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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97ABUDHABI3777 |
THOUGHTS ON IRAN - THE LION AND THE CAGE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAVID D. PEARCE, CONSUL GENERAL. 2. (S) SUMMARY THIS CABLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE VARIABLES AFFECTING IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONMAKING -- ESPECIALLY REGARDING POLICIES WE OPPOSE -- FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF IRANIAN CONTACTS WE INTERVIEW IN DUBAI. WE HAVE [...] |
1997-05-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EFIN PTER KPRP IR |
| 97ACCRA4941 |
A CLOSE LOOK AT GHANA'S PRESIDENT RAWLINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NETHERLANDS' DEPARTING AMBASSADOR TO GHANA, HEIN PRINCEN, SPENT A FULL WEEK-END IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH J. J. RAWLINGS, AND CAME AWAY BOTH FASCINATED AND A BIT UNNERVED. PRINCEN'S SPOUSE, A TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER, SAW INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF DRUG USE BY THE PRESIDENT. RA [...] |
1997-07-31 11:48:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV GH |
| 97ADDISABABA2584 |
ALLAH IN ETHIOPIA: MOSTLY QUIET ON THE ISLAMIC FRONT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, REASON 1.5 (D) . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FEW ISSUES ARE OF GREATER LONG-TERM CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) THAN THE THREAT OF MILITANT POLITICAL ISLAM. AT PRESENT THE GFDRE FACES LITT [...] |
1997-04-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PTER PREL KPRP ET |
| 97ADDISABABA531 |
ETHIOPIA: 1996 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] POST RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS, REFTEL, PARA 3 A-K: A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS FOR 1996: 1996 WAS A YEAR OF SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN ETHIOPIA TO INCLUDE 3 HOTEL BOMBINGS, AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON A CABINET MINISTER, THE FATAL SHOOTINGS OF TWO FOREIGN TOURIST [...] |
1997-01-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ET |
| 97ADDISABABA8889 |
DESIGNATION OF AL'ITTIHAD AS A FOREIGN [...] (S) EMBASSY APPRECIATES THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE (REF B) TO OUR QUERY AS TO WHY AL'ITTIHAD AL ISLAMIA WAS NOT DESIGNATED A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THE DEPARTMENT NOTED THE THREE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF A TERRORIST GROUP: A FOREIGN ORGANIZATION THAT ENGAGES IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY A [...] |
1997-11-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PREL ET |
| 97ALGIERS734 |
ALGERIA'S HAMAS PARTY: A WINNING ORGANIZATION? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FOCUS IN ISLAMIST POLITICS HERE HAS SHIFTED TO THE LEGAL ISLAMIC PARTY HAMAS (N0 RELATION TO PALESTINIAN HAMAS) AWAY FROM THE BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATI0N FRONT (FIS). [...] |
1997-02-25 12:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL AG |
| 97ALGIERS952 |
NEW ARMED GROUPS JOINING THE OLD FIS? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE ABILITY OF THE LONG-BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS) TO RESTRAIN THE ISLAMIST ARMED GROUPS HERE IS QUESTIONABLE. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE BARBAROUS ATROCITIES OF THE ARMED I [...] |
1997-03-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL AG |
| 97AMMAN5383 |
THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT: SOMETIMES A PLATFORM IS MORE [...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERTA NEWELL FOR REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: A COMMON REFRAIN AMONG OBSERVERS OF JORDAN'S ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT (IAF) IS CONDEMNATION OF THE INFURIATINGLY VAGUE NATURE OF THE PARTY'S POLITICAL PLATFORM. AN OPPONENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND A VOCAL [...] |
1997-06-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR PTER JO |
| 97ANKARA231 |
NATO ENLARGEMENT--TURKISH TAKE ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, EMBASSY ANKARA, REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) DURING AN OFFICE CALL BY A/POLCOUNS AND POLOFF ON JANUARY 7, TURKISH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR SLAVIC REPUBLICS ALP KARAOSMANOGLU SUMMARIZED AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT BETWEEN FOR [...] |
1997-01-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU RS |
| 97ANKARA350 |
ERBAKAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA [...] DURING THE COURSE OF A JANUARY 9 MEETING (REF A), PRIME MINISTER ERBAKAN PRESENTED THE AMBASSADOR WITH THE FOLLOWING LIST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON: BEGIN TEXT. A. NECESSARY STEPS TO REMOVE TENSIONS IN THE PRISONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN [...] |
1997-01-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV TU |
| 97ANKARA8752 |
A "SPECIAL TEAM" VIEW ON THE PKK, OHAL, [...] CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, AMEMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 2, POLOFF DISCUSSED THE KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY (PKK), PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE "STATE OF EMERGENCY" REGIME (OHAL), AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN THE TURKISH NAT [...] |
1997-09-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PHUM PINS TU |
| 97BANDARSERIBEGAWAN631 |
VICE ADMIRAL NATTER'S MEETING WITH THE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SULTAN BOLKIAH EXPRESSED HIS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. DEFENSE UMBRELLA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, CHARACTERIZING IT AS ESSENTIAL TO THE REGION'S PEACE AND PROSPERITY. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SATISFACTION WITH THE BROADER U.S.-BRUNEI BILATERAL RELATIO [...] |
1997-07-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL BX |
| 97BANDARSERIBEGAWAN822 |
ASIAWEEK'S "BRUNEI FUN?" ARTICLE [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A LONG ARTICLE ENTITLED "BRUNEI FUN?" APPEARED IN THE SEPTEMBER 12 ISSUE OF ASIAWEEK MAGAZINE. IN THE ARTICLE, SENIOR ASIAWEEK CORRESPONDENT ROGER MITTEN, EXAMINES CURRENT TRENDS IN BRUNEI SOCIETY, POLITICS, CULTURE, AND THE BRUNEI ROYAL FAMILY. THE CONTEXT OF THE AR [...] |
1997-09-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI BX |
| 97BEIJING3816 |
CODEL ACKERMAN MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MINISTER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM A. STANTON, POLMINCOUNS. REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN AN OTHERWISE CORDIAL JANUARY 28 BREAKFAST MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS YANG JIECHI PASSIONATELY ARGUED THAT CHINA HAD NOT REPEALED THE HONG KONG BILL [...] |
1997-01-31 03:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ECON CH HK TW |
| 97CAIRO11981 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (D). -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND JOURNALIST SYNDICATE MEMBERS MUHAMMAD ABD AL-QUDUS AND SALAH ABD AL-MAQSUD TOLD US RECENTLY THAT: -- THE LATEST MOVE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOIN [...] |
1997-11-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR EG |
| 97CAIRO12034 |
LEADING ISLAMIC FIGURE DENOUNCES TERRORISM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: SHEIKH OF AL-AZHAR MUHAMMAD TANTAWI, IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7 IN A POPULAR EGYPTIAN MAGAZINE, STATED HIS OPPOSITION ON ISLAMIC GROUNDS TO SUICIDE OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAELI CIV [...] |
1997-11-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL MEPP PTER KPAL IS EG |
| 97COLOMBO3477 |
LTTE ATTACKS SHIP CHARTERED BY US [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL OWEN, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 9, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) ATTACKED THE MERCHANT VESSEL "CORDIALITY" WHICH WAS ANCHORED OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF S [...] |
1997-09-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREF PGOV EWWT CE |
| 97COLOMBO3548 |
MORE ON THE LTTE ATTACK ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW MANN. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY HIRED TO SALVAGE MV CORDIALITY WHICH WAS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 9 (SEE REFTEL) HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. THE SHIP HAD BEEN LOADING ILME [...] |
1997-09-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EWWT MOPS CE |
| 97COLOMBO673 |
LTTE USE OF LANDMINES TAKES ITS TOLL [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, OVER 225 PERSONS--SOME MILITARY, MANY CIVILIAN--HAVE REPORTEDLY FALLEN VICTIM TO LANDMINES LAID BY THE INSURGENT LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) IN THE WAR-AFFLICTED NORTH AND EAST. INCIDENTS THIS YEAR ALONE HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 16 CIVILIANS AN [...] |
1997-02-21 09:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MCAP PGOV PTER CE |
| 97DAMASCUS2809 |
ASAD FAMILY UPDATE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHER W.S. ROSS, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE LATEST STORIES ON THE DAMASCUS RUMOR MILL SUGGEST A CLOSING OF THE RANKS WITHIN THE ASAD FAMILY, WITH MIXED SPECULATION THAT THE STANDING OF THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER RIF'AT MAY BE IMPROVING, [...] |
1997-05-21 06:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
| 97DHAKA4187 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN HOLZMAN. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA USED HER INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR HOLZMAN TO PRESS HARD FOR A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO BANGLADESH. SHE SAID THAT SHE, AND THE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH, "ARE EXPECTING A VISIT BY T [...] |
1997-09-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON BG US |
| 97GABORONE4838 |
A SADC PRIMER: TIME FOR A REVISED EDITION? [...] SUMMARY. SOUTHERN AFRICA IS INCREASINGLY TOUTED AS THE CONTINENT'S ENGINE OF GROWTH, WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) DRIVING THE TRAIN. SADC HAS MATURED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1992, BUT FORGING REGIONAL COOPERATION FROM NATIONALIST PROCLIVITIES IS AS DEL [...] |
1997-09-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ECON KPRP |
| 97HARARE9435 |
ZIMBABWE: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FORMAT PER REFTEL: (A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO ACTS OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE IN 1997: (B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF SUSPEC [...] |
1997-11-24 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ZI |
| 97HAVANA4970 |
CASTRO: STILL NOT DEAD AND LOVING IT [...] (C) IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINITIVELY LAY TO REST RECENT RUMORS ABOUT THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO, USINT OFFERS SOME ITEMS THAT MAY HELP DISPEL THE ALLEGATIONS. CONG. CAMPBELL: FIDEL CASTRO APPEARED FIT ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) FIDEL CASTRO WAS PRESENT FOR SOME TW [...] |
1997-08-29 21:17:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU |
| 97ISLAMABAD2488 |
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THAT MULLAH OMAR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY TOM PRICE, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: MARCH 27 PAKISTANI PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT MULLAH OMAR MET WITH FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER BIN LADEN IN KANDAHAR ON MARCH 25 AND TOLD HIM NOT TO USE "AFGHAN TERRITORY FOR ANTI- SAUDI GOVERNMENT ACTIVIT [...] |
1997-03-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PREL AF PK SA |
| 97ISLAMABAD2533 |
AFGHANISTAN: THE ENIGMATIC MULLAH OMAR AND TALIBAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JOHN C. HOLZMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH CONSULATE PESHAWAR. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT MULLAH OMAR, THE TALIBAN FOUNDER AND LEADER. HE COMES FROM A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR KANDAHAR AND H [...] |
1997-03-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL PINR AF |
| 97ISLAMABAD3085 |
AFGHANISTAN: OBSERVERS SAY "RADICALS" HAVE UPPER HAND IN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DAN MOZENA, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS, HAMED GAILANI, THE POLITICALLY-ACTIVE SON OF PIR GAILANI, AND MULLAH MALANG, AN AFGHAN WITH LINKS TO THE TALIBAN, TOLD POLOFF RECENTLY THAT "RADICALS" ARE GAINING T [...] |
1997-04-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL PINR AF PK |
| 97ISLAMABAD5640 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-07-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 97ISLAMABAD7636 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] No summary [...] |
1997-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER PK |
| 97ISTANBUL1030 |
IRAN--RAFSANJANI FAMILY, WOMEN IN THE MAJLES. [...] CONFIDENTIAL. CLASSIFIED BY CONS THOMAS H. CARTER FOR REASONS 1.5.(B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FAMILY OF ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, ESPECIALLY HIS DAUGHTER FAEZEH, WILL REMAIN POWERFUL DESPITE RAFSANJANI'S IMMINENT RETIREMENT, SAYS AN IRANIAN BUSINESSMAN. AZAN TALEGHANI, DAUGHT [...] |
1997-04-03 10:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN IR TU |
| 97JAKARTA4948 |
INSIDE AN INDONESIAN PRISON WITH [...] CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS EDMUND MCWILLIAMS, REASON, 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A WESTERN DIPLOMAT WAS ABLE TO ENTER CIPINANG PRISON, CLAIMING TO BE A RELATIVE OF A PRISONER, AND MET BRIEFLY WITH A NUMBER OF PROMINENT DISSIDENTS AND OTHER PRISONERS. THE DIPLOMAT NOTED THAT THE PRISO [...] |
1997-08-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ID |
| 97JAKARTA6773 |
INDONESIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL COUNSELOR ED MCWILLIAMS; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (U) FORMAT FOR THIS MESSAGE WAS DERIVED FROM REF A. A. RESPONSE OF THE INDONESIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997: ------------------------------- [...] |
1997-11-18 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PREL ID |
| 97KARACHI1443 |
TALIBAN REP ON NARCOTICS AND BIN LADEN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DOUGLAS B. ARCHARD, CONSUL GENERAL, AMCONGEN KARACHI. REASON 1.5(D). ...SUBJECT: TALIBAN REP ON NARCOTICS AND BIN LADEN Â [...] |
1997-08-21 12:33:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NARC PTER AF PK |
| 97KINSHASA2238 |
KABILA GOVERNMENT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS A PUTATIVE LISTING OF THE KABILA "GOVERNMENT" PRINTED IN A LOCAL KINSHASA NEWSPAPER, "LA CITE AFRICAINE," ON MARCH 31, 1997. BASED ON NAMES WE HAVE HEARD IN THE PAST, THE LIST SEEMS TO BE ACCURATE. EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, ALL COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NEWSPAPER. EXECUTIVE C [...] |
1997-04-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR CG |
| 97KUALALUMPUR4130 |
MAHATHIR FEUDING WITH ISLAMIC CONSERVATIVES [...] CLASSIFIED BY JOHN R. MALOTT, AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AS MALAYSIA'S CURRENCY HAS TUMBLED AND ITS SKIES HAVE FILLED WITH HAZE, PM MAHATHIR HAS STILL FOUND TIME FOR A NASTY DISPUTE WITH ISLAMIC CONSERVATIVES. RECENT ACTIONS BY ZEALOUS RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS LED THE PM TO [...] |
1997-10-23 01:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MY |
| 97LIMA4928 |
SENDERO LUMINOSO LEADER "FELICIANO" CORNERED -- YET AGAIN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JAMES F. MACK, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, ... id: 886 date: 6/6/1997 17:21 refid: 97LIMA4928 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 061721Z JUN 97 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7890 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY QUI [...] |
1997-06-06 17:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PMIL PE |
| 97MADRID11809 |
SPAIN: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP OPERATING IN SPAIN IS THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA (FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY), WHICH CONTINUED IN 1997 ITS CAMPAIGN OF MURDER, BOMBINGS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND STREET VIOLENCE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD SOME SUCCESS AGAINST ETA DURING THE YEAR, WITH KEY ARRESTS IN SPAIN AND FRANCE [...] |
1997-12-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
| 97MEXICO11061 |
PAN UNVEILS LEGISLATIVE, REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VAL MARTINEZ. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 7, 1997, NATIONAL ACTION PARTY (PAN) PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON UNVEILED THE PAN'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR, AS WELL AS ITS PROPOSAL FOR REFORM OF THE STATE. [...] |
1997-11-17 17:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR KDEM MX |
| 97NEWDELHI6957 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED SECRET BY NEW DELHI ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GORDON HELLWIG. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (S) EMBASSY WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE MORE INFORMATION ON THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (JKIF) AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL. POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY THE REGIONAL SECU [...] |
1997-07-08 05:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KPRP PINR PTER IN PK |
| 97NIAMEY2216 |
QADHAFI VISIT: HE CAME, HE SAW, HE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND WILL BECOME MORE APPARENT IN THE COMING DAYS. QADHAFI STAYED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE MAIN PUBLIC EVENT WAS HIS ADDRESS TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE NIAMEY MOSQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE IN FAVOR OF ARABIC, AND [...] |
1997-05-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID NG |
| 97NIAMEY5135 |
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...] |
1997-11-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL |
| 97PHNOMPENH1339 |
COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATION COMMAND [...] SUMMARY. ON MAY 3, 1997, VISITING MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES HOLLAND, COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PACIFIC, HAD SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CO-MINISTERS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, LTG MEAS SOPHEA, REAFFIRMING THE MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...] |
1997-05-20 04:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS CB |
| 97RIYADH4701 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...] |
1997-12-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SA |
| 97ROME4528 |
QADHAFI JUST WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WITH EUROPE [...] No summary [...] |
1997-05-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XI LY IT |
| 97ROME5198 |
ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...] |
1997-06-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT |
| 97ROME9630 |
LIBYA: QADHAFI HOPES IN ITALY'S LEFTISTS [...] THE ITALIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO REPORT ON LIBYA, CITING QADHAFI AS SAYING OCTOBER 29 HE BELIEVES ITALY'S LEFTIST GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH APPROVING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO LIBYA AS COMPENSATION FOR ITALIAN COLONIAL DAMAGES. THREE PROMINENT FIGURES, FORMERLY MEMBERS OF THE THEN-IT [...] |
1997-11-07 09:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XI XF LY IT |
| 97SOFIA1105 |
BULGARIA'S UNION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITES [...] No summary [...] |
1997-02-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BU |
| 97SOFIA3097 |
BULGARIA: BUILDING C0NSENSUS AND F0RMING A [...] No summary [...] |
1997-05-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BU |
| 97STATE133614 |
MEETING WITH BIN LADEN GROUP AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] CLASSIFIED BY NEA/ENA DIRECTOR, RICHARD L. JACKSON. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: TECHMASTER ENGINEERING, INC. (TEL), A US- AFFILIATE OF A HOLDING COMPANY OF THE BIN LADEN GROUP HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDER FMF-FUNDED CONTRACTS FOR THE EGYP [...] |
1997-07-17 01:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD MASS PTER EG SA |
| 97STATE230033 |
// INR ASSESSMENT // - DPRK: QUACKS LIKE CAPITALISM [...] (C) EVEN AS PYONGYANG CONTINUES TO EXCORIATE CAPITALISM AND INSIST THAT THE NORTH WILL "NEVER CHANGE," THERE ARE - SIGNS THAT SOME IN THE REGIME ARE INCREASINGLY OPEN TO EXPERIMENTING WITH CAPITALIST PRINCIPLES. BUT CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION AND BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA ARE STRONG, AND THE NO [...] |
1997-12-09 03:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KN PGOV PREL |
| 97STATE83213 |
AFGHANISTAN: SAUDI POLCOUNS SAYS THEY STILL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBIN L. RAPHEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) DURING THE COURSE OF A 4/29 TELCON, SAUDI POLITICAL COUNSELOR RAHAB MASSOUD AFFIRMED TO SA A/S RAPHEL THAT THE SAG'S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO GET THE TALIBAN T [...] |
1997-05-05 17:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SA AF |
| 97TAIPEI4246 |
TAIWAN'S NEW CABINET -- BIO INFORMATION [...] CLASSIFIED BY LAUREN MORIARTY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AIT/T. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (U) BEGIN INTRODUCTION: AS REPORTED REFTEL, THE 15TH KMT CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28 APPROVED THE APPOINTMENTS OF A SLIGHTLY RESHUFFLED CABINET UNDER INCOMING PREMIER VINCENT SIEW. SIEW AND HIS CAB [...] |
1997-09-09 09:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TW |
| 97TASHKENT2034 |
UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR? [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK (PLEASE PROTECT), UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT" UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN NAMA [...] |
1997-05-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PINR PTER UZ PK |
| 97TIRANA1976 |
BIOGRAPHY OF NEW ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: FATOS NANO WAS BORN IN TIRANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1952. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, AND THEY HAVE TWO ALMOST-GROWN CHILDREN, A BOY AND A GIRL. THE BOY, 17 OR 18, IS STUDYING AT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE IN THESSELONNKI, GREECE. THE GIRL, 16 OR 17, IS STUDYING [...] |
1997-08-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR AL |
| 97TIRANA3065 |
BIOGRAPHY OF ALBANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SABIT BROKAJ [...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: SABIT BROKAJ WAS BORN JANUARY 7, 1942 IN VLORA. BROKAJ IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. 2. (U) EDUCATION: BROKAJ GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA FACULTY OF MEDICINE IN 1969. HE TRAINED IN CARDIOLOGY FROM 1974-76 IN TIRANA. HE TRAVELED TO FRANCE TO STUDY CA [...] |
1997-12-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PARM AL |
| 97TUNIS5237 |
TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION OF [...] SUMMARY. THIS CABLE CONTAINS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NINE INDIVIDUALS TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI APPOINTED TO GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ON OCTOBER 9, 1997 (REFTEL). THEY ARE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID BEN MUSTAPHA, INTERIOR MINISTER ALI CHAOUCH, AGRICULTURE MINISTER SADOK RABEH, EDU [...] |
1997-10-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV TS |
| 97WELLINGTON1656 |
BIO REPORT: NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: JOSIAH H. BEEMAN, AMBASSADOR. REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: NZ'S NEW (AND FIRST WOMAN) PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY IS AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN WHO BELIEVES IN LESS GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT, AND A "SOFT HEART AND A HARD HEAD." SHE TAKES A MEASURED AND [...] |
1997-12-22 01:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR NZ |
| 97YEKATERINBURG43 |
THE SUPREMACY OF "STATE POWERS" [...] THE LOCAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR OF SVERDLOVSK AND THE MAYOR OF YEKATERINBURG IS MORE THAN A PERSONAL DISPUTE, REVEALING AS IT DOES A FUNDAMENTAL RUSSIAN DISTINCTION BETWEEN "STATE POWERS" AND "LOCAL SELF- ADMINISTRATION" THAT IS OFTEN LOST IN TRANSLATION. FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, DEMOC [...] |
1997-02-26 04:44:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |