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00GABORONE5265	BREAKTHROUGH FOR SADC ON REFORMING POLITICAL [...] (C) SADC FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS HAVE REACHED CONSENSUS ON REFORMING THE LONG-MORIBUND SADC ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE AND SECURITY, FM MERAFHE TOLD US. THE ORGAN HAS BEEN LARGELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1996, DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER LINES OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN IT AND SADC PRO [...]	2000-11-24 16:02:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	SADC PREL MARR MCAP ZU

00THEHAGUE1674	DUTCH ON F-16 (MNFP)--REVISED SIGNING CEREMONY [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP NL NATO DCI
00THEHAGUE1797	DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-16 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
01ABUJA1841	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CHIEF OF AIR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, Ambassador Jeter met with the new Chief of Air Staff (COAS),Air Vice Marshall Jonah Wuyep. Wuyep was strongly supportive of the MPRI program. He and his staff emphasized the need for undergraduate pilot training and a domestic capability to carry out periodic depot m [...]	2001-07-26 08:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MASS PINR NI
01HARARE1019	ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...]	2001-03-14 16:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1028	ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS [...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...]	2001-03-15 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1048	ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...]	2001-03-16 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI
01HARARE1051	CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]	2001-03-19 11:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1168	KABILA'S BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE FOCUSES ON DRC [...] (C) ON MARCH 28, POLOFF OBTAINED A READOUT ON DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE FROM THE MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) ON THE DRC, MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO. REGARDING KABILA'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT (REFTEL),THE PAO NOTED THAT KABILA IS "PREPARED TO GO THE FULL [...]	2001-03-29 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1178	ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...]	2001-03-30 12:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF
01HARARE1217	DRC POLITICAL COMMITTEE TAKING PLACE IN HARARE [...] (C) THE DRC JOINT POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE IN HARARE TODAY, APRIL 4, ACCORDING TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AMONG THE ATTENDEES ARE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE AND ZIMBABWE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE DRC DAVID H [...]	2001-04-04 10:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE762	GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ENCOURAGED BY LUSAKA [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE IS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT HELD AMONG THE LUSAKA SIGNATORIES IN LUSAKA ON FEBRUARY 15 (REFTEL). BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA, TOLD POLOFF FEBRUARY 16 THAT THE SUMMIT OUTCOME WAS "VERY POSITIVE" AND "B [...]	2001-02-16 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE870	ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...]	2001-02-28 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG
01HARARE882	UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORJANE SPEAKS AT SADC [...] (C) ON MARCH 1, UNSG SPECIAL ENJOY MORJANE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON THE DRC TO THE SADC REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTER (RPTC) IN HARARE. MORJANE'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY UNITAR-GENEVA AND SPONSORED BY THE RPTC. THE RPTC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETER VOETMANN, PROVIDED A READOUT TO POLOFF ON [...]	2001-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01VATICAN5566	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...]	2001-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL
02ABUJA3212	NIGERIAN ARMY PREVENTS KADUNA FROM BEING A [...] Summary: Nigeria's Army bears an international reputation for poor professional standards and for committing human rights violations. In Nigeria, that reputation is more nuanced, less negative. Of course, Nigerians know too well that soldiers often commit abuses. But they equally realize t [...]	2002-11-29 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS EAID MASS PHUM MCAP NI
02AMMAN2253	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 5 Heat Exchangers (NON-SME),Value USD 41,500.00 [...]	2002-05-08 09:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN5195	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 7 ARM (NON-SME) value: USD 781.20; 2 ADAPTER, DRAIN V [...]	2002-09-11 14:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN6764	JORDANIAN INSPECTORS IN UNMOVIC? [...] (C) This message contains an action request for USUN. Please see para 6. 2. (C) On November 17, the MFA's Legal Advisor Samer Naber informally provided Poloff information on possible Jordanian participation in UNMOVIC (Note: Poloff was meeting with Naber on other issues when Naber received [...]	2002-11-19 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR IZ JO
02AMMAN7520	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 11 LEAF, HINGE (NON-SME) value: USD 1,489.73; 20 SCR [...]	2002-12-30 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02ANKARA9080	2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...]	2002-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU NATO
02KATHMANDU1174	ARMY, MAOISTS BATTLE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) platoons battled an estimated 100-200 Maoists the night of June 12 in a remote location in Salyan District, about 320 km west of Kathmandu. Preliminary casualty counts indicate from 3-8 RNA killed, 3 missing, and more than 20 wounded. The battle was [...]	2002-06-13 11:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1605	NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...]	2002-08-19 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP
02KATHMANDU1640	UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002 [...] (U) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a Maoist training camp in Rolpa, reportedly killing 30 insurgents. Maoists continue to attack civilians and rural infrastructure, but staged no large-scale atta [...]	2002-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MCAP NP
02KATHMANDU1831	NEPAL'S NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, GENERAL PYAR JUNG [...] (U) General Pyar Jung Thapa (DPOB 15 September 1946; Siphal, Kathmandu, Nepal) was appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by King Gyanendra on September 9, 2002. His previous position, held since 2001, was Chief of General Staff (CGS). 2. (U) Thapa has received extensive training from both th [...]	2002-09-19 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU1890	NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial, parade-ground army, occasionally deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations, to a combat-ready fighting force, expected to counter and overcome an enemy who uses [...]	2002-09-27 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MCAP PTER NP
02KATHMANDU510	NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...]	2002-03-11 13:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP NP PGOV MASS
02KATHMANDU882	ARMY SCORES INTELLIGENCE, PR VICTORY IN ATTACK ON [...] (C) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) troops have been engaged since late May 2 in an attack on what may be a major Maoist logistics base in Lisne Lek, Rolpa District in western Nepal. According to the RNA, the Maoists, who have sustained at least 100 casualties, are attempting to withdraw from the are [...]	2002-05-06 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU906	MAOISTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS IN ROLPA AND SANKHUWASABHA [...] (SBU) Summary: On the night of May 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a combined Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and police outpost in Gam, Rolpa in western Nepal. The attack in Rolpa follows the RNA's routing of a Maoist camp at another location in the same district (Refs B and C). The RNA has lost cont [...]	2002-05-08 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU915	PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...] (SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting June 15. There has been no official reaction yet from the Government of Nepal (GON) to the offer. Security forces continue to search for survivors of the May [...]	2002-05-09 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MCAP PGOV NP
02KUWAIT5416	(S) KUWAIT 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (S) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is extremely sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sou [...]	2002-12-17 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
02ROME3031	WOMAN IN DEFENSE: ITALY'S EXPERIENCE AFTER TWO [...] SUMMARY. AS THE GOI ATTEMPTS TO RESTRUCTURE AND "PROFESSIONALIZE" THE MILITARY SERVICE, BRINGING FEMALES IN IS VIEWED AS ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ARMED FORCES. ITALIAN WOMEN, WHETHER FOR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03031 221235 [...]	2002-06-20 14:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV IT NATO
02ROME5117	MISSILE DEFENSE FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALIANS [...] (C) THE GOI IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE BUT WANTS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITHIN NATO TO DEVELOP FURTHER A COMMON CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO MINISTER CARLO TREZZA, MFA COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. NATO MEMBERS, AND [...]	2002-10-21 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP IT NATO
02ROME6149	MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...]	2002-12-27 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO
02TEGUCIGALPA2531	A/S REICH ADDRESSES MILITARY ISSUES AND PROMOTES [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 WHA Assistant Secretary Otto Reich visited with Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso and Chief of the Joint Staff General Jose Isaias Barahona. The meeting covered a variety of topics, including the Cerro La Mole radar, border conflicts with Nicaragua [...]	2002-09-10 16:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PHUM KJUS SNAR PBTS PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2555	HONDURAS TO INVESTIGATE NACO ARMS THEFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 28, the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) designated Army Auditor General Colonel Rodolfo Reyes Argueta to investigate the alleged robbery of 230 of 790 AKMS-type assault rifles from the arms cache in Naco. The weapons were stored under court injunction in a Honduran milit [...]	2002-08-09 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PARM PGOV PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2959	HONDURAN MINDEF OUTLINES REGIONAL DISARMAMENT PLAN; EMERGES AS LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY FIGURE IN GOH [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-25 19:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD HO MASS MCAP PARM PIRN PREL XK
03ABUDHABI5390	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...]	2003-12-23 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR MASS TC
03ABUJA1497	MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: APCS, WARRI, MPRI [...] (S/NF) CDA delivered REF A demarche on APCs for ECOMIL to Minister of Defense Kwankwaso on 29 August. Kwankwaso said he had not heard of Ghana's request that the GON provide APCs for the Ghanaian ECOMIL battalion. Kwankwaso and MOD PermSec Kaigama indicated the GON would consider the Ghanaia [...]	2003-08-29 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP LI ML SG GH NI
03AMMAN1170	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 1 valve, vent (NON-SME),value USD 937.02; 3 valve, v [...]	2003-02-24 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
03AMMAN2548	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF ENHANCED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO
03AMMAN7110	EIPC FUNDING FOR JORDAN FOR FY 2005 [...] (S) Jordan, a key supporter of U.S. policies in the Middle East, has long been an enthusiastic participant in international peacekeeping operations (PKO),including service in recent years in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia/Eritrea, East Timor, Haiti, and the Balkans. In addition, Jordan has provided [...]	2003-10-30 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO
03ANKARA1511	TURKS MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CBW PROTECTIVE GEAR [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-10 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL SOCI MCAP TU IZ
03ANKARA6343	DEMARCHE ON TURKISH HELICOPTERS ON CYPRUS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-08 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS MCAP PREL TU CY
03ANKARA6412	GOT DENIES SUPER COBRA FLEW OVER CYPRUS SEPTEMBER 9 [...] (C) MFA Acting DDG for Greece and Cyprus Levent Bilman told PolMilCouns on October 14 that after our demarche on UNFICYP's sighting of a Turkish AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter on September 9, MFA checked with both the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia and TGS. Both denied such a flight could [...]	2003-10-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP MASS TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03GUATEMALA2853	GUATEMALA DOWNSIZES ITS MILITARY, INCLUDING THE [...] (C) Summary: The first of three voluntary force reductions, phased over the next three years, commenced on October 29, and involved 1648 Defense Ministry employees including 198 career officers, 100 assimilated officers, 600 non-commissioned officers (NCO's) and 750 civilians. This first phas [...]	2003-11-06 21:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR GT
03GUATEMALA427	MANPADS THREAT CONSIDERED MINOR IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) The information below is keyed by paragraph number to reftel questions. Paragraph 7. General Information: To our knowledge, the Government of Guatemala (GOG) does not possess MANPADS. However, black and gray arms markets exist in Guatemala and exotic weapons systems are said to occasiona [...]	2003-02-18 17:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PTER ETTC GT PARMS
03GUATEMALA534	PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL ARMS INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary: On February 19, Central American Foreign Ministers ratified a model format for providing each other with information about the composition, armaments, material and equipment of their military and police forces. The measure removes another hurdle in establishing a "reasonable bala [...]	2003-02-27 18:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP GT
03GUATEMALA73	URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...]	2003-01-10 16:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT
03KATHMANDU117	NEPAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAINING GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (C) Dear Bob: I was disappointed to learn that Nepal is not included on USSOCOM,s High Value Target List. As I understand it, if Nepal is not on this list, it will be difficult for U.S. Special Operations Forces to conduct deployments and training here. I hope I can enlist your support t [...]	2003-01-23 04:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PREL PTER NP
03KATHMANDU145	NEPAL: ARMY TO COURT-MARTIAL TWO IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 25 Defense Secretary Madan Prasad Aryal announced in a speech at the Reporters Club that the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) will court-martial soldiers involved in the November 27 killings of five young men and boys in Nuwakot District (Reftel). (Note: The RNA maintains the five were [...]	2003-01-27 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MCAP PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1805	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN [...] (C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) in the summary executions of 17 Maoist prisoners and two civilians in Ramechhap District on August 17. Although the Embassy has not seen the re [...]	2003-09-15 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP
03KATHMANDU1836	NEPAL: ARMY ATTACK ON MAOISTS DEADLIEST SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Fighting between the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Maoist insurgents continued Sept. 18 for the second day in the mid-western district of Rolpa. To date, at least 35 Maoists and 4 RNA soldiers have been killed in the deadliest clash since the Maoists broke a seven-month ceasefire on Augus [...]	2003-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PTER NP
03KATHMANDU1859	NEPAL: INDIAN SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, the Indian government is sending a defense consultation group to Kathmandu the week of September 22 to "institutionalize" bilateral security assistance and support to the Government of Nepal (GON). A few weeks later in New Delhi, the GOI will [...]	2003-09-24 00:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER IN NP
03KATHMANDU1870	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR REPORTS ADVANCES IN BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, bilateral consultations between Indian and Nepali security and intelligence officers in Kathmandu on Sept 22-23 proceeded ""exceptionally well"" as a first step in institutionalizing security assistance and information exchange between the two go [...]	2003-09-25 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MCAP PGOV IN NP
03KATHMANDU87	NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human rights abuses committed while fighting Nepal's bloody six-year-old Maoist insurgency. Most disturbing, according to some sources, is the pattern of apparent impun [...]	2003-01-17 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS NP
03KATHMANDU945	NEPAL ARMY CLAIMS HEARTS-AND-MINDS CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Over the past month, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has been conducting a series of one-week civil affairs programs in 25 Maoist-affected districts in the east and mid-west of the country. While most of the programs so far feature mobile medical clinics, in some areas the RNA has carried out [...]	2003-05-22 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PTER PGOV NP
03KUWAIT553	ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX PROGRAM FOR KUWAITI MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) The United States and Kuwait are standing shoulder to shoulder in the international effort to disarm Iraq. As a result of Kuwait's geographic location next to Iraq, and the political decision by the GoK to support very large numbers of US [...]	2003-02-13 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KU MCAP PREL PTER US
03KUWAIT5788	KUWAIT: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sources, the [...]	2003-12-23 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03OTTAWA2461	CANADIAN FY 03-04 BUDGET: DEFENSE CONTINGENCY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: Finance Minister Manley has asked government departments to cover unforeseen expenditures in 2003 from reallocation of existing funds. Canada is using C$200 million in "contingency reserve" funds earmarked [...]	2003-08-28 16:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD CA
03OTTAWA629	DEFENSE MINISTER MCCALLUM AND THE CANADIAN FORCES [...] (C) Nine months into his tenure as Minister, John McCallum is starting to put his mark on the Department of National Defense. He was able to get a greater-than-expected increase in defense spending in the latest GoC budget, and he has announced a defense review to guide transformation of the [...]	2003-03-06 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL CA
03ROME2200	MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...]	2003-05-16 16:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME344	AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. DISCUSSION PAPER ON REGIONAL [...] (C) ECONOFF PASSED REFTEL NON-PAPER TO ITALIAN MFA NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR, EMPHASIZING U.S. INTEREST IN ADDRESSING REGIONAL NONPROLIFERATION AT THE UPCOMING INTERSESSIONAL MEETING. DE MOHR SAID HE WELCOMED THE U.S. PROPOSAL AND WOULD SHARE IT WITH HIS GOI COLLEAGUES AT THEIR [...]	2003-01-29 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MCAP IT EUN
03ROME353	ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME3701	U.S. COMPANY PUSHING FOR RELEASE OF TAIWAN SUB [...] (C) Summary. Kollmorgen, a U.S. producer of electro-optical submarine systems, has requested Embassy assistance in obtaining a sensitive export license for the firm's Italian subsidiary. The Italian company, Calzoni, which makes lifting devices for Kollmorgen's EO system, has requested the I [...]	2003-08-14 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL MASS MCAP TW IT EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4994	CCW ANTI-VEHICLE MINES: ITALY SUPPORTS US [...] (C) POLMIL OFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO PAOLO CUCULI IN THE MFA'S DISARMAMENT OFFICE ON 24 OCTOBER. CUCULI RECALLED THAT ITALY, AS CURRENT HOLDER OF THE EU PRESIDENCY, DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH THE US, REPRESENTED BY BOB LUACES, AT THE SEPTEMBER 26 US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DISA [...]	2003-11-03 16:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MCAP IT EUN
03ROME5057	ITALY STILL UPSET ABOUT FLAGS TO POSTS [...] (C) Summary. DEFMIN Martino's office and the MFA's NATO Office warn that Italy will break silence if the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee follows through on a reported plan to put forward a flags to posts proposal to which Italy has registered strong objections. As related to SECDEF at l [...]	2003-11-06 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PGOV IT AF IZ NATO
03ROME5687	ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. CHOD Moscha Moschini told an audience of high-level military officials that Italy's armed forces must focus on neutralizing the threat from non-state actors and contribute to international peace and security. Procurement policy should be calibrated to equip them to meet these o [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO
03ROME5688	ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN [...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME5694	ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]	2003-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME906	ITALY SEEKS USG CERTIFICATION FOR M113 TRANSFER TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE ITALIAN MOD HAS PREPARED A "NON-PAPER" JUSTIFYING ITALY'S TRANSFER TO MACEDONIA OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILITARY TRANSPORT VEHICLES (M113) WHICH REQUIRES AN END USER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00906 051739Z [...]	2003-03-05 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03SANAA1990	YEMENI MILITARY LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8/10 Yemen's Chief of Staff and Defense Minister informed the Ambassador that President Saleh had taken the decision to end Yemeni military cooperation with North Korea. At Yemen's invitation a senior DPRK delegation, possibly including the deputy ministers of defense and indu [...]	2003-08-12 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MCAP YM DPRK
03SANAA2463	NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]	2003-10-08 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2476	NEA A/S BURNS' 10/4/03 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: CT [...] (C) Summary: During a 10/4/03 call on FM Qirbi, NEA A/S Burns reviewed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and focused on U.S. development assistance. Burns stressed the need for Yemen to pursue domestic reforms as the U.S. works to increase assistance, e.g. via MEPI and, if Yemen qualifies, the MCA. [...]	2003-10-10 08:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP SA YM IZ ICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA2769	DEMARCHE TO YEMENI FM QIRBI ON DPRK MILITARY [...] (S) On November 22, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Qirbi to deliver ref a demarche, which Charge noted was a follow-up to discussions with President Saleh by both U/S Bolton and NEA A/S Burns (ref c),as well as Ambassador's meeting with Defense Minister Aliwa (ref b). Oth [...]	2003-11-23 09:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MCAP PARM PREL YM KN DEMARCHE
03SANTODOMINGO6302	PRESIDENT MEJIA PROMISES DOMINICAN TROOPS WILL [...] (C) Summary. President Mejia told the Ambassador of his deep concern for Dominican soldiers at risk in Iraq. After closely listening to the Ambassador's emphatic presentation on the need for continuing Dominican engagement, Mejia said that the Dominican battalion Iraq will remain in place as [...]	2003-11-05 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV DR
03TEGUCIGALPA2380	HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, Honduras is still very inclined to move forward on regional disarmament, but remains insistent that the process proceed through established channels, particularly the Central American Security Commission (SICA),and that all the [...]	2003-09-04 17:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2383	ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL [...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...]	2003-09-04 17:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2530	FY 2004 EIPC NOMINATION FOR HONDURAS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits its FY 2004 Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) initiative request. 2. SUMMARY: Honduras is fresh and fertile ground for a new peacekeeping program. As a member of the Coalition of the Willing, Honduras has deployed 370 tr [...]	2003-10-29 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS HO
03THEHAGUE2743	DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp outlined drastic plans to restructure the Dutch armed forces during the annual parliamentary defense budget debate on October 21-23. Faced with mandated average spending cuts of 380 million Euros a year, Kamp called for cuts in certain major operational [...]	2003-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03THEHAGUE2949	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON CZECH FIGHTER ACQUISITION [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Arms Transfer Policy Chief Paul van den IJssel on November 25. The Dutch are also focused on the issue, and Van den IJssel said they were contemplating phone calls at a "high political level" to the Czechs (perhaps by D [...]	2003-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL EZ NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3150	THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]	2003-12-19 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03ZAGREB284	DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...]	2003-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO
04ABUDHABI1743	UAE HOSTS ANNUAL EAGLE RESOLVE EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: The GCC states face a "real and growing threat" from Weapons of Mass Destruction, and they should act now to pool their resources and bolster their cooperative defense, Commander of UAE Air Forces and Air Defense, Staff Air Vice-Marshal Khalid Abdullah Mobarak Al- Buainain told pa [...]	2004-05-26 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC
04ABUDHABI2113	SHAYKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED REJECTS UNARMED [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) met on June 26 with a SAF/IA team led by Brigadier General Ronald Yaggi, Director of Regional Affairs for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affair [...]	2004-06-27 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS TC
04ABUDHABI2753	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A and B points August 15 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan and to UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Hamad Thani Al Rumaithy. Both expressed appreciation for consulting with them. Al Haidan asked [...]	2004-08-16 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL MOPS PGOV PARM TC
04ABUDHABI286	UAE-BASED NEW AIR WARFARE CENTER EXERCISES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: The opening of the Gulf Air Warfare Center (GAWC) at the Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi marks an important milestone in our efforts to broaden and deepen our military cooperation with the UAE and other GCC countries. A three-year undertaking, the GAWC is an unprecedented achie [...]	2004-01-28 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC
04ABUDHABI3693	A/S BLOOMFIELD MEETS UAE DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (S) Summary: During an October 17 meeting, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed and A/S Bloomfield reviewed US-UAE bilateral cooperation and discussed the current situation in Iraq as well as specific military cooperation issues. Sheikh Ha [...]	2004-10-18 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS IZ IR GE TC
04ABUDHABI4187	BOEING CEO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher (accompanied by his vice presidents for international relations, commercial airline sales for the Middle East and defense sales to the Middle East) briefed Ambassador on November 20 on Boeing programs and priorities in the United Arab Emirates. He [...]	2004-11-22 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD MCAP PTER TC
04ABUJA1998	EMBASSY OFFICER BARRED FROM "PUBLIC" COURT MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The court martial continues of three Nigerian Rear Admirals allegedly involved in the disappearance from naval custody of the tanker MT African Pride, which had been seized with a cargo of stolen crude oil. The GON has said the court martial proceeding is open to the public, bu [...]	2004-12-03 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI
04ABUJA2029	DEFENSE MINISTER INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] Minister of Defense Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has been indicted by the Kano State government based on the findings of a judicial commission of inquiry set up by the state to investigate allegations of corruption. Kwankaso stands accused in the disappearance of approximately 1 billion Naira [...]	2004-12-09 12:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MCAP NI POLMIL
04ACCRA1610	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE: GHANA [...] (C) Ambassador Yates delivered reftel points on the USG's Global Defense Posture review to Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo July 27. She emphasized the collaborative nature of the review, and noted that a similar demarche would be made upon the Ministry of Defense. She said that with the comple [...]	2004-08-05 13:00:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS GH
04ACCRA1960	ECOWAS DEFENSE MEETING IN ACCRA: AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 29-30 the Chiefs of Defense Staff of fourteen ECOWAS countries met in Accra for the tenth Ordinary ECOWAS Defense and Security Commission meeting. Participants pledged a total of 6,500 military personnel to form an ECOWAS standby force. Participants discussed deve [...]	2004-10-01 15:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC GH MARR MCAP MOPS PREF PREL MAS ECOWAS
04ADANA153	MERSIN PORT FACING NEED FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MARR MCAP EAGR EPET EWWT TU ADANA
04AMMAN6918	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-17 06:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO

04ANKARA3989	CHARTING A WAY FORWARD ON US-TU MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: At the July 8 Missile Defense Technical Experts Group meeting in Ankara, the US and Turkey agreed that the completion of the joint architectural study of Turkey called for a new look at bilateral cooperation in the area of missile defense. The two sides agreed to three new studie [...]	2004-07-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM TU
04BOGOTA112	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: VALLEDUPAR AND CESAR [...] (C) Politics and economics in the northern department of Cesar are heavily influenced by the interests of a small number of prominent families and the depredations of illegal armed groups. Despite the distractions posed by feuds within the local aristocracy and the active presence of the FARC, [...]	2004-01-07 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS MCAP ECON SNAR SOCI CO
04BOGOTA11331	SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN 2005 DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (U) The GOC's 2005 central defense budget is 9.2 trillion pesos, an approximately seven percent increase over 2004 (reftel). Defense spending has grown over 50 percent since 2001. The 2005 increase will fund over 16,000 new uniformed police and military, including three Army mobile brigades, [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS SNAR PINR MCAP PTER ECON CO
04BOGOTA4129	COAST GUARD COMMANDANT ADMIRAL COLLINS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and other senior officials, Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, praised the Colombian Navy. He noted he hopes to improve already close relations between the two coast guard services, including the possible [...]	2004-04-22 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PTER PREL SNAR MCAP MASS MARR ASEC
04BRASILIA1291	BRAZIL: BILATERAL POL-MIL TALKS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Annual U.S.-Brazil Political-Military consultations, held in Brasilia, May 14, reflected general accord on the health of the bilateral pol-mil relationship but identified areas where collaboration and coordination remained thin. USdel head P/M Assistant Secre [...]	2004-05-27 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA1954	LOCKHEED-MARTIN/EMBRAER CONTRACT [...] (U) Brazilian newspapers, including a banner August 3 front page, above-the-fold headline in widely read O Estado de Sao Paulo, highlighted the Pentagon's selection of Lockheed-Martin -- teamed with Embraer and the Harris Corporation -- to develop and build the U.S. military's next generatio [...]	2004-08-04 15:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP MCAP MARR BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2119	BRAZIL'S AMAZON SURVEILLANCE AND AMAZON PROTECTION [...] (C) Brazil's Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) and Amazon Protection System (SIPAM) continue to show progress and increased operational capabilities. SIVAM's data collection infrastructure is almost complete; SIPAM continues to create new map products for use by government and non-governmen [...]	2004-08-20 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TSPL TPHY SENV MARR EAIR PGOV BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA3154	F-X FIGHTER PROGRAM TO END WITH A WHIMPER ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight, December 31st, Brazil's F-X jet fighter competition will come to an end. Ultimately, a decision on the costly program proved to be politically untenable for the Lula administration. Given all the urgent requirements of Brazil's armed forces, the F-X was an expense [...]	2004-12-22 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR MASS PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA592	BRAZIL'S F-X PROGRAM: NO MATTER WHO WINS TENDER, [...] (SBU) Although no announcement has been made on the selection of the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) next high performance jet fighter, the F-X, the GOB could be setting the stage for a decision on the purchase of the 12 aircraft. In the F-X competition, Embraer is currently partnered with Dassa [...]	2004-03-12 15:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP BEXP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA623	BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...]	2004-03-16 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL
04BRASILIA745	BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...]	2004-03-29 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2027	EU ARMS AGENCY: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) The EU continues to develop the EU Arms Agency (EUAA),and hopes to have it up and running by the final quarter of 2004. The agency's mission is to develop a systematic EU approach to addressing ESDP capability needs. EU officials note that close coordination with NATO will be required i [...]	2004-05-10 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TSPL EAGR MCAP PARM ETTC MASS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3210	EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING THE PSC ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) hosted an informal gathering July 22 to receive a USG intelligence briefing on China's military modernization efforts and implications on regional stability if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China. Post-briefing readouts from EU [...]	2004-07-28 15:22:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1212	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW COMMANDER OF [...] (U) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, had her first meeting September 16 with General Michel Arrault, the new Commander of French Forces in Djibouti. Arrault replaced General Gerard Pons, whose tour of duty ended August 1. 2. (C) Ambassador noted the close cooperation and collaboratio [...]	2004-09-16 14:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PINR FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1350	FRANCE'S MILITARY COMMANDER IN DJIBOUTI DESIRES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's regular weekly meeting October 21 with General Michel Arrault, Commander of French Military Forces in Djibouti, General Arrault related his desire to have his forces become more active in regional security matters. He said the threat of terrorism in this part of t [...]	2004-10-21 13:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PTER MCAP FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI549	ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Pursuant to the goals of the East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative (EACTI),U.S. Embassy Djibouti wishes to use its security assistance (SA) program to establish a national counter terrorism (CT) force within the Djiboutian military. Because of multiple actors within the Djibouti s [...]	2004-04-14 15:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ
04DJIBOUTI814	THORNY ISSUES RAISED AT 27TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) Summary: June 6 marked the 27th anniversary of the creation of Djibouti's armed forces. On the occasion, Chief of Defense, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein, addressed the troops with remarks that raised lingering thorny issues of adequate housing, health services, compensation and promotion [...]	2004-06-14 11:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MASS MCAP DJ
04DJIBOUTI815	DJIBOUTI AND PROPOSED COUNTER-TERRORISM FORCE [...] (S) This cable reflects the views of the Ambassador, Office of Regional Affairs, Regional Security Office, United States Liaison Office and the Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). 2. (S) Post appreciates the Department's concern outlined in Ref A and wishes [...]	2004-06-14 14:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PTER DJ
04DUBLIN1579	IRELAND/EU: UNSYG ANNAN RENEWS CALL FOR UN-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 speech in Dublin, UNSYG Kofi Annan called for effective multilateralism to address global challenges and, in particular, increased UN-EU cooperation on crisis management. He welcomed the EU battlegroup initiative as a potential model for UN-EU collaboration on c [...]	2004-10-19 06:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL UN
04GUATEMALA1460	BREAKFAST WITH BERGER: PROGRESS ON MILITARY [...] (C) At breakfast with Ambassador June 10, President Berger expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance to date on military downsizing and accepted that we would need a better idea of how the money would be used before asking the Congress to unfreeze the $2.2 million of MAP funds. Vice Presid [...]	2004-06-10 23:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MCAP GT
04HALIFAX210	ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...]	2004-09-14 15:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO
04HELSINKI1360	ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel),stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...]	2004-10-19 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1468	FINNS AGREE TO EXTENSION OF MOTAPM COORDINATOR AT [...] (U) Netherlands Ambassador Engels telephoned U.S. Ambassador Mack on November 10 to report that he had received instructions from The Hague to deliver a demarche on behalf of the EU, requesting that the GoF extend the tenure of Ambassador Markku Reimaa as coordinator for the Group of Governmen [...]	2004-11-17 01:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL FI
04HELSINKI1571	NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...]	2004-12-16 12:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU
04KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...]	2004-01-22 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP
04KATHMANDU439	NEPAL:AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In an effort better to understand Nepal's controversial, new "Village Defense Committees," Ambassador Malinowski and the Defense Attache on March 2 visited by helicopter one of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) pilot projects located in Lamjung District (in a remote area northeast of Pokhar [...]	2004-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) On 2 March, Ambassador Malinowski and Defense Attache visited by helicopter the Government of Nepal's (GON) newly opened, pilot Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) facility located in Tanahu District (approximately 125 kms northwest of Kathmandu). The GON announced the cre [...]	2004-03-18 07:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KUWAIT2783	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...]	2004-08-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO
04LAGOS523	NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" and civilians, likely militant Ijaw youths. We have conflicting unconfirmed reports regarding the cause of the clashes, but it seems the fighting began with a [...]	2004-03-10 14:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI
04LILONGWE652	FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER BECOMES MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (U) The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 12 that with immediate effect Deputy Commander Lt. General Marko Chiziko will succeed General Joseph Chimbayo as Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF). According to the OPC statement, Chimbayo's contract finished last month, [...]	2004-07-14 06:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PINR PREL PGOV MI
04LILONGWE855	MILITARY SHUFFLES UPPER RANKS [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed Major General Ernest Ntonya as Deputy Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General on August 1. Ntonya, who was serving as the military's Chief of Staff, fills the hole created by General Marko Chiziko [...]	2004-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PINR PGOV MI
04LILONGWE859	MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...]	2004-09-03 09:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS
04LJUBLJANA981	SLOVENIAN MOD GIVES DAS CONLEY DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Heather Conley engaged high level MoD officials in a productive dialogue about the current status and future of Slovenian defense reforms during meetings on 21 October. Both State Secretary Milan Jazbec and State Undersecretary Uros Krek described the Slovenian commitment t [...]	2004-10-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS SI NATO
04MANAMA1283	CROWN PRINCE PROMOTING INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE AND [...] (C) The Charge held her initial meeting with Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to discuss joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation and the status of the DOD Bahrain School. They also covered the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq and the U.S. global de [...]	2004-08-16 11:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PINS BA
04MANAMA1285	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]	2004-08-16 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04NASSAU322	ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE PREPAREDNESS -- A ROOT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 16:45:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PBTS PHSA PINS PREF
04OTTAWA3048	214TH MEETING OF THE PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its October 21-22 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) -- recommended expeditious negotiation of an agreement to replace the current NORAD agreement expiring May 2006, with a further recommendation that the new Agreement have no termin [...]	2004-11-12 17:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP PTER PINR CA NATO
04OTTAWA3374	CANADIAN SENATE RELEASES REPORT OUTLINING DEFENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on National Security and Defence released a report, "The Canadian Security Guidebook: An Update of Security Problems in Search of Solutions" on December 8. In the report, the committee cites eighty-six problems in the following areas: B [...]	2004-12-16 15:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MCAP CA EIAR
04RANGOON247	BURMA'S PATRONAGE SYSTEM: THE DOG WAGS THE TAIL [...] (C) Summary: Burma's military leadership thrives atop a flourishing patronage system that dates back hundreds of years. The junta holds the key to huge success or crushing failure for those in business, the military, or civil service, but only rewards the most loyal and pliable. Such an envi [...]	2004-02-25 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MCAP PGOV MARR MOPS BM
04RANGOON967	ECONOMIC TENSIONS IN THE BURMESE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: There has been much talk recently of perceived "rifts" in the senior military leadership of Burma and between the regional commanders and the central command structure. Some claim that these rifts are based on starkly differing views on the best political path for Burma to take. [...]	2004-07-30 08:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MCAP PINS PINR BM KBIO
04ROME638	ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...]	2004-02-20 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME936	ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME969	ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED [...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...]	2004-03-11 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04SANAA1962	ROYG REQUESTS U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHT [...] (S) Summary. Yemeni Minister of Defense and his Intelligence Chief made a surprise appearance at Charge's August 11 meeting with Foreign Minister al-Qirby to request U.S. intelligence assistance in the ROYG's continuing struggle against the forces of Shi'ite extremist leader al-Houthi in no [...]	2004-08-11 16:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PGOV PTER MCAP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2421	ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN [...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]	2004-09-12 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANTODOMINGO4501	TRANSITION #10 - THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LEONEL [...] (U) This is cable number 10 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez governments. President-elect Fernandez - Two weeks from power 2. (C) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez told the Ambassador in a private meeting on August 3, 2004, that his govern [...]	2004-08-04 17:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EINV ENRG MCAP DR
04SANTODOMINGO4531	DOMINICAN TRANSITION 12-PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ NAMES [...] (U) This is number 12 in our series on the transition between the Mejia and Fernandez adminstrations. President-elect Fernandez- Two weeks from power. 2. (U) Summary. President-elect Leonel Fernandez on August 4 announced appointments to his administration, mainly in positions related to [...]	2004-08-05 16:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG MCAP PGOV PINR PREL EINV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4637	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]	2004-08-12 10:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4719	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #13: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This is the amplified and corrected version of ref a, part of our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Ten days before his inauguration, Leonel Fernandez spoke about his approach to the economic crisis and commented on his relations with [...]	2004-08-18 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04TEGUCIGALPA1617	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-22 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1652	HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE [...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...]	2004-07-27 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1655	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-28 15:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA179	DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...]	2004-01-23 01:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA193	DRUG PLANE CRASH SITE VISIT -- NO SMOKING GUN JUST [...] (C) On 1/23/04, U.S. country team members (DEA, DAO, JTF-B, and MILGP) visited the site of 1/20/04 drug-trafficking air crash and were given full and unimpeded access by Government of Honduran (GOH) authorities. The Embassy team was accompanied by the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base Liaison Offic [...]	2004-01-26 12:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA203	MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWING DECISION TO PROVIDE [...] (C) On mid-afternoon of January 26 the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces informed USMILGP Commander that he would provide a written copy of the Honduran Air Force's rules of engagement for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and for [...]	2004-01-26 23:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA209	MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...]	2004-01-28 01:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2373	HONDURAS DECLARED MINE FREE [...] On Friday, October 8, the Government of Honduras (GOH) convened a ceremony at the Headquarters of the First Infantry Battalion (Primer Batallon de Infanteria) on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa to officially declare Honduras mine free. U.S. participation in the demining efforts was directed throu [...]	2004-10-22 15:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP PGOV PARM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA289	HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...]	2004-02-07 00:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA672	DRUG PLANE BURNED ON PROMINENT HONDURAN'S PROPERTY [...] (U) On March 18, post received initial sketchy information involving the burned wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft in the area of Farallones in the Department of Colon on Honduras's north coast. It does not appear that any aircraft actually crashed on March 18. Upon further investigation, Po [...]	2004-03-19 20:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04VILNIUS1196	LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1353	LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]	2004-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1380	LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD [...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...]	2004-11-08 12:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1492	LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...]	2004-12-08 11:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3243	UAE COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: GOOD HARDWARE, BUT [...] (S) Summary: The UAE, keenly aware that the threat of extremist violence on its soil is real, is implementing numerous measures in hopes of preventing terrorist attacks. In the past year, the UAEG has prioritized homeland security within its national security strategy. However, the UAE lacks [...]	2005-07-25 07:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3244	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]	2005-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI3264	UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING [...] An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk attack. The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an unidenti [...]	2005-07-25 11:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI4715	UAE LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (U) Summary: The 9th Dubai Air Show got under way November 20 with the UAE leadership underscoring the UAEG's role in defusing regional tension by promoting dialogue and condemning terrorism, and at the same time stressing the importance of modernizing the military to safeguard the UAE's natio [...]	2005-11-21 06:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MCAP IZ AE
05ABUDHABI767	GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]	2005-02-20 02:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05ABUJA1532	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY. During 8-11 August 2005, an African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program team met with officials of the Nigerian Army to jointly plan the future of the ACOTA program in Nigeria. The meetings resulted in decisive progress in terms of a concept and schedule f [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MASS MCAP PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA953	NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]	2005-06-02 07:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	MCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA970	NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]	2005-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05AMMAN6848	STREAMLINING THE JORDAN ARMED FORCES [...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Armed Forces are seeking to re-make themselves as a smaller, more highly-skilled force. It remains to be seen whether this will be a less-expensive force. Some of the military,s traditional social welfare and political functions will be hard to shed at a time of belt- [...]	2005-08-24 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP PM JO
05AMMAN8202	SIGNING OF AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT THE [...] EMBASSY AMMAN CONFIRMS THAT CHARGE DAVID HALE SIGNED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICE IN JORDAN, AS REQUESTED BY INL PDAS WILLIAM TODD. 2. ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WAS SENT TO INL/RM, JAMES S. KOHLE [...]	2005-10-17 07:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05ANKARA1557	ONEROUS TERMS OF TURKEY'S REISSUED ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight years after Turkey issued its original attack helicopter tender and one year after it canceled that tender, the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi or SSM) issued a new tender for up to 91 attack helicopters. Three US companies -- Boe [...]	2005-03-17 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP TU
05ANKARA1565	TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Turkish/American Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) conference to be held since 1998 provided an opportunity for both governments to outline national defense procurement priorities and discuss ways to improve the bilateral defense cooperation relationship. MND Deputy [...]	2005-03-18 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
05ANKARA2024	BOEING PLAYING OUT ITS FINAL ACT IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite having raised with Post multiple concerns about the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) in the attack helicopter tender issued by Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on February 10 (ref a),Boeing remains engaged in a dialogue with SSM over modifications that migh [...]	2005-04-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MCAP TU
05ATHENS459	MTAG 03-03: GOG CONSIDERING REEXPORT OF MILLING [...] (S) On February 9, Econcouns was summoned by the head of MoD's Wassenar Expert Group, Col. Ioannis Anastasakis, to discuss possible return of a Mikrosam CNC milling machine (reftels) to Macedonia. (Per reftels, the Greek company, Baksevanidis, acquired two milling machines from the Macedonian [...]	2005-02-15 12:46:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM MCAP ETTC MK GR
05BAGHDAD2376	ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFTER [...] (S/REL UK AND AUS) SUMMARY: In the month since Minister of Interior Baqir Jabor took office, he appears to be delivering on his initial commitments (ref A). Jabor retained qualified personnel regardless of their ethnic background or political affiliation, while also developing a plan to remo [...]	2005-06-02 16:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR MARR IZ
05BAGHDAD3001	NAVIGATING THE RIFT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN - [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. During a routine office call, National Security Advisor Mouwaffak Al-Rubaie discussed the development of a strategic security alliance with Iran to assist Iraq in combating the Sunni insurgency. Rubaie stated that while more right- wing elements of the United Iraqi Alliance (U [...]	2005-07-19 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3015	BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S [...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]	2005-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3095	EVALUATING MINDEF DULAME [...] (C)Summary. After seventy five days on the job, Minister of Defense (MoD) Sadoun al-Dulame, one of six Sunnis appointed to cabinet-level positions in the Shi'a-dominated government, still seems committed to achieving the objectives he established when he became minister. Those objectives inclu [...]	2005-07-26 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3565	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER REINVIGORATES MILITIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting with the Commanding General of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq on 21 August 2005, Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr gave LTG Petraeus a copy of a 10 August Prime Minister memorandum, which directs the Minister to implement CPA Order 91. CPA 91 pro [...]	2005-08-31 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3644	REP WOLF DISCUSSES FUTURE OF COALITION FORCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On 28 August 2005, U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) met with several members of the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari. Noting wavering U.S. public opinion over the continued military presence in Ir [...]	2005-09-06 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3680	CODEL PENCE MEETS WITH MINDEF AND MININT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pence and the Ambassador met with MinInt Jabr and MinDef Dulime. Both Ministers presented their views on the positive development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and gave a brief overview of the progress of their respective ministry forces. Dulime predicted that ISF could [...]	2005-09-08 03:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS KISL PINR PREL
05BAGHDAD3822	VETERANS' PENSION REFORM STALLED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 19, the Council of Ministers reached a preliminary consensus to grant veteran status to qualified personnel released from active duty in 2003. If approved by law, it would bring the total number of military pensioners in Iraq to nearly 800,000 (80-90% Sunni). Military [...]	2005-09-15 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB IZ MCAP PGOV PINS
05BAGHDAD3907	IRAQI INFRASTRUCUTURE SNAPSHOT - SEPT. 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 02:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4407	IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI and IMF discussions in Amman on October 20-22 for a Standby Agreement (SBA) were successful. Although there are few quantitative targets, significant areas for reform have been set out. They include an emphasis on budgetary discipline; modest but required increases in fuel p [...]	2005-10-26 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF
05BAGHDAD4447	IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ: CHALABI [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with CDA Satterfield, DPM Chalabi emphasized the need for a less alienating security posture vis--vis the minority Sunni population, including the use of lower tier former Baathist officers to lead operations in sensitive areas. On security of infras [...]	2005-10-30 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF
05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BANGKOK2822	F-16 AND RTAF FIGHTER REPLACEMENT: ELEVATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, in a meeting with 13th Air Force Commander, Major General Edward Rice and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Selection Committee, Lockheed Martin (LM) executives advocated that RTAF purchase F-16s to replace their aging F-5 fighters. The presentation offered three prin [...]	2005-04-26 08:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PGOV EIND TH POL MIL
05BEIRUT3670	MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...]	2005-11-14 08:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE
05BOGOTA11084	DIALOGUE ON A FRAMEWORK FOR A STRATEGIC DEFENSE [...] (S) Per reftel, Polcouns and DATT initiated dialogue on a framework for a strategic defense relationship with VMOD Andres Penate and COLMIL's General Padilla on November 22, and with MFA Vice Minister Reyes on November 23. The three officials constitute the internal GOC working group on the m [...]	2005-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	MARR MCAP PARM PREL CO US PGOV
05BOGOTA2304	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM: REDUCTION IN OIL EXPORTS DUE [...] (C) Summary: The Cano Limon pipeline has been hit eight times this year, generating losses of over USD 25 million (more than the losses in 2004). The area attacked has also changed, with half the attacks in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander Department, where repairs are more diffic [...]	2005-03-09 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
05BRUSSELS379	S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule of law, and civil protection. Under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),there is an evolving capacity to do early warning of failed or failing st [...]	2005-01-27 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO7877	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE POLITICAL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Reason and justification for Egypt's request for political release of MK48 MOD 4M and 6AT Torpedoes: a. As part of its ongoing effort to prioritize future military modernization programs, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested Pricing and Availability (P&A) for future purchases of [...]	2005-10-13 11:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
05CANBERRA725	GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...]	2005-04-22 05:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ

05COLOMBO606	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...]	2005-03-28 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE
05DJIBOUTI1057	INTERIM MEETING WITH GENERALS FATHI AND ZAKARIA ON [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, met October 17 at Djiboutian Military Headquarters with Chief of Djiboutian Military Forces, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein and his Deputy, General Zakaria Cheick Ibrahim. The meeting was requested by Ambassador to acknowledge receipt of General Zakaria [...]	2005-10-23 11:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ
05DUSHANBE1612	IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1620	IIR 6 947 0054 05/TAJIK BORDER GUARD ASSESSMENTS (U) [...] MEMORANDUM, "SPECIAL REPORT - PILOT ZONE 1"(U),1 COPY, 33 PAGES, 20050504 (C). 2. MEMORANDUM, "TAJIK BORDER FORCE - THE NEED FOR AN ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO SOLVE ITS MYRIAD DEFICIENCIES" (C),1 COPY, 5 PAGES, 20050519 (C). ACQ: (U) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20050708) DISSEM: (U) FIELD: EMBA [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1621	IIR 6 947 0022 04/VISIT TO TURSUNZODA BORDER GUARD POST [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1622	IIR 6 947 0062 05/GARM AND VICINITY (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 03:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1642	IIR 6 947 0006 06/NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT LIMITATION (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1644	IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 13:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI CH
05DUSHANBE1650	IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI FR UZ
05DUSHANBE1944	IIR 6 947 0013 06/AIDS, MEDICAL PERSONAL CARE, LEADERS DO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 11:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1963	IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI BE UZ
05DUSHANBE1964	IIR 6 947 0015 06/PRESIDENT TO DECLARE NEW NATIONAL GUARD [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 06:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE2029	IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI FR
05GUATEMALA1191	GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...]	2005-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT
05GUATEMALA2611	GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...]	2005-11-16 15:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS
05HALIFAX119	FEDERAL LIBERALS SURVIVE CRITICAL TEST IN LABRADOR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Paul Martin and the governing Liberals have added one more seat to their ranks in the House of Commons with their win in a federal by-election. A key issue in the Labrador campaign, which saw a string of national political figures on the stump in the huge but sparsely [...]	2005-05-25 12:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MCAP CA
05ISLAMABAD16140	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...]	2005-10-28 01:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05KATHMANDU2493	FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...]	2005-11-16 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2516	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES COMMERCIAL WEAPONS [...] (C) Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping categorically stated to the Ambassador in a November 18 meeting that China had no large commercial sales to Nepal in the works. The Ambassador described to Sun his comments at a press conference in Butwal (refs A and B) that new provisions of large amounts of [...]	2005-11-18 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PGOV PINS CH NP
05KATHMANDU2548	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST [...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...]	2005-11-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP
05KATHMANDU2549	COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]	2005-11-22 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2572	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...]	2005-11-25 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2596	CHINA MILITARY ASSISTANCE ARRIVES [...] (C) On November 25, Kantipur News, a private media organization, broke the news that Nepal had received 18 truckloads of military equipment from China. An initial RNA statement posted on-line said that the trucks contained lethal and non-lethal assistance. However, within hours that statemen [...]	2005-11-28 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2866	NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...]	2005-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH
05MANILA2278	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]	2005-05-18 06:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2691	DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLING TO TACKLE TOUGH POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of National Defense Cruz appears ready to explore three key policy questions in the US-RP defense relationship: combined rules of engagement; a legal framework for counterterrorism cooperation; and cooperative security locations. In doing so, his emphasis seems to be o [...]	2005-06-10 04:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PTER RP
05MANILA3790	GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]	2005-08-17 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MANILA3846	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying counterinsurgency equipment, revamping training, and restructuring Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) intelligence services. The GRP hopes an eventual pe [...]	2005-08-19 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA4225	ESG-1 INTERVENTION ON TAWI TAWI: A TEMPLATE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The August 9-10 intervention by Expeditionary Strike Group-1 (ESG-1) on Tawi Tawi represents the type of targeted, innovative civil affairs effort needed in the Philippines. We urge US Pacific Command to make these operations a regular part of future ESG and other naval deploym [...]	2005-09-07 10:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MOPS MCAP PTER PINS PREL EAID RP
05MANILA4637	PHILIPPINE MILITARY OFFICERS DISCIPLINED AFTER [...] (U) Summary. Two high-ranking Philippine military officers have been relieved of their posts after claiming at a Senate hearing to know of vote fraud committed on behalf of Philippine President Arroyo in the 2004 election. End Summary. 2. (U) On September 28, 2005, two high-ranking offic [...]	2005-09-28 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL MCAP RP
05MANILA5316	AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...] (C) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the island of Jolo over the weekend of November 12-13. The AFP initiated the operation, which involved Task Force Comet and elements of the 104th Brigade, 3d Marine [...]	2005-11-13 11:31:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
05NEWDELHI2416	DEFENSE MINISTER UPBEAT ON INDO-US RELATIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. During a 30 March meeting with Indian Defense Minister Mukherjee, Ambassador Mulford reviewed the scope and results of SECSTATE's visit, NSSP, the desire for greater defense cooperation, rationale of F-16s to Pakistan, and next steps in the MRCA competition process. Mukherjee was ver [...]	2005-03-31 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI3607	INDIA COMPLETES MEDIUM-RANGE, SURFACE-TO-SURFACE [...] MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Naveen Srivastava confirmed to PolMilOff press reports that India completed its test of the Prithvi medium-range, surface-to-surface missile on May 12. Srivastava notified PolCouns of the test on May 11 (Reftel). 2. Cit [...]	2005-05-12 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP MOPS IN
05NEWDELHI9820	BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS [...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]	2005-12-30 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05OTTAWA286	S/CRS AMBASSADOR PASCUAL,S OTTAWA CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: In consultations January 20 with colleagues from Foreign Affairs Canada, Defense, and the Prime Minister,s Office, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Ambassador Carlos Pascual broke new ground in sharing ideas and seeking synergy for shared efforts to impr [...]	2005-01-28 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV CA KCRS START FAC
05OTTAWA3618	CANADA: FUNDING APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) Foreign Affairs Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group Director Wendy Gilmour has affirmed that Canada plans to extend its police trainers at the International Police Training Center for another year. We understand that the extension had been endorsed by RCMP authorities and the fundin [...]	2005-12-07 22:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ
05OTTAWA3619	CANADA: JIPTC FUNDS WILL BE AUTHORIZED BEFORE YEAR [...] (SBU) Daniel Joly, Director of the Iraq program at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) assured polmiloff late on December 7 that Canadian funding for 2006 training at the JIPTC would be authorized before the end of the year. The funding package already had been reviewed again [...]	2005-12-07 22:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PINS PGOV MARR MCAP MOPS IZ
05OTTAWA494	PM MARTIN,S SEARCH FOR A "BIG IDEA" IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government lost its first vote February 15 when the Opposition Parties banded together to vote against two pieces of legislation that would have divided the Foreign Affairs Ministry from the Department of International Trade. The move took PM Martin,s Liberals by surprise, ha [...]	2005-02-16 21:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL CA
05OTTAWA637	GOC AT PAINS TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Privy Council Clerk Alex Himelfarb contacted me on February 28 to stress yet again his concern that the government,s good-faith effort to beef up its defense capabilities will get lost in the reporting on the poorly managed missile defense decision. First Himelfarb, then the PM,s Chie [...]	2005-03-01 18:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PARM PREL CA LTG
05OTTAWA663	CANADA: MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION CLEARS THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s Liberal Party will hold its biennial convention in Ottawa from March 3 to 7. It will be both a policy convention and a review of PM Martin,s leadership. Martin is expected to handily survive the review, and with missile defense now out of the way, only the Same-Sex Ma [...]	2005-03-02 17:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA SNAR MCAP
05OTTAWA696	MICHAEL IGNATIEFF OFFERS VISION FOR LIBERAL PARTY, [...] Summary: Harvard-based Canadian Michael Ignatieff offered a compelling case as the Liberal Party,s keynote speaker for why the Liberals are the most successful party in Canada and can be expected to remain so well into the new century. He attributes the Party,s success to a national (as oppose [...]	2005-03-04 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PGOV PREL PINR CA
05OTTAWA713	CANADA'S LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION: NO TO MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Both PM Martin and Defense Minister Graham used early speaking opportunities at the Liberal Party Convention to remind delegates that non-participation in the ballistic missile defense program does not preclude Canada,s participation in global security matters. Both leaders sou [...]	2005-03-07 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV MARR PREL CA
05PRAGUE1665	UPDATE ON EXTENSION OF POLICE TRAINERS AT THE [...] Pol Specialist Nov 28 confirmed with the Interior Ministry that the Czech Republic plans to extend the Czech participation in police training in Jordan. The Ministry of Interior has already allocated the necessary financing. The proposal to extend is now being reviewed in the Czech interagency [...]	2005-11-30 15:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05RANGOON763	SPDC GETS SERIOUS ABOUT A NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Amidst a swirl of rumors, evidence is emerging that the SPDC truly plans to move at least some portion of the government 250 miles northward to Pyinmana. The GOB has not publicized the decision or the alleged order that will have several ministries on the move by July 1st. Similar [...]	2005-06-28 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MCAP BM
05ROME2569	IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...]	2005-08-02 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME799	IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...]	2005-03-10 05:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME821	IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...]	2005-03-11 05:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05SANAA1688	VADM NICHOLS MEETS WITH ROYG DEFENSE, INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Nichols met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior and the Commander of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) on June 12, 2005. All three ROYG officials expressed their gratitude to the USG for its assistance in establishing and training th [...]	2005-06-18 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM MASS MCAP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA99	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. General Abizaid met with Minister of Defense Alaiwa and Chief of Staff Qassemi on January 4. Abizaid briefed Alaiwa on current USG priorities in the region: The political transition in Iraq, continued worldwide pressure on al-Qaida, and resumption of the Peace Process. Alaiwa rai [...]	2005-01-16 10:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MASS MCAP PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05TELAVIV1814	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CAUTIONS ARMS INDUSTRY ON [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amos Yaron told the Ambassador on March 24 that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had strongly cautioned representatives from Israeli defense firms about ties with China. According to Yaron, Mofaz said that senior MOD approval is required before Israel [...]	2005-03-24 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MCAP MASS CH IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05THEHAGUE2973	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...]	2005-11-01 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV
05THEHAGUE3141	NETHERLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA: READOUT OF DAVID [...] (C) Summary: DOD Regional Director for Southern Africa David Radcliffe's November 10 visit to The Hague successfully followed up DASD Whelan's earlier meetings here by capitalizing on renewed Dutch interest in South Africa. Radcliffe's discussions with Dutch MFA and MOD interlocutors spurred [...]	2005-11-22 11:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP NL MASS XA
05VIENNA1439	EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...]	2005-05-03 05:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU
05VILNIUS103	PRT ROADMAP: FROM LITHUANIA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In order to build upon our diplomatic success securing Lithuanian leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, the USG should now move quickly to formalize plans to provide tangible deliverables to the GOL. Lithuania is urgently seeking Washington commitm [...]	2005-01-28 14:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS13	LITHUANIA REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is seriously considering leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team mission in Afghanistan. The MFA will brief the Foreign Minister and Defense Minister on the issue on January 6. Following the return of a GOL fact-finding team from Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif on January 1 [...]	2005-01-05 14:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1346	GOL REQUESTS USG INPUT ON HELICOPTER TRAINING FOR [...] (U) This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington by OOB January 5. 2. (C) Summary: The GOL is currently considering approval of a contract for a Lithuanian firm to broker a deal for its Russian partner to provide training to Iranian helicopter pilots. T [...]	2005-12-29 14:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MCAP IR RS LH
05VILNIUS1352	NO SIGNS OF PROLIFERATION RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: We discussed Achema's purchase of the fertilizer production equipment described in reftels with company representatives, and are reassured by what they told us. Achema plans to relocate 90-95 percent of the purchased equipment from Cyprus to its production facility in Lithuania [...]	2005-12-30 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	ETTC LH MARR MCAP PREL LT IR CY
05VILNIUS198	LITHUANIA SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR CHAGCHARAN PRT [...] (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on February 25 outlined the status of Lithuania's planning for the Lithuania-led provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Chagcharan, Afghanistan, and GOL efforts to solicit support for the mission from NATO al [...]	2005-03-01 12:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS257	LITHUANIA'S PRT IN CHAGCHARAN: FILLING THE RANKS [...] (C) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, said the GOL will ask Parliament to double the number of troops deployable to Afghanistan. Jankuaskas provided an update of pledges of [...]	2005-03-15 07:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS313	Government of Lithuania request to purchase Dual [...] Summary: The GOL requested an amendment to an existing contract for the Stinger missile system on 23 March 2005 in order to enhance NATO interoperability and realize a long- term cost savings over the life of the modified contract. Lithuania is requesting the purchase of eight Dual Mounted [...]	2005-03-23 14:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP MASS LH
05VILNIUS358	LITHUANIAN-LED PRT: TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry officials told State POLAD designee to the Lithuania-led PRT Michael Metrinko March 30 - April 1 that Lithuania is moving forward with plans to lead a multinational provincial reconstruction team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan. The Lithuanians, s [...]	2005-04-06 14:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS367	LITHUANIA PROVIDES UPDATED REQUIREMENT LITH FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOL updated and augmented its needs assessment for the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the desolate Ghowr province of western Afghanistan. Following the March 30 return from Afghanistan of Lithuania's PRT reconnaissance team, the MFA advanced us a copy [...]	2005-04-07 12:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS417	LITHUANIAN PRT FORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING: WHERE [...] (C) Summary. Dainius Baublys, the MFA's designated POLAD for the Lithuanian-led Chaghcharan provincial reconstruction team, April 13 expressed dismay at the lack of partner commitments to support the PRT. Baublys said that only few made firm pledges of support and only Iceland's met the GOL's [...]	2005-04-19 11:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS503	LITHUANIA WANTS AND DESERVES FLEXIBLE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. As they gear up to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, Lithuanian authorities were delighted by the recent approval in Washington of coalition solidarity funding. At the same time, in anticipation of receiving a share of these funds in recognition of thei [...]	2005-05-13 14:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS530	LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL [...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...]	2005-05-23 09:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP
05VILNIUS59	LITHUANIA SAYS YES TO PRT [...] (C) The GOL informed the Ambassador on the evening of January 18 that it will accept NATO's request for it to head a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in western Afghanistan. The decision followed weeks of intensive Mission and USG efforts to get Lithuania on board, culminating in two sepa [...]	2005-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS596	GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...]	2005-06-10 05:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH
05VILNIUS609	LITHUANIA DEPLOYS PRT TO AFGHANISTAN; WILL NEED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Intensive U.S. airlift operations in support of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed to Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, began from Zokniai airfield June 6. This mission is the most ambitious military undertaking in modern Lithuania's existence, and it enjoys [...]	2005-06-10 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS627	LITHUANIA SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON TWO PRT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOL has requested USG assistance in concluding an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan to establish a Lithuanian Special Mission. This agreement is a necessary precondition for the deployment of civilians [...]	2005-06-15 14:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MCAP MARR PREF PGOV LH AF HR
05WARSAW1521	POLISH HELICOPTERS YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Polish state-owned holding company, Bumar, continues to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on helicopter contracts. Bumar understands that the contracts were amended at the insistence of U.S. military advisors, who Bumar believes were pressured to do so by American and [...]	2005-03-17 13:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PARM ECON IZ PL
05YEREVAN1322	LETTER OF REQUEST (LOR) FOR PEACEKEEPING UNIT [...] On July 18, the Armenian MoD delivered a letter of request for equipment to be funded by FMF. This request, which is for deployable medical support equipment, has the support of the country team. It is part of Armenia's overall effort to establish a deployable peacekeeping brigade, in suppo [...]	2005-07-22 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP AM
06ABUDHABI1401	SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...]	2006-04-10 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR
06ABUDHABI1422	UAE FM TELLS U/S JOSEPH: "USE UAE AS LAST RESORT" [...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ) met April 8 to discuss Iran's proliferation and regional ambitions. U/S Joseph conveyed that the United States considers Iran a serious threat [...]	2006-04-12 12:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI1724	TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]	2006-04-29 12:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1725	SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]	2006-04-29 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI1797	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 15-16. Your visit will be an opportunity to build on recent Iran discussions between U.S. and UAE officials, particularly Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Joseph's April 8 meeting with U [...]	2006-05-03 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2080	UAE FOREIGN MINISTER, U/S LEVEY DISCUSS TARGETED [...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 30 Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) to discuss the possibility of imposing targeted financial measures to isolate the Government of Iran, in the event the Un [...]	2006-05-20 07:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2081	U/S LEVEY CO-CHAIRS 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC MEETING [...] (S) Summary. The second meeting of the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi April 30, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi and on the U.S. side by Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Finan [...]	2006-05-20 07:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2129	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE FAVORS GULF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 17 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),a DOD-State-NSC-USCENTCOM delegation headed by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry and Political-Military Affairs Bur [...]	2006-05-23 08:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MCAP MASS PREL PARM ENRG ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2324	UAE ARMED FORCES COS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (S) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohamed Thani al-Rumaithy sought broader engagement on the Gulf Security Dialogue, particularly given the escalating tension surrounding Iran. Al-Rumaithy, who requested the meeting, charac [...]	2006-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP IR IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI288	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]	2006-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI4302	GSD ISSUES REVIEWED AT JMC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS [...] (C) Working groups following up on the June, 2006 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met November 14 in Abu Dhabi, reviewing action items and charting a path towards deeper U.S.-UAE military cooperation. The thoroughness of UAE engagement on a number of items discussed, including topics which a [...]	2006-11-16 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MCAP PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR AF AE
06ACCRA1141	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF GENERAL JONES [...] (SBU) Ghana is democratic, market-oriented, pro-American, and has one of the best human rights records in Africa. President John Kufuor is in his second term. Ghana is on the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors this year. As the first sub-Saharan country to achieve independen [...]	2006-05-16 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2533	KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty's Global Initiative Coordinating Officer is Pol-Econ Chief Deborah Mennuti. Unclassified email: mennutid@state.gov. Classified email: mennutid@state.sgov.gov. Office phone: 7 (3272) 50-49-95, home phone: 7 (3272) 60-70-72, cell phone: 7-333-222-2610. 2. (SBU) Back-u [...]	2006-07-13 06:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KZ
06ALMATY3394	KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...]	2006-09-25 06:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ
06AMMAN1511	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...]	2006-03-02 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO
06AMMAN3375	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES MOD NEEDS, [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting in Amman with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Lt. General Abdel Al-Qadir, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, underlined the need for an experienced professional as the next Iraqi Minister of Defense. Al-Qadir negatively assessed the ability of the Iraqi Army [...]	2006-05-14 09:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PTER IZ
06ANKARA1605	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...]	2006-03-27 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL NATO US TU
06ANKARA3593	R&D HIGHLIGHTS THE 18TH TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 18th Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) meeting and subsequent Defense Industry Day on May 23-24 underscored a continued impasse over the barriers to US defense industry participation in Turkish defense contracts but highlighted R&D as a potential area for closer coopera [...]	2006-06-19 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
06ANKARA4145	POSITIVE TURKISH RESPONSE TO US-RUSSIAN GLOBAL [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry made the following public announcement on July 17 in reaction to the joint U.S. - Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced on July 15 (reftels). The MFA provided this to us in the form of a diplomatic note as well. Informal Embassy translati [...]	2006-07-17 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA RU TU
06ANKARA5568	TURKEY RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE KEY DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Accompanied by a Russian emboff, PolMilCouns provided reftel key documents to Foreign Ministry International Security Affairs Director General Ambassador Tomur Bayer on September 22. Bayer promised to examine the documents, circulate them among relevant offices, and provide initial commen [...]	2006-09-22 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6036	TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...]	2006-10-18 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ANKARA6075	TURKS OFFER MORE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey provided additional comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Statement of Principles and other documents on October 19. The Turkish delegation will fully participate in the Rabat conference, but does not plan to present an expert-level briefing o [...]	2006-10-20 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU
06ASHGABAT1228	TURKMENISTAN GROUNDS CZECH MILITARY PLANE OVER [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan on December 2 grounded at the Ashgabat airport a transiting Czech military plane transporting high-ranking Czech military and civilian officials from Kabul because some on board were carrying weapons. The issue was resolved 14 hours later through diplomatic channels, but th [...]	2006-12-04 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL OSCE TX EZ
06ASTANA55	DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...]	2006-07-11 12:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ
06ASTANA885	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF GICNT INFORMATION [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglazov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed reftel information to Kairat Sarzhanov of the MFA's international security section on December 14. 2. (SBU) Sarzhanov indicated that the GOK would carefully consider the proposed plan of work and o [...]	2006-12-17 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR KGIC MCAP PINS PTER KNNP KZ
06ASUNCION1051	PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON THE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 17:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PREL PA
06ASUNCION1066	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 14 [...] SUMMARY: -- Hunger on the Rise -- Cubas' Mother Appeals for President Bush Support -- Human Rights Court Says GOP Should Pay Victims -- Bank Profits Surge -- Capital Goods Imports Increase -- Defense Spending lowest in Region, Bolivian Concern HUNGER ON THE RISE 2. (U) The Food and A [...]	2006-10-20 16:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MCAP MARR PINR
06ASUNCION1077	PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE
06ASUNCION507	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13, [...] SUMMARY: -- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program -- VP Hosts Conference on Nuclear Security -- Another Patria Libre Member Captured -- Ambassador Attends Book Fair -------------------------------------------- Paraguay Signs $35 Million Threshold Program ---------------------------- [...]	2006-05-12 18:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM ENRG MCAP MNUC PA

06ASUNCION757	PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN [...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...]	2006-07-24 18:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR
06ATHENS2031	ARMS PROCUREMENT PLAN 2006-2010 APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: On July 25, the GoG announced plans to spend an estimated EUR 27 billion for arms procurement over the next decade. The first five-year leg of the program does not include appropriations for a new fighter in an apparent effort by the Karamanlis administration to relieve political [...]	2006-08-03 08:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR
06BAGHDAD2114	MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]	2006-06-21 02:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2135	MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]	2006-06-22 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD3505	PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...]	2006-09-19 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD812	MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]	2006-03-13 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD984	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]	2006-03-25 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1530	NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...]	2006-10-20 05:49:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ
06BAKU1533	NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...]	2006-10-20 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ
06BASRAH114	SECURITY SITUATION IN MAYSAN [...] Summary: On June 28 the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with the Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Iraqi Army (IA),Commander of the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) and Chief of Police in Maysan province. All three men grumbled about the lack of heavy weaponry their forces [...]	2006-07-05 06:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL IZ
06BEIJING14218	CHINESE SCHOLARS, MEDIA REACT TO DPRK MISSILE TESTS [...] (C) The DPRK's July 4/5 missile tests will likely not significantly alter China's policy toward North Korea and the nuclear issue, scholars and media contacts told us. The United States can expect a tougher tone from Beijing toward the DPRK but no willingness to take concrete action such as [...]	2006-07-06 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP CH KN
06BEIJING14345	BEIJING WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) China attaches great importance to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and will study the presidential announcement carefully, stated Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. In response to the joint presentation of reftel points on July 7 by the DCM and the Russian Charge [...]	2006-07-10 08:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP CH RS IAEA
06BEIJING24718	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL TO HEAD [...] (C) Although it has yet to receive a formal invitation for the second meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, China tentatively believes that Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan will head China's delegation to the Ankara meeting, MFA Arms Control De [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
06BEIRUT2322	MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT3415	LEBANON: DEMARCHES ON UNGA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Polchief delivered reftel demarches October 21 to Joumane Khaddage, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khaddage will be traveling to New York October 26 to participate in the General Assembly with the Lebanese delegation, and promised to convey our points to appropriate offic [...]	2006-10-24 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG MARR MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG UNGA LE
06BERLIN2793	GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INITIAL MEETING OF [...] (C) EMIN, accompanied by Global Affairs officer, and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin delivered ref A demarche and accompanying draft documents September 21 to German MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Michael Witter and MFA Desk Officer for Internatio [...]	2006-09-21 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KGIC PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA GM
06BOGOTA1118	SUMMARY - 2005 OIL INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Colombian oil infrastructure attacks increased in 2005, due mainly to FARC offensives in the Putumayo region. While the overall number of oil pipeline and electrical tower attacks increased countrywide from 2004 levels, total figures remain at significantly reduced levels from t [...]	2006-02-06 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
06BRATISLAVA84	SLOVAKIA; 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Embassy Bratislava's submissions for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense follows in paragraphs 2-13. Information is keyed to paragraph numbers in Reftel. The POC for this report in Bratislava is Political Military Officer Aaron Chase. Telephone nu [...]	2006-02-01 14:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MCAP LO
06BRUSSELS2203	BELGIUM: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] SUMMARY: Belgium continues to provide important contributions to the common Transatlantic defense, by assisting resident and transiting U.S. forces and with its own forces supporting stability in Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Congo. The Belgian military is hobbled by an aging force structur [...]	2006-06-27 16:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2463	PM: BELGIUM CAN DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN, WANTS HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Verhofstadt told Ambassador Korologos July 20 that he was trying to secure coalition approval to "double" the Belgian troop contribution to Afghanistan, adding some 200 troops around Kabul. In principle, he accepted the need for NATO common funding, but that NATO's budgeting n [...]	2006-07-14 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MCAP MOPS KNNP AF CG IR BE
06BUCHAREST1015	ROMANIAN SENATE RATIFIES DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Romanian Senate meeting in plenary session voted June 20 to adopt legislation to ratify the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) (Ref). The unofficial tally, recorded by an EmbOff present for the vote, was 62 "ayes", 3 "nays" and 2 abstentions. In a demonstration of b [...]	2006-06-20 15:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1088	DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 16:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO
06COLOMBO1241	ALLEGATIONS OF LTTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITY [...] (S) On July 27, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara passed Charge' a document from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense (full text below) which discusses an alleged chemical weapons capability by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Palihakkara said his government is extremely concerned by th [...]	2006-07-31 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER MCAP PARM CE
06DUBAI2853	MBR CHARITY ESTABLISHMENT PROMISES TO END COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Bu Melha, SecGen of the MBR Humanitarian and Charity Establishment (MBRE),told CG May 13 that MBRE was partnering on projects in Palestine with Human Appeal Internation (HAI),an Ajman-based organization that he had just heard was problematic for the USG. When CG informed [...]	2006-05-20 13:22:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06DUBLIN372	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 16:52:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS
06FREETOWN854	DEMARCHE: CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] On October 17, Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Umaru Wurie to deliver reftel points and discuss the CCW protocol on anti-vehicle mines. Charge explained the framework of the protocol and opt-in provisions and USG concerns about the inability to reach consensus on [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PREL SL
06GENEVA2102	ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING RUSSIA ON NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Mission Geneva requests that Department ask Embassy Moscow to convey the points at para 5 to appropriate host government officials in the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control (note: MFA/DVBR Director Anatoliy Antonov has been involved in o [...]	2006-08-29 15:44:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL RS
06GENEVA2178	ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING PAKISTAN ON A [...] (C) This is an action request. As recommended by Pakistani Amb Masood Kahn to USDEL in Aug 28-Sept 6 CCW meeting, Mission Geneva requests that Department convey the points at para 6 to Pakistani ambassador in Washington and that DoD request military attach in Islamabad to convey same points [...]	2006-09-08 07:13:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL PK
06GENEVA2180	CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: REPORT ON AUG [...] (C) Summary: The August 28-September 6 session of the Group of Governmental experts of the states parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW),which also served as the final preparatory committee for the November Review Conference of CCW states parties, spent a significant amount o [...]	2006-09-08 08:19:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL
06GEORGETOWN205	BRAZEN CRIMES IN GEORGETOWN SHOCK, PORTEND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A SPATE OF SEEMINGLY DISPARATE CRIMES HIT GEORGETOWN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 22 AND 27: A) A POSSIBLE STAGED KIDNAPPING; B) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF POWERFUL WEAPONS FROM A GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE (GDF) STOREHOUSE; C) A HIGH-SPEED BOAT CHASE ALONG THE CAPITAL'S WATERFRONT; AND MOST DISTURBINGLY [...]	2006-03-02 20:48:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC PGOV SOCI SNAR MCAP KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN224	GOG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE ON STOLEN WEAPONS [...] (U) Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon called a meeting with Ambassador on short notice March 3 to discuss the recent theft of weapons from a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) storehouse (ref A). 2. (U) Luncheon gave Ambassador a copy of an October 19, 2005, memorandum from hi [...]	2006-03-08 14:03:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MCAP SNAR KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN417	SABOTAGE OF TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONTINUES [...] SUMMARY: Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has revealed several "acts of sabotage" that have disrupted telephone communications for several key military installations and large businesses. The events are the latest in a series of acts of vandalism against the company's facilities. END SUMM [...]	2006-05-10 11:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS MCAP PINS ECON GY
06IRANRPODUBAI15	IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566) [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 18:09:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR
06ISLAMABAD11164	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERPART VISIT BY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MASS MCAP EAID
06ISLAMABAD11311	POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...]	2006-06-15 12:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD15977	GOP SIGNS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MAINTENANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC LY MASS MCAP PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD16266	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...]	2006-08-17 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER
06ISLAMABAD18379	PAKISTAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Operation MTN Thrust began in Southern Afghanistan (Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimroz) in May. The Operation set the conditions for NATO Operation Medusa, which began in July. Operation MTN Fury began in Eastern Afghanistan (Ghazni, Loghar, Paktika, Paktiya, and Khowst) August 1, with deci [...]	2006-09-18 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD19208	F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP),signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...]	2006-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD21999	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MCAP PREL PK IN
06ISLAMABAD22215	GOP NOTIFICATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 00:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PK KNNP MCAP IN
06ISLAMABAD3542	15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]	2006-03-03 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5123	A/S HILLEN VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Introduction: On his March 15-18 visit to Pakistan, A/S John Hillen and PM/RSAT Tom Canahuate met with senior Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, as well as Pakistan's top military leadership. Describing his role in soliciting support for USG security assistance to Pakistan from the U [...]	2006-03-28 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PK PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL
06ISLAMABAD7537	BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written notification to the Government of India regarding this missile test [...]	2006-04-28 11:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7564	SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned May 3-4 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharra [...]	2006-04-28 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK PGOV MASS MOPS PTER MCAP
06ISLAMABAD7629	POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) In anticipation of the U.S.-Pakistan Defense Consultative Group (DCG) meetings in Washingont May 1-5, Embassy Islamabad offers the following snapshots of political and security assistance developments in Pakistan. U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership ----------------------------------- [...]	2006-05-01 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7780	SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL AIR FORCES COMMANDER [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your May visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of [...]	2006-05-02 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD8829	S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]	2006-05-16 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9712	PAK MIL SUPPORT IN BALOCHISTAN FOR OPERATION [...] (S) Per SCA request (ref A),post offers this summary of Pakistani military operations in Balochistan in support of CFC-A Operation Mountain Thrust. 2. (S) On May 20, Coalition Joint Task Force (CJTF-76) and the Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan (ODRP) representatives met with [...]	2006-05-26 05:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06JEDDAH481	AMCIT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT SAUDI DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A U.S. citizen, who promotes American defense interests in the Kingdom, reported on a meeting he held with his SAG contact who participated in the SAG-French meeting in June about upcoming defense contracts. The AmCit told the Consul General on July 9 that the French are using [...]	2006-07-16 13:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP KCOR PGOV PINR
06JERUSALEM1410	PA SECURITY FORCES: CONTINUED LACK OF CLARITY IN [...] (C) Over a week after the assumption of power by the Hamas cabinet, the reporting relationships of the component parts of the PA Security Forces (PASF) remain unclear - both to us and to Palestinians. Hamas Interior Minister Said Siyam was named on March 29 by incoming PM Hanniyyah, and Siyam [...]	2006-04-05 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1448	ABU MAZEN SECURITY ADVISOR ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation with Pol Chief, Sahim Fateh (Abu Hisham),a close advisor on security affairs to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) indicated that Abu Mazen is unlikely to take operational control over the National Security Forces (NSF),and reiterated a long-standing positi [...]	2006-04-07 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1672	ABU MAZEN AND GOVERNMENT AT ODDS ABOUT "NEW" [...] (C) The ongoing dispute between the PA President and government regarding the formation of a "new" security force sheds light on tensions regarding security relationships and attempts by Hamas to promote law and order in Gaza. Hamas appears to be looking for a way to use its military wing, the [...]	2006-04-25 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06KABUL5421	PRT TARIN KOWT - GOVERNOR MONIB'S MILITIA [...] (C) Summary: Uruzgan's Governor Monib formed a militia to make up for a severe shortage of Afghan security forces and open challenges to his authority. He created a militia force of approximately 1300 by reaching out to tribal leaders, many of whom were marginalized by his predecessor. He h [...]	2006-11-10 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5442	BOUCHER AND SPANTA ON JIRGAS, MUSA QALA, IRAN AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta in Kabul to draw out Afghan expectations on cross-border jirgas and press for early consultations with Islamabad to bridge differences. Spanta described [...]	2006-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5518	PRT GHAZNI - MULLAHS ADOPT A PRO-GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. At a meeting of Ghazni mullahs called by former Governor Sher Alam, the mullahs heard a series of speeches stressing the mullahs' responsibility, and past failures, to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. While the meeting was taking place, a small group of mullahs drafte [...]	2006-11-16 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5638	PRT/LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ? AN INSIDER VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21 PRTOff met with an Afghan from Helmand Province?s Musa Qala district, someone with some influence in the district and access to information about the current situation on the ground. The individual offered harsh criticism of the three factions vying for control [...]	2006-11-30 07:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5695	PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...]	2006-12-05 12:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5696	PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...]	2006-12-05 12:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5700	NEW DRAFT OF AFGHAN MEDIA LAW SMACKS OF [...] (SBU) The Afghan Parliament's Committee on Religious and Cultural Affairs has circulated draft language amending the Afghan Mass Media Law (Media Law) - adopted by Presidential Decree in 2005 but never approved by Parliament - that troubles many in the Afghan media and international community [...]	2006-12-06 09:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5733	PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS [...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...]	2006-12-07 10:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5771	PRT Jalalabad: NEWS FROM TANGI RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: There was both good and bad news in the Tangi Returnee settlement this week. It began with the delivery of the signed letter of intent to grant the land to the Returnees. The excitement was dampened at the end of the week when two young members of the community were gravely inj [...]	2006-12-11 01:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5825	AN EMOTIONAL KARZAI LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) President Karzai broke into tears during his December 10 speech launching Afghanistan,s Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. While recounting the atrocities suffered by the Afghan people over the past 30 years, he noted that Afghans had suffered at the hands of both terro [...]	2006-12-12 16:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS AF
06KABUL5845	PRT JALALABAD: POLICE TRAINING WITH MINIMAL RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Jalalabad PRT Officer accompanied a two-military member PRT police evaluation and assistance team to two ANP district headquarters on November 25. The team conducted a simple survey of equipment, personnel, and facilities, and led a short training session. Both visits were ext [...]	2006-12-14 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5871	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GOA PARTICIPATION IN UAE [...] (U) On December 11, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche seeking GOA representation at the international conference on trafficking in persons hosted by the UAE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime. According to a contact at the MFA?s Office of UN Affairs, the MFA had received an invitation to the co [...]	2006-12-17 04:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5876	PRT JALALABAD - CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPPIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a December 2 meeting with PRT Commander, PRT Officer, and Maj. Richard Schwaiger, Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Serzai pledged his continued commitment to make Nangarhar free of poppies and terrorism, but he lamented that some Nangahar officials still encourage poppy cultiva [...]	2006-12-17 07:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5879	PRT JALALABAD - POSSIBLE CHANGE IN NANGARHAR [...] (C) Provincial Council Chief Fazlhadi Muslimyar informed PRT officials November 26 of a possible change in the Deputy Governor position, currently held by Mohammad Allam Isaqzai, who Muslimyar said is a candidate for Deputy in the Ministry of Interior in Kabul. 2. (C) Muslimyar reporte [...]	2006-12-17 07:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5931	GOA BITES BACK AGAINT HRW CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) President Karzai wasted no time in rebutting a December 12 statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling for the immediate enforcement of the 2005 Action Plan on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation. The HRW statement named several prominent GOA officials as having committed gross human r [...]	2006-12-23 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KATHMANDU1128	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, NSC Senior Director Millard and the Ambassador, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa stressed that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) would welcome, and work with, a civilian, democratically-elected government. General Thapa said [...]	2006-05-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV PTER MCAP NP
06KATHMANDU1287	CONSOLIDATING NEPAL'S FRAGILE DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) Nepal is transforming. The May 18 proclamation of Parliamentary supremacy by Nepal's House of Representatives has clipped the King's wings; the three-corner struggle of Nepal's politics in recent years (the King versus the parties versus the Maoists) should turn into a more straightfor [...]	2006-05-19 13:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP IN NP
06KATHMANDU1510	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF TO RETIRE [...] (C) Defense Secretary Bishnu Datta Uprety told A/DCM Shelton June 13 that Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa will take official leave starting August 9 and retire from duty as scheduled on September 9. Uprety said that although other rumors were swirling about as to Thapa's successor [...]	2006-06-13 08:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PINR NP
06KATHMANDU2590	FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...]	2006-09-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP
06KHARTOUM1068	Sudanese Armed Forces Addresses UNSCR 1672 [...] On April 30, Official Spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Osman Mohammed al-Aghbash issued a press release regarding the UN Security Council Resolution 1672 sanctions involving Major General Gaffer Mohammed al- Hassan. 2. The text of the press release reads as follow (unoffici [...]	2006-05-05 09:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC MCAP UN SU
06KHARTOUM1167	UPDATE ON DDR [...] (SBU) There has been recent incremental movement toward disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in Southern Sudan; the process of demobilizing child soldiers is underway in Malakal, and is scheduled to begin in Abyei later this month. To date, approximately 1,200 child soldiers h [...]	2006-05-16 17:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM1168	SOUTHERN LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDS INCREASED [...] (U) On May 10, the Southern Sudanese Legislative Assembly (SSLA) convened to consider recommendations by the Standing Committee on Development, Finance and Economy to change portions of the 2006 budget submitted to the SSLA by the Ministry of Finance. The big winner was the Sudan People's Lib [...]	2006-05-16 17:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM1650	SOUTHERN SUDAN: APPROXIMATE TROOP STRENGTH AND [...] (C) Summary: We have obtained from a contractor (strictly protect) involved in the Sudan People,s Liberation Army Transformation (SPLAT) Project the troop strength and heavy weapons inventory of the SPLA. As long suspected, SPLA numbers are far below those previously claimed by senior SPLM o [...]	2006-07-12 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1974	DARFUR: REBEL SURFACE-AIR MISSILE CAPACITY [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (S) Summary: The sophistication of military operations in Darfur appears to have been raised another notch this summer with the potential introduction of surface to air missiles. Shortly after returning from an investigation of recent fighting [...]	2006-08-19 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PREL PINS ASEC FR CH SU
06KHARTOUM2467	PAULINO MATIP SUPPORTS UN DEPLOYMENT AND U.S. SPLA [...] (C) Summary: Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip urged continued U.S. engagement in Darfur and joint action by the international community and SPLA to address the area's urgent crisis. He notes a growing African-Arab gap in Sudan and believes the North is rearming militias in the South. Matip sees Pres [...]	2006-10-09 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID MCAP MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM2558	VIOLENCE CONTINUES NEAR JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Oyai Deng says that 38 people died on October 18 in violence reportedly linked to the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Deng said that eight vehicles had been burned in the incidents on roads east and south of Juba. [...]	2006-10-27 10:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU
06KHARTOUM2560	SUDAN: ALLEGED SAF ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) sources say they have arrested 16 persons in connection with alleged Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-related attacks near Juba that killed over 40 people in the last week. The Secretary General of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation SIPDIS [...]	2006-10-27 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM2561	SENIOR SPLA COMMANDER BLAMES SAF, LRA FOR RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Major General Thomas Cirillo, a senior commander in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Deputy Commander of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) for all of Sudan, blames the Sudanese Government's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fo [...]	2006-10-27 10:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP UG SU
06KHARTOUM2572	SUDAN: FIVE MORE DEAD IN JUBA VIOLENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Five more persons were killed on the night of October 26-27 in fighting just east of Juba. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) commanders once again pointed either to the -Sudan Armed Forces (SAF),Khartoum-backed militia, or the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as r [...]	2006-10-29 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU
06KHARTOUM2625	Darfur: NRF Press Release Claims Gov't has Transferred [...] (SBU) On November 1, Sudan Tribune, an online news service, posted a press release dated October 1, purportedly from the National Redemption Front, a grouping of Darfurian rebels that have not signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),claiming that the Sudanese Government had transferred chemica [...]	2006-11-06 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP PGOV PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM2665	SOUTHERN SUDAN: TENSIONS OVER CONSTRUCTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 20 men armed with machetes, knives, and other weapons stormed the construction site of the new interim general headquarters for the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) November 11 and threatened expatriate staff. An SPLA soldier on site responded and called in [...]	2006-11-14 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM2713	KHARTOUM: ESCALATING VIOLENCE BETWEEN POLICE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five police officers and one SPLA soldier died after fighting between the two groups erupted on November 16 in Jebel Aulia, an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp 40 km south of Khartoum. While officials on both sides have been quick to characterize it as an isolated and p [...]	2006-11-20 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP CASC SU
06KHARTOUM319	Ukrainian Firm to Sell Sudan Turbo Jets [...] On February 7, the Sudan Tribune web site posted an article dated February 6 from "Kharkiv" which indicates that the Kharkiv aviation plan in Ukraine has signed a contract in late 2005 to supply five AN-74 light turbo jet aircraft to Sudan. The multifunctional AN-74 is described as "intended [...]	2006-02-09 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP EAIR ETRD BEXP PREL UP SU
06KHARTOUM364	SLA COMANDERS CALL FOR A SINGLE LEADER [...] (C) (Note: this is a re-transmission of 05 Khartoum 01654 to reflect redrafting and reclassification of para 4 per AF/SPG request. End note.) Summary: The lack of a clearly defined leader at the top of the SLA has left field commanders with divided loyalties, hungry forces, and time on the [...]	2006-02-14 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP PREL SU
06KIEV1772	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK, NSAU CHIEF ALEXEYEV PRESS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) Director Yuri Alekseyev urged greater U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on ballistic missile defense during an April 26 meeting at MFA with U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lt Gen (USAF) Trey Obering III [...]	2006-05-05 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
06KIEV333	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIGALI1013	DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]	2006-10-18 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1014	DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]	2006-10-18 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1027	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS [...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]	2006-10-27 10:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI984	ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]	2006-10-12 11:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIRKUK73	KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...]	2006-03-31 07:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ
06KUALALUMPUR2041	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]	2006-11-01 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]	2006-11-08 08:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUWAIT363	CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, at para 3. 2. (S) In a January 21, 2006 meeting with General Abizaid, Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff General Fahad Al-Amir asked that USG provide Kuwait a wide range of training and technical capabilities to deal with emerging nuclear issues posed b [...]	2006-02-01 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT407	KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...]	2006-02-06 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MOPS KU
06KUWAIT616	CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...]	2006-02-21 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06LAPAZ2756	FIRST MEETING ON NEW SOFA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials met with Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 10 regarding the Embassy's pending request for return of the F-10 counterterrorism equipment and the need for an updated SOFA agreement (reftels). San Miguel expressed concern about the continuing M [...]	2006-10-13 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PREL KTIA MOPS BL

06LAPAZ2946	AMBASSADOR, MOD DISCUSS WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 30, discussing a wide range of military issues. San Miguel told the Ambassador that the F-10 weapons have been moved to the army depository in La Paz, and that his ministry would coordinate with [...]	2006-10-30 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SNAR
06LAPAZ3107	AMBASSADOR AND SENATE PRESIDENT DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Senate President Santos Ramirez stated his support for the passage of money laundering legislation, but made it clear that his focus is on the rapid passage of an anti-corruption bill. The Ambassador explained the humanitarian goals of the [...]	2006-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MASS MCAP KTIA MOPS BL
06LJUBLJANA388	SLOVENIA: FINNISH PATRIA WINS 300 MILLION USD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 12, the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria Vehicles had won the GOS's 330 million USD (63 billion tolar) defense contract to supply 136 8x8 armored wheeled vehicles by 2012. The only other bidder on the tender was Slov [...]	2006-06-22 05:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND MARR MCAP PGOV SI
06LONDON5476	CONDEMNATION OF DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES AT IMO [...] Summary. USDel delivered the statement contained in Ref A at the July 19 meeting of the IMO NAV 52 conference. USDel's statement followed the Japanese intervention which condemned the DPRK missile launches and was joined by statements of concern from the Russian Federation, HMG, France, Italy [...]	2006-07-26 13:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PARM MOPS MCAP KN KS JA UK IMO
06LONDON7287	ALL QUIET IN TEHRAN AS ARRESTED DISSIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office and London-based expat sources confirm media reports that hundreds of security personnel in central Tehran clashed violently on October 7 and 8 with as many as a thousand supporters of dissident Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Iranian security forces managed in the early [...]	2006-10-12 18:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PGOV PREL IR
06LUANDA151	ANGOLA LANDMINE CLEARANCE: 2006 GOALS AND [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of mine action organizations operating in Angola remain upbeat on the progress of demining in Angola, but look for the GRA to complete its Landmine Impact Survey and strategic plan in order to facilitate their 2006 workplans. While the GRA has earmarked USD 27.6 Mi [...]	2006-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MCAP KHDP AO
06MADRID2664	SPAIN ON NOVEMBER 2006 CCW REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points October 9 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to instruct its delegation to the November Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference to support the "opt-in" approach vis-a-vis the possible anti-vehic [...]	2006-10-20 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL SP
06MANAGUA188	NICARAGUA WILL PRESS PANAMA AND COSTA RICA ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 16:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR MCAP NU
06MANAMA138	BAHRAIN: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In contrast with its size, Bahrain makes an invaluable contribution to U.S. security objectives in the Gulf region by hosting and providing support to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Fifth Fleet and the Naval Support Activity. In 2004 Bahrain was an important coalition partn [...]	2006-01-30 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP PREL BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANILA1922	AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO ISLAND [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador's April 26 trip to Jolo successfully highlighted USG efforts -- ranging from JSOTF civil-military operations to USAID computer literacy and infrastructure projects -- to change the dynamic of this long-time Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah safe- haven and recruit [...]	2006-05-05 00:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MCAP KISL EAID KPAO RP
06MANILA3066	DEFENSE SECRETARY SEES KAPIT BISIG AS "BIG PLUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz views the Kapit Bisig framework as a "big plus" for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation, is focused on neutralizing High Value Targets, and believes the Kapit Bisig implementing guidelines are flexible enough to accommodate a variety of circumstances. He tak [...]	2006-07-21 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MCAP MARR PTER PREL RP
06MANILA3068	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM HELPING TO COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) has produced concrete results and is becoming institutionalized within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). PDR is also helping counteract restiveness among some mid- and junior officers, which contributed to the coup attempt of February 24 [...]	2006-07-24 00:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS RP
06MANILA3095	ESPERON - THE BATTERING RAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Esperon succeeded General Senga as the 35th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on July 21. He has a reputation as a tough combat soldier, and has pledged both to crush Communist rebels and put down any attempt to unseat the Arroyo governmen [...]	2006-07-24 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINR RP
06MANILA3299	INITIAL SUCCESS IN ONGOING OPERATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill senior terrorist leaders on the island of Jolo, which began on August 1, has met with initial success. One mid-level terrorist has been killed and the senior leadership has been driven out of its safe havens. [...]	2006-08-04 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3401	AFP ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATIONS ADVANCE ON JOLO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is continuing operations against Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders on the island of Jolo. AFP units now control the high ground around Mt. Tumatangis in western Jolo and have shrunk the no-fire area under the cont [...]	2006-08-14 10:35:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3464	CHARGE VISITS SUBIC DURING US-PHILIPPINES [...] Following up on the Ambassador's visit to Subic June 15-16 (reftel),Charge d'Affaires visited the Subic Bay region August 15-16 to meet local officials, observe Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006, and participate in a CARAT community relations event. CARAT is a joint U.S [...]	2006-08-18 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MCAP EWWT ECON RP
06MANILA3479	SENATOR INOUYE SUPPORTS PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Inouye stressed publicly and privately his admiration and support for the Philippine-US approach to counterterrorism and defense reform during his August 11-15 visit to the Philippines. Inouye enthused at the "Philippine model," which extends a "hand of friendship" to [...]	2006-08-18 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PTER MCAP MOPS MARR RP
06MANILA3560	AUGUST 25 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) "Operation Ultimatum," the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) effort to capture or kill senior Abu Sayyaf (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders on the island of Jolo, is now in its 25th day. The AFP remains determined to maintain the pressure on the fugitive terrorists, who appea [...]	2006-08-25 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3670	SEPTEMBER 1 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is maintaining the pressure on fugitive Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on Jolo as "Operation Ultimatum" reaches its one-month mark. ASG leaders, Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman, and JI operatives, Umar Patek and D [...]	2006-09-01 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3790	SEPTEMBER 8 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to track fleeing Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders in the fifth week of its operation to capture or kill the terrorist leadership on the island of Jolo. Philippine Marines suffered six killed and 20 wounded in an encounter w [...]	2006-09-08 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA3914	SEPTEMBER 15 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) is showing no let-up in its seven-week old effort to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist leadership on the island of Jolo. While the operation is far from over, the Filipino military can point to s [...]	2006-09-15 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA3915	AFP OPERATION AGAINST ASG/JI TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines operations on Jolo have provided indisputable evidence, including sophisticated improvised explosive devices similar to what U.S. troops have encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan, of the Abu Sayyaf Group's and Jemaah Islamiyah's transnational terror [...]	2006-09-15 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA3935	CHIEF OF STAFF ESPERON OUTLINES HIS VISION FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),laid out his vision for the Philippine military in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club on September 11. He called the entire AFP a "counterterrorism unit," and sa [...]	2006-09-19 05:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4002	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFP CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Esperon, the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, acknowledged to the Ambassador in a September 18 meeting the damage being done to the reputation of the Philippines by extra-judicial killings, and conceded the possibility that overzealo [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4218	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DISCUSSES STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Secretary of National Defense Cruz in a major policy speech to the Manila Overseas Press Club stressed the seriousness of the domestic terrorist threat and the importance of Philippine Defense Reform. He said a successful counterterrorism effort had to also incorporate social an [...]	2006-10-04 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR RP
06MANILA4260	OCTOBER 6 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) The ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the southern island of Jolo is ending its tenth week. The key terrorist leaders -- Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Sulaiman, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek -- appear t [...]	2006-10-06 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4304	NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 10 with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo took note of our view that the "opt-in" approach is the only viable way to reach consensus on an Anti-Vehicle Min [...]	2006-10-11 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PREL RP
06MANILA4396	BOLSTERING THE CT FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines is the easternmost front line of the Global War on Terrorism. It faces multiple threats, ranging from the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah to the local terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group and Rajah Solaiman Movement. Quick-disbursing 1206, 1207, and 1208 funds that pr [...]	2006-10-18 03:43:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4522	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) John, a warm welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you. We have a packed program ready for you, including meetings with Foreign Secretary Romulo, Secretary of National Defense Cruz, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon and a trip to Jolo to see first-ha [...]	2006-10-30 06:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL OVIP HILLEN RP
06MANILA4660	NOVEMBER 9 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leadership on the island of Jolo is ending its 15th week. Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Solaiman, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek are believed to have split up into smal [...]	2006-11-09 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL
06MANILA472	AFP SEPARATELY ENGAGES MILF, NPA IN WEEK OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On January 29, sporadic fighting broke out between elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and local Civilian Army Geographical Armed F [...]	2006-02-02 09:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
06MANILA4734	NOVEMBER 17 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leadership on the southern Mindanao island of Jolo is ending its 16th week. Khadaffy Janjalani, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek are now believed in the northeast [...]	2006-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4742	SIX AMBASSADORS PITCH IN FOR MINDANAO PEACE AND [...] (U) In a unique effort to demonstrate international support for peace and development, Ambassador Kristie Kenney led a group of five Ambassadors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a visit to the conflict-affected Mindanao provinces of Zamboanga and Basilan. [...]	2006-11-17 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP
06MANILA4749	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN MEETS WITH FOREIGN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Affairs Secretary Romulo reiterated to Assistant Secretary Hillen and Ambassador the Philippine offer to host a round of Six Party talks on the margins of the mid-December ASEAN/East Asian Summits in Cebu, if that would be helpful to the United States. Romulo is optimist [...]	2006-11-20 00:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PHUM PGOV EAID KN RP
06MANILA4805	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN SEES FIRST-HAND HOW THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On a November 11 trip to Jolo Island in the Sulu Archipelago, Political-Military Affairs Assistant Secretary Hillen witnessed the transformational programs SIPDIS underway with collaboration among the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Fo [...]	2006-11-22 10:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4808	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Esperon is pleased with the success thus far of ongoing counterterrorism operations on the island of Jolo. He intends to enforce military discipline by court-martialing officers accused of involvement in the aborted February [...]	2006-11-24 04:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA4846	FOCUS ON USG-GRP DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN MINDANAO: GRP [...] (U) Embassy Manila continues to engage actively in demonstrating substantial USG support for improved conditions for peace, security and development in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. During a substantive two-day visit to Mindanao beginning on Thanksgiving Day, of GRP cabinet member, Secr [...]	2006-11-29 23:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP
06MANILA4856	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fox, I am looking forward to seeing you! General Esperon and I will meet you in Zamboanga and accompany you on your trip to Jolo, where you will have a chance to see for yourself some of the successes in the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate terror [...]	2006-11-30 07:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MOPS MCAP RP
06MANILA4861	NOVEMBER 30 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now ending its 18th week of operations against the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the southern Mindanao island of Jolo. It has suffered 22 killed and 103 wounded since the August 1 onset of "Operation Ultimatum," and show [...]	2006-11-30 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA5017	DECEMBER 15 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues its pursuit of senior Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists on the island of Jolo. Fresh troops from the Lanao del Sur-based 2nd Marine Brigade have arrived in order to sustain the operational tempo, which includes an [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MOSCOW10230	RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]	2006-09-14 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW11821	DELIVERY OF JOSEPH-KISLYAK LETTER [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel letter to Sergey Petlyakov, Chief Counselor in the Arms and Technology Transfer Policy Division of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) on October 19. 2. (S) Petlyakov said he would ensure Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ki [...]	2006-10-20 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MCAP KNNP LY RS
06MOSCOW12457	RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12473	RUSSIA WELCOMES CONSULTATIONS ON U.S. MISSILE [...] (S) Oleg Burmistrov, Chief of the Political-Military Section of the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, told us 13 November that Moscow appreciated the 3 November visit of Undersecretary of Defense Stephen Cambone, who briefed Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov [...]	2006-11-16 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR MCAP PARM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12595	PRESIDENT PUTIN, DEFMIN IVANOV ADDRESS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Putin and Defense Minister Ivanov candidly acknowledged many of the military's internal problems during a 16 November senior commanders conference in Moscow. The two leaders promised various remedies ranging from higher salaries and better treatment for soldiers to steep increas [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12838	RUSSIA WANTS "PREDICTABILITY" IN POST-START [...] (S) Russia will insist on predictability in any arrangement that follows expiration of the START Treaty in 2009, according to Vasiliy Boryak, Chief of the START Office in the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. First and foremost, Boryak told us December 7, wa [...]	2006-12-07 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12942	RUSSIAN DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Viktor Zavarzin, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, gave his annual briefing to Moscow's military attache corps December 12. During the 90-minute presentation, Zavarzin summarized his committee's legislative activities -- weapons modernization and improvements in s [...]	2006-12-15 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL SOCI PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13074	BLACK SEA FLEET RELOCATION: A PORT TOO FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly ten years after the 1997 bilateral agreement with Ukraine to use Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is doing little to plan for the Fleet's possible relocation after the agreement expires in 2017. While the Black Sea Fleet will be on the agenda for the [...]	2006-12-22 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06MOSCOW19	2006 DEFENSE BUDGET AND PROPOSED DEFENSE REFORMS - [...] (C) Summary. On December 27 President Putin signed a defense budget of 666 billion rubles (23 billion dollars) for 2006, a nominal increase of nearly 26 percent. It is not clear, however, what if any impact on Russian military capability that allocation towards defense will have. The highe [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MUSCAT122	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC/POLITICAL FACTORS: There have been no major policy changes since the 2004 report (ref B). Oman remains a stalwart ally in the global war on terrorism and key Arab proponent of regional stability, including USG stabilization efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long-standing milita [...]	2006-01-31 06:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MASS MARR MU
06NASSAU1659	ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE SHAKEUP STARTS AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lt. Commander Clifford "Butch" Scavella has been named the new Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF),pushing former Commander Davy Rolle into retirement. The long-expected move is the first major step in implementing a major overhaul of the neglected and underutil [...]	2006-11-01 19:33:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PINR BF
06NASSAU1815	COMMODORE ATTACKS CORRUPTION, PROMISES TO FIRE 25 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella asserted in a December 5 radio interview that 25 percent of the roughly 1000 RBDF officers are corrupt. He has pledged to move expeditiously to deal with corruption in the force and to improve its ef [...]	2006-12-11 21:46:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP KCOR BF
06NEWDELHI6086	PROGRESS ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GOI; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 30 meeting the GOI revealed that it currently has no Missile Defense capabilities - at least none it is willing to share - yet wants to pursue further R&D cooperation with the U.S. India will participate in the September 18-19 multinational BMD conference in London, [...]	2006-08-31 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PINS MARR MASS MCAP KSTC IN
06NEWDELHI7884	U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI7885	U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...]	2006-11-21 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8017	U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] (U) This cable replaces New Delhi 7884, to reflect changes made in the clearance process not included in the original. 2. (C) Summary. Undersecretary Eric Edelman told Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt that the Department of Defense has concluded that the U.S. would be prepared to make [...]	2006-11-29 03:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN
06NEWDELHI8100	INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...]	2006-12-01 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN
06OSLO401	NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...]	2006-03-31 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM
06OSLO426	NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...]	2006-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO
06OTTAWA3010	CANADA'S TAKE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On October 4, Janice Fitchett (Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Advisor at Foreign Affairs) provided POL M/C with initial Canada's comments on the GI draft documents, which she said had been widely cleared throught the Department. She confirmed that these comments were also being shared [...]	2006-10-04 20:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS CA
06OTTAWA3164	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: POLDIR TO LEAD CANADIAN DEL TO [...] (SBU) We joined our Russian counterpart to convey reftel to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation, Compliance and Export Control Shawn Caza, and Senior Adviser Janice Fitchett. Caza reaffirmed earlier word that DFA [...]	2006-10-18 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL MCAP IAEA CA
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS4666	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...]	2006-07-07 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA
06PARIS6896	FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...]	2006-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR
06PARIS715	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS718	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS719	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PORTOFSPAIN814	ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR T&T CANINE ACADEMY [...] The Trinidad and Tobago Homicide Squad put a canine- in-training at the INL-supported T&T Canine Academy through his paces on July 6. After watching "Red" perform training exercises at the academy, the Squad requested that he search a wooded, mountainous area near Morvant, to the east of Por [...]	2006-07-07 19:35:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR MCAP TD
06PRAGUE1350	U.S. COMPANY BUYS MANUFACTURER OF VERA-E PASSIVE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Representatives of Rannoch Corporation, a Virginia-based company specializing in air traffic control (ATC) technology, purchased Czech company ERA A.S. on October 26. The new owners plan [...]	2006-10-30 12:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP
06PRAGUE1398	CZECH MFA SOLICITS INFORMAL U.S. OPINION ON FOUR [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Government is considering granting permission for Czech export companies to begin to negotiate sales of several radar and similar systems to Indonesia, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Vietnam. If future applications are made for export licenses for the VERA, the Czech MFA inten [...]	2006-11-09 12:04:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP NI EC ID VM
06PRAGUE166	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005-2006 REPORT ON ALLIED [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel. Note that one dollar equals approximately 23 Czech crowns (CZK). 2. General Assessment. The Czech Republic is a close ally of the United States, operating in support of U.S. objectives both in Europe and farther afield. The Czechs [...]	2006-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL NATO EZ
06RABAT1745	MOROCCO: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 20, following a brief pre-meeting, Polcouns and Russian DCM Mikhail Golovanov jointly delivered the text of Statement of Principles, Explanatory Notes Regarding the Statement of Principles, an [...]	2006-09-20 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1770	MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...]	2006-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1771	MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...]	2006-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1890	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6, Ambassador Riley thanked Minister Delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri for agreeing to host the Initial Partner Nations (IPNs) meeting on October 30-31 of the Global [...]	2006-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO
06RABAT1919	NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 11:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PREL MO
06RABAT1986	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...]	2006-10-23 16:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO
06RIYADH2146	SAUDI LEADERS UPBEAT ON U.S.-SAUDI MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: During separate meetings on March 22 with visiting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace, Saudi leaders spoke favorably of the U.S.-Saudi military relationship. King Abdullah, although deeply unhappy about Iraq and the issue of helicopter support fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH5042	USD EDELMAN'S MEETINGS WITH THE KING AND CROWN [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, regional security, helicopters, Iran, Iraq, and visas during separate meetings with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan on June 6. Both the King and Crown Prince were supportive of [...]	2006-06-24 14:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP SA PTER PREL PARM PINR
06RIYADH5082	U/S EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASST MINISTER OF [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed the U.S.-Saudi defense relationship, Iran, and regional security during his June 6 meeting with Prince Khalid bin Sultan, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation for Security Affairs. The overall tone of the meeting [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL PINR PTER
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1954	ITALIANS EXPRESS INTEREST IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) On July 7 DCM and Russian Charge d'Affairs Andrey Maslov delivered reftel points to Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Giacomo San Felice, G8 Director Giampaolo Cantini, and Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Filippo Formica of the Italian MFA. San Fel [...]	2006-07-07 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP RU IT
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06SANJOSE181	COSTA RICA: UNIVERSALIZATION OF THE FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA told us that the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America stands no chance of ratification in Costa Rica without substantial modifications. Negotiations on modifying the treaty took place three years ago, and Costa Rica is willing to restart those neg [...]	2006-01-25 22:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MARR MCAP CS
06SANSALVADOR169	UNIVERSALIZATION OF FRAMEWORK TREATY ON DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 14:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MARR MCAP ES CS PM
06SANSALVADOR2493	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONVENTIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 18:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PREL ES
06SEOUL3222	OPCON TRANSFER ISSUE DOMINANT DURING OSD NORTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11-12, DOD/OSD Northeast Asia Director John Hill visited South Korean government officials in Seoul to discuss U.S.-ROK Alliance issues. In his meetings at the Ministries of Defense (MND),Unification (MOU) and Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),OSD Hill stressed th [...]	2006-09-18 23:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP KN KS
06SEOUL410	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ROK CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) The Republic of Korea made significant contributions to the common defense of the Korean peninsula in 2004 and 2005. The ROKG demonstrated a strong commitment to the U.S.-ROK alliance, working closely with the U.S. to address the DPRK nuclear issue and making important contributions to t [...]	2006-02-06 08:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL PGOV PARM MARR ECON KS
06SEOUL4116	SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND VI: ONE LAST PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a small group meeting and plenary session that followed, Ambassador Loftis and his ROK counterpart, Ambassador Cho Tae-yong, presented their respective negotiating positions on the 2007-2008 Special Measures (burden-sharing) Agreement (SMA). The ROKG proposed a contribution [...]	2006-12-01 00:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06SEOUL4211	SMA AGREEMENT 2007-2008 INITIALED [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2006, Pol M/C Joseph Yun and MOFAT Director General for North American Affairs Cho Tae-yong initialed the English language text of the agreed Special Measures Agreement (SMA). DG Cho commented that he was pleasantly surprised at the positive ROK press coverage on SMA and [...]	2006-12-08 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KSAC PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06SEOUL4328	YONGSAN RELOCATION: DOMESTIC POLITICS AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unhelpful reports in the South Korean media that completion of the Yongsan Relocation Plan (YRP) will be delayed by another five years to 2013 appear designed to placate objections within the National Assembly to the high projected cost of the project. The reports are misleading [...]	2006-12-20 00:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
06SEOUL4366	SIGNED: U.S.-ROK 2007-2008 SPECIAL MEASURES [...] (U) Per reftel authorization, the Ambassador and ROK Foreign Minister Song Min-soon signed the U.S.-ROK 2007-2008 Special Measures Agreement on December 22 at a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. (U) As requested, the original Korean version and English versio [...]	2006-12-22 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MCAP PREL KS
06SOFIA167	BULGARIA 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) General Assessment. Since joining NATO in April 2004, Bulgaria has maintained its defense spending at 2.6% of GDP and made substantial troop contributions to overseas missions. Following national elections in June 2005, the incumbent National Movement for Simeon the Second (NMSS) was for [...]	2006-02-01 07:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP NATO PREL BU
06STATE134206	Allegations of LTTE Chemical Weapons Capability [...] (U) Background. A. (S) Ref reported on a document the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister passed to the U.S. Charge reporting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had made an attempt (in 2002) to procure "Red Mercury," a chemical claimed to be used to manufacture weapons of mass destruc [...]	2006-08-15 23:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER MCAP PARM CW KNNP CE
06STATE190867	SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND V: TOWARDS THE FINAL ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Round Five of negotiations on funding levels for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) took place at the State Department on November 13, 2006. Lasting one day, the talks concluded with the two parties falling short of a final [...]	2006-11-22 22:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP
06STATE61225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]	2006-04-18 15:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06SUVA185	FIJI ELECTION WEEK: CALM, THEN UNCERTAINTY? [...] (C) Voting in Fiji's general election begins Saturday and will run for a week. Most people expect Prime Minister Qarase's SDL and Opposition Leader Chaudhry's FLP to take the bulk of the seats, though minor parties and independents could hold the balance in a close election. With the ethnic [...]	2006-05-04 01:10:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM MCAP FJ
06SUVA352	FIJI AND PKO PARTICIPATION: CURRENT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Fiji's Home Affairs Minister and CEO informed us that Fiji's Cabinet has approved deployment of 34 more troops to UNAMI in Iraq and 2 officers to East Timor. A request for Fiji to join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq is before Cabinet, but no decision appears imminent. The Minister s [...]	2006-08-30 00:26:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO MCAP PREL FJ
06SUVA370	FIJI THINKING SERIOUSLY ABOUT JOINING COALITION IN [...] (C) Chief Executive of the Fiji Ministry of Home Affairs Korovavala told us on Sept. 11 that recent conversations have convinced him the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) should join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq. He wants to make the case strongly to a Cabinet subcommittee on Sep [...]	2006-09-10 22:25:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL IR FJ

06SUVA389	FIJI AND TONGA: PROSPECTS FOR IRAQ PKO [...] (C) Fiji's Cabinet subcommittee has postponed considering PKO issues until Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola returns from a trip to New York and the Middle East. Vosanibola has bones to pick with the UN about UNAMI and UNIFIL issues. He is open to considering Fiji participation in the Coalitio [...]	2006-09-21 22:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP KPKO PREL UN IR LE FJ TN
06TAIPEI1222	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TAIPEI MAYOR/KMT [...] (C) Summary: Taipei mayor and Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou told the Director on April 4 that as the "majority" party in opposition, the KMT must assume greater responsibility for Taiwan's "national" welfare. Ma agreed that Taiwan's defense capability should not be treated as a pol [...]	2006-04-07 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MCAP TW
06TAIPEI1339	KMT DEFENSE COUNTER-PROPOSAL: ROUND TWO [...] (C) Summary. KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is making another push for a KMT alternative defense proposal after failing to achieve party consensus before his late March visit to Washington. While Ma appears sincere in his effort to "get the defense issue behind him" before the 2008 presidential [...]	2006-04-17 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI229	KMT CHAIRMAN MA SEEKS TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. After sixteen months of mechanically obstructing the Defense Procurement Special Budget weapons systems, the KMT under the leadership of Chairman Ma Ying-jeou is moving to develop an alternative proposal on defense policy and arms procurement. Ma has established a task force to [...]	2006-01-24 06:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARS MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI29	KMT FLEXIBILITY ON ARMS PROCUREMENT: APPEARANCE OR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent signal of increasing Kuomintang party (KMT) flexibility on arms procurement, on December 27, KMT Spokesperson Cheng Lee-wen quoted Ma as saying there is now "space" to give the arms issue a "reasonable review" in the Legislative Yuan (LY). Ma pledged the KMT will [...]	2006-01-04 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	MASS MCAP PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3589	LEGISLATIVE YUAN SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON ARMS [...] (S) Summary: LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director on October 19 that party leaders in the LY have agreed to put the supplementary budget bill on arms procurement on the LY agenda for review next week. The regular defense budget, which also includes arms procurement, has already b [...]	2006-10-19 11:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PGOV MCAP PREL TW
06TAIPEI54	PFP INSIDER SAYS: PFP HAS NO FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: People First Party (PFP) legislator Lin Yu-fang told AIT that the PFP has no political future and that he and a number of other legislators will be returning to the KMT before the next LY session begins in February. Lin describes PFP Chairman James Soong as deeply jealous over t [...]	2006-01-06 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MCAP TW
06TAIPEI865	CHAIRMAN MA HEADS TO WASHINGTON EMPTY-HANDED [...] (C) Summary. KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou had promised to present his alternative defense procurement proposal before he traveled to Washington. The KMT legislative caucus, however, unexpectedly blocked that initiative. KMT legislators blamed President Chen's NUC/NUG announcement for making a [...]	2006-03-16 05:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARS MASS MCAP TW
06TALLINN966	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REVIEW CONVENTION: ESTONIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 14:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL EN
06TELAVIV826	ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...]	2006-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06THEHAGUE2264	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON CCW REVCON DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: While the GONL sees the value in pursuing an "opt in" annex for an anti-vehicle mine (AVM) protocol at the upcoming Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference, the Dutch have historically opposed optional clauses. MFA Head of Arms Control and Export Policy Matthij [...]	2006-10-18 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL NL
06TIRANA996	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO ALBANIA AND SEDM [...] (C) Your attendance at the September 26-27 Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) is the event's highlight for your Albanian hosts. NATO entry is Albania's primary goal, one supported by all levels of society and all political tendencies. The Ministerial provides the chance for Albani [...]	2006-09-22 12:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MCAP AL
06TOKYO1104	JDA BUDGET: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan's FY 2006 budget, scheduled for Diet approval on March 2, includes a fourth straight year of budget cuts for the Japan Defense Agency (JDA). If this trend continues, Japan will find itself with a less capable force that cannot maintain a defense posture commensurate with i [...]	2006-03-02 04:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL JA
06TOKYO1319	IWAKUNI REFERENDUM WILL NOT IMPACT AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Summary. Eighty-nine percent of participating voters opposed the relocation of the aircraft carrier wing to Iwakuni, in an Iwakuni City referendum held on March 12. However, Defense Minister Nukaga made it clear the same day that the proposed plan "must be implemented." Chief Cabinet Sec [...]	2006-03-13 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL JA
06TOKYO1479	DEFENSE MINISTER NUKAGA MEETS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C ) Summary: Defense Minister Nukaga on the evening of March 17 made a pitch for a "two plus two" ministerial meeting after the base realignment initiatives are finalized, stressing that a "political statement" is necessary to gain public understanding of the realignment initiatives, particu [...]	2006-03-22 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO3832	GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer and Russian Ambassador Losyukov on July 7, 2006 delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yabunaka. Yabunaka thanked the Ambassadors for informing the GOJ prior to the official announcement of the Initiative at the G8 summit. Noting that Japa [...]	2006-07-10 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA JA RS AS CA
06TOKYO5558	JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This is an action message. See para 5. 2. SUMMARY: Russian Embassy Political Officer Sergey I. Kuznetsov and U.S. Embassy Science and Technical Affairs Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 25 September. Using the three briefing documents (reftel) officers exp [...]	2006-09-26 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PTER
06TOKYO5709	PDUSD HENRY AND JDA'S MORIYA DISCUSS CHINA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is concerned about China's lack of transparency in its military modernization, its campaign to end the EU arms embargo on Beijing, and its recent efforts to downgrade exchanges with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA),Administrative Vice-Minister Takemasa Moriya told visiting Pr [...]	2006-10-02 00:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	MARR MCAP PREL CH JA
06TOKYO5904	ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM JAPAN REGARDING THE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 4-6. 2. SUMMARY: Russian Embassy Political Officer Sergey I. Kuznetsov and American Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 2 October, and hand-delivered answers provided by Washington (reftel) [...]	2006-10-11 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA FR
06TOKYO6041	JAPANESE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING GLOBAL [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. SUMMARY: Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs spoke to Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 17 October regarding details on the GI Morocco meeting (reftel). Embassy plans to meet with MOFA on 18 October at 10:00am to continue discu [...]	2006-10-17 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06TOKYO6060	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 2006 CCW [...] (C) On October 17, Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche on the November 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference to MOFA Conventional Arms (CA) Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa expressed thanks for the U.S. nonpaper and said that MOFA wanted to keep i [...]	2006-10-18 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL JA
06TOKYO6067	CURRICULUM VITAE OF JAPANESE HEAD DELEGATE AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. SUMMARY: Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with MOFA on 18 October to review details on the GI Morocco meeting (reftels). Japan raised additional questions, provided the CV of Japan,s head of delegation, and commented on [...]	2006-10-18 06:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06TOKYO6132	JAPAN SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON DOCUMENTS TO BE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 4-6. 2. SUMMARY On 19 October, Japan received a Notional Agenda for the subject meeting from its Embassy in Morocco, which had been passed to it by the Russian Embassy. Japan is concerned because the agenda indicates that IPNs are expected to reach ag [...]	2006-10-22 22:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PTER JA
06USNATO418	NAC STATEMENT ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] The North Atlantic Council on July 5 discussed North Korea's multiple launches of ballistic missiles and agreed to issue the statement below on behalf of the 26 nations. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plans also to meet with the press. 2. Begin NAC Statement: NATO North Atlanti [...]	2006-07-05 11:01:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MCAP NK
06USNATO622	17 OCTOBER COFFEE [...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]	2006-10-19 15:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06VIENNA3155	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON [...] (C) EconPolOff presented reftel points on October 17 to Dorothea Auer, Head of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department, and Monika Froemler, Auer's advisor on the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). Regarding the upcoming Review Conference (RevCon) for the CCW, Auer said that con [...]	2006-10-27 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL AU
06VILNIUS103	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS45	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06WARSAW1171	POLISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REFORM: CASTING OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Lech Kaczynski signed into law three bills that will liquidate Poland's existing Military Information Services (WSI) on September 30, 2006 in order to create two new services on October 1, 2006, the Military Intelligence Service (SWW) and the Military Counte [...]	2006-06-14 12:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MCAP PGOV MARR PL
06WARSAW149	RESPONDING TO POLISH NON-PAPER REQUESTING [...] (C) Summary. Post received January 24 a non-paper apparently prepared personally by DefMin Sikorski, revising the non-paper he had handed to Secretary Rumsfeld December 7 in Washington. Unless otherwise instructed Embassy intends to use talking points at para. 7 in responding to GOP official [...]	2006-01-31 19:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MASS PGOV OVIP PL
06WARSAW207	POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]	2006-02-09 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
06WARSAW497	POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]	2006-03-17 09:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW504	POLAND MOVES TO ACCELERATES MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Defense Minister (DefMin) Sikorski announced their shared intention to accelerate modernization of the Polish military at a press conference following the annual meeting of Defense Ministry and Armed Forces leadership on March 13. Their plan include [...]	2006-03-17 14:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WELLINGTON843	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AVM CONVENTION [...] (SBU) PE Couns shared reftel demarche on the 2006 Convention on Conventional Weapons Review Conference with Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald said that New Zealand is supportive of a strong, legally-binding p [...]	2006-10-30 23:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PREL NZ
06YEREVAN1514	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-OCTOBER 2006 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC conducted an End-Use Monitoring (EUM) inspection of Harris radios provided to ARM MOD in Southern Armenia with 92 percent accountability results. Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) facility is being prepared for shipment to Armenia. FMF AM-B-BAA, A-1: Peacekeeping [...]	2006-10-27 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1639	MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST CALL-UP MESSAGE [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. BATTALION OPERATIONS TRAINING: MTT B. TEAM COMPOSITION: 10 SOLDIERS: ONE EACH, MTT OIC (LTC),POST INFANTRY BATTALION COMMAND),PERSONNEL OFFICER (LT),INTELL OFFICER (CPT),OPERATIONS OFFICER (MAJ),FIRE SUPPORT OFFICER (CPT),AIR OFFICER (CPT),LOGISTICS [...]	2006-11-22 04:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1665	MTT CALL-UP MESSAGE FOR MEDICAL PLT MTT [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. MEDICAL PLATOON ESTABLISHMENT B. TEAM COMPOSITION: AT LEAST 2 OFFICERS AND 2 NCOS WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING BACKGROUND IN MEDICAL PLATOON/COMPANY OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TO BATTALION OPERATIONS. 1 CURRENT OR FORMER OFFICER SHOULD HAVE COMPANY/PLATOON COMMAND EXPERIE [...]	2006-12-01 05:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1666	MTT CALL-UP MESSAGE FOR SIGNAL PLT MTT [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. SIGNAL PLATOON ESTABLISHMENT FUNDED BY FMF CASE AM-B-UAA B. TEAM COMPOSITION: AT LEAST 2 OFFICERS AND 2 NCOS WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING BACKGROUND IN SIGNAL PLATOON/COMPANY OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TO BATTALION OPERATIONS. 1 CURRENT OR FORMER OFFICER SHOULD HAVE COMPA [...]	2006-12-01 05:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1675	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-OCTOBER 2006 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC continues to develop the ARM Peacekeeping Brigade equipping plan for consideration in FY08. Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) facility is beginning to arrive in Armenia. FMF AM-B-BAA Peacekeeping battalion equipment is also arriving. Awaiting FMF Harris radio reque [...]	2006-12-05 10:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07ABIDJAN1112	COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 07:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV
07ABIDJAN1116	COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 15:56:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV
07ABIDJAN809	DEMARCHE ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of the Office of International Organizations and UN Affairs, on July 26 on reftel points. Emboff left relevant points with Boutchoue and will inform Department in septel of any substantive response. HOOKS [...]	2007-08-01 16:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV
07ABUDHABI1119	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...]	2007-07-03 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO
07ABUDHABI1257	PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) On July 25 Emboff met with Anwar Barout, MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations, to urge UAEG adoption of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) at its earliest opportunity. Emboff noted that other states in the Gulf region including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar (also Eg [...]	2007-07-26 13:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AE
07ABUDHABI956	AFGHAN DEFMIN WARDAK MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Summary: On June 8, Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak told Ambassador that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has informed President Karzai that the UAE would donate nine Mi-19 helicopters to Afghanistan. General Wardak has passed the UAE and other donor c [...]	2007-06-10 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AF AE
07ABUDHABI964	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN/IRAQ WITH USNAVCENT [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff in Abu Dhabi on June 6. MbZ stressed the need for communication and [...]	2007-06-11 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MOPS MCAP KNNP PTER IR IZ AE
07ACCRA1663	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel information to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau for International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang thanked us for the information and said she would pass the information to her superiors. BRIDGEWATER [...]	2007-08-07 15:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GH
07ACCRA285	GHANA AT 50: SETTING THE SCENE - JUBILEE...NOT [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of reports looking at Ghana at 50, intended to be scene setters for the official delegation which will be visiting this year. On March 6, Ghana will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary as Sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. The mood so [...]	2007-02-08 15:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH MCAP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
07ADDISABABA1096	ETHIOPIA: DEMARCHE TO ETHIOPIA OVER NORTH KOREAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador delivered demarche points on steps Ethiopia is taking to diversify its military production units away from imports from North Korea (ref C) to Prime Minister Meles April 10. Meles noted that the goods imported from North Korea were primarily chemicals for ammunition producti [...]	2007-04-12 12:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS MCAP ET KN RS IN CH
07ADDISABABA1743	FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO DPRK TRADE AND STOPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Addis has pressed Ethiopian senior officials at every ministry and at every level to establish alternatives to North Korean trade and military ties. Ethiopia has significantly reduced trade with North Korea and is moving forward on phasing out the country's sole ammunit [...]	2007-06-05 09:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP ECON KN ET
07ADDISABABA3159	AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S. OFFER OF C3IS [...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]	2007-10-25 13:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3160	CORRECTION - AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S. OFFER [...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]	2007-10-25 13:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3168	CORRECTION 3 - AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]	2007-10-25 13:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3528	PRIME MINISTER MELES ON NORTH KOREAN ARMS [...] (S/NF) Ambassador and ORA chief met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles on December 10 in follow-up to prior meetings on North Korean relations. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for opening up Ethiopia's munitions factory in Ambo, which operates in connection with North Korea, to a visit [...]	2007-12-13 05:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP KN ET
07AMMAN1185	JORDAN,S CABINET PROPOSES MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (U) The cabinet agreed March 5 to seek parliamentary approval of a bill reviving conscription. The proposal would require both men and women to participate in three months of military training -- men at army camps and women at universities. Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhit said in a speech M [...]	2007-03-15 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV SOCI JO
07AMMAN1477	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP MCAP JO
07AMMAN1567	KING RECALLS PARLIAMENT FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] ( SBU ) King Abdullah issued a decree on April 5 recalling Parliament for an extraordinary session, a move that some GoJ contacts were not expecting (ref A). The session, which begins April 15, will probably last one month, and will consider eight government-drafted bills. 2. ( SBU ) Jor [...]	2007-04-12 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KTFN MCAP JO
07AMMAN3185	NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-29 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP MCAP JO
07AMMAN386	BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING [...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...]	2007-01-30 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP JO
07ANKARA1406	REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ON IRAN'S [...] (S) We need to keep Turkish military and government authorities focused on the medium to long-term threat posed by an Iran with nuclear weapons and long range delivery systems. As part of this effort, we must continue to stress with the Turks the geopolitical and physical dimensions of the th [...]	2007-06-06 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MCAP MNUC KNNP ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA1961	TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] We raised reftel points with Bora Kerimoglu, Section Chief in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department on July 31, encouraging his office to ensure that the International Convention is on the agenda for the newly elected parliament's consideration this fall. We also inquired about any [...]	2007-07-31 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1971	POST SUPPORTS 1206 FUNDING FOR USAREUR PROPOSAL [...] (S) Embassy Ankara supports USAREUR G2/EUCOM J2 Section 1206 proposal for training of tactical HUMINT operators. This training will enable Turkey to deploy tactical HUMINT forces in support of stability and counter-terrorism operations with the same level of collective training as US soldiers [...]	2007-08-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PTER TU
07ANKARA533	INVITATION FOR MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANTANANARIVO315	JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered the joint demarche with the Russian Ambassador to the Malagasy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva. The Minister promised to look at the declaration within the framework of existing treaties and Madagascar's position in SADC and the Indian Ocean. A response wil [...]	2007-04-02 13:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO802	PRESS REPORTS INDIAN LISTENING POST IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Press reports indicate the Indian Government has opened a "listening post" on the northern coast of Madagascar to monitor seagoing traffic in the Indian Ocean. Most recently "Asia Times Online" reported the station took a year to construct and opened in July to contribute to India,s secu [...]	2007-08-10 06:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECPS PREL MOPS MARR MCAP IN MA XO
07ASHGABAT1255	LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. NO MORE BLANKET OVERFLIGHT 2. (C) The Government of Turkmenistan notified Embassy Ashgabat via diplomatic note on 20 November that it will not renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance number 999C that allows certain U.S. aircraft t [...]	2007-11-20 14:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX US
07ASHGABAT1281	BLANKET OVERFLIGHT APPROVED [...] (C) The Government of Turkmenistan has agreed to renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance request number 999C that had been due to expire November 30. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov called in the Charge to deliver this news. Meredov s [...]	2007-11-26 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT1303	TURKMENISTAN: LOSS OF BLANKET CLEARANCE - WHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After first declining to renew an existing blanket clearance for U.S. aircraft, Turkmenistan changed its position and granted the renewal when the U.S. government challenged the decision. A combination of factors probably led to the initial denial, includig pressure from Russia, [...]	2007-11-29 14:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A/CDA met with Russian Ambassador Blatov April 3 and presented reftel talking points and statement of principles in Russian translation. He noted this was a U.S-Russian presidential initiative, and asked Ambassador Blatov to join him, or other EmbOffs, to make a joint demarche to the G [...]	2007-04-03 10:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TX RS
07ASHGABAT564	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND [...] (C) Executive Summary. Your first visit to Turkmenistan helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while reinforcing the progress made by the United States since December 2006 in "turning a new page" in its overall relationship with Turkmenistan. Although the new pre [...]	2007-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP RS AF IR TX
07ASTANA1730	KAZAKHSTAN REQUESTS IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT ON ALL ALATAU [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 12 meeting in Astana, Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Satkaliyev told Assistant Secretary Rood and Deputy Administrator Tobey that Kazakhstan preferred to sign an Implementing Arrangement covering all Department of Energy activities at the Institute of Nu [...]	2007-06-22 03:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC MCAP KNNP KZ
07ASTANA3206	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY EXPLAINS DELAYS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on November 21, Bakhit Shaikhislamova, Chief of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources External Relations Office, stated that several government agencies oppose signing the Communique on BN-350 Spent Fuel Permanent Disposition. As a result, Shaikh [...]	2007-11-28 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC MCAP KNNP KZ
07ASTANA689	KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TO HOST THIRD GICNT MEETING [...] (SBU) On March 13, post received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani MFA dated March 5 formalizing the GOK's offer to host the next meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Informal embassy translation: No. 10-2-2/632 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic [...]	2007-03-19 01:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ
07ASUNCION101	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 3 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Pucheta New Supreme Court Chief Justice -- Senator Morinigo in Intensive Care; Driver Dead -- Senate Approves Peacekeepers for Cyprus -- Paraguay Second-Least Competitive Country in Americas -- IPR Unit Attacked in Press PUCHETA NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE 2. (C) S [...]	2007-02-09 18:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV MCAP MOPS PA
07ATHENS1486	GREECE: SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 23, DepPolCouns discussed reftel issues concerning the International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Counsellor Photis Bourlogiannis. Bourlogiannis said Greece was amongst the first signatories [...]	2007-07-25 21:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS184	INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF [...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...]	2007-01-26 14:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR
07ATHENS497	U.S./RUSSIAN DEMARCHE ON THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On 6 March 2007, Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Andrey Vdovin called on MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas to deliver jointly demarches concerning the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel). Both ambassadors urged the GoG to endorse the Statement of Princip [...]	2007-03-09 05:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS532	GREEKS EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) In response to March 6 joint demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism delivered by Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Vdovin (ref b),MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas on March 12 sent a SIPDIS letter to Ambassador stating that Greece "gladly" endorsed t [...]	2007-03-13 15:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP GR
07ATHENS581	DAS BOOT DOMINATES GERMAN,S VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (SBU) On March 12, German Defense Minister Dr. Franz Josef Jung met with Greek Minister of Defense Meimarakis to discuss bilateral defense cooperation issues, defense and security priorities of the German EU presidency, and the overall situation in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterra [...]	2007-03-20 08:27:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR GR
07BAGHDAD1282	BAGHDAD POLICE COLLEGE: MORE THAN THE SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq continues efforts to establish a quality police training facility at the Baghdad Police College by this summer. Ongoing efforts include remedial construction at eight cadet barracks, facilities made infamous last fall because of [...]	2007-04-14 18:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG IZ KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD1544	PRT TIKRIT: INCREASED ATTACKS IN SALAH AD DIN WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (S) Since the early February sta [...]	2007-05-10 08:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MCAP PINR PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD1584	MINDEF AGREES TO DETENTION REFORM AS POPULATION [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At the urging of MNSTC-I Commanding General Lieutenant General Dempsey, Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir agreed on May 6 to address the abuse and substandard detention conditions discovered recently by an MOD-led inspection team visit to the Baghdad military intelligen [...]	2007-05-14 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1593	MALIKI RESHAPES THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to reshape the Iraqi national security architecture seem to be producing increasing centralization of power in the hands of an inner circle of Shia Islamists at the expense of the formal chain of command. Defense Minister Abd al-Qadir, a S [...]	2007-05-15 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1606	DHI QAR: FIGHTING BETWEEN JAM AND IRAQI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL MNC-I) Summary: This is a situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) and elements of [...]	2007-05-16 16:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1660	ROCKETS SLIGHTLY DAMAGE IRAQI PARLIAMENT BUILDING, [...] (C) At approximately three this afternoon two rockets (believed to be 107 mm) struck the Iraqi Parliament Building located in the International Zone (IZ). The Council of Representatives was not in session and there were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure reported. Ground rada [...]	2007-05-21 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PINS
07BAGHDAD1666	MALIKI SAYS NEIGHBORS AND JAM ARE SERIOUS THREATS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told General Petraeus and the Ambassador May 17 that he was frustrated with his neighbors' continued treachery against him and Iraq. Maliki also expressed distress over Jaysh al-Mahdi and said he intended to act more aggressively against t [...]	2007-05-22 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1699	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We request the release of U.S. sensors and weapons (described in para 3-5) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) for incorporation onboard Iraqi Air Force (IAF) aircraft to advance the GOI's counter-terrorism capability and sec [...]	2007-05-23 08:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1731	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the release of AN/PVS-7 (Gen 3, 1250 FOM) Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) and AN/PEQ-2 Target Pointer Illuminating Aiming Lights (TIAPL) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Mini [...]	2007-05-24 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1741	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the full release of U.S Generation III AN/PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq for use by the Iraqi Army to enable improved counterterrorism operations and reduction of potentia [...]	2007-05-25 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1837	STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ISCI CONTINUES [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a May 27 meeting of the joint Coalition - Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) Security Committee, Badr Organization leader (and CoR Security and Defense Committee Chairman) Hadi al-Amri told MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects MG Winfield Scott that ove [...]	2007-06-03 11:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1882	BADR HEAD CALLS FOR EMPOWERING LOCALS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a 3 June meeting of the joint Coalition - Iraqi Security Committee, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq deputy and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amri outlined to Embassy and MNF-I officials several issues that he feels are critical for establishing security, including: [...]	2007-06-06 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1915	NATIONAL POLICE DETAINED FOR SUNNI MOSQUE BOMBING [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY. On June 9, Iraqi Security Forces detained two National Police commanders for possible involvement in the June 8 bombing that damaged the Sunni Al Fattah Pasha mosque in Baghdad,s Al Bayya neighborhood. The bombing follows two recent high profile cases of sectarian atta [...]	2007-06-10 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1948	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI TO FOCUS ON OIL LAWS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 10, Prime Minister Maliki assured the Ambassador of his commitment to getting the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft laws in front of the Council of Representatives as a package within days. He also pledged to bring de-Baathification and prov [...]	2007-06-13 08:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1981	FOURTH ISCI SECURITY MEETING FOCUSES ON POPULAR [...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the fourth Coalition-Iraqi Security Committee meeting on 11 June, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard that leveraging the potential of local communities through Popular Committees could fill the intelligence and security v [...]	2007-06-17 06:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD2073	MEK - FINDING A HOME AND RESTRICTING THEIR [...] SUMMARY (C/REL MNF-I) On June 22, Prime Minister Maliki's political advisor, Sadik al-Rikabi, told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is committed to finding third-country residences for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) population residing in Camp Ashraf. He said that [...]	2007-06-25 01:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2116	MALIKI ON OIL, RECONCILIATION, AND HAMID THE MUTE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 24, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador he would do his best to ensure the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft are submitted to the Council of Representatives as a package in the coming days. Maliki said he was pleased with the [...]	2007-06-27 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2155	PRT TIKRIT: TRIBES FORM SALAH AD DIN SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C//REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In its June 13 meeting, the Salah ad Din (SaD) Sheikhs' Council established the Salah ad Din Support Council to act as a liaison between the tribes and the provincial government on local security is [...]	2007-06-30 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MCAP PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD2220	IRAQI POLICE PERFORMANCE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: According to the May assessments from U.S. police transition teams in eleven Baghdad districts and municipalities, the Iraqi police show signs of progress in leadership and operational capability, especially in neighborhoods where Joint Security Stations have been esta [...]	2007-07-05 01:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2282	ISCI SECURITY COMMITTEE STRESSES TRIBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) Security Committee meeting on July 2, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi reemphasized the importance of tribal engagement, popular committees, and detainee issues. Badr Organization Secretary-General Hadi al Amer [...]	2007-07-10 09:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2344	PRT TIKRIT: TRIBAL SECURITY INITIATIVES IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Since the Salah ad Din (SaD) Support Council, a grouping of tribal sheikhs fighting al Qaeda in the province, formed in mid-June (reftel),two major differences have emerged which distinguish the SaD efforts from the tribal security ini [...]	2007-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MCAP IZ

07BAGHDAD2400	BADR HEAD ACCUSES COALITION OF TARGETING ISCI [...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The continued detention of persons affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) dominated discussion in joint ISCI-US Security Committee meetings (ref). In an effort to bolster our relationship with ISCI, at the 9 July Committee meeting, Genera [...]	2007-07-18 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2849	MALIKI URGED TO LEAD PARTIES TOWARD POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker strongly urged Prime Minister Maliki to take advantage of an improving security situation and lead Iraq towards political reconciliation, emphasizing that Iraqi political factions were extremely close to agreement on two key sticking points: [...]	2007-08-25 18:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD2930	MALIKI PREDICTS IMPROVED SECURITY CONDITIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: An optimistic Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki predicted improved security conditions in Iraq due to Moqtada al-Sadr,s pledge to stand down his Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia and to very positive signals from his trips to Iran and Syria where he claimed to secure agreements to stop in [...]	2007-09-01 13:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3180	MALIKI CAUTIOUS ABOUT BASRAH AND MOSUL SECURITY; [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge d,Affaires Patricia Butenis that he was cautious about the security conditions in Basrah and Mosul, but contended that Basrah could come under Iraqi Provincial Control (PIC) by December. He was [...]	2007-09-22 07:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3199	ADVANCED MISSILES USED AGAINST U.S. AIRCRAFT [...] (S) According to DIA and the U.S. Army Aircraft Shoot Down Assessment Team, insurgents recently targeted U.S. military helicopters in Iraq with advanced missiles that have some capability to defeat current U.S. countermeasures. The missiles are likely of Iranian origin. While military intelli [...]	2007-09-24 01:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3262	AQI BEGINS ANTICIPATED RAMADAN ATTACK SURGE [...] (S) Summary: After a relatively quiet first ten days of Ramadan, Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) began its anticipated surge of high-profile attacks on September 23 with a four-fold increase in the rate of attacks. Analysis suggests that AQI is primarily targeting two groups: the ISF and Sunni tribal m [...]	2007-09-29 16:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3372	MALIKI OPTIMISTIC ON SECURITY; DISCUSSES IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described himself as optimistic on security because of a decrease in sectarianism and increase in confidence by Iraqis in their own security forces. Thi [...]	2007-10-08 19:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3465	MALIKI WORRIED ABOUT KIRKUK AND MOSUL SECURITY; [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki expressed continued concern over the security situation in northern Iraq particularly Kirkuk and Mosul, where he cited increasing ethnic tensions between Arabs and Kurds. Maliki agreed with the Ambassador about successes in turning around many Baghdad neighb [...]	2007-10-18 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3553	IRAQI ARMY - WITH COALITION HELP - CONDUCTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna message. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army - with Coalition help - on October 21 treated over 1,000 men, women, and children in its first-ever medical civic action program in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna. The local brigade commander has publicly taken [...]	2007-10-26 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MOPS PINS SOCI AS IZ
07BAGHDAD3563	MALIKI ON DIPLOMACY WITH TURKEY, STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the Ambassador and General Petraeus that the door remains open to dialogue with Turkey concerning the recent attacks by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) on Turkish Army units. He said it was important to include members of the Kurdish Regional Government ( [...]	2007-10-27 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3679	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of ANV-20/20 NVD Infinity Focus System (NSN: 6625-01-431-8615) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command [...]	2007-11-06 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3680	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command and Coalition Forces t [...]	2007-11-06 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3721	MALIKI ON CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS, STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting, Prime Minister Maliki emphasized the primacy of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and local police in maintaining law-and-order. He expressed concern about the sectarian composition of many Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) groups and urged future CLC expa [...]	2007-11-13 02:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3869	MOD GENERAL ABBADI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BASRAH ISF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3886	PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS CENTERS CHANGING THE PREMISE [...] (C) On October 29, Karbala became the eighth province to transfer from Coalition to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) in a two-hour ceremony that was intended to symbolize Iraq's growing stability and progress. The transfer ceremony was slightly different this time, however; when MND-C Commander [...]	2007-11-29 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD4078	MALIKI ON USG-IRAQI BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, BASRAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the USCENTCOM Commander, Admiral Fallon, that he was pleased with the recently signed Declaration of Principles and blamed negotiating delays on deliberations required by the Council of Representatives (CoR). Concerning the transition of Basrah to Provin [...]	2007-12-16 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD4136	KUWAITI NAVY IN DISPUTE WITH COALITION-CONTRACTED [...] (C) Summary. The Kuwaiti Navy forced two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) for salvage operations to hastily depart from their anchored position in disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway on December 18. This occurred despite multiple-channel appeals to th [...]	2007-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS
07BAGHDAD4163	AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS TROOP DRAWDOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd confirmed the drawdown of the Australian battle group and training elements at Tallil by August 2008. He noted that Australia was not leaving the coalition; some units would stay citing the P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, the frigate in the Arabian G [...]	2007-12-23 14:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAKU367	AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN JOINING INITIATIVE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered REF information about the "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism" on March 30, to Azerbaijani MFA Security Affairs Department officers. The officers said that the MFA was interested in the initiative [...]	2007-04-03 12:36:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07BAKU945	AZERBAIJAN ON ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24. Mammadyarov assured Ambassador that he would investigate the matter of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) further, and said he thought the convention afforded another opportunity for bi [...]	2007-07-26 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER IR AJ
07BAKU986	FURTHER INFORMATION ON AZERBAIJAN AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 07:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER
07BAMAKO559	MALIAN MILITARY LOOKING FOR 3000 NEW RECRUITS [...] (U) Col. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, the Malian military's Director of Information and Public Relations, told the Embassy on May 23 that the Malian military hoped to enlist 3000 new soldiers during the 2007 recruiting drive that ended last week. Local newspapers reported that many potential recrui [...]	2007-05-24 11:41:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ASEC MCAP ML
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN113	DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). (We were unable to arrange for a joint demarche with Russian Federation; it has no resident diplomatic represe [...]	2007-03-29 08:28:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BX
07BANGKOK4235	THAILAND REVIEWING NEXT STEPS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 07:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK5503	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5504	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5646	DEFENSE MINISTER PLEDGES NO INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told the Ambassador that the Thai military is committed to not interfering in the coming political campaign and that the Council for National Security could dissolve as it has no role to play at this point. Boonrawd stated his hope that the Burm [...]	2007-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MCAP TH BM
07BANJUL105	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche February 26 to Foreign Affairs Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Bala Garba Jahumpa, briefing on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and providing a copy of the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. Ambassador urged the GOTG to endo [...]	2007-02-28 11:52:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GA
07BANJUL234	THE GAMBIA: THE MILITARY GETS ITS FIRST GENERAL [...] (C) The GOTG announced May 2 President Yahya Jammeh's decision to promote Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD) Lang Tombong Tamba from the rank of Colonel to that of Brigadier General. Tamba thus becomes the first Gambian military officer to achieve the rank of General. The appointment occurred amid [...]	2007-05-03 15:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PHUM GA
07BASRAH100	GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP),which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...]	2007-10-26 18:33:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH120	BASRAH'S SHEIKHS TO OFFER POLICE RECRUITS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Basrah's leading tribal sheikhs and Police Chief met December 17 with Regional Embassy Officers to discuss how the tribes could contribute to improving the province's security situation. The Police Chief, MG Jalil Khalaf Sh [...]	2007-12-20 14:20:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ
07BASRAH50	IRAQI ARMY NOT PREPARED FOR PIC [...] (C) Summary: The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th Infantry Division (ID),Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, told the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 28 that his forces will not be able to secure Basrah once provincial Iraqi control (PIC) is handed over. His comments [...]	2007-06-02 18:39:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	MCAP PTER ABLD IR
07BASRAH51	HALLELUIA; MOI SECURITY COMMITTEE UNCOVERS HOW BAD BASRAH [...] (S) Summary. In a two-hour meeting with the Regional Director on June 7, the Interior Ministry committee charged with evaluating Basrah's security situation quickly admitted that they found security in Basrah to be very poor and laid the blame squarely on the chief of Police, Iraqi Police Ser [...]	2007-06-08 12:21:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP MARR ZP
07BEIJING1688	INVITATION TO FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 07:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING1885	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...]	2007-03-20 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING2152	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 07:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING2484	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...]	2007-04-14 06:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING2555	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...]	2007-04-18 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING3120	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...]	2007-05-10 11:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING3998	EXPANSION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ALBANIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING459	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINA RESPONSE ON PLAN OF WORK [...] (C) China has no current plans to host activities to implement the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism but will actively participate in activities hosted by others, MFA Arms Control Department official Yang Yi told poloff. China has a generally positive attitude about the activities, [...]	2007-01-19 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING5755	CHINESE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES DESCRIBES [...] (SBU) PLA General Zheng Shenxia told CODEL Skelton that transparency in strategic intent and expanded military-to-military exchanges enhance our bilateral relations and contribute to the stability of the Taiwan Strait. General Zheng, Director of the Academy of Military Science, discussed the [...]	2007-08-31 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PINS PREL PTER MCAP CH TW
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING958	GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIRUT1220	LEBANON: BRIEFING PM AND DEFMIN ON USG BILATERAL [...] (C) Ambassador and EmbOffs gave a comprehensive briefing of USG bilateral military assistance for Lebanon to PM Siniora and DPM and Defense Minister Murr. This briefing highlighted the dramatic growth of grant assistance from FY 05 to FY 07 in response to Lebanon's recent emergency requests. [...]	2007-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1255	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: as the first CENTCOM Commander to visit Lebanon, your visit provides us an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for Lebanon. Your visit comes during a critical period leading up to presidential elections this autumn, when the Lebanese are [...]	2007-08-16 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1272	LEBANON: MOVING TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF THE GERMAN [...] (C) The German Border Security Pilot Program (BSPP) has made some strides and will "technically" be able to launch as scheduled on September 1. However, most of the equipment and capabilities will not be functional until approximately October 15. There are still unmet equipment needs and Ger [...]	2007-08-21 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1504	LEBANON: LAUNCH OF GERMAN BORDER PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: At the weekly donors meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP) on September 26, Detlef Karioth, Coordinator of the NBPP, announced that the operational launch date had been delayed for another four weeks until November 15. There are a number of reasons for this [...]	2007-09-28 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1565	LEBANON: DELAYS WITH GERMAN BORDER PILOT ENHANCE [...] (C) Summary: At the October 4 weekly meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP),donors listened to the long list of continuing delays affecting the launch date of the NBPP. During the meeting the proposed ESDP mission to the eastern border was raised, but the EU representati [...]	2007-10-05 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SUPPORTS CONINUED NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his desire to continue discussions on the EU proposal for enhanced security on the eastern border with Syria. During Siniora's recent visits to regional capitals, he found, to his surprise, that the Emir of [...]	2007-10-11 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1599	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE EDELMAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. You come during a critical period of the presidential election season. Parliament elects the president and is supposed to [...]	2007-10-11 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY [...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]	2007-10-26 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BELGRADE1509	SERBIA: MISSILE DESTRUCTION STALLS SHORT OF GOAL [...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) In.2005, the United States and Serbia and Montenegro signed an agreement for the destruction of 5,000 MANPADSs by the end of 2007. As of October 31, 2007 Serbia had destroyed nearly 4,000 of those weapons and inten [...]	2007-11-06 17:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MCAP PREL PTER MW SR
07BERLIN1495	GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1496	GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1851	GERMAN EXPORT CONTROL LIST REVISIONS PROHIBIT [...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker informed Global Affairs Officer October 5 that the German Government has updated its national export control list in an effort to prevent Iran from acquiring non-listed radar surveillance equipment that might enhance Iran's mili [...]	2007-10-05 14:40:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PREL PARM MCAP GM IR
07BERLIN599	GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP
07BISHKEK954	KYRGYZ RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KG
07BOGOTA7625	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q3'07 [...] (C) The following reflects the Country Team's quarterly review of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and GOC activities. During the third quarter of 2007, the FARC shifted forces to its core territories between Meta Department and the Pacific coast -- evidently to hunker down, pro [...]	2007-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MCAP OAS CO
07BRASILIA2151	FORMER PRESIDENT URGES USG TO COUNTER CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Former President and sitting senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) urges the USG to do more to counter Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasingly destabilizing actions in the region. Sarney said Chavez threatens to c [...]	2007-11-19 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MASS MCAP BR GY VE IR RS
07BRUSSELS311	EUROPEAN UNION OPERATIONS CENTER COMES ON LINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union Operations Center was declared operational January 1, 2007. It is designed to plan and run an autonomous military operation of approximately 2000 personnel. In practice, the Ops Center will also be used to run civilian and integrated crisis response missions. [...]	2007-01-30 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN MCAP PREL
07BRUSSELS881	Joint Russian-U.S. Demarche to Belgium on the [...] Summary: On March 14, Russian Ambassador Vadim Lukov and Charge d'Affaires Will Imbrie presented to Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security and Disarmament Pol De Witte and Director for Non- Proliferation Werner Bauwens the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat [...]	2007-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL BE RS
07BUCHAREST321	AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR HOS AND MOD TO BOARD US [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 15:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST349	PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Claiming that Romania's military has fulfilled its mission in Iraq, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced during a speech on March 26 that he would do his utmost -- within his constitutional authority -- to see that all Romanian military forces would come home from Iraq by Ch [...]	2007-03-26 17:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV IZ RO
07BUCHAREST366	ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR HOG TO BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST374	STATE SECRETARY VIERITA ON THE RETURN OF ROMANIAN [...] (C) MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita accompanied by UN Director Petru Dumitriu and Director General for Europe Razvan Rusu, on March 28 raised with DCM and POLMILOFF Romanian concerns on UNMIK's attitude and handling of the investigation into the deaths of two ethnic Albanians during a viole [...]	2007-03-30 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PHUM SR RO
07BUCHAREST405	ROMANIA SUBSCRIBES TO STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RO
07BUCHAREST60	ROMANIA: GOALS FOR INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief on January 16 discussed NATO Ministerial goals (ref a) with MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga and NATO Office Deputy Director Ana Tinca. Pol Chief noted the excellent bilateral discussion between Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns held on the margins [...]	2007-01-18 16:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP RO
07BUCHAREST628	RFG: MFA SEEKS WASHINGTON VISIT TO DISCUSS CFE [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) State Secretary for European Affairs Adrian Vierita on May 29 told Charge that he would like to visit Washington the week of June 4 to consult on the upcoming CFE Extraordinary Conference. Vierita said the request for consultations [...]	2007-05-30 14:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP RU RO
07BUCHAREST947	RFG: GOR CONSIDERING NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT [...] (C) This message is a request for guidance. See para 3 below. 2. (C) MFA NATO Directorate Deputy Director Ana Tinca on August 21, raised with Polmiloff a request for USG position on the prospects for the GOR to advance at NATO a proposal for developing Romania's Strategic Airlift Capabili [...]	2007-08-21 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP NATO PREL RO
07BUJUMBURA542	BURUNDI: NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION AWAITING [...] (U) Burundi has signed, but has not yet ratified, the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism, according to Burundi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). DCM met on July 27 with the MFA's Chief of Staff, Alain Niyamitwe, to urge that Burundi ratify the convention as [...]	2007-07-27 10:34:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BY
07CAIRO258	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT VISION [...] (C) Description: The USG has offered the GOE two excess defense article OSPREY Class Mine Hunter Craft under the Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005. The US Navy transferred these ships to the Egyptian Navy (EN) in January 2007. The following Night Vision Devices (NVDs) are routinely included [...]	2007-01-30 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
07CAIRO482	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF INCREMENT 10 OF EGYPT'S [...] (U) Description: Egypt has requested the acquisition of an additional 125 co-produced M1A1 tanks (Letter of Request 06/MC/019). This tenth increment of M1A1 tanks will raise Egypt's total M1A1 tank inventory to 1005. 2. (U) Justification for the M1A1 increment: Upgrading its tank fleet wi [...]	2007-02-22 11:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
07CARACAS2319	VENEZUELAN AIR FORCE ANNOUNCES RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Air Force announced on December 5 the purchase of 12 Russian cargo aircraft to upgrade their heavy lift and in-flight refueling capability. In late October 2007, Rosoboronexport announced that it planned to double or triple its defense industry contracts with the [...]	2007-12-10 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV VE
07COLOMBO1058	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE
07COLOMBO436	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ENDORSING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COLOMBO595	SRI LANKA WILL ENDORSE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 17 informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that Sri Lanka wishes to endorse the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to signify its continuing commitment to support all global efforts to combat [...]	2007-04-20 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COPENHAGEN253	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cain and Russian Ambassador Dmitri Ryurikov delivered reftel demarche to Danish MFA State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) Michael Zilmer-Johns March 20, SIPDIS inviting the Danish government to become a participant in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Zilmer-Joh [...]	2007-03-21 07:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL DA
07DAKAR1575	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SG
07DAKAR940	SENEGAL CURRENTLY HAS 2,681 SOLDIERS AND CIVPOL IN SIX [...] Eighty Senegalese peacekeepers who have been serving as civilian police (CIVPOL) in Haiti returned last week. With Senegal benefiting from the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) and Centers of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) programs, the Mission has [...]	2007-04-27 12:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP KPKO SG
07DARESSALAAM267	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) During his meeting with the DCM on February 26, Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest regarding the USG invitation for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Global Terrorism [...]	2007-03-02 07:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM739	TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING GLOBAL [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania responded May 15 to the Embassy's Diplomatic Note 052/07 dated March 7, 2007 that requested the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism by endorsing the Statement of Principles. The GOT advised that the USG re [...]	2007-05-18 09:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DHAKA1228	BANGALDESH: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-29 07:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BG
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07FREETOWN444	SIERRA LEONE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 17:39:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SL
07GEORGETOWN111	CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S [...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...]	2007-01-26 20:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY
07GEORGETOWN209	ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...]	2007-02-21 19:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY
07GEORGETOWN795	JAGDEO PROMOTES LT. COLONELS TO DEFENSE GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bharrat Jagdeo announced that Coast Guard Captain Gary Best, one of four officers promoted to O-6 rank last week, will be appointed the next Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF). The other three new colonels will take senior positions in the GDF General Sta [...]	2007-08-24 13:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL GY
07HANOI1331	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION; FIVE CT [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with MFA Department of International Law and Treaties Expert Nguyen Dang Thang to deliver reftel points pressing for the signing and ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) by Vietnam. Thang explained the GVN policy of support for the world community [...]	2007-07-27 14:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARTM PREL VM
07HANOI436	JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...]	2007-03-07 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM
07HELSINKI129	FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP FI
07HELSINKI61	FINNAIR CEO CONSIDERS IN-FLIGHT REFUELING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ware called on Finnair CEO and President Jukka Hienonen on January 16. Hienonen raised the possibility of Finnair providing in-flight refueling for Finland,s F-18 Hornet aircraft and mentioned Finnair,s focus on routes to Asia while its North America traffic decrease [...]	2007-01-31 09:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP EIND MCAP FI
07IRANRPODUBAI55	EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 15:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP
07ISLAMABAD2794	F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]	2007-06-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD845	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD890	UPCOMING PAKISTANI BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP MCAP PK PREL
07JAKARTA1024	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We followed up on ref c demarche (reported ref b) in a meeting with Carolina Tinangon in the Department of Foreign Affair's Directorate for International Security and Disarmament on April 11. Noting preparations were underway for a conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Ter [...]	2007-04-11 07:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA2026	PRESSING INDONESIA ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel issues on July 25 with Andy Rachmiato, Deputy Director for WMD Issues in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto thanked us for the report on the U.S. ratification process and noted the Uni [...]	2007-07-26 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA735	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] PolCouns, accompanied by Russian Counselor Sergei Lobanov, delivered reftel demarche March 14 to Mohammad Koba, Head of Section for Itra-State Conflict in the Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. Koba was assigned to receive the demarche at the [...]	2007-03-14 07:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07KABUL1023	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR: SECURITY LIMITS TRIBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings March 18 and 24, Governor Wafa reiterated that the security situation was the over-riding concern in Helmand Province. He was initially dismissive of the need for significant outreach to tribal leaders on governance and development, essentially saying that "having e [...]	2007-03-28 10:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF

07KABUL1036	PRT MEHTARLAM: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Laghman province is positioned to take advantage of new attention to governing capacity and increases in developmental funding after heightened anti-government activity in 2006. The security situation worsened somewhat in the second half of 2006 due to limited Coalition prese [...]	2007-03-29 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1478	PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]	2007-05-02 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL178	BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN [...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]	2007-01-20 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2130	PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]	2007-07-05 08:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2149	PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL GHOR REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghor enjoys a stable security situation overall; most current issues stem from local land and tribal disputes. Pasaband and Taywara Districts remain vulnerable to Taliban elements based in Helmand, evidenced by several incursions this spring. A shortage of ANA and ANP contrib [...]	2007-07-09 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2191	PRT BAMYAN: POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS IN BAMYAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 meeting, Chief of the National Directorate for Security's Bamyan office MG Wasiq described the overall security situation in Bamyan as positive but also spoke of recent intelligence indicating a Taliban plot to attack targets in Bamyan. Wasiq said that while Bamyan [...]	2007-07-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV MOPS PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2244	PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...]	2007-07-12 13:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2355	PRT CHAGHCHARAN: PASABAND AND DOLINA DISTRICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Chaghcharan conducted a patrol of Pasaband and Dolina Districts from July 4-7, meeting with district officials, police, and elders. Residents of both districts praised the work of the ANP. Development issues were the main concern for residents who thanked the PRT for its w [...]	2007-07-23 07:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS MASS PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL236	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND GOVERNOR UNVEILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Wafa has commenced his outreach to tribal leaders through a series of meetings with district shuras. In each meeting, Wafa has presented his "protocols," which are conditions the shura must accept before the Governor will give his approval and support. The c [...]	2007-01-24 07:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL261	UNAMA OPENS PROVINCIAL OFFICE IN KHOST [...] (U) UNSRSG for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs opened the UNAMA Khost Office, one of nine new UNAMA provincial offices, on January 21. In his remarks, Koenigs highlighted the provincial center's importance to the region, noting its university (being developed),economic activity, and strategic locat [...]	2007-01-25 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID AF
07KABUL281	PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING AT ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) At approximately 11:50 a.m. on January 26, a suicide body-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of USAID's Alternative Livelihoods Program (ALP/S) compound in the center of Lashkar Gah. According to Global Security, who handle security for ALP/S, the bomber approached the en [...]	2007-01-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL336	BAGHLAN GETS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (U) Dr Mohammed Alam Ishaqzai, who until recently served as Nangarhar Deputy Governor and Director of Finance, has been selected as the new Governor for Baghlan Province. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai of Nangarhar confirmed Ishaqzai's appointment to PRT officials at a meeting at Jalalabad Airfie [...]	2007-02-04 03:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4143	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA STABILIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Task Force Helmand (TFH) is fully engaged in stabilization operations in Musa Qala and their Military Stabilization Team (MST) has identified health, education and road projects for immediate reconstruction. PRT officers and GoA officials visited Musa Qala on Dec 16, and were [...]	2007-12-18 09:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4157	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALEH POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The political reconstruction of Musa Qaleh is proving to be an extremely complicated process. However, the sustained presence of Minister Popal, of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),has kept officials focused on governance creation for Musa Qaleh. Popal' [...]	2007-12-20 09:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL483	PRT JALALABAD: NEW OFFICIALS REINVIGORATE DIAG [...] (U) Summary: New DIAG Regional Director visited the PRT to describe plans for new initiatives to reinvigorate the DIAG process. Two weeks later, DIAG hosted an event in Jalalabad for former Mujahideen. While the meetings were encouraging, getting new momentum for DIAG will require hard work [...]	2007-02-13 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL515	CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...]	2007-02-14 19:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL944	PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...]	2007-03-22 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID
07KATHMANDU1459	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 11:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1523	UPDATE ON DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU612	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RS NP
07KATHMANDU619	UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]	2007-03-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KIGALI461	OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI [...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]	2007-05-16 05:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KINGSTON352	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Ms. Angela Brown, during a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that MFAFT would consider the [...]	2007-03-13 20:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JM
07KUALALUMPUR1059	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]	2007-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1071	CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] (C) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals for the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) program in support of Eyes in the Sky. Post reiterates its support for the proposed 1206 funding for MDA and requests that it be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post also renews its support for ad [...]	2007-06-22 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR122	1206 FUNDING FINAL REVIEW -- MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals to install radar facilities in Eastern Sabah and CENTRIX stations (reftel). We approve the proposals and recommend that they be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post proposed the radar facilities project based on our understanding dir [...]	2007-01-19 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-07-31 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-08-23 09:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1583	PROPOSED 2008 USNS MERCY VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 01:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR163	UPDATE ON 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652	SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-11-27 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR184	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]	2007-01-31 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR651	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]	2007-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR924	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]	2007-05-24 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT445	KUWAIT ADOPTS MORE VIGOROUS, PUBLIC DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Kuwait has adopted a more vigorous and public defense posture in the past several months, an indication of the Kuwaiti leadership's rising concern about tensions in the Gulf and desire to project to the Kuwaiti public an image of engagement and preparedness. Kuwait [...]	2007-03-28 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT873	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]	2007-06-05 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KYIV1459	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied by Army Attache and poloff, met with Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko June 11 to deliver the response to Ukrainian missile defense questions (ref B). We provided written talking points, a Ukrainian courtesy [...]	2007-06-13 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1560	UKRAINE: U.S.-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSION: [...] (U) EUR/PRA Director and head of delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation Working Group (NPWG) talks Anita Friedt delivered ref A's notification June 26 to Ukrainian MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov on the margins of NPW [...]	2007-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV224	UKRAINE: REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE MEDIA REPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko told Ambassador January 29 that the U.S. announcement about its preparedness to locate missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic had the unintended consequence in Ukraine of reinforcing [...]	2007-01-31 16:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
07KYIV705	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...]	2007-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US UP
07KYIV779	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS FOR U.S.; [...] (U) This is an action request for missile defense related information. See para 5. 2. (SBU) We met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov at his request March 30. Belashov expressed his appreciation for Missile Defense Agenc [...]	2007-04-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS EZ PL US UP
07LAPAZ2085	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF NTC [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affair's director of international organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB was reviewing the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) but could not explain [...]	2007-07-30 17:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BL PTER
07LIBREVILLE174	FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:38:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW
07LIBREVILLE221	FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day, Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the [...]	2007-05-11 12:44:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB
07LIBREVILLE29	GABON BUYS USED MIRAGES FROM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Gabon has purchased at least 3 Dassault Mirage F1-AZ fighters from South Africa's Aerosud and Paramount group, which apparently has acquired all of the remaining SAAF F1 airframes. The planes are approximately 30 years old but were upgraded in the 90s and are reported to be in excellent c [...]	2007-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP SF GB EK
07LILONGWE165	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff met with MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on March 1, 2006 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni, after looking through the Statement of Principles, stated that he did not see anything in the statement that would lead to the GOM objecting to their ratification. [...]	2007-03-02 09:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07LIMA3136	GOP FORMALLY REQUESTS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) Summary: On August 1, the GOP formally requested USG assistance for humanitarian demining efforts. Post strongly supports the request and assesses that GOP interest and commitment to the program is high. Demining assistance would contribute to the overall USG foreign policy objective of [...]	2007-09-17 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MCAP MASS MARR AFIN AMGT PE
07LIMA3428	DEMINING: GOP REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs convoked more than 15 diplomatic missions on October 12 to request international financial assistance to remove 29,000 anti-personal mines from Peru's border with Ecuador. GOP officials outlined the history of demining operations in Peru, [...]	2007-10-17 16:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EC MARR MAS MCAP PE PGOV PHUM PREL
07LISBON1078	PORTUGAL INTERESTED IN MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials were grateful to receive the fact sheets developed by EUR/PPD and EUR/PRA on the proposed U.S. missile defense system in conjunction with Poland and the Czech Republic. Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Pedro Sousa Abreu, who [...]	2007-04-20 10:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1467	PORTUGALS VIEWS ON NSG, GLOBAL INTIATIVE, AND PSI [...] (U) Visiting ISN/CPI Director Tony Foley called on Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Director Joao Corte Real May 3 to discuss issues before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),the Proliferation Security Initiativ (PSI),and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclar T [...]	2007-05-24 16:10:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1498	DUSD FATA'S MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEF TO NATO PA [...] Summary. DASD Fata provided a missile defense briefing to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Portugal, stressing that the proposed long range system was to detect, deter, and defend against missile threats from the Middle East and that the system posed no threat to Russia. Fata stres [...]	2007-05-29 10:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PO PREL
07LISBON2328	PORTUGAL SIGNED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 08:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PO
07LISBON2604	EU CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPACE OBJECTS PROPOSED [...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Division representatives passed us a draft Code of Conduct for Space Objects, on which the EU has been working for several months. The draft paper covers activities to avoid collisions and deliberate explosions, to develop sa [...]	2007-10-11 13:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA EUN
07LISBON888	PORTUGAL AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BIOLOGICAL [...] (U) On April 2, Embassy Lisbon received a diplomatic note from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, which outlined its thoughts about a proposed amendment to the biological weapons convention. An informal translation of the text follows and the original was faxed to EUR/PRA on April 5. 2. (U) [...]	2007-04-09 06:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PO
07LJUBLJANA237	VCJCS GIAMBASTIANI PRAISES SLOVENIAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Erjavec, Chief of Defense Gutman, and Deputy Chief of Defense Steiner were pleased to show off the Slovenian Armed Forces' (SAF) progress in defense transformation and its significant contributions to international security during a visit March 30 and 31 by Vice [...]	2007-04-17 08:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA337	U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...]	2007-05-25 15:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA454	SLOVENIA ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) On July 4, the GOS officially endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principals. Post received a diplomatic note regarding the endorsement on July 9. 2. (SBU) A subsequent conversation between Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director [...]	2007-07-16 15:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA52	SLOVENIA: MOUNTAIN SCHOOL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a January 24 meeting with Lt. Miha Kuhar, the director of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Mountain Warfare School, Kuhar eagerly embraced suggestions that the school partner with the U.S. Military's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany and expressed [...]	2007-01-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA95	SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...]	2007-02-16 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI
07LONDON3662	CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...]	2007-09-21 16:25:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK
07LONDON798	IRAQ MND-SE UPDATE: UK TO BE OUT OF BASRA PALACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entire UK presence at Basra Palace, both military and civilian, will be transferred to Basra Air Station by August, UK MOD officials told Embassy London March Â [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP IZ UK
07LUANDA783	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 21:19:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07LUXEMBOURG225	LUXEMBOURG TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The MFA informed us on 29 May that Luxembourg had tentatively agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terror (reftel). The MFA had prepared a briefing paper making this recommendation which the FM was going to present to a Government Cabinet meeting "in the near future." W [...]	2007-06-05 15:59:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PREL PARM LU
07MADRID1469	SPAIN HAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 24 Poloff delivered REFTEL to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Sanchez confirmed that Spain was one of the 23 states to have signed and ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). [...]	2007-07-25 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SP
07MADRID391	SPAIN ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- see paragraph 3. 2. (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 26 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, urging Spain to endorse the Global Initiative's Statement of Principles and to participate in the third meet [...]	2007-03-02 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP SP
07MANAGUA1825	NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAGUA632	NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING GLOBAL [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Brennan and Russian counterpart Valeriy Bobrov delivered the joint reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz, Acting Foreign Minister in Foreign Minister Samuel Santos' absence. Coronel, who recently returned from an [...]	2007-03-09 20:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAMA336	MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN WITH [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman Al Khalifa told visiting Marine Corps Commandant General Conway April 5 that the "tide needs to be turned" in Iraq, and the Iraqi security forces need to find those perpetrating the violence to stop them. He advised coalition troop level reductions in urban areas and [...]	2007-04-11 05:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA343	MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (S) Minister of Defense General Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa told Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway April 5, that he had received intelligence about an Iranian submarine that had entered Saudi waters recently, but when the information was passed to the Saudis, they did not act on it. [...]	2007-04-15 05:26:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA781	BAHRAIN: PRESSING FOR ADOPTION OF CONVENTION FOR [...] (U) Econoff August 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that the GOB had signed the NTC, but had not yet ratified it. He expressed support for the NTC and said the GOB was working to ratify it soon. 2. (C) "Our biggest worry is B [...]	2007-08-13 15:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP KTIA IR BA REGION
07MANILA102	PHILIPPINE MILITARY KILLS ASG URBAN TERRORIST [...] (C/REL AUS) In follow up to the successful January 6 operation that led to the deaths of five Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists and one suspected Jemaah Islamiyah operative near the southern island of Tawi-Tawi (ref a),elements of Military Intelligence Group-9, the Intelligence Service of th [...]	2007-01-10 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA1086	NO LET UP IN COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS ON JOLO [...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Esperon announced April 1 the end of "Operation Ultimatum," the successful months-long effort targeting the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the island of Jolo. General Esperon, however, intends no let [...]	2007-04-04 04:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA1707	PREPARING FOR THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE; PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Ebdane views U.S. counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo as a "real success story," and is appreciative of our assistance in the Philippine Defense Reform program. He predicted President Arroyo would sign a Status of Forces Agreement with Australia during her up [...]	2007-05-24 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AU JA SN SW RP
07MANILA1814	ARROYO'S DOWN UNDER DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo presided over the signing of a number of bilateral security and economic agreements during her recent visits to Australia and New Zealand, most significantly a landmark Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Australia, which nonetheless will likely face a diff [...]	2007-06-01 07:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MCAP PTER AS NZ RP
07MANILA192	SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Working closely with U.S. Pacific Command representatives and counterparts from regional Missions, Post developed an integrated series of proposals for Section 1206 funding that would bolster maritime security in the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas, the critical area through which Jemaah Islamiyah [...]	2007-01-17 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP
07MANILA1947	PM A/A/S MULL'S VISIT UNDERSCORES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull met with top Philippine civilian and military leaders during his June 6-8 visit to the Philippines. He also traveled with the Ambassador to Jolo to attend a major Rewards for Justice ceremony (ref a). In hi [...]	2007-06-13 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS MCAP PTER PINS RP
07MANILA196	PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES ANNOUNCE KILLING OF ASG [...] (U) Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon announced on January 17 that Philippine troops had killed Abu Sayyaf Group leader Jainal Sali AKA Abu Solaiman in an encounter on Jolo Island on January 16. Abu Solaiman was under U.S. indictment for his role in the kidnap [...]	2007-01-17 08:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL ASEC RP
07MANILA214	PRESIDENT ARROYO PRAISES U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo effusively thanked Ambassador Kenney for U.S. help during the recent Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group leader Abu Sulaiman. She called ongoing counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo a "triumph" in the war on terror. She [...]	2007-01-18 09:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP
07MANILA2233	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING CALLS ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) President Arroyo warmly congratulated and welcomed PACOM Commander Admiral Keating during a meeting at the Presidential Palace June 28. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Romulo, Defense Secretary Ebdane and Chief of Staff General Esperon also participated, together with Ambassador Kenney, DC [...]	2007-07-02 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MCAP PINS PTER MASS RP
07MANILA2259	PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With over 600 soldiers, police officers, and military observers currently deployed to seven countries, the Philippines remains an important contributor to international peacekeeping efforts. These deployments highlight the government's continuing policy of supporting UN peace [...]	2007-07-03 08:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR IV LI HA AF YI SU TT RP
07MANILA240	PRESIDENT ARROYO FIRMLY BEHIND DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Arroyo firmly supports defense reform, and has added another $11 million to the program's Foreign Military Sales Account to buy new equipment for battalion training. Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon is pushing hard for the rapid delivery of the equipment, [...]	2007-01-19 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA241	CONFIRMED DEATH OF ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADER [...] (C) DNA testing by FBI laboratories, in consultation with Philippine experts, confirmed on January 19 that a corpse recently uncovered on Jolo Island in the course of the ongoing "Operation Ultimatum" by the Armed Forces of the Philippines was that of Khaddafy Janjalani, the leader of the te [...]	2007-01-20 05:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS MCAP PREL CASC RP
07MANILA2428	AFP NEXT STEPS IN BASILAN AND JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The senior leadership of Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Mindanao Command plans a measured response to the July 10 Moro Islamic Liberation Front ambush that killed 14 Philippine Marines on Basilan. They are at the same time concerned by the concentration of senior Abu [...]	2007-07-19 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA2519	REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...]	2007-07-27 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID MY TH
07MANILA255	THE USG IS HELPING DEFEAT THE TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The deaths of Abu Sayyaf Group leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Jainal Antel Sali AKA Abu Solaiman at the hands of the Philippine Armed Forces represent a significant victory for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the people of the Philippines. This achievement is also a tes [...]	2007-01-22 09:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP
07MANILA2856	PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION [...] (SBU) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and urged the Philippines to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). 2. (SBU) Leah Ruiz, Director for International Political, Legal, and Securit [...]	2007-08-22 10:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RP
07MANILA3033	PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's initial call with new Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, the two discussed the strong U.S.-Philippine relationship, particularly joint efforts on counterterrorism and military reform, and the need to better educate the Philippine Congress on [...]	2007-09-07 08:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA3049	PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF VOICES [...] (C) Summary: In a private September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, addressed recent command changes and the emphasis on restraint in the wake of the July and August attacks on Philippine military units on Basilan. He also reiterated the [...]	2007-09-10 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA3266	POSITIVE CHANGE IN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A wide-ranging overhaul of armed forces commands in recent weeks has shifted some of the most capable and seasoned veterans in the Philippine military into key leadership positions. The command changes, along with a distinct tactical shift toward more carefully targeted militar [...]	2007-09-28 04:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA3522	PHILIPPINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND SHOWCASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 22 visit to Fort Magsaysay, the Philippine Special Operations Command demonstrated a high degree of professionalism and training. Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon and members of his senior staff provided a broad ove [...]	2007-10-26 02:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA3797	SENATOR AND FORMER COUP PLOTTER WALKS OUT OF COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Antonio Trillanes, a former military officer on trial for his role in leading the failed July 2003 Oakwood Mutiny against the Philippine government, and Brigadier General Danilo Lim, organizer of the February 2006 failed coup attempt, walked out of court proceedings in t [...]	2007-11-29 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS
07MANILA3800	STANDOFF WITH FORMER COUP PLOTTERS ENDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Approximately three hours after a Philippine government deadline to surrender, Senator Antonio Trillanes, a former military officer, along with coup plotter Brigadier General Danilo Lim and other supporters, turned themselves over to Philippine authorities at the Manila Peninsul [...]	2007-11-29 10:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS
07MANILA3816	GOVERNMENT UNRATTLED AFTER FAILED PLOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Senator Antonio Trillanes's failed attempt to destabilize the Arroyo government on November 29, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo expressed confidence in the security forces' handling of the situation, a gesture which was reinforced tangibly when she resumed [...]	2007-12-03 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL RP MASS
07MANILA533	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHABOT [...] (U) Congressman Chabot, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines remain strong. The unique bond shared between U.S. and Philippine veterans further strengthens our ties, as the memory of our partnership in Wor [...]	2007-02-15 10:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL EAID PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP
07MANILA608	CONGRESSMAN CHABOT HELPS KICK OFF BALIKATAN 07 [...] (U) Summary. During his February 18-20 visit to the Philippines, U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) joined Ambassador, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Ebdane, and high ranking U.S. and Philippine military officials at the Opening Ceremony of Balikatan 2007, the annual U.S.-Philip [...]	2007-02-23 06:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EINV BEXP PREL MCAP RP
07MANILA646	INFORMAL U.S./AUSTRALIA/PHILIPPINE DEFENSE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Philippine Department of National Defense invited U.S. Embassy representatives to participate in a February 22 "informal discussion" with Australian officials on defense issues. Australia expects to sign a status of forces agreement with the Philippines in 2007 and hopes t [...]	2007-02-27 09:31:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PHUM AU RP
07MANILA699	PHILIPPINES LIKELY TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) The Philippines will likely become a partner nation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel),according to Alan Deniega, Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs in the Office of United Nations and Intern [...]	2007-03-02 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER RP
07MANILA856	USG AND PHILIPPINE MILITARY STAND [...] (U) The top brass of the Philippine military joined U.S. Ambassador on the southern Philippine island of Jolo for ceremonies marking the end of "Balikatan" (shoulder-to-shoulder),the annual set of joint military exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines that has occurred since 1981. Alt [...]	2007-03-15 10:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP
07MANILA881	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. General Wallace, welcome to the Philippines! I know your visit is short, but I am sure you will find it productive. You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations a [...]	2007-03-16 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
07MANILA977	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BRYAN BROWN [...] (SBU) General Brown, welcome back to the Philippines! A lot has changed since you visited in 2005. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations against Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists on the island of Jolo. You will have a ch [...]	2007-03-26 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP

07MAPUTO1278	PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised Mozambican PKO participation and the Zimbabwe crisis with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana on 10/31. Sumbana stated that the GRM wanted to participate in PKO's, and that he would speak to President Guebuza about notifying the UN's DPKO of Mozambique's [...]	2007-11-05 08:08:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PREL MZ
07MAPUTO955	MOZAMBIQUE OFFERS CONDITIONAL PKO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) During an August 8 call on President Guebuza's Chief of Staff Antonio Sumbana, the Charge noted he would soon visit Minister of Defense Tobias Dai to inquire about Mozambican participation in peacekeeping operations in Africa. Sumbana agreed with the Charge's political analysis that Moz [...]	2007-08-14 07:29:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR MZ
07MASERU623	LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE COMMANDER: "WE SUPPORT AFRICOM" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) Commander Lt. General Thuso Motanyane, during which the Commander expressed strong support for the establishment of AFRICOM and lauded growing military relations between the U.S. and Lesotho. The Amba [...]	2007-12-06 16:50:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR MASS MOPS MCAP LT
07MEXICO1181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 23:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO4062	DEMARCHE REGARDING NTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 19:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MX
07MEXICO4916	READ-OUT OF BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 16-17, Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) senior technical and policy representatives participated in a bilateral technical exchange in Mexico City, Mexico. This meeting was in response to a specific request by the Mexican Government seeking a [...]	2007-09-11 21:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PTER MX
07MONROVIA1012	LIBERIA: REPORTS OF ARMS CACHES - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (U) Recently there have been a slew of headlines in Liberian papers and in some international dailies on "arms caches" being discovered in Liberia and weapons being delivered through the airport. The press accounts have also linked the discoveries of the alleged arms and weapons deliveries to [...]	2007-08-15 17:28:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV MCAP LI
07MONROVIA902	VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...]	2007-07-25 18:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP
07MOSCOW1105	CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...]	2007-03-14 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS
07MOSCOW1144	SERGEY IVANOV'S MIXED LEGACY AS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov leaves behind a mixed legacy as Defense Minister. He can claim credit for increased defense funding and launching a multi-year modernization program for the armed forces. He also sparked some reform initiatives, like the Ministry's revi [...]	2007-03-16 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1537	NEW RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER STILL AN ENIGMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month and a half after his appointment as Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov continues to take a low-key approach to his new job. He has not circulated widely among Defense Ministry officials or military personnel, nor has he publicly articulated a strategic vision for th [...]	2007-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2659	LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...]	2007-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2768	MISSILE DEFENSE: POSITIVE REACTION TO PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Putin's offer to collaborate with the U.S. in Missile Defense at the Qabala radar site in Azerbaijan has been hailed by Russian officials and most commentators. Most argue that Moscow's offer of cooperation should be taken at face value and seriously. By proffering Russian coo [...]	2007-06-08 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW3737	RUSSIAN MFA DISMISSES REPORTS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 16:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL MCAP IR RS
07MOSCOW402	RUSSIANS DEFEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN, SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting Moscow January 18-19, EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt told Foreign Ministry officials that increased Russian transparency on arms transfers to sensitive countries could lessen the possibility of sanctions under U.S. law. Washington was willing to work with the Russian si [...]	2007-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MCAP PREL ETTC RS
07MOSCOW522	RUSSIA'S SILENT CONCERN OVER CHINESE ASAT TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's relatively muted reaction to Beijing's test of an anti-satellite missile last month belies its deep concern about a pending arms race in space. Caught offguard by Beijing's action and unprepared to meet the challenge, Russian officials have publicly downplayed the sign [...]	2007-02-06 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MCAP PREL RS CH
07MOSCOW5339	STATE DUMA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND CFE TREATY [...] (C) Summary: On November 7 the State Duma unanimously approved a draft law to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The law will come into effect on December 12, pending approval by the Federation Council and President Putin's signature. Objections to the C [...]	2007-11-09 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
07MOSCOW5518	MOD SERDYUKOV VISITS CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov's visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia October 29-30 were part of Russian efforts to strengthen ties with CIS member states. (Note: Serdyukov also made an unofficial trip to Kyrgyzstan. End Note.) Serdyukov and his Uzbek counterpart s [...]	2007-11-26 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL SENV
07MOSCOW5535	RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Australia Group (AG) chair John Sullivan and Russian MFA Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Anatoly Antonov led discussions November 20 on Russia's possible membership in the AG. Russia's high-level delegation indicated its interest in joining [...]	2007-11-27 07:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PGOV PREL
07MOSCOW598	RUSSIANS INFORMED OF NEW COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL RS
07MOSCOW78	ISKANDER-E MISSILE FOR LIBYA: RUSSIA HEDGES ON [...] (S) On January 11 we conveyed to the MFA U.S interest (ref) in a technical experts meeting in Moscow before January 29 to discuss issues relating to Libya's possible purchase of the Iskander-E missile. Sergey Petlyakov, Chief of the Arms Technology and Transfer Division of the Foreign Ministr [...]	2007-01-11 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MCAP KNNP LY UK RS
07NASSAU231	DEFENSE FORCE SEEKS TO EXPAND REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Ambassador met with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella to discuss the bilateral military relationship. Scavella wants to expand the RBDF's international role, and improve its migrant interdiction capabilities. He expressed interest in [...]	2007-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP SMIG PREL KPKO BF HA
07NASSAU753	PRIME MINISTER INGRAHAM SEEKS CLOSE TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) On June 13, the Charge called on Prime Minister Ingraham to congratulate him on his recent election and to review U.S. and Bahamian priorities in advance of the June 18-21 Conference on the Caribbean. In a productive 45-minute meeting, Ingraham promised to consider a Proliferation Securi [...]	2007-06-15 22:49:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PTER MCAP PHUM CU VE BF
07NDJAMENA623	UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN CHAD [...] SUMMARY: International media attention to under-age recruitment in Chad, stimulated by reports from Human Rights Watch and UN, has brought an indignant rebuke from the government spokesman, but, at the working level, it appears to have resulted in enhanced cooperation from the Ministry of De [...]	2007-07-26 13:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MCAP KAWC PREL CD
07NDJAMENA888	CHAD: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PTER PARM CD
07NEWDELHI3248	DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...]	2007-07-16 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS
07NEWDELHI3383	DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...]	2007-07-25 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS
07NEWDELHI4767	MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...]	2007-10-29 01:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH
07NEWDELHI5228	DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 3-7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 3-7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Delhi Police on Terror Alert -- Babri Masjid: Continues to Cast Shadow -- India Conducts New Missile Defense Tests. -- Minor Demonstra [...]	2007-12-07 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KISL MCAP PINR SOCI IN
07NICOSIA780	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HENRY TUCKER [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Henry "Hank" Tucker, Deputy Office Director of the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT) to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer fo [...]	2007-09-26 11:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	CY GR MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV MASS DOMC
07NICOSIA786	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEON YATES [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Leon Yates, End-Use Monitoring Program Manager, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA),Department of Defense to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for traveler is Political Chief Greg Ma [...]	2007-09-27 10:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP PARM PGOV MOPS CY
07OSLO1161	NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]	2007-12-18 13:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO187	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY DENIES REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Russian Ambassador to Norway Sergey Andreev to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GON to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles. Andreev declined on grounds that he had no official instruc [...]	2007-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NO
07PANAMA1244	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during June 2007. In early June our key focus was the visit of Codel Meeks. UPDATE ON TITLE III PROGRAM --------------------------- 2. (SBU) DEA and NAS arrang [...]	2007-07-23 21:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1438	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JULY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during July 2007. PENDING GOP INITIATIVES ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Issues we have been following closely -- rollout of a coast guard service, reorganization o [...]	2007-08-27 21:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA372	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...]	2007-03-12 16:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM
07PANAMA490	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 19:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM
07PANAMA508	NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...]	2007-04-04 14:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM MCAP PM
07PANAMA991	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...]	2007-06-13 13:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PARAMARIBO384	US EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo endorses the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, US Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to properly outfit and train its c [...]	2007-07-24 18:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS
07PARAMARIBO668	U.S. EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo reiterates its endorsement (REF B) of the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, U.S. Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to [...]	2007-12-28 15:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS
07PARIS3250	FRANCE WILL BEGIN RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE [...] (SBU) French MFA counterterrorism official, Francois Revardeaux, told poloff at the end of July that the MFA will begin working in September 2007 on ratification of the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Convention's ratification, Revardeaux said [...]	2007-08-01 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL FR
07PARIS3875	A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...]	2007-09-17 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR
07PARIS3964	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE [...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]	2007-09-21 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS4522	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]	2007-11-19 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4529	USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]	2007-11-19 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4683	USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]	2007-12-11 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4718	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...]	2007-12-14 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR
07PARIS542	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMABT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche about plans for outreach regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control Department official Philippe Errera on February 9. Russian interlocutors were unavailable to deliver the demarche jointly. GoF officials provided no res [...]	2007-02-09 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07PHNOMPENH455	CAMBODIA SAYS YES TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On March 21, Ambassador and Russian Ambassador Valery Tereshchenko jointly presented the demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel) to Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong. The Foreign Minister reiterated Cambodia's commitment to fighting terrorism, d [...]	2007-03-22 06:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH537	CAMBODIAN DIP NOTE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVE [...] On April 10, Embassy received the RGC diplomatic note dated April 4 indicating their desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Post has included the complete text below: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE (As Writte [...]	2007-04-11 07:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PODGORICA190	REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a pr [...]	2007-06-07 07:30:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
07PRAGUE289	U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...]	2007-03-19 14:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU
07PRAGUE472	ACTION REQUEST: CZECH REPUBLIC ENDORSES STATEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. On April 27, The Embassy received diplomatic note 113582/2007-OSN saying the Czech Republic endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and supports the objectives of the Initiative. A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxe [...]	2007-05-02 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU
07QUITO1904	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 11:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EC
07QUITO2570	ECUADORIAN ARMY'S 4TH DIVISION OPERATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division has engaged the FARC along the border with Colombian since November 19, 2007. This series of operations demonstrates previously uncharacteristic resolve and coordination by the Ecuadorian military to press the attack and to continue surveill [...]	2007-11-29 20:26:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	MOPS MCAP MASS PTER SNAR PREL EC CO
07QUITO851	ECUADOR CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Russian First Secretary Viatcheslav Ulasik and PolChief jointly presented RefTel demarche in favor of GOE participation in the Global Initiative (GI) to MFA DirGen for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on April 13. Puma said the GOE was considering joining the initiative based on [...]	2007-04-16 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EC
07REYKJAVIK76	Demarche on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism [...] (SBU) On March 19 DCM and the Acting Political Officer presented points contained reftel plus text of Global Initiative Statement of Principles to MFA Arms Control Representative Petur Thorsteinsson. Russian DCM was informed of our planned demarche but did not participate since he had approache [...]	2007-03-22 12:55:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IC
07RIGA167	LATVIA TO CONSIDER REQUEST TO JOIN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 12:41:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL LG
07ROME2167	A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...]	2007-10-11 16:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO
07ROME2395	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...]	2007-11-29 19:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ
07ROME651	FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...]	2007-03-30 11:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO
07SANAA770	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL YM
07SANAA857	RESPONDING TO POTUS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPORT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Saleh,s May 2 meeting with President Bush, during which he requested more military assistance, and in preparation for a Policy Coordination Committee meeting scheduled for May 10, post proposes several ideas in line with Yemen,s current and future security ch [...]	2007-05-08 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MASS MCAP MARR PTER YM
07SANJOSE1498	NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: COSTA RICA PLANS TO [...] On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel request and information to Randolph Coto, Assistant Director of the Disarmament and Terrorist Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Guisella Sanchez Castillo, Human Rights Director at the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA. 2. They advi [...]	2007-08-13 14:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CS
07SANSALVADOR1375	EL SALVADOR: CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) I am writing in support of the following three 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The three proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to move [...]	2007-07-13 22:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES
07SANSALVADOR1526	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloffs raised reftel A points during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Felix Ulloa, MFA advisor. Rivera pointed out that El Salvador was a signatory to twelve of the thirteen counter-terrorism co [...]	2007-08-08 23:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ES
07SANTIAGO443	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) Ambassador Kelly, joined by Yuriy Filatov, his Russian counterpart, delivered reftel demarche on March 16, to Ambassador Luis Winter, Director of the MFA's Office for Special Projects (DIPESP). Also present were Rodrigo Hume of DIPESP, E/POL Counselor, and the Russian embassy's political [...]	2007-03-16 20:23:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CI
07SANTODOMINGO2722	CESFRONT - TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy MilOff and PolOff visited the border towns of Dajabon and Comendador to investigate the recent deployment of the special unit for border control - (Cuerpo Especializado Fronterizo or CESFRONT). CESFRONT was deployed at the end of September to the four official border cro [...]	2007-12-11 20:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MCAP HA DR
07SEOUL1211	THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (1 OF 3) [...] (C) SUMMARY OF CABLE SERIES: This report, the first in a series of three on the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance, examines South Korean perceptions of their security environment. The second looks at what role the ROK sees for the Alliance in its security. The final report addresses how [...]	2007-04-26 07:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1215	THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (2 OF 3) [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the ROK perceives its security environment, concluding that the Korean public and their policy makers are heavily conflicted when it comes to relations with their neig [...]	2007-04-26 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1216	THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable in a series reporting on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the Republic of Korea views its security environment. Reftel B looked at how the U.S.-ROK Alliance fits with ROK security perspectives. This final rep [...]	2007-04-26 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1329	ROKG SUPPORTS USG CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY [...] (C) On April 26 Acting DAS Frank J. Ruggiero met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Senior Coordinator for International Organizations Hwang Joon-kook and Kim Jong-hoon, Deputy Director of the International Disarmament Division of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to seek [...]	2007-05-07 03:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MCAP PREL KS
07SEOUL1491	ROKG: NO LINKAGE FOR SMA FUNDS AND USFK RELOCATION [...] (C) Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Shim Yoon-joe requested a meeting with the Ambassador to convey the ROKG response to the issues raised by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Lawless with ROK Ambassador Lee Tae-shik on May 8. Shim said that the ROKG appreciated Lawless's explanat [...]	2007-05-17 01:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL1893	DUSD LAWLESS' ALLIANCE MEETINGS WITH MOFAT, BLUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 7, visiting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) Richard Lawless met with the following senior South Korean officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Blue House: Senior Secretary to the President for National Security Yun Byung-se, MOFAT No [...]	2007-06-22 04:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL1908	NEW ROK SMA FORMULA HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC [...] (C) Summary. On June 5, 2007, Ambassador Robert Loftis, Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements, held a two-hour discussion and working lunch with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Director General for North American Affairs Cho Byung-jae to discuss the ROK's "Propo [...]	2007-06-25 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2081	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CRITICIZES ROKG FOR MISHANDLING [...] (U) Summary. On June 25-26, the ROK National Assembly's Committee on Environment and Labor held a hearing on the clean up of returned USFK bases, expressing strongly critical views on the environmental conditions of those bases. Current and former top officials from the ROKG, including Forei [...]	2007-07-11 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL PARM KS
07SEOUL3319	ROKG ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The ROKG endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and plans to participate in the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan, MOFAT Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Park Chul-min told Poloffs from the U.S. and Russian Embassies at a May 22 meeting. [...]	2007-05-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS
07SEOUL550	MOFAT RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On February 26, POL M/C and Russian DCM Alexander Timonin delivered ref A points encouraging the ROKG to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Song Young-wan, MOFAT's Director-General for International Organizations. Song agreed that the Initiative was imp [...]	2007-02-26 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS
07SEOUL617	ROKG INFORMED OF FBI-HOSTED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 05:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS
07SHANGHAI546	CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN'S AUGUST 22 BREAKFAST WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars of strategic and American studies urged the United States to suspend arms sales to Taiwan through the May 2008 Presidential election in an August 22 meeting with United States Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Mullen. Chen Shui-bian was described as a [...]	2007-08-29 02:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR OVIP CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN CH TW
07SHANGHAI790	CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...]	2007-12-13 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS
07SKOPJE250	MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 16:03:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK
07SKOPJE350	MACEDONIA: TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK
07STATE157671	U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On October 9, the Portuguese MFA's Security and Disarmament Division, in its role as chair of the EU Working Group on Global Arms Control, provided Embassy Lisbon with a non-paper on a proposed EU "Code of Conduct for [...]	2007-11-17 01:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG EC ESA EUN FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA
07STATE158849	LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Reftel notes that the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) has notified post by diplomatic note that it will not renew the blanket overflight and clearance request number 999c, which will expire November 30. [...]	2007-11-21 02:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	US EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS PREL TX
07STATE163406	DEMARCHE TO SYG STAFF ON CCW [...] The Department instructs USUN to demarche the Secretary General's staff at the appropriate level regarding the Secretary General's statement at the opening of the 2007 SIPDIS Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva. The stat [...]	2007-12-05 03:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MOPS PARM PREL AORC OTRA
07STATE169783	INTERIM INTERAGENCY COUNTERINSURGENCY GUIDE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, over a nine month period the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) has led an interagency team composed of representatives from ni [...]	2007-12-21 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP MOPS EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07STATE28429	FOLLOWING-UP WITH CHINA ON MISSILE PROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Background: Over the last 18 months, the U.S. has raised several specific cases of missile-related cooperation between Chinese firms and Iran's missile program. In particular, we have repeatedly discussed spe [...]	2007-03-07 14:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PREL PARM MCAP ETTC CH IR
07TAIPEI1386	TAIWAN LEGISLATURE PASSES 2007 ARMS PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a late-night session on June 15, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) passed the government's 2007 annual budget, including initial appropriations for the purchase of 13 P3-C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, upgrades to three PAC-II Patriot missile batteries, and a feasibility desi [...]	2007-06-18 10:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP MASS TW
07TAIPEI1421	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND PREMIER CHANG [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Premier Chang Chun-hsiung told AIT Chairman Burghardt on June 14 that Taipei appreciates U.S. long-term support for Taiwan, including the extension of transit privileges to President Chen and Vice President Lu. Chang characterized U.S.-Taiwan relations as solid and const [...]	2007-06-22 06:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP TW
07TAIPEI1435	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told AIT Chairman Burghardt that PAC-III missiles would stand a better chance of passage if included in the 2008 annual budget rather than a supplemental budget bill. Wang predicted a close 2008 presidential election, claiming Ma Yi [...]	2007-06-24 22:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP TW
07TAIPEI2408	TAIWAN DEFENSE BUDGET MOVES ONE STEP FORWARD: [...] (C) Summary. A Legislative Yuan (LY) joint committee has approved the 2008 defense budget and sent it to the full LY for action. The approved defense weapons systems include PAC-2 upgrades, PAC-3 missiles, P-3C aircraft, diesel submarines, and F-16 fighters, while reducing funds for Taiwan' [...]	2007-10-26 10:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP CH TW
07TAIPEI547	TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MA YING-JEOU: [...] (C) Summary. KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou told AIT Director March 8 that he is optimistic about his nomination and election chances. While noticeably more relaxed than in earlier meetings, Ma did express concern and uncertainty over how his indictment for misuse of funds will pla [...]	2007-03-09 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MASS MCAP CH TW
07TAIPEI892	MA YING-JEOU OVER DINNER: HIS COURT CASE, [...] (C) Summary. In a private dinner with the Director on April 18, KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou betrayed frustration over his corruption trial, but expressed confidence that he would be found innocent. He predicted that President Chen would continue pushing ethnic and other deep-Gre [...]	2007-04-23 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP PINR CH TW
07TAIPEI909	KMT LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG: DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: KMT Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told the Director on April 23 that the KMT will continue to block passage of the annual and defense budgets until the DPP relinquishes control of the Central Election Commission (CEC). The KMT is locked in a "life or death" struggle with [...]	2007-04-24 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP PINR CH TW
07TALLINN122	ESTONIA CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIP IN COMBATING [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 07:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EN
07TALLINN219	ESTONIA DECIDES NOT TO JOIN PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 04:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EN
07TALLINN485	STATUS OF ESTONIA AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 04:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07TASHKENT1865	LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...]	2007-10-26 10:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ

07TASHKENT2064	GOU INTERNAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES AND PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's vast internal security apparatus would play a critical role in any GOU efforts to deter or respond to civil disturbances. Security forces have trained to improve interoperability and to overcome potential breakdowns in command and control since 2005. We are not awar [...]	2007-12-03 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS MCAP SOCI PHUM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2121	AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76 [...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...]	2007-12-14 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN
07TASHKENT394	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: NO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 09:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL UZ
07TEGUCIGALPA1678	SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]	2007-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA1820	HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]	2007-11-26 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA667	DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]	2007-04-24 12:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA701	HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...]	2007-04-25 21:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
07TELAVIV1343	ISRAEL MFA AND MOD CONTACTS ON POSSIBLE SUMMER WAR [...] (S) An MOD working-level official suggests that Hizballah in southern Lebanon is not seeking a fight with Israel this summer, but is intent on quietly rebuilding its capabilities, and reasserting itself south of the Litani River. The official does not rule out that Syria might try to provoke a war [...]	2007-05-07 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MCAP MARR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2446	GOI CONSIDERS 2008 BUDGET, COALITION PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 5, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) formally presented the 2008 draft budget to the Government of Israel (GOI). Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and newly-appointed Finance Minister Roni Bar-On have made strong public statements on their commitment to maintaining fiscal discipl [...]	2007-08-10 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON MASS MCAP EAID PGOV PREL IS
07TELAVIV690	ISRAEL STUDYING STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE [...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director General (A/S equivalent) for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv March 1 to convey reftel request for Israel to become a partner in the Global Initiative. (Note: Given current tensions in Israel's relations with Russia, we decided not to coordinate our de [...]	2007-03-02 13:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IS
07TELAVIV909	ISRAEL ENDORSES PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Israeli MFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy on March 22, announcing Israel's endorsement of the Initiative's principles and its readiness to contribute to the Initiative. A copy of the Israeli no [...]	2007-03-23 13:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM IS
07THEHAGUE658	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH ACCEPT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per reftels, MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwaast reported April 10 that the Dutch have decided to accept the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Van der Kwaast said Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen approved the [...]	2007-04-11 08:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE838	NETHERLANDS: ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] Post received the following note verbale from the Dutch MFA endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles: BEGIN TEXT: No: DVB/NN-223/07 NOTE VERBALE The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Unite [...]	2007-05-04 11:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL
07TOKYO1413	JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL [...] Japan welcomes the opportunity to participate in the FBI hosted Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference in Miami, Florida, June 11-15, 2007. Please find below the names of the three participants MOFA forwarded to Embassy EST on 29 March: --Mr. Kentaro Goto T [...]	2007-03-30 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL
07TOKYO1744	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]	2007-04-19 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO3376	JAPAN GEARED TO RATIFY THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-24 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JA
07TRIPOLI1065	CORRECTED COPY - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TEAM FINALIZES HEU-LEU [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting team of experts from the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized language for a government-to-government agreement providing for the return of highly-enriched uranium to Russia under the rubric of the tri-lateral agreement (TSCC) announced December 19, 2003 with the U.S. [...]	2007-12-28 10:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD MCAP
07TUNIS381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS
07USNATO181	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, 2007, Ms. Laura Gross, Director, Counterproliferation Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discussed Streng [...]	2007-03-20 15:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO252	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...]	2007-04-17 09:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO320	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]	2007-05-21 16:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO321	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]	2007-05-22 08:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO392	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 24 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed two Food-For-Thought [...]	2007-06-27 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO624	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...]	2007-11-30 15:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO625	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...]	2007-11-30 15:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO92	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...]	2007-02-14 11:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK510	UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...]	2007-06-22 22:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
07VATICAN68	HOLY SEE: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VT
07VIENNA509	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On February 26, DCM delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, MFA Secretary General, urging Austria to join and actively participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Kyrle received the information with interest, and promised to provide a considered response after [...]	2007-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AU
07VIENTIANE602	PRESSING THE LAO FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met with Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Acting Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver referenced demarche on July 25, 2007. Saleumxay said the issue of nuclear terrorism is new for the Government of Laos (GO [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP LA MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER
07VILNIUS449	(C) LITHUANIA MAY PLACE CAVEAT ON FORCES DEPLOYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania may be forced to place a caveat related to Close Air Support on special forces personnel scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in July. Lithuania does not have Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACs) who are certified for NATO air-to-ground operations. DAO and ODC are work [...]	2007-06-15 13:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	MOPS MARR MCAP AF LH
07VILNIUS543	LITHUANIA: RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 09:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM LH
07YAOUNDE927	CAMEROON/DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires (CDA) a.i. delivered reftel demarche to Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) Martin Mpana during a July 24 meeting. Mpana recalled that Cameroon had updated the terrorism-related provisions of domestic law after the September 11th attacks and [...]	2007-07-26 13:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CM
07YEREVAN1008	ARMENIA HAS SIGNED, STILL WORKING TO RATIFY, [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 05:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PARM PINS PINT MCAP KNNP AM
07YEREVAN1134	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-August 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Harris Radio End-Use-Monitoring inspections conducted with 100% verification; Crisis Response Survey Conducted; Developing FMF FY08 Letters of Request with Armenian MOD ; Three JCTP events conducted in Aug; Awaiting Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) to b [...]	2007-09-12 03:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1268	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-September 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: PAP-DIB Survey conducted; IMET graduate reception; Humanitarian Assistance events conducted with KSNG; FY08 FMF Letter of Request being finalized; One JCTP and two SPP events conducted in Sep; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) still in DoS Legal. 2. [...]	2007-10-19 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN132	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JANUARY 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) contingency hospital training conducted in Armenia on 31 Jan - 4 Feb 07. WIF funded personnel reform seminar coordinations on track. FMF AM-B-BAA Peacekeeping battalion equipment delivery not yet completed. NCO program development mee [...]	2007-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1333	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-October 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Letter of Request totaling $6.8M of FMF for Peacekeeping equipment and radios requested for Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade; Review of Armenian National Military Doctrine conducted; DASD Cagan visit; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) still awaits State Dep [...]	2007-11-07 08:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1412	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-November 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Letter of Agreement (LOA) totaling $6.8M in FMF for Peacekeeping equipment and radios signed by ARM MOD; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) approved; Letter of Request (LOR) received from ARM MOD requesting additional EDA trucks forwarded to USASAC; ARM M [...]	2007-12-07 06:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1472	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-DECEMBER 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Joint Visual Inspection for Excess Defense Article (EDA) trucks conducted; EMEDS IPR conducted in San Antonio; ARM MOD cancels EDA UH-1H helicopter request; Dec SPP event postponed until Jan 08. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 17-18 Dec 07 the ODC Chief and two repr [...]	2007-12-27 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN358	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MARCH 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC Armenia conducted Bilateral Country Planning Conference in Yerevan; LOA for AM-B-UAB Harris radio case for 12th Peacekeeping BN signed and returned 27 Mar; LOA for AM-B-OAA blanket training case signed and returned 27 Mar. New Budget Analyst/Admin Assistant hired. 2. [...]	2007-03-27 08:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN405	ARMENIA JOINS THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Post met with Head of Global Security at the MFA Arshak Manukyan to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (GICANT) and conference scheduled for June 11-15, 2007 (refs). Manukyan confirmed that Armenia fully supports GICANT and the Statement of Principles. According [...]	2007-04-04 12:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL AM
07YEREVAN566	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-April 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ODC Armenia conducted visit of Defense Reutilization Management Office and Excess Defense Article stockyard in Kaiserslautern; FY08 Counter Terrorism Fellowship Program plan developed at TPMR; Letter of Request for equipping Nuclear Biological and Chemical defense platoon se [...]	2007-05-07 09:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN785	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-May 2007 [...] The Letters of Request (LOR) for two FMF cases designed to enhance the Armenian EMEDS were forwarded to DSCA and SAF/IA on 23 May. One case is an amendment to the existing AM-D-EAA equipment case. This amendment will acquire additional medical and deployment equipment that will improve the capa [...]	2007-06-18 02:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN893	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-June 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) held in Wash DC; South Caucasus and Moldova Clearing House (SCMCH) conducted in Tbilisi; U.S. Assessment of Armenian English language program concluded; ODC escorts key MOD leaders to DLI in San Antonio; Letter of Agreement for Nuclear, [...]	2007-07-13 05:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN998	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-July 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Large FMF equipment shipment for 12th Peacekeeping Battalion arrives; Received Defense Language Institute assessment of Armenian English language training programs; Armenian OIF contingent deploys; Awaiting Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) to be approved [...]	2007-08-07 10:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07ZAGREB490	CROATIA JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] The GOC has responded in the affirmative to reftel request. On May 15, 2007, Embassy received diplomatic note No. 2276/07 relaying Croatia's support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. 2. Text of the note follows: (complimentary opening) The Republic of Croatia consid [...]	2007-05-21 06:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR
07ZAGREB713	CROATIA PARTY TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION, [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL HR
08ABIDJAN374	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Pol/Econ Section Chief delivered talking points in reftel on June 5 to Bertin Tanoh Koffi, Deputy Director General of Maritime and Port Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation. 2. Koffi stated that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire welcomed the Global Maritime Partnerships and would be inter [...]	2008-06-06 16:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08ABIDJAN459	NEW FORCES MUTINY IN TOWNS OF SEGUELA AND VAVOUA [...] (C) Summary. New Forces troops in the center-west towns of Seguela and Vavoua rioted on June 28. The troops in Seguela called for the reinstatement of their former Commander, Zachariah Kone, who had been removed by Prime Minister Soro in May. The soldiers in Vavoua protested the government's [...]	2008-07-14 13:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN63	UNOCI CONCERNED ABOUT DDR PROCESS [...] (C) Jean Marc Tafani, the new chief of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Office of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) described the government's DDR plan as ambitious and fragile and noted it could increase instability. Tafani expressed concern about lack [...]	2008-01-28 17:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN8	IMPLEMENTING PEACE AGREEMENT INCREASES TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: As the government of Cote d'Ivoire takes action to implement DDR-related provisions of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA),deep lying fissures are surfacing. Violent confrontations in the north over the past few weeks have exposed rifts within the Forces Nouvelles between [...]	2008-01-04 19:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV EAID IV
08ABUDHABI1000	UAEG WANTS TO DISCUSS PATRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, Post delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. decision to offer Patriot deployment to the UAE. A basic presentation to the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's office soon brought the issue to the attention of the Air Force leadership, with whom we discussed the deployment in g [...]	2008-09-04 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PINS AE
08ABUDHABI1229	CSAF GEN SCHWARTZ MEETS MBZ IN ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and the financial crisis with Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz on October 21. He highlighted Iran's influence in Iraq and noted that while his own view of PM al-Maliki had improved, we need to be planning for a suc [...]	2008-10-26 11:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL EFIN MOPS MARR MCAP IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI160	AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE AND MBZ DISCUSS SHARED [...] (S) Summary: When Secretary of the Air Force Wynne met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) February 3, MbZ focused on Shared Early Warning and communication links as critical to defend against Iran. He pressed for advanc [...]	2008-02-05 14:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE
08ABUDHABI174	WELCOMING GENERAL MOSELEY BACK TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) General Moseley, your return visit to Abu Dhabi February 11-13 is most welcome, and we look forward to your conversation with Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) in particular. Your visit continues a series of senior level consultations with the UAE leadership, beginning with President Bush January [...]	2008-02-07 14:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE
08ABUJA1292	ISRAELI MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, 2008, Poloff and Air Attache visited Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Moshe Ram to discuss Israeli military assistance to Nigeria. Ram said there was no bilateral agreement between the two nations, but private Israeli security companies were indeed involved in Nigeria, an [...]	2008-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS IS NI
08ABUJA1844	DRL A/S KRAMER MEETS NIGERIAN FONMIN MADUEKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David Kramer and DAS Jeffrey Krilla met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss Nigerian involvement in peacekeeping, Sudan, the UN Human Rights Council, the Niger Delta and coordinating positi [...]	2008-09-11 11:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR MCAP KNNP KPKO KUNR
08ABUJA585	SALE OF NIGERIAN C-130S TO SENEGAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 29 meeting with Nigerian Air Force officials, ODC Chief and Air Attach were apprised of the Government of Nigeria's sale-in-progress of three of their U.S.-purchased C-130 fleet to Senegal. While it initially appeared that Nigeria might be in violation of end-use ag [...]	2008-04-01 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PM KFPC IS SG NI
08ADDISABABA3399	USAU: LAST-MINUTE RUSH TO BEEF UP AMISOM [...] (U) This message contains Action Requests in paras 6 and 12. 2. (C) Summary: With AMISOM's mandate running out and a withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia's capital imminent, the African Union (AU) and its partners are spending the final days of 2008 in a diplomatic race to secure f [...]	2008-12-19 20:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP SO AU
08ADDISABABA952	NORTH KOREA: ETHIOPIA REQUESTS ALTERNATE SUPPLIER [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Yamamoto delivered reftel demarche on Ethiopia's procurement of rocket fuel and oxidizer to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a one-on-one meeting April 3. Without either confirming the veracity, or otherwise substantively commenting, on the arrangement, Meles noted simply that [...]	2008-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	ET ETTC KN MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL
08AITTAIPEI1500	DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR MEETING TO REVIEW THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW
08AMMAN160	LIMITED OPERATIONS AT MARKA AIRPORT, AMMAN, JORDAN [...] (SBU) THE MARKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OJAF/OJAM) AMMAN, JORDAN WILL BE LIMITED TO PASSENGER-ONLY OPERATIONS FROM 15 FEBRUARY 2008 THROUGH 15 APRIL 2008 DUE TO THE JORDANIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES EXHIBITION (SOFEX08). 2. (SBU) THE MILITARY RAMP (GOLF RAMP) AT MARKA AIR BASE (OJAM) WILL [...]	2008-01-16 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
08AMMAN2628	JORDAN ARMED FORCES SEES OPPORTUNITY IN ISF [...] (C) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Director of Strategic Planning Brigadier General Mohammad Farghal welcomed news of the USG plan to strengthen the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF; reftel). After being briefed September 3 by DATT and Poloff, Farghal offered assistance in the form of third-party transf [...]	2008-09-09 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS
08AMMAN2823	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08AMMAN2852	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08ANKARA1311	GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...]	2008-07-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
08ANKARA1715	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ANKARA1948	TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...]	2008-11-10 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ASHGABAT1024	TURKMENISTAN'S AIR NAV FEE PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government has proposed an administrative solution to resolve the air navigation fee issue in which bills presented to USG aircraft commanders will now only show a total charge for all ground and other services [...]	2008-08-06 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
08ASHGABAT426	TURKMENISTAN: NOT INTENDING TO SEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PARM MCAP TX
08ASHGABAT552	PAYMENT OF AIR NAVIGATION AND OTHER FEES BY U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government informed us that it will stop charging air navigation fees to USG aircraft, as long as the Turkmenistan National Civil Aviation Service (Turkmenhowayollary - THY) continues to receive the same amount of i [...]	2008-05-01 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
08ASHGABAT896	TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED [...] (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to discuss a variety of issues, including air navigation fees (reftel). Charge informed Hajiyev that DATT had contacted Turkmenistan Aviation (THY) officials, as MFA officials had suggested, in order to meet on the issue. However, THY Deputy [...]	2008-07-16 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
08ASHGABAT927	GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 06:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TX
08ASMARA597	ERITREA'S CORRUPT AND DIVIDED MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Eritrean military's five regional commanders are bitter rivals and would actively contest a coup attempt by any of the others, according to a knowledgeable contact. Isaias personally selects the regional commanders' deputies to act as spies, and rotates them frequently. Low [...]	2008-12-17 08:09:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	MOPS PGOV MCAP ASEC ER
08ASTANA2161	KAZAKHSTAN PROVIDES UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On October 21, we delivered reftel points requesting updated Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism contact information for Kazakhstan to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Kasenov expressed the Government of Kazakhstan,s continu [...]	2008-10-31 12:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MCAP KGIC KZ
08ASTANA2379	KAZAKHSTAN FY 2009 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy Astana Country Team and Ambassador approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2009 1206 funding proposals. The two separate proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brig [...]	2008-12-01 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MCAP PARM PINS EAID KACT KCFE KOMC KZ
08ASTANA433	JAPAN AND UK TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PHYSICAL [...] (SBU) On March 5, PolOff met with embassy representatives from Japan and the United Kingdom to discuss the projects of their countries at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (INP) in Alatau and at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant. Both the U.K. and Japan are focusing on physical protection projects. [...]	2008-03-06 11:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KGIC MCAP KZ
08ATHENS492	NO GREEK AGENDA ITEMS ADVANCED FOR NATO HLG [...] Poloff delivered the refereced letter from the Chair of the High Level Goup (HLG) of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group soliciting agenda items for the HLG meeting schduled for May 8th in Brussels. The letter wasdelivered on March 27 to Mr. Andreas Kintis o the Greek MFA D2 Directorate for NATO an [...]	2008-04-02 13:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PARM PREL PGOV MCAP MNUC
08ATHENS509	GREECE: REPRESENTATIVE WILL ATTEND GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 05:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GR
08BAGHDAD1044	IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...]	2008-04-05 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1093	NSA RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 6 with the Charge d'Affaires, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie called the April 5 Declaration by the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) a breakthrough. It had isolated the Sadrists, he said, and forced them to choose whether or [...]	2008-04-08 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1199	PRT MAYSAN: IA GEN PLANS MAYSAN OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: On April 13 the PRT met with Major General Habib to discuss the recent clashes in al-'Amara as well as future prospects for security improvement. The clashes in al-'Amara between the Iraqi Army (IA) and militant elements of the Sa [...]	2008-04-17 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PINS MCAP
08BAGHDAD1209	MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...]	2008-04-18 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1221	MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...]	2008-04-20 07:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD1250	RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...]	2008-04-23 01:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1315	MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]	2008-04-28 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1381	APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...]	2008-05-03 12:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1483	MALIKI DEMANDS HALT TO IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on May 7 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki cited increasing evidence of Iran's direct interference in Iraqi affairs and the backlash it has engendered among Iraqis at all levels of society. He said he [...]	2008-05-12 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD166	MALIKI ON CABINET SHAKE-UP, RETURN OF TAWAFAQ, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging weekly security meeting on January 17, Prime Minister Maliki told Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus that a Cabinet shake-up was very possible within a few weeks which would likely result in a technocratic government with fewer ministries. Maliki expressed h [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER TU
08BAGHDAD2243	BASRAH SECURITY COMMANDERS: SITUATION IMPROVED, [...] (C) In separate July 16 meetings with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah's Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police leadership proudly noted the security improvements following the March 2008 'Charge of the Knights' operation but warned of danger [...]	2008-07-19 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV MCAP IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2312	SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF IRAQI MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani is a hard working, honest broker achieving real but fragile success in his efforts to rid the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of corruption and sectarianism. He arrives in Washington against a backdrop of increasing good news about security in Ira [...]	2008-07-24 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PTER PNAT MOPS MCAP MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD241	MALIKI REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR CABINET SHAKE-UP, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the weekly security meeting on January 24 with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki reaffirmed his desire to reduce the number of cabinet posts and form a national unity government with ministers from a broad spectrum of parties including Tawafuq and Iraqiyya. He express [...]	2008-01-28 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ JO SY
08BAGHDAD26	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...]	2008-01-03 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD422	MALIKI CABINET APPROVES MOSUL CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 7, Prime Minister Maliki convened a cabinet-level Crisis Action Cell (CAC) to review the concept of operations for the upcoming campaign against al-Qaeda (AQI) in Ninewa province. Major General Riyadh, Commander of the Ninewa Operations, briefed a three-phased plan tha [...]	2008-02-13 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD474	MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...]	2008-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD50	SEEKING KUWAITI CONCURRENCE ON MNF-I SALVAGE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On December 18, 2007, the Kuwaiti Navy ordered two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) to depart disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway. These contracted vessels were surveying tw [...]	2008-01-07 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KU MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PINS PNAT PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD571	MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
08BAGHDAD650	THE IRAQI FPS - A MISSING SECURITY LINK? [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the fall of Saddam's regime, the Facility Protection Services (FPS) was directly controlled by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) but was decentralized during the CPA's administration. The MoI has recently introduced a FPS Reform Law that is considered critical in guaranteeing [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP PGOV PINS
08BAGHDAD700	MALIKI CHASTISES JUDICIARY, REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Prime Minister's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, Maliki immediately turned to the acquittal of the former Deputy Minister of Health. Maliki lamented the failure of the judiciary to promote justice and promised to seek redress. During [...]	2008-03-09 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ KU

08BAGHDAD701	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR EQUIPPING NINE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team concurs with the full and immediate equipping of nine additional Iraqi army units via Foreign Military Sales (FMS) as a part of the force generation plan. The GOI will generate these units [...]	2008-03-09 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MASS MCAP PREL

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