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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08HOCHIMINHCITY750CATHOLIC HIV/AIDS CENTERS STUCK IN LEGAL LIMBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 4, Father Toai of Mai Tam AIDS Orphanage and Drop-in Center discussed with ConOffs the tenuous position of Catholic charities providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). While the HCMC Archdiocese's Pastoral Care Committee for PLWHA has been able to extend i [...]
2008-08-20 08:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL CASC VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY753EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the GVN's goal of ethnic minority development in the Central Highlands, ethnic minorities continue to lag behind their Kinh counterparts in education, and as a result in almost every other economic enterprise. Due to cultural, historical, and pedagogical obstacles to edu [...]
2008-08-21 08:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY756SLOW AND STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING TIP IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (U) Summary: The GVN made positive strides in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) during the first half of 2008, with provincial police busting four trafficking rings in Tay Ninh and HCMC police conducted their biggest raid yet against an illegal marriage brokering agency catering to Korean [...]
2008-08-22 06:21:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL PGOV SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY757UNCLOGGING VIETNAM"S PORTS: WORLD-CLASS CONTAINER TERMINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: As skyrocketing cargo volumes continue to clog Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ports, a state of the art deep-water port complex with an eventual capacity of at least eight million shipping containers per year is taking shape 90 km from HCMC in Ba Ria Vung Tau (BRVT) province. Poor coo [...]
2008-08-22 06:25:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EWWT EIND ECON PGOV ENRG KNNP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY801HCMC TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL AT THE HEART OF NEW PMU
[...] (C) Summary: Two recent corruption cases share one thing in common--an influential HCMC official with sterling ties to the Politburo who allegedly demanded bribes to clear the way for two major infrastructure projects. The official at the heart of these cases is Huynh Ngoc Sy, Deputy Director [...]
2008-09-03 09:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY815BLOGGER DIEU CAY CONVICTED FOR TAX EVASION
[...] (C) Blogger "Dieu Cay" (whose real name is Nguyen Van Dai) and his wife were tried today in HCMC on tax evasion charges in a HCMC district court. Cay was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and fined $48,000, or twice the amount prosecutors claimed he owed in back taxes. His wife received a one [...]
2008-09-11 09:48:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY821(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Deputy Secretary's visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on September 12-13, HCMC government officials, business leaders and legal professionals outlined the many challenges and opportunities that will set the course for the future development of the city and the path Viet [...]
2008-09-15 10:05:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KIRF
08HOCHIMINHCITY887THE AMBASSADOR TALKS EDUCATION, NGOS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's September 19 trip to Kontum, he highlighted the contributions the USG and international NGOs are making in the province, including the recent opening of a USAID-funded ethnic minority boarding school. Kontum leaders were open to the idea of further US coo [...]
2008-10-01 08:37:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY889TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY OFFICERS AT CONGEN HCMC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of highly unusual moves that directly violate the "rules of the road" for travel by Consulate employees established by the GVN, External Relations Office (ERO) in HCMC informed the CG that the MFA had forbidden the Consulate's PolOff from completing a planned trip to Da [...]
2008-10-01 10:28:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CMGT VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY9AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION
[...] (SBU) At Ambassador Michalak's December 3 meeting with key members of the HCMC Bar Association, member lawyers gave a frank assessment of Vietnam's current legal system and advocated for further reform. The lawyers were hopeful that the establishment of regional courts will increase transparen [...]
2008-01-03 08:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY917PRESBYTERIANS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 19, the Vietnam Presbyterian Church celebrated its first General Assembly since it received national recognition in 2007. Deputy Director of the National Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Nguyen Thanh Xuan welcomed the Consul General and other foreign officials [...]
2008-10-06 09:46:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY920DCM DISCUSSES HCMC-HANOI DYNAMICS WITH PEOPLE'S COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, the DCM engaged HCMC People's Council Chairwoman Pham Phuong Thao in a lively exchange on the challenges of running a large metropolitan city in a booming economy constrained by inadequate infrastructure and public resources. While noting recent efforts HCMC has m [...]
2008-10-09 09:44:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KIRF VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY940PRESS SAYS FARMERS SUFFERING BECAUSE GVN GUESSED WRONG ON
[...] (SBU) Vietnamese farmers and newspapers are now openly critical of the Government of Vietnam (GVN's),accusing it of mismanaging the country's rice market. The GVN sets export targets and rice prices, seemingly to the advantage of the state-owned companies. Earlier this year central planners [...]
2008-10-17 05:26:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON PGOV SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY958CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS BEHIND UNREST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands region of Vietnam is in the midst of an economic transformation. While only twenty years ago much of the Central Highlands was forested and cultivated by ethnic minorities using swidden (roving slash-and-burn) agricultural techniques, today the jungle is c [...]
2008-10-23 09:45:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY964TIP ARRESTS AND PROSECUTIONS IN HCMC ON THE RISE, VICTIMS
[...] Summary. The GVN continues make strides in arresting and prosecuting human traffickers in HCMC and prosecute those responsible for trafficking in persons, with two new investigations underway and a stiff sentence upheld at a trafficker's appeals trial in October. Anti-TIP NGO AFESIP says coo [...]
2008-10-27 02:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TIP KWMN KCRM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY967SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Summary: Religious leaders and officials gathered at the Seventh Day Adventist's main HCMC church on October 23 to celebrate the denomination's first General Assembly since it became nationally registered in December 2006. Government leaders praised the church's moral and humanitarian mes [...]
2008-10-27 11:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY988IN HCMC, TWO RISING STARS FOLLOW TWO DIFFERENT PATHS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The career paths of two prominent political leaders in Ho Chi Minh City reflect fundamental divisions with the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Contacts tell us that conservative elements within the CPV leadership are promoting the career of the Deputy Secretary [...]
2008-11-03 09:44:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRETPGOV SOCI PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY998THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HCMC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over two hundred professors, students, reporters, business leaders, and local officials gathered in a ballroom festooned with red white and blue balloons and featuring jumbo-sized televisions for the first large-scale election event to be held in post-war HCMC. While we did not [...]
2008-11-07 04:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO VM
08HONGKONG1041OUR MACAU AGENDA: EXPANDING RAPIDLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our commitment of time and resources to Macau. In November 2006, we established a "Team Macau" as a platform for interagency coordination. All of the 13 USG agencies represented at post participate in this effort, which was driven i [...]
2008-06-11 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1108COORDINATION KEY TO HONG KONG LEGCO ELECTION IN
[...] (C) Summary: On September 7, Hong Kong will hold its fourth legislative election since the 1997 handover. The various pan-democratic parties will need to coordinate candidate selections and election strategies to maintain their current number of seats (26 of 60) in the Legislative Council (L [...]
2008-06-19 04:20:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1261NEW FINANCE AND TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ASSAILS
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Undersecretary for Finance and the Treasury Julia Leung criticized the political controversy that surrounded the appointment of the six Political Undersecretaries, their salaries and their passports (discussed septel). In a recent meeting with the Deputy Principa [...]
2008-07-11 07:47:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV HK
08HONGKONG155MACAU PROSECUTES FIRST TIP CASE AND JOINS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Macau Public Prosecutions Office (PPO) announced January 17, 2008 that it had charged the first-ever suspect in a case of international human trafficking through Macau. According to "Macau Daily News," a Vietnamese woman was charged with human trafficking after she recruite [...]
2008-01-25 01:03:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1599UNDERSTANDING HONG KONG'S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's fourth Legislative Council (Legco) elections on September 7 will directly affect the pace and direction of the Special Autonomous Region's democratic development. Legco's convoluted election system -- one that confuses most Hong Kong voters -- creates its own campa [...]
2008-08-29 09:20:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG1630HONG KONG LEGCO ELECTIONS: CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Polling suggests Hong Kong voters are putting livelihood issues and a candidate's ability to work with Beijing ahead of democratic reform. On this basis, the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, which can provide constituent services throu [...]
2008-09-04 08:33:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV HK
08HONGKONG1653OUTLOOK FOR HONG KONG LEGCO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The pan-democratic camp should hold on to at least a third of the 60 seats in the September 7 Legislative Council (Legco) Elections, narrowly depriving pro-government and pro-Beijing forces the 2/3 supermajority required to change the Basic Law and electoral arrangements. The cruc [...]
2008-09-05 11:10:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG1654DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S LEGCO ELECTION STRATEGY: METHOD
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The Democratic Party's (DPHK) decision to run multiple slates in the same geographic constituencies (GC) in the September 7 Legislative Council (Legco) elections appears less self-destructive when explained by either the appeal of a candidate to a particular GC locale [...]
2008-09-05 11:15:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HK
08HONGKONG1666LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS NARROWLY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: By holding on to 23 of the Legislative Council's (Legco) 60 seats, Hong Kong's pan-democratic caucus has saved its 1/3 "blocking minority" -- barely. While the government will not be able to dictate the terms of electoral and other constitutional reforms, the democrat [...]
2008-09-08 11:14:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG1729THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and Hong Kong legislators from the pan-democratic and pro-Beijing camps discussed the future of universal suffrage in Hong Kong, priority legislative agenda items, and Hong Kong-China relations. Pan-democratic legislators stressed constitutional reform as the [...]
2008-09-18 04:14:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP HK CH
08HONGKONG179HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]
2008-01-28 06:34:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG183MACAU'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Macau Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of [...]
2008-01-28 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG1832CONSUL GENERAL DONOVAN'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on Secretary of Security Ambrose Lee September 30, Consul General Joe Donovan stressed the importance the USG attaches to its deep and broad cooperation with Hong Kong across a wide range of law enforcement, legal and security matters. Secretary Lee con [...]
2008-10-02 09:47:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS HK
08HONGKONG1933"BORING" HONG KONG POLICY ADDRESS DODGES
[...] (C) Summary: Consensus among Hong Kong's public and politicians was that Chief Executive Donald Tsang's October 15 Policy Address was dull. Pundits had long anticipated virtually all of Tsang's main points. The only proposal arousing heated debate was his suggestion that an increase in a gr [...]
2008-10-20 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HK
08HONGKONG1950THE RISE AND FALL OF HONG KONG'S LIBERAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: As the saying goes, the Liberal Party (LP) is "not quite dead, but not at all well." Pummeled at the ballot box September 7, the LP was viewed by voters as the party of government collusion with big business in a Legislative Council (LegCo) election marked by working- [...]
2008-10-22 07:44:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG2002HONG KONG COURTS TAIWAN BUSINESSES, TRAVELERS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced several initiatives to strengthen relations and foster cooperation with Taiwan in his October 15 Policy Address. This year's speech marks the first time Taiwan has been mentioned in the Policy Address and is widely viewe [...]
2008-10-30 08:43:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HK TW CH
08HONGKONG2045HKSARG LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO
[...] (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen. We will forward the original, and fax a copy, to EAP/CM. 2. Begin text: Mr. Barack Obama President-elect United States of A [...]
2008-11-07 00:51:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HK
08HONGKONG2061MACAU SARG LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO
[...] (U.) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Macau Special Administration Region Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah (Edmund Ho). We will forward the original, and fax a copy, to EAP/CM. 2. Begin Text, The Honourable Barack Obama President-elect of the Uni [...]
2008-11-10 09:27:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HK
08HONGKONG2071HONG KONG LABOR RIGHTS GROUP PUSHING COLLECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: A leading local advocate for labor rights in mainland China has begun to use the mainland's Labor Contract Law (LCL) of 2008 to organize workers in Guangdong province. His organization plans to target a successful foreign manufacturer that can become a model for future collective [...]
2008-11-12 09:41:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD EIND ELAB PGOV CH
08HONGKONG2093LEHMAN MINIBONDS CRISIS SPURS LEGCO TO USE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 08:12:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON HK
08HONGKONG2094MACAU'S MIDDLE CLASS MOVES TO STAKE OUT THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Newly-emergent political coalition Civic Power seeks to represent Macau's formerly silent middle class by staking out a position between the SAR's marginal democratic movement and the traditional, pro-establishment social organizations that dominate SAR politics. The [...]
2008-11-17 08:14:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI MC
08HONGKONG2109MACAU ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION: A DISTURBING
[...] (C) Summary and comment: To meet the requirement of Article 23 of its Basic Law, the Macau Special Administrative Region Government put forth a draft "Law for Safeguarding National Security" in a consultation document released October 22. Macau observers see three deficiencies in the governme [...]
2008-11-20 05:01:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MC
08HONGKONG2126MACAU ARTICLE 23: DELAYING TACTICS FROM AN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Some democratic activists, journalists, and a few lawyers oppose the draft Article 23 national security legislation proposed by the Macau government October 22 (reftels). Bill opponents are pushing first to extend the consultation period from 40 to 90 days, hoping to [...]
2008-11-21 07:51:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MC
08HONGKONG213HONG KONG: CHINA'S FIRST DEMOCRACY?
[...] (C) Summary: The December 29 National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision setting the timetable for implementation of universal suffrage has refocused the political debate in Hong Kong, deftly defusing the issue. The Hong Kong Government (HKG) appears confident that it has s [...]
2008-02-01 05:43:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
08HONGKONG2197DEMOCRATS WIN THE FRONTIER BUT MAY LOSE ON EXCO
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Emily Lau's "The Frontier" political movement came to an all-but-official end this past weekend, with Lau and her senior colleagues formally leaving the group and joining the Democratic Party (DPHK). While observers have long believed a consolidation of pan-democratic [...]
2008-12-05 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HK
08HONGKONG2208HK HEALTH SECRETARY ON AVIAN INFLUENZA, MELAMINE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary for Food, Health and Welfare York Chow discussed with the Consul General Hong Kong Government (HKG) eQrts to detect and prevent an outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI); melamine contamination and health care reform are also at the top of the Health Bureau agenda, Chow said, [...]
2008-12-08 08:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALAMED EAGR PGOV SOCI TBIO CH HK
08HONGKONG2213FORMER LEGCO PRESIDENT DISCUSSES HONG KONG'S
[...] (C) Summary: Former Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) President Rita Fan sees Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang's reluctance to accept LegCo's legitimate role in Hong Kong's governance as the main cause of the deteriorating legislative-executive relationship. Fan argues it is a politicia [...]
2008-12-09 05:47:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HK CH
08HONGKONG2216HONG KONG'S NPC AND CPPCC DEPUTIES: MORE THAN A
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC),and to a lesser extent, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),have seen a gradual shift both in Beijing's and the Hong Kong people's expectations of their role and influence. Until a few years [...]
2008-12-09 09:48:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HK CH
08HONGKONG2229HONG KONG ON MACAU ARTICLE 23: THROUGH A GLASS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong activists are watching Macau's deliberations over Basic Law Article 23 legislation with a mixture of concern and diffidence, mostly centered on the issue of whether Macau is a dress rehearsal for Hong Kong. On the one hand, Hong Kong activists have voiced mo [...]
2008-12-11 09:56:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MC HK
08HONGKONG2258MSARG SUBMITS REVISED ARTICLE 23 BILL TEXT TO
[...] (C) Summary and comment: After reviewing public comments regarding the Basic Law Article 23 draft text issued in October, the Macau Special Administrative Region Government (MSARG) formally tabled a revised bill with the Legislative Assembly (LA) December 17. The LA will begin consideration o [...]
2008-12-17 10:20:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MC CH
08HONGKONG2277HONG KONG RELUCTANT TO EXTEND SFI PILOT
[...] (C) Summary: In negotiations with the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) team, Hong Kong officials said they are not interested in extending the SFI pilot program beyond its agreed April 30, 2009 term. Hong Kong officials cited minimal evidence of trade facilita [...]
2008-12-22 00:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HK
08HONGKONG248CHING CHEONG PAROLED, ARRIVES IN HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) The PRC judiciary paroled on February 5 Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based journalist for The Straits Times in Singapore, after he completed about half of a five-year sentence for selling "state secrets" to Taiwan. Ching arrived back in Hong Kong the same day. (Note: Ching was first detai [...]
2008-02-06 09:51:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
08HONGKONG254CHING CHEONG PAROLED, ARRIVES IN HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) The PRC judiciary paroled on February 5 Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based journalist for The Straits Times in Singapore, after he completed about half of a five-year sentence for selling "state secrets" to Taiwan. Ching arrived back in Hong Kong the same day. (Note: Ching was first detai [...]
2008-02-11 01:59:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
08HONGKONG255TIP, MONEY LAUNDERING, PROTECTING AMCITS: CG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive and friendly meeting January 29 with Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho, Consul General Cunningham received positive initial reactions to our plans to expand contacts with the growing American community there and to strengthen liaison with the Macau government to e [...]
2008-02-11 02:36:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG259PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMFORTABLE WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham on January 30 that Beijing was comfortable with the rapid rise of U.S. and other foreign investment in Macau's gaming and tourism industry and, despite some stresses as Macau society [...]
2008-02-12 08:21:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG3118MIXED REACTION TO NPCSC DECISION ON HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's pan-democratic parties reacted with disappointment and frustration to the December 29 PRC National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision to defer universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) until 2017, and for the Legislative Council (Leg [...]
2008-01-01 23:30:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK
08HONGKONG378ELECTORAL REFORM TASK GROUP CONVENES, DEMOCRATS'
[...] (C) Summary: The February 28 initial session of Hong Kong's newly created "Task Group on Constitutional Development" did not produce any tangible results. Tasked with development of proposals for limited reform of the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections, the 3 [...]
2008-02-29 08:56:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PHUM CH HK
08HONGKONG403HONG KONG NGO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PRISON LABOR AND
[...] (C) Summary: Work study programs in China are among the most troubling, under researched and uncorrected human trafficking cases there, but exploitation in prison labor programs, as well as abuses of Indonesian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong contribute to the problem in the region. Th [...]
2008-03-05 01:06:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
08HONGKONG510MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES,
[...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...]
2008-03-18 08:24:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK
08HONGKONG53INTERNAL DISSENT HAMPERS HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: "Reformist" members of the Hong Kong Democratic Party (DP) recently sent an internal memorandum to the party's leaders, expressing deep concern over the party's poor showing in the November 18 district council election (ref a) as well as its overall strategic and policy direction [...]
2008-01-10 03:29:00Consulate Hong KongSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
08HONGKONG573VETERAN HONG KONG DEMOCRAT MARTIN LEE WILL NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Legislator and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, Hong Kong's most senior pro-democracy leader, unexpectedly announced on March 27 that he would not seek another four-year term in the Legislative Council (Legco) in the September election. Lee, age 69, has been the most visible [...]
2008-03-28 09:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK
08HONGKONG706HONG KONG JOURNALIST DESCRIBES PRC-SPONSORED
[...] (C) Summary: According to a Hong Kong journalist who participated in the PRC Government-sponsored media visit to Tibet in late March, the primary cause of the riots was ethnic resentment against the Han Chinese by the Tibetans, rather than political differences. The timing of the riots was du [...]
2008-04-18 04:24:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL CH HK
08HONGKONG880LABOR NGO CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY OF PRC-BASED
[...] (C) On May 7, Han Dongfang (strictly protect) and Robin Munro (strictly protect) of the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin (CLB, strictly protect) discussed ways to strengthen USG outreach and monitoring of CLB projects (funded by the USG) on the mainland with visiting Embassy Beijing laboff [...]
2008-05-15 08:16:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
08IHARTOUM1126GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAD AFFAIRS ON ICC, ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 26 meeting with ConGen Juba, Luka Biong Deng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Said the possible ICC indictments against GNU President Bashir present a golden opportunity to leverage concessions from him, that elections in 2009 are the only path to actually holding a [...]
2008-07-27 14:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PPEL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08INSHASA1164CNDP CLAIMSFARDC IN DISENGAGEMENT ZONE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08IRANRPODUBAI1SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1,
[...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...]
2008-01-16 08:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC PGOV PINR
08IRANRPODUBAI12IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI13ASSESSMENT OF FIRST DAY RESULTS OF IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-15 18:56:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI14IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS--PARTIAL RESULTS IN, BUT RUNOFFS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-16 13:55:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI15IRANIAN MAJLES--POST ELECTIONS ANALYSIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 15:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI16QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-30 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI19NED FELLOWS CAUGHT IN MEDIA CROSSFIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 12:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI2AHMADINEJAD AND OIL MINISTER TAKE THE HIT FOR GAS SHORTAGES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 12:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI20EYEING 2009: AHMADINEJAD PRESSES AHEAD WITH ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 12:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
08IRANRPODUBAI22NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED IN IRAN: THE CASE OF CENTRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 09:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI23IRAN: REAL ESTATE MARKET CCONTINUES TO THRIVE (C-NE7-01996)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 10:25:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI24IRAN: HOUSING PRICES IN TEHRAN AND OTHER MAIN CITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 11:33:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI25CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFFS, AS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-27 14:13:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI26AHMADINEJAD AT ODDS WITH MAJLES SPEAKER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 08:57:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI27US-BASED IRANIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST DISCUSSES IRGC, SUPREME
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 13:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI28READOUT OF JAPANESE DFM SASAE'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 13:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP IR JA
08IRANRPODUBAI3MAJLES CLASHES WITH AHMADINEJAD ON BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 10:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI30AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER ACCUSING CLERICS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 14:46:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI4MP SAYS IRANIAN REFORMERS SURPRISED AT SCALE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 14:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI48IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...]
2008-10-23 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN: LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI TBIO
08IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...]
2008-10-23 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD IR
08IRANRPODUBAI6IRANIAN STEEL INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO AN INSIDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 13:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EMIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI7EBRAHIM YAZDI ON US POLICY AND IRAN'S FUTURE
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Former foreign minister and leader of Freedom Party of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi (please protect) discussed his views of US policies on Iran with IRPoff Feb 20 when he came to Dubai to collect his US visa. Yazdi expressed his view that US policy on Iran is flawed and unclear, arg [...]
2008-02-28 14:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI8THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 16:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08ISLAMABAD1MGPK02: SITREP 7: CALM RETURNS; CONFUSION OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Calm returned across Pakistan on New Year's Day. The Election Commission met and decided to consult with the political parties January 2 before making a final decision to postpone the elections. Various political parties have differing view on whether to delay. Bhutto widower Za [...]
2008-01-01 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
08ISLAMABAD1015RESTORING THE JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary. Whether or how to restore the judges ousted by President Musharraf under the November 3 Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is a key issue in coalition negotiations between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party [...]
2008-03-06 10:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1034ZARDARI DROPS FAHEEM AS PM CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Amin Faheem told Ambassador March 7 that Asif Zardari does not want him to be Prime Minister because the party needs a Punjabi to counter the influence of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari offered Faheem the post of Speaker of the National Assembly or any other minist [...]
2008-03-07 16:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1035 PAKISTAN'S FISCAL DEFICIT PUTTING ECONOMIC STABILITY AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year to be as high as 6.5 percent of GDP, far exceeding the 4 percent target. A nearly $1 billion shortfall in tax collection, larger than budgeted expenditures, below target privatization receipts, and the projectizat [...]
2008-03-08 03:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD105PAKISTAN: REFOCUSING SECURITY ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request - see Paras 3 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Over the past year, militant extremists in Pakistan have sharply increased attacks, both in tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border and into settled areas. While these attacks do not represent a medium-term threat to Pakis [...]
2008-01-08 09:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1070FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/07/08
[...] (U) Summary: Following below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 7, 2008. ODRP FATA Programs ------------------ 2. (C) Senior ODRP officers met [...]
2008-03-10 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD1071COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...]
2008-03-10 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1072ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...]
2008-03-10 15:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1073IMET: RECAPTURING PAKISTAN'S LOST GENERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see Paras 2 and 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Post welcomes Department's proposal to expand IMET funding for Pakistan (reftel) and intends to focus additional funding on those Pakistani military officers, now at mid and senior ranks, who were unable to participat [...]
2008-03-10 15:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1097TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD11Post-Conflict Assistance in Swat
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable outlines options Post is considering to assist the GOP in providing post-conflict assistance to citizens in Swat (Northwest Frontier Province) who have suffered during the military's recent anti-terrorist campaign. We have reviewed existing Mission assistance programs [...]
2008-01-02 15:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK PTER
08ISLAMABAD1101PTA ON THE YOUTUBE BLOCKING INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an informal request from the Department, EconCouns and Econoff met with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzad Alam Malik March 5 to discuss the February 22 blockage of YouTube. Malik explained that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority ( [...]
2008-03-12 12:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS EINT KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1114POTENTIAL PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on Pakistani politicians who will have a significant role in shaping the new government. 2. (C) Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is a PML-N heavyweight who intends to be Punjab's next Chief Minister. Although he cur [...]
2008-03-13 03:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1148AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, whose name has been cited as a potential PML-N Minister of Finance, discussed his relationship with Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and emphasized that [...]
2008-03-14 12:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1180APRIL 24-25 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para six. 2. (SBU) As per reftel request, post approached the Economic Affairs Division of the Ministry of Finance regarding preparations for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECC). Joint Additional Secretary Sohail Re [...]
2008-03-17 10:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1181FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/14/08
[...] (U) Summary: Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the week ending March 14, 2008. FATA Briefings -------------- 2. (U) In Peshawar on March 11, DCM briefed the N [...]
2008-03-17 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PK PREL MASS
08ISLAMABAD1192PAKISTAN'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1212AITZAZ AHSAN GIVES PARLIAMENT 30 DAYS TO RESTORE
[...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan told Ambassador March 18 that former Chief Justice Chaudhry "will not storm the Supreme Court" upon his release (expected as soon as a new government is in place). Instead, Ahsan is giving the new parliament 30 days to find a [...]
2008-03-19 08:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1219CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 13:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1220PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...]
2008-03-19 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1230 GOP AGREES TO POSTPONEMENT OF APRIL 24-25 REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Pursuant to the request from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA),the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has agreed to postpone the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) scheduled for April 24-25, 2008 in Islamabad. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) EconOff met with the Joint Secretary o [...]
2008-03-20 05:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAID ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KPWR PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1269CSF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CIVIL-MILITARY TENSION
[...] (C) Summary: Coalition Support Fund (CSF) reimbursements are a major political and economic factor in our bilateral relations with Pakistan. On the military side, the recent publicity about CSF claims, largely resulting from congressional hearings, has prompted concern that reimbursements wi [...]
2008-03-24 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1271YOUSEF GILLANI ELECTED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by a resounding two-thirds majority of the National Assembly; he will be sworn in by President Musharraf on March 25. With the real political leaders (Asif Zardari [...]
2008-03-24 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1272CJCS MULLEN'S MEETING WITH COAS GENERAL KAYANI
[...] (C) Summary: CJCS Mullen met with Pakistan's Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani twice March 3-4. At a private dinner on March 3, they engaged in a discussion of Pakistan's new political landscape in the aftermath of the February 18 parliamentary elections. During talks on March [...]
2008-03-24 13:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1273ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with CJCS Admiral Mullen, Musharraf commented on perceptions of India's growing role in Afghanistan and cautioned his visitors with regard to overly optimistic assessments of the peace jirga process. He also gave his view of the post-election political situati [...]
2008-03-24 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD129ODRP CHIEF ENGAGES PAKISTAN'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Major General Helmly, Chief of Office of the Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP),met with senior Pakistan military leadership to reinforce our commitment to the U.S.-Pakistan security relationship. The officials expressed concerns about the effect "conditionality" on U.S. [...]
2008-01-09 10:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1295DETAINED JUDGES ARE RELEASED
[...] (U) Summary. On March 24, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, seven other deposed Supreme Court justices, and three provincial high court judges were released from five months of house arrest by police. This announcement to release the deposed judges was the first a [...]
2008-03-25 14:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD13PROPOSALS FOR EXPEDITED DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: As instructed by Principals December 28, this cable outlines proposals to enhance and expedite military and development projects for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjacent Pakistan-Afghan border areas. These include projects with the Pakistan military, [...]
2008-01-02 16:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL ECON EAID PREF
08ISLAMABAD1330THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...]
2008-03-27 07:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1331THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 25 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif SIPDIS repeatedly complained about President Musharraf but agreed that "we must win, no matter how" in the battle against extremism. The Deputy Secretary suggested that "we agre [...]
2008-03-27 07:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1332THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, Foreign Secretary Khan told the Deputy Secretary it might be possible to schedule the next round of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Washington in June, depending on approval of the incoming Foreign Minister. Khan said there was a chance of progre [...]
2008-03-27 07:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1333THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary congratulated Fahimida Mirza on becoming Pakistan's SIPDIS first female National Assembly Speaker and welcomed her proposed visit to Washington. Mirza described her plans to strengthen the institution of parliament. End Summary. [...]
2008-03-27 07:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1334DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS PM GILLANI
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani on March 26. Gillani expressed appreciation for the President's congratulatory call, asked for the support of the United States, and expressed desire to expand cooperation with the U.S. in counte [...]
2008-03-27 07:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1351CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...]
2008-03-28 17:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1355NEW PAKISTAN CABINET
[...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani March 29 received a unanimous vote of confidence from the Parliament; this gives the new government six months to move forward and tackle significant economic and terrorism challenges. Gillani then outlined the coalition gov [...]
2008-03-29 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1368PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...]
2008-03-31 07:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1376MUSHARRAF SWEARS IN 24 MINISTERS; PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary. On March 29, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani announced his "100 Day Plan" to the National Assembly. Within his plan, he looks to assist the lagging economy, continue to fight terror, strengthen Pakistan's ties with its neighbors and the West, restore the judiciary, and [...]
2008-03-31 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1381PAKISTAN SUPPORTS NEW UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 07:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AF UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1383PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC
08ISLAMABAD1384FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 03/28/08
[...] (U) Below is a summary of US Mission Islamabad's activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its northwest border with Afghanistan during the past two weeks up to March 28, 2008. ODRP FATA Activities -------------------- 2. (SBU) CCMR Contact Group: The [...]
2008-04-01 09:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD1401EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: PM Gillani in his first week is already demonstrating what Pakistanis describe as "our tendency to jump into the river first and figure out how deep it is afterwards." Faced with immediate opposition, Gillani has had to backtrack on pronouncements that the Frontier Crimes Regula [...]
2008-04-01 15:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1404AMBITIOUS UNHCR STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is revising its strategy for Afghan refugees to complement voluntary repatriations. It includes regulatory mechanisms to allow Afghans in Pakistan to better support themselves; development of refugee affected hosting areas [...]
2008-04-02 06:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PK AF
08ISLAMABAD1414PAKISTAN: UNAMID DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1421PAKISTAN NOT READY TO DISCUSS VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 09:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1424CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S DEPOSED CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, former Chief Justice Chaudhry and his lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan affirmed their commitment to seeing the Chief Justice return to his duties, along with other judges removed by President Musharraf following the November 3 State of Emergency. Chau [...]
2008-04-03 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1432POST REQUESTS FBI RECALL DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (S/NF) Post requests FBI recall information about Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman noted in Reftel. Reftel indicates that an individual "˜Fasil Ul Rehman' believed to be associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is behind the March 20 [...]
2008-04-03 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD144CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH THE PML-N
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chair Raja Zafrul Haq detailed alleged fraud and electoral irregularities, questioned U.S. ties with the person of President Musharraf instead of support for the people of Pakistan, and urged closer USG o [...]
2008-01-10 06:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1447ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard SIPDIS Boucher, Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan clarified the government's plan to engage in dialogue with militants. Asfundyar said his party intends to hold t [...]
2008-04-04 05:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1449CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S FIRST FEMALE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan's first female National Assembly speaker. She stressed that women's rights, especially in the areas of healthcare and education, would be her top commitment while in this historic position. The Speaker also eagerly a [...]
2008-04-04 06:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN
08ISLAMABAD145CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...]
2008-01-10 08:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1450CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH AHSAN IQBAL, PML-N
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Ahsan Iqbal, a newly elected National Assembly member and former Chief Coordinator and Information Secretary for the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N). Iqbal discussed the need for the deposed judiciary to be reinstated, that the War on Ter [...]
2008-04-04 06:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1459CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: On March 27, CODEL Tierney met with Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Zardari. Zardari professed his appreciation for U.S. support for the election and stressed that the U.S. should consider the new Parliament the primary decisonmaking entity in the government. He deta [...]
2008-04-04 09:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD146CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PPP LEADER FAHEEM
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party candidate for Prime Minister Amin Faheem told Senator Lieberman January 9 that the party was concerned about election fraud and related arrests of party workers in Sindh. Faheem said that he would follow Benazir Bhutto's moderate political agenda, and no [...]
2008-01-10 09:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1469CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH ANP'S ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Codel Tierney met with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan. Asfundyar explained his plan to incorporate the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and said he hoped to see the Political Parties Act ext [...]
2008-04-04 13:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1475CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with President Musharraf, Codel Biden congratulated the President on keeping his commitment to hold free and fair elections. Musharraf shared his views on why he believed the deposed judiciary could not be restored, expressed satisfaction with progress against e [...]
2008-04-07 03:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1476CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari told Codel Biden February 19 that he is seeking U.S. advice on the way forward. He is meeting or talking with all parties in pursuit of some form of a national unity government but suggested the PPP would try to form a government wit [...]
2008-04-07 03:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1493BOUCHER DINNER WITH PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE-NAWAZ
[...] (C) Summary. During a dinner hosted by the Charge, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher discussed challenges facing the new Pakistani government with leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Finance Minister-designate Dar outlined steps the new governmen [...]
2008-04-08 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1494BOUCHER MEETING WITH LEADERS OF PAKISTAN MUSLIM
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 28 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and General Secretary Mushahid Hussain told Assistant Secretary for South SIPDIS and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that their party would now act as a "calm opposition." The party's onl [...]
2008-04-08 09:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1497BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI
[...] (C) During a March 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary or South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Foreign Minister-designate Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the new government wanted to work with the U.S. to combat extremism, increase trade and extend cooperation with India and Afghanistan. [...]
2008-04-08 09:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1498BOUCHER,S MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with religious party leader Fazlur Rehman March 28. While the maulana thanked Boucher (and Deputy Secretary Negroponte) for reaching out to all of Pakistan's political parties during their recent visit, he [...]
2008-04-08 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1499BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH MUTTAHIDA QUAMI MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher to discuss the party's plans for sitting in opposition of the new government. Sattar expressed satisfaction with the credibility of th [...]
2008-04-08 09:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1525PROFILE: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER GILLANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by the National Assembly (Ref A),receiving a unanimous vote of confidence from the Assembly four days later. Gillani is a seasoned politician who descends from a [...]
2008-04-10 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1526PROFILE: SENIOR MINISTER AND COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, PML-N heavyweight Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan was sworn in as Senior Minister and Minister of Communications. Nisar, as Senior Minister, will be the country's de facto Deputy Prime Minister. Nisar has been elected a member of the National Assembly in every election si [...]
2008-04-10 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1527PROFILE: PAKISTANI DEFENSE MINISTER AHMED MUKHTAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Ahmed Mukhtar was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Minister of Defense. Mukhtar is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) stalwart and a close associate of PPP co-chair Asif Zardari; until recently he had been a top contender for the position of Prime Minister. End Summ [...]
2008-04-10 10:43:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1528PROFILE: PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was sworn into office as Pakistan's new Foreign Minister. Qureshi is a polished and pro-western politician from Punjab; however, he is a longstanding political rival of newly elected Prime Minister Yousef Gillani. Qureshi is a relative newcomer [...]
2008-04-10 10:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1534AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DAR DISCUSS PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-appointed Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (PML-N) April 8. Pakistan's current fiscal crisis and need for fiscal austerity shape Dar's plan to ask for a shadow International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, pending Coalition Support Fund (CSF) payments, [...]
2008-04-11 02:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1536DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH THE AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary Boucher met with the elected Executive Board of the American Business Council (ABC) in Karachi on March 27. Representatives from U.S. companies were optimistic about Pakistan's investment climate but expressed concerns over the [...]
2008-04-11 03:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1573BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED PROVINCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 12:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1574AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON INTERIOR ADVISOR REHMAN MALIK
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, the new senior Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik repeatedly emphasized the new coalition government's commitment to fighting terrorism, his long-standing ties to American law enforcement, his closeness to Benazir Bhutto during the negotiations le [...]
2008-04-15 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PINR PK PREL PTER SNAR ASEC
08ISLAMABAD1585RIOTS OVER POWER BLACKOUTS TURN VIOLENT IN MULTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the Punjab provincial city of Multan, protests organized by local textile mill owners to object to rolling blackouts which have forced factories to remain closed, turned violent on April 14. The Power Loom Association in Multan organized a rally of textile workers and day labor [...]
2008-04-16 17:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD16IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES IMMEDIATE COORDINATED INTER-AGENCY ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 05:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL
08ISLAMABAD1600CODEL CAPUANO MEETS WITH NEW GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Capuano visited Islamabad April 13-14, meeting with Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. The delegation included U.S. Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA),William Pascrell (D-NJ) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ),as well as House [...]
2008-04-17 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1601GOP NOT YET FOCUSED ON BIT NEGOTIATIONS BUT INTERESTED IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para five. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoffs met with Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Rtrd) Iqbal Ahmad and BOI staff April 17 to discuss resumption of BIT negotiations and organization of a Pakistan energy investment confere [...]
2008-04-17 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1609MUSHARRAF ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN/AQ DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1611FATA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE FOR 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 12:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1613PAKISTANI LEADERS DENY INTENT TO RELEASE A.Q. KHAN
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Chief Kidwai,Pakistan People's Party Co-Chair Zardari, and President Musharraf, DCM and Ambassador expressed our deep concern over GOP statements and press reports indicating that the restrictions on A.Q. Khan were about to be [...]
2008-04-18 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KNNP PK
08ISLAMABAD1614PM GILLANI SAYS NO TO RELEASING 27 AQ/TALIBAN DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 15:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1615ANP COALITION PARTNER ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN COMMENTS
[...] (S) Summary: On April 18, Peshawar Principal Officer Lynne Tracy followed up with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan about the GOP's plans to sign a peace agreement with tribal elders in South Waziristan. While Khan thought the document ""was not bad"" and consistent with hi [...]
2008-04-19 09:09:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM PINR
08ISLAMABAD1633SUPREME COURT ABOLISHES GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR
[...] (U) Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled April 21 to abolish the constitutional requirement that candidates for elective office have a bachelors degree, among other qualifications. This pre-qualification to run was introduced by President Pervez Musharraf in the lead-up to the 2002 parliamentary ele [...]
2008-04-21 13:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD164CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN COAS KAYANI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 04:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD1641RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...]
2008-04-22 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1648AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources on April 16 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requests assistance with attracting investors to its energy sector, organizing an investment [...]
2008-04-23 09:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1655PAKISTAN'S NEW HEARTS AND MINDS CAMPAIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 14:30:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1657EMBASSY ENDORESEMENT OF FY 2008 SECTION 1206
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post endorses CENTCOM/ODRP's FY 08 Section 1206 proposal for a $21 million helicopter sustainment program. These resources will fund a maintenance and sustainment program for Pakistan's U.S. origin helicopters. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The FY 08 1206 proposal will enable Pakis [...]
2008-04-24 03:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1659AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF WATER AND POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Minister of Water and Power on April 21 to discuss Pakistan's plans for dealing with the current energy crisis. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) emphasizes its desire to have more engagement with the U.S. on energy issues and specifically requests assist [...]
2008-04-24 05:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID EINV ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD1673PAKISTAN'S F-16 PROGRAM -- AT RISK OF FAILURE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has approached the U.S. with a request to use Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to help pay for Mid-Life Updates (MLU) on its existing fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. This request would require the modification of the original Letter of Offer and Accepta [...]
2008-04-24 15:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1679GROWING CONCERN OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION
[...] (C) Summary. There is growing concern over the continued deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over how to resolve the issue of the deposed judiciary. A new court petition attempting to prevent the National Assembly from considering a legislative [...]
2008-04-25 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1695PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BANS AS REQUIRED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 09:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1696AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 21 introductory call on the Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Ambassador raised Coalition Support Funds (CSF),the need for a formal agreement governing the use of Pakistan's Airspace, consideration of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the F-16 payment schedule [...]
2008-04-29 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1699 NO ACTION BUT MORE RHETORIC ON PAKISTAN IRAN PIPELINE DEAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para eleven. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following a brief state visit from Iranian President Mahmound Ahmadinejad on April 28, local media reports that the path has been cleared for Pakistan and Iran to sign the much touted natural gas pipeline deal. While [...]
2008-04-29 12:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD1702WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...]
2008-04-29 14:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1715PAKISTAN: THE IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY PRICES
[...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the impact that rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having on Pakistan's economic and political stability. 2. (SBU) Summary: The prices of almost all essential agricultural commodities have steadil [...]
2008-04-30 14:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1719INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD
[...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...]
2008-05-01 06:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU
08ISLAMABAD172USG MEDIA LEAKS HAVE PAKISTANI MILITARY "REVIEWING CONTINGENCIES"
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid separately called in Ambassador January 8 and 9 to express their concern about repeated media reports stating senior USG officials were considering unilateral action within Pakistan. Both official [...]
2008-01-11 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1735HELPING RESOLVE THE DEADLOCK OVER THE JUDGES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-04 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1742PAKISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY SALMAN BASHIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Salman Bashir has replaced Riaz Mohammad Khan as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary. Bashir--who previously served as Ambassador to China and Denmark--is a veteran Foreign Service officer. Bashir told local press he intends to focus on "economic diplomacy" during his tenure as Foreign [...]
2008-05-05 10:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1745DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1746DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD1747DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 21, DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer urged a conservative Foreign Secretary Khan to be proactive in supporting human rights initiatives at the UN and encouraged higher levels of commitment with Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA). Khan suggested that co [...]
2008-05-05 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1749DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH FEMALE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 22, Assistant Secretary Kramer and PolCouns met with female National Assembly members from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),Pakistan Muslim League (PML),and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). During a lively one hour discussion, the women discussed election reform and [...]
2008-05-05 11:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL KWMN
08ISLAMABAD1750DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 22, DRL A/S Kramer met with Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner Farooq to review possible areas of electoral reform on which the U.S. might be able to assist. In response, Farooq announced the recent formation of an Electoral Reforms Commission and noted that the EU O [...]
2008-05-05 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1751DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S CALL ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer met with Khursheed Shah, the new Minister of Labor, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis on April 22. During the meeting, they discussed the government's initiatives to combat child labor and the trafficking of persons for bonded labor purposes. The [...]
2008-05-05 11:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK PREL ELAB ETRD
08ISLAMABAD1756AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...]
2008-05-05 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD1757BY-ELECTIONS POSTPONED
[...] (C) Summary: In a tactical move designed to frustrate Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan People's Party is delaying National and Provincial Assembly by-elections from June 18 to August 18. The delay allows PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari time to determine if the coalition can settle the judges issue. [...]
2008-05-05 15:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1758BUDGET DEFICIT NUMBERS LOWER BUT SLOW GROWTH AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Private sector economists, the Ministry of Finance Special Advisor and IMF Resident Representative all expressed concern over Pakistan's record USD 8.3 billion budget deficit, but for different reasons. Citibank's Aziz Rahman was concerned that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's overs [...]
2008-05-06 06:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1772COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...]
2008-05-07 14:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1783DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 08:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO
08ISLAMABAD1784PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO COESPU INVITATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 08:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL KTIA MARR MASS
08ISLAMABAD179CHINESE EMBASSY SEEKS IMPROVED EXCHANGES
[...] (C) Following up on a phone conversation between U/S Burns and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, the Chinese DCM in Islamabad shared China's views on the political situation in Islamabad. China's primary foreign policy goals are to promote stability, fight terrorism, increase economic exc [...]
2008-01-11 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD1803PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OFFICIAL DISCOUNTS REPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: Unsurprisingly, a source in the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission said that a May 9 article in national circulation daily "Dawn News" reporting enhanced China-Pakistan civil nuclear cooperation was unfounded. The May 9 article alleged that, following President Musharraf's April 20 [...]
2008-05-10 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALENGY ECON PGOV PREL KNNP PK
08ISLAMABAD1804BY-ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR JUNE 26
[...] (C) Summary: After a firestorm of public criticism, the Election Commission (ECP) reversed its decision to postpone by-elections until August 2008; on May 7, it announced by-elections will be held June 26. This was an embarrassing, if minor, debacle involving multiple excuses and finger poin [...]
2008-05-10 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1805PML FORWARD BLOCK IN THE WINGS
[...] (C) Summary: As the deadlock over restoration of the judiciary drags on, back room negotiations continue over what might happen should the coalition collapse. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) parliamentarian Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari h [...]
2008-05-10 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD181ELECTION COMMISSION CONFIRMS OBSERVER ACCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Officials at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirmed there were no ECP restrictions on the activities of foreign or domestic election observers. Observers could pay unannounced visits to polling stations; all the ECP asked was that observers notify district offici [...]
2008-01-11 12:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PK
08ISLAMABAD1811OIC ENVOY SADA CUMBER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings May 2 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the General Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH),the Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, journalists, religious lead [...]
2008-05-12 09:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1825LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...]
2008-05-12 12:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1826APRIL 23 PAK-AFGHAN BORDER INCIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1828CODEL SMITH MEETS PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Smith visited Pakistan April 27-28. In their meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani, U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA),Mac Thornberry (R-TX),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX) stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long [...]
2008-05-12 12:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD1829CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...]
2008-05-12 12:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1831NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]
2008-05-12 13:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1832PAKISTAN CAMPAIGNING FOR SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) On May 7, A/DCM delivered Ref A points to Hasan Javed, MFA Director General of the UN and Economic Cooperation Division. Hasan confirmed that Pakistan did plan to run for one of the four Asian-designated seats on the Human Rights Council (HRC) and said he was confident of victory. 2. (C) Re [...]
2008-05-12 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM UNHCR
08ISLAMABAD1840REQUEST TO MFA ON LEVEL OF PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 13:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL KPOV MARR
08ISLAMABAD1841LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL UN
08ISLAMABAD1866NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]
2008-05-15 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1867ZARDARI PUSHES "GLOBAL DEAL," BUT NAWAZ MAY HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador May 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari was optimistic about reaching a "global deal" on the judiciary, wooing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) back into the cabinet, and finalizing a budget by the June 30 deadline. PML-N lead [...]
2008-05-15 14:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD188PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the mechanisms to ensure the election process is free and fair, and commented on improved relations with Afghanistan. Lieberman delivered two messages: (1) the February 18 general electi [...]
2008-01-14 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1894SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION
[...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...]
2008-05-19 15:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1898LAHORE IPR SEMINAR A SUCCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 09:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD1900INITIAL ECONOMIC POLICY DIRECTION LOOKS GOOD
[...] (U) Prior to his resignation as Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar set out broad priorities for Pakistan's FY 2008-2009 budget during a May 12 speech at a pre-budget seminar at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce. Dar pledged to focus on "fiscal consolidation" and to raise the tax-to-GDP [...]
2008-05-20 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1905PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with Secretary of Defense Kamran Rasool, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding continuity o [...]
2008-05-21 07:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1906PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH JCSC
[...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Tariq Majid, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made [...]
2008-05-21 07:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1916FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR SAYS BUDGET WILL BE ON TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance, who has replaced Ishaq Dar after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ministers tendered their resignations May 13. Qamar said that the budget would be prepared for the Parliament to debate and pass it by the [...]
2008-05-22 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1919SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGREEMENT: GOP BEGINNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rehman Malik briefed Ambassador on the May 20 jirga with Mehsud tribal leaders. Malik said the GOP would likely sign the peace agreement "after a while." It appears the GOP has begun piecemeal implementation of the agreement. Malik outlined the GOP's negotiati [...]
2008-05-22 13:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1931FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 16, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD1933CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...]
2008-05-23 16:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1934ANP'S KHAN LOBBIES FOR SWAT AGREEMENT; DISAVOWS
[...] (C) Summary: Peshawar Principal Officer (PO) Lynne Tracy met Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan in Islamabad May 23 to discuss the peace agreements being negotiated in Swat and in South Waziristan, separately. Khan was emphatic that the ANP would only take responsibility for [...]
2008-05-23 16:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1936NO IMF PROGRAM FOR PAKISTAN RIGHT NOW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-25 06:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1947CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...]
2008-05-28 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD195THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: WAZIRS VS. MEHSUDS IN PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:47:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD195462 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD195562 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1956PAKISTAN: ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Acting USCENTCOM Commander, Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey visited Pakistan May 12. In his meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, Dempsey stressed the U.S.'s continued commitment to our long-term relationship with Pakistan and made assurances regarding contin [...]
2008-05-28 12:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1957CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with President Musharraf, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political and economic climate as well as efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Describing his current personal status as "confused," Musharraf reported that he would not become a "usele [...]
2008-05-28 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD1958CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER QURESHI
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan's support to combat terrorism but suggested that the Pakistan and the U.S. form a broad relationship based on common ideals and interests beyond counter-terrorism. Foreign Minister Qureshi asked [...]
2008-05-28 13:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ENRG EPET PK
08ISLAMABAD1959CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani expressed gratitude for U.S. support for democracy and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to combat terrorism. Gilani believes that there is an opportunity for a multi-dimensional U.S.-Pakistan relationship and sou [...]
2008-05-28 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD1967FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 11:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL IZ MARR MOPS OTRA
08ISLAMABAD1968CODEL NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER GILANI
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Gilani expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance, particularly in the tribal areas, but said more was needed. He ou [...]
2008-05-29 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1970FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 03:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD1979DELIVERY OF UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 06:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL UNGA AORC APER
08ISLAMABAD19802007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 06:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL AORC UNSC UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1981DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 06:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU
08ISLAMABAD1982SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 06:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG
08ISLAMABAD1995RUMORS OF MUSHARRAF RESIGNATION, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: As one press headline announced May 30, "Rumors and Denials Galore." Pakistan is abuzz at the possibility that President Pervez Musharraf may be ready to resign from office, or, alternatively, use his 58(2)(b) constitutional powers to dissolve the National Assembly. A particular [...]
2008-05-30 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1996ZARDARI REPEATS COMMITMENT TO JUDICIARY, TONES
[...] (SBU) In a late May 30 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed the GOP's commitment to restore the Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges removed on November 3, 2007. He added that he and Law Minister Farooq Naek would discuss this evening th [...]
2008-05-30 15:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1998CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PPP LEADER ZARDARI:
[...] (C) Summary: On May 26, Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, NSA Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqan [...]
2008-05-30 16:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD1999CODEL NELSON MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 27 with Pakistan President Musharraf, Codel Nelson discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance and understanding on the strategic issue of terrorism and hoped clo [...]
2008-05-30 16:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2000FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OF MAY 23, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-31 03:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2001CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with President Pervez Musharraf. The President recounted his three-stage plan to transition Pakistan to a full-fledged democracy. He outlined that Pakistan [...]
2008-05-31 05:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER EAID
08ISLAMABAD2002CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PPP CO-CHAIRMAN ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with CODEL Feingold, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed his support to combat terrorism, adding that the Pakistani people have to take ownership of this "struggle of ideas." He pledged that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will no [...]
2008-05-31 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2003CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH PML-N PARLIAMENTARY LEADER NISAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senator Russ Feingold discussed Pakistan's current political situation and efforts to combat extremism. The PML-N, Nisar insisted, considers the U.S. to be a friend but took [...]
2008-05-31 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2006CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH PM GILANI: PUSHING
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA),Allyson Schwartz (D-PA),and Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) -- met May 27 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Prime Minister reiterated Pakistan's full support for the war on terror and noted improving relations [...]
2008-06-02 04:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2019 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 03, 2008
[...] "Blast Rocks Danish Embassy In High-Security Area: 8 Killed" "Dawn" (06/03) "A car-bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in one of the most high-security residential districts on Monday, killing eight people and injuring more than 25 others." 2. "Terrorism Remains A Real [...]
2008-06-03 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2020NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI ADDRESSES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 10:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2021NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DURRANI DISCUSSES FATA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's new National Security Advisor (NSA),addressed counties with troops in Afghanistan on Pakistan's strategies for combating terrorism and enforcing peace agreements within the tribal areas. He stressed that it was important not only to him [...]
2008-06-03 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2041CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PML-N INFO SECRETARY AHSAN IQBAL
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 27 with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary and National Assemblyman Ahsan Iqbal. He argued that the U.S. had relied too heavily on President Pervez Musharraf, pa [...]
2008-06-04 13:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2042CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf met with Senator Levin and Senator Casey May 25 to discuss Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts, recent peace agreements in the border areas, U.S. security assistance, and the worsening economic situation. Musharraf supported the agreements, saying the military [...]
2008-06-04 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2049PAKISTAN'S ECONOMY WORSE THAN THE PM EXPECTED; PM SEEKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2050CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Carl Levin and Senator Robert Casey met May 25 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari, National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani and Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Husain Haqqani to discuss recent negotiations with militants, counterterrorism effo [...]
2008-06-05 14:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2051CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD2055CODEL SCHIFF MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MIRZA
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Schiff -- U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) -- met May 26 with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. She promised the new GOP would remain tough in the fight against terrorism, but requested that the USG focus more resources [...]
2008-06-06 05:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL EAID PHUM KPAO
08ISLAMABAD2061FOOD CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: REASONS BEHIND THE SHORTAGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: While rising fuel prices, nation-wide power cuts, insufficient irrigation water and global price trends are all to blame for the shortage of basic agricultural commodities in Pakistan, government mismanagement remains a primary cause of the country's agricultural problems. The p [...]
2008-06-09 01:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2064PAKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN
[...] (U) The following is a response to the Department's request for information on the use of forced and child labor in the production of goods. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) There are no recent surveys or studies on the nationwide use of forced labor and exploitative child [...]
2008-06-09 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK
08ISLAMABAD2068FATA PROGRAM UPDATE AS OF MAY 30, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2096THE PAKISTANI LAWYERS 'LONG MARCH' BEGINS
[...] (C) Summary: The much promised lawyers' Long March to protest for restoration of the deposed judiciary has begun its journey from Karchi through Lahore; officials expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will converge on Islamabad June 12 and 13. The march is a difficult challenge for P [...]
2008-06-11 14:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2101FOREIGN SECRETARY CONDEMNATION OF RECENT
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 11, Ambassador was called by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to protest the U.S. Coalition strike earlier that day, which reportedly killed eleven Pakistan civil armed forces, injured eight, and resulted in an undetermined number of missing personnel. Bashir [...]
2008-06-12 08:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2104USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND TERRORISM WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with President Pervez Musharraf June 2 to discuss U.S. concerns regarding recent peace agreements in the border areas, Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts and U.S. security assistance. Portraying civilian government leaders as soft on [...]
2008-06-12 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2105FATA PROGRAM UPDATE JUNE 6, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD2107PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the official announcement of Pakistan's fiscal year 2008-09 budget proposal to Parliament, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar described poverty reduction as the "main plank" of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) economic policy. Qamar announced a proposed development strategy [...]
2008-06-13 00:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG ELAB PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2108PAKISTAN'S 2008-09 BUDGET: NO MONEY SLOTTED FOR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Finance Minister Naveed Qamar delivered the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) proposed budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 which must still be approved by the National Assembly. Despite acknowledging that the shortage of energy and prolonged nationwide blackouts were the w [...]
2008-06-13 00:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2109PAKISTAN'S 2008-2009 BUDGET: OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, PART ONE OF
[...] (SBU) The Government of Pakistan (GOP) released its USD 31 billion 2009-2009 budget June 11 in a speech by Finance Minister Naveed Qamar to Parliament. In addition to setting revenue targets and expenditure levels, Pakistan's budget also includes assumptions on economic growth and economic pol [...]
2008-06-13 00:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2135A WORLD BANK-LED CONSORTIUM FOR PAKISTAN'S AFGHAN BORDER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy recommends the establishment of a World Bank consortium to coordinate and expand donor activities focused on areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Stabilization of this border area is v [...]
2008-06-17 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2139LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY
[...] (U) Summary: On June 14, the "Long March" of the lawyers' movement ended quietly in Islamabad, leaving supporters disappointed, disgruntled and no closer to a solution on the judicial restoration issue than when the march began. Organizer Aitzaz Ahsan was widely criticized for allowing Nawaz S [...]
2008-06-18 03:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2140LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 03:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2141LONG MARCH ENDS WITH NO DECISION ON JUDICIARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 03:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2165WORLD BANK LOAN NOT YET FINALIZED
[...] (C) Summary: World Bank Senior Economist Dr. Hanid Mukhthar briefed Economic and Commercial Counselor on the recent Bank efforts to negotiate a USD 500 million structural adjustment loan with the Government of Pakistan (GOP). Despite over two months of negotiations, the loan has not been final [...]
2008-06-19 09:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV MARR MASS PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2201SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's newly elected civilian government remains a fragile coalition beset by differences over how to restore the deposed judiciary and President Musharraf's future. Continuing political deadlock over the judiciary has seriously undermined the GOP's ability to tackle grow [...]
2008-06-23 12:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2203PARLIAMENT SETS SYMBOLIC PRECEDENT WITH DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, Pakistan's parliament debated the defense budget for the first time in the nation's history. Although details were sparse and debate limited, this marked a symbolic move toward greater civilian oversight of the armed forces. Chief of Army Staff General Kayani supp [...]
2008-06-23 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL MARR ECON
08ISLAMABAD2218JUNE 26 BY-ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the June 23 decision by the Lahore High Court to declare Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif ineligible to run (reftels),Pakistan's June 26 by-elections will continue. The GOP June 25 petitioned the Supreme Court to overrule the decision against Nawaz [...]
2008-06-25 11:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2219FREE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARDS
[...] (U) On June 23, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) announced that it would begin to issue free Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Pakistani citizens. Currently, only approximately 60% of citizens have received CNICs. Because the CNICs had to be purchased, t [...]
2008-06-25 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2226KIDNAPPING, RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unidentified militants kidnapped an estimated 25-32 Christian men and boys in Peshawar on 21 June and released them in the early morning of 22 June. While the incident is part of a widening deterioration in security in the Northwest Frontier Province, it also demonstrates the [...]
2008-06-26 10:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2233OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING PAKISTAN'S FOOD CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Pakistan's worsening food situation and its potential impact on the country's most vulnerable groups, Embassy Islamabad suggests six program options for food assistance for Washington agencies' consideration. With 100 million Pakistanis living on two dollars or les [...]
2008-06-26 14:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL EAID ETRD EAGR PK
08ISLAMABAD2244TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROVISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 17:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF
08ISLAMABAD2245BY ELECTION RESULTS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some violence and procedural irregularities, voting in the June 26 by-Elections was held in a generally free and fair environment. Turnout was reportedly 32%. As expected, the ruling coalition swept the polls. Both the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan Peop [...]
2008-06-28 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD2250WORLD FOOD PROGRAM-LED ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN'S FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: World Food Program (WFP),the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international organizations briefed Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and diplomats on the initial phase of its food security assessment for Pakis [...]
2008-06-30 04:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2252TRANSIT TRADE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: HOPE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 04:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PGOV PK AF
08ISLAMABAD226NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2303PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani requested increased cooperation with the U.S. on security and economic assistance. He also firmly asserted that Pakistan's nuclear assets are protected and expressed hope for greater international focu [...]
2008-07-07 07:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD2304PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND CODEL CARDIN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting with Codel Cardin, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf explained the importance of concluding agreements with the tribal groups in the border areas to secure peace. He also expressed hope for stronger military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S as well [...]
2008-07-07 07:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD2305BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...]
2008-07-07 07:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2313USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES MILITANT THREAT WITH ARMY
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met separately with 11th Corps Commander Lieutenant General Masood Aslam and Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Muhammed Alam Khattak on June 3 in Peshawar to discuss negotiations with tribal leaders and the importance o [...]
2008-07-07 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD2315Pakistan Ministry of Finance explains its "fiscal
[...] (C) Visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with Pakistan Ministry of Finance Secretary Farrukh Quayyum and Special Advisor Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan July 2. The Minister was in Karachi for a cabinet meeting. Quayyum gave a frank overview of recent economic developments, emphasizing t [...]
2008-07-07 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2316USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman and Ambassador met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 2. USDP Edelmen stressed the U.S.'s long-term commitment to Pakistan and discussed how the U.S. might assist Pakistan in addressing the growing security threat posed [...]
2008-07-07 13:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD2317USDP EDELMAN MEETS WITH PAKISTAN CJCSC GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman met June 2 with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. USDP Edelman and Majid discussed strains on the Pakistan military and recent peace negotiations in the tribal areas. Majid also supported U.S [...]
2008-07-07 13:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD2318PAKISTAN: COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister (and former ambassador to the U.S.) Mahmud Ali Durrani met with the Counselor of the Department of State, Dr. Eliot Cohen, and the Ambassador on June 25. In a warm and wide-ranging conversation, Durrani conveyed his views about the [...]
2008-07-07 13:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD2320KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 04:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV
08ISLAMABAD2323 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2008
[...] "Fear Grips Citizens As Seven Blasts Rock Karachi" "The News" (07/08) "A series of seven bomb blasts rocked Karachi on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40, the state-run television reported. Intelligence sources claimed that the criminals wanted to provoke ethnic [...]
2008-07-08 09:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2328WALI KHAN'S STRATEGY FOR CONTAINING MILITANCY
[...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan told Ambassador July 7 that security in Peshawar was under control. He questioned the seriousness of the recent Khyber operation in Bara, but said that if the Pakistani security forces can continue to push the militants int [...]
2008-07-08 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2329NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-09 05:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS
08ISLAMABAD2336PRIME MINISTER GILANI AND CODEL GREEN DISCUSS BORDER ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with CODEL Green focused on cross-border issues with Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gilani explained his views on the causes of terrorism in Pakistan and his government's three prong counter-terrorism policy. He also requested additional Parliamentary exchanges [...]
2008-07-09 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2337CODEL GREEN DISCUSSES MADRASSAS, EXTREMISM WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 4 meeting with President Musharraf, CODEL Green discussed extremism in Pakistan and their support for madrassa reform. The CODEL cited a specific case of two young U.S. citizens apparently being held against their will in a Karachi madrassa; the Embassy is facilitating [...]
2008-07-09 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2351REP. JACKSON-LEE MEETS NA SPEAKER MIRZA
[...] (C) Summary: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee met July 1 with National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza. Mirza informed Rep. Jackson-Lee of her intention to visit the U.S. and women's advances in the current assembly. They also discussed President Musharraf's future. Rep. Jackson-Lee voiced concer [...]
2008-07-10 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD2352BOMBING MARKS RED MOSQUE OPERATION ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Summary: The latest suicide bombing on the one-year anniversary of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) military operation in Islamabad demonstrates just how potent a symbol the mosque remains in the militants' battle with the Pakistani government. We believe the bombing was more a demonstration [...]
2008-07-10 11:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2353FISSURES IN THE PPP
[...] (C) Summary: A split in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is not imminent. However, led by estranged party Vice Chair Amin Faheem and disgruntled Bhutto family members, fissures in the PPP have begun to emerge publicly. PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari is widely disliked for reasons that range from [...]
2008-07-10 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2365AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MOD ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador, RAO and the Office of Defense Representative July 9 briefed Defense Minister Mukhtar on U.S. intelligence cooperation, military cross border operations and U.S.-Pakistan security assistance. Mukhtar noted that press reports about impending unilateral military action, civil [...]
2008-07-11 12:05:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2377 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008
[...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...]
2008-07-14 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD238NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT: A NON-STARTER
[...] (C) Summary. The trial balloon launched to test the idea of a national unity government combined with an election delay (reftels) was shot down very quickly. President Musharraf and all the major political parties have firmly rejected the idea. However, the political and security uncerta [...]
2008-01-16 10:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD2381KASHMIR LINE OF CONTROL VIOLATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani MFA sources confirm reports from New Delhi (reftel) that neither country wanted recent violations of the Kashmiri Line of Control (LOC) to impede bilateral confidence building measures (CBMs). However, the Indians reportedly have just canceled the next round of CBM ta [...]
2008-07-14 13:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2400REQUEST FOR PL-480 EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO PAKISTAN THROUGH
[...] (SBU) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Summary: In Reftel I, Post recommended six food aid options for assistance to Pakistan - three options with existing ESF resources and three options with additional resources. This message pr [...]
2008-07-15 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2403FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY - Pakistan's current food problems are the result of high world market prices and serious policy distortions that are a disincentive to farmers. The World Bank is currently addressing some of the most difficult food pricing policy issues with the USD 500 million budget support loa [...]
2008-07-15 14:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2404FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR WELCOMES POSSIBILITY OF FOOD
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Naveed Qamar, the Acting Minister of Finance July 10. He welcomed the possibility of U.S. food assistance, asked for a briefing from Ministry of Finance staff regarding the bilateral investment treaty (BIT),previewed Under Secretary Jeffery's upcoming trip [...]
2008-07-15 14:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2415NEW IRI POLL: MUSHARRAF DOWN, NAWAZ UP, AND
[...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll quantified clear political trends in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif's popularity grew to 83 percent because there is solid support across party lines for key components of his campaign -- President Pervez Musharraf's [...]
2008-07-16 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PINR PTER
08ISLAMABAD2416PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2431UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08ISLAMABAD2432NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL PARM MOPS KPOA NATO
08ISLAMABAD2433PAKISTAN DELEGATION FOUND MAY 2008 PSI WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL KNNP MNUC PARM
08ISLAMABAD2434PAKISTAN TO REMAIN "BALANCED" ON IRAN WITHIN NAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PK PREL TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2435PAKISTAN COMPLIANCE WITH IRISL CARGO INSPECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 07:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR KNNP
08ISLAMABAD2436DEMARCHE RESPONSE: POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DIVERSIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 07:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL ETTC KOMC
08ISLAMABAD2438PAKISTAN STAYS COMMITTED TO UNSCRS 1737, 1747, 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 09:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08ISLAMABAD2441QURESHI TALKS TOUGH ON MILITANTS WITH BOUCHER
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met July 2 with Foreign Minister Qureshi. Qureshi assured Boucher that the new Pakistani government would not "shy away from using force" against militants in either the frontier areas or in other parts of Pakistan. He argued that recent Frontier Corp [...]
2008-07-18 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD2444PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party-led government used the occasion of what would have been Benazir Bhutto's 55th birthday to propose several important human rights initiatives. The cabinet approved PM Gilani's plan to commute the death sentences of approximately 7,000 prisoners to [...]
2008-07-19 08:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER
08ISLAMABAD2455REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES
[...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...]
2008-07-21 13:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2456COURT RULES ON AQ KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamabad High Court July 21 expanded AQ Khan's ability to visit friends and relatives within Pakistan but banned Khan from giving press interviews. The Court made clear that the GOP would continue to impose security restrictions on Khan. The Attorney General and the Law M [...]
2008-07-21 14:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2457PAKISTANI REACTION TO THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARD
[...] (C) On July 21, Ambassador raised with FM Qureshi USG concern that Pakistan was blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguard Agreement. She noted that the Pakistani Embassy in Vienna had circulated a fax to other missions insisting that the Agreement be subject to a 45-day review, th [...]
2008-07-21 14:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PARM ETTC
08ISLAMABAD2458 GOP ACCEPTS PHASE 1 OF DHS API/PNR MOI
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Following up on the proposed Advanced Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) Memorandum of Intent outlined in Reftel B, on July 21 EconOffs met with Imtiaz Kazi, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Interior [...]
2008-07-21 15:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2462PAKISTAN MILITARY ARRIVE AT KHYBER BORDER
[...] (C) Pakistan's first six man military contingent arrived July 21 at the Khyber Border Coordination Center (BCC) for an initial 3-6 month tour. This long-awaited development will allow ISAF, Pakistani and Afghan military together to monitor real-time intelligence on border activity to help avoi [...]
2008-07-22 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2463STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE FOR UNDER
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shamshad Akhtar explained her efforts to address Pakistan's worsening macroeconomic situation and expressed concern that the lack of politi [...]
2008-07-22 12:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2466UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Acting Minister of Finance Naveed Qamar described this year as one of the most difficult in Pakistan's economic history. He highlighted recent steps taken by the Government of [...]
2008-07-22 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2467PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN SPEECH TO
[...] (C) Summary: In his first live address to the nation on July 19, Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani provided an overview of economic problems facing the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and what steps the government is taking to mitigate the effects on the people of Pakistan. However, his halting 11:30 [...]
2008-07-22 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2468CLARIFICATION ON POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL FOOD
[...] (C) Summary: In a response to a National Security Council request to provide clarity on proposed food assistance to Pakistan in advance of the Prime Minister's upcoming visit to Washington, the following cable outlines possible financial modalities of increased food assistance to Pakistan. Thi [...]
2008-07-22 15:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2483COURT REJECTS A.Q. KHAN'S APPEAL
[...] (U) On July 23, the Islamabad High Court rejected on technical grounds A.Q. Khan's appeal of its July 21 decision, allowing him more personal access but confirming the need for governmental clearance of such access and any research projects (reftel). The Court ruled it cannot hear Khan's appe [...]
2008-07-23 12:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2505 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 24, 2008
[...] "Coalition Leaders Go For Talks In FATA; Parliament To Evolve Greater Consensus Against Extremism" "The News" (07/24) "Leaders of the ruling coalition in their meeting here on Wednesday resolved to pursue dialogue rather than military operation in the militancy-hit FATA, saying force would b [...]
2008-07-24 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD251ELECTIONS OBSERVATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Charge met with NSA Tariz Aziz to urge the GOP to immediately renew visas for International Republican Institute (IRI) Pakistan mission staff. Charge later met with IRI to discuss plans for election monitoring. IRI said that they expected their board to meet in Was [...]
2008-01-16 11:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2514PAKISTAN WILL NOT "IMPEDE" THE IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) On July 24, A/DCM met with MFA Additional Secretary for the U.N. and E.C. Khalid Aziz Babar to reiterate U.S. concern that Pakistan is blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguards Agreement (Ref A). Babar reported that despite the previous position of the Embassy of Pakistan in [...]
2008-07-24 13:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM ETTC PK
08ISLAMABAD2515COALITION SECURITY MEETING: FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Gilani chaired a seven hour meeting of coalition partners on July 23 to discuss the security situation. It produced a predictable statement affirming the GOP's three-pronged strategy of political engagement, economic development and force when needed. The public accent was o [...]
2008-07-24 14:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2524SCENESETTER FOR PM GILANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will be anxious to prove that he is committed to fighting "Pakistan's war" on terrorism and will outline the GOP's partial response to the July demands presented by CJCS Mullen/DDCIA Kappes. Gilani will publicly support the coaliton's "neg [...]
2008-07-25 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2525CABINET EXPANSION POSTPONED; BUREAUCRACY SHAKEUPS CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2532LAWYERS' MOVEMENT: ON THE MOVE OR OUTMANEUVERED?
[...] (C) Summary: The lawyers' movement met July 19 to renew its call for restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary, setting a deadline of August 14 (Pakistan Independence Day). This time, they threatened civil disobedience as well as marches and boycotts. But the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) i [...]
2008-07-26 08:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2586EMBASSY LEGAL ATTACHE NAMED IN CASE INVOLVING
[...] (C) Summary: Islamabad attorney Javed Jaffrey filed a habeas corpus petition July 29 on behalf of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national who allegedly has been held and mistreated at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility since 2004. The court July 30 ordered Interior Ministry Secretary Shah to r [...]
2008-07-31 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2589TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND
[...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...]
2008-07-31 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK
08ISLAMABAD2590UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY,S MEETING WITH NWFP
[...] (C) Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery met with Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani July 18. The Governor outlined the province,s three-pronged strategy of the selective application of force, political dialogue, and socio-economic [...]
2008-07-31 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PK PTER MOPS ETRD EIND PREL
08ISLAMABAD2605PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 10:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN
08ISLAMABAD2606TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND
[...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...]
2008-08-04 10:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK
08ISLAMABAD2608 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 02-04, 2008
[...] "SAARC Accord To Curb Terror, Fight Hunger" "Dawn" (08/04) "South Asian leaders signed a legal cooperation pact on Sunday to combat terrorism and agreed to set up a food bank to fight hunger in the face of rising food prices in one of the world's poorest regions. But the South Asian Associat [...]
2008-08-04 11:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2611NAWAZ GOVERNMENT: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME
[...] (C) Summary. Although Nawaz Sharif would like to exploit his status as Pakistan's most popular politician, he does not now have the votes to bring down the government and force new elections. If Nawaz quits the current coalition, PM Gilani could continue to lead a minority government with th [...]
2008-08-04 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2632PAKISTAN IPR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The following is an update on IPR issues in Pakistan. Given energy and food shortages, rampant inflation, and an unstable security situation, IPR falls low on the GOP list of priorities. No progress has occurred on TRIPS-compliant data protection legislation since the coalition governmen [...]
2008-08-05 13:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2657PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS
[...] (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar later reported back that he had checked with MFA's Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight clearance request matching the description in our points. The MFA requested [...]
2008-08-07 09:18:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC
08ISLAMABAD2689COALITION CONFIDENT; MUSHARRAF WEIGHING OPTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The media campaign over President Musharraf's impeachment swung into high gear over the weekend as coalition members met to draft an impeachment charge sheet and there was wild speculation about the potential vote count for impeachment. Al Qaeda weighed in with a purported audio [...]
2008-08-11 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2690COUNTERING NEGATIVE PRESS ON THE AAFIA SIDDIQI CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: To counter a growing avalanche of negative press stories alleging that the U.S. has been illegally detaining and torturing Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, post will place several letters to the editor from Ambassador in local print media (text para 6). End summary. [...]
2008-08-11 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2736PML DEBATES MUSHARRAF'S OPTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 15 meeting with Ambassador, Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leaders outlined their realistic best case scenario for Musharraf. He resigns with an indemnity package guaranteed by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS),the Army provides him and his family lifetime security, a [...]
2008-08-16 04:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2750PERVEZ MUSHARRAF RESIGNS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 09:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR ASEC PK
08ISLAMABAD2752FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR REQUESTS URGENT U.S. INTERVENTION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 10:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2772POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRESIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Following Musharraf's resignation August 18, Pakistan's political party leaders began immediate debates over who would become the next president; they have now taken a 72 hour break. On August 20, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) made a surprise announcement that it would suppor [...]
2008-08-21 03:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PINR
08ISLAMABAD2797SEPTEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 30-day clock to elect a new president commenced August 18 when President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office. He had served less than a year into his second term, after a controversial and contested re-election on October 6, 2007. Pakistan's president is elected indirectly [...]
2008-08-22 10:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PINR KJUS
08ISLAMABAD2798HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BAJAUR
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 2. (C) Summary: One of our goals with the Pakistani government and military has been to improve their ability to execute all the elements of a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy simultaneously. The current fighting in Bajaur, and the floo [...]
2008-08-22 14:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL EAID PREF PTER MOPS
08ISLAMABAD2801PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, ACTING AUSTR, AND U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Claudio Lilienfeld and Department of Commerce South Asia and Oceania Director Linda Droker met with Pakistani officials in the Ministries of Commerce and Health, the Privatization Commission, and the Intellectual Pro [...]
2008-08-23 08:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IP PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2802IMMUNITY FOR MUSHARRAF LIKELY AFTER ZARDARI’S
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Asif Zardari, PM Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Kayani, Ambassador pressed for quick action on immunity for former President Musharraf. Zardari and Gilani said flatly that they were committed to providing immunity, but not until after the presidential election [...]
2008-08-23 14:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD2803HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt met with Prime Minister Gilani at the Prime Minister's official residence. The Prime Minister talked about the importance of the health and education sectors in Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism. He emphasized that [...]
2008-08-25 00:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PREF PGOV SOCI PK
08ISLAMABAD2817NAWAZ PULLS OUT OF THE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. As expected, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced August 25 that the PML-N was formally withdrawing from the coalition government because it had lost faith in its coalition partner, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari. In a news confere [...]
2008-08-25 13:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2819PAKISTAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO PLANNED RETURN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 05:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER
08ISLAMABAD284FATA: MILITANTS CAPTURE FORT IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (C) Militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, (FATA) South Waziristan agency attacked and captured a Frontier Corps fort on January 16. Militants loyal to Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for the attack which left at least seven troops dead and twenty others missing. While [...]
2008-01-18 11:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR KISL PK
08ISLAMABAD2850INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY,
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...]
2008-08-27 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER
08ISLAMABAD2851PPP RESTORING JUDGES FROM THE BOTTOM UP
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has begun to restore the judges deposed by then President Musharraf last November, beginning with the Sindh High Court. Eight of 15 deposed Sindh justices re-took the oath of office on August 27. Restoration of the Lahore High Court judges cou [...]
2008-08-27 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD2852GOP BANS TEHREEK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Pakistan's Interior Ministry on August 25 banned the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),an umbrella group of Taliban-associated militants. It also asked the State Bank of Pakistan to freeze the group's accounts and ordered its assets seized under the GOP's Anti-Terrorism Act. Interior Mini [...]
2008-08-27 12:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2862THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of particular concern was the current state of th [...]
2008-08-29 09:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2868PLANNING FOR ROZS: STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON LOCATIONS
[...] (SBU) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti convened an August 21 meeting between provincial and federal officials to discuss the selection of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) in the NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Federal Minister [...]
2008-08-29 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK AF
08ISLAMABAD2869PAKISTAN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ON ALL KOSOVO ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL UNGA KV
08ISLAMABAD2870PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR
08ISLAMABAD2872PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF
08ISLAMABAD2874ECONOMIC WOES FINALLY MAKING TOP HEADLINES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time, local newspapers are carrying prominent coverage of a possible impending economic crisis, with headlines touting warnings from visiting World Bank senior officials and excerpts from a Citibank report. Such press attention helps sensitize the public to the im [...]
2008-08-29 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2876BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Ref A laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur and Rajanpur presents to achieve some of our counterterrorism goals. While mission's long term programs are designed to pursue those same goals, we are missing the immediately-available funding that would allow u [...]
2008-08-29 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD288STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK LESS THAN ROSY
[...] (C) Summary: In its January 5, 2008 first quarterly report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced its June 30, 2007 - July 1, 2008 (FY08) growth rate target range to 6.6-7.0 percent from 7.0-7.4 percent due to deterioration in the investment climate resulting from increased domestic insta [...]
2008-01-18 12:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2891PAKISTANI LEADERS DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2893GITMO DETAINEE MADNI RETURNED TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Hafiz Qari Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni was returned August 31 to the GOP's custody (reftel). Arriving at Pakistan's Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Madni was met by Islamabad Capital Police and Embassy A/RSO, who coordinated the transfer. 2. (C) Pol [...]
2008-09-02 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER PHUM KDRG PINR
08ISLAMABAD2894"SUSPENSION" NOT CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Malik insisted that there was no "cease-fire" in the tribal areas but only a one-month suspension of air operations during Ramadan. This was in response to parliamentarians' complaints about collateral damage and [...]
2008-09-02 13:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PREF
08ISLAMABAD2895PAKISTAN LOAN STATUS REPORT - ADB AND WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media reported the Asian Development Bank (ABD) will disburse USD 500 million in budgetary support to the GOP by September 30, an ADB official informed the Embassy the loan remains contingent on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) comfort letter which the ADB has n [...]
2008-09-02 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD290POLICE FIRED FOR NEGLIGENCE IN RAUF CASE
[...] (C) Summary: On 17 January, the government of Pakistan fired nine police officers for negligence leading to al-Qaida operative Rashid Rauf's escape from police custody in December 2007 in Islamabad. A committee formed by the Ministry of Interior determined Rauf escaped due to police negligence [...]
2008-01-18 12:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2904TALIBAN KIDNAP CHINESE ENGINEERS FROM THE NWFP
[...] (U) Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed on September 2 the Taliban were holding two Chinese nationals and two Pakistanis as leverage to force the GOP to stop military action against militants. Two Chinese engineers went missing from Shal Plam in the Lower Dir District of the Northwest Fro [...]
2008-09-03 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER CH
08ISLAMABAD2905PAKISTANI PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 26, Econoffs met with Dr. Shujauddin Shaikh of Merck Sharpe and Dohme (MSD) and Dr. Iqbal Bengali of Pfizer regarding issues facing Pakistan's pharmaceutical industry. The GOP has not allowed an adjustment of pharmaceutical prices for over seven years. Domestic and mu [...]
2008-09-03 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2907GOP CONDEMNS ALLEGED ISAF SEPTEMBER 3 INCIDENT IN
[...] (C) Late September 3, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called in the Ambassador to relay the GOP's intent to release a public statement, from the Foreign Ministry and possibly later from the Army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),condemning the alleged early morning September [...]
2008-09-03 14:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS
08ISLAMABAD292PAKISTAN MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: "COSMETIC
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, Polcouns met with Pakistan's first Human Rights Minister, Ansar Burney, to discuss the formation of the new federal ministry and its chances to survive beyond the caretaker government. Burney, a former G/TIP "hero," wants to create a National Human Rights Commission [...]
2008-01-18 13:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD293SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON
[...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's assassination and its potential to oust Musharraf's party in delayed parliamentary elections, electricity and flour shortages, a disturbing increase in suicide bombings throughout the country, and emboldened attacks by militants in the tribal areas are combinin [...]
2008-01-19 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD2935DCM'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI FINANCE SECRETARY
[...] (C) DCM and EconOff called on newly re-installed Finance Secretary Dr. Waqar Masood at his office on September 5. Masood noted that he had been back in office only four days but nevertheless, he was deeply engaged in managing the current economic crisis. He welcomed the visit by Embassy offi [...]
2008-09-05 12:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2940AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...]
2008-09-06 05:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2941PPP'S ZARDARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Nineteen days after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned and nine months after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Asif Zardari was elected September 6 as the new President of Pakistan. We now expect he will be sworn in on September 9. De [...]
2008-09-06 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR
08ISLAMABAD2962WAY FORWARD ON BAJAUR AND COIN STRATEGY
[...] (C) Reftels laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur presents to help the Pakistani government implement a comprehensive counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy, and our recommended approach for helping them get there. While the circumstances on the ground have changed somewhat, [...]
2008-09-08 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PREF PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD2970HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and the Minister of Health Sherry Rehman met at the Ministry of Health (MOH). The Minister and the MOH Director General identified the lack of health services and state presence in parts of Pakistan as contributing [...]
2008-09-09 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI
08ISLAMABAD2971HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS AT PAKISTAN NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt visited Pakistan's National Institute of Health Institute (PNIH) on August 19, during his two-day trip to Pakistan. At PNIH, Secretary Leavitt met with senior officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Health (MOH) t [...]
2008-09-09 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI
08ISLAMABAD2983ZARDARI BRINGS (SOME) JUDGES BACK... HIS WAY
[...] (C) Summary: Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is fulfilling its promise to reinstate the Musharraf-deposed judiciary, though it is doing it piecemeal and selectively. The GOP has now wooed back judges to all the provincial High Court benches. More significantly, though, three junio [...]
2008-09-10 13:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD2994ADDITIONAL REACTION TO THE SOUTH WAZIRISTAN STRIKE
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Americas Sohail Mahmood convoked Polcouns September 11 to express deep concern about today's New York Time's story, which alleged that President Bush had approved U.S. military raids into Pakistan. Asking who was providing this information and what were their mo [...]
2008-09-11 13:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER MOPS
08ISLAMABAD3008PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...]
2008-09-12 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3009PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHT PRIORITIES:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL SOCI
08ISLAMABAD3010CORRECTED COPY: THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of reftel. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of partic [...]
2008-09-12 12:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3011GILANI HIGHLIGHTS COUNTERTERRORISM AND ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Tauscher -- U.S. Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA),Tom Petri (R-WI),Jim Cooper (D-TN),Jon Porter (R-NV),Dave Reichert (D-WA),and Nancy Boyda (D-KS) -- met September 7 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. He thanked the USG for its support in helping transi [...]
2008-09-12 14:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL MOPS PTER EAID
08ISLAMABAD3012PROGRESS ON PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA; HINTS AT
[...] (U) Summary: On September 11, Pakistani and Afghan Foreign Ministers agreed to a re-engagement plan between the two countries and to convene a mini-jirga shortly after the Eid holiday (early October). Relations between the two countries had soured after the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kab [...]
2008-09-12 14:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER AF
08ISLAMABAD3013REQUEST TO APPROACH GOP ABOUT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 30 letter, Finance Minister Qamar requested the United States and Pakistan reopen Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations and asked that we propose a date for a single round of protracted negotiations o [...]
2008-09-13 00:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3014PAKISTAN MILITARY DECLARES IT HAS ORDERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOP leaders are falling beyond Chief of Army Staff General Kayani's September 10 statement defending Pakistan's sovereignty and denying the agreed rules of engagement allow U.S. forces to conduct operations inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military spokesman declared that the [...]
2008-09-13 05:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3027PRM VISIT TO PAKISTAN: JULY 14-24
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a report from PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and Program Officer Amy Wendt's visit to Pakistan July 14-24. The GOP is looking to the international community for a renewed commitment to assist with the impact Afghan refugees have had on Pakistan's environment, infras [...]
2008-09-15 09:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PHUM PREF
08ISLAMABAD3035DEVELOPING PAKISTANI COIN CAPABILITY
[...] (C) Summary: To help Pakistan roll back an increasingly virulent combination of foreign terrorists and domestic insurgents, the U.S. is implementing a three-part strategy to improve governance, provide economic development and fight extremism in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. [...]
2008-09-16 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3036DEEPENING U.S. PAKISTAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Conference was held in Islamabad August 25 to 28, bringing together research scientists from the U.S. and Pakistan who have worked on projects funded by the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement. Under the 2003 [...]
2008-09-16 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3037U.S.-PAKISTAN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, DCM met with Pakistan's Board of Investment (BOI) Executive Director General Major (Retd.) Iqbal Ahmad to deliver the demarche in Reftel B. The BOI is the lead Pakistani agency for Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations, and the Ministry of Finance told [...]
2008-09-16 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3068FATA UPDATE - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Military operations continue in Bajaur Agency, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to move in and out as the situation evolves. International organizations and NGOs are providing aid outside the Agency, but local Pakistani government (GoP) authorities still recommen [...]
2008-09-19 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PTER PREL PHUM MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3070OUTREACH TO ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN AND CHAUDHRY NISAR
[...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions with Ambassador September 19, Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar both said they were encouraged by signs that some local tribes had decided to rise up and fight militants. Khan said candidly [...]
2008-09-19 14:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3071PAKISTANIS REMAIN DEFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The September 3 raid into South Waziristan has drawn greater attention to alleged U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's border areas. Strikes that previously generated regular but tepid press now prompt bold headlines. Pakistani papers and political statements have focused on the Se [...]
2008-09-19 15:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3073ZARDARI TO PARLIAMENT: "I HAVE A DREAM FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 20, a smiling but nervous President Asif Zardari addressed in English a packed joint sitting of parliament. This was the first time a Pakistani President had addressed the parliament in eight years; Zardari pledged to respect the supremacy of parliament and called fo [...]
2008-09-20 12:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3074SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT
[...] (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott, setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on several floo [...]
2008-09-20 16:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3075SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: "LINE CROSSED" IN
[...] (C) As of September 21, 0030 hours (local time),Pakistani media continues to report 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the Marriott blast. According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, as much as one thousand kilograms of explosives were used in the initial vehicle-borne blas [...]
2008-09-20 18:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3076SITREP 03, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD QUIET,
[...] (C) As of September 22, 1000 hours (local time),two TDY staff remain missing. Pakistani media report at least 60 dead and over 200 injured. Media also reports that the Marriott hotel is structurally compromised and may collapse. 1200 kilos of explosives were used in the attack. Due to extr [...]
2008-09-21 04:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3080SITREP 04, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ONE MISSING TDY
[...] (C) As of September 21, 1830 hours (local time) the body of one missing TDY employee has been identified in the ruins of the Marriott hotel, bringing the total number of official Americans killed to two. One TDY employee remains missing and is feared dead. A Department of Defense medevac flig [...]
2008-09-21 13:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3095ECONOMIC POLICY IN PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S ADDRESS TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, President Asif Zardari addressed a joint session of Parliament. The speech touched briefly on economic issues, including a PKR 34 billion (USD 439.28 million) poverty alleviation plan and the need to eliminate oil and energy subsidies, increase the electric powe [...]
2008-09-22 13:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK
08ISLAMABAD3096SITREP 05, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: DEATH TOLL RISES;
[...] (C) As of September 22, 1800 hours (local),two Embassy personnel are confirmed deceased, one remains missing. One Embassy contractor remains at Shifa Hospital, Islamabad, for observation; one Embassy official was mil medevaced at 0100 hours. 2. (C) In total, approximately 95 Pakistanis [...]
2008-09-22 13:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
08ISLAMABAD3105ALLEGED LIVE BURIAL OF HONOR KILLING VICTIMS
[...] (C) Summary: The September 17 intervention by the Supreme Court in a reportedly gruesome honor killing has raised the stakes about a case that has provoked widespread outrage. Although the facts of the case are very much in dispute, between two and five women were killed and buried (report [...]
2008-09-23 12:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD3119BMENA FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED TO PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3131LAW ENFORCEMENT RAIDS ON SUSPECTED IPR VIOLATORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) provided post with documentation of intellectual property right (IPR)-related raids conducted between January 2007 and August 2008. Raids were carried out in several different cities, and about half the raids targeted pirated books. Out of [...]
2008-09-25 11:02:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3133CREATING A CERP-LIKE FUND FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistani military action in Bajaur and Swat is generating up to 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who likely will need shelter and support through the winter unless they receive help in refurbishing homes and communities destroyed by ground and aerial attacks. In a n [...]
2008-09-25 13:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MCAP MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD3137 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
[...] "Pakistan, US Blow Hot and Cold Over Flare-Up" "Dawn" (09/26) "Security forces fired on two NATO helicopters which had intruded into Pakistan territory on Thursday, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, officials said. "Two helicopters from the Afghanistan side crossed into Saidgai, Ghul [...]
2008-09-26 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3139SEPTEMBER 20 MARRIOTT BOMBING: EFFECT ON LOCAL BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Marriott hotel bombing on September 20 caused significant damage to an office building directly adjacent to the hotel, which contained primarily information technology (IT) companies, including local offices of some large American and multinational corporations. Other busin [...]
2008-09-26 12:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON EINV PK
08ISLAMABAD3176U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM BILATERALS
[...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...]
2008-10-02 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3182REVISED COPY: U.S.-PAKISTAN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: On August 22, a delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dailey met with a delegation led by Minister of the Interior Malik for a counter-terrorism bilateral, the first such dialogue since 2006. The topics of discussion included security forces training, terro [...]
2008-10-06 05:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3183TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...]
2008-10-06 05:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PREF PK
08ISLAMABAD3186TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: In a discursive conversation with President Zardari on October 2, Ambassador again encouraged the appointment of a czar for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). She stressed that the federal and provincial governments were not working well together to confront the is [...]
2008-10-06 10:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3188AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER QAMAR FOR ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 10:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3219KAYANI EXERCISES INFLUENCE WITH NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 09:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER
08ISLAMABAD322PAKISTANI INDUSTRIALIST DISCUSSES IRAN PIPELINE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met with Mr. Zaheeruddin, Chairman of Shahzad International Group, January 17 to discuss energy issues and the proposed Pakistan-Iran pipeline. Mr. Zaheeruddin opined the pipeline will never be constructed due to lack of funding. He also complained the gas sale purchase [...]
2008-01-22 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3221PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK
08ISLAMABAD3222PAKISTAN INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM PINR PINS PTER KGIC MCAP PK
08ISLAMABAD3226PAKISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 09:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK
08ISLAMABAD3231 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 09, 2008
[...] "Military Seeks Politicians' Support to Fight Militants; Opposition Dissatisfied" "Dawn" (10/09) "The military took elected representatives of the nation into confidence on Wednesday about the worsening situation in FATA, NWFP and Balochistan and the U.S.-led 'war on terror' during a joint [...]
2008-10-09 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD324PAKISTAN: JUDICIARY UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Qayyum reported that he expected the three attorneys still under house arrest to be released "soon" and noted that the attorney's movement was fizzling under economic pressure. He was pessimistic about convincing Musharraf to release the eleven remaining detain [...]
2008-01-22 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD3240 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 10, 2008
[...] "Bomber Runs Down Anti-Terror Office In Islamabad" "The News" (10/10) "At least eight people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the central office of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) located in the premises of Police Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday." [...]
2008-10-10 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3248PAKISTAN'S PARLIAMENT BEGINS TERRORISM DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary. The October 8-9 closed joint session of parliament convoked by President Zardari to address the security situation has been widely praised as a good first step in convincing Pakistan's elected leadership to take ownership of the fight against extremism; this effort now should be extend [...]
2008-10-13 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3249ZARDARI IS SECURE, BUT THE GOP IS VULNERABLE
[...] (C) Summary. Despite political parlor talk that Asif Zardari has only a few months to get control of Pakistan or face a military coup, we see no immediate threat Zardari will be ousted from power. His chief threat comes from Chief of Army Staff General Kayani, who has no desire to take on [...]
2008-10-13 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3254PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 9. The National Book Foundation (NBF) has the mandate of providing affordable textbooks, reference books and research books to university students as well as promoting the growth of a domestic book industry. This mandate has [...]
2008-10-14 05:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD326PAKISTAN: ALL GEO CHANNELS BACK ON THE AIR
[...] (U) After 78 days off the air, President Musharraf announced on January 20 that the GEO news and sports channels would resume broadcast immediately. These were the last two channels that remained blocked after access for many television channels was severed November 3 when Musharraf announced [...]
2008-01-22 13:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD327FORMER PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER PERVAIZ ELAHI OPPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call on former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday January 17 by CDA, Elahi dismissed this week's speculation of establishing a new national consensus government and postponement of elections as [...]
2008-01-22 13:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD3281PAKISTANI CARPET EXPORTS DOWN AS LUXURY SPENDING ABROAD
[...] (U) Summary. According to media reports and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data, Pakistan's handmade carpet exports have declined by 10 percent in August 2008 over August 2007, continuing a downward trend in the sector's exports. Pakistan exported USD 16.1 million worth of rugs, carpets and mats [...]
2008-10-15 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON EINV EAID ELAB PK
08ISLAMABAD3285SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL AVIATION CONFERENCE
[...] On October 13, Post transmitted reftel demarche to Pakistan's designated participants of subject conference with no comment. Participants are Mr. Syed Amir Mehboob, Airport Manager, Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore; Mr. Ayaz Khan Jadoon, Airport Manager, Benazir Bhutto International [...]
2008-10-15 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3287GOP CABINET APPROVES DRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani cabinet (of the Government of Pakistan (GOP)) approved a draft bill establishing a National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) and reversing the Musharraf administration's amendments to the Legal Practitioners Act, which drastically curtailed Bar Council authoritie [...]
2008-10-16 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD33POLITICAL PARTIES ACCEPT ELECTION POSTPONEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition reaction to the postponement of general elections to February 18 was swift but measured. Most interlocutors confirmed that their parties were not consulted by Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) and expressed suspicions that the delay was for political rather than the [...]
2008-01-03 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3332LASHKARS FORMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE AWAKENING
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In various agencies within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and parts of the Northwest Frontier Province, local communities are raising homegrown security forces to fight militants, known as lashkars. These lashkars are fully supported logistically by their lo [...]
2008-10-21 12:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3337FATA TRIBES SIGN PEACE ACCORD FOR KURRAM AGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. On October 17, Border Coordinator met with Munir Khan Orakzai, Member of the National Assembly from lower Kurram agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Area, to discuss the recent peace agreement brokered during a three-day jirga held in Islamabad in which he participated. A [...]
2008-10-22 07:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3339ZARDARI EXPRESSES DELIGHT WITH CHINA VISIT, LOOKS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, President Zardari expressed complete satisfaction with his just concluded visit to China, reviewed planning for the Friends of Pakistan, and reiterated his determination to press the fight against extrem [...]
2008-10-22 08:58:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3343UPDATE ON DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN FATA AND NWFP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Separate assessment visits to Lower Dir by post,s Refugee Affairs Specialist in early August and late September show the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has the current situation moderately under control, and current efforts seem more organized than in the past. Overcrowding in [...]
2008-10-22 10:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3349NAWAZ'S TENETS FOR WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has submitted a letter to PM Gilani outlining his party's six tenets for any counterterrorism strategy. While blaming the Musharraf administration for misguided policies and claiming a desire for consensus, the letter [...]
2008-10-22 12:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3350BOUCHER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR "FRIENDS OF A
[...] (C) Summary. At an October 20 meeting in Islamabad hosted by President Zardari, representatives of Pakistan, the U.S., the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China discussed the organization and possible goals of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group. They agreed to Foreign Secretary Bashir's s [...]
2008-10-22 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3359UNANIMOUS CT RESOLUTION FOCUSES ON DIALOGUE BUT AVOIDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 days of an in-camera joint session of Pakistan's parliament, the legislative body late October 22 unanimously approved a 14-point resolution providing the principles under which the GOP is to implement its national counterterrorism strategy. Blaming former "dictatorial [...]
2008-10-23 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3361RUCKUS BY LAWYERS BUT LEADERS MOVING ON
[...] (U) Hundreds of Pakistan's activist lawyers streamed on to the streets of Islamabad October 20 in an impromptu demonstration on behalf of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry had attempted to leave the judicial enclave and travel to the Supreme Court building just bloc [...]
2008-10-24 03:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3362GILANI FOCUSES ON PARLIAMENT'S COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 03:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3363KASHMIR TRADE OPENS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Official trade between Pakistan and India across the Line of Control (LoC) separating Kashmir commenced on October 21 for the first time in over sixty years. The exchange of trucks carrying goods, mostly produce, was limited in scale but not in significance. It heralds what m [...]
2008-10-24 03:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3366CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 07:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SU PK
08ISLAMABAD3373BOUCHER REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In two separate wide-ranging discussions with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher, Interior Minister Malik reported that the Pakistani government remained firmly committed to completing military action against extremists in Bajaur. Malik expressed co [...]
2008-10-25 08:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3374 BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE: FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL
[...] (U) Summary. As an underdeveloped region in Pakistan, Balochistan is dependent on the federal government for 94 percent of its budget and faces an estimated budget deficit of PKR 8.81 billion (USD 112 million) for the current 2008-09 financial year. Despite being the largest province in size [...]
2008-10-27 03:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3375AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE ADVISOR TAREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with newly appointed de facto Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen on October 23 to discuss economic affairs. Tareen noted that he supports the IMF program and thinks the final plan will be concluded soon. He also noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) will be rea [...]
2008-10-27 05:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3377 PAKISTAN-CHINA AGREEMENTS: NEITHER NEW NOR SPECIFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. To further the strategic partnership between the two countries, Pakistan and China signed 11 agreements during President Zardari's recent visit to China. These agreements range in scope from economic cooperation to the construction of two nuclear power plants to a Memorandum o [...]
2008-10-27 05:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID EIND ENGY EPET PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3383 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 27, 2008
[...] "Gilani Terms U.S. Raids Disastrous" "Dawn" (10/27) "U.S. attacks in tribal areas are harming the government's efforts to isolate extremists and mobilize people against militancy, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Addressing a press conference after returning from Beijing on S [...]
2008-10-27 09:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3388TAREEN ANNOUNCES HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AND KSE RETAINS FLOOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen discussed his nine point economic plan with the business community on October 25th, which according to him will bring the economy back on track. He asserted that he will raise the tax-revenue to GDP ratio to 15 percent from the curren [...]
2008-10-27 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3389AS PROTESTS CONTINUE GOP RESERVES DECISION TO ELIMINATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Faced with protests nationwide the Government of Pakistan has reversed the recent decision to increase electricity tariffs by 31 percent. Minister of Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf stated at a news conference on October 26 that the government stands by its decision to slash [...]
2008-10-27 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3398QURESHI TALKS TO BOUCHER ABOUT FRIENDS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Foreign Minister Qureshi late October 20. Qureshi was appreciative of the effort put into the "Friends of Pakistan." He hoped the initiative would be more than "just a donors' group," and informed Boucher that an action plan was with President Zar [...]
2008-10-28 09:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3399NAWAZ ASSURES BOUCHER HE WILL NOT EMBARRASS THE
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Nawaz Sharif expressed disappointment with the outcome of an ongoing joint session of parliament on the security situation and said he was sending a letter to Prime Minister Gilani outlining his party,s strategy on coun [...]
2008-10-28 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3402DURRANI TELLS BOUCHER OF SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 20 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Durrani said military progress in Bajaur was slow because militants were being reinforced with fighters from Afghanistan, neighboring tribal areas and from Arab and North A [...]
2008-10-28 12:42:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3403PAKISTAN'S INACTION MAKES DEFAULT MORE PROBABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past ten days foreign exchange reserves dropped 13 percent to USD 3.52 billion on October 27. Fuel subsidies have been quietly phased out but electricity subsidies are on pace to exceed the budgeted funds for FY 2008-09. Credit-default swaps (CDS) spreads on Pakistan' [...]
2008-10-28 14:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3414PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN SECRETARY & SENATE FORMALLY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 11:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL
08ISLAMABAD3417KURD ELECTED BAR PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Ahmad Kurd was easily elected late October 28 as the new president of Pakistan's powerful Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Kurd, former vice-chair of the Pakistan Bar Council, was backed by the lawyers' movement to succeed Aitzaz Ahsan. While Kurd is advertised as a " [...]
2008-10-29 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3418AMBASSADOR CONVOKED OVER U.S. ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 13:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL TFIN ETRD
08ISLAMABAD3419FATA UPDATE - 24 OCTOBER 2008
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military operations in Bajaur continue, but Inspector General Frontier Corps MG Tariq Khan says his forces are making good progress. They have cleared most of the main towns and the main road, and say they have taken the town of Lowi Sam, although attacks by militants c [...]
2008-10-30 02:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3430TAREEN PRIMES SENATE FOR IMF PROGRAM AND REFORM
[...] (SBU) On October 29 Economic Advisor Shaukat Tareen tried to convince Pakistan's Senate members that any IMF program would be on terms favorable to Pakistan and presented an extensive economic reform agenda. He also revealed that the fiscal deficit projection of 7.4 percent of GDP is actually [...]
2008-10-30 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3431MINI-JIRGA ENDORSES OUTREACH TO "ALL THOSE
[...] (C) Summary. The Pak-Afghan mini-jirga meeting in Islamabad concluded October 28 after two days with an agreement to form follow-up committees on both sides of the border tasked with opening a dialogue with the "opposition," defined by Pakistani jirga leader Governor Ghani as "all those invo [...]
2008-10-30 12:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3461BANKS REQUIRED TO HOLD FEWER RESERVES
[...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced the cash reserve requirement of banks in Pakistan by 100 basis points to 5 percent, a 4 percent drop in the last three weeks. The reduction in cash reserve requirement and statutory liquidity requirement carried out earlier combined have generat [...]
2008-11-03 11:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3463PROTESTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MUSHARRAF'S STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Lawyers commemorated the November 3 anniversary of last year's State of Emergency (SOE),demonstrating in front of bar association offices and court houses across the country. They blasted the current government for reinstating only some of the judges removed by former President [...]
2008-11-03 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD3499TWO PAKISTANI ULEMA GROUPS CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBINGS
[...] (C) Summary: However haltingly, the GOP has begun work on its own strategic information campaign to convince civil society to take ownership of the fight against extremism. The pro-secular Pakistan People's Party recognizes it must bring the religious right, which thrives on anti-Americanism, [...]
2008-11-06 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK PHUM KISL
08ISLAMABAD3532DCM MEETS WITH STATE BANK GOVERNOR AKHTAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar confirmed that negotiations with the IMF are stuck on the issue of how much to raise interest rates. The GOP plans to make a decision on this issue November 12. She expressed surprise on being a [...]
2008-11-07 13:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3533ZARDARI REACHES OUT TO BALOCHISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a marked change from the previous government, President Zardari has been reaching out to the oft forgotten province of Balochistan. Especially after the October 29 earthquake, Zardari is intensifying GOP efforts to settle a long-simmering Baloch rebellion through political reco [...]
2008-11-10 03:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3538 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 10, 2008
[...] "NATO Jets Kill 8 Banned Outfit Members In Khyber" "Daily Times," "The Nation" (11/10) "NATO jets today bombed Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency, killing eight members of a banned outfit - Amar Bil Maroof - and injuring three, 'Dawn News' reported. The channel said the NATO jets targeted hideo [...]
2008-11-10 08:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3545GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...]
2008-11-10 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3546MONEYCHANGERS ARRESTED TO PRESERVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
[...] (U) Summary. At least four money changers, including a CEO of a leading foreign exchange company, were arrested on November 8 by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for smuggling and illegal cross border transfer of foreign exchange. The FIA is closely watching other exchange compan [...]
2008-11-10 12:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3558CENTRAL BANK RAISES RATES TWO PERCENT AMID BLEAK ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, announced that the policy rate would be raised 200 basis points, from 13 percent to 15 percent, presumably in acceptance of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality. However, Akhtar warned banks not to rais [...]
2008-11-12 14:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3560GOP PROPOSED KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE SUPPORT SCHEME
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) placed a trading "floor" on August 28 to halt the market plunge and block the withdrawal of approximately USD 2 billion foreign investors have invested in the KSE. Market participants say the floor will remain until positive news, s [...]
2008-11-13 05:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD357START UP OF NEW USAID OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES
[...] SUMMARY: The relationship between the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and traditional tribal structures in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is under increased pressure because of the spread of fundamentalist extremism, foreign terrorist involvement, PakistanQs military activities in [...]
2008-01-24 06:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3584FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3586GILANI TO CODEL SNOWE: HELP US HIT TARGETS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Snowe met November 11 with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. Gilani thanked the USG for its support in helping transition the country to a full democracy and congratulated the U.S. on its recent election. Gilani reiterated that the struggle against extremism was "Pakistan' [...]
2008-11-13 11:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3590IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and the IMF edge closer to finalizing an agreement, additional donor assistance will likely be sought to bolster the IMF package. Post recommends consideration of the following economic options to support the democratically-elected Government o [...]
2008-11-14 12:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3592IDEAS FOR USG ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-15 03:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3593ZARDARI TO PETRAEUS: "DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION"
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, President Zardari repeated his commitment to fight terrorism, saying "defeat is not an option." He renewed his request for U.S. economic support, indicated he could support some unilateral U.S. military actions if they w [...]
2008-11-15 05:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3594MOD MUKHTAR MEETS GENERAL PETRAEUS
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Mukhtar expressed concern about the political difficulties that ongoing U.S. strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were creating for the Pakistani government. He reques [...]
2008-11-15 05:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3595CJCS MAJID HOSTS CENTCOM CMDR PETRAEUS
[...] (C) Summary. During a November 3 meeting and lunch, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Tariq Majid discussed bilateral relations, the need to improve military-military cooperation, and Pakistan's efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. [...]
2008-11-15 05:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD36IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) will be an important tool for economic development in Afghanistan and the border areas of Pakistan. Embassy Islamabad has developed a description of initiatives which will be essential for the implementation of the ROZs. Many, such as imp [...]
2008-01-03 15:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AF
08ISLAMABAD3606 GOP'S PLAN FOR THE BENAZIR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Details of the GOP plan to create a social welfare type program, the Benazir Income Support Program, were presented to diplomatic representatives. Through the program the GOP will disburse Rs. 2000 (USD 24.39 at R82 per USD) every other month to over 3 million families that have a mo [...]
2008-11-17 06:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3627FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military and Frontier Corps have made progress in clearing the main north-south corridor in Bajaur and forces are poised to move into Mohmand Agency to begin operations. The latest attack on the Salarzai tribe served to underscore the need for adequate post-conflict se [...]
2008-11-18 10:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD3630PAKISTAN'S VIEWS ON AFGHAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Poloff and DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Imran Siddiqui, responsible for human rights issues within the United Nations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui saw the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees as "positive" b [...]
2008-11-18 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL AF PK
08ISLAMABAD3634GOP STILL NOT READY TO APPROVE PNR
[...] (C) Summary. On November 18, DCM delivered reftel A demarche regarding data sharing for passenger name records to Ministry of Interior Secretary Kamal Shah. Shah noted that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has been having internal discussion on the issue of providing data to fulfill the Depart [...]
2008-11-18 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PTER ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3635NO WEAPONS OR AMMUNITION TRANSPORTED IN NATO
[...] (S/NF) Embassy has seen ref (B) indicating that ammunition and arms off hijacked U.S. convoys are being sold in Pakistan. To be clear, no weapons, ammunition or sensitive electronics are shipped to Afghansitan by land routes through Pakistan, according to the Office of Defense Representation [...]
2008-11-18 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD3640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 19, 2008
[...] "U.S. Commander Says Pakistan Backed Raid" "Dawn" (11/19) "The U.S. military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a U.S. military commander said on Tuesday. Dubbed "Operation Lionheart," [...]
2008-11-19 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3644PAKISTAN'S NEED FOR PL-480 WHEAT
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy recommends food assistance for Pakistan. Domestic food shortages - but most fundamentally the inability of the new civilian government to deliver to its citizens - can and will undermine American security objectives in Pakistan. As we have reported, the Pakistani military [...]
2008-11-19 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3645TORKHAM TO KHYBER HIGHWAY OPENS TO CONVOYS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The main land route to Afghanistan through Pakistan, the Torkham to Khyber highway, was re-opened to truck convoys on November 17. It had been closed by local authorities for five days because of security concerns following a November 10 attack on a convoy in which 13 trucks, in [...]
2008-11-19 13:46:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
08ISLAMABAD3654MFA AGAIN CONVOKES AMBASSADOR RE DRONE STRIKES
[...] (C) Following press reports of an alleged U.S. drone strike November 19 against a target in Bannu, Northwest Frontier Province, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir convoked Ambassador to issue a formal GOP protest. A clearly uncomfortable Bashir said that the strike "undermined our efforts agai [...]
2008-11-20 12:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3655A POWER PLAY FOR THE EMBATTLED PAKISTAN MUSLIM
[...] (C) Summary: The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party have abandoned former President Pervez Musharraf and are engaged in a battle to keep the party intact and hold on to power in the face of an internal rebellion after losses in the February parliamentary elections. PML President [...]
2008-11-20 12:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3656USAID/OFDA PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SHELTER UPDATE
[...] On October 29, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Balochistan Province of Pakistan caused significant damage to the traditional mud and timber houses, primarily affecting Ziarat and Pishin districts, with some damage also reported in Harnai district. Different assessments produced a range of estim [...]
2008-11-20 13:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD3671 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 21, 2008
[...] "Suicide Attack on Mosque: Lashkar Chief Eliminated" "Dawn" (11/21) "The chief of a tribal lashkar and eight other people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Bajaur Agency on Thursday. According to an official claim, 17 militants, including 11 foreigners, were k [...]
2008-11-21 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3672PRISON RIOTS PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Four prison riots in rapid succession in mid-October prompted NGO leaders to call for systemic reform. The problems stem from extreme overcrowding, severe health and sanitation risks, inequities within the prison population, and lengthy pre-trial detention. Conviction rates in [...]
2008-11-21 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD3676EMBASSY ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS SECTION WEEKLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a Refugee Affairs weekly activity report for November 10 - 14. The recent spate of violence in Peshawar has caused the United Nations to drawn down international staff at their Peshawar offices; other NGOs in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) have limited oper [...]
2008-11-22 08:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3677REACTION TO ALLEGED DRONE ATTACKS IN BANNU
[...] (C) Summary: According to local press, the alleged U.S. strike in Bannu on November 19 marked the first such attack in the settled areas of the Northwest Frontier Province, outside of the tribal areas. The strike drew a new round of condemnation by Prime Minister Gilani, coalition political pa [...]
2008-11-24 01:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3678SPOT REPORT ON MOHMAND AGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: Preliminary operations against militant forces by the Pakistan military have begun in Mohmand agency within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Local news sources and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) report that the numbers of those internally displaced persons (I [...]
2008-11-24 02:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3691AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ON FOOD AID
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 21 MINFAL Secretary Zia ur Rehman and Additional Secretary Shahid Hussain Raja requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador to discuss agricultural issues in Pakistan. The Secretary requested USG assistance on wheat imports, specifically access to the USDA GSM-102 pr [...]
2008-11-24 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3711FATA UPDATE - 21 NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (C) Summary: Operations continued in Bajaur Agency as the military continued to move to the southern border. In Mohmand Agency, Pakistan air assaults continued on the northern border and limited unit movement on the southern border to cordon and search for militants on a house-by-house basis. [...]
2008-11-26 14:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK MOPS
08ISLAMABAD3715MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF
[...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche outlining Pakistan's FY09 score for consideration under the Millennium Challenge Corporation to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary/Director M. Mumtaz Malik on November 19. Malik thanked EconOff for the information and said the GoP will continue to work toward [...]
2008-11-28 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK
08ISLAMABAD3716PAKISTAN REACTIONS TO TERROR IN MUMBAI
[...] (S) Summary. President Zardari, PM Gilani and FM Qureshi have made all the right public statements condemning the November 27-28 militant attacks in Mumbai; Gilani has agreed to an Indian request and is sending ISI Chief MG Pasha to India to participate in the investigation. Interior Minister Malik [...]
2008-11-28 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IN UK PK
08ISLAMABAD3717ISI DISBANDS ITS "POLITICAL WING"
[...] (C) ... [...]
2008-11-28 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3718CHARGE URGES FM QURESHI TO SEND ISI MG PASHA TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary. In a November 29 meeting with FM Qureshi, Charge urged Pakistan to send ISI Director MG Pasha to India, as agreed publicly, to participate in investigations of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. If Pasha did not go to India, this would be seen as a bad sign that Pakistan was retreating [...]
2008-11-29 07:27:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3719ZARDARI PROMISES TO SEND AN ISI DIRECTOR TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary. Pakistani leaders and media remained defensive November 30 about accusations of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks and demanded evidence from India. Zardari, Qureshi and an unnamed senior defense official are quoted as denying involvement and promising to take action again [...]
2008-11-30 09:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3722 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 28, 2008
[...] "Mumbai Death Toll Rises To 125; India Blames Neighbors" "The News" (11/28) "Indian commandos killed the last three gunmen at the Taj Hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 125 [...]
2008-12-01 02:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3733PAKISTAN: MUMBAI SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Ambassador has returned and will see Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at 3 pm local time. Zardari is unavailable for meetings today. 2. (C) UK PM Gordon Brown is trying to call President Zardari today. 3. (C) NSA Durrani advised DCM that Zardari is meeting this evening with all of the Pak [...]
2008-12-01 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3744 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3748FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3760PAKISTAN ABOLISHES ITS NSC
[...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Prime Minister Gilani publicly announced that he and President Zardari had dissolved the National Security Council (NSC). The move was designed to stave off demands by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz that Zardari deliver on promises to cede presidential powers t [...]
2008-12-03 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3776DECISION NEEDED ON PAKISTAN GSM-102 APPEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post requests that a decision be made for a plan under GSM-102 for Pakistan. Two items are delaying Pakistan from purchasing U.S. wheat under the GSM-102 program. First, Post renews its appeal for USDA's speedy approval of the 5 Pakistani banks, originally identified by the Gov [...]
2008-12-05 07:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3779FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 08:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3783FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MUMBAI; GOI EMBASSY
[...] (S) Summary. FM Qureshi briefed the diplomatic corps December 2 on the GOP reaction to the Mumbai attacks. He complained about the negative effect of Indian media hype and announced that Pakistan was proposing a joint investigation led by the two National Security Advisors. He reiterated that Pakis [...]
2008-12-05 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3788PML-N KITCHEN CABINET: NAWAZ'S BETTER HALF
[...] (C) Summary: On November 25 last year, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif triumphantly returned to Lahore. Even then, however, prospects for his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz looked dim. In fact, Nawaz announced (three times) that his party would boycott the February 18 parliamentary elections, j [...]
2008-12-07 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3790AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli visited Islamabad on November 24 and 25 to discuss women's empowerment issues and the Women Against Terrorism Initiative. Ambassador Tahir-Kheli met with National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Dur [...]
2008-12-08 08:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV WE PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3791PM GILANI TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTAN WILL ACT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham the GOP will take action against individuals implicated in the Mumbai attacks as Secretary Rice had urged. On December 6, the Prime Minister, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, said the government h [...]
2008-12-08 08:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3796NEW IRI POLL: ZARDARI BLAMED FOR PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: The latest International Republican Institute poll, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and conducted at the end of October, found this GOP as unpopular as the previous administration of former President Pervez Musharraf. Current President Asif Zardari is taking the bl [...]
2008-12-08 14:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD380SHARIA LAW: TRYING IT AGAIN IN NWFP'S MALAKAND,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) has sent legislation to the federal government proposing Sharia Muslim law be instituted in Malakand agency, Swat, and some other areas north of Peshawar. This is tied to ongoing efforts to mollify Malakand and Swat leaders, but by so doin [...]
2008-01-25 09:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3801IMF LOOKS FOR USG SUPPORT WITH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconCounselor met with the IMF's Resident Representative to discuss Pakistan's implementation of economic stabilization policies. They agreed that the SBA adjustment measures are necessary for a stable economy and this message should be continually reinforced with officials of [...]
2008-12-09 14:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3811 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 06-09, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 11:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3819THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, joined by Foreign Minister Qureshi, met December 11 in Islamabad. Zardari pledged his interest in cooperating with the government of India to prosecute those implicated in the Mumbai terror attacks. The GOP has deta [...]
2008-12-12 08:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL PTER IN PK
08ISLAMABAD382STAFFDEL BLAZEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S 11TH CORPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. StaffDel Blazey traveled to Peshawar January 18-19 to meet with the leadership of Pakistan's 11th Corps and the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Frontier Corps. Discussions centered on efforts to combat the growing insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA [...]
2008-01-25 10:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV MASS PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3820THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met with Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi to discuss the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and relations with India, progress being made on border cooperation with Afghanistan and upcoming multilateral and bilateral meetings. End summary. [...]
2008-12-12 09:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3821DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with the Prime Minister's Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tareen. They discussed the present state of Pakistan's economy, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) stand-by agreement, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) and the Bilat [...]
2008-12-12 09:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3822 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 12, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3823DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 11 of Pakistan's commitment to cooperate fully with India in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks. He welcomed UNSCR 1267, which gave Pakistan face-saving cover under which to act against Lashkar-e-T [...]
2008-12-12 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3827ALL PARTIES COMMUNIQUE ON INDO-PAK RELATIONS
[...] (U) Late December 2, in Islamabad, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani convened an "all political parties conference" to discuss Pakistan's unequivocal condemnation of the October 29 Mumbai bombings and their unified position vis-a-vis Pakistan's relations with neighbor India. The text of the unanim [...]
2008-12-12 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3837PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 15, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 10:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3838SHEDDING LIGHT ON PAKISTANI THINKING ON BIT, ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12 EconCouns met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui and discussed the Energy Dialogue, the Friends of Pakistan and the International Fund Donor's Conference. Farruqui said that he would be the GOP's organizational lead for both the Friends of Pakistan and the IMF D [...]
2008-12-15 12:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3841SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH PPP AND PML
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),traveling to Pakistan as part of Codel McCain, met separately December 6 in Islamabad with representatives of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML). The PPP parliamentarians reiterated the government's support for the [...]
2008-12-16 03:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3849PREVENTIVE DETENTION FOR MUMBAI ATTACKERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The continued police round-ups in Pakistan of persons even tangentially connected to the Mumbai attacks have generated much puzzlement about the country's sweeping ability to use preventive detention remedies. For Pakistani authorities, however, this is pretty much business as usual. [...]
2008-12-16 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3853STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN ISSUES 2007-2008 ANNUAL REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),released its 2007-2008 annual report on December 11. The report presents a lucid explanation of the already well documented deterioration of Pakistan's macroeconomic situation in Fiscal Year 2007-2008, ending in June. Pa [...]
2008-12-17 05:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3861 FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION,
[...] (SBU) Fighting continued in Bajaur into the first week of December with government forces reporting small advances, claiming to kill over 50 militants, but unable to fully secure the volatile agency. Troops reportedly began patrolling areas captured from militants in Nawagai tehsil. Security f [...]
2008-12-18 02:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3886 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 19, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 09:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3888KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE DROPPING WITHOUT FLOOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Beginning Monday, December 15 the Government of Pakistan (GOP) required the country's three exchanges to remove a restriction ("floor") on trading below closing prices of August 27, 2008. The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) dropped approximately 4 percent during each of the first [...]
2008-12-19 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY EINV PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3889FATA UPDATE - 19 DECEMBER 2008
[...] (C) Summary. Consulate Peshawar personnel report that rocket attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence throughout Peshawar, but continue to result in little damage and very few deaths. Government of Pakistan (GoP) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials have noted to Ambassador an [...]
2008-12-19 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD3902LAWYERS POLITICIZED, BLAME U.S. FOR MUMBAI ATTACKS
[...] (C) Since the ouster of President-General Pervez Musharraf, the lawyers' movement has become less and less an independent force on Pakistan's political scene. Many of its original leaders are looking for dignified exits, ceding ground to some die-hard firebrands (reftel). The opposition Paki [...]
2008-12-22 08:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3903 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 22, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3906GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION PASSED TO PAKISTAN
[...] (U) In concert with Russian and Dutch counterparts, Post passed reftel invitation message on the fifth Global Initiative plenary meeting to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 22. 2. (C) Akhtar thanked the group for the invitation and [...]
2008-12-22 12:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PINR KGIC PINS PK
08ISLAMABAD391AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have exper [...]
2008-01-26 03:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD392AMERICAN COMPANIES EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Islamabad has received an increased number of complaints from American companies over the last several months regarding unfair practices on the part of GOP, many stemming from action of the caretaker government. General Electric, Oracle, Bell Helicopters and AES have experience [...]
2008-01-26 03:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EAID EINV EFIN PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3933PAKISTANI MEDIA AND GOP ATTITUDES TOWARD THE BIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent article in the Pakistani press has criticized the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as "one-sided" and "in favor of U.S. investors" only. The article presents some misconceptions about the BIT and was refuted by a Ministry of Investment official. Five outstanding issues [...]
2008-12-23 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3935 JAMAAT-I-ISLAMI CONDUCTS PEACEFUL PROTEST IN PESHAWAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. One of the largest Pakistani religious parties, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI),led by its chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, staged a large demonstration in Peshawar to demand that Pakistan stop permitting NATO supplies to flow through the area into Afghanistan. Between 6,000-10,000 protestors pa [...]
2008-12-24 01:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3942GOP PLANNING FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN, DONORS CONFERENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 23, the DCM met with Secretary General Salman Farruqui in order to discuss the upcoming Friends of Democratic Pakistan meetings, the proposed Donors Conference and the Energy Dialogue. Farruqui extended the GOP's invitation to Secretary-designate Clinton to attend the [...]
2008-12-25 04:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEINV EFIN ENGY ECON PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3943 MUMBAI ATTACKS: PAKISTANI MOI HESITANT TO MOVE
[...] (C) Summary. MOI State Secretary Kamal Shah expressed concern about moving the Mumbai bombing investigation into law enforcement channels. A successful prosecution, especially of the organizers, would demand significant levels of admissible evidence, which the Pakistanis do not now feel they h [...]
2008-12-25 04:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD3944 FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION,
[...] (C) Fighting decreased slightly in Bajaur during the second week of December because of the Eid holiday. Consulate contacts claimed that security forces were consolidating their gains in Bajaur during the week and had secured the road all the way to Nawagai, the town at the border of Bajaur a [...]
2008-12-25 04:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3945BHUTTO ASSASSINATION COMMEMORATED: A YEAR NO ONE
[...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- in control of government again -- prepares to commemorate the life of its slain leader. This December 27 will see day-long speeches and memorials across the country. Bhutto's [...]
2008-12-26 08:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD398PAKISTAN: ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER STEPS UP
[...] (U) On January 23, the Election Commissioner of Pakistan, retired Justice Qazi Muhammad Farooq, publicly flexed his pre-election muscle and ordered the current acting president of Pakistan to suspend his campaigning. Chaudhry Amir Hussain, the current National Assembly Speaker and acting Presi [...]
2008-01-26 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3980 MILITANTS KILL ANTI-TALIBAN LEADER IN SWAT
[...] (C) Summary. Militants in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed Pir Samiullah, a popular local religious leader on December 14, executed dozens of his followers, and kidnapped others. Samiullah was an independent figure who generally eschewed politics and drew hundreds of followers. Pir Samiullah's [...]
2008-12-31 11:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD399PAKISTAN: GOVERNMENT ADDS NEW TELEVISION CHANNELS
[...] (U) Couched in the idea of furthering democracy, the government of Pakistan (GOP) issued satellite licenses to twelve additional private television channels on January 23. Local media report that in a ceremony to inaugurate the new channels, caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting [...]
2008-01-26 07:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD405AMBASSADOR’S CONDOLENCE CALL ON ASIF ZARDARI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 09:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD419FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 1/28/08
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports our weekly update of USG activities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Territories (FATA). It also gives a broad brush look at our on-going programs in the region to show how deeply and in what variety we are reaching into this difficult and often h [...]
2008-01-29 12:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD420AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MUNIR MALIK
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting January 26, former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik advised Ambassador that his health had improved and he no longer needed a kidney transplant. He confirmed that the Pakistani lawyers' movement is struggling to remain united behind a boycott as [...]
2008-01-29 13:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD421MQM LOOKING FOR RESPECT
[...] (C) Summary. The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) based in Karachi appears to be transforming itself from a group of thugs to a service-based grass-roots political party. Expecting to win 20-25 seats in the upcoming National Assembly elections, MQM also sees itself as a potential kingmaker in formati [...]
2008-01-29 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD422CRIMINAL PLANNING BEHIND POST-ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Karachi January 25-26, Ambassador heard a consistent message about the violence that wracked the city for three days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination. According to our contacts, while there were grief-stricken mobs, much of the damage was carefully planned [...]
2008-01-29 13:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD423SOLIDARITY CENTER REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Tim Ryan, the American Center of International Labor Solidarity's Asia and Europe Office Director, described the current status of the labor movement in Pakistan. Highlighting the role that organized labor can play in the development [...]
2008-01-29 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PK
08ISLAMABAD443VOA TV PROGRAMMING STILL OFF THE AIR IN PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 14:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD46DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 07:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
08ISLAMABAD464PAKISTAN ELECTION OBSERVATION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. We need to move quickly to field an election observation team to partially fill the hole left by the International Republican Institute's (IRI) decision not to return its observer team to Pakistan. We recommend that USAID support Democracy International un [...]
2008-01-31 14:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD481AITZAZ AHSAN FREED FROM HOUSE ARREST
[...] (U) Summary: On January 31, Aitzaz Ahsan, the Supreme Court Bar Association president, was released after 90 days of detention in his Lahore home. Former Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry released a letter rebuffing President Musharraf's criticisms. Lawyers and civil rights activists around Pak [...]
2008-02-01 12:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD482PUBLIC SHRUGS AFTER RETIRED GENERALS CENSURE
[...] (U) In a January 31 meeting, a group of retired army officers urged Musharraf to step down and hand over power to deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Chaudhry, who could then create a national unity government. The group also endorsed the lawyers' movement, demanded the government appoint forme [...]
2008-02-01 12:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD483“THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PAKISTAN”
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Ambassador January 31, Nawaz Sharif confirmed he was ready to work with the Pakistan People's Party in a post-election coalition government and described this union as "the best thing that could happen in Pakistan." He dismissed reports of threats against his life [...]
2008-02-01 13:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD504DETAINED LAWYERS RELEASED AND DETAINED AGAIN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 2, days after they were released from 90 days of house arrest, Aitzaz Ahsan, Supreme Court Bar Association President; retired Justice Tariq Mehmood, a Supreme Court lawyer; and Ali Ahmed Kurd, Supreme Court lawyer and National Assembly candidate, were placed back under [...]
2008-02-04 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD505AMIN FAHEEM: SINCERE BUT UNPREPARED TO BE PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met January 31 with Amin Faheem, the Pakistan People's Party Vice-Chairman, who confirmed the party will not decide on a candidate for Prime Minister until after the February 18 elections. Faheem continues to remain open to working in a coalition with Musharraf's part [...]
2008-02-04 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD525SCENESETTER FOR CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) Summary. We look forward to your visit to begin the process of strengthening and refocusing our military to military relations with Pakistan's CJCS General Majid and COAS Kayani. This has become increasingly urgent because of the expanding insurgency in the tribal areas and attacks against [...]
2008-02-05 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD549PM ASIF ZARDARI?
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari released his late wife Benazir Bhutto's will to the press to prove she had chosen him to run the party. This sparked a firestorm of speculation about his desire to be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. NSA Aziz told A [...]
2008-02-07 07:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD576SCOTLAND YARD BRIEFS PAKISTAN ON THE BHUTTO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD588PAKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Politician Imran Khan again was prevented from entering Karachi by Sindh authorities out of fear that he will further promote a boycott of the upcoming elections. Fifteen lawyers in Peshawar were charged with sedition, which carries a maximum penalty of death if convicted, after th [...]
2008-02-09 12:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD589ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-10 11:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD591ANOTHER QUIET KASHMIR SOLIDARITY DAY
[...] (C) Summary: Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 sparked small and mostly peaceful rallies in Islamabad. Although Pakistani politicians, as expected, called for international intervention and concessions from India, most of the demonstrations were a front for political statements pertaining t [...]
2008-02-11 03:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL IN
08ISLAMABAD592ELECTION COMMISSION TAKES SOME POSITIVE,
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) decided February 7 to require the certification of polling results to party agents and to set a new date for elections in four constituencies because of the death of candidates, including PPP's Benazir Bhutto. With the assistance of USG-support [...]
2008-02-11 06:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL EAID
08ISLAMABAD609ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Pakistan's General Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff, on 22 January. Kayani provided a snapshot of Pakistan's current overall security situation and described the status of counter-insurgency efforts in Swat. Fallon and [...]
2008-02-11 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD61DISCUSSION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF DESIGNEES REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Nawaz Sharif, RSO Islamabad met January 03, 2008 in Lahore, with three individuals empowered by Nawaz Sharif to discuss his security. RSO duplicated the discussion he had with the security representatives of Benazir Bhutto (see Reftel) and also provided the same names [...]
2008-01-04 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
08ISLAMABAD613PAKISTAN ELECTION DAY BASICS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pakistan goes to the polls on February 18 to elect National Assembly and Provincial Assembly members. Polls will be open from 8 am to 5 pm; partial and unofficial results will be reported to the public by the Pakistan Election Commission beginning on February 19. Final unoffici [...]
2008-02-11 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD614PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Regardless of who "wins" the February 18 elections in Pakistan, the challenge will be managing expectations of the Pakistani public, the political parties and the international community. Despite assumptions that Bhutto's assassinaton will propel her party to a big victory, we [...]
2008-02-11 12:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD621AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PAKISTAN MINISTER OF HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 7 meeting, Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Burney told Ambassador he was struggling to staff and fund his new ministry. He reviewed plans to establish a National Human Rights Commission and drove home his passion for working with trafficked children and the [...]
2008-02-11 14:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD635PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Pakistan President Musharraf February 9 to emphasize the critical importance of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and his personal commitment to strengthening that relationship. Admiral Mullen conveyed two mess [...]
2008-02-12 11:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD651KAYANI WITHDRAWS OFFICERS FROM CIVIL DEPARTMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following through on his public pledges to reduce military involvement in civilian politics, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani decided February 7 to withdraw military personnel who are currently serving in civil departments and return them to military positions. On February 1 [...]
2008-02-13 12:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD652POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 12:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD653PAKISTAN'S MADRASSAS
[...] (C) Summary: The majority of Pakistan's 15,000-16,000 madrassas are registered religious schools that provide some level of learning combined with food, shelter and clothing for poor children. Only 4-5% of school-age Pakistani children attend madrassas. The problems emanate from the 1,000 or so unr [...]
2008-02-13 13:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD654PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...]
2008-02-13 13:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI
08ISLAMABAD655ENERGY CRISIS AND LOADSHEDDING IMPAIRING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pakistan is currently experiencing severe electricity and gas shortages across the country due to insufficient energy generation capacity exacerbated by unprecedented cold weather. Some northern regions are currently suffering from 23 hours of power outage per day, while Islamaba [...]
2008-02-13 14:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD664PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL TARIQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),met with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral Mullen offered to assist Pakistan in enhancing its counterterrorism and counter-insurgency capab [...]
2008-02-14 09:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD671PAKISTAN: THE ELUSIVE 2/3 VOTE
[...] (C) Summary. Since President Musharraf's decision November 3 to declare a state of emergency and suspend the constitution, his opponents have been gaming out the possibility of impeachment in the next National Assembly. Some have suggested that the government's attempts to rig the polls are [...]
2008-02-14 13:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD676POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on potential Pakistani candidates for Prime Minister. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is embroiled in a leadership struggle; the Central Executive Committee will decide after the February 18 election who will be its choice for Prime Minister. A [...]
2008-02-15 04:12:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD69ECONOMIC ELECTION ISSUES; LOAD-SHEDDING AND WHEAT SHORTAGE
[...] SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of the Bhutto assassination, recent civil unrest, and the upcoming elections, Pakistan now confronts power shortages and increasing domestic wheat prices. There are signs that the electricity shortage may abate by the end of January, but eight hours per day of "l [...]
2008-01-04 13:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG EINV PREL PK PBTS EAGR PGOV
08ISLAMABAD691ZARDARI'S POST ELECTION PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Adviser Aziz told Ambassador February 15 that he, Musharraf, and ISI Director Taj have met several times with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari on post-election planning. Zardari has scheduled a PPP Executive Committee meeting on February 19 to ch [...]
2008-02-16 06:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD692SECURITY AND THE CAMPAIGN IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Inter-party election violence has a long, painful history in Pakistan, but suicide bombings do not. The suicide bombing that welcomed Benazir Bhutto home on October 18 led the government to issue new restrictions on large political rallies. While opposition parties first derided [...]
2008-02-16 06:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PTER PHUM
08ISLAMABAD696ELECTION COMMISSION SECRETARY'S PREDICTIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Election Commission Secretary February 15. In addition to predicting a strong showing by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, he commented on the relative strength of Pakistan's three main parties and their leaders. He thought turnout would be generally [...]
2008-02-16 12:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD698PAKISTAN'S ELECTION EVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Pakistan's general elections, local media reported approximately five incidents of bombings and/or gun fire at polling stations (out of 65,000) in various towns across the country. Codel Jackson-Lee arrived in Islamabad, visiting the headquarters of the Pakistan Pe [...]
2008-02-17 13:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD70FRENCH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FM KOUCHNER VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met January 4 with French counterpart Regis de Belenet to discuss the recent visit to Pakistan of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Kouchner intended to meet with Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, but the GOP recommended against the trip [...]
2008-01-05 07:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD720SITREP 5: PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: THE LATEST NUMBERS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Election Commission continues to tally and review results at its Islamabad headquarters. Final "unofficial results" are not expected until February 20. Once these numbers are known, candidates winning in multiple constituencies will need to resign from all but one of [...]
2008-02-19 15:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD736PAKISTAN: CJCS MULLEN MEETS WITH GENERAL KIDWAI ON SAFEGUARDING NUCLEAR ASSETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with LTG Kahlid Ahmed Kidwai (ret),Director General of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division, to discuss the security of Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure. Kidwai presented a detailed briefing on the infra [...]
2008-02-20 12:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PK
08ISLAMABAD743PAKISTAN: FROM HERE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The results of Pakistan's February 18 general elections should be confirmed in about a week. The Election Commission notifies the results to the prior Speaker of the National Assembly, who calls the new Assembly into session. After taking oaths, the new Assembly will elect a n [...]
2008-02-20 14:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD744INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS COMMENT ON PAKISTAN'S
[...] Summary: International election observation teams, including Pakistani NGO Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN),the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM),and Democracy International (DI) issued statements on February 19 and 20 commenting on the February 18 parliamentary ele [...]
2008-02-20 15:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PHUM PREL KDEM EAID
08ISLAMABAD745ZARDARI EXAMINING A COALITION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the losses suffered by Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the religious parties, scenarios for the next government are being debated. Bhutto widower Zardari described the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as supporting a government of ""national unity,"" [...]
2008-02-20 15:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD746ANATOMY OF A DEFEAT
[...] (C) Summary. Overall, Pakistan's February 18 election process went better than anyone expected. Voter turnout was approximately 48%, and violence was lower than in past elections. Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party suffered a stunning defeat, dropping from 144 to 40 seats; its [...]
2008-02-20 15:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PK
08ISLAMABAD75DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 01:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD762STRUGGLING TOWARDS A COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD764AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 15:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD786PPP AND PML-N AGREE TO TRY AND FORM A GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced February 21 that they planned to form a coalition government. However, this is an agreement in principle; details on key issues including a choice for Prim [...]
2008-02-22 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD787AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML'S CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met late February 21 with leader of the defeated Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. Shujaat described the party, as well as President Pervez Musharraf, as stunned by the February 18 election results. He added that Pakistan Muslim Leag [...]
2008-02-22 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD788POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER JAVED HASHMI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD806PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 13:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINT KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD807NAWAZ STILL NEGOTIATING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 13:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD808MUSHARRAF DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, HIS ROLE, AND EFFORTS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf discussed elections, set out his vision for a President whose party is in the minority, and explained the GOP's continuing efforts to combat extremism in the FATA to CODEL Hutchison on February 22. Regarding elections, Musharraf thought that the most importa [...]
2008-02-25 14:40:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD809ZADARI EXPLAINS HIS VISION TO CODEL HUTCHISON
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Hutchison met February 22 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zadari. The CODEL expressed its condolences for Bhutto's assassination and admiration for her courage and vision. In response to Senator Hutchison's question, Zadari explained his ideas for str [...]
2008-02-25 14:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD822FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/22/08
[...] (U) This cable covers this week's developments in USG programs in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along its border with Afghanistan. 2. (C) FATA Briefings --------------------- The Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, ODRP Chief, and the Deputy Director of USAID [...]
2008-02-26 13:17:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MASS SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD831MINISTRY OF LABOR AND PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with EconOffs, Ministry of Labor officials and organized labor representatives discussed the current state of Government of Pakistan (GOP) labor initiatives. All of our interlocutors stressed the need to increase human resource development and technical trai [...]
2008-02-27 07:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD835AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANP LEADER WALI KHAN
[...] (C) In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman and Member of National Assembly-elect (MNA) Asfundyar Wali Khan, whose name has come up as potential Prime Minister, eschewed any desire to head a national coalition government. The ANP leader is counseling [...]
2008-02-27 09:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD852MQM WAITING FOR PPP'S CALL
[...] (C) Summary: Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar asked Ambassador February 26 to push subtly for his party's inclusion in any Pakistan People's Party-led government. Sattar highlighted his party's secular, pro-western policies and suggested the Pakistan Muslim L [...]
2008-02-27 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD856PAKISTAN BACKS DOWN FROM "YOUTUBE" BLOCKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 14:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECPS ECON EINT KPAO PK
08ISLAMABAD857PAKISTAN WORKERS FEDERATION SECRETARY GENERAL CRITICAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Economic and Commercial Affairs Counselor, Pakistan Workers' Federation (PWF) Secretary General Khursheed Ahmad criticized the Government of SIPDIS Pakistan's (GOP) economic and labor policies, accusing them of "taking for granted that labor doesn [...]
2008-02-27 14:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD872POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAH MEHMOOD
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With hi [...]
2008-02-28 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD876PPP: "GIVE US TIME"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 01:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD89POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary. Ten days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan is slowly recovering, and the various political parties are gaming out the way forward. Before Bhutto's death, it was clear that no one party would win enough votes to form a government, and even a pro-Pakistan People's P [...]
2008-01-07 12:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD898AMIN FAHEEM: WAITING QUIETLY TO BE CHOSEN PM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD899ANP LEADER ASFUNDYAR WALI KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Asfundyar Wali Khan is leader of the Awami National Party (ANP),a Pashtun nationalist party with support throughout the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Admini [...]
2008-02-29 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD9PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...]
2008-01-02 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK
08ISLAMABAD900AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...]
2008-02-29 14:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD924AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POTENTIAL NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly Syed Naveed Qamar, whose name has come up as a potential PPP Minister of Finance, reviewed economic priorities and challenges facing a PPP-led national government. Qamar rejected [...]
2008-03-03 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD932FATA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE 2/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 12:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
08ISLAMABAD970POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER YOUSEF RAZA
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With his [...]
2008-03-04 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD980PPP/NAWAZ: TACTICAL ALLIES BUT STRATEGIC ENEMIES
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) General Secretary Mushahid Hussain believes that Asif Zardari's SIPDIS Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are "tactical allies but strategic enemies" so the alliance may be short-lived. Mushahi [...]
2008-03-05 04:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD997JUI-F IN DENIAL OVER ELECTORAL LOSS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting with PolCouns, Maulana Haideri, Secretary General of the religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) complained about election rigging and accused the USG of helping secular parties such as the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He said that the JUI-F had not ye [...]
2008-03-05 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISTANBUL104TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL PREPARES FOR MARCH 11
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: An official from Turkey's "Foreign Economic Relations Board" (DEIK) shared with us the proposed schedule, agenda, and participants list for the March 11, 2008 meetings in Iran of the "7th Turkey-Iran Joint Business Council." Turkey's 60-person delegation will be led by Tu [...]
2008-03-03 13:23:00Consulate IstanbulSECRET//NOFORNECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL124ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISMISSES ACCOUNTS OF SECRET
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to March 11 press reports, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew disputed accounts that he had shaken up his staff over damaging leaks to the Greek press and alleged internal maneuverings by two senior advisors to influence the election of his successor. Mainstream Hurriy [...]
2008-03-12 12:05:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL128TURKISH CYPRIOT ENVOY EAGER TO START SUBSTANTIVE
[...] (SBU) The election of Cypriot President Demertis Christofias provides an opportunity to resolve the Cyprus Problem according to both Turkish Cypriot Special Envoy Kurtaly Erk and DAS Matt Bryza in a March 2 meeting in Istanbul. Erk stated that "President" Talat is ready to begin negotiations [...]
2008-03-13 12:25:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU CY
08ISTANBUL137YOUNG LEADERS OF "STRONG TURKEY" CALL FOR CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Young Leaders of Anatolia (AGL) NGO draws a significant portion of its 9,175 members from Eastern Turkey and seeks to empower Turkish youth and promote democratic values. In 2006, AGL formed the libertarian, youth-led Strong Turkey Party (GTP) to further AGL's goals of demo [...]
2008-03-17 13:33:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ISTANBUL147LONG-TIME AKP-ER HAS WEATHERED THE STORMS, DEBATES
[...] (C) Summary. Nureddin Nebati, a leading businessman associated with religiously-tied Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) and a founding member of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Istanbul branch, along with AKP's Istanbul Deputy Chairman of Economic Affa [...]
2008-03-24 12:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
08ISTANBUL148COVERED REBELLION: HEADSCARVED URBANITES BREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following re-publication of selective portions of controversial survey data collected by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) in a daily newspaper, we met with TESEV to discuss the contentious headscarf ban in universities. Continued conversation with TE [...]
2008-03-25 05:30:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL152MARCH 11 TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING:
[...] (C) Summary: A Consulate Istanbul contact who works for Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) shared with us internal DEIK reports summarizing the March 11 Turkey-Iran "Joint Business Council" meeting in Iran. According to those reports and our contact's impressions of the meeting [...]
2008-03-27 15:44:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL156SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]
2008-04-02 13:09:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08ISTANBUL180CONTINUING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AT ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of deaths over the last few months at the Tuzla shipyards has raised questions regarding occupational safety in Turkey's rapidly growing shipbuilding industry. According to a Consulate contact, media coverage of these deaths prodded the government to take action, yet [...]
2008-04-10 16:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EWWT PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL181AKP STATE MINISTER CUBUKCU PESSIMISTIC ON CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister Nimet Cubukcu expressed her concerns regarding the Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case to Consul General at a small dinner party April 4 in Istanbul. Despite the "baseless" charges against the party, Cubukcu expected the high court would ban the party i [...]
2008-04-11 15:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL182TURKEY: THIS COUNTRY IS NOT WITHOUT AN OWNER
[...] (C) Summary. Consul General called on Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Chairman Can Paker on April 1, the day after Turkey's Constitutional Court agreed to hear arguments in the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) closure case. Paker said the secular elite is fighting [...]
2008-04-11 18:10:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL187ISTANBUL BANKERS PAINT PESSIMISTIC PICTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul-based investment analysts describe a much more fragile picture than six months ago -- including stubborn inflation, a weakening lira, slowing growth and the possibility of an interest rate hike that would further hammer the real economy. External factors, in particul [...]
2008-04-17 07:17:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL198JOURNALISTS COMMENT ON AKP CLOSURE CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met recently for off-the-record discussions with two sets of journalists to discuss recent political developments, including the closure case against the Justice and Development Party (AKP). In the first meeting, Cengiz Candar from Referans, Sami Kohen from M [...]
2008-04-22 16:57:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL199CUKUROVA MEDIA SAYS U.S. BEARS IMAGE BURDEN OF
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 meeting, Consul General and senior management and editors from the Cukurova Media Group discussed US-Turkey relations. The media representatives identified Kurdish Northern Iraq as a major source of negative public opinion about the U.S., as well as a more "conte [...]
2008-04-22 17:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL207ISTANBUL PREPARING FOR CONFLICT ON MAY DAY
[...] (U) Conflicts between police and illegal protestors seem inevitable as both the government and labor groups have staked out firm positions with regard to May Day protests in Istanbul's Taksim Sqaure. The Istanbul Governor had earlier denied labor groups' request for permission to march on Tak [...]
2008-04-30 16:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL208MAY DAY 2008: POLICE DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS,
[...] (U) The Istanbul police were out force to prevent pro-labor demonstrators from marching to Taksim Square for an unauthorized May Day rally. Union supporters originally intended to defy Istanbul Governor Guler's ban on the march (ref A),yet turned back after clashing with police. Suleyman Cel [...]
2008-05-01 16:18:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL225CHIEF EDITOR SPEAKS CANDIDLY AMIDST NEWSPAPER'S OWNERSHIP CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkish daily Sabah's editor in chief Ergun Babahan conducted a surprisingly candid tour d'horizon with the Consul General a day after the controversial financing of his new parent company Calik Holding's purchase of Turkey's third most circulated newspaper came to l [...]
2008-05-07 15:53:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL TU
08ISTANBUL233BIG LNG PLANS BREWING AT THE NATIONAL IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Mohammed Souri, the Chairman of Iran's state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC),pitched to an oil and gas tanker industry conference in Istanbul on April 22 Iran's ambitious plans in the coming decade to leverage its vast natural gas reserves into commerci [...]
2008-05-12 12:33:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET EINV IR TU
08ISTANBUL238ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH LAMENTS "PERSECUTION" OF
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I discussed his views on the new Archbishop of Athens and the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) while updating the Consul General on Patriarchate issues during their May 12 meeting. Bartholomew noted Archbishop [...]
2008-05-13 13:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV GR TU
08ISTANBUL245(C) TURKEY-IRAN ELECTION WORKSHOPS CONTINUING; NO
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor who has held several academic exchanges on election-related issues with an influential Iranian think-tank since last year said that his Iranian counterparts are under renewed pressure not to allow European experts to participate. He believes that the [...]
2008-05-14 11:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
08ISTANBUL279IRAN,S MAJLES ELECTIONS: A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish professor who led an unofficial (unbeknownst to the Iranian regime) election observation mission to Iran's recent Majles elections shared his findings with Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher." (Election results and post-election analysis were reported in refs B and C). [...]
2008-05-23 12:57:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IR TU
08ISTANBUL287THE IRANIAN MFA'S THINK-TANK DIRECTOR ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Rasoul Mousavi, the director of the Iranian MFA's think-tank, claimed at a conference on Asian security held in Istanbul on May 21 that Iran stands ready to help resolve outstanding regional security challenges; has the most to lose from continued instability and [...]
2008-05-29 04:27:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL29HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR: PROPOSED ARTICLE 301 CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary and comment. During a January 9 meeting at Agos newspaper headquarters, Consul General discussed the status of constitutional and democratic reform in Turkey with Etyen Mahcupyan, editor-in-chief of the Armenian weekly and head of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation [...]
2008-01-17 08:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF AM TU
08ISTANBUL308CODEL TANNER ISTANBUL MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ten members of the U.S House Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly headed by Congressman John Tanner met in Istanbul on May 28 with public intellectuals and civil society to discuss the economic and political challenges facing Turkey. Their interlocutors acknowledged t [...]
2008-06-12 12:38:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL310AN IRANIAN ANALYST LOOKS AT US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary and comment: A prominent Tehran-based political and economic analyst spoke with Consulate Istanbul's Iran Watcher June 6 about the prospects for US-Iran relations, Iran's nuclear program and the P5 1 offer, and Iran's compelling need for US energy investment and technology [...]
2008-06-13 10:32:00Consulate IstanbulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINS IR
08ISTANBUL32TURKEY: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HRANT DINK
[...] (C) Summary and comment. As Turkey prepares to recognize the one year anniversary of the Hrant Dink assassination on January 19, we can't help but look back at the causes to which Dink dedicated his life - including human rights and Turkish-Armenian reconciliation - as well as to the invest [...]
2008-01-18 09:23:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL AM TU
08ISTANBUL320IRAN/ENERGY: THE IRANIAN DEPUTY OIL MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Iran's Deputy Oil Minister responsible for natural gas, Seyed Reza Kasaezadeh Mahabadi, gave a detailed overview of Iran's current and future natural gas capacities, plans, and needs at the May 30 "8th International Energy Arena" hosted by a consortium of Turkish pub [...]
2008-06-16 13:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV ECON IR TU
08ISTANBUL329TURKEY:ONE DAY STRIKE PROTESTS INDUSTRIAL
[...] (U) The Ship Construction and Repair Workers, Trade Union (Limter-Is) held a one day strike on June 16 to protest 14 recent deaths at Istanbul's Tuzla shipyards. According to press reports, thousands of workers and union supporters reportedly demonstrated against the dangerous work environme [...]
2008-06-19 11:23:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EWWT PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL334ISTANBUL ANAVATAN PARTY REPEATING OLD POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Motherland Party (Anavatan) Istanbul Deputy Chairman Korhan Kongaz expects the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be banned and that early elections will result from the party's closure. Kongaz said a reconstituted AKP under a different name would be severely weakene [...]
2008-06-23 13:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL335THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS: CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. U.S.-educated, Bilgi University Professor Soli Ozel offered us a tour d'horizon of the political situation in Turkey. Like other observers we've seen over the last several weeks, Ozel expresses bitter disappointment that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) squandered politi [...]
2008-06-23 15:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL347RALLY IN ISTANBUL AGAINST MILITARY AND JUDICIAL
[...] (U) On June 21 a reported 20,000 people gathered on Istiklal Boulevard to protest anti-democratic practices in Turkey. The march, called "70 Million Steps against Coups," was widely publicized in ads sponsored by the Young Civilians (Genc Siviller) in the major daily papers. The event, which h [...]
2008-06-25 13:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL354OLD AND NEW IDEAS AT THE ISTANBUL BRANCH OF CHP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, the Istanbul head of Republican People's Party (CHP) Gursel Tekin criticized the Justice and Development Party (AKP),yet provided little substance to back up his comments. Tekin expects the closure case against AKP will result in early elections and the pu [...]
2008-07-02 04:40:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL358THE AKP TURNS UP THE HEAT
[...] (C) Summary. As the decision by the Constitutional Court in the closure case looms nearer, AKP (Justice and Development Party) party officials and sympathizers in Istanbul have begun to press us more forcefully for visible USG support for the party. We have been careful in our responses to [...]
2008-07-02 12:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOC TU
08ISTANBUL361IRAN/P5+1 OFFER: LOCAL EXPERTS PESSIMISTIC,
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with several well-informed contacts over the past two weeks regarding the updated P5 1 offer to Iran and the regime's likely response, Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher" was told that the regime would most likely claim to be responding to the offer in good faith -- [...]
2008-07-03 12:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP EU IR TU
08ISTANBUL369A LIFE COMBATTING ARTICLE 301
[...] Summary: On June 27, we met with Turkish publisher and freedom of expression activist Ragip Zarakolu to discuss his June 17 sentence in the first case tried under the amended Turkish Penal Code (TPC) Article 301 (insulting the Turkish nation) (refA). An Istanbul court sentenced Zarakolu to pa [...]
2008-07-09 08:31:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AM TU
08ISTANBUL37A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLAN TO OBSERVE IRAN'S
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A professor at Isik University in Istanbul is using his ties to a well-connected Iranian think-tank and to an Iranian political party association to try to arrange for a small team of non-Iranian election experts to observe the March 14 Majles elections. He and three uni [...]
2008-01-23 16:11:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL370FIRST OPEN SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL
[...] The sixth session of the trial of the accused murderers of Agos newspaper editor Hrant Dink convened on July 7 and was for the first time open to the public, since the primary murder suspect, Ogun Samast, is no longer a minor. In addition to U.S. Consualte General istnabul observers, members o [...]
2008-07-09 08:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL AM TU
08ISTANBUL373TURKEY,S HOUSING MARKET BRACES FOR 2008
[...] (U) Summary: Attendees in Istanbul at the annual meeting of the Association of Real Estate Investment Companies (GYODER) were pessimistic about the housing market in Turkey. Both external and internal problems have doused the red-hot Istanbul real estate market to a degree where even some opt [...]
2008-07-11 08:41:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENIV PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI
08ISTANBUL377COORDINATION PROBLEMS HAMPER DIRECT FLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Privately owned Turkish airline Atlasjet on June 29 started regularly scheduled commercial direct flights between Istanbul and Erbil in Northern Iraq. According to CEO Orhan Coskun, Atlasjet will run five flights per week, transporting roughly 3,000 passengers monthly. Coskun and Direct [...]
2008-07-14 07:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON IZ PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL380ERGENEKON INDICTMENT FINALLY FILED WITH COURT
[...] Summary. Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin announced today that his office has submitted the so-called "Ergenekon Indictment" to Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No. 13. He said 86 suspects have been charged, 48 of whom are currently in custody. Engin also announced that 36 of the people [...]
2008-07-14 16:14:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL381BUYUKADA ORPHANAGE: POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR
[...] Summary: On July 8 the European Court of Human Rights entered judgment in favor of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and against the Government of Turkey (GOT) in a case concerning the Patriarchate's title to a former orphanage that had been annulled by the Turkish authorities. The GOT claimed that [...]
2008-07-16 06:36:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TU AA
08ISTANBUL387JEWISH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES ARMENIA, ANTI-SEMITISM
[...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the Jewish Community of Turkey (JCT) at the Chief Rabbinate of Istanbul shared with us on July 14 their positive perceptions of a visit earlier this month by representatives of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to address the ADL's position on the Armenian Genocid [...]
2008-07-21 11:11:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL394IRAQI OFFICIALS MEET IN ISTANBUL TO CREATE
[...] Summary. On July 17-19, 26 Iraqi men and women gathered in Istanbul to create a development plan for the City of Samarra, where in 2006 the bombing of the Golden Mosque initiated two years of country-wide sectarian violence. Attendees included the provincial governor, members of the provincial [...]
2008-07-25 12:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IZ KDEM PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL397POST-MODERN YOUTH MOVEMENT USES NEW MEDIA IN
[...] Summary At a time when most Turkish youth are politically disengaged and apathetic (REF A),the Young Civilians (Genc Siviller) are an important indication of emerging social change, helping to organize recent anti-coup rallies in key cities. The five year old organization, with 2000 members i [...]
2008-07-29 08:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU
08ISTANBUL40TURKEY'S FIRST FEMALE JUDGE ON THE EUROPEAN COURT
[...] (U) The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly appointed Professor Isil Karakas as the new Turkish judge on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on January 22. With this appointment, Karakas became the first, female Turkish jurist to be given a European appointment. According to the E [...]
2008-01-25 07:31:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL400TURKEY-ADDING MORE DEMOCRACY TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly elected Istanbul chair of the Democratic Party (DP) Remzi Sen said the party is incorporating additional democratic principles, including a primary system to select its candidates. This is part of DP's new strategy to broaden its appeal and "embrace all 70 million Turks". [...]
2008-07-29 13:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL409ISTANBUL PROTESTANT CHURCH FOUNDATION REPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul Protestant Church (IPC) officials lament that their status as a "foundation", while it enables them to hold real estate, has the downside of increasing government control over the church's finances. They also indicate that despite official recognition of their status, [...]
2008-08-01 11:03:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV TU AA OSCE
08ISTANBUL412FINANCIAL MARKETS WELCOME CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] Summary. The Constitutional Court decision to fine rather than close the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) relieved financial markets and reinforced an upward trend that began in early July in anticipation of the announcement. The July 30 court ruling came after an eight-month peri [...]
2008-08-05 05:30:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL416NO EASY WAY OUT FOR MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS IN TURKEY
[...] Summary: In meetings with asylum seekers and Istanbul-based refugee officials, we confirmed the GOT does not recognize "political migrants" from non-European countries as "refugees" under the Geneva Convention on Refugee Status. Rather, it assigns them temporary "asylum seeker" status, denyin [...]
2008-08-06 09:06:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV AA TU PHUM
08ISTANBUL418ISTANBUL DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY TAKING AIM AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Democratic Left Party (DSP) is targeting its former political partner -- the Republican People's Party (CHP) -- in the upcoming local elections, according to Mustafa Aslan, Istanbul Chair of the DSP. Despite an alliance that yielded 13 seats in Parliament for DSP, Aslan said a [...]
2008-08-06 13:21:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL43STATUS OF TURKISH POLICY ON ECUMENICITY QUESTIONED
[...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton described Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' 23 - 25 January visit to Turkey as "significant" and believed Prime Minister Erdogan was sincere when he told his Greek counterpart that he is "evaluating" the issue of [...]
2008-01-28 15:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL GR TU
08ISTANBUL435SULUKULE PROJECT PITS ROMA MINORITY AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the demolition of large numbers of substandard homes in Istanbul's predominantly ethnic Roma neighborhood Sulukule, most residents remain in the rubble of the partially demolished neighborhood. Roma community leaders contend the municipality is committing a serious hum [...]
2008-08-15 14:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL437CG'S COURTESY CALL ON IBRAHIM YILDIZ, CUMHURIYET
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Yildiz displayed little of the staunchly secularist, anti-AKP and isolationist rhetoric which has become the stock and trade of Cumhuriyet, Turkey's "paper of Ataturk." Cumhuriyet, once the paper of the social democrats, bureaucrats and labor un [...]
2008-08-15 15:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI TU
08ISTANBUL438AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-15 17:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL439AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL440AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]
2008-08-16 08:35:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL459SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S ISTANBUL VISIT WITH OIC SYG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for OIC and USG interaction and cooperation prior to international gatherings during his August 22 meetings in Istanbul with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and members of the Turkish media. During their meeting a [...]
2008-08-25 09:08:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OIC PGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL466IRAN'S "BRAIN DRAIN": A SNAPSHOT FROM SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: We spoke recently with several students from Iran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology who are headed to the U.S. for graduate/PhD studies. The students shared their views on Sharif's academic competitiveness and student body; described their reliance on th [...]
2008-08-27 13:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR TU
08ISTANBUL468ISTANBUL BRANCH OF NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY LOOKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ihsan Barutcu, Istanbul chair of the National Action Party (MHP),along with his deputy -- Nazme Celenk, and Mithat Melen, MHP MP from Istanbul, all welcomed greater cooperation with the United States in recent conversations with us. All three MHP officials stated Turkey must [...]
2008-08-28 08:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL481WHY ARE THERE SO FEW IRANIANS IN IZMIR?
[...] (C) Summary: Local police officials, human rights experts, and Izmir-based diplomats and consular agents told us that Izmir does not host a large or active Iranian community. A police official estimated the number of legal Iranian residents as "fewer than 1,000,", while a human rights exper [...]
2008-09-09 07:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM PREF TU IR
08ISTANBUL487GULEN MOVEMENT AFFILIATES PLAN TURKISH-ARMENIAN
[...] Summary. Gulen-affiliated organizations are planning a multi-cultural event April 2-5, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California, titled "Anatolian Cultures & Food Festival/ Discovering Turkey." The festival will inform the local community about Anatolian Culture and the contributions to it of (among o [...]
2008-09-10 13:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TU AM GR
08ISTANBUL492STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY MEETS WITH AKP INSIDER AND U.S.
[...] (U) Summary: On September 3 a House Foreign Relations Committee staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the future of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with AKP founding member H. Cuneyd Zapsu; and, in a separate meeting, discussed the Turkish business climate with members [...]
2008-09-15 11:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU EINV IR
08ISTANBUL498IRAN/MEDIA: "THE DAILY ABSURDITIES" OF WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent (protect) for Iran's English-language "Press TV" satellite news channel shared with us recently a number of anecdotes illustrating Press TV's "inconsistent approach" to journalistic standards, including refusing to air her report on recent corruption a [...]
2008-09-17 08:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU IR
08ISTANBUL499PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS URGE VIGOROUS ERGENEKON
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with professors at various Istanbul universities reveal a fear among the left-wing intelligensia that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's military establishment have arrived at a modus vivendi that, in order to protect the interests of both, w [...]
2008-09-17 08:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL TU
08ISTANBUL51UMRANIYE ROUND-UP TARGETS DEEP STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The January 22 police round-up of scores of people in Istanbul and other cities, related to the discovery of a weapons cache in Istanbul's Umraniye district last June, may be a battle in the war to fight the "deep state" in Turkey. The "deep state" is a vague, ill-defined networ [...]
2008-01-30 07:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL516ISTANBUL SAADET PARTY HEAD LOOKS TO THE PAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sadrettin Karaduman, Saadet Party (SP) Istanbul Party Chairman spoke longingly about past glory days when his party controlled the city's administration. Karaduman credited mayors from SP's previous political organizations -- Welfare (Refah) Party (RP) and Felicity (Fazilet) [...]
2008-09-26 10:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL522TURKISH AIRLINES TO RESTART DIRECT FLIGHTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey plans to begin flights this month between Istanbul and Baghdad, ending a 12 year hiatus. On September 16 a nine member Turkish team arrived in Baghdad and found the facilities sufficient for regularly scheduled flights. Operating costs in Baghdad are expected to be signifi [...]
2008-10-10 11:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEAIR IZ PGOV TU
08ISTANBUL527TURKEY: ISRAEL AND JEWISH COMMUNITY GOING PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: A September poll reveals that most Turks have significantly negative perspectives of Israel and the United States. Since 2003, this negativity has also translated into a negative impression of the Turkish Jewish population. To combat these impressions, the Israeli Consulate in Ista [...]
2008-10-13 08:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL532TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER ISSUES UNPRECEDENTED
[...] (U) Summary and comment: Turkish Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin publicly apologized October 15 for the death of a detainee caused by the disproportionate use of force. Human rights contacts welcomed the unprecedented step by a public official and hope the statement will lead to concrete [...]
2008-10-17 12:22:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PHUM PREL TU PGOV
08ISTANBUL535RECTOR: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE THE FACE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Bogazici University rector Kadri Ozcaldiran provided Consul General with a bleak prospect for the future of what was once Turkey,s premier small university. The conversation occurred against a backdrop of high media coverage of Ozcaldiran,s unique approach to enforcing a ban on [...]
2008-10-17 14:22:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE
08ISTANBUL538IRAN PRESSES FOR GREATER ENERGY COOPERATION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. At an Iraq Neighbor's Process Energy Working Group (WG) meeting in Istanbul on October 11, Iranian Secretary of the Iran-Iraq Economic Development Headquarters Hassan Danaeifard said that Iran is eager to help Iraq "overcome its current obstacles." (Non-Iranian issues discusse [...]
2008-10-20 09:58:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL TU
08ISTANBUL539EXPANDED IRAQI ENERGY WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Expanded Energy Working Group (WG) meeting on October 11 to assist with Iraq's reconstruction brought pledges and suggestions on how to best help the country become energy self-sufficient along with developing its energy export sector. The first half of the meeting followed [...]
2008-10-22 12:05:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IR IZ JO PGOV PREL RS SY TU
08ISTANBUL540IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT
[...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...]
2008-10-23 05:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU
08ISTANBUL557IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE?
[...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...]
2008-11-03 14:18:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR
08ISTANBUL558AKP VICE CHAIR DISCUSSES TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, Egemen Bagis, who is Turkish ruling AK Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of Foreign Affairs, MP for Istanbul, and a confidant to Prime Minister Erdogan, praised the AKP's redirection of Turkey's foreign policies [...]
2008-11-04 08:55:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EU SC TU
08ISTANBUL560IRAN EXPERTS REACT TO US ELECTIONS WITH SURPRISE,
[...] (S) Summary: Our contacts in Turkey and in Iran who follow US-Iran relations closely, including think tank experts, correspondents, and businessmen, have expressed a range of reactions regarding the implications for US-Iran relations to the election of Barack Obama. Their views ran the gamu [...]
2008-11-05 13:01:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV IR US TU
08ISTANBUL562STIFLING DIALOGUE - WEB SITE BLOCKS REACH 1,187
[...] Summary and Comment: Since November 2007, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has blocked 1,187 Web sites and received 14,503 public complaints. Lawyers and technology reporters argue that the contentious 2007 law regulating Internet content establishes an outdated and unwieldy regulatory framework [...]
2008-11-07 07:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL563DUCHESS OF YORK'S SECRET ORHANAGE VISIT PROMPTS
[...] Summary and comment: The November 6 airing of a British documentary made by the UK's Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson evoked strong reactions in Turkey due to the undercover manner in which the Duchess obtained the film's footage. Donning a wig and headscarf to disguise herself, Ferguson entere [...]
2008-11-10 05:26:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AA TU
08ISTANBUL573CHIEF RABBI PRAISES GOT, BUT ANTI-SEMITISM A
[...] Summary and Comment: During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador on Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and the leadership of the Jewish Community, Haleva expounded on the good relations maintained between the Jewish community and the Government of Turkey (GOT) on national and local levels, but [...]
2008-11-17 12:20:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL574ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH CRITICIZES TREATMENT BY
[...] Summary. During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador acting Armenian Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Ateysan described Patriarch Mesrob II's failing health and indicated the Patriarch will likely continue in his position until death. Atesyan also outlined the impact of the amended Founda [...]
2008-11-17 12:24:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL58EDITOR CITES IMPROVED US-TURKEY RELATIONS;
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Aksam daily newspaper editor-in-chief Serdar Turgut expressed optimism regarding improved U.S.-Turkish relations while lamenting a lack of press freedom in Turkey during a January 24 meeting with the Consul General. Turgut was particularly concerned for his country' [...]
2008-02-01 11:41:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ TU
08ISTANBUL589AFGHANISTAN'S ISTANBUL CG COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan CG in Istanbul Azzim Nasser-Zia said his biggest challenge is dealing with smuggled Afghan citizens. Some pay up to USD 10,000 to be smuggled from Afghanistan through Turkey to Europe; most are caught before entering the EU. Turkish police send up to 600 such Afghans a [...]
2008-11-21 13:22:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PINS PGOV PHUM TU IR AF
08ISTANBUL590IN ISTANBUL ELECTIONS, AKP SETS ITS SIGHTS ON A CHP STRONGHOLD
[...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's richest and most secular districts, has long been a stronghold of Turkey's secular Republican People's Party (CHP). In both the 2004 local elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) never got above 2 [...]
2008-11-24 13:36:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ISTANBUL594DINK LAWYER OPTIMISTIC DESPITE CONCERNS OF GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Ministry Inspection Board's report summarizing the findings of its investigation into the murder of Hrant Dink concludes that security officials could have prevented Dink's murder had they acted on available intelligence. Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin told us she [...]
2008-11-25 12:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL595ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I congratulated the United States on the election of its new president, discussed the Patriarchate's potential reacquisition of the Buyukada Orphanage as well as hoped for reforms from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and his views on the [...]
2008-11-25 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL598SAKARYA: WORKING CLASS PROVINCE IN TURKEY'S
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sakarya, a working class province about 100 kilometers east of Istanbul, shows some negative impacts from the global financial crisis, despite contrary claims from local leaders. The Consul General visited a sizable Goodyear Tire Factory -- a positive example of U.S [...]
2008-12-01 15:05:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL599NO AMERICANS INJURED IN BOMB ATTACK AT AKP
[...] (SBU) Media sources reported, and an official of Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP) confirmed to Consulate personnel, that at 1500 hours local time an explosion occurred at the AKP Istanbul headquarters in the Sutluce neighborhood of Istanbul. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler released a statement [...]
2008-12-02 06:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER TU
08ISTANBUL62KURDISH PROFESSIONALS SUSPECT CHANGE IN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Members of an association of Kurdish intellectuals recently discussed with us Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq, the state of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and the importance of democratization for defeating PKK terrorism. Group members l [...]
2008-02-05 05:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ PGOV PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL620ARMENIAN FOUNDATIONS WIN RULING FROM EUROPEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 16 the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments against Turkey for violating the property rights of two Armenian foundations in cases pertaining to properties they formerly owned. In both cases, the court ruled that Turkey had violated Article 1 of Proto [...]
2008-12-18 16:42:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL630AKP'S ISTANBUL MAYOR TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION
[...] On December 21 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will re-nominate Kadir Topbas, the current Mayor of the Greater Istanbul Municipality, for a second five-year term. He is expected to win re-election easily in the upcoming [...]
2008-12-23 13:40:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL67TURKEY'S NEXT ECHR JUDGE DISCUSSES HEADSCARF,
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's newly-elected European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge Professor Isil Karakas stressed to us the importance of precedent in juridical analysis of the controversial headscarf issue, now approaching full boil in public debates. She expected proposed Consti [...]
2008-02-07 08:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF TU
08ISTANBUL77(C) INSIGHTS INTO IRAN'S PRESS TV FROM ITS
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Iranian news channel Press TV's Istanbul correspondent, a UK national, told us that the editors in Tehran do not dictate reporting topics or editorial line, but have set some reporting redlines (e.g., no PJAK or gas cut-off stories, no scenes of Turks drinking alcohol). [...]
2008-02-12 05:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL85THE D8 AND IRAN: EVEN WORSE THAN "BUSINESS AS
[...] (C) Summary: A tour d,horizon with the Secretary General of the "D8 Developing Countries" revealed an organization trying to find its niche in a crowded arena of multilateral economic organizations. The Secretary General has high hopes of using the D8 to foster "growth and developing across t [...]
2008-02-15 15:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR ECON IR TU OIC
08ISTANBUL96UPDATE ON A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S PLANS TO OBSERVE
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor plans to return to Iran on March 12 with five other election experts to quietly observe the March 14 Majles elections. He will portray the visit as a follow-up to past academic exchanges with Iranian counterparts, but once there he plans to divide his [...]
2008-02-23 07:46:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM TU IR
08ISTANBUL98TURKISH MEDIA FIGURES DISCUSS HEADSCARF, POLITICS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conversations between Consul General and top media representatives in Istanbul in January and February ranged from discussing the headscarf debate to the status of major political parties and the U.S. image in Turkey. Concern about suspension of important reforms an [...]
2008-02-27 05:24:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PHUM PROP SOCI SCUL TU
08JAKARTA1000PRO-PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Indonesia recently hosted an international conference on Palestinian-related issues. Members of the press, Indonesian Islamic parties and legislators, and some international guests--including anti-Israel rabbis--participated in the event. President Yudhoyono w [...]
2008-05-21 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID XF
08JAKARTA1001BURMA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with the GOI points related to the May 25 UN/ASEAN Burma Donor Conference. GOI contacts took the points on board. Meanwhile, a National Democratic Institute (NDI)-sponsored p [...]
2008-05-21 09:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1005TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -- BREAKTROUGH IN TRAINING
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a major breakthrough in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),senior officials from Indonesia's Manpower Ministry and the Overseas Manpower Protection Agency (OMPA) recently participated in [...]
2008-05-22 01:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1006PAPUA -- KEY MINING TOWN AWAITS ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua's Mimika District--the site of a giant mine owned by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan--voted for local officials on May 19. The Election Commission is still counting the results. The race was heatedly contested and observers expect the losing side to challenge the results. [...]
2008-05-22 03:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1008DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST PLANNED FUEL PRICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrations took place at various sites in Indonesia on May 21 to protest the GOI's plan to raise the cost of fuel. During one raucous protest, police arrested some 27 protesters in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. The government is standing firm and the price ri [...]
2008-05-22 05:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1009ASEAN SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON BURMA CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. Post reviewed the Burma Donor Conference points with the ASEAN Secretariat. According to Dr. Anish Kumar Roy, Director of the Bureau of Resource Development and point person on the ASEAN task force to coordinate aid to Burma, the May 25 pledging conference will focus on the immediat [...]
2008-05-22 07:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA1015AMBASSADOR MARCIEL DISCUSSES ASEAN, ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary. During their May 8 meeting, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan told Ambassador Marciel that getting relief to the Burmese people as soon as possible is his top priority. Marciel emphasized that the United States government's focus is to get aid to those in need and that the [...]
2008-05-23 00:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1017NDI SPONSORS VISIT OF BURMESE EXILES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and local NGO's sponsored a visit by Burmese exiles to Jakarta this week. At the opening of a photo exhibit on Burma's plight, speakers--including the exiles--highlighted the regime's failure to allow humanitarian relief to reach cyclone [...]
2008-05-23 05:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID BM
08JAKARTA1020EAST KALIMANTAN -- RESOURCE-RICH PROVINCE PREPARES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: East Kalimantan Province, one of Indonesia's richest provinces in terms of natural resources, goes to the polls May 26 for its first ever direct gubernatorial elections. The race is close. The indigenous Dayak people--perhaps 10 percent of the population--could prove a key swi [...]
2008-05-23 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1021INDONESIA - MAY 23 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a May 13-14 Tangerang Trilateral technical meeting, Tangerang local and district health and veterinary officials reported on current activities, including a launch of a public awareness campaign to stop the spread of bird flu. Tangerang authorities will conduct a USDA-funded [...]
2008-05-23 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1022INDONESIAN FONMIN TO ATTEND BURMA CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref A demarche to Indonesian government and ASEAN Secretariat officials on May 23. The GOI agreed that Burma must allow international assessment teams to reach people in need and promised to press the point during the May 25 UN-ASEAN conference in Rangoon. F [...]
2008-05-23 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1023INDONESIAN CABINET POISED TO RAISE FUEL PRICES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cabinet will meet on May 23 to finalize fuel price increase and related pro-poor social spending plans, according to press reports. Although the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not proposed any specific implementation date for these proposals, officials have stated that [...]
2008-05-23 09:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN ID PGOV
08JAKARTA1028Aceh Update and Fourth CoSPA Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari visited Aceh and Jakarta and pronounced his satisfaction with progress in the peace process while noting concerns regarding rising crime in the province. These concerns were echoed by General Supiadin and FKK Chair Gen Amirrudin who hig [...]
2008-05-27 06:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1030SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN MULLEN'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Mullen's May 28-30 visit to Jakarta builds on solid progress in our bilateral military-military relationship over the past two years. Democratic reforms have made Indonesia a different country from Suharto's military-dominated fiefdom. Dramatic TNI reform since 1998 ha [...]
2008-05-27 07:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1032FUEL PRICE HIKE SPARKS DEMONSTRATIONS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI announced fuel price hikes of roughly 30 percent early May 24. In a bid to cushion the blow, the government began a cash transfer payment program to poor families later that day. The price hike sparked some demonstrations by students and there were some arrests, but th [...]
2008-05-27 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1041SOLDIERING ON -- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Indonesia's Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the military are improving slowly. There has also been some recent progress on military accountability. In related news, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) announced that it is set to review a bill that would [...]
2008-05-28 08:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1043IMPORTANT GUBERNATORIAL RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results for the May 26 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election are not expected until as late as June 10. Interim "quick counts" by two Indonesian polling organizations indicate that no ticket received more than the 30 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. While i [...]
2008-05-28 09:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1046PAPUA -- NO EVIDENCE OF MILITARY ATTACK ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Overseas NGOs have alleged that there was recently a major incident pitting the Indonesian military against civilians in the Papuan highlands. Human rights groups in Papua have found no evidence of any attack. The bubbling up of such allegations--which is a regular occurrence- [...]
2008-05-29 06:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1048HUMAN RIGHTS -- KEY COMMISSION WILLING TO HELP ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Keith Luse, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member, met National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Chair Ifdhal Kasim on May 27. Kasim said he will consider a suggestion that Komnas HAM assist with the vetting of Indonesian security personnel for USG training. [...]
2008-05-29 07:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA105RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- PAPUA CHRISTIANS PUSH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Manokwari--in Christian majority West Papua Province--is considering a draft regional bylaw proclaiming itself a "City of the Gospel." Supporters cite the special place of Manokwari in the history of Christian missionary activity in Papua. They also regard the bylaw as a respon [...]
2008-01-17 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1053 INDONESIA - UPDATE TO CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Updated information regarding the Republic of Indonesia's Head of State and Foreign Minister follows: Head of Government Last/Family Name: YUDHOYONO First/Middle Names: SUSILO BAMBANG Conventional Usa [...]
2008-05-30 06:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1055BURMA: GOI CRITICIZES ASSK'S CONTINUED DETENTION;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda has criticized the Burmese regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Indonesian legislators have also strongly condemned the regime's move and promised to press the Yudhoyono administration to take tougher action. The GOI plans to move fo [...]
2008-05-30 07:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1057CHILD LABOR -- EXPLOITATION IN COTTAGE SHOE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Labatt recently observed a cottage industry making shoes which employs possibly over a thousand children. Wholesale buyers are affluent Jakarta businesses who distribute the shoes domestically to small markets and mega-malls across Indonesia. There was no evidence that any of [...]
2008-05-30 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1076CONTINUED ANGER ABOUT EXTREMIST ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Indonesians have condemned the June 1 attack on a peaceful rally held in Jakarta. The GOI--as of late June 3--has reportedly still not arrested anyone for the attack. Charge underscored to a key contact in the President's Office the need for action against the perpetrator [...]
2008-06-03 08:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1079COUNTERTERRORISM -- ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES JIHADI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The local G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Jakarta on June 2. A visiting Japanese counterterrorism (CT) expert reviewed the role of CTAG in the international CT effort. A Russian Embassy proposal for a joint local CTAG demarche to the GOI concerning "jihadi" pub [...]
2008-06-03 09:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA1081Scenesetter for Attorney General Mukasey visit to
[...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Justice assistance programs are essential to Indonesia's continued democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained governance reform and rule of law [...]
2008-06-03 09:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID
08JAKARTA1083Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh
[...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID-funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were in [...]
2008-06-03 09:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1084Villagers Blockade USAID Contractor Office in Aceh
[...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers barricaded the complex of USAID- funded engineering subcontractor Parsons near the town of Lamno in Aceh on the night of June 2. Signs on the barricades warned people against attempting to enter or exit the compound. Two Americans and numerous Indonesian staff were [...]
2008-06-04 00:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1092PAPUA -- RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN KEY ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local election officials have announced a winner of a closely contested election in a key mining district in Papua, eastern Indonesia. The candidate of GOLKAR--the country's largest party--was named winner. Faced with angry supporters of the losing candidate, however, official [...]
2008-06-04 08:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1093GOI CRACKS DOWN ON EXTREMIST GROUP
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 4, Indonesian police arrested between 80-100 members of the extremist group responsible for an attack on a peaceful demonstration in Jakarta on June 1. Several members of the Islamic Defender's Fron [...]
2008-06-04 08:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1095BURMA -- UPDATE ON INDONESIA AND CYCLONE RELIEF
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 3-4, Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding access and forced relocations with Indonesian officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Secretariat. GOI contacts agreed that the Burme [...]
2008-06-04 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1097INDONESIA -- CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION
[...] (U) This report was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As requested in Ref A, this report documents incidents of exploitation of child labor in the production of goods in Indonesia. We found evidence of such activities in the following indus [...]
2008-06-05 03:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1098KEY OFFICE SEEKS TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is attempting to restore his office's credibility as a key prosecutor goes on trial for alleged bribery. A new Deputy AG is making substantial changes in how corruption cases are handled and the AG has recently replaced 40 district office hea [...]
2008-06-05 04:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA11SULAWESI UPDATE -- TENSION IN THE SOUTH, CALM IN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tensions are bubbling up in the southern part of Sulawesi--an island in central Indonesia with about 20 million people--over a recent election. In the meantime, after years of violence in the Poso region o [...]
2008-01-03 07:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1102SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta will host the 2008 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC) from October 8-9. This message reviews conference themes and solicits participation from addressees. Subsequent messages will provide further details re the conference schedule and adminis [...]
2008-06-05 09:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV OTRA XB ID
08JAKARTA1105KEY MUSLIM LEADER DENOUNCES EXTREMIST VIOLENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, Charge met Din Syamsuddin, Chair of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest Muslim organization. They discussed repercussions of the recent attack by extremist groups on a pro-pluralism demonstration. Syamsuddin denounced the violence. They also discussed the cl [...]
2008-06-06 01:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1113INDONESIA - JUNE 6 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a move that surprised many of her subordinates, Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari has told her staff to no longer report avian influenza (AI) human deaths to the World Health Organization after they've been confirmed by Ministry of Health (MOH) laboratories. Indonesian [...]
2008-06-06 08:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT KFLU PGOV ID
08JAKARTA112AMID NEW REVELATIONS, COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 Jakarta court hearing attended by poloff, prosecutors strengthened their case implicating the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir. In the meantime, the Supreme Court is continuing its review of its high [...]
2008-01-18 07:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1131Aceh Update on Budget, Elections, and Law Enforcement
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Aceh yearly budget for 2008 was passed by the provincial legislature on May 30, narrowly avoiding costly sanctions for late submission threatened by the central government. Less progress has been made in passing the provincial political party law, where additional delays ma [...]
2008-06-10 07:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1134GOVERNMENT ISSUES DECREE AGAINST MINORITY SECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 9, the GOI issued a Joint Ministerial Decree prohibiting the Muslim sect Ahmadiyah from proselytizing and conducting religious activities. Issued weeks after it was first announced (ref B),the decree balances several GOI interests and represents a compromise between ra [...]
2008-06-10 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1135PDAS FEIERSTEIN ENGAGES GOI ON SUCCESSFUL CT
[...] (U) This message requests Washington's approval--Please see para 4. 2. (S) SUMMARY: S/CT PDAS Jerry Feierstein discussed counterterrorism issues with Mission and Indonesian officials on June 4-5 in Jakarta and explored ways to improve the already solid cooperation in this area. Indonesi [...]
2008-06-10 23:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA1136ARREST OF INDONESIAN TIGER TRAFFICKERS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary. The recent arrest of four members of a tiger trading ring in North Sumatra underscores the threat facing the endangered Sumatran tiger. Although it was an example of successful cooperation between the police, forestry officials, and a locally active NGO, the arrests highlighted the [...]
2008-06-11 02:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1143SECT MEMBERS ALLOWED TO WORSHIP DESPITE EDICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Yusuf Kalla made a public assurance on June 10 that the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah will be free to worship in the privacy of their mosques, despite the June 9 joint decree outlawing Ahmadis from religious activities (reftel). A senior Justice Ministry official public [...]
2008-06-11 09:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1144CENTRAL BANK TENTATIVE AS INFLATION EXPECTATIONS BUILD
[...] (SBU) Bank Indonesia (BI) raised its reference rate by 25 basis points on June 5, signifying a cautious approach to fighting inflation in order to maintain economic growth momentum. Most analysts expected a larger rate hike, given mounting price pressures. Global food and fuel prices are set [...]
2008-06-11 09:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1145INDONESIA'S 2008 SUBMISSION FOR 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Below please find Post's 2008 submission pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA). 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of United States citizens against the Government of Indonesia (GOI). This c [...]
2008-06-12 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE ECON OPIC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1151GOLKAR AND PKS IN RUN-OFF IN EAST KALIMANTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The upstart Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) pulled in the urban youth vote again to force a run-off election against the establishment Golkar Party, in the closely contested East Kalimantan gubernatorial elections. The final vote count for the May 26 elections was announced on Ju [...]
2008-06-12 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1165COURT RULES AGAINST GUS DUR IN PARTY DISPUTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta District Court ruled against former President Abdurrahman Wahid (alias Gus Dur) on June 12, reinstating his cousin as the party chair of Gus Dur's Islamic-oriented National Awakening Party (PKB). However, the decision did nothing to settle the internal dispute between [...]
2008-06-13 10:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1173 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEYQS VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, 2008, Attorney General Mukasey visited Jakarta to meet with Attorney General Supandji, Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief Sutanto, and other Indonesian officials. While issues of terrorism remained high on the agenda, AG Mukasey also focused on cooperation rega [...]
2008-06-16 08:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR
08JAKARTA1174PAPUA -- GOI PLANNING FOR CONGRESSMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Indonesian official told Congressman Faleomavaega that President Yudhoyono supported the idea of the Congressman's returning to Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesian legislators have also invited Mr. Faleomavaega to Papua and plan to press the GOI that they, to [...]
2008-06-16 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA1175AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: RUDD VISIT A SUCCESS DESPITE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd's June 13-14 visit to Indonesia highlighted the overall positive relationship between the two countries. PM Rudd and President Yudhoyono agreed on a broad range of political, economic an [...]
2008-06-16 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID ID AS
08JAKARTA118CT UPDATE -- TRIALS MOVING FORWARD, ESCAPEE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: prosecutors requested sentences of up to 15 years for six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's military wing; witness testimony began in the trials of two senior JI leaders; [...]
2008-01-18 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS SNAR ID
08JAKARTA1182FIRST TRACK I DISCUSSION ON ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY
[...] (SBU) The May 15-17 ASEAN Workshop on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (reftel) in Bali, Indonesia, was the first Track I discussion of human rights by ASEAN member country officials. According to various participants, it was a success in discussing ideas and generating recommendations [...]
2008-06-17 09:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEAN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV ID BM
08JAKARTA1189INDONESIA - JUNE 18 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, Dr. Sangkot Marzuki, Director of the Eijkman Institute confirmed that the Eijkman Institute was now conducting full sequencing of samples H5N1 virus. Eijkman staff have isolated virus in the BSL3 laboratory after culture in embryonated eggs. He also outlined potenti [...]
2008-06-18 08:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA119INDONESIA, MALAYSIA STEP UP COMMITMENT TO PROTECT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During President Yudhoyono's recent visit to Malaysia, the two governments stepped up their commitment to protect migrants and combat trafficking. Yudhoyono brought public attention to the plight of Indonesian m [...]
2008-01-22 04:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALELAB ID KWMN MY PGOV PREL
08JAKARTA1207FORMER GENERAL ARRESTED FOR ACTIVIST'S MURDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Jakarta police arrested retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The arrest marks the first time a retired military general has been c [...]
2008-06-20 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1216CENTRAL JAVA -- OPPOSITION PARTY WINS GOVERNOR'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Preliminary results indicate that the Indonesian Party of Democratic Struggle (PDI-P) has won the Central Java gubernatorial election. The election in Indonesia's third largest province by population took place on June 22 and no problems were reported. The Islamic-leaning PKS [...]
2008-06-23 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1226BALI BOMBERS STILL AWAITING EXECUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists convicted for their roles in the October 2002 Bali bombings are still awaiting execution almost five years after their initial convictions. Incarcerated in Indonesia's "death row" prison, the three have reportedly exhausted all legal recourse. Given that the [...]
2008-06-24 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1236Indonesia on Board with U.S. Locomotives Bid and MCC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Hume on June 19, 2008, Minister of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Paskah Suzetta agreed to accept bids from U.S. companies on a $55 million locomotives contract for which General Electric (GE) intends to bid. Minister Suzetta promis [...]
2008-06-25 07:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ELTN EFIN ECON EAID PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1237PAPUA -- NEW DISTRICTS; KEY ELECTION STILL IN LIMBO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced the creation of five new regencies (districts) in Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. The provincial government opposed the move but was powerless to stop it. Many Papuans see the new regencies as part of a long-standing Jakarta "divide and rule" strateg [...]
2008-06-25 08:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1240LEAHY VETTING -- MISSION REQUESTS REVIEW OF
[...] (C) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recently proposed changes to the Leahy human rights vetting process risk undermining U.S.-Indonesia security cooperation and, ironically, contradict the law's intent to promote human rights. The Secretary's 2005 decisio [...]
2008-06-25 10:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ID
08JAKARTA1242G8 OPPORTUNITY FOR US-BRAZIL-INDONESIA BIOFUELS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Lula of Brazil will be signing a biofuels Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indonesia on July 12, according to Brazilian Embassy contacts at an informal discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume. Participants noted that the upcoming G8 Summit in Japan provides an oppo [...]
2008-06-26 01:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID BR
08JAKARTA1244BURMA -- SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed USG points re shaping post-cyclone assistance in Burma with contacts in the Presidential Palace and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Tri Sukma Djandam of the Office of the President told Pol/C that the GOI wanted to make sure that the international c [...]
2008-06-26 06:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM
08JAKARTA1248CHILD LABOR PARTICIPATION IN NORTH SUMATRA,S PRAWN
[...] This cable was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary: Child labor is a persistent feature of North Sumatra's prawn industry. While the low level of economic development is one component of the problem, the sharp difference between junior high and senior high school fees - and [...]
2008-06-26 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1252MUNIR CASE -- GOI CONTINUES TO PRESS INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has publicly called on the GOI's National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to cooperate fully in the investigation into the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The President's statement comes against the backdrop of last week's dramati [...]
2008-06-27 01:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1257INDONESIA - JUNE 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) indefinitely postponed the June 26 signing of a Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),citing current NAMRU-2 politics as the reason for the signing ceremony cancellation. On June 19, the Minis [...]
2008-06-27 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1259INDONESIA - SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. While unrestrained oil palm expansion is a potential threat to Indonesia's forests, the right kind of oil palm production also presents an opportunity. Increasing palm oil production can be an important vehicle for economic development and rural poverty reduction. The USG can [...]
2008-06-27 08:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA126BAKRIE DESCRIBES GATES FOUNDATION AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 09:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1260MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP SPONSORS CONFERENCE; MODERATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a hundred prominent experts from 27 countries gathered to discuss the topic of "Addressing Facets of Violence: What can be Done?" at the Second World Peace Forum hosted by Muhammadiyah--Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization with over 30 million members. The eve [...]
2008-06-27 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1262INDONESIA SEEKS BETTER FINANCING WITH CAPE TOWN TREATY
[...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect the business sensitive information in para 4. 3. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian airline Lion Air has requested loan guarantees from the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) for pu [...]
2008-06-27 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1276RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- MINORITY SECT UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to receive reports of discrimination against the Ahmadiyah religious sect. Mission has received reports, for example, that in West Java eight Ahmadi mosques have been [...]
2008-06-30 08:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PREL ID
08JAKARTA1282IRANIAN PARTICIPATION IN DEFENSE-RELATED EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Jakarta, Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation McNerney reviewed points related to Iranian participation in defense-related events, including international defense expositions. McNerney urged Indonesia to work to exclude Iran from s [...]
2008-07-01 06:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV ID IR
08JAKARTA1283PRESSING INDONESIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed points related to recognizing Kosovo and participation in the Kosovo Donors Conference with GOI contact. Pol/C underscored that Indonesian recognition would help Kosovo on its positive path and noted that 43 countries had already taken that step since February. [...]
2008-07-01 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK KV ID
08JAKARTA1289RIPE FOR REFORM - INDONESIA'S MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is an important target for management reform assistance because it is in charge of programs -- such as the Coral Triangle Initiative and the May 2009 World Oceans Conference -- that are important to the USG. Within the Ministry, some [...]
2008-07-02 04:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1294G8 - YUDHOYONO TO SOLICIT USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD OCEANS
[...] (SBU) President Yudhoyono will convey an aide memoire on the 2009 World Ocean Conference (WOC) to President Bush and other world leaders during next week's G8 Summit in Japan, as part of an effort to solicit international support and high-level participation at the May 2009 event. The Ministry [...]
2008-07-03 00:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1297PAPUA -- TRIAL OF ACTIVISTS BEGINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The treason trial of twelve Papuan activists began on July 2 in Manokwari, West Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Defense lawyers will argue that the defendants' act of raising the "Morning Star Flag"--which the GOI regards as a separatist symbol--was not aimed at challenging the le [...]
2008-07-03 06:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1298INDONESIAN POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED JI MEMBERS IN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, an Indonesian National Police counterterrorist unit raided a house in South Sumatra and arrested at least nine suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists. During the raid, the police also seized several Im [...]
2008-07-03 06:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PREL ID
08JAKARTA1306CORRUPTION UPDATE -- ANOTHER LEGISLATOR ARRESTED;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested another Member of Parliament (MP)--the eighth this year--on accusations he assisted a company win a contract worth more than $3 million. In other corruption-related news, the former Governor of the Bank of I [...]
2008-07-07 08:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA131IN LOCAL ELECTION, STAR POWER IS THE WINNING TICKET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Voters in Tangerang district--a populous suburb of Jakarta--delivered a resounding electoral victory to the incumbent district chief on January 20. The incumbent's victory in Tangerang's first-ever direct elections was aided by his decision to enlist an Indonesian movie star as [...]
2008-01-23 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1311DEFMIN REVIEWS MIL-TO-POLICE TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador asked Indonesian DefMin Sudarsono to reconsider the Defense Ministry's request that U.S. military forces cease providing counternarcotics training to the Indonesian police. Sudarsono said he would review the matter. The two also discussed U.S. assistan [...]
2008-07-08 04:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1321INDONESIA GETS READY FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This week marks the formal start of campaigning for the April 2009 national legislative elections. The Election Commission has authorized 34 parties to contest the election. Most of the parties are new and small, and they are not expected to be competitive. Parties are now dr [...]
2008-07-09 07:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEAID ID PGOV PINS
08JAKARTA1328PLAN FOR LEADERS TO RECEIVE TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from Indonesia and Timor-Leste will meet in Bali on July 15 to receive official copies of the Timor-Leste and Indonesia Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) report, a senior Indonesian commissioner recently told the DCM. A joint statement has been prepared although t [...]
2008-07-10 08:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA1335PALEMBANG ARRESTS SHOW GOI RESOLVE ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This is a message cleared by the country team. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists in Palembang, South Sumatra on July 2 shows that terrorism remains a threat in Indonesia but that the Indonesian National Police (INP) are effectively disrupting te [...]
2008-07-11 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PREL ID
08JAKARTA1338DEFMIN CONFIRMS OPPOSITION TO MIL-TO-POLICE
[...] (C) Reftel reported Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono's undertaking to review the U.S. request to allow a future counter-narcotics exercise with Indonesian police forces to proceed, despite Sudarsono's earlier request that such training by U.S. military forces cease. 2. (C) DefAt [...]
2008-07-11 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1342GOI BUILDS CASE AGAINST FORMER GENERAL IN SLAYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI continues to build its case against a former general in the 2004 slaying of Munir Said Thalib, a well-respected human rights activist. The former general--who was an intelligence official at the time of the murder--remains under arrest while the investigation continues. [...]
2008-07-14 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1345CHILD LABOR -- LAUNCH OF MAJOR USG-FUNDED PROJECT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Labor Organization (ILO) on July 9 officially launched the second five-year phase of its anti-child labor project in Indonesia. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor/International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC). Both the [...]
2008-07-14 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1351TIMOR-LESTE: LEADERS RECEIVE REPORT OUTLINING
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a ceremony in Bali on July 15, President Yudhoyono and President Ramos-Horta formally received copies of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) report. The official report has not been publicly released as [...]
2008-07-15 06:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1366MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Golkar, the largest party in the Indonesian national legislature, is facing political problems. The party has failed to win--and often even place--in a series of recent gubernatorial elections. In addition, the party is generally not doing well in national opinion polls ahead o [...]
2008-07-16 06:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA137AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 08:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1374AVIAN INFLUENZA: SINGAPORE BELIEVES WHO DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Singaporean Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and World Health Organization Executive Board Member Balaji Sadasivan told Ambassador Hume that WHO Director General Margaret Chan and Director for Communicable Diseases David Heyman should have criticized Indonesia after Minister of [...]
2008-07-17 02:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1375GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR REFORM--AND PRESENTS PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 9 meeting, Indonesia's Director General for Corrections solicited feedback on a blueprint for prison reform from a group of experts, diplomats and other GOI officials. The Director General was candid about failings in the prison system (weak security controls, overcro [...]
2008-07-17 03:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1377PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S RE-ELECTION CHANCES DIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) possesses many of the attributes which Indonesians respect in a leader--intelligence, integrity, and honesty. However, he faces widespread criticism for being indecisive. Lacking a united Cabinet and strong political base, SBY's cautious [...]
2008-07-17 06:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
08JAKARTA1379INDONESIA - JULY 17 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A World Health Organization (WHO) official verified on July 16 that Indonesia reported a new confirmed case of avian influenza (AI). At a July 16 meeting with Tangerang Trilateral project officials, Dr. Gindo Simanjuntak, Executive Secretary, confirmed that the USDA-funded base [...]
2008-07-17 08:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1383BALI BOMBERS INCH CLOSER TO EXECUTION (BUT IT MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 17, the Supreme Court of Indonesia determined that the three Bali bombers on death row had exhausted their appeals process. According to a spokesman from the Attorney General's Office, the ruling brings their execution date closer. Sources continue to tell us that they [...]
2008-07-18 07:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1384ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- POINTS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: If the Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, we suggest that she urge the GOI to carry out the recommendations of the report of the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship. We [...]
2008-07-18 08:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1385GOI ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FORHQUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and East Timorese leaders have underscored their support for the conclusions of the Com(ission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) Report, stressing that the report assists the reconciliation r"ocess. The report itself places institutional eesponsibility on Indonesian secu [...]
2008-07-18 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1389COP9 BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, JUNE 23-27, 2008
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was held June 23-27, 2008, in Bali, Indonesia. A major U.S. objective was achieved in the creation of a partnership t [...]
2008-07-21 05:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV KSCA KTIA PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1393PAPUA -- MORE ARRESTS FOR "FLAG RAISING"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia have detained 41 people and may charge nine in connection with an incident in which a flag with separatist connotations was raised during a peaceful protest. Human rights groups are mobilizing for the detainees' legal defens [...]
2008-07-21 06:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1395INDONESIA: WORLD OCEANS CONFERENCE TO COMPLEMENT UNFCCC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) intends for the May 2009 World Oceans Conference (WOC) to complement and support the December 2007 Bali Plan of Action and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries describes a process for dev [...]
2008-07-21 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1396SE Asian Hot Topics at Regional AML-CFT Meetings
[...] (SBU) The annual meetings of the regional Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),held in Bali July 7 to 11, helped highlight the challenges facing Southeast Asian countries and clarify many acute training needs. The APG discussed and adopted three joint Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) [...]
2008-07-21 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KTFN KCOR ID MY
08JAKARTA14OPPOSITION PARTY MAKES GAINS WITH POPULIST APPEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) is campaigning on a "People's Economy" platform, which emphasizes "pro-poor" policies. The party has also taken a stand against reforms that aim to improve the business climate for foreign investors. The [...]
2008-01-03 09:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ID
08JAKARTA1405FORMER PRESIDENT GUS DUR EFFECTIVELY LOSES CONTROL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Court has ruled against former President Abdurrahman Wahid--universally known as "Gus Dur"--in a case involving who controls the National Awakening Party (PKB),the political party he founded. The Court ruled that Muhaiman Iskandar, a relative of Gus Dur's [...]
2008-07-22 06:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
08JAKARTA1409BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM MOU STATUS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Andy Rachmianto at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) plans to host an interagency meeting in mid-August, with the Ministries of Health, Research and Technology, and Agriculture to identify any difficulties to approving the Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) MOU originally schedu [...]
2008-07-22 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA141AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1410PREAH VIHEAR -- GOI PROPOSES CONTACT GROUP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has proposed the creation of an Indonesian-led ASEAN Contact Group to resolve the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple. Indonesian officials are not certain exactly how the Contact Group will function nor whether other ASEAN members will s [...]
2008-07-22 09:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1415BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DISCUSSION OF EXECUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Attorney General Hendarman Supandji publicly stated on July 21 that the three Bali bombers have exhausted all legal recourse and could be executed "at any time." Mission has also picked up other information indicating that the execution timeframe may be sooner rather [...]
2008-07-23 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA142COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A large group of Indonesian activists, labor leaders, scholars and students gathered at Pol/C's residence on January 22 to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They watched a short film about Dr. King and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and listened to [...]
2008-01-23 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1421INDONESIA: IMPLEMENTING LANDMARK WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW A
[...] (U) Summary. Prior to hosting the Ninth Conference of Parties (COP9) of the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes in June 2008, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) passed a landmark Waste Management Law (WML). Previously, a plethora of disparate local government regulations (PERDA) regulated wa [...]
2008-07-24 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG ETRD KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA143PAPUA -- NEW EXILE GROUP TRIES TO GAIN TRACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new group of self-described Papuan exiles has told us it seeks to open negotiations with Jakarta over the province's legal status. The group's focus on "self-determination" basically makes their efforts a non-starter with the GOI. Moreover, the exiles' almost exclusive focus [...]
2008-01-24 07:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID FI
08JAKARTA1434PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS BODY TO ISSUE REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's official independent human rights body--which goes by the acronym "Komnas HAM"--has announced that it will soon release a preliminary report on human rights violations in the Papua region from 1963-2002. Based on the results of the report, Komnas HAM will decide whet [...]
2008-07-25 07:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1435TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -- USG TRAINING ASSISTS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 19, Indonesian National Police (INP) rescued 111 Indonesian women and girls from three Jakarta establishments involved in prostitution. The District Police Chief told us that the three [...]
2008-07-25 08:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID
08JAKARTA1436ASIA FOUNDATION PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has been funding and actively working with The Asia Foundation (TAF) on its Islam and Civil Society (ICS) program. The program--which recently ended--was designed to strengthen key Isl [...]
2008-07-25 09:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL EAID ID
08JAKARTA144ACEH -- AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SITUATION WITH NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently reviewed the situation in Aceh with General Sutanto, Indonesia's national police chief. The Ambassador noted recent trends that were of concern, including the failure of local officials to make full use of federal funds and a rising crime rate in the pro [...]
2008-01-24 07:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1441MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY PICKS UP SOME TRACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's major opposition party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),seems to be gaining some momentum. The secular-leaning party has done relatively well in recent gubernatorial contests and is performing well in the polls--as is its leader, former presiden [...]
2008-07-28 07:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1443ASEAN CHARTER -- INDONESIAN DEBATE HEATING UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will soon submit the ASEAN Charter to the Indonesian national legislature for ratification. The government vows to press for approval, but many legislators have questioned whether Indonesia should endorse the document. They point to the Charter's relatively weak provis [...]
2008-07-28 09:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM SN
08JAKARTA1458MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT ALLEGED PLANS OF TERRORIST
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 29, international and local media reported that recently arrested terrorist suspects had murdered an Indonesian Christian, intended to target a U.S. national, and planned to attack the Indonesian Supreme Court. [...]
2008-07-29 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1459FEW REPORTS OF PRESSURE AGAINST MINORITY SECT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission's survey of conditions for Ahmadiyah sect members indicates few reports of persecution or pressure since the recent GOI decree constraining the activities of the group. The decr [...]
2008-07-29 09:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ID
08JAKARTA146DARFUR -- INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET GREEN LIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is preparing to send a unit made up of approximately 150 police officers to support UNAMID operations in Darfur. The vast majority of the force will come from the Mobile Brigade, the police special forces command. The planned deployment--slated to take place in March [...]
2008-01-24 09:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
08JAKARTA1463FACING EXECUTION, BALI BOMBERS TO LAUNCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Facing what seems to be certain execution, the Bali bombers plan to launch a last-ditch appeal. The appeal would be on constitutional grounds, to the effect that execution by firing squad--which is the mandated mode in Indonesia--is "torture" and thus prohibited. Most observer [...]
2008-07-31 07:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1465CONVICTION IN MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Court has convicted Artalyta Suryani--a well-known socialite and influence peddler--of bribing a (since fired) state prosecutor in order to close down a key corruption i [...]
2008-07-31 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1470IRANIAN DEPUTY FM'S SPEECH FALLS FLAT IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammadi outlined a grand vision of international order in a July 29 speech in Jakarta. In his schema, Iran is inspiring a global movement of the world's oppressed peoples against domination by the U.S. and its allies. Mohammadi--who extolled Sh [...]
2008-08-01 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID IR
08JAKARTA1477NEW POLITICAL PARTY TRIES TO MAKE MARK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hanura, a new political party, hopes to make a strong showing in the 2009 legislative elections. The party is led by Wiranto (one name only),a former general and current presidential candidate who is a highly controversial figure due to his poor human rights record. The party- [...]
2008-08-04 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1481ISLAMIC CONFERENCE STRESSES MODERATE THEMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A major Indonesian Islamic organization, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),and the GOI hosted a large international conference of Islamic scholars in Jakarta last week. Starting with President Yudhoyono's opening address, the conference generally hit on positive themes. As part of this mod [...]
2008-08-04 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID
08JAKARTA1483PRIORITIES OF INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND
[...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries' (DKP) vision is one of environmentally sustainable coastal resource management and economic development. Its highest priority activities include: fisheries management plans for specific areas; capacity building and training on fisher [...]
2008-08-05 00:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1484HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN BRIBERY SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two members of President Yudhoyono's Cabinet, the ministers of National Development Planning and Forestry, have been implicated in the Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) corruption scandal. President Yudhoyono--who has made anti-corruption efforts a signature issue--has no [...]
2008-08-05 04:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1486PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Approximately 3,000 Papuans gathered August 4 to protest the adoption of Sharia laws in some parts of Indonesia and the slow implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy Law. The protest--large by Papua standards--reflected simmering tensions and strained relations between (mainl [...]
2008-08-05 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1492SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM STRENGTHENS MARINE COOPERATION WITH
[...] (U) Summary: The Embassy Science Fellow program has been a valuable asset for Post, providing insight into the priorities of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP),and showing that DKP is open to advice about on how to make its organization more effective. Minister Numberi has c [...]
2008-08-06 06:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1495JI CO-FOUNDER RESIGNS FROM HARDLINE GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir--the co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah--recently resigned as leader of a hardline group citing ideological differences. Sources believe that Bashir was unhappy over efforts to make the group more democratic, something that conflic [...]
2008-08-06 07:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL ID
08JAKARTA1500SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN MEETS WITH JEWISH COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy to Monitor & Combat Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman traveled to Surabaya July 30, 2008, following a visit to Jakarta. S/E Rickman, accompanied by Karen Paikin, from the Office to Monitor & Combat Anti-Semitism, and Yakov Barouch, a Rabbi living in Jakarta, visited the [...]
2008-08-07 07:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1503AVIAN INFLUENZA - ALLEGED AI OUTBREAK IN NORTH SUMATRA
[...] (U) Recent press reports of a human avian influenza (AI) outbreak in North Sumatra appear to be unsubstantiated. The AFP released an article entitled "Bird Flu Outbreak in Indonesia Kills Three" on 6 August 2008. The article claims that three individuals from the Asahan district died, with anot [...]
2008-08-07 08:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1504LAWSUIT AGAINST THE USG: IMMUNITY LANGUAGE
[...] (U) This message requests the Department's guidance. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta has reviewed Washington's draft diplomatic note (refmail) in response to the avian influenza lawsuit. Embassy Jakarta recommends that the assertion of sovereign immunity be the cor [...]
2008-08-07 08:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1509CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...]
2008-08-08 06:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID
08JAKARTA1512AVIAN INFLUENZA - POSSIBLE OUTBREAK IN NORTH SUMATRA
[...] (U) Summary: Avian influenza test results are still unavailable on the samples from the twelve individuals hospitalized in North Sumatra with flu-like symptoms. The health of the hospitalized patients continues to improve. Clinical findings are not consistent with avian influenza. The Indone [...]
2008-08-08 08:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1515MARRIOTT BOMBING VICTIMS COMMEMORATE TRAGIC DAY
[...] (U) SURVIVORS HOST COMMEMORATION: Survivors of the August 5, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta commemorated the five-year anniversary on Tuesday, with a prayer led by a Muslim cleric at 12:45 p.m., the moment of the bombing. The attack killed 12 and injured approximately 150, mostly I [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1517CENTRAL JAVA -- MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Central Java, Indonesia's third-largest province by population, August 7-8. Representatives of the PDI-P, the main opposition party to President Yudhoyono, expressed optimism in light of recent electoral victories. Meanwhile, members of Golkar, a key party in Yudh [...]
2008-08-11 07:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1518AVIAN INFLUENZA - UPDATE ON ALLEGED AI OUTBREAK IN N
[...] (U) The World Health Organization (WHO) reported to the U.S. government that all of the human samples from North Sumatra have tested Negative for H5N1 avian influenza (AI). The director of Kisaran District Hospital reported that all ten of the patients under its care are now healthy. They will [...]
2008-08-11 07:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1522PAPUA -- TENSIONS TORQUE UP IN RESTIVE PROVINCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian security forces allegedly shot a Papuan protester to death during an August 9 rally in Papua. The shooting came after activists raised a flag regarded as a separatist symbol during a large rally. On the advice of the GOI, Mission has postponed a trip to Papua due to t [...]
2008-08-11 09:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1527VISIT BY NOTED U.S. SCHOLAR PLACES ACCENT ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Key Indonesian Muslim leaders joined noted U.S. scholar on Islam John Esposito for the August 10 launch of the translated version of his 2008 book, "Who Speaks for Islam?" The discussion focused on how Indonesian Muslims--the largest community of Muslims in the world with roug [...]
2008-08-12 05:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1541KEY PARTY IN GOVERNING COALITION TRIES TO STOP THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar party, the largest in Parliament and a key member of the President Yudhoyono's governing coalition, has announced internal changes in the way it does business. The changes--focused on who will represent Golkar in Parliament after the 2009 elections--are meant to make [...]
2008-08-13 05:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1542CHRISTIAN SCHOOL UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 25, small clashes involving local residents and Christian seminary students broke out in East Jakarta. No one was seriously injured. Police have evacuated the seminary and placed students and staff in camps in the Jakarta area. On August 12, the students demonstrated [...]
2008-08-13 06:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1551ISLAMIC-ORIENTED PARTY SUFFERS ELECTORAL SETBACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Virtually all of Indonesia's other political parties ganged up against the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) on August 10 to ensure a landslide re-election victory for the mayor of Bandung (the third-largest city in Indonesia and capital of the important province o [...]
2008-08-14 06:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1555PAPUA -- GOI DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE DETAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian officials have announced that the GOI does not plan to release two detained Papuan activists who are the subject of a recent U.S. Congressional letter. Indonesian legislators and some officials continue to condemn the letter as "interference" in Indonesia's in [...]
2008-08-14 08:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1560CORRUPTION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO PERCOLATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank Indonesia (BI) corruption case continues to make news. Recent court testimony has implicated the father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son. In another tentacle of the case, the President's retention of two cabinet ministers despite accusations of corruption co [...]
2008-08-15 05:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1562PAPUA -- INVESTIGATION INTO SHOOTING CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities continue to investigate the August 9 shooting that left one Papuan dead following a controversial incident involving the waving of a banned separatist-linked flag. The investigation has focused on five police officers and the fatal bullet has been sent fo [...]
2008-08-15 08:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1564INDONESIAN MARINES CONVICTED IN LANDMARK HUMAN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark case for human rights accountability in the Indonesian military, Surabaya Military Court sentenced 13 marines to prison on August 14 for the shooting deaths of four civilians and wounding of e [...]
2008-08-15 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1566IN MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR, WEST JAVA GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan welcomed the Ambassador's offer to explore cooperation, particularly in health, in an August 14 meeting in Bandung, the provincial capital. Heryawan, who recently won the gubernatorial election for the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party [...]
2008-08-15 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TBIO ID
08JAKARTA1570PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY ADDRESS FOCUSES ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono delivered his annual National Day speech on August 15. The speech was given in Parliament and the Ambassador attended. Before the President's speech, the Speaker--an influential figure in his own right--addressed the gathering, underscoring his support for [...]
2008-08-19 01:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ID
08JAKARTA1572SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ANTI-SEMITISM VISITS INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Jakarta, Gregg Rickman, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss anti-Semitism and religious tolerance. Although Judaism is not [...]
2008-08-19 08:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1573BALI BOMBERS FILE ANOTHER APPEAL, BUT GOI SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three Bali bombers have filed a last-ditch appeal of their case to Indonesia's Constitutional Court. GOI officials have underscored that the terrorists have already used up all of their appeals in the Supreme Court system and, thus, can be executed at any time. Most contac [...]
2008-08-19 09:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CTER ASES ID AS
08JAKARTA1582KEY INDONESIAN COURT PICKS NEW CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Constitutional Court have chosen Mohammad Mahfud to be the next Chief Judge. Mahfud is considered moderate and to have the requisite legal experience. Mahfud will replace the current chief judge, who was defeated in his bid for re-election. Sharing [...]
2008-08-20 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1584AVIAN INFLUENZA - POST-MORTEM ON ALLEGED AI OUTBREAK IN
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy staff from USAID and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a review and found that the Indonesian response to the suspected avian influenza (AI) outbreak in North Sumatra was mostly good, but still leaves room for improvement. Surveillance and respo [...]
2008-08-21 02:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1587BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DELAY IN EXECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General has stated that the executions of the Bali bombers will probably be delayed at least until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan concludes in October. In the meantime, the Constitutional Court continues to review a last-ditch appeal by the t [...]
2008-08-21 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1589RADICAL MUSLIM GROUP STAGES CONGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI)--the political wing of the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)--held its annual congress in Yogyakarta, August 9-10. The group chose a new "Amir" to replace former leader (and JI co-founder) Abu Bakar Bashir, who recently resigned from th [...]
2008-08-21 08:45:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA1590TFGG01 GEORGIA: CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring key points from Ref A, Mission continues to engage Indonesian officials on the situation in Georgia. Officials agree the situation is serious and have voiced support for a peaceful solution and Georgia's sovereignty. That said, Indonesia does not seem inclined to [...]
2008-08-21 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1593ISLAMIC EXTREMIST CHARGED WITH INCITING HATRED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-known militant has been put on trail in Jakarta. Islamic extremist Rizieq Shihab was charged on August 21 with inciting hostility and fomenting assault during a June 1 incident in which militants attacked a peaceful rally in Jakarta. Dozens of FPI members filled the cou [...]
2008-08-22 07:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1594FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL STANDS TRIAL IN MUNIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) Deputy Director Muchdi Purwoprandjono began August 21 in Jakarta. Muchdi--who is also a former commander of Kopassus (Army special forces)--is charged with complicity in the premeditated murder of well-known human rights [...]
2008-08-22 07:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1596CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW REVIEWS TREATMENT OF MINORITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Indonesia, Tina Ramirez--a foreign policy advisor to Representative Trent Franks--met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and other organizations to discuss discrimination against the Islamic Ahamadiyah sect. Among other items, Ramirez [...]
2008-08-22 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA16Medan Mayor Busted on Corruption Charges, Vice Mayor
[...] (SBU) Summary: Notoriously corrupt Medan Mayor Abdillah was arrested in Jakarta on January 2 by the National Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a case which also implicated his vice mayor and senior provincial legislators. The arrest was not unexpected and the arrest of the Vice Mayor [...]
2008-01-03 10:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KCRM ID
08JAKARTA161RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI DECIDES NOT TO BAN SECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has decided not to ban a small Islamic sect. Instead, the GOI announced that it will monitor the group in order to make sure it is generally aligned with Sunni orthodoxy and not acting against "public order." While enthused that the group was not bann [...]
2008-01-25 08:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1611NEW LEADER OF KEY COURT TAKES A STAND AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Constitutional Court Chief Justice spoke to military officers on August 22 on the importance of upholding the Indonesian Constitution and opposing Sharia-based ordinances put in place by local bodies. In his speech, he explained that these Sharia-based ordin [...]
2008-08-25 07:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1614NOTORIOUS FORMER GENERAL TRIES TO MAKE MARK IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prabowo Subianto, a retired general with a poor human rights record, has formed his own political party and announced that he plans to run for president. Prabowo's case is similar to that of Wiranto (one name only),another former general who is a candidate for president and als [...]
2008-08-26 06:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1617RESCUING CHILDREN FROM LABOR
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A half dozen child and labor protection advocates in Medan in western Indonesia recently recounted to Labatt the extreme difficulties they face in saving child workers from unhealthy work conditions. Sometimes when c [...]
2008-08-26 07:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1624PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR HUME'S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 22 meeting in Jakarta, Ambassador Hume reviewed key priorities with Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu. Suebu said implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy was lagging because Jakarta was reluctant to give up power. He expressed satisfaction with the investigation int [...]
2008-08-27 05:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EMIN ID
08JAKARTA1625GEORGIA--UNDERSCORING USG POINTS REJECTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission underscored to GOI contacts the USG's rejection of Russia's August 26 recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Pol/C emphasized that this move undercuts efforts to mediate a lasting, peaceful resolution of the disputes in these two regions of Geo [...]
2008-08-27 07:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1626ASEAN SECRETARIAT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHARTER, ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Secretariat Principal Director for External Relations Dhannan Sunoto and his team raised concerns about growing political opposition to the ASEAN Charter in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Secretariat officials also expressed regret about ASEAN's limited role [...]
2008-08-27 07:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA1628GOI REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO EXECUTE BALI BOMBERS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three Bali bombers have been moved into an isolation block at the maximum security prison where they are being held. Despite recent reports that the executions would be delayed for various reasons, the GOI has taken this step reportedly in preparation for possible near-term [...]
2008-08-27 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1629BURMA -- SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON HIS LATEST TRIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari reported that during his August 18-23 visit to Burma he pressed key regime figures on the need for progress on reforms. He acknowledged disappointment with being unable to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. He [...]
2008-08-27 09:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNSC ID BM
08JAKARTA163EAST TIMOR/INDONESIA -- KEY EXPERT PREVIEWS JOINT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Dili. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An American advisor to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) told the DCM on January 18 that the Commission will present its final report to the presidents of the two countries in March. The [...]
2008-01-25 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID
08JAKARTA1631SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court will retire in November. The selection process for his replacement has started in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Although Chi [...]
2008-08-28 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1635KEY CABINET OFFICIAL SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL REPLY
[...] (C) State Secretary Hatta Rajasa offered to encourage President Yudhoyono to reply to Senator Leahy's recent letter regarding military reform, during an August 27 meeting with Ambassador Hume. Rajasa agreed that this reply would be an opportunity to open a dialogue with Senator Leahy. Rajasa, [...]
2008-08-28 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KJUS PGOV PREL
08JAKARTA1636KEY CABINET OFFICIAL SEEKS TO EXPAND BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: State Secretary Hatta Rajasa offered recommendations on ways to strengthen U.S.-Indonesian bilateral relations, particularly through the proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement and an umbrella science and technology agreement, during an August 27 meeting with Ambassador Hume. Raja [...]
2008-08-28 08:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID PGOV PREL SENV
08JAKARTA1637KOSOVO: URGING INDONESIA TO REJECT REFERRAL TO ICJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, poloff has urged GOI officials to reject a draft UNGA resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo independence. GOI interlocutors said they generally viewed questions of independence as political [...]
2008-08-28 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN ID KV
08JAKARTA1638ACEH -- POLITICAL SITUATION STEADY IN GOVERNOR'S
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor Irwandi's absence from office over the past several weeks due to a stroke has not triggered any challenges to his authority. His deputy has kept a steady hand on the rudder and the former Aceh rebel move [...]
2008-08-28 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA164INDONESIAN GENERAL'S REMARKS ON DEMOCRACY CAUSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new military commander caused a stir with a statement on January 24 that the country was "not ready for democracy." We checked the story. Though injudicious, the general's statement was accompanied by his affirmation of the military's political neutrality. The bot [...]
2008-01-25 10:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR ID
08JAKARTA1643AVIAN INFLUENZA: WHO WITHHOLDING INDONESIAN AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) According to WHO resident representative Dr. Subhash Salunke, Indonesia is reporting possible outbreaks of avian influenza to the WHO within 24 hours in compliance with the International Health Regulations [...]
2008-08-29 05:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA165ASEAN WIDENS DOOR FOR ENGAGEMENT ON ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministerial and Leaders' statements during the 2007 ASEAN Summit focused on regional environmental initiatives, and recognized the significance of the illegal timber trade. The various statements, together with the recent U.S.-China MOU on illegal logging, present an opportunity [...]
2008-01-25 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1652U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC VISITS INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sada Cumber, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC),recently visited Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world by population. During the visit, he discussed proposals for greater cooperation between the USG and the OIC. He outlined a propo [...]
2008-09-02 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1655LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACTS ALLEGE HARASSMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent Indonesian freelance writer--and former fellow at Harvard--told Labatt that he believes that he has been under surveillance by GOI intelligence agencies. He says this could be because of his investigative reporting on human rights issues. He asked that the USG keep [...]
2008-09-02 08:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1656AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message provides recommendations as requested in REF A and requests Department,s guidance by September 10. Please see para 10 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled t [...]
2008-09-02 09:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1659UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT TO EXAMINE LEGALITY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Regional Representatives Council (DPD)--the upper house of Indonesia's parliament--has announced plans to form a legal body to examine the constitutionality of local Sharia-inspired bylaws. If found unconstitutional, the DPD's Chair said the bylaws would be revoked. This m [...]
2008-09-03 04:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1663BURMA -- RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As a spin-off from Mission's successful conference on Burma in March, a key Indonesian legislator is planning a road show at university campuses in order to raise public awareness of Burma-related issues. This legislator [...]
2008-09-03 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM BM ID
08JAKARTA1664SOUTH SUMATRA -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The South Sumatra Governor's office announced a prohibition on Ahmadiyah activities on September  [...]
2008-09-03 09:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA167BALI BOMBERS MAKE LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO DELAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lawyers for the three terrorists who carried out the 2002 Bali bombing are requesting a second judicial review of the Supreme Court decision confirming their death sentences. Their appeals exhausted, the condemned bombers have been given until February 2 to request clemency or [...]
2008-01-28 03:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1676AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message requests Department's guidance by September 10. Please see para 8 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on S [...]
2008-09-05 08:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1678MUNIR CASE -- COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FORMER SPY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2 and 4, court proceedings began for retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono. He pleaded not guilty for the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. At the hearing, prosecutors maintained [...]
2008-09-05 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1686WEST KALIMANTAN -- ETHNIC TENSIONS ON THE DECREASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C recently visited West Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo. In a September 4 meeting, Dr. Cornelis--who took over as governor earlier this year--underscored his priorities which include improving infrastructure in the region and educational opportunities, especially f [...]
2008-09-08 05:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1688USG HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES AT UNGA: INDONESIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to support U.S. positions on the various specific resolutions slated for discussion in the Third Committee of the upcoming UN General Assembly. Department of Foreign Affairs officials from two separate offices took our points on board, but made no comm [...]
2008-09-08 05:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1691CONVICTION IN KEY CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court has convicted a former top anti-corruption prosecutor of accepting a USD $600,000 bribe in exchange for dropping a corruption investigation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The conviction and stiff sentence--which received extensive me [...]
2008-09-08 06:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1699TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission supports the counterterrorism consultations of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue that will be held with Japan and Australia in Washington, October 2-3. In the context of steady progress on the counterterrorism front in Indonesia, Mission provides below a summary of ongoi [...]
2008-09-09 05:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA17CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FORMER ENVOY CONVICTED OF
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news: the former Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia was convicted and sentenced to prison for overcharging visa applicants; the A [...]
2008-01-03 10:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
08JAKARTA1701AHMADIYAH SECT: PRESIDENT SUMMONS SOUTH SUMATRA
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has summoned South Sumatra acting Governor Mahyudin to Jakarta in order to discuss the governor's recent decision to ban the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah. The meeting has not yet taken place, but its app [...]
2008-09-09 07:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1708TRIALS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of an Islamic militant charged with fomenting assault during a June 1 extremist attack on a peaceful rally is continuing in Jakarta. According to accounts, defense attorneys and fellow militants have threatened witnesses both verbally and physically. The judge and po [...]
2008-09-10 07:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1712INDONESIA CREATES NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER POSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has created the new position of Deputy Foreign Minister and is expected to install career diplomat Triyono Wibowo as its first incumbent on September 11. The precise responsibilities, authority and relationship to other senio [...]
2008-09-10 09:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ID PREL
08JAKARTA1722NEWS MAGAZINE LOSES LIBEL SUIT SPARKING PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A leading Indonesian news weekly was recently found guilty of defamation, fined, and ordered to print an apology to a large company. The case revolved around an investigative report reviewing claims that the company was guilty of tax evasion. The magazine says it will appeal t [...]
2008-09-11 07:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1728SUCCESS OF INDONESIA'S MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Indonesia's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program is in full-stride, exceeding expectations in both its areas of focus, Control of Corruption and Immunization Rates. Since being awarded the largest MCC Threshold Program in November 2005, the Government of Indonesia [...]
2008-09-11 08:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID ECON PGOV MCC
08JAKARTA1729NEW INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF NAMED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono chose Bambang Hendarso Danuri to be the new Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP) on September 10. Danuri is slated to replace General Sutanto at the end of September. He still needs to be confirmed by the Indonesian legislature, but that should not [...]
2008-09-11 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA173COURT REINSTATES CONVICTION IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark ruling for accountability, the Supreme Court on January 25 reinstated the conviction of the chief suspect and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for the murder of human rights activist Munir. Immediately after the ruling, the Indonesian National Police (INP) annou [...]
2008-01-28 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1733INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 11 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. On 8 September, the Ministry of Health (MOH) publicly reported two avian influenza (AI) cases, and the World Health Organization (WHO) followed suit. MOH experienced staffing changes including a change in Director General of the Directorate of Disease Control & Environmental Hygien [...]
2008-09-12 07:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1734NEW MEGA-CHURCHES SEEN AS POSITIVE FOR RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia is experiencing a spurt in the construction of large Evangelical Christian churches. On September 20, one such church--with seating capacity of 8,000--will open its doors in Jakarta after a 16-year wait for the necessary building permit. In the past, local official [...]
2008-09-12 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1737CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS BALI BOMBER PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court has begun hearing the three Bali bombers, last-ditch appeal. The three (via their lawyers) have claimed that execution by firing squad, the constitutionally mandated method of execution, is "torture." Representatives from the Indonesian governm [...]
2008-09-12 08:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA174SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]
2008-01-28 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1741PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S PARTY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat ("Democrat Party" or "PD") continues to struggle to make a mark. The party is facing internal rifts, has not done well in recent gubernatorial contests, and is not doing particularly well in the polls. Observers say the party has not devel [...]
2008-09-15 06:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1742AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: IMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) On September 15, poloff delivered to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) the Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the Application the Law of Foreign State Immunity: Sarmili v. World Health Organization and United States of America and the letter addressed to the co [...]
2008-09-15 08:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1743CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AMB. WOLCOTT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21-22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from the GOI's key nuclear-related agencies plus the Foreign Ministry and the principal national nuclear laboratory. All meetings indicated that Indonesia [...]
2008-09-15 08:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TRGY ENGY PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1746PAPUA -- NO ONE INJURED AS SMALL BOMBS GO OFF NEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three small explosive devices have gone off near a massive copper and gold mine operated by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan near Timika, Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Police are investigating the explosions, which did not cause any injuries or significant damage. An underground pr [...]
2008-09-16 04:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN PTER ID
08JAKARTA1753ICC -- GOI PLANS TO ACCEDE TO ROME STATUTE IN 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian preparations are on track to accede to the Rome Statute and become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) perhaps by late this year. The principle of accession is part of a 2004 national human rights action plan which the GOI is implementing. The interag [...]
2008-09-16 07:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KICC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1756ISLAMIC PARTIES PUSH CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent political maneuvering within the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has all but ensured the passage of a controversial anti-pornography bill. The bill is being pushed through by the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). The vote is scheduled for later this month. Cr [...]
2008-09-16 08:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1758MUNIR CASE -- NOOSE STEADILY TIGHTENS ON ACCUSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A key witness in the trial involving the alleged mastermind behind the October 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib directly linked the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to the murder in September 16 testimony. This witness also provided compelling evidence tying [...]
2008-09-17 05:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1759CORRUPTION UPDATE -- TOMMY SUHARTO AND BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news, the legal tussle between the GOI and Tommy Suharto--son of former president Suharto--continues to escalate after the Finance Ministry seized $134 million of Suharto's assets. The case involves unpaid taxes and corruption tied to a now-defunct auto [...]
2008-09-17 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1760ASIA PULP & PAPER AND OAKTREE REACH SETTLEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: Oaktree Capital Management reached a settlement with the Indonesian company Asia Pulp & Paper (APP),resolving one remaining part of APP,s $14 billion debt default in 2001. Terms were not disclosed, but Oaktree counsel characterized the settlement as "reasonably satisfactory." A [...]
2008-09-17 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1761MUNIR CASE -- ACCUSED MASTERMIND'S BACKGROUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former BIN Deputy Muchdi Purwopranjono--accused of masterminding the murder in 2004 of human rights activist Munir (Ref A)--is a decorated veteran who spent most of his career commanding troops in the Suharto-era's most difficult conflict zones. He was also at the heart of one [...]
2008-09-17 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM ID PGOV
08JAKARTA1768AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: PLAINTIFF
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Legal proceedings were scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on September 17 in the avian-influenza lawsuit against the USG and the World Health Organization (refs). On DEPLU's advice, [...]
2008-09-18 06:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1770PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TROUBLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On a September 10-12 trip to Papua, a wide range of interlocutors told Ambassador Hume the province faces many significant development challenges. The provincial government has an ambitious program to develop the region but this has yet to show concrete results. Relations betw [...]
2008-09-18 08:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN EAID ID
08JAKARTA1778NORTH SULAWESI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) Summary: Surabaya Principal Officer visited an active synagogue in North Sulawesi, garnering positive press reports. Representatives of the local Jewish community noted the support of local officials and the tolerance o [...]
2008-09-19 02:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1779ADVANCING U.S. RELATIONS WITH INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Now is the time to lock in place the positive directions that U.S.-Indonesian relations have taken since 2001 and to make more progress. Seven years ago, Indonesia was highly vulnerable to terrorist threats, but Indonesian resolve and U.S. assistance have reduced these risks g [...]
2008-09-19 03:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SENV PREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA178ASEAN CHARTER/BURMA -- ROUGH ROAD AHEAD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is committed to pushing the ASEAN Charter through the national legislature (DPR) in 2008, although it has not yet submitted the Charter for ratification. The DPR, however, is committed to scrutinizing the Charter and moving slowly. Civil society is pr [...]
2008-01-29 08:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1792SOUTHERN THAILAND -- INDONESIA HOSTS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI hosted talks involving representatives of the Thai government and southern rebel groups, September 20-21. According to Indonesian contacts, both sides underscored their commitment to resolve the conflict peacefully and agreed to regular meetings under Indonesian facilit [...]
2008-09-22 08:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV ID TH
08JAKARTA1793DEFENSE COOPERATION -- GOI PROPOSES NEW JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have proposed a new three-way joint counternarcotics training exercise to be discussed at the next Indonesia-U.S. Security Dialogue (IUSSD) in the Spring of 2009. The exercise would involve PACOM/JIATF West, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) and the Indonesian [...]
2008-09-22 08:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNAR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA180SULAWESI -- GOI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE POST-CONFLICT
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has made significant progress in the past year in solidifying the security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, a region which had been afflicted by inter-religious violence. In order to maintain t [...]
2008-01-29 09:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI ECON ID
08JAKARTA1803UNGA: ADVANCING USG PRIORITIES WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Possible upcoming meetings for senior USG officials with FM Wirajuda or Secretary General Imron Cotan (the number-three official in the Department of Foreign Affairs) on the margins of the UN General Assembly are a key opportunity to advance USG priorities with Indonesia. We su [...]
2008-09-23 06:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD MARR ID BM IR
08JAKARTA1808 AMID PUBLIC PRESSURE, CONSIDERATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Facing mounting public pressure, the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) was forced to postpone its vote on a controversial anti-pornography bill. The Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice party (PKS) attempted to force a vote on the matter. Opponents of the bill ramped up their critici [...]
2008-09-23 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1814PRESIDENT'S CHOICE FOR NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's choice as chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),Bambang Hendarso Danuri, sailed through his parliamentary confirmation hearings this week. Police contacts told us Danuri will be officially installed as head of the INP, a huge entity with over 300 [...]
2008-09-25 06:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1815ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM RESHAPING INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although corruption remains endemic, Indonesia is making continued progress to root it out. In the past six months, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested six Members of Parliament in six separate scandals. Challenges remain: limited resources, legal challenge [...]
2008-09-25 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1817PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...]
2008-09-25 08:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA1818KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT'S MANDATE UP FOR RENEWAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono sent a draft bill to re-authorize the Anti-Corruption Court to the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on August 11. The DPR is slated to begin discussions of the draft soon. There are a couple of problematic issues that need to be addressed before the bill is pass [...]
2008-09-25 08:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1820OFFICIAL GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN MINISTERIAL
[...] Post has received the official invitation to the upcoming Ministerial Meeting of the Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven/F-11) Plus Partners in Jakarta on October 17, 2008 (reftel). The GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Forest Ministry will co-host a Ministerial Meeting of the [...]
2008-09-25 09:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG EAGR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1825MUNIR CASE -- TESTIMONY CONTINUES IN CASE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 testimony, a witness offered evidence linking the former head of Indonesia's main intelligence agency (BIN) to the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir. Testifying at the trial of a former BIN official, the witness talked about how the former head of BIN a [...]
2008-09-26 05:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1827INDONESIA WORKS TO GET ELECTION MACHINERY IN GEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national elections are months away, but the GOI is working hard to get the country's election machinery ready for what will be a massive undertaking in this, the world's third-largest democracy. At this point, Parliament still needs to pass a finalized presidential [...]
2008-09-26 06:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1828FRENCH NATIONAL KIDNAPPED IN NORTH ACEH
[...] (SBU) Summary. A French national consultant for the World Bank and his Indonesian driver were kidnapped and held by a group calling themselves Sword Force in the Sawang subdistrict of North Aceh Regency on the early afternoon of September 23. After repeated threats to their lives at sword poi [...]
2008-09-26 07:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA183JUDICIAL REFORMS MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is moving ahead on efforts to reform its management practices and is instructing officials on a new judicial code of conduct. Also on the reform track, the Attorney General's Office recently completed a project focused on instructing prosecutors on new human r [...]
2008-01-30 05:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1830ASEAN DIALOGUE PARTNERS RAMP UP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission (EC),Germany and Australia will significantly increase technical assistance to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat over the next few years. Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) also have large ongoing assistance programs for ASEAN. Participants at an [...]
2008-09-26 07:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA1832BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVIEWS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal to Indonesia's Constitutional Court has turned into a serious debate in court chambers on the death penalty and how it is carried out in Indonesia. The three convicted terrorists have claimed that execution by firing squad--the constitutional [...]
2008-09-26 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1835ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS CLASH WITH WITNESS SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Islamic extremists and a moderate Muslim paramilitary group clashed outside the courtroom during a break at the trials of militants Rizieq Shihab and Munarman--both are standing trial for their alleged participation in an attack on a peaceful pro-pluralism rally in Jakarta on Jun [...]
2008-09-29 03:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1838PAPUA -- INCREASING ACCUSATIONS OF MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (KOMNAS HAM) has blamed the Indonesian military (TNI) for the fatal shooting of a Papuan during a peaceful August 9 rally. KOMNAS HAM officials have called on President Yudhoyono to establish a special team to pursue the case further [...]
2008-09-29 07:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1845PAPUA -- PRISON BEATING A SERIOUS BUT ISOLATED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 22 beating of a Papuan prisoner--Ferdinand Pakage--was a serious but isolated incident, according to our contacts. Pakage has been treated for his injuries and remains with his family while the authorities attempt to persuade him to return to custody. Prison offic [...]
2008-09-30 04:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA185CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]
2008-01-30 08:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1854KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO REJECT ICJ REFERRAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 3, Mission delivered Ref A demarche to GOI contacts. We urged the GOI to vote against Serbia's proposed UNGA resolution referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion. GOI officials promised to con [...]
2008-10-03 05:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA ID KV
08JAKARTA1860INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES THAT HE'S RUNNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has announced that he will run for re-election next year. He also made comments indicating that he was considering running again with Vice President Jusuf Kalla, though some say he was really keeping his options open. Yudhoyono's announcement tha [...]
2008-10-03 08:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1864THINK TANKER MAKES QUIXOTIC RUN FOR PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rizal Mallarangeng, the head of a Jakarta think tank and a well-known political analyst, is saying to one and all that he is running for president. Although he has not officially announced, Mallarangeng is already sponsoring some TV and billboard ads. By uttering the word "cha [...]
2008-10-06 07:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1869WILL THE REAL INDONESIAN BAR ASSOCIATION PLEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Indonesian bar associations are now competing for political support and judicial legitimacy. The Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) has been the only GOI-sanctioned bar association, but another bar association has emerged. This rival group, the Congress of Indonesian [...]
2008-10-07 06:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1870PAPUA GEARS UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1871IN WIN FOR REFORM, PARLIAMENT NIXES SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid mounting pressure from pro-judicial reform groups, the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has decided to postpone indefinitely consideration of a controversial Supreme Court bill. The bill would have extended the mandatory retirement age for the justices of the Supreme Court, inc [...]
2008-10-07 08:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1881GOI--IN JAVANESE CONFLICT AVOIDANCE MODE--EXTENDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed a decree extending the term of the Sultan of Yogyakarta as governor by three years. The term otherwise would have expired on October 9. At the heart of the debate, is the fate of Yogyakarta as a special administrative district and historic Sultan [...]
2008-10-09 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1891MUNIR -- MORE COMPELLING COURT TESTIMONY IN CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In compelling--if sometimes bizarre--court testimony, magic potions and poisons were the weapons of choice in the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors put this information on the record at the trial of the former intelligence official charged in the [...]
2008-10-10 07:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1893ASEAN -- INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE TAKES KEY STEP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A key parliamentary committee has ratified the ASEAN Charter after a long period of debate centered on Burma and the regional human rights situation. Legislators--in an unusual step fueled by frustration over Burma--also issued non-binding human rights-related "policy directives [...]
2008-10-10 08:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1898IMPACT OF BEIJING OLYMPICS: INDONESIAN VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A queries, the Beijing Olympics received favorable coverage in Indonesian media, which focused largely on the selected events in which Indonesian athletes competed. In addition to favorable coverage of the success of the Chinese team, there was a limited amount of com [...]
2008-10-14 02:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL ID CH
08JAKARTA1902GAM FOUNDER HASAN DI TIRO RETURNS TO ACEH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder and leader Hasan di Tiro returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit to the province some 30 years after he went into exile. The 83-year old di Tiro has used the visit to call on all sides to respect the 2005 Helsinki MoU, but because o [...]
2008-10-14 06:50:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1906INDONESIA -- NOMINATION FOR DOL AWARD FOR ELIMINATION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta nominates Seto Mulyadi, a campaigner for child protection, for the USDOL Iqbal Masih Award for Elimination of Child Labor. Details of his leadership in the area of child protection follow. END SUMMARY. THE NOMINEE 2. (U) Nominee: a. Name: Mr. Seto Mulya [...]
2008-10-14 08:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB ID
08JAKARTA191TRAFFICKING -- PRESSING A KEY MINISTRY TO RENEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to work with the GOI in addressing the abuse of Indonesian migrant labor. During a recent protection workshop, a senior Ministry of Manpower official agreed with USG concerns on the need to provide greater protection for migrants and pledged renewed efforts. S [...]
2008-01-31 04:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1910THAILAND/CAMBODIA -- GOI TRIES TO HELP CALM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has made calls to the Cambodian and Thai leaders urging them to work to calm down tensions related to the two countries' border dispute. We were told that both sides listened to Yudhoyono's points, but made no specific commitments. Contacts have told us that [...]
2008-10-15 07:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1920BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SLATED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court is slated to rule on the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences on October 21. If the ruling upholds the sentences, the GOI has announced that it intends to move forward with execution plans. 2. (C) SUMMARY (Con'd): Despite this a [...]
2008-10-16 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1924PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES CONTINUED NEED FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono emphasized the importance of the Indonesian military's continued political neutrality at the recent celebration of the anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces. He also underscored the need for further military reform. 2. (C) SUMMARY (Con'd): While it [...]
2008-10-16 08:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MARR ID
08JAKARTA1927DONORS PROPOSE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO STRENGTHEN ASEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 04:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA1929PAPUA -- PRO-SEPARATISTS HOLD LARGE, PEACEFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pro-separatists have held large rallies in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia The rally in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, was particularly large by local standards, with a crowd of upwards of 2,000. Security forces acted with restraint, allowing the protests to p [...]
2008-10-17 07:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1930INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE DEBATES KEY LAW FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) is set to debate a key election law next week. In a Byzantine complexity of the Indonesian system, the law will determine the minimum percentage of support needed in Parliament in order for a presidential candidate to be formally nominated and p [...]
2008-10-17 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1937HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...]
2008-10-20 05:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1939MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY CONTINUES TO DEBATE WHETHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia,s largest political party, Golkar, continues its internal debate on whether to nominate a presidential candidate in the 2009 elections. A national meeting that just wrapped up highlighted that the party remains deeply split over the question. The party has done well [...]
2008-10-20 08:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1942PROGRAM AIMS TO IMPROVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Human Rights Commission--an independent body--is working with law enforcement agencies on an ambitious program of training focused on improving professionalism. The training includes in-depth courses on ways to work effectively with local communities while protectin [...]
2008-10-21 06:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1943CONTINUED VOLATILITY IN PAPUA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to ratchet up in the Papua region of eastern Indonesia. Following large rallies last week, Papuans again demonstrated in Jayapura, the capital of Papua, on October 20. Police cracked down on the marchers, arresting at least 18 Papuans, including a well-known [...]
2008-10-21 07:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1944SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY OVERTURNS DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has informally heard that the Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned its previous decision awarding damages in a case against TIME Asia in the Suharto defamation case, but no official [...]
2008-10-21 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1948ASEAN CHARTER RATIFIED BY INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament ratified the ASEAN Charter on October 21. The move was expected and came after the committee dealing with foreign affairs recommended that Parliament in full plenary pass the Charter. We understand that the legislation contains non-binding "policy dir [...]
2008-10-22 06:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1950BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court has rejected the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences and upheld that death by firing squad is constitutional. The Indonesian Attorney General has announced that the government intends to move forward with the executions of the three [...]
2008-10-22 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1951MUNIR -- CASE OF MURDERED ACTIVIST CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Another key witness in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib recanted his testimony to police in an October 21 court appearance. This is the fourth intelligence agent to withdraw testimony damaging to the accused mastermind of the murder, a former deputy of [...]
2008-10-22 07:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1957GAM FOUNDER DI TIRO: ACEH PARTY POLITICAL INSTRUMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Free Aceh Movement (GAM) founder Hasan di Tiro, who returned to Aceh on October 11 in an historic visit some 30 years after he went into exile (reftel),continued his tour of Aceh by visiting the graves of GAM fighters and attending numerous public events including a large rally [...]
2008-10-23 09:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ID
08JAKARTA1959MILITANT ARRESTS IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: No connection to terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah or the impending execution of the Bali bombers has so far been established in the October 21 Indonesian police raid of an alleged terrorist safe house in Jakarta (see reftel). The intended target of the explosive found ap [...]
2008-10-23 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1961UPDATE - INDONESIA'S ILLEGAL LOGGING CHALLENGE
[...] (U) Summary: Despite a number of recent seizures of illegal timber by Indonesian authorities, the challenge in containing Indonesia's illegal logging remains intense. The new Indonesian National Police Chief is expected to bring a renewed focus to his predecessor's campaign against environmen [...]
2008-10-24 05:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1968AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: FURTHER
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Legal proceedings were originally scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on September 17 in the avian-influenza lawsuit against the USG and the World Health Organization (refs). On advi [...]
2008-10-24 10:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1973ASEAN CENTRE FOR ENERGY PRIORITIES, ASEAN ENERGY ACTION
[...] (U) During an October 24 meeting, the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE),Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, said the final draft of ASEAN's Energy Action Plan for 2010-2015 will be presented to Senior Officials in March 2009 and will be adopted by ASEAN Ministers in May 2009. He did n [...]
2008-10-27 07:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDASEAN EAID ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV
08JAKARTA1977INDONESIA - OCTOBER 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. French embassy officials reported that in a series of avian influenza (AI) related meetings, Government of Indonesia (GOI)officials told them that the AI situation in Indonesia is improving and that the sample sharing impasse will likely end soon. U.S. government efforts to cont [...]
2008-10-27 08:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KLIG
08JAKARTA1979KEY GOI ADVISER ON REOPENING EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Alwi Shihab, the President's Special Adviser for the Middle East, Indonesian President Yudhoyono urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) months ago to re-open the Indonesian embassy in Baghdad. Shihab said he believed that DEPLU was delaying the opening of t [...]
2008-10-27 09:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID IZ
08JAKARTA1980WEST JAVA -- NEW GOVERNOR FROM ISLAMIC PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team recently visited West Java, Indonesia's largest province with over 42 million residents. Contacts noted that the new Governor, representing an Islamic-oriented party, was proceeding very cautiously and had not pressed any elements of an Islamic social agenda. Vice [...]
2008-10-27 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1982GOI SAYS BALI BOMBERS WILL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on October 24 that the executions of the Bali bombers would take place during the first week of November. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, though they do not know the exact date when the e [...]
2008-10-27 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA1985EAST KALIMANTAN -- MUSLIM/SECULAR COALITION WINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A coalition of Muslim and secular party candidates won East Kalimantan's gubernatorial race on October 23, according to quick counts. The coalition defeated the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS),which had racked up wins in earlier regional elections. A relativel [...]
2008-10-28 08:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1986TRIALS OF THREE ALLEGED TERRORISTS BEGIN IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The trials of three alleged terrorists have begun in Jakarta. The three suspects are linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and allegedly have experience in the Philippines. One of them allegedly is an associate of Noordin Top, a major JI leader who remains on the run from Indonesian [...]
2008-10-28 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1990NEW FINDS HIGHLIGHT INDONESIAN BIODIVERSITY
[...] Summary. Recent discoveries underscore the importance of efforts like the Coral Triangle and Heart of Borneo Initiatives (among others) to protect Indonesia and the region's biodiversity. In Sumatra, naturalists have stumbled across a new species of barking deer. Researchers have found a new [...]
2008-10-28 10:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1995SULTAN FORMALLY ANNOUNCES HE'S RUNNING FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In front of a large crowd, the Sultan of Yogyakarta has formally announced his intention to run for president in 2009. The announcement was widely expected given that the Sultan has been campaigning for some time. A popular figure in Java, the Sultan faces a challenge in trans [...]
2008-10-29 09:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID SOCI
08JAKARTA1999PARLIAMENT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A special House of Representatives (DPR) committee has begun an inquiry into the 1997-98 abductions and disappearances of 13 pro-democracy activists. The inquiry could lead to legislation establishing an ad hoc human rights court to try retired generals--some of whom are curren [...]
2008-10-29 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2003FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK CONVICTED IN MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The former head of the board of governors of Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI),has been convicted of corruption related to his involvement in fraud in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98. A relative of President Yudhoyono's by marriage and other [...]
2008-10-30 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2004INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES IMPORTANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament (DPR) passed on October 30 a key presidential election bill for the 2009 elections. The bill concerned the minimum threshold for the nomination of a presidential candidate based on the results of the April 2009 legislative elections. 2. (C) SUMMARY [...]
2008-10-30 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2014MUSLIM MILITANTS CONVICTED FOR ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two hard-line Muslim militant leaders who led a June 1 attack against a peaceful religious freedom rally were convicted of inciting violence and other crimes in an October 30 verdict in Central Jakarta Court. The 18-month prison sentences handed down sent a clear law enforcement [...]
2008-10-31 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KIRF KISL ID
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