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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98ADDISABABA6302 |
MELES ON NEXT STEPS: LET THINGS EVOLVE NATURALLY [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER MELES TOLD CHARGE AUGUST 8 THAT THE U.S. STATEMENT AGAINST EXPULSIONS OF ERITREANS, COMBINED WITH REPORTS THAT THE U.S. TOLD ISAIAS THAT ETHIOPIA IS TOO FRAGILE TO COMPROMISE, REFLECT ANTI- ETHIOPIA BIAS WITHIN INFLUENTIAL USG CIRCLES. ACCORDINGLY, WE SHOULD PERHAPS BACK OF [...] |
1998-08-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM ET ER |
| 98AMMAN3050 |
POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM JANET A. SANDERSON; REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 1997 BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS POLITICAL WING, THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT, EXPOS [...] |
1998-04-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR KISL PHUM JO |
| 98AMMAN8578 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS' RELATIONSHIP WITH HAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN ITS PUBLIC PROTESTS OVER THE KILLING OF HAMAS MILITARY LEADERS IMAD AND ADEL AWADULLAH AND HAS SUGGESTED PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMPLICITY IN THEIR DEATHS. THE MB OPENLY DECLARES ITS CLOSE TIES WITH HAMAS, BUT PRIVATELY [...] |
1998-09-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL KWBG JO |
| 98ANKARA9055 |
ARMY CHIEF WARNS SYRIA ABOUT SUPPORT FOR PKK [...] (U) TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMAND (TLFC) COMMANDER GENERAL ATILLA ATES WAS QUOTED IN THE LOCAL PRESS SEPTEMBER 16 AS SAYING THAT TURKEY WAS "RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE" WITH SYRIA'S ALLEGED SUPPORT OF THE SEPARATIST/TERRORIST KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY (PKK). THE CONSERVATIVE "TURKIYE" NEWSPAPER'S [...] |
1998-09-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER MOPS PINR PREL TU SY IR |
| 98BANDARSERIBEGAWAN209 |
SULTAN'S SON TO BE MADE CROWN PRINCE [...] AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26, STATED THAT THE SULTAN'S ELDEST SON, PRINCE AL-MUHTADEE BILLAH, WILL BE CROWNED "PUTERA MAKHOTA" OR CROWN PRINCE, AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN AUGUST. 2. THE CEREMONY IS EXPECTED TO BE LARGE AND LAVISH, STEEPED IN TR [...] |
1998-03-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BX |
| 98BANDARSERIBEGAWAN550 |
SULTAN'S ELDEST SON MADE CROWN PRINCE; [...] No summary [...] |
1998-08-14 08:12:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON |
| 98BANGKOK4204 |
THAI MFA COMMENTS ON TEA BANH, FOC, AND THE KHMER ROUGE [...] No summary [...] |
1998-03-31 00:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL MOPS KDEM CB TH |
| 98BEIJING18771 |
VFM YANG JIECHI PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) VFM YANG JIECHI CALLED IN THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 12 TO PROTEST SECRETARY RICHARDSON'S VISIT TO TAIWAN AND THE DALAI LAMA'S WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND OTHER SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS. YANG DESCRIBED BOTH ACTIONS AS "CATEGORICALLY UNACCEPTABLE" AND INTERFERENCE IN CHINA'S [...] |
1998-11-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US CH TW |
| 98BEIRUT2888 |
EXPLOSIONS IN AFRICA: ARE THERE ANY AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY ---------- THE TWO EXPLOSIONS WERE REPORTED ON THE FRONT-PAGE OF EVERY NEWSPAPER IN LEBANON. MOST REPORTED THE EVENT WITH NO EDITORIALIST REACTION. THE ONLY TWO EDITORIALS THAT WERE WRITTEN WERE CONTRADICTORY. JOSEPH SAMAHA OF ARAB NATIONALIST DAILY AS-SAFIR WARNED THAT "BEING AN [...] |
1998-08-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PTER PREL KILS PGOV MOPS LE IS SY |
| 98BEIRUT3570 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS AT THE PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER NABIH BERRI AND HIS DEPUTY ELIE FERZLI INDICATED THAT LAF COMMANDER GENERAL EMILE LAHUD IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT PR [...] |
1998-09-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL MEPP LE |
| 98BEIRUT3820 |
LEBANESE PARLIAMENT ELECTS ARMY COMMANDER EMILE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR DAVID M. SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RATIFYING THE NAME WHICH EMERGED FROM LAST WEEK'S SUMMIT BETWEEN LEBANESE PRESIDENT HRAWI AND SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD, THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT TODAY ELECTED LAF COMMANDER EMILE LAHUD AS LEBANON'S ELEV [...] |
1998-10-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL LE |
| 98BRUSSELS2939 |
U.S.-EU TROIKA: TERRORISM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM R. REGAN, USEU. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE MAY 7 U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM COVERED THE WATERFRONT, BUT SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE EU'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN, WHERE IT PLEDGED CONTINUED VIGILANCE, AND ITS [...] |
1998-05-12 12:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EUN KPAL IS PINR |
| 98CARACAS2912 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (C) CORRUPT POLITICIANS, FAILED INSTITUTIONS, AND POPULAR DESPAIR CHARACTERIZE VENEZUELAN POLITICS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUGO CHAVEZ TOLD AMBASSADOR DURING A SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING. CHAVEZ SAID HIS CANDIDACY REPRESENTS THE LAST HOPE OF A FRUSTRATED AND DESPERATE PEOPLE. THE SUCCESS OF HIS PR [...] |
1998-09-25 23:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR VE |
| 98CARACAS3241 |
BIOGRAPHIC REPORT: LUIS MIQUILENA: POLITICAL GODFATHER TO [...] (C) LUIS MIQUILENA IS LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUGO CHAVEZ'S POLITICAL GODFATHER AND CONFIDENT. HE WAS THE KEY INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN CHAVEZ AND LEFTIST POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUN-UP TO THE FAILED FEBRUARY 1992 COUP ATTEMPT. HE ALSO ORGANIZED CHAVEZ'S 1994 VISIT TO CUBA FOLLOWING HIS R [...] |
1998-10-27 18:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL VE |
| 98CARACAS3576 |
HUGO CHAVEZ'S PLAN TO TRANSFORM VENEZUELA: PART I [...] (U) IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, HUGO CHAVEZ'S POLITICAL PARTY, THE FIFTH REPUBLIC MOVEMENT (MVR) PUBLISHED ITS PLAN OF ACTION (REFTEL). THIS DOCUMENTED WAS UPDATED IN OCTOBER WHEN CHAVEZ RELEASED HIS "PLAN TO TRANSFORM VENEZUELA." 2. (U) CHAVEZ'S PLAN CONSISTS OF FIVE-PARTS: -- POLITICAL [...] |
1998-12-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL VE |
| 98CARACAS3637 |
HUGO CHAVEZ WINS IN A LANDSLIDE [...] HUGO CHAVEZ FRIAS WON THE DECEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN A LANDSLIDE, BESTING HENRIQUE SALAS ROMER 56 PERCENT TO 39 PERCENT. WITH MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED, THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL (CNE) DECLARED CHAVEZ THE WINNER LESS THAN THREE HOURS AFTER THE POLLS HAD CLOSED. T [...] |
1998-12-07 04:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON VE |
| 98CARACAS3816 |
CHAVEZ VICTORY LAP AROUND THE REGION [...] (U) PRESIDENT-ELECT HUGO CHAVEZ PAID POST ELECTION COURTESY CALLS ON ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM, CHILEAN PRESIDENT EDUARDO FREI, BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT HENRIQUE CARDOZO, AND COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT CARLOS PASTRANA DURING A DECEMBER 15-18 WHIRLWIND REGIONAL TOUR OF BRAZIL (REF B), ARGENTINA (REF [...] |
1998-12-23 18:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE BR AR CI CO |
| 98CARACAS539 |
HUGO CHAVEZ CELEBRATES "DAY OF DIGNITY" [...] (C) FORMER COUP LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUGO CHAVEZ CELEBRATED A "DAY OF DIGNITY" ON FEBRUARY 4 (4F), THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS COUP ATTEMPT. THIS CELEBRATION PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGNING AT THREE EVENTS: MASS AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, A WREATH LAYI [...] |
1998-02-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
| 98COLOMBO3592 |
SRI LANKA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REF A REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE), THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...] |
1998-11-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |
| 98ISLAMABAD2617 |
PAKISTAN TESTS "GHAURI" MISSILE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA ALAN EASTHAM, 1.5D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMAD SUMMONED P-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON A HALF-HOUR'S NOTICE APRIL 6 TO INFORM US OF THE "SUCCESSFUL TEST" OF THE "INDIGENOUS" GHAURI MISSILE, WHICH HE SAID HAD A 1,500 KM RANGE FOR A 700 KG PAYLOAD. HAL [...] |
1998-04-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3474 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY RAPS USG KNUCKLES ON "ONE-SIDEDNESS" OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN SECRETARY SHAMSHAD AHMED COMPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 8 ABOUT THE "ONE-SIDED VIEW" OF THE JUST-RELEASED USG REPORT ON TERRORISM, LAMENTING THAT INDIA WAS PORTRAYED MORE POSITIVELY THAN PAKISTAN. ACKNOWLEDGING A RECENT RESPITE (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APRIL 26/27 [...] |
1998-05-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3858 |
BENAZIR PROMISES MODERATION ON NUCLEAR TESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEETING MAY 25 WITH PRINCIPAL OFFICER, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO SAID SHE WOULD NO LONGER PRESS THE GOVERNMENT TO TEST ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TIME FOR A DETONATION, BENAZIR ARGUED, BUT AT THIS STAGE A TEST WOULD BE COUNTER TO PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS. [...] |
1998-05-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC IN PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3918 |
POLITICAL OPPOSITION FLAYS NAWAZ FOR DELAYING RESPONSE TO INDIAN NUCLEAR CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] |
1998-05-28 07:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3966 |
PRIME MINISTER SUCCUMBS TO DOMESTIC PRESSURE, AND [...] (U) SOMBER AND TIRED LOOKING, PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF TOLD HIS NATION MAY 28 EVENING THAT PAKISTAN HAD SUCCESSFULLY EXPLODED FIVE NUCLEAR DEVICES SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. A RECURRING THEME THROUGHOUT THE SPEECH WAS THE FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY T [...] |
1998-05-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC IN PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD3977 |
RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN, SHIA POLITICAL LEADER IS [...] (C) QAISER BOKHARI, THE LAHORE CHIEF OF THE SHIA TEHRIK-E- JAFARIA-E-PAKISTAN (TJP) TOLD POLOFF MAY 26 THAT HE WAS HEADING A RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN ON MAY 27 FOR ONE WEEK. THE TRIP OF THE MILLI YAKJETI COUNCIL (NATIONAL SOLIDARITY COUNCIL) COMES AT THE INVITATION OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNME [...] |
1998-05-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MNUC PK IR |
| 98ISLAMABAD4003 |
PAKISTAN: PM'S MAY 28 LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS FOR THE RECORD THE TEXT OF PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S MAY 28 LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE LETTER HAD EARLIER BEEN FAXED TO SA/PAB; THE ORIGINAL IS BEING SENT BY POUCH. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: 28TH MAY 1998 HIS EXCELLENCY MR. WILLIAM J. CLINTON PRESIDENT OF T [...] |
1998-05-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD6509 |
PAKISTAN: A CONVERSATION WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH HER RIVAL NAWAZ SHARIF IN DEEP POLITICAL TROUBLE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO IS SEEKING TO RESHAPE HER IMAGE AND REVIVE HER OWN TATTERED POLITICAL FORTUNES. IN A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION WITH POLCOUNS ON AUGUST 27, SHE CONDEMNED THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE ISLA [...] |
1998-08-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD7870 |
SHAHBAZ SHARIF ON NUCLEAR ISSUES, ISLAMIZATION AND POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. MEETING OCTOBER 14 WITH VISITING AMBASSADOR MILAM, PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF EMPHASIZED HIS BROTHER'S COMMITMENT TO FINDING COMMON GROUND WITH THE UNITED STATES ON PROLIFERATION ISSUES, JUSTIFIED THE RECENT REDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS AS A POLITICAL IMPERATIVE, AND [...] |
1998-10-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MNUC ENRG PK |
| 98ISLAMABAD8066 |
PAKISTAN: FUNDAMENTALISM AND SUPPORT FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH A SAMPLING OF RURAL PUNJABI POLITICIANS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT RECRUITMENT TO MILITANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS IS INCREASING IN POORER AREAS OF THE PUNJABI COUNTRYSIDE (PRIMARILY SOUTHERN PUNJAB), BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A MASS FUNDAMENTALIST MOVEMENT IS I [...] |
1998-10-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 98JEDDAH1247 |
JEDDAH OBSERVERS ON THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN W. BUCK, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING RECENT VISIT BY RIYADH POLCOUNS, JEDDAH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED ROYAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER AND THE CROWN PRINCE'S ROLE AND PROSPECTS. LIKE SO MANY SAUDIS, MOST SEE [...] |
1998-12-09 07:17:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINS ECON PHUM SOCI PREL SA |
| 98JERUSALEM2378 |
ALLEGED OSAMA BIN LADEN CONNECTION TO PALESTINIAN BANK [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER JERRY FEIERSTEIN, REASON 1.6X1. 2. (S) OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO, AND POSSIBLY AN OWNERSHIP SHARE OF, AL-AQSA ISLAMIC BANK, A NEW BANK GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL BY THE PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) TO OPERATE IN PALESTINIAN [...] |
1998-08-25 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL JO SA |
| 98KINSHASA3602 |
PRESIDENT'S SON STUDYING IN CUBA? [...] (C) ETIENNE RUSAMIRA (PROTECT), ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO WE HAVE FOUND TO BE A GENERALLY RELIABLE SOURCE WITHIN THE GDROC, TOLD POL COUNS MAY 18 THAT PRESIDENT KABILA'S SON, "COMMANDANT" JOSEPH KAKA (AKA JOSEPH KABILA) DEPARTED KINSHASA DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY TO [...] |
1998-05-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL MASS CG CU |
| 98KINSHASA6205 |
KINSHASA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] KINSHASA'S ANNUAL SUBMISSION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT HAS BEEN CLEARED BY ALL RELEVANT SECTIONS IN THE EMBASSY. 2. AS REQUESTED, THE RESPONSE MIRRORS THE FORMAT PROVIDED IN REFTEL. A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURIN [...] |
1998-12-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 98KUWAIT4010 |
TERRORISM: SEEKING HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
1998-06-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KU |
| 98KUWAIT8116 |
KUWAITI GOVT FUNDING HAMAS: "NOT ONE PENNY" [...] (C) DURING A CALL BY CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER ON FONMIN SABAH TODAY, THE CONGRESSMAN TOLD SHAYKH SABAH THAT CHAIRMAN ARAFAT HAD TOLD A SENIOR CONGRESSMAN YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON THAT THE KUWAITI GOVERNMENT WAS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR HAMAS. 2. (C) SHAYKH SABAH RESPONDED WITH SOME EMOTION, U [...] |
1998-12-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IS PA |
| 98LONDON12113 |
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - UK [...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ROUTINELY TAKES A ROBUST STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM, AND CONTRIBUTES ACTIVELY TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES -- PARTICULARLY THE UNITED NATIONS, THE GROUP OF EIGHT ( [...] |
1998-12-11 18:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 98MADRID12132 |
SPAIN: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA ANNOUNCED A UNILATERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASE-FIRE ON SEPTEMBER 16. THE CEASE-FIRE HAS HELD. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, ETA KILLED SIX PERSONS IN 1998. PRESIDENT AZNAR CALLED NOVEMBER 3 FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH ETA ON WAYS TO MAKE THE CEASE FIRE PERMANENT. THOSE [...] |
1998-12-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
| 98NDJAMENA443 |
THE CESS POOL: QADHAFI ORGANIZES THE NEIGHBORS [...] (U) PRESIDENT DEBY BROUGHT BACK FROM HIS FEBRUARY 3- 5 VISIT NEWS OF THE FORMATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF SAHEL- SAHARA STATES (COMMUNAUTE DES ETATS SAHELO-SAHARIENS, OR CESS). CESS, ACCORDING TO DEBY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, WOULD APPEAR TO BE FIVE STATES: LIBYA, CHAD, NIGER, MALI, AND SUDAN. THE CENT [...] |
1998-02-06 15:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD LY |
| 98NEWDELHI2879 |
INDIAN REACTION TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: INDIAN OFFICIAL REACTION TO PAKISTAN'S RECENT FLIGHT TEST OF THE GHAURI BALLISTIC MISSILE (REFTEL) HAS BEEN MEASURED THUS FAR. THE NEWS OF THE PAKISTANI MISSILE TEST RAN SECOND TO THE CORONATION OF SONIA GANDHI AS THE NEW LEADER OF THE CONGRESS PARTY IN MOST NEWSPAPERS ON APRI [...] |
1998-04-07 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PGOV PREL IN |
| 98PARIS11954 |
FRANCE "DEPLORES" AND "CONDEMNS" PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS [...] (U) THE FRENCH MFA (QUAI) RELEASED A STATEMENT LATE MAY 28 SAYING THAT FRANCE "DEPLORES" AND "CONDEMNS" PAKISTAN'S FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS. AN AFP STORY FOLLOWING THE DECLARATION ALSO NOTES FRANCE'S CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO SANCTIONS AND QUOTES FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE AS SAYING THAT, "EACH TIME TH [...] |
1998-05-29 04:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL FR PK |
| 98PRETORIA15505 |
SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG-TERM SADC APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A NOVEMBER 23 MEETING WITH DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SADC POLITICAL AFFAIRS HORST BRAMMER, AND DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION COEN BEZUIDENHOUT, THE SAG OFFICIALS TOLD POLMIL OFFICER AND POLOFFICER THAT, WHILE SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTED THE STRENGTHENING OF SADC AS A [...] |
1998-11-25 22:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC SF |
| 98PRETORIA3354 |
BIO INFO ON MBEKI'S NEW INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISOR [...] (C) POLMILOFF AND POLOFF PAID A COURTESY CALL ON DEPUTY PRESIDENT MBEKI'S DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN THE NEW POLICY COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION UNIT (CIU) MARCH 18. THE CIU, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, PROVIDES POLICY COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT, AND ENSUR [...] |
1998-03-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SF |
| 98RABAT7515 |
MOROCCO - 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] |
1998-11-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 98RIYADH3482 |
SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989) [...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...] |
1998-10-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA |
| 98RIYADH4048 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1998 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 1998, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...] |
1998-12-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SA |
| 98RIYADH879 |
SAUDI ARABIA: BEDOUIN LORE ON CROWN PRINCE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION THEODORE KATTOUF. REASON: 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE ANAYZA TRIBE, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF POWER LIES IN THE SHAMMAR AND ANAYZA TRIBES. HE HAS MARRIED INTO BOTH TRIBES, DRAWS ON THEM FOR THE MAJORITY [...] |
1998-03-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SA |
| 98SEOUL7019 |
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] (U) NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) IN 1998, AND THE ROK DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EXTRADITION REQUESTS FROM OTHER NATIONS FOR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. ON DECEMBER 1, 1998, THE ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIED THE ROK-U.S. EXT [...] |
1998-12-11 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
| 98STATE143823 |
LETTER ON IRAQ FROM THE SECRETARY TO FM PRIMAKOV [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY NEA PDAS DAVID WELCH, REASON 1.5(B) 2. (C) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR EMBASSY MOSCOW. SEE PARA 4. 3. (C) BACKGROUND: ON AUGUST 4, THE SECRETARY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRIMAKOV IN WHICH PRIMAKOV ASSERTED CATEGORICALLY THAT IRAQ HAD ELIMINATED ALL WMD AND NO LONGER RE [...] |
1998-08-07 00:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IZ RU |
| 98STATE144034 |
EXPLOSIONS AT EMBASSIES NAIROBI AND DAR ES SALAAM [...] (C) EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM WAS HIT BY A "HUGE" EXPLOSION AT 0340 EDT. THIRTY TO FORTY PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED TO THE NEARBY AID FACILITY. THERE ARE REPORTS OF INJURIES AND REPORTS OF THREE DEAD FOREIGN NATIONAL EMPLOYEES. ALL OFFICIAL AMCITS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. 2. (C) EMBASSY NAIROBI RE [...] |
1998-08-07 09:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR PREL PINS MARR CASC |
| 98STATE145892 |
TFEAO1 SITUATION REPORT NO. 13 AS OF 0530 EDT [...] CLASSIFIED BY JEFF MILLINGTON, TASK FORCE COORDINATOR TANZANIA ARRESTS SUSPECTS 2. (C) EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM CONFIRMED THAT TANZANIAN POLICE AUGUST 10 DETAINED 14 SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE DAR ES SALAAM BOMBING--6 SUDANESE NATIONALS, 5 IRAQIS, 1 TURK, 1 GERMA [...] |
1998-08-11 10:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AEMR MARR CASC PINS KE TZ |
| 98STATE154474 |
NAM: FOCUSING ON IRAQ [...] (C) IT IS LIKELY THAT IRAQ HAS SENT MESSAGES TO ARAB CAPITALS IN RECENT DAYS TO ARGUE THAT SANCTIONS SHOULD BE LIFTED BECAUSE IT HAS ALLEGEDLY FULFILLED ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER UNSC RESOLUTIONS AND DESTROYED PROHIBITED WEAPONS. TARIQ AZIZ MADE THIS ARGUMENT TO UNSCOM CHAIRMAN BUTLER ON AUGUST 3 [...] |
1998-08-22 01:51:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NAM IZ |
| 98STATE156972 |
EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDMENT: USAMA BIN LADIN [...] (U) POSTS MAY DRAW FROM THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN BRIEFING HOST COUNTRY INTERLOCUTORS AND RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO AMEND EXECUTIVE ORDER 12947 TO INCLUDE USAMA BIN LADIN AND HIS KEY ASSOCIATES. 2. (U) BEGIN POINTS: -- ON AUGUST 20, 1998, PRESIDE [...] |
1998-08-26 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC |
| 98STATE34310 |
USAMA BIN LADEN'S STATEMENT ABOUT JIHAD AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
1998-02-26 04:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL AF SA |
| 98STATE55357 |
APPROACH TO EU ON TALEBAN SUPPORT FOR USAMA BIN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE - SEE PARA 2. 2. (S/RELEASABLE TO THE EU) THE U.S. IS CONCERNED BY THE SO-CALLED FATWA RECENTLY ISSUED BY TERRORIST PATRON USAMA BIN LADEN THAT CALLS ON ALL MUSLIMS TO KILL AMERICANS. WE HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE TALEBAN BOTH IN KABUL AND IN NEW YORK. [...] |
1998-03-27 21:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL AF SA |
| 98STATE62472 |
PAKISTAN: GHAURI FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) SUMMARY. A/S INDERFURTH EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT AT PAKISTAN'S FLIGHT TEST OF ITS GHAURI MISSILE, AND CONCERN AT ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT ON RESUMPTION OF TALKS WITH INDIA. HE URGED PAKISTAN TO CONVEY DIRECTLY TO THE NEW INDIAN GOVERNMENT ITS POSITION THAT THE TEST WAS NOT A REACT TON TO THE N [...] |
1998-04-08 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PARM PK |
| 98STATE96941 |
TERRORISM: SEEKING HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AGAINST OSAMA BIN LADEN THREAT TO U.S. FORCES [...] No summary [...] |
1998-05-30 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER |
| 98TELAVIV15545 |
HAMAS CONSIDERS A NEW MODUS VIVENDI WITH PA [...] (C) IN THE AFTERMATH OF WIDE-SCALE ARRESTS OF HAMAS ACTIVISTS FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 29 GUSH KATIF SUICIDE BOMBINGS, SOME OF OUR GAZA CONTACTS ARE STATING THAT HAMAS IS PREPARING TO ENTER INTO A LIMITED "TRUCE" WITH THE PALESTINIAN.AUTHORITY (PA). THE TRUCE WOULD APPLY ONLY TO ATTACKS LAUNCHE [...] |
1998-11-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWBG KPAL PREL PHUM GZ IS PGOV |
| 98TUNIS933 |
PEACE CORPS: VIEWS OF AMBASSADORS: TUNIS RESPONSE [...] PEACE CORPS? WE LOVED THEM--AND TUNISIA LOVED THEM--FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THE 2,382 AMERICANS AND THEIR THOUSANDS OF TUNISIAN COUNTERPARTS MADE DURING THE 34 YEARS OF THEIR COMMON ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION. TUNISIA HAS ATTAINED A LEVEL OF DEVE [...] |
1998-02-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID PREL TS |
| 98USUNNEWYORK1622 |
PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 28 THE SECURITY COUNCIL COULD NOT ISSUE A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT "STRONGLY DEPLORING" THE MAY 28 PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST. DESPITE MAY 28 LATE NIGHT SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS OF THE WHOLE, THE CHINESE SAID THEY WERE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. DURING EARLIER INFORMAL CONSULT [...] |
1998-05-29 04:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN |
| 98USUNNEWYORK1638 |
SECOND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TEST: UN SECURITY [...] (C) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN EMERGENCY SESSION MAY 30 AT THE REQUEST OF JAPAN TO RESPOND TO THE SECOND SET OF PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR OWADA, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS GOVERNMENT, TABLED A DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARA 7), CO-SPONSORED BY SWEDEN [...] |
1998-05-30 21:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP PK IN |
| 98USUNNEWYORK2600 |
UN: COUNCIL REVIEWS SUDAN LETTER OF PROTEST [...] (C) ON AUGUST 24, COUNCIL PRESIDENT TURK (SLOVENIA) NOTED RECEIPT OF A LETTER FROM SUDANESE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS RORIC CONDEMNING THE AUGUST 20 DESTRUCTION OF THE EL-SHIFA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY BY U.S. MISSILES (REF A). AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THE JUSTIFICA [...] |
1998-08-24 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SU |
| 98YEKATERINBURG156 |
THE ROMANOVS: THE FINAL CHAPTER IN YEKATERINBURG [...] ON A SUNNY JULY 16 MORNING, THOUSANDS OF YEKATERINBURGERS WAITED IN LINE TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRIA. EXACTLY EIGHTY YEARS BEFORE, ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17, 1918, THE ROMANOVS HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED HERE. THEIR REMAINS NOW LAID IN STATE AT YEKATERINBURG'S ASC [...] |
1998-07-16 12:16:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |