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06BOGOTA309	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] Below you will find AmEmbassy Bogota's submission for the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per Ref. I. Summary Â [...]	2006-01-13 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO

06BOGOTA3765	SEN REED MEETS WITH NGO COLOMBIAN COMMISSION OF [...] (U) Senator Reed did not have an opportunity to clear this cable. 2. (U) Summary. On April 20 CODEL Reed met with Gustavo Gallon, Director of the NGO the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ). Gallon said the Democratic Security policy targets only certain criminals and protects only certa [...]	2006-04-27 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3809	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - APRIL 21-28 [...] (U) This is the first in a series of election roundup cables leading up to the presidential elections on May 28, 2006. 2. (SBU) The Latest Polls, Part 1 - Uribe Slips in Polls, But Still Has Commanding Lead: A Gallup poll released April 27, just over a month before the elections, shows U [...]	2006-04-28 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA3986	GOC LAUNCHES PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY RAPPROCHEMENT IN [...] (C) On April 24-25, the new GOC Special Representative for Uraba and officials of several GOC ministries visited Apartado, Antioquia Department, to discuss economic development projects and delivery of social services with local officials and residents. The delegation traveled to the town ce [...]	2006-05-04 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO
06BOGOTA407	ASSESSING THE PARAMILITARY PHENOMENON AFTER [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables focusing on the paramilitary phenomenon in the latter stages of demobilization. Poloffs have discussed with Colombian politicians, academics, and social leaders in Bogota, Medellin and Barranquilla how paramilitaries will evolve as their ranks shrin [...]	2006-01-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4351	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - MAY 8-15 [...] (U) Weekly election roundup for May 8-14. 2. (C) Alvaro Leyva Drops Out of Presidential Race: National Reconciliation Movement candidate Alvaro Leyva withdrew from the race on May 13. Leyva, who has maintained links with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and continues to pr [...]	2006-05-17 16:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4616	CAMPAIGN SEASON INFLUENCES GOVERNMENT-LABOR [...] (C) On April 19th, perhaps influenced by political reasons, an alliance of Colombia's three major trade confederations and a pensioner's group announced a suspension of dialogue with the GOC over lack of GOC action on an alleged trade unionist "hit list," a World Bank report calling for loweri [...]	2006-05-24 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD CO
06BOGOTA4750	ESTIMATES ON REGROUPING OF DEMOBILIZED [...] (S) Estimates of the collectively demobilized paramilitaries (30,902 to date) that have regrouped into criminal organizations range from 2 to 4 percent. According to Colombian National Police Intelligence (DIPOL) analysts and the Military's Joint Intelligence Center, 21 new criminal groups h [...]	2006-05-30 19:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4982	MINISTER PRETELT TO EXPAND MONITORING OF [...] (C) Minister of Interior and Justice Sabas Pretelt agreed with the Ambassador May 30 that GOC monitoring of demobilized paramilitaries should be strengthened by involving local authorities more systematically in the process. He asked Vice Minister Penafort to prepare a decree to this effect a [...]	2006-06-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5603	POSSIBLE GOC-FARC TALKS: VIEW FROM THE COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Reftel outlined reasons why some mainly leftist interlocutors considered GOC-FARC peace talks possible in President Uribe's second term. According to these contacts, the FARC's top demands are land reform, political reconstruction, and social welfare programs, along with a need for perso [...]	2006-06-21 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA5894	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN, JULY 3-5 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the July 3-5 visit of CODEL Cornyn to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in Colombia,s history. Close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia are expecte [...]	2006-06-29 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON CO
06BOGOTA6759	COLOMBIA'S COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of President Uribe,s decisive electoral victory, the GOC presented its comprehensive tax reform bill to Congress on July 20. The revenue neutral reform includes an overall reduction in the income tax (including reduced marginal rates),offset by a significant expans [...]	2006-07-26 20:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CO
06BOGOTA717	COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...]	2006-01-26 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO
06BOGOTA9120	COAL IN COLOMBIA -- ENJOYING A POST-STRIKE BOOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD CO
06BOGOTA9310	EX-PARAS RETAIN INFLUENCE ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC [...] (C) Magdalena government, Church, and international representatives said the paramilitary reinsertion program in the Department risks failure because it lacks organization and political support. They reported complaints that many ex-paramilitaries remained armed. Residents feared the milita [...]	2006-10-10 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA9445	GOC CONTINUES TO UNCOVER MORE PARAMILITARY [...] (C) The GOC investigation stemming from the seizure of ex-paramilitary leader Jorge 40's computer continues to paint a disturbing picture of illegal activities on the North Coast, including murder, political corruption, and fraud. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) arrested four depu [...]	2006-10-13 16:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF CO
06BRASILIA1004	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADDITION TO U.S. DEL NUCLEAR [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Katherine Pilgrim-Langer, Senior Specialist EG&G Technical Services, Inc., additional member of the U.S. Delegation attending the 2006 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary and related meetings to be held in Brasilia, Brazil May 29 to June 2. 2 [...]	2006-05-25 13:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY BR
06BRASILIA1056	BRAZIL - CVRD ON CHAVEZ AND CHINA [...] (SBU) Charge, CG and Econoff spoke to Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale Rio Doce (CVRD) Director of Foreign Affairs, Renato Amorim, on May 26 about the company's stake in the current turmoil in the Latin American business climate and the increasing influence, often to Brazil's detriment, of [...]	2006-05-31 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET PREL BR CH VE
06BRASILIA1062	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NOAA OFFICIAL RIVERA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kimberly Rivera, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 1-9, 2006, to attend the Second Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Agreement on the Conservation of Al [...]	2006-06-01 12:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY EFIS KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1151	BRAZIL'S SOCIAL SECURITY DEFICIT: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian pensioners recently have been subjected to a burdensome requirement to appear in person to reregister with the social security administration (INSS) in order to continue receiving their pension payments. The requirement, problematic for elderly and sometimes infirm re [...]	2006-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1276	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...]	2006-06-26 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA1322	BRAZIL: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE RESIGNS AFTER TUSSLE OVER [...] (SBU) On June 28, Roberto Rodrigues, the GOB Minister of Agriculture announced his resignation, effective June 30. While Rodrigues first attributed his departure to concerns about the health of his wife, he later indicated to the press that the real reason behind his exit was his inability to [...]	2006-06-30 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PINR BR
06BRASILIA1455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS PRATT AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Epidemiologist, and Dr. Harold Kohl, Lead Epidemiologist; NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Brasilia, Brazil, Aug 14-18, to attend a planning meeting with the Brazili [...]	2006-07-21 18:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1487	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Molecular Epidemiology and [...]	2006-07-24 17:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1497	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIST, COMPUTER SECURITY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),Computer Security Division Manager, Mr. Timothy Grance to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, from August 6 to August 11, 2006, to attend the Fourth Brazilian Digital Certification Forum and to present [...]	2006-07-25 18:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA OTRA TNGD BR
06BRASILIA1505	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR INR ANALYST DR. MICHAEL [...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Michael J. Prather, Science and Technology Analyst in INR/GGI, to travel to Brasilia for consultations with the environmental HUB for South America and for possible meetings with Brazilian counterparts. The Consulate requires that traveler to consider the f [...]	2006-07-26 19:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY BR
06BRASILIA1509	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1511	BRAZIL GRANTS ASYLUM TO FARC TERRORIST [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: The Colombian government has called on Brazil to reverse a July 14 decision to grant asylum to wanted FARC terrorist Francisco Antonio Cadena. Some media in Brazil greeted the decision with speculatio [...]	2006-07-27 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MARR BR CO
06BRASILIA1515	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA (AMENDED [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2 and from Aug 6 to Aug 9, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Mol [...]	2006-07-28 16:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1588	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS JAMES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials James Mendlein, Andrew Weathers, Michael Link, Douglas Hatch and Eduardo Simoes, itinerary as follows: James Mendlein, Scientific Research Expert, COGH, CDC, HHS: -- to Brasilia (Distrito Federal),Brazil, Aug 9 to Aug 19, 2006 [...]	2006-08-07 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79 [...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-08-09 17:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1624	USTDA DIRECTOR TRAVELS TO BRAZIL, MEETS WITH MINISTER OF [...] Summary. (U) In a mid-July three-day visit to Brazil, USTDA Director Thelma Askey met with government leaders, industry officials and businessmen in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Brasilia. In addition, Ms. Askey signed four grants, totaling nearly US$2 million, in support of priority Brazil [...]	2006-08-09 18:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR EIND BR
06BRASILIA1660	AMEDMENT TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL: [...] This is to amend country clearance approval for Dr. Eduardo Simoes COGH, HHS/CDC. Amendment reflects change on Dr. Simoes's itinerary and dates that have been changed from August-14, to August-30-2006. Itinerary is as follows: --Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August-14-2006 to August-14-2006. The [...]	2006-08-11 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1687	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA OFFICIALS BAKER, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) officials Arnold B. Baker, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/New York, NY; Michael P. Ross, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/Scranton, Pennsylvania; and, Blake A. Simmons, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/Omaha, Nebra [...]	2006-08-15 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY ENRG KNNP KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA1711	BRAZIL ESTH UPDATE, JULY/AUGUST 2006 [...] American Company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced construction of a biodiesel plant in the state of Mato Grosso. ADM will invest a total of USD 30 million in the refinery, which will be the biggest biodiesel-producing plant in the world with a yearly production capacity of 180 thous [...]	2006-08-17 15:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1787	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80 [...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...]	2006-08-24 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1797	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SHAPIRO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Epidemiologist, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 27-31, 2006 to attend "Maternal Mortality Surveillance in Latin A [...]	2006-08-25 16:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1810	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL DASCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Gregory Dasch, Supervisory Research Microbiologist, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brazil as follows: -- Sao Paulo, from August-31 to September 2; -- Ribeirao Preto, from September 2-7; -- Brasilia, [...]	2006-08-28 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1839	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND DOE OFFICIALS TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for: --Jeffrey A. Mitoke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Space and Science Bureau of Oceans and Intl. Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; -- Gregory Manuel, Director for Intl. Energy Affairs, office of Policy Pla [...]	2006-09-01 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1859	A LEGACY AND A FUTURE -- INITIAL OBSERVATIONS ON [...] (SBU) In my first weeks in Brazil, I reached out to a wide group of government policy makers, political leaders, business representatives, leading journalists, and representatives of civil society. I found a remarkable interest in strengthening bilateral relations. I met early on with Fore [...]	2006-09-05 16:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
06BRASILIA1886	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ESTH CONFERENCE IN FOZ DO [...] Country clearance is granted for the following people to travel to Brazil to attend the ESTH Western Hemisphere Conference that will be held from September 13-16, 2006 at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil. - Alfred Schandlbauer - Colleen Crenwelge - Michael Keller - Josh Cartin - Nancy Long - Pat O'Re [...]	2006-09-08 18:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA XM XL BR
06BRASILIA1994	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molino, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia, Brazil, October 1-11, 2006, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) ECO Science Team Mee [...]	2006-09-19 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA1999	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL KACHAR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Bechara Kachar, Senior Investigator, National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Belem, Brazil, September 25 to October 1, 2006, to attend and present a keynote talk, "Stereocili [...]	2006-09-20 18:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS ORCIARI, [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials, Lilian Orciari, Microbiologist; Ivan Kuzmin, Associate Service Fellow; Boonlert Lumlertdacha, Guest Researcher; Richard Franka, Regular Fellow; Jesse Blanton, Associate Service Fellow, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and [...]	2006-09-22 13:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2034	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, December 3-6, [...]	2006-09-25 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR
06BRASILIA2056	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL RUPPRECHT [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Charles Rupprecht, Rabies Team Leader, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 9-21, 2006 to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and provide consultations to the Brazil Ministr [...]	2006-09-27 11:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA206	CHARGE ENGAGES SAO PAULO PRIVATE SECTOR ON TRADE [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary data. 2. (SBU) Summary. During his January 16-18 economic theme meetings in Sao Paulo, Charge discussed a wide variety of trade, financial and investment issues with key private sector officials. Embassy and Consulate representatives met with [...]	2006-01-27 11:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KIPR ECON PREL PINR BR
06BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81 [...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-09-28 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2089	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL WICKLAND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Diane Wickland, NASA Headquarters (HQ) Official, to Brasilia, Brazil, October 1-7, 2006 to attend the Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment Science Team Meeting. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for [...]	2006-10-02 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2090	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR FISHERIES-RELATED VISIT TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William T. Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),U.S. Government Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to the International Whaling Commission (IWC),and ICCA [...]	2006-10-02 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA BR
06BRASILIA2094	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB and FAA INVESTIGATORS TO PROVIDE [...] Post grants country clearance for the October 03-12 (tentative departure) visit of 4 USG travelers, William R. English, Stephen M. Demko, Scott A. Warren, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Floyd A. James of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to travel to Rio De Janei [...]	2006-10-02 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2099	BRAZIL: SECOND QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy expanded by a scant 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2006, a result below most analysts' expectations, due primarily to poor results in industrial production and investment. According to Central Bank survey data, the market now expects 2006 GDP growth barely [...]	2006-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA2102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BROGDON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance approval for Dr. William Brogdon, Research Scientist, NICD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to visit Rio de Janeiro (RJ) October 16; Brasilia (DF) October 16-20; and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil, October 20, 2006 to participate in [...]	2006-10-03 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2106	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADDITIONAL NTSB EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE [...] Post grants country clearance for the October 04-15 (tentative departure) visit of Brian Keane Murphy, aircraft structures specialist, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to travel to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for the purpose of aiding the Brazilian authorities' investigation into the fat [...]	2006-10-03 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2112	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MILLS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, James Mills, Management Program Analyst, NCID/ HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Porto Alegre (RS),October 5; to Gramado (RS) October 5-8; Porto Alegre (RS),Brazil, October 8, 2006, to participate in the F [...]	2006-10-04 12:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2113	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL TRAICOFF [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Denise Traicoff, Health Educational Specialist, COGH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006 to provide technical assistance and deliver a workshop at TEPHINET Internatio [...]	2006-10-04 12:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2115	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROWSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. David Rowson, EPA Official, Center Director, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 14-18, 2006 to attend the International Meeting on IAP, Fuel-Efficient Stoves and Sustainable [...]	2006-10-04 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KSCA EPA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HATCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Douglas Hatch, Medical Officer, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 19 and to Brasilia, Brazil from October 19 to November 18, 2006 to provide technical assistance to Field Epidemiology Trainin [...]	2006-10-04 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2117	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL FIX [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Alan Fix , Branch Chief, Vaccine Clinical Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 3-6, 2006, to participate in an international seminar, " [...]	2006-10-04 15:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2129	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FWS OFFICIALS OCTOBER 2006 [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dyan Straughan, Forensic Scientist; Gary Young, Special Agent; Marty Hernandez, Special Agent; Jill Birchell, Special Agent, from DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to Brasilia (Distrito Federal); Sao Paulo/Cuiaba/Londrina in transit; Campo Gr [...]	2006-10-06 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2150	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82 [...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-10-11 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2157	BRAZIL: LULA AND ALCKMIN TIE IN DEBATE BUT ALCKMIN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and PSDB challenger Geraldo Alckmin faced off against each other for the first time in a live national television debate on Sunday, October 9. Lula and Alckmin traded accusations for nearly two and a half hours in a debate that many saw as [...]	2006-10-11 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2182	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS/HOROWITZ PLUS 2 [...] Country clearance is granted for research chemist Arthur Horowitz, supervisory hydrologist Charles Demas, and hydrologist John Gray to visit Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11/11/06 to 11/21/06 in order to provide a one-week training course on sediment sampling and sediment data reduction techniques for [...]	2006-10-17 20:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO BR
06BRASILIA2183	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials, to Rio de Janeiro (transit/layover) and Brasilia, Brazil, November 10-23, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) Con [...]	2006-10-17 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2193	BRAZIL ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST FOCUSES [...] (SBU) Summary. With a week and a half left before the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, the campaign has evolved into a bitter contest dominated by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's (PT - Workers Party) claims that challenger Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB - Brazilian Social Dem [...]	2006-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2207	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAS, AAAS AND INR [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Science and Technology adviser (STAS) Atkinson; Deputy STAS Andrew Reynolds, Jefferson; Science fellows Kim Boyer and Edward Samulksi, AAAS fellow Christina McCain; and INR geographer Lee Schwartz, to travel to and Sao Paulo and Campinas (SP),N [...]	2006-10-20 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2241	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HRSA/HHS OFFICIAL SCOLLARD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Scollard, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Pathologist Research Department, National Hansen's Disease Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),as follows: -- October 29 to November 0 [...]	2006-10-26 19:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KHIV OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2275	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICER TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Foreign Affairs Officer Michael C. Egan, to travel to Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis (RJ),Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to participate in the "Global Dialogue on Emerging Science and Technology" (GDEST) on the topic of bioinformatics, hosted by [...]	2006-10-30 19:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2276	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marylyn Engle and Luiz Fernandez, both from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of International Affairs (OIA),to travel to Brasilia, Belem, Itaituba and Creporazao, Brazil, November 11-27, 2006, to attend a UNEP Global Partnership [...]	2006-10-30 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2314	The October 17 Meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On October 17, a USG delegation met with the Brazilian interagency economic players in a session of the two countries' Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) meeting. The wide-ranging agenda covered a variety of issues, including WTO matters (the Doha Round, [...]	2006-11-05 12:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ENRG WTRO BEXP BR
06BRASILIA2361	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL UYEKI [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Timothy Uyeki, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 10, and to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, November 10-19, 2006, to attend the International Global Training Epide [...]	2006-11-08 19:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WHITE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Mark White, Medical Officer, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 11, and to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health [...]	2006-11-08 19:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2363	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IKEDA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robin Ikeda, Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, HHS, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 14-18, 2006, to serve as keynote speaker addressing the Implementation of Accidents and Violence Su [...]	2006-11-08 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2366	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FONTAINE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert E. Fontaine, CDC CFETP Official, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 9-19, 2006, to attend the Fourth TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference. 2. Visitors are reminded that all U [...]	2006-11-09 14:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2378	BRASILIA HUB HOSTS 2006 CONFERENCE OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The September 13-16 Western Hemisphere Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officers Conference (ESTHOC) in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil was by all accounts a great success. Forty-six people representing US embassies in nineteen Latin American countries as well as USG entities USGS, EPA, USAI [...]	2006-11-09 20:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA XM XL BR
06BRASILIA2384	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC OFFICIAL MEJIA [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Raymond Mejia, Mathematician, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Manaus, Brazil, November 25 to December 1, 2006, to attend and give a lecture, "Mathematical model prediction of high energy met [...]	2006-11-13 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2385	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE OFFICIALS TO ATTEND THE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Allan S. Perelson and Ruy Miguel Ribeiro from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded personnel, November 24 to December 4, 2006, [...]	2006-11-13 19:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2386	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND USDOC/NOAA/NMFS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Clayton Stanger, OES/OMC Department of State; and Eric Hawk, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and, Keith Bates, Harvesting Systems, USDOC/NOAA/NMFS, to Belem (Para) and Fortaleza (Ceara),Brazil, November [...]	2006-11-13 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2388	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, MD, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 12-16, 2006, to give presentation at the Global Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) [...]	2006-11-13 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2399	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-11-14 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...]	2006-11-20 18:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA2452	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 28-30, 2006, to assist in early stages of planning a BSL4 Laboratory Facility. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US c [...]	2006-11-21 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2453	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MINTZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eric Mintz, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 12-22, 2006, to represent CDC at meeting convened by Brazilian Ministry of Health and to provide technical consultation to on CDC/Brazilian projects. 2 [...]	2006-11-21 18:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2457	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CASE-CONTROL [...] On November 16, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 60, dated November 16, 2006) approving the research project proposal titled "Case-Control Study of Ademona in Sao Paulo Japanes [...]	2006-11-21 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2472	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR LOREN J. [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE contractor Loren J. Habegger from Argonne National Laboratory, December 7 to December 21, 2006, to Itaituba (PA),Brazil. Traveler is the technical expert for EPA/OIA projects on reduction of emissions from community and small-scale gold mi [...]	2006-11-22 18:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2483	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G. MANUEL AND L. KUBISKE TO ATTEND [...] Post grants country clearance for Gregory Manuel and Lisa Kubiske from the Department of State to attend the Second Biofuels Forum Preparatory Meeting in Rio de Janeiro November 27-28. Mr. Manuel will then proceed to meetings in Sao Paulo, November 29-30 and Brasilia, December 1, 2006. 2. V [...]	2006-11-24 17:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG SENV BR
06BRASILIA2495	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC MEDICAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeremy Sobel, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Rio de Janeiro on December 6 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 6-22, 2006, to attend a meeting on analysis of data in public health emergencies and to provide technical consultatio [...]	2006-11-27 20:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2513	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Luis Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia (DF),December 2-6, Belem (Para),December 7, Itaituba and Creporazao (Para),Brazil, December 8-20, 200 [...]	2006-11-29 18:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2523	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85 [...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-11-30 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2556	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIALS (BLOCK AND [...] Post grants country clearance for the December 8-22 visit of SEC officials Paul Block and Carlos Costa-Rodrigues to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia for information exchange with GoB officials pursuant to an investigation. Post understands no Embassy or Consulate assistance is requested, but reques [...]	2006-12-06 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2583	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...]	2006-12-11 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
06BRASILIA2606	BRAZIL - REGULATORY AGENCY FORGING AHEAD WITH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met December 12 with representatives of Brazil's National Sanitary Vigilance Agency (ANVISA, an FDA-like agency) to clarify the scope of new requirements for commercial and pricing information for approval of medical device sales and urge that the GoB take into account [...]	2006-12-14 18:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
06BRASILIA2678	Visit of Professor Jeffrey Sachs to Brazil [...] Summary. During a December 12-13 visit to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs met with high-level government policymakers, NGO representatives, and business representatives. In his meetings with Brazilian interlocutors, Sachs stressed that the U.S. and Brazil need to find a [...]	2006-12-26 15:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL ECON EAID BR
06BRASILIA324	BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2006 [...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement. This document has already been forwarded to USDOC by e-mail. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. The Brazilian Co [...]	2006-02-14 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BR
06BRASILIA339	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]	2006-02-15 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA367	BRAZIL'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Per ref A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary. Brazil made significant strides last year in improving the protection of copyrights and intellectual property related to biotechnology - key areas of concern in previous Special [...]	2006-02-21 20:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
06BRASILIA478	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...]	2006-03-10 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON BR

06BRASILIA527	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA (GSFC) OFFICIAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Darrell Williams, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to Manaus and Santarem, Brazil, April 2-7, 2006 to address various NASA-Supported Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA-ECO) Project office management issues. [...]	2006-03-16 10:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA540	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS SCIENTIST CARLIN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for James Carlin, Physical Scientist, United States Geological Survey'S (USGS)'s tin commodity specialist, to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Brasilia, Brazil, April 14-24, 2006, to attend Metal Events LTD's International Tin Conference which feature [...]	2006-03-17 15:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA553	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAFFDEL TAYLOR (MARCH [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Ms. Alison Taylor, Professional Staff Member (PSM),Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (SEPW) who will lead a staff delegation to Curitiba, Brazil, March 20-31, 2006, to observe the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties [...]	2006-03-20 11:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA596	LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS URBAN AIR QUALITY IN [...] The 1st Bolivian Congress on Urban Air Quality Management, held in Cochabamba March 16-18, brought together students, environmentalists, scientists, academics, and international consultants from several Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico [...]	2006-03-23 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BO BR
06BRASILIA608	BRAZIL - AN EARLY LOOK AT ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE 2006 [...] (C) Summary: In sharp contrast to Brazil's 2002 presidential election, in which Lula da Silva and the leftist Workers' Party (PT) emerged victorious, the 2006 presidential elections carry much less uncertainty about future economic policies. Lula has established a surprisingly strong record of [...]	2006-03-28 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PGOV ETRD PREL EFIN BR
06BRASILIA609	BRAZILIAN FINANCE MINISTER FIRED, REPLACED BY BNDES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Lula fired Finance Minister Palocci the night of March 27 after evidence came to light implicating Palocci personally in the leak from state-owned bank Caixa Economica Federal (CEF) of the confidential bank statements of handyman Francenildo da Costa. Costa's bank stat [...]	2006-03-28 16:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA639	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 72 [...] The following is the seventy-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-03-31 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA652	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS REGIONAL SPECIALIST [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Jean Weaver, Regional Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Rio de Janeiro (April 22-25) and Brasilia (April 26-28, 2006) as part of the Department of State Delegation to meet with Brazilian counterparts to conduct preliminary discuss [...]	2006-04-03 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA674	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CODEL SPECTER (APRIL 2006) [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee (SJUD),to visit Brasilia and Manaus, Brazil, April 12-15, 2006, in order to meet with heads of State and evaluate matters of concern to the Senate Judiciary Committee, especially [...]	2006-04-06 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA678	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA703	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDEL TO THE BRAZIL SCIENCE [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meetings to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 24-26. Per previous communications, these are planning sessions in preparation for the U.S.-B [...]	2006-04-11 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA708	BRAZILIAN TEXT FOR U.S.- BRAZIL IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT [...] This is an action request (please see paragraph 4). 2. Post is aware that Brazil's former Minister of Health, Jose Saraiva Felipe, met with several officials from HHS, the Department, CDC and NIH in February. One of the topics presented by the Brazilians was the renewal of the Memorandum o [...]	2006-04-12 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06BRASILIA717	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 7-14, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and resistance [...]	2006-04-13 13:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA753	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL WESTERN TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/FIC, as part of the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meeting [...]	2006-04-18 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA790	BRAZIL AT A FISCAL INFLECTION POINT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lula administration heretofore has compiled an impressive record of fiscal rectitude, routinely posting primary budget surpluses well beyond its formal 4.25 percent of GDP target. This performance has allowed the GoB to reduce its net-debt-to-GDP ratio (from 57.2% in 2003 to [...]	2006-04-24 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA800	BRASILIA HUB PROPOSAL FOR FY 06 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] Despite the approval of Brazil's Biosafety Law (#11,105 in March 24, 2005),followed by the signing of Presidential Decree (#5,591 on November 22, 2005),which implemented the new law, agricultural biotechnology continues to be a difficult issue in Brazil. Government agencies and consumer group [...]	2006-04-25 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON TBIO BR
06BRASILIA835	BRAZILIAN CAPITAL MARKETS - MORE INITIAL SHARE OFFERINGS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian companies, always interested in obtaining access to cheaper capital than that on offer by the banking sector, have been turning more and more to equity offerings on the Sao Paulo stock exchange (BOVESPA). One particular slice of the market, the BOVESPA's "Novo Mercado [...]	2006-04-28 15:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON BR
06BRASILIA840	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 28 to June 03, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and re [...]	2006-04-28 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA844	Brazil 2006 Special 301 Notification [...] (SBU) On April 27, Econ Counselor delivered USG talking points to Otavio Brandelli, the chief of the Ministry of External Relations's IPR office. Speaking informall, Brandelli termed the USG's decision to maintain Brazil on the 2006 Priority Watch List as both "unpleasant" and "lamentable." [...]	2006-05-02 13:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR BR
06BRASILIA868	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 21-26, 2006, to conduct one-week training in economic evaluation methods as part of a certificate course in monitoring and evaluat [...]	2006-05-04 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA869	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS WHEELER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ben Wheeler, Technical Information Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, to Brasilia, Brazil, June 4-9, 2006, to attend a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Coordination Meeting for Latin American and the Caribbean and help harmonize USGS [...]	2006-05-04 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA931	BRAZIL'S MINISTER OF HEALTH RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge Phillip T. Chicola delivered the demarche on cooperation on HIV/AIDS and other areas (ref A) to Brazil's Minister of Health Jose Agenor Alvares da Silva on May 9. The Charge referenced former Health Minister Saraiva's proposals for increased bilateral collaboration offered [...]	2006-05-11 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KIPR TBIO KSCA EAID BR
06BRASILIA954	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-05-16 17:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA964	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL ADDISS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Addiss, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to: -- Belem, Brazil, May 21 to May 24, to attend a meeting a meeting on certifying the elimination of lymphatic filariaris in Brazil, and; -- Recife, Brazil, M [...]	2006-05-17 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA971	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...]	2006-05-18 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA100	ELECTIONS TO BE HELD JUNE 17; NEW MINISTERS OF [...] (U) Summary. Following yesterday's decision of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) to leave government and join the opposition (Reftel),Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic accepted the resignations of the KDH Ministers of Justice, Interior and Education, and appointed the former State Secret [...]	2006-02-08 16:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA131	DINNER WITH FICO: SLOVAKIA'S OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Smer Chairman Robert Fico and Vice Chairman Pavol Paska (who also chairs parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee) at a February 15 dinner, during which Fico and Paska made their predictions about what post-June 17 election Slovakia would look like in terms of f [...]	2006-02-16 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON SOCI CVIS LO
06BRATISLAVA140	SCENESETTER FOR IO A/S SILVERBERG VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Slovakia. The Embassy -- and moreover, the Slovaks -- are pleased to welcome you and IO/UNP DepDir Ed Brown to Bratislava March 3-7. Your visit will help us institutionalize the already strong cooperation we enjoy with Slovakia within the UN Security Council (UNSC),as well [...]	2006-02-21 16:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UN UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA160	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Richard "Trey" Lyons Position: Political Officer Phone: 00421 2 5922 3210 Fax: 00421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: LyonsRN@state.gov 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES --------------------------------------------- --- A. A COUNTRY OF ORI [...]	2006-03-01 07:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
06BRATISLAVA199	SPECIAL 301: SLOVAKIA PROCURES NEW STORAGE FACILITY [...] Summary - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has found a secure building for the storage of proprietary drug application data on a military base. Econ officers visited the facility on March 8 and were fully satisfied that once it is renovated according to MOH's plans the building will serve as a se [...]	2006-03-10 15:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA302	HELL NO, WE WON'T SEW: SURGEONS ON STRIKE [...] Summary. On April 6, doctors, nurses, and hospital workers in Bratislava went on strike, demanding that the GOS raise wages by 25 percent and halt the ongoing privatization of hospitals. Within a few days, the strike spread to at least 15 hospitals throughout the country. The doctors, who h [...]	2006-04-13 15:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA357	MECIAR SAYS HZDS WANTS BACK INTO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former PM Vladimir Meciar told the program conference of his Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) party on 21 April 2006 that HZDS would like to be in government after June 17, elections and is ready to align with almost any party to achieve that end. Meciar seemed to focus [...]	2006-05-05 07:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA404	POLITICAL ROUND-UP: ELECTION EDITION II [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Peter Kmec (strictly protect),told DCM that FM Eduard Kukan has already been approached by Smer Chairman Robert Fico about serving as FM in a Smer-led government that includes the SDKU. Under this scenario, current PM Dzurinda might serve as Speaker o [...]	2006-05-24 09:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	INRA PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA417	Slovak Election Scenescetter [...] Summary. (SBU) Recent opinion polls indicate that eight of the 21 parties running in the June 17 elections will gain the five percent of valid votes cast required to enter parliament. SMER-Social Democracy leads the polls with more than 30 percent support. The next highest party, either SKDU [...]	2006-05-26 14:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA438	CAMPAIGN ISSUE: HEALTH CARE REFORM - EVERYONE [...] Summary. Health care reform is widely perceived by Slovaks as the Dzurinda government's biggest achilles heel. Privatization has not yet brought about a noticeable improvement in services, investment in health services remains low, and new private insurance schemes are increasingly unpopular [...]	2006-06-05 09:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA455	AMBASSADOR'S BREAKFAST WITH KDH CHAIRMAN PAVOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted a one-on-one breakfast with Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) party Chairman and former Chairman of parliament Pavol Hrusovsky on June 8 to discuss the upcoming elections. Hrusovsky said Prime Minister Dzurinda's SDKU would be the most popular center-right [...]	2006-06-09 12:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA457	SMER LACKS DIRECTION ON ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY - The recent release of Smer's official election program sheds little light on what the economic policy would actually look like in a Smer-led coalition government. The party platform is essentially a critique of the reforms instituted over the past eight years, and calls for an o [...]	2006-06-09 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO KDEM
06BRATISLAVA471	FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE ELECTION: CONTINUITY, OR [...] (C) Summary: Slovak foreign policy during the second Dzurinda government of the past four years has been extremely complementary to U.S. interests. If the coalition that results from June 17 parliamentary elections is led by Dzurinda's SDKU and made up mostly of center-right parties, we can [...]	2006-06-13 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA483	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SMER'S NO. 2, ROBERT [...] (C) Summary. Smer's number 2 candidate and MP Robert Kalinak told Ambassador June 15 that Smer was looking forward to forming the next government and likely would turn first for support to the Hungarian party, which is now a member of PM Dzurinda's coalition. A confident Kalinak said he did not [...]	2006-06-15 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR LO
06BRATISLAVA486	FREE FORUM: HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? [...] (C) Summary: One key unknown of the June 17 elections is whether Zuzana Martinakova's Free Forum (SF) will obtain the necessary five percent of votes to enter parliament. The "one-woman party" has attracted socially liberal voters looking to fill the void left by ANO. Martinakova's message o [...]	2006-06-16 09:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA490	Tax Reform and the Election [...] Summary. The flat tax is the flagship of the reform agenda that helped the government of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda quickly turn Slovakia into one of Europe's most attractive destinations for global investment. While admired by investors, Slovakia's flat rates for income, corporate, and [...]	2006-06-16 15:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA499	SMER PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN RACE TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The morning of June 20, President Gasparovic made good on his promise to charge Smer chairman Robert Fico with forming a new government (reftels). Fico immediately offered cooperation to Hungarian party SMK and Christian Democratic Movement KDH. According to sources in all th [...]	2006-06-20 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA532	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2006-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA552	INTRODUCING SLOVAKIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Gasparovic swore in the new cabinet of the Fico government on July 4. Of the fifteen ministries, ten have gone to Smer, three to SNS, and two to HZDS. The majority of these new ministers are little-known on the Slovak political scene. However, the ones of most active interest [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA666	PM FICO PRESENTS POLICY AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW AND COMMENT. One month after Slovakia's new governing coalition took office, Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented the government's policy statement, a four-year agenda determined by the governing three-party coalition. Bureaucrats had drafted an early version of the govern [...]	2006-08-09 16:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM LO
06BRATISLAVA706	ROMA ISSUES ROUND-UP FOR SLOVAKIA [...] (U) The August 14 release of the U.S. Helsinki Commission's report on sterilization of Romani women without informed consent in the Czech Republic and Slovakia has spurred a reaction in Slovakia. The report received media coverage on both television and radio. Deputy Prime Minister for Human [...]	2006-08-21 13:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA823	EU FUNDS: SMER STRENGTHENS ITS POSITION VERSUS SNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, the GOS cabinet announced its distribution plan for EU funds from 2007-2013. The new government's basic funding priorities appear to remain consistent with EU fund priorities proposed by the previous government, but authority over more than 1.7 billion Euros in "k [...]	2006-10-11 14:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EU KPAO LO PGOV
06BRATISLAVA839	SMER SURPRISES WITH MODERATE ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary - Prime Minister Robert Fico celebrated his first 100 days in office by getting cabinet approval for a budget that is in line with the Euro Maastrict criteria and does not alter the flat tax regime that was put in place by the last government. Fear of a significant drop in the S [...]	2006-10-13 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA890	COALITION DYNAMICS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) After four months in office, Prime Minister Robert Fico of the Smer party has demonstrated his strong, personalized control the government. Embassy Bratislava provides its analysis and lessons learned so far: -- Fico makes the final decisions in all matters of importance; his increasing [...]	2006-11-03 09:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KJUS SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA904	DEATH OF SOLDIER IN IRAQ MAY AFFECT SLOVAK [...] (u) This is an action recommendation. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Reacting to the death of a Slovak soldier in Iraq on November 10, Prime Minister Robert Fico said over the weekend that the death would influence the decision of the Slovak Government about NATO's request to reposition its engi [...]	2006-11-13 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ UK CA LO
06BRATISLAVA914	PREVIEW OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN SLOVAKIA: [...] (SBU) Slovakia's nation-wide municipal elections have traditionally reflected local issues and political alliances. Ruling parties and opposition parties on ocassion ally to back the same candidate. However, observers expect that PM Robert Fico's record high popularity may have an impact local [...]	2006-11-20 11:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA927	TRANSPETROL NOMINEES AND COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary - The appointments made to the boards of Transpetrol at the November 20 shareholders meetings have been roundly criticized not only by the opposition parties, but by Prime Minister Fico as well. The most controversial nominees, Julius Rezes and Sergej Zapotocky, have strong ties t [...]	2006-11-28 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL KJUS LO
06BRATISLAVA946	WHAT DOES A GUY HAVE TO DO GET FIRED AROUND HERE? [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is busy preparing new legislation to overhaul its labor code in early 2007. Business interests are happy with the current law and concerned about forthcoming changes, especially since the drafter of the new proposal, MOL State Secre [...]	2006-12-07 08:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB LO
06BRATISLAVA953	NGOS WIN CAMPAIGN TO PRESERVE FUNDING MECHANISM [...] (U) Summary. In a significant though by no means permanent victory for Slovak civil society, Parliament voted on December 6 to preserve for tax year 2006 the option for individuals and corporations to assign two percent of their tax bills to non-governmental organizations of their choice. Sme [...]	2006-12-08 15:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA954	SLOVAKIA'S PRE-GAERC POSITIONS DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) China Arms Embargo: In response to ref A points, Drahomir Stos, Head of the Asia and Oceana Division of the MFA's Fourth Territorial Department, told us that the MFA treats the China arms embargo as a political issue, not a security one. Slovakia believes that it is not the right moment t [...]	2006-12-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM IS LE IR TU CH AF KPAL EU LO
06BRATISLAVA964	PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY CELEBRATES ITSELF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 9, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Smer party Robert Fico addressed the party faithful with a speech highlighting the achievements of the past six months. After focusing on fulfilled domestic campaign promises which "turn the wheel of governance towards the peop [...]	2006-12-13 13:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA966	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador December 13 that: --he will travel to Afghanistan in January and announce that Slovak troops will move to Kandahar, --he is in firm control of the government; and coalition partners Meciar and Slota are just sideshows, and --he is determine [...]	2006-12-14 17:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL POLG ECON ENRG AF LO
06BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAK GOVERNMENT RENEWS INTEREST IN TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new National Coordinator for Fight against Trafficking in Persons held his first inter-ministerial Expert Group meeting on the subject. The Ministry of Interior earmarked SKK 2 million (USD 74,000) for TIP activities in 2007. The GOS passed an amendment on the law coverin [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG LO
06BRATISLAVA980	FORMER PM DZURINDA SAYS HZDS HAS NOWHERE TO GO [...] (C) Summary. Mikulas Dzurinda, former PM and leader of the opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU),called the KDH a mess; questioned HZDS' suitability as a future partner; and said he has documents to prove the corruption of SNS leader Jan Slota during a December 19 luncheon w [...]	2006-12-21 14:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
06BRIDGETOWN100	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BARBADOS [...] (SBU) Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador John D. Rood to travel to Barbados on February 3-5, 2006. 2. (SBU) We understand that further Embassy assistance is not required. In case of emergency, please contact Post One through the Embassy general p [...]	2006-01-17 20:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1066	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LORETTA MCNEIR FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transporation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to St. Lucia July 25-28, 2006. Ms. McNeir will participate in the airport assessment and she will meet with the Director of Civil Aviation or their de [...]	2006-06-20 14:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1067	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VERBRASKA AND MERRILL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration Security Enforcement Academy employees Michael Verbraska and Frances Merrill for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis July 10-14, 2006. The travelers will be providing a National Program Development Workshop i [...]	2006-06-20 14:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1069	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARENGO AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Miami International Field Office (IFO) Aviation Safety Inspectors, Mel Marengo and Don Carnicella for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 26-30, 2006. The travelers will perform re-certification inspectio [...]	2006-06-20 18:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RAFFAELE FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Herbert Raffaele, Chief of the Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, for travel to Dominica July 7-14, 2006. Mr. Raffaele will attend the Executive Board meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of C [...]	2006-06-22 20:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1081	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PUNTONET FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Joaquin Puntonet for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on June 28, 2006. Mr. Puntonet will perform "R" items from the inspectors' work program on air carrier Coastal Air Transport. 2. Per reft [...]	2006-06-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1112	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson for travel to St. Lucia from July 24-28, 2006. The travelers will conduct inspections of the air carrier stations at the Georg [...]	2006-06-28 14:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1116	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARVER AND RHEA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist David Carver and IT Specialist Susan Rhea to travel to St. George's, Grenada, from July 11-28, 2006, for the purpose of working with government officials on installing a seismic monitoring station in the co [...]	2006-06-28 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA TPHY TBIO KSCA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1128	BARBADOS 2005 ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Summary: The Barbados economy performed well in 2005. GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment registered 4.1, 5.1, and 8.5 percent, respectively. Construction drove growth, making up for a drop in tourism. The fiscal deficit (2.9 percent of GDP) and the national debt (88 percent of GDP) ha [...]	2006-06-30 16:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EIND EINV ELAB ETRD PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN118	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LINDA BROWN FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Linda Brown, Reports Officer for South America and Central America and the smaller Caribbean island states, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Barbados February 10 - 15, 2006. Ms. Brown will be assessing recent g [...]	2006-01-19 14:28:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1223	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COTTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Patrick Cotter, Environmental Protection Specialist, to travel to St. Lucia from July 23-29, 2006, for the purpose of attending a regional promotional workshop on LBS protocol for English speaking Caribbean countries and a sub-regional [...]	2006-07-14 12:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA ST BB
06BRIDGETOWN1259	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson to travel to St. Lucia, July 24-28, for the purpose of assessing security conditions, conducting U.S. air carrier station insp [...]	2006-07-18 20:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1296	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE DELEGATION ON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to DHS James Kidwell, CBP Charles Bartoldus, INL Sergio Garcia, and WHA/CAR Michael Fortin, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from July 25-28, for the inaugural Cricket World Cup 2007 International Support and Advisory Group Conference. [...]	2006-07-25 12:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1297	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HUNKER AND FELDSTEIN [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Paula A. Hunker and Steven J. Feldstein, special Assistants in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from July 28-29, for the purpose of attending the UN H [...]	2006-07-25 12:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA UN ETRD ECON BB
06BRIDGETOWN1305	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANDERSON AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Donald Anderson and Mark Robertson, Contractor Field Engineers, to travel to Grenada from August 13-22, and to Mr. Robertson to travel to Barbados from August 22-29, 2006, for the purpose of installing a seismological station in both l [...]	2006-07-26 18:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO BB GJ
06BRIDGETOWN1306	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CIOMPERLIK FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Matthew Ciomperlik, USDA Entomologist, to travel to Barbados from September 24-October 7, 2006, for the purpose of conducting collaborative research on the Chilli Thrips and Giant African Snail. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands a [...]	2006-07-27 15:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1307	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEVENS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Timothy Stevens,USDA Plant Protection and Quarantine Service,to travel to Barbados from September 24-October 7, 2006, for the purpose of attending the Giant African Snail meeting. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is no [...]	2006-07-27 15:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1315	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]	2006-07-28 22:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1389	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARD FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to DOE Director of Policy and International Affairs Gary K. Ward, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from August 10-11 to meet with Government of Barbados energy officials and private sector representatives to discuss the upcoming energy [...]	2006-08-10 17:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1407	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WEAVER AND SCHENK FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to USGS Internal Program Specialist Jean Weaver and Supervisory Research Geologist Christopher Schenk for travel to Barbados from September 17-23. The purpose of the trip is to meet with Embassy officers to discuss regional energy issues, [...]	2006-08-11 19:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSAC TBIO BB
06BRIDGETOWN1467	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KENNETT AND MALONEY [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Alan Kennett and William Maloney to travel to St. Kitts/Nevis and Barbados from August 26-September 6, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide technical expertise related to the feasibility of converting the former St. Kitts sugar [...]	2006-08-22 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB SC
06BRIDGETOWN1474	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GONZALEZ AND GALLOGLY [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Omar Gonzales, Deputy Director, Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office (CBATO),and Charlotte Gallogly, President of the World Trade Center Miami and of the IFE Americas Food & Beverage Show, to travel to Barbados from September 6-8. [...]	2006-08-23 13:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1475	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JONES AND MORALES FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Eloisa Jones, Area Director for USDA APHIS, and Paula Morales, Agriculture Specialist, to travel to Barbados from September 5-12, 2006, for the purpose of attending meetings at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and with E [...]	2006-08-23 13:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
06BRIDGETOWN150	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALDEN PROVOST FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist, Alden Provost to travel to Barbados, February 27 - March 7, 2006. Mr. Provost has been invited to teach a training course on the use of U.S. Geological Survey ground-water modeling software saturated-unsat [...]	2006-01-23 19:55:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1506	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HORNBECK FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to John F. Hornbeck, Library of Congress Specialist in International Trade and Finance, to travel to Barbados, from August 27 - September 3, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct research and interviews with government and private [...]	2006-08-28 11:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB GY
06BRIDGETOWN1547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S. KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. S. Ken Yamashita, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-28, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Control officer is Martina Strong at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1 [...]	2006-09-05 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1562	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CALLISON FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Scott Callison, to travel to Barbados, from September 10-13, 2006, for the purpose of facilitating U.S. government participation and leadership in the global effort to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). 2. Per ref [...]	2006-09-07 15:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1568	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Joaquin Camacho to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on September 21, 2006, for the purpose of performing "en-route inspections to certificate holder Coastal Air as part of work program". 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not re [...]	2006-09-08 11:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1593	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CHU FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Chang-Chi Chu, to travel to Barbados from September 21-27, 2006, for the purpose of performing insecticide trials of chili thrips on pima cotton. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridge [...]	2006-09-12 17:43:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1596	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REESE AND DEPALMA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John Reese and Joseph Depalma to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 8-14, 2006, for the purpose of providing an international civil aviation national program development workshop. 2. Per reftel request, in order to make hotel reser [...]	2006-09-12 19:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1622	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LYON AND SPRINGER FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Douglas Lyon and Mr. Dereck Springer to travel to Barbados from September 24-28, 2006, for the purpose of attending the Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. [...]	2006-09-14 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1624	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WIKLE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to EconOff Paula Wikle to travel to Barbados from September 25-28, 2006, for the purpose of attending the Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Entry/departure [...]	2006-09-14 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KHIV BB
06BRIDGETOWN1637	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CASTILLO AND DAVY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Maria Castillo and Chris Davy to travel to Barbados from September 24-28, 2006, for the purpose of attending the Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Entr [...]	2006-09-15 18:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT BB DR
06BRIDGETOWN1638	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GUIMOND FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to PAO Glenn Guimond to travel to Barbados from September 25-28, 2006, for the purpose of attending the Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Entry/departure [...]	2006-09-15 18:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1639	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MOLZON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Justina Molzon, HHS/FDA Associate Director for International Programs, to travel to Barbados from September 17-20, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the meeting of regulation of pharmaceuticals. 2. Per reftel, Embassy under [...]	2006-09-15 18:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO KSCA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1673	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CLARK FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kenneth Clark to travel to Barbados from October 9-15, 2006, for the purpose of performing routine maintenance of Aerological Soundings equipment. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown [...]	2006-09-20 18:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1684	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LIPMAN AND MULVIHILL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to OPDAT Program Manager Robert Lipman and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Mulvihill to travel to Antigua and Barbuda, from October 1-6, 2006, for the purpose of conducting a financial crimes mentoring program. 2. Per reftel and subsequ [...]	2006-09-21 17:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL KCRM AC
06BRIDGETOWN1743	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #26: ST. LUCIA PM'S OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Press Secretary to St. Lucia's Prime Minister confirmed press reports that St. Lucia and Venezuela will soon sign a bilateral Petrocaribe agreement and that Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) made a separate deal with Hess Oil to use its storage facilities on Saint Lucia for P [...]	2006-10-02 11:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV ST VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1761	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEELE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Vernon Steele to travel to Dominica from October 11-13, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the Ross University School of Medicine Research Medical Symposium. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. Visit [...]	2006-10-04 19:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1790	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KIRK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Matthew Kirk to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]	2006-10-10 16:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1791	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRANDON LEE TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Brandon Lee to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]	2006-10-10 16:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL

06BRIDGETOWN1795	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RODRIGUEZ TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Eric Rodriguez, BCBP, to travel to Barbados to attend the airlines CARICOM APIS briefing from scheduled from October 16-18, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of conta [...]	2006-10-10 19:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1830	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA FOR DR. CHARLES [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber, Environmental Advisor, to travel to Dominica for the period October 29 to November 5, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is for Dr. Barber to assist in the implementation of the USAID-funded project "Commercialization of Nut [...]	2006-10-17 12:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN1832	AMBASSADOR KRAMER BEGINS FAREWELL TOUR: ST. KITTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her September 18-20 visit to St. Kitts, Ambassador Kramer began the first in a series of farewell meetings with the Prime Ministers and Governors General of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. On September 18 she met with St. Kitts and Nevis Governor Gen [...]	2006-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC EAGR KIDE
06BRIDGETOWN1833	AMBASSADOR KRAMER BEGINS FAREWELL TOUR: ST. KITTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her September 18-20 visit to St. Kitts, Ambassador Kramer began the first in a series of farewell meetings with the Prime Ministers and Governors General of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. On September 18 she met with St. Kitts and Nevis Governor Gen [...]	2006-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC EAGR KIDE
06BRIDGETOWN1836	BARBADOS' LABOR RELATIONS TODAY [...] (U) Summary: In the four decades since independence, Barbados has enjoyed a relatively calm industrial relations environment, with successive governments focused on ensuring social stability by promoting economic progress of all socio-economic groups. The history of Barbados is intertwined [...]	2006-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1849	A PLAN FOR SALVATION: SECOND CWC 2007 ISAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 held its second plenary meeting October 11-12 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Participants reviewed progress reports on the Regional Security Plan (RSP) threat assessments, and public health and safety issues [...]	2006-10-19 19:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1897	AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL TOUR: ST. VINCENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Ambassador Kramer paid farewell courtsey calls on the Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In her meeting with the Foreign Minister, he candidly admitted that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOS [...]	2006-10-27 17:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD UNSC KPAO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1904	AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During her October 23 farewell meeting with Barbados' Prime Minister Arthur, Ambassador Kramer took stock of U.S.-Barbadian relations and discussed areas where greater collaboration could be useful. Ambassador Kramer urged Prime Minister Arthur to review Barbados' stance on Vene [...]	2006-10-27 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD CASC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1928	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALLEN, SMITH, AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to George Perez, Orville Smith, and Allen Hurr to travel to Dominica, from November 6-10, 2006 for the purpose of conducting air carrier station inspections and meet with airport officials. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is requ [...]	2006-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA DO
06BRIDGETOWN1929	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BORAKOVE AND KELLEY [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Fred Borakove and Carol Kelley to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from November 27, 2006 to December 1, 2006 for the purpose of assisting the FIU. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. 3. Embassy Bri [...]	2006-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO VC
06BRIDGETOWN1930	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BORRI-DIAZ FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Veterinary Medical Officer Miguel Borri-Diaz to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from November 13-17, 2006 for the purpose of attending the 13th Caribbean Amblyomma Program Annual Meeting. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not [...]	2006-11-02 17:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL EAGR AC
06BRIDGETOWN1946	ST. LUCIA: RULING PARTY HAS A LEG UP ON A CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia faces a close race in the upcoming national elections, which have not yet been called but are expecteD sometime in December. The opposition party is resting its hopes on the current desire for change apparent among the populace, while the ruling party is basing its cam [...]	2006-11-03 21:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1951	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GEORGE FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John George, Entomologist, USDA/ARS/SPA, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from November 13-18, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the 13th Meeting of the Amblyomma Programme Council (APC). 2. Per reftel, no further embassy assistanc [...]	2006-11-06 19:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1972	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RODRIGUEZ AND OCHOA [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Javier Rodriguez and Joaquin Ochoa to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from January 3-5, 2007, for the purpose of performing an IASA management evaluation of the British Virgin Islands. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not req [...]	2006-11-09 21:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA PREL AC
06BRIDGETOWN204	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACK AMEN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Jack Amen, Veterinary Attache, Embassy Santo Domingo, for travel to Barbados February 15 - 18, 2006, to discuss issues related to the Caribbean Amblyomma Program with Al Anzaldua, Labor/ESTH Officer, and/or John Ashworth, Economic Officer, t [...]	2006-01-31 12:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2078	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROBERTSON FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Mark Robertson to travel to Barbados from December 14-17, 2006 for the purpose of installation of a seismological station. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown requests an outbr [...]	2006-11-27 12:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSAC BB
06BRIDGETOWN2087	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANDERSON FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Donald Anderson, Contractor for U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from December 7-12, 2006, for the purpose of performing a site survey in anticipation of the installation of a seismological station in Barbuda. 2. Pe [...]	2006-11-28 12:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2096	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SWEET FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to William Sweet to travel to St. Lucia from December 4-13, 2006, for the purpose of providing international civil aviation training. 2. Per reftel and subsequent email, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetow [...]	2006-11-28 22:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST
06BRIDGETOWN2157	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERRILL AND SWEET FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Frances Barbara Merrill and William Joe Sweet to travel to Barbados from January 16-20, 2007, for the purpose of providing civil aviation crisis management training. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. Travele [...]	2006-12-07 15:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR BB
06BRIDGETOWN216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHRYN DYE FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kathryn Dye, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, for travel to Barbados February 5 - 9, 2006, to provide support and counseling to Commercial Service clients visiting Barbados. 2. Per reftel, the traveler require [...]	2006-02-01 17:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2214	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHEN AND ZAIDI [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mi Chen and Irum Zaidi, HHS/CDC Epidemiologists, to travel to Roseau, Dominica, from January 20-27, 2007, for the purpose of discussing HIV case surveillance-related issues. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands that no assistance is requeste [...]	2006-12-18 18:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KSCA KHIV DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2232	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RODRIGUEZ FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Javier Rodriguez to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from January 2-4, 2007, for the purpose of performing an IASA management evaluation. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown requests an out [...]	2006-12-22 17:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AC
06BRIDGETOWN2233	BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...]	2006-12-22 18:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2234	BARBADOS REAFFIRMS FRIENDSHIP AND DIFFERENCES WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 7-8, Barbados hosted the fourth meeting of the Barbados/Cuba Joint Commission to discuss opportunities for deepening the two countries' relations and exploring new areas for cooperation. The headline announcement from the meeting was Barbados' agreement to participat [...]	2006-12-22 18:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BB CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN2235	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WESTFALL, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Treasury Tax Advisors Larry Westfall, James Kopidlansky, Richard Voskuil and Treasury Program Officer Stephanie Fugate, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 4-9, 2007, for the purpose of providing CARICOM/COTA regional management tr [...]	2006-12-22 18:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIN AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2237	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #29: A COMEDY OF ERRORS IN [...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOff, Dr. Joseph Bannis, Permanent Secretary for Public Works and Public Utilities, grinned as he shared how humorous he found the myriad of logistical struggles surrounding Petrocaribe. According to Bannis, Petrocaribe is proving to be only a political prog [...]	2006-12-22 19:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL VE DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2248	NEW ST. LUCIAN CABINET: MOSTLY QUALIFIED, BUT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sir John Compton's new cabinet was sworn in on December 19. Although the UWP picked appropriately prepared candidates for most ministries, it seems the Foreign Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and National Security are surpringly inexperienced for their posit [...]	2006-12-27 13:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN288	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VIRGINIA GIDI FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Virginia Gidi for travel to Barbados 22-23 February. She will meet with core team members. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands that no assistance is required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown requests an outbrief be provided to the Political-Eco [...]	2006-02-13 19:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA SOCI KHIV BB
06BRIDGETOWN304	2005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR [...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...]	2006-02-17 12:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN310	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY STEVENS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Timothy N. Stevens, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, to travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Mr. Stevens' trip is to serve as a technical advisor for collaborative research [...]	2006-02-17 17:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN311	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAZUKO SAKATA FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Kazuko Sakata, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),to travel to Barbados February 19 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for Dr. Sakata to attend the Winter Conference on Neural Pla [...]	2006-02-17 17:43:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN316	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID ROBINSON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David G. Robinson, National Malacologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA/APHIS, for travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Dr. Robinson's trip is to conduct collaborative re [...]	2006-02-17 19:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN337	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OMAR GONZALEZ FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Omar Gonzalez, Deputy Director in the Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office (CBATO),to travel to Antigua and Barbuda February 27 - March 1, 2006. Mr. Gonzalez will be conducting trade servicing with importers and retailers of food produc [...]	2006-02-22 18:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN338	CORRECTED COPY: AI REPORT #7: POST'S AI-SPECIFIC [...] This is a corrected cable in response to reftel. See additional information in para 2 about Embassy's activities and constituent Post in Grenada, changes in para 3 on Post's geographic areas of responsibility and concern, and tripwire-related changes in para 5. 2. Summary: Post's Avian I [...]	2006-02-22 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR EAID ETRD KFLO
06BRIDGETOWN350	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ASSISTANT USTR FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Assistant USTR for Labor Lewis Karesh for travel to Barbados February 25-28 to speak at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) regional conference on trade and labor issues. 2. Per reftel, no embassy assistance is requ [...]	2006-02-23 21:55:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN369	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DON T. CONLEE FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Don T. Conlee, Chief Scientist, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Weather Service (NWS),to travel to Barbados March 5-6, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to service the hurrican [...]	2006-02-27 20:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA BB
06BRIDGETOWN371	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CLARK AND WISSMAN FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Kenneth Clark and Alphonse Wissman, Technical Representatives, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Weather Service (NWS),to travel to Barbados March 9 - 12, 2006. Mr. Clark and Mr. [...]	2006-02-28 12:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN372	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO YOON FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Steven S. Yoon, Epidemiologist, CDC, to travel to Barbados on March 16, 2006. Mr. Yoon will be lodging at the Grand Barbados hotel between his morning flight from Georgetown, Guyana and his late afternoon flight home. 2. Per refte [...]	2006-02-28 12:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN385	TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traffick [...]	2006-03-01 20:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAY LOGAN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Kay Logan, Agricultural Marketing Intern, Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office (CBATO),to travel to Barbados March 5 - 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct market research on the food processing industry in the Easter [...]	2006-03-03 16:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN430	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CHANG-CHI CHU FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Chang-Chi Chu, Plant Physiologist, USDA to visit Barbados (03/21/06 - 03/26/06) and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (03/26/06 - 04-01-06). Dr. Chu will be visiting both countries to monitor the Chili Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis H [...]	2006-03-08 19:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB VC
06BRIDGETOWN443	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOWARD BARNUM FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Howard Barnum, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, for travel to Barbados March 12 - 20, 2006. Mr. Barnum will be attending a conference on "Representation of Theory in Quantum" and presenting [...]	2006-03-10 16:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA KNNP BB
06BRIDGETOWN516	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAWN VEATCH FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Dawn Veatch, Assistant Manager, Flight Standards Division, FAA, for travel to Barbados from April 4-8, 2006. Ms. Veatch will be attending the 12th Regional Aviation Safety Oversight System (RASOS) Meeting. 2. Per reftel, Embassy u [...]	2006-03-23 12:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR BB
06BRIDGETOWN522	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JELINSKI, CAPPELLE, [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Officials James R. Jelinski, Operations Supervisor; Michelle Cappelle, International Specialist-Caribbean; and Michael Flores, Manager, International Regulatory Affairs and Technical Agreements; for trav [...]	2006-03-23 19:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR BB
06BRIDGETOWN557	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TOM LAND FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Official Tom Land, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from April 23 - 28, 2006. Mr. Land will be attending the Meeting of the Ozone Officers of the English-speaking [...]	2006-03-30 12:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV TPHY KSCA VC
06BRIDGETOWN593	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) Dr. Compton Bourne was re-elected to a second five- year term as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),beginning May 1, 2006. Although generally seen as an effective leader of this organization that lends funds to Caribbean development projects, Bourne has endured criticism f [...]	2006-04-05 20:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EAID EAIR ETRD PHUM PINS
06BRIDGETOWN616	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DR. CHEPELINSKY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Ana Chepelinsky, Program Officer, Division of International Relations, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from April 25-May 1, 2006. Dr. Chepelinsky will be attending the [...]	2006-04-10 18:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA SC
06BRIDGETOWN617	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PERSAUD AND HURR FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Julian Persaud, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Senior Aviation Security Inspector, and Allan Hurr, TSA Representative, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from April 25-30, 2006. Mr. Persaud and Mr. Hurr will conduct air carrier s [...]	2006-04-10 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC
06BRIDGETOWN618	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SINGH, SMITH, AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Loretta McNeir, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative, and Clarence Singh and Teena Smith, TSA Aviation Security Inspectors, to travel to Barbados April 18-25, 2006. The travelers will monitor and observe air car [...]	2006-04-10 19:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN634	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIONNE JONES FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Dionne Jones, Health Science Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (NIH),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis April 25-May 1, 2006. Dr. Jones will be attending the Caribbean Health Research Council [...]	2006-04-12 17:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA KSCA SC
06BRIDGETOWN648	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL MCGEE FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Commercial Counselor Michael L. McGee for travel to Barbados April 18-20, 2006. The purpose of Mr. McGee's trip is Embassy consultations and outreach. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is required for hotel reservation [...]	2006-04-13 15:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BEXP BB
06BRIDGETOWN692	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DR. CHEPELINSKY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Chepelinsky to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on April 25-May 1, for the purpose of attending the Caribbean Health Research Council Meeting. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown reques [...]	2006-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRIDGETOWN703	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PEREZ FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to George Perez, Senior Aviation Security Inspector,Transportation Security Administration, for travel to St. Lucia May 3-7, 2006. Mr. Perez is conducting air carrier station inspections of U.S. air carriers, and monitoring and observin [...]	2006-04-27 15:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN704	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GUARDIA FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Victor Guardia, Transporation Security Administration Civil Aviation Security Representative, for travel to Barbados May 14-18, 2006. Mr. Guardia is attending a seminar hosted by the Airports Council International. 2. Per reftel, [...]	2006-04-27 15:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR BB
06BRIDGETOWN705	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CHU FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Chang-Chi Chu, Plant Physiologist, USDA, for travel to Barbados May 1-13, 2006. Mr. Chu will be attending the insecticide trial for Chili Thrips on Pima Cotton. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not needed. No hote [...]	2006-04-27 17:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN754	ST. VINCENT: A DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS [...] (C) Summary: Democracy is under threat in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, according to an increasing number of Vincentians who warn that the PM's fondness for the leaders of Cuba and Venezuela is indicative of his autocratic nature. Gonsalves's detractors a [...]	2006-05-03 21:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM CU VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN76	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...]	2006-01-12 13:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL
06BRIDGETOWN761	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACK AMEN FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Jack Amen, Veterinary Attache, Embassy Santo Domingo, to travel to Barbados, May 7-8, for a site visit. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not needed. Per reftel, no hotel information was given. 3. Embassy Bridge [...]	2006-05-04 16:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB
06BRIDGETOWN762	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JUDITH WILSON FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Judith Wilson, Chief, Environmental Complicance Unit, Minerals Management Service (MMS),Department of the Interior, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis, May 22-26. The purpose of her trip is to participate as a U.S. delegate at the Scientific [...]	2006-05-04 16:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY TSPL EPET SC
06BRIDGETOWN763	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WILLIAM LANG FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. William Lang, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE),National Science Foundation, for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis, May 23-26. Dr. Lang will attend the International Whaling Commission Workshop on Seismic and Marine Mammals. [...]	2006-05-04 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRIDGETOWN87	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AI [...] The following is in response to questions posed by reftel. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs [...]	2006-01-13 17:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN873	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROBIDOUX AND PEOPLES [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Treasury Advisors Alan Robidoux and Charles Peoples for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis May 20-24, 2006. Travelers will conduct a management training needs assessment for the Revenue Authority in response to a request submitted through CA [...]	2006-05-19 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SC BB
06BRIDGETOWN889	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),Aviation Safety Inspector Joaquin Camacho for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on May 31, 2006. Mr. Camacho will perform en-route inspections to "certificate Holder Coastal Air as part of work program." [...]	2006-05-23 17:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HALLDORSON, BACHMAN, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Treasury Advisors Marvin Halldorson, Shirley Bachman, and Rickey Hector for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-30. Mr. Halldorson departs June 24. The Treasury Advisors will conduct a Gaming Course Phase I and Internet Gaming workshop [...]	2006-05-23 19:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN891	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COTTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Offical, Office of International Affairs (OIA) Patrick Cotter to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from June 3-10, 2006. Mr. Cotter will attend the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in colla [...]	2006-05-24 19:04:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN896	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NOAA EMPLOYEES FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employees Jeffrey Breiwick, Robert Rownell, Phillip Clapham, Megan Dohahue, Douglas Demaster, Peggy Krahn, Rick Leduc, Da [...]	2006-05-25 19:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY EFIS OTRA AMGT KSCA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN906	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BERNARD LINK FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Bernard E. Link, Regional Environmental Officer, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-10, 2006. Mr. Link will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in collaboration with the 12th Annual Wider Caribbean Was [...]	2006-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN913	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHARD DAVIS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Richard Davis, Management and Program Analyst, Center for Disease Control (CDC),for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-11, 2006. Mr. Davis will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition and will present the PAH [...]	2006-05-26 20:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN924	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KRUSE AND HILLARY FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service employees Edward Kruse and Anne Hillary. Mr. Kruse will visit Antigua and Barbuda June 5-9, to meet with the Caribbean Health Institute and government representatives on [...]	2006-05-30 18:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN936	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CIOMPERLIK FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Michael Ciomperlik, Entomologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture for travel to Barbados July 13-21, 2006, and September 24-October 7, 2006. Mr. Ciompe [...]	2006-05-31 21:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN937	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WACKOWSKI AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Stephen Wackowski, Professional Staff Member, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (SCOM) for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 14-21, 2006. Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Todd Bertoson, Senator Ted Ste [...]	2006-05-31 21:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AFIN SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN944	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HURR AND VON GIEJER [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Allan Hurr and TSA Senior Aviation Security Inspector Dan Von Giejer for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 5-9, 2006. The travelers will assess security conditions and inspect the [...]	2006-06-01 20:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN951	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCLANAHAN AND ALLAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Elizabeth McLanahan, International Affairs Specialist, and Heather Allan, International Affairs Fellow, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 5-7, 2006. Travelers will attend [...]	2006-06-02 18:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN952	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OLTMANS AND JOHNSON [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Samuel J. Oltmans, Physicist, and Bryan J. Johnson, Chemist, for travel to Barbados June 25-30, 2006. Travelers will set up a surface ozone monitoring site and balloon oz [...]	2006-06-02 18:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SENV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN953	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LISA ANDREWS FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lisa Andrews, National Park Service, Outdoor/Educational Specialist, Big Cypress National Preserve, for travel to Grenada June 19 - July 1, 2006. Ms. Andrews will provide technical assistance to the Grenada Park Flight Project on behalf of t [...]	2006-06-02 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY SCUL SENV KSCA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN963	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. IWC DELEGATION [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to members of the U.S. International Whaling Commission (IWC) Delegation for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis. Members of the delegation will begin arriving on/about June 7, and will depart o/a June 22. The delegation will attend the 58th Annual [...]	2006-06-07 14:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA ETRD SENV EFIS KSCA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN978	CUBAN-EASTERN CARIBBEAN LOVE AFFAIR CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuba and the Eastern Caribbean continued their very public romance in May. The St. Lucia Prime Minister traveled to Havana and returned with a pledge from Cuba to train 300 St. Lucian nurses, while his Government praised the "wonders" of Cuba's eye care assistance program. Dom [...]	2006-06-08 18:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN993	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WHALEY FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David Whaley, Professional Staff Member, House Resources Committee (HRESO),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from June 15-21, 2006. Mr. Whaley will attend the International Whaling Commission's 58th Annual Meeting as part of the U.S. Deleg [...]	2006-06-09 20:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN997	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USPS AND DOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dennis Delehanty, Director of Postal Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, U.S. Dept. of State; Michael Regan, Director, International Postal Affairs, U.S. Postal Service; Brian Hutchins, International Postal Affairs Specialist, U.S [...]	2006-06-09 21:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC VC XL
06BRUSSELS1095	BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 17, 2006 [...] (U) Although Belgium has one of the highest per capita income levels of the EU ($35,749 in 2005),Belgian households still struggle to balance their budgets, due to high prices for some basics. Electricity prices, for example, are near 30 percent above those of France. A recent survey compa [...]	2006-03-30 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS1166	BURMA'S HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING: EU [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, sponsored by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS),focused on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Burma. NGOs, international organizations, academics and government officials outlined the reasons for increased displacement in 20 [...]	2006-04-05 16:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL EAID BM TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1569	BELGIAN STEWPOT: May 8, 2006 [...] Advice for Belgian Investors Facing Iran Uncertainty 2-3. Belgian firms Seek Profit Overseas 4-6. Belgian workers more productive, but more expensive 7. Turning the Black Economy White 8. Rich Belgium Still has Poverty 9. Flemish Trade Balance in the Red 10. Self Check-Out Arrive [...]	2006-05-10 12:43:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS1876	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BRUSSELS2199	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]	2006-06-27 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2543	FIREWORKS AT OSCE ELECTION MONITORING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship focused its attention on election monitoring at a conference in Brussels on July 12. The technical theme was the need for continued strict adherence to observation guidelines when monitoring. The political message was that ODIHR remains the most co [...]	2006-07-20 10:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BE OSCE PHUM PREL
06BRUSSELS3578	Belgian Chemicals Industry Faces Challenges [...] (U) Summary. Belgium's chemical industry is one of the country's most important economic sectors, representing 16 percent of national GDP. Many American chemical companies maintain a significant presence in Belgium. The industry faces challenges as high demand draws investment to the develo [...]	2006-10-20 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV BE
06BRUSSELS3715	BELGIUM,S 2007 FEDERAL BUDGET: OLD TRICKS HARDER [...] (SBU) Belgium,s Federal Budget for FY2007 is a mosaic of political compromises, with social benefits for the political left and law and order spending and fiscal conservatism for the political right, funded with a mix of new revenue enhancements. To ensure balanced books, the budget projects [...]	2006-11-03 14:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BE
06BRUSSELS4149	Money Talks - Economic Factors in Belgium?s [...] (SBU) Summary. Belgium?s federal-regional negotiations in spring-summer 2007 on the division of political competencies will have major economic implications. If the federal government cedes responsibilities to the regions, regional demands for direct taxing authority and fiscal autonomy will [...]	2006-12-15 11:58:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD BE
06BRUSSELS504	DRC: HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN LAUNCHED BY UN AND EU [...] (U) Summary. At the launch of the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 13, the UN and EU called on donors to fund 330 projects worth almost $682 million that will benefit 60 million people in 2006. In a taped address to the Ministerial Confere [...]	2006-02-14 16:24:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1235	ROMANIA'S ROMA AT EUROPE'S DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Persistent poverty among Romania's ethnic Roma population, numbering at roughly two million by some estimates, remains one of Romania's most prominent social problems, which will impact other parts of Europe more directly after Romania enters the EU in 2007. Highly transient, g [...]	2006-08-04 14:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1330	ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP),controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO
06BUCHAREST1509	QUIET PRIDE AND FLEETING COMITY AFTER EC [...] (SBU) In a rare display of comity between increasingly fractious coalition partners, President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu abandoned earlier plans for separate press events, opting instead for a joint press appearance at Cotroceni Palace to announce a positive E [...]	2006-09-27 15:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU RO
06BUCHAREST1653	ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...]	2006-10-30 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1810	ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the rebel Stoica-Stolojan faction, handing Romanian Prime Minister Tariceanu his biggest Liberal Party leadership challenge to date. The breakaway faction has stren [...]	2006-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO
06BUCHAREST1838	MINISTERIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of Romanian government (GOR) ministerial changes have increased the turmoil in the ruling coalition and demonstrated yet again that control of public funding (including from the EU) is a core concern for party leaders. The fight for political leverage over the mo [...]	2006-12-08 17:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST359	TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTH QUARTER [...] (U) Summary: This cable summarizes recent newsworthy regional and local controversies in the last quarter of 2005. Common themes during this period included local government corruption and stormy relations between members of the governing alliance at the local level, sometimes counterbalance [...]	2006-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST366	ROMANIA'S SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims - primar [...]	2006-03-01 16:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF RO SMIG SOCI
06BUCHAREST811	AVIAN INFLUENZA - OUTBREAK IN ROMANIAN COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Romania's National Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been found in Brasov County, the first confirmed case in Transylvania. Ministry officials confirmed that the virus was found in three commercial farms in the county, and warned th [...]	2006-05-16 15:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST834	AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPLODES ACROSS SEVEN ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed new cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in three counties and is testing suspected outbreaks in four more. The cases all are clustered in central Romania, where no previous cases had occurred. Six suspected cases of human AI have tested n [...]	2006-05-18 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST843	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK UNFOLDS [...] (SBU) On May 18, authorities stepped up their effort to contain the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in southern Transylvania, restricting traffic and establishing disinfection checkpoints on the DN 1 highway. The virus has also been identified in the bird population within the city limit [...]	2006-05-22 06:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO

06BUCHAREST847	AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO BUCHAREST, OTHER MAJOR [...] (SBU) The latest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Romania continues to spread over nearly one third of the country. A total of 34 sites in nine counties have been confirmed as H5N1 positive, with another 24 sites under suspicion pending confirmation. In Bucharest, dead domestic poultry [...]	2006-05-22 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST869	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE IN BUCHAREST - CONFUSION [...] (C) Avian Influenza (AI) has been confirmed in two neighborhoods within the city limits of Bucharest, making Romania's largest city the first European capital hit by the H5N1 virus. The virus was discovered in dead chickens raised in backyards of residents living in low-income neighborhoods o [...]	2006-05-25 15:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUCHAREST902	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...]	2006-05-31 17:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST913	MORE AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Following the detection of H5N1 in three commercial poultry farms in the city of Codlea, Brasov County, the number of outbreaks identified throughout the country has grown rapidly. A total of 114 outbreaks have been confirmed in 15 counties since May 12, including outbreaks within the cit [...]	2006-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUDAPEST1018	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MDF STAYIN' ALIVE [...] (U) MDF's unexpected return to Parliament demonstrated that the right wing is too diverse to be represented by a monolithic party. MDF views itself as a "constructive" opposition party and sees its electoral success as a chance to breathe new life into the ranks. The party has said repeatedl [...]	2006-05-15 15:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV HU
06BUDAPEST1175	HUNGARY: PM ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) On Friday, June 2 in Parliament, PM Gyurcsany announced his new cabinet, setting the stage for much-anticipated administrative and fiscal reforms. The number of ministers will slip from 17 to 12, with eight ministers from coalition leader Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP),three from junio [...]	2006-06-02 15:26:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU
06BUDAPEST1201	GOH PRESENTS NEW PROGRAM: GRAND VISION, FEW [...] (U) At Parliament,s May 30 plenary session, PM-elect Ferenc Gyurcsany presented MPs and media with the new coalition program, entitled &New Hungary ) Freedom and Solidarity.8 The 85-page document is the fruit of weeks of negotiations between coalition partners MSZP and SZDSZ, and lays the gro [...]	2006-06-08 13:34:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST1498	HUNGARY,S PARLIAMENT: THE FALL 2006 AGENDA [...] (U) The last plenary session of Parliament,s &extraordinary8 summer sitting, which began May 16, was July 24; now, the cabinet, the prime minister and Members of Parliament are already making preparations for the autumn session. While new items are certain to be added to the political agenda [...]	2006-07-28 08:24:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM HU
06BUDAPEST2111	ORBAN TELLS AMBASSADORS INSTABILITY IS "A RISK I'M [...] (C) FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban told G-7 Ambassadors October 12 that he believes Prime Minister Gyurcsany "can't survive" in the face of reduced real income stemming from higher inflation, increased popular discontent re austerity measures, and continued opposition from the right. Charging th [...]	2006-10-18 09:05:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2229	AD REFERENDUM: FIDESZ CHALLENGES THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: With its call for a public referendum on seven questions revolving around the Gyurcsany government's reform package, FIDESZ has opened another front in its campaign against the Prime Minister. Consistent with Viktor Orban's recent statements emphasizing that "democracy - not the [...]	2006-11-02 15:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2322	"NO ILLUSIONS" ON REFORM FROM FORMER PM HORN [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley November 16, former PM and MSZP MP Gyula Horn wasted no time in addressing the challenge of implementing the Gyurcsany government's convergence program. He asked us facetiously "not to say reform - because everyone will think we're talking about more cutback [...]	2006-11-16 15:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2489	FAMILY FEUD: COALITION DEADLOCKED IN BUDAPEST [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky December 6 as Demszky's SZDSZ party remained deadlocked with coalition partner MSZP over the appointment of the municipal leadership. The conflict comes as the coalition clings to a one-vote majority in the municipal assembly followi [...]	2006-12-15 11:52:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST541	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THAT'S ZALA, FOLKS [...] (U) On a March 9 trip to Nagykanizsa, Zala County, most contacts described the local mood as tenuous and uncertain. With the election one month away, Emboffs visited this small city of 60,000 to meet with a range of local figures: a business executive, a representative from the Roma minority [...]	2006-03-14 16:58:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST570	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: FORMER FM SAYS FIDESZ WILL [...] (C) FIDESZ will win the elections, said Viktor Orban's former Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi on March 20, citing the FIDESZ victories in two local by-elections over the weekend. Martonyi said chilly FIDESZ relations with Washington will improve, because his party is "very committed to the tr [...]	2006-03-21 15:50:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU
06BUDAPEST629	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...]	2006-03-28 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST718	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DEBRECEN SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Conversations in Debrecen April 4 with governing MSZP, junior governing coalition SZDSZ, opposition FIDESZ, and a journalist suggested strongly that FIDESZ can be expected to sweep Hajdu-Bihar (eastern Hungary) County's nine individual mandate seats and turn in an equally strong party li [...]	2006-04-07 13:56:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST748	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SZDSZ BEATS EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On April 9, the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) made a strong showing in the first round of Hungary's national elections, exceeding both current expectations and its 2002 performance. As a result, it appears poised to remain in government alongside its current partner, the Hu [...]	2006-04-11 14:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU
06BUDAPEST825	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND TWO SCENESETTER [...] (U) On Sunday, April 23, Hungary will conduct round two of its 2006 national elections. This cable reviews the electoral math and the U.S. interests involved. Following a strong performance in round one, the governing coalition parties MSZP and SZDSZ appear poised to carry the day, although [...]	2006-04-21 12:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HU
06BUENOSAIRES109	QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...]	2006-01-17 12:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06BUENOSAIRES1099	Argentina: Disaster Management System Overview [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOA has a number of agencies in place to deal with disaster management, many with well-trained personnel and established action plans. Of them, the GOA Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN) is particularly wel [...]	2006-05-15 14:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OFDA PREL SENV KNNP KSCA AEMR ASEC KESS AR
06BUENOSAIRES1188	MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...]	2006-05-24 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...]	2006-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1286	CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...]	2006-06-07 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES1312	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to meet next week to reach an agreement on the price of Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. No specific date was announced, however. There have been technical level negotiations between the two governments, but difficulties in reaching an [...]	2006-06-12 14:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1353	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 9, the GOA sold USD 243 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012) sold to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The bonds have a market value of USD 200 million. This is the GOV's sixth purchase this year of GOA bonds, and brings its total 2006 purchases to USD 1.7 [...]	2006-06-15 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1434	The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...]	2006-06-26 17:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1441	THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...]	2006-06-27 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1462	ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...]	2006-06-29 15:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1550	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5 percent m-o-m in June, below market expectations of 0.7 percent, and follows an identical increase in May. The better-than-expected result is due mainly to reduced pressure on food prices, which represent almost one-third of the Index. Last month' [...]	2006-07-12 20:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1571	FISCAL SITUATION IN PROVINCES DETERIORATING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 b and d. 2. (C) Summary: Provincial finances are deterioriating, with the provincial contribution to the consolidated surplus this year projected to be zero. The worsening state of provincial finances is mainly the result of sp [...]	2006-07-14 21:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES159	MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...]	2006-01-20 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1605	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...]	2006-07-19 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1643	MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...]	2006-07-24 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES171	CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA [...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY),accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL),Richard Burr (R-NC),and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...]	2006-01-23 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES1743	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...]	2006-08-04 13:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1786	MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1835	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...]	2006-08-15 18:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1886	MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 16:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1912	THE LEADING CENTER-LEFT OPPOSITION LEADER ON [...] (C) On August 24, ADCM and Poloff (notetaker) met with center-left opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who gave her view of the current political situation in Argentina. Elisa Carrio began the discussion with her analysis of President Kirchner's foreign policy, which she argued was marked by a c [...]	2006-08-25 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1978	ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION UCR PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the August 25-26 national convention of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) confirmed that the UCR would remain an opposition party, it also demonstrated the UCR's weakened state because the most significant party leaders failed to attend. Calls by UCR Congressman Federico [...]	2006-09-01 17:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1993	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 17 the BCRA announced it will work to encourage banks to boost mortgage lending and ease applicant paperwork in an effort to address rising rents. This initiative follows Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno's proposal to "reactivate" the mortgage loan market through an "inc [...]	2006-09-05 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2033	THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...]	2006-09-07 20:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2214	ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION RADICAL CIVIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 22, Charge, PolCouns, and Poloffs met with opposition Radical Civic Union (UCR) party leaders to discuss the state of the party and the Argentine multi-party system. They explained that while they are concerned for the health of their party as Kirchner tries to re [...]	2006-09-28 21:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES228	ARGENTINA: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (U) ESTHOFF delivered demarche points in reftel to Argentine MFA Environmental Counselor Miguel Hildmann, and, in a separate meeting, to Ministry of Health (MOH)Secretariat of the Environment officials Pablo Issaly and Lorenzo Videla on January 27, 2006. Both Hildmann and Issaly attended the [...]	2006-01-30 21:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2386	CORDOBA GOVERNOR DE LA SOTA: ARGENTINA'S FREE MARKET [...] (SBU) Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel de la Sota, in a dinner with the Charge, portrayed himself as a champion of free market orthodoxy standing up to a Kirchner administration riding roughshod over market disciplines and contractual sanctity. He questioned the values of a politically and sociall [...]	2006-10-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2445	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WEEKLY (OCTOBER [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review for the week ending October 27, 2006. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact EconOff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]	2006-10-30 19:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES2486	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PLEAS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado urged patience with his sequencing of reforms during an October 20 meeting with Charge, claiming that a program of gradual monetary tightening was impacting inflation and some delay was warranted before Argentina returns to a fully flo [...]	2006-11-03 21:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KTFN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2613	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador had a very constructive first meeting with Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez. They discussed the excellent working relations between Embassy agencies and the four federal law enforcement agencies under the Minister's control. The Minister explained his [...]	2006-11-22 21:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER KCRM PARM EWWT KNNP ASEC AR
06BUENOSAIRES2683	GROWING RESISTENCE TO GOA PRICE, EXPORT CONTROLS: AGRARIAN [...] (SBU) GoA price control czar Internal Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno is encountering increasing resistance to his efforts to tamp down headline consumer inflation rates via expanded export controls on beef, wheat and corn and via pressure on wholesalers and retailers to observe publicize [...]	2006-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2783	IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...]	2006-12-19 19:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES34	ARGENTINA -- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
06BUENOSAIRES340	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 93 million in the FX market on February 7 and 8. Then the BCRA dropped out of the FX market, allowing the [...]	2006-02-13 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES345	MEDIA REACTION IRAN, GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The Iranian crisis and its global repercussions continue to garner media attention, followed by the international 'furor' over Muhammad's cartoons, which may 'snowball' and the hectic elections in Haiti, marred by violent incidents and disorganization. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2006-02-13 14:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES406	ARGENTINA'S 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Argentine entities responsible for upholding IPR failed to translate the momentum from a strong 2004 into tangible successes in 2005. U.S. pharmaceutical companies are still waiting for commercially valuable patents; CD and DVD piracy rates appear to be rising, despite Argentina's economic r [...]	2006-02-17 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES428	MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major stories today refer to Ambassador Wayne's designation, its positive repercussions in Argentina and the possible topics he will be addressing; Hamas' difficult relationship with Israel; the aftermath of Haiti's elections and the global concern posed by the avian flu a [...]	2006-02-23 14:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES477	MEDIA REACTION US, COLOMBIA SIGN FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include a free trade agreement reached between the US and Colombia; a US Embassy press release asking for a fast solution of the dispute between the Argentine Government and Monsanto corporation; implications of the nuclear agreement b [...]	2006-02-28 20:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES497	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 3 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- HAVANA ON THE PARANA -- DIRTY WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS PROCEED -- 200 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SHIPMENT OF FROZEN FISH -- MILITARY JUSTICE CODE REFORM PROPOSED [...]	2006-03-03 13:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR SNAR
06BUENOSAIRES595	MEDIA REACTION IRAN CHILE US-BOLIVIAN TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover US President George W. Bush's alleged plan to destabilize Iran; the possible impact of a hypothetical pre-emptive attack against Iran; Argentine President Nestor Kirchner receiving Haitian president-elect Rene Garcia Preval, who thanke [...]	2006-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES601	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated versus the USD this week, closing at 3.10 ARP/USD, reaching its lowest value in three years. The peso's fall this week resulted from higher dollar demand by banks, who want to dollarize their portfolios in expectation of higher U.S. interest rates, and the Central Bank's [...]	2006-03-15 14:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES611	ARGENTINA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on March 23-26. Your visit comes as President Nestor Kirchner continues to consolidate his resounding victory in mid-term legislative elections last October 23. Based on these results, Kirchner has tightened his [...]	2006-03-15 19:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES625	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 17 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACEVEDO STEPS DOWN FROM TUMULTUOUS GOVERNORSHIP -- NARCOTICS UPDATE: THAT WHICH WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND -- TELERMAN TAKES THE HELM -- MISIONES PROVINCE IN FLAM [...]	2006-03-17 18:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES699	GOA RESCINDS WATER CONCESSION FROM FRENCH FIRM AND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) The GOA on March 21 announced that it was rescinding privately-owned Aguas Argentinas' thirty year concession to provide water and sewer services to Buenos Aires city and its surroundings in Buenos Air [...]	2006-03-23 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV AR
06BUENOSAIRES723	Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tabletop [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires' Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF) conducted an AI mission specific tabletop exercise which was led by the PMO and included CLO, IRM, PAS and the MSG representatives on Marc [...]	2006-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR
06BUENOSAIRES753	CODEL GRASSLEY DISCUSSES TRADE AND AGRICULTURE IN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA),Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation to Argentina March 23-26 for discussions related to trade and agriculture with GOA off [...]	2006-04-03 11:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM FOR OIG [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Argentina's size, importance to the regional economy, and ability to contribute to U.S. security goals make the bilateral relationship important to U.S. interests. Argentina is the size of the United States east of the Mississippi, with a population of 39 million inhabitants [...]	2006-04-06 21:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASIG BBG
06BUENOSAIRES813	MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year; and [...]	2006-04-10 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES857	ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...]	2006-04-13 21:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES858	ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...]	2006-04-17 10:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES911	TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S NEUQUEN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In March, Poloff traveled to the province of Neuquen to meet with political and academic leaders and has subsequently met with a number of national legislators from Neuquen. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch is currently the only declared candidate for the 2007 presidential elect [...]	2006-04-21 21:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06CAIRO1007	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE, AMBASSADOR CONFERS [...] (C) Summary. The GOE publicly announced at approximately 1800 local time discovery of H5N1 avian influenza in birds in Egypt. After an emergency meeting with key officials, Prime Minister Nazif confirmed to the Ambassador that seven samples from three different governorates had tested positi [...]	2006-02-17 17:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1100	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. H5N1 avian influenza has spread to twelve governorates in Egypt. Poultry sales have virtually ceased since the February 17 GOE announcement (ref A) that H5N1 had been detected. The GOE has instituted a number of measures to combat the outbreak, but it is unclear how effective [...]	2006-02-21 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO1178	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, you will be the first Secretary of Commerce to visit Egypt since 1999. The business climate has changed significantly since then, especially with the installation in July 2004 of Ahmed Nazif as Prime Minister and a coterie of reform-minded ministers in economic ministrie [...]	2006-02-26 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO1262	EGYPT: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Egypt has made progress in strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. It issued the final set of implementing regulations for its 2002 IPR law, established new offices to license copyrighted materials, and cleared up a backlog of [...]	2006-02-28 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG USTR
06CAIRO1307	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, FEBRUARY 12-25. [...] Summary: Due to the visit of Secretary Rice to Egypt last week, this weeks media summary covers the period of February 12-25. During the first week of the reporting period (February 12-18),while 50 percent of commentaries focused on domestic issues, 18 percent contemplated tolerance of Isl [...]	2006-03-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF
06CAIRO1492	EGYPT: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has spread to 17 Egyptian governorates, and new cases are being reported daily. The GOE enforced drastic measures to contain the avian influenza (AI) outbreak, and has decided to vaccinate poultry, but the poultry industry has collapsed, and promised compensati [...]	2006-03-09 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC SENV EAGR EAID EG KFLU
06CAIRO170	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...]	2006-01-12 20:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR
06CAIRO1811	SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...]	2006-03-23 17:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP
06CAIRO2010	EGYPT: ACTIONS LOUDER THAN WORDS - GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) The public profile of Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and rising star in the ruling party, has increased in recent months. His appearance in late March on an evening talk show and a highly publicized visit to a Cairo slum have fueled speculation that an effort to succeed his father is movin [...]	2006-04-03 10:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2165	SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]	2006-04-10 11:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO258	PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA
06CAIRO314	UPDATE ON THE AYMAN NOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary: The case of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour was a focal point of discussions between visiting USG officials, the GOE, and private Egyptians in mid-January. Visiting Congressman Wolf raised the issue with President Mubarak, Interior Minister Adly, Justice Minister Aboul Leil, [...]	2006-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO3485	USAID/EGYPT LAUNCHES EXPANDED DEMOCRACY AND [...] SUMMARY: IN MARCH AND APRIL 2006, USAID/EGYPT SIGNED THREE MAJOR INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS (IQCs) TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN EGYPT. THESE IQCS WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT USAID'S DG STRATEGY IN THE AREAS OF MEDIA, DECENTRALIZATION AND CR [...]	2006-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID EG AID
06CAIRO35	THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...]	2006-01-03 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG
06CAIRO358	CODEL WOLF MEETINGS WITH GOE MINISTERS [...] (C) In January 15 meetings with the Ministers of Interior, Justice, and Trade-Industry, as well as with senior MFA officials, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on the Ayman Nour case, as well as religious freedom, support for the U.S. in international fora, and discussed regio [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP KDEM PHUM KIRF EG IR MFA
06CAIRO3704	EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]	2006-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CAIRO3755	POSITIVE IPR DEVELOPMENTS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly issued an order directing an Egyptian pharmaceutical company to cease production of a generic copy of Lilly's innovator drug Zyprexa. Marketing approval for the generic drug Olapex had been granted to Apex Pharma in December 2005 by El G [...]	2006-06-15 15:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EG USTR
06CAIRO3901	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...]	2006-06-22 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG
06CAIRO4919	"LEBANON IS IN EGYPT'S HEART." EGYPT [...] Summary. One of the main news stories and subject of much commentary was the 70-member delegation which traveled to Lebanon yesterday "as an assertion of solidarity to the Lebanese people during this hard time." Commentaries were particularly rough in their criticisms of the US and Israel [...]	2006-08-10 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4939	GAMAL MUBARAK DISCUSSES BEIRUT TRIP, UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gamal Mubarak briefed Ambassador and visiting Congressman Darrell Issa August 9 on his August 8 visit to Beirut, at the head of a 70-member Egyptian "solidarity" delegation. He predicted that the Egyptian Parliament's new session (beginning in November) will be "the constitutional refo [...]	2006-08-10 17:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE IS EG
06CAIRO4981	KEFAYA'S REPORT ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 4, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya published a 274-page report entitled "Corruption in Egypt: The Black Cloud is Not Disappearing." The report concludes that corruption has permeated all levels and aspects of Egyptian society, and stands in the way of further e [...]	2006-08-14 03:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5168	AYMAN NOUR POSTPONES HEART SURGERY INDEFINITELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff in an August 14 meeting that Nour has decided to "hold off" on cardiac surgery to replace his heart stents (ref A). According to Ismail, the Al Ghad party is organizing a September conference to mark [...]	2006-08-17 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5384	EGYPT: LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a minor August 27 cabinet shake-up, a new Minister of Justice (Mamdouh Marei) and Minister of Local Development (Mohamed Abdel Salam Al Mahgoub) were named, and Minister of Planning Mohamed Othman given an additional economic development portfolio. Reformers are disappointed wi [...]	2006-08-28 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5461	EGYPT: CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK AGAINST PRESIDENT'S 2007 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Senate version of the 2007 Foreign Operations Bill contains language restricting the President's budget request and discretion in using it. If left unchanged, these restrictions will make it difficult to meet the goal of negotiating an [...]	2006-08-31 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO5867	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: SEPTEMBER [...] (C) In meetings with GOE and NGO contacts on September 10-11, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and NEA DAS J. Scott Carpenter reaffirmed USG support for democracy in Egypt and underscored the importance of GOE respect for human rights. MFA officials asserted that the GOE is committed to real poli [...]	2006-09-19 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5942	EGYPT: EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROMONEY CONFERENCE SEPT. 11-12 [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Nazif kicked off Egypt's eighth Euromoney conference September 11-12, highlighting improvements in Egypt's economy and laying out his government's plans for the coming five years. His upbeat assessment was echoed by the economic ministers in the Cabinet, who each [...]	2006-09-21 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO6016	NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...]	2006-09-25 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6105	AYMAN NOUR SEEKS USG INTERVENTION; GAMEELA ISMAIL [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to A/S Welch, imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour requests USG intervention on his behalf with the GOE (presumably, President Hosni Mubarak),to grant Nour amnesty. In a related development, Nour's wife and lawyer deny that they signed the September 11, 2006 le [...]	2006-09-28 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6171	AYMAN NOUR REQUESTS THE SECRETARY PUSH GOE FOR AN [...] (C) Summary: In a letter to the Secretary, imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour requests that during her upcoming visit to Cairo, the Secretary advocate for his release as part of the traditional prisoner amnesty granted by President Mubarak on the October 6 national holiday. He notes his h [...]	2006-10-02 15:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6196	AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...]	2006-10-03 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6235	COUTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CAMERON HUME [...] Post welcomes the visit of Charg dAffaires Cameron Hume. Country clearance has ben granted for October 5-8, 2006 visit to Cairo fr the purpose of meetings with Egyptian official. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragraph 18 for all visitors requiring Embassy upport. 2. Ho [...]	2006-10-04 17:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT OTRA EG

06CAIRO6258	COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE FOR DRL/IRF WARREN COFSKY [...] Post welcomes the visit of DRL/IRF Warren Cofsky. Country clearance has been granted for October 8-14, 2006 visit to Cairo to hold meeting pursuant to promoting religious freedom with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, appropriate non-governmental o [...]	2006-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM OTRA JO EG
06CAIRO6326	FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AI IN FIVE MONTHS REPORTED IN EGYPT [...] (U) On October 10, World Health Organization (WHO) officials in Cairo confirmed the first case of H5N1 Avian influenza in a human since May, bringing the total number of human cases this year to fifteen, six of which were fatal. According to WHO statistics, Egypt has had the second highest num [...]	2006-10-11 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
06CAIRO6374	WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: CAIRO JUDGES CLUB READIES [...] (C) Summary: A leading member of the influential Cairo Judges Club (JC) detailed for poloff in an October 11 meeting JC plans to prepare recommendations regarding upcoming constitutional amendments. He noted that the Judges Club plans to be "activist" during this "critical period of constitut [...]	2006-10-16 09:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS EG
06CAIRO6425	FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM: INSURANCE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Mahmoud Abdallah, head of the new Egyptian Holding Company for Insurance, to discuss insurance sector reform. Although the Ministry of Investment (MOI) planned to privatize only one of the four public insurance companies, Abdallah convinced Minister of Investment Mohiel [...]	2006-10-17 09:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EG
06CAIRO6441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios and delegation. Country clearance has been granted for their visit to Cairo October 20-22, 2006 for the purpose of consultations with senior Egyptian officials. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragr [...]	2006-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP NATSIOS PREL AMGT OTRA EG SU
06CAIRO6799	VOTING BEGINS IN EGYPT'S CONTENTIOUS LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) THE LABOR UNION VOTE IS THE FIRST NATIONAL-LEVEL TEST FOR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) FOLLOWING THEIR STRONG SHOWING IN 2005'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. WHILE SOME ACCUSE THEM OF BEING WEAK ON "BREAD-AND-BUTTER" WORKER ISSUES, THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZIN [...]	2006-11-08 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON KISL EG
06CAIRO6821	PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: CAIRO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (U) Since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Egypt and neighboring countries in 2005, post has actively urged both mission members and the wider AMCIT community to prepare for pandemic influenza. In order to alert the community on the basics of AI and pandemic influenza preparation, the Embass [...]	2006-11-09 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC CASC KFLU KSAF KSEO
06CAIRO6889	EGYPT: MEPI SMALL GRANT REPORTING [...] Summary: In response to reftel, post is pleased to report on the following 2005 MEPI-funded Small Grants, all of which were awarded to NGOs based in Alexandria: -- "Decentralization of Educational Tools towards Youth Participation in Decision Making Process," implemented by Sustainable Dev [...]	2006-11-16 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO7009	MUBARAK'S CHINA VISIT STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC, TRADE [...] (C SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak and a delegation including most of his economic ministers visited Moscow and Beijing in early November. While the visit played in the press as a rebuke to the US, the delegation did conduct some real business while visiting both countries, China in pa [...]	2006-11-29 15:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN MNUC EPET AA CH RU EG
06CAIRO7109	EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES UPDATE [...] (SBU) International Human Rights Day passed with little notice in Egypt, but human rights continue to generate public debate and controversy. Government progress on some human rights issues has been notable, but civil society critics of the GOE--bolstered by an increasingly assertive media-- [...]	2006-12-11 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF EG
06CAIRO7133	OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO7190	GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...]	2006-12-20 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG
06CAIRO861	EGYPT: SENIOR JUDGE PREDICTS OUTCOME OF AYMAN NOUR [...] (C) During a meeting with several senior judicial officials on February 12, Judge Ahmed Khalifa (strictly protect),President of Egypt's Supreme Court of Appeals, pulled poloff aside to provide an apparently well-informed prediction about the legal case of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman No [...]	2006-02-13 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO90	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES GENERIC COPY OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Representatives of Eli Lilly met with trade officer January 4 to provide information on a recently approved and marketed Egyptian generic copy of one of its innovator drugs. According to Lilly, sometime in December 2005, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) gave approval to Ape [...]	2006-01-05 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EG USTR
06CAIRO981	AI CONCERNS IN EGYPT IMPACT MARKET CONDITIONS [...] Avian Influenza The poultry industry in Egypt is in severe crisis. Consumer fears, fueled by reports of the presence of avian influenza (AI) in neighboring countries, have caused a precipitous drop in consumption of poultry meat and eggs. The Egyptian Parliament has taken the unprecedented [...]	2006-02-16 11:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BEXP ETRD EG USTR
06CALCUTTA103	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a year after suffering the tsunami disaster of December 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands still have not fully recovered. The GOI's substantial mobilization of assistance, while initially laudable, has now resulted in a culture of dependency in which the population ap [...]	2006-03-02 12:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SENV PGOV SOCI TPHY XD IN
06CALCUTTA137	BIHAR GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO ERADICATE POLIO AND FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 CG had introductory meetings with recently elected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior officials to discuss the new state government's economic development, public health and security initiatives. Kumar and other contacts expressed a strong interest in [...]	2006-04-03 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI ASEC KHIV IN
06CALCUTTA201	TREASURY U/S ADAMS MEETS WEST BENGAL FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] (U) Summary: May 2-3, 2006 U.S. Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Mr. Timothy D. Adams visited Calcutta as part of his trip to India for the Asian Development Bank's Annual meeting in Hyderabad. During his time in Calcutta, U/S Adams met with West Bengal F [...]	2006-05-12 12:51:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV ECON SOCI ETRD IN
06CALCUTTA306	NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MEGHALAYA STRUGGLES WITH SOCIAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: July 7-8, 2006 ConGen visited the Northeast state of Meghalaya to meet senior government officials and to attend a regional conference on trafficking in persons in the capital, Shillong. Meghalaya's persistent insurgency problem appears to have moderated, with the two dominant [...]	2006-07-18 09:28:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KWMN EMIN ASEC IN BG
06CALCUTTA401	JHARKAND'S GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO CRUMBLE, WITH LITTLE HOPE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fate of the Jharkhand state government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Arjun Munda, has become uncertain with the resignation of four ministers. However, the shape of an alternative formation is still unclear, with major national parties like the Indian National Con [...]	2006-09-07 13:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN PINR
06CALCUTTA420	JHARKHAND'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT FALLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 14 Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned as independent party members defected from his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government to the opposition United Progressive Alliance (UPA). With the fall of the Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP)-led NDA govern [...]	2006-09-15 10:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA425	JHARKHAND SWEARS IN A NEW CHIEF MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On September 18, an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Madhukar (Madhu) Koda was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Koda is Jharkhand's fifth Chief Minister since the state's creation in 2001. Three defectors from the previous government - Anos Ekka, [...]	2006-09-19 13:31:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN EINV
06CALCUTTA442	POVERTY IN THE EAST INDIAN STATE OF BIHAR FOSTERS INFECTIOUS [...] SUMMARY: September 6-7, ConGen visited the East Indian state of Bihar to assess its public health issues. Bihar, India's poorest state, presently has 19 polio infections this year, second only to its neighbor Uttar Pradesh (UP),which has 291 cases as of September 25. Local officials with t [...]	2006-09-26 11:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON KHIV SOCI KGLB KSCI IN
06CALCUTTA525	LAUNCH OF AN IT WORKERS UNION BRINGS OUT THE SPLIT IN THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, IT workers formed West Bengal's (WB) first IT workers union. Its creation has exposed fault lines within the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and the Left over the role of labor and industrialization. The reforms-oriented Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar [...]	2006-11-16 09:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB ETRD IN
06CALCUTTA541	MUSLIMS LAMENT LACK OF JOBS, EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8-9, Poloff visited the majority Muslim district of Murshidabad along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border to discuss socioeconomic and security concerns with district officials, local politicians, and journalists. Discussions echoed the findings of the Rajinder Sachar Com [...]	2006-12-03 17:03:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN BG PGOV PTER
06CALCUTTA556	GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT, AND NAXALISM IN BIHAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After one year in office, expectations remain high for Bihar's Janata Dal United (JDU)-led government. During a December 4-6 visit to Bihar, state officials, journalists, and NGOs told Poloff, however, that the new state government has to start from scratch after fifteen years [...]	2006-12-15 08:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PREL SOCI IN
06CALCUTTA578	WEST BENGAL: MAMATA STARTS EATING AGAIN, BUT POT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: At midnight on December 28, Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee ended her 25-day fast to protest construction of a Tata car factory in the rural West Bengal district of Singur. Banerjee's health had been declining and two days earlier she had been put on oxygen. This e [...]	2006-12-29 13:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM IN
06CANBERRA1574	INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN [...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...]	2006-10-05 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ECON AS
06CARACAS1067	GIVING MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE: CHAVEZ' [...] (C) On April 8, the National Assembly passed the Law on Community Councils (Ley de Consejos Comunales),significantly modifying the allocation of municipal government funds by placing Community Councils at the center of municipal governance. The measure effectively reduces the clout of mayor [...]	2006-04-21 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1173	VENEZUELAN LABOR DAY: TALE OF TWO MARCHES [...] (C) The twin marches held separately by the pro-government and opposition labor centrals May 1 in commemoration of Labor Day illustrate well the dilapidated state of organized labor in Venezuela. The National Workers' Union (UNT) was dedicated to anti-imperialism and saw a sea of crisp red te [...]	2006-05-03 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1215	HOW VENEZUELANS OBTAIN FOREIGN CURRENCY IN THE [...] (SBU) Average Venezuelans have found a variety of ways, beyond the official Foreign Exchange Administration Commission (CADIVI),to convert Bolivars to foreign currency. Options include trading Bolivar-denominated bonds for foreign currency-denominated bonds, purchasing dollar-denominated BR [...]	2006-05-05 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1402	SPANISH POLITICAL COUNSELOR REVIEWS VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Political Counselor Gonzalo Fournier May 12 to discuss Venezuelan political developments and Spanish-Venezuelan relations. Fournier told Poloff that Cuban diplomats had visited members of the electoral observer group Ojo Electoral and claimed that the USG was oppos [...]	2006-05-17 18:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1468	DIVISIONS AND DISSENT IN CHAVISMO [...] (C) The diversity of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' "Bolivarian Revolution" often makes it appear divided. For example, differences have emerged between the movement's civilians and soldiers, its democrats and dictators, and its ideologues and crooks. Nonetheless, these disputes have bee [...]	2006-05-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
06CARACAS1628	WE LOVE CHAVEZ! WE WANT WATER! [...] (C) A peasant protest over a water shortage in the rural countryside outside of Caracas blocked a highway Polcouns and Poloff were traveling to attend an appointment on June 2. The angry residents of Portachuelo in Miranda State blocked the road for hours to draw attention to their plight of a [...]	2006-06-02 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI VE
06CARACAS1639	VISAS DONKEY -- TASCON GUTIERREZ, LUIS [...] (C) Post requests SAO on the prudential revocation of the B1/B2 visa of Venezuelan citizen Luis Tascon (DPOB: 27AUG1968, Venezuela) on Foreign Policy grounds under INA 212(A)(3)(C). Post believes that his entry in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy conse [...]	2006-06-05 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM PTER VE
06CARACAS1739	CENTRAL BANK DIRECTOR'S VIEWS ON ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Central Bank (BCV) Director Armando Leon told EconOffs May 31 that, despite first quarter BCV cumulative operational losses of USD 136 million, the BCV would end May and June 2006 without losses, and was working with the Finance Ministry to mitigate anticipated BCV financial losses in July [...]	2006-06-13 18:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1777	VISIT TO VENEZUELAN CATTLE FARM AND ECOLOGICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7-8, EconOffs visited Hato Pinero and Hato Paraima, large cattle ranches in Cojedes state. Hato Pinero, also an ecological preserve, has been under threat of expropriation but has not been occupied by squatters. Hato Paraima has squatters on over 60 percent of the proper [...]	2006-06-16 16:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV VE
06CARACAS2044	NOTES FROM THE BARRIO: INSIDE CARACAS' POOR [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconOff visited the Caracas barrio (improverished neighborhood) of San Juan, alongside AmiSucre, an NGO that provides specialist medical care to marginalized communities. The popularity of these medical services highlighted the need for this type of care -- and the inadequa [...]	2006-07-10 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS2046	CAN HUMOR BEAT CHAVEZ? [...] (C) While the "serious" opposition candidates quibble over who will face President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan super-comedian Benjamin Rausseo is mulling over a tongue-in-cheek presidential bid. Despite his plans to make a "three month fiesta" out of the campaign, Rausseo, known to Venezuelans as [...]	2006-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR VE
06CARACAS2104	VENEZUELAN HARASSMENT OF NGOS - UPDATE [...] (C) The impending passage of the International Cooperation Law represents a major step towards Chavista control of Venezuelan NGOs. Even without the law's proposed regulations and limitations on the activities of NGOs, the Chavistas are instilling a high level of apprehension among organizatio [...]	2006-07-14 16:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS2165	HUMAN TRAFFICKING NGO A.M.B.A.R. - PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance (A.M.B.A.R.),a recipient of an Economic Support Fund (ESF) Grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). (reftel) Highlights of its volunteered three-month prog [...]	2006-07-21 12:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR VE
06CARACAS219	CUBA/VENEZUELA AXIS OF MISCHIEF: THE VIEW FROM [...] (S//NF) As noted in REF A, the Venezuelan relationship with Cuba continues to intensify. Thousands of personnel sent by the Cuban Government are involved in the Venezuelan health sector and other BRV social missions. Cubans cooperate extensively with Venezuelan intelligence services. Cubans ma [...]	2006-01-30 19:12:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2244	"TAN BARATO, DAME DOS" (SO CHEAP, GIVE ME TWO): [...] (U) SUMMARY: Record high petroleum prices have handed Venezuela strong economic growth and a sharp increase in national income. BRV fiscal and economic policies are incentivizing Venezuelans to direct this newfound wealth toward credit-financed consumption, in general, and consumption of impo [...]	2006-07-28 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
06CARACAS2272	VENEZUELAN ATTACKS ON PRESS CONTINUE [...] (C) This cable is the next in a series of updates on Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) harassment of and limitations on the freedom of press. The BRV uses the courts, government media outlets, regulations and verbal threats to create not only a system of government-imposed censorship, [...]	2006-08-01 17:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS2295	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VENEZUELA: DIALOGUE, OUTREACH, [...] (U) On July 19, the Economic Section held an Avian Influenza Seminar in the Embassy, which drew over 20 participants from the poultry processing sector and the Ministry of Agriculture (MAT). The Seminar provided a forum to better understand the BRV's plans for Avian Influenza as well as to h [...]	2006-08-03 17:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR ECON VE
06CARACAS2374	WHAT OUR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IS REALLY DOING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 14:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2393	CHAVEZ RETURNS, RESHUFFLES HIGH-LEVEL BRV POSTS [...] (C) President Chavez's return from his most recent world tour sparked a series of shifts in the BRV leadership. Several high-level officials have been moved, resigned, threatened to resign, or been replaced. Along with Nicolas Maduro's appointment as Foreign Minister (ref a),Chavez announce [...]	2006-08-12 11:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2405	SUMATE ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Action Request - Paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Sumate continues to be under pressure, including threat of prosecution because of the USD 300,000 DRL grant. On August 4, Sumate board member Roberto Abdul asked poloff for a letter from the Department noting the return of the DRL funds. [...]	2006-08-14 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2478	SUMATE UNDER SEIGE [...] (C) The National Assembly committee investigating Sumate released an August 15 report claiming Sumate committed tax evasion, fraud, foreign exchange law violations, false accounting, and treason, and called on the tax authority, foreign exchange commission, and banking officials to investigat [...]	2006-08-21 14:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS2489	INSIDE BARRIO ADENTRO: THE BRV'S PRIMARY HEALTH [...] (SBU) Mision Barrio Adentro ("Inside the Neighborhood") is a network of BRV-sponsored primary health care modules largely staffed by Cuban medical personnel. Current statistics and financial information about this BRV program are very difficult to obtain. Venezuelan physicians' groups alleg [...]	2006-08-21 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS260	BOLIVARIANS BRING OUT THE "RED CARPET" FOR WORLD [...] (C) The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez put the best face on the Bolivarian Revolution to participants of the Sixth World Social Forum -- Americas Region (WSF) in Caracas January 24-29. The government did an adequate job at managing the unwieldy event, made both easier by low tu [...]	2006-02-02 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE
06CARACAS2622	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: SNAPSHOTS AND [...] (SBU) From December 2005 to June 2006, reported bank profits (return on equity) declined from 32.5 to 30.7 percent (17 percent real profit after adjusting for inflation, which is in line with bank returns in the region). During this period, the sector has faced increasing regulatory control [...]	2006-08-30 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS2626	SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA MCCARTHY'S [...] (C) Summary. Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy and Charge called August 28 on MFA Vice Minister for North America Mary Pili Hernandez. McCarthy pressed the BRV for counter-narcotics and counterterrorism cooperation and urged the BRV to promote continued strong bilateral commercial t [...]	2006-08-30 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ECON PGOV AMGT VE
06CARACAS2692	FORMER FM ALI RODRIGUEZ NAMED AMBASSADOR TO CUBA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's designation of former foreign minister Ali Rodriguez as Ambassador to Cuba on August 31 demonstrates that Chavez continues to make Venezuelan-Cuban relations one of his top foreign policy priorities. It may also portend the BRV's determination to play an impor [...]	2006-09-06 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE CU
06CARACAS2845	THE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN: VICTORY, AT ANY COST? [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez' re-election campaign is a disturbing mix of retrograde authoritarian tactics and creeping totalitarian tendencies. Chavez and his close campaign team exercise tight control over a formidable, country-wide grassroots electoral organization and an administra [...]	2006-09-18 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS298	CHAVEZ CELEBRATES SEVEN YEARS IN POWER, GOES FOR [...] (C) In a six-hour presentation celebrating his seventh year in office on February 2, President Hugo Chavez enjoyed musical performances, conferred several awards, summarized his administration's accomplishments, announced the expulsion of the US Naval Attache, warned the Embassy against futur [...]	2006-02-06 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON ELAB SOCI VE
06CARACAS3069	ROSALES RALLY GIVES OPPOSITION A BOOST [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, October 8 "Avalanche" Rally in Caracas, the biggest opposition event since the 2004 presidential recall referendum, put some new life into Rosales' long-shot campaign. The opposition also demonstrated that it retains residual "street power" a [...]	2006-10-11 17:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL VE
06CARACAS3231	AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] SUMMARY: (U) With an eye to highlight USG-related activities and institutions in eastern Venezuela, Ambassador Brownfield visited the state of Anzoategui on October 19-20, 2006. When BRV meddling prohibited visits to U.S. business plants in the Jose industrial complex, he met with Exxon Mobi [...]	2006-10-27 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON VE
06CARACAS3238	KEY BRV ADVISOR ON UNSC RACE, POSSIBLE CABINET [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met on October 27 with Rene Arreaza of the vice president's office, about our only reliable contact within the BRV. Arreaza said that the BRV had concluded it could not win a UNSC seat, and so was aiming at a seat-sharing arrangement with Guatemala. This would be an [...]	2006-10-27 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE GT UN
06CARACAS3257	CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...]	2006-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL VE IR
06CARACAS3345	THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]	2006-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS3448	THE MILITARY'S INCREASINGLY RED ROLE IN THE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his hand-picked military leaders are coordinating the armed forces' efforts to provide Election Day security in ways that are likely to intimidate some opposition voters. Under the auspices of "Plan Republica," the Venezuelan National Armed Forces (FAN) will [...]	2006-11-21 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR VE
06CARACAS3505	AN OVERVIEW OF THE BRV'S 24 MISSIONS [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Finance, since 2003, President Chavez has spent USD 12.9 billion to create 24 "missions" - government funded social programs - in a variety of areas. The first missions focused on basic needs of the poorest sectors of society. Chavez then took advantage of [...]	2006-11-30 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS3548	VIEWS ON BARRIO ADENTRO FROM CUBAN DOCTORS [...] (C) Since August 2006, when DHS created the Significant Public Benefit Parole for Cuban Medical Personnel Program, over 80 Cuban doctors have applied for parole in Caracas. Over half filled out an anonymous, completely voluntary, written survey answering questions about Barrio Adentro (BA),t [...]	2006-12-05 17:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS3623	VENEZUELA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Venezuelan law protects children from exploitation in the workplace, but enforcement is often lacking. The Ministry of Labor and the National Institute for Minors enforces child labor policies effectively in the formal sector, but less so in the informal sector. According to official Ministry [...]	2006-12-14 19:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
06CARACAS523	VENEZUELA'S SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is post's input (ref A) for the sixth annual anti-trafficking in persons report (TIP). Political officer LaTranda Martin is Embassy,s point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8531; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: martinls@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: 31. 2 [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06CARACAS702	COPEI LEADERSHIP STEPS DOWN [...] (C) COPEI (Christian Democracy) President Eduardo Fernandez and Secretary General Cesar Perez Vivas resigned from their positions March 10 after the board rejected the party's annual report, according to press reports. Fernandez, a popular but figurehead leader, was gracious in his resignation [...]	2006-03-16 12:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE
06CARACAS720	URUGUAY PRESIDENT'S STATE VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) During his state visit to Venezuela March 14-15, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and President Chavez signed 12 cooperative agreements, discussed the revitalization of MERCOSUR, and held a joint press conference on free trade. The two also toured a shoe-manufacturing cooperative and [...]	2006-03-17 16:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KDEM PGOV VE
06CARACAS751	CHAVEZ' ANGER-BASED LEADERSHIP [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez currently faces the conundrum of whether he can maintain a leadership style of exploiting resentment among Venezuela's poor while extolling the benefits of a seven-year revolution, according to anti-Chavez psychiatrist Roberto de Vries. De Vries describes Venezuelans' emot [...]	2006-03-22 14:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE
06CARACAS80	GOV GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN AU [...] (U) Vice-Minister for Africa Reinaldo Bolivar announced December 23 that the African Union (AU) had approved Venezuela's May 2005 request for observer status. Venezuela is now one of 23 non-African states, including Cuba, granted observer status since the AU established guidelines for their p [...]	2006-01-12 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS840	HIGHLIGHTS FROM OAS TIP MEETING [...] (U) On March 14-17, the Organization of American States (OAS) held its first Meeting of the National Authorities on Trafficking In Person (TIP) on Margarita Island, Venezuela. During their opening remarks, Attorney General, Isaias Rodriguez, and Venezuela'a Deputy Permanent Representative to t [...]	2006-03-27 21:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CASABLANCA1310	DESPITE LACK OF OFFICIAL ACCORD UNHCR EXPANDS RABAT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting at UNHCR's office in Rabat, Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Poloff that, although the GOM is dragging its feet on official recognition of the organization, he is pressing forward with plans to increase his staff and enlarge his office space. Th [...]	2006-11-27 09:21:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
06CASABLANCA1333	RED ALERT FOR MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent spate of incidents involving Moroccan security forces and sub-Saharan migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers has stirred fear and anxiety throughout the sub-Saharan population in Morocco. On December 23, Moroccan security officials rounded up more than 200 sub-Saharans [...]	2006-12-28 15:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
06CASABLANCA232	MOROCCO 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to action request (ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from March 2005 to March 2006. --------------------------------- Morocco Remains [...]	2006-02-28 15:52:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MO
06CASABLANCA316	WESTERN SAHARA: PERSPECTIVES OF CBM PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a three day visit to the Western Sahara, Poloffs and Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne had the opportunity to talk to participants in UN Confidence Building Measure's (CBM) family exchange visits from both sides of the berm (Septel from Cairo). On the mor [...]	2006-03-24 12:53:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
06CASABLANCA530	MOROCCO PROPOSES NEW LAW TO RESCUE LITTLE MAIDS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 9, 2006, Secretary of State in Charge of Families, Children, and the Handicapped, Yasmina Baddou, announced the GOM's plan of action to end the practice of employing child maids in Morocco [...]	2006-05-19 17:02:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
06CHENGDU1252	HHS SECRETARY SEES SOUTHWEST CHINA HEALTH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt visited rural health-care providers in Sichuan Province and met with Central Government and Provincial health authorities on southwest China's health-care challenges. While touring the small village of Yujian, about tw [...]	2006-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV TBIO CH
06CHENNAI1195	KERALA CHIEF MINISTER ACHUTHANANDAN: VINTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eighty three years old and with little formal education, Kerala's new Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is different from the state's previous communist Chief Ministers in that he hails from a low- caste and working class background. Wi [...]	2006-06-09 10:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI2580	D/USTR AMBASSADOR BHATIA VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Karan Bhatia's visit to Chennai was a full morning to evening schedule on November 29. He spoke with Chennai-based business people and journalists on a range of topics. At the Ford Factory, the issue of excise tax concessions for small cars, piqued his interest. With members [...]	2006-12-04 05:33:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV IN
06CHENNAI393	TAMIL NADU ELECTION: DRAMATIC CHANGES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Tamil Nadu state assembly elections slated for May 8, intense political activity is changing the shape of party alliances. Vaiko, an LTTE supporter (Reftel) and fiery orator, has led his party out of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) fold to join hands with his former fo [...]	2006-03-06 11:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER IN
06CHENNAI521	TAMIL NADU ELECTION: THE ACTION BEGINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lineups are set and the battle lines drawn for the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections on May 8. Incumbent Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's campaign seems to have the momentum but her opposition may have the more impressive coalition in terms of committed voters. Swing vote [...]	2006-03-21 10:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHENNAI772	TAMIL NADU ELECTIONS: MANY GIVEAWAYS, BUT NO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Free color TVs for all families without one; ten kilograms of free rice through ration shops; two acres of land for the landless; maternity dole for six months to pregnant women; burial allowance for the dead . . . Tamil Nadu political parties' election promises have surpassed [...]	2006-04-24 08:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
06CHIANGMAI124	THAILAND MALARIA CASES RISE AS BURMESE REFUGEES CROSS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Continued instability in Burma could be contributing to higher incidences of malaria in western Thailand over the past two years, say health and refugee experts. The past three rainy seasons have seen an increase in malaria infections reported to Thai and NGO health officials and e [...]	2006-08-07 07:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SOCI TH BM
06CHIANGMAI189	AIRPORT EXPANSION UNPREPARED FOR EARLY TAKE-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. Chiang Mai International Airport rushed to inaugurate a new international passenger terminal October 27, reportedly to be ready for the grand opening of the Royal Flora horticultural exposition on November 1. The hasty opening put immigration controls back on manual operati [...]	2006-10-31 08:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC TH
06CHIANGMAI211	UNDERCURRENTS, CONFIDENCE BOTH WEAK IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The government's decision to retain martial law in most of northern Thailand Nov. 28 evoked little reaction here beyond concern from the Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce for the province's image. Political contacts see little reason to maintain restrictions, but were not surp [...]	2006-12-05 18:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06CHIANGMAI217	PROSPECTS OF INCREASED CHINA TRADE BRING BOTH ANTICIPATION [...] Summary. The scheduled late-2007 completion of the final section of a highway between Kunming and Bangkok will open a new, faster route for trade with southern China. Two other routes, one via the Mekong River and another by road through Burma, are less attractive alternatives. Plans f [...]	2006-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV CH TH
06CHIANGMAI49	CHANGING ATTITUDES SLOWLY TAKING HOLD ON THAI-BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 11:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV TH BM
06CHIANGMAI64	BAD AIR BLANKETS NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Summary: Air quality in Chiang Mai, always poor during the February-April dry season, reached new heights of hazard on March 19 when air monitors recorded PM-10 particulate matter at double the Thai standard. The pollution is caused by a combination of practices, including agricultural burn [...]	2006-04-05 08:54:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AMED TH
06CHIANGMAI65	TEN YEARS AFTER MOVING TO THAILAND, KNU RESISTANCE [...] Summary: The Thai-Burma border around Mae Sat in Tak province hosts up to a million ethnic Karen and a large number of Karen exile organizations. The most prominent of these organizations is the Karen National Union (KNU),headquartered in Mae Sot since 1995. No longer as effective or powerf [...]	2006-04-17 10:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH BM
06CHIANGMAI77	CLO ACTIVITY REPORT FOR CHIANG MAI - MAY 2006 [...] POST HEREBY PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING CLO REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30, 2006. SECTION ONE: NAME OF COORDINATOR: SUSAN HAMPSEY GRADE LEVEL: FS-07-01 WEEKLY SCHEDULED HOURS OF WORK: 24 HRS/WK PLUS SOME OVERTIME SECTION TWO: CLO STAFF MEMBER: CLO ASSISTANT AND NEWSLETTER EDITOR: L [...]	2006-05-15 08:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KFLO KSEP APER
06COLOMBO1012	SRI LANKA'S HIGH SUICIDE RATES: A PERSISTENT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite broad awareness of Sri Lanka's high suicide rate, several factors inhibit the Sri Lankan government's ability to address this public health problem. Suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) pose a financial burden on Sri Lanka's healthcare and police and negatively affect [...]	2006-06-15 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV TBIO EAGR ECON CE
06COLOMBO145	SRI LANKA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NANCY [...] Post grants country clearance to FAA employees, Ms. Nancy Graham and Mr. David M. Smith, during the period from February 5-10, 2006 for participation in the ICAO COSCAP- South Asia Steering Committee Conference in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Embassy control officer is Richard Merrin, office telephone nu [...]	2006-01-25 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAIR CE
06COLOMBO150	FY06 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING - SRI LANKA [...] Biotechnology study tour to the US Sri Lanka is in a decisive position with respect to biotechnology. The country has in place a draft framework to regulate the import of GM foods and utilization of biotechnology in domestic agriculture. Some contents of the framework are not consistent wit [...]	2006-01-26 02:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO CE
06COLOMBO152	SOLHEIM ON CEASEFIRE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitator Solheim told co-chairs chiefs of mission late January 25 that LTTE chief Prabhakaran had agreed to cease-fire talks in Geneva almost before Solheim opened his mouth in Kilinochchi. The Tigers told him that by agreeing to Geneva they wanted to help Norway and [...]	2006-01-26 05:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1558	SRI LANKA: RECOMMENDED CONFLICT RESPONSE MECHANISM [...] Summary: During the last 20 years, Sri Lanka has been home to significant populations of internally displaced persons (IDPs),who have been especially vulnerable to threats against their physical and psychological wellbeing and livelihoods. Many of the 207,756 new conflict IDPs in Sri Lanka a [...]	2006-09-22 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER
06COLOMBO1595	SRI LANKA - ADVANCING US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] SUMMARY: A high percentage of Sri Lanka's rural population does not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation. It is estimated that over 40 percent of the rural population, or more than 6 million people, are deprived of these basic facilities. Recognizing the scope of the issue, [...]	2006-09-28 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV CE
06COLOMBO1626	SRI LANKA: SOME EXPATRIATE NGO EMPLOYEES ASKED TO [...] (C) Summary: Since 2005, NGO representatives have reported numerous obstacles to carrying out relief activities. On October 4, several newspapers ran a story on the latest impediment to NGOs: the GSL notified international staff of six international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) the [...]	2006-10-04 14:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1812	SRI LANKA: LTTE DEBRIEFS CO-CHAIRS; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) delegation gave a post-mortem on the Geneva talks to Co-Chair Ambassadors minus the U.S. this morning, November 1. Political Wing leader S.P. Tamilselvan claimed the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had not heeded the LTTE's "humanitarian" [...]	2006-11-01 13:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1822	SRI LANKA: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug traffickers and implementing nation-wide demand reducti [...]	2006-11-03 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1825	MALDIVES: INFORMATION FOR MCC NOVEMBER 8 MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: As a candidate country that has met the Millennium Challenge Corporation,s (MCC,s) threshold requirements, post recommends that Maldives be selected for eligibility by the MCC Board. Maldives, a small but ambitious country with an educated population, seeks to diversify its eco [...]	2006-11-03 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD KMCA MV PREL

06COLOMBO1837	SRI LANKA - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The following report has been submitted per reftel instructions in Microsoft Word format to the US Trade Representative. With the exception of format changes for dissemination and readability via cable, the language remains the same: SRI LANKA: TRADE SUMMARY ------------------------- 2 [...]	2006-11-06 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO1843	MALDIVES: TEXT FOR 2006 INCSR [...] Please find below the text for the 2006 INCSR. The format is keyed to the instructions in reftel. 2. I. Summary: Maldives is not a producer of narcotics or precursor chemicals. The Maldivian government and the U.S. maintain a good working relationship on counter-narcotics issues. Offi [...]	2006-11-07 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MV
06COLOMBO196	SRI LANKA: SPRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Elections Commissioner has called for candidate nominations to Local Governments (LGs) to be submitted between February 9-16, with elections to fall four to six weeks afterward. A local NGO and the opposition United National Party (UNP) have filed court cases requesting a r [...]	2006-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1977	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1978	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1982	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO2063	Sri Lanka FY 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the Finance Minister, presented the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) FY 07 budget to Parliament on November 16. The budget envisages large increases in both expenditure and revenue. Military expenditure will increase by 28 percent to [...]	2006-12-13 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO2070	5TH ROUND OF TIFA TALKS HIGHLIGHT ON OBSTACLES TO US [...] (SBU) Summary. The Office of the US Trade Representative and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development held the Fifth Joint Council Meeting under the bilateral US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Colombo on December 1. [...]	2006-12-14 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2081	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2082	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2084	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2089	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Enforcement Advisors, Fred Borakove and Carol Kelley from January 19 to January 27, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to deliver the financial investigators techniques training course to be hosted by the governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and [...]	2006-12-18 05:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN CE
06COLOMBO2090	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EILEEN BURKE, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eileen Burke, Lawrence Camp and Andrew Farnum of Millennium Challenge Corporation to visit Colombo from January 3 to January 28, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to continue due diligence on the SME Development portions of the GOSL?s Millennium Challenge Com [...]	2006-12-18 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE
06COLOMBO2096	ECONOMIC LEADERS MUST FOCUS ON DEFENSE; IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption within the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),shifting of budgetary allocations for defense expenditures, Sri Lanka,s true potential for economic growth, and the planned closure of the International Monetary Fund,s (IMF,s) Resident Office in Sri Lanka, were topics on De [...]	2006-12-18 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2106	SRI LANKA: US TRADE MISSION A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The extended business outreach project involving four US companies to Sri Lanka, who were part of a major US trade delegation to India, was successfully concluded with the participating companies reporting encouraging prospects. Post would like to acknowledge the efforts and ti [...]	2006-12-20 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO2124	MALDIVES REFORMS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia Ambassador Douglas A. Hartwick and Special Assistant Manpreet Anand traveled to Maldives on December 5-6, 2006, to meet with President Gayoom and other government officials to discuss US-Maldives bilateral e [...]	2006-12-26 05:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PREL MV
06COLOMBO213	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IN SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador's discussion with Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation to the February 22-23 ceasefire talks in Geneva, along with poloff's separate consultations with staff at the GSL Peace Secretariat, indicate that the new Gov [...]	2006-02-09 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO218	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2006 2. Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusive resort islands. The local population is about 285,000, and ove [...]	2006-02-10 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MV
06COLOMBO254	MALDIVES: POLITICAL SUSPICIONS FESTER WHILE [...] (C) During a February 10-13 DCM visit to Maldives (in conjunction with a port call by the missile destroyer USS McCampbell from the USS Ronald Reagan strike group),conversations with government officials and the opposition conveyed a sense of logjam in the political reform process as social [...]	2006-02-17 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
06COLOMBO256	SRI LANKA: PRE-TALKS PREPARATIONS, POSTURING [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings with the three Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Ministers who will participate in talks on the Ceasefire Agreement in Geneva February 22-23 indicate that the new Rajapaksa government is diligently preparing for its first face-to-face with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]	2006-02-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO284	(C) SRI LANKA: INFORMATION REGARDING EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have a twenty-year history of using youths, some as young as 10, in non-combatant as well as combat and even suicide bomber roles. The use of underage boys and girls points to a systemic shortage of traditional manpower and an attempt [...]	2006-02-23 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO309	SRI LANKA'S PREMIER BUSINESS CHAMBER CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka's first "Economic Summit," sponsored in January by Sri Lanka's premier business group, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, provided an opportunity for business leaders to discuss their role in vital issues confronting the country such as the peace process and economic deve [...]	2006-02-28 03:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV XD XO CE
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO340	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MEMBERS' [...] (C) In separate conversations March 2, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation members John Gooneratne and Nivard Cabraal told emboffs they were generally pleased with the outcome of the February 22-23 talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva. Both said they foresee [...]	2006-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO377	SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...]	2006-03-08 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO568	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of a concentrated poultry sector keeps Maldives at low risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). At the same time, it also presents challenges for surveillance and detection in the case of infection due to inadequate animal testing facilities, underdeveloped quara [...]	2006-04-10 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO581	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENZI [...] (SBU) Senator Enzi, your delegation's April 14 visit to Sri Lanka offers a valuable opportunity to highlight our warm bilateral ties, re-emphasize our commitment to support the peace process and review progress on key elements of our humanitarian assistance program. Bilateral relations with [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON CE
06COLOMBO776	HIV/AIDS IN MALDIVES -- LOW PREVALENCE BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a low reported prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Maldives, the lack of surveillance among high risk populations and risky behavior among Maldivian drug- using youth suggest underreporting and the potential for a serious, but silent, outbreak. Even though Government of Maldives ( [...]	2006-05-15 03:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO803	TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES IN HIV/AIDS PREVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Sri Lanka is still considered a low prevalence country for HIV/AIDS, most local HIV/AIDS experts agree that interventions must shift from general awareness campaigns to behavior change approaches targeted at vulnerable and at-risk populations. Government bureaucracy, lack [...]	2006-05-17 06:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06CONAKRY101	GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]	2006-01-30 12:55:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS KDEM GV
06CONAKRY1743	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza -- [...] Per reftel, post is actively engaging the Guinean government on the importance of the upcoming international conference on avian and pandemic influenza in Bamako. Four high-level Guinean delegates will attend the conference -- Dr. Jean Paul Sall, Minister of Agriculture; Dr. Amara Cisse, Min [...]	2006-11-29 08:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA GV
06CONAKRY94	GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]	2006-01-27 12:59:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV MASS GV
06COPENHAGEN790	THIRD JOINT COMMITTEE DELIVERS TRANSFORMED [...] Summary. The two-day U.S./Denmark/Greenland Joint Committee meetings successfully wrapped up May 31 with all parties satisfied with the progress made in the key working groups: trade and tourism; environment; science; and education and culture. Greenland and Danish press covered the closing [...]	2006-06-06 09:22:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV DA GL
06COTONOU1107	SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...]	2006-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN
06COTONOU1118	BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministerial Conference hosted by the Government of Benin (GOB) in Cotonou, November 13-15, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for safety and security and initiati [...]	2006-11-09 08:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1175	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BONI YAYI OF BENIN'S USA VISIT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Benin's new pro-American President Boni Yayi welcomes his December 13-16, 2006, USA visit to meet with President George W. Bush, and other USG, IFI and private sector officials. President Yayi likely will express his appreciation for the US support to Benin via its $307 million M [...]	2006-11-30 16:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT EAID MARR PGOV EFIN PINR CASC MASS PHUM
06COTONOU887	AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BONI [...] (U) This isan acton request. Please see para 11. SUMMARY ------ 2. (SBU) President Boni Yayi, in his first meting with newly-arrived Ambassador Gayleatha B. rown, on September 8, 2006, reaffirmed his refor agenda, commitment to good governance, and detemination to improve Benin's busine [...]	2006-09-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID BN
06COTONOU918	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI VISITS CHINA TO BOOST TIES [...] SUMMARY: Since taking office in April 2006, President Yayi has traveled abroad extensively. The latest visit in this diplomatic offensive was an official visit to China, August 28 - September 2. Heading a delegation that included the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Minister of Finance, Ministe [...]	2006-09-20 16:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN
06DAKAR1307	EMBASSY DAKAR WORKSHOP ON IPR UNITES PLAYERS AND [...] On May 24, the Embassy hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR),which attracted an audience of nearly 50 people, including actors, musicians, authors, designers, screen-writers, union representatives, business owners, gendarmes, customs officers and other GOS officials. The A [...]	2006-06-01 16:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV KPAO SG
06DAKAR1364	GUINEA-BISSAU: INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel requirement to provide an assessment of the effectiveness the Office of High Commissioner of Human Rights activities in Guinea-Bissau. Overall, the office appears competent and well-run, but should put more emphasis on what it identifies as the main human rig [...]	2006-06-08 08:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PU
06DAKAR1553	COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE [...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...]	2006-06-30 12:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PINS SG
06DAKAR1623	SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in prom [...]	2006-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PHUM EAID MASS PGOV PREL SOCI KMCA
06DAKAR1813	GUINEA-BISSAU HOSTS SUCCESSFUL CPLP SUMMIT [...] (U) Guinea-Bissau hosted a successful Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) summit in Bissau. Member states renewed friendships and cultural ties and passed the Bissau Declaration, which spells out hefty development goals. In preparation for the event, the GOGB pulled off some ma [...]	2006-07-27 14:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL PU
06DAKAR2011	PROMINENT SENEGALESE MUSLIM LEADER REQUESTS USG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 11 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has received a USD 1.3 million request for financial support from prominent Senegalese Islamic leader Cheikh Hassan Cisse, to expand the broadcast capability of his community radio station, Medina Baye FM, af [...]	2006-08-21 14:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAID PHUM SENV SOCI KPAO SG
06DAKAR2030	DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT [...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR2120	RESOLVING SENEGAL'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS [...] (U) In the past year, Senegal,s public education system has been shaken by faculty and student unrest from the university level down. Though the violence that disrupted university campuses in the spring has mostly dissipated, current protests by middle and secondary-school teachers have had [...]	2006-09-05 12:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR2473	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - SENEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 12:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM AGOA SG
06DAKAR2479	FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...]	2006-10-16 11:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR249	UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...]	2006-02-02 15:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG
06DAKAR2703	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]	2006-11-08 18:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DAKAR2717	SENEGAL: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Counter-narcotics elements of the Senegalese government remain concerned about the production and trafficking of cannabis, and to a lesser degree, hashish. Increasingly, quantities of cocaine are being seized; heroin seizures are rare. Senegal's 2005 money laundering statute and the establish [...]	2006-11-13 08:29:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SG
06DAKAR3007	SENEGAL: ANNUAL OVERSES SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Dakar is a high-crime post according to the number and frequency of crimes committed. Like most large cities, the full spectrum of criminal activity can be found. Official Americans, businesspersons, and visitors are victimized primarily by crimes of opportunity, e.g., pick-pocketing, purse- [...]	2006-12-26 14:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CAS AMGT APER SG
06DAKAR527	GUINEA-BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Children [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PU
06DAKAR528	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR932	AMBASSADOR JACOBS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During my 30-minute meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade on April 14, we discussed the strong bilateral relationship, U.S. assistance to Senegal, his upcoming visit to Iran, Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, the Casama [...]	2006-04-17 19:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL EAID PINS KPKO IR PU SG
06DAKAR933	SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DAMASCUS1187	SYRIAN MEDIA BANNER RELATIONSHIP WITH SPAIN [...] (U) Since late January, official Syrian media have played up stories involving Spain, asserting strengthened relations between the two countries. Examples of some of these stories include a February 26 story about a Spanish grant of more than USD one million for rural health centers, a March [...]	2006-03-19 14:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY SP
06DAMASCUS1262	ENSURING EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE SAA [...] (SBU) Summary: Syrian businessmen regularly report on the ease with which their fellow businessmen illegally import U.S. commodities with seeming impunity, as well as express concerns that the USG's lack of enforcement of the economic sanctions imposed under the SAA are hurting those that choo [...]	2006-03-22 11:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS1360	THE DISSIDENT VIEW OF THE ASAD REGIME: AN [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with a range of former political prisoners in Syria over the past few months yield a consistent, extremely harsh view of the Bashar al-Asad regime and of Asad himself. They say the regime cannot be reformed and insist that Asad is not an agent for change. Because o [...]	2006-03-27 16:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS1666	MU'ALLIM CONFIDANT ON BRAMMERTZ INQUIRY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite its attempts to project confidence, the regime remains concerned about the efforts of UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz, worrying that arrests of Syrian suspects and the formation of an international tribunal are on the way, according to Dr. Samir al-Taki, a confidant of FM M [...]	2006-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1782	LIMITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED IN SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In conjunction with export license checks, econoffs visited Dayr ez Zawr (Dayr) and Qamishli, key cities close to Syria's border with Iraq. Residents in these two areas have historically maintained stronger cultural, ethnic, familial, and economic ties to Iraq than to Syria's cap [...]	2006-04-19 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS2192	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]	2006-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2211	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Papers reported that the Palestinian government thanked President Asad for the Syrian fund-raising campaign for the Palestinian people and for receiving 244 Palestinian refugees coming from Iraq. That came in a phone call President Asad received from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail H [...]	2006-05-11 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2265	DESPITE OBSTACLES, PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Following the success of Syria's new private banking sector, private insurance companies are expected to begin operations before the end of 2006. Companies anticipate high demand for retail products such as medical and life insurance in an under-insured market that has been domin [...]	2006-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS2297	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, EURO-MED, Boycott [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Subhi Abdul Hamid, Secretary General of Iraq's Arab Nationalist Movement, which tackled the situation in Iraq and bilateral relations. President Asad confirmed Syria's support for efforts to restore Iraq's stability and security tha [...]	2006-05-17 06:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS254	RIAD SEIF DETAILS FUTURE POLITICAL PLANS, ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MP and recently released Damascus Spring detainee Riad Seif laid out for the Charge d'Affaires January 24 his vision for a new, broad-based democratic party, noting that it would aim to delegitimize the SARG and bring a message of reform and democracy to the Syrian people. [...]	2006-01-24 16:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS276	SANCTIONS: REACTION TO THE SHAWKAT DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Department,s designation of President Asad,s brother-in-law, Asif Shawkat, received considerable regional press coverage and stirred some internal discussion in Damascus. The move was quietly welcomed by most groups, including the Sunni business community, though m [...]	2006-01-25 14:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETTC PGOV SANC SY
06DAMASCUS2777	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Lebanon, Syria/Qatar, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received former US Senator James Abourezk, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee on Sunday. Talks during the meeting concentrated on the situation in Iraq, Syria's full support for the political process there, and means [...]	2006-06-12 11:59:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2822	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Venezuela, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Mouallem received James Abourezek, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee and former US Senator, and that they talked about American-Syrian relations, the situation in Iraq, and the Arab-Israel conflict. In a statement to S [...]	2006-06-14 09:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3223	UNDER PRESSURE, SYRIAN REGIME STIRS STONE SOUP [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing Gaza crisis notwithstanding, the SARG is conducting its foreign policy in traditional Syrian style, playing for time and survival against international pressure on a range of issues. This was most recently demonstrated by the July 1 meeting between the visiting Qata [...]	2006-07-03 11:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SY
06DAMASCUS3305	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a phone call from Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz which focused on the situation in the Middle East and bilateral relations. Papers also reported that Arab and Islamic groups at the UN in Geneva approved a draft resolution proposed [...]	2006-07-06 12:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS338	HAMAS VICTORY PUTS SARG IN A STRANGE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: The senior PLO representative in Damascus, Khalid Fahoum, said on January 30 that Damascus-based Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al was confident of Hamas' ability to govern and would quickly move to shore up support for Hamas in the PLO, in the PA security services and in Palestinian [...]	2006-01-30 15:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS3945	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers gave prominent coverage to the adoption of UNSC Resolution No. 1701, with detailed descriptions of its contents. Papers also reported a press statement by Lebanese Foreign Minister Salloukh praising the UN Human Rights Council's resolution condemning the Israeli aggress [...]	2006-08-13 13:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4094	SURVEY OF SYRIAN WATER SECTOR - 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of national water shortages, it has become clear that Syria faces a water crunch that, if not addressed comprehensively, will balloon into a crisis in the medium to long term. Rapidly growing demand for water from various sectors of Syrian society in recent years com [...]	2006-08-21 13:25:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECIN ECON EIND EAID SENV SY EWWT
06DAMASCUS4129	DISPLACED LEBANESE DEPART SYRIA BY TENS OF [...] (C) Summary: As of August 21, an estimated 144,800 displaced Lebanese had departed Syria back to their country, with a relatively small number staying with Syrian host families, according to UN estimates. UN and international agency officials in Damascus expressed surprise and concern over [...]	2006-08-22 15:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL SY LE IR IZ
06DAMASCUS4236	UNICEF ACTING REPRESENTATIVE SKETCHES OUT SYRIA [...] (SBU) The Charg paid a courtesy call August 27 on UNICEF's acting director, Marc Lucet, who said that UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF planned to do a joint assessment of the remaining displaced Lebanese who are thought to be staying in private homes in about six locations in Syria. UN agencies had rep [...]	2006-08-28 13:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS5368	Damascus Media Reaction: Golan Prisoners, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 6 reported that on Dec. 5 the Syrian Foreign Ministry addressed formal messages to UN SecGen Kofi Annan, the Chairman of the Security Council, the High Commission for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council, informing them about the poor health of Sitan Nmr A [...]	2006-12-06 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5390	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DODD, DECEMBER 19-21 [...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senator Christopher Dodd, and the other members of his delegation: Ms. Janice O'Connell (SFRC),and COL Mike Barbero, U.S. Army Senate Liaison. 2. (U) Control officer and point of contact for this visit is Pol/Econ [...]	2006-12-12 13:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP SY
06DARESSALAAM1065	CHINESE PREMIER JIABAO VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE AND [...] (SBU) The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's overnight visit, June 22 to 23, in Tanzania centered on improving trade and revitalizing construction projects between the two countries rather than military or strategic issues. While President Jakaya Kikwete hurried back from the legislative capital of [...]	2006-06-28 19:33:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ETRD ECON CH TZ
06DARESSALAAM1076	CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]	2006-07-03 07:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL EAID
06DARESSALAAM1089	(CORRECTED COPY) CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]	2006-07-03 10:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL EAID
06DARESSALAAM1175	2006 TRADE FAIR REFLECTS STRONGER U.S.-TANZANIAN [...] The 2006 Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) revealed the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) efforts to gradually transition away from a "shopping mall" atmosphere toward a genuine international trade show. While there remains a long road ahead before the DITF, which ran from June 29 t [...]	2006-07-13 12:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD AMGMT ECON EINV ETRD PREL TZ
06DARESSALAAM120	CIVAIR: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL JOHN [...] Post welcomes the visit of the following FAA Personnel to Arusha from January 29 through February 11, 2006: John A Waltz, Anderson Begg, and Bryand Rozen. Please note: CJ Collins was already granted country clearance and her hotel/airport transportation requests were made in DAR 055. 2. [...]	2006-01-23 13:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA PTER TZ
06DARESSALAAM1282	AMBASSADOR URGES TANZANIA?S PRIME MINISTER FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To urge the Government of Tanzania (GOT) forward on HIV/AIDS testing policy and anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, Ambassador Retzer, together with USAID Director Pam White, called on Prime Minister Lowassa during their visit to Dodoma on July 19. Prime Minister Lowassa [...]	2006-08-01 08:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTFN EAID TZ
06DARESSALAAM1286	TANZANIA'S PRESIDENT REQUESTS U.S. STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with Ambassador Retzer, President Kikwete signaled his continuing personal role in managing relations with the U.S. Government. On July 31, President Kikwete called in the Ambassador to raise two issues: (i) his decision to appoint a military attache to Wash [...]	2006-08-02 06:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM EFIN KTFN KPAO OPRC KMDR
06DARESSALAAM1430	TANZANIA'S FY06 BFIF PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. FY 2006 funds from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) enabled Post's participation in the 30th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) and the International Franchise Expo (IFE) both held in June 2006. By exhibiting with the first-prize winning USA pavilion at t [...]	2006-08-23 09:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM TZ
06DARESSALAAM164	TANZANIA'S SELF-HELP FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY2006 [...] Overall, the value of the Self-Help program in winning the hearts and minds of the Tanzanian public far exceeds our comparatively modest investment in this program. An increase in our Self-Help allocation is vital. Post's FY06 request is USD $150,000. 2. Tanzania's FY05 allocation of U [...]	2006-01-30 14:47:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TZ
06DARESSALAAM1740	AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his meeting with Ambassador Retzer on October 23, President Kikwete stressed his desire to launch an HIV/AIDS campaign targeting teachers and leveraging his wife's work with teacher's associations. The Ambassador expressed his support and designated post's PEPFAR coordin [...]	2006-10-25 09:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM18	TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE PUTS NATIONAL UNITY, [...] Promising an administration with "New zeal, new vigor and new speed," President Jakaya Kikwete delivered his first major policy address to the newly sworn-in Tanzanian parliament on December 30. Speaking frankly about the challenges he faces, he made poverty alleviation and economic growth hi [...]	2006-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM298	"MAN OF THE PEOPLE"-- NEW TANZANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) New Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has moved quickly to put his stamp on government here, with a style marked by vigor and a crystal-clear message. In the last 30 days, he has paid short-notice visits to most of his government's 22 ministries, calling with hard-edged candor for an end [...]	2006-02-15 14:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM369	Tanzania TIP report [...] (U) Post submits the following responses to questions posed in reftel A regarding the sixth annual trafficking in persons report. Point of contact for trafficking issues in Tanzania is Political Officer Maureen B. Latour who may be reached by telephone at 255.22.2668001, extension 4107 and b [...]	2006-02-27 11:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TZ ASED
06DARESSALAAM396	TANZANIA'S ARMYWORM INFESTATION: AMBASSADOR URGES [...] (U) Ambassador Retzer and USAID Director, Pamela White, met with the newly appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Joseph J. Mungai, to congratulate him on his appointment as Minister and assure him that the USG continues to support agricultural activities in Tanzani [...]	2006-03-01 04:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EAGR ECON ETRD TZ
06DARESSALAAM551	TANZANIA'S 2006 MACROECONOMIC FORECASTS SLIGHTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. International financial institutions have recently revised Tanzania's 2006 macroeconomic forecasts as a result of the drought affecting the agriculture and energy sectors. While the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and development organizations try to assess the extent of economic l [...]	2006-03-31 03:45:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EG ENRG TZ
06DARESSALAAM63	TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The Government of Tanzania has taken significant steps to encourage foreign investment by creating an attractive package of incentives for investors and easing bureaucratic requirements. As a result, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tanzania has increased steadily in the last five years. Tan [...]	2006-01-18 03:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB TZ OPIC USTR PGOV
06DARESSALAAM715	AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...]	2006-05-03 12:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ
06DARESSALAAM738	TANZANIA'S PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FY 2006 ESF: [...] Project Summary: Utilizing wind-up radios, develop creative programming to enrich school curricula in order to attract children to stay in school. Such programs would potentially increase the school retention rate of girls, reduce the number of children recruited for child labor or traffick [...]	2006-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM TZ
06DHAKA1525	WELCOME TO SCA: THE BANGLADESH AGENDA [...] (C) It's not George Harrison's Bangladesh anymore. Major advances in health, education, and food security have given Bangladesh a stability and a future that seemed unthinkable just 20 years ago. Bangladeshis are tolerant, moderate people who generally live at peace with their Hindu and Chri [...]	2006-03-20 09:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PTER KISL KDEM BG
06DHAKA2167	AVIAN INFLUENZA: SITUATION UPDATE APRIL 12 [...] On April 12, the Mission Avian Influenza working group met to review the preparedness stance at post and in-country. While there have been no major developments in the last month, additional measures have been taken to notify AmCits and Mission personnel about AI as suggested in Ref A. As par [...]	2006-04-18 06:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR BG
06DHAKA2485	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Butenis and USAID Director called on Dr. Md. Osman Farruk, Minister of Education on 23 April 2006. The planned 30 minute call lasted almost one hour, with the Minister touching on everything from the BDG,s successes in education to his predictions on the upcoming elec [...]	2006-04-30 06:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER

06DHAKA3147	CONSPIRACY THEORIES SWIRL IN DHAKA [...] (C) Summary. Last week's garment factory riots, and the sudden illness of President Ahmed, rekindled conspiracy rumors across the spectrum regarding alleged moves to subvert or substantially change the electoral process. The least far-fetched may be that PM Zia would, as an insurance policy [...]	2006-05-31 10:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BG
06DHAKA3330	FINANCE MINISTER FRETS ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB) ResRep Hua Du, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman is frustrated by his declining influence as a senior advisor to the PM. He told Du that he wants development partners to know that he understands the need to act on key issues, like cutting [...]	2006-06-07 10:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD EAID BG
06DHAKA3538	TABLIGH-E-JAMAAT: ISLAMIC REVIVALISM STRIKING DEEP [...] (S) Summary. Tabligh-e-Jamaat (TJ) is a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has deep roots in Bangladesh. Its followers here probably number in the millions, and the organization's influence extends to every corner of the country. The most unique feature of TJ is its emphasis on [...]	2006-06-15 04:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PTER BG
06DHAKA3555	SOUTHWEST BANGLADESH: SECURITY AND THE 2006-07 [...] Summary: PolOff and PolFSN recently visited the Southwestern area of Bangladesh, which for over thirty years has seen some of the worst ultra-Maoists violence and where numerous atrocities were committed against minorities during the 2001 election. While civil society expressed concern ab [...]	2006-06-15 09:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM BG
06DHAKA4412	BANGLADESH RMG SECTOR LABOR UNREST - CAUSES AND [...] Nearly two months after labor unrest exploded into violence outside of Dhaka, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry has largely returned to normal. Agreements negotiated between industry and labor groups must still be implemented, with a decision on the most contentious issue -- raising th [...]	2006-07-18 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM BG
06DHAKA5388	LAST CALL! CORRUPTION AT THE END OF THE BNP [...] (C) Summary: The BNP led government is engaged in an apparently unprecedented level of grand corruption in its waning days in power. Greed and the need to finance upcoming political campaigns are driving the upswing. The widely held belief that members of the Prime Minister's and other se [...]	2006-08-24 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCRM BG
06DHAKA630	SOLICITATION FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Per 2005 STATE 221416, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted by The Asia Foundation (TAF). Given the limited resources available through INCLE this year, we do not feel this is this is a strong proposal. The problems addressed in this proposal are either adequately address [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
06DHAKA6683	TODAY'S ACTION AWAY FROM THE STREETS [...] (C) Summary. Embattled Chief Election Commissioner Aziz may be contemplating a long leave of absence, which could remove one opposition flash point, but the Awami League now demands that Chief Adviser Ahmed also go before lifting its nationwide blockade. Rumors that Chief Adviser Ahmed suffe [...]	2006-11-20 11:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV BG
06DHAKA683	IMPLEMENTATION OF WRWC EPZ LAW PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) The Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) continues to press ahead in implementing the EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004 (the EPZ Law). BEPZA's Savar Export Processing Zone General Manager Kamal Ahkter told laboff that by the beginning of February, [...]	2006-02-09 00:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA776	REQUEST FOR ESF FUNDING [...] Per reftel, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted from the Daywalka Foundation. Post supports the enclosed proposal. 2. Daywalka, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),submitted this 2 year proposal for funding in 2005 with Post's input [...]	2006-02-14 00:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC BG PGOV
06DILI147	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON LOCAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 29 March, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta briefed the diplomatic corps on recent events in Dili, emphasizing that press reports of riots and military strife are exaggerated and that recent disturbances have been neither politically or ethnically motivated nor fatal. Rather [...]	2006-03-30 03:37:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR TT
06DILI203	DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]	2006-05-03 11:06:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI252	EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...]	2006-05-24 07:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT
06DILI253	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-24 15:33:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI258	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-25 07:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI259	EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...]	2006-05-25 07:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT
06DILI296	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...]	2006-06-06 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT
06DILI316	PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 19:20:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS
06DILI327	EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS [...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]	2006-06-22 15:16:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT
06DILI329	EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 23:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT
06DILI334	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 27 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- President Gusmao will lead interim government for 30 days; --- Alkatiri resisting summons to defend against criminal charges; --- Pro-Alkatiri demonstrators may enter Dili tomorrow; --- Senior Australian official may visit Dili on Thursday; --- Security update. End Summary. [...]	2006-06-27 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI341	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 30 JUNE [...] (U) Summary: --- Ramos-Horta to head interim government? --- President may negotiate with Fretilin on new Prime Minister ---- Demonstrators depart after speeches by Gusmao, Alkatiri, Lu'olo; --- Alkatiri claims Parliamentary immunity in arms case; --- Fretilin activists contend their leader [...]	2006-06-30 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR PO AS TT
06DILI355	RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS TT
06DILI357	PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...]	2006-07-11 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT
06DILI368	PRIME MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday, July 14, announced the composition of the government over which he will preside. The new government resembles the previous one led by ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in most respects, with a few notable changes. The majority of ministe [...]	2006-07-17 12:09:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TT
06DILI452	MAJORITY OF DILI'S POPULATION STILL DISPLACED [...] (U) Summary: Dili has become a city characterized by a large displaced population residing in over 50 separate camps. Resolving this issue and convincing internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home is turning out to be a slow and complicated process, partially due to the complexity of th [...]	2006-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV UN ASEC TT
06DILI474	06-07 BUDGET USES PETROLEUM FUND TO TARGET POVERTY [...] Summary: Following Parliamentary approval last month, the Government of East Timor (GOET) FY 2006-2007 budget went into effect in early September, two months after the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. At $315.9 million this budget reflects an increase of more than 100 percent over the [...]	2006-09-24 04:24:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
06DJIBOUTI314	IMAGES FROM THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN [...] (U) SUMMARRY: Unprecedented aspects have been noticed during the campaign for Djibouti's first ever Regional Elections for which campaigning began on February 25 and ended on March 8. The Regional and Communal Elections are set to take place on March 10, 2006. At the end of 2005, President Gu [...]	2006-03-09 17:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM DJ
06DJIBOUTI347	LAUNCH OF U.S. REGIONAL "ROADS" HIV/AIDS PROGRAM [...] (U) USAID and U.S. Embassy in Djibouti launched March 2 its regional HIV/AIDS program in Djibouti entitled the "ROADS Project." The "ROADS Project" supports local activities to mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS. It is principally funded by the Regional Economic Development Support Office (REDS [...]	2006-03-19 13:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KHIV EAID SOCI DJ
06DJIBOUTI392	DJIBOUTI IS DRAFTING A SPECIAL LAW [...] SUMMARY. With the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),the Government of Djibouti (GoD) has initiated a project on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR),including a special law on IPR and an implementing office. This endeavor is expected to boost confidence level [...]	2006-03-27 14:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND EINV DJ
06DJIBOUTI433	DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 2, AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto met separately in Djibouti with SIPDIS President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to discuss the Ethiopian/Eritrean border conflict, engaging with Somalia, and strengthening the coalition at [...]	2006-04-07 07:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MARR DJ SO
06DJIBOUTI56	MEETING OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Peter Pace, met January 2 in Djibouti with President Ismail Omar Guelleh during CJCS's stopover with a USO troupe traveling in theater. The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Somalia situation dominated the 40-min [...]	2006-01-12 13:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR DJ SO ET
06DJIBOUTI578	UPDATE 1: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] SUMMARY. Three poultry cases, and one human case of H5N1 Avian Influenza were confirmed in Djibouti on May 11. The Government of Djibouti is actively engaging the international community on measures to address this issue, but many unknowns still remain. --------------------- WHAT WE KNOW - [...]	2006-05-15 08:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI614	UPDATE 2: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary. Since our last update, very little new information h confirmed. In reftel we referred to a confirmed case in an eight-yea Since then we have learned that the child in question was only two-ye She has since recovered nicely. We believe she may be one of the you survivors of H5N1 [...]	2006-05-23 12:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI615	UPDATE 2: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary. Since our last update, very little new information has been confirmed. In reftel we referred to a confirmed case in an eight-year-old girl. Since then we have learned that the child in question was only two-years-old. She has since recovered nicely. We believe she may be one of [...]	2006-05-23 13:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI633	UPDATE 3: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DJIBOUTI [...] Summary. The Government of Djibouti (GoD) has reported that results from the previously identified human case of H5N1 may now be incorrect due to errors that appear to have occurred during the testing process. The sample taken from the two-year-old girl in Dammerjog may have actually been mixe [...]	2006-05-30 08:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI656	UPDATE 4: H5N1 IN DJIBOUTI [...] Summary. Since the last update (Djibouti 633),expert consultants from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva as well as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have come to Djibouti to help complete a comprehensive epid [...]	2006-06-05 06:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR DJ
06DJIBOUTI77	DJIBOUTI AND FOOD SECURITY [...] REDSO/FFP OFFICER TRAVELED TO DJIBOUTI 3-8 NOVEMBER, MET WITH WFP, UNHCR AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRAVELED TO DIKHIL AND TADJOURAH DISTRICTS TO ASSESS FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. 2. DUE TO SUCCESSIVE SCANTY RAINFALL SEASONS AND INCREASED MARKET PRICES, THE FOOD SECURITY [...]	2006-01-19 07:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EINV EAGR DJ
06DOHA1216	QATAR'S ISLAMIC FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES [...] SUMMARY. Qatar's four main Islamic banks comprise up to 20% of the financial sector. The Islamic banks continue to grow rapidly, from $2.6 billion in assets in 2003 to $4.5 billion in 2005, attributing their success to ethical banking and due diligence. Islamic banking is in such demand that th [...]	2006-08-14 11:07:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BMGT BEXP QA
06DOHA1288	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]	2006-08-27 10:43:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA293	U/S HUGHES' MEETINGS WITH QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: U/S Karen Hughes visited Doha Feb 17-19 to attend the US-Islamic World Forum, sponsored by the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While in Doha, she met with the Foreign Minister and Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir. This cable rep [...]	2006-02-26 13:14:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAO IZ IR QA
06DOHA303	QATAR: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified--entire report. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact is Political Officer, Farah Chery-Medor. Tel. 974-488-4101 ext. 6453. Fax 974 488-4163. One FS-04 officer spent 34 hours in the preparation of this report cable. 3. (U) Following is post's sixth annual Anti- [...]	2006-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB QA
06DOHA360	NATIONALITY LAW: CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The recent Amiri decision to restore citizenship to approximately 6,000 people who were stripped of their Qatari nationality last year came as a welcome surprise to thousands of people whose fate has been uncertain for over a year. Not coincidentally, the decision comes on the hee [...]	2006-03-09 06:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL QA
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DOHA552	IMAMS TO PREACH ON AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. As part of their broad strategy for preventing and containing avian flu, Qatari officials recently held a seminar to educate Imams, religious leaders, on the global phenomenon avian influenza. Imams were provided with practical information on the disease, how to detect and respond to [...]	2006-04-10 13:08:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED KFLU PREL CASC QA
06DUBAI1075	AKBAR GANJI'S SENTENCE UP MARCH 17 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 13:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IR SOCI
06DUBAI2598	UNODC OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DRUGS, POLITICS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR IR SOCI
06DUBAI3808	DUBAI ESTABLISHES BIOTECHNOLOGY FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETTC SENV TNGD TSPL AE EINV
06DUBAI522	PREPARATIONS IN IRAN FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-05 12:57:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR TBIO TU PGOV WHO KSTH ECON KFLU
06DUBAI528	FIGHTING DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV/AIDS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 07:40:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV SNAR SOCI IR
06DUBLIN122	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA MARIBETH [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Maribeth Grattan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from March 3 to 10, 2006 and to Tullamore, Ireland, from March 10 to 17, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to Dublin is to conduct and inspection of H [...]	2006-02-03 09:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY TBIO OTRA FR EI
06DUBLIN149	GOI THOUGHTS ON PEACE PROCESS AND SAINT PATRICK'S [...] (C) Begin Summary. On January 30, the Taoiseach, the ministers of foreign affairs and justice, and other senior Irish officials told Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss that the GOI would like to see the Northern Ireland institutions restored in 2006 on the basis of the Good Friday Agreement. The f [...]	2006-02-10 11:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI NIPP
06DUBLIN235	SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (SBU) Recent intensive efforts by the Irish and British Governments to jump-start the stalled Northern Ireland peace process will frame this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern. In mid-2005, the IRA's historic decision to a [...]	2006-03-07 11:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV ETRD CASC CJAN CPAS CFED KCRM
06DUBLIN262	IRELAND - 2006 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant trafficking development in Ireland in 2005 was an increase in government attention to the problem. The government formed a working group between the Department of Justice and the police and wrote legislation bringing Ireland into conformity with UN and EU [...]	2006-03-13 15:33:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
06DUBLIN334	IRELAND OKAY WITH COMMISSION ODA COORDINATION [...] Summary: In a wide-ranging March 23 discussion prompted by reftels A and B, officials at Irish Aid (formerly Development Cooperation Ireland): -- noted that Ireland contributed euro 59 million in 2005 to the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, raising Irish overseas development assistance [...]	2006-03-30 14:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN MCC KPAO EI
06DUBLIN356	IRELAND STICKS TO "SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP" ON [...] Summary: Biannual negotiations on a new national wage agreement are underway among labor, employers and the Government, the so-called "Social Partnership" process that has underpinned Ireland's past economic success, but which some commentators increasingly view as anachronistic. The agr [...]	2006-04-04 16:19:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EI
06DUBLIN533	IRELAND WORKING ON PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR PANDEMIC [...] On May 8, Post delivered ref A demarche to Teresa Cody, Department of Health and Children Principal Officer for Public Health, who is Post's primary GOI contact on avian influenza (AI). Cody noted that she would reconnect with Post regarding any GOI questions on ref A materials. She also fo [...]	2006-05-12 18:45:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV EI
06DUBLIN60	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - IRELAND [...] Over the past twenty years, the Irish Government has actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has underpinned unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in the mid-1980s [...]	2006-01-20 13:54:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN USTR ECON KTDB OPIC EI
06DUBLIN680	FORMER PRIME MINISTER HAUGHEY DIES [...] On June 13 the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs informed Post of the death the same day of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles J. Haughey and invited the Ambassador to attend his State Funeral Mass to be held at 12 noon on June 16 in Dublin. We do not expect that invitations for dele [...]	2006-06-14 12:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EI
06DUBLIN798	IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...]	2006-07-07 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR
06DUBLIN801	U.S.-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED [...] On July 5, the Ambassador hosted at his residence the public launch of the U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership, an initiative to foster collaboration among researchers in the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland in the target areas of diabetes, cystic fibrosis, avian flu/emerging respiratory [...]	2006-07-10 07:15:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL SOCI EI
06DUBLIN887	PRIME MINISTER AHERN AND GOVERNOR BUSH DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 meeting, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and the Ambassador discussed the importance of education, R&D funding, and liberal commercial aviation policies in sustaining Ireland's and Florida's economic successes. Prime Minister Ahern cited Iris [...]	2006-07-28 13:25:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EIND PREL EI
06DUSHANBE1294	LET THEM EAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN CAKE! DUSHANBE'S MAYOR [...] (SBU) A letter from the French Ambassador asking the Dushanbe city government to halt street construction during an outdoor Bastille Day celebration has led to the temporary closure of a popular Dushanbe restaurant and highlighted just how risky it is to invest in Tajikistan, or even more dan [...]	2006-07-12 08:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EAID ECON TI
06DUSHANBE1329	TAJIKISTAN'S SDPT CHAIRMAN SUFFERS STROKE, ALLEGES FOUL [...] (C) Rahmatullo Zoyirov, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) met with PolOff July 13 after suffering a minor stroke two weeks earlier. Zoyirov, an energetic opposition politician, was noticeably absent during the Embassy's official opening on June 28 and the July 4 r [...]	2006-07-14 13:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1353	TAJIKISTAN: DPT'S ISKANDAROV SAFE IN PRISON, FOR NOW [...] (U) Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (DPT) Deputy Chairman, Rahmatullo Valiev assured PolOff July 12 that the DPT's Chairman Mahmmadruzi Iskandarov is not being maltreated in prison, and discussed the emergence of the "Vatan" (Motherland) faction of the DPT. 2. (U) Valiev reported that [...]	2006-07-18 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1623	TAJIKISTAN: SDPT CHAIRMAN RETURNS FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan's (SDPT) Chairman, Rahmatullo Zoyirov met with PolOff August 28 after returning from treatment in Moscow and Switzerland following his stroke. Zoyirov appeared healthy and reinvigorated, and discussed the upcoming presidential election [...]	2006-08-30 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TI RS
06DUSHANBE1655	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...]	2006-09-06 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1662	IRPT CONFIRMS KABIRI AS CHAIRMAN IN EMOTIONAL CONGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) confirmed Muhiddin Kabiri as its chairman during an emotional political party congress with members still mourning the loss of former chairman Said Abdullo Nuri. The IRPT delegates presented a united front and members gave impa [...]	2006-09-07 10:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1726	DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...]	2006-09-20 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1758	TAJIK BORDER POSTS STILL SUFFER FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOODING [...] (SBU) Embassy Officers visited four border posts in the Moscovsky region bordering Afghanistan and saw how last year's severe flooding destroyed the units' buildings, seriously hindering the border guards' ability to protect the Tajik border from illicit activity. In addition to flood damag [...]	2006-09-26 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR AF TI
06DUSHANBE1765	CHINESE DRAGON STEPS GENTLY IN TAJIKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai laid out the founding principles of friendship between Tajikistan and China, including economic, security, and cultural relations, at an academic conference hosted by the Tajik Center for Strategic Research in Dushanbe on September 26. Acad [...]	2006-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1803	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO DUSHANBE [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher back to Tajikistan. This visit will be a good opportunity for you to build upon your May meetings in Dushanbe and give an extra push for better conduct one month before the presidential election. 2. (C) The U.S.-Tajikistan bilat [...]	2006-09-29 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE208	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izzatullo Sharipov, granted EmbOffs access in hopes the United St [...]	2006-02-01 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2149	IN TAJIKISTAN'S WINDY CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Whether building bridges, running an internet access center, or publishing youth newspapers, international and local NGOs operate effectively and with few bureaucratic barriers in the city and district of Faisobod. District Chairman Ismatullo Zaidov was quick to praise NGO contr [...]	2006-11-29 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KDEM ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE2169	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state committees from 25 to 17 and state agencies from 15 [...]	2006-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2171	TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT AND STARTS [...] This cable is to replace Dushanbe 2169. 2. President Emomoli Rahmonov has restructured the Tajik government and begun appointing a new cabinet, a move expected following his November 6 re-election to another seven-year term. Rahmonov reduced the total number of ministries and state comm [...]	2006-12-04 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID EAIR ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE2205	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET INCLINED TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajik and foreign observers agree Tajikistan's economy and infrastructure need a total overhaul. President Rahmonov's November 30 governmental restructuring and early December cabinet appointments to economic positions suggest he understands that he needs a competent set of advi [...]	2006-12-12 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAIR ENRG EAID ETRD TI
06DUSHANBE2219	TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...]	2006-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF
06DUSHANBE227	TAJIK PRISON FACILITIES IN POOR CONDITION [...] (U) This message replaces REFTEL A, adding TAG: CASC. 2. (U) PolOff visited a youth detention center and Tajikistan's central penitentiary medical facility January 31. Both facilities are in poor condition and lack adequate medical supplies and equipment. Deputy Minister of Justice, Izz [...]	2006-02-03 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TI
06DUSHANBE275	TADAZ CLAIMS POLLUTION HAS DECREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Central Asia's Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO) and PolOff visited the Tajikistan Aluminum (TadAZ) plant in Tursun-Zoda near the Uzbekistan border February 9. Uzbekistan blames the Tajik government for allowing TadAZ to pollute the environment, [...]	2006-02-10 12:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD SENV RS TI
06DUSHANBE284	KHUJAND, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khujand, Tajikistan's "second city," in the Ferghana Valley and separated from Dushanbe by a formidable mountain range, represents what Tajikistan could be - not a democratic paradise, but a confident, relatively progressive, stable society open to new ideas and cautiously resist [...]	2006-02-13 08:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAO KDEM RS UZ KG TI
06DUSHANBE328	TAJIKISTAN'S NATIONAL PARKS SEEK U.S. COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),and Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff, visited the Tigrovaya Balka National Reserve February 8. Officials from State Committee on Environmental Protection (SCEP) accompanied EmbOffs. The g [...]	2006-02-21 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE337	TAJIKISTAN: FINANCING NEEDED TO PROTECT URANIUM STORAGE [...] SUMMARY: Central Asian Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officer (REO),Regional Environmental Specialist and Embassy PolOff visited three of ten uranium waste sites in Tajikistan's northern Sughd region where processed uranium waste has been stored since 1942, the start of [...]	2006-02-23 05:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SENV TI
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06DUSHANBE474	TAJIKISTAN INTERNATIONAL DONORS PREPARE FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Although Tajikistan's government agencies are taking steps to prevent Avian Influenza and control an outbreak, they lack technical expertise and need assistance from international organizations. At a poorly attended donor's meeting, representatives from the United Nations Food and Agriculture [...]	2006-03-13 05:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KFLU ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSTH WHO
06DUSHANBE53	TAJIK GOVT CORRUPTS HAJJ, MAINTAINS TIGHT CONTROL OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 23, the first of more than 20 planeloads of Tajik hajjis, Muslim pilgrims journeying to Mecca, left Dushanbe for Saudi Arabia. These hajjis are the lucky, well-connected or wealthy few. For the majority of Tajiks, government restrictions, corruption and expensive br [...]	2006-01-09 09:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE576	CORRUPTION, TAJIK STYLE: "WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE AIR [...] (SBU) During EmbOff's March visit to southwestern agrarian Farkhar district, Mahmadali Hakimov, head of "Zamin," a successful conglomerate with businesses in farming, textiles, construction, banking, and hotels, philosophized about the high price of doing business in Tajikistan. "We pay for e [...]	2006-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE616	TAJIKISTAN'S STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTER'S SURPRISINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 23 posting on the "Asia-Plus" website, the director of President Rahmonov's Strategic Research Center think tank discussed his preliminary findings from an on-going study mandated by President Rahmonov about corruption in Tajikistan. His conclusions are surprisingly [...]	2006-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM MCC TI
06DUSHANBE618	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests an Embassy Science Fellow for the proposals below. The projects described below benefit the environment and have a direct effect on the well-being of the people of Tajikistan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan's impoverished status has directed scie [...]	2006-04-07 09:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSCA TSPL OTRA SENV TI
06DUSHANBE751	TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP AND OSCE SPONSOR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for the Tajikistan Office for Peace Building (UNTOP),Ambassador Vladimir Sotirov (secunded to the UN from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry),cond [...]	2006-04-24 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE789	A LITTLE FOOD AID GOES A LONG WAY IN TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT [...] SUMMARY: In a place where a covered pit latrine is considered a sanitary leap forward, USAID's Food for Peace/Development Assistance Program (DAP) provides more than 3,800 poor families in Tajikistan's isolated Rasht valley with supplemental food, and nutrition and hygiene education. Through [...]	2006-04-28 08:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID TI
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE977	TAJIKISTAN: LAND DEBT RESOLUTION SLOW GOING: MORE DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's impoverished farmers owe over $292 million in land and cotton debt. The government, international financial institutions and NGOs have long recognized the problem and that solving it takes political will. Conflicting interests in the government have slowed refor [...]	2006-05-25 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR TI
06DUSSELDORF47	GERMAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: German business leaders are expressing disappointment with the lack of economic reforms under the Merkel government. Some executives go so far as to say that the previous SPD-led government was more active in pushing reforms and paid greater attention to business' concerns. T [...]	2006-12-14 11:22:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB BEXP GM
06EFTOCAIRO6192	EMBASSY CAIRO RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo comments on the the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Parallel Review Process follow. Responses are keyed to format in reftel. 2. Country: Egypt Region: Middle East Title: Support for the National Plan for the Control of TB Plus A. Proposing Gro [...]	2006-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO EG
06FLORENCE12	APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION IN ITALY'S CENTER-NORTH: A [...] Summary. Italian business associations from the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions report a slowdown in traditional manufacturing industry output and a decline in earnings for regional producers. Local observers attribute this stagnation to a decrease in competitiveness of Italian products [...]	2006-01-24 11:57:00	Consulate Florence	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN IT EUN
06FRANKFURT4316	New Cabinets in Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Wuerttemberg -- Few [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18 and June 14, state parliaments in Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) and Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) re-elected incumbent Minister-Presidents Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) and Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) respectively. In addition to full support from their own par [...]	2006-06-23 12:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
06FREETOWN11	SIERRA LEONE GARNERS PRAISE, REAPS $800 MILLION, [...] (U) Summary: The Consultative Group (CG) meeting on Sierra Leone on November 29-30 in London generated unexpected praise from the international community for the country's recovery after the end of the brutal decade-long civil war in early 2002. UK Secretary of State for International Develo [...]	2006-01-04 16:00:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL SL
06FREETOWN322	Sierra Leoneans React to Human Rights Report [...] On April 13, the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee hosted its second annual workshop on the status of human rights in Sierra Leone and used the State Department's Country Report on Human Rights Practices as its basis for discussion. Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Alusine Fofana used t [...]	2006-04-19 17:11:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN511	UNPP ELECTS US COLLEGE PROFESSOR AS PRESIDENTIAL [...] Summary: On June 16 and 17, the United National People's Party (UNPP) held a national convention in Freetown to elect a new party leader and presidential candidate. Delegates elected Abdul Karim Koroma, a U.S. professor, as presidential candidate. One party official denied the legitimacy of [...]	2006-06-22 16:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SL

06FREETOWN535	Decentralization Two Years On: Hopeful Signs [...] Since May 2004, when Sierra Leone held its first local elections in 32 years, local government has made tremendous progress. Devolution of government responsibility and funding have begun to occur in a real way, and local communities are starting to see the benefits. Although there is still [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN554	THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG GOODBYE: KABBAH OPENS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 12:38:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN809	HEALTH OF PRESIDENT KABBAH OF SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) As requested Reftel, Embassy Freetown is providing an assessment of the apparent health and leadership qualities of the President of Sierra Leone. Information is based on observation. 2. (U) Biographic Information: Name: President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah Term of Office: President sin [...]	2006-09-29 14:44:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SL
06FREETOWN957	FREETOWN GRANTS G/TIP COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Amy Lemar, Program Analyst for Africa in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Freetown December 10 - 14. A contract expediter meets all visitors - see para 9 below. Visitors are urged to read the conten [...]	2006-11-22 14:52:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SMIG NI BN SG SL
06FUKUOKA14	KYUSHU'S AGING SOCIETY CREATING BOTH HEADACHES AND [...] While analysts frequently warn about the coming demographic and fiscal challenges that Japan's aging population will pose, in much of the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region that future has already arrived. Senior citizens age 65 and over now account for more than one in five Kyushu residents, and this pr [...]	2006-02-28 10:37:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PGOV BTIO JA
06FUKUOKA17	FUKUOKA GOVERNOR DISMISSES "CHINA THREAT," BUT ALSO [...] (U) Local perceptions of China as an economic threat have diminished as Japan's economy successfully adjusts to new global market realities, according to Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Wataru Aso. The emergence of China and other big developing countries as major markets, and renewed emphasis by [...]	2006-03-06 04:54:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND PREL TNGD CH JA
06GABORONE453	SCENESETTER FOR DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO BOTSWANA [...] Mission Botswana welcomes the visit of DAS Carol Thompson on April 12-13. As a stable, middle-income, multi-party democracy, Botswana represents the potential of Africa. Yet, Botswana faces significant challenges - a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic, an international human rights controversy over th [...]	2006-03-31 12:07:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KHIV PHUM MOPS BC
06GENEVA1886	WHO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH WHO [...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor met July 26, 2006, with Dr. Shigeru Omi of Japan and July 27, 2006, with Mr. David Gunnarsson of Iceland, both of whom are candidates to be Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Omi stressed his technical, management and political skills, [...]	2006-08-03 15:34:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TBIO WHO
06GENEVA1954	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]	2006-08-12 11:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GEORGETOWN101	REVISED CABLE: GEORGETOWN REQUESTS INCLUSION IN [...] Below is Embassy Georgetown's nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. The slate has full front office approval. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be [...]	2006-01-30 13:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO GY
06GEORGETOWN107	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR GUYANA [...] The Government of Guyana encourages foreign direct investment in almost all sectors. Billed as a "first stop shop" for investors, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO- INVEST) is charged with leading government efforts to attract foreign and domestic investment. GO-INVEST focuses primarily [...]	2006-01-31 19:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB GY OPIC USTR
06GEORGETOWN1215	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The following text is post's narrative for Part I of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Drugs and Chemical Controls for Guyana. BEGIN TEXT: 2. Guyana is a transshipment point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. Interdictions and s [...]	2006-11-16 11:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN GY
06GEORGETOWN153	EDITORIAL ON GUYANA'S SECURITY CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 20:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI GY
06GEORGETOWN157	CENSUS PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO GUYANESE SOCIETY [...] SUMMARY. The GoG released the results of Guyana's 2002 Population and Housing Census in October 2005. The census confirmed two demographic trends that will profoundly shape the country's political and economic development: a) total population is stagnant and predicted to fall; and b) the ethn [...]	2006-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV PHUM SMIG CVIS GY
06GEORGETOWN197	SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT- [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2006 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report: BEGIN REPORT. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destinat [...]	2006-03-01 15:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
06GEORGETOWN39	AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES - EMBASSY GEORGETOWN [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Georgetown's Avian Influenza Response Committee has prepared the following tripwires in the event of an avian influenza outbreak in the region, the United States or Guyana itself. The committee reviewed tripwire reports by other posts especially the excellent tripwires prepar [...]	2006-01-12 21:17:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR GY
06GEORGETOWN45	FLOODS PLAGUE GUYANA, AGAIN [...] SUMMARY. Since late December, flooding has plagued coastal Guyana, particularly the centers of agricultural production. After initially dismissing the magnitude of the flooding, the GOG has begun a massive public relations and relief spending effort. The GoG's initial underestimate of the magn [...]	2006-01-13 21:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV EAGR EAID ECON GY ASEC CASC
06GEORGETOWN53	GUYANA FLOODING: Conservancy Dams near danger level [...] SUMMARY. The Cabinet decided early Monday to open the Maduni sluices, which will greatly exacerbate flooding in agricultural areas on the Mahaica and Mahaicony Rivers, in order to relieve pressure on the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which is reaching dangerous levels. While this is a [...]	2006-01-17 21:38:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV EAGR ECON ASEC CASC GY
06GEORGETOWN552	SUBJECT: CIVIL DOCUMENT SECURITY IN GUYANA: THE [...] SUMMARY: A Vice Consul covering the anti-fraud portfolio and a Fraud Investigator LES visited the General Registrar's Office (GRO) to observe how civil documents in Guyana are issued and safeguarded. Although these systems are becoming more secure, there are gaps in the s [...]	2006-06-12 20:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GY
06GEORGETOWN60	FRAUD SUMMARY - GEORGETOWN, GUYANA [...] SUMMARY: Economic and cultural pressure to migrate continues to motivate all forms of immigration fraud in Guyana. Cooperation with elements of the Government of Guyana (GoG) and civil society enables post to detect and combat some types but corruption and cultural support for migration compl [...]	2006-01-18 21:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN741	GEORGETOWN REQUESTS INCLUSION IN EDWARD R. MURROW PROGRAM [...] Below is Embassy Georgetown's nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. The slate has full front office approval. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be [...]	2006-07-27 19:57:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO GY
06GEORGETOWN815	(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]	2006-08-14 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN925	PARTY POLITICS, PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY IN CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo's new cabinet, sworn in September 9, showcases a cadre of up-and-coming, Moscow-educated party leaders with close personal ties to the President. While this cabinet also confirms the ascendancy of the more venal Janet Jagan faction of the People's Progressive P [...]	2006-09-15 14:13:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
06GEORGETOWN97	GEORGETOWN REQUESTS INCLUSION IN EDWARD R. MURROW [...] Below is Embassy Georgetown's nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. The slate has full front office approval. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be [...]	2006-01-27 19:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO GY
06GUANGZHOU10089	AmCham Presents Report on the State of Business in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The American Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong recently released survey results that found that three-quarters of the participants -- who were engaged almost equally in providing goods and services -- have profitable operations in China. The production of goods or services for [...]	2006-04-04 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB CH TBIO
06GUANGZHOU10542	Short March: Shantou Back in the Black [...] (SBU) Summary: Shantou officials say that the city's economy is back on track in a big way after negative growth in 2001 and slow growth in 2002. Long known as a center of smuggling and piracy, city officials state that Shantou plans to realize its role as the key city of Eastern Guangdong [...]	2006-04-07 03:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EINV PHUM KPAO PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU10741	THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IN SHENZHEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Much attention is being given to China's growing rural-urban gap. At the same time, the gap within urban areas, between established residents and migrants from rural areas, is becoming more marked. Shenzhen, as China's richest city, enjoys unparalleled prosperity, yet at the [...]	2006-04-07 09:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PHUM ECON EINV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU11052	Who Let the Dogs Out? Canine Ownership in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a part of China better known for viewing dogs as cuisine rather than as pets, Congenoffs have noticed an increase in dog ownership. Sales of dogs -- and related canine care products -- are up and represent a growing niche in the economy. The reasons for the increase are var [...]	2006-04-11 01:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU11468	Disagreement on Building a New Socialist [...] (U) Summary: A substantial number of Chinese rural development experts at a major think tank conference believed that the rural-urban gap is a startling eight to one (when taking into consideration "public services") instead of three to one. There was a virtual consensus among conference del [...]	2006-04-12 05:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PHUM SENV EIND SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU11471	China Southern Airlines Wary of U.S. Competition [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to the U.S.-China aviation talks on April 19-20, China Southern Airlines is in a weak financial position and would not want any U.S. airlines competing directly against it. China Southern is resigned to a gradual expansion of its U.S. routes because of continued [...]	2006-04-12 07:21:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA CH
06GUANGZHOU11657	Heart of Gold: It Isn't Easy Doing Good -- The NGO [...] (SBU) While headlines trumpet the growth of Chinese civil society, philanthropy, and volunteerism as part of a budding harmonious society, the truth in South China is that legal status is out of reach for most non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - foreign and domestic. In this legal gray a [...]	2006-04-14 00:12:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU11674	The Long March to Avian Influenza Preparedness in [...] (SBU) Summary: Professional polls and Post's informal surveys show that only about half of American businesses in South China are actively planning for an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak despite scientific reports that AI among birds is endemic in Guangdong, with concomitant higher risks of hu [...]	2006-04-14 07:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CACS AMED ASEC ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU12155	(SBU) Heart of Gold: "Business NGO" Legislation [...] (SBU) Faced with nearly insurmountable legal registration requirements foreign and domestic NGOs often turn to registering as a normal for-profit business, which is technically illegal. While widespread enforcement is rare, authorities in South China take advantage of the illegal status of t [...]	2006-04-21 08:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU13381	Heart of Gold: The Chinese Government (GONGOs) [...] (SBU) Summary: While government-affiliated non- governmental organizations (GONGOs) provide needed social services, they in many cases by nature preclude or impede the development of a strong `western style' non-governmental organization (NGO) sector. Being so tightly aligned with the governm [...]	2006-04-27 08:05:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU13383	Direct Sales in South China: Still Waiting for the [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. direct sales companies in Guangzhou are optimistic that the China market is once again becoming hospitable to them. A new law issued in December 2005, and a batch of licenses expected for summer 2006, has brought direct selling out of the hybrid retail model in which it wa [...]	2006-04-27 09:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU13385	The Long March: From Fossils to Feathers: Heyuan's [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Long March, a series of road journeys through the Guangzhou consular district (septel),we traveled to Heyuan, an impoverished prefecture largely untouched by the recent rapid development in South China. Heyuan is bidding to draw further investment away from more [...]	2006-04-27 09:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU13562	The Long March: The Fourth Wall, Meizhou's Opening [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Long March, a series of road journeys through the Guangzhou consular district (reftels),we traveled to Meizhou, the traditional capital of the Hakka, a subset of China's majority Han ethnic group. The Hakka, or "guest people," currently find themselves faced with [...]	2006-04-28 09:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU13565	AIDS in Guangxi: "The Problem Is Overwhelmingly [...] (U) Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's HIV-AIDS problem continues to worsen. During a recent visit to Guangxi's Center for Disease Control (CDC) and AIDS Care China, an AIDS-related non-governmental organization (NGO) based in South China, Congenoffs learned about how the province i [...]	2006-04-28 10:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU14707	Long March: Country Roads Bring Tourists, Trade, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Longyan Prefecture in western Fujian Province is literally at a crossroads. Newly constructed highways and some still in the works are central to the area's plans to increase tourism, diversify agriculture, expand exports, and improve rural conditions. Leaders in the Prefectu [...]	2006-05-16 09:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PHUM CMGT CH
06GUANGZHOU14710	Guangdong IPR: Enforcement Efforts in 2005 [...] (U) Summary: Guangdong officials praised their intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement efforts and highlighted Guangdong enterprises' IP creation in the annual white paper on IPR enforcement and development. Guangdong courts concluded 94 IPR-related criminal cases in 2005, involving 2 [...]	2006-05-17 00:10:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD WTRO CH
06GUANGZHOU14818	Long March: Restoring Streets, Harbor, and Pride in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zhangzhou Prefecture, in southwest Fujian, was once a major Chinese port. Today leaders are trying to restore the area to its golden era by developing the Zhangzhou harbor, attracting business, strengthening ties with Taiwan, and renovating cultural and historical sites. Leade [...]	2006-05-17 09:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU14936	LONG MARCH: QUANZHOU - IT'S HARD TO BEAT XIAMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Quanzhou, the wealthiest city in Fujian and itself a coastal city in the southern part of the province, strikes a contrast to Xiamen as the city neglects its vast potential as a tourist and economic hub through poor intellectual property rights protection and conservative plann [...]	2006-05-21 23:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU15376	Heart of Gold: Chinese NGOs - What's in a Name? [...] (SBU) Summary: What do the Guangdong Petroleum Society, the Communist Youth League Volunteers, the Guangdong Tobacco Society, and World Vision (a Christian charity group) have in common? According to the Chinese government, they are all NGOs. By broadening the definition of NGO beyond the t [...]	2006-05-24 08:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU17685	AI Update: Guangdong 2nd Possible Human AI Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department confirmed Guangdong has a second suspected avian influenza (AI) case, in Shenzhen, near the Hong Kong border. On June 15, the Guangdong Province Foreign Affairs Office sent a diplomatic note to the Consulate also detailin [...]	2006-06-15 08:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU18748	WHERE LONELY PLANET DOES NOT GO: A VISIT TO XILIN [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to Guangxi's Xilin County revealed one of the poorest and most remote areas in Guangzhou's consular district. Despite the area's overall poverty, there were marked distinctions between relatively prosperous Xilin Town and the county's backward countryside. The Zhuang m [...]	2006-06-23 08:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU20593	Can Pollution Harm an Unborn Child? Despite [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following cable describes the perception and the basis for the perception many residents in South China have that the pollution in the region is harming unborn babies; it does not address the hard science related to this issue. Recent press reports and anecdotal accounts h [...]	2006-06-30 09:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU21212	From Rural to Urban, Part 2: Qingyuan Villages Tap [...] (SBU) Summary: Qingyuan, Guangdong province's largest and fastest-growing prefecture, is riding a wave of industrialization that has brought rising incomes to its rural communities. Villages that used to live off their crops and government subsidies now rely on family members who work in citi [...]	2006-07-13 06:34:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU25214	BEATING AROUND THE BUSH: STRATEGIES FOR WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EDITORIALS IN RECENT ISSUES OF "CITIZEN" ("SHIMIN"),A POLITICALLY PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE THAT WAS STARTED LAST FEBRUARY (REFS A, B AND C),REVEALS A ROUNDABOUT STRATEGY FOR DISCUSSING SENSITIVE POLITICAL ISSUES IN CHINA. THOUGH IT IS OF COURSE EXTREMELY RIS [...]	2006-08-02 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU27482	WAITING TO INHALE: THE STATE OF AIR POLLUTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA HAS GROWN SO BAD THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGE IT PRESENTS, AND VARIOUS FOREIGN SCHOLARS ARE OFFERING ALARMING STATISTICS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS IT BRINGS. IN SOUTH CHINA, FACTORIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPOR [...]	2006-08-16 07:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU28035	A/S MCMURRAY DISCUSSES WILDLIFE PROTECTION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE A/S MCMURRAY DELEGATION MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GUANGDONG WILDLIFE PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION (WPA) ON AUGUST 4 TO DISCUSS PROVINCIAL-LEVEL EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES. THE WPA OFFICIALS ASSURED A/S MCMURRAY THAT THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE PROTECTION, BUT RECOGNIZE [...]	2006-08-18 04:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU30120	APEC Workshop on Non-discrimination in Investment [...] (U) Summary: Developing country representatives meeting at a September 1-3 APEC workshop in Xiamen on "Non- discrimination Treatment in Investment Agreements" expressed some concerns about new U.S. free-trade agreements in Southeast Asia. The nine APEC countries attending the meeting focuse [...]	2006-09-15 05:11:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CH
06GUANGZHOU30121	ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In his roundtable discussion with American Chamber of Commerce South China representatives September 1, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton said that his mission in China was to advance the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development a [...]	2006-09-15 09:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU30165	Waiting to Inhale: Important First Steps in South China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal governments have implemented many pollution-control measures, most notably installing desulfurization equipment, closing factories, developing an emissions trading scheme, implementing a "credit system," and increasing regional cooperation. Despite thes [...]	2006-09-18 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU31046	Urbanized Western PRD: Losing Agricultural Land and Making [...] (U) Summary and comment: Although the loss of land, through sales, eminent domain or simple expropriation has often been accompanied by rural unrestthree key cities in Guangdong's prosperous western Pearl River Delta have escaped this cycle of violence during the past eight-to-fifteen years [...]	2006-10-09 23:32:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32263	Labor Law Implementation and CSR Cynicism are Key [...] (U) Summary: Despite China's many international labor commitments, migrant workers remain poorly trained, overworked and underpaid, according to experts at a recent conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shenzhen. Many legal experts said that China's labor laws are theoretical [...]	2006-11-13 08:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32305	EPA A/A Wehrum Discusses Air Pollution Issues with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation William Wehrum stressed to Guangdong Province Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials that environmental protection, public health, and economic development can co-exist. Wehrum commended Guangdong for addressing sulfur d [...]	2006-11-21 03:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU32306	Dongzhou Crackdown II: No Blood, but Amcit [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, in a scene reminiscent of the violent clash on December 6, 2005 in the same village, up to 2,000 armed police, using tear gas and flash bullets, secured the release of eight local officials [...]	2006-11-21 08:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC DENNIS DANFUNG PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32347	China Southern Airlines: Turning a Profit but No Plans for [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a November 28 meeting with the Consul General, China Southern Airlines President Si Xianmin discussed his airline's improving financial health, its relationship with U.S. suppliers and airlines, the state of the Chinese airline industry, and the recent technical t [...]	2006-11-29 09:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA CH
06GUANGZHOU32397	Guangzhou CCPIT Told by Beijing to Increase U.S. Exports to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a December 11 meeting with the Foreign Commercial Service section, the President of the Guangzhou office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) said that he had been ordered by Beijing to formulate a plan, due on the first week of Jan [...]	2006-12-13 09:14:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU32406	Visit of HHS Secretary to Guangzhou Highlights Infectious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and his delegation met with doctors, hospital and orphanage administrators, students, and businesspersons to discuss infectious diseases and health-care issues during a December 11-12, 2006 visit to Guangzhou. Hi [...]	2006-12-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU32421	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 1 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - mostly little-educated young people, including some who are underage, from interior and western provinces - continue to face harsh and unsafe working conditions, long hours, overtime wage arrears, child labor, unsuitable liv [...]	2006-12-19 07:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32430	South China Environmental Brief [...] (U) This cable summarizes the following recent environmental events in South China: -- U.S. venture capital interested in China's environmental sector. -- Raising water prices to pay for treatment plants. -- Euro III vehicle emission standards for Guangdong. -- Pollution from mining industr [...]	2006-12-19 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU32431	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 2 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal authorities both inside and outside of Guangdong Province have enacted protective measures such as labor rights training, vocational training, higher minimum wages, labor inspections, and the blacklisting of malfeasant companies to deal with labor viola [...]	2006-12-19 07:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32432	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 3 [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary: Pearl River Delta (PRD) labor conditions remain poor because many migrant workers are ignorant of their basic rights, too destitute to pursue complaints legally, are barred from receiving minimum wages and [...]	2006-12-19 07:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU5377	Journey to the West Heads South to the Guangxi [...] (SBU) Summary: In Guangxi, the three port cities of Pingxiang, Dongxing and Fangchenggang boast a relatively healthy trade with neighboring Vietnam, though Dongxing's and Fangchenggang's access to the sea demonstrate a clear economic advantage over land-locked Pingxiang. Budding signs of fore [...]	2006-02-27 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ECIN ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU5378	Progressive Magazine's 2005 Award Winners for [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Li Datong, the originator of the China Youth Daily's "Freezing Point" section, is the most prominent person named in the Nanfengchuang ("South Wind Window") list of 2005 annual award winners for acting "for the public good" -- the magazine's raison d'etre. Then agai [...]	2006-02-27 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO OPRC OIIP PGOV PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU5380	South China Fast Food Restaurants Quelling Fears [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent look at how KFC and McDonald's are responding to concerns about avian influenza (AI) -- in a region of China particularly obsessed with food -- found unbridled optimism on the part of these companies about their efforts to inform the Chinese public about the safety of [...]	2006-02-27 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU5479	Journey to the West: HIV/AIDS, Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Local governments have taken some measures to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the spread of HIV/AIDS, but the scale of the threat appears to dwarf the size of government programs. In addition with respect to HIV/AIDS, the accuracy and availability of information [...]	2006-02-28 06:10:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO CH
06GUANGZHOU5778	Got Milk? Two Guangxi Dairy Farms Invest in Future [...] (U) Summary: Two dairy farms -- one state-owned and the other private -- are participants in a Consulate Guangzhou Agricultural Trade Office project to develop the Chinese market for alfalfa and other products that would contribute to greater milk production in China. Both dairies are investi [...]	2006-03-01 23:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON KTDB ECIN CH
06GUANGZHOU6294	Guangdong Government Reaction to AI: Fast but How [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Provincial and Guangzhou Municipal governments' reactions to the recent March 2 human avian influenza death were both rather swift and resolute. Both levels of government held emergency meetings and resolved to limit the sale of live animals in Guangzhou's markets [...]	2006-03-07 09:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU7743	Heart of Gold: Searching for Business [...] (SBU) Summary: Bereft of any significant private sector contributions, a strong and broad civil society sector has not developed to any extent resembling the pace of the enormous economic growth that has taken place in south China. There are signs that many private businesses may want to be [...]	2006-03-24 08:40:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KPAO OPRC OIIP PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU9084	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health polici [...]	2006-03-30 08:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU9166	AI Update: Guangdong Authorities Coming Clean? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong provincial health and veterinary officials are showing increased levels of openness and cooperation. On March 29, officials hosted a private information meeting for Guangzhou foreign consulates about the March 2 human avian influenza (AI) death and subsequent health [...]	2006-04-03 03:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR PGOV CH
06GUATEMALA1012	GUATEMALAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE OFF TO SHAKY START [...] The GOG kicked off a new national dialogue on social issues on May 15. Formally called the National Accords for the Implementation of Social Spending and the Reduction of Poverty, the effort aims to bring together elements of Guatemalan government and society to share ideas on addressing pov [...]	2006-05-23 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV EFIN EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA135	Economic update - Guatemala: January 3-23, 2006 [...] GUATEMALA LAGS BEHIND REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. OVER $300 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 3. TAX EVASION BILL SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH CONGRESS 4. INCREASED ACTIVITY AT GUATEMALAN PORTS 5. PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHEA TOP KILLERS 6. AVIAN FLU PREVENTION PLAN 7. AUTOMOBILE SALES RISE [...]	2006-01-25 18:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06GUATEMALA168	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Derham hosted a meeting with 10 leaders of the Guatemalan human rights community to share views on security and violent crime. Most agreed that while violence has many sources, the current government does not engage in social cleansing or violence against any sector of [...]	2006-01-30 15:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SNAR KJUS GT
06GUATEMALA421	GUATEMALA'S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is Labor Attache Troy Fitrell, [502]2326-4635, and fax [502]2334-8474. Troy Fitrell (FS-2) spent 10 hours on the preparation of this report. PolOff Sarah Palaia (FS-4) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. PolS [...]	2006-03-01 15:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
06GUATEMALA431	The Guatemalan private sector's priorities and [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector leaders are increasingly concerned about the country's social and economic conditions and their consequences. Intractable poverty, rising crime, and fears of populism are making them reevaluate traditional attitudes. Their solutions focus on economic growth and [...]	2006-03-01 21:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV PGOV GT
06GUATEMALA49	GUATEMALA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 22:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB ECON GT OPIC EXIM
06HALIFAX35	NOVA SCOTIA'S TORIES GO FOR YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives opted for generational change February 11, choosing a 34 year old member of the legislature from Cape Breton as the next Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing 67 year old John Hamm. Rodney MacDonald is well known to us and has his predecessor [...]	2006-02-13 14:14:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
06HALIFAX57	PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN ATLANTIC CANADA: WHO'S IN TROUBLE AND [...] SUMMARY: With spring legislative sessions due to start soon in Atlantic Canada, we have taken a political snapshot at each of the four provinces to see just where each of the four governments (all currently Tory blue) stand. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with their minority governments, pre [...]	2006-03-21 17:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
06HALIFAX92	NOVA SCOTIANS OFF TO THE POLLS IN A JUNE PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald has called a provincial election for June 13. Issues of potential bilateral interest will be: offshore energy and liquefied natural gas (LNG) policies, subsidies to forest products companies, legislation aimed at shielding personal data f [...]	2006-05-14 03:48:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON CA
06HANOI1010	VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY NICHOLSON MEETS MOLISA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 28, 2006 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson, met in separate meetings with Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Nguyen Thi Hang and with the President of the Vietnam Association of Veterans (VAV),Lieutenant General (retired) Dang Quan Thu [...]	2006-05-03 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI1070	VIETNAM - RESULTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA JOINT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. A Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to evaluate the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Integrated Operational Program for Avian and Human Influenza (AHI),commonly referred to as the "Green Book," concluded on April 28, 2006. The Green Book sets forth a detailed medium- to long-term [...]	2006-05-05 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1090	PMU-18 Corruption Scandal: Donor Response [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the break of the Project Management Unit 18 (PMU-18) corruption scandal involving a substantial amount of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),bilateral and multilateral donors met to share reactions and discuss a coordinated response. Donors agreed: that corruptio [...]	2006-05-08 10:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI1194	VIETNAM - MAY 15 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from 21 APEC economies gathered in Danang, Vietnam at the AI Ministerial meeting to once again affirm their commitment to support affected APEC countries to prevent additional human cases and new outbreaks in poultry caused by avian influenza. Ambassador John Lang [...]	2006-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1245	VIETNAM'S PARTY CONGRESS: CONSERVATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Analysis of the new membership of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee and Politburo following the April National Party Congress indicates a barely perceptible victory of conservative over progressive elements within the Party (although Party insiders now say that the prog [...]	2006-05-24 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HANOI1280	VIETNAM - MAY 26 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met with members of Vietnam's National Steering Committee on Avian Influenza (AI),as well as bilateral and multilateral donors, on May 24 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The GVN gave an overview of the course AI in [...]	2006-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI1398	THE AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang made a push for a meeting with Secretary Rice for Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan in Washington on June 19, reviewed noncommittally our proposals for possible substance for the Preside [...]	2006-06-07 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD APEC PHUM AMGT OVIP CVIS CASC
06HANOI1412	VIETNAMESE CATHOLICS SEE SOME PROGRESS, SOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 6, the Hanoi Archbishop updated Poloff on conditions for Catholics in the North. Despite some overall progress, conditions for believers in provinces in the mountainous border regions remain difficult. There is also an apparent slackening of local level officials' effo [...]	2006-06-07 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
06HANOI1434	VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The United States and Vietnam will convene a meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi, June 19-20. In preparation, Mission is providing a review of implementation issues to raise with the Vietnamese side during the discussions. [...]	2006-06-14 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAID ECON KIPR PREL VM
06HANOI1438	VIETNAM'S 20 YEARS OF DOI MOI: ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Vietnam's adoption of its "doi moi" (renovation) policy aimed at transforming its command economy to a market economy. While the momentum has not been smooth or steady, Vietnam has made significant progress since the policy's adoptio [...]	2006-06-14 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PINR VM
06HANOI1450	THE ROLE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN VIETNAM'S [...] (U) Summary. Although the estimated prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is relatively low compared to most Southeast Asian countries, it has continued to rise in each of the past five years, increasing by 25 percent from 2004 to 2005. The estimated national HIV prevalence rate is 0.44 percent [...]	2006-06-14 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV EAID SOCI VM
06HANOI1877	AMBASSADOR VISITS CATHOLICS IN THAI NGUYEN AND LANG SON [...] (SBU) Summary: On a July 5-7 provincial outreach trip, the Ambassador discussed issues related to the Catholic Church with the leaders of Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang and Lang Son provinces (Protestant issues, especially in Bac Giang and Lang Son, reported septel). In Thai Nguyen, the Ambassador al [...]	2006-07-24 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI188	Central Highlands: UNHCR, Protestant Pastor Discuss [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR representatives traveled to Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces January 17-20 to meet with local officials and ethnic minority returnees. In both provinces, UNHCR interviewed a number of returnees in private. There were no allegations of mistreatment by the authorities. Howev [...]	2006-01-23 10:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM CB
06HANOI1916	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, TIP, LABOR EXPORT LAW AND [...] (SBU) On July 20, the Ambassador met with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Social Affairs Committee to encourage legislation supporting HIV/AIDS programs, assisting counter-trafficking in persons efforts, establishing labor export oversight and establishing better foreign adoption c [...]	2006-07-28 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR TIP HIV AIDS ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI1989	VIETNAM - AUGUST 4 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, however, Thanh Nhien Daily reported on August 3 that a large number of ducks in two flocks have perished in Tay Ninh, a province bordering Cambodia, and tests are being carried out to identify the cause. A Bloomberg News [...]	2006-08-04 07:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2004	VIETNAM'S POPULATION POLICY IN 2006 [...] (SBU) While Vietnam officially no longer restricts the number of children couples may have, GVN propaganda campaigns still strongly encourage individuals to practice family planning (FP) and keep family size to at most two children. Fines or administrative sanctions for larger families are rar [...]	2006-08-08 01:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM KPOP
06HANOI2045	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW GVN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT VICE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 7, the Ambassador met with Office of the Government Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the new number two official in the Prime Minister's office. During the broad-ranging conversation, the Ambassador pressed for: quick resolution of the proposed Boeing, Liberty Mutual an [...]	2006-08-11 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON AMGT KNNP EAID VM
06HANOI2114	VIETNAM - AUGUST 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no confirmed cases of AI outbreaks in humans or poultry, despite suspected cases at the beginning of August. A 35 year-old man from Kien Giang province, hospitalized with severe influenza symptoms, has tested negative for H5N1. Ducks from two flocks in Tay Ninh P [...]	2006-08-18 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM

06HANOI2361	VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER 15 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no reported human AI cases and no confirmed AI outbreak activity in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. A suspected outbreak of AI in ducks was reported in Dong Nai province in southern Vietnam. Vietnam has tested a vaccine for white-winged ducks and will soon [...]	2006-09-15 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI250	EAP A/S Hill's Meeting with Vietnam VFM Le Van Bang [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 13 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill underscored the importance of making progress in next week's WTO talks, urged Vietnam to improve its human rights situation and welcomed Vietnam's role in regional structures such [...]	2006-02-06 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB BM CH VM
06HANOI2607	CODEL HAGEL CALLS ON MINISTER OF DEFENSE, COLONEL GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 6, Senator Hagel called on Vietnam's new Minister of Defense, Colonel General Phung Quang Thanh. During this meeting, Colonel General Thanh reviewed the positive trend in bilateral military relations, and noted several key areas where the U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship coul [...]	2006-10-12 03:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MARR VM
06HANOI2663	NEW DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FORMS [...] (SBU) This message was coordinated with ConGen Ho Chi Minh City. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Using strong language, local activists announced on October 18 the establishment of an umbrella alliance of democratic organizations with the aim of pushing for a multi-party system in Vietnam. Th [...]	2006-10-19 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VM
06HANOI2686	VIETNAM - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. With the winter season approaching, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has announced the need to tighten AI controls. On October 19, the RAND Corpo [...]	2006-10-23 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI
06HANOI2705	Ministry of Culture and Information Suspends Newspapers for [...] (U) SUMMARY: Both Vietnamese and international media outlets reported extensively over the weekend on the GVN's October 20 suspension of two newspapers for a period of one month. These organizations, as well as numerous, more prominent papers, have carried stories in the last few months about [...]	2006-10-24 02:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO VM
06HANOI2800	2006-2007 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
06HANOI2803	VIETNAM - NOVEMBER 3 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been no reported human Avian Influenza (AI) cases and no confirmed AI outbreaks in poultry to date this year in Vietnam. On November 1, the Charge d'Affaires signed the Partnership Framework for Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI) along with nine donors and three non-g [...]	2006-11-06 00:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI2916	EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS VISIT PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: European diplomatic representatives in Hanoi were able to visit Pham Hong Son in his home on November 23. However, the meeting -- in which Son described his democratic beliefs, explained his unwillingness to join forces with newly formed activist groups in Vietnam an [...]	2006-11-29 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VM
06HANOI2944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Marine had his first official meeting with Minister of Education and Training Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan on November 30. The meeting took place days before Dr. Nhan's first visit as Minister to the United States on what his staff is calling a "study tour." Minster Nhan ex [...]	2006-12-01 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV VM
06HANOI2980	NEW REGULATION ON COSMETICS REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. cosmetics firms have expressed concerns over the Ministry of Health's (MOH) recent Decision No. 35/2006-QD-BYT that implements a new registration process for cosmetics products. The Decision, which takes effect December 20, subjects more categories of cosmetics products for [...]	2006-12-07 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO VM
06HANOI358	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 91 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Ministry of Agri [...]	2006-02-17 01:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI395	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS VIETNAM MPS VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John V. Hanford told Vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong that he is encouraged by developments in Vietnam related to religious freedom, but remains concerned about the slow pace of church regist [...]	2006-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
06HANOI461	STAFFDEL GROVE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior MFA officials cautioned visiting Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Clerk Paul Grove that continued USG pressure on Burma and Cambodia will only push those countries closer to China, and will not succeed in convincing them to become more responsible international a [...]	2006-02-27 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF SNAR KWMN KCRM OMIG VM
06HANOI504	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI505	AVIAN INFLUENZA: VIETNAM WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 3 [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases over the past 105 days. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI549	CONDITIONS FACING ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) An Embassy and DRL/IRF team recently visited the Northwest provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to examine social conditions for ethnic minorities and to advocate for the rapid registration of ethnic minority Protestant groups. Protestant leaders from the region reported that local officials [...]	2006-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM VM
06HANOI685	VIETNAM - MARCH 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since late October 2005 and no human cases since November 9, 2005. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to report no AI outbreaks in poultry since the last reported incident on December 17, 2005. The GVN has ordered [...]	2006-03-24 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HANOI697	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT IN HOA BINH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to Hoa Binh and Son La provinces west of Hanoi, the Ambassador discussed economic and issues development local leaders. The Hoa Binh officials were notably progressive in their approach to development, which bodes well for their province. However, Son La's o [...]	2006-03-27 08:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD EINV ECON VM
06HANOI783	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER HASTERT'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Mr. Speaker: Your visit to Vietnam comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship. Last year, the United States and Vietnam commemorated the tenth anniversary of normalized relations, the highlight of which was the very successful visit to the United States by Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-05 08:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
06HANOI833	Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...]	2006-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HANOI853	HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT MEETS VIETNAMESE PM [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert told Prime Minister Phan Van Khai that he is committed to working hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations (PNTR) for Vietnam because "it is the right thing to do" and because economic development and international integratio [...]	2006-04-17 06:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL ETRD WTO PHUM KIRF VM
06HANOI862	SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DELEGATION MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert delivered a basic message in Hanoi: we support, in principle, Vietnam's economic development and openness and will work hard to pass Permanent Normalized Trade Relations for Vietnam because international economic i [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD WTO VM
06HANOI916	VIETNAM - APRIL 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the fact that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) does not have a BLS-3 laboratory, a credible source indicates that two animal health laboratories in Vietnam have been isolating the H5N1 virus. The Vice Director of the Ministry of Health's Drug Administration has confirm [...]	2006-04-21 12:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HARARE1413	ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER OFFERS SUCCESSION INSIGHTS [...] (C) ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Nathan Shamuyarira told the Ambassador on November 28 that the forthcoming ruling party conference was unlikely to finalize the succession issue. The party would instead settle the issue in 2007. He opined that the presidential and parliam [...]	2006-11-29 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1481	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's mis-governance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. Investment prospects are bound to remain dismal due to the country's unstable economic and political environment. G [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE180	BELEAGUERED BUSINESS LEADERS SAY POLICY CHANGES [...] (C) At an economic roundtable hosted by the Ambassador on February 8, five leading businessmen had little doubt about the inevitability of a GOZ shift to market-driven policies but differed on its likely timing. They agreed that the speed of economic deterioration was accelerating, the econom [...]	2006-02-16 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD ZI
06HARARE252	ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons. This year there were also two cases of girls trafficked to Zimbabwe from South Africa. Most of the information about the scope of trafficking remains anecdotal, however, the government and the police investigate and tra [...]	2006-03-02 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB ZI KWMN KFRD
06HARARE279	ZIMBABWE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe,s misgovernance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2006. Investment prospects in Zimbabwe are bound to remain dismal due to the country,s unstable economic and political env [...]	2006-03-07 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE321	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER DISSES MDC FACTIONS AND [...] (C) The chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),Lovemore Madhuku, told poloffs March 13 that the opposition MDC was failing to exploit Zimbabweans' deepening economic frustration and that civil society would take the lead if necessary. Madhuku said ZANU-PF was doing a better j [...]	2006-03-15 17:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE374	IOM CHIEF ON LACK OF GOZ COOPERATION, FUNDING WOES [...] (C) On March 22, Mohammed Abdiker, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Harare, told the Ambassador that the GOZ continued to hinder efforts to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs),many of whom were living in dire conditions. IOM nonetheless was bui [...]	2006-03-27 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL KWMN ZI
06HARARE586	IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) During poloff's May 10 visit to the remote Tongogara Refugee Camp, home to approximately 2,300 of the 12,300 refugees Zimbabwe hosts, UNHCR officials lamented budget challenges to camp operations and outlined areas of need, such as water distribution and opportunities for self-sufficiency. [...]	2006-05-18 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EAID ZI
06HARARE884	CENTRAL BANK HEAD - RUNNIN' OUT OF ZEROES [...] (S/NF) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono acknowledged to the Ambassador in a July 13 meeting that the Zimbabwean economy was in a state of crisis. Despite a modest drop in the annual rate, which he claimed reflected an abundant harvest, inflation remained the country,s greatest problem. It wa [...]	2006-07-17 07:05:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ZI
06HAVANA10738	NEW THINKING IS NEEDED, PAYA TELLS CHIEF OF MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Leading Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, chief of the Christian Liberation Movement and driving force behind the Varela Project, told the COM May 18 that "we all have to do new things" to help bring democracy to Cuba. When asked about a recent overture from Martha Beatriz Roque, he s [...]	2006-05-22 18:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11234	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: The health of hunger-striking dissident Guillermo Farinas has taken a turn for the worse, and he is threatening to leave his hospital to "go home to die." The "Ladies in White" are to be awarded Human Rights First's annual prize. Activists reacted positively to their May 24 con [...]	2006-05-26 21:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11650	CARTAS DE CUBA: EARLY SUMMER EDITION [...] (SBU) This edition of "Cartas" features the following items: -- Paras 2-4 Medical Malpractice -- 5-8 Baseball, Music and Racism -- 9-11 China Syndrome -- 12-19 Diplomatic Corps Reflections -- 20-22 Bracing for the NAM ------------------- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ------------------- 2. (U) NEWS: US [...]	2006-06-05 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA11957	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: With Internet advocate Guillermo Farinas up to Day 128 of his hunger strike, 38 supporters have announced a sympathy fast. Oswaldo Paya of Varela Project fame is summarizing his "Program for All Cubans" in a pamphlet. Paya is also collecting evidence on bogus pro-democracy acti [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KWMN SOCI CU
06HAVANA13065	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has resumed systematic harassment of pro-democracy activists following a respite in which the European Council discussed a "Common Position" on Cuba and the UN launched its Human Rights Council. After laying low for two weeks, GOC-organized militants on June 2 [...]	2006-06-22 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA13740	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: JULY 5, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The number of documented political prisoners in Cuba dropped by four percentage points over the past six months, as the Cuban Government stepped up its use of less-scrutinized forms of control, including warnings, beatings and "acts of repudiation." Government-directed thugs hel [...]	2006-07-05 14:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA14841	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP JULY 21, 2016 [...] (C) Summary. Within a 24-hour period, Cuban authorities arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to four years dissident Alexander Santos Hernandez for "dangerousness." Another dissident, Camilo Cairo Falcon, was sentenced to one year of correctional work for "public disorder," following his p [...]	2006-07-21 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16023	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" expressed concern that their weekly march outside Havana's Santa Rita church on Sunday, April 13, will be their most dangerous ever, as it coincides with the 80th birthday of Fidel Castro and could prompt a counter-protest by regime supporters. Elsewhere i [...]	2006-08-11 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16439	NO RELIEF FOR CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS, OR THEIR [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's political prisoners continue to suffer from appalling and unhealthy prison conditions, while many of their family members face vindictive and even terrifying acts organized by the Cuban Government. On August 16 and 17, USINT spoke on the phone with the spouses or parents of [...]	2006-08-18 17:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16609	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church's senior official in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, celebrated a mass for recently deceased pro-democracy activist Gustavo Arcos on August 17, with diplomats, activists and journalists in attendance. For an hour, at least, Arcos got his dying wish of a unified o [...]	2006-08-18 19:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA17059	RUMOR CONTROL: FIDEL SAID TO UNDERGO NEW OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: As would be expected, Havana is awash in rumors over the health of Fidel Castro. One, from a dissident who has provided accurate information in the past, says Castro underwent follow-up surgery between August 24 and 26, but that no other details are available. Our suspicion that [...]	2006-08-29 12:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA20774	REPRESSION IN CUBA WORSE UNDER RAUL, SAY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Many Cuban human rights activists believe that repression has worsened on the island since the July 31 "proclamation" that Raul Castro had assumed temporary control. Between October 2 and 5, we asked ten leading human rights and pro-democracy advocates - a majority of them former [...]	2006-10-06 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA21100	AT CUBA'S INDEPENDENT LIBRARIES, UNCENSORED DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's outlawed Assembly to Promote Civil Society (ASPC),led by Martha Beatriz Roque, launched its "Congress" of independent librarians October 10 and reported successful meetings in at least six provinces. APSC said 153 independent libraries are taking part in the four-and-a-ha [...]	2006-10-13 20:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23502	CUBAN INMATES DECRY LACK OF MEDICAL CARE, FRESH AIR [...] (C) In a relatively rare move, Cuba's Foreign Ministry has accepted and promised to respond to a letter from prisoners denouncing conditions at Kilo 5 prison in Pinar del Rio. The letter, dated November 1, was written by a common prisoner, Nestor Hernandez Escalona, and signed by 13 others, th [...]	2006-11-13 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23579	CUBAN 75ER PALACIOS GAINS CONDITIONAL RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: The Cuban Government granted conditional probation December 6 to self-described pro-democracy activist Hector Palacios Ruiz, allowing him to head home from the Havana hospital where he says he spent the last three years. Palacios, apparently freed on health grounds, belongs to the [...]	2006-12-06 22:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23582	ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, CUBAN MOB ATTACKS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: A large group of Cuban communist militants and State Security officials broke up a Human Rights Day march by 12 peaceful activists, throwing several to the ground in front of UNESCO's Havana office. The activists, led by Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramirez, were pushed, kicked and punched, [...]	2006-12-11 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23588	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FLAKE: FIDEL EBBING AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake arrives at a pivotal, historic time in Cuba. We and others consider Fidel Castro's health to be so critical that he could die any day. His brother, Raul Castro, has been in charge since July 31, 2006, and has done nothing to significantly change the Cuban regime's [...]	2006-12-12 18:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM SMIG CU
06HAVANA23608	CUBAN REGIME STIFFS CODEL FLAKE [...] (C) Summary: A Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Jeff Flake (R/AZ) spent the December 15-17 weekend publicly urging a change in US policy, but privately getting rebuffed by a Cuban regime that insisted it had no reason or desire to reform itself. The CODEL presented a letter requesting re [...]	2006-12-18 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23611	"LADIES IN WHITE" WEBSITE LAUNCHED [...] (C) A new, polished website on Cuba's "Ladies in White" was launched on December 18, produced by the NGO Spanish Solidarity With Cuba. The professionally crafted website (www.damasdeblanco.com),created with the Ladies' permission, describes the group's genesis (in April 2003, following the " [...]	2006-12-18 20:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23612	CODEL FLAKE PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake was besieged by international press upon arrival in Havana on December 15 (reftel). Both in their individual comments to the media and in a joint statement read at a December 17 press conference, CODEL members characterized this as a time for dialogue and an "histor [...]	2006-12-18 20:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23634	CUBAN PARLIAMENT: NO FIDEL; RAUL ADMITS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: Friday December 22 was Cuba's annual parliamentary session, at which Raul Castro permitted public admission of shortcomings in transportation, agriculture and housing, just after the economy minister bragged that Cuba grew by 12.5 percent in 2006. Parliamentary president Ricardo [...]	2006-12-26 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CU
06HAVANA8986	(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]	2006-04-26 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA9343	POLITBURO MEMBER GOES DOWN HARD [...] (C) Summary: Politburo member Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte was abruptly dismissed on April 28 for "arrogance, pretension, and behavior unbecoming of a communist." The harsh language suggests that Robinson's misdeeds were seriously offensive to top-level regime officials. He may also have b [...]	2006-04-28 23:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CU
06HAVANA9369	STATE TAXIS: A TEAMING, THIEVING MICROCOSM OF GOC [...] (SBU) Summary: State taxi drivers are expected to hand over their earnings to the GOC but do everything possible to avoid it. They play various tricks on the meter, from turning off the ignition and coasting down the hills, to jimmying the odometer. The GOC retaliates by installing sensors i [...]	2006-05-03 14:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI CU
06HAVANA9469	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is recovering after being roughed up by Communist militants outside her home. Roque, weary but defiant, met with COM April 29 and expressed pleasure with the wide media coverage of the incident and subsequent foreign-government attenti [...]	2006-05-05 14:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9928	TEMPERS FLARE AT CUBAN HIV/AIDS SANITARIUM [...] (C) Summary: Around 227 sufferers of HIV/AIDS at a sanitarium outside Havana have reportedly launched a protest over inadequate food and medical care. At the facility in San Jose de las Lajas, in Havana Province, the 227, out of a total facility population of 252, are ignoring guards' orders [...]	2006-05-09 22:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI CU
06HELSINKI182	FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-09-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. The Embassy estimates that 80 hours of time were spent preparing this rep [...]	2006-03-08 07:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI
06HELSINKI254	AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPECTED TO REACH FINLAND WITHIN A [...] The Finnish government (GOF) is convinced that avian influenza (AI) will spread to Finland by migratory birds returning north. GOF says it is not a matter of "if" AI will arrive in Finland, but rather "when." It is assumed that the virus will be found in Finland as increasing numbers of migr [...]	2006-03-27 12:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AEMR CASC PREL WHO FI
06HELSINKI8	FINLAND: PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (U) President Tarja Halonen's New Year's Day speech-- which also serves as Finland's de facto state of the union address-- focused on what she termed the "increasing disparity in income levels in Finland." Halonen said that Finland has been a winner in the emerging global economy, and that [...]	2006-01-04 14:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV FI
06HILLAH32	NAJAF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS' BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf Cable. 2. (U) Najaf Province was allocated eight seats in the recently elected Council of Representatives (CoR). The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) won seven of the eight seats. The eighth Najaf seat went to a candidate from the Iyad Allawi-affiliated National Iraqi Lis [...]	2006-02-28 16:24:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY1014	STAFFDEL BLANK IN THE MEKONG DELTA: AVIAN INFLUENZA, LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang August 25 and 26, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Staffer Jonah Blank reviewed government efforts to control Avian Influenza, visited a women's shelter and examined the status of the ethnic Cham Muslim community. [...]	2006-09-07 08:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED PREL PREF KJUS EAGR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1128	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff visited Danang, Quang Nam, and Thua Thien Hue provinces in Central Vietnam to assess provincial Avian Influenza (AI) preparedness activities. Animal Health and Preventive Health authorities are generally satisfied with current AI prevention programs in their provinces, [...]	2006-10-04 09:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1186	MONITORING VISIT TO ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES AND VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a visit to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai from October 10-12, PolOff, accompanied by the French Polcouns, met with 10 ethnic minority returnees and the families of two others in their homes. No government officials participated in our visits with r [...]	2006-10-17 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1413	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Animal health authorities in southern Vietnam?s Mekong Delta have confirmed that H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) has killed over 6,000 birds in several flocks in the provinces of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu. The birds, mostly ducklings, were illegally hatched and not vaccinated against AI. [...]	2006-12-20 12:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1493	VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] (C) Summary: Mission's Priority One (P-1) Referral Committee has completed consideration of twelve possible P- 1 applicants and is referring one individual, Phan Van Ban, to PRM for consideration. The other eleven individuals did not have persecution claims or credible fears that are either [...]	2006-12-26 09:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1497	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ADDITIONAL POULTRY FLOCKS INFECTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Animal Health Authorities have confirmed that Avian Influenza (AI) has been detected in additional poultry flocks in southern Vietnam's Ca Mau province. This comes only days after 6,000 birds, mostly ducks, died from AI in Ca Mau and neighboring Bac Lieu Province (Ref A). GVN [...]	2006-12-28 09:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY18	VISIT TO ETHNIC MINORITY MINORITY RETURNEES IN DAK LAK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 4-5 visit to the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, PolOff met with four ethnic Jarai voluntary returnees from Cambodia and the family of a fifth. Government officials reported -- and other returnees confirmed -- that a sixth returnee was killed in a late De [...]	2006-01-06 11:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
06HOCHIMINHCITY214	DRL A/S LOWENKRON AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one-day visit February 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Barry K. Lowenkron met with HCMC Party Secretary Nguyen Minh Triet, HCMC MFA representatives, prominent SIPDIS political dissidents and protestant house church leaders. He also met with civil society, local N [...]	2006-02-27 04:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE SOE WTO DPOL
06HOCHIMINHCITY229	(SBU) HCMC NEWSPAPERS PUSH BOUNDS OF POLITICAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Although all of HCMC's newspaper are subject to Party control and censorship, two of its leading national dailies -- Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien -- have become more assertive, even on some political matters. The newspapers, financially independent, politically well-connected, and i [...]	2006-03-03 10:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM LABOR DPOL HUMANR
06HOCHIMINHCITY382	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DUNG: STRONG ROOTS IN THE [...] (SBU) During a visit to the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang April 6-7, the Consul General discussed with local officials Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who spent his formative years in the province. According to Kien Giang People's Committee Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong, Dung was born i [...]	2006-04-13 10:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY491	HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICERS VISIT TWO VIETNAMESE PRISONS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: As a follow-up to USG requests made at the February 2006 Human Rights Dialogue in Hanoi, on May 9 and 10, HCMC and Hanoi PolOffs visited two prisons in southern Vietnam; An Phuoc and Z30A. We had requested access to the Z30A, which reportedly also housed a number of [...]	2006-05-11 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY521	TIP IN THE MEKONG: THE EXPERIENCE OF CAN THO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April visit by ConGen officers to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, provincial police and Women's Union officials reviewed their enforcement and education outreach efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The officials demonstrated an understanding of the ch [...]	2006-05-19 04:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY564	HCMC ARCHDIOCESE EXPANDS HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 18 months, the HCMC archdiocese has steadily expanded its efforts to provide community-based assistance to HIV/AIDS victims. The church continues to operate a government-approved HIV/AIDS clinic within the Trong Diem drug rehabilitation center. With the apparen [...]	2006-05-26 08:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY587	DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG DELTA: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces May 3-5. All three neighboring provinces face similar challenges in improving transport infrastructure, boosting competitiveness and finding new sectors for growth. Ben Tre appears to have progressed furthest, lar [...]	2006-06-02 08:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON EAID KWMN TIP SOCI PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY590	ETHNIC KHMER OF TRA VINH PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In early May, the Ambassador visited Tra Vinh Province in the Mekong Delta and discussed ethnic Khmer issues with provincial officials, local Khmer and a leading Khmer Buddhist cleric. Ethnic Khmer make up 30 percent of the population of Tra Vinh and conditions for this minorit [...]	2006-06-02 11:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON EAID KIRF SOCI PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY810	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY VACCINATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, the Directors of the HCMC and Mekong Delta Regional Animal Health Centers told us that they are generally satisfied with the results of the Avian Influenza (AI) poultry vaccination campaign. The last poultry outbreak in the Mekong Delta and South-Central regi [...]	2006-07-25 13:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
06HONGKONG1072	ARTICLE 45 CONCERN GROUP FORMS HONG KONG'S NEWEST [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Hong Kong's Article 45 Concern Group plans to announce the formal inauguration of its new political party, the "Civic Party," with Article 45 co-founder and Legislative Councilor Audrey Eu as the party's first parliamentary leader. Two independent democrats in the L [...]	2006-03-15 09:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG1231	AI: AVIATION EXERCISE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: The Hong Kong Department of Health (DOH),the Civil Aviation Department (CAD),and the Airport Authority (AA) jointly organized a Seminar on Avian Influenza Preparedness for the Aviation Sector on March 16, 2006. Topics discussed included aviation preparedness, health screening [...]	2006-03-24 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06HONGKONG1468	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Chief Executive SIPDIS (CE) Donald Tsang. They discussed how to improve port security without impeding the flow of commerce. Tsang assessed both Hong Kong and mainland China's preparedness [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG1469	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Secretary for SIPDIS Health, Welfare and Food (SHWF) Dr. York Chow. They discussed Hong Kong's preparations for a possible Avian Influenza (AI) pandemic, AI-related border issues, internati [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KFLU AMED TBIO HK CH
06HONGKONG1512	DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: On April 7, Consul General Cunningham met with Lee Wing-tat, Democratic Party (DP) Chairman to review the party's election strategy. Lee said he welcomed the creation of the Civic Party and seemed pretty confident that the pan-democrats could get the hundred plus Chief Executive [...]	2006-04-11 09:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG1839	CHINA CURRENCY AND MACRO POLICY: IMF'S [...] (SBU) Media coverage of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) May 2 unveiling in Hong Kong of its Asia-Pacific regional outlook is based primarily on an advance press release and does not capture the prescriptive approach put forward at the event with regard to China's currency and macroecon [...]	2006-05-03 11:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG1921	CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICIES THE FOCUS OF FINANCIAL [...] (C) Hong Kong-based investment bank analysts and economists generally welcome China's recent economic tightening measures, and some believe that recent and significant appreciation of Asian currencies may lead to quicker upward movements in the value of the renminbi (RMB). They used the occasi [...]	2006-05-10 00:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG2091	IPR ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP - "CREATING A STRONGER [...] (SBU) Summary: Post hosted a successful intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement workshop titled, "Creating A Stronger Deterrent," on May 15-16, 2006. Participants were particularly interested in the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) experiences in combating online piracy and in the discuss [...]	2006-05-19 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON CH HK
06HONGKONG2378	SUMMARY OF THE ELEVENTH ROUND OF U.S.-HONG KONG [...] (C) ON 16-18 MAY 2006, THE HONG KONG TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT (TID) AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (CUSTOMS) DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY (BIS) FOR THE 11TH U.S. ) HONG KONG BILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE 1997 AGREED MINUTE. THE [...]	2006-06-08 10:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC BEXP PTER HK BMGT
06HONGKONG2908	HONG KONG CONTACTS DISCUSS THE MEANING OF "WEI [...] (C) Summary: According to Consulate contacts, the Chinese term "wei quan" is being used with increasing frequency to describe a broad range of protests occurring in China, as well as the work of a group of mainland lawyers and citizens/activists involved in these protests. While there is no d [...]	2006-07-17 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3068	USCC MEETING WITH HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 26, HONG KONG CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (HKCTU) SECRETARY GENERAL LEE CHEUK-YAN AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI) HONG KONG-BASED RESEARCHER MARK ALLISON BRIEFED VISITING MEMBERS OF THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC) ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATI [...]	2006-07-30 05:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG3170	PROPOSED GST IN HONG KONG: TIME TO PAY THE PIPER? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On July 18, the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) launched a nine month public consultation on a proposal for a new Goods and Services Tax (GST). Although the proposal has gained some support from economists concerned abou [...]	2006-08-07 09:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG3633	AIR POLLUTION: HURTING HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 01:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV CH HK
06HONGKONG3911	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: We look forward to your visit next month. Hong Kong works closely with us on the security front. Your visit provides a timely opportunity to push ahead our agenda with Hong Kong in three linked areas: -- Our shared commitment to secure trade, particularly through improving [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG3912	MFA COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG PRESSES FOR CHAN AS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-30 07:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4092	YORK CHOW LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: Post received two letters from Dr. York Chow, Secretary of the Health, Welfare and Food in Hong Kong, asking for U.S. support for the candidacy of Margaret Chan to become Director General of the World Health Organization. The letters were addressed to the Secretary of State and [...]	2006-10-16 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG4159	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong looks forward to your visit this week. The fourteen USG agencies with representatives here address and protect key U.S. interests, including expansion of democracy and protection for human rights; enhancement of transportation security, par [...]	2006-10-19 11:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG4265	HK Economists discuss China's Economy, Banking in China, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) officials told Embassy Beijing Minister-Counselor for Financial Affairs David Loevinger (Finatt) that the rate of renminbi (RMB) appreciation would not sustain the rate it achieved following the September vis [...]	2006-11-01 00:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD HK CH
06HONGKONG4398	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE -- ACCOUNTING [...] (C) Summary: Mandy Tam, the functional constituency legislator representing the accounting sector, told us on November 2 about the challenges of recruiting pro-democracy accountants to compete for the twenty accounting subsector seats in the Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee. Many acco [...]	2006-11-09 06:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4493	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MEDIC PHARM [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...]	2006-11-17 09:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC

06HONGKONG4610	CHINA ORDAINS THIRD "ILLICIT" BISHOP OF THE YEAR; [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us on December 1 that the installation of Wang Renlei, the Vicar General of the Xuzhou Diocese in Jiangsu Province, as the auxiliary bishop of the diocese was "quite worrying" and "provocative." The participati [...]	2006-12-01 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG4690	HONG KONG ELECTORS CHOOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a small minority of Hong Kong citizens will select the 800-member Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee, which next March will elect a CE to serve from 2007 to 2012. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang almost certainly will be reelected for a five-year term in March 2007 [...]	2006-12-08 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4691	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE: WHO MIGHT VOTE [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a limited number of Hong Kong residents will select the 800 members of the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Committee (EC),which in turn will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) in March 2007. Ref a reviewed the complicated Hong Kong electoral process, discusse [...]	2006-12-08 09:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4704	SURPRISING ELECTORAL SUCCESS FOR HONG KONG'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Chief Executive Election Committee (EC),which will select the next Chief Executive in March 2007, captured approximately 134 seats on the 800-member EC, potentially more than enough to enable Alan Leong, the pan-democratic [...]	2006-12-11 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG687	TAX CUT PRESSURE AS NEW BUDGET LOOMS [...] (C) With the next Chief Executive election planned for the first half of 2007, concerns about public acceptance of government revenue and spending policy are playing a heightened role in advance of the unveiling of the 2006-07 budget, which will take place on February 22. Hong Kong's economic [...]	2006-02-17 11:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG715	Special 301 Recommendation for Hong Kong [...] (SBU) Post recommends that, based on its overall performance, Hong Kong not be placed on any Special 301 lists or be referred to as a country of special concern ("Special Mention") at this time. We note that if the legislature enacts revisions that significantly weaken Hong Kong's Copyright O [...]	2006-02-22 04:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EIND HK
06HONGKONG733	"GOOD TIMES" BUDGET PROPOSED [...] (C) A dearth of newsy initiatives in Financial Secretary Henry Tang's February 22 budget speech reflects continued cyclical good times. There appears to be broad agreement here that there are no big new problems requiring short-term changes to economic policy or a significant redirection of g [...]	2006-02-22 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HK CH
06HONGKONG777	AI: PRC PRESSURE ON HONG KONG; HHS A/S SIMONSON'S [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with between Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary Stewart Simonson and Hong Kong University's (HKU) Microbiology Department, renowned influenza expert Dr. Robert Webster (strictly protect) alleged that pressure from the PRC's Ministry [...]	2006-02-26 06:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR HK CH
06HONGKONG817	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Hong Kong is in compliance with the standards described in Ref A for the elimination of trafficking in persons. There has been further improvement over the past year in those areas that have, for the past five years, justified Hong Kong's inclusion on the Department's "Tier 1" list. Th [...]	2006-02-28 06:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV HK CH KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD
06HONGKONG957	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO GUANGZHOU CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, 2006 the Health Department of Guangdong Province informed the Hong Kong Department of Health (DOH) of a suspected human case of H5N1 avian influenza (AI). After the case was confirmed by Guangdong Provincial authorities as a definite H5N1 case (see reftels) on Marc [...]	2006-03-08 07:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
06IRANRPODUBAI11	ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 14:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13378	OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...]	2006-07-13 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD16441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...]	2006-08-22 04:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF
06ISLAMABAD16934	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KERRY KRONSTADT, CRS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Senior CRS analyst Kerry Kronstadt from September 16, 2006 to September 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Embassy, GOP and other officials as part of his CRS portfolio. 2. Control officer for the visit will be R [...]	2006-08-28 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
06ISLAMABAD17916	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EMBASSY KABUL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Neumann and the rest of the Embassy Kabul country team from September 12, 2006 to September 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is consultations with Embassy Islamabad. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Political [...]	2006-09-08 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	TAGS
06ISLAMABAD18474	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PHELAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Michael Phelan, Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe from September 25, 2006 to September 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess the progress made and the ongoing challenges faced by the Un [...]	2006-09-19 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OREP AFIN
06ISLAMABAD18708	EMBASSY ISLAMABAD-EMBASSY KABUL-CFC-A [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Islamabad-Embassy Kabul-CFC-A cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On September 12, select Embassy Islamabad, Embassy Kabul and CFC-A personnel met to discuss the security situation in the border areas and ways to improve the political, economic and social ties between Af [...]	2006-09-21 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER EAID MASS PINR AF
06ISLAMABAD19804	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FATA SECRETARIAT [...] (U) Ambassador met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab on October 5. FATA Secretariat Secretary for Planning and Development Zafar Hassan, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, Peshawar PO, USAID Officer (notetaker) were [...]	2006-10-10 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON SOCI PK
06ISLAMABAD3253	POST CLEARANCE FOR GAUTAM RANA [...] Post welcomes and grants post clearance for the visit of Gautam Rana for February 27, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Avian Flu town hall meeting. 2. Control officer for the visit will be Mohammed Motiwala. He can be reached at the following numbers: Embassy: 92-51-208-00 [...]	2006-02-25 08:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD3754	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. James Douglas, Gov. Kenny Guinn, Gov. Phil Bredesen, Gov. Tim Kaine, Maj. Gen. Summaral, Maj Patrick Lewis, Dan Wilmot, Claude Chafin and Ltc. John Schroeder for March 15 and 16. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. [...]	2006-03-08 08:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK
06ISLAMABAD5787	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G/TIP GAYATRI PATEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gayatri Patel from April 9 to April 14. Post also does not object to Consulate Lahore granting post clearance. The purpose of the visit is gather additional information on the GOP's anti-trafficking efforts. 2. Control officer [...]	2006-04-06 01:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PKMN PHUM PREL
06ISLAMABAD5983	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Gov. Jeb Bush, Gov. Joe Manchin, Gov. Tom Vilsack, Lt. General Blum, Maj. Reale, Ltc. Schroeder, Dan Wilmot, and Anthony Welcher for April 16 and 17. The purpose of the visit is to transit Pakistan. 2. Contro [...]	2006-04-10 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA BE PK AMGT ASEC
06ISLAMABAD6116	A/S BOUCHER MEETS SENATE CHAIRMAN AND NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, Senate Chairman Mohammedmian SIPDIS Soomro and National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain confirmed their support for the USAID legislative strengthening project. Both leaders promised to secure a si [...]	2006-04-11 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID PK
06ISLAMABAD7164	A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED [...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...]	2006-04-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD8487	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitt Romney, Gov. Matt Blunt, Gov. Mark Sanford, Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Anthony Welcher, Dan Wilmot, Ltc. Kurt Vogel, Capt. Ernest Barringer, Eddie Johnson, Barbara Davis, and Maj. Matt Green for May 25 and 26. The purpose of th [...]	2006-05-11 09:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PK OVIP
06ISLAMABAD9585	FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...]	2006-05-24 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PL PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9875	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Sandia National Laboratories' staff Jose R. Rodriguez and James W. Purvis from June 10 to 16. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an IAEA training course in Islamabad. Post understands that IAEA's local partner, the Pakista [...]	2006-05-30 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC ASEC ENRG KNNP OTRA PK
06ISTANBUL1098	WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES, WILL ISTANBUL BE [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul lies near a fault-line and on the seismic path of past earthquakes. The question is not if one will strike, but when. Earthquake preparedness is thus a key issue for private and public sectors alike. Discussions with scientific and business groups show that Istanbul,s [...]	2006-06-16 15:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON
06ISTANBUL1209	PRESCRIPTION FOR TURKEY'S PHARMACEUTICALS MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. At a June 9 meeting in Istanbul, American pharmaceutical company directors expressed satisfaction that Turkey remained on the 2006 Special 301 Priority Watch List but told Ambassador Wilson that inadequate patent protection and an absence of transparency in the GOT,s health b [...]	2006-07-03 14:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL1478	SUCCESSION ISSUE: PRIORITY AND LIFELINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Patriarchate senior advisor, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, stressed to us during an introductory meeting on August 16 that the priority issue for the Ecumenical Patriarchate was the succession of the Patriarch. He noted that Turkish citizenship requirements for any poten [...]	2006-08-17 14:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL1504	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-26 VISIT OF CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Turkey warmly welcomes the visit of Codel McCain to Turkey. Turkey is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly calling on Ir [...]	2006-08-22 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC DA GG IT MW OREP TU
06ISTANBUL2100	ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SEES NEW U.S. POLICY TREND IN [...] Summary. A largely academic audience responded positively to visiting scholar Dr. Ian Lesser of the Woodrow Wilson Center and former Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen's discussion of the "Future of Turkish-American Relations." Lesser and Turkmen inaugurated Sabanci University's Istanbul Policy [...]	2006-11-21 14:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL2141	HALKI SEMINARY READY FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: We visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Seminary with a delegation of Greek Orthodox American citizens during their annual Feast of St. Andrew pilgrimage to Istanbul, coinciding this year with Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Turkey. The seminary is the subject of a long-stan [...]	2006-12-08 09:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL598	ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SHOWCASES INCREASED POLICE [...] (U) Summary: Police chiefs and high-level officers from throughout Turkey participated in a three-day workshop in Istanbul from April 12-14 on combating trafficking in persons. In Turkey,s case, most victims are women lured from eastern European countries by the promise of work, and then for [...]	2006-04-20 10:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS
06ISTANBUL798	"MORTGAGE" MARKET STEAMS FORWARD EVEN AS NEW LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's newfound macroeconomic stability and failing interest rates have brought a boom in consumer lending, including especially a dramatic increase in "mortgage" financing for home purchases. Housing loans grew four fold over the course of 2005, from $1.8 billion to $7.5 b [...]	2006-05-17 09:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06JAKARTA10043	INDONESIA - HAZE SEASON UNDERWAY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fires burning in Sumatra and Kalimantan have sent haze once again throughout the region. Haze problems reached alarming levels in late July, with the Indonesian press reporting over 2,000 hot spots on Sumatra island and another 1,000 hot spots in Kalimantan during the week of [...]	2006-08-09 23:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10053	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...]	2006-08-10 06:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA10140	INDONESIA - AUGUST 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie stated, according to the media, that Jakarta had yet to receive promised foreign aid to fight bird flu. Bakrie's statement was puzzling and frustrating to donors. The May 2006 Donor Coordination Meeting, h [...]	2006-08-14 04:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10359	INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10361	INDONESIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia issued its Financial Sector Policy Package on July 5, tackling two important issues of non-performing loans at state-owned banks, and insolvent insurance firms. Success in these areas will represent one of the most significant changes in the financ [...]	2006-08-16 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL ID
06JAKARTA10492	INDONESIA - NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN WEST GARUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian press has featured a series of alarming articles over the weekend of August 18-20 concerning up to ten possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) occurring in the Cikelet village of the Garut district of West Java. NAMRU-2 and the Ministry of Health (MOH) tested the [...]	2006-08-23 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10536	INDONESIA - AUGUST 24 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. At an August 18 meeting in Singapore, officials from Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States agreed to continue the proposed Avian Influenza Trilateral Project within the Tangerang municipality as originally planned (as opposed to expanding it to the much larger District of T [...]	2006-08-24 08:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA10539	RICK NESS TESTIFIES IN NEWMONT CASE THIS WEEK [...] (C) Summary. Newmont mining executive and Amcit Richard Ness is scheduled to take the stand in his own defense this week on August 25 in a Manado, North Sulawesi courthouse. He faces fifteen years in prison if convicted on charges of polluting Buyat Bay, the site of the now-closed Newmont Min [...]	2006-08-24 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	EMIN CASC SENV EINV PHUM ID
06JAKARTA10923	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced refocused priorities for controlling avian influenza (AI) at a successful international donor meeting on August 23-24. Donor representatives were pleased with the coordination of the meeting and refocused GOI priorities but concerned b [...]	2006-09-01 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11149	RESPONSE TO US EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION [...] (U) Response was prepared jointly with USAID Jakarta Mission Staff. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post is actively engaged with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on water and sanitation issues under the auspices of a Strategic Objective Grant Agreement between the USG and the GOI to support higher [...]	2006-09-11 03:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ID
06JAKARTA11212	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Singaporean Embassy in Jakarta has proposed to hold a joint planning meeting for the Tangerang trilateral project on September 13. The Government of Singapore (GOS) plans to station permanent technical staff to head up project. The Ministry of Health (MOH) is evaluating the [...]	2006-09-11 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11376	CRUCIAL 2007 JAKARTA GOVERNOR,S RACE TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Approximately one year before Jakarta holds its first ever directly elected Governor's race, behind the scenes political maneuvering is already in full swing, reflecting the high stakes involved in what will be the most significant Indonesian election prior to the 2009 Legislative and Pres [...]	2006-09-13 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA11379	INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA1141	ACEH: ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR GOI-GAM PEACE [...] (SBU) The Aceh peace process remains on track and now moves into a more difficult phase in which the parties begin to develop the parameters of political participation in a normalized Aceh to give voice to all of Acehenese society. Acehenese trust the USG as an honest broker because of our con [...]	2006-01-27 11:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID
06JAKARTA11474	DRAFT MOU ON ILLEGAL LOGGING - EMBASSY JAKARTA [...] (SBU). Embassy Jakarta supports the conclusion of a properly-structured MOU on illegal logging between the U.S. and Indonesia. Reducing widespread illegal logging is one of Indonesia's top development challenges, and the issue touches on several core areas of our assistance program, including [...]	2006-09-15 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA11582	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Committee for Avian influenza and Pandemic Response (National AI Committee) brought together on September 15 key representatives from the government of Indonesia (GOI),donor agencies and international organizations to coordinate funding and implementation of inten [...]	2006-09-19 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11585	DEFENDANTS' HUNGER STRIKE DELAYS TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) On September 19, the Central Jakarta court was scheduled to hear testimony from Indonesian military personnel who arrived on the scene of the August 31, 2002 ambush near Timika, Papua in which two Amcits and one Indonesian citizen were killed. Since the last session, the prosecution decid [...]	2006-09-19 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA11767	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...]	2006-09-21 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA11842	INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11892	TIMIKA TRIAL: WITNESS SNAFU CAUSES DELAY [...] (SBU) On September 26, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. It emerged that there was either a misunderstanding or a disagreement between the prosecution and defense teams about the order of the day's testimony. The [...]	2006-09-26 11:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12098	INDONESIA - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND [...] Embassy Jakarta's Economic Section coordinates monitoring of Indonesia trade agreement compliance and responding to foreign trade barrier complaints. International Trade Officer Tobias Glucksman (GlucksmanTH@state.gov) is the primary working level point of contact for these efforts. Embassy' [...]	2006-10-02 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ID
06JAKARTA12253	AN ENHANCED U.S. ROLE IN COMBATING AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. After a slow start that led to the unchecked spread of AI across much of Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has developed a simplified AI strategy with re- aligned priorities under a functioning National Comm [...]	2006-10-05 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12545	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6, Dr. Ir Anton Apryanto, Minister of Agriculture promised Manho So, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative more vigorous coordination and communication in controlling AI. Local press reported on October 10 that faculty from Udayana University detected [...]	2006-10-13 10:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12555	US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...]	2006-10-16 05:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12687	INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
06JAKARTA12732	EAP DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH BG DADI SUSANTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Susanto on October 18, EAP DAS Eric John raised U.S. human rights concerns, the need for continued military vetting and accountability for past abuses, the importance of a SOFA in underpinning bilateral cooperatio [...]	2006-10-19 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS MOPS ID
06JAKARTA12778	EAST JAVA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, OBSERVERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, we met with the East Java provincial leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah to discuss their organizations' activities in East Java. We also called on political scientist Aribowo from Surabaya's Airlangga University, who shared his observations (based [...]	2006-10-20 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL ID
06JAKARTA12781	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) released 2007 budget information on October 19 but has not yet finalized its AI spending allocations in the Ministries of Health (MOH) and Agriculture (MOA). Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie convened an interagency meet [...]	2006-10-20 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12798	VP KALLA ON THE COURTS, MCC, PEACE CORPS AND MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the Ambassador on October 20 that the Supreme Court is "not using logic" in its approach to the Munir case, and that people are rightly not happy with the Pollycarpus verdict. He said the Supreme Court would soon reconsider its decision taking int [...]	2006-10-23 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KMCA PHUM ID
06JAKARTA12828	INDONESIA - OCTOBER 20 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie announced at an October 20 news conference a decrease in the number of AI-affected provinces over the past six months from 30 to 16. At the same news conference, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono announced governmen [...]	2006-10-27 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA12939	INDONESIA SEEKS COMPACT ELIGIBILITY, APPRECIATES [...] H.E. President of the Republic of Indonesia 2. H.E. Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia 3. H.E. Ms. Condoleeza Rice, US Secretary of State (Chair, MCC) 4. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs, the Republic of Indonesia 5. Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Indon [...]	2006-11-01 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV ECON KMCA ID
06JAKARTA12944	POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]	2006-11-02 04:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA12981	POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 [...] (SBU) Summary. Approve Phase 2 funding, at requested level of funding, $33,905,951, with conditions. End Summary Indonesia's Global Fund HIV/AIDS Program Summary --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Indonesia received two Global Fund AIDS grants: Round 1 and Round 4, [...]	2006-11-03 05:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KHIV TBIO EAID ID
06JAKARTA13014	INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Executive Secretary for the National AI Committee assured the press that SIPDIS Indonesian research shows no signs that the H5N1 virus is mutating to a more dangerous form in the country. Food and Agriculture Organization officials concur but [...]	2006-11-06 23:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13193	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...]	2006-11-13 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13194	INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) AND THE PRESIDENT"S [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Indonesia has not yet finalized its FY 2007 allocations for AI control programs, senior GOI officials including Coordinating Minister Bakrie and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati have assured the Embassy that total AI spending will match or exc [...]	2006-11-13 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA13229	INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR [...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]	2006-11-17 06:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13236	INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]	2006-11-19 23:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS PREL ID
06JAKARTA13237	INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) renewed its appeal for private investment under it's five-year, USD 150 billion infrastructure development program at a November 1-3 Infrastructure Forum in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) touted improvements in Indonesia's i [...]	2006-11-19 23:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG EAIR ELTN ECPS ID
06JAKARTA13304	East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB),Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...]	2006-11-27 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA13328	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE [...] (C) On November 27 the Ambassador met with former President B.J. Habibie at his residence in suburban Jakarta. Looking relaxed and displaying characteristic energy and enthusiasm, the former President declared President Bush's November 20 visit a success, discussed his recently released memoir [...]	2006-11-28 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM ID
06JAKARTA13361	MEGAWATI SURVEYS THE INDONESIAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) During a November 28 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri avoided discussing whether she would consider cooperating with President Yudhoyono's government, bemoaned the increasing influence of Islamists in Indonesian politics, and outlined the challenges of d [...]	2006-11-30 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13370	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 1 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch hosted a workshop on November 25 and 26 that will make recommendations on animal vaccine strategy to the Ministry of Agriculture. The local television station Lativi began broadcasting AI mini- documentaries on November 10 and will continue these broadcasts through t [...]	2006-12-01 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13379	THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GUS DUR [...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador, an uncharacteristically reserved former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) gave his views on U.S.-Indonesia relations and President Bush's visit, Indonesia's economic shortcomings, and developments within Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and th [...]	2006-12-01 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
06JAKARTA13420	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on November 16 that Indonesia's GDP growth reached 5.5% in the third quarter of 2006 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the highest quarterly growth rate since the third quarter of 2005. YoY consumer price inflation (CPI) dropped signific [...]	2006-12-06 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13422	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: On November 22, following three years of bilateral negotiations, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) welcomed home forty-eight orangutans from Thailand. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari announced plans on November 13 to make Indonesian villages self sufficient in health care [...]	2006-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ETRD ID
06JAKARTA13426	ACEH: FRONT RUNNERS IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: As the official campaign period winds down, no pair of candidates has taken a decisive lead in the race to become Aceh Governor and Vice Governor. Three pairs of candidates -- Malek Raden and Fuad Zakaria, Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah, and Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Djamil -- have [...]	2006-12-07 04:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KHUM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13452	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 8 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 10:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA13527	INDONESIA - DECEMBER 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 07:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
06JAKARTA1823	AMBASSADOR MEETS COORDINATING MINISTER BAKRIE [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Aburizal Bakrie told the Ambassador on February 8 that, in his view, the Beijing avian influenza (AI) conference had been a failure because Indonesia alone needs at least USD 950 million to deal with AI, but would likely only receive U [...]	2006-02-13 02:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR PGOV SOCI KFLU ID
06JAKARTA240	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER [...] Summary. Indonesian financial markets reacted favorably to a December 6, 2005 cabinet reshuffle, with the rupiah gaining two percent through the end of December to close at 9,840/USD. The Jakarta Stock Exchange composite index also rose six percent after the reshuffle to close at 1,162 on Dec [...]	2006-01-06 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV TBIO MARR ID
06JAKARTA2403	INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 06:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2531	INDONESIA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Local IPR industry representatives now tell us that the IPR enforcement landscape has changed considerably since they made their Special 310 out-of-cycle review (OCR) submissions in December 2005. They now see a more credible and sustained enforcement effort backed up by sign [...]	2006-02-24 10:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2849	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, MARCH 2005 TO MARCH 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ELAB KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06JAKARTA2915	INDONESIA - MARCH 2 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jakarta city government carried out 24-26 February a series of actions to control Avian Influenza (AI) in birds, including door-to-door inspections, limited culling and vaccinations. Human and animal health officials in West Kalimantan told us that they are doing what they [...]	2006-03-06 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA2917	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: MOVING OUR RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your March 14-15 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) Su [...]	2006-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA4467	INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 21 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA4510	INDONESIA - APRIL 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congen Surabaya officers met with provincial and municipal animal husbandry officials on March 16 to review vaccination and culling procedures after the first reported avian influenza (AI) outbreak in Surabaya. Grobogan Regency officials in Central Java told Congen that recent n [...]	2006-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA4511	ConGen Meets with Solo Leaders [...] (C) Summary: ConGen Surabaya Principal Officer Pierangelo and Econ/PolOff Williams traveled to the Central Java city of Solo (also known as Surakarta) on Wednesday April 5, meeting with Mayor Joko Widodo, Solo Chief of Police Yotje Mende, and with Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS) re [...]	2006-04-07 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA4964	INDONESIA: TAX REFORM MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told donors on April 19 that President Yudhoyono would sign a decree very soon appointing two prominent Indonesians, Ma'rie Muhammad and Marsilam Simanjuntak, to help steer the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) tax and customs reform efforts. Bo [...]	2006-04-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PINR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5308	INDONESIA - APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 07:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA5851	INDONESIAN BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL GOSSIP, Q4 [...] (S/NF) Yudhoyono's relatives seen as key advisors on policy... Yudhoyono held off pressure on Taufik Kiemas... Yudhoyono directed intelligence agency to surveil State Secretary... Cabinet members seen as sympathetic toward SIPDIS radicals... Security forces' ties to Islam Defenders' Front ( [...]	2006-05-09 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PTER KISL ID
06JAKARTA59	YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA: LAUNCHING A RENEWED [...] (U) Madame Secretary: Your team in Jakarta warmly welcomes your January 8-10 visit to Indonesia, the most senior USG visit since Secretary Powell's of January 4-6, 2005. We have underway preparations to ensure a visit high in substance and symbolism. Introduction ------------ 2. (C) [...]	2006-01-03 11:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL ID
06JAKARTA6018	INDONESIA - SUPREME AUDIT BOARD LOSING ITS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK),one of Indonesia's key anti-corruption institutions, appears losing its way because of weak leadership, internal power struggles and a lack of reform. The BPK's first "Advisory Board on Tsunami-Related Audit" conference April 24-25 in Jakarta [...]	2006-05-12 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KCOR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6024	INDONESIA: May 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka delivered a list of planned donations of Tamiflu and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. The tamilfu and PPEs are SIPDIS for ASEAN's use in case of an influenza pandemic. Th [...]	2006-05-12 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU

06JAKARTA6027	INDONESIA RACES TO BUILD BSL-3 LABS [...] (C) Summary. The avian influenza (AI) threat has sparked a race among Government of Indonesia (GOI) institutions to build Biosafety Containment Level 3 laboratories (BSL-3 labs),ostensibly to perform AI sequencing and other sophisticated procedures. At least seven GOI institutions hope to c [...]	2006-05-15 00:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT KFLU ID

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