	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES CHINESE AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, on the margins of a U.S.-Japan Dialogue on Central Asia, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum assessed the challenges presented by Russian and Chinese policies in the region with MOFA European Affairs Bureau Russia Division Director Kuninori Matsuda. Feigenbaum stressed that a [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO711	JAPAN'S UNSC REFORM EFFORT LOOSING STEAM? [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Option C plan "did not fly" with its G3 partners, MOFA's UN Policy Division Director Aikawa told PolOffs February 7. Aikawa did not know how much longer Japan could "paper over" its differences with the G3. Implying that UN Security Council reform may be loosing steam do [...]	2006-02-08 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC XA JA
06TOKYO7111	MITSUI VIEWS POSITIVELY THE TRANSFER OF SAKHALIN 2 [...] (SBU) Mitsui & Co., one of two Japanese shareholders in Russia's problem-plagued Sakhalin 2 project, continues to insist that the now concluded deal to transfer a majority share in the project to Russia's Gazprom is a positive move (reftels). Mitsui & Co. Energy Business Unit's Planning Dep [...]	2006-12-22 04:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON JA RU
06TOKYO7113	MITSUI VIEWS POSITIVELY THE [...] (SBU) Mitsui & Co., one of two Japanese shareholders in Russia's problem-plagued Sakhalin 2 project, continues to insist that the now concluded deal to transfer a majority share in the project to Russia's Gazprom is a positive move (reftels). Mitsui & Co. Energy Business Unit's Planning Dep [...]	2006-12-22 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON JA RU
06TOKYO7115	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7123	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO713	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7130	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7132	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN HALTING UNDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 26 meeting with Charge, MOFA Director-General for Global Affairs Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka asked the United States to support its effort to suspend UNDP activities in the DPRK. Tsuruoka cited two reasons for this step: the DPRK's failure to accept UNSCR 1718, and the [...]	2006-12-26 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EAID KFPC KWBG KNNP KUNR PGOV JA UNDP
06TOKYO7133	JAPAN SEEKS UN OCHA POST [...] (SBU) MOFA Deputy Vice Minister Kojiro Shiojiri contacted Charge December 26 to request U.S. support for MOFA Director-General for Global Issues Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka's bid to become UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA). Japan believe [...]	2006-12-26 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN JA

06TOKYO7136	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/06 [...]The Yushukan museum will replace seven panels headlined "Russo-Japanese War to Manchurian Incident," "Manchurian History," TOKYO 00007136 005 OF 009 "China Incident," "Hitler," Stalin," Roosevelt," and "Japan-US negotiations." One of the seven panels is about the outbreak of Japan- [...]	2006-12-27 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7163	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7164	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART TWO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials continued their full-day U.S.-Japan consultations on Central Asia with interagency meetings on foreign assistance and project finance. MOFA International Coop [...]	2006-12-28 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7166	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART THREE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry's (METI) Trade Policy Bureau Central Asia division head and a Japanese trading company researcher met separately with SCA/DAS Evan Feigenbaum on December 8 to discuss the difficult business and political climate in Central Asia. Politi [...]	2006-12-28 02:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7174	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7177	JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON INVITATION TO ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PGOV PTER ARF JA
06TOKYO7178	DEFMIN KYUMA EXPLORES REVISIONS TO FRF PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) officials are publicly denying media reports that JDA is considering altering construction plans for the Futenma MCAS Replacement Facility (FRF). Privately, Japanese officials acknowledge that Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma has engaged with Okinawan Gover [...]	2006-12-28 10:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV JA
06TOKYO7179	ABE FACES YET ANOTHER CABINET SCANDAL AND [...] (C) For the second time in two weeks, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to accept the resignation of a cabinet official forced to step down because of a scandal. Administrative Reform Minister Genichiro Sata resigned on December 26 in response to allegations that his political organization s [...]	2006-12-28 19:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO7188	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7193	ROK FM SONG'S TOKYO VISIT: A REAL "ICEBREAKER" [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and ROK Embassy contacts describe ROK FM Song,s December 26-27 Tokyo visit as &successful8 and &a real icebreaker.8 Song moved to establish a personal relationship with PM Abe and conducted a &heart-to-heart dialogue8 with FM Aso. On bilateral issues, Song asked Japan to: [...]	2006-12-29 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KS KN
06TOKYO727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO730	DFAA SCANDAL TO SNARE DIET MEMBERS, SAY INSIDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several Diet Members are implicated and they or their key aides will soon be arrested as part of the ongoing bid-rigging scandal involving Japan's Defense Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA) construction contracts, according to DFAA and Diet insiders. Former Defense Minister [...]	2006-02-09 09:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 02:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO77	GOJ REACTIONS ON DOHA ROUND AFTER HONG KONG [...] (U) WTO member states obtained about as much as they could under the circumstances at the Hong Kong Ministerial, according to Japanese officials from several ministries at a symposium hosted by Aoyama Gakuin University's WTO Research Center. The Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's [...]	2006-01-06 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO777	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO795	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-1 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO796	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO805	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06 [...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe Â [...]	2006-02-15 04:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO820	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO822	CHINA WATCHERS PIN HOPES FOR IMPROVED JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) Summary: No improvement in Japan's relations with China should be expected during Koizumi's remaining seven months in office, according to Diet members and academic China specialists contacted by Embassy Tokyo. Citing domestic political difficulties in both countries, our interlocutors [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH JA
06TOKYO823	ABE AND ASO SAY CLASS-A WAR CRIMINALS NOT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders grilled Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe and Foreign Minister Aso in the Diet on February 14, regarding World War II and the War Crimes Tribunal. Although both Abe and Aso acknowledged the official line that the war was an act of ag [...]	2006-02-15 09:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO827	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO851	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO864	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/06 [...] Perception of the war 2. Tokyo Trials/war criminals 3. War responsibility TOKYO 00000864 008 OF 013 Abe Â [...]	2006-02-17 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO882	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO904	JAPANESE BUSINESS SEEKS INDEPENDENT CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Confidence in the Japanese Government's capacity to analyze and to interpret events in China is waning among Japan's business community, according to some Japanese and expatriate Chinese researchers and academics. The anti-Japanese demonstrations of spring 2005 also alerted Jap [...]	2006-02-21 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PREL JA CH
06TOKYO907	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06 [...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...]	2006-02-21 23:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO908	CONSULTATIONS ON BURMA WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: In February 15 meetings on Burma with a visiting DOS delegation, Japanese officials said Japan: -- shares U.S. values and objectives in Burma and is sending the regime a similar message; -- has significantly reduced its level of economic assistance to the point that little [...]	2006-02-22 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON UNSC BM CH JA
06TOKYO911	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 02:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO923	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/06 [...] Promote a strategy for growth in the Japanese economy, including the conclusion of a Japan-China economic partnership agreement 2. Urge China to become a democratic nation slowly by 2030 by expanding its middle class. Japan will share its experience with China. 3. Establish a trouble- [...]	2006-02-22 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO925	JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS: STRONG EMOTIONS WON'T SHAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging bad relations at the top caused in large part by PM Koizumi's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, political, academic and diplomatic experts on ROK-Japan relations contacted in the run-up to Shimane Prefecture's February 22 "commemoration" of Takeshima [...]	2006-02-22 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA KS
06TOKYO929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 02:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO957	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO968	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TORONTO1144	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: ONTARIO'S STAND [...] (SBU) Summary: While major Canadian softwood industry officials are pushing the Harper government to return to the negotiating table, Ontario forestry association representatives are concerned that a negotiated settlement will prove elusive. At the same time, the Ontario government struggles [...]	2006-04-07 10:55:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV CA
06TORONTO2912	ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS FRUSTRATED WITH WHTI [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) expressed concern to conoff and poloff on December 1 about how implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at the land border would affect the ability of Canadian First Nations members [...]	2006-12-11 14:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIA PBTS CA
06TRIPOLI197	QADHAFI SONS SQUABBLE OVER COCA COLA [...] (C) Summary: A lengthy standoff between the franchise-holder for Coca Cola-Libya, Ka'Mur Bottling Company-U.K., and two of Mu'ammar Qadhafi's sons, Mu'tassim and Mohammed, appears to have stabilized in the wake of a compromise agreement. The problem became public on December 28, 2005 as se [...]	2006-05-10 08:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI198	QADHAFI INCORPORATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...]	2006-05-10 09:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI358	LIBYAN PROSPECTS FOR BANKING PRIVITIZATION - TOUGH ROAD [...] (C) Embassy has spent several months developing a working relationship with a Libyan banker who returned to Tripoli six months ago to manage the office of a correspondent bank. As a representative office, he chases large business deals and then books the loans in London. He was educated and [...]	2006-07-23 08:52:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI363	LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...]	2006-07-26 10:38:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI378	LIBYA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY-JUNE/JULY, 2006 [...] (SBU) Repsol said it will increase its production in Libya by 66%, reaching 415,000 barrels per day by 2010. Following the discovery of 21 wells in the last three years, Repsol's reserves in Libya will increase an estimated 10% over the next five years. Repsol, currently the biggest foreign co [...]	2006-07-31 14:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON LY PGOV
06TRIPOLI453	CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...]	2006-08-31 15:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI454	SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...]	2006-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI472	LIBYAN SCIENTISTS DETAIL PRIORITIES FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) Scientists working at the National Bureau for Research and Development, linked to the General People's Committee for Manpower, Training and Employment (GPCMET) headed by Matouq Matouq have used a number of recent meetings to detail the types of projects that they hoped would result fro [...]	2006-09-06 17:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG ETTC PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI497	POSSIBLE INCIDENT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, 2006, an unknown group of individuals threw stones at buses holding transporting the diplomatic corps to Libyan National Day celebrations in Beida, (eastern) Libya. 2. (C) September 1 is celebrated as National Day or Revolution Day. It commemorates Colonel [...]	2006-09-14 13:00:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI527	LIBYA: UN RESREP ASSESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Julio Grieco told poloff September 17 that there were opportunities for the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to expand on activities already underway in Libya that focus on education, financial sector refo [...]	2006-09-20 11:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI568	LIBYAN VIEWS ON REGIONAL AFRICA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Ali Treki, Under Secretary of African Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (de facto MFA),called in Charge on October 1 for a discussion of regional African issues. Treki said that Foreign Minister Shalgam instructed him to reach out [...]	2006-10-03 15:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV KDEM SU SO LY
06TRIPOLI647	WAGE AND PENSION REFORM UNFOLDING IN LIBYA'S OWN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: The GOL sent mixed signals in recent months on wage and pension reform, raising expectations for a thaw in a long-standing freeze on government salaries and a substantial augmentation to state-provided pensions. These are hot-button issues in Libya, where the minimum monthly gove [...]	2006-11-10 16:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI671	LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]	2006-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TUNIS10	TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]	2006-01-03 13:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1081	REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANCING WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. (NOTE: It is not yet clear if this proposal will apply to all women in the work force or only nursing mothers. END NOTE. [...]	2006-05-08 11:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1099	BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1155	UNION REPORTS INCREASING GOT HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 10 meeting, (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Trabelsi told Laboff the UGTT SIPDIS continues to face GOT interference in its activities. Trabelsi said a senior GOT official (NFI) recently warned UGTT leadership, "if you interfere in our issues, we will in [...]	2006-05-15 11:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS1157	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]	2006-05-15 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1204	BAR ASSOCIATION LEADS LAWYERS IN SIT-IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tunisian Bar Association has led a sit-in, now on its eighth day, in protest of a new law creating a training institute for lawyers which the Bar Association alleges will effectively give control of who enters the Bar to the GOT. There has been a heavy police presence surro [...]	2006-05-19 14:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1239	REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANTAGE OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 2006, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. According to press reports, the draft law will apply to women working in the public sector with children under si [...]	2006-05-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1253	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]	2006-05-25 09:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1254	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN [...] (U) May 19, 2006; 10:00 A.M.; CARTHAGE, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson TUNISIA ------- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic Ossama Romdh [...]	2006-05-25 09:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS1255	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ROUND TABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL [...] (U) MAY 18, 2006; 2:15 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D Senior Advisor Brennan Gilmore, Hu [...]	2006-05-25 09:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1277	TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ TS
06TUNIS1305	JEWISH PILGRIMAGE TO DJERBA: A TUNISIAN SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 3,500 Jewish pilgrims, including reportedly 500 Israeli citizens, descended on the Tunisian island of Djerba for the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue on May 15-16, coinciding with the Jewish holiday Lag B'Omer. The pilgrimage took place with no reported prob [...]	2006-05-30 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS1308	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE CONGRESS VIOLENTLY [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian security forces violently blocked a national congress of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on May 27. On the eve of the Congress, post and other western diplomatic missions received telephone calls from the MFA and Note Verbales recommending that for safety concern [...]	2006-05-30 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1341	TUNISIAN VIEWS ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) On June 1, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S. statement on Iran as well as the English and Arabic texts of the Secretary's statement to Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah. Ambassador stressed our desire for Tunisia to issue a public statement supporting our move, GOT en [...]	2006-06-02 09:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1343	ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]	2006-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1355	TUNISIAN STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 12:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1402	SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]	2006-06-08 11:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1425	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE QUAGMIRE CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with individuals involved in the current Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) crisis (Ref C) indicate GOT repression of the group's activities is likely to continue indefinitely. Despite recent EU efforts to engage the GOT (Ref B),there is no sign the LTDH's di [...]	2006-06-12 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1428	GOT ISLAMIC CREDENTIALS UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of allegations and rumors that the GOT is violating basic Islamic principles have spread throughout Tunisia this spring, forcing the government to take aggressive action to prove its Islamic bona fides. In June, a human rights group alleged that prison officials had dese [...]	2006-06-12 12:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	SOCI KDEM PGOV PTER TS
06TUNIS1565	EU PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LACK OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A June 15 resolution by the European Parliament noted continuing concern about the human rights situation in Tunisia in light of the Euro-Mediterannean Agreement and numerous discussions tying a strong EU-Tunisia relationship to the promotion of human rights and democracy. Eur [...]	2006-06-22 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1622	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART I: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS? [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1630	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1641	MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS1642	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1650	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]	2006-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1658	SAMIA ABBOU: GOT PRESSURE LESS SINCE GANZOUI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, Samia Abbou, wife of jailed lawyer/writer Mohamed Abbou, told Poloff that GOT harassment of her and her family had diminished following the removal of Mohamed Ali Ganzoui as Interior Ministry Secretary of State of National Security on June 5. However, she c [...]	2006-07-03 13:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1672	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS1673	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1674	ARAB SECURITY OFFICIALS DISCUSS PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports, during a recent preparatory meeting for an upcoming Arab Interior Ministers meeting, Arab prison, judicial and security officials discussed plans to increase prison privatization. The discussions covered the full or partial participation of the private [...]	2006-07-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1676	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]	2006-07-05 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1702	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]	2006-07-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS1776	RESHUFFLE OF GOVERNORS [...] (U) In a routine reshuffle announced in all daily newspapers on July 10, six governors moved from one governorate to another, two were appointed for the first time, and one, Ali Ksiki, was "called to other (unspecified) duties." Governorship changes were as follows: Name Former [...]	2006-07-14 06:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1835	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF [...] (S) On 17 July 2006, Ambassador met with the Tunisian Minister of Interior Bel Haj Kacem in his office for a 30 minute farewell call. The meeting was also attended by the MOI's Deputy to the Special Assistant on International Relations and COS and was cordial in nature. 2. (S) Ambassador r [...]	2006-07-19 12:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1851	PARTING THOUGHT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON MEPI [...] (C/NF) I would like to share what I hope will be some impressions on the MEPI program in the hope that they might be useful to others as this program evolves. Since my arrival at post, our number one MPP priority has been support for greater democracy and human rights in Tunisia, and our post [...]	2006-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS1922	ANATOMY OF THE MOST POPULAR TUNISIAN NEWSPAPER: [...] (S) Summary: With a circulation of 80,000, Ash Shourouq is Tunisia,s most widely read, most anti-American, and most irresponsible Arabic language daily newspaper. Nominally private, Ash Shourouq receives direct editorial input from GOT officials in both the presidential palace and the MFA. [...]	2006-07-28 13:16:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1924	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON AND [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of the current Lebanon/Israel/Gaza crisis, the GOT has stood firmly in support of its "Palestinian and Lebanese brothers", releasing statements of support, sponsoring press articles critical of Israel, and in demonstration-free Tunisia, sanctioning and partici [...]	2006-07-28 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1939	TFLE01: GOT DECLARES THREE DAYS OF MOURNING OVER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 11:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TS KPAO PREL PGOV
06TUNIS1943	TFLE01: LEBANESE PARLIAMENT LEADER HARIRI VISITS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 13:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS1988	TFLE01: SITREP ON TUNISIAN SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) Summary. Media reports and anecdotal information from the past week suggest that Tunisians increasingly are viewing Hizballah as the underdog freedom fighter successfully standing up against the Israeli bully. The Qana attack stoked a round of news-driven anger against Israel. U.S. supp [...]	2006-08-04 14:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS2026	ABBAS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] On August 9, all Tunisian newspapers carried an official GOT press agency report of a meeting between visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisian President Ben Ali. Abbas visited Tunisia August 7 - 8. According to the report, the two discussed the situation in the Palestinian t [...]	2006-08-09 13:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS2084	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...]	2006-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS
06TUNIS2141	A GROWING TUNISIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TREADS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: In recent interviews with Poloff, Tunisian and expatriate Christian leaders and Tunisian Christian converts described a steadily growing Tunisian Christian movement, in spite of prevalent social stigmas associated with Christianity. Through Christian TV and radio, mission [...]	2006-08-18 11:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2144	TUNISIANS PROUD OF "ISRAELI DEFEAT", BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: With the passage of UNSCR 1701 and the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, the tense mood amongst many Tunisians, palpable during the active fighting, has largely abated. Tunisian newspapers proclaimed victory for Hizballah, and editorials spoke of the hope "the Hizb [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM TS
06TUNIS2155	MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...]	2006-08-21 08:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2237	IS PRESIDENT BEN ALI CLINICALLY DEPRESSED? [...] (S/NF) The state of President Ben Ali,s health has long been a topic of conversation in Tunisia, both among diplomats and in society at large. Reftels reported on President Ben Ali's reported prostate cancer, for which he has sought treatment in Germany and Italy, along with the potential pol [...]	2006-08-29 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR TN
06TUNIS224	MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER COMPLAINS OF GOT ABUSE, [...] (C) Summary: The Committee of 18 October, an alliance of disparate opposition political groups and activists which grew out of the Movement of 18 October hunger strike (ref a),reported that plainclothes police "violently" blocked a committee meeting in Tunis on January 24. The following day, [...]	2006-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS2298	AN-NAHDHA LEADER JEBALI: MODERATE ISLAMISM IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an August 30 meeting, Hamadi Jebali, a former leader of the unauthorized Tunisian Islamist political party An-Nahdha, described the party's political views, continued GOT oppression, his recent release from prison, and defended "moderate Islamism" as the political future of [...]	2006-09-06 12:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TS
06TUNIS2299	LAW ADOPTED ON REDUCED HOURS FOR WOMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies adopted a law that will allow some female employees to work part-time while still receiving two-thirds of their original salary. While the GOT states the law was motivated by a desire to allow Tunisians to balance family and professiona [...]	2006-09-06 14:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI TS

06TUNIS2321	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]	2006-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2408	TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE; [...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]	2006-09-20 13:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS252	BEN ALI'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador, along with the entire resident and non-resident Diplomatic Corps, was invited to present New Year's greetings to President Ben Ali. In addition to personally greeting all ambassadors, Ben Ali delivered a speech outlining GOT political priorities. The [...]	2006-02-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PINR TS
06TUNIS2539	TUNISIAN EXPATS MAKE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE HOME [...] (U) Summary: Each summer thousands of Tunisian expatriates return on ferry boats from Europe to visit family, attend weddings, and spend their vacations. The ferry returnees are largely working class Tunisians, who moved to Europe in search of employment and a chance to improve their social s [...]	2006-10-12 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB SMIG LY TS
06TUNIS2586	TUNISIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. EMBASSY ACTIVITIES: [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Foreign Minister Abdallah's Chef de Cabinet, recent charges of GOT interference in Embassy activities were either baseless fabrications or the result of a misinterpretation of events by Post. Alternating between feigning shock, surprise, anger, and hurt, Atallah [...]	2006-10-17 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2639	TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]	2006-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2661	MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER: WEAK, DIVIDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Movement of 18 October, a disparate group of opposition political leaders and activists promoting freedom of expression, association, and amnesty for political prisoners, recently marked its one year anniversary. While movement leaders claim the group has sent a strong message [...]	2006-10-31 11:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2679	WOMENS' "NGO": LESS HIJAB, MORE BEN ALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent meeting of a major pro-GOT Tunisian women's NGO to discuss Tunisian values turned into a rally in support of Ben Ali and his policies. While ostensibly a meeting in support of secular and moderate values, the October 27 event organized by the National Union of the Tunisi [...]	2006-11-01 09:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2688	EMBASSY OFFICERS BLOCKED, AGAIN, FROM MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 27, EMBASSY OFFICERS TRIED FOR A SECOND TIME TO MEET WITH THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE (LTDH). THREE WEEKS EARLIER, POLICE HAD BLOCKED SUCH A MEETING, AND IN FOLLOW-ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOT, NO VALID REASON HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR THE PROHIBITIO [...]	2006-11-01 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2693	PRODI VISIT REINFORCES ITALY-TUNISIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Tunis on October 30 for meetings with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. According to Italian embassy contacts, Prodi's visit is part of a regional tour that includes Rabat and Algiers. While focusing on bilateral cooperation, [...]	2006-11-02 12:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2743	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...]	2006-11-09 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2744	BEN ALI CELEBRATES 19 YEARS IN POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 7, Tunisian President Ben Ali celebrated the nineteenth anniversary of his assumption of power with a speech that highlighted his accomplishments and offered a few minor policy proposals. Typically, the speech focused on economic achievements and proposals. Although [...]	2006-11-13 06:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2752	BEN ALI 2009: THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately on the heels of the nineteenth anniversary of Ben Ali's rule on November 7th, his campaign for the 2009 elections appears to have began. RCD regional entities and senior GOT officials supported the RCD-controlled Chamber of Advisors' November 9th call for Ben Ali to r [...]	2006-11-14 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2786	BEN ALI IN PUBLIC: OLD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY OVER [...] (S/NF) Despite ongoing rumors that he is seriously ill (reftel),President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali presided over the opening of a major local event on November 21 and delivered a lengthy speech. Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Associ [...]	2006-11-21 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TS
06TUNIS2787	TUNISIA: NO AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND LEBANON'S [...] (C) On November 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche encouraging Tunisia not to attend the Lebanese National Day Reception hosted by President Lahoud on November 22 to Saida Chtioui, MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia. Chtioui said that Tunisia has not had an ambassador in Le [...]	2006-11-21 16:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS2797	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 07:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI PGOV TS
06TUNIS2798	BEN ALI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICIES TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 21, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Association for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and delivered a speech announcing some new economic and commercial policies. Designed to [...]	2006-11-24 07:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD TS
06TUNIS2801	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]	2006-11-24 09:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2802	VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN [...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]	2006-11-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2814	GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]	2006-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS2823	BEN ALI STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (SBU) On November 28, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali issued a statement calling on the international community to protect the Palestinian people. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29),Ben Ali reinforced Tunisia's traditional suppo [...]	2006-11-30 07:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS2826	GOT PREVENTS LEGAL OPPOSITION PARTY FROM [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) attempted to register a new newspaper on November 16, but were denied the necessary receipt from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) that would allow the would-be publishers to begin the process of au [...]	2006-11-30 14:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2856	AFTER INITIAL REFUSAL, GOT AUTHORIZES NEW [...] (C) Only weeks after refusing legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) leadership the necessary paperwork to begin the process of authorization to publish a newspaper (Ref A),the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reversed its position and approved publication, party [...]	2006-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM TS
06TUNIS2887	WITHER LABOR INDEPENDENCE? THE UGTT ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Tunisia's single labor confederation enters the final days before its December 14-16 congress to elect new leadership, labor activists continue to express their concerns that the results will indicate continued GOT influence over key officials. The General Union of Tunisian W [...]	2006-12-13 07:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2949	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MOUNTING, IN SPITE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE GOT CELEBRATED HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 10TH WITH THE USUAL SPEECHES ABOUT TUNISIA'S RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WITH NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANWHILE, HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, OPPOSITION PARTY ACTIVISTS [...]	2006-12-20 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2973	SHOOT OUT LEADS TO SECURITY CLAMP DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In what may be a first in Tunisia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced on December 24 that a gun battle had occurred on the night of December 23 between the Tunisian police and armed individuals in a southern suburb of Tunis. With further details vague, the subsequent increa [...]	2006-12-28 13:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV TS
06TUNIS299	TUNISIAN UNION COMPLAINS OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting with Laboff on other topics, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General for International Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi criticized the GOT for restricting press coverage of the UGTT's 60th anniversary celebrations in January. Trabels [...]	2006-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS344	ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...]	2006-02-16 08:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV TS
06TUNIS387	ANOTHER 18 OCTOBER MEETING BLOCKED [...] (C) Summary: GOT security forces prevented a majority of members of the 18 October Committee (18OC) from attending a press conference held by the group on February 21. Although there were reports that excessive violence was used, Poloff witnessed the opposite: deliberate restraint by police [...]	2006-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS388	TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON GOT [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Poloffs met with senior officials of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have at times been outspoken critic [...]	2006-02-22 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS392	ARAB MAGHREB UNION LABOR OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] SUMMARY. (C) During a February 17 meeting, officials of the Labor Union of Arab Maghreb Workers (USTMA),the labor entity of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),expressed pessimism about the AMU's ability to revitalize itself. Officials said the recent appointment of a former Tunisian foreign minist [...]	2006-02-23 10:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS423	NIH DIRECTOR ZERHOUNI ASSESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] SUMMARY. National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni accompanied by a multi-disciplinary team, visited Tunis January 19-21 to understand research priorities and related GOT commitment. The team was impressed with the state of care and research in Tunisia; found the involve [...]	2006-02-27 15:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TBIO KPAO SOCI NIH OVIP MEPI
06TUNIS425	GOT RELEASES MORE THAN 1600 PRISONERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, all daily newspapers carried an official GOT press release stating that President Ben Ali freed 1,298 prisoners and granted "conditional freedom" to 359 others. Notable among those released were approximately 70 members of banned Tunisian Islamist party an-Nahdha, [...]	2006-02-27 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS435	TUNISIA CONSIDERS NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of Tunisia's ongoing energy challenges, the Tunisian press reported in mid-February that the GOT is studying the possible development of nuclear, and other alternative, power to meet its domestic energy needs to combat the challenge of rising oil prices. MFA contacts str [...]	2006-02-28 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS480	GOT REACTION TO PRISONER RELEASE STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, MFA Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs Saida Chtioui summoned Charg to present a formal GOT reaction to the Department statement on the February 25 release of over 1600 Tunisian prisoners. Chtioui expressed the GOT's "surprise" that the Spokesman had ref [...]	2006-03-03 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
06TUNIS501	LTDH TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS STRICT GOT CONTROLS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 25 court appearance of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which resulted in an administrative postponement, provided rare insight into the extent to which GOT security forces can prevent civil society from operating. While foreign diplomats were allowed entry a [...]	2006-03-06 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS55	SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST? [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]	2006-01-09 15:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS584	NEW POLITICAL PARTY AUTHORIZED IN TUNISIA; CRITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, Tunisian authorities authorized the establishment of the "Green Party for Progress" (French acronym is PVP),the first new political party created since 2002. Although President Ben Ali recently said new parties would be registered (reftel),the rapid approval of a [...]	2006-03-14 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS622	SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS' COMMENTS TARGET USG AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent speeches by senior GOT officials have directly addressed domestic reform initiatives of (while not mentioning by name) USG, as well as other foreign entities and domestic activists. Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of Social Affairs Ali Chao [...]	2006-03-16 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS646	A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH: ISLAMISM, TUNISIA REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with A/S Welch, FM Abdelwahab Abdallah discussed the "dangers of political Islam", claiming there is no such thing as moderate Islamists and accusing the West of having "insufficient knowledge of Islam," and being misled by the "double-speak of Islamists" who [...]	2006-03-21 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM TS
06TUNIS647	A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]	2006-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS666	BEN ALI'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali delivered a major speech that outlined Tunisia's achievements and set clear and lofty goals for economic achievement in the next ten years. In addition to several new tax proposals, Ben Ali [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS667	INDEPENDENCE DAY PASSES LARGELY UNNOTICED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Tunisia's fiftieth anniversary of independence from French rule was marked by official events and speeches (reftel),few Tunisians seemed to take particular pride in the event. The country was festively decorated, but the public was largely uninvolved in celebrations. A [...]	2006-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS669	REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...]	2006-03-22 12:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS670	ISLAMISTS IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent roundtable with Tunisian intellectuals and civil society activists, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Islamists in Tunisia. (NOTE: In this discussion, Islamists were defined as Islamic political activists. END NOTE.) While noting that di [...]	2006-03-22 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS730	ABBOU UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: After a year in prison, Mohamed Abbou, jailed after posting two Internet articles critical of the GOT, President Ben Ali and his family, continues to receive attention and support from local and international human rights groups. The Tunisian Human Rights League head calls Abbou [...]	2006-03-28 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS750	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This quarter was marked by significant USG engagement of the GOT, including visits by SecDef Rumsfeld and NEA A/S Welch. The GOT took some positive steps towards increased political reform, including pardoning approximately eighty prisoners described as political prisoners by hum [...]	2006-03-30 08:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS816	HOW THE GOT INTIMIDATES CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) INTRO: Tunisian officials adhere closely to President Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia is making great advances towards becoming a modern, democratic state (Ref C),but it is no secret that authorities continue to monitor, intimidate, and SIPDIS seek to discredit civil society activists of a [...]	2006-04-06 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS872	TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 13:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF TS
06TUNIS873	TUNISIA'S SECOND CHAMBER: UPDATE AND OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Advisors, Tunisia's second parliamentary body, was created during a 2002 constitutional change and began work in August 2005. The Chamber's 112 members from across the country are responsible for reviewing all draft legislation, in cooperation with Tunisia's existin [...]	2006-04-13 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS881	THE "PEOPLE'S CAR" PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the fundamental components of President Ben Ali's national agenda is the so-called "People's Car" program, established in 1996. Designed to support the ability of Tunisians to buy cars, the program supplies a set number of small family cars at reduced prices. Given high T [...]	2006-04-14 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI TS
06ULAANBAATAR134	UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES AFFECTING US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. Summary. Potential American investment into the wireless telephony business in Mongolia, based on a recent case, turned soursouth, when the Mongolian government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications unilaterally cancelled an operating license in apparent violat [...]	2006-02-24 07:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR137	Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...]	2006-02-26 23:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR
06ULAANBAATAR148	Democratic Party, MPRP Consider Top Party Job [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, both the Democratic Party (DP) and MPRP made decisions on key party jobs. The MPRP chose Party Secretary Yo. Otgonbayar as the new MPRP party chief for the capital. With one third of the total party membership, the Ulaanbaatar post has high visibility, and may [...]	2006-03-01 05:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR261	PROTESTS AGAINST MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT GROW [...] ( U ) SUMMARY: Protests organized by a loose coalition of five local Mongolian groups have escalated slightly in the past few days but remain peaceful; business is conducted as usual in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. The protest groups are continuing to demand respectively the resignation [...]	2006-04-12 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR275	MPRP DENIES PRESS CLAIM THAT IT BLAMES THE [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: The April 14 front page lead article for Odrin Sonin, a major Mongolian daily under Democratic party ownership, quoted Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) officials as stating that the MPRP believed the most truthful rumors circulating held the U.S. Embassy respons [...]	2006-04-17 03:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR320	Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith [...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...]	2006-04-26 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR38	New PM Nomination Delayed [...] (U) It now appears that the State Great Hural (SGH) will consider the nomination of the new Prime Minister later this week. The SGH normally holds plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. The Fall session of the SGH is now slated to recess after the Friday, January 27 session, and next sit [...]	2006-01-23 09:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR380	FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING [...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...]	2006-05-16 07:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA
06ULAANBAATAR382	Minister Claims U.S. Paid MP Bribes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the last week, Minister of Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan appears to have made claims to different audiences (including the Cabinet and foreign mining company representatives) that USAID had paid several hundred thousand dollars to an MP for anti-corruption e [...]	2006-05-17 07:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PINR MG US
06ULAANBAATAR43	Enkhbold Confirmed as Prime Minister [...] On the morning of January 25, Mongolia's Parliament voted 57-10 to confirm M. Enkhbold as Mongolia's new Prime Minister. Ambassador subsequently sent a letter to Enkhbold congratulating him on his confirmation, and stating the U.S. hope to work with the new government. According to Democrati [...]	2006-01-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR454	Genghis Khan Makes A Comeback [...] Earlier this week, Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) replaced the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The MPRP, the social democratic descendant of the Communist Party which ruled Mongolia for nearly seven decades, is the dominant party in the coalition government formed in January. [...]	2006-06-14 06:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR461	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]	2006-06-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR462	Tense StandoffOne Dead in Protest at Anti-Foreign Mine Protest [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 22:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV MG EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR463	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 22:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR469	Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...]	2006-06-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG
06ULAANBAATAR499	MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...]	2006-06-29 01:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR525	Scenesetter for Presidential Delegation [...] We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. The presence of a presidential delegation at the 800th anniversary celebrations continues a stellar 2005-6 year for high-level USG visits to Mongolia -- starting off with Peace Corps Director Vasquez last July, Speaker Has [...]	2006-07-10 06:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR537	Mongolia's Parliament Passes Tax, Anti-Money- [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the July 11-14 Naadam national day holiday, the State Great Hural (SGH - Parliament) passed three major pieces of legislation: an anti- corruption law; an anti-money laundering law; and amendments to the minerals law. The bills culminated a busy spring session for the legi [...]	2006-07-17 07:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EMIN EINV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR572	Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...]	2006-07-27 23:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR578	Mining Conflict Leads to One Death and Forcible Removal of [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 27, police forcibly removed approximately 8000 artisal, or "ninja," miners from a gold mining area 100 miles northwest of Ulaanbaatar. The removal followed two weeks of sporadic clashes with looting ninjas, including one on July 12 in which one person attacking the com [...]	2006-07-29 06:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR588	Crowd of Thousands in Central Square Demands "Change" [...] Over the past few months, Ulaanbaatar's central Sukhbaatar Square has been home to dozens of demonstrations for a variety of causes. The target of the protesters, Government House, is conveniently located just north of the Square. Demonstrators have demanded the resignation of the government [...]	2006-08-03 07:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR591	IMF PUTS NEW PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS WITH MONGOLIA ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Local IMF Resident Representative Jang (strictly protect) told Emboffs August 3 that the IMF had decided to postpone further discussion with the Government of Mongolia (GOM) over a new IMF program to replace its long-lapsed program. Jang was now informing key donors and would a [...]	2006-08-03 08:52:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR593	KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]	2006-08-04 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR61	New Mongolian Cabinet Confirmed [...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27-28, Mongolia's Parliament, the State Great Hural (SGH),approved 16 of the 17 nominees for Cabinet positions. At 4 AM on January 28, the SGH then recessed for the Mongolian New Year holiday (Tsagaan Sar). It is not known when a candidate will be resubmitte [...]	2006-02-01 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR610	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Kolbe [...] We look forward to hosting you in early September, and to showing you how U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used here to benefit the Mongolian and American people. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Spea [...]	2006-08-13 22:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR628	Mongolia's Looming Mercury Pollution Crisis [...] Summary. The widespread use of mercury in the informal gold mining sector in Mongolia has produced a looming environmental crisis. As many as 100,000 "ninja" miners -- 15-20% of them children -- now work in the sector, a number that has sharply increased in the last five years. Illegal u [...]	2006-08-17 05:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV EMIN SOCI ELAB PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR634	FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister on August 17 to deliver the paper conveyed in ref a, which responded to the Foreign Minister's request for U.S. perspectives on the likely Chinese reaction to a Dalai Lama visit (ref b). FM Enkhbold expressed appreciation for the report. He did not q [...]	2006-08-18 06:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH MG
06ULAANBAATAR667	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-09-07 09:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR671	Codel Kolbe Advances U.S. Interests [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 1-3 visit, Codel Kolbe examined U.S. assistance programs in Mongolia, with a particular focus on the proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Codel stressed that qualifying for MCA is not enough, and that Mongolia will need to take the time and e [...]	2006-09-08 07:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID KMCA KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR673	World Bank Offers Prescriptions for Investment Climate [...] SUMMARY: A recent World Bank report provides a concise, well-documented account of the problems -- particularly corruption -- affecting Mongolia's investment climate. It also offers recommendations on how to tackle these problems. While the Spring session of Parliament passed tax reform and [...]	2006-09-08 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EAIR PGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR683	SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 01:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR
06ULAANBAATAR774	High Commodity Prices Create Rosey Optimistic Figures [...] Summary and comment: Mongolian government economic figures confirm that high commodity prices continue to fill government coffers. The budget surplus in the first eight months of 2006 was US $190 million, or 10% of official GDP. Rising commodity prices on the country's principle exports have [...]	2006-10-12 08:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR790	Mongolian Government, Donors Discuss Progress, Coordinate [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Government of Mongolia (GOM)officials and external partners (donors) convened the second bi-annual technical meeting October 9-10 to discuss progress in key areas since their first meeting in February 2006 (reftel),as well as to discuss plans for key sectors such [...]	2006-10-18 09:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR803	Government Wins Parliamentary Confidence Vote, But Cracks [...] (SBU) Summary: By a 46-22 vote, on October 26 the government easily turned defeated a no confidence motion pushed by the opposition Democratic Party. However, the opposition succeeded in its real aim: winning two days of great publicity for its criticisms of the government. A bonus for the [...]	2006-10-27 08:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR827	New Mongolian Central Bank Governor Appointed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After what appears to have been a bruising internal struggle within the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),A. Batsukh has been appointed the Bank of Mongolia's new governor for a six-year term, replacing the controversial O. Chuluunbat. Batsukh was [...]	2006-11-09 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR833	Mongolia Accedes to Cape Town Convention [...] The Mongolian government has formally completed the process of accession to the Cape Town Convention and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. The convention facilitates asset-based financing and leasing of larg [...]	2006-11-15 09:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CASC PGOV ECON EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR847	Mongolia's Savings and Loan Crisis Contained? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last spring, 27 of Mongolia's largest Savings and Loans (S&L) cooperatives (among 900) collapsed in rapid succession under the weight of bad loans, abysmal management practices and swirling rumors of corruption. Quadrupling in size over the past two years Mongolia's dodgy S&L i [...]	2006-11-30 02:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR858	Mongolian Human Rights Commission Claims Widespread Abuse [...] SUMMARY: The Mongolia's National Human Rights Commission annual report devotes 29 pages to chronicling the widespread abuse of pre-trial detainees and the poor conditions under which they are imprisoned. It's grim reading, with case after case of deaths caused due to beatings, reportedly ofte [...]	2006-12-07 04:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR870	Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]	2006-12-14 08:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR878	Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...]	2006-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG
06UNVIEVIENNA466	IAEA ELBARADEI ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, AMBASSADOR SPOKE TO IAEA DG ELBARADEI (CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN CALIFORNIA) AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT (1) WELCOMES THE U.S. ACTION; (2) ENCOURAGES IRAN TO SUSPEND FULLY AND VERIFIABLY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES; AND (3) REINFORCES IRAN'S RESPONSIBI [...]	2006-06-01 16:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA PGOV PREL
06USEUBRUSSELS4207	EU PRESIDENT BARROSO'S JANUARY VISIT: THE VIEW [...] (C/NF) European Union Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso's January 8 trip to Washington is an opportunity to marshal Commission support for action over the next six months in accelerating political and technical cooperation on energy and climate change, completing the Doha Round, and ma [...]	2006-12-22 11:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS EAID ECON ELAB ENRG EUN PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO603	NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]	2006-10-13 13:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO609	NATO ALLIES GIVE GEORGIA CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies expressed support for Georgia's territorial integrity during an October 13 briefing by Deputy Foreign Minister Kutelia on the arrest and expulsion of alleged Russian spies, but most also expressed disappointment in Georgia's handling of the case. Allies advised Geo [...]	2006-10-16 16:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV PINR GG
06USNATO624	ICTY ACTION PLAN SCORECARD, OCTOBER 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 16:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	SR KCRM PREL PGOV PHUM
06USNATO626	AHTISAARI UPDATES THE NAC ON KOSOVO STATUS TALKS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC on the Kosovo status process under an expanded session with non-NATO KFOR contributing countries. Ahtisaari stated that the talks are reaching a point where he will have to make a comprehensive [...]	2006-10-20 12:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
06USNATO643	NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]	2006-10-27 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO670	AMBASSADOR NULAND,S MEETING WITH SERBIAN ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Serbian Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Branislav Dordevic, along with Serbian Ambassador Branko Milinkovic, met with Ambassador Nuland on November 7 to lobby for Serbia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at Riga. Dordevic stressed the delicate political situation in Ser [...]	2006-11-14 11:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PHUM PREL

06USNATO677	NATO DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OLSON MEETS [...] (SBU) On November 16, Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium Sven Alkalaj met with DCM Rick Olson to lobby for Bosnia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit. Alkalaj highlighted the recent elections in Bosnia and gave a brief update on the ongoing formation of the next gover [...]	2006-11-21 07:47:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PHUM PREL

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