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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08KOLKATA123	AES EXPANSION PLANS INDICATE POWER SECTOR SUCCESS STORY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AES India, the wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of the US energy major AES Corporation, will invest around USD 1.2 billion each in two 1,200MW capacity coal-based power plants in Orissa and Chhattisgarh over the next few years. Collectively, the USD 2.4 billion investment will be [...]	2008-04-16 11:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN EINV BEXP PGOV IN SENV

08KOLKATA134	THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...]	2008-04-28 04:10:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP
08KOLKATA14	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN TWO WEST BENGAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry of Agriculture announced the presence of the H5N1 virus at two poultry farms in West Bengal. Reportedly, 20-30,000 birds have died since January 7. Beginning January 16, approximately 100,000 birds will be culled within a five kilometer radius from Birbhum, w [...]	2008-01-15 12:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO SENV CASC PGOV IN
08KOLKATA16	EXPLOSION DAMAGES BUILDINGS NEAR CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On January 16, at about 0950 hours, an explosion occurred on Kolkata's Shakespeare Sarani street, approximately one block or 200 meters from the U.S. Consulate. The explosion was in front of the Hindustan Unilever House; reportedly injuring five pedestrians, destroying signs and shatter [...]	2008-01-16 11:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER IN
08KOLKATA21	CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...]	2008-01-18 07:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN
08KOLKATA24	AI IN WEST BENGAL - SITREP 6, JANUARY 19-21 [...] (U) Summary: Avian Influenza continues to spread through the West Bengal. Over the January 19-21 weekend, the presence of H5N1 was confirmed in the Bankura and Malda districts of West Bengal, bringing the total number of affected districts to seven in less than one week. The seven affected [...]	2008-01-22 13:12:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV KHIV CASC IN
08KOLKATA252	ORISSA: REPORTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Two weeks after communal violence targeting Christians erupted in the Kandhamal district in the State of Orissa, increasing numbers of victims are being housed in government camps. Three new camps opened this week, bringing the total to ten camps housing over 12,000 people. This [...]	2008-09-04 12:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA30	WEST BENGAL AI SITREP - 10: JANUARY 25: AI CONTINUES RAPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 25 the presence of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus in poultry was confirmed in two more districts in W. Bengal -- Howrah and Purulia. This makes 11 districts now affected by AI out of a total of 18 in the state. In the evening of January 24, GOWB Chief Minister Buddh [...]	2008-01-25 15:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO CASC AMED ASEC SENV IN
08KOLKATA300	KOLKATA EAC BOMBINGS IN ASSAM [...] (SBU) On October 30, 2008, the Kolkata EAC met to discuss the multiple bomb blasts in Assam State. The CG, acting RSO, Mgmt, PAO and CONS were all in attendance. At the time of this writing, as many as 12 blasts occurred almost simultaneously in Assam's capital of Guwahati, and towns to the no [...]	2008-10-30 12:28:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC IN
08KOLKATA55	TEN YEARS GO BY, BURMESE STILL ON TRIAL IN INDIA [...] (SBU) It has been ten years since 34 Burmese nationals from Arakan state were arrested and jailed by the Indian Government. The Solidarity Committee for Burma's Freedom Fighters (SCBFF),joined by activists, Burmese monks, and a crowd of 50-70 people, staged a public rally in Kolkata on Februa [...]	2008-02-15 11:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF IN
08KOLKATA69	AI IN W. BENGAL SITREP 20 - APHIS ADVISOR VISITS BIRD FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13-15, USDA-APHIS Scientific and Technical Advisor for Emergency Management, Joseph Annelli and New Delhi Embassy Senior Attache for Agricultural Affairs, Oliver Flake visited a West Bengal district affected by the recent H5N1 outbreak. They also visited the India-Ban [...]	2008-02-22 15:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV PREL PGOV AMED CASC IN BG
08KOLKATA95	IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...]	2008-03-18 11:19:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM
08KOLONIA100	FSM'S RESPONSE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS [...] On July 3rd, post delivered the demarche on the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs Event to the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The FSM Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary of American Affairs informed the Embassy today that the demarche was forwarde [...]	2008-07-11 06:49:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM FM
08KOLONIA104	FSM GOVERNORS SLAM COMPACT IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: The Governors of Yap and Pohnpei, which are the two most prosperous and best managed of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),complained urgently to Ambassador that unsatisfactory administration of the Amended Compact threatens to cripple their government opera [...]	2008-07-16 07:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON FM
08KOLONIA108	FSM GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO COMPACT CRITICISM WITH HURT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Hughes asked to call upon President Mori on July 25 to discuss shortcomings in implementation of requirements of the Amended Compact on the part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). With sorrow, Mori said he felt wounded by the tone of recent communications [...]	2008-07-28 00:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID FM CH
08KOLONIA11	POHNPEI'S FUEL SITUATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary. Pohnpei's outgoing governor engineered a secretive memorandum of understanding on fuel between the SIPDIS Pohnpei Utilities Corporation and a South Korean firm. Signed before the closing date and review of bids on the PUC's Invitation to Bid for fuel, the MOU appears to be [...]	2008-01-27 10:00:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV FM RM
08KOLONIA110	CHINA SHIFTS FROM GRANTS TO LOANS IN THE FSM; OFFERS TO [...] (SBU) China's Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) advised that her country has recently diminished grant aid to the FSM. She claimed that Beijing was less inclined to fund her own proposals for grants and projects. Beijing believes there is little return on investment owing [...]	2008-07-29 05:44:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID CH FM PGOV
08KOLONIA148	APPRECIATION FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 01:49:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS EAID PREL FM
08KOLONIA149	USNS MERCY AND EMBARKED SEABEES EXCEL AT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ON [...] (U) This cable responds to Refs A and B action request for an evaluation of the USNS Mercy visit to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The following answers are keyed to the specific questions. 2. (U) The USNS Mercy visit to Micronesia on the last leg of the Pacific Partnership 2008 [...]	2008-09-22 05:04:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS FM
08KOLONIA150	CONFIDENCE EBBS IN THE MORI ADMINISTRATION - LEADERSHIP [...] (C) The administration of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori is increasingly perceived within the FSM as secretive and ensnared within the narrow interests of cohorts from the President's home state of Chuuk. Mori, who is reserved by nature, rarely addresses the FSM [...]	2008-09-26 04:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH FM
08KOLONIA152	CHINA AND THE FSM EXTOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. As frustration with the Compact of Free Association has mounted, FSM leaders have cautiously turned to China for material assistance. Privately, Micronesians have expressed misgivings about China's growing influence. On Independence Day of the Peoples Republic of China October [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FM
08KOLONIA163	FOURTH QUARTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS SHINE A SPOTLIGHT [...] Fourth quarter public diplomacy programs exemplified America's concerns for regional partnership, good governance, and assistance. The USNS Mercy made the last stop on Pacific Partnership 2008 in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),anchoring in the lagoon of Chuuk. This U.S. Naval hosp [...]	2008-10-30 02:49:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP FM
08KOLONIA177	CHINA TO BID U.S. COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),the Chinese Ambassador has exercised broad authority from Beijing to initiate significant construction and other aid projects. The other three chiefs of mission from Japan, Australia and the United States use the limited resources at [...]	2008-12-03 07:45:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID FM CH JA
08KOLONIA179	UN OPENING OFFICE IN THE FSM, LOOKING TO COORDINATE WITH THE [...] (U) Summary: The UN officially opened a Joint Presence (JP) Office in Pohnpei on December 1 and during meetings with Emboffs stressed the importance of coordinating efforts with the USG regarding assistance programs in the FSM. End Summary. The Office ---------- 2. (U) The United Nat [...]	2008-12-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI FM
08KOLONIA187	FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] Per reftel, post's 2008 Country Report on Terrorism follows. 2. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is not a focal point for terrorist activity. No known terrorist groups operate in the area. To date, no terrorist acts have been committed on FSM soil, neither against the FSM governm [...]	2008-12-22 00:02:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC FM
08KOLONIA45	REFORM IN CHUUK IS ALIVE BUT SPUTTERING - DISILLUSION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to Chuuk, which is the most populous state in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Ambassador encountered a deepening spiral of economic and social deterioration. With reluctance, the state government has embarked on a mandated program of reform. A cor [...]	2008-03-27 04:37:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID FM
08KOLONIA62	FSM OFFICIALS APOLOGIZE FOR MORI MAGAZINE INTERVIEW [...] SBU - Entire Text 2. Summary. With chagrin, two close aides of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Mori invited Ambassador to lunch on April 29 to apologize for the tenor of an interview with Mori published in this month's Pacific Magazine. The interview characterizes Mori as [...]	2008-04-30 02:59:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM CH
08KOLONIA98	JAPAN'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO THE FSM DOWNPLAYS EXPECTATIONS - [...] (C) Summary. Japan's first resident ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) presented his credentials on June 24. He conveyed an exceptionally brief message of good will on the part of the Emperor, omitting reference to specific goals. Japanese Ambassador Shoji Sato said pri [...]	2008-07-03 04:48:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FM JA CH
08KUALALUMPUR1001	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...]	2008-11-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1003	MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...]	2008-11-12 10:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1017	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since April 2008, as requested ref A. Implementing and Enforcing the Law ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Malaysia is in the pr [...]	2008-11-17 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1022	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Malaysian Undersecretary (Disarmament & Non-Proliferation),Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Croatia, October 20-22. EXBS Advisor was working with MFA to designate representatives of the Government of Malaysia to attend ASEAN Reg [...]	2008-11-20 01:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR1025	DIP NOTE DELIVERED TO MALAYSIA REGARDING SECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 05:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL KTIA MY
08KUALALUMPUR1044	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] Pursuant to ref, Econoff and Embassy made inquiries into locating Mr. Mohamed Ali Abbas, a representative of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). After much research, Econoff located Mr. Mohamed, who was seconded to the Airod Sendirian Berhad defense procurement firm. Mr. Mohamed confirmed [...]	2008-11-28 05:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR1045	IRAN-MALAYSIA TIES REFLECTED IN LATEST BILAT TALKS [...] (C) Malaysia and Iran held their Seventh Joint Commission meeting in Putrajaya, November 10-11. Trade and investment issues dominated the talks, which were conducted at the foreign minister level. Results from the Commission meeting appeared modest, according to press reports. Malaysian For [...]	2008-11-28 07:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ECON IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1048	MALAYSIA APPROVES EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 07:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KCRM KTIA MY
08KUALALUMPUR1049	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IRENE FERNANDEZ ACQUITTED [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Kuala Lumpur High Court on November 24 acquitted human rights activist Irene Fernandez of her 2003 conviction of "maliciously publishing false news" against the government, thus bringing to a close Malaysia' longest running court case. The government originally b [...]	2008-11-28 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1050	MALAYSIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy collected Malaysian economic and political views of the December ASEAN summits from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS),a government-linked think-tank. According to MITI Deputy [...]	2008-11-28 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1056	GOM QUESTIONS DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN DOCTOR AS [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Ministry Senior Under Secretary (Americas, EU) Zainuddin Yahya called in Polcouns for a November 28 meeting and raised questions concerning press reports that the U.S. had imposed sanctions on a Malaysian doctor, Mahmood Awang Kechik, who served as a physician for Zimbab [...]	2008-12-02 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ZI MY
08KUALALUMPUR1060	MAID'S ABUSER FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS [...] (U) In Malaysia's highest profile domestic worker abuse case, a Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge on November 27 found Yim Pek Ha guilty of three charges of "causing grievous hurt" to Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonet, a 2008 U.S. TIP Report Hero. Nirmala suffered horrendous physical abuse, incl [...]	2008-12-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KTIP ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073	MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP [...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]	2008-12-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1087	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor and Program Managers Moody and Owen held meetings with US Embassy Staff in Singapore November 10, 2008 followed by meeting with Singapore Customs to include the Head of Strategic Goods Control; Head of International Relations; Head of Competency Development; and Company Compliance [...]	2008-12-16 07:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR1100	Malaysia Intends to Participate in ASEAN Regional Forum [...] National Security Council (NSC) Undersecretary for the Crisis and Disaster Management Division Mr. Che Moin bin Umar told ESTHOff on December 16 that the Malaysian government intends to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum's Voluntary Demonstration of Response (VDR) exercise to be held in th [...]	2008-12-18 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1101	MALAYSIA HOPES TO KEEP FTA NEGOTIATIONS IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary: According to senior Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) officials, Deputy Prime Minister Najib told the Malaysian cabinet that concluding the Malaysian-U.S. bilateral FTA was at the top of his agenda. MITI officials say Najib told cabinet members he hoped Malaysia could concl [...]	2008-12-18 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR111	MALAYSIA PUBLICLY "WELCOMES" KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 00:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR1110	AMBASSADOR VISITS GOVT TIP SHELTER; MORE VICTIMS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited the Malaysian government's trafficking victims' shelter for women in Kuala Lumpur on December 17 at the invitation of the Women's Minister. The shelter housed 11 adult victims of sex trafficking, while the nearby children's shelter housed four girls. A senior Wo [...]	2008-12-22 09:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1111	MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...]	2008-12-22 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR1114	PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) [...] (S) Summary: The Malaysian government's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial and is central to the GOM's intelligence-driven CT effort, has come under increasing political pressure over the past three months. The GOM's employment of the ISA in Sep [...]	2008-12-23 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM
08KUALALUMPUR1118	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIANS CONDEMN U.S. ALONG WITH [...] (SBU) Malaysian political leaders and press have reacted with angry rhetoric to Israeli air strikes in Gaza and heavily criticized the U.S. together with Israel. The Malaysian government came out quickly to condemn the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, labeling this action as a "war crime" and ca [...]	2008-12-30 08:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC IS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1119	SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...]	2008-12-30 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1127	PM ABDULLAH GOES TO IRAN, ANNOUNCES GO-AHEAD FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi conducted a four-day visit to Iran December 21-24. The public reporting of the visit exclusively highlighted and at times exaggerated Malaysia-Iran trade and economic partnerships. The PM and his entourage, which included a number of cabinet mini [...]	2008-12-31 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG ETTC MUNC KNNP
08KUALALUMPUR120	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MALAYSIA [...] Summary. In 2007 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make good progress in fighting IPR piracy. The single most promising development of the year was the long-awaited launch of the country's specialized intellectual property court. The United States and Malaysia continued to co [...]	2008-02-22 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR MY
08KUALALUMPUR121	MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL [...] (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its Febru [...]	2008-02-25 00:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
08KUALALUMPUR129	NOMINATION FOR BANGKOK TRAINING ON FORCED AND [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates the following officer to attend the Seminar on Forced Labor and Child Labor, held in Bangkok, March 27-28: Enrique Rodrigo Gallego Political Officer Portfolio: human rights, including trafficking in persons Expected date of departure from Post: 06/2009 2. [...]	2008-02-25 10:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB AMGT OTRA MY
08KUALALUMPUR141	EMBASSY ENERGY OFFICERS IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] This cable responds to reftel requesting input for new required reports to Congress on energy. Following are post's responses to the four questions put forth in the cable: A. Energy matters are handled by the economic section which consists of seven persons: Economic Counselor, four direc [...]	2008-02-29 04:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD ECON MY
08KUALALUMPUR145	U.S. AND MALAYSIA SIGN MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE MEMORANDUM OF [...] On February 27, 2008, the United States and Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to begin implementing the Megaports Initiative in Malaysia. The ceremony took place at Westport, which along with Northport constitute Port Klang, Malaysia's largest port and the initial location fo [...]	2008-03-03 10:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PREL KNNP KTIA MY
08KUALALUMPUR147	MALAYSIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Malaysia made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons during this reporting period, marking a positive shift from previous years. Malaysia's drafting, passage, and enactment of a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons law represents an important advance in Malaysia's co [...]	2008-03-04 00:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR148	MALAYSIA DEPLOYS NEW IMMIGRATION ARRIVAL DATA [...] (SBU) Malaysian Immigration has upgraded its collection of arriving passenger data, moving from paper landing forms to an electronic system. The system, a product developed locally, is called the Single Immigration Platform System (SIPS). Immigration deployed SIPS in late January at 44 entry [...]	2008-03-04 06:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KFRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR151	SUHAKAM CHAIRMAN REVIEWS HUMAN RIGHTS LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) Chairman Abu Talib Othman reviewed the country's human rights landscape with the Ambassador during their February 15 introductory meeting. The Chairman noted SUHAKAM's role in pressing for the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and serving o [...]	2008-03-05 11:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR152	CODEL SMITH MALAYSIA MEETING REPORT [...] (U) Congressman Adam Smith, accompanied by staff of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, visited Malaysia January 6-8, 2008 as part of a regional tour. The Congressman met with Malaysian NSC Secretary YBhg. Dato' Muhammad Hatta Bin Abd [...]	2008-03-05 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER MY
08KUALALUMPUR154	CLEAN FINGERS, DIRTY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) With only three days remaining before the March 8 general election, Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) abruptly announced its decision not to apply indelible ink to the fingers of voters, citing police reports of alleged sabotage plans and previously unidentified constitutional barriers. [...]	2008-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR158	FINAL PUSH BEFORE MALAYSIA'S ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Malaysia's national election campaign will conclude at midnight on March 7. Polling booths will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8. Local election officials will quickly announce results in their respective districts, and almost all races should be known by midnight March 8. Th [...]	2008-03-07 11:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR182	MALAYSIA'S ELECTION: EMBASSY OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Embassy KL positioned election observers in six hotly contested states during the final days of Malaysia's campaign period and on the March 8 polling day. In addition to our previous reporting on campaigns in the capital city areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, this message provides fir [...]	2008-03-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR184	POST-ELECTION SCENE REMAINS VOLATILE, PER MARCH 14 [...] (C) Events on March 14 demonstrated that Malaysia's post-election political scene remains volatile, while the question of Abdullah's longevity in office remains far from settled. Abdullah's UMNO party staged a short-lived low-octane protest in opposition-held Penang on March 14 in support of [...]	2008-03-14 13:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR185	POST-ELECTION SCENE REMAINS VOLATILE, PER MARCH 14 [...] (C) Events on March 14 demonstrated that Malaysia's post-election political scene remains volatile, while the question of Abdullah's longevity in office remains far from settled. Abdullah's UMNO party staged a short-lived low-octane protest in opposition-held Penang on March 14 in support of [...]	2008-03-14 13:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR200	G/TIP REPORTING OFFICER VISITS MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) G/TIP reporting officer Sally Neumann visited Malaysia from February 11-13, during which she met with Government of Malaysia (GOM) officials and representatives from civil society, including representatives from the Catholic Church in East Malaysia. The meetings were fruitful, providin [...]	2008-03-24 05:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR225	PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRI-BORDER POLICYMAKERS' [...] (SBU) Preparations for a policymakers conference involving officials from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia are moving forward. PACOM and S/CT have committed funding for the event, scheduled to take place May 4-7, 2008 at the Shangri-La hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The maritime p [...]	2008-04-01 00:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ID RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR253	ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FALL-OUT FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Patel told a senior local Embassy employee during a private April 10 conversation that he would not allow AGO staff to participate in any Embassy programming, such as the International Visitor's Program, due to the lack of U.S. cooperation on securing [...]	2008-04-11 08:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MARR KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR256	UMNO VOICES NAJIB TAKE-OVER; ANWAR TO CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) Division-level leaders from Prime Minister Abdullah's UMNO party in three states, including the key UMNO stronghold of Johor, are increasingly voicing support for Abdullah to step down in the wake of the March 8 election set-back, with some party officials backing Deputy Prime Minister Naj [...]	2008-04-11 12:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR261	MORE UMNO PRESSURE FOR IMMEDIATE LEADERSHIP CHANGE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's April 11 meeting with officials from his UMNO party in the key party stronghold of Johor has focused more pressure on Abdullah to step down quickly. Abdullah reaffirmed his intention to transfer power to Deputy Prime Minister Najib, but only sometime -- p [...]	2008-04-14 08:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR269	MALAYSIA STUDYING IRAN PARTICIPATION AT ARMS SHOW [...] (C) Polchief on April 15 delivered reftel demarche, aimed at urging Malaysia to respect UNSC sanctions on Iran by preventing Iranian exhibitors from participating in the Defense Services Asia (DSA) exhibition, to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Bala Chandran. Bala heads the disarmament/nonp [...]	2008-04-16 10:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR286	MALAYSIA HAS NOT STOPPED IRAN AT ARMS SHOW [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry on April 18 blocked the Defense Ministry's efforts to exclude Iran from the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition. The Embassy submitted a diplomatic note, and carried out a joint demarche with the UK and France at the Foreign Minis [...]	2008-04-18 12:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR302	IRAN BLOCKED, AGAIN, FROM MALAYSIA ARMS SHOW [...] (C) Malaysia on April 22 blocked Iran from participating in the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition. This followed a week of decisions in favor of Iran and reversals, and continuous interventions by the Embassy and our UK and French counterparts. The Malaysians reached a c [...]	2008-04-22 11:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR313	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On February 04 the Advisor, along with POLOFF, met Mark Napier of the Australian High Commission, Noboru Sekiguchi of the Japanese Embassy, and Yean Yoke Heng, Deputy Director General of the Southeast Asian Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT),to discuss a proposed tri-lateral bio-terrorism [...]	2008-04-23 09:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR336	ASD SHINN AND DASD CLAD MEETINGS IN KUALA LUMPUR [...] (U) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia Pacific James Shinn and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Southeast Asia James Clad visited Kuala Lumpur April 23-24, meeting with Deputy Defense Minister The Honorable Daduk Wira Abu Seman, Ministry of Defense Secretary General Dato hj Abu B [...]	2008-04-30 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR AF LE MY RP SU
08KUALALUMPUR35	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] November 04-07 the Advisor was in Jakarta to attend the Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP CIT) and met with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the AP-CIT and gauge their interest in f [...]	2008-01-14 09:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR376	PARLIAMENTARIAN QUESTIONS GOM'S IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysia's position on Iran's nuclear program is subject to criticism and scrutiny not only from the political opposition but, as recent questions in Parliament illustrate, from elements of the ruling UMNO party as well. The Foreign Ministry responded to an UMNO MP's [...]	2008-05-13 11:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR392	AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS ISA, [...] (S) The Ambassador called on Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on May 13 and discussed prospects for prosecuting terrorists, the importance of passing an export control law, and factors affecting progress in the FTA talks. The Ambassador congratulated the AG on drafting of the 200 [...]	2008-05-15 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ETTC KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR399	IMMIGRATION DETAINEES RIOT AFTER RELA BEATS [...] (C) Some 60 to 70 detained suspected illegal immigrants rioted at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Center (IDC) on April 21, setting fire to the temporary administration building according to press and firsthand accounts. Malaysia's Head of Immigration Enforcement claimed the riot started after [...]	2008-05-16 06:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR401	MALAYSIAN TRADE MINISTER SUPPORTS FTA NOGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of his visit to the U.S., Minister for Trade Muhyiddin Yassin reaffirmed Malaysia's desire continue FTA negotiations with the U.S. and noted it was understood that Malaysia needed to create additional negotiating flexibility. Malaysia [...]	2008-05-16 09:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR KIPR MY
08KUALALUMPUR402	MALAYSIA AND APEC IN 2008 [...] In advance of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM II),econoff called on Malaysia's Senior Official to APEC, Abdul Ghafar Musa, on May 16 to discuss U.S. and Malaysian goals for APEC this year (ref A). Ghafar, Senior Director of the APEC Division in the Ministry of International Tra [...]	2008-05-16 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD APEC ECON ECIN MY
08KUALALUMPUR410	CHINESE DIPLOMATS COMMENT ON MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysia-China bilateral economic relations are growing by leaps-and-bounds, with two way trade growing by over 16 percent last year to $37 billion. Senior-level official encounters have become frequent, especially with the growth of the ASEAN plus 3 and the establishment of the [...]	2008-05-21 03:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR CVIS CH MY
08KUALALUMPUR411	PM ADVISOR LIM ON REFORMS AND ABDULLAH'S EVENTUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted Prime Ministerial Political Secretary Vincent Lim to dinner on the evening of May 14. (Note: This dinner occurred prior to former PM Mahathir,s May 19 anouncement that he would quit the ruling party. See reftel for Embassy reporting on Mahathir,s surprise [...]	2008-05-21 04:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR42	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: MALAYSIA RECEIVES USG MESSAGE [...] (C) Political Section Chief on January 15 delivered ref A demarche, concerning the Malaysian group SKS's reported $16 billion agreement to develop Iran's Golshan and Ferdows gas fields, to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Disarmament Bala Chandran Tharman, who also is actin [...]	2008-01-15 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EPET ENRG IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR421	MALAYSIA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL BLANK [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Jonah Blank to Malaysia from May 28 to June 3, 2008. The purpose of the trip is research of issues before the committee, particularly those relating to the insurgency in southern Thailand. [...]	2008-05-23 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN THKSJA MY
08KUALALUMPUR425	MALAYSIA HOSTS TRI-BORDER INTERAGENCY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 4-7, 2008 brought together official maritime and border security delegations from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as facilitators from the U.S. Pacific Command and from Embassies Kuala Lumpur, [...]	2008-05-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR ID RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR448	AMBASSADOR AND NEW WOMEN'S MINISTER ENGAGE ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Keith met on May 28 with Dr. Ng Yen Yen, Minister for Women, Family, and Community Development, and discussed the Ministry's operations of two trafficking victims' shelters, migrant workers, illegal immigrants, and developing programs for women and children. Minister Ng invi [...]	2008-05-30 08:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY
08KUALALUMPUR460	FORCED AND CHILD LABOR REPORT - MALAYSIA [...] Embassy sources have reported incidents of forced labor in Malaysia's garment industry, and forced labor and exploitative child labor in the palm oil sector. We received corroborating reports from multiple sources for most information, but Embassy officers have not had the opportunity to con [...]	2008-06-03 08:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB ECON ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR481	TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Malaysia narrative from the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on June 4 to various government representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Women's Ministry, Immigration Department, Police, and Attorney General's Chambers. The Charge conveyed the [...]	2008-06-10 05:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY
08KUALALUMPUR512	UMNO YOUTH OFFICIAL ON HEATED PARTY CONTESTS AND [...] (C) Many UMNO party branches and divisions could nominate a Najib/Muhyiddin ticket despite Prime Minister Abdullah's confirmation that he will stand for reelection in the December party contest, UMNO party youth official Suffian Awang told us on June 17. Eleven candidates would vie seriously [...]	2008-06-17 10:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR520	SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR PRE-LICENSE END [...] Pursuant to reftels, econoff contacted the Malaysian firm Kontena Nasional Global Sdn Bhd regarding the sale of plastic bonded explosives to Malaysia. Utilizing one of our Locally Employed Staff (LES) at the Embassy -- due to the company's insistence on communicating only in the Bahasa languag [...]	2008-06-19 08:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR557	ANWAR TAKES REFUGE IN TURKISH EMBASSY, MOVES [...] (C) Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took refuge in the Turkish embassy on June 29 within hours after a police complaint of sodomy was filed by a junior staff assistant. Against the backdrop of his politically motivated jailing in 1998 over sodomy charges, Anwar's decision [...]	2008-06-30 10:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR563	ANWAR ON THE OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went on the "offensive" after emerging on June 30 from this 36-hour refuge in the Turkish embassy. On July 1, Anwar filed a police complaint against the national police chief and the Attorney General. He held a press conference and lat [...]	2008-07-02 11:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR570	GOM PROTESTS U.S. REMARKS ON ANWAR IBRAHIM CASE [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa called in the Ambassador on July 3 to deliver a note of protest over remarks by the State Department Spokesman on June 30 related to the recent sodomy allegations against de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. After reading [...]	2008-07-03 07:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR575	NAJIB FIGHTS BACK; WEEKEND PROTEST FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) As de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim went on the offensive last week, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak wasted no time in denying any link to the Altantuya murder case, while diffusing another bombshell by admitting he previously had met the man accusing Anwar of sodomy. On Ju [...]	2008-07-07 11:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR58	EMBASSY RAISES RELA ROLE WITH MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Malaysia's People's Volunteer Corps (RELA) began taking up guard duties at immigration detention centers beginning January 15, according to press reports. Government officials describe RELA's assignment as a stop-gap measure while responsibility for the immigration [...]	2008-01-24 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF MY
08KUALALUMPUR615	Malaysia Scenesetter for DOE DAS Secretary Ed McGinnis and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuala Lumpur looks forward to your July 21-23 visit as an opportunity to advance important and continuing discussions with the government of Malaysia (GOM) on nuclear energy and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). The visit will allow you to explore Malaysia's [...]	2008-07-14 09:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR MY
08KUALALUMPUR619	POLICE COMPEL ANWAR'S APPEARANCE ON JULY 16; [...] (C) Malaysian police have threatened Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim with arrest if he does not appear at a police station on July 16 to give his statement in the criminal investigation regarding sodomy allegations. Anwar's lawyer publicly stated that Anwar will comply with the police order, [...]	2008-07-15 11:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR62	POLICE THWART PRICE HIKE PROTEST, DETAIN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition political activists attempted unsuccessfully to stage a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on January 26 against government policies and price hikes. Police arrested the protest leaders, including senior opposition party officials, before the demonstration took form, and c [...]	2008-01-30 01:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI MY

08KUALALUMPUR644	MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) The next four weeks will be a telling period in the history of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) rule in Malaysia. For the first time in its fifty-year dominance, UMNO is faced with a multi-racial opposition alliance that has some credible prospect for forming the next govern [...]	2008-07-22 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR653	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Keith made an introductory call on Minister for Human Resources S. Subramaniam on July 14. (Note: Minister Subramaniam remained willing to meet the Ambassador at Parliament on a day when it was closed to the public and under tight security (reftel) due to domestic political t [...]	2008-07-24 09:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV AMGT MY
08KUALALUMPUR682	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Information Minister and prominent reform-proponent Shabery Cheek assured the Ambassador that PM Abdullah remains committed to his reform agenda despite resistance from some of the PM,s own senior advisors and the UMNO old guard. While exhibiting some discomfort regarding the i [...]	2008-08-04 09:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR688	ANWAR TO BE CHARGED [...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim has been summoned to appear in court on the morning of August 7 and will be charged with sodomy. In the meantime, the Election Commission announced an August 26 date for the by-election for the parliamentary seat Anwar is contesting. The sodomy charge in itself will [...]	2008-08-06 10:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR69	CONTROVERSIAL SQURES OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Security officials confiscated some Christian children's books from stores in early January. Officials took the action because the books contained pictures of Moses and Noah, and they judged portraits of these figures, who are also prophets in Islam, would offend Musl [...]	2008-01-31 08:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR701	ANWAR CHARGED BUT REMAINS FREE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, on August 7 Anwar Ibrahim was formally charged with consensual sodomy, but his supporters were jubilant when the judge ruled the de facto opposition leader would remain free on a "personal bond." The Government's prosecution team made no attempt to oppose bail, and [...]	2008-08-07 10:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR703	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON MALAYSIAN FIRM'S APPEAL [...] Pursuant to reftel email inquiry, KL Embassy Econ staff re-contacted Orogenic Resources - a Malaysian firm located outside of Kuala Lumpur that had appealed a negative USG response on its request to purchase eight (8) G2000 Gyroscopes manufactured by Northrop Grumman, Litton Systems Inc. Con [...]	2008-08-08 06:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR711	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE OF POST-SHIPMENT CHECK OF [...] In an attempt to locate the Malaysian company Setcom Express Sdn Bhd and conduct a post-shipment check of 23 (two different types) thermostats for C-130 aircraft, Econoff attempted again to locate the company utilizing Embassy locally employed staff and their research capabilities, but this w [...]	2008-08-11 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR712	BLUE LATERN RESPONSE ON PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Pursuant to reftel, Econoff and local staff successfully contacted Arrixon Synergy Sdn Bhd and DRB-HICOM Defense Technologies Sdn Bhd, both of which are 100 percent Malaysian-owned companies. This contact was regarding Arrixon and DRB-HICOM Defense Tech wishing to purchase 20 fan drives and 1 [...]	2008-08-11 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR72	THE MALAYSIAN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur provided to its Trilateral Strategic Dialogue partners a summary version of its assessment of the Malaysian Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The seven-page brief reflects information culled from extensive engagement by the GOJ with [...]	2008-02-01 03:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR74	COUNTERTERRORISM: THIRD TRILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted the third local meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) January 28. The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. delegations reviewed their respective counterterrorism (CT) activities in Malaysia. Discussion focused on terrorist f [...]	2008-02-01 07:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR AS JP MY
08KUALALUMPUR743	GOM PLAYING HARDBALL IN RUN-UP TO KEY BY-ELECTION [...] (C) The Government is increasingly playing hardball in the run-up to de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim,s attempt to return to Parliament via an August 26 by-election in Permatang Pauh district of Penang. On the campaign trail, UMNO (United Malay National Organization) continues to sp [...]	2008-08-21 09:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR753	INDICATORS ALL POINT TO ANWAR VICTORY IN AUG. 26 [...] Poloffs in Penang report that local observers continue to expect a decisive victory for Anwar in the Permatang Pauh by-election August 26. Government-influenced media, however, continue to portray the campaign as close, and negative press stories on Anwar are prevalent. Opposition rallies ar [...]	2008-08-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR775	SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC URGES MORE MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with GOM officials, local and international Islamic intellectuals, the Islamic Development Bank and media, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber described proposals for greater USG-OIC cooperation and dialogue. He urged [...]	2008-09-04 01:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIRF MY
08KUALALUMPUR786	STAFFDEL LUSE ENGAGES PM'S OFFICE, MFA ON [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staffer Mr. Keith Luse met with GOM officials at the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia Office, and at the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) August 27-29. Luse raised concerns ab [...]	2008-09-09 09:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR793	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] Pursuant to ref, Econoff in late August and early September 2008 was in email and phone contact with Zetro Services, a subsidiary of Zetro Aerospace Corporation. Zetro Services proved to be a cooperative, professional, and well-known company. While we were unable to receive any answers from [...]	2008-09-10 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR799	STAFFDEL LUSE DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING OF BURMESE [...] (C) Keith Luse, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Malaysia August 25-31 to investigate reports of the trafficking of Burmese refugees to Thailand and the alleged involvement of Malaysian Immigration officials in such trafficking, as previously reported by [...]	2008-09-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KTIP BM TH MY
08KUALALUMPUR806	OPPOSITION JOURNALIST DETAILED UNDER THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian police on September 12 arrested controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial. Raja Petra's arrest came days after Prime Minister Abdullah threatened to use the ISA to clamp down on those al [...]	2008-09-12 12:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR810	UPROAR OVER INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AS UMNO DEBATES [...] (C) Malaysian authorities' September 12 arrest of three persons under the Internal Security Act (ISA) created an uproar across the political spectrum, resulting in the release of one detainee the following day and the September 15 offer of resignation of de facto legal reform minister Zaid Ib [...]	2008-09-15 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR815	SEPTEMBER 16 ANTI-CLIMAX, BUT ANWAR REMAINS [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's original September 16 deadline to wrest power from ruling National Front (BN) coalition has passed in anti-climactic fashion, and without the crossover of any government members of Parliament (MPs) to the opposition ranks. The opposition Pakatan alliance [...]	2008-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR821	PM ABDULLAH TAKES OVER DEFENSE PORTFOLIO AHEAD OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took over the Defense Minister portfolio from his deputy Najib Tun Razak with immediate effect on September 17, one day ahead of a rumored showdown within Abdullah's ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. In return, Najib assumed the Finan [...]	2008-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR83	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export control [...]	2008-02-11 03:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR833	PM ABDULLAH SET BACK BY UMNO SUPREME COUNCIL [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi failed to quell dissent or gain consensus support for his 2010 transition plan during a very heated September 18 UMNO Supreme Council meeting, which featured calls for Abdullah to step down led by UMNO VP Muhyiddin Yassin. Following the meeting, Muhyiddin a [...]	2008-09-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR855	OPPOSITION-HELD SELANGOR GETS ON WITH BUSINESS OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's call on Selangor Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim and other embassy meetings in September with state executives provided insights into issues of governance facing the first-ever opposition administration of Malaysia's richest state that surrounds the national capital. The [...]	2008-09-26 05:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR856	Malaysia initiating newsprint anti-dumping review [...] (U) GOM notified Post of GOM's decision to initiate an administrative review of anti-dumping duties on imports of newsprint in rolls originating in or exported from Canada, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and the United States. 2. (SBU) The text of the diplomatic note follows: "KLN 47/08 [...]	2008-09-26 08:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MY
08KUALALUMPUR858	ENDGAME FOR ABDULLAH [...] (C) An emergency leadership meeting of the ruling United Malay National Organization (UMNO) on September 26 seemingly spelled out the endgame for embattled party leader and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The UMNO Supreme Council postponed party elections from December to March 2009, but appar [...]	2008-09-26 10:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR866	POLITICKING GEARS DOWN FOR MUSLIM HOLIDAYS [...] (C) The United Malay National Organization (UMNO) Supreme Council's decision on September 26 to postpone the party's election to March 2009 (ref A),and the widely-rumored understanding that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi would not seek reelection, have generated some reactions within the ruli [...]	2008-09-30 07:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR880	EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP ACTION PLAN TO MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for Malaysia to senior government officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Human Resources in late September, with further meetings pending. On September 24, the DCM and Political Co [...]	2008-10-06 10:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI
08KUALALUMPUR889	PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH TO STEP DOWN IN MARCH [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced late on October 8 after a meeting of the ruling National Front (BN) coalition that he would not seek reelection as the president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in the March 2009 party elections. By stepping down as UMNO presiden [...]	2008-10-08 10:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR891	UMNO WELCOMES ABDULLAH'S DECISION, SUPPORT SHIFTS [...] (SBU) Leaders of the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) welcomed Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's October 8 announcement that he would step down in March as party president and head of government, and immediately sought to position themselves for upcoming UMNO elections. Former [...]	2008-10-09 10:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR905	MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14 to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean counterpa [...]	2008-10-15 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR915	UMNO COALESCING AROUND NAJIB; ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Parliament reconvened on October 13 after a six week recess, with initial discussion focused on the 2009 budget rather than opposition moves to bring down the government. Despite speaking for four and a half hours on the opening day, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim did not [...]	2008-10-16 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR934	AMBASSADOR URGES MINISTERS TO ADDRESS BURMESE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on October 8 wrote to both Foreign Minister Rais Yatim and Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, drawing the ministers' attention to reports of the trafficking of refugees from Malaysian immigration detention camps to Thailand and urging Malaysian government actions to address [...]	2008-10-22 09:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KTIP TH MY
08KUALALUMPUR935	THE SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS THROUGH MALAYSIAN EYES [...] (U) This is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's response to action request in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Interviews with media professionals and comments from other contacts in Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the opulent pageantry and success of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing enjoyed a short-lived posit [...]	2008-10-23 01:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR94	EARLY FEBRUARY PROXIMITY TALKS BETWEEN PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak held proximity talks between GRP and MILF negotiators in early February, following the failure of the December 2007 round. Othman and the MILF regretted that the GRP side wa [...]	2008-02-14 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JA RP MY
08KUALALUMPUR940	FINNISH COMPANY POLAR ELECTRO ASSISTS FORCED LABOR [...] (SBU) Finnish company Polar Electro recently provided compensation and repatriation assistance to 40 forced labor victims from its Malaysian joint-venture company, following interventions by an international NGO and Post. The Polar Electro case appears illustrative of the challenges facing so [...]	2008-10-24 08:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP FI VM ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR942	NOMINATION FOR INT'L WOMAN OF COURAGE - AMBIGA [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates Ambiga Sreenevasan, Malaysian Bar Council President, for the Woman of Courage award for her active involvement in protecting human rights, promoting the rights of woman, and promoting the rule of law through judicial reform. Ambiga's efforts, such as the unprec [...]	2008-10-24 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR953	MALAYSIA BRIEFED ON "MAYROW" INDICTMENT, INDICTEE [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by Polcouns, called on Malaysian Foreign Ministry Senior Under Secretary for the Americas Zainuddin Yahya on September 24, and presented ref A non-paper regarding the indictment of four Malaysian entities for conspiracy to export prohibited items to Iran. DCM highlight [...]	2008-10-30 02:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PARM KNNP IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR955	MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...]	2008-10-31 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR957	MALAYSIA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit to Malaysia by Mr. Paul Grove and Ms. Michelle Wymer from the Senate Appropriations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to conduct oversight of State Department and Foreign Operations. Post will be generating a notional schedule [...]	2008-10-31 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH BM SN AS MY
08KUALALUMPUR959	COURT ACQUITS NAJIB'S EX-ADVISOR IN MURDER TRIAL [...] (SBU) High Court Justice Mohamad Zaki on October 31 acquitted Political Analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, former advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, of the charge of abetting the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006, but ordered the continuation of the murder t [...]	2008-10-31 11:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR97	TIP EXPERT MOHAMED MATTAR DISCUSSES MALAYSIA'S NEW [...] (SBU) Dr. Mohamed Mattar, an internationally recognized expert on trafficking in persons (TIP) laws from John Hopkins University, conducted meetings with Malaysian government officials, local NGOs, universities, and with press during his January 28-February 1 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Mattar [...]	2008-02-15 07:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR979	INITIAL MALAYSIAN REACTION TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The U.S. presidential election result attracted major attention and immediate reactions in Malaysia on November 5. Foreign Minister Rais promptly issued a Malay language statement noting that Senator Obama's victory brings new possibilities in the bilateral relationship, and expressed hop [...]	2008-11-05 11:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR988	HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] The servicemembers listed in Paragraph 3 are invited to attend the Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference from November 17-20, 2008. The USSOCOM commander invites the senior attach of approximately 100 nations for this Valuable Partnership Conference. Post has no information to indic [...]	2008-11-07 09:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PHUM MY
08KUWAIT10	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED CODEL WOLF (JAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Rep. Frank Wolf, Rep. Joseph Pitts, and Mr. Dan Scandling, Chief of Staff, to travel to Kuwait January 3-4 to meet State Department officials and prominent Kuwaitis to address a variety of human rights concerns. 2. (U) [...]	2008-01-03 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN APER OTRA KU
08KUWAIT100	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL SANZ (JANUARY 30 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Sanz to travel to post 30 January to 4 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a drive [...]	2008-01-27 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1006	KUWAIT: HEAD OF KUWAIT'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their September 22 introductory meeting, Mr. Talal Al-Sayegh, Head of Kuwait's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Deputy Manager of On-Site Supervision, confirmed to Ecouns that the final draft of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law had been delivered to the Ministry [...]	2008-09-24 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN KU
08KUWAIT1007	KUWAITI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO BAGHDAD CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's newly-designated Ambassador to Iraq, expects to arrive in Baghdad no later than mid-October, prior to an anticipated visit by the Kuwaiti PM. According to Al-Mou'min, the GOK has made few preparations for his arrival in Baghdad and he will be, at least [...]	2008-09-24 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ KU
08KUWAIT1008	IRANIAN DISSIDENT CLAIMS TO HAVE INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Iranian cleric and rights activist Shaykh Ahmed Eidan Neisi (protect),in one of his periodic visits to Kuwait, told Poloff that he had information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad that he was willing to share in exchange for money. He claimed that Arad is still alive [...]	2008-09-25 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PINR PHUM PTER IR KU
08KUWAIT1009	KUWAIT: DEFMIN TELLS PRESS GOK HAS OBJECTED TO [...] (U) On September 22, Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported that the Minister of Defense (and Acting PM) Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Sabah had "notified" the United States of Kuwaiti concerns about an arms deal between the U.S. and Iraq. Embassy has not, however, received any expression of object [...]	2008-09-25 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EINV MASS KU
08KUWAIT101	ROK AMBASSADOR: MINIMAL NORTH KOREAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) On January 7, CDA met with South Korean Ambassador to Kuwait Keun Ho Song to discuss Republic of Korea (ROK) - Kuwait relations and North Korean (DPRK) influence in Kuwait. DPRK has an embassy in Kuwait and the Kuwait MFA lists eight officials at the embassy. AMB Song noted that there are [...]	2008-01-27 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ELAB KU KN KS
08KUWAIT1012	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL CAPUANO (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Capuano to travel to post September 27-30, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2008-09-28 03:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IT RO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1021	LABOR ISSUES REMAIN AT THE FORE IN KUWAITI [...] (C) Since an outbreak of violent labor strikes in late July, Kuwaiti officialdom and the media have continued to scrutinize TIP and labor issues. The GOK appears to be leveraging a 'law and order' approach to violent strikers, including the planned deportation of thousands of undocumented wo [...]	2008-09-29 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ELAB KTIP KU
08KUWAIT1022	KUWAIT: PRIME MINISTER'S WASHINGTON VISIT STRIKES [...] (SBU) Notwithstanding their preoccupation with fasting and feasting during the holy Ramadan season, Kuwaitis were almost universally pleased with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington and his subsequent visit to New York, where he addressed the [...]	2008-09-29 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU
08KUWAIT1023	EXXONMOBIL GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with Econoff, ExxonMobil's President of Operations in Kuwait expressed optimism that the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation(KPC) would reach an integrated agreement with his company combining oil production from a northern field, a joint venture for refining part of [...]	2008-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU
08KUWAIT1030	KUWAIT AVOIDS SUMMER 2008 BLACKOUTS; INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) official Suhaila Marafi said that while Kuwait has successfully survived this year,s peak electricity demand period without significant electrical outages, it still must contemplate how to deal with projected power shortages in the co [...]	2008-10-05 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PINR KU
08KUWAIT1040	KUWAIT TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] Ambassador on October 7 delivered Ref A points targeting no-votes on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at the UNGA to MFA Under-secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. In response, Al-Jarallah said he would immediately notify the Kuwaiti PermRep in New York and request that he support the U.S. position. 2. [...]	2008-10-08 08:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV KU
08KUWAIT1042	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HUGHES (OCT.11 - 15, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Hughes to travel to post Oct. 11-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-10-08 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK KW JO IZ AF SY COUNTRY
08KUWAIT1048	KUWAITI FM RAISES CONCERNS OVER IRAQ WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, Deputy Secretary Negroponte told Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah that a just-completed country-wide visit to Iraq had revealed significant signs of stabilization and progress there. The Deputy Secretary said that, despite problems, Prime Mi [...]	2008-10-09 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
08KUWAIT1053	REQUEST FOR M113 APC TRANSFER MAY HAVE TO COME [...] (S) In respective October 6 and 7 demarches, the Ambassador raised reftel points requesting the GOK consider providing U.S.-origin M113 APCs, on an urgent basis, to the Government of Yemen with MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and POLCOUNS raised the same points with Hamad Al Mashan of M [...]	2008-10-14 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT1054	GOK OFFICIALLY REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR'S [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Kuwaiti MFA has formally requested via diplomatic note interim transportation and security assistance for Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, who is scheduled to travel to Baghdad on October 21. Ambass [...]	2008-10-14 15:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT1059	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITION OF IRANIAN-AFFILIATED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN KU
08KUWAIT1061	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OCTOBER 22 DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KRCS KU
08KUWAIT1074	KUWAIT REQUESTS INCLUSION IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) On October 22, Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, son of the PM and Office Director to the Foreign Minister called the Ambassador to convey Kuwait's strong desire to be included in the global financial summit announced by the President on October 18th. He noted that Kuwait's substantial in [...]	2008-10-22 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON EINV KW
08KUWAIT1078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TERRY/MALLARD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Terry/Mallard to travel to post November 2-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2008-10-26 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT KU QA AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1084	DHS CYBERSECURITY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Kuwaiti Central Agency for Information (CAIT) and National Security Bureau officials discussed with DHS Deputy U/S Scott Charbo on October 21 the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by the GOK in staving off electronic attacks on its information technology (IT) systems. The GOK official [...]	2008-10-28 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KHLS AINT KU
08KUWAIT1088	FOR KUWAIT, THE SOFA A LITMUS TEST OF IRAQI [...] (S/NF) During an October 26 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammad Al Sabah suggested to Ambassador that Iraq's acceptance or rejection of the U.S.-Iraqi SOFA will be a litmus test for future Iraqi behavior towards its neighbors. While characterizing their bilateral relations as "correct," [...]	2008-10-29 17:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT1089	KUWAIT'S CENTRAL BANK ACTS DECISIVELY TO STEM [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of relative insulation from the global financial crisis, the GCC banking sector took its first hit on October 26, compelling the Central Bank of Kuwait to shore up the country's second largest bank, Gulf Bank, in the wake of significant trading losses. Gulf Bank's woe [...]	2008-10-30 03:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KU
08KUWAIT1093	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE US [...] October 29, Poloff delivered reftel points requesting GOK support for the revised resolution "Compliance with Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments" to Dr. Hamad Bu Rahma, Deputy Director of MFA's International Relations Department. 2. Bu Rahma repl [...]	2008-10-30 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM UNGA CDG PREL KU
08KUWAIT1096	IMPLEMENTATION OF DHS API/PNR PROGRAM RAISES [...] (S/NF) Summary: In follow-up to discussions held between Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and the Kuwaiti Prime Minister held September 19, 2008, between, Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy Thomas Warrick and accompanying delegation from DHS met with Go [...]	2008-11-02 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU
08KUWAIT1099	GOK RESPONSE TO THE DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS [...] (SBU) On October 27, 2008 post delivered reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On October 30 the GoK informed Post that it had contacted the appropriate authorities in the Ministries of Finance, Interior and Commerce and the Central Bank of the UN 1267 Designation of the Gulf-bas [...]	2008-11-04 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BA EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR PREL PTER QT UNSC
08KUWAIT110	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JANUARY 27 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL AL LE IS SY KV KU
08KUWAIT1100	STAFFDEL LEELING (NOVEMBER 5-10, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes Staffdel Leeling to travel to post November 7-10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at [...]	2008-11-04 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU
08KUWAIT1102	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. On the day of the American presidential elections, many of the Arabic language Kuwaiti print dailies ran editorials that speculated as to who would win the election, as well as the possible consequences for Kuwait. While one liberal Kuwaiti daily, Al-Rai, predicted D [...]	2008-11-04 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1104	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER REF: A. A: KUWAIT 947 B. B: KUWAIT 1088 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON EINV KTFN IZ IR KU
08KUWAIT1108	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS TOP KUWAITI FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt discussed the global response to the financial crisis with the Kuwaiti Finance Minister, Central Bank Governor and the head of the Kuwait Investment Authority on October 30. The Kuwaiti interlocutors agreed on the need for coordinated fol [...]	2008-11-05 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KTFN ETTC KU
08KUWAIT1109	WORLD BANK MANAGER FOR KUWAIT BRIEFS ON PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 3, World Bank Country Manager Radwan Shaban told Ambassador that the Bank would be trying to implement technical assistance programs in three broad fields: improving public sector performance, private sector development, and human resources development (education). [...]	2008-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT111	U.S. SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR UK PSI OUTREACH EVENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PHSA PARM PREL ZR KU
08KUWAIT1110	KUWAIT'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] (C) As widely predicted by Kuwaiti political observers, the October inaugural session of Kuwait's re-convened National Assembly was filled with verbal pyrotechnics and minor human drama as MPs squabbled over election counting errors, the presence of bare-headed female ministers, and threats [...]	2008-11-05 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KWMN KU
08KUWAIT1111	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CODEL THOMPSON [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post November 11-13, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2008-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK KU AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1113	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ SEEKS LIMITED USG [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, presented his credentials in Baghdad on October 22 and took initial steps to establish his Mission there. He is now back in Kuwait, preparing a return visit to Baghdad on November 16, for which he seeks USG Milair and limited security [...]	2008-11-06 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MARR MASS IZ KU
08KUWAIT1114	NORTH KOREAN LABORERS VIE FOR EMPLOYMENT [...] (C) In response to rumors that North Korean laborers -- a group with a small silhouette on the Kuwaiti landscape -- were particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, Embassy queried local Korean and MFA sources about the status of those workers. The sources claim that the approximately 4000 [...]	2008-11-06 10:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIP KU KN ZO
08KUWAIT1116	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - [...] (U) On Thursday, November 6, all Kuwaiti Arabic language dailies ran front-page headlines about the U.S. election results. All headlines characterized the election of Democratic candidate Barack Obama to the presidency as being positive or historic, while others offered congratulations to the [...]	2008-11-06 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT112	KUWAIT URGES NO CHANGE TO UNCC IRAQI COMPENSATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 28 meeting, Director General of Kuwait's Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages Resulting from Iraqi Aggression (PAAC) Dr. Adel Asem and MFA International Organizations Department Director Mansour Al-Otaibi told CDA that Dr. Asem would be flying [...]	2008-01-29 15:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KU IZ
08KUWAIT1122	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 30 with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt delivered reftel message. The Kuwaitis offered no substantive response. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with Undersecretary Ministry of Finance Khalifa M. Hamada, on Nov [...]	2008-11-11 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR KU
08KUWAIT1123	GULF BANK: BETTING AGAINST THE DOLLAR... AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwaiti financial sector continues to feel the impact of Gulf Bank's trading losses (reftel). Speculation abounds as to the extent of the losses, the identity of the "client" who defaulted on derivatives contracts, and the role of the Central Bank of Kuwait in stabilizing Gu [...]	2008-11-11 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT1124	RAISING USG POLICY ON RECONCILIATION IN [...] (C) POLCOUNS on November 11 shared points contained reftel concerning USG views on reconciliation in Afghanistan with Rashed Al-Hajri, Counselor in MFA's Asia Department. In delivering the points, POLCOUNS stressed the continuity of USG efforts in Afghanistan and our support for reconciliation [...]	2008-11-11 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF KU
08KUWAIT1125	KUWAIT WILL CONSIDER USG POSITIONS ON IRAN HUMAN [...] (C) POLCOUNS on November 11 raised reftel points with Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's Department of International Organizations, urging GOK support for human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK and asking the GOK to oppose no-action motions designed to derail these resolutions. [...]	2008-11-11 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR KU
08KUWAIT1128	KUWAIT 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Post's update of the 2009 National Trade Estimate for Kuwait is submitted below. It also has been transmitted to the United States Trade Representative via email. 2. (U) KUWAIT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kuwait is $3 billion for the per [...]	2008-11-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KU
08KUWAIT113	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C) On January 17, A/POLCOUNS notified Director of MFA Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Maqamis of GTMO Administrative Review Board (ARB) determinations to keep three of the four Kuwaiti GTMO detainees in detention (refs A and B). (It was decided in a prev [...]	2008-01-30 03:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDRG PGOV KU
08KUWAIT1132	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ROSENBLUM (NOV [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Rosenblum to travel to post November 16-22, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2008-11-13 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
08KUWAIT1135	KUWAIT AND NATO CONDUCT FIRST GULF JOINT EXERCISE [...] (S) Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) and military services successfully concluded six days of training that culminated in an exercise involving boarding, air defense, and gunnery drills on November 09 with NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). In 2004, Kuwait became the first [...]	2008-11-13 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MOPS KU
08KUWAIT1137	IRAQI CHARGE IN KUWAIT DESCRIBES SUNNI/SHIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi called publicly following meetings with Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister on November 11 for further dialogue to advance the bilateral relationship. The Iraqi Charge d'affaires in Kuwait told POLCOUNS that Shia circles around PM Al-Maliki [...]	2008-11-13 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
08KUWAIT1139	GOK DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Recent actions by the Kuwaiti Government have shown its commitment to improving IPR enforcement. The government has stepped up public efforts to curb the use of illegal software, hardware and pirated CDs/DVDs. (Note: An increase in the number of raids/confiscations took place fo [...]	2008-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
08KUWAIT1140	COURT ORDER SUSPENDS KUWAITI STOCK TRADING [...] (U) On November 13, A Kuwaiti court ordered the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) to suspend trading until November 17, when the court would consider a case filed by a small number of investors who have incurred losses on the KSE in recent months. The GoK has signaled its intent to appeal the decis [...]	2008-11-16 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
08KUWAIT1141	STRONG USG INTEREST IN SUPPORTING AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) The GOK has expressed its deep appreciation for USG support in transporting Ambassador Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's ambassador to Iraq, to Baghdad to facilitate his presentation of credentials on October 22 and for a November 10 meeting with Ir [...]	2008-11-16 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR KU IZ
08KUWAIT1143	GOK NOT LIKELY TO SHARE M113 APC WITH YEMEN [...] (S) In response to ref A query on the feasibility and availability of transfering M113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) currently in Kuwait to Yemen via a Third Party Transfer, Post learned via Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait (OMCK) that the GOK has a total of 123 M113s as follows: - [...]	2008-11-18 04:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV MAS KU
08KUWAIT1144	RUMORS SWIRL OF IMMINENT PARLIAMENTARY DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: A member of the ruling family with access to the Al Sabah inner council sought an urgent meeting with the Ambassador late yesterday afternoon to warn that the Amir intended to dissolve parliament unconstitutionally, perhaps as early as November 19. The expectation, according to [...]	2008-11-19 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT1154	DEMARCH DELIVERED: REQUEST POST INTERVENTION WITH [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points on November 6, 2008 to Abdualaziz Al-Haldi, Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce. On November 18, Haldi said that the GoK would be willing to cooperate. He stated however, that he did not understand the issue and [...]	2008-11-20 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD USTR
08KUWAIT1155	GULF BANK'S $1.4 BILLION RESCUE PACKAGE; [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of massive trading losses in late October, Gulf Bank announced November 17 that its board of directors had approved an emergency capital subscription which will raise $1.4 billion. Existing shareholders are expected to purchase the majority of these shares, with the K [...]	2008-11-20 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU

08KUWAIT1158	FOIA REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-23 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF KU
08KUWAIT1160	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 13. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Kuwaiti delegation made clear during a November 19 Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting that it was disappointed over the lack of results in the search for Kuwaitis missing from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Ku [...]	2008-11-24 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU
08KUWAIT1161	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Khalid Al-Ghunaim told Ambassador on November 23 that the recent steep drop in oil revenues and the global economic crisis would not affect implementation of the previous ministry's priority projects, the government's overall 'Five [...]	2008-11-24 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAIR ELTN PGOV KU
08KUWAIT1164	WHILE KUWAIT PUSHES AHEAD ON OIL AND GAS, CHEVRON [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Oil Company CEO described plans for expansion of oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per day (mmb/d) by 2020 from its current 2.8 mmb/d. He confirmed the key to reaching this goal is creating a new type of agreement which is financially attractive to internat [...]	2008-11-25 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU IZ
08KUWAIT1165	KUWAIT COOL TO IDEA OF FEWER UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Political Counselor on November 25 raised with Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's Department of International Organizations, reftel points concerning the proliferation of repetitive and unbalanced UNGA resolutions with an anti-Israel bias. In delivering the demarche, POLCOUNS emphasized [...]	2008-11-25 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA KU
08KUWAIT1166	GOK CABINET RESIGNS, OUTMANEUVERING PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) In a step forecasting the possible -- but not necessarily imminent dissolution -- of the National Assembly, Kuwaiti Cabinet members submitted their resignations on November 25 after staging a clearly pre-arranged walkout from Parliament cued by discussion of grilling PM Shaykh Nasser Al [...]	2008-11-25 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
08KUWAIT1168	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN(DECEMBER 1-2, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL MCCAIN to travel to post December 1-2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-11-26 10:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
08KUWAIT1170	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER 6-9, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Baird to travel to post on December 6-9, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-11-30 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF QA PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1174	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) On Sunday, November 30 and Monday, December 1, a considerable number of Kuwaiti Arabic language dailies ran opinions and editorials about the terrorist attacks that occurred last week in Mumbai, India. At least eight Kuwaiti citizens were trapped during the attacks and the multi-day siege [...]	2008-12-01 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1175	AMIR ACCEPTS CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (C) After nearly a week of political uncertainty over a potential dissolution of parliament, the Amir on December 1 instead accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet, which had been tendered after the ministers' dramatic walkout from a November 25 parliamentary session (reftel). The anno [...]	2008-12-01 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
08KUWAIT1176	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econoffs delivered reftel points on December 1 to Jasem Al-Bader, the Chairman and Director-General of the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fishery Resources (PAAF). Al-Bader, who led the Kuwaiti delegation to the June High Level Conference on Global Food Security, was very [...]	2008-12-02 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECIN KU
08KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT THIRD/FOURTH QUARTER ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Despite the current angst about the stock market's fall (down over 40% YTD) and the very public bail out of Gulf Bank, Kuwait,s economy grew at just under six percent in 2008 and is projected to weaken only slightly next year. Kuwait's government revenues for the first 7 months of the f [...]	2008-12-02 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KU
08KUWAIT1178	CABINET RESIGNATION: NOT YET FINAL [...] (U) Contrary to December 1 public announcements that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah had accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet (reftel),Parliamentary Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi clarified to the press on December 2 that such announcements were "misinterpreted" and that the Amir was [...]	2008-12-02 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
08KUWAIT118	FOREIGN BUSINESS COUNCILS COORDINATE TO TACKLE [...] On January 28, Embassy Kuwait hosted the first-ever meeting of representatives from various foreign business councils in Kuwait to discuss common concerns and ways to collaborate on areas of common interest. Organized in conjunction with the American Business Council, the roundtable was atten [...]	2008-01-31 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL KU
08KUWAIT1180	TERROR FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED US DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...]	2008-12-04 06:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE
08KUWAIT1183	KUWAIT CONFRONTS GLOBAL FINANCIAL WOES: ARE THERE [...] (C) Summary: Amidst the intrigue of Kuwait,s second constitutional crisis of the year, many citizens continue to be concerned by losses on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) and the liquidity squeeze faced by many of the nation,s 95 investment companies. Additionally, many Kuwaiti investors are [...]	2008-12-04 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
08KUWAIT1185	BITS AND PIECES FROM THE IRAQI CHARGE ON [...] Summary: During a December 1 call on the Iraqi Embassy, the DCM and the Iraqi Charge compared notes on the progress of Kuwait-Iraq relations. While acknowledging perennial frustration over his role as Charge for a government that regularly leaves him out of the loop on major policy decisions [...]	2008-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
08KUWAIT1186	GOK BEGINNING TO WONDER IF MUMBAI-TYPE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel, Kuwaitis were shocked and horrified by the November 26-29 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The fact that at least nine Kuwaitis -- including several women from prominent Kuwaiti families -- were trapped in a hotel room during the siege brought home to many t [...]	2008-12-04 15:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KU
08KUWAIT1187	(C) KUWAIT'S DEMOCRATIC JALOPY - STILL CHUGGING [...] (S) Summary: Kuwait's developing democracy is undergoing yet another of the transitional wheezing attacks that seem to grip it every several years, but it is nowhere near death. Like the 70's)era Chevrolet Impalas that continue to ply Kuwait's choked freeways, alongside European sports cars a [...]	2008-12-04 17:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KW
08KUWAIT1188	SHAYKH MISHA'AL: KUWAIT'S EXTREMIST REHABILITATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 09:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER KU
08KUWAIT1190	ARAB FUND AND KUWAIT FUND RECIPROCATE USAID [...] (SBU) Summary. the Directors General of two of the major development funds in the Middle East, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development(KFAED) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development(AFESD),met separately with U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator and U.S. [...]	2008-12-10 05:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KU
08KUWAIT1194	NOTE VERBALE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF [...] Please deliver the following message from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Mr. Adrian Cronauer, Special Assistant to the Director of Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO). Original will follow via diplomatic pouch. 2. Begin Text: Dear Adrian: On b [...]	2008-12-14 12:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL
08KUWAIT1196	KUWAIT QUESTIONS SECDEF'S CALL FOR IRAQI GCC [...] (C) Office Director to the Foreign Minister -- and son of the Prime Minister -- Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Al-Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah shared with Ambassador during a December 14 conversation Kuwaiti anxiety over and general opposition to SecDef Gates' call (ref speech) for Iraqi inclusion in the Gu [...]	2008-12-15 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU
08KUWAIT1197	KUWAIT: PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's top infectious diseases official has expressed concern about the possible effects of the current financial crisis on GOK preventative health care programs and the impact of GOK instability on health care delivery. During a meeting with the regional ESTH hub officer, he [...]	2008-12-16 08:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KU
08KUWAIT1198	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel topic with Office Director to the Foreign Minister -- and son of the Prime Minister -- Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Al-Nasser Al-Mohammed. Shaykh Dr. Ahmad expressed surprise at the $500 million donor target and asked if the USG has received feedback from other GCC governme [...]	2008-12-17 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON PREL KU PK
08KUWAIT1199	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 07:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC LE SY KU
08KUWAIT12	GOK LOOKING FORWARD TO POTUS VISIT; AMIR TO RAISE [...] (C) In a December 31 meeting with CDA to discuss Iraqi border and other issues (reported septel),MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah said that the GOK is looking forward to the January 11-12 POTUS visit. He added that there are many issues for both sides to discuss. He recalled the Amir's S [...]	2008-01-03 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDRG KU
08KUWAIT1201	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOSNI LIKELY TO BE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNESCO KU
08KUWAIT1202	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION TIED TO GCC [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU
08KUWAIT1203	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA KU
08KUWAIT1204	AMIR OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (C) In an expected but delayed move, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah accepted on December 14 the resignation -- tendered on November 25 -- of the Kuwaiti Cabinet. The outgoing ministers will continue to serve in a caretaker capacity until the formation of a new government [...]	2008-12-18 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
08KUWAIT1211	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) On Sunday, November 30 and Monday, December 1, a considerable number of Kuwaiti Arabic language dailies ran opinions and editorials about the terrorist attacks that occurred last week in Mumbai, India. At least eight Kuwaiti citizens were trapped during the attacks and the multi-day siege [...]	2008-12-21 11:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT122	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HIGGINS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Higgins to travel to post February 5-8, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-01-31 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT1237	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FINDS IMPROVED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-28 03:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
08KUWAIT1247	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- MEDIA SPECULATES ON GOK DEAL WITH [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of late Sunday, December 28, Al-Rai and Al-Watan T.V. reported that the Council of Ministers had arrived at a negative decision in regards to the Government of Kuwait (GOK) deal with Dow Chemical. This media reaction cable covers the lead-up to the Council's decis [...]	2008-12-28 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1250	KUWAITIS OUTRAGED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA [...] (U) Summary: The GOK and Members of Parliament strongly denounced Israel's December 27 air raids on Gaza. Statements typically use strong language, including terms like "genocide" and "massacre". A number of MPs have called for a rally on the evening of December 28 to provide Kuwaitis with a [...]	2008-12-29 07:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IS KU
08KUWAIT1253	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Tuesday, December 30, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editoria [...]	2008-12-30 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1255	KUWAIT LIKELY TO ADOPT "MODERATE" STANCE AT ARAB [...] (C) Summary: MFA Arab Affairs Bureau replied favorably to ref A demarch, affirming GOK support for a "moderate" approach to the Gaza crisis, continuing prohibition on direct contacts with Hamas, hope for a balanced statement from the December 31 Cairo AL ministerial, and current inclination to [...]	2008-12-31 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM KU
08KUWAIT1259	KUWAIT HALTS K-DOW PETROCHEMICAL VENTURE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Following the Government of Kuwait's December 28 decision to withdraw approval for the K-Dow joint venture between Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company(PIC) and Dow Chemical, PIC's Chair and Managing Director Maha Hussain told Econoffs that PIC will continue to seek approval f [...]	2008-12-31 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EPET ENRG PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT126	KUWAIT DECRIES GAZA SITUATION, SENDS RED CRESCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the January 23 breaching of the border at Rafah, Kuwaiti MPs, governmental bodies, and human rights organizations have united in criticism of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. This follows a January 22 Parliamentary declaration condemning Israeli actions in Gaza [...]	2008-01-31 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV PHUM KU
08KUWAIT1260	UPDATED COPY OF KUWAIT'S DRAFT COPYRIGHT LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On December 28, 2008, Embassy Kuwait received in Arabic an updated draft copyright law from the Kuwait Ministry of Information. Post emailed the draft to USTR and the desk. Mana Al-Baghdadi, an attorney at the Ministry of Informat [...]	2008-12-31 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU ETRD EINV ECON PGOV
08KUWAIT128	TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...]	2008-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT131	CDA LETTER TO MFA CONCERNING PETRAEUS VISIT AND [...] (C) On January 31, post delivered the following letter from CDA to MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah regarding the February 3-4 visit of General Petraeus to Kuwait. Begin text: Your Excellency: I am pleased to note that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General of the Multi-National For [...]	2008-02-04 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT134	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ENSIGN (FEBRUARY 7-12, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ensign to travel to post 8-12 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-02-06 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT14	KUWAIT MFA U/S: SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah, the U/S discussed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit and relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues (reported septels). Jarallah also expressed deep concern over the political situation in Lebanon and said that "all of t [...]	2008-01-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDRG KPAL ETRD ECON KU IR SY
08KUWAIT148	AMIR TO PETRAEUS ON IRAQ, SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) On February 4, GEN Petraeus met separately with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah; Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah; and Chief of Staff LTG Fahad Al-Amir. The Amir commented on the positive impact of the surge in Iraq, but again criticized the CPA's dissolution of the Iraqi milita [...]	2008-02-07 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PBTS KU
08KUWAIT15	KUWAIT MFA U/S ON KUWAITI MILITARY INCIDENT, IRAQI [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, the U/S reviewed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit (reported septel) and discussed relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues. He said that he urged the Interior Ministry to allow MNF-I salvage operations to resume in Khawr Abdallah W [...]	2008-01-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT151	IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT),an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...]	2008-02-07 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU
08KUWAIT153	KUWAIT RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Customs Director General Ibrahim Al-Ghanim downplayed Kuwait's adherence to the Arab League Boycott during a February 7 meeting with Econoff. The Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office lies within the Directorate General of Customs and is directly supervised by the DG. Al-Gha [...]	2008-02-07 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT154	REPORTED DEATH THREAT AGAINST MP OPPOSING GENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, liberal MP Ali Al-Rashed submitted an amendment to Parliament to eliminate the gender segregation requirement in private universities. The bill follows a recently brokered deal between the GOK and Islamist MPs to enforce long-neglected gender segregation legislation [...]	2008-02-07 16:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KISL KU
08KUWAIT155	EXTREMIST REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (C-CT8-00002) - [...] (S) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) does not currently have a rehabilitation program for jihadists or extremists. This analysis is based on post's conversations with the Ministry of Interior Kuwait State Security (KSS),the National Security Bureau (NSB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal [...]	2008-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PINR KISL PGOV PINS PTER SOCI KU
08KUWAIT157	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Immigration Officers Hackbarth and Perez to travel to post April 2-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No Embassy support h [...]	2008-02-10 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CVIS ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT159	TWO MORE FORMER GTMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED [...] (S) On February 6, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, acquitted former Guantanamo detainees Omar Rajib Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari of all terror-related charges. With this ruling, the Court of Cassation has now acquitted seven of the eight former detainees released to Kuwa [...]	2008-02-10 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL KDRG PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT165	SCENESETTER FOR AUSTR DONNELLY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Shaun, we look forward to and warmly welcome your visit to Kuwait on February 13 and 14 for the third round of TIFA talks, and the first in Kuwait. In addition to the TIFA Council meeting on February 14, we have arranged meetings for you with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebr [...]	2008-02-11 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV KU
08KUWAIT166	KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER TO MEET WITH SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Kuwaiti PM Nasser Al Sabah, accompanied by Commerce Minister Falah Al-Hajeri and MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah, departed for a regional tour of Syria, Egypt and Jordan. In Syria, the PM will express Kuwait's support for the Arab League position on Lebanon, but is not [...]	2008-02-11 15:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KU
08KUWAIT171	MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS & LABOR AND JUSTICE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: CDA met with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL)/MOJ Minister Shihab on February 10 to discuss the GOK efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons. CDA reviewed the necessary steps needed to avoid a Tier 3 ranking as well as recent anti-TIP action taken by other Gulf coun [...]	2008-02-14 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI ELAB KWMN KU
08KUWAIT172	KUWAIT LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU
08KUWAIT173	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ANDREWS (February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Andrews to travel to post 16-19 February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2008-02-14 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT174	NO TEARS SHED FOR MUGNIYAH IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti opinion has long regarded Imad Mugniyah as a terrorist with Kuwaiti blood on his hands. Accordingly, Kuwaiti newspapers generally presented his February 13 assassination as, at best, a predictable end to a violent life. The GOK has not issued a statement, but FM Dr. Moham [...]	2008-02-14 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KU
08KUWAIT175	NO TEARS SHED FOR MUGNIYAH IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti opinion has long regarded Imad Mugniyah as a terrorist with Kuwaiti blood on his hands. Accordingly, Kuwaiti newspapers generally presented his February 13 assassination as, at best, a predictable end to a violent life. Kuwait Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled publicly ca [...]	2008-02-14 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KU
08KUWAIT177	KUWAITI MINDEF RECEPTIVE TO ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, CDA met with Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Sabah to continue discussions on opening an additional border crossing near Camp Bucca and resuming salvage operations in the Khawr Abdullah waterway. This meeting followed General Petraeus' Febru [...]	2008-02-14 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON MOPS KTIA KU IZ
08KUWAIT190	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Grove to travel to post 22-29, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-02-18 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT193	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ETHERIDGE- [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ETHERIDGE to travel to post 19-21, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]	2008-02-18 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT196	KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC [...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...]	2008-02-19 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU
08KUWAIT199	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL HUTCHISON (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hutchison to travel to post 21-24, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2008-02-20 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF PK IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT202	GOK REQUESTS DETAILS ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: On February 20, post received a circular from the Kuwait MFA requesting information concerning the U.S. delegation attending the April 22 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Kuwait. Specifically, the MFA is requesting the names of the delegation members, as well as th [...]	2008-02-20 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP OTRA IZ KU
08KUWAIT203	LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL [...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...]	2008-02-20 15:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU
08KUWAIT204	GOK DISAPPOINTED IN SYRIAN INTRANSIGENCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and NEA/I DAS Butler, senior GOK leaders expressed their disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad and the SARG. Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, just back from a trip to Damascus, lamented Syria's [...]	2008-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KSUM IZ KU
08KUWAIT205	KUWAITI CABINET CONDEMNS SHI'A RALLY FOR MUGNIYAH [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, hundreds of Kuwaiti Shi'a reportedly attended a rally to mourn the death of Hezbollah terrorist leader Imad Mugniyah. Kuwait's media are having a field day denouncing the event, and two (Shi'a) MPs who attended are targets of a massive outpouring of public hostili [...]	2008-02-20 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KU
08KUWAIT207	DAS BUTLER ADVOCATES GREATER KUWAITI ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, NEA/I DAS Butler met with Under Secretaries in the GOK Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and the MFA to advocate for greater Kuwaiti engagement with Iraq. Butler called for the GOK to send an Ambassador to Baghdad immediately, open an additional border cros [...]	2008-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON ETRD PTER KU IZ
08KUWAIT208	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: EMBASSY CONVENES AIWG, [...] Summary: Embassy's medical unit and medical units from Army Central Command (ARCENT) and 386 Air Expeditionary Wing (386 AEW) presented their Avian Influenza preparedness plans at the Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) meeting on February 7. Participants discussed areas of collaboration a [...]	2008-02-21 09:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
08KUWAIT211	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2007 compared to activities in 2006. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pirated and counterfeit products. Prote [...]	2008-02-21 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT213	CROWN PRINCE/PRIME MINISTER: "NO PREMATURE TROOP [...] (C) On February 18, CDA took advantage of meetings between former Secretary Albright and the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister to discuss Iraq, Iran, and prospects for Middle East peace. The GOK leadership praised the USG liberation of Iraq but warned against a premature troop withdraw [...]	2008-02-24 10:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT216	CULTURAL ENVOY, GINA LORING, INSPIRES SOCIAL ACTIVISM [...] Summary: The Gina Loring Cultural Envoy program from January 26 to February 5, 2008 supported the MSP goal of promotion of democracy in Kuwait by teaching high school students how to write and perform drama that raises societal awareness of civil issues. The students' final project, a play pr [...]	2008-02-24 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL ZR
08KUWAIT217	KUWAIT AIRWAYS: SETTLEMENT OF JUDGMENT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with the CDA and Embassy Baghdad Transportation Attache McCormick, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) Chairman explained that the decision to settle the USD one billion judgment against Iraq Airways Company (IAC) is not within the authority of KAC, and inste [...]	2008-02-24 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ECON KU IZ
08KUWAIT218	TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...]	2008-02-24 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT22	SHARIA-COMPLIANT ALAFCO BUYS 66 BOEING AND AIRBUS [...] (U) On December 30, 2007 Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) board Chairman Ahmad Al-Zaben announced that his Kuwait-based company struck a deal worth USD 7 billion to purchase 66 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. This deal is part of ALAFCO's long-term strategy of building a 100 aircraft fl [...]	2008-01-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
08KUWAIT222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COSTA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Costa to travel to post February 29 - March 2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2008-02-27 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ AF IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT227	TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...]	2008-02-28 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT236	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (MARCH 9-14, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Logan to travel to post March 9-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT237	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long, PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, RADM John Miller, DIA Senior Analyst Bruce Hardcastle, Gen Ralph Baker, Col Russell C. Barnes, LtCol Reginald Robinson, Roger Pena, Maj Chri [...]	2008-03-03 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRYCLEARANCE
08KUWAIT238	MOI U/S ON TIP, CEIP AND BORDERS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, CDA met with new Ministry of Interior (MOI) U/S, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Al-Rujaib to discuss TIP, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and Kuwait-Iraq border issues. On TIP, Al-Rujaib said that the U.S. report was "exaggerated" and laid blame for violations on thir [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET ELAB PREL PHUM KCIP PGOV PTER KU
08KUWAIT243	AUSTR DONNELLY PRESSES GOK FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, a delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Shaun Donnelly met with a GOK delegation led by Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry Rasheed Al-Tabtabai for the third round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and K [...]	2008-03-05 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KU
08KUWAIT244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN KU
08KUWAIT245	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON LEBANON/SYRIA AND ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 4, CDA met with MFA U/S Jarallah to discuss a range of issues including Lebanon/Syria and the Arab League Summit. Jarallah confirmed Kuwait's decision to contribute USD 5 million to Hariri Tribunal start-up costs, and said the GOK would willing to contribute in support [...]	2008-03-05 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT246	KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 10 GULF SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The third round of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) will convene on March 10, capping a banner year for high-level visits to Kuwait, to include POTUS' visit in January. The GOK has expressed commitment to the GSD, but it will need to address shortcomings in a number of areas d [...]	2008-03-06 03:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM KU
08KUWAIT247	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Brig Gen Robin Rand and Col Thomas Henwood to travel to Kuwait City, Kuwait for the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks which will be held on March 10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Ir [...]	2008-03-06 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC OREP COUNTRYCLEARANCE
08KUWAIT257	KUWAIT ENERGY: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORT TO [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information: -- A. The Economic Section consists of 7 personnel, of whom 5 work directly on energy matters. -- B. Percentage of time devoted to energy issues by position: Â [...]	2008-03-06 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG SENV APER ABUD KU
08KUWAIT258	DEMARCHE DELIVERED:MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) On March 4, A/POLCOUNS delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations (IO) Counselor Dr. Hamad Bou Rahma. Lebanon ------- 2. (C) Bou Rahma agreed that SARG's allowing the Lebanese political stalemate to continue puts the upcoming Arab Summit in jeopardy. He also said [...]	2008-03-06 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN SY KV KU
08KUWAIT259	DURING DAS PATTON VISIT KUWAITIS SLAM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (NEA/PI) Kent Patton visited Kuwait on February 27 for meetings with the GOK, women activists, and politically active youth. MFA Director of the Follow-Up and Coordination Office, Ambassador Muqamis said that Kuwait lacked confidence in its elected MP [...]	2008-03-06 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KMPI SOCI KU
08KUWAIT260	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON [...] (C) On February 28, econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Hamad Al-Mashan and reiterated previous calls by emboffs for the GOK to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Al-Mashan said that any discussion or consideration of assistance would be premature un [...]	2008-03-06 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AS BA CA EG EAID EFIN PREL EINV
08KUWAIT273	GOK NOTIFIED OF ARB IV PROCEEDINGS FOR CYCLES 1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-09 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG PINR PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT281	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN (MARCH 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post March 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2008-03-12 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post March 16-17, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...]	2008-03-12 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ IS FR UK COUNTRY
08KUWAIT283	(C) TERROR FINANCE: GOK SLOW TO FREEZE ASSETS OF [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by senior officials from the Kuwaiti MFA and National Security Bureau, the head of AML/CTF at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said he has not received any instructions from the GOK and therefore has not taken any action to freeze the accounts of the [...]	2008-03-12 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT284	KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
08KUWAIT285	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 56TH [...] Kuwait hosted the 56th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 12, 2008, with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). Kuwait reiterated its request [...]	2008-03-12 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM PREL KUWAIT IRAQ KU
08KUWAIT286	GOK DIPNOTE DETAILING TRAVEL PLANS TO GTMO [...] (S) On March 9, post received diplomatic note 20080342 from MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination office detailing the travel plans on March 13 of four Kuwait Security Service (KSS) officials to Washington and Guantanamo Detention Facility. The GOK previously informed Post of the names of the fou [...]	2008-03-12 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDRG KU
08KUWAIT290	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BARRASSO(MARCH 16-21, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Barrasso to travel to post March 17-21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-03-13 08:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT292	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON TIP [...] (C) On March 4, CDA briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the upcoming TIP report and expressed concern about the lack of recent concrete progress on the part of the GOK. CDA listed the commitments made by the GOK last fall and cited positive steps taken by some of Kuwait's Gulf neighbors in [...]	2008-03-13 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIP SMIG KU

08KUWAIT294	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 4, CDA met with MFA U/S Al-Jarallah and discussed a new border crossing with Iraq, sending a Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq and Khor Abdullah salvage operations. Jarallah was receptive to a visit to the proposed border area near Camp Bucca and told CDA that the GOK would r [...]	2008-03-13 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KTIA KU IZ
08KUWAIT297	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (MARCH 17-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ellsworth to travel to post March 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-03-16 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW IQ UK AF PK KU COUNTRY
08KUWAIT30	KUWAITI FATHER PLEADS FOR HIS SON'S RELEASE FROM [...] (C) An open letter appeared in the January 7 Kuwait Times that contained a personal plea to President Bush for the release of the author's son, Fawzi (AKA Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Awdah-ISN 232) from GTMO. The letter is well-crafted and rational as opposed to the usual diatribes on GTMO that [...]	2008-01-07 16:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PHUM KDRG PTER
08KUWAIT305	AMIR OF KUWAIT TO ATTEND DAMASCUS AL SUMMIT [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting at Seif Palace, Amiri Diwan Minister Sh. Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that the Amir of Kuwait will/will attend the Damascus Arab League summit. The Minister acknowledged CDA,s arguments against attendance, but concluded that the Amir had considered careful [...]	2008-03-17 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KU
08KUWAIT306	DOC ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE OFFICE COMMENDS GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),Customs and Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI),officials from the Department of Commerce (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office commended the progress the GOK has made in eliminating barriers rel [...]	2008-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT307	KUWAIT CABINET OFFERS ITS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, the entire cabinet of the Government of Kuwait offered its resignation to PM Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, citing a lack of cooperation from MPs that has "undermined national unity and security." The surprise move comes after many months of head-butting between cabinet and [...]	2008-03-17 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KU
08KUWAIT312	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GOK CABINET RESIGNATION [...] (U) Following the late afternoon resignation of the Kuwaiti cabinet on March 17 (Reftel),the Kuwaiti press the next morning focused on what the event might mean for the country's short-term political future. In banner headlines, the ten Arabic-language and three English-language daily newspap [...]	2008-03-18 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT313	MUGNIYAH AFTERMATH: GOK TO PROSECUTE MEMBERS OF [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, Kuwait's public prosecutor questioned three individuals and issued arrest warrants for five others who were involved in the now-infamous Imad Mugniyah "eulogy" of February 16. By March 13, the GOK had released all of the detained individuals on bail, pending possi [...]	2008-03-18 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PGOV SOCI KU IR
08KUWAIT319	KUWAIT-HOSTED BASRAH INVESTMENT CONFERENCE A SMALL [...] (U) The newly established British-Iraqi Basrah Development Commission and the Basrah Provincial Government organized and sponsored Invest Basrah 2008, which was held in Kuwait from March 12-14. This first-of-its-kind investment conference brought together 70 Basrawi government officials and b [...]	2008-03-19 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL ECON EAIR EWWT ENRG EPET EAID KU IZ
08KUWAIT320	KUWAIT'S AMIR DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Kuwait's Amir opted to dissolve the National Assembly. His decision opens a new chapter in the dysfunctional relationship between the current government and Parliament dating back to June 2006. The Amir is widely expected to set a date for new elections within 60 day [...]	2008-03-19 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KMPI KU
08KUWAIT334	U.S. SPEAKER DR. BRENDA FLANAGAN INSPIRES KUWAITI WOMEN [...] Dr. Brenda Flanagan, American Afro-Caribbean author and professor of literature at Davidson College, North Carolina, conducted another well-received U.S. Speaker Program in Kuwait from March 1-4, 2008. Capitalizing on her name recognition following a successful visit to Kuwait in 2006, Post tim [...]	2008-03-25 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KIRC OIIP XF KU
08KUWAIT337	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...]	2008-03-26 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC
08KUWAIT338	LITHUANIA SEEKING GULF COUNTRY FINANCING FOR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 18, a delegation led by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas met with CDA to discuss the GOL's efforts to raise approximately USD 300 million in funding from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Ec [...]	2008-03-26 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELTN KU AF LH
08KUWAIT339	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MELENDREZ (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Melendrez to travel to post March 27-28, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-03-26 09:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT345	BASRA FIGHTING PROMPTS GOK TO HEIGHTEN ALERT AT [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, the GOK heightened its alert along the northern border with Iraq. The GOK has increased MOI patrols of the area and placed a Kuwait Armed Forces reconnaissance battalion on alert. These moves come in response to renewed fighting between the GOI and armed militias in [...]	2008-03-27 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD SMIG KU IZ
08KUWAIT35	PROMINENT WOMEN'S ACTIVIST ON DISSOLUTION RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with prominent women's activist Rola Dashti on January 6 (NOTE: Dashti will attend the Women's Round-table Discussion on Democracy and Development on January 12 with POTUS. END NOTE). Dashti told CDA that she expects the Parliament to be dissolved prior to the scheduled [...]	2008-01-08 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KU KWMN PGOV SOCI KMPI
08KUWAIT351	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA A/S DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA A/S C. David Welch and NEA Staff Assistant Kimberly Harrington to travel to Kuwait City on April 1, 2008 to conduct meetings with host government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply fo [...]	2008-03-30 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA OTRA PREL
08KUWAIT36	CODEL WOLF: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN JERUSALEM; NEED [...] (C) On January 4, Kuwaiti Islamist Mubarak Al-Mutawa told CODEL Wolf that Hamas would put an end to violence and recognize Israel, if it was convinced that Palestinian sovereignty was truly an option. He also praised the CODEL for promoting interfaith dialogue as a key to peace and stability [...]	2008-01-08 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PTER KPAL IZ PHUM PINR
08KUWAIT360	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE ARAB SUMMIT IN DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT366	AMIR'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR INTERESTED IN EXPLORING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Request guidance as to whether Post should facilitate contact between Palestinian Investment Fund CEO Dr. Mohammad Mustafa and Kuwaiti government officials, institutional investors, and/or private investors. 2. (C) In an April 2 meeting with Assistant Secretary of State [...]	2008-04-06 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID PREL KU IS
08KUWAIT37	GOK TO SUPPORT PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CERD [...] On January 7, Post received the below diplomatic note from the MFA confirming the GOK's support of Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for reelection to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin Text of informal translation: Ministry of Foreign A [...]	2008-01-08 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU
08KUWAIT370	SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSSES CT WITH KUWAITI [...] (C) During a March 24-25 visit to Kuwait, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, PM, FM, MinDef and National Security Bureau President (NSB) to discuss counterterrorism and information sharing, Iran and Iraq, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the USG's [...]	2008-04-06 06:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCIP KDRG KTFN KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT378	KUWAIT ASKED TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador James Foley met in Kuwait March 27 with the heads of the GOK,s Humanitarian Operations Center, the Red Crescent Society and UNHCR,s regional office to discuss enhanced support to Iraqi refugees in the region. Kuwait has demonstrated a readiness over the past five years [...]	2008-04-07 12:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID IZ KU
08KUWAIT381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP ETTC PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
08KUWAIT382	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the Kuwait Amiri Guard and the Kuwait Armed Forces 25th Commando Brigade. Brigadier Khaled Jassem [...]	2008-04-07 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PHUM PREL KU
08KUWAIT384	KUWAITI LEADERSHIP PRAISES MALIKI FOR BASRA [...] (C) In separate April 2 meetings with A/S Welch, Kuwaiti Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Amiri Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef El-Ebraheem offered their support for Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki's Basra campaign. The GOK, which typically expresses a lack o [...]	2008-04-08 07:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT385	GOK TO A/S WELCH: "OUR AID IS ADEQUATE, BUT WE'LL [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, NEA A/S Welch met separately with the Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Economic Advisor to the Amir to discuss Israel/Palestinians, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, and Iran. A/S Welch pressed all three contacts to enhance Kuwait's political and financial support for Pres [...]	2008-04-08 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPAL PTER KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT390	GOK HOSTS FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: From March 31-April 2, 2008, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) in cooperation with U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Justice hosted a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Implementation Seminar. The three-day event was attended by 53 GOK officials in [...]	2008-04-09 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU
08KUWAIT392	MFA U/S COMMENTS ON AL SUMMIT, LEBANON AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 conversation with CDA, MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah commented on the recently-concluded Arab League Summit, initiatives by Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri to resolve his country's presidential crisis, and the lack of a GCC decision to recognize Kosovo. Discussion of Iraq [...]	2008-04-09 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU ZL XF
08KUWAIT394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR PLEDGES TO AFFORDABLE [...] (C) Following up on Post's March 12 diplomatic note in support of OPIC's program for affordable housing in the West Bank, CDA delivered reftel points during an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. CDA recommended the program to Al-Jarallah and suggested that the GOK could direct US [...]	2008-04-10 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS SA KWBG PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KU
08KUWAIT395	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS [...] (C) In an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah, CDA delivered reftel points about the June 12 Paris Conference. Al-Jarallah said the GOK had not yet received a formal invitation. 2. (C) CDA also highlighted the USAID-GOA-sponsored April 20-23 Donor Coordination Event in Kabul ac [...]	2008-04-10 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SA KU KDEM EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT396	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref. A demarche to MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on 8 April. Al-Jarallah thanked CDA for the advance warning, but cautioned that this was a very sensitive issue for Kuwait. Al-Jarallah reiterated GOK requests for evidence against RIHS and UNSCR 1267-designated [...]	2008-04-10 14:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PREL PGOV KU DEMARCHE
08KUWAIT41	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL L. DAVIS(JANUARY 8-16, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL L. Davis to travel to post 12-16 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-01-09 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT410	INFORMATION ON SOURCE OF POLITICAL IMPASSE IN [...] (S) Summary: The Kuwaiti Cabinet's mass resignation and the Amir's subsequent dissolution of Parliament represent the widely expected culmination of a contentious and dysfunctional relationship between the GOK and Parliament going back several years. In the short term, the dissolution provide [...]	2008-04-15 06:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON KU
08KUWAIT411	POLITICAL OVERVIEW OF KUWAIT IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With candidate registration commencing on April 14, Kuwait's electoral field is beginning to take shape. The GOK is hoping that the new five-district electoral system will deliver more nationally focused candidates as well as a more cooperative Parliament. Islamist candidates sta [...]	2008-04-15 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON KU
08KUWAIT43	PARLIAMENT'S GRILLING MORE FIZZLE THAN SIZZLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 8 and 9, Islamist MP Saad Al-Shraye "grilled" (publicly questioned) Education Minister Nouriya Al-Sabeeh before the National Assembly. Al-Shraye's accusations against the Minister were weak and vague, and Al-Sabeeh defended herself ably on the Assembly floor. Parliamen [...]	2008-01-10 12:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR KU
08KUWAIT435	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...]	2008-04-17 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT437	TAKING STOCK OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] The following is Post's response to questions from reftel based on recent exchanges with Waleed Al-Bahar, Regional Manager for Central Asian and European Countries for the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). (Note: The Kuwait Fund is the GOK's foreign assistance agency. It man [...]	2008-04-20 10:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV KU PK
08KUWAIT438	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; CALLS FOR [...] (C) On April 20 Ambassador called on FM Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah at Bayan Palace for initial presentation of credentials. Upon his acceptance of the copy of her credentials, AMB Jones is able to begin a limited range of diplomatic duties, including full support for the Secretary' [...]	2008-04-20 10:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT45	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MENENDEZ (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Menendez to travel to post 20-21, January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2008-01-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT453	FINAL COMMUNIQU OF THE EXPANDED MINISTERIAL [...] On April 22, the participants of the Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbouring Countries of Iraq issued a final communiqu listing agreements reached during the conference. Text of the communiqu is included below. Overview of conference reported septel. 2. Begin text. Final C [...]	2008-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KU
08KUWAIT457	OVERVIEW OF RECENT NATO-KUWAIT ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 9, the Polish Embassy delivered a briefing to NATO member-country COMs on recent NATO-Kuwait engagement. On January 14-15, a team of NATO experts visited Kuwait to identify GOK security priorities and investigate areas for increased cooperation. On March 27, Kuwait hoste [...]	2008-04-24 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR NATO KCIP KISL KU RS XG
08KUWAIT468	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US TREASURY OFFICIALS (MAY 9 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for US Treasury Office Director, Michael Madon, Research Analysts Samuel White and Catherine Ahn to travel to post May 9-16, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy B [...]	2008-04-29 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT469	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (MAY 2-5, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post May 2-5, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2008-04-30 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT47	ON EVE OF POTUS VISIT, PARLIAMENT SUDDENLY PASSES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Amidst rumors of parliamentary dissolution and following years of delay in bringing any significant economic reform legislation to a vote, Kuwait's parliament passed three important economic laws on January 9 to privatize Kuwait Airways, to control investment related [...]	2008-01-10 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PGOV EINV ETRD KU IZ
08KUWAIT471	AMONG KUWAITI SHI'A, NATIONAL LOYALTIES RUN DEEP [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait has always had a significant percentage of Shi'a citizens, and Sunni/Shi'a relations are traditionally good. According to most estimates, Shi'a currently constitute 30 percent of all Kuwaiti nationals, numbering some 350,000 individuals. There are also between 150,000 and [...]	2008-05-01 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER KISL SOCI ECON KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT472	ENHANCED JUDICIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU
08KUWAIT476	TERROR FINANCE: DESPITE GOK CONFIRMATION UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by MFA officials in March, contacts at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) continue to tell us they are unaware of any official instruction to freeze the assets of the three recently designated Kuwaiti terrorist facilita [...]	2008-05-01 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT478	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: MOH OFFICIAL PRESENTS GOK [...] Summary: Embassy Kuwait held its monthly Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) meeting on April 29. Members of the U.S. military medical team - from Army Central Command, 386 Air Expeditionary Wing and Office of Military Cooperation - various Embassy section heads and the Embassy medical unit [...]	2008-05-01 15:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
08KUWAIT48	GOK PROVIDES NEW ASSURANCE ON GTMO ON EVE OF POTUS [...] (S/NF) The Kuwaiti message in para 3, delivered to Embassy Kuwait after-hours on the evening before President Bush's January 11 arrival, is a last-second GOK attempt to define a positive basis for discussion of the GTMO detainee question. It constitutes both an official response to the U.S. dem [...]	2008-01-10 20:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDRG PTER KU
08KUWAIT488	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - KUWAIT [...] Summary: Rising food prices and agricultural commodity prices are having a significant impact on the economy in Kuwait, especially with regard to inflation. Kuwait has experienced an almost 60 percent increase in food prices in the last year. Prices have dramatically increased in the past f [...]	2008-05-05 12:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT497	SCANT ENTHUSIASM FOR PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econcouns spoke on May 1 with Shaykh Ali Al Sabah, MFA Director of Economic Affairs, and on May 4 with Rabah Al-Rabah, Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the May 21-23 Palestinian Investment Conference in Bethlehem. [...]	2008-05-06 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KPAL KU
08KUWAIT498	PM MALIKI DISCUSSES IRAQ AIRWAYS DEBT WITH GOK [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Cabinet Affairs Faisal al-Hajji on April 21, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki asked the GOK to forgive the debt of 1.2 billion USD owed by Iraq Airways (IAC) to Kuwait Airways (KAC),according to KAC Legal Advisor [...]	2008-05-06 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ECON ETRD KU IZ
08KUWAIT499	CORRECTED COPY - KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KUWAITI AND FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 04:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT500	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - A THIRD KUWAITI NATIONAL, BADR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 04:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT501	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - U.S. SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 10:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT502	SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS -- U.S. SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti English language newspaper Arab Times and two other local Arabic-language papers reported an incident today that happened approximately 24 hours ago concerning a traffic altercation between U.S. military personnel and Kuwaiti nationals (Reftel). Post prop [...]	2008-05-07 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT507	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOK CT EFFORTS AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call with Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 7, Ambassador Jones urged the GOK to make progress on counter-terrorism efforts, especially with regard to monitoring former Guantanamo detainees, in light of possible Kuwaiti involvement in [...]	2008-05-08 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT508	5/8/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI FM: MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah, her first call on the Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah since presenting credentials April 20, Ambassador stressed the need for GOK action to improve CT performance and cooperation following reported suicide a [...]	2008-05-08 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU
08KUWAIT509	5/4/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI MINISTER OF [...] (S) Summary: In a warm and welcoming introductory call, the Amir's eldest son and Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Shaykh Nasser, acknowledged embarrassment and a bit of GoK confusion over the former Kuwaiti GTMO detainee's reported terror attack in Mosul, and outlined an optimistic economic visi [...]	2008-05-11 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KU
08KUWAIT512	AMB SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOK ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) In a nearly four hour session with Kuwaiti MFA and security officials, S/I Satterfield and team briefed on developments in Iraq, with particular focus on progress made re Sunni outreach/reconciliation and significance of Basrah confrontation between PM Maliki and Iraqi Security Forces and [...]	2008-05-11 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PARM PBTS PINR KU
08KUWAIT519	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 12:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT52	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (January 15-19, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post 16-19 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2008-01-14 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT525	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- COLUMNISTS DENOUNCE RECENT MOSUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT526	MFA CONTINUES ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF FIRST [...] (SBU) During the Secretary's visit to Kuwait for the April 22 Iraq Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, the Amir's Chief of Protocol, Shaykh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al Sabah, called DCM to request a meeting with the Secretary for Mohammed Al-Marafie, the owner of First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting C [...]	2008-05-14 06:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT536	INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU
08KUWAIT537	KUWAIT MINDEF: STRONG TIES DESPITE FMS IRRITANTS; [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait MinDef Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah to thank him for the unparalleled support Kuwait provides to our military forces and their efforts in Iraq and the broader war on terrorism. The Ambassador noted that we were looking at ways to [...]	2008-05-14 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MASS MARR MOPS KU
08KUWAIT542	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- REACTION TO THE DEATH OF THE [...] Summary and comment: On the evening of Tuesday, May 13, 2008, the Amiri Diwan announced the death of the "Father Amir" Shaykh Saad Abdullah al-Sabah. Shaykh Saad enjoyed heroic stature in Kuwait due to his long service as Crown Prince, including high-profile leadership during the 1990-91 Iraq [...]	2008-05-15 06:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT554	KUWAIT ELECTION-EVE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Despite the suspension of all election-related activities due to the recent death of the former Amir, voting will still take place on May 17. The total number of candidates running for Parliament now stands at 274, including 27 women. Based on polls and visible trends, the new Par [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
08KUWAIT555	TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT556	TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT557	S/CT DAILEY OFFERS CT COOPERATION; KSS DESCRIBES [...] (S) In separate meetings May 12 with Kuwait State Security (KSS) and MFA officials, on May 12, S/CT Dailey briefed on the USG paradigm of counterterrorism (CT) efforts and urged speedy and transparent information and intelligence exchanges and tighter border controls. S/CT Dailey also urged [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU
08KUWAIT558	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KUWAIT PM: IRAQ, CT, [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah to thank him for the "indispensable support" that Kuwait provides to USG efforts in Iraq and the region, and to urge greater GOK support for the Al-Maliki government. The PM s [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR KDEM KU
08KUWAIT559	TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT560	TERROR FINANCE: KUWAI FINALLY FREEZES ASSETS OF THREE FINANCIERS [...] (C) Officials from the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) confirmed to Econoff on May 12 that they have frozen the accounts of the three terrorist financiers Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali, upon instruction of the MFA. 2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx tol [...]	2008-05-18 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT561	PROPOSED VISIT BY SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT AND [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the proposed visit by Special Envoy Wolcott and her delegation and is working to confirm availability of appropriate interlocutors on June 10. We do not foresee any problems in arranging meetings on that date, but confirming Kuwaiti participation at this point is difficult [...]	2008-05-18 15:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL PARM KU
08KUWAIT565	KUWAIT ELECTION RESULTS: NO WOMEN, GAINS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As widely predicted, both Shi'as and Salafis gained parliamentary seats in the Kuwaiti May 17 elections. No female candidates won, although one came tantalizingly close. Per GOK protocol, the full Cabinet resigned; the Amir is expected to appoint a new one within 14 days. Apart fr [...]	2008-05-19 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN
08KUWAIT566	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- Kuwait Parliamentary Elections [...] Summary: As expected, the front page headlines of all Kuwaiti dailies covered the success of Islamist candidates in the Saturday, May 17 Kuwaiti Parliamentary elections. All newspapers also addressed the fact that no female candidates were elected to Parliament. Additionally, almost all of t [...]	2008-05-20 03:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU KWMN MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT574	BIO DATA ON NEW KUWAITI PARLIAMENT [...] The following is a list of MPs in Kuwait's new Parliament elected on May 17, 2008 (reftel). Information on each MP includes: political affiliation, constituency, number of votes received, previous parliament participation, date of birth, education and tribal affiliation as applicable. ---- [...]	2008-05-21 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM KU
08KUWAIT577	MINISTER FOR CABINET AFFAIRS NOT OPTIMISTIC AFTER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Al-Hajji said he was not optimistic about the prospects for better relations between the Government and Parliament following the May 17 election, which appeared to retur [...]	2008-05-21 09:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN KMPI KU
08KUWAIT578	KUWAIT INPUT FOR 2008 REPORT OF INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post is unaware of any current investment disputes or expropriation claims involving American claimants in Kuwait. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Vi [...]	2008-05-21 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EIVN KIDE OPIC PGOV KU
08KUWAIT579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. POSITION ON THE RETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IAEA PARM TBIO KU
08KUWAIT585	TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...]	2008-05-21 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT586	TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...]	2008-05-21 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT588	DEMARCHE: KUWAIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UN ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 11:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR KU
08KUWAIT589	KUWAIT HOSTS FOURTH WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Summary: From April 29 to May 1, Kuwait hosted the Fourth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). The event was opened by the Amir of Kuwait and was attended by representatives from most of the member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference including the heads of state of Jordan, Af [...]	2008-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL PGOV EAID ENRG KU
08KUWAIT593	KUWAIT REVIEW OF TITLE III SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cuba [...]	2008-05-22 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
08KUWAIT599	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (JUNE 3-4, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Casey to travel to post June 3-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Iraq [...]	2008-05-26 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT600	A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S BUDGET [...] Kuwait's 2007/2008 fiscal year ended on March 31. The following is a brief, aggregate summary of the GOK's projected budget and final accounts for 2007/2008 as estimated by the Central Bank and the National Bank of Kuwait. All figures are listed in million USD except Average Oil Price which [...]	2008-05-26 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV KU
08KUWAIT604	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (C) Secretary Paulson, Embassy Kuwait welcomes you, Mrs. Paulson, and the members of your delegation to Kuwait. While we have requested meetings with the Amir and senior Kuwaiti leadership, we are able at this time to confirm only the Central Bank Governor, Kuwait Investment Authority Managin [...]	2008-05-27 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN KU
08KUWAIT611	KUWAIT A CANDIDATE IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] On May 5, post received diplomatic note 60, dated April 29, 2008, from MFA's Department of International Organizations announcing its candidature for election to the Administrative Council of the Universal Postal Union. 2. Diplomatic note text follows: Complimentary Greetings The Gove [...]	2008-05-28 10:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AORC ECPS KU
08KUWAIT612	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ANDERSON (JUNE 5-6, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Anderson to travel to post June 5-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Ir [...]	2008-05-28 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT613	THE IMPORTANCE (AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS) OF BEING [...] (C) For a small country with a population of approximately 3.2 million, Kuwait possesses tremendous wealth; according the CIA World Fact Book, Kuwait has the world's sixth largest GDP per capita in terms of purchasing power. Kuwaiti citizens, an exclusive group that makes up about one third of [...]	2008-05-28 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TIP KU
08KUWAIT614	KUWAITI WOMEN IN ELECTIONS: NO WINS...YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although no women were elected in Kuwait's recent parliamentary contests, women made a strong showing and improved their performance compared to the 2006 elections. Participation among women voters increased from the previous election and many observers believe Kuwait is on t [...]	2008-05-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
08KUWAIT615	NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL
08KUWAIT62	2008 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2008 Kuwait Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- Law No. 8/2001 - passed by t [...]	2008-01-15 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG KU
08KUWAIT621	NEW GOK CABINET: GAINS FOR TRIBAL SALAFIS, SHI'A [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah announced May 28 the formation of a new Cabinet that included seven new ministers, five royal family members, one MP, two women, two Shi,a, one Islamic Constitutional Movement representative (ICM-Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherh [...]	2008-05-29 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
08KUWAIT627	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO [...] Post delivered reftel demarche with CV of Dr. Karen Hulebak on May 19. We will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Classified [...]	2008-06-02 06:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO KU
08KUWAIT628	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche with President Bush's response to the food price crisis on May 20. We will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s [...]	2008-06-02 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO KU
08KUWAIT633	INAUGURAL SESSION OF KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PROCEEDS [...] (C) In the June 1 inaugural session of the Kuwaiti Parliament, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah warned in unusually harsh terms against "chaos and discord," and made clear that he would not hesitate to dissolve the Parliament again if it failed to move past the political stalemate that marked the p [...]	2008-06-02 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU

08KUWAIT637	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND RIHS DESIGNATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's introductory meeting June 3 with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Bader Al-Duwaila, coincided with the planned June 4 release of the 2008 TIP report and Kuwait's downgrade to a Tier 3 ranking. Ambassador urged immediate action to me [...]	2008-06-04 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
08KUWAIT639	KUWAIT AIRWAYS DISAPPOINTED WITH IRAQI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Econoff on June 1, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) legal advisor Abdulsattar Setareh expressed disappointment with the Iraqi proposal for debt repayment presented to KAC and the GOK on May 26 and 27. Setareh reported that the Iraqi Finance Minister told KAC the [...]	2008-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ETRD ECON KU IZ
08KUWAIT64	2008 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2008 Kuwait Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- Law No. 8/2001 - passed by [...]	2008-01-16 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV KTDB USTR OPIC KU
08KUWAIT640	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAINSTEIN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein and delegation to travel to Kuwait City on June 10-12, 2008 to conduct meetings with host government officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2008-06-04 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 06:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM KU
08KUWAIT652	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 3 CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their introductory June 3 meeting, Ambassador notified Minister of Information Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al Sabah that we were ready to sign a memorandum of agreement between the Ministry and the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). The Minister voiced concern about incre [...]	2008-06-08 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SCOL PTER
08KUWAIT654	REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST [...] Ambassador Deborah K. Jones requests permission to be absent from post June 14-22 on personal travel. 2. DCM Alan Misenheimer will be in charge during this period. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/ne [...]	2008-06-08 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KU
08KUWAIT655	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On May 28 and June 2, an eight-person Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters met with public and private sector leaders from Kuwait's transportation sector to review plans and developments and discuss bilateral cooperation. On May 28, the Secretary hel [...]	2008-06-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ECIN KU
08KUWAIT656	KUWAITI FM ON IRAQ SFA, TERRORISM, BASHAR AL-ASSAD [...] Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed in a June 8 meeting with Ambassador raised concerns that the expiration of Chapter 7 authorities and the negotiation of new SFA/SOFA arrangements between Kuwait and the U.S. could affect Kuwaiti equities on borders, POWs, compensation, and other issues. [...]	2008-06-09 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER EINV IZ SY
08KUWAIT662	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CIVAIR: DESIGNATION OF DELTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA KU
08KUWAIT663	LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...]	2008-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
08KUWAIT665	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT KUWAIT'S HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Kuwait's new Oil Minister and the new CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have led a number of positive developments in Kuwait's oil sector in the past year and have announced plans to make USD 55 billion of investments in new projects over the next five years. After several years [...]	2008-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV KU OIL SECTOR
08KUWAIT666	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- TIP and GCC Foreign Ministers' [...] (U) Summary and Comment. A limited amount of press coverage immediately followed the U.S Department of State's June 4 release of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. However, there since has been a plethora of articles, editorials, and op-eds responding to the report's contents. A [...]	2008-06-12 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU KWMN MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT668	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS FIRST NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) hosted a two-day national conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on June 9 and 10. The conference included seminars and roundtable discussions that brought together IPR experts from the private and pub [...]	2008-06-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KU
08KUWAIT669	AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah June 12 on the current situation in Iraq. Ambassador Satterfield highlighted the recent successes in [...]	2008-06-12 18:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KU IZ
08KUWAIT671	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR FROM POST [...] AMBASSADOR DEBORAH K. JONES DEPARTED POST SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008 AT 0030 LOCAL TIME. 2. DCM ALAN G. MISENHEIMER HAS ASSUMED CHARGE. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuw [...]	2008-06-15 03:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KU OTRA
08KUWAIT694	KSS TO WAINSTEIN: KUWAIT CT LEGISLATION INADEQUATE [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein, in a June 11 meeting with Kuwait State Security (KSS) Director Muhaylan, conveyed the President's appeal for increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation and information sharing among partners [...]	2008-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU
08KUWAIT695	JUNE 11 WAINSTEIN MEETING WITH SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Kenneth L. Wainstein, accompanied by the Ambassador on June 11 met with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Bader Al-Duwaila to discuss U.S.-Kuwaiti CT cooperation. Al-Duwaila thanked Wainstein for [...]	2008-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT696	NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...]	2008-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU
08KUWAIT697	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GENERAL DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to Kuwait City on June 22-25, 2008 to engage with key Kuwaiti leaders to provide an update on the security, stability, and the broad spectrum of coalition operations in support of OIF. 2 [...]	2008-06-18 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU IZ OTRA APER
08KUWAIT698	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 57TH [...] Kuwait hosted the 57th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on May 27, 2008, with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). Per Kuwaiti request, USG delegatio [...]	2008-06-18 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL KUWAIT IRAQ KU
08KUWAIT7	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MITCHELL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Mitchell to travel to post 10-14, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2008-01-03 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM PK AF KU IZ
08KUWAIT700	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- Update: U.S. Designation of [...] (U) Summary and Comment. The June 13 U.S. designation of Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) as a charity that provides financial and material support to al-Qaeda and its affiliates continues receive heavy coverage in the Kuwaiti press. Although the vast majority of publish [...]	2008-06-19 03:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU KWMN MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT701	APHSCT WAINSTEIN MEETS WITH KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein accompanied by AMB Jones met on June 11 with Kuwaiti Prime Minister (PM) Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah. APHSCT Wainstein shared a letter from Presid [...]	2008-06-19 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER KTFN SY PINS
08KUWAIT704	TERRORISM FINANCE: GOK CONDEMNS USG DECISION TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Both liberal and conservative newspapers and politicians have been outspoken in criticizing the USG's action to designate the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). (See Refs A and B for Kuwait media reaction to RIHS designation.) The GOK Council of Ministers [...]	2008-06-19 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT71	FORGIVENESS OF IRAQI DEBT, COMPENSATION NOT [...] (C) CDA met on January 14 with Amiri Economic Advisor and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem to deliver a readout of the President's January 11 meeting with the Amir and follow up on the issues of Iraqi debt and UN Compensation Commission payments. CDA conveyed the President's requ [...]	2008-01-16 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV KU IZ
08KUWAIT715	AMBASSADOR RESUMED CHARGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 08:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA KU
08KUWAIT720	TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI WILL REMAIN [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on June 24 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali will remain in detention for an additional 14 days pending further investigation into his role in inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (reftel). Al Bathali has been in [...]	2008-06-25 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT729	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISBURSING PLEDGED FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT73	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT BUSH VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 09:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT733	AMBASSADOR JONES' COURTESY CALL WITH KUWAITI [...] (U) AMB Jones met on June 12 with newly appointed Kuwaiti Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipality Affairs H.E. Dr. Fadhil Safar Ali Safar. Minister Safar aims to prioritize the development of Public Works personnel and information systems to enhance the work and capabi [...]	2008-06-26 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN
08KUWAIT734	EMBASSY KUWAIT RESPONSE TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait provides substantial foreign assistance, primarily, but not exclusively to Islamic countries, in line with its foreign policy priorities. Kuwait gives an estimated USD 1 billion annually to 100-plus countries, with significant assistance for Lebanon, the Palestinian Terri [...]	2008-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EL AL
08KUWAIT735	PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY, KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his June 25 visit to Kuwait, Gen. Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador met with the Amir and Crown Prince (together) and had a separate meeting with the PM, MinDef and FM. At both meetings Gen. Petraeus briefed on the current security situation in Iraq and asked for a [...]	2008-06-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ
08KUWAIT755	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on July 1, 2008. Post will report further action septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Clas [...]	2008-07-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC VE
08KUWAIT756	KUWAIT: ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AL
08KUWAIT761	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT AND EXPERT DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 10, a delegation led by Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and including representatives from the Department of State, the Department of Energy (DOE),the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),and the Nuclear Regu [...]	2008-07-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PARM
08KUWAIT768	U.S. SPEAKER DR. JEFFREY ADDICOTT'S PROGRAM IN KUWAIT; [...] Dr. Jeffrey Addicott, Professor and Chairman of the Center for Terrorism Law, St. Mary's University, St. Antonio, Texas, visited Kuwait as a U.S. Speaker, June 22-24, 2008 and spoke to audiences comprised of youth, faculty members, lawyers and legislators about the new field of terrorism law in [...]	2008-07-08 06:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KIRC OIIP XF KU
08KUWAIT769	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GENDER SEGREGATION WITH U/S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 2 meeting with Undersecretary (U/S) for Higher Education Dr. Rasha Al Sabah, the Ambassador raised the issue of gender segregation and its potential impact on mixed-gender programs, such as the State Department-sponsored and AMIDEAST-administered ACCESS English La [...]	2008-07-08 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KPAO KU
08KUWAIT77	TIME TO ACCELERATE KUWAITI FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) During his January 11 meeting with the President, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah said the GOK has committed USD 500 million in financial assistance to Iraq, which it wants to invest in projects rather than providing direct cash assistance to the GOI. He said Kuwait is still [...]	2008-01-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ KU
08KUWAIT771	TERRORIST FINANCIER BATHALI OUT ON BAIL [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on July 8 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali (see reftel) was released on 1000 KD (USD 3775) bail, but is banned from travel (Note: His January 2008 UN 1267 designation already bans his international travel. End note.) Pres [...]	2008-07-08 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT772	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - Update: TIP Report Coverage in [...] (U) Summary. The TIP report's June 4 release triggered a plethora of articles, editorials, and op-eds responding to the report's contents. Initially, articles harshly challenged the report's content; some articles continued to cover the Government of Kuwait's (GOK) refutation of the report's [...]	2008-07-09 03:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU TIP MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT777	INITIAL KUWAIT REACTIONS TO UAE ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) The UAE's July 6 decision to cancel its Iraqi debt garnered front page headlines in Kuwait, and prompted commentaries that indicated that Kuwait will not follow suit. Kuwaiti daily, Al Watan reported, "Fearing that the Kuwaiti government may take advantage of the Parliament's summer rec [...]	2008-07-09 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KUNC KU
08KUWAIT78	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY TO INVEST USD 5 [...] (U) On January 15, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) announced that it had agreed to a USD 3 billion investment in Citi and USD 2 billion investment in Merrill Lynch through the following press release: Begin press release: Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) announced that it agreed to a U [...]	2008-01-17 16:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV KU
08KUWAIT782	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIHS AND TIP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed the UNSCR 1267 designation of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) (Ref B) and TIP July 9 with Hussain Nasser Al-Huraiti, the new Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) and Islamic Affairs. The Minister, a RIHS boardmember, de [...]	2008-07-10 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KTFN KISL TIP KU
08KUWAIT785	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON KUWAIT'S [...] (U) The Ambassador met July 9 with newly appointed Kuwaiti Minister of Communications Abdul Rahman Al-Ghunaim. Al-Ghunaim, an American educated 23-year veteran of the Ministry of Communications, known locally as the father of Kuwait's telephone system, was selected by the Prime Minister to re [...]	2008-07-10 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN KU
08KUWAIT786	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (JULY 17-23, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post on July 20 - 21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IZ JO KU EI QA
08KUWAIT787	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED'S JULY 20 VISIT TO [...] Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your July 20th visit to this small but important Gulf ally. Your timing is propitious for advancing bilateral engagement between Iraq and Kuwait. We have requested a meeting with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah during which you will have the oppor [...]	2008-07-10 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT789	NEW HEALTH MINISTER: MORE HOSPITALS, FEWER MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador and new Minister of Health Ali Al-Barrak laid the groundwork for USG-GOK cooperation in the healthcare sector during a very cordial meeting on July 8. The Minister highlighted the GOK's intention to build additional hospitals, which the Ambassador noted would be [...]	2008-07-13 06:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KU PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT79	GOK APPEALS TO STOP DESIGNATION OF KUWAITI [...] (C) Director of the MFA Americas Desk Ambassador Ali Hussain Al-Sammak sought an urgent meeting with CDA on January 17 to request, on instruction from the Kuwait FM, that the U.S. use "its good offices" to end the initiative to designate three Kuwaiti terrorist financiers (Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber [...]	2008-01-17 17:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
08KUWAIT793	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (U) Econoff conveyed points reftel to Mr. Ahmad Al-Baker, Deputy Director, Arab World Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 10. Al-Baker told Econoff that the USD 80 million PA pledged funds had been approved last month as part of Kuwait's annual budget, but could not be di [...]	2008-07-13 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT794	NEW MINISTER OF HOUSING: BREAKING GROUND ON [...] (C) Minister for Housing and Development Affairs Dr. Moudhi Abdul Aziz Al-Homoud told Ambassador she will deal with the uncertainties of Kuwaiti's obstreperous "revolving governments" (Note: with two dissolutions in as many years. End Note.) by focusing on a "five-year development plan" aimed [...]	2008-07-14 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL
08KUWAIT795	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO KU
08KUWAIT799	GOK RESPONSE TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks since the release of the 2008 TIP report, Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking has received widespread media coverage and appears to have galvanized members of the newly appointed government and some MPs to rally behind the cause of combating TIP. Initial media coverage was nega [...]	2008-07-16 09:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN TIP
08KUWAIT80	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FUNDING FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 10:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU LE
08KUWAIT804	EDUCATION MINISTER: SLOW ROLLING GENDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Minister of Education Nouriya Al-Sabeeh, the Ambassador raised the issue of gender segregation and its potential impact on mixed-gender programs in Kuwait, such as the State Department-sponsored and AMIDEAST-administered ACCESS English Language Mi [...]	2008-07-16 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT KPAO KU PREL PGOV
08KUWAIT805	WELCOME CODEL OBEY (JULY 17-21, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Obey's travel to post on July 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the ai [...]	2008-07-16 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ EI
08KUWAIT808	U/S JARALLAH: IRANIAN WHEEDLING, IRAQI DAWDLING, [...] (C) During their July 15 meeting, Ambassador chided MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah over Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi's public criticism that USG policy toward Iran was "provocative," noting that now is not the time for irresponsible rhetoric. Al-Jarallah characterized as "ve [...]	2008-07-17 07:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL PBTS KU
08KUWAIT81	READOUT OF KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER'S JAN. 15-16 [...] (C) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with Assistant Secretary of Energy Kevin Kolevar, Kuwait Petroleum SIPDIS Corporation General Counsel Nawaf Saud Nasir Al Sabah provided a brief readout of Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah's January 15-16 visit to Tehran to co-chair a Joint [...]	2008-01-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KU PINR EPET
08KUWAIT811	KUWAIT: NO FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KU
08KUWAIT813	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Gordon Gray, Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs, American Embassy, Baghdad, to travel to Kuwait July 21-23 for consultations and meetings with the Embassy and Government of Kuwait officials. 2. (U) This clearan [...]	2008-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT814	KUWAIT DEVELOPING FOURTH REFINERY AT AL-ZOUR AMID [...] (U) Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is moving forward with plans to build the $15 billion Al-Zour oil refinery in southern Kuwait despite concerns from the National Assembly's Petitions and Complaints Committee. In May 2008, KNPC awarded $10.4 billion in contracts to four South Korean [...]	2008-07-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET
08KUWAIT816	GOK CABINET APPROVES NEGOTIATIONS ON US/KUWAIT [...] (U) On July 9 Department of Justice (DOJ) Attach (Cairo) Jeffrey Cole and Econoff met with Counselor Hamad Al-Marri, Deputy Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to follow-up on previous discussions in March regarding promoting mutual legal assistance in criminal matt [...]	2008-07-20 03:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU
08KUWAIT823	MINISTER OF OIL, ELECTRICITY AND WATER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During their July 16 introductory meeting, Kuwait's Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water, Mohamad Abdullah Al-Olaim told Ambassador he was optimistic that Kuwait's USD 14 billion in long delayed contracts would be signed soon for the 4th Oil Refinery, which will be the Midd [...]	2008-07-21 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PARM MARR KNNP KU IR
08KUWAIT826	WELCOME CODEL LYNCH (JULY 26-27, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LYNCH to travel to post on July 26 - 27, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-07-22 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU EZ
08KUWAIT83	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post 24-26 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2008-01-22 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT835	GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL READ; PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]	2008-07-24 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT836	(CORRECT COPY) GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL REED; PLEDGES [...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]	2008-07-24 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT837	KUWAIT: "WE'VE DONE OUR PART; BALL IS NOW IN IRAQI COURT" [...] (C) Former NEA DAS and newly minted Senior Advisor on Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with GOK officials July 22 to discuss Iraq and how to facilitate progress on some of the outstanding issues between Kuwait and Iraq. In direct correlation to Kuwait's proximity to Iran, Kuwaiti paranoi [...]	2008-07-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRS PBTS PINR KU
08KUWAIT840	GOK COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RATIFY ANTI-TIP LAW, [...] A year after its drafting, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (COM) ratified the "Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling Immigrants" law July 21, signifying its successful navigation through the COM's Legal Affairs Committee and Department of Fatwa and Legislation. To become law, it must n [...]	2008-07-24 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN KU
08KUWAIT841	KFAED DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL: BUREAUCRATIC [...] (U) Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Deputy Director General Ghanim Al-Ghunaiman on July 22. Al-Ghunaiman discussed current and future assistance programs in Iraq and asked for assistance in identifying an appropri [...]	2008-07-24 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON IZ KPAL KU PREL EINV LE
08KUWAIT849	OPENING THE ABDALY-SAFWAN CROSSING TO BUCCA [...] (SBU) During their July 22 meeting (ref B),Ambassador raised with Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Khaled al-Jaber Al Sabah opening an alternate route for U.S. military convoys provisioning Iraq's Camp Bucca. The current route exits Kuwait at the Khabari crossing and follows a parallel road [...]	2008-07-28 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT853	WELCOME CODEL ROSS (AUGUST 1-5, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL ROSS to travel to post on August 2-3, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...]	2008-07-30 07:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU EI IT GE
08KUWAIT856	POST INTERVENTION WITH GCC AND MEMBER STATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 05:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR USTR KU
08KUWAIT857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL KUWAIT JET FUEL [...] (C) Oil Minister assured Ambassador Jones on July 30 that additional Jet A-1 fuel would likely be available in September but could not be released currently due to increased demands on Kuwaiti energy grids during the traditionally high consumption month of August. 2. (C) Econoff earlier [...]	2008-07-31 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KU MCAP
08KUWAIT86	GOK/PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA [...] (C) Recent Israeli measures in Gaza illicited sharp reactions from the Kuwaiti Government, Parliament and press. The MFA U/S demarched P-5 member representatives on the matter and called for UN Security Council action, calling the Israeli response to HAMAS attacks unbalanced and unjustified. [...]	2008-01-22 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KU
08KUWAIT860	WELCOME CODEL MICHAUD (AUGUST 3-7, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post August 4-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...]	2008-08-03 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT864	KUWAIT SHAKEN BY WAVE OF STRIKES BY FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The GOK used force on July 28 to break up a series of violent demonstrations involving several thousand largely Bangladeshi laborers employed by cleaning contractors and immediately began the deportation of several hundred foreign workers. The incidents marked the culmination of a [...]	2008-08-04 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREL KU
08KUWAIT865	DR. MOHAMMED ON VARIOUS AND SUNDRY: PA FUNDS, [...] (C) Ambassador requested a meeting with Deputy PM and FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to review a number of issues prior to both taking summer holidays. During an hour long exchange August 3, the following topics were addressed: -- PA Funding: Ambassador stressed the urgency of the situation a [...]	2008-08-04 16:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM PGOV PTER KPAL KU BG
08KUWAIT88	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL DAUM (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Daum to travel to post January 27 to February 2. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2008-01-23 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT884	KUWAIT TO FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) During an August 11 introductory call on Nayef Al-Otaibi, responsible for North African issues within MFA's Arab Affairs department, newly arrived POLCOUNS informally queried Al-Otaibi about Kuwait's reaction to the recent military coup in Mauritania. Al-Otaibi responded that Kuwait deplo [...]	2008-08-12 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KU MR
08KUWAIT889	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL Graham (AUGUST 16-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Graham to travel to post August 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-08-13 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BORDALLO (AUG 13-15, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bordallo to travel to post August 13-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator I [...]	2008-08-13 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AE AFIN AMGT ASEC GM IN IZ KU OREP PK
08KUWAIT90	EDUCATION MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO [...] (C) On January 22, Kuwaiti Education Minister Al-Sabeeh survived a vote of no-confidence. On January 8, an Islamist MP ineffectively grilled her on a variety of charges deemed weak by the GOK and Kuwaiti press, and a motion was filed for the vote. With this victory, she became the first mini [...]	2008-01-23 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI KU
08KUWAIT91	MFA PASSES PAPER DEFENDING FIRST KUWAITI'S WORK AT [...] (SBU) At a January 11 dinner hosted by the Amir in honor of President Bush, MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah requested that we pass a paper and DVD to Assistant Secretary Welch in support of First Kuwait Trading and Contracting Company's work in building the New Embassy Compound in Baghd [...]	2008-01-24 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ECON IZ KU PREL
08KUWAIT910	GOK OFFICIALS TELL CODEL BARDALLO "THE SURGE HAS [...] (C) In an August 13 meeting, Kuwait's Acting Prime Minister and Defense Minister told CODEL Bordallo that Kuwait is committed to a close, long-term defense relationship with the U.S. and prepared to host U.S. troops indefinitely. Nevertheless, there is frustration over long delays in purchasin [...]	2008-08-21 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS OREP KU
08KUWAIT911	KUWAIT: CONCERN ABOUT BEING CAUGHT IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The war of words over Iran's refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities has sparked considerable concern in Kuwait, which fears the situation could devolve into an actual U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. The nation's media and a number of its parliamenta [...]	2008-08-21 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT913	MOVING KUWAIT FORWARD ON LABOR STANDARDS [...] (C) Embassy examined with interest and appreciation Ref A suggestion that we explore addressing labor rights abuses in Kuwait through a trilateral meeting with Kuwaiti and Bangladeshi officials followed by a series of multilateral roundtables with representatives of all major labor-sending cou [...]	2008-08-21 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV TIP KU
08KUWAIT915	KUWAIT SUPPORTIVE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) POLCOUNS, in an August 20 introductory call on Mansour Al-Otaibi, Director of MFA's International Organizations Department, informed Al-Otaibi of USG actions described reftel to designate an additional five Iranian entities under E.O. 13382 and urged Al-Otaibi to press the GOK to freeze the [...]	2008-08-21 17:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR KU
08KUWAIT922	KUWAIT PREPARED TO JOIN ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) POLCOUNS on August 25 discussed with Muteb Almutoteh, First Secretary of MFA's Europe Department, USG points raised reftels regarding Russian intransigence in Georgia and, in particular, concerns that Russia may be poised to recognize the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. P [...]	2008-08-26 07:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG KU
08KUWAIT93	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (FEBRUARY 4-8, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Logan to travel to post 4-8 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2008-01-24 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT934	(C/NF) RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) This message is an initial response to ref A request for additional reporting on the ruling Al Sabah family's decision-making processes, as well as the relationship between Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah and Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah. Res [...]	2008-09-01 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV KU
08KUWAIT935	KUWAIT NO ATTENDING LIBERIA DEVELOPMENT MEETING [...] (U) In an August 27 meeting with EconOff, Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development, Mr. Abdulatif Yousef Al-Hamad said that he had not received an invitation to the Development Ministers Meeting on September 5-6 in Liberia. 2. (U) Al-Hamad added that assistance to Liberi [...]	2008-09-02 07:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL LI KU
08KUWAIT936	(S) SCENESETTER FOR THE KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to honor and reaffirm the unique and indispensable security relationship between our two countries; it is also an important opportunity to encourage the PM [...]	2008-09-02 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER CVIS MASS ECON EINV IR IZ KU
08KUWAIT937	PROMINENT KUWAITI MP SEES OPENING TO SYRIA; [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a prominent Kuwaiti Member of Parliament (MP) who met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a late August visit to Damascus, told the Ambassador he perceived an opportunity to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran and move the former closer to the int [...]	2008-09-03 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SY IR KU
08KUWAIT94	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. MAXWELL AGBENYEGA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Maxwell Agbenyaga to travel to post February 15-17, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. If there are any questions, POC in Kuwait is: Ag [...]	2008-01-24 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER AFSN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
08KUWAIT942	KUWAIT REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN THE RHYTHM ROAD AMERICAN [...] (U): Embassy Kuwait requests participation in the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad Program during the winter of 2009, preferably at the end of January. This year, we would like to host a Country and Western, or Bluegrass quartet, for a total of three programming days. Our audience will consi [...]	2008-09-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO KU
08KUWAIT945	(C) KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER: NO TO RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 16:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG KU
08KUWAIT946	(C) KUWAIT NONCOMMITTAL ON SERBIAN ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) During a September 2 meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah, Ambassador expressed USG concern over Serbia's attempt to challenge the lawfulness of the declaration of independence by Kosovo before the International Court o [...]	2008-09-05 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG YI KU
08KUWAIT947	(S) FOREIGN MINISTER ON PM VISIT: IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah said Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 18-19 visit expects to raise Kuwaiti's 4 remaining GTMO detainees, regional security issu [...]	2008-09-05 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS MASS KPAL EAID IR IZ KU
08KUWAIT953	KUWAITI PM TO VISIT BAGHDAD AFTER MID-SEPTEMBER [...] (C) During a September 7 Ramadan event, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah confirmed to the Ambassador that media reports of his imminent trip to Iraq are essentially accurate. The PM indicated that his visit to Baghdad will occur some time after his [...]	2008-09-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU

08KUWAIT954	KUWAIT: SOUL-SEARCHING ON LABOR ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Stung by international media attention to widespread labor abuses by Kuwaiti contractors, the GOK continues to discuss and investigate TIP-related issues and promises significant action. Domestic media continue to provide wide coverage of the issues. Recent developments includ [...]	2008-09-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ELAB KTIP KU
08KUWAIT961	RESPONSE TO GCC CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM COMMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KU
08KUWAIT962	KUWAIT TO CONSIDER THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV KU
08KUWAIT966	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-08 FOREIGN PRESS CENTER WORKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In late June and early July, a Kuwaiti journalist participated in the Foreign Press Center (FPC) supported tour, "U.S. 2008 Elections: U.S. Political System and Practices." The intent of this tour was to introduce a Kuwaiti journalist to the American electoral process, as well a [...]	2008-09-10 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO OPRC OEXC SCUL
08KUWAIT97	TERROR FINANCE: LIMITED MEDIA REACTION SO FAR TO [...] (SBU) Initial Kuwaiti media reaction to the January 16 decision by the UN Security Council to designate three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has been subdued. There has been little reaction by the local press with [...]	2008-01-24 15:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
08KUWAIT975	KUWAIT RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO PROPOSED MOU ON CEIP JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post received Government of Kuwait's(GOK) written response to USG draft memorandum of understanding regarding establishment of a joint working group for the improvement of Kuwait's critical energy infrastructure protection(CEIP) systems [...]	2008-09-11 15:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET KCIP KU
08KUWAIT976	MFA U/S on Kuwait Air negotiations, PM visit, and [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 10 and 11. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Khalid Al- Jarallah on September 11 to review the September 8 visit of the Iraqi Finance Minister to Kuwait and to preview the Kuwaiti PM's September 18-19 visit to the U.S.. Jarallah [...]	2008-09-11 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EINV EAID MASS KW
08KUWAIT98	KUWAIT MFA U/S ON IRAQ, GTMO, 1267 DESIGNEES [...] (C) On January 21, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah told CDA that Kuwait is ready to invest in Iraq, but delays in funding are caused by the Iraqi failure to get project proposals to relevant GOK officials. Recent high-level Iraqi visits to Kuwait have increased bilateral cooperation, and there are now s [...]	2008-01-24 16:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IR IZ KDRG PINR PTER ETRD
08KUWAIT982	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR INFORMS MFA U/S OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER KU
08KUWAIT99	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - VISIT OF KUWAIT FM TO TEHRAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaiti media coverage of Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah's January 16, 2008, press conference in Tehran focused almost exclusively on issues discussed and, in all but two English-language newspapers, did not contain any reference to the FM's comment on Kuwaiti-Iran [...]	2008-01-25 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF IR KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT990	AD-Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting: GoK views [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Ecouns talked to Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department. Mubaraki confirmed that the GOK had received an invitation from Norway to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) [...]	2008-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL IS KU
08KUWAIT991	KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ SWORN IN BY AMIR [...] (C) On September 16, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah swore in Lieutenant General (retired) Ali Al-Mou'min as the first Kuwaiti Ambassador to Baghdad since the Iraqi invasion in 1990. The swearing-in was lightly heralded by the press -- mentioned in only one daily, but co [...]	2008-09-17 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
08KUWAIT992	KUWAIT MILDLY CONCERNED OVER PROSPECTIVE ARMS [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 15 raised reftel points concerning USG plans to support the Iraqi Security Forces transition plan through sales of U.S. weapons and military equipment with Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Muqamis, director of MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Office. In presenting the d [...]	2008-09-18 05:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS MASS IZ KU
08KUWAIT993	KUWAIT NON-COMMITTAL ON AFGHAN ARMY EXPANSION [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 15 delivered points raised reftels seeking Kuwaiti support to sustain and expand the Afghan National Army with Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Muqamis, director of MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department. Per ref B, POLCOUNS also put forward USG request for Kuwait [...]	2008-09-18 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR AF KU
08KUWAIT994	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 17. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...]	2008-09-18 05:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08KYIV102	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FEELING CONFIDENT [...] (C) Summary. With an eye toward reelection in early 2010, President Yushchenko is asserting himself more confidently now with coalition partner Tymoshenko as Prime Minister than he did when faced with Yanukovych. The President has issued numerous public statements instructing the government o [...]	2008-01-17 11:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1064	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REVISITED [...] (C) Summary. In the heat of a spat between President Yushchenko's team and former financial and political backer David Zhvaniya, the issue of Yushchenko's poisoning in September 2004 has once again become subject of political accusations. After the Presidential Secretariat initiated a case t [...]	2008-06-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1087	UKRAINE: BALOHA CASTS COALITION IN NEGATIVE LIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador on June 3 that the coalition was struggling forward and would continue to work together, but that they were nearing the breaking point. He criticized Tymoshenko for being unconstructive and populist, with pol [...]	2008-06-05 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV109	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UP PGOV PREL GG
08KYIV1105	UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING [...] (C) Summary. The June 6 announcement by two relatively unknown MPs -- one from BYuT and one from OU-PSD -- that they are withdrawing from the coalition leaves the coalition in an unclear legal status and without enough votes to push through legislation. BYuT and OU-PSD faction leaders, as wel [...]	2008-06-06 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1144	UKRAINE: NATO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been no official launching ceremony, but a combination of recent NATO-related Presidential decrees, Cabinet adoption of a multi-year Euroatlantic information campaign, and passage of amendments to the 2008 state budget have given critical mass to Ukraine's NATO informa [...]	2008-06-11 15:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV1182	UKRAINE: RADA COUNTING DOWN TO SUMMER RECESS [...] (C) Summary. The consensus in the Rada across the political spectrum on June 17 was that regardless of the legal status of the coalition, the reality is that the parliament will not accomplish anything significant in its remaining month in session and all are now looking to the fall for chang [...]	2008-06-17 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1200	UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VOWS TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Dmytro Groisman, a prominent Ukrainian human rights activist, told Emboff on June 12 that he had recovered fully from a beating by unknown assailants on May 23 (reftel). He suspected that he was attacked because of his public criticism of Ukraine's State Penal Depar [...]	2008-06-20 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1201	UKRAINE: NATO SYG/NAC VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The June 16-17 visit to Kyiv and Ukraine's regional capitals by NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was seen as a strong positive by the MFA and Ukrainian pro-NATO political forces. Extensive positive press coverage, the constr [...]	2008-06-20 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV1226	UKRAINE: FAMILY OF SLAIN JOURNALIST IHOR [...] (C) Summary: The son of journalist Ihor Aleksandrov, killed in 2001 for his critical reporting on officials in Donetsk Oblast, told EmbOffs that he and his family continue to seek justice in his father's case and that he now fears for his and his family's safety. Both the lawyer of Mryoslav [...]	2008-06-23 15:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF UP
08KYIV1256	UKRAINE: MIGRATION AUTHORITY TRANSFERRED TO MOI [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree transferring authority on asylum issues from the State Committee on Nationalities and Religion (SCNR) to the Ministry of Interior (MOI). UNHCR Kyiv, which has taken a neutral position on the change, told us that although the M [...]	2008-07-01 10:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1257	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COOPERATION ON MAN-PORTABLE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Kyiv June 17-19. During his visit, Bloomfield explained the special concern with which the U.S. Government regards trade in MANPADS and urged Ukraine to strengthen its cooperation with the [...]	2008-07-01 11:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV13	UKRAINE: HIGHER GAS PRICE WON'T SLOW ECONOMY, BUT COULD HIT HOUSEHOLDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV1300	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK, RISING POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk has become one of the most interesting senior politicians in Ukraine to watch. Only 34 years old, Yatsenyuk has already served not only as chair of the parliament, but Foreign Minister, Minister of Economy, and Acting Governor of the National Bank. [...]	2008-07-03 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1342	UKRAINE: LAST WEEK OF RADA STARTS OFF BADLY [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions on July 8 shook up the planned agenda for the Rada's last week in plenary by moving forward with efforts to hold a no confidence vote on Prime Minister Tymoshenko. In response, her BYuT faction blocked the Rada rostrum and Speaker Yatsenyuk was forced to close t [...]	2008-07-08 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1353	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is a reply to a Blue Lantern action request (ref B). 2. Post was requested to conduct a pre-license check on DDTC license application number 05-050103848 for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia (applicant: International Rectifier Corporation, 233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, [...]	2008-07-10 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UP
08KYIV1356	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAFE, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE FAILS [...] (C) Summary. In a nail-biting vote, Prime Minister Tymoshenko was given a reprieve after Party of Regions' resolution of no confidence in the Cabinet failed, garnering only 174 votes. After a lengthy diatribe from Regions MP Azarov, Tymoshenko gave an impassioned defense of her government's [...]	2008-07-11 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1411	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),on July 9-10 held an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges, the second in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Seventeen judges, mostly from southern Ukraine, as well as representatives fro [...]	2008-07-22 10:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV142	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES BIOLOGICAL THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) pressed for progress on implementing the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) in separate meetings January 15 with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, an [...]	2008-01-22 07:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM TBIO EAID EAGR PREL OREP US UP
08KYIV1455	UKRAINE: DAS MERKEL HEARS SKEPTICISM ON UNITED [...] (C) Summary. During his July 24-25 visit to Kyiv, DAS David Merkel heard from representatives of several political forces that the way forward on internal politics was unclear, but that a great deal depends on President Yushchenko and how he decides to proceed. Secretary of the National Secur [...]	2008-07-29 13:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV146	UKRAINE: CHINESE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR EXPERTS AND [...] (S - REL UP) We met January 22 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos to provide reftel information regarding the possibility that four individuals from China's Fourth Academy, which develops and manufactures solid rocket motors for Chinese [...]	2008-01-22 13:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE PINR CH UP
08KYIV1510	UKRAINE: VISIT OF PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodoxy, arrived in Ukraine on July 24 for a five day visit to celebrate the 1,020th anniversary of the christianization of the Kyivan Rus. Although he has no jurisdiction over other Orthodox patria [...]	2008-08-04 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1516	UKRAINE: HATE CRIMES CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of 2008, human rights NGOs have reported over 40 apparently racially motivated attacks in Ukraine, five of which proved fatal. While the Government introduced new initiatives in 2007 and 2008 aimed at intensifying efforts to combat racism and intolerance, the [...]	2008-08-06 08:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1553	UKRAINE: ICRC TO CLOSE ITS DELEGATION IN KYIV [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Kyiv Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (ICRC) informed Post on August 7 that it will close its Kyiv delegation later this year. The reasons given were its strategy to consolidate regional operations, position itself [...]	2008-08-12 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1557	UKRAINE: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CRISIS ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Events in Georgia have triggered front page charges/countercharges between Moscow and Kyiv -- including dueling MFA statements on Russian deployment of its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) off the Georgian coast and Russian attacks on Ukrainian arms sales to Tbilisi. While DFM [...]	2008-08-12 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS UP
08KYIV158	UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Visiting EUR A/S Daniel Fried raised the issue of helicopter assets for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID, ref A) during a January 24 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohiy. (Note: FM Ohryzko was unavailable due to his travel in Davos, Switzerland.) Fried t [...]	2008-01-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO SU UP
08KYIV1624	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S BSF DECREES HEIGHTEN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The issuance on August 13 by President Yushchenko of two decrees regulating Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and other military units' entry into Ukraine and deployments from Ukrainian territory has triggered another sharp exchange between Kyiv and Moscow (ref. A). The [...]	2008-08-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS UP MARR
08KYIV1630	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...]	2008-08-18 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV1631	UKRAINE: OFFER OF MISSILE WARNING COOPERATION MORE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 16, Ukraine's MFA announced that Ukraine was ready to develop active cooperation on early warning and missile monitoring systems with "European countries." It also stated that President Yushchenko on August 13 ordered Ukraine's withdrawal from a 1992 miss [...]	2008-08-18 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV1672	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, Deputy Presidential Secretariat Head Andriy Kyslynskiy publicly accused PM Tymoshenko of colluding with Russia in exchange for Moscow's support of her expected run for the presidency in 2009/2010. On August 21, acting head of the Security Service of Ukr [...]	2008-08-23 10:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV1760	UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 12:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UP
08KYIV1804	ORANGE COALITION CRISIS: NO SIGN OF RECONCILIATION [...] (C) The Orange coalition has shown no movement toward reconciliation since the September 2 vote by President Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" party to withdraw. PM Tymoshenko, reportedly surprised by Our Ukraine's sudden exit, expressed willingness to meet with Yushchenko to try and work out a deal [...]	2008-09-11 17:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV183	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) We provided ref A update on the state of U.S.-Iraq negotiations to develop a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) January 28 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko. In response to our question, Leshchenk [...]	2008-01-28 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ UP
08KYIV191	UKRAINE: RADA SESSION CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER [...] (C) Summary. The final weeks of the new Rada's first session ended disappointingly with the Party of Regions blockading the rostrum and the coalition unable to muster a majority to pass any legislation or make personnel appointments. With over 700 draft bills at some stage of the legislative [...]	2008-01-29 11:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV192	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHES AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko is moving forward with his plans to further amend the constitution in an effort to clarify poorly written articles, but constitutional experts are not convinced that this process will succeed. Yushchenko issued a decree in late December 2007 forming the Nat [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV194	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR HEARS THAT ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In Kyiv meetings with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) January 15-16, President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko, opposition representatives and local business leaders all discussed the importance of energy issues for Ukraine. President Yushchenko talked in detail about ways to transport Cen [...]	2008-01-29 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON PGOV UP
08KYIV196	UKRAINE: NEW GOU PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON VAT, OPIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND UP
08KYIV1995	UKRAINIAN CURRENCY IN SLIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's external vulnerabilities - including a substantial slowdown in capital flows, worsening terms of trade, and a large current account deficit (reftel) - have caught up with the economy, leading to a swift hryvnia (UAH) depreciation in recent days. Although the National [...]	2008-10-07 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV200	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED HEARS ABOUT FRAGILE [...] (C) Summary. In A/S Fried's meetings with top Ukrainian leaders, all dominated by discussions about Ukraine's pending request for a NATO MAP (septel),the internal political subtext was fragility, distrust, and creeping dissatisfaction from all parties about the current government and its pos [...]	2008-01-31 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2017	1ST MEETING OF U.S.-UKRAINE TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council, created by our new bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA),took place on October 2. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau led the U.S. delegation; Minister of Economy Bohdan Da [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL UP
08KYIV2031	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: BLACK SEA FLEET ISSUES [...] (C) Significant Black Sea Fleet (BSF) basing issues remain unresolved, despite nine years of working group negotiations. Outstanding issues include: rules on deployment in crisis situations, troop movements on Ukrainian territory outside Fleet facilities, inventory and assessment of real prope [...]	2008-10-15 06:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP UP RU
08KYIV2127	MV FAINA: UKRAINIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2130	UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...]	2008-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2139	EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2142	HISTORICAL IMF PACKAGE IMMINENT, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary. IMF chief envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the Ambassador on October 25 that Ukraine,s IMF package may amount to the second largest ever in IMF history and would be likely finalized soon, possibly as early as this weekend. She stated that implementation of the assistance package wo [...]	2008-10-25 18:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2172	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CRIMEA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with a small American business delegation, traveled to Crimea October 19-20 for an annual investment forum. The Ambassador also met with Crimea's political leadership while there. Local leaders characterized the September 19 vote by the Crimean Rada (parlia [...]	2008-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV RS UP
08KYIV2185	START TREATY: JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING ARTICLE [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on October 30 to Ambassador Oleksandr Nykonenko, Director of the Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nykonenko agreed that the November Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) [...]	2008-11-03 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC UP
08KYIV2211	TYMOSHENKO CONTINUES TO PUSH ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko continues to push for a renewed Orange coalition. She believes President Yushchenko will block any new coalition and maintain his pursuit of early parliamentary elections in the hope of reaching a deal with the Party of Regions (Regions) to secure a second term i [...]	2008-11-07 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2242	UKRAINIAN RADA SPEAKER YATSENYUK OUSTED [...] (C) Rada speaker Yatsenyuk was ousted during a fractious parliamentary session on November 12, which included two legally questionable votes and a physical confrontation between MPs. The Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist party and a handful of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense bloc MPs [...]	2008-11-13 05:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2243	ANTI-XENOPHOBIA UNIT: OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (C) The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Department to Combat Xenophobia has been in operation for about a year, investigating 120 cases. Officials highlighted the achievement of three criminal convictions (for inciting ethnic hatred) during that time. Extremist groups have contributed t [...]	2008-11-13 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2265	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a November 14 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. Constructive GOU-industry dialogue on this topic continued several days later under the auspices of the European Bu [...]	2008-11-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2294	UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING [...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...]	2008-11-21 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2297	UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...]	2008-11-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV RS UP
08KYIV2306	UKRAINE - DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 3, 2008, a DOE delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration,s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) met with Academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),to discuss possible USG assistance on th [...]	2008-11-24 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY UNVIE
08KYIV2323	SUBJECT: UKRAINE'S MAIN EXTREMIST GROUPS [...] (U) Extremist groups in Ukraine espouse a wide range of ideologies. Groups such as the UNA-UNSO and Patriot of Ukraine are ultra nationalists while the Ukrainian National-Labor Party and the Ukrainian Movement Against Illegal Immigration have a neo-Nazi following. The group Bratsvo has an a [...]	2008-11-26 11:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2339	U.S.-UKRAINE COOPERATION ON SCUD MISSILE [...] (C) Following up on proposals made by the U.S. delegation at the July 30-August 1 U.S.-Ukraine Non-Proliferation Working Group discussions (reftel),a State Department delegation met with Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and National Security and Defense Council officials in Kyiv on November 18. [...]	2008-11-26 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS PREL UP
08KYIV2424	LYTVYN ELECTED NEW SPEAKER, ANNOUNCES NEW [...] (C) A rumored super-majority coalition of PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and Party of Regions failed to materialize in the Ukrainian parliament as the Rada on December 9 elected Volodymyr Lytvyn as its new Speaker. Lytvyn announced that his Lytvyn bloc, BYuT, and a majority of Our Ukraine-People's Self [...]	2008-12-10 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2434	UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...]	2008-12-11 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2485	CHERNOMYRDIN: UKRAINE MUST PAY GAS DEBTS [...] (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin, in a meeting with the Ambassador, highlighted the importance of Ukraine paying its gas debts. He stressed that Russia was unwilling to subsidize Ukraine, adding: "if you like them, help them." Chernomyrdin is convinced Ukrainian leaders, mired in power struggles, are [...]	2008-12-19 11:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR RU UP
08KYIV283	UKRAINE: RADA MANAGES TO OPEN NEW SESSION AND [...] (C) Summary. The Rada got off to a rocky start on February 5 with more blockading and fistfights, but Speaker Yatsenyuk did manage to close the old session and open the new one as required in the constitution, although the President's planned "state of the nation" address to the Rada was post [...]	2008-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV285	UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Summary/recommendation: Ambassador continues to raise the urgency of the UN request for military helicopters to support the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),most recently in separate February 4 meetings with DefMin Yekhanurov and FM Ohryzko. Both officials stated the Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO SU UP
08KYIV299	UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...]	2008-02-07 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV303	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...]	2008-02-07 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV334	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER YEKHANUROV PICKS UP THE [...] (C - REL NATO) Summary: New Defense Minister, and former Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov is an experienced bureaucratic insider with close ties to President Yushchenko who will be an ardent supporter of Ukraine's request for a NATO MAP and movement toward European standards and interoperabili [...]	2008-02-13 10:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP
08KYIV34	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV358	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ACTIONS ANSWER MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: For many Ukrainians, Vladimir Putin's February 12 threat that membership in NATO could result in Russian missiles pointed at Ukraine answered Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev's question about Russia's neighbors posed during a January 22 campaign appearan [...]	2008-02-15 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV359	UKRAINE: RADA COMES IN, VOTES, STALLS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Rada managed to overcome political differences on February 12 to vote on social and economic issues, but then immediately sunk back into an impasse. After several Coordinating Council meetings early in the week, on the morning of February 12 leaders from BYuT and Party of Reg [...]	2008-02-15 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV361	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Stavnichuk and Justice Minister Onishchuk confirmed to us recently that the President's team is moving ahead with its plans to amend the constitution in the first half of the year. Stavnichuk described the National Constitutional Counc [...]	2008-02-15 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV365	UKRAINE OPPOSES, BUT DOUBTS THAT RUSSIA WILL [...] (C) As requested, PolCouns delivered the demarche contained reftel to Oleksandr Tsvetkov, Acting Director of the MFA's Political Department (with primary responsibility for the Kosovo issue) and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department on Febr [...]	2008-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI UP
08KYIV366	UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...]	2008-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08KYIV386	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIDENT ABOUT MAP AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, President Yushchenko made the case that Ukrainians are ready for MAP and closer ties with NATO, providing polling data showing that only a small portion of the population wanted a referendum on membership in NATO now. In response [...]	2008-02-19 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV401	UKRAINE: UNHCR APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF CHECHEN [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. The UNHCR informed the Embassy about its appeal to President Yushchenko to prevent the extradition of Chechen Refugee Lema Susarov to Russia and to release him from detention so that he can be resettled to Finland. Susarov [...]	2008-02-21 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF UP
08KYIV404	UKRAINE IPR: 2008 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (ref A),although the Government of Ukraine continues to move in the right direction on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) prot [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV408	UKRAINE: REGIONS PROPOSES PACKAGE TO UNBLOCK RADA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Rada failed to open as scheduled on February 21 with Regions continuing to blockade the rostrum. However, opposition leader Yanukovych proposed an end to the blockade in exchange for positive Rada consideration of ten legislative initiatives. A parliamentary rou [...]	2008-02-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV417	UKRAINE: STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) As requested, Ambassador conveyed the points reftel to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ohryzko February 22, and asked that Ukraine move ahead with recognition of Kosovo. Ohryzko said that Ukraine was "checking all possibilities," but cautioned that the process would "take some time." The FM w [...]	2008-02-22 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV418	UKRAINE: NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] As requested, Polcouns delivered notification contained reftel on February 21 to Yuriy Nikytyuk, Chief of the Americas Desk at MFA. 2. Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website: www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev. Taylor [...]	2008-02-22 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA UP
08KYIV419	UKRAINE: VERDICT AND SENTENCING IN GONGADZE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer Valentyna Telychenko, who represents the wife of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told us that she expected a verdict and sentencing for the three men accused of killing Gongadze by early March; according to press reports, March 3 could be the final day of the trial. Th [...]	2008-02-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV449	UKRAINE: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kyiv's response to reftel. Information in paragraph 2 of this cable responds directly to questions found in paragraph 4 parts A-D of reftel. 2. (U) A. At Embassy Kyiv, the Economic Section takes the lead on handling energy matters related to oil, gas, electrici [...]	2008-02-27 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD UP
08KYIV453	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH PUSHING FOR NEW COALITION, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 25 meeting, Party of Regions leader Yanukovych reiterated to the Ambassador all his old points about Ukraine's relations with NATO not requiring a MAP at this juncture, then proceeded to lay out three scenarios for the Rada, all of which would change the current [...]	2008-02-27 12:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV455	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR IN LVIV HEARS VIEWS ON EURO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 19-21 visit to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, the Ambassador met with the First Deputy Oblast Governor Valery Pyatak, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy, and a group of young local politicians representing the political parties Pora, Svoboda, Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV456	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUNDS PROGRAM STARTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),launched a new IPR training initiative -- funded by STATE/INL -- with an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges February 12-14. The event drew strong participation from 26 judges representing nearly all of Ukraine's geographical re [...]	2008-02-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV461	UKRAINE: GAZPROM AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINE OVER DEBT, [...] (U) Summary. Gazprom has indicated it had grown tired of Ukraine's inability to sign and implement the February 12 gas agreement announced by Putin and Yushchenko and threatened to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent beginning on March 3, moving up a previously announced deadline of M [...]	2008-02-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV474	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Meetings with Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy, Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria, Regions MP Andriy Klyuyev, and Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov in the past week revealed that efforts are being made to reformat the coalition, but opinions varie [...]	2008-03-04 13:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV504	UKRAINE: COALITION STABLE FOR NOW, RADA GETS BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Rada returned to work on March 6 after nearly a month's impasse, while Presidential Chief of Staff Baloha reassured the Ambassador that there was no plan to undermine the Prime Minister. Baloha said that he believed that Tymoshenko was conspiring against Yushchenko and he mad [...]	2008-03-07 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV522	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIRMS COALITION UNITY, [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and President Yushchenko met late March 11 to discuss Ukraine's bid for a NATO MAP at the April 2-4 Bucharest Summit. The Ambassador told President Yushchenko that President Bush was talking to NATO Allies about MAP for Ukraine and that the U.S. believes that unity [...]	2008-03-13 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP

08KYIV527	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
08KYIV580	UKRAINE: TERMS OF RECENT GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) On March 13, Ukrainian news service "Ukrainska Pravda" published what it called the latest authentic version of the March 12 gas agreement between Gazprom and NaftoHaz entitled "Agreement on the Development of Gas Sector Relations." To date, no government officials have denied the authen [...]	2008-03-18 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV606	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Kyiv provides a historic opportunity to acknowledge the democratic transformation that has occurred in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution and to encourage further steps to consolidate reform and bring Ukraine fully into Europe. You will encounter intense interest i [...]	2008-03-21 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP
08KYIV612	UKRAINE: KOSOVO - GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS GROUND, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 21 meeting, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) determined that Ukraine should not change the nature of its participation in Kosovo peacekeeping activities in the wake of a March 17 incident in Mitrovica, Kosovo, during which a Ukrainian policeman was killed [...]	2008-03-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP
08KYIV706	UKRAINE/MTCR/WASSENAAR: SYRIAN MILITARY ENGINE [...] (S-REL UP) We provided ref A talking points April 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos during an previously planned meeting. Belokolos said he would distribute our information regarding Motor Sich's contract to overhaul Syrian military aircraft engi [...]	2008-04-07 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MARR MTCRE PREL SY CH UP
08KYIV709	UKRAINE: RADA REOPENS, BUT TENSIONS PERSIST [...] (C) Summary. The Rada reopened in plenary session April 8 after a two-week break and immediately went into a long recess amid recriminations that various factions were plotting against each other. However, all sides managed to find a temporary solution to the disagreements of the day, allowi [...]	2008-04-08 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV756	UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED - [...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...]	2008-04-15 07:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV768	UKRAINE: UNODC Nuclear Legislation Workshop - A Model for [...] The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department's Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI) office worked with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to hold a "Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop on the Criminal Law Aspects of the Universal Legal Framework Against Nuclear Terrorism" i [...]	2008-04-16 08:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KGIC US UP
08KYIV771	UKRAINE: CRACKS IN THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the President, Prime Minister, OU-PSD, and BYuT all say they want the democratic coalition to last, public infighting, growing distrust, and mutual recriminations are making the tenuous majority even shakier. An April 16 spat erupted over the vote for the President's law [...]	2008-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV774	UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]	2008-04-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV782	UKRAINE: NATO/PFP TRUST FUND DESTRUCTION PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns, Polmiloff, and DATT met April 16 with Deputy Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko to discuss the status of the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project and deliver the corresponding non-paper (ref A),and raise the possible mid-May visit of the Special Envoy for MANPAD [...]	2008-04-18 12:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV784	UKRAINE: DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (U) On April 18, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and non-paper to First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymr Khandohiy conveying the USG position on the Prisoners of Conscience Declaration. Khandohiy thanked Ambassador for the points. Post will continue to track this issue. 2. (U) Visit Em [...]	2008-04-21 09:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV803	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ENTERS CONSTITUTIONAL GAME [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has begun speaking publicly and forcefully for transforming Ukraine into a parliamentary system, possibly as part of an effort to force President Yushchenko into cooperation and to take away the President's lead in reforming the constitution. She first r [...]	2008-04-24 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV821	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy and industry representatives discussed copyright issues and GOU inter-agency cooperation at an April 23 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. The GOU officials present agreed to push for a Cabinet of Ministers Resolution to raise the stature of the government's IPR [...]	2008-04-25 07:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV832	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. With early Kyiv mayor and city council elections scheduled for May 25, and 150 candidates already declared, the race to control the capital city is being seen as an early showdown in the run-up to the presidential elections in late 2009/early 2010. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BY [...]	2008-04-25 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV851	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ambassador, Defense Attache, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Minister of Defense Yuriy Yekhanurov at his request. Minister Yekhanurov came with a list of issues to discuss that concerned both relations with Ukraine's neighbors and internal mil [...]	2008-04-30 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR ETRD EINV NATO UP
08KYIV869	UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...]	2008-05-07 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08KYIV873	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL GAME HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and adviser to the Prime Minister Zadorozhniy separately described to the Ambassador that BYuT-Regions collaboration on a new constitution was a reality that would move along quickly and that cooperation between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymo [...]	2008-05-07 14:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV902	UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING, BUT ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Cracks in the coalition appeared to widen May 12-13 as the two sides faced off in the Rada and in public comments from President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. Privately, Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that coalition was de facto dead, because the President had set hi [...]	2008-05-13 16:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV922	UKRAINE: STAYING FOCUSED ON THE LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Official Kyiv appears determined to sink into another round of political turmoil and infighting (reftels) that could last for months. It will make our work here more difficult and could damage some of our short-term goals. However, it is critical that we not lose sight of our lon [...]	2008-05-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV924	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Oleksandr Sagan, recently-appointed Chairman of the State Committee of Nationalities and Religions, discussed a wide variety issues including inter-ethnic relations, the status of religious freedom, and migration policy -- all of which fall [...]	2008-05-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV954	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO GETS HIS CABMIN LAW [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko won a tactical victory on May 16, when Prime Minister Tymoshenko's faction in the parliament backed down after a week's stand-off and agreed to vote for the new law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which the President has been pushing for since December. Yushchen [...]	2008-05-20 11:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV955	UKRAINE: RENEWED THOUGHTS OF ENGAGING BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador strongly discouraged Ukrainian plans for an "informal" meeting between Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko in meetings with Foreign Minister Ohryzko on May 18 and Presidential foreign policy advisor Oleksandr Chaliy on May 20. Ambassador stresse [...]	2008-05-20 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS PINR BO UP
08KYIV960	UKRAINE: COALITION TOGETHER FOR NOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary. For now, Ukraine's fragile coalition is holding itself together -- barely-- for a variety of reasons and in spite of the public bickering and threats, and could continue to muddle along for weeks or months. All parties are reluctant to return to expensive and time-consuming new [...]	2008-05-21 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV962	UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE AND ISRO PROPOSED ROCKET [...] (S) We drew on ref A points during a May 21 meeting with MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Valeriy Kravchenko to urge Ukraine to provide detailed information to the MTCR Partners via the MTCR Point of Contact in Paris on the proposed Yuzhnoye-ISRO rocket coooperation. At the same ti [...]	2008-05-21 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MNUC TSPA PREL MTCRE IN UP
08KYIV965	UKRAINE: GONGADZE KILLERS APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT, [...] (C) Summary. Valentyna Telychenko, the attorney for the widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told EmbOff that she was satisfied with the March 15 convictions of three former police officers, but that she would request reduced sentences for two of the defendants when they make their fi [...]	2008-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV97	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR MEETS NEW GOVERNMENT; [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's plan to request a MAP at the April NATO Bucharest Summit dominated discussion during visiting Senator Richard Lugar's January 15 meetings with President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and opposition representatives. Yushchenko expressed the strong hope that Ukraine's request [...]	2008-01-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV975	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYORAL ELECTION REMAIQHIGHLY [...] (C) Summary. With the May 25 elections for the Kyiv mayor's office and city council drawing nearer, heated accusations of cheating and sabotage among the major players are increasing as all prepare for the vote, the outcome of which is still unpredictable. Also troubling, a majority of mem [...]	2008-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV99	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART I [...] As requested reftel, below is Part I of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in two separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Invest [...]	2008-01-17 02:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08LAGOS104	CENTRAL BANK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo on March 6 to express U.S. concerns about planned restrictions on foreign investment in Nigerian banks. Soludo remained firm in his intention to press forward with the new rules. While foreigners [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS11	NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told the Consul General on January 3 that under President Yar'Adua the NDDC has begun to receive funding, a notable switch from President Obasanjo's days. The NDDC Master Plan is scheduled to develop the Niger Delta [...]	2008-01-10 16:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS112	NIGERIA: DYNCORP NOTIFIES AKWA IBOM STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dyncorp International, a U.S. firm, has notified Akwa Ibom State of its intention to terminate the contract for construction of the state's international airport and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility; the state government currently owes Dyncorp over USD 5.1 million [...]	2008-03-25 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
08LAGOS116	NIGERIA: WIDESPREAD IPR VIOLATIONS INCREASE COSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The prevalence of software piracy in large, established Nigerian companies and in the movie industry hinders Microsoft in identifying domestic partners in the fight to enforce intellectual property rights. U.S. company Schlumberger faces theft of proprietary information required [...]	2008-03-28 06:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS118	NIGERIA: EDO NDDC PROJECTS APPEAR TO BENEFIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Edo State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on March 12 showed visiting Nigeria desk officer Andrew Silski four projects around Benin City, including school blocks, road construction, and a solar powered water project. Emboffs were unable to det [...]	2008-04-01 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SENV NI
08LAGOS120	NIGERIA: GON REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO LOCATE [...] On March 31 Ambassador received a request dated March 26 from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) requesting USG assistance to locate the missing Beechcraft 1900-5N JAH Aircraft. The letter reads: 2. NEMA/SAR/48/I The Ambassador, The American Embassy, Off Airport Road, Cent [...]	2008-04-03 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV NI
08LAGOS121	NIGERIA: EXPERT TESTIMONY IN VOTE STEALING SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Forensic evidence is providing new insights into vote rigging during the April 2007 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The state tribunal is the only election court thus far to allow forensic evidence, setting a precedent for the country. Visual aids especially are educati [...]	2008-04-03 14:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS122	NIGERIA: NEW GAS POLICY MAY SLOW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's recently announced natural gas policy will likely slow development of domestic and export natural gas projects. The policy relies on cross-subsidies from commercial and industrial users for development of electrical power projects. The policy and regulation are vague [...]	2008-04-04 10:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS13	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS REJECT CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: The fragile peace agreement between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants began unraveling in December 2007 and it now appears violence will escalate in early 2008. Criminals (Ateke Tom),militants (the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and Tom Polo),an [...]	2008-01-11 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS132	NIGERIA: PORT PRIVATIZATION YIELDS MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During visit of Nigeria Desk Officer and EconOff of Lagos ports on March 11, efforts to modernize and clean up the Apapa Container Terminal have born fruit in some areas. The privatization of the Lagos ports that began in 2006 has introduced greater efficiency in operations, ma [...]	2008-04-10 15:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS143	NIGERIA: AES CORPORATION TO PURSUE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with EconOffs, U.S. company AES Corporation said it will pursue international arbitration if the Government of Nigeria (GON) does not pay an owed USD 17.5 million and honor the terms of a power purchase agreement between AES and the Power Holding Compan [...]	2008-04-18 07:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS147	NIGERIA: OPIC SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE [...] Summary: The objectives of OPIC,s supported GEF African Consumer Fund are compatible with the Government of Nigeria's desire for more and longer-term equity investment in private companies operating in sectors that do not traditionally receive funds. More private equity funds are needed for [...]	2008-04-22 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON NI
08LAGOS151	NIGERIA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH DELTA STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 27 March meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff members (Staffdel) Michael Phelan and Neil Brown, Godwin Akpobire (Head of the Delta State Integrated Development Project) complained that international donors insufficiently consult with state governments when [...]	2008-04-24 13:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS152	Appeal Court Voids Election of Bayelsa Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, a federal appeals court overturned the election of Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva. Pursuant to the court's order, on April 16 the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Werinipe Seibarugu, was sworn in as acting governor pending a new election to be held within 90 days. [...]	2008-04-24 14:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS153	NIGERIA: IBB CONFIDANT SAYS YAR'ADUA HAS FOOD [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ukandi G. Damachi (strictly protect throughout),confidant of former military head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) told Pol-Econ Chief that President Yar'Adua is ill with food poisoning. The remainder of the conversation followed a line of argument we have he [...]	2008-04-24 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08LAGOS154	Nigeria: Stakeholders Assess Impact of Port Reforms [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's port reform program, which has turned over state-owned and operated ports to private concessionaires, has significantly improved efficiency of port operations and reduced vessel demurrage and turn around time. However, delays in customs clearance resulting from Nigeria's [...]	2008-04-25 11:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS168	NIGERIA SPOT REPORT: BAYELSA PDP BOMBED 2 DAYS [...] (SBU) The secretariat building of the Bayelsa State People's Democratic Party (PDP) was bombed with dynamite on May 8, two days before the state PDP chapter was to announce former governor Timipre Sylva as its candidate and begin campaigning for the gubernatorial by-election. A reliable conta [...]	2008-05-09 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS169	NIGERIA: HERNANDO DE SOTO TELLS LAGOS GOVERNOR HOW TO MAKE [...] (U) Summary: Delegates to the 22-25 April Lagos State Economic summit discussed the challenges facing Lagos city as it attempts to transform itself from a congested urban environment to a modern mega city. Renowned economist Hernando De Soto said a property titling system can create access to [...]	2008-05-12 08:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS177	NIGERIA: US COMPANY BOAT HIJACKED; PORTUGUESE, [...] (SBU) The motor vessel Lordes Tide, contracted to Chevron and owned by US company Tidewater Marine, was hijacked by unknown gunmen on May 13 en route from Onne (River State) to Escravos (Delta State). A high ranking Chevron contact confirmed to Econoff on May 14 that two expatriates, the Port [...]	2008-05-15 10:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS197	NIGERIA: ICITAP ASSESSES LAGOS, EDO TRAINING NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of a State Department anti-trafficking grant to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide investigative training t Nigerian law enforcement agencies, two International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) representatives visited Benin City, Edo St [...]	2008-06-06 12:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM NI
08LAGOS201	NIGERIA: AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT BANK OR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) role in establishing the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC),which was set up in 2007 as an alternative to the African Development Bank (ADB). The AFC is owned by African banks (44 percent),i [...]	2008-06-10 06:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS202	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST NAPTIP ZONAL OFFICE GROWING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, the Director of the Southeast National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) office told PolOffs child and infant trafficking to augment family size, obtain domestic help and for ritual purposes, is growing. Revised adoption polici [...]	2008-06-10 07:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI NI
08LAGOS212	NIGERIA: EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RAISES CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) held a seminar May 15-16 to determine under what conditions Nigeria might sign the European Union's (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Manufacturers contend that high overhead costs [...]	2008-06-17 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS227	NIGERIA: AMCIT TIDEWATER CAPTAIN RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Amcit Captain Jackie Stone, kidnapped from a Tidewater boat under contract to Chevron June 19, was released unharmed and returned to the United States June 20. The kidnapping occurred 27 nautical miles off the Bayelsa/Delta coast as armed men returned from a 3:00 am attack on Shel [...]	2008-06-30 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
08LAGOS229	NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...]	2008-07-02 06:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS235	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...]	2008-07-05 09:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS240	NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...]	2008-07-09 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS241	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS242	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-10 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS249	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE NDDC & NATIONAL OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A Delta State Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) representative told Poloff on May 6 that state NDDC offices are now empowered to create a due process mechanism similar to that adopted by the national office in Port Harcourt. Delta State's three large road construction p [...]	2008-07-10 14:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV EPET ECON NI
08LAGOS254	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 07:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI
08LAGOS255	NIGERIA: FEDERAL, STATE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 08:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI
08LAGOS258	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's housing shortage, ranging from 12 to 17 million units, remains a top policy issue for the government at all levels. Stakeholders in the housing construction and financing sector identified high and volatile interest rates as a primary challenge to developing a mortgage f [...]	2008-07-16 07:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI
08LAGOS259	NIGERIA: FEDERAL, STATE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Federal and state governments have adopted policy solutions to encourage more private sector participation in housing construction and delivery throughout Nigeria. While some states, including Lagos, have taken the lead in pioneering housing financing and construction schemes, exi [...]	2008-07-16 07:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI
08LAGOS265	NIGERIA: DYNCORP AIRPORT PROJECT IN TERMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: John Borden, project manager, told PolOff June 22 that Dyncorp employees left the Akwa Ibom (AI) airport site June 22, giving notice to the AI State government of project termination effective June 23. Dyncorp has been working under a contract to construct an international airp [...]	2008-07-18 08:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
08LAGOS266	NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR HEARS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES [...] (U) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, stakeholders in the Nigeria's banking and financial sectors identified several weaknesses: the banking sector's inability to absorb excess liquidity through sound medium to long term investments; bank asset [...]	2008-07-18 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI
08LAGOS268	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE GOVERNOR RUMORED IMPEACHED BUT [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, twenty of twenty-four Ogun State House of Assembly members began impeachment proceedings against Governor Gbenga Daniel (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Media reports state that many of the legislators then went into hiding, fearing assassination attempts. Both Gover [...]	2008-07-21 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS270	NIGERIA: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN LAGOS SLOW-GOING, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Lagos State Government (LASG) is attacking head-on go-slows (traffic jams) that hinder the Lagos mega-city's development plan. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is implementing its Transportation Master Plan, consisting of water ferries, light rail, and bus [...]	2008-07-21 14:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON EFIN EINV NI
08LAGOS277	NIGERIA: CIVIL AVIATION ROUND UP [...] (U) Summary: Top officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airport Authority, and other civil aviation agencies will relocate to Abuja from Lagos in July 2008. In addition, the high cost of fuel has caused Delta Airlines to postpone indefinitely plans to fly from New York to [...]	2008-07-21 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV NI
08LAGOS281	NIGERIA: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nine months after its inauguration, the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) held public hearings. Recommendations from the three southern zones included: inclusion of civil society as INEC members, funding of INEC from the Federation Account, staggered elections, queue voting, issuanc [...]	2008-07-21 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS283	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS284	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 16-30 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-21 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS NI
08LAGOS288	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE TAKES STEPS TO LOWER MORTAGE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's housing shortage, ranging from 12 to 17 million units, remains a top policy issue for the government at all levels. Stakeholders in the housing construction and financing sector identified high and volatile interest rates as a primary challenge to developing a mortgage f [...]	2008-07-22 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID EIND EFIN NI
08LAGOS29	NIGER DELTANS PREDICT MORE OF THE SAME IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta ethnic leaders, government officials and civil society members told visiting African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss and the Ambassador that they remain hopeful that a permanent peace can be negotiated, but feel manipulated by the greed and hypocris [...]	2008-02-04 11:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS290	NIGERIA: U.S. TREASURY VISITOR DISCUSSES HOUSING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During June 19-20 meetings with Richard Hall, U.S. Department of Treasury, Nigerian bankers and financiers expressed concerns about the need for more coherence in Nigeria's financial regulatory environment. Housing and mortgages hold the most promise for investment and high retu [...]	2008-07-23 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG NI
08LAGOS291	NIGERIA: ONDO PEACEKEEPERS RIOT, DEMAND SALARY [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, hundreds of soldiers previously part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Liberia rioted over nonpayment of the salary due them for their service. Military officials described the non-payment as an accounting mistake; soldiers say the salaries were being stol [...]	2008-07-25 05:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS298	NIGERIA: ABIA GOVERNOR'S CONVOY ATTACK ALLEGED [...] (U) Summary: A July 22 attack on Abia Governor Theodore Orji's (People's Progressive Alliance, PPA) convoy, alleged by the Governor's office to have been an assassination attempt, may have further widened the political divide in Abia State. Tension has risen over the failure of the appeals [...]	2008-07-31 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS303	NIGERIA: TINAPA BUSINESS RESORT REMAINS DORMANT [...] (U) One year after its official opening in April 2007, under the administration of former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke, the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort in Calabar, developed at a cost of naira 45 billion (USD 380 million) remains dormant. The failure of the Government of Nigeri [...]	2008-08-01 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS305	NIGERIA: MILITANTS TELL THEIR STORIES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 100 formerly militant Niger Delta youths graduated from nonviolence training sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN) with trainers from the University of Rhode Island's Center for the Study of Peace and No [...]	2008-08-04 12:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS308	NIGERIA: ONDO GOVERNOR AGAGU REMOVED BY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Ondo Governor Olesegun Agagu's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) election was overturned July 25 by an election tribunal, which declared the Labor Party (LP) candidate Olusegun Mimiko election winner and governor. Agagu plans to appeal the tribunal ruling; Mimiko alleges Agagu plan [...]	2008-08-05 05:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS310	NIGERIA: MASSOB MEMBERS REFUSED BAIL; [...] (C) Summary: The federal government July 31 opposed an application for bail for 84 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB, a group which advocates independence for Southeastern Nigeria),who are standing trial at the Federal High Court in Enugu on [...]	2008-08-05 09:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08LAGOS313	NIGERIA: SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENCE TRAINING DEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary. Nonviolence training for Niger Delta militant youth conducted by a team from the University of Rhode Island, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies under Dr.Bernard LaFayette, Jr., is becoming increasing popular with militants according to the National Chairman of the Foundation [...]	2008-08-06 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM NI
08LAGOS314	NIGERIA: FIVE ATTACKS; NO AMERICANS INVOLVED [...] (C) Summary: Five separate attacks on foreign interests in the Niger Delta, including one attack on the Nembe pipeline, occurred in Rivers State between July 24 and July 30. No Americans were involved in the incidents. On July 24, the local press reported that the Movement for the Empancipa [...]	2008-08-06 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS315	NIGERIA: REPORT CASTS DOUBTS ON VIABILITY OF AFRICA FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, news media reported the submission of a report by the Presidential Committee set up by President Yar'Adua to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo's role in setting up the Africa Finanace Corporation (AFC),a multilateral development c [...]	2008-08-07 07:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
08LAGOS323	NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ASSESSES SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout),President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloffs on July 23 that key players both inside the state governments in the Delta and among the various militant groups operating in the Niger Delta have no interest in ending the vi [...]	2008-08-12 06:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS33	NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: MILITANTS KILL MILITARY [...] (SBU) In the early morning of February 3, militants attacked a military houseboat stationed near a Shell facility in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa, killing Nigerian navy personnel, according to local papers. Jomo Gbomo, reportedly a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( [...]	2008-02-07 09:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS35	OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ALLEGE IRREGULARITIES IN BY ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 13:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS382	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DELTA UNREST WORSE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 20 meeting, Levi Ajuonuma (strictly protect),Group General Manager for Public Affairs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said unrest in the Niger Delta is hurting oil revenues far more than senior NNPC officials are publicly admitting. Because [...]	2008-09-26 12:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS CH NI
08LAGOS384	NIGERIA: MARITIME AND SAFETY AGENCY SEEKS TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),in a July 18 meeting with EconOff, requested technical assistance in the areas of personnel training and capacity building. In response to a 2008 International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report that [...]	2008-09-26 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EFIS PGOV IZ NI
08LAGOS393	NIGERIA: DHRF GRANT IMPROVES PRISONERS' PLIGHT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 12, 2008 workshop funded by a 2007 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grant, and coordinated by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD),brought together representatives of the prisons service, police, judges and other stakeholders to discuss issues related t [...]	2008-10-03 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS394	NIGERIA: NAPTIP SEES RISE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 17 meeting, an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) told PolOff the current increase in international trafficking parallels an increase in sophistication of the traffickers; insufficient [...]	2008-10-03 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS401	NIGERIA: U.S. HOUSING COMPANY TRACKS DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a U.S. Company working in Nigeria's housing sector, the recent downturn in the Nigerian capital market has funneled money into land in Lagos, where land prices in key areas doubled between April and August. Nigerian banks are unable to handle mortgage loans; most of [...]	2008-10-10 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS405	NIGERIA: OD TRAINING SUCCESSFUL BUT REVEALS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 18-19 two-day Optical Disc (OD) Enforcement workshop, Nigerian government agencies made progress in better understanding major deficiencies in Nigeria,s IPR enforcement. Despite the intentional harmful attempts by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to sab [...]	2008-10-15 07:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS41	CHEVRON AND EXXON FACE CHALLENGES, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on their operating locations, Chevron and ExxonMobil (EM) face distinct challenges in operating in the Niger Delta. Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss, the Ambassador, and Econoff (note taker) visited Chevron's Escravos oil and gas complex in Delta State and EM's [...]	2008-02-08 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS415	NIGERIA: CONOCOPHILLIPS POWER PLANT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Expansion of a 480 megawatt power plant in Delta State, which would double the plant's capacity, has stalled because the state power company consistently fails to make payments while demanding the power supply contract be renegotiated. ConocoPhillips, part owner of the plant in [...]	2008-10-22 12:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI
08LAGOS426	NIGERIA: PROBLEMS IN NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET OUTWEIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: Financial analysts disagree on the effect of the global financial crisis on Nigeria, basing their argument on the perceived degrees of linkage between the Nigerian market and the global market. The Federal Government (FG) has mostly taken a laissez faire posture, contending that [...]	2008-10-28 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS427	Nigeria: Abia Commissioner of Finance Describes Progress on [...] (U) Summary: In an October 9 visit to the ConGen Lagos, Abia Commissioner of Finance, Max Adindu said that the state had increased revenue by 27 percent, in part because of an innovative program that utilizes the market unions as tax collectors. Abia has equipped 120 high school laboratories a [...]	2008-10-28 14:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS430	NIGERIA: REPORTS OF "BABY FARM" DEMONSTRATE GAP IN [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 8 BBC News article claimed the discovery of a "baby farm" in Enugu, which was allegedly holding pregnant women hostage, then selling their babies to traffickers after birth. While an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and [...]	2008-10-31 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP NI
08LAGOS431	NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS PARTY SWEEPS LAGOS LOCAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and PolSpec observed the Lagos State Local Government's (LASG) local election on October 11. In the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs),the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) refused to contest, and expectat [...]	2008-11-03 06:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS44	SOUTHERN NIGERIAN VOICES: EXPECT NEW ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: NGO contacts recommended international donors focus on strengthening civil society and Nigerian institutions and told PolCouns that President Yar'Adua's political hands are tied until the election tribunal determines his fate. Presidential candidate for the African Democratic C [...]	2008-02-11 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08LAGOS441	NIGERIA: IMO STATE PROMOTES MICRO-ENTERPRISES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 17 visit to the Consulate, Imo State Executive Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Empowerment, Ambrose Obioha, claimed the state is focused on building the capacity of its youth and making strides to tap the potential of its natural resources. Entrepreneurship [...]	2008-11-10 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI NI

08LAGOS446	NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI
08LAGOS447	NIGERIA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OSHIOMHOLE WINS EDO [...] (U) Summary: On November 11 the Appeals Court for Edo State confirmed the decision of the Edo State Election Tribunal that had declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the governorship, Adams Oshiomhole, the winner of the April 2007 gubernatorial election. Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, [...]	2008-11-13 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS448	NIGERIA: BANKS NEED HELP TO IMPLEMENT MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act (MLA) 2004 sets strict reporting requirements on financial institutions in an effort to counter money laundering in Nigeria. Local banks established the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) in 2007 as an indus [...]	2008-11-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS449	NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...]	2008-11-14 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS461	NIGERIA: LAGOS LABOR UNIONS ACTIVE; POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 8-13 visit to Lagos by Tu Dang of the Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, local labor union officials said that the use of casual labor in the oil industry is their top concern. Labor leaders are also worried about the sa [...]	2008-11-19 14:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SENV NI
08LAGOS465	NIGERIA: 95 PERCENT OF BANK LOANS ARE SECURITIZED, EX-IM [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 95 percent of banks' loan portfolios are securitized, bank representatives told U.S. Export-Import Bank officials during their October 21-24 visit; this indicates that banks are unable to conduct risk assessment and project monitoring. Retail banking cannot develop due to th [...]	2008-11-21 07:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS472	NIGERIA: ACCUSATIONS OF GROUND CREW MALFEASANCE AT [...] (C) Summary. On November 17, Robert Bryan and Michael McTighe (strictly protect),executives with Delta and Arik Air respectively, said ground crews fueling aircraft at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport have attempted to short change them on fuel, loading less fuel onto airplanes [...]	2008-11-21 13:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
08LAGOS478	NIGERIAN GEOPHYSICISTS DISCUSS POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the annual convention of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists November 17-21, the head of the association said Nigeria has 40 billion barrels in unconventional oil deposits in Osun and Ogun States. The Minister of State for Energy (Petroleum) acknowledged the [...]	2008-11-26 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS480	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AWARDS SPECIAL SELF-HELP [...] (U) Summary: On November 21, Ambassador Sanders signed agreements with seven non-governmental organizations to implement Mission's Special Self-Help grants for 2008. Grantees received a ceremonial check and participated in a training on administration of grant funds. The event was featured i [...]	2008-11-28 05:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS481	NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT II: PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, RESPECT [...] (U) Summary: Participants at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group's power sector forum held October 22 agreed that private sector funding is crucial if Nigeria is to attain 70,000 megawatts of electricity, projected to cost USD 50 billion, by 2020. Forum participants concluded that Nigeria needs [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS482	NIGERIA: FIRST CREDIT BUREAU TO LAUNCH APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria released operational guidelines for credit bureaus in October 2008. Eleven Nigerian commercial banks have invested in Credit Reference Company, arguably the first credit bureau in Nigeria. Low quality data constitutes the biggest hurdle to developing a [...]	2008-11-29 12:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID NI
08LAGOS484	NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...]	2008-12-01 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS486	NIGERIA: OGUN STATE ATTRACTS BUSINESSES WITH LAND, LABOR, [...] (U) Summary: Governor Gbenga Daniel has branded Ogun "The Gateway State", increased Ogun State's internally generated revenue eight fold since taking office in 2003, and attracted over 100 new manufacturing companies to the state. Ogun's land, labor, and transportation are all less expensive t [...]	2008-12-03 07:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS488	NIGERIA: CONSULATE GENERAL SENIOR STAFF OFFSITE [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General and Consulate senior staff held an off-site at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),in Ibadan, Oyo State November 6-8. The Consul General and staff toured the University of Ibadan and met with university's Vice Chancellor. The Vice Cha [...]	2008-12-10 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER SCUL EAGR PGOV NI
08LAGOS489	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST, SOUTHSOUTH INFASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State's Geometric independent power project (IPP),projected to be operational April 2009, has started construction on only one substation to date. Akwa Ibom's (AI) IPP, scheduled for testing in December 2009, will generate 165 megawatts (MWs) of power, 65 of those for distr [...]	2008-12-11 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS493	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...]	2008-12-12 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS500	NIGERIA: PIPELINE EXPERT SAYS 73 PERCENT OF NIGER [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of oil services company Nestoil, Ernest Azudialu, told PolOffs on November 17 that most oil spills in the Niger Delta occur because 73 percent of pipelines are corroded and need to be replaced; pipelines, which have a technical life of 15 years, have often been in [...]	2008-12-17 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EPET SENV NI
08LAGOS501	NIGERIA: MILITANT CAMPS CONTROLLED BY DISTANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS505	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS GON NOT READY FOR JOINT [...] (C) Summary: The chairman and managing director of Pan Ocean Oil Company, Dr. Festus Fadeyi (strictly protect),said on December 16 that the GON and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) do not fully understand the implications of plans to turn the country's oil company joint vent [...]	2008-12-19 13:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08LAGOS507	NIGERIA: WITHOUT GON ENFORCEMENT, IMPOVERISHED [...] (C) Summary: Environmental lawyer Simon Amadoubogha told PolOffs on November 18 that Nigerian states lack the capacity to enforce existing environmental legislation and all cases involving international oil companies are tried in Federal Courts, making it difficult for affected communities to b [...]	2008-12-22 12:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PGOV EPET NI
08LAGOS508	NIGERIA: CRIME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Simon Amadoubogha, an environmental activist and lawyer based in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa, told PolOffs on November 18 in Lagos that crime has become a way of life in the Niger Delta as more and more people engage in illegal bunkering or low-risk hostage taking. A boat to transpo [...]	2008-12-22 12:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PTER NI
08LAGOS513	NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...]	2008-12-29 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
08LAGOS514	NIGERIA: EDO'S NEW GOVERNOR SEEKS RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress (AC),who assumed the governorship of Edo State on November 12 following an Appeals Court ruling which voided the gubernatorial election results of 2007, told PolOffs in his offices in Benin City on December 17 that he intends to make radica [...]	2008-12-29 06:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ELAB ENRG NI
08LAGOS520	Nigeria: Experts Say Nigerian Economy Faring Better Than [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, Economic Associates (EA),a firm of economists reviewed the Nigerian economy in 2008 at its annual economic outlook session in Lagos. EA analysts said commodity prices, particularly oil, are Nigeria's major link to the global economy, although a dearth of foreign ca [...]	2008-12-30 06:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI
08LAGOS57	NIGERIA: CHEVRON CONSIDERS GMOU MODEL SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron has deemed its global memoranda of understanding (GMOUs) "largely successful" in building a sustainable community-driven approach to development, according to Femi Odumabo, Executive Director and General Manager of Chevron's Policy, Government and Public Affairs office. [...]	2008-02-13 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS60	NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS ENUGU'S [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair visited Enugu, which claims the highest percentage of American citizen residents of any state in Nigeria. The American Corner in Enugu has done educational outreach for more than 1,000 students. Calvary Foundation, recipient of Democracy, Human Rights [...]	2008-02-14 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SENV CASC NI PHUM
08LAGOS61	NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF CROSS [...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair heard Cross River State PDP Governor Imoke's vision for the ethnically-diverse state and his criticisms of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the federal government as ineffective in assisting further development. A customs official told [...]	2008-02-14 13:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM CASC SOCI NI
08LAGOS64	DELTA STATE, DESOPADEC: MAJOR & MINOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delta State's Integrated Development Project and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) made a joint presentation to the Mission's FCS officer. DESOPADEC plans to order modular refineries and gas gathering plants to jump start the local economy [...]	2008-02-15 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS68	NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...]	2008-02-22 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI
08LAGOS69	NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: IJAW YOUTH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the pre-eminent Ijaw youth organization in Nigeria, notified Poloff on February 18 that he was beaten by military Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bayelsa on February 16. Ekiyor and 60 IYC members were headed to Op [...]	2008-02-22 13:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS70	NIGER DELTA: AMAECHI PLEDGES TO SECURE RIVERS IN 3 [...] (C) Summary: Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State told OSAC contacts on February 7 that Port Harcourt would be safe enough in three months for expatriates to return. As kidnappings have decreased oil bunkering has risen, filling militant coffers, according to security contacts. The milita [...]	2008-02-22 14:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS75	SHELL WORRIES ABOUT CHINESE IN NIGERIA; CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Shell's Vice President for Africa Ann Pickard met with the Ambassador on February 20. She admitted that the company badly miscalculated the new Nigerian administration and is playing catch up to ExxonMobil and Chevron. She claims new Nigerian petroleum legislation could lead to [...]	2008-02-26 08:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI CH
08LAGOS76	U.S. COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING HAMPERED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: While the National Housing Policy (NHP) of 2002 intended to promote private investment in the housing sector, a number of laws (including the Land Use Act and Primary Mortgage Institution Act) need amending to achieve this. An American owned housing development company plans to b [...]	2008-02-26 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS77	NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...]	2008-02-27 10:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS
08LAGOS92	NIGERIA: PDP CONGRESSES, CLASHES LAY GROUND FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) state congresses held February 28 throughout the south reflect the fractured nature of the party. Party factions in Oyo, Enugu, and Anambra states held parallel congresses in defiance of court injunctions. The congresses in Edo and Bayelsa states [...]	2008-03-10 06:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS93	NIGER DELTA: CORRUPTION PERMEATES ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) and assistant consultant to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) told us in February that DESOPADEC pays off House of Assembly members to ensure they will pass future DESOPADEC budgets, [...]	2008-03-10 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS94	NIGER DELTA GOSSIP ON THE MOVERS & SHAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Godknows Igali says Henry Okah is being held in a secure facility in the north; Tom Polo is taking the position that, although Okah is a rival, he should not be harmed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta Governor Uduaghan are finding it difficult to disarm youths in Ba [...]	2008-03-10 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS96	Nigerian Expert: When Only 6 Out of 100 Kids Complete Grade [...] (U) Summary: With only 6 out of 100 children completing primary school, Dr. Doyin Salami, a respected economist and faculty member at the prestigious Lagos Business School, believes the Government of Nigeria (GON) must change its model for delivering education to a public-private partnership. U [...]	2008-03-13 09:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SOCI NI
08LAGOS99	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS IN THE REGION: [...] In response to reftel A, financial capital is needed to meet Nigeria's growing demand for middle income housing. Although Nigeria's middle-class is relatively small, affordable housing is in short supply across the country. Nigerian banks are well capitalized, but housing competes for funds wi [...]	2008-03-13 13:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON NI
08LAHORE208	PML-N BLASTS APPOINTMENT OF NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 President Pervez Musharraf, with at least the tacit agreement of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari, nominated Salman Taseer, media mogul and former caretaker Federal Minister for Production and Industries, as Governor of Punjab province. The Pakistan Mus [...]	2008-05-16 14:30:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08LAHORE209	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS NAWAZ SHARIF ON USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and members of the country team briefed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his closest advisors on USG assistance programs and the terrorist threat on May 15. This was similar to the briefing provided to Ambassador Durrani and ANP leader Wali Khan at CIA headquarter [...]	2008-05-22 05:59:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK
08LAHORE261	REQUEST FOR FIRE INSPECTION TEAM ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Post requests OBO/OM/FIR send a team of cleared Americans to inspect and repair Post's malfunctioning System 3 Fire Alarm. 2. (S) Over the past two months Post has experienced a series of problems of increasing severity with the System 3 Fire Alarm, the panel for which is located in t [...]	2008-09-04 10:18:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	ABLD ACOA
08LAPAZ1021	BOLIVIA: TWO DAYS TO MAY 4, OUR PREDICTIONS [...] (C) With just two days remaining before Santa Cruz' May 4 autonomy statute referendum separating wild speculation from more well-grounded prognostication is increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, this cable attempts to forecast what may happen. We expect the referendum to pass with a wide ma [...]	2008-05-02 21:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1023	WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]	2008-05-02 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ1047	BOLIVIA: MORE BAD NEWS FOR MINING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Emboff met with Humberto Rada, president of Bolivia's Medium Miners Association (an organization of private mining companies that includes local affiliates of U.S. companies Coeur D'Alene, Apex Silver, and Newmont). Although Morales' May 1 decrees did not include nat [...]	2008-05-06 20:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
08LAPAZ1055	ORURO: STEPCHILD OF BOLIVIA'S ALTIPLANO [...] (C) Summary: Oruro--the smallest and least-populated of Bolivia's three altiplano departments or states--and its capital city Oruro are predominantly indigenous (Quechua or Aymara),poor, and loyal to the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Oruro city's main claim to fame is the UNE [...]	2008-05-07 18:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV PREL PINR PGOV BL
08LAPAZ111	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY TAKES BACK SEAT [...] (C) The Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG) is facing a funding crisis heading into the new year. The termination of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and an unwillingness to accept administrative controls mandated by the P.L. 480 program leave SENASAG [...]	2008-01-15 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA EINV BL
08LAPAZ1129	RECALL REFERENDUM BACKFIRING ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) With nearly a week's worth of hindsight the opposition is starting to recognize that their move to approve President Evo Morales' recall referendum legislation was likely an ill-conceived strategy. The chances of unseating Evo, while not impossible, are remote. Meanwhile, the other arg [...]	2008-05-14 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1137	BOLIVIA: SANTA CRUZ BEGINS IMPLEMENTING AUTONOMY [...] (U) The departmental government of Santa Cruz, eager to show its population the benefits of autonomy and to regain the national spotlight from the recall referendum (reftel),will be begin implementing its autonomy on May 15. While largely symbolic (names changes),there are two concrete me [...]	2008-05-15 21:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08LAPAZ1164	BOLIVIA: JOAQUINO GROUP PLANS "THIRD OPTION" [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Emboff met with Rene JOAQUINO Cabrera, mayor of the town of Potosi and leader of the small opposition group Alianza Social (Social Alliance, or AS.) Representatives of the regional opposition recently noted that AS was fielding a candidate in the upcoming prefect elect [...]	2008-05-20 16:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ1175	AGRICULTURAL DEMARCHES DELIVERED, BOLIVIAN FOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche regarding the U.S. candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Ref. A) to Carmen Timeo, the new head of the Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG). The [...]	2008-05-21 20:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
08LAPAZ1189	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE, GOB UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 Bolivia's constitutional capital of Sucre again erupted into violence leaving dozens wounded as residents opposed a planned visit by President Evo Morales. Despite the initial presence of police, military and pro-government social groups, Evo was forced to cancel his v [...]	2008-05-27 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1214	BOLIVIA: BENI AND PANDO VOTE JUNE 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The northern states of Beni and Pando will hold their autonomy referenda on Sunday, June 1st. There has been scattered violence resulting in injuries but no deaths between pro-government and pro-opposition/autonomy forces in the week leading up to the vote. Both groups have block [...]	2008-05-30 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM BL VE CU
08LAPAZ1233	CODEL DODD VISIT TO BOLIVIA MAY 27-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite aircraft problems, CODEL Dodd was able to visit La Paz for meetings with Vice President Garcia Linera, joined by the Foreign Minister, and with opposition leader former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga. The Vice President said his government was interested in better re [...]	2008-06-03 14:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID SNAR BO
08LAPAZ1243	BOLIVIA: IS EVO TURNING TO ILLEGAL ARRESTS? [...] (C) Without an arrest warrant, six police officials abducted, transported to La Paz, and incarcerated pro-Sucre (anti-government) activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez on June 2. Sandoval, his wife, and daughter were injured in the arrest. The government appeared to initially deny the acti [...]	2008-06-03 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ1258	BOLIVIA: DETAINEE FORCED TO CONFESS AGAINST US? [...] (SBU) Citing insufficient evidence, a judge ordered released anti-government activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez, who was illegally abducted and incarcerated by a police intelligence unit on June 2. The prosecutor in Sandoval's case had already decided not to press charges due to the gove [...]	2008-06-04 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BL ASEC
08LAPAZ1264	BOLIVIA & ATP-DEA: EXPORTING FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATP-DEA) was extended in February of 2008 for another ten months for Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Although the preferences are crucial to the textiles industry, the private sector is growing tired of the exhausting lob [...]	2008-06-05 15:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KTEX BL PINV PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1284	BOLIVIA: SANCHEZ BERZAIN ASYLUM MAKES EMBASSY [...] (C) On June 5, Bolivian press outlets began reporting that the USG had granted political asylum to former Minister of Defense Carlos Sanchez Berzain. President Evo Morales and his supporters have long blamed Sanchez Berzain and President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada for the 60 deaths and [...]	2008-06-06 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1289	MIXED SIGNALS FOR JUNE 9 EMBASSY PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts are providing widely divergent estimates (from 150 to several thousand) regarding participation estimates for a June 9 march which will culminate at the Embassy. Contacts tell PolOff radical Alteno leaders are trying to artificially graft an anti-U.S. theme onto [...]	2008-06-06 23:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BO
08LAPAZ1290	BOLIVIA: JULY 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #1 1030 EST [...] (U) A scheduled march on the Embassy has begun, with crowds leaving government-stronghold El Alto and heading into La Paz as of 0900. Crowds are expected to arrive between 1000 and 1100. Currently the Embassy has additional police protection with tear-gas and crowd control armor. The CAC ha [...]	2008-06-09 14:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1291	BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #2 1130 EST [...] (U) The first of the scheduled marchers have arrived at the Embassy: led by Ponchos Rojos (indigenous militia),the protesters have encircled the compound, with approximately 3000-5000 protesters at the front entrance. Ponchos Rojos and youth groups leading the march are shouting anti-autonomy [...]	2008-06-09 15:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1292	BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #3 1610 EST [...] (U) After numerous attempts to break through the police line at the front of the Embassy, protesters throwing dynamite and fireworks were dispersed at 1300 by police using teargas and water cannon. As of 1610 the Ambassador has returned to the Embassy and RSO has given the all-clear. 2. (U [...]	2008-06-09 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1301	BOLIVIA: AFTERMATH OF MARCH ON EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, after a weekend of anti-U.S. rhetoric from El Alto leaders and public statements from President Morales (accompanied by the Cuban ambassador) blaming the USG for granting asylum to ex-Defense Minister Sanchez Berzain, thousands of Altenos protested in front of the Emba [...]	2008-06-10 21:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1352	IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...]	2008-06-13 22:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA
08LAPAZ1354	BOLIVIAN BISHOP ON EMBASSY ATTACK AND DIALOGUE [...] (C) In response to the June 9 violent protest by several thousand El Alto residents against the Embassy, the Ambassador met with El Alto Bishop Jesus Juarez Parraga to discuss the mood of the people of his archdiocese. The Bishop explained that the protest leaders are simply political oppor [...]	2008-06-16 18:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1359	EVO PRAISES DEMONSTRATORS, CLAIMS USG CONSPIRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with a Bolivian magazine reproduced in the leading La Paz newspaper on June 15, Evo again alleged a USG "conspiracy" in Bolivia and suggested a USG plot to kill him. Also on June 15, during an donation in his base of El Alto, President Evo Morales praised the June [...]	2008-06-17 11:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1388	BOLIVIA: EVO CONTINUES TO LASH OUT [...] (SBU) Despite a public statement that outlined the Department's concerns over the safety of the Embassy and the Bolivian government's responsibilities under the Vienna Convention, Evo and his ministers are now trying to twist the Ambassador's recall to Washington to suit their own propaganda n [...]	2008-06-19 16:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1391	BOLIVIA: BARELY REASSURING ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In a June 19 interview in La Paz daily La Razon, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman said, "We have given (the USG) assurances that (the Embassy) will not suffer incidents, that there will be no greater difficulties, that they can be sure that the National Police will [...]	2008-06-19 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1406	CHARGE REITERATES SECURITY CONCERNS TO VICE FM [...] (C) Summary. Charge and EcoPol Counselor reiterated Post's security concerns in the aftermath of a violent June 9 protest at the Embassy to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez. The Charge delivered a diplomatic note asking that appropriate action be taken regarding a march organizer who con [...]	2008-06-23 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ODIP KLIG KTIA BO
08LAPAZ1409	BOLIVIA: USG REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS [...] Embassy La Paz proposes to host a USG regional energy officers conference August 19-21. The goal will be to share information about South American energy affairs and coordinate energy sector reporting. A Department official (TBD) will help establish a reporting agenda and additional coordina [...]	2008-06-23 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN
08LAPAZ1425	BOLIVIAN BILAT MILITARY/POLICE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales called on police to stop working with the United States June 24, casting doubt on government assurances to ensure Mission security. In the last two weeks the government canceled Bolivian participation in a U.S.-sponsored hemisphere-wide special for [...]	2008-06-25 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KTIA BL
08LAPAZ1426	BOLIVIA: NEW AND ONGOING ATTACKS ON USAID [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, the six coca-growing federations of Chapare (President Evo Morales' most loyal support base) and five mayors of the region announced their intention to expel USAID from the region. In a blatantly political move, these groups accused USAID of conspiracy and even suppor [...]	2008-06-25 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL EAID ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1434	US BUSINESS IN BOLIVIA: A ROUNDTABLE OF CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 25, the Charge hosted a breakfast with the lead officials of nine U.S. companies operating in Bolivia that included an OSAC briefing delivered by the RSO. While it is clear that all of the company representatives are worried about the current political situation and frustrated by [...]	2008-06-26 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1435	EVO ENDORSES U.S.-FREE CHAPARE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales offered a far-reaching endorsement of the June 25 announcement by cocalero leaders and five mayors from the Chapare region that USAID should be expelled. Morales saluted the announcement and broadened the scope to include all U.S. presence in the Ch [...]	2008-06-26 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1453	BOLIVIAN SECURITY ASSURANCES STILL FAR FROM IDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a response to our diplomatic note presented June 19, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided us a note (text para 8) that continued to defend its actions regarding the June 9 attack on the Embassy. Although the MFA said it will comply with its Vienna Convention [...]	2008-06-30 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1454	CHUQUISACA DEALS EVO ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C) Summary. Savina Cuellar won June 29's election for Prefect of Chuquisaca Department (state governor) with between 56 and 62 percent, according to exit polling. As expected, the government accepted the results and voting was generally peaceful (reftel a). Three students have been detained [...]	2008-06-30 22:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ1460	BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...]	2008-07-01 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE
08LAPAZ1484	U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS: MFA BLAMES THE VICTIM [...] (C) PolOff, USAID's Alternative Development Officer, and USAID Legal Advisor delivered diplomatic note 205/08 (see para 7) to the Foreign Ministry's Americas Section Chief Estela Mendoza and U.S. Desk Officer Yuri Arce on July 1. The diplomatic note raises concerns over the breaking and enteri [...]	2008-07-03 19:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1485	BOLIVIA-PERU: FRUSTRATIONS WITH EVO [...] (C) Steadily deteriorating relations between Peru and Bolivia erupted in July 1 war of words between Presidents Morales and Garcia. The spat was triggered by a Morales' call for Peruvians to resist the imposition of U.S. army bases in Peru. Following the recall of the Peruvian Ambassador, [...]	2008-07-03 19:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL PE
08LAPAZ1487	BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR RETURNS; ATTACKS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. Two hours after the Ambassador landed in La Paz July 2, Minister of Government Rada held a news conference stating his hope that the Ambassador is returning to resume a "diplomatic role" and avoid "political activism." Rada accused the Ambassador of only returning to reunite a fra [...]	2008-07-03 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1499	BOLIVIA ACCUSES PEACE CORPS OF BEING INTEL AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Peace Corps has come under verbal assault from the Bolivian government. In a speech given from Caracas July 5, President Evo Morales accused organization volunteers of having taking pictures of him and other South American leaders in December 2006. Morales echoed the opinion in [...]	2008-07-07 22:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ1529	RECALL PRIMER 3 OF 3: ARE THEY IN IT TO WIN IT? [...] (C) Summary: As both opposition and government campaigns for the August 10 recall referendum move ahead full throttle and pick up rhetorical steam, back channel signs point to doubts on both sides about the recall process. The opposition architects of the May 8 recall referendum have always [...]	2008-07-09 22:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1533	EVO'S REGIONAL TRADE BLOCK BACKLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to irritate his Andean neighbors by criticizing their plans for free trade with the United States and the European Union (EU.) As the negotiations for the deals grow closer, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) member states tell the Embas [...]	2008-07-11 13:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD BL
08LAPAZ1536	PONCHOS ROJOS' MIXED MESSAGE: BLOOD AND PEACE? [...] (C) Summary: The Ancoraimes chapter of the pro-government Ponchos Rojos militia group handed over 10 obsolete weapons to the government July 9. The public event was spun by the government to emphasize the alliance between the government and the Ponchos Rojos and the ability of the government t [...]	2008-07-11 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ1573	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON AND INL PDAS MCGLYNN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy La Paz welcomes A/S Thomas Shannon and PDAS William J. McGlynn to Bolivia July 21-23. Although President Morales and a number of his close advisors have accused the USG, the Ambassador, and the Embassy of conspiracy during the past year, recent weeks have brought the gove [...]	2008-07-18 18:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID BL ASEC PTER
08LAPAZ1633	BOLIVIA RECALL: TARIJA'S COSSIO MORE SECURE [...] (C) In the weeks leading up to the June 22 autonomy vote, the prefect (governor) in Bolivia's gas rich southern state of Tarija, Mario Cossio, looked vulnerable to be recalled in the August 10 vote. However, the overwhelming passage of autonomy, combined with Cossio's efforts to blunt past [...]	2008-07-29 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1655	63RD UNGA: BOLIVIA'S DELEGATION SPECULATION [...] (U) Embassy contacts at the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations tell us there will be no official delegation list for the UNGA General Debate September 23-October 1 until after the August 10 recall referendum on the mandates of President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) [...]	2008-07-31 23:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1667	A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon, accompanied by INL PDAS McGlynn, the Ambassador, DCM, and Emboff, met at 5 a.m. on July 23 with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, Minister of Government Alfredo Rada, Presidential Spokesman Ivan Canelas, an [...]	2008-08-04 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR BL
08LAPAZ1671	HOW THE BOLIVIAN MEDIA REPORTED A/S SHANNON'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: A/S Shannon's visit to Bolivia got widespread front page attention. Most media reported the visit as a positive effort to calm tensions in bilateral relations. Media mocked Bolivian President Evo Morales, attempt to show the upper hand with the A/S by setting his meeting at fiv [...]	2008-08-04 19:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL EAID KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1694	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING - LA PAZ [...] (SBU) On Tuesday, 05 August 2008, EAC La Paz was convened to review current threat posture and to assess the political situation in preparations for the recall referendum vote scheduled for Sunday, 10 August 2008. The EAC generally agreed that no serious violence or civil unrest is expected pr [...]	2008-08-07 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ1720	MUCH ADO ABOUT CHAVEZ IN RECALL CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition tried to make Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its main issue, along with inflation and unity, in its August 10 recall referendum campaign. Although the opposition failed to unseat Morales, (ref a),it still considers Evo's close association with Chavez a "fatal" we [...]	2008-08-12 12:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ1749	EVO'S DEEPENS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LIBYA, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Presidential advisor Mojtama Samare Hashemi came to La Paz August 13 to congratulate Bolivian President Evo Morales on his recall referendum victory and to advance $1.1 billion in promised Iranian investment and assistance to Bolivia. Also on August 13, Bolivia and Libya [...]	2008-08-14 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EPET BL IR LY
08LAPAZ175	MORALES CABINET SHUFFLE REMAINS HARDLINE [...] (SBU) President Morales initiated his third year in office by changing four of his sixteen cabinet ministers. Signaling that economic growth is a priority, three of the four positions are economic. Substantive changes are unlikely however, as none of the new ministers holds sufficient clout [...]	2008-01-24 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ182	OAS SYG ENDORSES EVO, PROVIDES GOB POLITICAL COVER [...] (C) Following a meeting with President Evo Morales, Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza publicly declared that the OAS and the community of the Americas fully back Bolivia's process of transformation, argued that there is no reason for concern with reg [...]	2008-01-25 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1824	EVO TO VISIT LIBYA, IRAN ... AND ALASKA? [...] (U) Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca announced August 26 that Bolivian President Evo Morales plans to visit Libya August 30 and 31 and Iran September 1 and 2 (anticipated in reftel a). "We have various (bilateral) projects (under consideration with both countries) and we want make our rela [...]	2008-08-27 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA IR LY BL
08LAPAZ1828	BRAZIL IN BOLIVIA: BIOFUELS AND PETROBRAS [...] (C) Last year, the Brazilian Ambassador in La Paz called relations with Bolivia "tense and dense." Lula's subsequent visits have seemingly put the relationship back on course. However, official Brazilians working in Bolivia are subject to sudden mandates from Brasilia and the Ministry of For [...]	2008-08-28 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ1839	EVO TAKES A PAGE FROM CHAVEZ, RULES BY DECREE AND [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his trip to Libya and Iran, President Evo Morales issued a supreme decree setting December 7 as the date for a nationwide referendum on the governing-MAS party's draft constitution, which would allow for Evo's re-election for two additional five-year terms. At the [...]	2008-08-29 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ185	BOLIVIA: INDIGENOUS OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Bolivia has for many years reached out to Bolivia's indigenous communities through a series of innovative and successful programs. USAID Bolivia has always focused its significant assistance programs on the poorest and marginalized groups, which are usually i [...]	2008-01-28 13:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL OAS
08LAPAZ1850	MFA REFUSES TO ACCEPT IRAN DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff attempted to provide reftel demarches August 25, but was cut off by Director of Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara, who refused to accept the demarche or non-paper. Instead, Guevara insisted the reftel information be relayed by formal diplomatic note. Embassy La Paz Diplomatic No [...]	2008-08-29 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN IR GM BL
08LAPAZ1851	MIL-MIL RELATIONS: MOD OPTIMISTIC, DESPITE SIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told EmbOffs August 22 that mil-mil relations are "good" and poised to improve following President Evo Morales' lead to improve relations generally. San Miguel said "misunderstandings" are at the root of mutual suspicions of USG and Bolivian [...]	2008-08-29 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC BL

08LAPAZ1905	ENERGY: BOLIVIA AND THE REGION [...] (C) On the margins of the annual Bolivian Chamber of Hydrocarbons (CBH) event, Embassy La Paz hosted a meeting for regional energy officers August 19-21 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Over the past two years, the focus of energy security in the region has changed. No longer is Bolivia seen as a po [...]	2008-09-05 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ194	BOLIVIA: MINISTER SAYS USG SUPPORTS DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Summary: After a January 24 statement in which Police Commander Miguel Vasquez acknowledged that the police intelligence unit has been spying on politicians (mostly opposition) and journalists, the media have added a number of possible spying targets (the Catholic church, foreign embassie [...]	2008-01-28 21:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ1942	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECLARES AMBASSADOR PNG [...] (C) Summary: One day after the Bolivian government informed Post that DEA agents were indefinitely expelled from the Chapare, President Evo Morales announced on national television September 10 that Ambassador Goldberg is persona non grata and requested that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca [...]	2008-09-10 23:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1950	BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ1951	BOLIVIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: After intermittent clashes in the past weeks, the level of violence in Bolivia has increased dramatically with deaths, wounded, and troop movements. Air traffic into the country is limited due to difficulties and uncertainty at the Santa Cruz commercial airp [...]	2008-09-12 21:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1964	CHARGE MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Charge met with Bolivian FM David Choquehuanca the night of September 14 to raise concerns about possible protests at the Embassy and in the Zona Sur residential neighborhood planned for September 15 and 16. The Charge asked the Foreign Minister for security guarantees and for the Bo [...]	2008-09-15 14:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL CASC PGOV PREL PTER
08LAPAZ1966	BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE DESIRED BUT DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Publicly, both the opposition and the government say they want to meet for dialogue. As a show of good faith, the opposition has called off regional road blocks. Based on past statements, however, there seems to be little will to compromise. The opposition has said it absolutely requires [...]	2008-09-15 15:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1970	BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 15:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ1972	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/15/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: 0n 9/15 at 0930 the Post Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the impending demonstration at the Embassy, the possible impact of an announcement on counter-narcotics certification, next steps in authorized departure, the possibility that some USG agencies will be expelled, [...]	2008-09-15 17:33:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER BL
08LAPAZ1973	EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]	2008-09-15 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ1975	BOLIVIA SITREP #2 1500: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] (U) Situation Report. This is the second and last situation reports planned for today. --EMBASSY. The Embassy compound is currently secure with no protesters in the vicinity. Embassy and USAID/NAS personnel have been informed that they may return to work or take liberal leave. --EL CENT [...]	2008-09-15 18:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AEMR PTER BL
08LAPAZ1979	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 1600 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 1600 9/15 to discuss the protest of 9/15 that required evacuation of the alternate command center, the planned protest for 9/16 that may include violent student demonstrators, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the overall po [...]	2008-09-15 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1984	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 0900 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 0900 on 9/16 to discuss the expected 9/16 protest of university students, the possible impact of the counter-narcotics certification announcement, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the ongoing political situation. The Embas [...]	2008-09-16 19:39:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1985	BOLIVIA: UNASUR DECISION BOLSTERS EVO [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales applauded the UNASUR (group of South American presidents) decision in his September 16 press conference, thanking UNASUR for its "full support" and using the UNASUR declaration to lash out at the opposition. "I hope that the opposition authorities respect UNASUR" Mo [...]	2008-09-16 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BL
08LAPAZ1994	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 1700 [...] (U) Summary: EAC meet on 9/16 at 5 p.m. to review the 9/16 demonstrations, discuss information on possible demonstrations for later in the week, review the Bolivian government's reaction to the counter-narcotics certification announcement, and discuss progress on authorized departure. End sum [...]	2008-09-16 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ1995	BOLIVIA: REACTION TO "DECERTIFICATION" [...] (C) The Charge notifified VFM Hugo Fernandez (FM Choquehuanca was not available) at 1600 that President Bush had found that Bolivia had failed demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and international obligations. The Charge explained the reasons for the decision: inadeq [...]	2008-09-16 23:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08LAPAZ2000	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/17 [...] (SBU) Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 10 a.m. 9/17 to discuss current political situation, status of authorized departure process, and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Current Political Situation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) Opposition and government-aligned groups are reacting [...]	2008-09-17 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL
08LAPAZ2019	DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...]	2008-09-18 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL
08LAPAZ2025	BOLIVIA: 505 AGREEMENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE REPLY [...] (SBU) The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations and Worship sent Diplomatic Note 1024-08-15.723 to Embassy La Paz as a reply to La Paz Diplomatic Note 350/08. The MFA's note was dated September 16 and received by the Embassy September 17 (Note: Due to demonstrations, the Embassy was closed S [...]	2008-09-18 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS BL
08LAPAZ2035	EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/18-CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG, formed by agreement of EAC on 9/17) met 9/18 to discuss contingency planning for a low probability but high risk event: President Evo Morales is removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG core will consist of RSO, ORA, DEA, MG [...]	2008-09-19 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2037	BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL
08LAPAZ2054	BOLIVIA: MORALES DECREES INTERIM PANDO PREFECT [...] (U) Amid fanfare and high-ranking government and military guests, Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed Deputy Navy Commander Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze as the new interim Pando Department Prefect (state governor) September 20. Bandeira replaces Leopoldo Fernandez, who was taken into cu [...]	2008-09-22 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2073	BOLIVIAN DRUG CZAR: CN COOPERATION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres told EmbOffs September 22 that the government would continue bilateral counter-narcotics efforts so long as USG funding was not cut. Caceres said the inclusion of waiver to continue CN assistance tempered cabinet reaction to the Sep [...]	2008-09-23 22:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2083	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/23 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, GSO, ECOP, DEA, NAS, USAID, ORA, DAO, MSG, MILGRP, IPC, MED, SSAT, and others) met September 23 at 1600 to discuss the current situation in Santa Cruz, where government supporters (some armed) have surrou [...]	2008-09-24 17:12:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2111	BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...]	2008-09-26 21:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2118	BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...]	2008-09-29 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2150	EVO BANS DEA FLIGHTS [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would ban DEA overflights October 2, a decision he claimed was based on the strong Bolivian public sentiment to stand up to "the empire" in order to recover national sovereignty and dignity. "Two days ago I received a letter from the DEA of the United [...]	2008-10-03 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2168	EAC RECOMMENDS EXTENDING AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, ECOP, DEA, NAS, DAO, MILGRP, PAS, and others) met October 6 to discuss the current political situation and security planning. EAC agreed unanimously to recommend extending Authorized Departure due to President Evo Mor [...]	2008-10-07 14:19:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL
08LAPAZ2175	BOLIVIA: CONGRESS READYING FOR VOTE OR SIEGE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are now considering pushing this week for a vote in congress on a law to convoke a constitutional referendum. The opposition has a majority in the Senate and therefore can reject a law passed by the MAS-majority [...]	2008-10-07 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2176	WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES [...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...]	2008-10-07 21:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2192	BOLIVIA: MORALES ON ATPDEA, CASTRO, AND CHE [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke to supporters on October 7, downplaying recent USG decisions regarding ATPDEA, lauding Che Guevara, and citing the advice of his friend and ally Cuban President Fidel Castro. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATPDEA: "Won't Affect Us At All" - - - - - - [...]	2008-10-09 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD BL
08LAPAZ2197	SANTA CRUZ: WORN DOWN AND DISPIRITED [...] (C) Emboff met with Santa Cruz political, civic and business leaders on October 7-8. The mood within the Santa Cruz leadership is dispirited. All believe that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) constitutional referendum will pass and that it will be almost impossible to defeat Morales' c [...]	2008-10-09 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
08LAPAZ2220	BOLIVIA: MORALES RALLIES (SOCIAL) TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales joined approximately 5000 marchers for the first kilometer of their journey from Oruro province to the city of La Paz, where they plan to encircle the congress to "encourage" passage of a law to convoke a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draf [...]	2008-10-14 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2221	BOLIVIA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STILL MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met on October 8 with representatives from a number of intellectual property rights (IPR) stakeholder groups including music and composers groups, the Bolivian book chamber, cinematic organizations, and IPR law. It was the first time many in the group had ever met, desp [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2241	VICE FM: BILAT RELATIONS COULD GET WORSE [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met with Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez October 15 to discuss the state of bilateral relations. Fernandez rejected the notion that the relationship had bottomed out, stating that relations "could get worse" as the government evaluates the merits of continuing bilateral [...]	2008-10-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM PHUM BL
08LAPAZ2252	EVO'S QUEST FOR THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) "social movement" groups began to arrive in La Paz on October 17, with the stated goal of encouraging or forcing the congress to pass legislation calling for a referendum on the MAS draft constitution. Negotiations on the text of the constitution ar [...]	2008-10-17 18:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2262	BOLIVIA: AGREEMENT (AND SIEGE) "CLOSE" [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters are converging on the congress, marching from the south through the residential areas and from El Alto with President Evo Morales leading the main column that originally gathered in Oruro almost a week ago. A one-day strike has been called in El Alto, school [...]	2008-10-20 15:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2263	BOLIVIA: GONI EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez and Former Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman came to the Embassy as expected on October 17 and delivered about 3,000 pages of documents to be notarized; the documents are part of the still-unfiled extradition request for ex-President Gonzal [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM CJAN CASC BL
08LAPAZ2268	BOLIVIAN DEAL: EVO GETS REFERENDUM, NO THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: In a welcome day of calm with up to 100,000 pro-Evo Morales demonstrators descending on La Paz, Bolivia's congress began voting October 20 to make changes to the text of the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution and to hold a referendum on the constitution on January [...]	2008-10-21 16:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PINR KIPR BL
08LAPAZ2284	BOLIVIA: REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary and action request: The immediate threats that initially prompted Mission Bolivia's request for Authorized Departure status have dissipated, and an agreement between the national opposition and the government is likely to bring a period of calm as both sides prepare for a January 25 [...]	2008-10-22 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC PGOV BL
08LAPAZ2300	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT ASKS SECRETARY FOR HELP [...] (C) The President of Bolivia's Senate sent the letter, translated in its entirety in paragraph three, to the Embassy October 17. Oscar Ortiz was elected as President of the Senate for a one-year term in January, 2008. Ortiz is a contact of officers in Embassy's EcoPol Section and Front Offic [...]	2008-10-27 13:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR OPDC OPRC BO
08LAPAZ2305	USG AGENCIES AGAIN IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of government attacks on the DEA suggest that the Morales Administration will decide whether or not to expel DEA based on the "independent" decision of Chapare-region cocalero leaders. Morales and MAS leaders railed against DEA "infiltrators" October 25 and 26, c [...]	2008-10-27 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2307	BOLIVIA: DEMARCHE DEAD LETTER OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Responding to a negative shift in the Foreign Ministry's working-level relationship with the Embassy, we are reevaluating how to deal with the MFA. Well before the expulsion of Ambassador Goldberg and expulsions of USAID and DEA from the Chapare, the MFA had been increasingly un [...]	2008-10-28 12:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ODIP OPDC KDEM IAEA BO
08LAPAZ2368	BOLIVIA: DEA GIVEN 90 DAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy sees a potential opportunity to encourage the Bolivian government to begin the DEA's 90-day departure period with the start of the new U.S. administration (thus buying more time). Any time gained could benefit us, since Evo faces another election in December 2009, and [...]	2008-11-05 15:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2375	VICE MINISTER CACERES FLOATS DEAL FOR DEA STAY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up meeting with the NAS Director and DEA country attache after President Morales' November 1 announcement that DEA would be expelled, Vice Minister of Social Justice Felipe Caceres suggested an alternate solution, which he says he has run by Morales. Under Caceres' p [...]	2008-11-06 13:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ2422	IRANIAN BANKING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On November 7, EconOff delivered Iranian Banking Demarche (reftel) to Maria Mendoza, Head of the Americas Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The demarche was given orally along with a white paper in Spanish. Mendoza took issue with the "casual nature" of the white paper. She [...]	2008-11-12 14:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BL
08LAPAZ2424	NOMINATION OF FOREIGN VIP FOR MEDICAL CARE [...] Summary: Embassy La Paz proposes to send Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Espindola Mackay, wife of Bolivian Army commander General Freddy Mackay Peralta, to the United States for medical treatment under the guidelines of the VIP Medical Program (reftel). As per program guidelines, Charge d'Affaires nom [...]	2008-11-12 14:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BL
08LAPAZ2442	BOLIVIA BURNS MORE TRADE BRIDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 11, Bolivian Trade Representative Pablo Solon confirmed that Bolivia will no longer participate in the negotiations between the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) and the European Union (EU.) The EU will progress with Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador dropping the uncooperativ [...]	2008-11-13 19:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL
08LAPAZ2458	BOLIVIA: BEFORE U.S. VISIT, EVO LASHES OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days before his November 16 departure for the United States, where he will speak at the OAS and UN and meet with U.S. representatives (Dodd, Lugar, Baukus and possibly others),President Evo Morales and his closest cabinet advisors lashed out at a wide selection of USG ta [...]	2008-11-18 13:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2462	ELECTION OBSERVER REQUEST FROM GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Post has received a Diplomatic Note from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting we provide election observers for the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum (informal translation attached). This request has [...]	2008-11-19 17:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ2483	BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...]	2008-11-26 17:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2543	UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]	2008-12-05 23:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2581	"LITERACY ACCOMPLISHED:" LIBERTAD ACT AND [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a vi [...]	2008-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD KDEM BL CU
08LAPAZ259	SANTA CRUZ CALLS FOR MAY 4 VOTE ON AUTONOMY WHILE [...] (U) The Ambassador's January 31-February 1 visit to Santa Cruz coincided with Prefect Ruben Costas' call for a referendum on the Santa Cruz autonomy statute to be held on May 4, 2008. The prefect and the departamental council issued a resolution calling for the vote, and the Constitutional Co [...]	2008-02-08 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAS EAID MGMT PINR BL
08LAPAZ2601	BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...]	2008-12-18 12:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
08LAPAZ2633	MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...]	2008-12-23 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL
08LAPAZ301	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2008. Piracy and counterfeiting remain serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation remains weak, and enforcement remains inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especia [...]	2008-02-14 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KIPR BL
08LAPAZ303	BOLIVIA: "SPYING" CHARGES FEED EVO'S PROPAGANDA [...] (C) Summary. Fulbright student Alex van Schaick reported to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry February 7 that he had been asked by Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer to report contacts with Venezuelan and Cuban nationals to the Embassy. Van Schaick told an ABC News.com stringer in La Paz th [...]	2008-02-15 00:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KLIG VE BO
08LAPAZ313	BOLIVIAN BUSINESS: GAS, PAPER, AND MILK MAS STYLE [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) vision of their 21st century economy is taking shape, but it only echoes the disasters of the past. The government recently announced the creation of state run milk processing and paper plants. These plans make little economic sense and were seemingly [...]	2008-02-15 18:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ315	BOLIVIA REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives and the chance to work with Embassy Peru and the OES Hub in South America to explore the issues facing biofuel development in the two Andean nations. Both Bolivia and Peru hold great promise as producers [...]	2008-02-15 18:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON SENV BL
08LAPAZ329	GOB RESPINS ANTI-U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government attempted to renew and, in some cases, repackage old allegations against the U.S. February 16-18. Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened to show USAID the door if it continues undermining his administration. As proof, Morales provided the example of a po [...]	2008-02-19 23:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ373	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO BOLIVIA FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel, including Representatives Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC) visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 18-20. While in La Paz, the Codel enjoyed an hour-long meeting with President Evo Morales; met a cross-section of Bolivian politicians, med [...]	2008-02-21 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR OPDC OPRC OREP ECON ETRD
08LAPAZ374	BOLIVIAN SPY SCANDAL: CONTINUED EMBASSY ACCUSATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to an unfolding domestic spy scandal the former National Intelligence Directorate (NDI) chief Jose Luis Centellas testified before a Senate Commission and stated that the Embassy "manages" many different intelligence groups and maintains records on all Bolivian citiz [...]	2008-02-21 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ386	BOLIVIA SPY SCANDAL: POLICE CHIEF BACKS USG STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian National Police (BNP) commander Miguel Vasquez testified before a Senate commission and refuted Minister of Government Alfredo Rada's espionage allegations against the Embassy and a USG-funded police unit. Vasquez rejected accusations that the unit did not report to h [...]	2008-02-22 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ408	EVO IRKED BY AMBASSADOR/INDIGENOUS LEADERS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and members of the Public Affairs and EcoPol sections met with indigenous leaders (particularly leaders of the eastern lowlands) on February 21 to discuss their view of the situation for indigenous Bolivians under President Evo Morales. Many of the participants de [...]	2008-02-25 23:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
08LAPAZ415	BOLIVIA NOMINEE BRIAN QUIGLEY, TRAINING ON [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz nominates Brian Quigley, Deputy Chief of the Economic and Political Section, to attend the training in Washington DC. Mr. Quigley is responsible for labor reporting and other labor issues in Bolivia. He works closely with the Department of Labor to coordinate aid to Bol [...]	2008-02-26 17:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM
08LAPAZ428	WANTED: IMPROVED RELATIONS, BUT WITH A NEW [...] (SBU) The Bolivian government has reacted negatively to news that the Ambassador had a public meeting with eastern lowland indigenous leaders, arguing that it was interference in Bolivia's domestic affairs and proof that the USG is conspiring against the Morales administration (reftel.) While [...]	2008-02-26 22:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ432	MOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Walker San Miguel told the Ambassador February 26 that the Bolivian government has a new sense of urgency to conclude an anti-narcotics agreement with the USG. San Miguel and the Ambassador agreed to a high-level March 3 meeting to discuss a potential agreement t [...]	2008-02-27 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ433	BILAT "RELAUNCH": HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. During a February 26 lunch meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told the Ambassador not to overreact to accusations against the USG. The Ambassador explained that continued baseless USG criticisms can only have a negative impact on bilateral [...]	2008-02-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR BL
08LAPAZ435	IRANIAN DCM: U.S. CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Hojjatollah Soltani arrived in Bolivia February 25 to open the Iranian Embassy. The building is nearly ready and staff will move in next week. Soltani discussed plans to establish a television station in the Chapare region with the Bolivian media. Although the station w [...]	2008-02-27 23:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IR BL
08LAPAZ457	EVO BEATS CONSPIRACY/WAR DRUMS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales is taking conspiracy charges to new levels of absurdity. Morales said March 2 that the United States uses its South American counter-narcotics efforts as a smokescreen for military intervention and political meddling. Morales linked a perceived upturn in an [...]	2008-03-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ458	BOLIVIA NOMINEE MICHAEL STEWART FOR WASHINGTON [...] Embassy La Paz nominates Michael Stewart, Economic Officer, to attend the Washington Energy Seminar, PE 228. Michael is responsible for reporting on the hydrocarbons sector in Bolivia. His assignment is expected to run through the summer of 2009. Contact information is as follows: office (5 [...]	2008-03-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER ENRG EPET ECON
08LAPAZ46	EVO BLASTS ELECTORAL COURT, ITS PRESIDENT, AND USG [...] (C) President Evo Morales used an unscheduled appearance at the 2008 inauguration of the National Electoral Court (CNE) to launch a diatribe against the CNE, the USG and the highly respected outgoing CNE President, Salvador Romero. Evo characterized himself as a "victim" of the "USG manipula [...]	2008-01-07 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ462	BOLIVIAN GAS: BEGGAR THY NEIGHBOR [...] (SBU) Bolivia is struggling to cope with stagnant national gas production, increased contractual obligations, and growing domestic demand. In an effort to largely allay Argentinean fears of energy shortfalls over the winter months, President Morales met with the Presidents of Brazil and Arge [...]	2008-03-03 20:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
08LAPAZ521	BOLIVIA: LAWLESSNESS AND LYNCHINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to block opposition congress members from entering Congress, thus allowing MAS bills to pass uncontested, come at a time when Bolivians are worried over what seems to be an increasing sense of lawlessness in the [...]	2008-03-06 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ522	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRODUCTION/MICROENTERPRISE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by USAID Deputy Director, and Emboff, met with the new Minister of Production and Microenterprise Dr. Javier Hurtado Mercado on March 5. Dr. Hurtado is an accomplished businessman and also a member of the USAID-Quinoa Global Development Alliance. During the m [...]	2008-03-06 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ETRD PREL BL
08LAPAZ537	FORMER EVO ALLY LEADS PARALLEL STATE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) At a rally of several thousand Sucre residents, Sabina Cuellar Leanos, a former member of Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS),was selected to be Chuquisaca department's (state) interim prefect (governor) on March 6. Ariel Iriarte remains the Morales administration's pick for i [...]	2008-03-07 20:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ538	BOLIVIA: MAS MOB ATTACKS PEACE PROTEST [...] (C) A small peace protest against Evo Morales' government organized by university students turned violent on Thursday night when a mob affiliated with the ruling Movement Towards Socialism Part (MAS) violently disrupted the gathering. The police resorted to tear gas and water cannons to dis [...]	2008-03-07 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC BL
08LAPAZ551	BOLIVIAN PIRACY: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM [...] (SBU) Summary: Piracy of audio-visual materials is almost universal in Bolivia, damaging the domestic movie- and music- industries and eliminating any chance of profits for international imports. Certain members of the domestic industry have recently taken two different routes in attempts t [...]	2008-03-10 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EINV BL
08LAPAZ554	BOLIVIAN MFA INSIDER: PARANOIA PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, Emboff met with Jorge Caballero (strictly protect),a director and career member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Caballero claimed that the MFA was responsible for Bolivia's neutrality in the recent tensions between Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. Caballero su [...]	2008-03-11 17:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ589	BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...]	2008-03-17 12:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL
08LAPAZ612	GLOBAL MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIPS: BOLIVIA/OPIC [...] Embassy La Paz supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) initiative to support microfinance institutions in Latin America. The three Bolivian microfinance institutions (Crecer, Diaconia, and Pro Mujer Bolivia) are non-profit, non-regulated NGOs that are authorized to provid [...]	2008-03-17 21:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BL ECIN ES GT HO MX NU PE
08LAPAZ693	BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...]	2008-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL
08LAPAZ695	BOLIVIA DEMANDS USAID PORTFOLIO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against a tense political backdrop and at the request of the GOB, USAID and the GOB have initiated a hurried and dense review of USAID,s portfolio, unprecedented in its level of detail. While we are making a sincere effort to be responsive to the steady stream of ad hoc and i [...]	2008-03-28 22:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EAID
08LAPAZ711	BOLIVIA: COMMUNITY JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, Emboff meet with Vice Minister of Community Justice and Human Rights Valentin TICONA Colque. Also present was Director of Community Justice Petroni FLORES Condori. Emboff had requested the meeting to learn more about community justice under the new draft constituti [...]	2008-04-01 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR BL
08LAPAZ717	SANTA CRUZ: MAY 4 AS A PANACEA [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 26-28 visit to Santa Cruz, American Presence Post officer found the city surprisingly calm and optimistic, although individual Santa Cruz citizens are outraged. They cite an increasingly long list of grievances and complaints against the central government, and the [...]	2008-04-02 15:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO BL
08LAPAZ735	NEW PUSH FOR DIALOGUE: SHOW BEFORE THE SHOWDOWN? [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called for renewed examination of third-party facilitated negotiations with the opposition March 31, in conjunction with an April 1 La Paz visit by OAS envoy Dante Caputo. Caputo met with Santa Cruz opposition leaders April 2. Choquehuanca said [...]	2008-04-03 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ747	RADA REHASHES AMBASSADOR CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (U) Government Minister Alfredo Rada again accused Ambassador Goldberg of trying to divide Bolivia April 6. Rada said Goldberg was using the same tactics used to divide Kosovo from Yugoslavia to "dismember" Santa Cruz Department (state) from Bolivia. "He knows perfectly well these processes, [...]	2008-04-07 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ751	BOLIVIA: PRE-MAY 4 DIALOGUE HOPES ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: Despite much-publicized government urgency to head off Santa Cruz Department's (state) May 4 autonomy referendum through dialogue with the opposition, Bolivian government contacts are privately accepting they cannot head off the referendum and are looking at a post-May 4 strategy. [...]	2008-04-07 17:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ810	BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]	2008-04-09 22:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ872	BOLIVIA'S TINY MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Bolivia has a small Muslim community. Estimates range from between 300 to 1000, out of a total population of 9 million. Most in the established Muslims community were born in Bolivia and converted, or are the descendants of Palestinian or Lebanese immigrants that have long-lived in Bol [...]	2008-04-16 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ9	BOLIVIA: VERY LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY 7 TALKS [...] (C) With the holiday season "truce" coming to an end, it appears that the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition are preparing to resume where they left off in early December with belligerence and bluster. While President Evo Morales and the five prefects of opposition-led [...]	2008-01-03 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ900	BOLIVIA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Summary: Mission Bolivia held a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) via digital video conference with Washington on April 7. Members of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and representatives from DEA Santa Cruz and Cochabamba were present. The scenario outlined a civil disturbance in La Paz [...]	2008-04-17 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL AEMR BL
08LAPAZ927	EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS GROUP STANDING UP TO EVO [...] (C) Poloffs met with six representatives of the recently formed group "Alianza Plaza Abaroa" (Abaroa Plaza Alliance) on April 14. The Alliance is a newly formed political movement compromised mostly of middle-class La Paz residents. They claim their primary objective is to stand for the pro [...]	2008-04-22 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ983	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...]	2008-04-29 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ99	BOLIVIAN MILITARY PULLS OUT OF WHINSEC [...] (C) Incoming 2008 Bolivian Army Commander General Freddy Mackay Peralta told Military Group officers January 11 that the army would no longer send officers to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Georgia. Mackay said the decision was "political [...]	2008-01-14 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
08LEIPZIG20	EASTERN GERMANY HAS THE RIGHT CHEMISTRY [...] (U) The chemical industry is one of eastern Germany's most successful retooled industry sectors. Companies (including the U.S. firm Dow) invested in the region after the fall of the Wall. They acquired state-owned facilities and capitalized on their proximity and historic ties to eastern Euro [...]	2008-10-28 16:57:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON GM
08LEIPZIG21	GERMANY'S ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM [...] (U) This is a Mission-wide message and has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin and Consulates Frankfurt, Munich, Duesseldorf, and Hamburg. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Germany has extensive government and civic efforts against right-wing extremism, including legal and constitutiona [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS GM CASC PREL
08LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...]	2008-03-18 13:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE146	GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...]	2008-03-25 11:42:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC

08LIBREVILLE152	GABON: RITUAL CRIME ON THE RISE [...] (U) The number of suspected ritual killings in Gabon is on the rise ahead of scheduled April 27 local elections. Members of civil society and some religious leaders have denounced this practice. Government has had little to say on the subject, however. There has been extensive coverage of th [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO KCRM GB
08LIBREVILLE19	GABON: AFRICOM COMMANDER'S SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (C) AFRICOM General William Ward's December 4-6 visit to Libreville found officials from both the Government of Gabon and the Economic Community of Central African States pressing for information on when and where AFRICOM will establish a headquarters or other facilities on the continent. Ga [...]	2008-01-11 15:33:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS KPAO GB
08LIBREVILLE564	GABON: FRENCH GENERAL DESCRIBES STRENGTHS, [...] (C) The senior French military officer in Central Africa provided visiting AF/C Deputy Director Siria Lopez with a tour d'horizon of French military perspectives on activities of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS/CEEAC),including ECCAS's 700-person peacekeeping operation [...]	2008-12-01 15:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AO BY CM CT CD CG CF EK GB
08LIBREVILLE567	GABON/CAR: FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON CAR DDR PROCESS [...] The following is a rough English translation of a framework document outlining the launch of the DDR process in the Central African Republic. The original French text has already been provided to AF/C. (Begin Text) FRAMEWORK PAPER ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE DDR PROCESS IN THE CENTRAL AFRICA [...]	2008-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CT GB
08LIBREVILLE572	GABON/CAR: GABON PUSHES HARD FOR CAR DIALOGUE [...] (C) All major obstacles to the scheduled December 8 launch of an "inclusive political dialogue" in the Central African Republic appear to have been resolved, according to Gabonese mediators. Gabonese President Bongo will travel to Bangui for the December 8 opening of the dialogue, and Gabon [...]	2008-12-06 10:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CT TO GB
08LILONGWE128	MALAWI CITES LACK OF BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) On February 13, Foreign Minister Joyce Banda informed the U.S. Embassy that Israel's lack of interest in developing bilateral cooperation with Malawi was the reason for Malawi's change in voting this year in the UN General Assembly regarding three resolutions biased against Israel. In a p [...]	2008-02-29 11:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS MI
08LILONGWE158	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATIONS MAKING PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since gaining a quorum of commissioners in mid-January, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made progress both on preparations for the May 2009 general elections, and in overcoming opposition criticism of their impartiality. On March 6, the MEC announced its electoral ca [...]	2008-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE171	INVITATION REQUEST FOR PEPFAR HEADQUARTERS CORE TEAM MEMBER JOHN CROWLEY, USAID [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 09:55:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV OTRA SOCI EAID MI
08LILONGWE172	MALAWI INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Following is Embassy's update for the annual President's Report on AGOA, in response to reftel request. Paragraphs/topics are organized according to the report template and instructions. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers: The Government of Malawi (GOM) has made [...]	2008-03-18 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV MI
08LILONGWE224	MALAWI TO OPEN EMBASSY IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During a mid-April visit to Tehran, Foreign Minister Joyce Banda announced that the GOM will open an embassy in Iran to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, contradicting her previous statements in private to the Ambassador. Deputy Foreign Minister Henri Mumba pub [...]	2008-04-16 14:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MI
08LILONGWE253	MALAWI - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, the following information is provided for preparation of U.S.-China policy dialogues. China and Malawi established formal diplomatic relations a mere four months ago and engagement between the U.S. and Chinese Missions has so far been limited. China has alre [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CH MI
08LILONGWE34	Blanket Over flight clearance granted: ACNE79 [...] This acknowledges receipt of reftel. 2. The Government of Malawi (GOM) Department of Civil Aviation, granted a one year blanket over-flight operation and landing clearance authorization number 921/07 for U.S military and civilian valid 1 January 2008 Q 31 December, 2008. 3. A 72-hour va [...]	2008-01-17 09:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MI
08LILONGWE480	MALAWI - ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a period of uncertainty due to budget disputes and slow-moving donor contributions, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is now on track to hold successful elections in May 2009. The U.S. Mission has pl [...]	2008-08-13 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE497	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PEPFAR STRATEGIC INFORMATION REGIONAL [...] THE U.S. EMBASSY LILONGWE WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO ALL REGISTERED USG PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2008 SI REGIONAL MEETING FROM SEPTEMBER 15 - 17, 2008. 2. PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING AND ARRANGING THEIR OWN LODGING THROUGH THE MEETING ORGANIZER (PSMITH@AIMGLOBALHEA [...]	2008-08-21 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID KHIV SOCI MI
08LILONGWE595	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...]	2008-10-07 03:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA MI
08LILONGWE596	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MALAWI [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Lilongwe submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information in the requested format. 2. Country: MALAWI Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Malawi's current estimated population is about 13 million and GDP at current prices is USD 3.8 [...]	2008-10-07 03:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON XA MI
08LILONGWE63	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) INITIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) team headed by VP John Hewko visited Malawi January 13-17 to initiate the compact development process following Malawi,s selection as compact eligible in 2007 (reftel). The visit provided an opportunity to meet with a variety of stakehol [...]	2008-01-29 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KMCA MCC PGOV PREL MI
08LIMA1046	PROTESTS IN SOUTH HIT TWO REGIONS [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters in the southern Moquegua region have blocked two major transportation arteries and temporarily took police hostages in a dispute with the neighboring region of Tacna over the distribution of mining canon moneys. The Council of Ministers (PCM) on July 16 su [...]	2008-06-17 23:17:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PINR PE CASC
08LIMA1090	PERU LNG'S AGRICULTURAL CSR PROJECTS [...] As the largest foreign investment in Peruvian history, the Peru LNG project has drawn significant amount of attention, particularly to the potential social and environmental impacts. Peru LNG has begun introducing the social responsibility components of the project, including a small agricult [...]	2008-06-25 19:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAID PE
08LIMA1107	OLLANTA HUMALA CLAIMS HE CAN SAVE PERU FROM EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met with opposition Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) leader Ollanta Humala and his wife (and advisor) Nadine Heredia June 18 for a cordial two-hour discussion. Humala argued that the Garcia government is neglecting Peru's mounting social concerns and needs to [...]	2008-06-26 21:33:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PE PGOV PINR PREL
08LIMA1153	NATIONAL STRIKE ON JULY 8TH - 9TH [...] (C) Summary: On July 8th to 9th, a variety of leftist unions, parties, and social movements across Peru will join a general strike against the government called by Peru's largest and most radical union, the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). A relatively new organization called [...]	2008-07-07 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1165	LETTER FOR CONGRESSWOMAN MALONEY RE LEVY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 20:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD USTR OPRC OREP PE
08LIMA1183	JUNE TRADE, INVESTMENT & AVIATION BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade, investment and aviation news from Peru: Trade -- Peru Pursuing Trade Negotiations in Asia -- Trade Agreement with China Moves Forward -- Bilateral Trade Between Peru and India Exceeds $450 million -- Imports Reach Record Level in May -- Wal-Mart a [...]	2008-07-11 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAIR USTR PE
08LIMA1191	NATIONAL STRIKE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, STRONGEST IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 8th and 9th, thousands of Peruvians across the country joined a national strike to protest against the government's failure "to fulfill its promises" and the rising cost of living. The strike generally proceeded peacefully, with a manageable protest in Lima, and roadblock [...]	2008-07-14 13:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1283	ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING PERU AIRPORT FEES BACKLOG [...] (U) This is an action request from the Ambassador, please see para 5. 2. (C) We have been in dialogue with Washington agencies for several years (Ref A and subsequent e-mails) to resolve charges for landing, parking and other user fees for official USG aircraft at Peruvian airports. Thes [...]	2008-08-01 21:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL SNAR KREC MARR MOPS PE
08LIMA133	POST DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO SUPPORT GOP ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 21:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI
08LIMA1338	PERU 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The following is an updated version of post's submission (ref A) for the State Department's 2008 527 Report (ref B). The updates are to Claimant D's cases. 2. (U) Begin text. The US Government is aware of eight (8) claims that may be outstanding against the Government of Peru. a [...]	2008-08-13 16:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE PGOV CASC OPIC USTR ETRD PE
08LIMA1345	PERU: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND/OR FORCED LABOR IN [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information on child and/or forced labor in the production of goods in Peru. Information on child and/or forced labor in Peru is limited. Most child labor in Peru occurs in the service sector and is therefore not applicable to this [...]	2008-08-14 16:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PE PGOV PHUM SOCI
08LIMA1348	PRESIDENT GARCIA AT TWO YEARS: WEAKENED BUT [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia enters the third year of his presidency facing the same principal challenges that have confronted his government since he took office in July 2006: how to turn Peru's strong growth into benefits for the entire population. Peru grew 9% in 2007 and the governme [...]	2008-08-14 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON PE
08LIMA1380	INDIGENOUS STRIKES IN THE AMAZON [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous Peruvians in various parts of the Amazon on August 9 launched an indefinite strike aimed at protecting indigenous lands against the alleged threat of an influx of outside investors. The protestors' principal demand is that the government revoke presidential decrees (pa [...]	2008-08-19 22:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV PHUM PE
08LIMA150	PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...]	2008-01-28 19:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE
08LIMA1507	CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY [...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]	2008-09-12 21:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA151	PERU 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, enables Peru to attract additional investment by clarifyin [...]	2008-01-28 20:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
08LIMA1552	IMPOVERISHED APURIMAC REGION: ON BRINK OF MINING [...] (C) Summary: Apurimac ranks as Peru's second most impoverished region and is best known to the outside world for its periodic political turbulence. Two mega-mining projects could transform this predominantly agricultural region with massive, multi-billion dollar investments. The prospect of [...]	2008-09-22 15:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EMIN PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1555	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: - NAS Director Visits Pucallpa, Santa Lucia and Tingo Maria - Mazamari Pre-Academy's Multi-Cultural Students' Movie Debut - DIRANDRO Seizure Report - Eradication Operations Shift to Aucayacu - Police Resources Redirected to APEC - Typhoid Outbreak in Palma Pampa - NAS Ports Pr [...]	2008-09-22 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1638	OCTOBER 7TH PROTESTS ATTRACT FEW [...] (U) National strikes on October 7th organized by the Communist union CGTP failed to attract wide-spread support (Reftel) and were almost completely overshadowed by the oil-for-contracts scandal that hit the GOP this week (Septel). According to press reports, small, largely peaceful marches oc [...]	2008-10-09 22:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1639	CORRUPTION SCANDAL PUTS GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: A brewing scandal involving alleged kickbacks to government officials and APRA party insiders threatens to shake up the cabinet. The opposition has hinted that more sensational audio tapes potentially incriminating Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo and Health Minister Hernan Gar [...]	2008-10-09 23:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EPET SOCI EINV PE
08LIMA1653	PERU'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: REFORMED RADICAL, [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia has named Yehude Simon, the respected Regional President of Lambayeque, as Peru's next Prime Minister. A political pragmatist with a radical past, Simon's appointment has helped stem the hemorrhaging from a corruption scandal (ref) and shore up Garcia's vulnerabl [...]	2008-10-14 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1690	CUBA DEMARCHE: USG DISASTER RELIEF OFFER [...] (C) PolCouns on October 20 delivered reftel demarche regarding unconditional US hurricane relief assistance for Cuba to Gonzalo Zapater, MFA Director General for Mexico and the Caribbean. Zapater said that he regularly meets with Cuban Embassy officials and would communicate a message in sup [...]	2008-10-21 14:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL CU
08LIMA1707	PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...]	2008-10-23 22:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE
08LIMA1732	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LIMA1733	PUCALLPA MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian ... =======================CABLE ENDS============================ id: 176319 date: 10/31/2008 22:10 refid: 08LIMA1733 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 312210Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9522 INFO WESTERN HEMI [...]	2008-10-31 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
08LIMA177	TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]	2008-01-31 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA1813	PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] (U) In response to State 88447, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email. 2. (U) TRADE SUMMARY The 2008 data is current as of August 2008. The U.S. goods trade [...]	2008-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EINV PGOV
08LIMA1865	ARMY COMMANDER'S REMARKS SOUR RELATIONS WITH CHILE [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Chilean remarks by Army Commander General Edwin Donayre have tensed the Peru/Chile bilateral relationship. While the remarks were made two years ago in a private military gathering, a Peruvian Congressman recently forwarded a YouTube video of them to Chilean legislators, pr [...]	2008-12-03 21:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PINR CI PE
08LIMA1899	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY LIMA [...] Shortly after noon on December 10, 2008, approximately 40 Peruvian nationals gathered peacefully outside of the U.S. Embassy accusing the United States of falsely arresting and accusing five Cuban Nationals of crimes they never committed. Each protestor hand delivered a letter to the U.S. Emba [...]	2008-12-10 21:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PE
08LIMA1938	PERU: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy point of contact is John Robertson (robertsonjc@state.gov or 51-1-618-2514). 2. (SBU) Text of draft submission follows: Peru Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreig [...]	2008-12-19 17:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PE
08LIMA226	PERU REQUEST FOR EEB FY08 BIOTECH FUNDS [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-7. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Post appreciates the opportunity to request funding for agricultural biotech initiatives. Peru is a high priority country (reftels) and our newest free trade agreement partner. Peru allows the import of agbiotech [...]	2008-02-07 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG SENV ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO PE
08LIMA232	INPUT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD PE
08LIMA281	INL A/S JOHNSON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER DEL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 2-day visit to Peru, A/S David Johnson met with high-level government officials in Lima, and observed the nexus between eradication and alternative development in the San Martin area, as well as the NAS police training program. In his meeting with Prime Minister Jorge [...]	2008-02-15 20:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA304	PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...]	2008-02-21 23:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE
08LIMA32	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in December 2007: CORAH ended the year with a total of 11,056.20 hectares of coca eradicated, surpassing the 10,000-hectare goal. DEVIDA approved the 2008 Eradication Plan to start in mid-January, now waiting for Interior Minister's signature. ** Police gra [...]	2008-01-08 13:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA389	RADICALS HIJACK CUSCO PROTESTS; CITY LOSES APEC [...] (C... id: 144228 date: 3/4/2008 17:59 refid: 08LIMA389 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0950 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0389/01 0641759 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041759Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8088 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION P [...]	2008-03-04 17:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA395	Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...]	2008-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
08LIMA397	GARCIA SEEKS SOLUTIONS WITH "AGITATED" CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa flew to Lima on March 4th to meet President Alan Garcia on the first stop of a regional tour to drum up support for his country in the aftermath of Colombia's raid on the FARC inside Ecuador. According to a readout from Peru's Foreign Minister, Co [...]	2008-03-05 21:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CO EC PE
08LIMA398	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in February 2008: CORAH has eradicated a total of 1,615 hectares of coca in these first two months of 2008. Eradication operations continue despite cocalero protests and adverse weather conditions. ** INL A/S David Johnson met with high-level government of [...]	2008-03-06 14:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA47	PERU: WIREC 2008 INVITE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, Embassy delivered Secretary Rice's invitation to attend the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) to Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde under cover of a diplomatic note on January 9. Post also shared copies with the Mining and Energy Min [...]	2008-01-09 21:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08LIMA470	UNIONS LOOK AT THE PERUVIAN LABOR SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many political analysts and labor officials agree on the fundamental labor issues facing the government of Peru as implementation of the U.S. and Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) draws closer. The most pressing is reducing the size of the informal economy and providing mo [...]	2008-03-14 21:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON PE
08LIMA480	EUROPEAN NGOS, LOCAL RADICALS, AND VENEZUELA PLAN PROTESTS AGAINST EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 22:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA489	GOP INVESTIGATES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In response to its growing concern about Venezuelan government meddling in Peru, the Garcia administration has arrested suspected "Bolivarian" terrorists and launched a public information campaign to highlight the threat. A congressional sub-committee found that Caracas has a th [...]	2008-03-18 22:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE PE
08LIMA564	"ARC OF THE PACIFIC" INITIATIVE QUIETLY PROGRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Eleven Latin American governments led by Peru's President Alan Garcia launched the "Arc of the Pacific" initiative in Cali, Colombia in January 2007 as a new forum to promote Latin American economic and political integration. The Arc initiative so far has held two ministerial-lev [...]	2008-04-02 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PE
08LIMA591	PERU: VISITATION OF EXTRADITEE WILMER YARLEQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: As directed in ref A, Post has visited Peruvian extraditee Wilmer YARLEQUE Ordinola on multiple occasions and confirmed that he is being treated in accordance with Peru's international human rights obligations. Moreover, the GOP has sought actively to fulfill its commitments co [...]	2008-04-04 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHUM PREL PE
08LIMA663	THE ALBA HOUSE THREAT [...] (C) Summary: The primary purpose of the so-called "ALBA houses" established within Peru during the last year is to spread Bolivarian propaganda via programs like the Venezuelan "Miracle Mission" that provides eye surgeries to poor Peruvians. The most sober reports suggest there are between ni [...]	2008-04-16 18:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PE PINR
08LIMA72	PERU TAKES CHILE BORDER DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summar id: 137434 date: 1/15/2008 22:55 refid: 08LIMA72 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0072/01 0152255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 152255Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7654 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNC [...]	2008-01-15 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA745	GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...]	2008-04-30 18:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR PE
08LIMA805	PERU: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY 2008 [...] (C) Poloff on May 7 contacted MFA Chief of International Security and Disarmament Liliam Ballon regarding reftel demarche. Ballon explained that the MFA had forwarded to Peru's MOD our invitation to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) outreach workshop May 29 in Washington. Ba [...]	2008-05-07 21:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
08LIMA845	"SUMMIT OF THE PEOPLES" COUNTER-SUMMIT LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian leftist groups and European NGOs on May 13th launched a four-day-long Summit of the Peoples as a counterpoint to the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Summit (May 13th-17th). The main event will be a rally on May 16th attended by Bolivian President Evo Morales a [...]	2008-05-13 21:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA908	FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (SBU/NF) Post took the following actions to support the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People: a. Placed IIP-provided editorial in El Comercio edition of May 20, under the by-line of the Ambassador. El Comercio (center-right, circulation of 90,000) is Peru's "paper of record" and the op-e [...]	2008-05-22 22:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI
08LIMA948	MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...]	2008-05-30 20:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE
08LIMA956	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: TRADE -- Peru signs FTAs with Canada and Singapore -- Peru-China FTA May Be Completed in Two More Rounds -- Peru and Chile Moving Closer to Finalizing FTA -- Imports Registered a 47% Growth in April -- Overall Incr [...]	2008-06-02 19:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LISBON1091	EMBASSY LISBON'S DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL PO
08LISBON1236	PORTUGAL SPRING REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Portuguese MFA's Officer Director for Latin America Joao Batista confirmed that Portugal's relationship with Cuba remained unchanged. He responded to reftel questions with updated information for the Title III Suspension of Libertad Act report. 2. (C) The Portuguese hold firmly to the [...]	2008-05-23 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PO
08LISBON1238	NEW POLICIES NEEDED FOR KOSOVO AND LEBANON; OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent reported that the EU ministers needed to quickly develop an alternative strategy for the mission transition in Kosovo to avoid a gap between the UN and EU forces. She added that Portugal was in "no rush" to recognize Kosovo at this poin [...]	2008-05-23 17:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1343	PORTUGAL RELUCTANT TO NAME NATIONS IN U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Portugal would like to keep the U.S.-EU Summit declaration language on Latin America general, according to MFA Director for American Affairs Helena Coutinho. Regarding Cuba in particular, Coutinho said the EU preferred private engagement on human rights issues and was concerned that "si [...]	2008-06-09 16:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PO
08LISBON1397	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent outlined internal EU disagreements on how best to proceed on Zimbabwe, Cuba, and the Olympics, but underscored that the group was largely united on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) and Georgia. [...]	2008-06-16 14:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1402	BLOCKADE SPARKS PANIC AT THE PUMPS AND IN STORES [...] (U) A three-day truckers' blockade protesting rising fuel costs triggered panic gas purchases as people flocked to fill their gas tanks before the supply ran out. The blockade, which began on June 9, visibly affected southern Portugal, including Lisbon. After just 48 hours, several supermarke [...]	2008-06-16 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ELAB PO
08LISBON149	Portugal to Back CERD Candidate Prosper, Solicits U.S. [...] (U) In response to our demarche, Portugal sent a diplomatic note on January 17 confirming its support for U.S. Candidate Pierre Prosper to the Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The note goes on to request for the third time in as many months that the U [...]	2008-01-17 16:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PO
08LISBON1724	PORTUGAL DECLINES RESETTLEMENT REQUEST [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) Refugee Advisor Pedro Barreto stated that Portugal has already filled its annual quota of 30 slots for asylum seekers and cannot accept the migrants from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base this year. Barreto added that Portugal had received more than 100 a [...]	2008-07-18 09:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG PO
08LISBON1725	PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW THE PACK AT JULY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA Officer Pedro Almeida predicted that, after last month's busy Lisbon Treaty debate, this GAERC agenda would be non-controversial and cover the usual business. He told us that Portugal would support EU consensus on Iran, Somalia, Chad, and Zimbabwe, despite some res [...]	2008-07-18 10:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1782	PORTUGAL LIKELY TO OPT FOR INDIRECT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Portugal agrees that Colombian insurgent groups, which continue to hold more than 700 captives hostage, are using a cruel and inhumane tactic and should be urged to stop immediately. MFA Director for South American Affairs Joao Baptista told us that Portugal fully agrees with our criticis [...]	2008-07-23 15:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO PO
08LISBON1874	FOLLOW-UP REPORTING REGARDING ALLEGATION OF [...] (S/NF) Synopsis: On July 24, a walk-in approached Embassy Lisbon and reported that he knew of 5 to 6 plates of Uranium that are for sale in Portugal. The plates are allegedly in the possession of an ex-Russian General living in Portugal who was using a Portuguese Judge to broker sales. Al [...]	2008-07-31 14:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER
08LISBON1976	PORTUGUESE FM AMADO EXPLAINS STANCE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) In a cordial, one-on-one dinner with the Ambassador on August 7, FM Luis Amado confided that domestic political considerations and the Portuguese-Serbian relationship had delayed Portugal's recognition of Kosovo thus far. Nevertheless, he told the Ambassador that the GOP would recognize Ko [...]	2008-08-08 17:20:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PO
08LISBON1999	TFGG01: PORTUGAL NOT PLANNING TO SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT REF: STATE 85678 [...] (C) Portugal is concerned about the crisis in Georgia but is not ready to make a statement against Russian actions at this time, according to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Mascarenhas Neto. She told us that Portugal would wait to hear the French report at the special GAERC meeting on Au [...]	2008-08-11 18:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE PO RU GG
08LISBON205	PORTUGAL PUSHES FOR BALANCED HRC RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and Poloff jointly delivered reftel demarche points to MFA officials in both the Middle East and the UN/Human Rights Offices urging a common position against the proposed Human Rights Council (HRC) special resolution on Gaza as presented in reftel. UN Affairs Officer Gon [...]	2008-01-24 14:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN PO
08LISBON207	PORTUGAL USES EU PRESIDENCY TO PUSH BIOTECH [...] (C) Led by Minister of Agriculture Jaime Silva, Portugal visibly strengthened its public support for biotech issues during its July-December 2007 EU Presidency. Minister Silva's public leadership on biotech went beyond favorable voting to include outspoken support of the European Food Safety [...]	2008-01-24 16:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO PO EUN
08LISBON210	PM SOCRATES INVITED TO CARACAS [...] (SBU) A Portuguese daily recently reported that Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates would visit Caracas by March, citing the Venezuelan presidency's website. Bernard Amaral, one of the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisors, confirmed to us that Hugo Chavez had invited Socrates during the fo [...]	2008-01-24 16:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO VE
08LISBON221	PORTUGUESE VIEWPOINTS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 28-29 [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of the GAERC meeting on January 28 and 29. She offered frank insights into the internal EU discussions on Kosovo, Iran, Kenya, and on the new practice of "restricted sessions." 2. [...]	2008-01-25 17:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON222	PORTUGAL: ECONOMY MINISTER TO HEAD WIREC 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 17:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08LISBON2300	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit is scheduled to coincide with two important Portuguese foreign policy moments ) recognition of Kosovo and Portugal leading discussion on the EU's trans-Atlantic policy. This is an opportune moment to stress that the US and EU generally share goals and to call for [...]	2008-08-29 14:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OTRA PREL PO
08LISBON238	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO LISBON [...] (C) According to an MFA diplomatic advisor, during a one-day visit to Lisbon by Iranian FM Mottaki on January 23, FM Amado urged his counterpart to take steps to restore the international community's trust and to act responsibly as a key player in the Middle East, and he publicly welcomed the [...]	2008-01-28 17:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO IR
08LISBON2453	PORTUGUESE LEGAL ADVISOR SHOWS SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Secretary's visit to Lisbon on September 4, Legal Advisor Bellinger met with Portuguese MFA Legal Advisor Luis Tavares and covered several bilateral areas of interest, including transfer of Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo recognition, and Serbia's UN petition fo [...]	2008-09-09 15:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KLIG PREL PO
08LISBON2514	PORTUGAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AT SEPTEMBER 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal has no plans to present or direct discussion at the September 15-16 GAERC meeting. MFA officials expressed cautious optimism about political developments in Zimbabwe and Belarus. They told us that the GOP fully supports EU efforts to stabilize the Somali coast and Geo [...]	2008-09-12 17:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI TU GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2515	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU LINE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Portugal's MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins said Portugal plans to coordinate its human rights agenda with other EU member states and vote on Third Committee measures as a bloc. The GOP approved draft text for Third Committee resolutions, but Martins said Portugal was still wait [...]	2008-09-12 17:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM PREL EUN PO
08LISBON2588	PORTUGUESE DEMARCHED ON OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer informed Portuguese MFA America's Director Helena Coutinho and EU Deputy Correspondent Florbela Cardy of the Kingpin designation on Venezuelan officials on September 12 per reftel request. Neither offered a response specifically to the notification, but MFA officials have [...]	2008-09-18 11:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	LE KTFN KCRM PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL PO
08LISBON2628	PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW EU AND ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 15:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UN PREL
08LISBON2629	(S/NF) PORTUGAL: "WE KNOW CHAVEZ IS A CRAZY MAN [...] (C) Summary: Hugo Chavez visited Portugal on September 27, at the end of a trip that included stops in Cuba, China, Russia, and France. Portugal has warmed towards Venezuela recently and become the EU nation most visited by Chavez over the past year. In addition to protecting the large Portuguese p [...]	2008-10-07 10:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON2641	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS TOUGHER LINE ON BELARUS AT [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA officials Isabel Ferreira and Florbela Cardy stressed that Portugal and the EU agree with the main points of reftel demarche on Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus. While Portugal plans to follow the EU consensus on most votes, Cardy did mention that Portugal and the Ne [...]	2008-10-09 15:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	BO GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2648	(SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...]	2008-10-16 12:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO
08LISBON2666	PORTUGAL FINANCIERS FORESEE LEAN TIMES AHEAD [...] Six leading Portuguese financiers told the Ambassador the Portuguese financial market is "getting by" with decreasing profits during the current "deleveraging" period. Although there is some concern about bank liquidity, the GOP is expected to announce a bank recapitalization program next we [...]	2008-10-27 12:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PO
08LISBON2677	PORTUGUESE DELEGATION TO MTCR MEETING AND DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 13:38:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PARM PREL TSPA ETTC PO

08LISBON2685	PORTUGAL: DRAFT OF 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Per reftel request, attached is Embassy Lisbon's submission for the 2008 INCSR Report. I. Summary Portugal once again saw a significant decline in cocaine seizures as shipments to Europe are increasingly being routed through African nations rather than Northern Atlantic routes. As a result, [...]	2008-10-31 16:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PO

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