Search through 251'286 wikileaks cables
B R O W S E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966
By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENCIES AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DUNCAN CAMERON DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR EAI EAIC EAID EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECHEVARRIA ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUARDO EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN EFIS EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT EINV EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIGUEROA FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE KCGC KCHG KCIP KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM KCOR KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG KGIC KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV KHJUS KHLS KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA KMCC KMCR KMDR KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN KPIR KPKO KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN KTFR KTFS KTIA KTIP KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHER OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA PHU PHUH PHUM PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR PINS PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF PREG PREJ PREK PREL PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANESSA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISAS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WARD WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WILLIAM WIPO WIR WITH WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZOELLICK ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENCIES AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DUNCAN CAMERON DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR EAI EAIC EAID EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECHEVARRIA ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUARDO EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN EFIS EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT EINV EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIGUEROA FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE KCGC KCHG KCIP KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM KCOR KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG KGIC KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV KHJUS KHLS KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA KMCC KMCR KMDR KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN KPIR KPKO KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN KTFR KTFS KTIA KTIP KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMAR OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTHER OTHERSASNEEDED OTP OTR OTRA OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATRICK WARREN MAHURIN PATTY PAUL PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBST PBT PBTS PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA PHU PHUH PHUM PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINOCHET PINR PINS PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF PREG PREJ PREK PREL PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRIVATIZATION PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAFAEL RAID RAMON RAMONTEIJELO RAS RATIFICATION RAY GUEVARA MILTON RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROBERT ROBERT JOSEPH RODHAM RODRIGUEZ ROK ROME ROOD ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SABAH SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SALOPEK SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SASIAIN SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANESSA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISAS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WARD WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WILLIAM WIPO WIR WITH WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZOELLICK ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable
878 rows / 878 results
Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01ABUDHABI6422 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] | 2001-11-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER AF PK TC |
01ABUJA1000 | Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...] | 2001-05-04 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CJAN PREL NI |
01ABUJA1006 | Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...] | 2001-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS ECON NI |
01ABUJA1007 | OAU HIV/AIDS SUMMIT IN ABUJA [...] Thirty-five African heads of state attended the Extraordinary OAU Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases held in Abuja April 26- 27. Featured guest speakers included UN Secretary General Koffi Annan and former President Bill Clinton. Jerry Rawlings, former Pr [...] | 2001-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PREL SOCI OAU NI |
01ABUJA1011 | OBASANJO ON NIGERIA'S ROLE IN AFRICA [...] (C) Nigeria's President Obasanjo will visit Washington May 10-12, 2001. Over breakfast on May 5, Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter that he knew he was in many respects representing Africa on the visit. This was a heavy responsibility that he took seriously. Obasanjo commented that he planned [...] | 2001-05-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OVIP NI XA |
01ABUJA1012 | NIGERIA: OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT IS PENDING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2001-05-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
01ABUJA1040 | THE MPRI PAYMENT SAGA [...] SUMMARY: After numerous low, medium and high-level conversations with officials at the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Presidency, Post believes payment of USD 3.2 million for the MPRI reprofessionalization program may be received within one week. (U [...] | 2001-05-09 05:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL EFIN NI |
01ABUJA1041 | President Obasanjo on Renditions [...] (S/NF) During a breakfast meeting to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel points. President Obasanjo made an exaggerated look of being taken aback and said, "Ssh! Don't even mention renditions!" The President quickly became serious, however, sa [...] | 2001-05-09 05:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR KCRM NI |
01ABUJA1046 | SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...] | 2001-05-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL |
01ABUJA1048 | OBASANJO ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS, CONTE AND THE RUF [...] (C) President Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter May 5 that he was increasingly optimistic that the GOSL and the RUF could reach an accommodation. At the conclusion of their visit to Abuja (reftel),the two sides had decided to return to Sierra Leone on the same aircraft. Obasanjo opined that t [...] | 2001-05-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI |
01ABUJA1069 | EAC FINDS NIGERIAN POLICE PRESENCE ESSENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: Charge chaired a May 11 meeting of the Abuja EAC in response to ref A implication that Nigerian Police could not be paid by purchase request after May 31, absent a formally-concluded MOA. EAC members unanimously agreed that termination of police coverage would be most unwise, as [...] | 2001-05-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT KCRM NI |
01ABUJA1072 | BIG PROJECT, BIG PROBLEMS? [...] (C) The Senate Public Accounts Committee Chairman plans public hearings on the massive sports stadium now under construction on the edge of Abuja. Unbudgeted by the National Assembly, but (for now) privately financed by contractors eager to please the Obasanjo government (with a government l [...] | 2001-05-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINS NI |
01ABUJA1128 | WHO DEMARCHE/LOSS OF CHR SEAT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Nonye C. ("Joel") Udegbunam, Minister Counselor in the Second U.N. Division at the MFA. Udegbunam said that as a member of the Fifth Committee, he had personally worked on the negotiating the reduction in the UN scales of assessment, and said [...] | 2001-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM NI UNCHR WHO |
01ABUJA1133 | KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...] (C) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor law by sending the Deputy Governor, accompanied by Hisbah members (Shari'a enforcers) to five hotels to enforce a ban on the sale or purchase of alcohol by Mus [...] | 2001-05-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC |
01ABUJA1155 | PROGRESS ON OFR BASING ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA Bittrick, DATT and PolMilOff called on Minister of Army Batagarawa May 16. Batagarawa was pleased to hear about the improved levels of cooperation from the Nigerian military on OFR and MPRI. He thought basing alternatives for the 65th and 73rd battalions could be found, an [...] | 2001-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
01ABUJA1156 | NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO WCAR DEMARCHE (ROUND TWO) [...] (SBU) In the absence of the Charge from Abuja, Acting Polcouns delivered the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) demarche on the proposed language on the Middle East for the WCAR Declaration. A/Polcouns spoke with Olusegun Akinsanya, Director of the UN 2nd Unit (which among other matters, [...] | 2001-05-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NI UNHRC |
01ABUJA1192 | POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani and large immigrant Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal relations there [...] | 2001-05-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
01ABUJA1196 | CRIMINAL INCIDENT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CHANCERY [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, May 18, 2001 at approximately 2000 hours an armed car-jacking occurred in close proximity to the Chancery compound. End Summary 2. (U) The car-jacking occurred in front of the official residence belonging to the Government of Nigeria (GON) Minister of Aviation [...] | 2001-05-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NI |
01ABUJA1244 | In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...] | 2001-06-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MASS NI |
01ABUJA1249 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS MORATORIUM ON SMALL ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-06-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOWAS NI PARM |
01ABUJA1264 | NIGERIAN DEMARCHE ON UNGASS RESOLUTION ON HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Cuba trade embargo language in the HIV/AIDS draft resolution the morning of June 1. Minister-Counsellor Katherine Jackden, UN 2nd Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is handling UNGASS preparations, received the demarche. Ms. Jackden ag [...] | 2001-06-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IO TBIO NI UNGA |
01ABUJA1276 | RULING PARTY EXPELS DISSIDENT POLITICIANS [...] (U) The ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP) on May 31 expelled five dissident members of its Board of Trustees, and three elected party officers, for "anti-party activities." Membership in or open support for newly founded political "formations" formed the dissidents' offense. The rise of [...] | 2001-06-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
01ABUJA1306 | NIGERIA: DEALING WITH UN MISSION DEBT [...] (C) During the course of a June 1 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary (Ambassador) T.D. Hart, Ambassador Jeter presented a letter describing the need for the GON to address immediately the potentially embarrassing issue of the Nigerian UN Mission's outstanding debt to ConEdison. The Ambassa [...] | 2001-06-09 06:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT OFDP KREC NI |
01ABUJA1312 | NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...] | 2001-06-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI |
01ABUJA1350 | RISING CRIME IN LAGOS: AMBASSADOR MEETINGS [...] Summary: On Friday, June 8, Ambassador Jeter, RSO Gibson and RSO Bishop met with the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force (IGP) and the Acting National Security Advisor who is also the Director General of the Nigeria State Security Service to discuss the increase in violent crime in L [...] | 2001-06-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM AMGT NI |
01ABUJA1364 | INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Abuja's submission for this year's International Religious Freedom Report. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: ------------------------- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ------------------------- THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OB [...] | 2001-06-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF NI |
01ABUJA1365 | OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...] (C) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the changes in terms of "accountability, performance, and integrity." So far, three replacements have been named for the Ministers, none for the Advisors. It appe [...] | 2001-06-14 18:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
01ABUJA1366 | NIGERIA: POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani "indigenes" and large "immigrant" Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal r [...] | 2001-06-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
01ABUJA1374 | DEBT SWAP FOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANUP INITIATIVE [...] (U) Action request and comment at para 6. 2. (U) TDY U.S. Treasury Advisor Lisa Cook and Economic Section Chief Stephen Carrig met June 11 with GON debt management officials for a review of the mechanics of a debt for environment clean-up swap first discussed in Washington during Presid [...] | 2001-06-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
01ABUJA1375 | NIGERIA: DEBT NEGOTIATIONS STALL; PLANS FOR [...] (C) At meetings in Abuja June 11 and 12, senior GON economic policy-makers were thoroughly pessimistic regarding near term prospects for achieving consensus on the U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Debt Agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Club rescheduling. A.S. Arikawe, Debt Manage [...] | 2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
01ABUJA1376 | INTERIM REPORT ON MAP WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is a brief interim report; comprehensive report to follow. ------------- State of play ------------- 2. (U) At the fifth session of the five-nation Steering Committee of the Millennium Partnership for African Recovery Programme (MAP) held at Pretoria in March it was agre [...] | 2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON NI SF AG OAU |
01ABUJA1380 | NIGERIA: VISA FRAUD ON LAGOS/NYC FLIGHT--MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe and Minister of Internal Affairs Afolabi during the week of June 11 to discuss the problem of fraudulent U.S. visas and other travel documentation on the direct Lagos-New York flight, and to discuss solutions. The Ambassado [...] | 2001-06-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR CVIS PGOV NI |
01ABUJA1383 | EUCOM BRIEFS DONORS AND ECOWAS ON ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Peter Chaveas addressed a meeting of Diplomatic Missions in Abuja interested in assisting ECOWAS in its peace-keeping and conflict resolution activities. Ambassador Chaveas briefed the representatives on EUCOM's three pillars for ECOWAS enga [...] | 2001-06-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1419 | Nigeria's Macroeconomic Picture - [...] Economic policy and performance in 2000 and so far in 2001 have been mixed. Growth may have been sufficient to produce a small "democracy dividend" and privatization is moving ahead. The GON remains committed to fuel deregulation. Nevertheless, the 2000 and even more the 2001 budgets have [...] | 2001-06-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ENRG EFIN NI |
01ABUJA1431 | NIGERIA: SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid a courtesy call on Secretary to Government for the Federation (SGF) Ufot Ekaette SIPDIS on June 15. Ekaette described the role of the SGF in civilian government as a cross between Chief of Staff and "super-Minister." In a meeting that ranged widely over [...] | 2001-06-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NI |
01ABUJA1435 | ECOWAS PARTICIPANTS IN ACRI EXERCISE IN DAKAR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Regarding reftel invitation to ECOWAS to send two representatives to the ACRI exercise in Dakar July 9-27, 2001, ECOWAS informally notified us today that Deputy Executive Secretary, General (ret.) Cheik Oumar Diarra and Military Advisor, C [...] | 2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL KPKO NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1436 | NIGERIAN ARMY MINISTER ON OFR, MPRI ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for the Army Lawal Batagarawa on June 18 agreed to account for the two missing trucks from the previous OFR training in Nigeria, expressed some misgivings about the "Serti" base location for OFR Phase III given its close proximity to the border with Cameroon, a [...] | 2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1437 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...] | 2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI SL LI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1439 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S OAU CANDIDACY (ROUND TWO) [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate on June 18. Regional issues, particularly Liberia, were the focus of their exchange (septel). Kouyate, in a private sidebar, also asked once again for USG support for his candidacy for Secretary General of the OAU, as [...] | 2001-06-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS OAU |
01ABUJA1446 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO KEBBI STATE FOR OFR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter met June 19 with Governor Mohammed Aleiro and the Emir of Gwandu, the second-ranking Northern traditional ruler, in the first trip to Kebbi State by an American Ambassador. Governor Aliero said he was pleased that Kebbi State had been chosen as a training site [...] | 2001-06-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1448 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE: [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa highlight long-standing and bitter disputes over land and community status. "Settlers" and indigenes trade reprisal raids, burning homes, seizing property, and taking lives. The State Government struggles to effect dialogue b [...] | 2001-06-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
01ABUJA1449 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...] (U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Bafarawa, Sultan of Sokoto Maccido and Brigade One Commander General Emejuru. The Ambassador thanked the officials for their support for Operation Focus Relief P [...] | 2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
01ABUJA1461 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa continue sporadically. Frightened citizens have fled the areas of conflict in the southeastern corner of the state, but the numbers are uncertain, and press reports may be inflated. Isolated fighting in the village of Tudun-A [...] | 2001-06-27 05:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
01ABUJA1520 | NIGERIA: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ON USE OF PEPPER [...] (U) Post responded to Ref C request for concurrence on use of pepper spray with Ref D (email). However, this cable is being sent to establish a front-channel record response to Ref C. 2. (S) Ambassador Jeter concurs in equipping OFR trainers with pepper spray while in Nigeria for OFR P3, [...] | 2001-05-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR NI |
01ABUJA1526 | NIGERIA: BILATERAL DEBT NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Director General of the Debt Management Office Mr. A.S. Arikawe told Economic Section Chief June 27 that he remains pessimistic on prospects for an early resolution of USG/GON differences regarding the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Cl [...] | 2001-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI PREL |
01ABUJA1529 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...] | 2001-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL |
01ABUJA1531 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NASARAWA PEACEFUL NOW, [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa appear to have halted for the moment, although tension throughout the state is running high. The federal government has sent additional security forces into troubled areas. Approximately 40,000 displaced persons, mainly Tivs, [...] | 2001-06-29 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR NI |
01ABUJA1532 | NIGERIA: SEVEN U.S. COMPANIES BID FOR NATIONAL ID [...] (U) Summary. Seven U.S. companies, in two separate consortia, made oral presentations for a USD 200 million national identification card project on June 28. The actual presentation of bid proposals appeared to be open and transparent, with a total of four consortia competing for the bid. Ho [...] | 2001-06-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV NI |
01ABUJA1533 | NIGERIA: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan DeWitt visited Abuja June 11 - 29 as part of an INL-funded U.S. Department of Justice Overseas Prosecution Development and Training (OPDAT) program to work with Nigeria,s fledgling Anti-Corruption Commission and design possible training assistance to this im [...] | 2001-07-02 05:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM NI |
01ABUJA1543 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Commerce Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria trade relations. He stressed the need for Nigeria to take advantage of AGOA's benefits quickly. Minister Bello concurred and thanked the U.S. for its capacity-building and technical assistanc [...] | 2001-07-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID BEXP NI |
01ABUJA1547 | NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI),law enforcement [...] | 2001-07-05 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI |
01ABUJA1548 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Jeter met June 26 with Minister of Agriculture Bello for a discussion of U.S.-Nigeria relations in the agriculture sector. USAID Country Director provided a thorough brief on the range of USG agricultural assistance programs. Minister Bello thought USG efforts were under-funded, [...] | 2001-07-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP NI |
01ABUJA1587 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...] | 2001-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI |
01ABUJA1590 | NIGERIA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT OAU DRAFT BIOSAFETY [...] (U) EconOff met July 2 with the Director of the National Biotechnology Program, Professor C. Omaliko, to discuss, per reftel, the OAU Draft Biosafety Law adopted by a technical committee May 2-5 in Addis Ababa. The National Biotechnology Program falls under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of [...] | 2001-07-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO NI |
01ABUJA1614 | MORE ETHNIC CLASHES IN NIGERIAN MIDDLE-BELT [...] (U) Summary. Inter-ethnic clashes have occurred in the Middle-Belt States of Bauchi and Taraba, in incidents not apparently connected to the several weeks-long turmoil in neighboring Nasarawa State. In Bauchi, in a predominately Christian area, the majority Siyawa people have fought Hausa-F [...] | 2001-07-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR NI |
01ABUJA1621 | NIGERIA: CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS POSSIBLE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 12. 2. Summary. Three Members of Congress visiting Nigeria under the auspices of a public diplomacy program met July 4 with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Agriculture. They expressed interest in pursuing collaborative ventures with Nige [...] | 2001-07-10 05:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID OREP BEXP NI |
01ABUJA1622 | ROBBERY OF LOCAL RESIDENCE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY [...] (U) On Sunday, July 8, 2001 at approximately 2000 hours a local residence belonging to a private Nigerian citizen was the victim of a home invasion type robbery. The residence is located adjacent (across a street) from one 2-unit Embassy housing compound, and two doors down the street from ano [...] | 2001-07-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NI |
01ABUJA1624 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...] | 2001-07-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
01ABUJA1628 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FOR ENERGY REQUESTS [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 5. 2. On June 22, Ambassador, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman (Reftel B). Dr. Lukman commented that during President Obasanjo's state visit [...] | 2001-07-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON NI |
01ABUJA1679 | NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos),Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...] | 2001-07-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI |
01ABUJA1680 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE VISITING [...] This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. Minister of Agriculture Adamu Bello plans to visit Washington DC from July 23 to August 1 as a follow-up to President Obasanjo's May visit and the Minister's discussions with Ambassador Jeter on June 26 (Ref A) and Congressmen Clyburn, T [...] | 2001-07-16 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID OREP NI |
01ABUJA1687 | NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS [...] Summary. The Military Public Affairs Workshop organized by the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy for the public relations officers of the Nigerian armed forces and for defense journalists succeeded beyond all expectations. Director of the American Forces Information Service Cliff Bernath [...] | 2001-07-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC MARR NI |
01ABUJA1688 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO EXPLAINS [...] Summary. In a July 6 letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham (original forwarded to AF/W for transmittal to DOE),President Obasanjo provided the most comprehensive and clear explanation for the reasons behind the decision to award Marubeni/Hitachi the contract to rehabi [...] | 2001-07-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENRG PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI |
01ABUJA1841 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CHIEF OF AIR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, Ambassador Jeter met with the new Chief of Air Staff (COAS),Air Vice Marshall Jonah Wuyep. Wuyep was strongly supportive of the MPRI program. He and his staff emphasized the need for undergraduate pilot training and a domestic capability to carry out periodic depot m [...] | 2001-07-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS PINR NI |
01ABUJA1861 | NIGERIA: CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Canadian High Commissioner Ian Ferguson called the Ambassador on July 26 to fill him in on information he had picked up during the High Commissioner's farewell calls, including on President Obasanjo. Ferguson said he thought the U.S. would be particularly interested in what he had learn [...] | 2001-07-28 04:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS ZI CA UK SF NI |
01ABUJA1889 | NIGERIA: ARMY CHIEF BRIEFED ON OFR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23, 3rd Group Battalion Commander LTC Tim Sherwood briefed Chief of Army Staff, MG Alexander Ogomudia, on Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3). Initially taciturn, Ogomudia quickly turned receptive and largely positive. During the briefing on basing, Ogomudia reminde [...] | 2001-07-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NI MAS |
01ABUJA1918 | NIGERIA: SECRETARY EVANS LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] Action request, para 4. 2. Department of Commerce requested Post input on the efficacy of sending a Secretarial letter on behalf of Proctor & Gamble (P&G) to President Obasanjo. The Mission believes P&G's interests would be best served by approaching Chief Kolawole Babalola Jamodu, Min [...] | 2001-08-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV NI |
01ABUJA1919 | NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...] | 2001-08-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI |
01ABUJA1921 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO IS READY TO WORK WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Per Ref A request, Ambassador met with President Olusegun Obasanjo on July 31 to discuss the WCAR. Other issues raised were Nigeria's role in Zimbabwe and post-JEPC bilateral engagement, both covered in septels. This cable reports on the WCAR discussion. 2. Ambassador Jeter expresse [...] | 2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI WCAR |
01ABUJA1922 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting scheduled to discuss other issues (septel),Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by EconOff (notetaker),raised with President Obasanjo, as promised in reftelcon, Nigeria's continuing role in addressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Obasanjo was very forthcoming as [...] | 2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ZI |
01ABUJA1925 | KOUYATE ON U.S. ACCREDITATION TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that SIPDIS accreditation of the American Ambassador to the ECOWAS Secretariat should be easily accomplished by the Mediation SIPDIS and Security Council, and could occur during its schedu [...] | 2001-08-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1926 | KOUYATE ON LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that the SIPDIS effort to organize Liberian opposition and civil society leaders continues, and is intended as a precursor to a meeting with Charles Taylor. Careful steps need to be taken t [...] | 2001-08-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI SL NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1927 | KOUYATE ON OAU ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2001-08-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI OAU ECOWAS |
01ABUJA1932 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...] | 2001-08-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD NI PREL MASS CH |
01ABUJA1934 | NIGERIA: DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 7. 2. (U) Embassy Abuja applauds the work of the Department on developing a new structure for engaging Nigeria. Ref A closely reflects Embassy thinking on next steps for post-JEPC engagement, and also mirrors many of the issues raised by the GON. Em [...] | 2001-08-03 13:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL NI |
01ABUJA1935 | POLICY CHANGE ON WCAR KNOWN AT FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Acting Polcouns met August 3 with Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division (SUND) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Ibrahim, in the absence of Director Akinsanya, now in Geneva. SUND has primary action for the WCAR within the Ministry. Ibrahim said that SUND and [...] | 2001-08-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NI WCAR |
01ABUJA1941 | MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The fo [...] | 2001-08-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NI |
01ABUJA1950 | MEETING WITH NIGERIAN POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On Friday, July 20, the Abuja RSO met with several senior level Nigeria Police Force (NPF) officials. The purpose of this meeting was to obtain information requested by the Department in preparation for providing the NPF training under the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The foll [...] | 2001-08-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NI |
01ABUJA1951 | NIGERIA: POLICE-COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS A SUCCESS [...] A series of eight workshops -- one for each of Lagos State's police area commands -- brought representatives of the various polcie units responsible for law and order in Lagos together with community organizations and NGOs to examine ways of managing conflict better and enhancing police-commun [...] | 2001-08-07 05:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV NI |
01ABUJA1956 | NIGERIA: PROCTOR AND GAMBLE [...] Mission appreciates Department of Commerce's flexibility in redirecting the Secretary's letter to the Minister of Industries. Please note that this does not imply an overall policy change away from commercial advocacy at the Presidential level as Ref A suggests. Based on recent interaction w [...] | 2001-08-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI |
01ABUJA1957 | (C) NIGERIA: PRIVATIZATION DIRECTOR TO QUIT JOB [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Jeter hosted Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE),for lunch on August 1 to discuss the current status of the NITEL GSM Equipment contract. EconOff attended as notetaker. El-Rufai was very candid about his relationship with the [...] | 2001-08-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EINV PGOV ECON PINR NI |
01ABUJA1966 | ARMED ROBBERY OF A DIPLOMATIC COMPOUND IN CLOSE [...] (U) On Tuesday, August 7, 2001 at approximately 2030 hours armed robbers attacked a residential compound belonging to the Embassy of Sudan. This compound is in close proximity to the official residence of the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force, and two residential locations belongin [...] | 2001-08-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NI |
01ABUJA1971 | REQUEST FOR UPDATE ON BAKASSIA BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Department is concerned by possible negative developments in the Bakassi Peninusla and requests addressee posts provide an update on the status of dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. 2. (S/NF) Recent press reports refer to a June skirmish between Cameroonian and Nigerian military al [...] | 2001-08-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NI CM |
01ABUJA1974 | NIGERIA RESPONDS TO U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On August 6, Econoff presented Ref A demarche to Mr. Kabir Ilyasu, Minister-Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Second United Nations Division (SUND). Ilyasu was aware of the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organiza [...] | 2001-08-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR NI |
01ABUJA2017 | NIGERIA: USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRIPS [...] As requested Reftel, in accordance with Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement, the US Mission in Nigeria has provided the following technical assistance to the GON during the period from September 2000 to August 31, 2001 in the area of intellectual property rights protection: -- The Commercial [...] | 2001-08-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD OEXC KPAO USTR FCUL |
01ABUJA2026 | NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...] | 2001-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
01ABUJA2031 | NIGERIA: INS ROUNDTABLE WITH GON OFFICIALS ADDRESS [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. Action request see para. 15. 3. (U) Summary: On July 31, Ambassador, INS District Director INS/Rome, INS OIC/Accra, and Lagos Econoff attended a roundtable sponsored by Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe to discuss the probl [...] | 2001-08-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EAIR KFRD NI SMIG |
01ABUJA2036 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel),Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army),Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...] | 2001-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CM NI |
01ABUJA2072 | NIGERIA: SECURITY ASSISTANCE MEETING CHAIRED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, Ambassador Jeter accompanied by DATT, Acting ODC Chief and PolMilOff met with Acting Minister of Defense Lawal Batagarawa and other Ministry officials to discuss security assistance programs. Ambassador Jeter explained that he had requested the meeting due to slow p [...] | 2001-08-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NI MAS |
01ABUJA2073 | NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S. [...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...] | 2001-08-17 17:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTIA NI |
01ABUJA2074 | THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2001-08-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NI PGOV SNAR |
01ABUJA2106 | NIGERIA: POST RESPONSE TO IRF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [...] Mission strongly disagrees with some of the statements made in the draft IRF Executive Summary on Nigeria emailed to Post. In the interest of accuracy, we suggest replacing the text on pages 12 and 13 with the following: "While the violence of early 2000 was not repeated during the repor [...] | 2001-08-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2113 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...] | 2001-08-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI |
01ABUJA2115 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...] | 2001-08-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR |
01ABUJA2116 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON OFR AND SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to a discussion of GON efforts in a number of African hot-spots, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA also d [...] | 2001-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO PINR PREL NI SL |
01ABUJA2117 | NIGERIA: BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and President Obasanjo discussed a smorgasbord of issues over a lengthy breakfast on August 24. The President said he would do everything possible to meet the counter-narcotics benchmarks, but he admitted that the Nigerian judiciary was broken and offered to r [...] | 2001-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL SNAR ETRD BEXP MASS ECOWAS WCAR XF NI |
01ABUJA2118 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...] | 2001-08-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI |
01ABUJA2151 | NIGERIA: GOVERNOR OF KEBBI'S THOUGHTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kebbi, Mohammed Aleiro, called on Ambassador Jeter on August 26. Aleiro was in Abuja prior to his trip with President Obasanjo to China. In addition to a discussion of Kebbi-specific issues, Aleiro stated that he did not believe Babangida would run against Obasan [...] | 2001-08-29 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR NI |
01ABUJA2152 | NIGERIA: LAFIAJI ON NDLEA EFFORTS [...] (C) NDLEA Chairman Alhaji Bello Lafiaji called on Ambassador Jeter on August 27. The Ambassador informed Lafiaji that he had shared the non-paper on certification benchmarks with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and President Obasanjo. The President had informed the Ambassador that 2 [...] | 2001-08-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM NI |
01ABUJA2172 | NIGERIA: UNAMSIL MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (C) PolMilOff spoke with Director of American and Caribbean Affairs (and former Deputy Director of West African Affairs) Basil Ukpong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 27. After a friendly exchange of compliments on the efforts of both the U.S. and Nigeria to bring peace to Sierra [...] | 2001-08-30 14:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL NI |
01ABUJA2176 | NIGERIA: NO EVIDENCE OF CHILD SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-08-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB MOPS NI |
01ABUJA2179 | NIGERIA: U.S. PRESENCE AT DURBAN [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart shortly before 0700 EDT on SIPDIS Friday, August 31. Hart was aware that the Secretary would not attend; he had seen the Secretary on CNN earlier. Hart regretted that the U.S. might not participate at all and [...] | 2001-08-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PHUM PREL |
01ABUJA2187 | REPATRIATION OF DETAINED ALIENS TO NIGERIA [...] Mission shares the concern of Washington agencies that criminal aliens be repatriated without undue delay to their country of nationality. We want to work jointly with all concerned agencies to facilitate and speed repatriation of Nigerian criminal aliens. 2. We would welcome the oppor [...] | 2001-09-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL CVIS CJAN SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2218 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON OFR ISSUES AND UNAMSIL [...] (U) CDA, accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff, called on Army Minister Batagarawa 4 September to discuss OFR issues and Ref A points on UNAMSIL rotations. 2. (C) Batagarawa said he would meet with his Joint and Legal Staff and promised to provide an answer on the Memorandum of Intent this we [...] | 2001-09-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO NI |
01ABUJA2224 | PLANNING A USG-GON EXTRADITION EXCHANGE [...] Several discussions with Nigeria's Attorney General and his staff over the past three months have produced agreement on the terms of an extradition exchange or consultations to be funded by INL and implemented by DOJ's Office of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) program. 2. T [...] | 2001-09-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV NI |
01ABUJA2225 | NIGERIA: MISSION VIEWS REGARDING INS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) I want to take this opportunity to re-emphasize the Mission's support for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the GON, which would establish guidelines and a legal basis for a USG presence at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). At the same time, I also want to encourage I [...] | 2001-09-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CVIS KFRD SMIG SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2226 | STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...] | 2001-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI |
01ABUJA2235 | NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...] | 2001-09-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON OVIP NI |
01ABUJA2253 | NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abuja Ministerial on Zimbabwe September 6. The UK agreed to a "significant financial contribution" to land reform but views that commitment as contingent upon the [...] | 2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
01ABUJA2255 | NIGERIA: RIOTS IN JOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Riots broke out in central Jos afternoon of September 7. Deputy Governor Botmang imposed an 1800 to 0600 curfew, made a statewide broadcast calling for calm, and authorized the police to shoot looters and trouble-makers on sight. Botmang received permission from President Obasanj [...] | 2001-09-07 19:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS CVIS NI |
01ABUJA2256 | NIGERIA: CONFLICT RESOLUTION - "AFRICAN-STYLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on the Special Presidential Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, to discuss Sudan developments (Refs A and B). Uwechue welcomed the appointment of Senator Danforth as a signal of U.S. interest in Sudan and Africa. He descri [...] | 2001-09-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SL ZI PINR NI |
01ABUJA2258 | NIGERIA: RIOTS IN JOS ABATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: While rioting in Jos continued into a second straight day (Saturday),by mid-morning on Sunday, 9 September, AmCits and GON officials were reporting that order had been restored. A 1600 to 0700 curfew governs daily life until further notice, however. Embassy received word that [...] | 2001-09-09 18:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS CVIS NI |
01ABUJA2259 | NIGERIA: DISASTER DECLARATION [...] Niact Immediate precedence required because of urgent humanitarian crisis. Notification to USAID/OFDA and STATE/AF duty officers requested. Niact immediate precedence authorized by CDA Andrews. 2. The Charge d'Affaires, after consulting with the Ambassador, has declared a natural disas [...] | 2001-09-09 18:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NI |
01ABUJA2260 | NIGERIA: REQUEST FOR HELICOPTER AUTHORIZATION [...] NIACT IMMEDIATE precedence required because of urgent humanitarian crisis. Precedence authorized by CDA Andrews. 2. This is an urgent action request for the Department. Please see para 5. Response requested by OOB Abuja (0630 GMT) on Monday, 10 September. 3. Embassy requests State [...] | 2001-09-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MASS MARR PINS CASC NI |
01ABUJA2261 | FLOOD DAMAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA GRAVE AND [...] (U) Summary: The worst flooding in many years has wiped out dozens of villages in northern Nigeria, killing over 300 and displacing 1,600,000. Floodwaters are rising in some areas and receding in others. There is an urgent need for food, potable water, plastic clothing and shelter. Even e [...] | 2001-09-09 19:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NI |
01ABUJA2263 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...] | 2001-09-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI |
01ABUJA2286 | NIGERIA: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On 12 September, just after midnight, the Embassy received the following letter of condolence from President Obasanjo to President Bush. The signed original has been pouched to AF/W, a copy faxed to the Department. Begin text: 12 September 2001 Dear President, On behalf [...] | 2001-09-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC NI |
01ABUJA2289 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F),and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...] | 2001-09-12 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL |
01ABUJA2290 | VIOLENCE IN JOS RE-IGNITES, NIGERIA CALM ELSEWHERE [...] The violence in Jos, Plateau State, re-ignited September 12 after a lull of several days. As of mid-afternoon, gunfire had subsided and citizens were obeying a 4:00 p.m. curfew. Information obtained by Post regarding the causes of the flare-up varied dramatically, but it appears that there [...] | 2001-09-12 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS CASC KIRF PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2297 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OFFERS CONDOLENCES - [...] (C) CDA Andrews and PolMilOff 13 September called on Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa at the Minister's request. Batagarawa expressed his condolences for the attacks against the United States. He also stated that he had spoken to the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, w [...] | 2001-09-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ASEC NI |
01ABUJA2300 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER UPDATE ON OFR AND UNAMSIL [...] (SBU) Army Minister 14 September called PolMilOff on OFR and UNAMSIL issues discussed in recent weeks. Batagarawa stated that he had spoken with Comptroller General of Customs, who had agreed to give his clearance to the container carrying some OFR items from Ghana stuck at the land border. [...] | 2001-09-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR SL NI |
01ABUJA2301 | (C) NIGERIA'S IMF STAND-BY MAY NOT STAND [...] (C) EconOff met 14 September with IMF team leader Hiroshi Hino to discuss progress on the mission's review of Nigeria's Stand-by Arrangement. According to Hino, the mission's "job is very difficult," adding "I will not be recommending an extension of the SBA nor a staff monitoring program to t [...] | 2001-09-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NI |
01ABUJA2302 | TFUS01: END OF DAY FOUR SITREP (NIGERIA) [...] (U) NIGERIA: Oodua People's Congress (OPC) members rioted in Oshodi in Lagos on 14 September, temporarily closing routes from the Consulate General to the airport. EmbOffs, accompanied by diplomats from the British High Commission and Dutch Embassy, traveled to Jos to meet with fellow citizen [...] | 2001-09-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER NI |
01ABUJA2303 | ECOWAS RAISING FUNDS FOR DRUG CONTROL [...] Ambassador Jeter recently received a letter from ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate inviting him to an October 13 dinner at the NICON Hilton Hotel to raise funds for the "ECODRUG" fund (ECOWAS Fund for Financing Drug Control Activities in West Africa). THe letter, which asks for confi [...] | 2001-09-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2330 | NIGERIA: REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY [...] On September 15 Mission received the following letter from Ambassador Femi George, Director of African Affairs for the GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. I acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter dated 6 September 2001 on the appointment of former Senator John C. Danfort [...] | 2001-09-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NI |
01ABUJA2331 | NIGERIA: KEBBI GOVERNOR ON OFR AND TERRORIST [...] (SBU/NF) Alhaji Mohammed Aleiro, Governor of Kebbi State, 15 September returned PolMilOff's call from earlier in the week. PolMilOff noted that in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, some press reports had indicated that there had been some celebrations of the attacks [...] | 2001-09-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PTER SL NI |
01ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA CLOSE TO CONCLUDING BILATERAL DEBT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA2338 | NIGERIA: GON PLANS TO VISIT IMF AND TREASURY IN [...] EconOff received a call September 18 from Debt Management Office Director-General A.S. Arikawe. Arikawe said that he and Minister of Finance Ciroma expect to travel soon to Washington despite the postponed IMF/World Bank annual meetings. In particular, Arikawe said, the Minister would like t [...] | 2001-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA2339 | NIGERIA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT ON [...] On August 16, the GON inaugurated the National Committee on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Chaired by the Minister of Environment, the Committee is comprised of 10 ministries including Environment, Health, Transport, Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Water Resources. Each Mi [...] | 2001-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KPAO NI |
01ABUJA2347 | JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14, to meet with their nationals and to assess the situation there following the ethnic and religious conflict that began on September 7. It appears that over [...] | 2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
01ABUJA2396 | NIGERIA: NITEL PRIVATIZATION DELAYED [...] Summary. The GON recently announced a two-month delay in the privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications, Ltd. (NITEL) originally scheduled for September 2001. According to BPE Advisor Michael Dan, NITEL's privatization would more likely be delayed until February-March 2002 and may not att [...] | 2001-09-21 06:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA2398 | NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...] Summary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations there following the September 11 attack on the U.S. All sources indicate that this story was exaggerated. Reports of unrest in Kano on Friday, September 14, a [...] | 2001-09-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI |
01ABUJA2404 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...] | 2001-09-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
01ABUJA2405 | NIGERIA -- RESPONSE TO OIC DEMARCHE [...] (C) CDA 19 September delivered reftel demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart. Hart said that Nigeria was not a member of the OIC but attended meetings as an observer with a ceremonial rather than substantive delegation. The delegation head (usually a senior Islamic figure, [...] | 2001-09-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF PROV OIC |
01ABUJA2415 | NIGERIA ON ICAO RESOLUTION AND AVIATION INSURANCE [...] On September 20 and 21, Econoff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and separately to Chief Owodu, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Aviation. Ref C information was delivered Septembe [...] | 2001-09-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN NI |
01ABUJA2416 | NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333 [...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...] | 2001-09-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER NI |
01ABUJA2420 | NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED [...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...] | 2001-09-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI |
01ABUJA2421 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...] | 2001-09-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
01ABUJA2445 | NIGERIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] In response to Reftel information request, the USG does not currently have an environmental program in Nigeria, although USD 2 million has now been identified for an environmental program. USAID/Nigeria ha prepared a scope of work for an overall assessment of the environment in Nigeria. The [...] | 2001-09-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID NI |
01ABUJA2449 | AFRICAN MINISTERS DISMAYED BY FORUM POSTPONEMENT [...] African trade ministers participating in the September 22-23 Organization of African unity (OAU) meeting in Abuja, Nigeria nearly unanimously told the delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Africa Rosa Whitaker they wanted the United States to hold the US-Sub-Saharan [...] | 2001-09-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID XA |
01ABUJA2451 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS, [...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...] | 2001-09-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI |
01ABUJA2480 | U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuja, Nigeria ended with widespread appreciation for U.S. movement toward African WTO positions on agriculture, intellectual property, the environment, labor iss [...] | 2001-09-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO |
01ABUJA2491 | NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...] | 2001-09-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC NI |
01ABUJA2494 | ECOWAS: DES DIARRA ON TERRORISM AND A FEW ECOWAS [...] (SBU) In the absence of ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ambassador Kouyate, CDA Andrews, accompanied by Political Counselor and PolMilOff, 27 September called on General Chieck Diarra, Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense and Security at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja. Andrew [...] | 2001-09-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA2510 | NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna--the security situation in their respective states. Presently army troops are responsible for order in Kaduna, Jos, and Tafawa Balewa [...] | 2001-10-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI |
01ABUJA2511 | OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized squabble over the fate of excess oil revenues. In exchange for the governors accepting a partial allocation of 1.2 billion USD, Obasanjo agreed to eliminate t [...] | 2001-10-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN |
01ABUJA2515 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...] | 2001-10-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI |
01ABUJA2518 | NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...] | 2001-10-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
01ABUJA2520 | THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...] | 2001-10-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI |
01ABUJA2521 | CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ON FREEZING THE FINANCIAL [...] This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. Summary. Emboffs met with CBN Deputy Governor Ebi to discuss Ref A. Ebi promised to re-examine the CBN's mechanisms to combat financial crimes and crack-down on terrorists' financial activities. The CBN's International Financial Crime Unit ha [...] | 2001-10-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER NI |
01ABUJA2539 | ZAMFARA POLITICAL VIOLENCE: AT IT AGAIN [...] (U) APP and PDP supporters clashed violently in the streets of Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, following a PDP rally on October 4. Four persons died, 19 were critically injured and 74 were arrested. Both sides attacked property belonging to the leadership of the other party. APP members [...] | 2001-10-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS NI |
01ABUJA2542 | MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2559 | OVERSEAS REACTION: NIGERIA [...] Press reporting of humanitarian actions: The humanitarian actions were reported as straight news in Nigerian newspapers on Monday, October 8, quoting President Bush, but this news was buried deep in the stories that focused on the attacks on Taleban targets. Only one newspaper, the Nigerian [...] | 2001-10-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC NI |
01ABUJA2560 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...] | 2001-10-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI |
01ABUJA2561 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT [...] (S) As agreed during the October 8 meeting between the Ambassador and the National Security Advisor (Ref B),PolMilOff met October 9 with LTC Mohammed Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor and Mohammed K. Ibrahim, Assistant Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] | 2001-10-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM NI |
01ABUJA2562 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...] | 2001-10-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI |
01ABUJA2568 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO BELIEVES NIGERIA WILL REMAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: DURING AN OCTOBER 9 MEETING, PRESIDENT OBASANJO, JOINED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR ADOBE OBE, EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT NIGERIA WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATIONS AS A RESULT OF COALITION STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. HOWEVER, HE ADMITTED THAT NIGERIA HAD ISLAMIC RADICALS WHO BE [...] | 2001-10-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL NI |
01ABUJA2591 | TFUS01: CALL TO PRESIDENT OBASANJO REGARDING AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NI |
01ABUJA2606 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN KCRM NI |
01ABUJA2617 | TFUS3: PETROL BOMB AT KANO BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (U) On 15 October 2001, Embassy Abuja received information from a reliable source that the British Council in Kano had been the target of a petrol bomb during the early morning hours. 2. (C/NF) RSO met British High Commission Security Officer, Keith Rowland, who offered the following deta [...] | 2001-10-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER NI |
01ABUJA2622 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN KANO, ELSWHERE CALM [...] (C) Summary: Violence erupted in Kano over the October 12-14 weekend for a multiplicity of reasons, chiefly criminal opportunism and internal political rivalries but also including anti-U.S. sentiment over air strikes against the Taliban and bin Laden. Twenty-five people were killed, over [...] | 2001-10-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2645 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...] | 2001-10-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI |
01ABUJA2653 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: DANJUMA'S CONDOLENCES, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by DATT, PolMilOff and DOD Colonel Terry Tidler called on Defense Minister Danjuma October 10 (COL I.D. Pennap, Personal Staff Officer to the Minister, also attended). Offering his condolences on September 11, Danjuma revealed that he had instructed [...] | 2001-10-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR CG BY NI |
01ABUJA2665 | NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
01ABUJA2667 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...] | 2001-10-18 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI |
01ABUJA2668 | NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...] | 2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR NI |
01ABUJA2669 | NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...] | 2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON NI |
01ABUJA2670 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON EMIR OF ILORIN [...] (SBU) During a visit to the OFR P3 training site in Ilorin, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by OSD/ISA Director Theresa Whalen, DATT and PolMilOff, called on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. Expressing his deep condolences for the September 11 attacks on the United States, the E [...] | 2001-10-18 20:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PINR NI |
01ABUJA2684 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) On October 18, Ambassador Jeter met briefly with President Obasanjo and NSA Mohammed to discuss Obasanjo's upcoming "working visit" to the United States. Obasanjo said the trip would have to be short -- he could not arrive any earlier than the morning of November 2 and had to return to N [...] | 2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI |
01ABUJA2685 | ILC BALLOT BID FOR NIGERIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL AND [...] This is an action request for IO and AF: see para 5. 2. During an October 16 meeting with Nigeria's Attorney General and Minister of Justice Bola Ige, the Ambassador learned that Nigeria had nominated Ige for a seat on the International Law Commission (ILC) and has been lobbying for his c [...] | 2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM NI UN |
01ABUJA2686 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: EU TROIKA'S CALL ON THE [...] (C) On October 16, the EU Troika (the Belgian and Spanish Ambassadors, and Head of the European Commission Delegation),called on Ambassador Jeter to discuss ongoing events in Nigeria in light of September 11 and the coalition response in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Belgian Ambassador Jozef Smets [...] | 2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP ASEC EU NI |
01ABUJA2687 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...] | 2001-10-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI |
01ABUJA2694 | NIGERIA: TRIPS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche October 16 to Mr. Y.T. Agah, head of Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. EconOff emphasized the need for a balanced approach that protects intellectual property rights for pharmaceutical patent holders while permitting developing countri [...] | 2001-10-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD KSEP USTR |
01ABUJA2700 | STONING SENTENCES IN KEBBI, SOKOTO; GON BEGINS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF NI |
01ABUJA2701 | NIGERIA: KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING: AMBASSADOR, [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Ambassador discussed with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe security procedures at Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA),the requirements that needed to be met before U.S. INS assistance can be reinstated at MMIA, the distribution to Nigerian air carriers o [...] | 2001-10-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ECON BEXP NI |
01ABUJA2707 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO VISIT TO WASHINGTON ON NOV 2 [...] (C) On October 24, I orally delivered President Bush's formal invitation to President Obasanjo to visit Washington on November 2. Obasanjo accepted the invitation with pleasure, and said a written acceptance would follow the next day. I also told President Obasanjo that a meeting with Secret [...] | 2001-10-24 20:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PTER NI |
01ABUJA2708 | NIGERIA: REPORTS OF ARMY ATTACKS ON TIV IN BENUE [...] (U) Summary: According to several sources, the Army is reported to have destroyed several villages in Eastern Benue and killed an undetermined number of people in an apparent reprisal for the murder of nineteen soldiers October 12. Troops apparently destroyed the house of former Chief of Army [...] | 2001-10-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2709 | DRAFT 2001 COUNTRY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-24 21:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KSEP NI PHUM |
01ABUJA2710 | NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...] | 2001-10-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2744 | NIGERIA: NDLEA USES PRESS CONFERENCE TO TOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2746 | NIGERIA: CIVIL SERVICE OVERSEAS MOBILITY INITIATIVE [...] Post strongly endorses the establishment of a Coordinator for the Governance and Development Initiative in the Niger Delta under the Civil Service Overseas Mobility Initiative (CSOMI). While Post enthusiastically backs creation of this position, the slot was not anticipated in our budget; thus, [...] | 2001-10-26 15:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AMGT APER EAID NI |
01ABUJA2750 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE [...] (C) accounts by press and diplomatic personnel, often sourced to credible eyewitnesses, basically corroborate reftel account. The destruction appears to be more widespread than was initially reported. British High Commission personnel evacuated DFID staff from Makurdi yesterday. One DFID s [...] | 2001-10-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2758 | NIGERIA ON TRIPS, AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES [...] EconOff delivered reftel information on 25 October to Mr. Y.T. Agah, Assistant Director responsible for Multilateral Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Commerce. Agah raised concern over geographical indication (GI) protections for indigenous plants, especially those with medicinal value, and [...] | 2001-10-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD NI WTO USTR |
01ABUJA2759 | NIGERIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR BUGAJE HOLDS HIGH [...] (C) Summary: During a brief October 22 meeting, Presidential Special Advisor Usman Bugaje said the November 12-17 conference on Sudan was on track. He described the "3-in-1" conference where the Southern and Northern groups would first meet separately, then join in an all parties session. H [...] | 2001-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU XA NI IGAD |
01ABUJA2786 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] | 2001-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI |
01ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA: THE LATEST IN THE IMF SAGA [...] Classified by Charge d'Affairs Timothy D. Andrews for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) EconOff spoke October 31 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank, to discuss the IMF program. Ebi confirmed that the IMF had decided not to extend the SBA and tha [...] | 2001-11-01 04:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
01ABUJA2792 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] | 2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
01ABUJA2793 | NEW FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION TO TAKE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER KCRM NI |
01ABUJA2797 | NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...] | 2001-11-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI |
01ABUJA2827 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE FROM SSS DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a November 2 meeting, SSS DG Are briefed the CDA on the recent violence in Benue. It was a mystery to Are how the 19 murdered soldiers had let themselves be disarmed. Are insisted the Army was investigating the alleged reprisals against villagers and planned to punish [...] | 2001-11-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS MOPS PREF PGOV NI |
01ABUJA2828 | NIGERIA TO IDENTIFY ACCOUNTS HELD BY ADDITIONAL [...] EconOff delivered Ref A information November 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ebi agreed to add the list of 22 organizations to an amended Call Circular, which requires all banks to identify accounts associated with these terrorist [...] | 2001-11-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
01ABUJA2832 | GOVERNOR THINKS NIGERIA HAS HIT A CRUCIAL PERIOD [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi cited recent civil disturbances as very disquieting. In order to prevent further political turbulance, the Governors were assembling in Abuja that day to discuss means to cool down the inter [...] | 2001-11-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS NI |
01ABUJA2836 | Annual American Studies Conference [...] Summary: Highlighting "Religion in the US," American Studies specialists discussed religion and American society at the recent 8th Annual Conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN) held in Jos. Unlike previous seminars, this year's gathering was more effective because [...] | 2001-11-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC NI |
01ABUJA2841 | NIGERIAN EFFORTS TO FREEZE TERRORIST ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER NI |
01ABUJA2855 | NIGERIA: UPDATE ON BENUE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states, the military was called to do what the police could not -- contain civil unrest. As with Odi in 1999, the tragedy that occurred in Benue demonstrates the problems associated with asking often poorly-led soldiers to assume law enforcement d [...] | 2001-11-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2856 | AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW FOR NIGERIA [...] Post has reviewed all documents relating to AGOA eligibility for Nigeria including reftels C, D and E, the 2000 Human Rights Report, this year,s report on trafficking in women and children, and the first draft of the 2001 Human Rights Report. 2. The following is an update of the informati [...] | 2001-11-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL NI |
01ABUJA2857 | NIGERIA: STATUS OF CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS FOR [...] Due to severe staffing shortages, particularly the prolonged vacancy of Post's Labor officer position, Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos are unable to meet reftel request for "detailed and comprehensive information" on the status of child labor in Nigeria. The Regional Labor officer departed [...] | 2001-11-09 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI EING |
01ABUJA2858 | NIGERIA: AF COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-09 17:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA NI |
01ABUJA2859 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S DRAFT 2002 BUDGET SHOWS [...] Summary. The draft 2002 budget presented by President Obasanjo November 7 signals his attempt to restrain spending despite upcoming elections. Proposed spending levels total N841 billion (USD 7.5 billion),a seven percent reduction from the adjusted 2001 budget. Thirty-five percent of the b [...] | 2001-11-09 17:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA2863 | FLOOD DISASTER IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: OFDA SENT EDRC JAY NASH TO NORTHERN NIGERIA FOR FOUR DAYS TO ASSESS THE FLOODING THERE AND TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER ADDITIONAL OFDA SUPPORT (ABOVE AND BEYOND THE $25,000 TRANSFERRED AS A RESULT OF THE AMBASSADPR DISASTER DECLARATION) WOULD BE NEEDED. CROP D [...] | 2001-11-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON PREL |
01ABUJA2866 | LIFE AFTER THE SBA -- IMF SUGGESTS VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Summary: Visiting IMF team leader Hiroyuki Hino told diplomats November 8 that the SBA had expired because the GON had failed to reach critical benchmarks. In place of a formal program, the IMF and GON were negotiating a voluntary policy framework for the six-month period of October 2001- [...] | 2001-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON NI |
01ABUJA2878 | 2001 PDP CONVENTION: THE THRILL WAS GONE [...] (C) Summary: The 2001 Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) elected an unopposed slate of national party leaders November 10. Yielding an outwardly harmonious convention, there was little sign of the wrangling and division that characterized the preceding four weeks of party congr [...] | 2001-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
01ABUJA2881 | PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH [...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...] | 2001-11-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
01ABUJA2938 | NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...] | 2001-11-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2973 | NIGERIA: OPUTA PANEL WRAPS UP HEARINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oputa Panel held its final session on October 19, and has begun to draft its findings, due by year's end. While Panel proceedings kept Nigerians glued to their televisions, many came away feeling the Panel did not delve far enough into the death of Abiola. Nor was the Panel [...] | 2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NI |
01ABUJA2974 | NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...] | 2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI |
01ABUJA2980 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE LETTER TO GEN FULFORD [...] (U) Embassy received the following letter (at para 2) from ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate to DCINC General Fulford, dated November 7. The original will be forwarded via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear General, I wish to sincerely thank you for inviting the Economic C [...] | 2001-11-26 17:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA2982 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DROC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on Nigeria's foreign affairs efforts. 2. (C) SUMMARY CO [...] | 2001-11-26 17:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CG SU BY NI |
01ABUJA2983 | DRUG CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD FOR NIGERIA [...] This responds to reftel's request for a certification report card showing the Government of Nigeria's accomplishments in achieving certification benchmarks set out earlier in the year. A. Major Traffickers 1) improved effectiveness of the NDLEA/DEA Joint Task Force leading to interna [...] | 2001-11-26 19:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NI |
01ABUJA2984 | NIGERIA: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS - NIGERIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting from "The Guardian" newspaper on November 21, repeated in para 2, indicates that Nigeria and South Africa will sign a military pact. The pact apparently will focus on naval cooperation, primarily training, maintenance and joint exercises, and joint patrol of the S [...] | 2001-11-26 19:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SF NI |
01ABUJA2985 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator on Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on recent events in Benue. 2. (C) SUMMARY CONTINUED: Def [...] | 2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR PINS NI |
01ABUJA2986 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISCUSSES PKO PLANS, UNAMSIL, BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 22 meeting with PolCouns and PolmilOff, Army Minister Batagarawa confirmed that Nigeria was planning to send an OFR Phase III battalion to Burundi. He also reported that Ghana probably would seek U.S. equipment support for its Burundi-bound battalion. Batagarawa [...] | 2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS SL BU NI |
01ABUJA2987 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BIAFRA HOUSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed urged the United States to stop a U.S.-based organization from calling itself the "Embassy of Biafra," and from broadcasting the "Voice of Biafra" to N [...] | 2001-11-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC NI |
01ABUJA2989 | NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM),had won the Nig [...] | 2001-11-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI |
01ABUJA2990 | NIGERIA: ALLEGATIONS OF DOS CONTRACTOR FRAUD FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU/NF) A Pacific Architects and Engineers (PA&E) contract employee has alleged significant contract fraud on the part of PA&E contract employees in Nigeria. PA&E is the Department of State contractor for Operation Focus Relief logist [...] | 2001-11-28 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS ASEC NI |
01ABUJA3016 | NIGERIA: NO CWC OR BWC LEGISLATION YET [...] (C) PolMilOff November 28 spoke to Stella Aburime at the Nigerian Justice Ministry. Aburime said that Nigeria had not yet developed domestic legislation on chemical or biological weapons. Aburime, who works on the Ministry Committee charged with drafting the legislation to internalize the CWC [...] | 2001-11-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NI |
01ABUJA3022 | NIGERIA: GON SEEKS MEETING WITH PARIS CLUB [...] This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. EconOff spoke November 28 with Debt Management Office (DMO) Director-General Akin S. Arikawe. Arikawe expressed concern over FY2002 Paris Club payments. Specifically, he said the FY2002 proposed budget allocates N187 billion (USD 1.55 [...] | 2001-11-30 05:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA3039 | NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS NI |
01ABUJA3071 | NIGERIAN ANTI-TRUST BILL WENDING WAY THROUGH [...] The following answers are cued to questions in paragraph three of reftel. a. The September conference that Basil Udotai referred to in his communication with the FTC was the first of four seminars on competition policy that the Executive and Legislative branches of the Niegrian Governmen [...] | 2001-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN NI |
01ABUJA3080 | NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT [...] EconOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ebi agreed to release the list of three (3) entities in a new Call Circular, which will require all Nigerian banks to identify accounts associated [...] | 2001-12-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
01ABUJA3081 | NIGERIA: OFR P3 ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of illnesses and accidents have left two OFR trainers dead, and seven afflicted by malaria (one soldier with malaria subsequently died, but from a condition not necessarily connected with the malaria). The Forward Surgical Team, under the direction of the Battalion Comman [...] | 2001-12-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
01ABUJA3082 | NIGERIA: NEW DEFENSE ADVISOR APPOINTED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Mission received Note S1540/2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated November 12. The text of the note is below. Please advise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria presents its complime [...] | 2001-12-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NI OFPD |
01ABUJA3093 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel talking points while also leaving a nonpaper and a copy of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election norms. Pleased to hear our views, Shonekan s [...] | 2001-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI |
01ABUJA3128 | NIGERIA: DONORS DISCUSS 2002 BUDGET, PRSP AND [...] Summary. A donors meeting in Brussels November 19-20 focused on Nigeria's macroeconomic situation, the 2002 budget and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. Although GON economic progress for most of the year has been languid, donors agreed that the GON showed fourth quarter improvem [...] | 2001-12-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI |
01ABUJA3143 | WORLD AIDS DAY [...] SUMMARY: ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, THE NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR AIDS (NACA) ORGANIZED A DAYLONG CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE WORLD AIDS DAY IN ABUJA THAT INCLUDED A PLENARY SESSION FOR MAJOR GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ACTORS, A CITY TOUR AND RALLY, AND A SOCCER COMPETITION. THE PL [...] | 2001-12-11 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON PREL |
01ABUJA3162 | NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002 [...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...] | 2001-12-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI |
01ABUJA3193 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON BURUNDI DEPLOYMENT [...] (S) Post will raise points (Ref A) with the GON at the earliest appropriate opportunity. However, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa will be in Washington this week for meetings on the Hill and with the Department. Batagarawa, who attended preparatory meetings in Arusha and [...] | 2001-12-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BE BY NI |
01ABUJA3200 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OF STATE ON BENUE: [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Army Lawal Batagarawa departed Nigeria on December 8 on his way to Washington to explain developments in Benue and neighboring states. In Washington, Batagarawa told us that the Nigerian Embassy has arranged several meetings on the Hill beginning December [...] | 2001-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM NI |
01ABUJA3201 | NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...] | 2001-12-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET SENV PGOV NI |
01ABUJA3207 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S FUTURE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) During a December 7 meeting (septel),ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate told Ambassador Jeter that he would not SIPDIS seek a one-year extension as Executive Secretary. Kouyate thought it was time to go and did not want to stand in [...] | 2001-12-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS UN |
01ABUJA3219 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...] | 2001-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA3222 | NIGERIA: REGIONAL TIP CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Abuja hosted a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Conference which brought together representatives from nine USG missions in West and Central Africa and four funding agencies/bureaus in Washington to forge an anti- trafficking strategy for the region and coordinate future programs [...] | 2001-12-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN NI XX ECOWAS |
01ABUJA3223 | WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-14 18:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI |
01ABUJA3224 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM BENUE STATE GOVERNOR [...] What follows below is the text of a November 20 letter to the Ambassador received from Benue State Governor George Akume in reaction to the Embassy's press statment regarding events in Benue. Appreciation I write on behalf of the Government and the people of Benue State t [...] | 2001-12-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC NI |
01ABUJA3227 | NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the British Foreign Office and the State Department met Nigerian government officials and oil company representatives from November 26-28 in Lagos and Abuja to discuss implementa [...] | 2001-12-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EPET PREL NI |
01ABUJA3228 | NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...] | 2001-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
01ABUJA3232 | NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...] | 2001-12-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER NI |
01ABUJA3236 | NIGERIA - THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR [...] Ambassador Jeter hosted a very successful Iftar on Wednesday, December 12. Although FSOs assigned to the (former) Embassy Office in Abuja had hosted Iftars in the past, Ambassador Jeter was the first U.S. Ambassador accredited to Nigeria to host an Iftar in the national capital. I sent a s [...] | 2001-12-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL OEXC PGOV PREL NI |
01ABUJA3237 | NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS: [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...] | 2001-12-19 19:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN NI |
01ABUJA3238 | NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON AL QAIDA [...] (S/NF) During a December 11 call on State Security Service Director General Kayode Are, Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by RAO and PolMilOff) thanked Are for the GON's efforts to combat terrorism and to ensure the safety of official and non-official Americans in Nigeria. Jeter presented reftel [...] | 2001-12-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC NI |
01ABUJA3239 | NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON BENUE CONFLICT [...] (C) Aware of the international attention to the conflict in Benue, State Security Service (SSS) Director General Kayode Are briefly gave his insights into the Tiv-Jukun inter-communal conflict to Ambassador Jeter on December 11. Explaining that the SSS was seen as an impartial party by all sid [...] | 2001-12-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS NI |
01ABUJA3265 | NIGERIA: ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC NI |
01ABUJA3270 | NIGERIA: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
01ABUJA3273 | NIGERIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ASSASSINATED [...] (U) 71-year-old Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated in his Ibadan (Oyo State) home on 23 December around 2100. According to press reports, Ige had just released his security detail so they could get something to eat. Four or five individuals entered the [...] | 2001-12-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS OIIP NI |
01ABUJA3280 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW ELECTORAL ACT [...] (U) The Nigerian House of Representatives may cut short its holiday recess (through January 22) to the first week of January to review the electoral act signed by President Obasanjo on December 6. Speaker of the House Ghali Umar Na'Abba said that a committee created at his discretion had alre [...] | 2001-12-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
01ABUJA3288 | NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL LAW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo denies having added an unpopular clause to the Election Law, asserting that some legislators inserted the language after he had noted its absence. A senior legislator privately conceded the point, commenting that the legislators had grossly exceeded their man [...] | 2001-12-31 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS NI |
01ABUJA871 | AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Makarfi, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, former Military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, Northern kingmaker Dr. Liman Ciroma and leaders in Musli [...] | 2001-04-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY |
01ABUJA873 | Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...] | 2001-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI SL |
01ABUJA875 | CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly [...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...] | 2001-04-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI |
01ABUJA884 | Crime and Punishment in the Nigerian Senate [...] (C) Summary. The Nigerian Senate leadership faces a bitter rearguard struggle from deposed leaders, led by former Senate President Chuba Okadigbo and former Deputy Senate President Haruna Abubakar, both anxious to revive their own fortunes and to punish their successors. Allegations of corrup [...] | 2001-04-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS NI |
01ABUJA951 | Satellite Licensing in Nigeria [...] EconOff met with Nigerian Communications Commission Special Assistant to the Chairman C.A. Ojobo on April 26 to discuss Intelsat and market access for satellite operators in Nigeria per reftel. According to Ojobo, the Nigerian government continues to support the privatization of Intelsat sla [...] | 2001-05-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON NI |
01ABUJA954 | POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...] | 2001-05-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NI PREL |
01ABUJA957 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU MOHAMMED -- A [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting with the Nigerian National Security Advisor (ref C),NSA Aliyu Mohammed also discussed continental issues and President Obasanjo,s travel schedule. He said President Obasanjo would travel to Asia in late May, and woul [...] | 2001-05-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID OVIP JA LY NG CF IR NI |
01ABUJA959 | Agreement on Strengthened Cease-fire in Sierra [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2 the ECOWAS Committee of Six, the UN, and the Sierra Leone Government reached a reaffirmation of the November 10, 2000 cease-fire agreement in Sierra Leone with RUF representatives lead by Omrie Golley. According to sources at ECOWAS, The RUF committed itself to the di [...] | 2001-05-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA962 | COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN SSS CHIEF ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on the Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS),Kayode Are, on April 23 at SSS Headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Embassy Counselor for Regional Affairs. Afas Gadzama, the SSS Deputy Director for Intelligence, also parti [...] | 2001-05-04 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR NI |
01ABUJA964 | NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...] | 2001-05-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS |
01ABUJA965 | BUSING IN ABUJA [...] In response to reftel, Post presents its cost-breakdown for the school bus service offered by the American Employees' Association of Abuja (AEAA). Section 273 states that school transportation costs may be granted based on an acceptable documentation of the actual costs. Reftel also states [...] | 2001-05-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ALOW AMGT APER NI |
01ABUJA983 | NIGERIA WILL SUPPORT INCUMBENT ICAO CHAIRMAN AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. EconOff spoke with Chief Owodu, Technical Assistant to the Minister of Aviation, on April 25 regarding the election of ICAO Council President as requested Refs B and C. Chief Owodu said that Nigeria would support the incumbent, Dr. Assad [...] | 2001-05-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ECON NI |
01ABUJA984 | KADUNA STATE MINERAL RESOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. (4) and (5). 2. (U) During a meeting with Ambassador Jeter on March 28, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi discussed at length his desire to bring in a U.S. company to exploit solid minerals in his state. He claimed that there were squatters [...] | 2001-05-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN BEXP ECON LY |
01ABUJA989 | Senger Challenges Nigerian Legal Profession to Provide Greater Access to ADR [...] Summary: Department of Justice Deputy Senior Counsel for Dispute Resolution Jeffrey Senger challenged leaders in Nigeria's courts and executive branch to address the practicalities of a court-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system that could lower costs, bring greater access to d [...] | 2001-05-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC KJUS NI |
01ABUJA993 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS [...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...] | 2001-05-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI |
01ABUJA997 | Revenue Sharing and Resource Control [...] (U) In the interests of de-mystifying what is for everyone, Nigerians included, an extremely convoluted federal revenue-sharing system, Embassy offers the following summary explanation to help define the issues at stake in the resource control lawsuit being heard in the Nigerian Supreme Court. [...] | 2001-05-04 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EPET PGOV PINS NI |
01ABUJA999 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES [...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C),Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...] | 2001-05-04 19:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NI UNHRC |
01ACCRA2992 | GHANA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-05 12:56:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL GH |
01ANKARA3476 | NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER [...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...] | 2001-05-31 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU |
01ANKARA6815 | IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...] | 2001-10-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU IR |
01ANKARA7811 | TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...] | 2001-12-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER |
01ASHGABAT1049 | BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...] | 2001-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
01BANJUL327 | THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...] | 2001-05-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA |
01BANJUL854 | GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...] | 2001-10-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET | PTER PINR XA GA |
01BANJUL878 | GAMBIAN ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS - JAMMEH [...] WE DEPLOYED A TEAM OF SIX IEC-ACCREDITED ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR THE OCTOBER 18 POLL. WE CONTRIBUTED OUR CDA, IROG, GSO, OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND OUR POLITICAL ASSISTANT. IN THEIR CONTINUING TRADITION OF UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR US, EMBASSY DAKAR CONTRIBUTED THE DATT. CDA AND OUR POLITI [...] | 2001-10-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREL GA |
01BANJUL892 | GAMBIAN ELECTION FALLOUT: ADMIRATION TURNS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: A WAVE OF CRITICISM HAS REPLACED THE POSITIVE COMMENTARY HEARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OCTOBER 18 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE UPC COALITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD HARASSMENT AND UNREASONABLE ARRESTS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS AND C [...] | 2001-10-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR GA |
01BEIJING10339 | PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
01BEIJING11971 | CHINA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2001 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) CHINA STRONGLY AND PROMPTLY CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHICH PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN DESCRIBED ON SEPTEMBER 12 AS AN ATTACK BOTH ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON WORLD PEACE. [...] | 2001-12-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
01BEIJING12362 | HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA´S LEADER [...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAO´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...] | 2001-12-27 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
01BEIRUT1018 | KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...] | 2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
01BEIRUT1935 | ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...] | 2001-08-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE |
01BEIRUT2254 | TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...] | 2001-09-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
01BEIRUT3057 | BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...] | 2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
01BEIRUT758 | HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...] | 2001-03-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IR LE |
01BOGOTA10584 | FARC RESISTS RE-STARTING TALKS/SLAMS U.N. [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-27 22:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
01BOGOTA500 | LATEST MASSACRE PART OF ON-GOING PARA OFFENSIVE [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 17, SOME 26 RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY NEAR THE TOWN OF OVEJAS IN NORTHERN SUCRE DEPARTMENT WERE MASSACRED, APPARENTLY BY PARAMILITARIES BELONGING TO THE NORTHERN BLOCK OF SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OPERATING [...] | 2001-01-19 22:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CO |
01BOGOTA5460 | COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT/FARC BEGIN HUMANITARIAN [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (U) ON JUNE 16, THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE FARC BEGAN THE PLANNED EXCHANGE OF CAPTURED SOLDIERS AND POLICEMEN FOR IMPRISONED FARC GUERRILLAS WITH THE FARC RELEASE OF 29 POLICEMEN AND SOLDIERS AND THE GOC RELEASE OF 11 [...] | 2001-06-18 18:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL PINS MARR CO |
01BOGOTA5539 | FARC ANNOUNCE INTENTION TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL 250 [...] No summary [...] | 2001-06-19 23:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL CO |
01BOGOTA7805 | UPDATE ON OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST [...] (C) AS REPORTED REFTEL, ON AUGUST 17 THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION TO DESTROY MOBILE FARC UNITS SEEKING TO ATTACK MILITARY TARGETS IN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS. ON AUGUST 27, FARC SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER "MONO JOJOY" PUBLICLY ACKNOWLE [...] | 2001-08-29 00:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
01BOGOTA8352 | OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST WINDS DOWN [...] (C) THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY'S (COLMIL) "SEVENTH OF AUGUST" OPERATION, LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 17 AGAINST A 1,300 STRONG FARC FORCE IN THE EASTERN COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS OF GUAVIARE AND META IS WINDING DOWN. THE JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, [...] | 2001-09-14 17:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
01BOGOTA8685 | FARC KIDNAPS FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND 10 OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE CONSUELO ARAUJO NOGUERA AND SOME 10 TO 25 OTHER HOSTAGES WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE FARC NEAR VALLEDUPAR, CESAR DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 24. ARMY SOURCES CLAIM THE HOSTAGES' CARS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FROM THE AIR IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION NORTH [...] | 2001-09-25 23:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL CO |
01CAIRO3303 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...] | 2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
01CAIRO3757 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...] | 2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
01CAIRO5603 | TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...] THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED ON TELEVISION, EXPRESSING SORROW AND SADNESS AT THE EVENTS. HE LATER CALLED A CABINET MEETING, DIRECTING THAT ALL FORMS OF ASSISTANCE BE OFFER [...] | 2001-09-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EG IS |
01CAIRO5770 | CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - [...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...] | 2001-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO EG |
01CAIRO6321 | SHARING THE CASE AGAINST AL-QA'IDA WITH EGYPT [...] (S) ON OCTOBER 3 AND 4, DRAWING ON DOCUMENTS PROVIDED REFTEL, MISSION STAFF MET WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE, AND MILITARY OFFICIALS TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST AL-QAIDA. IN PREPARATION FOR THE BRIEFINGS, WE HAD DISTILLED INFORMATION IN REFTEL INTO FOUR BASIC SECTIONS: [...] | 2001-10-04 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PINR EG |
01CAIRO7997 | EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE),IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...] | 2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
01CARACAS182 | CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA: IT WON'T GET BETTER [...] (C) THE RIVALRY BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING, WITH ROOTS REACHING BACK AS FAR AS THE BREAK- UP OF GRAN COLOMBIA INTO SEPARATE STATES. OVER THE YEARS, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES - AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES - MANIFESTED ITSELF AS A PER [...] | 2001-01-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE CO |
01COLOMBO2233 | SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS [...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REF B REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARAS 2-3 ALSO CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REF A CONCERNING UPGRADING HOST COUNTRY ANTI-TERRORISM LA [...] | 2001-12-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL CE MV |
01COLOMBO579 | COLOMBO CALM AFTER THREE MONTHS OF LTTE CEASEFIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS IN COLOMBO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN DECEMBER 2000 BY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) OF A UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE (SEE REFTELS A-C, F-H). AFTER A SERIES OF OFFENSIVES TO RECLAIM PART OF THE JAFFNA PENINSULA, SRI LANKAN AR [...] | 2001-04-03 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CE |
01DAKAR2990 | PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...] | 2001-09-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SG |
01DAMASCUS3036 | ASAD: ISRAEL DOES NOT DESIRE PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH GERMAN NEWS MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL 7/9, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL- ASAD ACCUSED ISRAELI PM SHARON OF PUSHING THE REGION TOWARDS WAR; ASSERTED THAT SYRIA WANTED PEACE BUT WOULD NOT SHY AWAY FROM WAR IF FORCED INTO IT; AND WAS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT SYRIAN [...] | 2001-07-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SY |
01DJIBOUTI401 | DJIBOUTI: NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED [...] PRESIDENT ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 4 THE APPOINTMENT OF DILEITA MOHAMED DILEITA AS PRIME MINISTER. DILEITA IS AN AFAR, AND IS PRESENTLY DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA. THE PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER, BARKAT GOURAD HAMADOU, RESIGNED FEBRUARY 6 BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH, REF A. SI [...] | 2001-03-07 00:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL DJ |
01DOHA1093 | TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2001-04-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER AF PA QA |
01DUBAI1141 | POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...] | 2001-09-15 08:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC |
01GABORONE3103 | CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM BOTSWANA PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL BC |
01GABORONE3343 | TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...] | 2001-10-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BC |
01GABORONE3355 | MANY BATSWANA SOMEWHAT DUBIOUS ABOUT U.S. [...] SUMMARY: ENERGETIC OUTREACH EFFORTS BY THE AMBASSADOR AND MISSION STAFF REVEAL THAT INITIAL SYMPATHY FOR THE U.S. POST-SEPTEMBER 11 HAS ERODED WITH RECENT AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN. BATSWANA QUESTION U.S. FOREIGN POLICIES; COMPARE THE ASCETIC IMAGE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH THE ARRAY OF [...] | 2001-10-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER BC |
01GABORONE3435 | TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES [...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...] | 2001-10-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER BC |
01GABORONE3514 | A GRASS-ROOTS LOOK AT HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA [...] DURING OUR RECENT TRAVELS UPCOUNTRY, THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY STAFF LOOKED AT COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS AND INTERAGENCY USG SUPPORT FOR THOSE EFFORTS. IT WAS A SOBERING EXPERIENCE THAT EMPHASIZED THE DEBILITATING SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE. SELEBI-PHIKW [...] | 2001-11-01 05:42:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI MASS PHUM BBG BC |
01GABORONE3517 | BOTSWANA: TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR [...] THE GOB HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ITS FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT BECOME A HAVEN FOR ILLEGAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER MONEY LAUNDERING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, OR TERRORIST FINANCING. WHILE WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT VARYING LEVELS OF IMPLEMENTATION BY THE DIFFERENT AGENCIE [...] | 2001-11-01 13:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER BC |
01GABORONE3732 | MOGAE ON MUGABE: HE WILL STAY IN POWER "BY [...] (C) PRESIDENT FESTUS MOGAE (PROTECT) BELIEVES THERE IS NO CHANCE TO INFLUENCE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO HOLD FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BY MARCH. HE SAID MUGABE IS ACTING LIKE A "WOUNDED BUFFALO" AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO LESSEN THE HARM [...] | 2001-12-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC ZI |
01HANOI1010 | VIETNAM - BURMA'S NEED TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS RAISED THE DIALOGUE WITH BURMA BEFORE, AND INTENDS TO DO SO AGAIN AT THE APRIL 30 ASEAN MINISTERIAL IN RANGOON, BUT "IN OUR OWN WAY." AN MFA OFFICER PRAISED THE "SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS" THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE TALKS ALREADY. OUR POINTS WILL BE PASSED TO FM NIEN, [...] | 2001-04-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KDEM BM VM ASEAN |
01HANOI1017 | VIETNAM - U.S. VOTE ON WORLD BANK'S PRSC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY URGES WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) PROPOSAL TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK'S BOARD IN EARLY MAY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRSC, LIKE THE IMF'S POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRGF) CONSIDERED BY THE IMF BOARD [...] | 2001-04-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
01HANOI1020 | GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO FOLLOW SHAKE-UP IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAY 21 OR 22 WILL UNVEIL A NEW ASSEMBLY CHAIRPERSON, LIKELY CPV ORGANIZATIONAL CHIEF AN. IT MAY ALSO GIVE CLUES AS TO THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF RISING [...] | 2001-04-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI1026 | SOME HILL STAFFERS PUT HIGH PRIORITY ON WORKERS RIGHTS DURING RECENT VISITS TO VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO VIETNAM GAVE HIGH PRIORITY TO LABOR ISSUES. IN MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS AND THE ILO, THE VISITORS HEARD WHAT VIETNAM IS DOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN WORKERS R [...] | 2001-05-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
01HANOI1217 | A/S KELLY DISCUSSION WITH FM NIEN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 18, FOLLOWING ARF MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY MET WITH VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER NIEN AND TOOK THE OCCASION TO VOICE STRONG CONCERNS AT THE REPORTED ARREST ON MAY 17 OF OUTSPOKEN HUE-BASED CATHOLIC PRIEST NGUYEN VAN LY, AND THE REPORTED SUMMONS OF UN [...] | 2001-05-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI1245 | A/S KELLY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FM BIN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, U.S. ACTIVITIST GROUPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, FOLLOWING ARF SOM MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY ENGAGED IN CORDIAL BUT FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DINH BIN ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE CONTINUITY OF U.S. POLICIES IN THE REGION AND U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. BIN P [...] | 2001-05-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD VM HUMANR CTERR |
01HANOI1308 | ROLE OF VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE STAFF WORK, THE NEW PARTY SECRETARIAT IS IN FACT A DECISION-MAKING BODY WHICH SIPDIS WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY. IT DOES NOT SIMPLY PROVIDE POLICY STUDIES AND PAPER [...] | 2001-05-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VM DPOL |
01HANOI1388 | EMBASSY REPRESENTATIONS ON ACTIONS AGAINST DISSIDENTS; WHAT DRIVES THE GVN? [...] (SBU) REFTEL PROVIDES LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON GVN ACTIONS AGAINST SENIOR MONKS OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). THE AMBASSADOR AND OTHER EMBASSY/CONGEN OFFICIALS HAVE WEIGHED IN AT VARIOUS LEVELS, URGING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION ORDER BE LIFTED FROM THICH QUA [...] | 2001-06-08 04:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI145 | NEXT STEPS ON LABOR COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE MOU [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 12. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00145 01 OF 02 191043Z 2. LABOR OFFICER MET JANUARY 19 WITH MR. NGUYEN MANH CUONG, CHIEF OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS AND SOCI [...] | 2001-01-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
01HANOI1497 | DONOR/GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM'S 10 YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 14, KICKING OFF A SERIES OF DONOR-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS, UNDP SPONSORED A `HIGH- LEVEL' CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS CONCLUDED IN APRIL. THE DOCUMENT, `THE 10 YEAR SOCIO-EC [...] | 2001-06-22 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL VM SOE FINREF CVR |
01HANOI1554 | MID-TERM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING FOR VIETNAM - UPBEAT MOOD, IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 18 AND 19 IN HOI AN, IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL REGION, DONORS GATHERED FOR AN INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING TO TAKE STOCK OF PROGRESS. IMF AND WORLD BANK GROUP REPRESENTATIVES WERE PLEASED THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARDS HAD APPROVED MAJOR STRUCTURAL REFORM/POVERTY ALLEVIATION CREDI [...] | 2001-06-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN VM SOE FINREF |
01HANOI1629 | HANOI UPDATE #13 [...] (U) FLOODING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: RAINY SEASON IS UPON US. TYPHOON NO. 2 (DURIAN) WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM JULY 2-4 CAUSING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND DAMAGING NEARLY OVER 30,000 HOMES [...] | 2001-07-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG ETMIN |
01HANOI1878 | VIETNAM DENIES UNHCR ACCESS TO HIGHLANDS [...] VIETNAM HAS DENIED UNHCR ACCESS TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCES, PREVENTING UNHCR FROM LAUNCHING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FLED TO CAMBODIA. UNHCR WILL NOW CONSIDER LONGER-TERM MEASURES FOR THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN RATTANAKIRI AND MONDOLAKIRI. END SUMMARY. 2 [...] | 2001-08-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM VM UNHCR ETMIN HUMANR |
01HANOI1882 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 3. ON JULY 26, ON THE MARGINS OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES KELLY MET WITH DR. N. HASSAN WIRAJUDA, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. WI [...] | 2001-08-07 02:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID ASEAN |
01HANOI2088 | STAFFDEL REES MEETINGS WITH SRV OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS AND MINORITY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOSEPH REES AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN GUNDERSON MET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GVN'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGION AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AUGUST 10, ACCOMPANIED BY [...] | 2001-08-27 06:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
01HANOI2109 | CODEL HOLLINGS' MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SENATOR ERNEST HOLLINGS (D-SC) LED A DELEGATION TO HANOI AUGUST 17-19, INCLUDING MRS. HOLLINGS; LILA HELM, STAFF DIRECTOR, APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE, COMMERCE AND THE JUDICIARY; BETTY PITTERMAN, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT; AND US ARMY ESCORT OFFICER COL. TIM PETERSON. IN [...] | 2001-08-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT VM |
01HANOI2114 | VIETNAM PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DENNIS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02114 281005Z HARTER, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D) 2. (C) PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA RECEIVED EXTENSIVE AND USUALLY FRONT PAGE COVERAGE IN THE VIETNAM PRESS, [...] | 2001-08-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KS VM ASEAN |
01HANOI2136 | STAFFDEL REES VISIT TO CATHOLIC CHARITY IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02136 01 OF 02 300933Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH STAFFDEL AT A SHELTER FOR GIRLS IN HCMC, A CATHOLIC NUN DESCRIBED A GRADUAL TENDENCY ON THE PA [...] | 2001-08-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
01HANOI2139 | ARAFAT RECEIVES SRV SUPPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A BRIEF VISIT TO HANOI BY YASSER ARAFAT ON AUGUST 24 WAS APPARENTLY AIMED AT SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN POSITIONS IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. VIETNAM REAFFIRMED ITS [...] | 2001-08-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPAL IS VM |
01HANOI2150 | STAFFDEL MEETING AND ATTEMPTED MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 14, STAFFDEL REES MET IN HCMC WITH HOA HAO RELIGIOUS ELDER TRAN HUU DUYEN WHO PASSED A LIST OF 20 HOA HAO PRISONERS, SOME OF WHOM MISSION PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN UNAWARE. ON THE SAME DAY, THE [...] | 2001-08-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2151 | STAFFDEL HEARS VOICES OF REFORM FROM WITHIN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02151 01 OF 03 310844Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: STAFFDEL REES AND GUNDERSON MET SEPARATELY ON AUGUST 10 AND AUGUST 14 WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE FA [...] | 2001-08-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM VM SOE FINREF DPOL |
01HANOI2152 | STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...] | 2001-08-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2175 | QFOREIGN MINISTRY OBJECTS TO VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND US POSTAL SERVICE ACTION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, JR. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, MR. NGUYEN XUAN PHONG, CALLED IN THE CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 5 TO REAFFIRM THE GVN'S POSITION ON "CERTAIN ISSUES WHICH RECENTLY HAVE NEGATIVELY AF [...] | 2001-09-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS US VM HUMANR PREL |
01HANOI2197 | INTERROGATIONS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) REFORM ACTIVIST NGUYEN THANH GIANG CONFIRMED TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02197 01 OF 02 070126Z POLOFF ON SEPTEMBER 6 THAT POLICE HAD VISITED FELLOW ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM ON SEPTEMBER 5 AT THEIR HOMES. POLI [...] | 2001-09-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV VM HUMANR DPOL |
01HANOI2210 | CONTINUED PRESSURE ON REFORM ACTIVISTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM DAVID MONK, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. NO ADDITIONAL NEWS IS AVAILABLE ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02210 01 OF 02 071103Z THE STATUS OF REFORM ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG (REFTEL) EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE BE [...] | 2001-09-07 10:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV VM DPOL HUMANR |
01HANOI2227 | MFA PROTESTS VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, JR. REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. ( C ) SUMMARY: AN MFA DEMARCHE TO CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 10 CHARACTERIZED THE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (VHRA) AS THE MOST SERIOUS STEP SINCE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS AND WARNED OF UNPREDICTA [...] | 2001-09-10 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VM HUMANR |
01HANOI2591 | IMPACT OF VHRA DEBATE ON PROTESTANTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. REACTION IN VIETNAM TO THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT MAY HAVE CREATED A NEW OBSTACLE FOR POSSIBLE LEGAL RECOGNITION OF AN UNDERGROUND BAPTIST GROUP. THE ATMOSPHERE ALSO APPARENTLY REMAINS TOO "SENSITIVE" [...] | 2001-10-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2634 | VIETNAM LABELLING: MADE IN WHEREVER -- RESPONSE [...] WE RAISED OUR CONCERNS OVER RECENT REPORTS THAT VIETNAM HAD SUSPENDED THE APPLICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS IN ITS NEW LABELING LAW WITH MINISTRY OF TRADE (MOT) VICE MINISTER LUONG VAN TU IN LATE SEPTEMBER; MOT INDICATED THEY WOULD REVIEW OUR REQUEST. WE STRESSED THAT TH [...] | 2001-10-11 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX VM |
01HANOI2658 | HANOI MUSLIM COMMUNITY RETICENT ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (U) HANOI'S TINY VIETNAMESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY (NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DOZEN PEOPLE) HAS NOT NOTICEABLY REACTED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ACTS IN THE US AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE UNDER OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENT MANAGER OF HANOI'S SOLE MOSQUE. THE O [...] | 2001-10-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS KPAO PTER VM HUMANR CTERR RELFREE |
01HANOI2740 | POTUS VISIT AND BTA STIMULATED PROTESTANT [...] (U) CLASSFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR SCOTT D. BELLARD, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C ) THEN-PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO VIETNAM IN NOVEMBER 200 CAUSED THE SRV TO FACILITATE PROTESTANT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02740 190724Z CHURCH EFFORTS TO REGISTER, ACCORDI [...] | 2001-10-19 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA |
01HANOI2789 | FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY: WHY AND WHAT NEXT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. FATHER LY'S HARSH SENTENCE STEMS FROM THE VERY DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS THE VIETNAMESE HAVE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02789 01 OF 02 241032Z ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE BOUNDARIES [...] | 2001-10-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2812 | PARTY OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) FOREIGN RELATIONS OFFICIAL, BUI THE GIANG, EMPHASIZED THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02812 260838Z POSITIVE IN THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP IN AN OCTOBER 24 COURTESY CALL WITH CHARGE. HE PREDI [...] | 2001-10-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM |
01HANOI2814 | HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: USG INCREASES [...] IN A SIGNIFICANT BROADENING OF USG-GVN ENGAGEMENT ON HEALTH ISSUES, THE CHARGE AND VICE MINISTER OF HEALTH TRAN CHI LIEM SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON OCTOBER 23 TO PROVIDE $2 MILLION TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY TO EXPAND ITS HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. FROM THE CDC GLOBAL AIDS PRO [...] | 2001-10-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS |
01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...] | 2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
01HANOI2884 | GVN'S REACTION TO FATHER LY AND TRAN KHUE [...] CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT D. BELLARD, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (U) SUMMARY: THE GVN EXPLAINS ITS STERN TREATMENT OF THOSE IT DEEMS "POLITICAL" ACTIVISTS SUCH AS FATHER LY AND TRAN KHUE IN TERMS OF DEFENDING NATIONAL UNITY. THE GVN SEEMS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO ITS OWN CITIZENS' CRITIQUES WH [...] | 2001-11-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2885 | SPOUTING THE PARTY LINE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE EXPRESSED TO POL/C THEIR CONDOLENCES ON THE 9/11 TRAGEDIES AND OPPOSITION TO TERRORISM, SATISFACTION OVER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND DEEP OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT VIETNAM H [...] | 2001-11-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM CTERR BTA HUMANR |
01HANOI2900 | TFUS01: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY TELCON WITH STATE [...] AT 8:30 AM, NOVEMBER 1 (LOCAL TIME),TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JOHN B. TAYLOR SPOKE VIA SIPDIS TELEPHONE FROM WASHINGTON TO DR. DUONG THU HUONG, DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM. (THE CALL WAS ARRANGED IN ADVANCE AT THE REQUEST OF U/S TAYLOR.) U/S TAY [...] | 2001-11-07 03:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EFIN VM CTERR |
01HANOI2914 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN SETS OUT [...] SUMMARY: AT A RECENT BRIEFING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS, MR. VU MAO, CHAIRMAN, OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SET OUT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2002. THE THREE MAJOR TASKS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE: REVIEW OF THE ECONOMY AND UNCLASSIFIED [...] | 2001-11-08 00:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL |
01HANOI2924 | HOA HAO MONK THREATENING IMMOLATION [...] (SBU) ON NOVEMBER 8, CONGEN POLOFF CONTACTED TWO HOA HAO BUDDHIST ELDERS IN HCMC TO CONFIRM DETAILS OF A NOVEMBER 6 PRESS RELEASE BY A U.S.-BASED HOA HAO ORGANIZATION THAT A HOA HAO MONK WAS THREATENING SELF-IMMOLATION. POLOFF CALLED TRAN HUU DUYEN, A HOA HAO ELDER WHO WAS RELEASED FROM PRIS [...] | 2001-11-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2946 | VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02946 130325Z RESULTS OF THE ASEAN SUMMIT, ASEAN+3, AND ASEAN+1 MEETINGS IN BRUNEI NOVEMBER 5-6. MFA OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT PM PHAN VAN KHAI TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN GETTING THE ST [...] | 2001-11-13 03:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ASEAN CTERR |
01HANOI2949 | CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI IS ABUNDANT IN MANY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS BUT TENDS TO DIMINISH FARTHER NORTH. BISHOPS AND PRIESTS REPOR [...] | 2001-11-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI2962 | NHAN DAN ON FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) A SIGNED COMMENTARY UNDER THE HEADLINE OF "NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE" IN NHAN DAN, THE LEADING PARTY DAILY NEWSPAPER, ON NOVEMBER 13 DENOUNCED FOREIGN MEDIA COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY BY RFI AND BBC, REGARDING THE 15 YEAR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02962 [...] | 2001-11-14 01:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI2963 | PROVINCIAL EDUCATION: DOING THEIR BEST BUT. . . [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCES BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI CLEARLY HAVE DEVOTED STAFF AND GOOD INTENTIONS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, BUT AN ENDEMIC LACK OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...] | 2001-11-14 01:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV VM |
01HANOI2964 | THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE GVN IS EMBARKED UPON A COURSE TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02964 01 OF 03 140146Z STRENGTHEN THE POWERS OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES BUT IS HAMPERED BY ITS OW [...] | 2001-11-14 01:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VM DPOL |
01HANOI2967 | VIETNAM-NORTH KOREA: RELATIONS CONTINUE TO THAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE SRV/DPRK JOINT ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MET IN PYONGYANG FROM OCTOBER 15-19 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE VIETNAM OPENED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH SOUTH KOREA IN 1992. WHILE PRESS REPORTS TOUTED THE MEETING AS "HERALDING A COMPLETE REVIVAL OF BILATERAL TR [...] | 2001-11-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD VM KN KS DPRK |
01HANOI2980 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS: WHAT'S UP? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 1992 SRV CONSTITUTION REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC LIFE AND TO ADJUST THE ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH POSSIBLE MORE POWER TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA). EXPECTED APPROVAL OF AT LEAST SOME AMENDMENTS [...] | 2001-11-15 01:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL |
01HANOI2985 | PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL [...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...] | 2001-11-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
01HANOI2987 | PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN [...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...] | 2001-11-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
01HANOI3019 | 10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03019 01 OF 03 160922Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE UPCOMING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) SESSION WILL CONVENE ON NOVEMBER 20. ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE US WILL BE PRIMARILY [...] | 2001-11-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ETRD VM HUMANR DPOL BTA |
01HANOI3049 | TIME REPORTER ON FREE VIETNAM MOVEMENT [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) A TIME MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT INFORMED CHARGE ON NOVEMBER 19 THAT SHE RECENTLY INTERVIEWED BOTH VO VAN DUC AND NGUYEN HUU CHANH. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEWS, BOTH MEN REPORTEDLY DISCUSSED THE OB [...] | 2001-11-20 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CB VM |
01HANOI3054 | VIETNAM: PROGRESS ON REFORM UNDER WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM IS GENERALLY MEETING ITS ECONOMIC REFORM OBLIGATIONS UNDER ITS WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS ACCORDING TO HANOI-BASED DONOR REPRESENTATIVES. VIETNAM'S MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS CURRENTLY ON TARGET ALTHOUGH AN EARLIER FAILURE TO AGREE ON CREDIT GROWTH [...] | 2001-11-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM FINREF SOE |
01HANOI3080 | PROVINCIAL CORRUPTION TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS GVN ANTI-GRAFT EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY: A PROVINCIAL COURT HANDED DOWN STIFF SENTENCES ON NOVEMBER 20 TO A DOZEN STATE EMPLOYEES AND COMPANY EXECUTIVES CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND EMBEZZELMENT OF ANTI- POVERTY FUNDS FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE. MEANWHILE, TOP LEADERS REAFFIRMED EFFORTS TO COMBAT CORRUP [...] | 2001-11-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS ECON VM DPOL ETMIN |
01HANOI3086 | LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) SUMMARY. ROUTE ONE IS BEAUTIFUL DRIVE BUT A SURPRISINGLY POOR NATIONAL ARTERY LINKING THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. THERE IS LITTLE INDICATION OF MUCH USE OF LAND OR RAIL TRANSPORT FOR INTER-PROVINCIAL TRADE. SMALL-SCALE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SEEMS TO THRIVE. RICE IS CLEARLY KING A [...] | 2001-11-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PINS PGOV ETRD VM |
01HANOI3124 | SLOW BUT STEADY ARGENTINA-VIETNAM RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A RECENT VISIT BY ARGENTINA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE LIMITED ARGENTINA-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. THE VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES AND ALSO INCLUDED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENE [...] | 2001-11-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG VM AR CTERR |
01HANOI313 | LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS END IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, 20 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK SUGGEST LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ENDED FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF AT LEAST 20 PROTESTERS. THOUSANDS OF VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITIES PRO [...] | 2001-02-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI3173 | PEACEFUL PROTEST OUTSIDE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) A FEW DOZEN INDIVIDUALS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF HANOI FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON DECEMBER 3 FOR WHAT APPEARED TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03173 031036Z BE A PEACEFUL PROTEST AIMED AT MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DURING ITS CURRENT SESSION. BECAUSE THE ST [...] | 2001-12-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
01HANOI3186 | PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...] | 2001-12-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR |
01HANOI3209 | SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM SEEKING MORE COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: SINGAPORE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHANMUGAM JAYAKUMAR NOVEMBER 27-30 "SUCCESSFUL" VISIT TO HANOI INCLUDED A DISCUSSION ON HOW BETTER TO COOPERATE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDED FUTURE ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND AID. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) TERRORISM: JAYAKUM [...] | 2001-12-07 04:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PINR ETRD VM SN ASEAN CTERR |
01HANOI3245 | UPGRADING TERRORISM LAWS [...] ACCORDING TO SOURCES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03245 120742Z MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY, VIETNAM HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO INTRODUCE NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION OR TO UPGRADE EXISTING LEGISLATION. EMBASSY CONVEYED WILLIN [...] | 2001-12-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA VM CTERR |
01HANOI3259 | CAMPAIGN 2001 ON DISABLED PERSONS [...] USAID AND ITS GRANTEES ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN SUPPORTING A LANDMARK EVENT IN HANOI DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 10: CAMPAIGN 2001, THE NINTH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC DECADE OF DISABLED PERSONS. UNDER THE OVERALL LEADERSHIP OF THE U.N. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR AS [...] | 2001-12-14 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PHUM VM LABOR |
01HANOI3266 | VIETNAM: TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT [...] FOR THE RECORD, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AT LEGISLATURE 10, SESSION 10, PASSED A RESOLUTION TO AGREE TO RATIFY THE U.S.-VIETNAM BILATERAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03266 01 OF 02 170758Z TRADE AGREEMENT ON NOVEMBER 28, 200 [...] | 2001-12-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM BTA |
01HANOI3269 | VIETNAM: "RIGHTS OF PERSONS" EMPHASIZED AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING [...] SUMMARY: AT THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS MEETING IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 7-8, THERE WAS A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM DONORS ON THE ISSUE OF "RIGHTS" WRIT LARGE. THE CONSISTENCY AND THE CLARITY OF THE STATEMENTS BY BOTH INDIVIDUAL DELEGATIONS AND NGOS ARE WORTH NOTING. WHILE IT IS CLEAR THAT FOR [...] | 2001-12-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB ECON EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI3273 | QNEW CHALLENGES FOR THE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED PROTESTANTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT D. BELLARD, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03273 01 OF 02 171030Z REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO CREDIBLE SOURCES, SINCE OFFICIAL GVN RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN APRIL, [...] | 2001-12-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS VM KRIF HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI3288 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...] | 2001-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
01HANOI3290 | MFA REACTS TO SAN FRANCISCO "TERRORIST" INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NGUYEN XUAN PHONG URGED STRONG USG ACTION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HE TERMED THE "TERRORIST INCIDENT" DIRECTED AGAINST DPM NGUYEN TAN DZUNG DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO. IN A DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DCM, PHONG STRESSED THAT THIS WOU [...] | 2001-12-20 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV VM CTERR |
01HANOI3294 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS CHINA: BOTH SIDES REAFFIRM FRIENDSHIP, CONDEMN TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) GENERAL SECRETARY, VISITED CHINA NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 4. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHINA SINCE BECOMING GENERAL SECRETARY LAST APRIL, AND WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE ANY CHINESE FEARS THAT VIETNAM WAS MOVING "TOO CLOSE [...] | 2001-12-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR CTERR |
01HANOI3302 | THE ROLE OF BOARDING SCHOOLS IN MINORITY INTEGRATION [...] SUMMARY: BOARDING SCHOOL EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EFFORTS OF PHU THO AND TUYEN QUANG PROVINCES IN NORTHERN VIETNAM TO INTEGRATE THEIR ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS. THE GVN SET UP BOARDING SCHOOLS NOT ONLY FOR INTEGRATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH CHEAPER TO BUILD AND ST [...] | 2001-12-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN |
01HANOI3308 | DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM [...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL),POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.),EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...] | 2001-12-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
01HANOI396 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK HAVE STABILIZED, WITH NO MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 10- 11. POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE REMAINS HEAVY IN THE [...] | 2001-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI496 | DISSIDENT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY AT HIS CHURCH UNDER VIRTUAL HOUSE ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: DISSIDENT CATHOLIC PRIEST NGUYEN VAN LY IS UNABLE TO LEAVE HIS CHURCH COMPOUND IN HUE UNDER CONDITIONS RESEMBLING HOUSE ARREST. A PARISH PRIEST IN HO CHI MINH CITY TOLD VISITING REP. SENSENBRENNER FEBRUARY 24 THAT FATHER LY HAS BEEN HELD UNDER "HOUSE ARREST" SINCE HE SUBMITTED WR [...] | 2001-03-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI539 | DAS BOYCE MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE CONG PHUNG ON ARF AND ASEAN ISSUES [...] EAP DAS BOYCE MET FEBRUARY 28 WITH LE CONG PHUNG, VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASEAN AFFAIRS, TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING ASEAN AND THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF). MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTORS PHAM HUU CHI AND TRAN NGOC AN, AND AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DOAN X [...] | 2001-03-08 02:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM ASEAN ARF |
01HANOI566 | TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: VIETNAM PRESSES FOR ARF MEMBER ACCESSION [...] ON FEBRUARY 6 MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT CALLED IN LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ARF MEMBER-COUNTRIES FOR A BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION (TAC) IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR PHAM HUU CHI PRESIDED; REPRESENTATIVES FROM CANADA, CHINA, DPRK, I [...] | 2001-03-09 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM ASEAN ARF |
01HANOI598 | DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED THE REPORTS OF UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EXAGGERATED AND BELIEVES FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY WELL BEFORE PUBLICITY OF FEBRUARY [...] | 2001-03-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
01HANOI638 | LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...] | 2001-03-19 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL |
01HANOI641 | USDOL TEAM PRODUCES AMBITIOUS PLAN OF ACTION FOR WORK UNDER THE LABOR MOU [...] SUMMARY: THE FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 1 TRIP TO HANOI BY A US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (USDOL) PROJECT DESIGN TEAM WAS A SUCCESS. AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH VIETNAMESE LABOR OFFICIALS AND THE ILO AND OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, THE TEAM PRODUCED A PACKAGE OF PROJECT DESIGNS ADDRESSING A [...] | 2001-03-20 00:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
01HANOI686 | VIETNAM COMPLETES PRIOR ACTIONS FOR IMF/WORLD BANK STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPRESENTATIVES IN HANOI CONFIRM VIETNAM HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED PRIOR ACTIONS/CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE FUND'S PROPOSED POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRDF) AND THE BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) FOR VIETNAM TO BE SUBMITT [...] | 2001-03-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
01HANOI702 | MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...] | 2001-03-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB CB VM |
01HANOI762 | USG OBJECTIVES IN THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. IT FOCUSES ON THE BACKGROUND OF "NORMALIZATION" AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO MEET USG AS WELL AS VIETNAMESE INTERESTS. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND MESSAGE THAT DELINEATES A SIGN [...] | 2001-04-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL VM |
01HANOI900 | PROTESTANT LEADERS REPORT DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM DEATHS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAMESE PROTESTANT CHURCH SOURCES WITH EXTENSIVE LINKS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INFORM US THAT RESIDENTS OF GIA LAI PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY, FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, WITH HEAVY POLICE AND SECURIT [...] | 2001-04-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HANOI905 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE PRESSURES GENERAL SECRETARY TO STEP DOWN; ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MANH APPARENT SUCCESSOR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID YOUNG; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ONLY DAYS BEFORE THE NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS APRIL 19, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS DEALT GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU A SEVERE BLOW BY REFUSING TO RECOMMEND HIM FOR ANOTHER TERM. A PREFERENCE B [...] | 2001-04-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI919 | LEANER POLITBURO AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO BE UNVEILED AT WEEKEND COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOUR NEW POLITBURO MEMBERS -- REPORTEDLY INCLUDING MASS MOBILIZATION HEAD DUOC AND FORMER LABOR MINISTER HOAN -- ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A SLIMMED-DOWN, 15- MEMBER LEADERSHIP TO BE UNVEILED AT THE NINTH [...] | 2001-04-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI934 | FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES: INFORMATION SHARING WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET WITH LABOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS ON APRIL 18 TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DAEWOOSA CASE AND THOSE FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN THE U.S. THESE OFFICIALS APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS USG EFFORTS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] | 2001-04-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PREF VM LABOR |
01HANOI952 | ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...] | 2001-04-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI965 | NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...] | 2001-04-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI985 | POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...] | 2001-04-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
01HANOI989 | STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS [...] SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANYING U.S. BUSINESS GROUP. THE U.S. VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL UNDERWROTE THE EVENT. DESPITE SENIORMOST GVN LEADERSHIP BEING TIED UP IN PRE-PARTY CONGRESS PLENUMS, [...] | 2001-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR |
01HARARE1011 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 2 [...] THE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY LOCAL FLOODING ARE IN THE ZAMBEZI RIVER VALLEY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE. THIS AREA INCLUDES KADOMA AND MUZARABAHANI. IN ADDITION MUCH OF THE LOW-LYING, SOUTHERN AREAS OF ZIMBABWE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING WATER- LOGGING OF THE SOIL IN AD [...] | 2001-03-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
01HARARE1016 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE RESPONSES TO MALLOCH- [...] (U) THE MARCH 14 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 13 THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STAINSLAUS MUDENGE, HANDED TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO THE LETTER CONTAINING THE GOZ [...] | 2001-03-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
01HARARE1018 | ZIMBABWE: CHIDYAUSIKU SWORN IN AS ACTING CHIEF [...] (U) IN A LONG-EXPECTED MOVE, PRESIDENT MUGABE SWORE IN HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 13. CHIDYAUSIKU WILL SERVE IN AN ACTING CAPACITY AT LEAST UNTIL THE FORMAL RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY, CURRENT [...] | 2001-03-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE1019 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...] | 2001-03-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1021 | ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CFU PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) ON MARCH 13, CHARGE EARL IRVING AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD AND DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK AT THEIR REQUEST TO DISCUSS THE USG'S POSITION ON LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. HENWOOD ASKED THE CHARGE ABOUT THE MARCH 11 ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN [...] | 2001-03-15 05:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE1023 | AF A/PDAS BELLAMY HEARS DEFIANCE, VILIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 8 AND 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY MET WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO. BELLAMY REITERATED U.S. CONCERN [...] | 2001-03-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE1026 | ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED [...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...] | 2001-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
01HARARE1028 | ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS [...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...] | 2001-03-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1030 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BRIEFED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROPOSED AFRICAN UNION, CHANGES MADE TO SADC STRUCTURES IN WINDHOEK ON MARCH 9, AND THE STATUS OF LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. MUDENGE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORT [...] | 2001-03-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1032 | TWO MINING OPERATIONS AND A FOOTWEAR MANUFACTURER [...] TO ASSESS BUSINESS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS OF LARGE EMPLOYERS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY, ON MARCH 5-7 EMBASSY ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL OFFICERS VISITED THREE BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTHERN MASVINGO PROVINCE OF ZIMBABWE. THE COMPANY/OPERATIONS WERE: = RAILWAY BLOCK CHROMIUM MINE, SHURUGWE [...] | 2001-03-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN ETRD KTDB ZI |
01HARARE1048 | ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...] | 2001-03-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI |
01HARARE1051 | CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...] | 2001-03-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA |
01HARARE1054 | NEW ELECTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S UMBRELLA LABOR [...] (SBU) THE MARCH 18 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE SUNDAY MAIL" RAN A FRONT- PAGE STORY STATING THAT THE JUST-ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF THE ZIMBABWE CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU),ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION, WAS BEING PRESSURED TO HOLD NEW [...] | 2001-03-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR |
01HARARE1055 | INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT [...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...] | 2001-03-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
01HARARE1066 | IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 20 THE IMF RESREP, GERRY JOHNSON, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, GAVE THE DONOR COMMUNITY AN HOUR-LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE RESULS OF ITS 12 DAY VISIT TO ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS ANTICIPATED, THAT "THE CURRENT ECO [...] | 2001-03-21 05:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
01HARARE1079 | ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT [...] (U) IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AS REPORTED REFTEL, TWO OF ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS HAVE DEVOTED PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE MARCH 8 INTRODUCTION IN THE U.S. SENATE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). ALTHOUGH THE ACCOUNTS IN BOTH PAPERS WERE GENERALLY FACTUAL, TH [...] | 2001-03-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI US |
01HARARE1082 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS [...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...] | 2001-03-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO |
01HARARE1096 | ZIMBABWE'S NEW LABOR LEADERS PURSUE TRADITIONAL [...] (C) ON MARCH 21, LABOFF MET WITH THE NEW SECRETARY- GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU),WELLINGTON CHIBHEBHE, AND THE NEW PRESIDENT, LOVEMORE MATOMBO, BOTH EXPERIENCED AND ARTICULATE LABOR ORGANIZERS, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO AGGRESSIVELY ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] | 2001-03-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE1102 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS AGREE AT CONGRESS [...] (C) ON MARCH 22, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS HELD THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ISSUE OF REPLACING THE CURRENT CFU LEADERSHIP (REFS A, B AND C) WAS NOT RAISED AT THE CONGRESS, [...] | 2001-03-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE1108 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 3 [...] THOUGH RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN, RAINFALL AMOUNTS EASED SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS AND FLOODING IN THE ZAMBEZI VALLEY SUBSIDED. HOWEVER, THE NORTHERN AREAS OF MASHONALAND CENTRAL, WHERE LARGE AREAS OF CROPLAND HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, REMAIN AT RISK FROM FLOO [...] | 2001-03-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
01HARARE1123 | MDC LOSES FIRST ELECTORAL CHALLENGE [...] (U) ON MARCH 23, HIGH COURT JUDGE VERNANDA ZIYAMBI DISMISSED A PETITION BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SEEKING NULLIFICATION OF ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY LAST JUNE IN THE ZVISHAVANE CONSTITUENCY. ZIYAMBI'S JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST TO BE HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COU [...] | 2001-03-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1124 | INDUSTRY PERMSEC BRIEFS US ON A RANGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 26 CHARGE AND ECONOFF MET WITH STEWART COMBERBACH, PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE MINNISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AN INFORMAL MEETING TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE PERMSEC, WITH WHOM WE ENJOY FRANK AND HONEST DIALOGUE TOUCHED, UNPROMPTED, [...] | 2001-03-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PHUM PGOV ZI |
01HARARE114 | REJUVENATION OF ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY UNLIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU-PF HAS REENERGIZED ITSELF AND WRESTED SOME OF THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM FROM THE OPPOSITION MDC, BUT IT FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN MAINTAINING ITS MOMENTUM THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN EARLY 2002. ZANU-PF'S VICTORY IN THE MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION, TH [...] | 2001-01-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1168 | KABILA'S BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE FOCUSES ON DRC [...] (C) ON MARCH 28, POLOFF OBTAINED A READOUT ON DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE FROM THE MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) ON THE DRC, MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO. REGARDING KABILA'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT (REFTEL),THE PAO NOTED THAT KABILA IS "PREPARED TO GO THE FULL [...] | 2001-03-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1169 | UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO CONVENED A MEETING OF DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION MARCH 28 TO DISCUSS THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE MALLOCH-BROWN LETTER (REFTEL). MOST OF THE DIPLOMATS SAID THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNME [...] | 2001-03-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
01HARARE1176 | DATA ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES: ZIMBABWE [...] AT INDEPENDENCE IN 1980, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INHERITED A LANDMINE PROBLEM ALONG SOME OF ITS BORDERS, WHERE RHODESIAN SECURITY SERVICES HAD LAID MINES TO HINDER OPERATIONS BY REBEL GROUPS BASED IN MOZAMBIQUE AND ZAMBIA. ALTHOUGH MINE CLEARANCE BEGAN IN 1982 IN AFFECTED AREAS, THE GOVERN [...] | 2001-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1177 | FIRED GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER EDITOR DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MARCH 27 MEETING, THE RECENTLY FIRED EDITOR OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF THE PAPER AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL. FORMER "HERALD" EDITOR RAY MUNGOSHI (35) (PROTECT) TOLD EMBOFF ABOUT DAILY HARASSMENT FROM INFORMATIO [...] | 2001-03-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP PHUM KPAO PINR ZI |
01HARARE1178 | ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...] | 2001-03-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF |
01HARARE1201 | ZIMBABWE POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN MARCH KILLING [...] (U) THE MARCH 31 EDITIONS OF BOTH THE GOZ-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THAT THE ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF GLORIA OLDS. OLDS, A 72-YEAR- OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE I [...] | 2001-04-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR PGOV PINS ZI |
01HARARE1209 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES DEFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT'S RESETTLEMENT COMMITTEE TABLED A REPORT IN FEBRUARY THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE AS LACKING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE REPORT ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM "IN A TRANSPA [...] | 2001-04-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1210 | ZANU-PF INSIOER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENQEQWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATINQ UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REQIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEINQ BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...] | 2001-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE1217 | DRC POLITICAL COMMITTEE TAKING PLACE IN HARARE [...] (C) THE DRC JOINT POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE IN HARARE TODAY, APRIL 4, ACCORDING TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AMONG THE ATTENDEES ARE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE AND ZIMBABWE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE DRC DAVID H [...] | 2001-04-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE1221 | ZIMBABWE FLOOD STATUS UPDATE, NUMBER 4 [...] ACCORDING TO THE LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS REGARDING THE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED DISTRICTS OF GURUVE AND MUZARABANI ALONG THE ZAMBEZI RIVER IN THE NORTH OF THE ZIMBABWE, AN ESTIMATED 21,400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED TO VARYING DEGREES BY RECENT FLOODING. HEAVY RAINS, FLASH FLOODING AND WATER- LO [...] | 2001-04-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
01HARARE1222 | ZIMBABWE'S CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED THAT [...] (C) ON MARCH 30, LABOFF MET WITH CHARLES CHIVIRU, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ZIMBABWE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (PSA),TO DISCUSS THE LABOR RELATIONS AMENDMENT (LRA) BILL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY PARLIAMENT. CHIVIRU IS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WILL ATT [...] | 2001-04-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1247 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT BECOMES RULING PARTY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING ZANU-PF IS TAKING A DIFFERENT TACK IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE OPPOSITION BY FORCING THROUGH PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO RESTRICT OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON APRIL 3-4, ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS SUSPENDED THE LEGISLATURE'S OWN [...] | 2001-04-05 17:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM PINR ZI |
01HARARE125 | ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH [...] (C) IN RECENT WEEKS, THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS CRITICIZED THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FOR FUMBLING ALONG WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR DIRECTION. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHQ NCUBQTRONGLY REJECTED THE CRITICISM, SAYING SOME WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DE [...] | 2001-01-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ZI |
01HARARE1257 | ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...] | 2001-04-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1259 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER THREATENS STATE OF [...] (U) FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, IN AN ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT ON APRIL 4, THREATENED THAT THE GOZ COULD DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON ZIMBABWE, ACCORDING TO BOTH OF HARARE'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS ON APRIL 6. MUDENGE REPORTEDLY STATED THAT "IN MOST [...] | 2001-04-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1275 | ZANU-PF INSIDER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENGEGWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATING UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEING BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...] | 2001-04-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE1276 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS QUIETLY WORKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CFU AND THE GOZ ARE QUIETLY MEETING TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT TO END THE STAND-OFF OVER LAND. THE CFU IS PITCHING A PROPOSAL TO THE GOZ WHEREBY IT WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF FARMS TOTALING FIVE MILLION HECTARES THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESETTLEMENT, A PORTION OF THEM [...] | 2001-04-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE1293 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS MEET WITH GOZ [...] (C) ON APRIL 10 EDGAR GUNDRY, CHAIRMAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) REGION OF MASHONALAND WEST-SOUTH, TOLD ECONOFF THAT A GROUP OF CFU OFFICIALS MET ON APRIL 9 WITH ZIMBABWE'S FIVE SECURITY SERVICES. THESE SERVICES, ACCORDING TO GUNDRY, ARE THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, THE CENTRAL INTELLI [...] | 2001-04-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE1306 | ZIMBABWEAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) ON APRIL 11, A ZIMBABWEAN EMPLOYEE OF THE EMBASSY MET ALONE WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI, A LONGTIME CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AT MAHACHI'S REQUEST. IN THE MEETING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, MAHACHI SOLICITED THE INFORMAL LEGAL ADVICE OF OUR EMPLOYEE --A LAWYER BY TRAINING -- R [...] | 2001-04-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE1354 | MUGABE ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID AND LASHES OUT [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE, IN A ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION INTERVIEW THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17, AND THEN AGAIN IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN HARARE ON APRIL 18, REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED BRITAIN AND WHITE ZIMBABWEANS FOR BEING THE PRINCIPLE CAUSES OF [...] | 2001-04-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI UK |
01HARARE1419 | MUGABE PUTS ON THE DOG FOR MOGAE [...] (SBU) BOTSWANA'S PRESIDENT, FESTUS MOGAE, ARRIVED IN HARARE ON APRIL 25 FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT, THE STATED PURPOSE OF WHICH IS FOR THE BOTSWANA CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO OPEN THE ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN BULAWAYO. THIS IS MOGAE'S SECOND WORKING VISIT IN 8 MONTHS; HE WAS LAST HERE IN [...] | 2001-04-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC |
01HARARE1453 | MDC WINS TWO PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) IN A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HIGH COURT JUDGE JAMES DEVITTIE ON APRIL 26 NULLIFIED ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORIES IN TWO CONSTITUENCIES LAST JUNE -- BUHERA NORTH IN MANICALAND AND HURUNGWE EAST IN MASHONALAND WEST -- AND DECLARE [...] | 2001-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1470 | ZIMBABWE CABINET MINISTER KILLED IN CAR [...] (U) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION MINISTER BORDER GEZI WAS KILLED IN AN APRIL 28 CAR ACCIDENT ON THE HARARE-MASVINGO ROAD. GEZI'S DRIVER WAS ALSO KILLED, AND HIS AIDE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. A TIRE BLOWOUT APPARENTLY CAUSED GEZI'S OFFICIAL MERCEDES TO SWERVE OFF THE HIGHW [...] | 2001-04-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1492 | AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABEWE'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...] (C) THE QUIET ATTEMPT BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON LAND REFORM (REFTEL) HAS REACHED AN IMPASSE. THE GOZ IS INSISTING AS A PRECONDITION FOR FURTHER TALKS THAT THE CFU WITHDRAW ITS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF "FAST- [...] | 2001-05-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE1495 | MDC CAMPAIGNING ACTIVELY BUT QUIETLY FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT [...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS STRENGTHENED ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND PUT IN PLACE A RIGOROUS POLICY-VETTING PROCESS. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO POSE A PROBLEM, EXACERBATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO GIVE THE MDC FUNDS TO WHICH IT [...] | 2001-05-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1515 | ZIMBABWE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION DISRUPTED BY WAR [...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) MAY DAY CELEBRATION HELD AT RUFARO STADIUM IN HARARE ON MAY 1, WITH A CROWD ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 6,000 WORKERS, WAS DISRUPTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF WAR VETERANS AND RULING PARTY SUPPORTERS SHORTLY AFTER THE ZCTU SECRETARY- GENERAL, WELLINGTON CHIBHEBH [...] | 2001-05-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE1536 | CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI REFERRED [...] (U) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI APPEARED BEFORE HIGH COURT JUDGE MOSES CHINHENGO ON SIPDIS MAY 7 TO FACE CHARGES -- UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT -- OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE AND OF INCITING PUBLIC VIOLENCE. AS REPORTED REFTEL, TH [...] | 2001-05-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1572 | RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE [...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...] | 2001-05-10 16:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI RW CG |
01HARARE1583 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER ANNOUNCES START OF NEW "ULTRA [...] (SBU) IN AN INTERVIEW IN THE MAY 4-10 ISSUE OF THE PRO-RULING PARTY NEWSPAPER "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR", THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING, IGNATIUS CHOMBO, ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAD RECENTLY INITIATED A NEW PHASE OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...] | 2001-05-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PHUM PINR PINS ZI |
01HARARE1584 | MASVINGO TENSE AS CITY BRACES FOR MAYORAL [...] (C) THE VIOLENCE REPORTED REFTEL HAS CONTINUED UNABATED IN MASVINGO TOWN IN THE RUNUP TO THE MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13, WITH CONTINUING SKIRMISHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE RULING ZANU-PF AND THOSE OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NE [...] | 2001-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1585 | ZIMBABWE'S INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION (C-NA1- [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF A TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) IT IS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE IS NO LONGER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A DEAL WITH THE OPPOSITION MDC THAT WOULD INCLUDE HIS EARLY RETIREMENT. (REF D SUGGESTED THAT LATE LAST YEAR MUGABE PUT OUT FEELERS TO [...] | 2001-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1596 | MAPURANGA TO BE ZIMBABWE'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO [...] (U) ACCORDING TO,THE MAY 12 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THE FORMER PERMANENT SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. MACHIVENYIKA TOBIAS MAPURANQA, TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01596 140854Z BE ZIMB [...] | 2001-05-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI GH |
01HARARE1620 | OPPOSITION WINS MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) THE CANDIDATE FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) OVERCAME A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN EFFORT BY THE RULING ZANU-PF, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION (REFTELS),TO WIN THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13. THE MDC'S ALOIS CHAIMITI, A RETIRED ENGIN [...] | 2001-05-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
01HARARE1632 | FOREIGN MINISTER INFORMS WESTERN [...] (C) CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER JAMES WALL TOLD CHARGE ON MAY 16 THAT FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE HAD SUMMONED HIM, THE GERMAN AND DANISH AMBASSADORS EARLIER THAT DAY TO COMMUNICATE CABINET'S DECISION TO PUT AN END TO PELL-MELL INVASIONS OF URBAN FIRMS BY OSTENSIBLE WAR VETERANS SEEKIN [...] | 2001-05-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ETRD ZI CA DA |
01HARARE1672 | RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERMINE A ZANU-PF THAT HAD BEEN INFUSED WITH NEW CONFIDENCE SINCE ITS DECEMBER 2000 CONGRESS. THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PARTY COMMISSAR BORDER GEZI, THE RESIGNATION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO, THE LOSS OF THE [...] | 2001-05-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE1715 | ZIMBABWE TOBACCO SALES UPDATE, FOURTH SALES WEEK [...] AFTER 18 TRADING DAYS, ZIMBABWE'S THREE TOBACCO AUCTION FLOORS HAVE COLLECTIVELY SOLD A TOTAL OF 3,665,457 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF THE CROP (837,031 KG IS BURLEY TOBACCO),AT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF US $1.69 PER KG. 2. THIS VOLUME COMPARES WITH 6,848,511 KG FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON, REPRESENTI [...] | 2001-05-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI |
01HARARE1727 | DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI DIES SUDDENLY [...] (C) ADRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTING OF THE DEATH MAY 26 OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI. MAHACHI WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A HEAVILY LOADED LAND ROVER DISCOVERY THAT WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A CAR WHOSE DRIVER WAS REPORTEDLY DRUNK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE MINISTER'S VEHICLE TO ROLL AND [...] | 2001-05-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE1730 | ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS [...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...] | 2001-05-30 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO |
01HARARE1751 | ZIMBABWE COUP PLOT REPORT TOUCHES A RAW NERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS VIGOROUSLY DISPUTED A MAY 29 ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH "GUARDIAN" NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY OFFICERS ARE PLANNING A COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CORROBORATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT. THE GOZ'S INITIAL [...] | 2001-05-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR SOCI PHUM PREL ZI |
01HARARE1784 | ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS LEADER HUNZVI IS DEAD [...] (C) ACCORDING TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT AND RELIABLE SOURCES, ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CHENJERAI "HITLER" HUNZVI DIED IN HOSPITAL ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON OFFICIAL BROADCAST MEDIA EARLY ON THE AFTERNOO [...] | 2001-06-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ZI |
01HARARE1798 | MDC LEADER DISCUSSES ZANU-PF STRATEGY, SOUTH AFRICA, THE [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD CHARGE ON JUNE 4 THAT THE DEATHS THE PAST MONTH SIPDIS OF THREE ZANU-PF STALWARTS, THE LOSS OF THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION, AND THE BACKLASH FROM THE WAR VETERANS' "LABOR DISPUTE" CAMPAIGN MIGHT LEAD THE RULING PART [...] | 2001-06-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE181 | VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION CONTINUE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN BIKITA WEST-- WHERE A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD JANUARY 13-14 TO FILL A SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT--HAS CONTINUED IN RECENT WEEKS AS ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS STEP UP THEIR INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN. WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF [...] | 2001-01-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE1815 | ANDREW YOUNG VISITS ZIMBABWE, DEFENDS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S [...] (U) FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS ANDREW YOUNG PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE JUNE 4-6, 2001, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ON JUNE 5. AFTER MEETING PRESIDENT MUGABE, FORMER AMBASSADOR YOUNG GRANTED A LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED ZIMBAB [...] | 2001-06-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV EAGR ZI |
01HARARE1836 | MORE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' PROPOSAL [...] (C) MALCOLM VOWLES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU),ELABORATED TO POLOFF ON JUNE 6 ON THE CFU'S NEW PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO RESOLVE THEIR LONG-SIMMERING IMPASSE ON LAND REFORM (SEE REF A FOR DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL). VOWLES STATED THAT BOTH THE [...] | 2001-06-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI |
01HARARE1914 | READOUT ON SADC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN HARARE [...] (C) SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) MINISTERS MET IN HARARE ON JUNE 11 TO APPROVE A PROTOCOL THAT WILL RESTRUCTURE SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01914 171453Z AND SECURITY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF "DISCREPANCIES" IN [...] | 2001-06-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI AO |
01HARARE1955 | LETTER FROM ZIMBABWEAN FM MUDENGE TO SECRETARY [...] (U) ON JUNE 19, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE SIPDIS CONVOKED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF TO DELIVER A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO SECRETARY POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL HAS BEEN POUCHED TO AF/S. THE TEXT OF THE LE [...] | 2001-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC ZI |
01HARARE197 | DISTURBANCE IN ZIMBABWE TOWN INVITES POLICE [...] (U) THE JANUARY 11 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT DISTURBANCES ERUPTED IN KADOMA TOWN--ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARARE--ON JANUARY 10. THE NEWSPAPER SAID THE "RIOT" BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE TOWN COUNCIL'S FAILURE TO CONSULT LOCAL R [...] | 2001-01-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE1999 | EU FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) THE SWEDES, AS EU PRESIDENT, HAVE LED THE EU TROIKA'S DISCUSSIONS IN HARARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT, WHICH BEGAN EARLY THIS YEAR. THE TROIKA'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE GOZ IN SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ITS RANGE OF CONCERNS, HOWEVER, HAVE G [...] | 2001-06-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2012 | AJELLO IN HARARE TO DELIVER EU ULTIMATUM ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) AMBASSADOR HOOKS ATTENDED A DINNER ON JUNE 26 HOSTED BY HIS SWEDISH COUNTERPART, LENNARTH HJELMAKER, IN HONOR OF VISITING EU GREAT LAKES ENVOY ALDO AJELLO. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO AND THE CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND CAN [...] | 2001-06-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2042 | THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TIGHTENS THE POLITICAL NOOSE [...] (U) ON JUNE 25, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WILL SOON PROHIBIT NGOS, CHURCHES, AND AID AGENCIES FROM CONDUCTING VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. ACCORDING TO MOYO, THE GOZ IS DEVISING A POLICY THAT WILL PERMIT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED ELECTORAL [...] | 2001-06-29 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2091 | DRC/RWANDA: NEED TO REDUCE TENSIONS [...] (C) THE CHARGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A JULY 3 MEETING ON ANOTHER TOPIC WITH MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE TO DELIVER REFTEL TALKING POINTS. CHARGE EXPRESSED STRONG USG CONCERN OVER APPARENT SUPPORT BY THE GDRC FOR EX- FAR/INTERAHAMWE ATTACKS ON RWANDA. THE CHARGE [...] | 2001-07-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2117 | EXPECTED FOOD SHORTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED BY A [...] (SBU) ON JULY 6 THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, TOLD THE PRESS FOLLOWING AN ADDRESS HE DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE FORUM THAT HIS MINISTRY'S GOOD BUDGET RESULTS TO DATE FOR 2001 SHOWING A SMALL SURPLUS WERE THREATENED BY THE NEED TO SET ASI [...] | 2001-07-10 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EFIN ECON ZI |
01HARARE2171 | ZIMBABWE SLIDING OMINOUSLY TOWARD A POLICE STATE [...] (C) ZANU-PF HAS ESCALATED ITS INTIMIDATION OF OPPOSITION MDC LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS, AND IS MOVING TO ELIMINATE MANEUVERING ROOM FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT THREATEN THE RULING PARTY'S CONTINUED HOLD ON POWER. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ZANU-PF OR THOSE ACTING ON ITS [...] | 2001-07-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2173 | ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERS DECISION IN [...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERRED INDEFINITELY A DECISION IN OPPOSITION MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S CHALLENGE OF SECTIONS OF THE LAW AND ORDER SIPDIS MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA) AFTER HEARING ARGUMENTS FROM TSVANGIRAI'S AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEYS ON JULY 12. SIPDIS THE GOVERN [...] | 2001-07-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE2271 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ BANS BBC JOURNALISTS; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS SUSPENDED THE ACCREDITATION OF BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02271 271025Z CORRESPONDENTS BASED IN ZIMBABWE. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE JULY 26 EDITION OF THE [...] | 2001-07-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2311 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY HANDILY WINS KEY BY- [...] (C) RULING PARTY CANDIDATE AND MASHONALAND CENTRAL GOVERNOR ELLIOT MANYIKA SOUNDLY DEFEATED OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ELLIOT PFEBVE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION HELD JULY 28-29 IN BINDURA DISTRICT. THE RULING ZANU-PF WIDENED ITS MARGIN OF VICTORY CONSIDERABLY OVER LAST JUNE'S PARLIAMENTARY EL [...] | 2001-08-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE2322 | OPPOSITION LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) IN A JULY 31 LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE HOOKS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE USG'S APPROACH TOWARD ZIMBABWE AND WITH HIS RECEPTION BY U.S. OFFICIALS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE EXPECTS ZANU- PF TO INTENSIFY THE VIOLENCE IN TH [...] | 2001-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS ZI |
01HARARE2327 | AMERICAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY USE NEW [...] THE SOUTHERN AFRICA CORRESPONDENTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST SUCCESSFULLY USED THE NEW UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02327 031030Z MEDIA ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE BY ZIMBABWEAN INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO IN JUNE 2001. [...] | 2001-08-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
01HARARE2334 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOCUS ON THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILL 2001. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02334 061224Z EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL: WHAT IT COULD MEAN," THE AUGUST 6 [...] | 2001-08-06 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2335 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02335 061225Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...] | 2001-08-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
01HARARE2345 | PRESIDENT MUGABE APPOINTS THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME [...] PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THREE ADDITIONAL SUPREME COURT JUDGES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUSTICES ON THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT TO EIGHT. MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN WORKLOAD. THE [...] | 2001-08-08 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE2361 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. DEMOCRACY BILL DRACONIAN: IN WHOSE INTEREST IS THE LEGISLATION?," THE AUGUST 7 EDITION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02361 091342Z OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY 'THE HERALD' CARRIED A LENGTHY FEATURE ARTICLE THAT WAS CRITICA [...] | 2001-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2362 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02362 091342Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...] | 2001-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
01HARARE2364 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) INDEPENDENT PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS RESHUFFLED HIS CABINET TO FILL THREE POSITIONS LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATHS OF TWO MINISTERS AND THE RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON STATE RADIO TODAY (AUGUST 9) AFTER THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT STAT [...] | 2001-08-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE2365 | A ZAMBIAN TAKE ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM PAID A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIAN COUNTERPART BEN SHAWA ON AUGUST 9. THE EXCHANGE WAS SURPRISINGLY FRANK AND PRODUCTIVE, WITH SHAWA CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02365 01 OF 02 091356Z PROVIDING HIS TAKE ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, SADC ELECTORAL [...] | 2001-08-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2379 | ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (U) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02379 01 OF 02 101014Z SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN HIS SIPDIS PARLIAMENT OFFICES. MNANGAGWA WAS JOINED [...] | 2001-08-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE2387 | ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MDC [...] (C) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02387 01 OF 02 101141Z (MDC) LEADERSHIP IN THEIR NEW DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS ACCOMPANIED BY [...] | 2001-08-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE2388 | MEDIA REACTION LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT 'DAILY NEWS' DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 9 EDITORIAL TO DENOUNCE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE FOR FAILING TO CURB UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02388 101229Z LAWLESSNESS ON COMMERCIAL FARMS. THE EDITORIAL COMES IN THE WAKE OF RENEWED CLASHES BETWEEN COMM [...] | 2001-08-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2389 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE [...] CONTRIBUTING TO DEBATE ON PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT, FORMER CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02389 101231Z DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNING ZANU PF PARTY BACKBENCHER MR. SHADRECK CHIPANGA CALLED, ON AUGUST [...] | 2001-08-10 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2395 | MEDIA REACTION RAMSEY CLARK AND ZIMBABWE- HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS AUGU EDITORIAL TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AN PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL. THE CONTROVERSIAL BILL COULD BECOME B THE END OF THE YEAR. UNDER HEADLINE "MOYOL FUTILE WAR," THE [...] | 2001-08-14 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2397 | MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...] | 2001-08-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UK US ZI |
01HARARE2398 | SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY. AS A CONTINUATION OF INITIAL COURTESY CALLS, DCM MET WITH SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTERPART THOMAS RAMBAU CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02398 01 OF 02 141109Z ON AUGUST 8. RAMBAU ECHOED THE PESSIMISM THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN HIS COMMENTS [...] | 2001-08-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE240 | STILL NO OFFICIAL REACTION TO THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: AS OF JANUARY 11, THERE IS STILL NO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) STATEMENT OR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING OF DECEMBER 21 IN FAVOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) IN THEIR LAWSUIT ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM (REF A) [...] | 2001-01-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PREL ZI |
01HARARE2400 | MEDIA REACTION RAMSEY CLARK AND ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 9 EDITORIAL TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED FREEDOM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02400 141301Z OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL. THE CONTROVERSIAL BILL COULD BECOME LA [...] | 2001-08-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2411 | ZIMBABWE: EDITOR OF INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" [...] No summary [...] | 2001-08-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE2429 | ARREST OF DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL TEAM [...] THREE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02429 161400Z AND ONE REPORTER FROM THE PAPER WERE ARRESTED IN HARARE ON AUGUST 15. THE FOUR WERE RELEASED ON BAIL ON THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY. THE FOUR ARE EDI [...] | 2001-08-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI PHUM |
01HARARE2439 | CHANGE IN CHARGES AGAINST DAILY NEWS JOURNALISTS [...] THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FOUR JOURNALISTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" WERE CHANGED LATE ON AUGUST 16. THE FOUR JOURNALISTS (EDITOR GEOFF NYAROTA, DEPUTY EDITOR BILL SAIDI, NEWS EDITOR JOHN GAMBANGA AND REPORTER SAM MUNYAVI) ARE NOW CHARGED WITH "DISTRIBUTION OR CIRCULATIO [...] | 2001-08-17 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI PHUM |
01HARARE2455 | MEDIA REPORT -- DR. MICHAEL SWANGO CASE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY 'THE CHRONICLE' DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 15 EDITORIAL TO A CALL FOR THE EXTRADITION OF AMCIT DR. MICHAEL SWANGO, NOW SERVING LIFE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02455 201428Z SENTENCE IN COLORADO FOR KILLING PATIENTS IN T [...] | 2001-08-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2457 | ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL GENERATES SIGNIFICANT [...] THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILL 2001 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02457 01 OF 02 201507Z CONTINUES TO DOMINATE HEADLINES IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. LAST WEEK PRESIDENT MUGABE LASHED OUT AT THE U. S. AND OTHER WESTERN NATIONS HE SA [...] | 2001-08-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2470 | ZIMBABWE REGIME'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ELECTION [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REFTEL TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED TO US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PERMIT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OBSERVERS OF THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS INCLUDES U [...] | 2001-08-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE2480 | UNDP AND DONORS MEET ON FOOD AID FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO MET WITH A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE DONOR COMMUNITY ON AUGUST 20 AT THE FORMER'S INVITATION TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FOOD AID FRONT. THE GROUP FOCUSED IN SEQUENCE ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CRISIS, ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUMANITARIAN SECRE [...] | 2001-08-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EAGR ZI |
01HARARE2490 | HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS CONTINUES - THREE NEW [...] ON AUGUST 21 AND 22 ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) PICKED UP, QUESTIONED AND LAID CHARGES AGAINST THREE JOURNALISTS IN HARARE. 2. ON AUGUST 21, TWO JOURNALISTS FROM THE WEEKLY "THE MIRROR" WERE QUESTIONED BY POLICE ABOUT A REPORT IN THE AUGUST 17 EDITION OF THEIR NEWSPAP [...] | 2001-08-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2493 | MEDIA REPORT RACISM CONFERENCE; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 23 EDITORIAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM TO BE HELD IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, ON AUGUST 31. UNDER HEADLINE "POLITICAL POSTURING THREATENS RACISM TALKS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "SO WHAT IF THE [...] | 2001-08-23 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2497 | RULING PARTY CRITICIZES ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" REPORTS ON AUGUST 23 THAT THE RULING ZANU PF PARTY WILL PRESENT A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT ON AUGUST 28 TO "CONDEMN AND OPPOSE" THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "GUMBO TO MOVE MOTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] | 2001-08-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2498 | 56TH UNGA: ZIMBABWE'S THINKING ON PRIORITIES IN EARLY [...] (U) DCM, ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, DELIVERED -- AND PROVIDED A NON-PAPER CONTAINING -- REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON AUGUST 23 TO CLEOPHAS TSOKODAYI, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TSOKODAYI WAS SIPDIS ACCOMPANIED BY DESK OFFICER MARSHALL [...] | 2001-08-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ZI |
01HARARE2499 | GLEANINGS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC HUSTINGS -- IT'S [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. INITIAL COURTESY CALLS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02499 01 OF 02 240558Z ON COUNTERPARTS IN THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN EMBASSIES HAVE REVEALED DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE EU RANKS OVER HOW TO PROCEED ON ARTICLE 8 NEGOTIATIONS WITH ZIMBAB [...] | 2001-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2505 | JUSTICE MINISTER ANNOUNCES MOVE TO LIMIT CIVIC [...] STATE-CONTROLLED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND THE STATE-CONTROLLED DAILY "HERALD," REPORTED ON AUGUST 22 AND 23 THAT MINISTER OF JUSTICE PATRICK CHINAMASA WILL PROPOSE LIMITS ON CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE [...] | 2001-08-24 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2508 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: PRELIMINARY [...] SUMMARY. POST UNDERSTANDS URGENCY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (HA); HOWEVER, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE WV PROPOSAL AS CURRENTLY PRESENTED TO BE A SUFFICIENT USG RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ELABORATED BELOW AND REQUEST ADVICE ON THE LIKELY LEVEL OF RESOURC [...] | 2001-08-24 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ZI |
01HARARE2514 | WFP'S ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...] POST WAS CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENT IN REFTEL THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) "HAS NO PLANS TO START UP ANY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE." HOWEVER, WE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED FROM UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO ON AUGUST 23 THAT WFP PLANS TO ASSIGN TEMPORARILY TWO PROGRAM OFFICERS TO ZIM [...] | 2001-08-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREF |
01HARARE2547 | ASSETS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR GOZ AND [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF B TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (S) THE FULL EXTENT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ASSETS ARE UNKNOWN, BUT ARE RUMORED TO EXCEED US$1 BILLION IN VALUE, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE LIKELY INVESTED OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE. INSIDE ZIMBABWE, THE BULK OF MUGABE'S ASSETS [...] | 2001-08-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE2548 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REMAKING JUDICIARY IN ITS OWN IMAGE [...] (C) ZANU-PF IS PROCEEDING IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO FORCE INDEPENDENT-MINDED JUDGES OFF THE BENCH AND REPLACE THEM WITH SYMPATHETIC OR PLIANT JURISTS, ACCORDING TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE HIGH COURT BENCH. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) IS REPORTEDLY WATCHING CERTAIN JUDGES VERY CLOSELY [...] | 2001-08-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE2554 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS BEING BACKED TO THE [...] (C) ON AUGUST 28 THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PAID A CALL ON THE DCM AND ECONOFF TO DESCRIBE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR COLLECTIVE PLIGHT AND TO ADVISE US THAT IN THEIR VIEW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT TO HALT MUGABE'S ACTIONS THAT ARE DESTROYING ZIMBABWE'S [...] | 2001-08-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV |
01HARARE2567 | PROPOSAL FOR LIMITED, SPECIFIED TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO ASSET SEIZURE AND TRAVEL SANCTIONS FOCUSED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TOP GOZ CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02567 01 OF 03 301518Z OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RULE OF LAW (REF A),THE HARARE COUNTR [...] | 2001-08-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CG ZI |
01HARARE2576 | BONGO CANCELS TRIP TO HARARE AT LAST MINUTE [...] (U) DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA OFFICIALLY OPENED THE 2001 HARARE AGRICULTURAL SHOW ON AUGUST 29. ACCORDING TO A PRESS REPORT, GABONESE PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO WAS SCHEDULED TO OPEN THE EVENT BUT CALLED OFF HIS TRIP AT SHORT NOTICE. GEORGE CHARAMBA, A SPOKESMAN IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, TOLD J [...] | 2001-08-31 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2594 | EDDISON ZVOBGO ON SANCTIONS, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON AUGUST 30, DCM AND POLOFF MET WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO, ZANU-PF KINGPIN FROM MASVINGO AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ANTI-MUGABE MEMBERS OF ZANU-PF. ZVOBGO QUIZZED US ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. SANCTIONS THAT MIGHT BE LEVIED AGAINST MUGABE/ZIMBABWE/ZANU-PF IN THE WAKE OF FAILED 2002 PRESI [...] | 2001-09-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN PINR ZI |
01HARARE2595 | MEDIA REACTION U. N. RACE CONFERENCE; HARARE [...] LENGTHY EDITORIALS IN TWO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED NEWSPAPERS FOCUS ON THE U. N. CONFERENCE ON RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND INTOLERANCE TAKING PLACE IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "RESOLVE EVILS OF RACISM AT U. N. TALKS," THE SEPTEMBER 4 EDITION OF THE DAILY " [...] | 2001-09-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2614 | ZIMBABWE'S ARMED FORCES RECRUITMENT AGES [...] PER REFTEL REQUEST, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE RECRUITMENT PRACTICES AND AGE RESTRICTIONS OF ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY FORCES. -- THE MANDATORY MINIMUM, VOLUNTARY RECRUITMENT AGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE IS 18. (ALL RECRUITMENT INTO THE MILITARY IS VOLUNTARY AND THERE IS NO DRAFT [...] | 2001-09-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2620 | MEDIA REACTION U. N. RACE CONFERENCE; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 5 EDITORIAL TO THE U. N. CONFERENCE ON RACISM IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. UNDER HEADLINE "DURBAN CONFERENCE: VICTORY FOR RACISM WOULD BE GHASTLY," THE EDITORIAL COMMENTS: 2. "MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT HELP SYMPATHIZING WITH THE SOUTH [...] | 2001-09-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2642 | SCENESETTER FOR BULAWAYO MAYORAL VOTE AND TWO BY- [...] (C) THE VOTERS OF BULAWAYO WILL CHOOSE A NEW MAYOR AND THE VOTERS OF MAKONI WEST A NEW MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 8-9, WHILE CHIKOMBA WILL CHOOSE A SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE WAR VETERAN LEADER CHENJERAI "HITLER" HUNZVI IN A BY-ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 22-23. THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD HA [...] | 2001-09-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2660 | MEDIA REPORT LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10 EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE NIGERIAN-BROKERED AGREEMENT COVERING THE CONTROVERSIAL LAND REFORM PROGRAM IN ZIMBABWE. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADL [...] | 2001-09-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2666 | BULAWAYO MAYORAL VOTE AND MAKONI WEST BY-ELECTION MARRED [...] (C) THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 BULAWAYO MAYORAL ELECTION AND PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION IN MAKONI WEST WERE MARRED BY MISSION- OBSERVED IRREGULARITIES, WHICH WOULD LEAD US TO CHARACTERIZE THEM RESPECTIVELY AS "FLAWED" AND "NOT FREE AND FAIR." IN BULAWAYO, LARGE NUMBERS OF VOTERS WERE TURNED AWAY FOR A [...] | 2001-09-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2676 | MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY FROM U.S. EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT |
01HARARE2677 | UNDP GATHERS KEY MEMBERS OF DIP CORPS; SOFT POSTURE [...] SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 6, UNDP BRIEFED DIPLOMATS ON LAND, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND ELECTIONS. WHILE LITTLE NEW INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LAND AND FOOD SITUATION WAS PRESENTED, THE PICTURE PAINTED BY UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO WAS BLEAK. HE WAS ENCOURAGED REGARDING VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA'S ST [...] | 2001-09-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ZI |
01HARARE2678 | MDC WINS BULAWAYO IN LANDSLIDE BUT LOSES MAKONI WEST [...] (U) AS EXPECTED, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SWEPT THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 ELECTIONS IN BULAWAYO, WINNING THE MAYORAL RACE AND ALL SEVEN CITY COUNCIL SEATS UNDER CONTENTION BY A LANDSLIDE. THE MDC'S MAYORAL CANDIDATE, JAPHET NDABENI-NCUBE, WON 83 PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST (R [...] | 2001-09-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2682 | MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.; [...] THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVED BLANKET COVERAGE IN BOTH THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE STATE-FUNDED NATIONAL BROADCASTING TELEVISION STATION, ZTV 1, SUSPENDED NORMAL PROGRAMMING YESTERDAY (SEPTEMBER 11) AFTERNOON WHEN CABLE NEWS NETWORK STARTED [...] | 2001-09-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2686 | TFUS01: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MUGABE [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ROBERT G. MUGABE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER 12. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 12 SEPTEMBER, 2001 MR. GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ST [...] | 2001-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ZI |
01HARARE2690 | IFES TEAM ASKED TO LEAVE ZIMBABWE [...] (C) A WEEK AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN ZIMBABWE, A TWO-MEMBER ADVANCE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) WAS ASKED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. IFES AFRICA PROGRAM DIRECTOR TOM BAYER AND SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER LAURIE COOPER ARRIVED IN ZIMBABWE [...] | 2001-09-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE2692 | IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, GERALD JOHNSON, AND THE NEW IMF COUNTRY TEAM LEADER, DAVID COE (REPLACING PAULO NEUHAUSS),PROVIDED THE DCM AND ECONOFF WITH AN OUTBRIEF ON THE TEAM'S TWO WEEK ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. COE PROVIDED NO SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, AND LAID OUT AN ASSESSMEN [...] | 2001-09-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2701 | MEDIA REACTION LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE - [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 13 EDITORIAL TO THE ABUJA LAND ACCORD BROKERED BY NIGERIA. UNDER HEADLINE "BEYOND ABUJA," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IN SIGNING UP TO ABUJA, MUGABE MAY INDEED SEE THE PACT AS GIVING HIM BREATHING S [...] | 2001-09-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2710 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONCERNING IFES [...] (SBU) AFTER THE DE FACTO EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (REFTEL),POST SENT THE FOLLOWING DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSING OUR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTS ITS CO [...] | 2001-09-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ZI |
01HARARE2716 | TFUSO1: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE [...] SEPTEMBER 14 EDITORIALS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA FOCUS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO CARRY LENGTHY OPINION PIECES ABOUT THE DISASTER. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "TERROR, VIOLENCE WON'T END WORLD'S CONFLICTS," THE INDEPENDENT DAI [...] | 2001-09-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2731 | SADC DIPLOMATS PROVIDE READOUT ON SEPTEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. CHARGE AND DCM HELD A SEREIS OF MEETINGS WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS/COUNSELORS OF MOZAMBIQUE, MALAWI, AND SOUTH AFRICA LATE LAST WEEK TO OBTAIN THEIR VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 10 AND 11 MEETINGS BETWEEN MUGABE AND THE ZIMBABWEANS AND SADC CHIEFS OF STATE. ALL THREE EXPRESSED SOME DEG [...] | 2001-09-18 05:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
01HARARE2732 | TFUS01: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE STANDARD" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 16 EDITORIAL TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. UNDER HEADLINE "AN ATTACK ON CIVILIZATION," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IN A DRAMATIC SERIES OF WELL-PLANNED, EXPERTLY COORDINATED AND UNSCRUPULOUSLY EXECUT [...] | 2001-09-18 06:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2733 | MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.; [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY THE "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 17 EDITORIAL TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. UNDER HEADLINE "INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM A THREAT TO ALL," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U. S. LAST WEEK IS BOUND T [...] | 2001-09-18 06:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2743 | DISCUSSION OF IFES EXPULSION WITH MFA [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING WITH MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE ROTH RAISED U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES -- REF B),AND PROVIDED A COPY OF THE EMBASSY'S SEPTEMBER 13 D [...] | 2001-09-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2760 | ZIMBABWE NIXES INITIAL VISIT BY EU ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) EU ACTING CHIEF OF MISSION ALEX KREMER, ACCOMPANIED BY BRUSSELS-BASED EU STAFFER TIM SHEEHY, DESCRIBED TO POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON SEPTEMBER 17 THE HEADACHES EXPERIENCED BY THE EU IN TRYING TO GET A NINE-PERSON TECHNICAL TEAM ON THE GROUND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SUSTAINED ELECTION OB [...] | 2001-09-19 12:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2769 | MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S.; [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 20 EDITORIAL TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES. UNDER HEADLINE "TARGETING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN BE DANGEROUS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ACTED QUICKLY TO DOU [...] | 2001-09-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2771 | TFUS1: MEDIA REPORTING ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CARRY OPINION PIECES AND OP-ED ARTICLES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 BOMBINGS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. THESE ARTICLES BOTH REFLECT AND LEAD ZIMBABWEAN POPULAR OPINION ON THE ATTACKS. IN GENERAL, THE ZIMBABWEAN MOOD IS [...] | 2001-09-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2787 | FM MUDENGE LECTURES THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN AN EXCRUCIATING TWO- HOUR LECTURE TO THE FULL DIPLOMATIC CORPS SEPTEMBER 20 ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE EXTOLLED THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE ABUJA AGREEMENT BECAUSE "EVERYONE AGREED ON THE CENTRALITY OF THE LAND ISSUE", PRAISED THE SADC HEADS OF STATE MEETING (S [...] | 2001-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE2793 | MEDIA REPORT BELLAMY ON DEMOCRACY BILL AFTER [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" AND THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" COVERED THE SEPTEMBER 20 AMERICAN EMBASSY TELEVISION INTERACTIVE CENTERING ON AFRICAN DIPLOMACY AFTER THE TERROR ATTACKS IN THE U. S. WITH MR. WILLIAM M. BELLAMY, ACTING ASSISTANT SECR [...] | 2001-09-24 06:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2813 | MEDIA REPORT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON U. S. [...] THERE HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING OF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, PUBLISHED IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CENTERING ON THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. SAMPLES OF THE LETTERS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "INJUSTICE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWE [...] | 2001-09-25 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2814 | TFUS01: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE STANDARD" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 16 EDITORIAL TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. UNDER HEADLINE "AN ATTACK ON CIVILIZATION," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IN A DRAMATIC SERIES OF WELL-PLANNED, EXPERTLY COORDINATED AND UNSCRUPULOUSLY EXECU [...] | 2001-09-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE2871 | UNDP RESREP ON ABUJA AGREEMENT, UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) VICTOR ANGELO, THE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HOSTED A SEPTEMBER 26 BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS OF WESTERN DIPLOMATS TO UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS CONCERNING THE ABUJA ACCORDS (AA). HE HAD HOSTED EARLIER IN THE DAY A MEETING WITH THE G-77 TO DISCUSS THE SAME TOPIC. HE DESCRIBED SIX CONCERNS [...] | 2001-09-28 07:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE292 | ZANU RECLAIMS PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM OPPOSITION [...] (C) THE RULING ZANU-PF WON A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY BY- ELECTION IN THE RURAL BIKITA CONSTITUENCY JANUARY 13-14, RECLAIMING THE SEAT FROM THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). TURNOUT WAS HIGHER THAN FOR THE JUNE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE HELPED ENSURE [...] | 2001-01-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ZI |
01HARARE2939 | MFA DECLINES TO SAY "YES" OR "NO" ON ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) IN AN OCTOBER 2 MEETING WITH MFA EUROPE AND AMERICAS DIVISION DIRECTOR JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, REITERATED PREVIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN OVER THE GOZ'S TREATMENT OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES). (N.B. [...] | 2001-10-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE2970 | MDC MP PREDICTS JANUARY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) IN A BRIEF SEPTEMBER 27 CONVERSATION WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DAVID COLTART SHARED HIS VIEWS ON SEVERAL SIMMERING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. REGARDING THE STILL UNSCHEDULED 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE MDC MP SAID IT WOULD BE [...] | 2001-10-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
01HARARE2971 | ZIMBABWE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE FOR TRADE [...] SUMMARY: THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR, SUCH AS CHILD SWEATSHOPS AND CHILD PROSTITUTION, ARE NOT WIDELY PRACTICED IN ZIMBABWE. STRONG LAWS, MOST INCLUDED IN THE CHILD ADOPTION AND PROTECTION BILL, PROTECT CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 FROM HARSH WORK AND EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS. A DRAFT AMEND [...] | 2001-10-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ZI |
01HARARE2984 | ABUJA AGREEMENT MINISTERS SEEK A MEETING IN [...] (C) BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER DONNELLY INFORMED DCM ON OCTOBER 5 THAT THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS PRESENT AT THE MEETING THAT PRODUCED THE ABUJA AGREEMENT ARE SEEKING A FOLLOW-UP ENCOUNTER IN HARARE SOMETIME THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 7. HE SAID THAT THE INTENT WAS TO KEEP THE ABUJA PROCESS MOVING I [...] | 2001-10-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3004 | TFUS1 - PD; MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST [...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 9 EDITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES-LED STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. FULL EDITORIAL TEXTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "U. S. GOVERNMENT MUST ACT CORRECTLY," T [...] | 2001-10-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
01HARARE3009 | RESPONSE OF ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC POLITICAL [...] ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC LEADERS HAVE NOT OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. MUSLIMS IN ZIMBABWE ARE PRIMARILY WELL EDUCATED AND INFORMED MERCHANTS AND PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE NOT EASILY SWAYED BY EMOTIONAL RHETORIC. THE COMMUNITY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS GENERALLY REFLECT TH [...] | 2001-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC ZI |
01HARARE3047 | MEDIA REACTION STRIKE AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS OCTOBER 11 EDITORIAL TO THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES ON TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR AND PEACE," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST TARGETS IN [...] | 2001-10-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
01HARARE3062 | TSVANGIRAI EMERGES UNSCATHED FROM ATTACK ON HIS VEHICLE; [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ESCAPED INJURY ON OCTOBER 12 AFTER HIS CONVOY WAS SIPDIS ATTACKED BY STONE-THROWING ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS. TWO WINDOWS IN HIS VEHICLE WERE SHATTERED AND THE VEHICLE'S BODY WAS DAMAGED. POLICE WERE UNHELPFUL AND FAILED TO AR [...] | 2001-10-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3063 | MEDIA REACTION WAR AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEDICATE SIGNIFICANT SPACE TO WIRE ARTICLES BY REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED MILITARY STRIKES IN AFGHANISTAN. THE NATIONAL STATE-RUN TELEVISION STATION, ZTV I, IS CARRYING CABLE NEWS NETWORK [...] | 2001-10-16 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3123 | MEDIA REACTION WAR AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "HE WHO SHELTERS A THIEF DIES WITH THE THIEF," THE OCTOBER 18 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE FOLLOWING OPINION PIECE BY SAUL GWAKUBA NDLOVU UNDER HIS COLUMN "A VIEW FROM THE MATOPOS": ". . .IT IS VERY STRANGE THAT SOME GOVERNMENT [...] | 2001-10-19 05:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3131 | PRESIDENT MUGABE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, LAND, [...] (C) IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN ON OCTOBER 18, PRESIDENT MUGABE THANKED THE U.S. FOR ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING ZIMBABWEAN INDEPENDENCE AND FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SINCE 1980. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON AND [...] | 2001-10-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3158 | MEDIA REPORT STRIKE AGAINST TERROR OPINION PIECES; [...] THE OCTOBER 21 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED TWO OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.-LED STRIKE AGAINST TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. UNDER HEADLINE "WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND," THE [...] | 2001-10-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3197 | PAPER CRIES FOUL AS POLICE ARREST VENDORS [...] IN THE LAST WEEK ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPER VENDORS ON WORKING HARARE'S STREETS. POLICE CLAIM THEY ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR "BLOCKING PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES." A COMMON SIGHT IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR, NEWSPAPER VENDORS STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF ST [...] | 2001-10-25 05:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3221 | ZIMBABWE: NOT TOO LATE FOR FREE AND FAIR [...] (U) IN AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MET WITH MASVINGO SOUTH MP AND LONG-STANDING ZANU-PF POLITICIAN EDDISON ZVOBGO ON OCTOBER 19. AMBASSADOR WAS JOINED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. AMBASSADOR AND ZVOBGO QUICKLY FOUND COMMON GROUND: BOTH HAD ATTENDED TUFTS UNIVERSITY IN THE U [...] | 2001-10-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3235 | MEDIA REPORT COMMONWEALTH MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" DEDICATED ITS OCTOBER 25 EDITORIAL TO THE VISIT TO ZIMBABWE THIS WEEK BY A TEAM FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. UNDER HEADLINE "OPEN LETTER TO COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "DURING YOUR FLEETING VISIT TO ZIMBABWE THERE [...] | 2001-10-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3236 | MEDIA REPORT - COMMONWEALTH AND EU PRESSURES ON [...] EDITORIALS IN THE OCTOBER 25 EDITIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE," AND THE TWO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILIES "THE HERALD" AND THE "CHRONICLE," FOCUS ON ZIMBABWE'S RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMMONWEALTH. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE [...] | 2001-10-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM OCII |
01HARARE3240 | ABUJA II: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE OCTOBER 25 TO 27 VISIT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN COMMONWEALTH (CW) COUNTRIES AND THE CW SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWED PROGRESS ON COMMITMENTS AGREED TO BY THE GOZ ON LAND REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND ATTENDANT ISSUES AS OUTLINED IN THE ABUJA AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 6 (REFTEL). OU [...] | 2001-10-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PGOV ZI |
01HARARE3241 | MEDIA REPORT ABUJA COMMONWEALTH FOLLOW-UP; [...] FOLLOWING THE VISIT LAST WEEK BY A COMMONWEALTH TEAM TO ZIMBABWE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUNTRY IS MEETING ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER A NIGERIAN-LED LAND AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ABUJA ON SEPTEMBER 6, ALL THREE SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 28 CARRIED EDITORIALS CENTERING ON [...] | 2001-10-30 06:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3250 | AF PDAS DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE CRISIS WITH MDC LEADER AND [...] (C) AF PDAS MARK BELLAMY MET WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION, AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS DURING A TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE OCTOBER 24-26. MANY OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS INDICATED THAT GOVERNMEN [...] | 2001-10-31 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3253 | MEDIA REPORT: ZIMBABWE REACTS TO EU CONCERN [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" DEDICATED ITS OCTOBER 31 EDITORIAL TO THE STANDOFF BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION OVER OBSERVERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. UNDER HEADLINE "EU BULLDOZING STANCE UNFORTUNATE," THE PAPER COMMENT [...] | 2001-10-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3263 | EU'S NEXT STEPS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) THE EU WILL FORMALLY NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF ITS DECISION TO MOVE TO ARTICLE 96 DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE COTONOU AGREEMENT. THE GOZ WILL HAVE 15 DAYS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE, THEN UP TO 60 DAYS (I.E. LATE JANUARY) TO ADDRESS EU CONCERNS IN FIVE BROAD CATE [...] | 2001-10-31 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3272 | MEDIA REPORT ABUJA LAND AGREEMENT; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" USED ITS NOVEMBER 1 EDITORIAL TO URGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO SUPPORT THE ABUJA LAND. UNDER HEADLINE "THE WAY FORWARD," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "NOTHING COULD BE MORE TRAGIC FOR ZIMBABWE THAN THE DELIBERATE MISINFORMATION [...] | 2001-11-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3277 | ANTI-TERROR OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN [...] AN OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR JOSEPH SULLIVAN RECEIVED PROMINENT PUBLICATION IN TWO INFLUENTIAL ZIMBABWEAN NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 1. THE PRIVATELY-OWNED "DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE PIECE AS THE ONLY OPINION PIECE ON THEIR OP-ED PAGE. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" [...] | 2001-11-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
01HARARE3286 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DUE TO TABLE LEGISLATION [...] (C) IN A LUNCH MEETING WITH POLOFF NOVEMBER 1, NEW DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL MANGWANA -- AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT -- REVEALED THAT HIS MINISTRY IS CURRENTLY DRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN FOREIGN FUNDING CHANNELED THROUGH NGOS FOR "POLITICAL TASKS," SUCH AS VOTER EDUCATION. H [...] | 2001-11-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3301 | MEDIA REPORT - NEW YORK COURT DECISION ON [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" DEDICATED ITS NOVEMBER 3 EDITORIAL TO THE RECENT DEFAULT JUDGEMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE ISSUED BY AN U.S. FEDERAL COURT. THE RULING THAT PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE RULING ZANU- [...] | 2001-11-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3302 | MEDIA REPORT CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO RUN OPINION PIECES FOCUSING ON THE WAR AGAINST TERROR. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "NEW FACE OF TERRORISM TARGETS EVERYBODY," THE NOVEMBER 4 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED THE FOLLOWING PIECE BY [...] | 2001-11-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3303 | IMPROVING AND OBSERVING THE ELECTION PROCESS [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND THE RULING ZANU-PF UTILIZED VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND MANIPULATION IN LAST YEAR'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, BUT STILL LOST ALMOST HALF THE VOTE TO A STRONG MDC OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN. THAT ELECTION WAS MONITORED BY A STRONG GROUP OF ZIMBABWEAN MONITORS, LED BY T [...] | 2001-11-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3324 | MEDIA REPORT - TELEPRESS CONFERENCE GENERATES [...] ON OCTOBER 31 POST HOSTED A TELEPRESS CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE TOPIC "PRESS FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY IN TIMES OF NATIONAL CRISIS: HAVE THE RULES CHANGED SINCE SEPTEMBER 11?" THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS MEDIA FREEDOM ISSUES AND AN OPPOR [...] | 2001-11-07 07:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3330 | MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY HOLDS FORTH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 6, AMBASSADOR PAID AN INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON WILLARD CHIWEWE, PERMANENT SECRETARY (AND THIRD-RANKING OFFICER) AT THE MINISTRY OF SIPDIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AFTER INITIAL EXCHANGES ON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM AND GOZ COOPERATION IN PROTECTING AMCITS AFFECTED BY TH [...] | 2001-11-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3335 | AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION [...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...] | 2001-11-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3341 | MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3353 | DAILY NEWS EDITOR GEOFF NYAROTA ARRESTED [...] GEOFF NYAROTA, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE PRIVATELY OWNED DAILV "THE DAILY NEWS," AND HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER WILF MBANGA WERE ARRESTED ON NOVEMBER 8. DETECTIVES FROM THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT ARRESTED BOTH MEN AT THEIR HOMES AT 0600 HOURS. THE TWO WERE PICKE [...] | 2001-11-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3356 | ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3365 | MEDIA REPORT 2002 PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT; HARARE [...] ALTHOUGH NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL POLL DUE EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS STARTED RUNNING EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES FOCUSING ON THE LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT. FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS FOCUSING ON THE DEBATE OVER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS [...] | 2001-11-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3366 | MEDIA REPORT U.S. AND EU UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS NOVEMBER 6 EDITORIAL TO DENOUNCE THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR ALLEGEDLY "GANGING UP AGAINST ZIMBABWE." UNDER HEADLINE "GANGING UP AGAINST ZIMBABWE WON'T WORK," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "WHAT IS IT THAT [...] | 2001-11-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3367 | AMBASSADOR AND VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA DISCUSS [...] (C) IN AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA ON NOVEMBER 8, THE VICE PRESIDENT OFFERED HIS VIEW OF ZIMBABWE'S RECENT HISTORY AND A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S (GOZ) RECORD ON RULE OF LAW AND LAND REFORM. HE PLEDGED CONTINUED SUPPORT OF [...] | 2001-11-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3379 | MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...] | 2001-11-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3380 | DAILY NEWS EDITOR RELEASED, TRAVELS TO U.S. [...] DAILY NEWS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GEOFFREY NYAROTA AND HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER WILFRED MBANGA WERE RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AFTER APPEARING IN COURT AND BEING CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CONTRAVENING A SECTION OF THE ZIMBABWE INVESTMENT CENTER (ZIC [...] | 2001-11-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3383 | PRIVATE WEEKLY CRITICIZED CHANGES TO ELECTORAL ACT [...] THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "THE STANDARD" DEDICATED ITS NOVEMBER 11 EDITORIAL TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTORAL ACT. UNDER HEADLINE "MASSIVE FRAUD IN THE MAKING," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "AMENDMENTS APPROVED THIS WEEK TO THE ELECTORAL ACT BY THE G [...] | 2001-11-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3398 | NEW ZIMBABWE SURVEY PORTENDS CLOSE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) IN ITS NOVEMBER 8-14 EDITION, THE INDEPENDENT "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" IN A SPECIAL INSERT PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE OPINION SURVEY IT COMMISSIONED TO DETERMINE SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE'S LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. THE RAW UNWEIGHTED DATA SHOW THAT 33.5 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS PL [...] | 2001-11-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3400 | WAR VETERAN MURDER SPARKS GOZ CRACKDOWN ON MDC AND UNREST [...] (C) GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BLAMED THE MURDER OF A SENIOR WAR VETERAN IN BULAWAYO ON THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AND HAS MOVED TO ARREST A NUMBER OF PARTY OFFICIALS. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE REJECTED THE ALLEGATIONS AS SIPDIS "UTTER RUBBISH," WHILE MDC PRESIDENT M [...] | 2001-11-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3404 | POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL ELECTIONS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MUGABE GOVERNMENT HAS INTENSIFIED ITS VIOLENCE AND EFFORTS TO DOMINATE ELECTION PROCEDURES AND HAS NOT BEEN DETERRED BY THREATS OF SANCTIONS. HARSH METHODS, NOTWITHSTANDING, ZANU-PF IS STILL VERY HARD- PRESSED BY A RESILIENT MDC OPPOSITION, BOLSTERED BY ZIMBABWE'S CONTINUING E [...] | 2001-11-15 06:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE3410 | ZIMBABWE: FEW CHANGES EXPECTED AT UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 13-16 IN VICTORIA FALLS. NO MAJOR CHANGES IN THE ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP ARE EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED, AND THE CONFERENCE IS LIKELY TO REAFFIRM PRESIDENT MUGABE AS THE PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELEC [...] | 2001-11-15 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3427 | ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 2002 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) THE FOLLOWING ELECTION RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE ARE NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGES OR UNDERWAY. THE GOZ HAS NOT BEEN CONSULTED ON THESE ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY NGOS AND/OR CIVIL SOCIETY, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GOZ OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SOME OF T [...] | 2001-11-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EAID PGOV ZI |
01HARARE343 | ZIMBABWE VIEW ON KABILA'S APPARENT [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ACTING PERMSEC IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. NGONI CHIDEYA THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 17. THE CHARGE PRESSED OUR DESIRE FOR THE ADHERENCE TO THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE APPARENT AS [...] | 2001-01-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE3437 | EMBASSY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PEACE [...] ON NOVEMBER 15, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND THE DELIVERY OF A DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE EMBASSY ANNOUNCED THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE PEACE CORPS PROGRAM IN ZIMBABWE. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. THE [...] | 2001-11-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
01HARARE3439 | AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH INFLUENTIAL ZANU-PF [...] (C) IN A NOVEMBER 12 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER SOLOMON MUJURU SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIS ROLE IN ENSURING THAT THE SEPTEMBER BY- ELECTION IN CHIKOMBA (HIS HOME BASE) WAS THE MOST PEACEFUL BY- ELECTION SINCE JUNE 2000. HE TOLD US THAT [...] | 2001-11-17 07:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3450 | MEDIA REACTION CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR; HARARE [...] THE NOVEMBER 11 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY MAIL" CARRIED A LENGTHY OP-ED PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA CENTERING ON THE U.S.-LED CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR. UNDER HEADLINE "WAR WILL NOT SOLVE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WOES," MARUMA ARGUES: 2. "TH [...] | 2001-11-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3463 | UNEASY CALM RETURNS TO BULAWAYO AS CRACKDOWN ON MDC [...] (C) IN A SEVERAL-HOUR RAMPAGE THROUGH BULAWAYO ON NOVEMBER 16, WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS BURNED TO THE GROUND THE OPPOSITION MDC'S OFFICE, RANSACKED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY'S MAYOR, BEAT THOSE SELLING AND READING INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS, AND SMASHED CAR WINDSHIELDS. THEY WERE ESCORTED [...] | 2001-11-19 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3470 | AMERICAN FARMER IN ZIMBABWE PROVIDES GLOOMY [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 15, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN FARMER MITZI CARRUTHERS, WHO, WITH HER ZIMBABWEAN HUSBAND BRUCE, WORKS A SIZABLE FARM 20 KM OUTSIDE OF BINDURA TOWN. THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT LEASE IT FROM A ZIMBABWEAN WHO HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO AUSTRALIA. TH [...] | 2001-11-20 08:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE349 | INITIAL ZIMBABWEAN THINKING ON NEXT STEPS IN DRC [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON JANUARY 18 TO SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRAINING FROM OFFENSIVE ACTION AND OF INCLUDING RWANDA AND UGANDA IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD. MNANGAGWA WAS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DRC SPECIAL [...] | 2001-01-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE3505 | MEDIA REACTION "WPRLD PRESS REVIEW" ARTICLE ON BIN [...] UNDER HEADLINE "OSAMA BIN LADEN, A BRAINCHILD OF CIA," THE NOVEMBER 17 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" LIFTED THE FOLLOWING PROPAGANDA ARTICLE BY RANJIT BHUSHAN FROM THE WORLD PRESS REVIEW (VOL. 48, NO 11): 2. "IRONIC AS IT MAY SOUND, OSAMA BIN LADEN. [...] | 2001-11-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3511 | CASE AGAINST DAILY NEWS EDITOR DISMISSED [...] CHARGES AGAINST THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" EDITOR- IN-CHIEF GEOFF NYAROTA AND HIS FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER WILF MBANGA WERE DISMISSED ON NOVEMBER 16 FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE RULING BY HARARE MAGISTRATE WESTON NYAMWANZA INCLUDES LIFTING OF ALL BAIL CONDITIONS. 2. NYAROTA A [...] | 2001-11-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3527 | AMBASSADOR, ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF INFORMATION NATHAN [...] (C) IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SENIOR ZANU- PF OFFICIAL NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA SAID THE GOZ WANTS TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE USG, AND HE URGED THAT THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA),CURRENTLY BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BE TAKEN "OFF THE AGENDA." [...] | 2001-11-23 10:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR |
01HARARE353 | BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH [...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL (PROTECT) SHARED THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00353 01 OF 02 181550Z CLASSIFIED "RESTRICTED," THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED JANUARY 18 WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH OF PRE [...] | 2001-01-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI CG UK |
01HARARE3530 | GOVERNMENT-OWNED RADIO ABOLISHES CALL-IN CURRENT [...] THE STATE-OWNED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) HAS CONVERTED ONE OF ITS FOUR RADIO STATIONS INTO AN 18-HOUR PER DAY SPORTS CHANNEL. THE NEW CHANNEL, NAMED "SPORTS FM," OCCUPIES THE FREQUENCY FORMERLY USED BY RADIO Â [...] | 2001-11-26 05:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3533 | HERALD WARNS OF U.S.-ZIMBABWE "DIPLOMATIC ROW" [...] THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" PUBLISHED A PAGE-ONE STORY ON NOVEMBER 23 ASSERTING THAT A "DIPLOMATIC ROW" WAS IMMINENT BETWEEN THE US AND ZIMBABWE. THE SUBJECT OF THE "ROW" IS A "LETTER" THE US SENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IN PROTEST OF "WIDESPREAD BEATING O [...] | 2001-11-26 05:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3539 | PRESIDENT MUGABE WALKS OUT ON EU TEAM [...] (C) A SENIOR EU TEAM HAD A VERY ROCKY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE ON NOVEMBER 23. THE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A NORMAL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRC INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN DRC, BUT MUGABE BECAME INCREASINGLY IRRITATED AS THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TO THE [...] | 2001-11-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE354 | CHIEF JUSTICE GUBBAY PUBLICLY REPRIMANDS HIGH [...] (U) ON JANUARY 17, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED THE JUDGE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH COURT, GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU, FOR ATTACKING GUBBAY HIMSELF, THE SUPREME COURT, AND OTHER JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT FOR RULING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON [...] | 2001-01-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ZI |
01HARARE3547 | MEDIA REPORT -- GOZ "FIGHTING TERRORISM" [...] GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO PORTRAY THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA AS "TERRORISTS." GOZ OFFICIALS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT MUGABE AND INFORMATION MINISTER MOYO, HAVE RECENTLY DESCRIBED THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),ITS [...] | 2001-11-27 05:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3550 | BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...] | 2001-11-27 07:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3558 | EXPECT HUGE VOTER TURNOUT IN ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 26, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET MASIPULA SITHOLE, THE CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, COLUMNIST, AND DIRECTOR OF THE HARARE-BASED MASS PUBLIC OPINION INSTITUTE. SITHOLE REPORTED THAT HIS ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY COMPILING [...] | 2001-11-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3597 | MDC WILL NOT BOYCOTT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 27 THAT RAMPANT MANIPULATION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND INTENSIFYING VIOLENCE AGAINST OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS CONFIRM THAT THE RULING PARTY IS PREPARED TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY ANY MEANS. DESPITE THE UNLIKELY PROSPECT [...] | 2001-11-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE3601 | ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT MAKES FRONT PAGES [...] ON NOVEMBER 30 BOTH THE PRIVATELY OWNED "DAILY NEWS" AND THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED "HERALD" GAVE FRONT-PAGE PLAY TO NEWS OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). BOTH PAPERS HIGHLIGHTED CONGRESSMAN ED [...] | 2001-12-03 06:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3602 | GOZ APPROVES INFORMATION BILL [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS APPROVED THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL. THE BILL IS LIKELY TO BE PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT FOR CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. 2. THE BILL CONTAINS A NUMBER OF MEASURES PROVIDING FOR [...] | 2001-12-03 06:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3612 | UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOSTLY FRUSTRATIONS AND ONLY OCCASIONAL BRIGHT SPOTS DURING THEIR EXTENDED MISSION IN ZIMBABWE. PATTERNS VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THE DISRUPTION PROV [...] | 2001-12-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
01HARARE3630 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) CHAIRMAN SOBUSA GULA-NDEBELE TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 29 THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND ZIMBABWEAN LAW ARE VAGUE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ESC AND THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR ELECTIONS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED PREVIOUS DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE TWO E [...] | 2001-12-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3635 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS DELIVERED A LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ACTING PRESIDENT SIMON MUZENDA. THIS IS LIKELY THE LETTER PROMISED BY ZANU-PF INFORMATION SECRETARY NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH TH [...] | 2001-12-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL ZI |
01HARARE3638 | INDEPENDENT PRESS CRITICIZES INFORMATION BILL [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE STANDARD" USED ITS DECEMBER 2 EDITORIAL TO CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S NEW INFORMATION BILL. THE BILL IS NOW AWAITING CONSIDERATION BY PARLIAMENT. UNDER THE TITLE "INFORMATION BILL ABSOLUTE MADNESS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "THE AC [...] | 2001-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3643 | MUGABE'S CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE'S CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION AGAINST OPPONENTS OF ALL STRIPES CONTINUES AMID GROWING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE -- MOST NOTABLY FROM SOUTH AFRICA -- TO HALT THE SLIDE INTO CIVIL STRIFE. JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DOZENS OF MDC SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED [...] | 2001-12-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ZI |
01HARARE3648 | STATE-OWNED MEDIA CONDEMN ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY [...] STATE-OWNED MEDIA REPORTING ON THE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) REFLECTS IS CRITICAL OF THE BILL. THE MAIN POINTS MADE BY THE STATE-OWNED BROADCAST AND PRINT MEDIA ARE THAT: - ZDERA IS A SANCTIONS BILL THAT WILL HURT THE PEOPL [...] | 2001-12-07 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3651 | ZIMBABWE REACTION TO HOUSE PASSAGE OF ZIMBABWE [...] THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' DECEMBER 4 PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) WAS FRONT-PAGE NEWS IN ZIMBABWE ON DECEMBER 6. 2. GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" GAVE THE STORY ABOVE-THE-FOLD PLAY UNDER THE HEADLINE "ANTI-ZIM BILL PASSED." [...] | 2001-12-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3661 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 10 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" PRINTED THE FULL TEXT OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001 AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON DECEMBER 4. THE TEXT OF THE BILL WAS PUBLISHED ACCURATELY AND FULLY. THE [...] | 2001-12-11 06:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3666 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS DECEMBER 8 EDITORIAL TO CONDEMN THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001. UNDER HEADLINE "DEMOCRACY BILL, A BULLYING TACTIC," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IT IS STRANGE THAT THERE SHOULD BE [...] | 2001-12-11 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3672 | A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY, ONGOING GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY AND LOOMING FOOD SHORTAGES, PASSAGE [...] | 2001-12-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI |
01HARARE3679 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED WEEKLY "THE SUNDAY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS DECEMBER 9 EDITORIAL TO CONDEMNING THE UNITED STATES FOR PASSING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 2001. UNDER HEADLINE "LET'S PUT PROPHETS OF DOOM TO SHAME," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "THE IMPOS [...] | 2001-12-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE368 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT TO CONVENE DRC ALLIES [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. NGONI CHIDEYA, THE ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19. DR. CHIDEYA HAD POSTPONED THE MEETING FROM JANUARY 18. THE CHARGE EMPHASIZED THAT THE USG HAS SI [...] | 2001-01-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE3687 | ZIMBABWE-US RELATIONS TAKE A BEATING IN [...] PERHAPS A BIT SLOW OUT OF THE GATE, GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE MEDIA AND INFORMATION RESOURCES ARE NOW FULLY ENGAGED IN CRITICISM OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT. SOME OF THAT CRITICISM IS BASED ON DELIBERATE DISTORTION OF THE BILL. GOVERNMENT-OWNED ELECTRONI [...] | 2001-12-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3688 | MUGABE SAYS ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL [...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD VISITING SADC MINISTERS AND A NIGERIAN NGO IN HARARE THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 2002, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA. MUGABE DID NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC DATES, AS THESE WILL BE SET LATER BY THE REGISTRAR-GE [...] | 2001-12-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3689 | ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION WINS A THIRD MAYORAL [...] (U) IN DECEMBER 8-9 POLLING, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WON ITS THIRD MAYORAL ELECTION IN NINE MONTHS IN THE TOWN OF CHEGUTU, WHICH IS ABOUT 100 KM SOUTHWEST OF HARARE IN THE TRADITIONAL RULING PARTY STRONGHOLD OF MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. MDC CANDIDATE BLESSING DHLA [...] | 2001-12-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINR ZI |
01HARARE3690 | A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...] | 2001-12-12 15:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE3691 | SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE PLAYS IN HARARE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE LONG ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE SADC MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN SITUATION TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 10 AND 11, LONG ON RHETORIC BUT SHORT ON RESULTS. THE GOZ MANAGED TO CONTROL BOTH THE AGENDA AND THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING, WHICH YIELDED A LARGELY TOOTHLESS [...] | 2001-12-13 04:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
01HARARE3715 | AGOA DECISION CONVEYED TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE [...] (U) POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON DECEMBER 13 TO MINISTRY OF FINANCE PERMANENT SECRETARY NICHOLAS NCUBE. POLCHIEF REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE SIPDIS WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR AGOA BENEFITS IN 2002, DESCRIBED THE REASONS ELABORATED IN REFTEL, AND LEFT NCUBE WITH A NON- [...] | 2001-12-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PHUM PREL ZI |
01HARARE3724 | ZIMBABWEAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF A/S KANSTEINER [...] SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER'S DECEMBER 8-11 VISIT TO ZIMBABWE GENERATED COVERAGE IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. REPORTS IN PRIVATELY OWNED PRINT MEDIA WERE FACTUAL. THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION DISTORTED ITS COVERAGE TO GIVE TH [...] | 2001-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
01HARARE3730 | A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO [...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...] | 2001-12-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE3739 | MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...] | 2001-12-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3740 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE MAINSTREAM PRINT PRESS CONTINUES TO PUBLISH OPINION PIECES ON THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001. THIS WEEK THE ACT WAS INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AT THE JUST-ENDED FIFTH ZANU PF NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE IN VICTORIA FALLS. A QUICK SAMPL [...] | 2001-12-17 20:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3741 | MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" USED ITS DECEMBER 14 EDITORIAL TO URGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AND INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS TO SUPERVISE AND OBSERVE THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL POLL. UNDER HEADLINE "AN ELECTION NEEDS TO BE RECOGN [...] | 2001-12-17 20:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3742 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS DECEMBER 15 EDITORIAL TO HAIL THE JUST-ENDED FIFTH ZANU PF NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE IN VICTORIA FALLS AS "A RALLYING POINT" FOR THE RULING PARTY TO FIGHT "21ST CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM." UNDER HEADLINE [...] | 2001-12-17 20:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3748 | MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...] | 2001-12-17 20:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3785 | MEDIA REPORT AFRICA JOURNAL FEEDBACK; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 13 AFRICA JOURNAL ON "ZIMBABWE AT THE CROSSROADS" ATTRACTED ALL THE MAINSTREAM GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED MEDIA IN HARARE - ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION, "THE HERALD," AND THE ZIMBABWE INTER-AFRICA NEWS AGENCY (ZIANA) - AND THE COUNTRY' [...] | 2001-12-19 07:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL |
01HARARE3798 | MEDIA REPORT -- MUGABE CRITICIZES U.S. IN STATE [...] PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DEDICATED SEVERAL MINUTES OF HIS DECEMBER 18 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS TO CRITICISM OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). MUGABE DESCRIBED THE BILL AS "REPUGNANT AND PROVOCATIVE" AND SAID THAT IT WAS ".A BOLD INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF [...] | 2001-12-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
01HARARE3813 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT POSTPONES PASSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 20, THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT PASSING KEY LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO TILT THE ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD IN FAVOR OF THE RULING PARTY. THE GENERAL LAWS AMENDMENT BILL, WHICH INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL ACT, THE PUBLIC O [...] | 2001-12-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
01HARARE3814 | CMAG DECISION A SHOCK FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) THE DEC 20 DECISION BY THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP(CMAG) "TO EXPRESS ITS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE, OCCUPATION OF PROPERTY, ACTIONS AGAINST THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL INTIMIDATION" . (WHICH) "CO [...] | 2001-12-22 04:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE392 | SUPREME COURT HEARS MDC CHALLENGE OF MUGABE [...] (C) ON JANUARY 19, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE BROUGHT BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE'S RECENTLY-ISSUED DECREE PROHIBITING THE NULLIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF ANY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. THE MDC ATTORNEY ARGUED PERSUASI [...] | 2001-01-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ZI |
01HARARE450 | ZIMBABWE TRIES TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO IN DRC AS [...] (C) ON JANUARY 23, CHARGE SPOKE WITH THE PERMANENT SECRETARY IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SIPDIS WILLARD CHIWEWE, ABOUT THE DRC. CHIWEWE REITERATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00450 231455Z POINTS THAT SPEAKER MNANGAGWA HAD MADE TO US LAST W [...] | 2001-01-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
01HARARE488 | POSITIVE ANSWER TO MALLOCH BROWN LETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE UNDP RESREP IN HARARE INFORMED HEADS OF MISSION AND AID DIRECTORS JANUARY 23 THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON BREAKING THE LAND REFORM IMPASSE, BUT EXPECTS A RESPONSE SOON. THE RESREP BELI [...] | 2001-01-24 12:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID ZI |
01HARARE494 | NO FORMAL MEETINGS YET BETWEEN DRC ALLIES AND [...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWE MFA'S DRC DESK OFFICER, ON JANUARY 24. CHIKOROWONDO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM KINSHASA AND LUANDA, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00494 241418Z WHERE HE ACCOMPANIED PRESIDENT MUGABE TO KABILA'S FUNERAL AND THE [...] | 2001-01-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
01HARARE502 | ZIMBABWE REMARKS ON WCAR PREPCOM MEETING IN [...] (C) ON JANUARY 23, POST DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO ALFRED MUTIWAZUKA, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE OF ZIMBABWE'S MFA. IN A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH MUTIWAZUKA ON JANUARY 24, POLOFF LEARNED THAT ZIMBABWE IS SENDING JUSTICE MIN [...] | 2001-01-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI ZI |
01HARARE507 | MDC MP URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO GET TOUGH [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP DAVID COLTART TOLD POLOFFS ON JANUARY 24 THAT ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MARCH 31, 2002, AND SAID ANY ATTEMPT TO CALL AN EARLIER ELECTION WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HE CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS THE SUPPORT TO [...] | 2001-01-25 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ZI |
01HARARE522 | READOUT ON MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DCM OF THE BELGIAN EMBASSY IN HARARE PROVIDED A READOUT TO A SMALL GROUP OF DIPLOMATS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE EVENING OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00522 01 OF 02 251556 [...] | 2001-01-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
01HARARE524 | DEALING WITH ROBERT MUGABE, THE CONSUMMATE [...] (C) OVER THE NEXT YEAR, PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL FACE HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE IN 20 YEARS TO STAYING IN POWER. A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IN WHICH MUGABE INTENDS TO RUN, IS SLATED FOR EARLY 2002. HE MUST CONTEND WITH A SIZABLE AND RELATIVELY UNIFIED POLITICAL OPPOSITION, A COSTLY AND UNPOPULAR INT [...] | 2001-01-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR ZI |
01HARARE537 | ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS ON THE RAMPAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S SO-CALLED WAR VETERANS WENT ON A RAMPAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22. HUNDREDS OF THEM, OR PEOPLE THEY DRAGOONED, HAVE BESIEGED THE HARARE OFFICES OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" AND CONFISCATED THE PUBLICATION FROM VENDORS, HARASSED STRIKING [...] | 2001-01-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE538 | ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE HOLDS FIRM [...] (C) THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, TOLD CHARGE ON JANUARY 26 THAT ZANU-PF WANTS TO FIND A WAY TO FORCE HIM AND HIS FOUR COLLEAGUES OFF THE COURT. IN A MEETING SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUZENDA REPORTEDLY ACCUSED GUBBAY, WHO IS WHITE, OF BEING A RACI [...] | 2001-01-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE573 | ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION LEADER SEEKS TO SEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) WILL HOLD ITS FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY. THE CONGRESS WILL FOCUS ON ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES, AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TOPICS. THE ISSUE OF ZCTU TIES TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WILL NOT BE A FORMAL AGENDA I [...] | 2001-01-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL EAGR PGOV EAID ZI |
01HARARE587 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MUGABE TO [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HANDED TO CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON JANUARY 30. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 22ND JANUARY, 2001 HIS EXCELLENCY MR. GEORG [...] | 2001-01-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ZI |
01HARARE603 | AFTER MEETING MUGABE AND MUDENGE, AJELLO FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE DURING HIS THREE DAY STAY IN HARARE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF A CONGOLESE LEADERSHIP. THE ZIMBABWEANS POINT TO A NUMBER OF UPCOMIN [...] | 2001-01-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE612 | ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION OFFICIAL INSISTS THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) BELIEVES THAT THE LABOR FEDERATION WILL MAINTAIN ITS CLOSE TIES TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PARTY AFTER ITS FEBRUARY CONGRESS. HE IS ALSO OF THE OPINION THAT THE CONGRESS WI [...] | 2001-01-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR |
01HARARE613 | SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS MUGABE ELECTORAL DECREE [...] No summary [...] | 2001-01-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ZI |
01HARARE618 | ZIMBABWE SECURITY MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE TOLD CHARGE FEBRUARY 1 THAT ZIMBABWE IS COMMITTED TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS AND URGED THE US SECRET PAGE 02 HARARE 00618 01 OF 02 011309Z TO CONTINUE PLAYING A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN RESO [...] | 2001-02-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS ZI CG |
01HARARE620 | DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MISSION [...] (C) THE DANISH UNDER SECRETARY FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION, AMBASSADOR CARSTEN STRAU, TOLD CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ON JANUARY 31 THAT DENMARK'S CONTINUED ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE DEPENDED ON THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ADMIN [...] | 2001-02-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID ZI |
01HARARE628 | RULING PARTY PUTS OUT A FEELER TO THE [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SENIOR ADVISOR CLIVE PUZEY (PROTECT) INFORMED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 2 THAT OVER THE JANUARY 27-28 WEEKEND, GOODSON NGUNI, REPORTEDLY A RELATIVE OF SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND SENIOR ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, INVITED THE O [...] | 2001-02-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF |
01HARARE638 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS I.S.G. MUDENGE TO SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 5. POST WILL POUCH THE ORIGINAL TO AF/S. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 30 JANUARY, 2001 THE HONORABLE MR. [...] | 2001-02-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ZI |
01HARARE644 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HOUNDS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (U) JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 2 THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY. SHORTLY AFTER MEETING WITH GUBBAY IN HIS SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS, CHINAMASA ISSUED A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS OF LEAVE BEGINNING ON MA [...] | 2001-02-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE655 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SINCE FEBRUARY 1, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS INTENSIFIED AND EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF ITS INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN IN URBAN AREAS. IT HAS SENT ARMY AND POLICE UNITS INTO TOWNSHIPS NEAR HARARE TO INDISCRIMINATELY BEAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PUBLIC PLACES. ON FEBRUARY 3, POLICE SQU [...] | 2001-02-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI MDC |
01HARARE661 | ZANU-PF SEEKS TO NEUTRALIZE LABOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 1, CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND LABOFF, MET WITH BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS (PROTECT),A RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE, AND AN INSIGHTFUL CONTACT REGARDING THE LOCAL POLITICAL SCENE. RAFTOPOULOS TOLD US THAT HE HAS NO DOUBTS [...] | 2001-02-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR |
01HARARE662 | MUGABE PROBABLY WILL WIN ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION IN [...] (C) UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE RESEARCH FELLOW BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 1 THAT, IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ZANU-PF WILL EMPLOY INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE OPPOSITION PARTY MOVEMENT FOR DQOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),INDEPENDENT MED [...] | 2001-02-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE671 | DRC ALLIES HEADS OF STATE MEETING POSTPONED [...] (C) MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWE MFA'S DRC DESK OFFICER, INFORMED POLOFF FEBRUARY 8 THAT THE DRC ALLIES HEADS OF STATE MEETING DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN VICTORIA FALLS (REFTEL) HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NAMIBIAN PRESIDENT NUJOMA WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 8 MEETING BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING [...] | 2001-02-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
01HARARE672 | SWEDISH AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS SWEDEN'S AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND SWEDEN FELL TO AN ALL-TIME LOW DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AS THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SUSPENDED BILATERAL AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE RESPONDED ANGRILY, SAYING THAT HI [...] | 2001-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PINR ZI SW |
01HARARE694 | ANOTHER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS SHOWN THE DOOR [...] (C) AFTER FORCING SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO EARLY RETIREMENT ON FEBRUARY 2 (REFTEL),THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO GUBBAY'S FOUR COLLEAGUES ON ZIMBABWE'S HIGHEST BENCH. ON FEBRUARY 9, JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA ASKED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF JUSTI [...] | 2001-02-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE695 | ALTERNATIVE WAR VETERANS' GROUP SEEKS TO RESTORE [...] (C) WILFRED MHANDA, LEADER OF THE ZIMBABWE LIBERATORS' PLATFORM, A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO RESTORE THE GOOD NAME OF WAR VETERANS, TOLD CHARGE AND POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 8 THAT VERY FEW EX-COMBATANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO COW OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS, [...] | 2001-02-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE741 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...] | 2001-02-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI |
01HARARE743 | ZIMBABWE'S PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE; A [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVE (PSI) IS AN ALTERNATE LAND ACQUISITION, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS BEING QUIETLY PROMOTED AS A COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO THE GOZ'S "FAST TRACK" PROGRAM. IT CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE BANK FUNDED BY COMM [...] | 2001-02-13 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EAID PGOV PREL ZI |
01HARARE750 | THE FINANCE PERMSEC FEEDS US THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 13 NICHOLAS NCUBE, PERMANENT SECRETARY - MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PAID A CALL ON US AT SIPDIS OUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. WE KNOW NCUBE WELL, AS HE HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND SOLID EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR FOR OVER [...] | 2001-02-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE754 | MUGABE SAID TO BE BEHIND OVERTURE TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE IS BEHIND OVERTURES MADE TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN LATE JANUARY BY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR. THE SECRET CONTACTS ARE CONTINUING BETWEEN ENVOYS FROM BOTH SIDES AND MIGHT LEAD TO A MEETING B [...] | 2001-02-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI ZANU PF MDC |
01HARARE760 | BRITISH REPORT ON ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO THE MDC [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 16 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE TEXT OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE SENT TO LONDON FEBRUARY 15 REPORTING ON MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S OBSERVATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO HIS PARTY. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: SUBJECT: ZANU-PF OVERTURES TO TSVANGIRAI S [...] | 2001-02-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF |
01HARARE762 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ENCOURAGED BY LUSAKA [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE IS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT HELD AMONG THE LUSAKA SIGNATORIES IN LUSAKA ON FEBRUARY 15 (REFTEL). BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA, TOLD POLOFF FEBRUARY 16 THAT THE SUMMIT OUTCOME WAS "VERY POSITIVE" AND "B [...] | 2001-02-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE765 | THE CURRENT STATE AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15 THE START OF PHASE II OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, AIMED AT RESETTLING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS COMMERCIAL FARMERS. WHILE THIS PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BASED ON A PREVIOUS MODEL DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATIO [...] | 2001-02-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI |
01HARARE766 | REMAINING ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES STAND [...] (C) AFTER JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA STRONG- ARMED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO RESIGNING (REF B),THE REMAINING FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE STANDING FIRM FOR NOW. JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY TOLD POLITICAL CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 13 THAT AFTER CHINAMASA PRESSURED HIM TO RESIGN ON FE [...] | 2001-02-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE767 | TSVANGIRAI CHARGED WITH INCITING VIOLENCE [...] (U) ACCORDING TO PRESS ACCOUNTS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS, ON FEBRUARY 15, FORMALLY CHARGED UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT WITH INCITING VIOLENCE. THE CHARGE REFERS TO TSVANGIRAI'S REMARK AT A PUBLIC RALLY LAST SEPTEMBER 30 TH [...] | 2001-02-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE779 | MUGABE DEFIANT AT NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION FOR [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE STRUCK A DEFIANT TONE FEBRUARY 19 AT HIS ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION FOR HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. THE PRESIDENT SIGNALED THAT HE WOULD NOT PERMIT THE ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FOR THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, INSISTING THAT ZIMBABWE WOULD NOT T [...] | 2001-02-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ZI |
01HARARE782 | CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF ZIMBABWE LABOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) FROM THE RULING ZANU-PF PARTY, AND ITS SUPPORT FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HINGES ON THE UPCOMING CONGRESS, ACCORDING TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION. ZA [...] | 2001-02-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE783 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONTINUES TO STALL ON [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO TOLD CHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21 THAT HE STILL HAD NOT RECEIVED A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE LETTER UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN SENT TO PRESIDENT MUGABE ON DECEMBER 15, 2000 (REFTEL). HE HAD HEARD THAT A LETT [...] | 2001-02-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PREL ZI |
01HARARE788 | ZIMBABWE NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PER REF INSTRUCTIONS, POLOFF, ON FEBRUARY 21, DELIVERED TALKING POINTS TO MUNYARADZI MOTSI, THE ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. MOTSI ASKED A FEW GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL [...] | 2001-02-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI |
01HARARE815 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION TO HOLD [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 15 THAT IT WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CONGRESS ON MARCH 21 TO EXAMINE WAYS TO RE-ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON THE LAND ISSUE. AN INDEPENDENT APPROACH TO THE GOZ ON THE LAND ISSUE BY A FORMER CFU PRESIDENT WAS SLAPPED BACK [...] | 2001-02-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI |
01HARARE816 | UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...] | 2001-02-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF |
01HARARE829 | REGIONAL FLOODING LARGELY BYPASSES ZIMBABWE [...] DISASTER DECLARATIONS AND REPORTS OF RECENT FLOODING IN NEIGHBORING MOZAMBIQUE AND MALAWI CAUSED US TO CONTACT THE GOZ AND DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF COLLATERAL FLOOD DAMAGE IN ZIMBABWE. NATURAL DISASTER TRACKING AND ASSISTANCE COORDINATION IS HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL PRO [...] | 2001-02-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
01HARARE846 | ZIMBABWE LABOR FEDERATION ELECTS NEW LEADERS, [...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS, HELD ON FEBRUARY 23 AND 24, RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF A NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND AN AFFIRMATION THAT THE FEDERATION IS NON-PARTISAN. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CONGRESS WENT SMOOTHLY, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN O [...] | 2001-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE847 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY MODERATES BOYCOTT "SHAM" [...] (C) MODERATES ALIGNED TO MASVINGO ZANU-PF "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO BOYCOTTED FEBRUARY 24'S PROVINCIAL PARTY ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE A "SHAM." THE ZANU-PF FACTION ALIGNED WITH MASVINGO GOVERNOR JOSIAH HUNGWE, WHO IS AN ALLY OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND VICE-PRESIDENT MUZENDA, WERE ELECTED TO T [...] | 2001-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
01HARARE856 | THREATS AGAINST WHITE OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP AND SECRETARY FOR POLICY FORMULATION AND RESEARCH TRUDY SIPDIS STEVENSON EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATING HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S LEADERS. SHE RECOUNTED A TROUBLING CO [...] | 2001-02-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE859 | ZCTU UNION LEADER CONFIRMS THAT LABOR CONGRESS [...] (C) ACCORDING TO A HIGH-LEVEL UNION OFFICIAL WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, THE JUST-ENDED ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNION'S (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BODY THAT SOLIDLY SUPPORTS THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CH [...] | 2001-02-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE861 | SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE FIGHTS BACK [...] (SBU) IN A DRAMATIC, ELEVENTH HOUR TWIST TO THE SAGA OF THE ZIMBABWEAN JUDICIARY, CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY MADE PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO STAY ON THE JOB. IT WAS EARLIER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD WRAP UP HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BENCH ON FEBRUARY 28, AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD TAKE FOU [...] | 2001-02-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE862 | ZIMBABWE'S AFL-CIO SOLIDARITY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 27, LABOFF MET WITH GEBRE GEBREMARIAM, THE AMCIT REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AFL-CIO FUNDED AMERICAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR SOLIDARITY IN HARARE, TO DISCUSS THE JUST-ENDED ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS' (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS. GEBREMARIAM INDICATED THAT THE EL [...] | 2001-02-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
01HARARE870 | ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...] | 2001-02-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG |
01HARARE871 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY OFFICIALS DIVIDED ON MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARGE, POLOFF, AND THREE MID-LEVEL ZANU-PF OFFICIALS REINFORCED THE NOTION THAT ZANU-PF IS NOT THE MONOLITH OF OPINION THAT IS OFTEN CONVEYED IN THE PRESS. CHARGE AND POLOFF SPOKE TO DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDER [...] | 2001-02-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
01HARARE873 | MUGABE OFF TO BELGIUM [...] (C) ACCORDING TO BELGIUM EMBASSY FIRST SECRETARY ALEXIS DE CROMBRUGGHE, PRESIDENT MUGABE W7LL TRAVEL TO BELGIUM ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5. THE TRIP HAS ITS GENESIS IN BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL'S JANUARY INVITATION TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO COME TO BELGIUM TO DISCUSS THE CONGO. MU [...] | 2001-03-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG BE |
01HARARE881 | SUSPECTED ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS ATTACK FORMER [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 1, GEORGE WALLS CALLED ON POLOFF TO RELAY THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE ATTACK ON HIM BY SUSPECTED WAR VETERANS THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 23. WALLS IS THE SON OF PETER WALLS, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE RHODESIAN ARMY UNDER THE IAN SMITH REGIME. THE FEBRUARY 26 EDITION OF "THE DAILY NEW [...] | 2001-03-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE882 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORJANE SPEAKS AT SADC [...] (C) ON MARCH 1, UNSG SPECIAL ENJOY MORJANE DELIVERED A SPEECH ON THE DRC TO THE SADC REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTER (RPTC) IN HARARE. MORJANE'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY UNITAR-GENEVA AND SPONSORED BY THE RPTC. THE RPTC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, PETER VOETMANN, PROVIDED A READOUT TO POLOFF ON [...] | 2001-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
01HARARE897 | GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS [...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...] | 2001-03-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
01HARARE898 | A LOOMING SPECIAL CONGRESS COULD DETERMINE THE [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE-PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU),TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING MARCH 21 CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS AND REPORTS OF VEHEMENT DISAGREEMENTS AT THE UNION'S TOP LEADERSHIP LEVEL. CLOETE, A KEY MEMBER OF THE CFU EXECUTIVE, [...] | 2001-03-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE903 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS [...] (U) IN HIS FIRST-EVER BRIEFING FOR THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID ZIMBABWE IS IN A STATE OF "TERMINAL PARALYSIS" DUE TO THE BREAKDOWN IN THE RULE OF LAW AND INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. TSVANGI [...] | 2001-03-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE917 | ZIMBABWE POLICE INTENSIFY ATTACKS ON HIGH- [...] (U) SINCE MID-FEBRUARY, HEAVILY ARMED POLICE HAVE RAIDED HOMES, BEAT RESIDENTS, AND BROKEN UP LARGE GATHERINGS IN ST. MARY'S DISTRICT OF CHITUNGWIZA, THE SPRAWLING TOWNSHIP 30 KM SOUTH OF HARARE, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. THE MARCH 5 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THA [...] | 2001-03-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS ZI |
01HARARE918 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE REACH NEW [...] (U) A LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WAS AVERTED MARCH 2 WHEN GUBBAY AGREED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, AND THE GOZ AGREED TO RETAIN GUBBAY'S JUDICIAL PRIVILEGES AND REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING THE [...] | 2001-03-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
01HARARE919 | SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER [...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...] | 2001-03-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR |
01HARARE926 | ZIMBABWE'S RECENT ECONOMIC RESULTS AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS REPORT PROVIDES KEY ECONOMIC DATA ENABLING READERSHIP TO STAY ABREAST OF ZIMBABWE'S FALLING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. TWO MONTHS INTO THE NEW YEAR A BETTER PICTURE OF LAST YEAR'S POOR PERFORMANCE IS EMERGING, AS WELL AS TRENDS THAT DO NOT BODE WELL FOR 2001. IN BRIEF THE RESU [...] | 2001-03-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
01HARARE930 | MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE LEADERSHIP TAKES [...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS MOVED TO ADDRESS SERIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS BY HIRING A RESPECTED CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST TO BE NATIONAL COORDINATOR TO MANAGE THE PARTY'S AFFAIRS AND A PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL TO RUN ITS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT. THE PARTY I [...] | 2001-03-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC |
01HARARE944 | MEDIA UPDATE: CNN CREW PREVENTED FROM FILMING NEAR [...] POLICE OFFICERS, ARMY PERSONEL, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN PREVENTED AMCIT BOB COEN, THE CNN STRINGER IN ZIMBABWE, FROM FILMING NEAR THE SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 7. COEN, WHO HAS LIVED IN ZIMBABWE AND WORKED OFF AND ON FOR CNN FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE [...] | 2001-03-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM PINR ZI |
01HARARE969 | MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON THE STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL CRISIS SIPDIS AND WHAT CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE THE U.S. COULD PLAY, IF ANY, TO HELP RESOLV [...] | 2001-03-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI SA MDC |
01HARARE970 | ZIMBABWE'S CFU DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS PERSONAL [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 8, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE' EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLIGHT OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE. HASLUCK STATED THAT WHILE [...] | 2001-03-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
01HARARE975 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE DOWN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE HAS NARROWED TO TWO PEOPLE SHOULD PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN THE EARLY 2002 RACE. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S REINS, WITH HIS VERY CLOSE [...] | 2001-03-12 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
01HAVANA4690 | CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-14 13:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1040 | BUDDHIST IMMOLATION IN DANANG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PARIS-BASED INFORMATION BUREAU OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV) AND SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES REPORTED THAT A UBCV LAY BUDDHIST SUPPORTER COMMITTED SUICIDE BY IMMOLATION IN DANANG ON SEPTEMBER 2 TO PROTEST REPRESSION OF THE BANNED UBCV. BUDDHIST OF [...] | 2001-09-05 09:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1042 | ACTING CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH NEW HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRINCIPAL OFFICER AND ACTING CONSUL GENERAL SHARON WHITE MET AUGUST 27 WITH HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRWOMAN HUYNH THI NHAN. MS. NHAN IS ONE OF THREE NEW VICE-CHAIRPERSONS APPOINTED TO THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE IN MAY. (THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FIVE HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITT [...] | 2001-09-06 00:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PINR SOCI VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1082 | DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST U.S. INTERFERENCE [...] A SMALL GROUP OF PEACEFUL STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS (APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 50 PERSONS) ARRIVED IN FRONT OF CONGEN AT 7:40 A.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, TO PROTEST RECENT CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION TARGETED AT VIETNAM. THE GROUP CARRIED SEVERAL BANNERS WITH SLOGANS SUCH AS "LONG LIVE THE [...] | 2001-09-20 00:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1083 | VISIT WITH DISSIDENT TRAN VAN KHUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 11 SEPTEMBER, CONGENOFF MADE AN UNANNOUNCED CALL AT THE RESIDENCE OF MR. TRAN VAN KHUE, THE CO-DRAFTER OF A REQUEST TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A "PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION" TO HELP FIGHT CORRUPTION. KHUE AND SEVERAL OTHER PERSONS IN HANOI INVOLVED WITH THIS REQUEST [...] | 2001-09-20 00:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1181 | CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC),ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...] | 2001-10-17 05:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1183 | FORMER SAIGON COMMUNIST PARTY CHIEF REFLECTS ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH EAP/BCLTV DIRECTOR JUDITH STROTZ, FORMER SAIGON COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY TRAN BACH DANG EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS EXTREME DISAPPROVAL OF THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (PENDING BEFORE THE SENATE) BECAUSE, HE SAID, I [...] | 2001-10-17 08:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER VM HUMANR CTERR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1201 | FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS [...] LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THAT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY, CATHOLIC PRIEST ARRESTED MAY 17, STOOD TRIAL ON OCTOBER 19 IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE. THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COURT HANDED DOWN A SENTENCE OF 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT TO FATHER LY - TWO YEARS FOR DISOBEYING THE "ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION" (HOUSE AR [...] | 2001-10-23 04:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1221 | VIETRADE HCMC CLAIMS SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS HURT VIETNAM EXPORTS, WORRIES ABOUT VN COMPANIES IN US MARKET [...] IN AN OCTOBER 26 MEETING, VIETRADE HCMC DIRECTOR CITES DAMAGE FROM THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 TO VIETNAM'S EXPORTS, NOTING THAT EXPORT GROWTH IS ESTIMATED AT 7% THIS YEAR, A DRAMATIC FALL FROM LAST YEAR'S 30% INCREASE. ALTHOUGH LAUDING PASSAGE OF THE BTA, HE STATED THAT VIETNAMESE COMPANIES [...] | 2001-10-29 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VN BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1255 | TEXTILE ORDERS FOR VIETNAM: LOOKING TO THE BTA FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES, NOT THE WORLD SECURITY SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY ANTICIPATES A BOOST IN ORDERS FROM OVERSEAS BUYERS RELUCTANT TO DO BUSINESS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS PAKISTAN AND INDONESIA, IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SECURITY SITUATION. THIS IS ACCORDING TO BUSINESS PEOPLE IN HO CHI MINH CITY, THE CENTER OF VIETNAM'S TEXTILE [...] | 2001-11-08 00:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VM BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1265 | HCMC PARTY COMMISSION ON IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE FAVORS FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-09 07:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VN |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1266 | HOA HAO MONK COMES DOWN FROM THE TREE [...] (U) REFTEL REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 6, HOA HAO BUDDHIST MONK NAM LIEM, OF AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE MEKONG DELTA, HAD CLIMBED UP A TREE NEAR HIS PAGODA CARRYING A KNIFE AND A CONTAINER OF GASOLINE. HE WAS THREATENING TO IMMOLATE HIMSELF TO PROTEST LOCAL POLICE ENTERING HIS PAGODA AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2001-11-09 09:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1272 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS AVOID CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-13 08:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL PINR VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1302 | HCMC DEPT. OF TRADE LOVES BTA, BUT WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? [...] THE DIRECTOR OF THE HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) TRADE DEPT. TOLD CG YAMAUCHI IN A NOVEMBER 13 COURTESY CALL THAT HCMC HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT (BTA),BUT IS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TREATY AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT. SHE UNCLASSIFIED [...] | 2001-11-16 08:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD VM SOE BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1304 | UPDATE ON HOA HAO MONK WHO CLIMBED THE TREE [...] (U) REF B REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 6, HOA HAO MONK NAM LIEM HAD CLIMBED A TREE IN THE COMPOUND AT HIS PAGODA IN THE MEKONG DELTA CARRYING A CAN OF GASOLINE AND A KNIFE AND THREATENING SUICIDE TO PROTEST LOCAL POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST HIM. REF A REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 9, LIEM CAME DOWN FROM [...] | 2001-11-16 09:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1314 | CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH HCMC PLANNING AND INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: CG YAMAUCHI, ACCOMPANIED BY DPO AND POLOFF, PAID A NOVEMBER 20 COURTESY CALL ON MR. TIN HUU NGUYEN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE HCMC DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT (DPI). TIN STATED THAT THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT (BTA) WOULD INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HCMC. TIN VOWED DPI WOULD [...] | 2001-11-23 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1316 | DPO'S MEETING WITH STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: DPO MET WITH VO VAN CUONG, STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE (CPC),SIPDIS NOVEMBER 8, ACCOMPANIED BY ECONOFF AND CONOFF. CUONG SAID HCMC HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A "LAB" FOR PARTY POLICY FORMULATION, BUT STRESSED THAT FINAL ACTION ON "EXPERIMENTS" REST [...] | 2001-11-23 09:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL VM BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1345 | ON THE EVE OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S VISIT: VINATEX HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE U.S. MARKET [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S PUSH TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01345 291026Z ENTER THE U.S. MARKET HAS ALREADY BEGUN, ACCORDING TO MR. LE QUOC AN, HEAD OF VIETNAM'S STATE-OWNED TEXTILE ENTERPRISES (VINATEX),AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL TEXTILE [...] | 2001-11-29 10:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX PREL VM BTA |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1381 | RANKING POLITBURO MEMBER TALKS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: AS THE FOURTH-RANKING MEMBER IN VIETNAM'S POLITBURO, HO CHI MINH CITY'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY NGUYEN MINH TRIET IS A MAJOR POLITICAL FORCE. IN A MEETING WITH CONSUL GENERAL, TRIET EMPHATICALLY DEFENDED VIETNAM'S RECORD ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. BUT HE INVITED CG TO [...] | 2001-12-12 00:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
01HOCHIMINHCITY1411 | PROTESTANTS WARNED NOT TO "CAUSE PROBLEMS" AT CHRISTMAS [...] (SBU) SEVERAL HCMC PROTESTANT "HOUSE CHURCH" LEADERS TOLD POLOFF ON DECEMBER 19, THAT LOCAL POLICE HAD CALLED THEM IN INDIVIDUALLY DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01411 211152Z 9, TO WARN THEM NOT TO USE CHRISTMAS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] | 2001-12-21 11:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY183 | PROVINCIAL ADVENTURES [...] (U): POLOFF RECENTLY TRAVELED TO LONG AN PROVINCE JUST SOUTH OF HO CHI MINH CITY ON THE LAST LEG OF A TRIP THROUGH THE MEKONG DELTA. HE CHECKED INTO A NEW PRIVATELY OWNED HOTEL RATHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED GUESTHOUSE. AFTER DINNER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] | 2001-02-23 08:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY197 | IMI: HOTEL OCCUPANCY REBOUNDS, TOURISM CAMPAIGN LIMPS [...] HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN 2000, OF WHICH 793,000 WERE TOURISTS. 307,000 OF THE 1.1 MILLION TOURISTS WERE PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN RESIDING OUTSIDE OF VIETNAM. HOTEL ROOM OCCUPANCY RATES IN HCMC AVERAGED 42 PERCENT, UP TWO PERCENT OVER 1999, WIT [...] | 2001-02-28 05:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTDB VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY260 | NOTES ON FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY FROM OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE MEDIA SOURCES [...] SUMMARY: FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, WHICH HELD HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 13. FATHER LY HAS SINCE BEEN PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST AND HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF EXTREME [...] | 2001-03-12 01:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PINR VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY460 | COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES (PART 2) [...] SUMMARY: AS THE DE FACTO POLICY-SETTERS IN THE PROVINCES, PROVINCIAL COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE LEADERS DETERMINE TO A LARGE DEGREE WHETHER THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVINCES ARE PROGRESSIVE OR BACKWARD LOOKING. COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESSES HELD IN THE 29 SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PROVINCES AND CITIES (HCMC [...] | 2001-04-23 04:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
01HOCHIMINHCITY488 | A BIT OF CAO DAI HISTORY [...] POLOFF RECENTLY MET WITH A CAO DAI RELIGIOUS ELDER WHO RELATED AN ANECDOTE REGARDING THE INDOCHINA TALKS HELD IN GENEVA IN 1954. THE SOUTHERN DELEGATION (WHICH INCLUDED ONE CAO DAI REPRESENTATIVE) ATTEMPTED TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH THE VIET MINH DELEGATION HEADED BY PHAM VAN DONG AND PHAN ANH. [...] | 2001-04-26 06:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY494 | THOAI SON INCIDENT REVISITED [...] SUMMARY: REFTEL REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 11, 2000, POLICE ARRESTED THIRTEEN HOA HAO BELIEVERS IN THOAI SON DISTRICT, AN GIANG PROVINCE. EIGHT WERE RELEASED AFTER QUESTIONING; THE OTHER FIVE EVENTUALLY RECEIVED PRISON SENTENCES RANGING FROM 12 MONTHS TO 30 MONTHS. THE NAMES OF THE FIVE IMPRISON [...] | 2001-04-27 03:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY603 | UPDATE ON ARREST OF DISSIDENT CATHOLIC PRIEST AND THREATS TO BUDDHIST, HOA HAO DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AS REPORTED REFTEL, POLICE IN THUA-THIEN HUE PROVINCE ARRESTED FATHER LY ON MAY 17. VIETNAM NEWS MEDIA REPORTED THE ARREST, INCLUDING SOME FOOTAGE SHOWN ON A LOCAL PROVINCIAL NEWS CHANNEL. THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PARISHIONERS ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT THE [...] | 2001-05-18 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY616 | NEW SLATE OF HCMC LEADERS WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] REF A REPORTED THAT LE THANH HAI, FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE, WAS ONE OF TWO FRONT RUNNERS TO REPLACE VO VIET THANH FOR THE JOB OF CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE. ON MAY 18, IN AN IRREGULAR SESSION OF THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, HAI WAS SELECTED THE NEW CHAIRMAN. T [...] | 2001-05-22 06:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
01HOCHIMINHCITY631 | THICH QUANG DO'S MARCH 29 LETTER [...] REF C REPORTED THAT DISSIDENT UBCV BUDDHIST MONK THICH QUANG DO TOLD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT IF THICH HUYEN QUANG, UBCV PATRIARCH, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO HCMC FROM DETENTION IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE, THEN DO WOULD GO TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00631 [...] | 2001-05-25 02:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY632 | PROMINENT BUDDHIST MONK SETS DEADLINE IN SHOWDOWN WITH AUTHORITIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21, THICH QUANG DO SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN HANOI URGING THEM TO ISSUE A DOCUMENT ALLOWING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG TO RETURN TO HCMC. IN THE LETTER, DO SAID THAT IF THE DOCUMENT WAS NOT ISSUED BY JUNE 7, HE WOULD GO TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE (WHERE QUAN [...] | 2001-05-25 02:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY648 | DOMESTIC NGOS IN HCMC [...] SUMMARY: AFTER 1975, VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT CLOSED OR TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOLS, ORPHANAGES, HEALTH FACILITIES, AND OTHER CHARITABLE AND SOCIAL FACILITIES IN SAIGON THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN MANAGED BY RELIGIOUS OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN HCMC, A [...] | 2001-05-30 03:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF KHIV VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY684 | TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN STANDOFF WITH BUDDHISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN HCMC AND HUE AS POLICE MAINTAINED TIGHT SURVEILLANCE OVER SEVERAL PAGODAS WHOSE RESIDENTS INCLUDE MONKS LOYAL TO THE BANNED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). UBCV MONKS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM HAD PLANNED TO CONGREGATE IN CENT [...] | 2001-06-07 09:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY688 | UPDATE ON ARREST OF FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A RELIABLE CATHOLIC SOURCE IN HCMC SAID THAT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY BEGAN A HUNGER STRIKE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 17. ON MAY 29 OR MAY 30, POLICE TRANSFERRED HIM FROM JAIL TO A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN HUE. FATHER LY REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS, BUT EVENTUA [...] | 2001-06-08 07:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY699 | BUDDHIST TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] SBU) SUMMARY: REFTELS REPORTED THE HOUSE ARREST OF UBCV BUDDHIST THICH QUANG DO AFTER HE CALLED FOR UBCV BUDDHISTS TO TRAVEL UNAUTHORIZED TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON JUNE 7 WITH THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG FROM CONFINEMENT IN QUANG NGAI TO HCMC. AS MANY AS 100 BUDD [...] | 2001-06-11 03:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY734 | UPDATE ON CONTINUING BUDDHIST TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 7, ABOUT 100 MONKS, NUNS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE OUTLAWED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV) ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE TO MEET WITH UBCV SUPREME PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG AND TAKE HIM TO HCMC. POLICE IN HUE HAD WARNED THEM NOT TO GO, AND MOST OF [...] | 2001-06-15 09:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
01HOCHIMINHCITY735 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS IN HCMC [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PETERSON PAID FAREWELL CALLS IN HCMC ON JUNE 11 AT THE CITY'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICE, AT THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS, AND AT THE HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE. THE AMBASSADOR REVIEWED THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, NOTING T [...] | 2001-06-15 09:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD KIRF VM |
01HOCHIMINHCITY754 | VIETNAM'S CATHOLIC CO-REDEMPTRIX ORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 23, POLOFF VISITED WITH PRIESTS OF THE VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC ORDER OF CO- REDEMPTION IN HCMC. ALTHOUGH ONLY TWO OF ITS MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY IN PRISON, THE ORDER HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST PERSECUTED OF VIETNAM'S RELIGIOUS GROUPS SINCE 1975. IT STILL OPERATES AN "UNDERGROUN [...] | 2001-06-20 02:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR |
01HOCHIMINHCITY755 | CONOFF VISITS MEKONG DELTA IN SUPPORT OF U.S. BUSINESS AND UNIQUE JULY 4 CELEBRATION [...] A CONSULAR OFFICER VISITED CAN THO JUNE 8-9 AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL AT THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ASSURANCE OFFICE. CONOFF ALSO RECEIVED A FORMAL PROPOSAL BY THE UNION OF FRIENDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST THE FIRST JULY 4TH CELEBRATION SINCE 1975 IN THE PRO [...] | 2001-06-21 03:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV VM |
01ISLAMABAD648 | UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...] | 2001-02-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR PLO PK |
01JAKARTA4285 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSUF KALLA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER ANDREW T. HINTZ FOR REASON 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR TOLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COORDINATING MINISTER YUSUF KALLA ON NOVEMBER 30 THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO HELP INDONESIA SOLVE SEPARATIST AND OTHER CHALLENGES. KALLA SAID RECENTLY PASSED AUTONOMY LA [...] | 2001-12-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ID |
01KINSHASA1610 | HOW JOSEPH KABILA BECAME PRESIDENT; CONVERSATIONS [...] (S) WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT LAURENT KABILA'S GUNSHOT WOUNDS WERE FATAL, CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGES BUSE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF JEAN MBUYU, IN CONSULTATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET, MET TO DECIDE ON A SUCCESSOR. THEY SETTLED ON HIS SON JOSEPH AS THE ONLY PERSON W [...] | 2001-03-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG |
01KINSHASA2795 | KABILA ADDRESSES NATION, ANNOUNCES REFORMS [...] (C) PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE NATION AT THE KIMBANGUIST CENTER MAY 17 ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOBUTU'S OVERTHROW. IN THIS, HIS FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS HERE SINCE HIS INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 26, KABILA ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES IN A BRIEF, LOW-KEY ADDRESS WHICH OFFERED FEW [...] | 2001-05-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CG |
01KINSHASA300 | GDRC CLAIMS KABILA ALIVE [...] (U) THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS WAS SUMMONED TO THE OAU VILLAGE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 17. PRESIDENTIAL CHEF DE CABINET GEORGES BUSE PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING AND READ A SHORT COMMUNIQUE; HE WAS FLANKED BY GENERAL EDDY KAPEND AND KABILA ADVISOR AND COUNSEL JEAN MBUYU. 2. (U) BUSE SAID K [...] | 2001-01-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PREL CG |
01KINSHASA328 | GDRC ADMITS KABILA DEAD [...] (C) CHARGE, ALONG WITH FRENCH AND BELGIAN AMBASSADORS, WAS CONVOKED EARLY AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18 FOR A MEETING WITH MWENZE KONGOLO (MINISTER OF JUSTICE),HENRI MOVA (MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT) AND MAWAMPANGA MWANA NANGA (MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK). AT THE BRIEF MEETING, MWENZE SAID [...] | 2001-01-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
01KINSHASA346 | MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) CHARGE WAS CONVOKED FOR A MEETING WITH INTERIM HEAD OF GOVERNMENT GENERAL JOSEPH KABILA AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18. THIS WAS NOT EXACTLY THE "KEEP IT IN CONFIDENCE" MEETING THAT CHARGE HAD BEEN TOLD JOSEPH KABILA SOUGHT (REFTEL). AMBASSADORS FROM THE OTHER UNSC PERMREP COUNTRIES (UK, FRANCE, [...] | 2001-01-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
01KINSHASA419 | KABILA LAID TO REST [...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...] | 2001-01-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
01KINSHASA440 | POST-KABILA: FASHIONING A NEW REGIME [...] (C) WITH THE INITIAL SHOCK OF KABILA'S ASSASSINATION, AND NOW HIS BURIAL, BEHIND THEM, THE CONGOLESE POWER STRUCTURE IS STRUGGLING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THEIR NEW SITUATION AND MOVE AHEAD. --------------------------- 2. (C) KABILA'S ADVISERS --------------------------- IN THIS CONNECTIO [...] | 2001-01-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
01KINSHASA461 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------ AMBASSADOR SWING MET WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE JOSEPH KABILA FOR AN HOUR LATE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AT KABILA'S OAU VILLAGE OFFICE. THE AMBASSADOR PRESENTED KABILA WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE AND OFFERED HIS OWN VERBAL CONDOLENCES ON THE DEA [...] | 2001-01-26 10:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
01KINSHASA478 | INAUGURAL ADDRESS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------- NEWLY-INAUGURATED PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE EVENING OF JANUARY 26. HIS HALF HOUR ADDRESS SKILLFULLY THREADED HIS SLAIN FATHER'S NAME AND LEGACY THROUGHOUT HIS REMARKS WITH COURSE CORRECTIONS ON ABOUT ALL MAJOR ISSUES AND AREAS O [...] | 2001-01-29 07:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
01KINSHASA5605 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 2001 ANNUAL [...] SUMMARY: THE GDRC PLAYED A POSITIVE, IF VERY MINOR, ROLE ON TERRORISM ISSUES DURING 2001. NONETHELESS, EASTERN DRC IS UNDER CONTROL OF REBEL FORCES AND CONTINUES TO BE PLAGUED BY SEVERE DISORDER AND BANDITRY IN LARGE AREAS. WHETHER ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS TERRORISM IS QUES [...] | 2001-12-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CG |
01KINSHASA703 | GOVERNMENT DISMISSED: STEP ONE IN CABINET [...] (C) "CURRENT AFFAIRS ONLY" --------------------------------- WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON FEBRUARY 7 PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA FORMALLY NOTIFIED ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET THAT THEY ARE DISMISSED AS FAR AS THEIR PRESENT MANDATE IS CONCERNED AND ARE, HENCEFORTH, TO ATTEND ONLY TO "CURRENT AFFAIRS." ( [...] | 2001-02-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
01KINSHASA810 | CONGO: "ROADMAP" TO A NEW RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) "NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES...?" ------------------------------------ IT WOULD BE IN OUR POLICY INTERESTS TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING EARLY IN BOTH THE NEW WASHINGTON AND KINSHASA ADMINISTRATIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS TO PUT US/CONGO (DRC) RELATIONS ON A NEW FOOTING. IN THIS REGARD, THE ROADMA [...] | 2001-02-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
01KUALALUMPUR2464 | MALAYSIA PROBES MISUARI TIES TO ABU SAYYAF GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONCERNED THAT ANY CHARGES FILED AGAINST NUR MISUARI HERE WOULD PROVOKE A DOMESTIC BACKLASH, MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INSIST THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEPORT THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) LEADER TO THE PHILIPPINES. NEVERTHELESS, MALAYSIA'A SECURITY APPARATUS IS INCR [...] | 2001-11-28 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS MY RP |
01KUWAIT3081 | TFUS01: KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER: "BIN LADEN KNOWS [...] KUWAIT'S DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAYKH SABAH AL-AHMAD, CONVOKED THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF OF THE KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OCTOBER 10 TO DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION. SHAYKH SABAH'S STATEMENTS WERE CARRIED OCTOBER 11 BY ALL PAPERS ON THE FRO [...] | 2001-10-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KU |
01KUWAIT3338 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - AND UBL SPEECH [...] (S) USAMA BIN LADEN'S NOVEMBER 3 STATEMENT WAS THE SPEECH OF A DESPERATE MAN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD NOT GENERATED GREATER SUPPORT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, KUWAIT MFA UNDERSECRETARY AL-JARALLAH TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 4. AL-JARALLAH DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE PR [...] | 2001-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER AF KU |
01KUWAIT3757 | KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN [...] KUWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. 2. ASKED HIS VIEW OF THE TAPE, KUWAIT'S ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH SAID: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS SUCH THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEA [...] | 2001-12-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL KU |
01KUWAIT3821 | KUWAITIS ARGUE TAPE OFFERS PROOF OF BIN LADEN'S [...] TWO INFLUENTIAL KUWAITIS WROTE COLUMNS RECENTLY ARGUING THAT THE TAPE OF BIN LADEN RELEASED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTED UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND WELL-KNOWN COLUMNIST, FAISAL AL- ZAMEL, STATED THAT [...] | 2001-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDMR KU |
01LIBREVILLE603 | OMAR BONGO AND THE GABONESE POLITICAL SCENE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFTER NEARLY 34 YEARS IN OFFICE, GABONESE PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO IS A WILY POLITICIAN WHO STILL HAS A FIRM GRIP ON POWER. HE IS UNQUESTIONABLY "THE BOSS" AND MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE CIRCLE OF FAITHFUL AND PANDERING ALLIES. MANY [...] | 2001-04-23 15:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GB |
01LILONGWE1976 | ENGAGING SADC IN GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST [...] (C) AT AN OCTOBER 19 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LILIAN PATEL PRIMARILY TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE (REFTEL B),CHARGE ASKED PATEL HER VIEWS ON HOW SADC AND THE USG COULD COOPERATE IN THE GLOBAL COALITION ON TERRORISM. 2. (C) PATEL SAID THAT HER PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, B [...] | 2001-10-19 16:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SADC MI |
01LIMA3418 | TOLEDO AT THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO WAS TENACIOUS IN HIS STRUGGLE TO REACH THE PRESIDENCY AND WILL APPLY THE SAME TENACITY TO SUCCEED IN OFFICE. HE COMES TO OFFICE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, AND HIS PROPENSITY TO BE A ONE-MAN SHOW CAN BE A NAGGING SHORTCOMING. NONETHELE [...] | 2001-06-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PE |
01LIMA5083 | SUPREME COURT INDICTS FUJIMORI [...] (U) SUPREME COURT JUDGE JOSE LECAROS INDICTED FORMER PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI SEPTEMBER 13 FOR HIS ALLEGED COMPLICITY IN THE BARRIOS ALTOS (1991) AND LA CANTUTA (1992) KILLINGS AS WELL AS THE 1997 MURDER OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AGENT MARIELLA BARRETO. BEGINNING THE INVESTIGATIVE ( [...] | 2001-09-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PE |
01LONDON5780 | TFUS01: EMBASSY LONDON SITREP 11, 09/28/01 [...] (U) PM TONY BLAIR MET SEPTEMBER 27 WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BRITISH MUSLIM LEADERS AT DOWNING STREET AND ANNOUNCED, "JUST AS WE HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL AND MILITARY COALITION FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN AMERICA, NOW WE HAVE ALSO TO BUILD A HUMANITARIAN COALITION TO DEAL WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] | 2001-09-28 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV US UK |
01LONDON7384 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT [...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...] | 2001-12-21 16:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
01LUSAKA2636 | (U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...] | 2001-07-11 17:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IS LY ZI UK |
01MANAMA3641 | AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...] | 2001-10-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF BA |
01MANILA6761 | MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...] (C) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT HE WILL NEVER BE A TERRORIST AND HAS NOT ALLIED HIS FORCES WITH THOSE OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG). A MISUARI EMISSARY HAS TOLD EMBASSY MANILA HE I [...] | 2001-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP |
01PARIS11204 | FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...] | 2001-10-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FR PK PREL |
01PHNOMPENH1740 | CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...] | 2001-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM OIIP CB |
01PRAGUE2892 | CZECH RESPONSE: AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 13, WE BRIEFED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S ASIA AND PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, IVAN JESTRAB, ON THE POINTS IN REFTEL ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE. JESTRAB, WHO TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR ON NOVEMBER 1 AFTER SERVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS THE CZECH AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI, EXPRESSED HIS APPRECI [...] | 2001-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF EZ |
01PRETORIA1173 | THIN-SKINNED MBEKI WILL REQUIRE DEFT HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT MBEKI HAVE RAISED CAUTION FLAGS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO ACCEPT CRITICISM AND MANAGE COLLEGIALLY. THE CHALLENGE FOR U.S. OFFICIALS WILL BE TO ACCEPT THIS IMPORTANT, BUT HYPERSENSITIVE, AFRICAN FIGURE AS HE IS, AND BUILD A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE. PO [...] | 2001-02-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF |
01PRETORIA1599 | SADC SUMMIT: SOUTH AFRICA HOPED FOR MORE ON ORGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MARCH 9 SADC SUMMIT DID NOT SELECT THE SUCCESSOR TO ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AS CHAIR OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY. SAG OFFICIALS INDICATED MARCH 13 THAT MBEKI PREFERRED THIS DECISION BE MA [...] | 2001-03-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN SADC WA |
01PRETORIA423 | RCD-G'S INITIAL THOUGHTS ON JOSEPH KABILA [...] (C) THE CONGOLESE REBEL GROUP RCD-G IS WILLING TO WORK WITH NEWLY NAMED DROC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SO LONG AS HE ADHERES TO THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CEASE-FIRE, RCD-G REPRESENTATIVE TOMAS NZIRATIMANA TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 19. HOWEVER, NZIRATIMANA STRESSED THAT RCD-G [...] | 2001-01-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CG ZI SF |
01PRETORIA4997 | NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE [...] (C) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAP/NAI ISSUES COORDINATOR DAVID MALCOMSON BRIEFED EMBOFFS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS. INITIALLY A 15 NATION HE [...] | 2001-08-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL SF |
01PRISTINA1593 | THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...] | 2001-09-11 07:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR |
01RABAT3231 | MOROCCO: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. KING MOHAMMED VI AND THE GOM STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. FOL [...] | 2001-12-14 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
01RANGOON1171 | CHINESE QUIETLY SUPPORT REFORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE DCM TOLD US THE PRC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND BELIEVES THE MILITARY REGIME IS SINCERE IN ITS DEALINGS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK). WHILE HE STATED HIS BELIEF THAT OUTSIDE PRESSURE IS COUNTER- PRODUCTIVE, HE GAVE SOME REASON TO BELIEV [...] | 2001-07-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM |
01RIYADH1771 | THE AL SAUD AND CHALLENGES TO STABILITY [...] (C) AT PRESENT, SAUDI ARABIA ENJOYS AT LEAST SUPERFICIAL STABILITY. THERE IS NO DEBILITATING DISUNITY AMONG SENIOR AL SAUD PRINCES, REGIME CRITICS HAVE BEEN EXILED OR MARGINALIZED ABROAD AND CO-OPTED OR MUZZLED AT HOME, AND A LARGELY APOLITICAL CITIZENRY SHOWS NO INCLINATION TO DEMAND GREATER [...] | 2001-06-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI SA |
01RIYADH2627 | TFUS01: SAUDI REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 11 [...] ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 11, THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION): THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA EXPRESSES ITS CONDEMNATION OF THE REGRETTABLE AND INHUMAN EXPLOSIONS AND ATTACKS WHICH OCCURRED AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK AND THE PENTAGON I [...] | 2001-09-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SA |
01RIYADH3968 | SAUDI ARABIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A) POST SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION, PARTICULARLY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. RESPONSE: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITIO [...] | 2001-12-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL SA |
01SANAA5200 | SALEH PROMISES PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS [...] SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 5. 2. (C) AMBASSADOR CALLED PRESIDENT SALEH UPON RECEIPT OF REFTEL. MAKING SUGGESTED POINTS, AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZED URGENT NEED FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY EFFORT AND SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS BY ROYG. SALEH RESPONDED THAT HE HAD ALREADY GEARED UP HIS SECURITY FORCES TO ASSURE [...] | 2001-10-07 19:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER YM |
01SOFIA3033 | BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BULGARIA'S JUNE 17 ELECTIONS SHOW A COMMANDING LEAD FOR THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT SIMEON II, WITH AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT SEEMINGLY LIKELY BUT NOT YET ASSURED. THE UDF OF PM KOSTOV HAS SUFFERED A SERIOUS DEFEAT, AND HE IS EXPECTED TO RESIGN AS PARTY LEADER SHORTLY. [...] | 2001-06-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BU |
01STATE126951 | SECRETARY'S LETTER TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] CHARGE IS REQUESTED TO DELIVER THE LETTER IN PARA TWO BELOW TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER RASHID MEREDOV AT THE EARLIEST APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY. NO SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR MR. MINISTER: MY SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS TURKMENISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN [...] | 2001-07-21 00:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TX |
01STATE134673 | CHINA/TIBET: HU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN? [...] (C) SUMMARY. VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S JULY 17-23 VISIT TO TIBET WAS POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR AT LEAST THREE REASONS: IT CONFIRMED CURRENT POLICY; IT ASSOCIATED HU PERSONALLY WITH THE CURRENT RELATIVELY HARD-LINE APPROACH; AND IT DEMONSTRATED HIS HEALTH AND VITALITY. 2. (C) VICE PRESI [...] | 2001-08-03 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PINR PGOV |
01STATE157144 | SITREP NUMBER ONE: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN CONUS [...] THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TO PROVIDE POSTS WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON A RASH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IN NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C. BE ADVISED THAT THIS INFORMATION IS DRAWN FROM OPEN SOURCES AS THE SITUATION IS DEVELOPING. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATI [...] | 2001-09-11 15:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
01STATE157182 | TASK FORCE SITREP 2 [...] (U) THE PRESIDENT WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT. THE SECRETARY IS ALSO ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON. 2. (U) THE PRESIDENT EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES. 3. (U) POSTS SHOULD REVIEW THE SEPTEMBER 11 STATEMENT OF WHITE HOUSE COUNSELOR KAREN HUGH [...] | 2001-09-11 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL |
01STATE157183 | TERRORIST ATTACKS ON NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON [...] FURTHER TO REFTELS, DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS THEY PROCEED TO CONVENE EACS AND CONSIDER THEIR RESPECTIVE SITUATIONS: -- WHETHER POST SHOULD TEMPORARILY SUSPEND PUBLIC SERVICES; IF A DECISION IS MADE TO DO SO, INFORM THE LOCAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF THIS ACTION VIA T [...] | 2001-09-11 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER CMGT |
01STATE157224 | TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-12 10:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC |
01STATE176819 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] | 2001-10-11 01:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
01STATE176853 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] | 2001-10-11 02:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
01STATE192153 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. (S) POSTS SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS FLUID. WITH EVENTS MOVING RAPIDLY, WE ASK POSTS TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING UNEQU [...] | 2001-11-03 06:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL AF PTER |
01STATE198912 | ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY ----------- THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" TO CONGRESS. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE REPORT BE A FULL AND COMPLETE FACTUAL RECORD OF TERRORISM-RELATED ACTIVITY IN COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED TERRORISM. IT SHOULD NOT BE [...] | 2001-11-16 18:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
01STATE61624 | TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR DOHA. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (S) THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT DURING THE TALIBAN DELEGATION VISIT TO QATAR THE TALIBAN AND QATARIS MAY DISCUSS A TRIBUNAL OF MUSLIM SCHOLARS TO TRY USAMA BIN LADEN IN QATAR. REPORTEDLY, UNDER THIS FOR [...] | 2001-04-07 00:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PTER QA AF |
01TELAVIV4047 | HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...] | 2001-07-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
01THEHAGUE3267 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - DUTCH QUESTIONS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, CHARGE HAS SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH DUTCH DEPUTY POLITICAL SECRETARY GENERAL HERMAN SCHAPER ON NOVEMBER 8 TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE AND HE WOULD APPRECIATE TALKING POINTS TO ADDRESS DUTCH QUESTIONS IN PARA 2 BELOW BY COB WASHINGTON TIME ON NOVEMBER 7. [...] | 2001-11-07 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID EUN NL JA |
01TUNIS325 | GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY [...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...] | 2001-02-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS |
01ULAANBAATAR1018 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 6, WE REVIEWED POINTS CONTAINED IN REFTEL WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER S. BATBOLD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE GOALS OF THE U. S. POLICY. HE ADDED THA HE APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND OUR REQUEST FO COMMENT BUT WOULD DEFER COMMENT FOR THE MOMENT. 2. (C) BATBOL [...] | 2001-11-07 02:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF MG |
01ULAANBAATAR1150 | MONGOLIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2001-12-19 06:44:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MG |
01VATICAN1192 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...] | 2001-03-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL |
01VATICAN1261 | DROC--VATICAN DEMARCHE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE CALLED IN CHARGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01261 061419Z TO PRESENT A PRO MEMORIA ON THE SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FAXED TO EUR/WE 3/6). (NOTE: FOREIGN MIN [...] | 2001-03-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG VT |
01VATICAN1286 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01286 01 OF 02 072227Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN CRITICIZES AIR STRIKES ON IRAQ - MEPP: VATICAN SAYS PEACE A DISTANT REALITY - NO MENTION OF GENOCIDE IN PAPAL MESS [...] | 2001-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KMDR SOCI TBIO IR IZ IS AM EG IT VT MEPP VTPREL |
01VATICAN1390 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] | 2001-03-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT |
01VATICAN1419 | HOLY SEE SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON MANAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE DOES NOT SHARE THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE BISHOP OF MOSTAR AND OTHER CROAT-NATIONALIST CLERGY IN B-H AND IT IS DOING THE UTMOST WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL LIMITS OF THE CHURCH TO CHANGE THEIR POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. OUR INTERLOCUTORS BELIEVE THE CLERGY'S VALID CONCERNS ON [...] | 2001-03-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BH VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN1436 | CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ON CUBA - "CAUTIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET 2/7 WITH VATICAN NGO "CARITAS INTERNATIONAL" CUBA SPECIALISTS FOR A CONVERSATION ON CARITAS' HUMANITARIAN WORK IN CUBA. THE OFFICIALS WERE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE ROLE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY CLAIMED CARITAS CUBA ENJOY [...] | 2001-03-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CU |
01VATICAN1465 | VATICAN PLANNING ACTIVE STRATEGY ON HUMAN RIGHTS. [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MSGR. LEO BOCCARDI, VATICAN MFA DESK OFFICER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON MARCH 15. MSGR. BOCCARDI REVIEWED THE POINTS FOR THE 57TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY. HE CLAIMED NOTABLE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN MANY VATICAN AND USG POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY [...] | 2001-03-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM VT UNHCR |
01VATICAN1555 | OPUS DEI TRIES TO CLARIFY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01555 201557Z 2. (C) THE CHANCELLOR OF THE PRELATURE OF OPUS DEI, FATHER TOM BOHLIN, CALLED CHARGE ON MARCH 15 AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. CHARGE AND BOHLI [...] | 2001-03-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS PROP SOCI PU VT |
01VATICAN1615 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] (U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES POTUS RECIPE FOR KOREA - VATICAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS PAPAL VISIT TO ATHENS - PAPAL SUPPORT FOR ARAB CHRISTIANS - VATICAN ADMITS NUNS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS ----------------- [...] | 2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
01VATICAN1744 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE MARCH 24 - 30 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01744 01 OF 02 301041Z - VATICAN CALLS FOR UN TO MONITOR BIOTECHNOLOGY - DRUG INJECTION ROOMS JUDGED "UNETHICAL" BY VATICAN - POPE STRESSES IMPORTANCE [...] | 2001-03-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BU IT VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN1745 | VATICAN CONDEMNS CLONING BUT PROTECTS THE CLONES [...] CHARGE AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET MARCH 23 WITH THE POPE'S THEOLOGIAN, FRENCH-BORN DOMINICAN MONK GEORGES UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01745 311607Z COTTIER, TO DISCUSS THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS. COTTIER AFFIRMED THE VATICAN POSITION THAT CLONING IS IMMORA [...] | 2001-03-30 10:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
01VATICAN1907 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE MARCH 31 - APRIL 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01907 071610Z CONTENTS: - NEW BELGRADE BISHOP WELCOMES MILOSEVIC ARREST - POPE WILL NOT STOP IN CYPRUS DURING MAY TRAVEL - NO CHANGES TO POPE'S EASTER WEEK [...] | 2001-04-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SR CY VT |
01VATICAN2022 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 07 - 12 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX "DON'T COME" LETTER - VATICAN RADIO CUTS AIRTIME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - CHANGES IN POPE'S PARTICIPATION IN EASTER EVENTS - POPE DISBURSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID - [...] | 2001-04-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAGR ECPS SENV EAID PINR UP VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN2213 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 13 - 20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02213 212018Z CONTENTS: - POPE SPEAKS OUT ON MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - EASTERN FOCUS AT POPE'S EASTER MASS - POST-EASTER REST FOR POPE CUT SHORT - NEW VATICAN AMBA [...] | 2001-04-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR IS VT MEPP |
01VATICAN2295 | USG READINESS FOR PAPAL TURNOVER AND HIGH [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. JOSEPH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 02295 01 OF 04 270100Z MERANTE. REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION SUGGESTING AN IMMINENT PAPAL DEMISE, BUT THE POPE'S HEALTH APPEARS TO CONTIN [...] | 2001-04-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR VT KPRP |
01VATICAN2459 | THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...] | 2001-05-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL |
01VATICAN2499 | UPDATE - SANT'EGIDIO BOSNIA CONFERENCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FIVE. 2. (C) PURSUANT TO REF C, CHARGE AND A/DCM MET IN THE AFTERNOON OF 5/4 WITH SANT'EGIDIO FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR ANDREA RICCARDI TO DISCUSS HOW TO PUSH THE PACE OF THE PROPOSED INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE FOR BOSNIA. RICCARDI' [...] | 2001-05-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK VT |
01VATICAN2531 | VATICAN NON-REACTIONS ON CHINA AND DEMARCHE [...] (S) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE POINTS ON APRIL 27 TO MONSIGNOR ROTA-GRAZIOSI, VATICAN CHINA DESK OFFICER. ROTA-GRAZIOSI WELCOMED USG APPROACH BUT RESPONDED THAT THE VATICAN MAINTAINED CAREFUL NEUTRALITY ON SECURITY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE PRC AND TAIWAN AND DECLINED TO OFFER COMMENT. [...] | 2001-05-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | VT CH PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR |
01VATICAN2600 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 5 - MAY 11 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02600 01 OF 02 122002Z - VATICAN SAYS POPE'S ILL HEALTH PART OF HIS LEGACY - VATICAN DECLARES PAPAL VISIT TO GREECE AND SYRIA A SUCCESS - SWISS GUARD [...] | 2001-05-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GR SY VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN2748 | BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY TO VISIT VATICAN? [...] (C) AS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GREATER INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY FOR BOSNIA'S CROAT MODERATE POLITICIANS (REF A),POST HAS TRIED TO CONFIRM THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE REQUEST BY FEDERATION OFFICIALS FOR AN INVITATION TO VISIT THE VATICAN (REF B). AS YET, WE HAVE BE [...] | 2001-05-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK VT |
01VATICAN2867 | REINVIGORATING THE MEPP? KISSINGER VISITS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: HENRY KISSINGER MET WITH VATICAN PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER ON MAY 22. THE VATICAN STRESSED THE NEED FOR AN "INTERNATIONAL FORCE" TO KEEP THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS APART. IN A SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TOLD CHARGE THAT THE VATICAN IS NOW PROPOSI [...] | 2001-05-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
01VATICAN2955 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...] | 2001-06-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU |
01VATICAN3027 | CARDINAL PROTESTS G8, SEEKS [...] (U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03027 060848Z 2. (U) CARDINAL DIONIGI TETTAMANZI OF THE GENOA ARCHDIOCESE IS PLANNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA TO PROMOTE THE VATICAN'S VISION OF [...] | 2001-06-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PREL PHUM PGOV VT |
01VATICAN3118 | VATICAN ENVOY VISITS ISRAEL; ISRAEL/VATICAN [...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II DISPATCHED PIO CARDINAL LAGHI TO MEET ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHARON AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN ARAFAT ON JUNE 2. VATICAN MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR MONS. GIOVANNI D'ANIELLO ACCOMPANIED LAGHI. CHARGE CALLED ON D'ANIELLO JUNE 6 FOR READ-OUT OF TRIP. D'ANIELLO SAID THAT [...] | 2001-06-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
01VATICAN3119 | BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: BALKANS [...] (C) FOLLOWS IS AN EMBASSY DRAFT BACKGROUND PAPER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03119 111605Z POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE VATICAN. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN IS VIGOROUS AND ACTIVE IN THE GLOBAL PURSUIT OF PEACE, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN DE [...] | 2001-06-11 17:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OPRC VT |
01VATICAN3121 | BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: IRAQ [...] (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE VATICAN CONDEMNED THE WEST'S PROSECUTION OF THE GULF WAR, AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03121 111605Z OPPOSED U.S. SANCTIONS POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. WE SHOULD EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. MANY FACTORS ARE INVOLVED I [...] | 2001-06-11 17:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR VT |
01VATICAN3137 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL FROM CARITAS BRINDISI, THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE VATICAN'S MAJOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGO. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 031 [...] | 2001-06-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AL VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN3149 | BACKGROUND PAPER FOR PRESIDENTIAL VISIT: MEPP [...] (C) BELOW IS DRAFT EMBASSY VATICAN BACKGROUND PAPER FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE VATICAN. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03149 121501Z --------------------------------------------- THE VATICAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ---------------- [...] | 2001-06-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF VT |
01VATICAN3297 | THE VATICAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (U) THE VATICAN'S OVERRIDING CONCERN IN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03297 01 OF 02 201534Z MAINLAND CHINA IS ITS RIGHT TO MINISTER TO THE ESTIMATED 10 MILLION CATHOLIC POPULATION. THE VATICAN AND THE PRC DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL RELATIONS. THE PRC REPUDIATES [...] | 2001-06-20 16:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR VT CH TW |
01VATICAN3507 | THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...] | 2001-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN3552 | USG/VATICAN PROJECTS FOR POTUS POPE MEETING [...] (U) THIS IS A RESPONSE TO REFTELCON REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE USG'S AND EMBASSY VATICAN'S TRACK RECORD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03552 051341Z OF SUPPORT FOR VATICAN-BACKED PROJECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO AND CARITAS. WE UNDERSTAND [...] | 2001-07-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV VT |
01VATICAN3571 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] (U) THE JUNE 30 - JULY 06 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - G8: GENOA'S ARCHBISHOP REJECTS VIOLENT PROTESTS - REPORT ALLEGES MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS SUFFER PERSECUTION - POPE ENCOURAGES ETHICAL USE OF XENOTRANSPLANTS - CARITAS OFFICIALS SAYS FOOD AID FOR NORTH KORE [...] | 2001-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EAID TBIO SOCI KN VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN3619 | CUBA - POPE ATTACKS US EMBARGO AND COMMUNISM [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS RE-ISSUED A STRONG CONDEMNATION OF THE US ECONOMIC EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA. SPEAKING AT A JULY 6 AUDIENCE WITH CUBAN BISHOPS VISITING VATICAN CITY THE POPE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03619 091432Z REPEATED HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBARGO A [...] | 2001-07-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID ETTC CU VT |
01VATICAN3621 | VATICAN - POST WORKS TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON AG- [...] THE VATICAN'S CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT BIOTECHNOLOGY WAS GIVEN A BOOST BY A JULY 5 MEETING POST ORGANIZED BETWEEN SENIOR GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND DR. CHANNAPATNA PRAKASH, PROFESSOR OF PLANT MOLECULAR GENETICS AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA AND MEMBER OF THE USDA'S AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AD [...] | 2001-07-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ETRD PGOV VT VTTBIO |
01VATICAN3661 | CARDINAL OF GENOA: [...] (C) CHARGE AND POLOFF MET WITH CARDINAL DIONIGI CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03661 101429Z TETTAMANZI OF GENOA IN ROME ON FRIDAY, JULY 6. TETTAMANZI WAS IN ROME FOR MEETINGS WITH THE POPE, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, AND ITALIAN INTERIOR MINISTER SCAEOL [...] | 2001-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD IT VT |
01VATICAN3756 | EMBASSY VATICAN TEXT FOR NICHOLSON CONFIRMATION [...] PER REFTELCON, EMBASSY VATICAN OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TEXT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03756 01 OF 02 131452Z FOR POSSIBLE USE BY NOMINEE NICHOLSON'S OPENING STATEMENT: BEGIN TEXT: IN 1984 THE UNITED STATES JOINED 107 OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR [...] | 2001-07-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM MZ VT |
01VATICAN3876 | VATICAN REPRESENTATION AT UNGA [...] PER REFTEL, THE FOLLOWING IS THE HOLY SEE LINE-UP FOR THE UN GENERAL DEBATE IN NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24 THROUGH OCTOBER 5. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03876 201341Z 2. ATTENDANCE OF HEAD OF STATE -- POPE JOHN PAUL II WILL NOT ATTEND. 3. ATTENDANCE [...] | 2001-07-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IR VT |
01VATICAN3976 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...] | 2001-07-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN4030 | ANGOLA PEACE: SANT'EGIDIO FORWARDS UNITA PROPOSAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS A GUIDANCE REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 04030 011305Z 2. (C) SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR AND SOMETIME AFRICAN-CONFLICT-MEDIATOR DON MATTEO ZUPPI ASKED CHARGE AND A/DCM TO COFFEE 7/30 [...] | 2001-08-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AN VT |
01VATICAN4064 | POPE/ARAFAT - URGES USG ON MONITORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN FM TAURAN CONVOKED CHARGE EVENING OF AUGUST 2 TO DISCUSS THE POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PA PRESIDENT ARAFAT EARLIER IN THE DAY. TAURAN SAID THE POPE WAS "EXTREMELY WORRIED" AT THE PERSISTENCE AND SCOPE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LANDS; ARAFAT TOLD THE POPE THAT HE WANTS MONITORS [...] | 2001-08-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XR VT |
01VATICAN4075 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...] | 2001-08-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT |
01VATICAN4202 | VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR [...] (U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERSONS" GROUP OF ADVISORS, SAID THE WCAR MUST BE AWARE OF THE MODERN MANIFESTATIONS OF INEQUALITY. FOLLOWING THE ROUND TABLE TALKS AT THE GENEVA OFFICES OF THE U [...] | 2001-08-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI VT |
01VATICAN4231 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE AUGUST 04 - 10 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04231 101111Z - ARCHDIOCESE SAYS RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM JUSTICE" ---------------------------------------- RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM J [...] | 2001-08-10 10:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM RW VT |
01VATICAN4258 | VATICAN ARCHIVES Q “THE REAL STORY†[...] (C) A/DCM AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET WITH JESUIT FATHER PETER GUMPEL AUGUST 10 AT HIS OFFICES IN THE JESUIT CURIA TO DISCUSS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN OPENING THE VATICAN ARCHIVES. (NOTE: THIS WAS A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED MEETING, I.E. BEFORE WE RECEIVED REFTEL. WE NEVERTHELESS DELIVERED SUBST [...] | 2001-08-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNAR VT |
01VATICAN4267 | SANT'EGIDIO ON UNITA PROPOSAL [...] (C) A/DCM FOLLOWED UP REF B WITH DON MATTEO AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 9. DON MATTEO TOOK ON BOARD US VIEW THAT UNITA NEEDED TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO LUSAKA BEFORE MOVING FARTHER. HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNITA WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE AN UNQUALIFIED STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF LUSAKA, AND EVEN THOUGHT [...] | 2001-08-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AO VT |
01VATICAN4425 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE AUGUST 11 - 24 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04425 01 OF 02 240614Z CONTENTS: - POPE URGES DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR LEBANON - POPE'S FACE TO APPEAR ON VATICAN'S EURO COINAGE - PAPAL TRIP TO [...] | 2001-08-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN LE BU VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] | 2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
01VATICAN4605 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE AUGUST 25 - 31 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04605 01 OF 02 041021Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN: UNBRIDLED GLOBALIZATION LEADS TO RACISM - VATICAN'S WCAR DELEGATE SAYS ZIONISM NOT RACIST - TOP VATICAN ECUMENIST L [...] | 2001-09-04 09:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SF VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN4659 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGINS CREDENTIALING PROCESS: [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGAN THE VATICAN'S FORMAL CREDENTIALING PROCESS MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 6 BY PRESENTING COPIES OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENTIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LEONARDO SANDRI, "SUBSTITUTE" FOR VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT SODANO. THE AMBASSADOR WILL HAVE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION TO POPE JOHN PAUL [...] | 2001-09-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE IS MX VT |
01VATICAN4755 | POPE AND VATICAN STAND WITH UNITED STATES [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. TARGETS USING SOME OF THE STRONGEST LANGUAGE EVER HEARD BY POST STAFF. IN HIS SEPTEMBER 12 GENERAL AUDIENCE IN VATICAN CITY, THE POPE, BREAKING WITH TRADITION, SPOKE SOLELY IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN. THE USUALLY FESTIVE [...] | 2001-09-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF VT |
01VATICAN5062 | COM ANNUAL MANAGEMENT CONTROL CERTIFICATION [...] AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, THE FOLLOWING IS MY ABBREVIATED MANAGEMENT CONTROL STATEMENT: 2. I CERTIFY THAT THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO ME HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. SIGNED: R. JAMES NICHOLSON, AMBASSADOR. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05062 [...] | 2001-09-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT VT |
01VATICAN5095 | TFUS01: VATICAN POSITION ON RETALIATION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VT |
01VATICAN5288 | POPE'S VISIT TO ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: VATICAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM KZ TU RO UP BO BU VT |
01VATICAN5293 | VATICAN TO PUBLICLY SIGNAL SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS CA VT |
01VATICAN5546 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR [...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...] | 2001-10-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN5566 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] | 2001-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN5577 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC SU VT AGMT |
01VATICAN5629 | VATICAN PLAYS CHINA GAMBIT. AWAITS CHINA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2001-10-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PINR VT CH |
01VATICAN5650 | VATICAN-WTO: GREATER TRADE, IPR FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] THE VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A NOTE VERBALE OCTOBER 26 TO ALL ACCREDITED MISSIONS OUTLINING THE HOLY SEE'S STANDARD POSITION AHEAD OF THE WTO DOHA MINISTERIAL THAT DEVELOPED NATIONS SHOULD BE MORE OPEN TO IMPORTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, WHILE WARNING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGAINST FO [...] | 2001-10-31 13:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ETRD ECON VT USTRD WTRO |
01VATICAN5693 | SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...] | 2001-11-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN5695 | POPE TELLS ARAFAT TO CONTAIN VIOLENCE [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05695 021715Z MINISTER CELESTINO MIGLIORE, OCTOBER 31. THE PURPOSE OF THE CALL WAS TO DISCUSS ON GOING EMBASSY ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECTS (SEPTEL) AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIR Y [...] | 2001-11-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT PREL IS |
01VATICAN5814 | FIDES MEDIA DIRECTOR CERVELLERA VIEWS ON [...] (C) AT MEDIA THEMED LUNCH HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, DIRECTOR OF MEDIA FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH (FIDES),FATHER BENARDO CERVELLERA, SPOKE AT LENGTH ON HIS VIEWS OF RECENT VATICAN/PRC DEVELOPMENTS. CERVELLERA SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE POPE'S 10/24 STATEMENT APO [...] | 2001-11-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PINR CH VT |
01VATICAN5845 | SANT'EGIDIO WANTS TO TALK TO S/E DANFORTH ABOUT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE NEXT PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY HOPES TO HOST A CONFIDENTIAL OFF-SITE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE GOS AND SPLM SIPDIS TO UNBLOCK THE IGAD PROCESS. SANT'EGIDIO SUDAN EXPERT RICCARDI, JUST BACK FROM KHARTOUM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH [...] | 2001-11-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU VT |
01VATICAN5849 | CANADIAN ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER DUBOIS [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON ATTENDED DINNER HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR OF CANADA, WILFRED GUY LICARI, IHO OF CANADIAN ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER PAUL DUBOIS ON NOVEMBER 5. DUBOIS TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH SPOKE TO CONGRESS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] | 2001-11-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CA VT |
01VATICAN5960 | PROGRESS OF WAR EFFORT REASSURES A WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN CRITICISM OF THE WAR EFFORT IS NOW LESS LIKELY, ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN DESK OFFICER, SINCE ADVANCES BY THE U.S.-LED COALITION FACILITATE A MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAN ANTICIPATED. THE VATICAN HOWEVER JUDGES ISLAMABAD AN UNRELI [...] | 2001-11-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AF PK IN VT |
01VATICAN5999 | VATICAN FM REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENTS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2001-11-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM VT |
01VATICAN6026 | AGE PREVENTS POPE TRAVELING TO OCEANIA [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II'S INCREASING INFIRMITY HAS PREVENTED HIM TRAVELING TO OCEANIA TO PROMULGATE A NEW CHURCH DOCUMENT FOR THE REGION. THE VATICAN CITED DISTANCE AND THE EFFECT OF THE FLIGHT ON THE POPE'S HEALTH AS THE REASONS FOR ISSUING THE DOCUMENT IN ROME, NOVEMBER 22, VIA INTERNET (A FIRST [...] | 2001-11-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR VT |
01VATICAN6036 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON PAID COURTESY CALL ON CARDINAL BERNARDIN GANTIN, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06036 231635Z CARDINALS ON NOVEMBER 23. THE CARDINAL AGAIN EXPRESSED HIS OUTRAGE AND CONDOLENCES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 TRAGEDY. GANT [...] | 2001-11-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
01VATICAN6046 | PROPOSED MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY POWELL AND [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN BEFORE OFFICIAL VATICAN CEREMONY ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06046 261254Z 25. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID HE WOULD BE PLEASED TO MEET THE SECRETARY ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MEETING IN B [...] | 2001-11-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM VT |
01VATICAN6098 | SECRETARY POWELL'S MEETING WITH VATICAN [...] (C) SECRETARY TAURAN IS TRAVELLING TO BUCHAREST SPECIFICALLY TO MEET WITH THE SECRETARY. HE TOLD AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON ON NOVEMBER 20(REF A) THAT THE POPE HAD INSTRUCTED HIM TO MEET THE SECRETARY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID THAT THE TWO TOPICS THAT THE POPE ASKED HIM TO R [...] | 2001-11-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN6121 | VATICAN CONDEMNS CLONING EXPERIMENT [...] THE VATICAN HAS REITERATED ITS UNEQUIVOCAL CONDEMNATION OF HUMAN CLONING FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY THAT IT HAD CARRIED OUT THE PROCEDURE. THE VATICAN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06121 281208Z DECLARED THE EVENT AS A "GRAVE" DEVEL [...] | 2001-11-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
01VATICAN6195 | VATICAN PUSHING FORWARD ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) THE VATICAN ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 28 THAT IT HAS INVITED THE LEADERS OF THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE HOLY LAND TO A MEETING ON DECEMBER 13. THE VATICAN PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORIZES THE MEETING AS PURELY "PASTORAL" IN NATURE. 2. (C) DCM SPOKE WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTER [...] | 2001-11-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM RO IS VT |
01VATICAN6322 | BIO INFO FOR GIUSEPPE PINTO - NEW VATICAN [...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN PRIEST, MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE PINTO, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN SENEGAL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN MAURITANIA. PINTO IS CURRENTLY THE ARGENTINA-CHILE DESK OFFICER AT THE VATICAN FOREIGN OFFICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1952 AND ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1978. MONSIGNOR [...] | 2001-12-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SG MR VT |
01VATICAN6350 | THREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE EVENT OF [...] EMBASSY CONTACTED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF VATICAN CITY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF A THREE-MONTH COMMEMORATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK. WE REQUESTED THAT THE VATICAN HOLD AN EVENT IN REMEMBRANCE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 1446. THE VATICAN WILL CONFIRM LATER TODAY A MEMORIAL SERV [...] | 2001-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO PREL US OIIP CWG PD |
01VATICAN6414 | VATICAN REMEMBERS SEPTEMBER 11 [...] THE VATICAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACED THE WHITE HOUSE'S REQUEST FOR A COMMEMORATION ON THE THIRD MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. THE GOVERNOR OF VATICAN CITY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06414 111610Z STATE, AMERICAN CARDINAL EDMUND SZOKA CELE [...] | 2001-12-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
01VATICAN6433 | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI - [...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN-BORN VATICAN OFFICIAL, MONSIGNOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN ARMENIA AND GEORGIA. GUGEROTTI IS CURRENTLY UNDER-SECRETARY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06433 121437Z (NUMBER THREE) AT THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR TH [...] | 2001-12-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL AM GG VT |
01VATICAN6470 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR PAID COURTESY CALL ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOG, CARDINAL FRANCIS ARINZE. CARDINAL ARINZE IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BLACK AFRICANS IN THE ROMAN CURIA (REF). THE CARDINAL DISCUSSED THE COUNCIL'S COORDINATION OF DIALOG WITH ALL NON-CHRISTIAN REL [...] | 2001-12-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RM VT |
01VATICAN6539 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH VATICAN CHINA EXPERT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP MARIA CELLI, SECRETARY OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PATRIMONY OF THE SIPDIS APOSTOLIC SEE, ON DECEMBER 14. ALTHOUGH CELLI, IN HIS CURRENT POSITION AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF VATICAN PROPERTIES DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT FOREIGN POLICY ROLE, HE IS OF [...] | 2001-12-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH VT TA |
01VATICAN6604 | SPECIAL ENVOY DANFORTH DISCUSSES BACK- [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/E DANFORTH AND DELEGATION DISCUSSED STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD SUDAN PEACE PROCESS 12/20 WITH SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY AFRICA SPECIALISTS FABIO RICCARDI AND DON MATTEO ZUPPI. RICCARDI PROPOSED CONFIDENTIAL TALKS BETWEEN TRUSTED SENIOR GOS AND SPLM REPRESENTATIVES AT A LOCATIO [...] | 2001-12-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU VT VTPREL |
01VATICAN6619 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CATHOLIC-JEWISH HISTORICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PROPAGANDA FIDES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06619 310931Z PRESIDENT CARDINAL WALTER KASPER. KASPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A CATHOLIC-JEWISH COMMISSION OF LAY HISTORIANS WOULD BE RE-FORMED WITH A CLEAR MANDATE [...] | 2001-12-31 08:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KNAR PHUM PREL VT |
878 rows / 878 results