Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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95BANDARSERIBEGAWAN430 |
FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) BRUNEI'S FOREIGN MINISTER, PRINCE MOHAMED BOLKIAH, VISITED IRAN APRIL 10-12. THE APRIL 18 EDITION OF THE BORNEO BULLETIN, DRAWING FROM A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VISIT, REPORTED THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES HAD "FORTIFIED THEIR EXCELLENT BILATERAL RELATIONS." 2. ( [...] |
1995-04-18 07:20:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BX IR PARM |
95BANJUL418 |
CHAIRMAN JAMMEH'S SPEECH [...] No summary [...] |
1995-02-07 10:19:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GA |
95BEIJING48961 |
CHINA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED REFTEL FOLLOW: A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING THE PAST YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF BOMBINGS AND OTHER ATTACKS AGAINST CHINESE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES IN XINJI [...] |
1995-11-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
95BEIRUT2676 |
HIZBALLAH AND HARIRI STRIKE A DEAL [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT. PM HARIRI, SPEAKER BIRRI, AND SHI'A SPIRITUAL LEADER SHAMS AD-DIN MET JULY 11 AND RESOLVED DIFFERENCES OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF TWO SHI'A-RESERVED SEATS ON THE BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME, ELYSSAR. A HIZBALLAH A [...] |
1995-07-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON LE |
95BEIRUT2749 |
AMAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIZBALLAH CHANGES [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. HIZBALLAH ANNOUNCED THE RE-ELECTION OF ITS TWO TOP LEADERS AND SOME MODEST STRUCTURAL CHANGES, BUT HAS NOT RELEASED NAMES OF NEW CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OSTENSIBLY ON SECURITY GROUNDS. A SENIOR AMAL OFFICIAL CONFIRMED HIS PARTY'S UNDERSTAN [...] |
1995-07-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER LE |
95BEIRUT3413 |
QADHAFI THREAT TO EXPEL PALESTINIANS [...] (U) LIBYAN LEADER QADHAFI'S THREAT TO EXPEL A REPORTED 50,000 PALESTINIAN WORKERS FROM LIBYA HAS PRODUCED LOCAL REPORTS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE OR WILL BE COMING TO LEBANON. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, FATAH DISSIDENT MUNIR AL-MUQDAH HAS CLAIMED THAT 2,000 SUCH REFUGEES ALREADY HAVE RETURNED, [...] |
1995-09-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF PGOV LE LY |
95BEIRUT4678 |
MORE ON ARREST OF LEBANESE-PALESTINIAN [...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL BY RONALD SCHLICHER, CHARGE. REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. SUMMARY: PRESIDENT HRAWI, CITING PEACE PROCESS AND OTHER REASONS, HAS DECIDED AGAINST ALLOWING THE LAF TO ENTER 'AYN AL-HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP TO ARREST THE FUGITIVE LEADER OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SUNNI FUNDAM [...] |
1995-12-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAL KISL PREF LE SY |
95BERLIN2228 |
STATE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE BOOK [...] REQUEST 5 COPIES OF THE LATEST EDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEPHONE BOOK. 2. PLEASE ADVISE WHEN THE NEXT EDITION WILL BE PRINTED. PLEASE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COPIES SENT TO US EMBASSY OFFICE BERLIN BY FIVE. THANKS. LEVY UNCLASSIFIED [...] |
1995-08-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF |
95BERLIN2558 |
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AND KEY OFFICERS LIST [...] FOLLOWING IS REVISED LISTING OF EMBASSY OFFICE BERLIN FOR THE NEXT EDITIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AND THE KEY OFFICERS OF FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS GUIDE FOR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES: BERLIN (BO), NEUSTAEDTISCHE KIRCHSTRASSE 4-5, 10117 BERLIN; PSC 120, BOX 1000, APO AE 092 [...] |
1995-09-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF |
95BUCHAREST6434 |
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY [...] CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CABLES FOCUSING ON ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU, AND COVERS HIS POLITICAL HISTORY THROUGH THE 1992 ELECTIONS. SEPTEL WILL DEAL WITH HIS CURRENT POWERS AND ROLE IN THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. ILIESCU, WHO WAS BORN INTO A COMMUNIST [...] |
1995-06-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS RO |
95BUENOSAIRES4491 |
QADHAFI'S SON VISITS MENEM, TALKS SOCCER AND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: QADHAFI'S 25-YEAR OLD SON ALSADI AND AN ENTOURAGE OF FIVE OR SIX UNIDENTIFIED LIBYAN OFFICIALS ARRIVED IN ARGENTINA LATE LAST WEEK AND WAS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT MENEM AT THE OLIVOS RESIDENCE ON JULY 24. GOA OFFICIALS STRESS THAT QADHAFI'S VISIT WA [...] |
1995-07-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY AR |
95COLOMBO1476 |
JOURNEY TO JAFFNA: THE LTTE VIEW OF THE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1989, AN OFFICIAL AMERICAN VISITED THE LTTE-DOMINATED JAFFNA PENINSULA. POLOFF WAS PART OF A FACT-FINDING VISIT BY DIPLOMATS FROM TWELVE WESTERN MISSIONS WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE [...] |
1995-03-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CE |
95COLOMBO6003 |
SRI LANKA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE AGAINST THE INSURGENT LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE), THE ONLY TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE [...] |
1995-11-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |
95DAMASCUS5515 |
SYRIANS SEE PLOTS AND PRESSURE, [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. IN THE CONTINUING ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER SHARA IN CARTAGENA AND NEW YORK, SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN EVERY AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY SHORT OF CALLING US IN TO VENT THEIR SPLEENS OVER WHAT THEY SEE AS RENEWED ATTEMPTS TO PUT PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...] |
1995-10-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY US IS LE |
95DAMASCUS5748 |
HAFIZ AL-ASAD: LAST DEFENDER OF ARABS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY: CHRISTOPHER W.S. ROSS, AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5 (D) . 2. SUMMARY: THE IMAGE OF HAFIZ AL-ASAD AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST ISRAELI ATTEMPTS TO "OBLITERATE" THE ARAB IDENTITY IS AN INCREASINGLY PREVALENT THEME PUT OUT BY THE SARG, AND WILL ON [...] |
1995-11-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS XF |
95GABORONE1886 |
SADC CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR'S [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AS REQUESTED REFTEL, AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM AND ODC CHIEF, MET WITH BDF COMMANDER IAN KHAMA MARCH 29 FOR A READOUT ON THE GABORONE CONFERENCE OF SADC MEMBER STATE ARMY CHIEFS OF STAFF. KHAMA SAID ONLY ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE AND LESOTHO WERE UNREPRESENTE [...] |
1995-04-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC BC |
95GABORONE6513 |
SOUTH AFRICA -- NOT SADC -- TO TAKE THE LEAD ON NIGERIA [...] CONTRARY TO WHAT PRESIDENT MASIRE'S PRIVATE SECRETARY TOLD US LAST WEEK, LOUIS SELEPENG, PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, CONFIDED TO THE AMBASSADOR 11/30 THAT PRESIDENT MASIRE HAD DECLINED, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CO [...] |
1995-12-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BC NI SF |
95HARARE4281 |
INTERVENING IN BURUNDI IN THE EVENT OF [...] SECRET- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. BEGIN SUMMARY. ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI AND RECOGNIZE THAT DIRECT MILITARY INTERVENTION UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE UN AND/OR THE OAU MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID ANOTHER RWANDA SITUATION. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINIS [...] |
1995-04-20 05:01:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL MOPS PHUM BY ZI |
95ISLAMABAD10938 |
PAKISTAN: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] REFTEL REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS IN PARA 3 OF REFTEL. 2. A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORISTS. IN NOVEMBER 1995, A KARACHI COURT CONVICT [...] |
1995-11-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
95JAKARTA8966 |
INDONESIA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1995-10-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
95JERUSALEM2191 |
IDF KILLS WANTED HAMAS ACTIVIST IN HEBRON [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A WANTED HAMAS IZZ ED-DIN AL-QASSAM CELL MEMBER, TAHIR QAFISHA, WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT DEAD BY AN UNDERCOVER UNIT OF THE ISRAELI BORDER POLICE JUNE 29 AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO HEBRON. TWO HOMES IN WHICH QAFISHA ALLEGEDLY HID WERE DEMOLISHED, AS [...] |
1995-06-30 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KISL KWBG IS |
95JERUSALEM318 |
ARAFAT ORDERS ARREST OF ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: NABIL SHA'ATH INFORMED CONSUL GENERAL LATE JANUARY 24 THAT FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS IN GAZA HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY THE PPF. SHA'ATH SAID THAT ARAFAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS DETERMINED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS AGAINST ISLAMIC RADICALS. ARAFAT REPORTE [...] |
1995-01-25 08:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER PINS PLO IS US |
95JERUSALEM3642 |
PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE [...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...] |
1995-11-05 18:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS |
95KHARTOUM2625 |
A CONVERSATION WITH BASHIR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PRESIDENT BASHIR AND I MET FOR OVER TWO HOURS AT HIS HOME SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 28. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON PRESENT WAS GENERAL FATIH IRWAH, WHOM BASHIR WANTS TO BE HIS AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON. WHEN I NOTED THAT, EXCEPT FOR BRIEF ENCOUNTERS AT RECEPTIONS, IT HA [...] |
1995-05-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU US |
95KHARTOUM4189 |
BASHIR TAKES CHARGE? [...] COL. (RETD) MARTIN MALWAL AROP, A LONG TIME EMBASSY CONTACT, TOLD THE DCM LAST NIGHT THAT PRESIDENT OMAR EL BASHIR IS ASSERTING HIS AUTHORITY AS COMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES TO REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) ON THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN. MALWAL SAID THAT BASH [...] |
1995-08-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
95KUALALUMPUR1919 |
TIME UPSETS MAHATHIR [...] PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR RESPONDED WITH ANTI-WEST RHETORIC TO AN ARTICLE IN THE APRIL 10 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE WHICH ALLEGED THAT ABU SAYYAF, A SMALL MUSLIM EXTREMIST GROUP BASED IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, WAS RECEIVING ARMS, MONEY AND TRAINING FROM ISLAMIC GROUPS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLU [...] |
1995-04-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MY |
95LONDON13048 |
LEADER OF SUDANESE OPPOSITION SEEKS USG SUPPORT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: LEADER OF THE SUDANESE OPPOSITION COALITION, AL-SAYED EL-MERGHANI, TOLD US SEPTEMBER 15 THAT OPPOSITION EFFORTS WILL PRODUCE THE DOWNFALL OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT (NIF) REGIME IN KHARTOUM. -- TO FURTHER THIS EFFORT, EL-MERGHANI ASKED THE US [...] |
1995-09-20 16:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID SU IQ IZ |
95LONDON15945 |
MURDER OF QADHAFI OPPONENT IN LONDON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL J. HABIB, MINISTER-COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (U) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, AN EXILED OPPONENT OF QADHAFI'S REGIME WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HIS WEST LONDON GROCER'S SHOP ON SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS [...] |
1995-11-28 13:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL LY UK |
95LONDON8776 |
NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS "CRISIS" [...] (U) PARAGRAPHS CLASSIFIED AS MARKED. OADR FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINN FEIN LEADERS HAVE AUTHORITATIVELY RULED OUT ANY DECOMMISSIONING OF WEAPONS -- EVEN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE -- UNTIL THE SHAPE OF AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IS CLEAR, AND HAVE DE [...] |
1995-06-21 18:00:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS UK EI |
95PHNOMPENH152 |
VIEWS OF HOR NAMHONG, CAMBODIAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER SOC FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRESENT RCG AMBASSADOR TO PARIS HOR NAMHONG EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THE AMBASSADOR JANUARY 11 DURING A VISIT TO PHNOM PENH. ALTHOUGH THEORETICALLY NEUTRAL POLITICALLY, HOR NAMHONG WITH HIS IMTIMATE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER REGIME [...] |
1995-01-11 09:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CB FR TH |
95PHNOMPENH3699 |
DEFENSE MINISTER GIVEN COMMAND CONTROL [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, PHNOM PENH; REASON 1.5 (B). DECLASSIFY NOVEMBER 6, 2005. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE CO-DEFENSE MINISTERS AS DEPUTY COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF PLACES THE MILITARY UNDER TIGHTER CIVILIAN CONTROL, BUT HAS DISPLEASED CHIEF [...] |
1995-11-07 03:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PINS CB |
95PHNOMPENH3751 |
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF HUN SEN'S MENTAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. SECOND PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN HAS CALLED FOR A FORMAL RCG INVESTIGATION INTO A REPORT, PUBLISHED BY A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, OF A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HIM. THE REPORT, SOURCED TO FUNCINPEC SECRETARY-GENERAL SIRIVUDH, IS MOST LIKELY LITTLE MORE THAN UNFOUNDED RUMOR, POSSIBLY FLOATED B [...] |
1995-11-14 10:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | SECRET | PGOV PINR CB |
95PRETORIA5893 |
SOUTH AFRICA: THABO MBEKI, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S IMAGE APPEARS A BIT TARNISHED, THE RESULT OF HIS QUESTIONABLE HANDLING OF THE FIRING OF WINNIE MANDELA, HIS HASTE TO CAST DOUBT ON ALLAN BOESAK'S CULPABILITY ON CORRUPTION C [...] |
1995-05-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPRP SF |
95RIYADH3041 |
FM SAUD AL-FAISAL: RELATIONS WITH JORDAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN JULY 4 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR, FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL CHARACTERIZED SAUDI-JORDANIAN RELATIONS AS HAVING IMPROVED SOMEWHAT, "THEY ARE MOVING ALONG," AND "I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE." HE CONFIRMED THAT THE SAUDIS INTEND TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR TO AMMAN [...] |
1995-07-05 07:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA JO |
95RIYADH4074 |
SAUDI CLERICS URGE OBEDIENCE TO KING, TAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: RIYADH'S LEADING IMAM, TOGETHER WITH A SHAYKH FORMERLY RENOWNED FOR PUBLICLY OPPOSING AL SAUD POLICIES, RECENTLY ADVOCATED OBEDIENCE TO KING FAHD AND UNITY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THE OCCASION, A MOSQUE SEMINAR WHICH WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY COVERED BY A SAUDI NEWSPAPER, [...] |
1995-09-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SA |
95RIYADH5221 |
SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT IF THE KING REMAINS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. 2. (C) THE CURRENT MEDICAL PROGNOSIS FOR KING FAHD, ALBEIT INCOMPLETE AND TENTATIVE, SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF MEDIUM-TERM OR EVEN PROLONGED RECOVERY FROM WHAT IS DESCRIBED DEFINITIVELY BY OUR MEDICAL SOURCES AS [...] |
1995-11-30 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SA |
95RIYADH5285 |
SAUDI ARABIA: A "FATIGUED" KING FAHD STILL OUT [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ACCORDING TO PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN, KING FAHD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE MILD STROKE HE SUFFERED NOVEMBER 30. HOSPITAL SOURCES REPORT THE KING IS ANTICIPATED TO CHECK OUT FROM THE H [...] |
1995-12-04 15:03:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GCC SA |
95RIYADH5382 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN REFTEL. A. (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 13 BOMBING OF THE RIYADH HEADQUARTERS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD (OPM/SANG), WHICH KILLED SEVEN PERSONS, INCLUDING FIVE AMERICANS, AND INJURED MORE THAN FORTY O [...] |
1995-12-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SA |
95RIYADH5405 |
SAUDI ARABIA: REGARDLESS OF AGE SENIORITY, [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE BODY OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS, PRINCE MISH'AL (AS WELL AS THE DECEASED PRINCE ABD AL-MUHSIN) WAS BORN BEFORE MINDEF SULTAN. HOWEVER, MISH'AL'S SENIORITY IN AGE DOES N [...] |
1995-12-12 13:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PINR PGOV SA |
95RIYADH5472 |
CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING, [...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...] |
1995-12-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA |
95RIYADH712 |
IRAN: MEETING WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 26 MEETING, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TOLD NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY PELLETREAU THAT IRAN HAD BEEN PRESSURING THE SAG FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS, BUT THE SAG HAD SEEN NO INDICATION THAT IMPROVING RELATIONS WOULD PRODUCE A ST [...] |
1995-02-08 09:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL IR SA BA RU |
95SOFIA528 |
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...] |
1995-01-23 16:29:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BU |
95STATE19130 |
THE PRESIDENT'S NEW COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
1995-01-25 05:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN PREL PTER |
95STATE249803 |
INTSUM: SYRIA - PEACE-PROCESS STAGNATION [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. SYRIA HAS TOUGHENED ITS PEACE-PROCESS POSITION SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN INTERIM AGREEMENT. ASAD IS PROBABLY NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING THE GESTURES THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO JUMP START THIS TRACK DURING AN ISRAELI ELECTION YEAR. END SUMMARY. 2. THE SIGNING OF [...] |
1995-10-20 23:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SY |
95STATE260249 |
// INR ASSESSMENT // - NORTH KOREA - DANGER IN THE WIND [...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING INR ASSESSMENT WAS PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND COMMENT. 3. (SUMMARY) PYONGYANG'S ECONOMIC DISTRESS AND CONTINUING POLITICAL PARALYSIS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE CURRENT NORTH KOREA [...] |
1995-11-03 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PINR PGOV PREL |
95STATE51417 |
INR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT - SOUTH AFRICA: [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INR'S FEBRUARY 28 ASSESSMENT ENTITLED SOUTH AFRICA: CHALLENGES FACING MBEKI" IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND COMMENT, AS APPROPRIATE. BEGIN TEXT 3. SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MANDELA'S FEBRUARY 15 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN OFFIC [...] |
1995-03-02 03:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KE PGOV |
95TELAVIV10344 |
HAMAS ARRESTS: THE POLITICS OF PRESSURE [...] SUMMARY: PALESTINIAN MILITARY LEADERS DESCRIBED THE JUNE 26 ARREST OF 40 HAMAS ACTIVISTS AS A NECESSARY STEP TO FORCE HAMAS TO CEASE VIOLENT ACTIVITIES IN GAZA AND ENTER THE POLITICAL PROCESS. THE ARRESTS, AUTHORIZED BY PLO CHAIRMAN ARAFAT AT A LATE NIGHT JUNE 25 "SECURITY COUNCIL" MEETING, [...] |
1995-06-28 09:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
95TELAVIV16445 |
HAMAS/PA AGREEMENT: ON THE BRINK AGAIN [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. OADR BASED ON INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SOURCES. SUMMARY ------- 2. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND HAMAS APPEARS IMMINENT. REPORTEDLY, AFTER A LOCAL HAMAS DELEGATION MET WITH OUTSIDE LEADERS, CONSENSUS WAS REACHED ON THE [...] |
1995-10-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
95TELAVIV16873 |
HAMAS JAILBREAK: YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN [...] (U) THREE HAMAS ACTIVISTS ESCAPED FROM THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE WING OF GAZA CENTRAL PRISON OCTOBER 22. TWO OF THEM, YUSEF MALAHI AND OSAMA ABU TAHA, HAD BEEN IMPLICATED IN LETHAL ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS AND HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO 12 YEAR SENTENCES BY THE PALESTINIAN SECURITY COURT. THE TH [...] |
1995-10-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
95TELAVIV17503 |
RABIN ASSASSINATION: SITREP NO. 1 [...] PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, AS HE LEFT A LARGE DOWNTOWN PEACE RALLY. HE WAS ATTACKED BY A LONE GUNMAN, AN ISRAELI STUDENT, ALTHOUGH A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE "JEWISH VENGEANCE ORGANIZATION" HAS CLAIMED CREDIT. 2. THE PRIME [...] |
1995-11-05 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IS |
95TELAVIV17504 |
RABIN ASSASSINATION: NEXT STEPS IN ISRAEL'S POLITICAL [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY SECTION 1.5 (B) AND (D). NIACT PRECEDENCE BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT CRISIS IN ISRAEL. 2. SUMMARY: ACTING PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 5 FUNERAL FOR ASSASSINATED PRIME MINISTER YITZH [...] |
1995-11-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS |
95TELAVIV17508 |
A BLACK DAY FOR THE JEWISH NATION [...] No summary [...] |
1995-11-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREL XF |
95TOKYO3257 |
BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH'S [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BRUNEI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMED BOLKIAH VISITED JAPAN MARCH 7 - 9 IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND VACATIONED IN TOKYO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. HE MET WITH THE EMPEROR, CROWN PRINCE, AND GOJ FOREIGN MINISTER KONO. WITH THE LATTER HE DISCUSSED T [...] |
1995-03-20 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN APEC NPT UNSC BX JA |
95TUNIS139 |
BEN ALI LETTER TO CLINTON [...] IN A JANUARY 9 MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AMERICAS AFFAIRS AHMED OUNIAES, POLCOUNS WAS GIVEN A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BEN ALI TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE TUNISIAN ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS. THE ORIGINAL TEXT (ARABIC AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION) WILL BE FORWARDED VIA POUCH TO NEA/MAG. [...] |
1995-01-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG ECON TS |
95TUNIS1953 |
FORMER PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA REPORTEDLY STILL [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER MINISTER OF STATE MOHAMED SAYAH TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 28 THAT EX-PRESIDENT HABIB BOURGUIBA APPEARED WELL AND IN GOOD SPIRITS WHEN SAYAH VISITED HIM IN MONASTIR LAST WEEK. SAYAH SAID HIS LATEST MEETING WITH BOURGUIBA WAS THE SIXTH TIME THAT THE GOT HA [...] |
1995-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TS |
95ULAANBAATAR1795 |
MONGOLIAN: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
1995-12-12 07:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MG |
95ZAGREB1090 |
BANJA LUKA MUSLIM LEADERS ARRESTED FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (U) IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OVER TEN OF THE MOST PROMINENT MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THEIR MERHAMET OFFICES AND IN THEIR HOMES BY SERB MILITARY AUTHORITIES. THE DETAINED INCLUDED NIJAZ KARASELIMOVIC, [...] |
1995-03-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF BK HR |
95ZAGREB1681 |
OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 [...] UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIF [...] |
1995-04-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM HR AORC BK |
95ZAGREB1763 |
UPDATE 15 ON SECTOR WEST: GRANIC ANNOUNCES CEASEFIRE; SAYS GOC WON'T RETALIATE FOR MAY 3 MISSILE ATTACKS EITHER [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. FONMIN GRANIC DETAILED THE SUCCESS OF THE CROATIAN FORCES TO THE DIP CORPS ON MAY 3. HE ANNOUNCED A "CEASEFIRE" HAD BEEN AGREED WITH THE SERBS, WHICH HE HOPED WOULD END THE ATTACKS ON ZAGREB. (NOTE: OUR FOLLOW UP CONTACTS WITH TH [...] |
1995-05-03 19:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1795 |
UPDATE NO. 29 - CROATIA LAUNCHES PR OFFENSIVE [...] ON MAY 8, EMBOFF VISITED THE SECTOR WEST TOWNS OF JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, PAKRAC, AND A DETENTION CENTER IN BJELOVAR WITH A GROUP OF ZAGREB BASED DIPLOMATS ORGANIZED BY THE MFA. THE CONDITION OF THESE TOWNS IS AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER REPORTING OF PREVIOUS EMBASSY TRIPS. THE SERBS WE SPOKE WITH W [...] |
1995-05-09 18:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS PGOV HR |
95ZAGREB1796 |
CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH LED A GROUP THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA, AND PAKRAC. AT THE MONUMENT IN JASENOVAC COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP THERE, THE AM [...] |
1995-05-09 18:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1801 |
CROATIA UPDATE NO. 32: VISIT TO DETAINEES IN BJELOVAR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. POLOFFS AND DART VISITED THE DETENTION CENTER AND JAIL IN BJELOVAR ON MAY 9. WE TALKED TO SERB DETAINEES AND UNSUCCESSFULY ATTEMPTED TO VISIT SERB LEADERS FROM THE PAKRAC AREA, WHO WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY VELKJO DJAKULA (R [...] |
1995-05-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1822 |
AKASHI SAYS TENSION LOWER IN "RSK"; DEFENDS [...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. AT A MAY 10 MEETING AT UN HQ IN ZAGREB, UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE YASUSHI AKASHI TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC APPEARED TO HAVE A "FIRMER GRIP ON REALITY" DURING THEIR DISCUSSIONS THE PREVLOU [...] |
1995-05-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS HR BK |
95ZAGREB1824 |
CROATIA UPDATE NO. 36: U.S., UN, EXPLORING CROAT TREATMENT OF SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA [...] (C) VARIOUS UN ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CIVPOL, ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS FOR SERBS IN "SECTOR WEST." MANY UN OFFICIALS SAY THEY STILL SUSPECT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSGRESSIONS BY CROATIAN FORCES DURING AND AFTER THE MAY 1 OFFEN [...] |
1995-05-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1867 |
COMMITMENTS RY FONMIN GRANIC [...] FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC CALLED ME AT 7:00 P.M., MAY 15, TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING: -- CROATIA WILL BE READY TO SIGN THE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) WITH THE UN IN ONE HOUR. ONLY TWO WORDS OF DIFFERENCE REMAIN AND THESE ARE NOT IMPORTANT. - -- COLONEL HARAMBASIC, THE SERB MILITARY L [...] |
1995-05-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HR |
95ZAGREB1869 |
GRANIC SAYS CROATIAN ARMY OUT OF SECTOR [...] FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC CALLED AT 12 NOON, MAY 16, TO SAY THAT CROATIAN ARMY FORCES HAD WITHDRAWN COMPLETELY FROM THE POSITIONS IN THE ZONE OF SEPARATION (ZOS) IN SECTOR SOUTH THAT HAD BEEN OCCUPIED SINCE MAY 1. GRANIC AGAIN ASSURED ME THAT ALL FORCES WOULD BE BACK TO THE PRE-MAY 1 POSITION [...] |
1995-05-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HR |
95ZAGREB1908 |
VISIT TO DETAINED SERBS YIELDS NO SOLID EVIDENCE OF ABUSE [...] ON MAY 12, POLOFF VISITED THE GYMNASIUM BEING USED AS A MAKESHIFT DETENTION CENTER IN VARAZDIN WHERE OVER FIVE HUNDRED SERB MEN FROM SECTOR WEST HAD BEEN BROUGHT BY CROATIAN AUTHORITIES ON MAY 5 (AND WHICH WAS EMPTY BY MAY 16). THE VISIT WAS PROMPTED BY ALLEGATIONS OF PHYSICAL MISTREATMENT AN [...] |
1995-05-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1909 |
HEIGHTENED FEARS OF "SECTOR WEST" SERBS AFTER [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SERBS LIVING AROUND PAKRAC, IN SECTOR WEST, ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED OVER WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IN STORE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING STORIES AND SEEING EVIDENCE OF MISTREATMENT OF FELLOW SERBS IN CROATIAN DETENTION CENTERS. DURING A MAY 16 VISIT TO [...] |
1995-05-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL HR |
95ZAGREB1926 |
"RSK PRESIDENT" MARTIC -- UNREPENTANT BUT POSSIBLY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) --------------------------------- MARTIC STILL BOASTFUL, AGGRESSIVE --------------------------------- - 2. WHILE WE HAVE HAD NO DIRECT CONTACT WITH "RSK PRESIDENT" MILAN MARTIC SINCE THE EVENTS OF MAY 1-3, UNSRSG AKASHI, WHO MET HIM ON MAY 16, REPORTED TO TH [...] |
1995-05-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB1944 |
OPPOSITION LEADERS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN WESTERN SLAVONIA [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. ON MAY 17/18, LEADING OPPOSITION FIGURES EXPRESSED TO AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THEIR VIEW THAT THE DEPARTURE OF ETHNIC SERBS FROM WESTERN SLAVONIA WAS EQUIVALENT TO ETHNIC CLEANSING AND A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY IN CROATIA. MESIC COMPLAI [...] |
1995-05-19 17:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2007 |
WESTERN SLAVONIA: INFORMATION GAP, PART I [...] (C) A RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORT PROVIDED SOME LONG- AWAITED STATISTICS ON DETAINEES, KIA, AND CIVILIANS FROM THE MAY 1-2 SECTOR WEST BATTLES. IT APPEARS, HOWEVER, STILL TO LEAVE OPEN QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOR THE AREA'S SERB POPULATION. THE MAIN CASUALTY OF THE GOC'S [...] |
1995-05-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2174 |
GOC OFFERS MORE DETAIL ON SECTOR WEST KIA, GRAVES, DETAINEES [...] AN OFFICIAL OF THE UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ZAGREB (PROTECT) SAYS THAT CENTER DIRECTOR MAZOWIECKI, IN THE WAKE OF HIS CHARGES THAT THERE WERE "MASS GRAVES" IN PARTS OF SECTOR WEST, HAD TALKS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KOSTOVIC TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE REMAINING DISCREPANCIES AND HOL [...] |
1995-06-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2189 |
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL NO. 7 [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SAKIC RUMOR: (FOR CHRIS HOH FROM RICK HOLTZAPPLE) I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH CICAK TO SEE WHAT HE HAS HEARD, BUT I ASKED SLAVKO GOLDSTEIN (A MEMBER OF THE CROATIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE'S BOARD, A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF CICAK, AND A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE ZAGREB [...] |
1995-06-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2227 |
SERB LEADER DZAKULA SUGGESTS MEASURES FOR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING AND ENCOURAGING SERB RETURN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLOFFS MET WITH VELJKO DZAKULA AT HIS REQUEST JUNE 6. HE WANTED TO SUGGEST CONCRETE MEASURES TO BEGIN THE SERIOUS REINTEGRATION OF THE REMAINING SERB AND RETURNING CROAT COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN SLAVONIA. DZAKULA ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 800 TO 1000 SERBS WERE [...] |
1995-06-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2326 |
CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...] |
1995-06-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HR |
95ZAGREB2456 |
FAMILIES OF THE MISSING REQUEST ASSISTANCE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE -- SEE PARA 3. 2. ON JUNE 28 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH MET WITH ZELENKA FARKAS, REPRESENTING THE CENTER FOR PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF IMPRISONED AND MISSING CROATIAN CITIZENS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FARKAS SOUGHT EMBASSY ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING THE FATE OF 2,865 [...] |
1995-06-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2493 |
PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF ON 6/30 SAYS "NO PRECONDITIONS" FOR NEGOTIATIONS; TUDJMAN ON 7/2 GIVES ICFY A LIST OF PRECONDITIONS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. TWO DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, HRVOJE SARINIC, TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT THE GOC HAD (ALMOST) "NO PRECONDITIONS" FOR TALKS WITH THE KRAJINA SERBS, PRESIDENT TUDJMAN PUBLICLY LAID OUT SIX CONDITIONS FOR CROATIAN PARTI [...] |
1995-07-03 17:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB2615 |
SREBRENICA UPDATE: BSA TAKES AWAY DRAFT AGE MALES; UNPROFOR SPOKESMAN CRITICIZES THE UNSC [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. SREBRENICA UPDATE ----------------- 2. THE UN REPORTS THAT 26,000 REFUGEES FROM SREBRENICA ARE STILL BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DUTCH BATTALION IN POTOCARI, HOWEVER, FOOD IS EXPECTED RUN OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. SEVERAL THOUSAND DRAFT AGE MALES ARE RE [...] |
1995-07-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2622 |
GRANIC SAYS CROATIA WILL NOT REACT TO SREBRENICA, WANTS PRESSURE ON BELGRADE, LAYS DOWN MARKERS ON UNCRO, BIHAC [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------- SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. SPEAKING JULY 13, CROATIAN FM GRANIC USED THE FALL OF SREBRENICA TO REINFORCE THE POINT HE HAS BEEN MAKING FOR SOME TIME, THAT BELGRADE IS RESPONSIBLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST EXERT [...] |
1995-07-13 16:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2658 |
ALL'S NOT WELL IN WESTERN SLAVONIA [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN WESTERN SLAVONIA, THE AREA RETAKEN FROM REBEL SERBS BY CROATIAN FORCES MAY 1-3, SERBS DETAINED BY THE CROATS AS POSSIBLE CRIMINALS ARE REPORTEDLY FINDING THAT THE GOC HAS ITS THUMB ON THE SCALES OF JUSTICE -- TRIALS ARE MOVING SLOWLY IF AT ALL, [...] |
1995-07-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB2784 |
UN OFFICIALS SAY "ARSK" ATTACK ON BIHAC LIMITED, [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------------------ "ARSK" ATTACK ON BIHAC LIMITED ------------------------------ 2. ON JULY 25, POLOFFS MET WITH UNPF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL KOLSTEREN TO DISCUSS THE "ARSK" OFFENSIVE IN BIHAC AND THE POTENTIAL FOR GOC REACTION. KOLSTEREN TOLD US [...] |
1995-07-25 18:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2881 |
PRESIDENT TUDJMAN RESPONDS TO AKASHI ON THE SIX POINTS FROM KNIN NEGOTIATIONS [...] IT IS SURPRISING THAT YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF UNCRO -- THE UNITED NATIONS' PEACE KEEPING FORCES, WHICH UNDER THAT NAME GOT THE MANDATE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA BY A UN RESOLUTION, WHILE YOU MENTION THE KNIN LEADERSHIP AND RSK; 2. WE FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT UNCRO BE DEPLOYED ONLY ALONG [...] |
1995-07-31 17:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB2953 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - SREBRENICA [...] DECONTROL ON RECEIPT. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) DRL A/S SHATTUCK TRAVELED TO TUZLA AND ZENICA JULY 31-AUGUST 1 TO ASCERTAIN THE DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE BOSNIAN SERB ARMY'S ATTACK AND OCCUPATION OF TWO UN SAFE AREAS, SREBRENIC [...] |
1995-08-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG PHUM |
95ZAGREB2986 |
CROATIA SITREP NO. 9 - AUGUST 5, 2130 HRS LOCAL [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. BENKOVAC FELL TO HV FORCES AT 17:55 LOCAL. PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF HRVOJE SARINIC EXPRESSED CONDITIONAL GOC INTEREST IN STOPPING ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS AND CONDUCTING POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH SERB INTERLOCUTORS, INCLUDING [...] |
1995-08-05 22:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3045 |
UPDATE NO. 21: GLINA BECOMES A GHOST TOWN [...] (U) ON AUGUST 9 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH MADE HIS SECOND VISIT TO "SECTOR NORTH" SINCE THE CROATIAN MILITARY ACTION. ONE OF HIS STOPS WAS GLINA, WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THE DESTRUCTION THAT HAD OCCURRED DURING RECENT FIGHTING, SPEAK TO A FEW CROATIAN RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, AND DISCUSS THE [...] |
1995-08-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF MOPS |
95ZAGREB3082 |
BIHAC SIEGE LIFTED, ATTENTION TURNING TO ASSISTANCE NEEDS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, NEXT MILITARY MOVES [...] (C) POLOFFS, REFCOORD, AND DART VISITED BIHAC AUGUST 11 TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AND DISCUSS POLITICAL/MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAKE OF THE GOC OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE "RSK" TERRITORY. UN OFFICIALS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INADEQUACY OF UN SAFE AREA POLICY WHICH ONLY PROTECTS BIHAC TOWN [...] |
1995-08-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3309 |
CODEL KERREY/WARNER PART TWO: VISIT TO KNIN [...] SENATORS WARNER AND KERREY WERE BRIEFED IN KNIN IN THE UN COMPOUND BY LOCAL UNCRO MILITARY OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER, THE EC MONITORING MISSION AND UNHCR. THE UN AND ECMM ASSESSMENTS OF THE ATTACK AND AFTERMATH OF THE HV'S "OPERATION STORM" WERE BL [...] |
1995-08-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF MOPS HR BK |
95ZAGREB350 |
GOC DRAFT "POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR A PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC REINTEGRATION" OF THE UNPAS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A JANUARY 24 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR (REF A), FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC HANDED OVER A GOC DRAFT PROPOSAL (IN ENGLISH) OF "THE JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR A PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC REINTEGRATION OF THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED PARTS OF THE [...] |
1995-01-25 18:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3504 |
SERB REFUGEES IN KNIN -- A STEP CLOSER TO RELEASE [...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT -- SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. TALKS BETWEEN SRSG AKASHI AND THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF HRVOJE SARINIC TO RELEASE THE 780 SERB REFUGEES LOCATED ON THE UNCRO COMPOUND IN KNIN CONTINUED OVER THE WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 9-10. (NOTE: OF THE 780 [...] |
1995-09-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3545 |
NO UN OBSERVERS PRESENT IN WESTERN BOSNIA AREA [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. UNCRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS UK COL. WILLIAMS PULLED DCM ASIDE SEPTEMBER 13 AT A BRIEFING FOR THE NEW UN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CELL, SET UP IN RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT HV AND HVO G [...] |
1995-09-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS BS HR |
95ZAGREB3839 |
DEPUTY PM TELLS A/S SHATTUCK GOC PLANS TO REPATRIATE ABDIC MUSLIMS, WILL CUT OFF ASSISTANCE TO BOSNIAN REFUGEES [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DEPUTY PM KOSTOVIC TOLD VISITING DRL A/S SHATTUCK THAT THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO REPATRIATE THE 20,000 ABDIC REBEL MUSLIMS IN THE KUPLJENSKO CAMP NEAR VOJNIC AFTER 10-15 DAYS IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED IN THE INTERIM [...] |
1995-10-02 20:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3925 |
A/S SHATTUCK'S 9/30 MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH CROATIAN INTERIOR MINISTER JARNJAK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHATTUCK EMPHASIZED CONCERN OVER THE GOC'S FORCED REPATRIATION PLAN, THE CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE KRAJINA REGION, AND DISCUSSED THE VOJNIC REFUGEE SITUATION. SHA [...] |
1995-10-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF HR |
95ZAGREB3939 |
A/S SHATTUCK AND AMB. GALBRAITH SEE GRAVE SITE NEAR KLJUC, DISCOVER A POSSIBLE BORDER PROBLEM [...] (U) VISITING DRL A/S SHATTUCK, AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH, DRL/BA DIRECTOR COFFEY, AND EMBASSY PAO, POLOFF AND DART TRAVELED TO WESTERN BOSNIA SEPTEMBER 29. THEY TALKED WITH OFFICIALS AT THE UNPROFOR BIHAC CANTON HQ NEAR CAZIN, MET THE NEW MUSLIM MAYOR OF BOSANSKI PETROVAC, VISITED THE SITE OF AN [...] |
1995-10-10 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB3944 |
REFUGEES FROM VELIKA KLADUSA - SLOW PROGRESS ON [...] TALKS WERE HELD OCTOBER 6-8 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE B-H, CROATIAN, AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR A TRILATERAL ENTITY THAT WOULD MONITOR THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES (ABDIC SUPPORTERS) WHO RETURN FROM CROATIA TO THE VELIKA KLADUSA AREA. TURKISH DELEGATION HAS RETURNED TO [...] |
1995-10-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM BK HR TU |
95ZAGREB4068 |
CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (HDZ) CONGRESS: [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 04068 171625Z 2. SUMMARY: PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN AND HIS TEAM GOT AN ALMOST UNANIMOUS MANDATE FROM PARTY DELEGATES AT A LAVISH TWO-DAY PARTY CONGRE [...] |
1995-10-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS HR |
95ZAGREB4334 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - NORTHWEST BOSNIA [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT FOR PARAGRAPH 22. ------------------------ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. (U) DRL A/S SHATTUCK TRAVELED TO ZENICA AND KAKANJ OCTOBER 16-18 TO ASCERTAIN THE DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE EXPULSIO [...] |
1995-10-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB4339 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - NORTHWEST BOSNIA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (D) ------------------------ INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. (U) DRL A/S SHATTUCK TRAVELED TO ZENICA AND KAKANJ OCTOBER 16-18 TO ASCERTAIN THE DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES COMMITTED [...] |
1995-10-31 09:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB4432 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES - DETENTION CAMPS IN SANSKI MOST AND PRIJEDOR; SANSKI MOST AND KLJUC TODAY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, CHARGE, 1.5 (D). ------------------------------ SUMMARY: POW/CIVILIAN EXCHANGE ------------------------------ 2. (U) ZAGREB AND SARAJEVO POLOFFS TRAVELED TO SANSKI MOST AND KLJUC OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 2 TO INTERVIEW MUSLIMS RELEASED OCTOBER 30 IN A P [...] |
1995-11-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB4502 |
(U) CRIMES IN KRAJINA -- REPORT ON ARRESTS, CHARGES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, DCM, PER 1(5)(B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER CONSIDERABLE PRODDING, THE GOC HAS PROVIDED US A REPORT INDICATING THAT AS OF OCTOBER 31, A TOTAL OF 19 PERSONS ARE UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR MURDERS COMMITTED IN THE "KRAJINA." 1260 PERSONS ARE BEING PROCES [...] |
1995-11-09 17:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB454 |
Z-4: GOC'S OBJECTIONS ARE DEEP AND FIRM [...] (LOU) THE GOC'S EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO "CONSIDER" THE Z-4 PLAN HAS HELPED CROATIA PRESENT A "REASONABLE" FACE THAT CONTRASTS FAVORABLY WITH THE KRAJINA SERBS' INTRANSIGENCE. NEVERTHELESS, CROATIAN OBJECTIONS TO VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN ARE DEEPLY HELD. A POINT-BY-POINT REVIEW IN THE [...] |
1995-02-01 17:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NOTAG |
95ZAGREB4591 |
COVERAGE OF EASTERN SLAVONIA BASIC AGREEMENT [...] BECAUSE OF SOME SKEPTICISM WITHIN THE CROATIAN MEDIA AND PUBLIC OVER THE BASIC AGREEMENT ON EASTERN SLAVONIA, UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 04591 161634Z WE INVITED FOUR COLUMNISTS FROM CROATIA'S MAIN NEWSPAPE [...] |
1995-11-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM HR SR |
95ZAGREB4592 |
THE ART OF EDITING: CROATIAN TELEVISION FAILS [...] ALTHOUGH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL'S INDICTMENT OF SIX BOSNIAN CROATS WAS NOT BIG NEWS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE NAMING OF ONE OF THEM, TIHOMIR BLASKIC, THE NEXT DAY TO A HIGH POSITION IN THE CROATIAN ARMY WAS. BY DAY THREE, HOWEVER, THE CROATIAN MEDIA -- THANKS, NO DOUBT, TO THE HIDDEN HAND OF POL [...] |
1995-11-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR BK SR PREL PHUM |
95ZAGREB4601 |
CROATIAN COURTS CONVICT "RSK" SERBS OF WAR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT P. FINN, CHARGE, 1.5 (D). 2. (C) IN THE PAST WEEK, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY COURTS IN CROATIA HAVE SENTENCED MANY SERBS TO PRISON FOR ARMED REBELLION AND WAR CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS. UNCRO IS ORGANIZING A TASK FORCE WITH OTHER UN AGENCIES AND I [...] |
1995-11-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB470 |
OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 43 [...] FAO RECEIVES 3.5 MILLION ECUS FROM ECHO FOR SPRING SEED PROGRAM. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BLOCK FUEL DELIVERIES FOR SERB-HELD TERRITORY. KRAJINA SERBS GRANT CLEARANCE ONLY ONCE A WEEK FOR CONVOYS TO BIHAC POCKET. UNHCR RESTARTS FUEL DELIVERIES UNDER INA CONTRACT. POLICY IN MOSTAR [...] |
1995-02-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |
95ZAGREB4931 |
CODEL MOLINARI MEETS SRSG ANNAN, GENERAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PETER W. GALBRAITH, AMBASSADOR, CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 04931 01 OF 02 051623Z REASON 1.5(B) AND (D) . 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 2 A 30-MEMBER CODEL LED BY REPRESENTATIVES MOLIN [...] |
1995-12-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB5177 |
SABOR PRESIDENT PAVLETIC SAYS NO PEACE WITHOUT U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
1995-12-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB5178 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR CROATIA [...] No summary [...] |
1995-12-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG HR PHUM |
95ZAGREB5299 |
(C) FM GRANIC EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER U.S. STATEMENTS IN NEW YORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONFIDENTIAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PETER W. GALBRAITH, AMBASSADOR, PER 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) CROATIAN FM GRANIC TOLD CHARGE FINN DECEMBER 29 THAT THE GOC WAS CONCERNED BY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK THAT THE U.S. WAS "SUPPORTING" A RUSSIAN-SPONSORED CONDEMNATION OF CROATIA'S HUMAN [...] |
1995-12-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |
95ZAGREB817 |
POLITICAL PARTY KALEIDOSCOPE: SOME OPPOSITION PARTIES' SUPPORT Z-4, AUTONOMY [...] No summary [...] |
1995-02-23 16:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG HR |