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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 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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 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02COLOMBO1835 | LTTE pressure, cohabitation stresses, and [...] (S) Summary: The Sri Lankan military is in a difficult period. According to sources, a number of factors are acting to demoralize the military, including pressure from the Tamil Tigers, stresses in the relationship between the PM and the President, and frictions with the police. The milita [...] | 2002-10-02 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1839 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 137 -0302) [...] (U) The joint Treasury/AID team had a tremendously successful one-week visit here last month. It was packed with meetings from early morning into each evening. Even though it was an office director (and below) level team, we had no problems getting meetings with numerous Ministers (Finance [...] | 2002-10-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1840 | ICC Article 98 agreement: Sri Lanka update [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Rodrigo sent Mission a letter today containing a proposed alteration to the U.S. draft ICC Article 98 agreement. (Note: The text of the letter is contained in para 5 below; it is also being faxed to SA/INS.) T [...] | 2002-10-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE |
02COLOMBO1848 | President Kumaratunga's swipe at the PM sparks [...] (C) Summary: In a recent speech, President Kumraratunga accused Prime Minister Wickremesinghe of soliciting bribes years ago. The accusation has prompted another cohabitation dustup, with the PM's supporters responding with salvos of their own aimed at Kumraratunga. In a more muted fashion [...] | 2002-10-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1856 | GSP CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR SRI LANKA [...] Refs (B) and (C) contain comprehensive information on child labor in Sri Lanka. Below is an update. 2. Responses keyed to Ref A. (a) Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Sri Lanka ratified ILO convention 182 for the immedia [...] | 2002-10-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE USAID |
02COLOMBO1858 | To ease cohabitation tensions, president and [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister Milinda Moragoda and Norwegian Ambassador Westborg on October 5. In a wide-ranging discussion, Moragoda reviewed his recent meeting with President Kumaratunga, and said the two sides had agreed to hold regular high-level discussions on peace process a [...] | 2002-10-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1869 | REOPENING IN SRI LANKA [...] As you know, a security assessment team visited Sri Lanka a few months ago to investigate whether the Peace Corps could safely reopen its mission here. At the moment, we are awaiting a second inspection of Sri Lanka by members of your staff who can determine the programmatic and administrati [...] | 2002-10-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AMGT CE |
02COLOMBO1878 | Scenesetter for DRL P/DAS Parmly's upcoming [...] (C) I want to extend a warm welcome to you on your upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with many of the positive trends we briefed you on during your January visit gaining increased traction. A ceasefire has been in place since December 2001, and the government [...] | 2002-10-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ECON CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1879 | Radical JVP party sponsors lightly attended [...] (U) In a first, an anti-U.S. Iraq policy demonstration took place in Colombo on October 7. The rally, which took place near the embassy, was lightly attended, with only about 250 people participating. The radical, Sinhalese chauvinist Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party sponsored the eve [...] | 2002-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ |
02COLOMBO1887 | SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR DEBT RELIEF UNDER TROPICAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. The Ambassador received the following letter dated September 19 from K.N. Choksy, Minister of Finance and Planning, requesting consideration under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). Begin Text: Further to the recent informal di [...] | 2002-10-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON CE ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO1890 | OBSERVATIONS FROM SRI LANKA/MALDIVES DELEGATES [...] (U) From September 8 to September 13, AmEmbassy Colombo Assistant Regional Security Officer, Philippe Furstenberg, accompanied delegations from Sri Lanka and Maldives to Washington, D.C. for an ATA counter-terrorism legislation seminar. Per reftel request the following observations were provi [...] | 2002-10-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM PGOV PTER COSI |
02COLOMBO1891 | Peace process update: Detainees go on [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Demanding immediate release, Tamil detainees go on hunger strike -- Amid strong hints that a resolution may be near, standoff involving captured soldiers continues -- Tigers reportedly attack office of pro-governmen [...] | 2002-10-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1899 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST SUBMITS FOLLOWING SLATE OF IV NOMINEES FOR FY-2003, IN RANK ORDER. SEPARATE NOMINATING CABLES IN EVDB FORMAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT OFFICERS. 2. (I) MR. MUDDIYAPPU REMADIOUS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT SA/RP "FEDERALISM," JANUARY 13-31 [...] | 2002-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO1900 | FY-2002 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST SUBMITS FOLLOWING LIST OF IV NOMINEES FOR FY- 2003 IN RANK ORDER. SEPARATE NOMINATING CABLES IN EVDB FORMAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT OFFICERS. 2. (I) MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY SA/RP "WOMEN AS LEADERS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] | 2002-10-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO1904 | Amid some positive news, violence in east [...] (C) Summary: Police shot and killed at least seven suspected Tamil Tiger supporters on October 9. The incident was triggered by an attempt to storm a police station in the east. On a positive note for the peace process, the Tigers released six soldiers after obtaining the release of two of [...] | 2002-10-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1908 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAMP'S VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) I want to extend a warm welcome to you on your upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with many of the positive trends we are now observing having gained increased traction since your December 2001 visit. A ceasefire has been in place since December, and the g [...] | 2002-10-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1920 | After surge in tension, situation in east seems [...] (C) The situation in the east seems to have calmed down after violence last week left at least ten Tamils dead. The cooling down process was given a critical boost via an announcement by Tiger leader Prabhakaran that he wanted the peace process to continue. Reinforcing the positive trend, Ti [...] | 2002-10-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM MOPS CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO1927 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 143 (10-16-02) [...] (C) On October 15, Milinda Moragoda passed to the Ambassador an advance copy of a statement on Iraq that the GSL is planning to release in the near future. Begin text: -- Sri Lanka welcomes the decision of the government of Iraq to allow the weapons inspectors entry into the country wit [...] | 2002-10-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
02COLOMBO1942 | GSL plan to rein in executive powers in [...] (C) The GSL's proposed constitutional amendment reining in executive powers has run into a major roadblock. While not officially announced, the Supreme Court has reportedly decided that one part of the proposal is unconstitutional and the other subject to a referendum. This apparent decisio [...] | 2002-10-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM CE |
02COLOMBO1954 | Maldives: President Goyoom announces cabinet [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) In an October 9 announcement, Maldivian President Maumoon Gayoom announced changes to his cabinet, and appointed new ambassadors to Sri Lanka and the UN. Please see Para four for a complete listing of the ne [...] | 2002-10-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MV UN |
02COLOMBO1968 | Tumult among small parties undermines [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governing United National Party is being buffeted by severe turbulence triggered by unhappy junior coalition partners. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is sharply divided over the peace process, for example, while the major party for tea estate Tamils is driving a hard bargain [...] | 2002-10-20 07:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE |
02COLOMBO1969 | GSL generally receptive to concerns raised by [...] (C) Summary: During an October 10 visit to Sri Lanka, DRL P/DAS Michael Parmly raised USG concerns regarding the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission with Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo. Rodrigo was generally receptive to the points raised. In a meeting with Atto [...] | 2002-10-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CE UNHRC |
02COLOMBO1972 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 146 (10-22-02) [...] (C) DCM met with Mohan Kumar, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, today. Out of the blue, Kumar said the GoI was not planning to participate in the Oslo donors conference. Kumar linked the Indian stance to their reluctance to have anything to do with the LTTE. He indicated that high-level [...] | 2002-10-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE KWMM |
02COLOMBO1975 | Adverse court ruling and coalition stresses [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a widely anticipated decision, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has shot down the government's bid to rein in President Kumaratunga's powers. The government is still developing its reaction to the adverse ruling. On another front, the GSL continues to try to squelch a mutiny by a [...] | 2002-10-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE |
02COLOMBO1979 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (U) I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka next month for the first meeting of the U.S. - Sri Lankan Trade and Investment Council (TIC). I am sending this message now, nearly a month before your visit, because I know that you and your team are already busy prepa [...] | 2002-10-23 04:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD CE WTO USTR ECONOMICS LTTE |
02COLOMBO1982 | Peace Process Update: Norwegian envoy visits; [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister visits north and south in run-up to second round of talks -- Senior Tiger negotiator Balasingham continues consultations with leadership -- New poll highlights strong support for pe [...] | 2002-10-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO1989 | In conversation with Ambassador, key ministers [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with the Ambassador, key ministers Peiris and Moragoda reviewed GSL thinking in the wake of the Supreme Court's rejection of the government's effort to rein in executive powers. In terms of next steps for the GSL, Peiris outlined five options, which in [...] | 2002-10-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE |
02COLOMBO1990 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 148 (10-24-02) [...] (C) We have the following points for you to use regarding President Gayoom's request for a meeting with President Bush: -- In his almost 25 years in power, President Gayoom has been very friendly to the U.S., and the Maldives has consistently used OIC, UN, and other fora to stake out moder [...] | 2002-10-24 11:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
02COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-10-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL |
02COLOMBO1995 | ENGAGING THE SRI LANKAN MILITARY AFTER DOD [...] (S) DOD has just completed three major assessments of the SL military. These assessments make plain that the Sri Lankan military forms a central component of the GSL's strategy to secure peace in the country after 20 years of civil war. The GSL needs the support of the military to make pea [...] | 2002-10-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MARR PREL MASS PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2000 | In meeting with SA DAS Camp, Prime Minister [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with SA DAS Camp and Ambassador Wills, PM Wickremesinghe was none too optimistic about the cohabitation situation, indicating that the GSL had tried to work with the president to no avail, so far. The PM did not show his cards on what the GSL planned to [...] | 2002-10-25 00:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2003 | SRI LANKA: DAS CAMP AFFIRMS U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: During his October 24-27 visit to Sri Lanka, South Asia Bureau DAS Donald Camp delivered a message of firm U.S. support for the peace process. At the same time, Camp encouraged both government and opposition leaders not to let cohabitation stresses threaten the progress made thus [...] | 2002-10-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS EAID ELAB CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2007 | Biographic sketches of new members of LTTE [...] (C) Para three contains brief biographic sketches of two new members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) negotiating team. (Note: The second round of peace talks between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government is scheduled to take place in Thailand from October 31 - November 3.) [...] | 2002-10-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2015 | COLOMBO-COMMISSIONED POLL GIVES HIGH MARKS TO USG [...] In FY2002 Embassy Colombo commissioned an opinion poll to assess Sri Lankan public perceptions of USG policies regarding the peace process. The poll was performed by a local affiliate of A. G. Nielsen. Its findings were presented to a country team meeting convened on 10/24. 2. The poll fo [...] | 2002-10-29 03:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SL |
02COLOMBO2018 | LTTE launches Sinhala monthly [...] In recent weeks rumors have circulated in Colombo and elsewhere on the Island regarding a Sinhala newspaper to be published by the LTTE. The purpose of the publication: to tell the Tigers' story to Sri Lanka's Sinhalese publics. Its name: DEDUNNA (or "Rainbow"). 2. Although DEDUNNA ap [...] | 2002-10-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SL LTTE |
02COLOMBO2022 | U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) After approximately seven months of operations, the U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) has wrapped up its work in Sri Lanka. On October 24-25, the QRDF turned over two plots of land clear [...] | 2002-10-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM PREF KPAO EAID CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2032 | Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...] | 2002-10-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE |
02COLOMBO2046 | Sri Lanka: Muslim-Sinhalese riot in Colombo [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On the afternoon of October 30, a riot erupted in Maligawatte, a northern suburb of Colombo, between Sinhalese and Muslim residents. The initial dispute reportedly began when Sinhalese locals protested ag [...] | 2002-10-31 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC CASC CE |
02COLOMBO2055 | GSL says court judgment convicting LTTE leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: A court has convicted LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in absentia of planning a 1996 terrorist attack. The GSL has said the judgment will not affect the peace process. The LTTE has not yet formally reacted. The announcement came on the same day as GSL and LTTE negotiators sat down [...] | 2002-11-01 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO TH LTTE |
02COLOMBO2064 | Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...] | 2002-11-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE |
02COLOMBO2078 | Maldivian Government requests access to [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- Please see Para 4. 2. (S/NF) During a November 5 conversation, Maldivian MFA Permanent Secretary Ahmed Shaheed requested from the DCM that the United States share any intelligence information it may have garnered from Ibrahim Fouwzy, a Maldivian national hel [...] | 2002-11-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MV |
02COLOMBO2080 | Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...] | 2002-11-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE |
02COLOMBO2082 | 2003-2004 SRI LANKA FULBRIGHT JUNIOR SCHOLAR [...] THE UNITED STATES - SRI LANKA FULBRIGHT COMMISSION (US-SLFC) RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 120 APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO ITS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUBJECT AWARDS PROGRAM. AFTER A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW OF ALL ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES BY THE COMMISSION'S COMMITTEE ON STUDY AND TRAINING, A SHORT LIST OF [...] | 2002-11-06 04:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC CE |
02COLOMBO2086 | Peace talk reactions: Tamils optimistic; [...] (C) Summary: Reactions by Sri Lankans to the October 31 to November 3 peace talks in Thailand are generally positive. Muslim representatives raised some isolated issues, but were satisfied that their concerns were acknowledged during the second round of talks. The President's office claims [...] | 2002-11-04 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2089 | Human rights review for Operation Balance [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) A Joint/Combined Exercise Training (JCET) has been proposed for Sri Lanka for the period of January 13 to March 3, 2003, involving the First, Second and Third Special Forces Regiments, the First and Second Commando Regimen [...] | 2002-11-07 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS MARR PHUM CE |
02COLOMBO2091 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ASHA DHANASIRI, SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER, ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION LTD.,FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXP [...] | 2002-11-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2092 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. DAYANI PANAGODA, SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RETATIONS, GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: [...] | 2002-11-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2093 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. GEETHANJALI RANAWAKA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 292 [...] | 2002-11-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2095 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATIONS FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUDDIYAPPU REMADIOUS, ATTORNEY- AT-LAW, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT; AND DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, CIVIL ACTIVIST, AND SENIOR LECTURER IN SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA; FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB [...] | 2002-11-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2101 | Voting with their feet on the peace process, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to points of origin in Sri Lanka have surged, with a large percentage of the 213,000 total returns this year transiting in the past eight weeks alone. Most of the returns are to points in Jaffna, but many have returned to the Tiger [...] | 2002-11-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2103 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. SHEVANTHI JAYASURIYA, HEAD, COMMUNICATIONS UNIT, PEACE SECRETARIAT OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST- [...] | 2002-11-08 03:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2104 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ALIKIE ISMAIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER, CEYLON CHAMBER SIPDIS OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colom [...] | 2002-11-08 03:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2105 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. ABDULLA JIHAD, DIRECTOR AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF INLAND REVENUE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT- [...] | 2002-11-08 03:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2120 | Controversial journalist's visa extension [...] (U) SUMMARY: GSL recently denied a visa extension for Paul Harris, a UK national and a journalist loosely affiliated with the "Daily Telegraph" in London. The British High Commission doubts that Harris will return except perhaps to finalize some personal financial matters. Speculation in th [...] | 2002-11-11 03:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2131 | BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND END [...] Post is pleased to inform EB/CBA of the completion of all activities approved under FY2002 BFIF funding. Post will fax copies of receipts as requested. 2. Following is the expenditure summary for BFIF projects, 2002: Project 1: American Fair - trade/catalog show ----------------------- [...] | 2002-11-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ETRD ABUD CE MV ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO2132 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 160 (11-14-02) [...] (C) Per our recent o/i on this issue, we received an official request today from the Permanent Secretary of the Maldivian MFA Ahmed Shaheed to obtain information about the investigation of Ibrahim Fauzee, the Maldivian national being held at Gitmo. Shaheed proposes sending an official from t [...] | 2002-11-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
02COLOMBO2133 | Tigers gradually expand network of control in [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Sri Lanka's Eastern Province on November 12. On the surface, the situation in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts seemed calm, with the ceasefire sparking increased business activity and civilian bustle. Amid this positive news, there were clear and troublin [...] | 2002-11-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ECON SOCI CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2137 | SRI LANKAN/MALDIVES: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] MISSION'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOLLOWS. DATA ON SRI LANKA IS CONTAINED IN PARA TWO AND DATA ON THE MALDIVES IN PARA THREE. PARA 2 IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS A THROUGH K IN PARA TWO OF REFTEL. PARA 3 CONTAINS A REVIEW OF THE SITUATI [...] | 2002-11-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
02COLOMBO2142 | In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...] | 2002-11-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2147 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 162 (11-19-02) [...] (SBU) The Japanese Ambassador rang the Ambassador last night to report on his and Mr. Yosikawa's attendance at the first Subcommittee meeting on North-East Reconstruction. The atmosphere was "positive and friendly" but the details of how the Subcommittee and related North-East Reconstruction [...] | 2002-11-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2149 | High profile court case against former defense [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anuruddha Ratwatte, a former defense minister and relative of the president, was formally indicted on November 15 for the December 2001 murder of ten Muslim campaign workers. Observers portray the case as an example of the government's commitment to overcoming a history of impun [...] | 2002-11-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR CE |
02COLOMBO2160 | Joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian [...] (C) SUMMARY: The joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian and de-escalation issues recently held their initial meetings. The humanitarian-focused meeting led to an agreement to form a secretariat. The de-escalation meeting led to the first ever face-to-face discussions between the GSL [...] | 2002-11-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2163 | WHAT THE PM WILL RAISE WITH YOU IN OSLO [...] (C) I saw PM Wickremesinghe three times this week, twice at social events and most recently today together with Deputy USTR Huntsman, who is here for the first official meeting on trade issues since the TIFA was signed in July. (Ambassador Huntsman's visit, by the way, is going extremely well [...] | 2002-11-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2164 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. HEMANTHA KUMAR JAYASUNDERA, DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo [...] | 2002-11-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2165 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUSTHAFA NIHMATH, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY TRUST FUND AND MR. NOORUL AMEEN IZZADEEN, DEPUTY EDITOR, "THE SUNDAY TIMES," FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.g [...] | 2002-11-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2166 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MARKANDU RAMATHASAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROVILLE ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS (PVT) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTI [...] | 2002-11-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2167 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MOHAMED AMIR, DIRECTOR, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAI [...] | 2002-11-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2168 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS C [...] | 2002-11-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2169 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. S. DINESH KUMAR, JOURNALIST, VIRAKESARI NEWSPAPER, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DAT [...] | 2002-11-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2170 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHUSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITT [...] | 2002-11-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2171 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ROSE COORAY, DIRECTOR- GENERAL, FISCAL POLICY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colomb [...] | 2002-11-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2172 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES DR. (MS.) NELUKA SILVA, SENIOR LECTURER AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colo [...] | 2002-11-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2174 | High hopes for Oslo conference, as Sri Lankans [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expectations in Sri Lanka are running high for the November 25 Oslo conference. Observers see the conference as a chance for the international community to send a strong signal of support for the peace effort. Amid this focus on a political message, expectations have been lowe [...] | 2002-11-20 14:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2178 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...] | 2002-11-22 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2179 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES DR. MOHAMED ALI, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRAN [...] | 2002-11-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2184 | Meeting of Sri Lankan PM with LTTE nets heavy [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and LTTE negotiator Balasingham in Oslo on November 24 has received extensive press coverage in Sri Lanka. In other peace process developments, LTTE leader Prabhakaran is preparing to give his annual speech on November 27. Missi [...] | 2002-11-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2188 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON JUDICIAL PROCESS AND RULE OF LAW. POST NOMINATES JUSTICE NISSANKA UDALAGAMA AND JUSTICE NIMAL DISSANAYAKE, BOTH JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN A 14-DAY VOLUNTARY VI [...] | 2002-11-26 03:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2194 | SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR HUNTSMAN PUSHES FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. used his November 19-22 visit to Sri Lanka to push the GSL to move forward with key economic reforms. He delivered this message during separate meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and [...] | 2002-11-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO2195 | OSLO MEETING REAPS LAVISH, UPBEAT PRESS COVERAGE; DEPUTY SECRETARY´S REMARKS EARN PRAISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oslo meeting on the Sri Lankan peace process has received lavish, upbeat press coverage. Deputy Secretary Armitage´s remarks -- which were specifically highlighted in the press coverage -- earned special praise. President Kumaratunga has not yet issued a public statement on the [...] | 2002-11-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2196 | SRI LANKA: FIRST JOINT COUNCIL MEETING UNDER [...] Summary: In the first Joint Council meeting under the US - Sri Lanka TIFA, the GSL identified its goal as an eventual Free Trade Agreement, and, in the interim, stronger ties in the bilateral trade relationship and in the WTO. The US representatives focused on the USG commitment to closer co [...] | 2002-11-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO2202 | SRI LANKA: A REFORM-MINDED 2003 BUDGET [...] Summary: Indicating government commitment to fiscal discipline and continued reforms, the 2003 GSL budget concentrated on improving the macro economic situation through measures to narrow the budget deficit and public debt while increasing tax revenue. The fundamental weakness of the fiscal [...] | 2002-11-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO2204 | Mission team journeys through LTTE controlled [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission team successfully concluded its first journey through the Tiger controlled north since opening of the A-9 road in April 2002. Although the trip was uneventful in terms of LTTE actions, trave [...] | 2002-11-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2206 | LTTE leader Prabhakaran's annual hero's day [...] (C) On November 27 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made his annual "Hero's Day" speech. The government of Sri Lanka has commented favorably on the speech, highlighting Prabhakaran's acceptance of regional autonomy instead of a separate state. Prabhakara [...] | 2002-11-29 05:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREL CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2261 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION [...] DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. [...] | 2002-12-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
02COLOMBO2267 | Just-concluded talks help peace process gain [...] (C) SUMMARY: The just-concluded third session of GSL-LTTE talks has helped the peace process pick up significant new traction. In particular, the LTTE's agreement to examine federalism as a potential solution to the conflict was a key shift by the group away from separatism or a confederal [...] | 2002-12-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2277 | AS LEADERSHIP DISPUTE FLARES, SRI LANKA'S MAJOR MUSLIM PARTY MARGINALIZED IN PEACE PROCESS DEBATE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2282 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 172 (12-11-02) [...] (C) We wanted to get back to you re your incoming o/i note dated December 9 on small arms destruction. There is some history here. Per State 11328 dated January 18, Mission deployed Department's talking points on small arms/light weapons destruction (see Colombo 139 dated January 22). DAO [...] | 2002-12-11 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE KWMM |
02COLOMBO2285 | Colombo, City of Lights [...] SUMMARY: Colombo is lit up this holiday season, with electric lights draped all over the city. The GSL is sponsoring the effort in a bid to increase the city's attractiveness. For Sri Lankans, it is the first time since the conflict began almost 20 years ago that they remember the city loo [...] | 2002-12-11 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI CE |
02COLOMBO2293 | Sri Lanka: Muslim leader Rauf Hakeem's [...] (C) SUMMARY: With his party fragmenting around him, Rauf Hakeem of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) finds himself in a very precarious position. While he is respected in Colombo circles for his support of the peace process, Hakeem is considered a lightweight politician. The fact that h [...] | 2002-12-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS CE |
02COLOMBO2294 | BOMB THREAT CALLED IN TO AMEMBASSY COLOMBO [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 12, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 HOURS, AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE CALLED THE EMBASSY AND SAID TO THE OPERATOR, "THERE IS A BOMB IN THE EMBASSY." THE CALLER WAS DESCRIBED AS A LOCAL MALE, WELL EDUCATED WITH CLEARLY SPOKEN ENGLISH. THE CALLER IMMEDIATELY HUNG UP. 2. (SBU) GIVEN T [...] | 2002-12-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER CE |
02COLOMBO2304 | 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] Please find attached Mission's 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). Responses to Ref B queries re Sri Lanka are covered in Paragraph two and the Maldives in paragraph three. Information on money laundering requested in Ref A will be provided by Septel. ========= [...] | 2002-12-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL CE MV |
02COLOMBO2312 | GSL MINISTOR MORAGODA SAYS INDIANS MAD AT JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GSL Minister Milinda Moragoda told me over the weekend that the Indians are "really mad" over the attempts by the Japanese to involve themselves in Sri Lanka's negotiation to end the war. Moragoda said Indian Foreign Secretary Sibal, who visited Colombo last week, was SIPDIS [...] | 2002-12-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2314 | 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] Please find attached Mission's statistical update for the 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). 2. Per instructions in Ref C, Mission is providing the following statistics for Section V of the 2002 INSCR. ((NOTE: The statistical information was not yet available [...] | 2002-12-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL CE |
02COLOMBO2315 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE A/S LASH TO [...] On behalf of the country team and the entire mission community, I extend to you a warm welcome in advance of your visit to Sri Lanka. Your visit comes at an exciting time, with the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) making real progress toward its twin goals of peace and economic development. Thi [...] | 2002-12-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR ECONOMICS |
02COLOMBO2319 | Tensions rise incrementally as LTTE demands [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last few weeks have seen continued tension between the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The tension was briefly highlighted when the LTTE stated that the EPDP must leave Jaffna. In return, the EPDP is accusing the LTTE o [...] | 2002-12-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE |
02COLOMBO2323 | During Mission visit, Maldivian MFA says it is [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 17 meeting in Male, Polchief urged the Maldivian government to sign an ICC Article 98 agreement with the U.S. MFA Permanent Secretary Shaheed replied that the GoRM continued to SIPDIS review the proposal, which it viewed in a "favorable light." Shaheed [...] | 2002-12-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ECON MV KICC UN |
02COLOMBO2329 | Normally placid Maldivian political scene seems [...] (C) SUMMARY: The normally placid Maldivian political situation is stirring a bit with the approach of the 2003 presidential election. In December 16-17 meetings in Male, polchief was told that President Gayoom is expected to run and win the election. That said, there is some dissonance eme [...] | 2002-12-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI MV |
02COLOMBO2337 | Import of radio equipment for Tamil Tigers sparks controversy for GSL and Norwegian facilitators Ref: Colombo 1891 (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d). [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent import of radio equipment for the LTTE has stirred controversy, with critics asserting that the government and the Norwegian facilitators have gone too far in pleasing the Tigers. In response, the GSL says it assisted in the import of the equipment in exchange for the LTTEÂ [...] | 2002-12-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECPS CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2341 | Peace Process Update: Reports of ceasefire [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: - Reports of ceasefire violations spike way down - Criticism of government and Norwegians over import of radio equipment for LTTE continues to flare - GSL-LTTE meeting in London canceled, but January talks in Bangkok s [...] | 2002-12-23 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM EAID CE NO LTTE |
02COLOMBO2346 | SRI LANKA: COMMERCE A/S LASH PUSHES INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Following up on President Bush's July commitment to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to examine areas for greater economic engagement with Sri Lanka, William H. Lash III, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, brought a Commerce Department delegation to Sri La [...] | 2002-12-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV CE USTR CWC |
02COLOMBO2348 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 179 (12-26-02) [...] (C) We are really, really, really worried about your e-mail re the apparent postponement in the DoD-sponsored mil-to-mil demining program. (Note: We're not blaming the messenger; we appreciate your successful effort to quickly find out what's going on.) We can appreciate that important thi [...] | 2002-12-26 10:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE MV LTTE |
02COLOMBO2355 | President backs military on Jaffna security [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has come out strongly in favor of the Sri Lankan military's position on the need to maintain "high security zones" in Jaffna. For its part, the LTTE has announced that it wants to discuss the security zone issue at the next round of political-level talks. [...] | 2002-12-30 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS ECPS CE NO LTTE |
02DAMASCUS1761 | ASAD TELLS NODEL US LACKS VISION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5 B/D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR DISCUSSION WITH CONGRESSMAN DAVID PRICE, PRESIDENT AL-ASAD SAID THE US ADMINISTRATION HAS NO CLEAR MIDDLE EAST VISION. THE DISPARATE ADMINISTRATION VOICES HURT THE US REGIONALLY. PROGRESS TOWAR [...] | 2002-05-09 07:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY |
02DAMASCUS625 | ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...] | 2002-02-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS SY |
02FRANKFURT10187 | FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...] | 2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
02FRANKFURT10188 | HESSE SPD CHOOSES GERHARD BOEKEL TO CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hesse SPD voted overwhelmingly on October 19 for Gerhard Boekel to challenge Minister- President Roland Koch (CDU) in the February 2003 state elections. Boekel, a 56-year-old lawyer and former Hesse Interior Minister, is admired for his integrity and his good management a [...] | 2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
02FRANKFURT10952 | BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG GREEN PARTY EXPRESSES [...] (U) Summary: On November 23, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B- W) Greens held their first state convention since the September national elections to discuss policy. Leading B-W party leaders such as caucus chief Winfried Kretschmann and Freiburg Lord Mayor Dieter Salomon are concerned about the via [...] | 2002-11-26 16:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
02FRANKFURT11411 | SAARLAND MINISTER PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, Consul General Peter Bodde met with Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (CDU) in Saarbruecken. Mueller is a moderate, up-and-coming CDU leader, and ally of Angela Merkel. Mueller said the auto industry has replaced coal and steel as the most important indus [...] | 2002-12-10 13:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP GM |
02FRANKFURT11732 | FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe declared unconstitutional the government's immigration law, which had been passed by the Bundesrat in March 2002 under controversial circumstances. With this decision, the Court accepted the challenge to the law by six [...] | 2002-12-19 13:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GM |
02FRANKFURT11824 | GERMANY'S OLDEST POWER PLANT, OBRIGHEIM TO SHUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Environment Minister Juergen Trittin and Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (ENBW, Germany's third largest energy supplier),have come to an agreement for the shutdown of Germany's oldest nuclear reactor Obrigheim on November 15, 2005. The 2003 shutdown of Obrigheim was part [...] | 2002-12-20 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM EUN |
02FRANKFURT11843 | HESSE ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN: CDU CONFIDENT, BUT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Hesse state elections will take place February 2, 2003. The current Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Free Democratic Party (FDP) state coalition government is hoping the current voter mood against the national SPD- Green government will help it win votes. The CDU is optimist [...] | 2002-12-23 09:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
02HANOI102 | VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON [...] SUMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LABOR OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE U.S.-CAMBODIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE NEITHER THE U.S. NOR VIETNAM HAS YET MADE [...] | 2002-01-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR |
02HANOI1124 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AFFIRMS COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AFFIRMED JAPAN'S SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION IN SECURITY AS PART OF AN ENHANCED JAPAN-ASEAN RELATIONSHIP AND OFFERED NON-MILITARY COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM DURING AN APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO HANOI. PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI ASKED F [...] | 2002-05-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM CTERR |
02HANOI1169 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (U) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR DINH THI MINH HUYEN, DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' DEPARTMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01169 100714Z INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD DCM ON MAY 7 THAT THE GVN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] | 2002-05-10 07:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN |
02HANOI1181 | GVN PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA (DPRK) PROVIDED ANOTHER AT LEAST COSMETIC INDICATOR OF THE CONTINUING THAW IN BILATERAL RELATIONS. WHILE THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS, MOST APPEAR TO HAVE LITTLE PRACTICAL APPLICATION. THE PROBABILITY OF ANY [...] | 2002-05-13 07:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PHUM VM KN KS DPRK |
02HANOI1189 | ARMY DAILY SEEKS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE PEOPLE'S ARMY DAILY IS DETERMINED TO HELP STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND MIGHT BE WILLING TO USE PAS-PRODUCED MATERIALS, ITS EDITOR TOLD AMBASSADOR ON MAY 9. THE EDITOR EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ANTI-SRV VIETNAMESE IN THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM H [...] | 2002-05-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO OIIP VM HUMANR |
02HANOI1199 | ELECTIONEERING IN THE PROVINCES [...] (U) SUMMARY. WELL-ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01199 01 OF 03 140856Z PROVINCES DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 6 OFFERED CANDIDATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THEIR VIEWS TO VOTERS AND HEAR LOCAL VIEWS AND DESIRES. STABILITY, AGRICULTURAL [...] | 2002-05-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI1222 | RELIGIOUS REGULATION STRUCTURE IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: RELIGIOUS REGULATION IN VIETNAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EVOLVING BUREAUCRATIC AND LEGALISTIC APPROACH. WHILE THE SRV CONSTITUTION PROTECTS RELIGIOUS BELIEF (AND NON-BELIEF),THE GVN THOROUGHLY REGULATES RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE UNDER THE PREMISE OF MAINTAINING TH [...] | 2002-05-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1256 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON THE CARDINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN VIETNAM HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT IS SEEKING MORE, ACCORDING TO CARDINAL TUNG, ARCHBISHOP OF HANOI. THE GVN HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR THE CHURCH TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN NEW PRIESTS AND TRANSFER PRIESTS FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BUT [...] | 2002-05-17 07:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
02HANOI1274 | ACTIVISM OVER RELIGIOUS PROPERTY COMPLAINTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY SCOTT BELLARD, POL/C; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO ONE CRITIC, LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN SOME PLACES REFUSE TO RETURN PAGODA AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01274 01 OF 02 200744Z TEMPLE LAND APPROPRIATED BEFORE AND AFTER 197 [...] | 2002-05-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1279 | BURMA AND VIETNAM: TRYING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG TO BURMA UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE MODEST TIES BETWEEN THESE TWO FELLOW ASEAN STATES. A MAJOR FOCUS WAS ON THE STILL LIMITED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP; BILATERAL TRADE IS ONLY ABOUT USD 10 MILLION ANNUALLY. NARCOTICS [...] | 2002-05-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ETRD BM VM ASEAN CTERR |
02HANOI1286 | ELECTION DAY IN HANOI [...] (U) SUMMARY. AIDED BY UNRELENTING GOVERNMENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01286 01 OF 02 201032Z EXHORTATIONS, VOTER TURNOUTS IN HANOI AND ELSEWHERE IN VIETNAM FOR THE MAY 19 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION WERE ALMOST "PERFECT," HOWEVER IMPROBABLE THAT SEEMS TO [...] | 2002-05-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI1290 | VIETNAM, THE PRC, AND TAIWAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS HAD AN OFTEN-TORTUOUS HISTORY WITH CHINA, INCLUDING WITH THE PRC, AND IS AWARE OF THE DISPARITY OF THE IMPORTANCE WITH WHICH THE TWO COUNTRIES VIEW ONE ANOTHER. MANY HERE MINIMIZE ACKNOWLEDGING [...] | 2002-05-21 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CM VM CVR APEC |
02HANOI133 | HA GIANG: SLEEPY BORDER PROVINCE TRYING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. HA GIANG PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE RECENTLY DECLARED "BORDER ECONOMIC ZONE" WILL STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE OF NORTHERN VIETNAM'S POORER MOUNTAIN PROVINCES. THE DISTANCE AND DIFFICULTY IN TRAVELING TO HANOI AND OTHER LOWLAND PROVINCES REMAIN HINDRANCES TO ECO [...] | 2002-01-18 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM PGOV VM |
02HANOI1379 | VIETNAM AND THE SPRATLYS: STRONG TALK, [...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO TAKE A FIRM LINE CONCERNING VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS OVER THE SPRATLY ISLANDS. PROVINCIAL CLAIMS CONCERNING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SPRATLYS APPEAR EXAGGERATED. VIETNAM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT (REFTEL),AN IM [...] | 2002-05-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM CVR ASEAN |
02HANOI1382 | CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA: [...] (SBU) AT A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI TOLD POL/C AND POLOFFS THAT HE RATED AGREEMENT AMONG ASEAN MEMBERS ON THE FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN TIME FOR THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN JULY AS NO BETTER THAN "50-50." (SEPTEL W [...] | 2002-05-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM ASEAN CVR |
02HANOI1384 | VIETNAM: EFFECTING CHANGE WITH THE BTA AND [...] CLASSIFIED BY ECON/C CLAIRE PIERANGELO, REASONS 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DURING RECENT MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS, U.S. TECHNICAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01384 01 OF 02 301039Z ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER L [...] | 2002-05-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD EAID PREL KJUS VM BTA |
02HANOI140 | ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. PHAM HUU CHI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S ASEAN DEPARTMENT, ON JANUARY 18 SENT POL/C A SUMMARY OF THE ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE VIEWS REGARDING ASEAN-US DIALOGUE RELATIONS. PLEASE NOTE REQUESTS FOR FOLLOW UP FROM USDA ON TWO PROPOSED PROGRAMS (ITEM A [...] | 2002-01-22 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EAGR EAID TSPL VM ASEAN |
02HANOI1400 | VIETNAM POSTIVE ON THE BRUNEI ARF SOM [...] (SBU) DURING A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI DESCRIBED VIETNAM'S ASSESSMENT OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF) SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "RATHER SATISFIED," RATING HIGHLY ESPECIALLY BRUNEI'S LEADERSHIP AS THE CHAIR. CHI COMMENTE [...] | 2002-05-31 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR VM ASEAN CTERR |
02HANOI1405 | AA/S WOOD HOLDS WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 20-22 VISIT TO HANOI, IO AA/S WOOD DISCUSSED COUNTERTERRORISM, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC),NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFORM, THE MONTAGNARDS, MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GVN AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) OFFICIALS, STUDENTS FROM THE [...] | 2002-06-03 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR DPOL HIV AIDS |
02HANOI1454 | EVANGELICAL PASTOR'S VIEWS ON HOUSE CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH AND MEMBER OF THE VIETNAM EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF HOUSE CHURCHES (VEF),CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01454 060431Z RECENTLY VISITED THE CONGEN. THE VEF IS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE GVN AND IS THEREF [...] | 2002-06-06 04:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1485 | TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED OFFICIALS SUSPENDED [...] (U) SUMMARY: TWO HIGH-RANKING GVN OFFICIALS, ONE THE NUMBER TWO PROSECUTOR AND ANOTHER A CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT AND SOME PARTY POSITIONS FOR SUSPECTED COMPLICITY WITH AN ALLEGED MAJOR CRIMINAL FIGURE. THESE MOVES ARE EXPE [...] | 2002-06-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI149 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: THE WORD IS GETTING OUT [...] EVEN DURING AN EMBASSY-SPONSORED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TRIP TO THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF HUE JANUARY 19-22, THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REMAINED A SURPRISINGLY RECURRENT THEME. IN RANDOM AND INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE [...] | 2002-01-23 04:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
02HANOI1502 | UNHCR/VIETNAM RELATIONS: "NEVER SO BAD" [...] (SBU) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE JAHANSHAH ASSADI BRIEFED CHARGE AND POL/C JUNE 10 ABOUT HIS MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE MFA'S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, BUI DINH DINH. ACCORDING TO ASSADI, DINH SPENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI [...] | 2002-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM CB HUMANR |
02HANOI1523 | VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA [...] SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES TWO RECENT IPR SEMINARS IN HANOI SPONSORED BY FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND AND WHICH INCLUDED PARTICIPATION BY THE EMBASSY ECONOMIC SECTION, [...] | 2002-06-13 05:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
02HANOI156 | TEACHING THE PARTY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. A HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AT THE MAIN PARTY SCHOOL HAS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS BEEN UNDERTAKING A UNIQUE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OFFICIALS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LEGAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00156 01 OF 02 240242Z CONCEPTS RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS LON [...] | 2002-01-24 02:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1571 | CPV STILL DECIDING ON GVN LEADERSHIP SLOTS? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01571 01 OF 02 191009Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN EXPECTED CPV PLENUM IN JULY SHOULD MAKE FINAL DECISIONS ON THE NEW GVN LEADERSHIP LINE-UP, AND MAY ALSO BLESS PUNISHMENTS AGAIN [...] | 2002-06-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR VM DPOL |
02HANOI1653 | RESEARCHING RELIGION AT THE PARTY SCHOOL [...] (U) SUMMARY. A SEVEN YEAR-OLD CENTER AT THE MAIN PARTY SCHOOL FOCUSES ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN VIETNAMESE HISTORY AND PRESENT, AND HELPS TO EDUCATE UP-AND-COMING PARTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01653 01 OF 02 011003Z MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABO [...] | 2002-07-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI VM RELFREE DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1666 | PROSPECTS FOR LEADERSHIP STABILITY IN VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01666 020959Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. A PARTY PLENUM AND NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL DECIDE ON SEVERAL NEW KEY LEADERS. WHILE SOME PERSONNEL JOC [...] | 2002-07-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR VM DPOL |
02HANOI1760 | LEADERSHIP RUMBLINGS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE LEADERSHIP TURNOVER AT THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) COULD BE BROADER THAN EARLIER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01760 01 OF 02 120956Z EXPECTED AS THE PARTY SEEKS TO DEM [...] | 2002-07-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ECON PREL VM DPOL |
02HANOI1769 | VIETNAM: NEW ORDINANCE ON PRICES [...] THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A NEW PRICE ORDINANCE NO. 40 ON APRIL 26, 2002. THE ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2002. THE TEXT IS REPEATED BELOW FOR THE RECORD. THE ORDINANCE ADDRESSES A WIDE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01769 [...] | 2002-07-15 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM |
02HANOI1780 | 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL BEGIN MEETING ON JULY 17, BUT HAS YET NOT SCHEDULED THE VOTES ON THE NEW GVN AND NA LEADERSHIP (REF A). THE NEW NA IS NOT EXPECTED TO PASS ANY NEW LEGISLATION AT THIS INITIAL SESSION OTHER THAN THE BUDGET. IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE CONT [...] | 2002-07-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS VM DPOL |
02HANOI1787 | ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH "SPY ACTIVITIES" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01787 01 OF 02 160910Z INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT REPLIED BY FAX ON JULY 15 TO EMBASSY'S INFORMAL APRIL 3 REQUEST [...] | 2002-07-16 08:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HUMANR |
02HANOI1794 | DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO WRITE OPEN LETTERS TO THEIR COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP AND TO ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE THESE LETTERS OVERSEAS. A JULY 6 LETTER COMPLAINED THAT GVN "POLITICAL SECURITY FORCES" HAVE ACT [...] | 2002-07-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI1795 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE OUSTS TWO MEMBERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS SIXTH PLENUM ON JULY 15, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) CENTRAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01795 161049Z COMMITTEE (CC) ANNOUNCED THE DISMISSAL OF TWO OF ITS MEMBERS -- VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY LIEUTENANT [...] | 2002-07-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI1885 | PROTESTANT SEMINARY TO OPEN? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) DURING A LUNCHEON WITH POL/C AND POLOFF ON JULY 26, ACTING HEAD OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM- NORTH (ECVN) REVEREND AU QUANG VINH (PLEASE PROTECT) SAID THAT THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM-SOUTH (ECVS [...] | 2002-07-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI1990 | GVN VIEWS 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING AS "VERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SIGNING OF A JOINT DECLARATION ON COUNTER TERRORISM BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE U.S., A POSITIVE MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY [...] | 2002-08-09 10:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PINR PTER VM ARF ASEAN CTERR |
02HANOI2010 | ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A PROPOSED [...] THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH'S (NIH) PROPOSED SUPPORT FOR A RESEARCH GRANT ON "GENDER RELATIONS, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, AND PERCEIVED HIV RISK AMONG VIETNAMESE ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02010 140644Z WILL ONLY SERVE TO STRENGTHE [...] | 2002-08-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA VM HIV AIDS |
02HANOI2028 | NGHE AN: DEVELOPING, BUT A LONG WAY TO GO [...] (U) SUMMARY. NGHE AN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT A STRATEGIC LOCATION AND IMPROVING (THOUGH STILL WEAK) INFRASTRUCTURE WILL IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROVINCE'S ROLE AS AN OUTLET TO THE SEA FOR LAOS AND NORTHEASTERN THAILAND. THE GVN IS MOVING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW NATIONA [...] | 2002-08-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM VM |
02HANOI2057 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND [...] ON AUGUST 15 - 16, 2002, IN HANOI, A NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES" WAS JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02057 210714Z POLICY OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS [...] | 2002-08-21 07:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VN LABOR |
02HANOI2078 | UPDATE ON DETAINED DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02078 230926Z 2. (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA 7. 3. (C) FOLLOWING THE EXPECTED JULY 27 EXPIRATION DATE OF A FOUR-MONTH DETENTION ORDER ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVIS [...] | 2002-08-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2079 | BITTER AFTERLIFE OF GENERAL TRAN DO'S FUNERAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02079 230926Z 2. (C) IN TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON AUGUST 20 AND 21, THREE OF HANOI'S LEADING DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS TOLD POLOFF THAT THEY VIEW GENERAL TRAN DO'S AUGUST 14 F [...] | 2002-08-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI2086 | GVN ACCEDES TO ADDITIONAL TERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA 6. 2. (U) IN A MEETING WITH POL/C ON AUGUST 26, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02086 261022Z LAW AND TREATIES NGUYEN TRUONG GIANG CONFIRMED THAT THE GV [...] | 2002-08-26 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
02HANOI2090 | DAK LAK PROVINCE UPDATE ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A PROTESTANT PASTOR FROM DAK LAK PROVINCE RECENTLY MET WITH CONGENOFFS TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE, WHICH HE CHARACTERIZED AS THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTING TO "ERADICATE" PROTESTANTISM. HE SAID PROTESTANT FAMILIES WERE NOW FORBIDDEN TO WORSHIP TOGETHER IN GRO [...] | 2002-08-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PINS PREL KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2209 | VIETNAM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS ONE OF VIETNAM'S KEY DONORS AND AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNER. HUMAN RIGHTS IS AT THE TOP OF THE EU'S POLITICAL AGENDA, WHILE VIETNAM IS FOCUSED MORE ON INCREASING EXPORTS TO EU MEMBERS AND ENCOURAGING MORE INVESTMENT AND AID FROM THE EU [...] | 2002-09-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON XG XH VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2255 | CONGEN MEETING WITH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY EMI L. YAMAUCHI, CG; REASON 1.5(B) 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CONSUL GENERAL AND POLOFF VISITED THICH HUYEN THQ (THQ) AT THE PHUOC QUANG PAGODA IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON SEPTEMBER 6. THQ WAS CANDID AND FEISTY IN DESCRIBING HIS HEALTH AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS CONFINEMENT. HE [...] | 2002-09-17 08:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2272 | "WIN US OVER" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) AMBASSADOR'S SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING TO DISCUSS CHINA (REF A) WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE VAN BANG (FORMERLY AMBASSADOR TO U.S., AND NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR NORTHEAST ASIA) WAS UNAVOIDABLY DIVERTED INTO A DISCUSSI [...] | 2002-09-18 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD MARR VM CVR |
02HANOI2277 | FEAR AND LOATHING AT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) IN A DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND POL/C ON SEPTEMBER 18, COLONEL TRAN NHUNG (PROTECT),DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF QUAN DOI NHAN DAN (THE "PEOPLE'S ARMY" NEWSPAPER),CONFIRMED REF A SPECULATION THAT MI [...] | 2002-09-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR VM |
02HANOI2297 | PHU QUOC ISLAND - BULLISH ON DEVELOPMENT BUT. . . [...] (U) SUMMARY. PHU QUOC ISLAND DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENT BEYOND AGRICULTURE AND FISHING, ITS TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC MAINSTAYS. THEY HOPE THAT ITS TROPICAL ISLAND SETTING AND IMPROVING (THOUGH STILL WEAK) INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACT FOREIGN INVES [...] | 2002-09-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM |
02HANOI2309 | PRC-VIETNAM BORDER: GVN COUNTERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH ROUND OF BILATERAL BOUNDARY TALKS WITH THE PRC ON AUGUST 23, THE GVN HAS ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS BLITZ, INCLUDING THE APPARENTLY UNPRECEDENTED PUBLICATION OF THE 1999 LAND BORDER TREATY ON THE INTERNET, TO COUNTER PERSISTENT DOMESTIC CRI [...] | 2002-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR |
02HANOI2345 | VIETNAM'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02345 01 OF 04 270928Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE EXPANSION OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND DIMINISHMENT OF CPV AND STATE CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL LIVES HAVE BEEN WELCOME TREN [...] | 2002-09-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON SOCI PHUM VM DPOL HUMANR |
02HANOI2369 | MEETING WITH AFM HUNG [...] (U) CIRF: IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR ON OCTOBER 2 (SEPTEL WILL COVER DISCUSSION OF THE TRIAL OF NGUYEN THI NGOC HANH),ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DUC HUNG EXPRESSED THE GVN'S "DISAPPOINTMENT" OVER THE RECENTLY REPORTED RECOMMENDATION OF THE US COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] | 2002-10-01 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS ETRD VM APEC RELFREE HUMANR |
02HANOI2385 | VIETNAM'S PERSPECTIVE REGARDING ASEAN MINUS X (C- [...] CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT BELLARD, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D) 2. (C) VIETNAM SUPPORTS THE ASEAN "10 MINUS X" FORMULA, SO LONG AS IT IS CONFINED TO THE ECONOMIC REALM AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH POLICY OR POLITICAL AFFAIRS. ACCORDING TO MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI, [...] | 2002-10-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD VM ASEAN |
02HANOI2390 | ASEM IV - THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE FOURTH ASIA-EUROPEAN MEETING (ASEM) AS A "SUCCESS." VIETNAM'S MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH ITS EUROPEAN PARTNERS. VIETNAM SUPPORTED THE DECLARATION ON COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BUT LIKELY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LAN [...] | 2002-10-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON VM |
02HANOI2394 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF REFUGEE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A INSTRUCTIONS, POST CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02394 031009Z SEEKS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL FOR REFUGEE PROCESSING FOR VIETNAMESE NATIONAL BUI DON DUONG, DPOB 27 AUGUST 1957 [...] | 2002-10-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2465 | VIETNAM: APEC OCTOBER MEETING (C-AL2-00879) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CLAIRE A. PIERANGELO, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (C) POST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GVN OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING APEC AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02465 01 OF 02 100745Z VIETNAM'S RO [...] | 2002-10-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN VM KPRP APEC CTERR |
02HANOI2493 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS JAPAN: ACCORDING TO SCRIPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED JAPAN OCTOBER 2-5. BOTH SIDES PREDICTABLY LABELED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISIT AS A "SUCCESS." IN ADDITION TO "REAFFIRMING THE STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP," TOPICS INCLUDED THE NEED FOR VIETN [...] | 2002-10-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON JA VM |
02HANOI2598 | ORGANIZING THE MASSES: WOMEN AND YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAMESE "MASS ORGANIZATIONS" FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CHANGING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM BEING ONE-WAY COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA TOOLS TO BECOMING MORE DYNAMIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 025 [...] | 2002-10-28 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI VM TIP |
02HANOI2600 | ADDITIONAL 2002 AMNESTIES [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 18, VIETNAMESE STATE PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG OFFICIALLY GRANTED AMNESTY TO 3,069 INMATES FROM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02600 290339Z PRISONS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF EITHER THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY OR THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. [...] | 2002-10-29 03:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM |
02HANOI2607 | PRISON BEATINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ACCORDING TO UNUSUAL MEDIA REPORTS, HOANG TIEN PRISON IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF HAI UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02607 290740Z DUONG (WHICH EMBOFFS VISITED IN SEPTEMBER -- REF B),HAS EXPERIENCED THREE SERIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING GU [...] | 2002-10-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2612 | VIETNAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02612 01 OF 02 300231Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM WILL BE ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR EFFORTS TO DEEPEN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] | 2002-10-30 02:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR |
02HANOI2622 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...] | 2002-10-30 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM |
02HANOI2628 | PRESSURE ON HIGHLAND PROTESTANTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: PROTESTANT CONTACTS REPORT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02628 01 OF 03 310933Z SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED DIFFICULTIES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK, WITH CONDITIONS FOR P [...] | 2002-10-31 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
02HANOI2686 | VIETNAM - WHERE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IS SERIOUS [...] SUMMARY: USAID/DCHA/OFDA'S REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR ASIA VISITED HANOI OCTOBER 27-30 TO REVIEW DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE FUNDED BY OFDA. THE GVNGVN CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THAT IS PERHAPS UNMATCHED IN THE [...] | 2002-11-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL VM |
02HANOI2692 | VIETNAM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH 2. THE RESPONSE IS KEYED TO THE PARAGRAPHS IN REFTEL. 2. A) THE GVN HAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM AND TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES AGAINST AL- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02692 [...] | 2002-11-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
02HANOI2694 | ETHNIC MINORITIES MINISTER ON LAND, US NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE MINISTER FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES DENIED HAVING SEEN ANY DRAFT BANNING US NGOS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND, BUT INDIRECTLY ADMITTED THAT THE GVN DID NOT AGREE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02694 01 OF 02 061042Z WITH SUCH ACTIVITIES, WHILE WELCOMI [...] | 2002-11-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI VM ETMIN |
02HANOI2709 | VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...] | 2002-11-08 04:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM |
02HANOI2738 | GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS' EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A). ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE, FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS REFORMS." OTHE [...] | 2002-11-13 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS |
02HANOI2777 | ANOTHER MINISTERIAL-LEVEL VICTIM OF NAM CAM [...] (U) OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE MEDIA (REF A) AND FOREIGN MEDIA HAVE CARRIED REPORTS OF THE NOVEMBER 15 DISMISSAL OF VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY MAJOR GENERAL HOANG NGOC NHAT FOR "BREACHES OF THE LAW" LINKED TO THE NAM CAM "MAFIA" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 0277 [...] | 2002-11-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS SOCI VM |
02HANOI2845 | SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY. DISCOS, KARAOKE BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, AND OTHER "FUN" LOCATIONS EVEN IN STAID HANOI INCREASINGLY OFFER PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL [...] | 2002-11-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP |
02HANOI2862 | DISCUSSING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH FM NIEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED CONCERN TO FM NIEN ABOUT RECENT REPORTS OVER ABUSES OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IN PARTICULAR, AND WARNED ABOUT A UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02862 01 OF 02 291001Z POSSIBLE DESIGNATION OF VIETNAM AS A "C [...] | 2002-11-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2865 | RESTRICTIONS ON US NGOS IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS? [...] (SBU) IN A DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 25, PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM UNION OF FRIENDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS (AND DELEGATE TO THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY) VU XUAN HONG DENIED REPORTS THAT HE HAD RECOMMENDED A BAN ON US NGOS AND/OR RELIGIOUS NGOS FROM OPERATING IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. HE D [...] | 2002-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF VM ETMIN |
02HANOI2871 | HANOI'S VIEW OF CHINA'S 16TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OBSERVERS IN HANOI ASSESSED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) 16TH PARTY CONGRESS AS "POSITIVE" AND PREDICTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S (CPV) LEADERSHIP WOULD CLOSELY STUDY ITS DECISIONS WHILE STEERING ITS OWN COURSE OVER THE NEXT DECADE. CPV OFFICI [...] | 2002-12-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH VM CVR |
02HANOI2885 | EDUCATING ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS IN THE NORTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE GVN HAS MADE, AND CONTINUES TO MAKE, CONCERTED EFFORTS TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION, NOT ONLY TO UNIVERSALIZE EVER-HIGHER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02885 01 OF 04 030745Z LEVELS OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO TO PROVID [...] | 2002-12-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV PINS PHUM VM ETMIN |
02HANOI2893 | VIETNAM: SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL [...] OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS VIETNAM HAS PUT IN PLACE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK NECESSARY TO PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS DEMONSTRATED A SERIOUS LACK OF ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS IT HAS IN PLACE. INTERNATIONAL DONORS HAVE RECOGNIZ [...] | 2002-12-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EAID ECON VN IPROP |
02HANOI2913 | GOING AFTER MORE CORRUPT OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY. CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS TO DEMONSTRATE SERIOUSNESS IN AN ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE, THE GVN HAS FIRED A PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, AND MAY PROSECUTE A UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02913 051026Z FORMER CHAIRMAN OF ANOTHER PROVINCE. A SENI [...] | 2002-12-05 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
02HANOI2951 | LEADING JESUIT ASSESSES CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CG EMI YAMAUCHI; REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. CONSUL GENERAL AND POLOFF RECENTLY MET CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02951 01 OF 02 120440Z WITH FATHER TOAN, FATHER SUPERIOR OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, TO DISCUSS HIS VIEWS ON THE CURRENT STA [...] | 2002-12-12 04:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2956 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...] | 2002-12-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR |
02HANOI2969 | UPDATE FROM GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED NATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE WAS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL, BUT ADMITTED THAT THE GVN MUST APPROVE ITS CONVOCATION AND HAD FINAL SAY ON ITS ELECTED NEW LEADERS AND ORDINATIONS (OR PROMOTIONS) OF MONKS AND NUNS [...] | 2002-12-13 06:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VT VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI2975 | WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF 04 160035Z HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY ETHNIC KINH. ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL PARTS OF VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINOU [...] | 2002-12-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN |
02HANOI3018 | VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TIP IN VIETNAM AND THE REGION APPEARS ON THE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RELIABLE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SRV LAW GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE UN PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SU [...] | 2002-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP |
02HANOI3028 | EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE EU, REPRESENTED BY THE TROIKA AMBASSADORS, HELD A HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GVN IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 5 (REF A). MORE THAN A DOZEN GVN OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA),MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS),AND M [...] | 2002-12-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF EU VM ETMIN HUMANR |
02HANOI3034 | TRIAL OF ANOTHER ACTIVIST? [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA REPORTS THAT ACTIVIST NGUYEN KHAC TOAN WOULD GO ON TRIAL ON DECEMBER 20, EMBASSY FORMALLY REQUESTED PERMISSION ON DECEMBER 15 FOR AN OFFICER TO ATTEND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03034 200713Z THE TRIAL. (TOAN HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN JA [...] | 2002-12-20 06:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PGOV VM HUMANR |
02HANOI3037 | WRAP-UP OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2ND SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) CONCLUDED ITS SECOND SESSION ON DECEMBER 16, HAVING BEGUN ITS USUAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03037 01 OF 03 200759Z YEAR-END MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12. NA DELEGATES REVIEWED REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ON SOCIO-EC [...] | 2002-12-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL |
02HANOI3046 | TWELVE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR NGUYEN KHAC TOAN [...] (U) "NHAN DAN" NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER 21 REPORTED THE PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION ON DECEMBER 20 UNDER ARTICLE 80, SECTION C, CLAUSE 1 OF THE SRV CRIMINAL CODE OF NGUYEN KHAC UNCLASSIFIED TOAN ON THE CHARGE OF "SPYING." THE HANOI PEOPLE'S COURT HANDED DOWN A TWELVE- [...] | 2002-12-23 03:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PGOV VM HUMANR |
02HANOI3055 | THE DILEMMA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY/CONGEN MESSAGE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: THE REAL STORY OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IS A LONG-TERM STRUGGLE FOR MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A REGION DEFINED BY ETHNIC RESENTMENT, ECONOMIC IMBALANCE, POVERTY AND ISOLATION, LAND ISSUES, RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES, INTOLER [...] | 2002-12-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
02HANOI3096 | TWO VIETNAMESE ACTIVISTS DETAINED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT BELLARD, REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03096 300955Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. POLICE DETAINED DEMOCRACY AND ANTI- CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS PHAM QUE DUONG AND TRAN KHUE ON DECEMBER 28 AND 29, RESPECTIVELY, IN HO CHI MINH CIT [...] | 2002-12-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL VM HUMANR |
02HANOI3098 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT 2003 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR VIETNAM. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03098 01 OF 08 301021Z VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY THE LANDMARK US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS [...] | 2002-12-30 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC VM FINREF BTA IPROP |
02HANOI3099 | ASSESSING NONG DUC MANH'S LEADERSHIP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH IS PERHAPS THE MOST TELEGENIC VIETNAMESE LEADER SINCE HO CHI MINH. DESPITE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03099 01 OF 03 310253Z CONSTANT MEDIA EXPOSURE, LITTLE I [...] | 2002-12-31 02:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL VM |
02HANOI3108 | VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A REALISTIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE TENTH VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING TOOK PLACE IN HANOI DECEMBER 9-11, 2002. DONORS AT THE MEETING, CO-CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) AND THE WORLD BANK, EXPRESSED CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE GVN'S ACTION PROGRAM FOR 2002-2007 AND URGED VIETNAM [...] | 2002-12-31 06:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE SOE FINREF |
02HANOI430 | MFA ON ASEAN PHUKET MEETING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM NIEN MADE A STRONG PITCH FOR A "TERRORISM-FREE" ASEAN REGION WITHIN 15 YEARS AT THE RECENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00430 270810Z PHUKET INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE ON STRENGTHENING COUNTER-TERRORISM EFF [...] | 2002-02-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL VM TH ASEAN CTERR |
02HANOI528 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA AND WITH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES. REFTELS A ARE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS. THESE ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS. ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LAND DISPUTES SEEM TO BE [...] | 2002-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI553 | CDC AND GVN LAUNCH NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS [...] THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH)/NATIONAL AIDS STANDING BUREAU, IN COLLABORATION WITH AND SUPPORT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00553 110920Z CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)/EMBASSY HANOI, HAS LAUNCHED ITS NATIONAL PROGRAM TO COMBAT THE HIV [...] | 2002-03-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO EAID VM HIV AIDS |
02HANOI559 | USCIRF MEETINGS WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN [...] (U ) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE COMPLEX AND EVOLVING INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN VIETNAM CAME TO LIGHT IN UNOFFICIAL MEETINGS BETWEEN A DELEGATION FROM THE U.S. COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (U [...] | 2002-03-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
02HANOI573 | POVERTY AND REMINDERS OF WAR IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: DIVIDED BY THE OLD DMZ, QUANG TRI AND QUANG BINH ARE UNITED IN POVERTY NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF WAR'S DESTRUCTION, BUT BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE GEOGRAPHY. REMOTE AND WITH LITTLE SURVIVING PRE-WAR INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND A GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK ARE AS [...] | 2002-03-14 04:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PHUM EAID PGOV VM |
02HANOI579 | HOW NOT TO MAKE FRIENDS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RAYMOND F. BURGHARDT, AMBASSADOR; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00579 01 OF 02 140555Z 2. (C) SUMMARY: GVN ACTIONS HINDERED CONTACT BETWEEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS IT DID NOT HAND PICK AND THE U.S. COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL R [...] | 2002-03-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
02HANOI589 | VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...] | 2002-03-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN |
02HANOI614 | JIANG ZEMIN VISITS VIETNAM: FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CHINESE HEAD OF STATE AND PARTY JIANG ZEMIN VISITED VIETNAM FEBRUARY 27 TO MARCH 1 IN HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP OF THE YEAR AND HIS FIRST TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994. WHILE THERE WAS NO FORMAL JOINT COMMUNIQU FROM THE VISIT, A GVN COMMUNIQU CONDEMNED TERRORISM WHILE ODDLY OMITTING A [...] | 2002-03-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CTERR CVR |
02HANOI652 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MODERATE PASTOR FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SAID THE GVN IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, ALTHOUGH PROBLEMS REMAIN. HE BELIEVES THE OVERWHELMING [...] | 2002-03-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI762 | HELPFUL GVN RESPONSE TO MONTAGNARD RESETTLEMENT: [...] (U) ACCORDING TO THE MFA SPOKESPERSON AND A VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY PRESS ARTICLE, MONTAGNARD "MIGRANTS" NOW IN CAMBODIA CAN "CHOOSE" RESETTLEMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00762 010847Z REPATRIATION. IN HER MARCH 31 STATEMENT, THE MFA S [...] | 2002-04-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
02HANOI791 | VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD [...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...] | 2002-04-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HANOI899 | THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER WILL BE . . . [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY SCOTT BELLARD, POL/C; REASON 1.5(D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00899 01 OF 02 120749Z 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN TAN DUNG IS EXPECTED BY MANY OBSERVERS TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE MAY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELEC [...] | 2002-04-12 07:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
02HANOI931 | SETTING VIETNAM'S IDEOLOGICAL COURSE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CPV'S CENTRAL THEORETICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING TO REDEFINE VIETNAMESE SOCIALISM IN THE FACE OF MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, AS WELL AS INTERNAL CONFIDENTIA [...] | 2002-04-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CH VM DPOL |
02HARARE1001 | MEDIA REACTION ELECTION AFTERMATH; HARARE [...] Under headline "What price freedom?" the independent financial weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its April 25 editorial to calling on Robert Mugabe to publicly condemn "the increasing acts of outright banditry by his supporters" in the aftermath of the disputed March pr [...] | 2002-04-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1019 | POLITBURO MEMBERS QUIETLY CONSIDER POST-MUGABE ERA [...] (C) In an April 24 conversation with political section chief, ZANU-PF deputy political commissar Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said Politburo members are, for the first time, quietly discussing ways to ease President Mugabe out, but few are willing to confront the Zimbabwean President directly. According [...] | 2002-04-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE1022 | GOVERNMENT-OWNED MEDIA CRITICIZED [...] Under the title "Journalism in government media has gone to the dogs," the independent daily "The Daily News'" April 26 editorial criticizes the Government of Zimbabwe's apparent double standard in applying its draconian media control laws. The editorial points out that state [...] | 2002-04-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE103 | MEDIA REPORT ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "END VIOLENCE OR FACE BLOODBATH," THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS JANUARY 10 EDITORIAL TO URGING PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S GOVERNMENT TO STOP "THE ORGY OF VIOLENCE" IN ZIMBABWE. EXCERPTS: 2. ". . .ZIMBABWEANS ARE BEING SUBJECTE [...] | 2002-01-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1032 | MEDIA REACTION DROC PEACE TALKS; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC dialogue, the Sun City Agreement holds," the independent weekly "The Zimbabwe Mirror" dedicated its April 26 editorial to urging DRC talks facilitator, Sir Ketumile Masire, to "persuade RCD-Goma (Rally for Congolese Democracy)" to accept the partial peace s [...] | 2002-04-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1035 | STANDARD EDITOR BIDS FAREWELL, URGES [...] Under the title "A luta continua" ("the struggle continues") the independent weekly "The Standard's" April 18 editorial was a farewell from editor March Chavhunduka and a call for Zimbabwe to continue seeking democracy. Chavhunduka, who was tortured by Zimbabwean military auth [...] | 2002-04-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE104 | ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 9 PRESS CONFERENCE, ZIMBABWE'S SECURITY CHIEFS SAID THEY WOULD NOT TOLERATE THE ASCENSION OF A PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT "OBSERVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE." THE LENGTHY STATEMENT MARKED THE MOST DRAMATIC DEPARTURE OF ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY FROM ITS GENERA [...] | 2002-01-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR ZI |
02HARARE1041 | UNSC APRIL 29 VISIT: MUGABE LINKS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: The UNSC delegation met with President Mugabe April 29 for about 70 minutes. Mugabe linked withdrawal of all Zimbabwean forces to insertion of a large number of UN peace enforcers with a robust mandate. He dismissed Mbeki's DRC proposal as stripping President Kabila's authority. [...] | 2002-04-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI CG |
02HARARE1042 | ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT MAKES STATE VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa made a state visit to Zimbabwe April 25-28 as the guest of honor at Zimbabwe's International Trade Fair, an occasion he used in an apparent attempt to bolster President Mugabe's image at home and abroad. The first head of state to visit Zimbabwe since the [...] | 2002-04-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI ZA |
02HARARE1049 | MEDIA REPORT PRIVATE PRESS UNDER SIEGE; HARARE [...] Under headline "State wants to save its media by killing the private Press," the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 1 editorial to criticizing Information Minister Jonathan Moyo. Moyo recently warned parastatal institutions that they should not place adverti [...] | 2002-05-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1051 | "JOY TV" SUSPENDS BBC NEWS BROADCASTS [...] (U) Joy Television, a nominally independent Zimbabwean television broadcaster, has suspended BBC News programming with immediate effect. Since its launch in July 1997, the station has broadcast a BBC World TV news summary at 2000 each day. Joy TV offered no explanation for d [...] | 2002-05-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE107 | TRANSCRIPT OF THE JANUARY 9 PRESS BRIEF BY [...] OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED INCREASE IN SPECULATIVE, IMAGINARY AND FALSE ARTICLES BY THE SO- CALLED INDEPENDENT MEDIA BOTH INTERNALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, ON THE STATUS AND OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS. THESE STATEMENTS HAVE CAUSED INSECURITY, UNCERTAIN [...] | 2002-01-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR ZI |
02HARARE1070 | REPORTERS RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY [...] Two independent "Daily News" reporters, Lloyd Mudiwa and Collin Chiwanza, and a correspondent for the British "Guardian" newspaper, American citizen Andrew Meldrum, were released from police custody on May 2 after they were formally charged under a section of the newly en [...] | 2002-05-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1071 | EDITORIAL MARKS PRESS FREEDOM DAY [...] Under headline "Facts are sacred, comment is free" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its May 3 editorial to encouraging the media in Zimbabwe, especially the privately owned press, to "start showing zero tolerance to perverted journalism." The editorial, [...] | 2002-05-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1077 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Sharon's war crimes" the ruling ZANU PF weekly mouthpiece "The People's Voice" dedicated its May 11 editorial to calling on President George W. Bush to "condemn" Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "for the massacre of Palestinian refugees at Jenin." Excerpts: [...] | 2002-05-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1079 | FORMER IV GRANTEE BECOMES PUBLISHER [...] IV alumnus Mark Chavhunduka (Multi-regional project on print journalism, May 1992) has, at 36, become Zimbabwe's youngest publisher. 2. Chavhunduka, who until this month was editor of the independent weekly "The Standard," has assumed control of Thompson Publications. Thomp [...] | 2002-05-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1081 | MEDIA REPORT MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Unconscionable U.S. complicity in Israeli atrocities" the May 6 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carries an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul Raheem criticizing the United States' Middle East policy. Excerpts: 2. "The Butcher of Sabra and Shatilla and [...] | 2002-05-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1090 | MEDIA REPORT ZIM'S ELECTION TO COMMISSION ON [...] Under headline "Another victory over Britain," the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its May 2 editorial to hailing Zimbabwe's election to the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights as "an intrepid demonstration of the international community's confidence in [...] | 2002-05-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1091 | INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWS CRITICIZES DESPOTS [...] Under headline "Rastiraka: Another old man resisting change" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 2 editorial to criticizing despotic African leaders, especially Didier Rastiraka of Madagascar and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. Excerpts: 2. "Didier Rastiraka [...] | 2002-05-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1092 | MEDIA REPORT FRENCH ELECTION; HARARE [...] Under headline "Chirac's massive victory: The lesson for African leaders" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 7 editorial to hailing French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's resounding defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Sunday's run-off as a "reaffirmation" of t [...] | 2002-05-07 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI KPAO |
02HARARE1093 | HARARE MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS: PLATFORMS FOR POLITICS [...] (U) Laboff attended the Harare May Day rally of the Zimbabwe Conference of Trade Unions (ZCTU),the umbrella labor organization which is under attack by the GOZ. While the May Day celebration has traditionally been the forum for the ZCTU to address its worker constituency, this year also saw [...] | 2002-05-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL ZI |
02HARARE1117 | INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS FACE TRIAL OVER [...] (U) A magistrate in Harare has ruled that two of the three journalists arrested last week for violating the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) must stand trial. American citizen Andrew Meldrum, local correspondent for the "Guardian," and "Daily News" [...] | 2002-05-08 21:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1136 | ZANU-PF REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF PARTY TALKS [...] (U) ZANU-PF has requested suspension of the talks with the opposition MDC. In a letter dated May 9 (faxed to AF/S) to the Nigerian and South African facilitators, the leader of the ruling party's negotiating team -- Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa -- cited several reasons for the request. [...] | 2002-05-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1137 | ASIAN/INDIAN COMMUNITY HAS A MUTED REACTION TO [...] (SBU) On April 24 the government press carried a statement by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran's Association Director for Projects, Andrew Ndlovu, that attacked resident Indians and Asians, accusing them of economic sabotage, looting, and non-support of the Government's indigenization [...] | 2002-05-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1139 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM/FRENCH ELECTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Europe's double standards exposed" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" dedicated its May 12 editorial to stating that circumstances surrounding the outcome of the French election are no different from the disputed presidential poll in Zimbabwe. E [...] | 2002-05-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1140 | MEDIA REPORT MUGABE'S VISIT TO THE UN [...] Under the headline "'Smart sanctions fail': Ban imposed on Zimbabwe's leadership has failed to work: Mudenge," the government-owned daily "Herald" offers the official view of President Mugabe's May 8-12 visit to UN headquarters in New York. Excerpts: 2. "President Mugabe's [...] | 2002-05-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1145 | MEDIA REPORT ON MUGABE'S VISIT TO THE UN [...] Under headline "One trip to New York won't change much" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 14 editorial to President Mugabe's May 8-11 Trip to UN headquarters in New York. Excerpts: 2. "President Mugabe ignored the crisis in his own country and [...] | 2002-05-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1151 | MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told us his party is pursuing a four-pronged strategy in the election aftermath: participating in the (now stalled) inter-party dialogue; challenging the election result in court; organizing mass action; and encouraging increased international pres [...] | 2002-05-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC |
02HARARE1182 | MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD; HARARE [...] Under headline "NEPAD's Zim quarantine a false start" the independent weekly "Zimbabwe Independent" warns the G8 countries meeting in Canada next month not to ignore the crisis in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Remarks by the Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa's Thabo Mbek [...] | 2002-05-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1183 | ZCTU'S BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL AT THE UPCOMING ILO [...] (C) This is an action request -- see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. LABOFF met May 15 with Wellington Chibebe of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Chibebe expressed concern that the GOZ would use the upcoming ILO conference in Geneva as another forum in which to attack the legit [...] | 2002-05-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
02HARARE1188 | TOBACCO SELLERS GRANTED A SELECTIVE [...] (SBU) On May 16, after two days of boycotts by tobacco farmers of the sales of their crop due to an uneconomic return assured by the official exchange rate, the Finance Minister Simba Makoni announced a special support price for tobacco. The scheme equates to an 82 percent forex devaluation [...] | 2002-05-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1192 | JOURNALISTS FACE CHARGES AS SUPREME COURT SAYS [...] On May 16 the Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled that a suit challenging the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is not urgent. This means that the Supreme Court will not take immediate action on the suit, and the journalists su [...] | 2002-05-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1198 | "STANDARD" EDITORIAL DEFIANT [...] In the wake of his May 16 arrest for "publishing false stories," the editor of the independent weekly "Standard," Bornwell Chakaodza, used his May 19 editorial as a defiant bully pulpit. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Daring to tell the truth, even the obvious truth, is now a dangerous [...] | 2002-05-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1218 | "DAILY NEWS" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED [...] Geoff Nyarota, editor of the independent daily "The Daily News," was charged on May 20 with publishing "falsehoods," a violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The charge is related to the now infamous and disproven "beheaded woman" story, pu [...] | 2002-05-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1219 | TSVANGIRAI VOWS MASS ACTION; MUGABE WARNS MDC [...] (C) The talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC have collapsed for now, as President Mugabe insisted the ruling party would not participate until after the courts rule on the opposition's legal challenge of the presidential election results. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai subsequently declared that [...] | 2002-05-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1221 | POACHING OF WILDLIFE IS RAMPANT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The poaching of wild game, by both commercial and subsistence hunters, has now reached crisis proportions in Zimbabwe. Game is being illegally taken from occupied private reserves and conservancies, national parks, and occupied farms that may or may not border protected game a [...] | 2002-05-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV ZI |
02HARARE1237 | MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...] | 2002-05-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI |
02HARARE1242 | JOURNALISTS' COURT APPEARANCE POSTPONED [...] (U) A Harare magistrate has postponed the hearing for two journalists arrested on May 1 for "publishing falsehoods." "Guardian" correspondent Andrew Meldrum (an American citizen) and "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa appeared in court on May 22, expecting their case woul [...] | 2002-05-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1243 | JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AGAIN [...] On May 22 journalists from the independent weekly "Standard" were arrested for the second time in one week. Editor-in-Chief Bornwell Chakaodza and entertainment editor Fungayi Kanyuchi were taken to the Central Police Station and questioned for several hours. They were [...] | 2002-05-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1254 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...] | 2002-05-24 05:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
02HARARE1258 | "STANDARD" EDITOR SETS NEW ARREST RECORD [...] BORNWELL CHAKAODZA, EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "STANDARD" WAS ARRESTED AGAIN ON MAY 23, SETTING A NEW ZIMBABWEAN RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN EDITOR HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN ONE WEEK. CHAKAODZA WAS ALSO ARRESTED ON MAY 22 AND MAY 16. WHILE OTHER EDITORS MAY BOAST A HI [...] | 2002-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ZI |
02HARARE1270 | MAY 23 U.N.-SPONSORED DIALOGUE WITH FINANCE [...] ON MAY 23, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT COORDINATOR (RESREP) J. VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED AN "INFORMAL" MEETING WITH SENIOR-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF MOST RESIDENT MISSIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD [...] | 2002-05-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1275 | "STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FOURTH TIME [...] On May 28 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard" was arrested for the fourth time in less than two weeks. As has become customary, Chakaodza was picked up by police at his office, taken to Harare Central police station, and charged with violating [...] | 2002-05-29 06:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1287 | ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES [...] (U) On May 25 the government-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) announced massive staffing cuts and personnel changes. According to Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, the de-facto director of all government-owned media, approximately 60 percent of the ZBC's 9 [...] | 2002-05-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1291 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...] | 2002-05-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
02HARARE1296 | "STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FIFTH TIME [...] On May 29 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard," was arrested for the fifth time in less than two weeks. The May 29 arrest was, like the May 28 arrest, sparked by a story in the Standard detailing conditions Chakaodza and two of his colleagues e [...] | 2002-05-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1307 | TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE'S CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told a visiting staffdel that the MDC was pursuing its legal challenge of the election result, had embarked on a campaign to sensitize African governments to the situation in Zimbabwe, and welcomed dialogue with ZANU-PF, so long as the ruling party did not ins [...] | 2002-05-31 08:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1309 | RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the new settlers hovers barely above zero. There is no rhyme nor reason to the occupations, and the newly resettled show little desire or ability to carry out e [...] | 2002-05-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE1355 | GOVERNMENT PUULS PLUG ON SEMI-INDEPENDENT TV [...] The government of Robert Mugabe refused to re-new the broadcast license of semi-independent television broadcaster "Joy TV" and the station ceased operations on May 31. The following report from the Zimbabwe office of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) offers [...] | 2002-06-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1357 | PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA COMMISSION NAMED [...] On June 1 Information Minister Jonathan Moyo appointed a six-member Media and Information Commission to license media organizations, accredit journalists, and assume other functions related to controlling the media in Zimbabwe. The Media and Information Commission is a s [...] | 2002-06-04 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1358 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE; [...] Under headline "Government in a state of denial of reality" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its Tuesday 4 editorial to declaring that the travel restrictions imposed on Mugabe's government are effective. Excerpts: 2. "The government's attempts to preten [...] | 2002-06-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE136 | MEDIA REPORT ARMY STANCE CRITICIZED; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN JANUARY 11 EDITIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" AND THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT," HAVE CRITICIZED A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE ZIMBABWE DEFENSE FORCES ON JANUARY 9 THAT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT A PRESIDENT WITHOUT A CREDIBLE LIBERATION WA [...] | 2002-01-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE1371 | DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON US FOOD ASSISTANCE TO [...] Under headline "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to "avoid politicizing food aid." Excerpts: 2. "For the estimated six million of the 13 million Zimbabweans on t [...] | 2002-06-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1375 | AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILL FACE TRIAL [...] (U) American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for the "Guardian" (UK) newspaper, will be tried on June 12 for violating a section of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Meldrum was arrested on May 1 and charged with "abusing [...] | 2002-06-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1376 | USG ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Corruption at the official level in Zimbabwe has increased markedly in the last several years as the Government has systematically undermined the rule of law to browbeat political opponents and the ruling party has expanded its already considerable system of patronage. Corruption, once [...] | 2002-06-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KSEP SOCI ZI |
02HARARE1377 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: JOINT FFP/OFDA [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable reports findings of joint visit by REDSO/FFP and OFDA/ARO reps to Zimbabwe to review humanitarian crisis, including participation in FAO/WFP crop and food supply crisis will be much worse due to the minimal carryover stocks, the continuing impact of poor economic po [...] | 2002-06-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PREF AORC ZI |
02HARARE1378 | LAW SOCIETY LEADERS FREED AFTER 48 HOURS IN JAIL [...] Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) President Sternford Moyo and LSZ Executive Secretary Wilbert Mapombere were released from police custody on June 5 after spending 48 hours in custody on charges of plotting to overthrow the government of Robert Mugabe. The two have be [...] | 2002-06-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PHUM KPAO |
02HARARE1385 | 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-06-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI |
02HARARE1389 | EDITORIALS SUPPORT AND CRITICIZE MUGABE [...] Editorials in the June 10 editions of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and the independent daily "The Daily News" focus on Robert Mugabe's presence in Rome for the United Nations meeting on hunger. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Travel bans prove ineffective" [...] | 2002-06-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE139 | MEDIA REPORT -- EDITORIAL REACTION TO ARMY [...] LAST WEEK'S JOINT STATEMENT BY THE HEADS OF ZIMBABWE'S DEFENSE AND SECURITY FORCES, DECLARING THAT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYONE WITHOUT CREDIBLE LIBERATION CREDENTIALS, RECEIVED CONTRASTING EDITORIAL COMMENTS IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. WHILE THE INDEPENDENT PRESS CONDEMNED THE STATEMENT AS "OUTR [...] | 2002-01-14 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE1390 | EDITORIAL URGES NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MEDIA [...] Under headline "Moyo: You have lost the plot" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its June 9 editorial to calling on the privately owned media to "simply ignore the restrictions" of the newly enacted Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA),sayi [...] | 2002-06-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1398 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT HINDERING FOOD DELIVERIES IN [...] (C) Summary: Assertions of humanitarian food aid manipulation for political purposes have been increasingly frequent in recent weeks. Investigations have tended to indicate that such abuses are episodic rather than centrally manipulated. However, recent reports from the Matabeleland town of [...] | 2002-06-11 06:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1406 | THE ZIMDOLLAR PLUMMETS ON THE PARALLEL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: After remaining fairly stable for six months from December 2001 at around Z $320=US $1, the Zimdollar has devalued sharply on the parallel market over the last few weeks, with reports of trades in recent days going off at anywhere between Z $520 and Z $580. This is roughly a 7 [...] | 2002-06-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1418 | ZIMBABWE: MULTIPLE REASONS BEHIND ARREST OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Law Society of Zimbabwe President Sternford Moyo described to poloff in detail his June 3-5 detention by Zimbabwe Republic Police and the farcical court proceedings that resulted in his release. The Law Society Secretary, Wilbert Mapombere, was also arrested and held [...] | 2002-06-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1419 | TRIAL OF AMCIT JOURNALIST ANDREW MELDRUM [...] The trial of American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for "The Guardian," begins on June 12 at the Harare Magistrate's Court. Meldrum was charged with "publishing falsehoods," a violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) af [...] | 2002-06-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1423 | INDEPENDENT EDITORS LAUNCH FORUM [...] Editors of five privately-owned mainstream newspapers have launched a national editors' forum "to promote and defend press freedom and free speech" in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) was launched on June 12 by editors Geoff Nyarota of "The Daily [...] | 2002-06-14 05:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1437 | GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER MEDIA -- NEW [...] The government of Zimbabwe has announced the new registration and accreditation requirements for media organizations and journalists as prescribed by the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). According to an extraordinary gazette published on Jun [...] | 2002-06-18 03:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1438 | TWO NEW NEWSPAPERS HIT THE STREETS [...] Two new newspapers debuted in Harare during the week of June 10. "The Business Tribune" and its sister publication "The Weekend Tribune" will hit the streets every Thursday and Saturday respectively. 2. The Media Africa Group (MAG),a consortium of businessmen led by a [...] | 2002-06-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1448 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, RUNNING SCARED, RENEWS [...] (C) Summary: In the last week, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has renewed its crackdown on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),which is still considering some sort of mass action to force the GOZ to rerun the flawed March presidential election. Police have arrested hundreds [...] | 2002-06-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
02HARARE1449 | NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS [...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...] | 2002-06-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1453 | ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT BANS SOUTH AFRICAN LAWYER FROM [...] (SBU) The June 19 edition of the independent "Daily News" reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has denied MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's request to have renowned South African attorney Jeremy Gauntlett represent him in the MDC's legal challenge to the March presidential election. [...] | 2002-06-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI |
02HARARE1455 | Text of Letter from Zimbabwe Opposition Leader to [...] (SBU) On June 19, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) delivered to all G-8 embassies in Harare a letter from its president, Morgan Tsvangirai, to their respective heads of government. Below is the verbatim text of the letter addressed to President Bush. A copy of the origina [...] | 2002-06-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE1463 | OPPOSITION MAYORS OF HARARE AND CHITUNGWIZA FACE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-06-24 11:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ZI |
02HARARE1507 | ZIMBABWE: OPPOSITION MAYOR OF MASVINGO GAINING [...] (C) On June 27, poloff met in Harare with Alois Chaimiti, the MDC Mayor of Masvingo and the first opposition mayor in Zimbabwe's post-independence history. Chaimiti came into office in May 2001 after a typically violent election campaign. In the 13 months since his installation, Chaimiti ha [...] | 2002-07-01 08:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID ZI |
02HARARE1533 | NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS [...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...] | 2002-07-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1563 | TRIAL OF ANDREW MELDRUM CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 12 [...] THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZEN ANDREW MELDRUM, CHARGED UNDER ZIMBABWE'S CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (AIPPA),CONTINUED THIS MORNING. THE PROSECUTION FINISHED PRESENTING ITS EVIDENCE. MELDRUM'S LAWYER THEN MADE AN APPLICATION FOR THE CASE TO [...] | 2002-07-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CASC |
02HARARE1564 | ANOTHTER MEDIA TRIAL BEGINS [...] The trial for independent "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, charged with violating the country's controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA),opens in Harare on June 20. Mudiwa is accused of having abused journalistic privilege by [...] | 2002-07-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1567 | GOVERNMENT OP-ED CRITICIZES BUSH PLAN TO [...] An op-ed published in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald," dismisses President Bush's planned visit to Africa next year as a "non-event." Under headline "Bush's visit a non- event: West should stop meddling in Africa's internal a [...] | 2002-07-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1568 | JOURNALIST'S TRIAL POSTPONED [...] The trial of "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa has been postponed. Mudiwa was charged on April 30 with "publishing falsehoods" because of his report about a woman supposedly beheaded by ruling party supporters. That story has since been disproved. On June 20 Mudiwa pr [...] | 2002-07-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1576 | MEDIA REPORT -- G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD [...] Under headline "G8 summit a damp squib for NEPAD's lofty goals," the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to stating that the G8's proposed aid package to Africa falls short of expectations. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The Group of Eight (G8) summit paid more [...] | 2002-07-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1577 | MEDIA REPORT -- GOVERNMENT-OWNED NEWSPAPER [...] The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has suspended Zimbabwe's largest newspaper and publishing company, the government-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) Group. The company, publishers of "The Herald" and five other titles, was suspended on Monday, July 2 for violat [...] | 2002-07-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1581 | NEGATIVE FACTORS COMBINE TO DRASTICALLY DRAG [...] (SBU) A powerful and negative combination of factors is now causing significant damage to Zimbabwe's economy, and the country's political leadership refuses to take steps to address or reverse the crisis. The more-evident ingredients of the disastrous mix are: = an unsustainable government [...] | 2002-07-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1591 | MEDIA REPORT REPORTER ARRESTED UNDER AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1596 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMPAPERS BACK ON THE BOURSE; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1604 | MUGABE CONVEYS JULY 4 MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On July 5, post received a letter from President Mugabe to President Bush conveying the former's congratulations on the occasion of July 4th. The original letter has been forwarded by diplomatic pouch to AF/S. 2. The text of President Mugabe's letter is as follows: 27 June 2002 Mr. [...] | 2002-07-09 08:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV ZI |
02HARARE161 | VISIT TO MUTARE AND MANICALAND [...] C) SUMMARY: A BRIEF JANUARY 10-11 VISIT TO MUTARE IN MANICALAND PROVINCE CONFIRMED THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT ZANU/PF IS FACING DIFFICULTIES IN THE CITY OF MUTARE AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND IS VULNERABLE IN ALL BUT THE MOST RURAL AREAS. THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH ACTING PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATOR [...] | 2002-01-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ZI |
02HARARE1610 | THE TAKE FROM ZIMBABWE ON WORKING WITH UNSC 1373 [...] (C) Embassy Harare strongly endorses the use of SADC to bolster counterterrorism efforts in this region generally, and specifically in the Zimbabwe context. On the ground in Zimbabwe, we have enjoyed close, instantaneous and productive cooperation from the Zimbabwean security services, both [...] | 2002-07-09 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1611 | GOVERNMENT PAPER TAKES AIM AGAINST BIOTECH [...] Under the headline "We say NO to GM food" the editorial in the July 9 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" offered a stunningly uninformed diatribe against the supply of biotech food to hungry Zimbabweans. Excerpts: 2. ".It.boggles the mind [...] | 2002-07-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1615 | GOVERNMENT PAPER CALLS ON WEST TO RELAX [...] Under headline "AIDS statistics sobering" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its July 7 editorial to calling on Western countries to "amend intellectual property regulations" so as to pave the way for African countries to manufacture lo [...] | 2002-07-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1627 | SEX SCANDAL IN ZIMBABWE REFUGEE CAMP [...] (U) The July 1 edition of the independent "Daily News" revealed that two aid workers in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in southern Zimbabwe had been suspended after refugees lobbed charges of sexual abuse against them. The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),which operates the ca [...] | 2002-07-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1635 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING [...] Summary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by continuing to farm past the government-mandated deadline for ceasing commercial farming activity. As of May 10, 2002 all farmers who fail to stop occupying, ho [...] | 2002-07-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1637 | ZANU-PF DISSATISFACTION WITH MUGABE GROWING [...] (C) Awareness appears to be growing among senior ruling party officials that they have dug Zimbabwe into a very deep hole, and that extricating themselves from it will be next to impossible so long as Robert Mugabe remains at the helm. They agree that an exit package for Mugabe would have to [...] | 2002-07-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE1664 | ZIMBABWE FINANCE MINISTER PROVIDES STARK ECONOMIC [...] (C) In a June 25 letter to the Cabinet's economic and finance committe, Finance Minister Simba Makoni provided a stark picture of Zimbabwe's economic crisis. According to Makoni, Zimbabwe has no foreign exchange reserves, which has prevented the Government from procuring even those products [...] | 2002-07-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1714 | ZIMBABWE: FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESTARTS IN ONE [...] (C) Post has learned from Amcit Father Tom McQuillen that the Catholic Church has been permitted to restart food distribution in the beleaguered Binga district of Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe. War veterans, acting on the order of Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, forced t [...] | 2002-07-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1715 | MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI |
02HARARE1719 | ZIMBABWE FACES FUEL SHORTAGES UNLESS NEW [...] (C) Summary. Amid rumors of imminent fuel shortages reminiscent of those that occurred in 1998, a local economist estimates that Zimbabwe retains at best a one-month supply of oil should pipeline and tanker shipments be curtailed. The southern and northern regions are serviced by different s [...] | 2002-07-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1720 | GOZ ACCEPTS 18,000MT OF MAIZE FROM THE US [...] (U) On July 25, 2002, USAID met with the Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare, Mr. July Moyo, and with Mr. Lancester Museka, the Permanent Secretary, regarding the US humanitarian assistance program. 2. (U) During his July 21-24, 2002 visit to Zimbabwe, Mr. Roger Winter, U [...] | 2002-07-26 04:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE1728 | RADICAL ECONOMIC VISION ADVOCATED BY ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. Post has received a confidential document authored from within the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) outlining an "economic policy" which ensures the further deterioration of the Zimbabwean economy. Among the highlights of the measures urged in this policy are: reduced interest rat [...] | 2002-07-26 06:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1729 | MEDIA REPORT- EDITOR SUES INFORMATION MINISTER; [...] Geoff Nyarota, Editor-in-Chief of the independent daily "The Daily News," has filed a Z$6 million lawsuit against Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for defamation. Nyarota has also slapped the editor of the government-controlled daily "The Her [...] | 2002-07-26 06:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1737 | BUDGET MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) USAID/Zimbabwe's Democracy and Governance Team Leader, Stephanie Funk, and Senior Democracy Advisor, Deprose Muchena, attended a budget meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Lands and Agriculture. The Committee has oversight responsibility for two Ministries: the Ministry [...] | 2002-07-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1745 | ZIMBABWE: MUGABE'S RECENT REMARKS TROUBLING - RULE [...] (C) Summary: On July 25, President Mugabe went on record saying that the State would defy court judgments with which it did not agree. He also said gays were worse than pigs and dogs, warning Parliament against recognizing homosexual marriages. In a previous July 23 speech at the opening of [...] | 2002-07-30 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1754 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO ALL [...] (C) On July 30, post received a dipnote from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our dipnote of July 15 informing the GOZ of the U.S.'s accession to all 12 UN anti-terrorism conventions (REF A). The GOZ's note stated: "The Ministry wishes to advise that as a demonstration of it [...] | 2002-07-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ZI |
02HARARE1766 | ZANU-PF DECLARED WINNER OF KADOMA MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (c) Summary: ZANU-PF was declared the winner of the July 27-28 Kadoma mayoral election by a slim margin. The pre-election period was marred by incidents of sporadic violence and the mass arrest of prominent Kadoma MDC members two days before the vote. On the voting days themselves independ [...] | 2002-08-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1775 | STEALTH DEVALUATION: "THROUGH THE BACKDOOR" [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Mugabe's vigorous insistence that "devaluation is dead" (see reftel),the GOZ has tacitly conceded -- within a matter of days -- that devaluation is in fact very much alive. On July 25, Finance Minister Simba Makoni (who was obliquely castigated by Mugabe in th [...] | 2002-08-05 09:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE1779 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...] | 2002-08-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1780 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ban sanction campaigners" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to retaliate against the "smart sanctions" imposed by the European Union and the United States against Robert [...] | 2002-08-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1782 | MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Stung by the recent detention and deportation of former Bulawayo mayor Joshua Malinga at Gatwick Airport (London) and Sweden's refusal of visas to four ZANU-PF women legislators, an editorial in the August 5 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" calls [...] | 2002-08-05 10:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PGOV PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1783 | MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PROCESS; HARARE [...] An editorial published in the August 4 edition of the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" and an opinion peace published in the August 3 edition of government-controlled daily "The Herald" focus on the recent signing of the peace deal between the Democratic Republic [...] | 2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1784 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...] | 2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1785 | MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PACT; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC peace pact: not another mirage, please" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 2 editorial to persuading the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement their peace deal, saying "this pact cannot be allow [...] | 2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1786 | MEDIA REPORT: SCRIBES TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-08-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1788 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD AID IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Food aid prolongs nation's suffering" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" uses its August 1 editorial to castigate the government of Zimbabwe for causing the current food crisis and question the utility of Western food donations. Excerpts: [...] | 2002-08-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
02HARARE1789 | MEDIA REPORT GMO FOOD; HARARE [...] A press conference held on July 24 by Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),received blanket coverage by the local print and electronic media, including foreign news agencies - Reuters, Asso [...] | 2002-08-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
02HARARE1802 | OFFICIAL GOZ FIGURES ON FOOD IMPORTS AND PROJECTED [...] (C) Summary. A senior Ministry of Finance official shared with Charge details on GOZ food imports, and the gap still to be filled. The GOZ has purchased nearly 1,000,000 metric tons (MT) of maize but, even with current projected donor contributions factored in, still faces a shortfall of app [...] | 2002-08-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PREL PGOV EFIN ZI |
02HARARE1806 | MUGABE TURNS UP HEAT ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) The Zimbabwean government has stepped up its harassment of the MDC leadership, arresting the national treasurer in the hospital as he recuperated from major eye surgery, and raiding Morgan Tsvangirai's home in an alleged search for arms of war and subversive materials. In addition, the Ho [...] | 2002-08-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE1812 | MEDIA REACTION FOOD AID; HARARE [...] Under headline "Flush out rogue NGOs" the government- controlled daily "The Chronicle" dedicated its August 7 editorial to calling on the government to excommunicate all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) accused of "abusing the privilege" to hand out drought relief [...] | 2002-08-08 05:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1819 | GLOOMY COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION CONGRESS ADJOURNS [...] (C) Summary. The 59th annual Commercial Farmers, Union (CFU) Congress was a gloomy affair that took place under the pall of an August 8 deadline for the eviction of the majority of CFU members from their farms. There was unusual division within CFU ranks over whether or not to mount court ch [...] | 2002-08-08 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
02HARARE1820 | AGREEMENT ON USE OF U.S. TITLE II MAIZE GRAIN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY OF AGREEMENT: VERBAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AMONG USAID, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON AN ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW ENTRY OF 17,500 MTS OF USG YELLOW WHOLE MAIZE GRAIN CURRENTLY STORED IN DURBAN, THAT MAY CONTAIN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS [...] | 2002-08-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1822 | COMMERCIAL FARMS APPEAR CALM AS INITIAL DEADLINE [...] (U) As the August 8 midnight deadline for commercial farmers to vacate their farms and homesteads came and went, there are no reports of violence or forcible evictions from the disputed property. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck reports that the situation countrywide is [...] | 2002-08-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
02HARARE1824 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ TO CLAMP DOWN ON OPPOSITION; [...] Under headline "Signs of the end" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for mooting a plan to clamp down on opposition by withdrawing traveling documents from Zimbabweans opposed [...] | 2002-08-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1825 | MEDIA REPORT LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO CHALLENGE ZDERA; [...] The lead story in the August 8 edition of the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" centers on an application by a consortium of unidentified local businessmen - allegedly "denied entry into the U. S. A. early this year under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic [...] | 2002-08-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1826 | POSSIBLE TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL [...] (C) The day before the August 8 deadline for designated farmers to leave their properties (reftel),a High Court judge issued a ruling that could give a temporary reprieve to affected farmers. Judge Charles Hungwe ruled that the government's acquisition of Tengwe Estates farm was "null and [...] | 2002-08-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
02HARARE1827 | JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confrontational members of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in response to CFU members' perception that the organization was too conciliatory. The initial act of J [...] | 2002-08-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
02HARARE1830 | FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES [...] (U) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region police have confronted farmers on five separate properties, and in a second region another farmer faces forced eviction. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president [...] | 2002-08-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
02HARARE1831 | ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE POSES MORE QUESTIONS [...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note and statement at COB on August 9, before the long Hero's Day weekend. Below is the entire text. Begin text of Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe presents its complements to the Embassy of the United States [...] | 2002-08-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1833 | MUGABE VOWS TO STAY THE COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES [...] (C) In his annual Heroes Day Speech on August 12, only sparsely attended by the diplomatic community, Mugabe showed no indication of veering from his current disastrous policy course. He vowed to continue with the fast track resettlement effort but said that "loyal" commercial farmers would b [...] | 2002-08-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1838 | MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Mugabe vows to slap sanctions on EU, U. S.," the August 13 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following article as its lead story. In the piece, President Mugabe promises to strike back against the punitive travel restrictio [...] | 2002-08-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1839 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Retaliatory sanctions welcome" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 14 editorial to backing Mr. Robert Mugabe's "retaliatory sanctions" against the United States, European Union and other Western countries that have imposed t [...] | 2002-08-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1849 | MEDIA REPORT U. S. FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Bush's policy disastrous" the August 12 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Tim Chigodo on page 8: 2. "Since the fall of the Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War, the United States h [...] | 2002-08-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1850 | MEDIA REPORT LAND REFORM IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "Farming: a great leap forward into uncertainty" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 10 editorial to criticize the haphazard land reform program in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "The land reform program reached its peak this week [...] | 2002-08-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1851 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...] | 2002-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1859 | MEDIA REACTION: LAND REFORM ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Evict defiant farmers" the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 15 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe to eject all "defiant farmers" from the designated commercial farms under the fast-trek land reform program. [...] | 2002-08-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1863 | BREDENKAMP CONSULTANT DISCUSSES HIS PROMINENT [...] (C) On August 15, Laboff met with a local economist and John Hollaway (protect),a Zimbabwean mining consultant, to discuss potential economic lifelines available to the GOZ through development of platinum resources. As expected, Hollaway believes that any sizable expansion of the platinum mi [...] | 2002-08-16 05:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PINR ZI |
02HARARE1870 | NGO AGRICULTURAL RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: US Embassy and USAID/Zimbabwe recommend OFDA approval of three non-food humanitarian assistance proposals submitted by CARE, CRS, and World Vision. Post does not believe that targeted beneficiaries - communal farmers - should be the primary focus of humanitarian assistance in [...] | 2002-08-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1871 | NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS [...] (SBU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction throughout the country. While the overall situation remains tense but superficially calm, there are scattered instances of official response to the farmers' refu [...] | 2002-08-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1872 | STATUS OF FOOD RELIEF IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ),WFP, U.S, UK, EU and other NGOs are undertaking separate food relief efforts in Zimbabwe. The targets of the WFP, U.S., UK, EU and NGO programs are the most vulnerable Zimbabweans. We have heard numerous reports that the GOZ distributes food to Zanu-PF s [...] | 2002-08-16 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1874 | ZIMBABWE DEPORTS LIBYAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER [...] (U) According to almost identical press reports in both the state-owned "Herald" and the independent "Daily News," the Zimbabwean government deported prominent Libyan resident Yousef Murgham on August 15 for engaging in (unspecified) activities that posed a threat to national security. Murgha [...] | 2002-08-16 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PTER PREL ZI |
02HARARE1879 | MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "African Americans betraying Zimbabwe" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 19 editorial to criticizing a group of African Americans who are currently in the country at the invitation of the Zimbabwe government. The editorial accuses the gro [...] | 2002-08-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1880 | MEDIA REPORT "ZIM WITHDRAWAL FROM DRC;" HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim withdrawal from DRC" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its August 14 editorial to welcoming the withdrawal of Zimbabwean troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). "Now that peace is possible in the DRC, the U. N. Securi [...] | 2002-08-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1882 | MASS ARRESTS OF ZIMBABWEAN FARMERS WHO IGNORE [...] (C) Police have begun arresting commercial farmers -- and family members, in some cases -- who have failed to comply with the August 8 deadline to leave their properties. More than 140 people were arrested over the August 17-18 weekend, and 92 remained incarcerated on the morning of August 19. [...] | 2002-08-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ASEC ZI |
02HARARE1885 | MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRITICIZES POWELL; [...] A group of African-Americans, who flew into the country last week at the invitation of the Zimbabwean government, has accused U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell of extreme dislike of Africa. According to an article carried on page two of the August 19 edition of th [...] | 2002-08-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1900 | COMMERCIAL FARMS: SITUATION REPORT [...] Summary: Arrests of farmers by the Zimbabwean authorities continue, with no break in the official party rationale and no indication of respite. Most farmers are being released on bail an receiving future court dates. There is little consistency throughout the various regions as to the condi [...] | 2002-08-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1901 | UNDP-DONOR MEETING: MORE DOOM AND GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. UNDP Resrep (and newly-named UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator) to Zimbabwe Victor Angelo met with donors on August 20 in a refreshingly frank session. He listed upcoming events, including a proposed regional scientific conference on GMO issues, and detailed where food impor [...] | 2002-08-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1912 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Powell faces more protests on return to Africa" the August 22 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following opinion piece by Tim Chigodo on page 11: 2. "U. S. Secretary of State, Mr. Colin Powell is returni [...] | 2002-08-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1913 | MEDIA REPORT KANSTEINER/NATSIOS BRIEFING; [...] The transcript of a press briefing by USAID Administrator Natsios and A/S Kansteiner on food aid to Southern Africa received prominent placement in the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" also published a Reu [...] | 2002-08-22 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1925 | MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ATTACKS WEST; HARARE [...] The August 23rd edition of the government- controlled daily "Herald" gave prominent coverage to the Government of Zimbabwe's reaction to recent US criticism of the Mugabe regime. Under headline "President raps West" the paper ran two, page-one, above-the-fold st [...] | 2002-08-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1927 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim must stand its ground at summit" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its August 22 editorial to encouraging Zimbabwe to advance its controversial land redistribution program at the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable D [...] | 2002-08-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1934 | DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying conditions. Some farmers are having their Section 8 acquisition orders overturned on technicalities, but this seems to be a temporary reprieve at best. The fate of [...] | 2002-08-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE1943 | MUGABE'S CABINET RESHUFFLE REWARDS LOYALTY, NOT [...] (C) In a long-anticipated move, President Mugabe named a new Cabinet on August 24 that looks very much like the old one, albeit with some portfolios shifted around. Finance Minister Makoni and Health Minister Stamps were the only ones dismissed, while two new Ministers (former Ambassador to [...] | 2002-08-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ZI |
02HARARE1948 | GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA [...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...] | 2002-08-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE1949 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] The World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in South Africa has become the subject matter for editorials in two mainstream newspapers - the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror." Editorial excerpts follo [...] | 2002-08-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1951 | ZIMBABWE'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP "PLOT" [...] Under the headline "American madness" the weekly ZANU-PF house organ "The People's Voice" (08/25) comments: "The U.S. Government this week shamelessly went public about its plans to oust the democratically elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe R [...] | 2002-08-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1963 | BIOTECH STILL UNDER FIRE IN ZIMBABWE [...] Under headline "Distinguishing drought from famine" an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem carried in the August 27 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News," accuses the United States of "cynically exploiting the plight of the starving to create an artificia [...] | 2002-08-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1964 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...] | 2002-08-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1965 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Needed: sustainable political development" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 27 editorial to encouraging African leaders attending the Earth Summit in South Africa to "relate the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS to the [...] | 2002-08-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1966 | GOVERNMENT PRESS SAYS WEST CANNOT STOP "LAND [...] Under the headline "Demonisation won't derail land reform" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 27 editorial to declaring that Zimbabwe's land reform program is irreversible. Excerpts: 2. "A new wave of hysteria has gripped Britain, [...] | 2002-08-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1977 | GOVERNMENT PRESS STILL INDIGNANT [...] Under headline "We stand by our cause" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 27 editorial to criticizing the United States for meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs. Excerpts: 2. "The American and their cousins in Europe have [...] | 2002-08-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1982 | ZIMBABWE CABINET BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (C) Reftel reported President Mugabe's August 24 cabinet reshuffle. As promised reftel, we provide below additional biographic information on the new appointees (we have not included cabinet members who retained the same portfolios): --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...] | 2002-08-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
02HARARE1984 | INDEPENDENT RADIO OFFICES BOMBED [...] Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 29 the offices of independent radio "Voice of the People" (VOP) were firebombed and destroyed. The offices were in a house in a residential neighborhood near downtown Harare. There were no injuries, but the house and its content [...] | 2002-08-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1990 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] The December 31 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" characterized the signing of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) of 2001 by President George Bush as "an open declaration of war." Under headline "A declaration of war," the paper com [...] | 2002-08-29 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
02HARARE1992 | NEW CABINET "ROTTEN TO THE CORE" [...] (C) In an August 26 meeting, Eddison Zvobgo, an elder statesman in ZANU-PF, provided insight into the Cabinet reshuffle and pressure points for the international community to pursue and he commented on the food situation, the Public Order and Security Act, and the likelihood of a new constit [...] | 2002-08-29 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
02HARARE1994 | EDITORIAL ON WSSD [...] Under headline "Too many words, too little action," the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 29, 2002 editorial to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Excerpts: 2. "Zimbabweans, as indeed many other Africans, will be forgiven [...] | 2002-08-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE1998 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "West's concern on Zim baffling" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 30 editorial to encouraging the West to seek a face-to-face audience with the government of Zimbabwe to discuss issues of concern. Excerpts: 2. "T [...] | 2002-08-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE200 | OBASANJO SHUTTLES TO ZIMBABWE, MEETS BOTH [...] (C) NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO MADE A WHIRLWIND VISIT TO ZIMBABWE, ARRIVING JANUARY 20 AT 8:00 P.M. AND DEPARTING AT 3:00 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. HE MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AND THE MDC'S MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. ACCORDING TO THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY, OBASANJO MET ALONE WITH MUGABE. [...] | 2002-01-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI NI |
02HARARE2001 | LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 29, police detained Frances Lovemore, acting director of Zimbabwe's leading human rights organization, Amani Trust. She was charged with violating the section of the repressive Public Order and Security Act (POSA) which prohibits publication of "falsehoods" prejudicial to the s [...] | 2002-08-30 09:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2002 | INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) SITUATION [...] (C) Comprised mostly of workers and their families from commercial farms, the number of IDPs in Zimbabwe could surpass half a million in the coming months. While the GOZ has sought to deny the problem in the past, even accusing temporary squatter settlements of being opposition training camps [...] | 2002-08-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2008 | GOVERNMENT PAPER BLAMES OPPOSITION PARTY AND "THE [...] The government-controlled "Herald" used its August 31 editorial to suggest that the bombing of the "Voice of the People" radio station offices on August 29 was the work of western-sponsored "enemies of Zimbabwe" bent on sullying the nation's reputation. 2. Unde [...] | 2002-09-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE201 | UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...] | 2002-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI |
02HARARE2011 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Editorials in Zimbabwe's newspapers continue to focus on the ongoing World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Earth summit hopes of ending African poverty" the independent daily "The Daily News) [...] | 2002-09-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2013 | MEDIA REACTION DROC: HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim troops return as heroes" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its September 3 editorial to urging the United Nations to deploy "more peacekeeping forces" into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) "to avoid the creation of a [...] | 2002-09-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO |
02HARARE2014 | RULE OF LAW UNDER ATTACK - MAGISTRATES ASSAULTED [...] (C) A magistrate was severally beaten on August 16, another stabbed on August 28, both assaults allegedly motivated by the magistrates' rulings in favor of defendants who were MDC members. Justice Minister Chinamasa has refused a request by the Chief magistrate to condemn the attacks and ensu [...] | 2002-09-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2015 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Demonstrations a seal for land reforms" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its September 2 editorial to criticizing the West for failing to endorse the land reform program in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Some Western leaders have [...] | 2002-09-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2016 | RESULTS REPORT: AUGUST 30 INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE [...] This program was extremely useful and successful -- one of the best interactive programs we have had. U/S Larson's hard-hitting yet respectful exegesis on the biotech issue was absolutely on target. We were particularly impressed with Larson's quick and thoughtful react [...] | 2002-09-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC |
02HARARE2021 | ZIMBABWE'S BIOTECH BROUHAHA [...] (C) Summary. On 1 September, while attending the WSSD in South Africa, Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement Minister Joseph Made proclaimed that Zimbabwe would not accept food aid containing genetically modified organisms. He also said there was nothing to discuss with the U.S. since th [...] | 2002-09-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE2022 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Following are excerpts of editorials carried in the September 4 editions of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the government-controlled daily "The Herald" on Robert Mugabe's speech to the WSSD: 2. Under headline "As millions face starvation, Mugabe sco [...] | 2002-09-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2033 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Government-owned print and broadcast media in Zimbabwe gave prominent coverage to the heckling of Secretary of State Powell at the WSSD on September 4. The story featured prominently on television and radio news programs and was page 1, above-the-fold in the gov [...] | 2002-09-05 12:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2034 | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER CRITICIZES GOVRNMENT FOR [...] Opposition MDC party efforts, thus far in vain, to bring donated food into Zimbabwe have begun to generate media attention. The independent "Daily News" dedicated its September 5 editorial to the issue. Under the title "Let food roll in without the import papers" the [...] | 2002-09-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2039 | GOVERNMENT PAPER REPORTS ZIMBABWE WILL ACCEPT [...] According to a front-page, above-the-fold report in the September 6 edition of the government-owned Herald, President Mugabe has ruled that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain biotech products. However, the President added that that such food relief w [...] | 2002-09-06 07:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE204 | LAST-MINUTE GOZ RESPONSE TO EU ULTIMATUM [...] (C) THE GOZ SUBMITTED A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO THE EU IN HARARE AT 8:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 18, JUST HOURS BEFORE EXPIRATION OF THE ONE-WEEK DEADLINE IMPOSED BY THE EU DURING ITS JANUARY 11 ARTICLE 96 CONSULTATIONS WITH A MUDENGE-LED GOZ DELEGATION. THE LETTER WAS NOT SIGNED BY [...] | 2002-01-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI EU |
02HARARE2060 | POLICE, MILITARY ENFORCE NEW, UNOFFICIAL FARM [...] Summary. According to several reports received over the weekend, the GOZ has purportedly issued directives from "the highest levels" to both police and military to finalize the removal of commercial farmers. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),merely a shadow of its former presence, as well a [...] | 2002-09-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2061 | G0VERNMENT PAPER [...] Under headline "Correct labeling of GM food a must" the government-owned daily "Herald" uses its September 7 editorial as a petulant parting shot at food assistance from the U.S. Excerpts: 2. "Now that government has accepted genetically modified food aid from [...] | 2002-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2062 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will pre-empt the war on Iraq?" the independent, pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 8 editorial to urging the United Nations Security Council to stop the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: [...] | 2002-09-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2069 | INDEPENDENT PAPER ASKS GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN [...] Under headline "State must explain policy flip- flop on GM food" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its September 10 editorial to challenging the government to explain President Mugabe's ruling that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain bi [...] | 2002-09-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2073 | SHOOTOUT ON COMMERCIAL FARM [...] (C) Late in the morning of September 10, commercial farmer Ian Cochrane reportedly engaged in a shootout with three men on his property near Karoi, some 250 km northwest of Harare. Miraculously, no one was hurt, and only a vehicle belonging to a nearby farmer who came to help was damaged. [...] | 2002-09-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2086 | UN FOOD SEIZED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 7, Zimbabwe police and soldiers raided the UNICEF facilities and illegally seized food UNICEF had been storing for UN employees. After appealing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN received an apology from the guilty parties and expected to have the stolen fo [...] | 2002-09-12 11:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV PREL |
02HARARE2087 | NATIONWIDE LOCAL ELECTIONS A DEMOCRATIC CHARADE [...] (U) Action request -- see para 10. Summary -------- 2. (C) Nationwide rural council elections are scheduled for September 28-29, and the Government of Zimbabwe has used all the means at its disposal to block genuine competition from the opposition MDC. Aspiring MDC candidates have be [...] | 2002-09-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2088 | GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RENEW AFP [...] American citizen Griffin Shea, senior reporter for the Agence France Presse (AFP) bureau in Harare, is expected to leave Zimbabwe on Saturday, September 14, following the Government of Zimbabwe's refusal to renew his work permit. Shea, who has been working in Zimbabwe si [...] | 2002-09-13 07:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2102 | FUEL SHORTAGE OR PANIC BUYING? -- FUEL QUEUES [...] Summary. Various sources suggest that a nation-wide fuel shortage is likely sooner rather than later (reftel). Even with continued financial support from Libya regarding the fuel itself, widely reported in recent press accounts, the GOZ is facing huge pressures to produce forex to get the fue [...] | 2002-09-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2106 | GOVERNMENT PAPER SAYS U.S. IS FINANCING "ANTI- [...] The September 17 edition of the government- controlled daily Bulawayo "Chronicle" carries a page- one, above-the-fold story entitled "Unholy alliance: Washington finances anti-government NGOs." Excerpts follow. 2. "The U.S. Government is assisting non- [...] | 2002-09-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE211 | MDC RALLY BROKEN UP BY POLICE AND ZANU-PF [...] (C) ON JANUARY 20, ZANU-PF MILITANTS WAITING IN AMBUSH AND POLICE USING TEARGAS BLOCKED A PLANNED MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) RALLY IN BULAWAYO. AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE MELEE, AND SEVEN ARE REPORTED MISSING. THE DISRUPTION OCCURRED EVEN THOUGH THE MDC HAD APPLIED FOR [...] | 2002-01-23 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI NI |
02HARARE2118 | GOZ TO STRONG-ARM PENSION FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL [...] Summary. The GOZ is reportedly planning to issue Zim $30 billion in bonds, and require pension plans to buy them, in order to finance the inadequately funded land reform program. Between the shrinking membership paying in to pension funds, the decreasing interest rates, and the escalating inf [...] | 2002-09-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON ZI |
02HARARE2122 | DELTA CORPORATION: FINANCING ITS OWN INTERESTS [...] Summary. In a new development, local powerhouse Delta Corporation (which, coincidentally, owns several breweries) has reportedly announced a Zim $10 billion initiative (approximately US $14.5 million at the parallel rate) whereby it will loan inputs for the production of maize, sorghum and ma [...] | 2002-09-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2127 | CORRUPTION IN LAND ACQUISITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe executive office issued a directive, circulated as a diplomatic note on 13 September, putatively intended to rein in over-zealous government officials in their acquisition of land. An independent press report, supported by the diplomatic note, and comments by Speaker [...] | 2002-09-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2128 | PARLIAMENT AGENDA FOLLOWING ZANU-PF'S COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed September 10, after a 5-week adjournment, amid speculation that one of the top ZANU-PF priorities would be a bill to amend the constitutional requirement that presidential elections be held within 90 days after a president vacates office. ZANU-PF pushed through [...] | 2002-09-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2133 | MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE [...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...] | 2002-09-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE215 | KING COMMEMORATIONS [...] HARARE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 2002 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO SPREAD DR. KING'S MESSAGE OF NON-VIOLENCE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF NON- VIOLENCE FROM MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IS AN ESPECIALLY USEFUL THEME AS ZIMBABWE EDGES TOWARD THE MARCH [...] | 2002-01-24 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2157 | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS CRITICIZE INACTION IN [...] Under title "The dialogue of the deaf" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette' (09/26) comments: "South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo have predictably decided to postpone taking the tough decisions t [...] | 2002-09-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE216 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ NEWSPAPER CONDEMNS POLITICAL [...] AFTER PUBLISHING AN ARTICLE AND EMBASSY-PLACED "ADVERTORIAL" ABOUT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HIS MESSAGE OF NONVIOLENCE, THE JANUARY 23 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN EDITORIAL IN CALLING FOR PEACE IN THE RUN-UP TO THE MARCH 9 AND 10 P [...] | 2002-01-24 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2160 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: THE FOOD GAP [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe Emergency Food Security Assessment Repo po prepared by the Zimbabwe National Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC),in collaboration with a number of UN Agencies, NGOs, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and SADC, was released on 16 September 2002. This report rai [...] | 2002-09-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2172 | Zimbabwe's Economy: Hardly a Pulse [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Mugabe's government continues an assault on macroeconomics and private property. Without credible monetary and exchange policy, the country will only plunge more deeply into recession. End Summary. 5 Years of Ruinous Policy ------------------------- 2. (U) Consider [...] | 2002-09-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2174 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Genocide in Palestine" the ZANU PF weekly organ "The People's Voice" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of "committing genocide" against the Palestinian people. The editorial also denounced P [...] | 2002-09-30 07:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2176 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...] | 2002-09-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2181 | LOCAL AUSTRALIAN TAKE ON ABUJA MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Australian High Commissioner to Harare Jonathan Brown gave us a readout of the Abuja meeting, which he attended. His account was largely consistent with reftel accounts so we will only report that which provides additional elaboration or contrast. Brown said that the three presidents had ag [...] | 2002-09-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE2192 | ZIMBABWE: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) The US Embassy, HHS/CDC and USAID have had a series of discussions on coordinating the US Government response to the HIV and AIDS crisis in Zimbabwe. One of the current discussions and concerns has been the use of Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) monies in Zimbabwe. 2. (U [...] | 2002-10-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO SOCI PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2193 | ZANU-PF APPEARS HEADED FOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN [...] (C) Voter turnout was low in Zimbabwe's nationwide rural council elections September 28-29, and early returns suggest a likely landslide victory by the ruling ZANU-PF, not surprising given pre-election violence, intimidation, and electoral manipulation. The GOZ stepped up efforts to diminish [...] | 2002-10-01 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE2205 | GOVERNMENT PAPER CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY ON [...] Under the title "DRC has chance to develop" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the United States of triggering "the continuing strife in most parts of Africa," adding that the West has everything t [...] | 2002-10-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2206 | PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER URGES SADC EFFORTS IN [...] Under the title "Angola peace initiative: Now or never" the independent, pro-government "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its September 30 editorial to urging SADC leaders meeting in Luanda, Angola this week to work towards long-lasting peace in the country. Excerpts [...] | 2002-10-02 06:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2210 | ZIMBABWE FOOD SWAP AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] This is to confirm that the ref. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the long-planned swap of 17,500 Metric Tons (MT) of U.S.-source whole kernel corn/maize donated to the World Food Program's Emergency Operation (EMOP) appeal for Zimbabwe with an equivalent amount of corn/maize from Governm [...] | 2002-10-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2211 | Press Conference Briefing Notes for [...] (U) The following offers briefing notes for Ambassador Hall's press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, scheduled for Friday morning, 11 October 2002. The press conference will be held at the conclusion of Ambassador Hall's visit to Zimbabwe. ----------------------------- Goal of the Press Con [...] | 2002-10-03 06:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ZI |
02HARARE2214 | MAJOR ISSUES FOR AMBASSADOR TONY HALL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) The US Mission in Zimbabwe welcomes the visit of Ambassador Anthony Hall to Zimbabwe. Ambassador Hall's schedule includes several meetings with donors and NGOs working on the delivery of humanitarian assistance, senior Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officials and civil society leaders. [...] | 2002-10-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ZI |
02HARARE2215 | MEDIA BACKGROUND AND THEMES FOR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Media Background: The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) has deliberately and successfully limited media freedom and the flow of information into and out of Zimbabwe. The majority of Zimbabweans must rely on heavily propagandistic government media for news and analysis of lo [...] | 2002-10-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
02HARARE2217 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: THE FOOD GAP [...] Summary: The Zimbabwe Emergency Food Security Assessment Report prepared by the Zimbabwe National Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC),in collaboration with a number of UN Agencies, NGOs, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and SADC, was released on 16 September 2002. This report raises th [...] | 2002-10-03 11:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2227 | Zimbabwe remains AGOA ineligible [...] No summary [...] | 2002-10-04 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2241 | INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES SADC MOVE TO SIDELINE [...] Under headline "SADC commended for seeing light at last" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its October 8 editorial to welcoming the decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block Robert Mugabe from SADC chairmanship. Excerpts: [...] | 2002-10-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2243 | INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS CHALLENGE MEDIA [...] Journalists working for the privately owned media in Zimbabwe have filed an urgent application with the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe to challenge certain sections of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Lawyers representin [...] | 2002-10-09 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2246 | ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the GoZ seeks to wean hard currency from a rapidly shrinking economy. End Summary. Scapegoating Suppliers ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In a new twist sin [...] | 2002-10-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2256 | MEETING WITH EDDISON ZVOBGO [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, Eddison Zvobgo, provided insight into the upcoming Insiza by-election and the treason case against Morgan Tsvangirai. He also had many interesting things to say about the food situation and its likely affect on rural support for ZANU-PF. Zvobgo said ZAN [...] | 2002-10-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
02HARARE2265 | PUBLIC OPINION POLL REVEALS SUPRISING PERCEPTIONS [...] A USAID-funded Post-Presidential Election Survey revealed some surprising results about the presidential election and the political environment. According to the poll, more than 72 percent of those surveyed said they voted, more than official numbers. Almost 40 percent of those surveyed woul [...] | 2002-10-15 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
02HARARE2269 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "American war drums discord" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" used its October 13 editorial to argue against an U.S. attack on Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "As President George W. Bush presses ahead with his plans to attack Iraq, there ar [...] | 2002-10-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2275 | MEDIA REACTION BUSH/BLAIR UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Blair, Bush terrorism must stop" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 12 editorial to ordering the British and American governments to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. "We demand that Blair and Bush l [...] | 2002-10-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2295 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI [...] On October 16, Embassy was asked to convey a letter from Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai to President Bush and other current and former SIPDIS USG officials seeking a more active UN role in addressing Zimbabwe's crises. We have pouched the letters to AF/S and [...] | 2002-10-16 17:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ZI |
02HARARE2296 | Zimbabwe Exporters May Bear Heavier Burden [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank will soon propose measures that would further punish the country's exporters, increasing an indirect revenue tax from 37 to 47 percent. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has acquired the Reserve Bank's Foreign Exchange Task Force report, the GoZ's lates [...] | 2002-10-17 06:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
02HARARE2305 | GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ANTI-BIOTECH [...] Under headline "Beware of Americans bearing `gifts'" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" published a silly anti-biotech article attributed to Raj Patel of "Third World Network Features": 2. "Food aid from U.S. is increasingly met with suspicion and ske [...] | 2002-10-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2308 | Zimbabwe's Elusive Inflation Rate [...] Summary: Evidence suggests the GoZ understates the country's inflation, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) relies on an outdated Consumer Price Index (CPI) and disregards product availability. However, data are unavailable to determine how far inflation runs beyond the official rate, cur [...] | 2002-10-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ZI |
02HARARE2310 | FARM WORKERS [...] THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES INHIBITING CROP PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING, COMBINED WITH LOWER THAN AVERAGE RAINFALL, HAVE RAISED THE SPECTER OF FAMINE IN ZIMBABWE. UP TO 1.5 MILLION EX-COMMERCIAL FARM WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CURREN [...] | 2002-10-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2311 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID SEIZURE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The seizure on Thursday, October 17 of 3 metric tons of food by ZANU-PF activists in Insiza was the first documented incident of international food aid theft and partisan redistribution. The Government has denied the allegations and tried to divert attention from ZANU-PF food aid [...] | 2002-10-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2315 | ZIMBABWE TEACHERS' STRIKE: GOZ RIDING ROUGHSHOD [...] (U) Summary: In events which have been monitored world-wide, the GOZ has cracked down on striking members of the Progressive Teachers, Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) with characteristic harshness. After GOZ responses which included PTUZ office raids, dubious arrests of PTUZ members, assault, thre [...] | 2002-10-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2316 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S., UN AND IRAQ; [...] Under headline "U.S. drums of war silenced - for now" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 21 editorial to applauding the recent United Nations resolution regarding arms inspection in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .While we applaud the ne [...] | 2002-10-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2317 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "Elusive peace in the DRC" the editorial in the independent, pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" encouraged the African Union (AU) to take the lead in enforcing the peace deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "As Zimba [...] | 2002-10-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2318 | Zimbabwe: Reports of involuntary relocation of [...] Summary: OFDA/Humanitarian Response Advisor in Zimbabwe has received unconfirmed but credible reports of forced relocations of a large group of ex-commercial farm workers. Post views this as an extremely serious development and is concerned that it may signal the beginning of a pattern of forc [...] | 2002-10-22 07:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2322 | FORMER MDC SPOKESMAN FOUND DEAD IN PRISON [...] Former MDC spokesman and MP Learnmore Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22. Jongwe was arrested in July for fatally stabbing his wife, and he subsequently confessed to the crime. Jongwe had been denied bail by both the High Court and Supreme Court, oste [...] | 2002-10-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
02HARARE2323 | Nearly 1,000 Zimdollar = 1 $US [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's currency has been falling. At almost Z$ 1,000/1 $US in parallel markets, the weak Zimdollar is exacerbating the GoZ's forex crunch. End Summary. Buying Frenzy in Harare's Streets --------------------------------- 2. The Zimdollar has been shedding a weekly 8-10 percent [...] | 2002-10-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2324 | "DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS [...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...] | 2002-10-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2336 | PUBLIC OPINION POLL REVISITED [...] This cable is to provide clarification on the comparison of the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) poll and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) results as described in REFTEL. ZESN election results are based on official Zimbabwe Registrar General election results. ZESN is not an i [...] | 2002-10-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2337 | RULING PARTY STEPS UP ATTACKS AGAINST NGOS [...] (C) A recent ZANU-PF theft of WFP food in Nsiza and GOZ orders to halt NGO food distribution in Binga come amid a looming general GOZ crackdown on NGOs. In mid September the GOZ issued a notice for all NGOs to register with the Ministry of Social Welfare, or cease operations. It appears that [...] | 2002-10-24 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE2339 | ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on October 23 as a first step towards resurrecting an American Business Association. Although the mission expected to hear the usual commentary about an economy in [...] | 2002-10-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
02HARARE2342 | MIDLANDS PROVINCE: A PROVINCE OF COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Political Officer visited Midlands province October 17 and 18 to meet with USAID, CDC, and WFP beneficiaries, NGO and UN staff, and GOZ officials. Against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS, land, and food crises gripping the country, Midlands province seems to be the mode [...] | 2002-10-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PHUM SOCI ZI |
02HARARE2346 | MEDIA REPORT U. S. UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush wants to create space for decision strike on Iraq" the October 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Chinondidyachii Mararike on page 8: 2. "Will the U.S. go ahead and launch military stri [...] | 2002-10-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2347 | ZIMBABWEAN PAPERS REACT TO UN REPORT ON [...] Editorials focus on the UN report on "Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Zimbabwe deserve truth on DRC looting" the independent daily "The Daily [...] | 2002-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2354 | ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION IN INSIZA [...] (C) The official media characterized Poloff's recent trip to the Insiza area ahead of by-elections there as "meddling". Able to concentrate its resources on one province, and through a campaign of vote-buying with food, violence, intimidation, restricting the movements of MDC officials, theft [...] | 2002-10-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2360 | Biggest Trucker Expounds on Smuggling, Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: As some U.S. business reps have pointed out to us (ref a),unrecorded trade transactions now comprise a sizeable chunk of Zimbabwe's economy. In fact, the country's largest trucker has confirmed reports of rampant smuggling, citing sugar, cigarettes and fuel as hot items. His [...] | 2002-10-30 02:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2361 | Business Community Tries to Engage Mugabe [...] (U) Summary: The heads of 8 large corporations in Zimbabwe are banking that their new association can engage the Government of Robert Mugabe in a non-threatening manner and help the country stave off deeper recession. End Summary. Will Mugabe listen? -------------------- 2. (SBU) In fund [...] | 2002-10-30 02:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2368 | MANIPULATION OF FOOD DELIVERIES: UNSC [...] (C) Summary: The MDC's Economic Affairs Secretary -- Eddie Cross -- expressed concern about the Government of Zimbabwe's manipulation of food deliveries and pressed for UN Security Council action on this as a major human rights issue. The Ambassador suggested that the food shortage and GOZ's [...] | 2002-10-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2369 | GOVERNMENT MINISTER SAYS LAND REDISTRIBUTION [...] According to an article in the pro-government "Daily Mirror, Minister for Youth, Gender and Employment Creation Elliot Manyika has threatened to "repossess land allocated to people who do not support the ruling party." 2. A report in the October 28 edition of t [...] | 2002-10-31 07:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2370 | MEDIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE POSTPONED [...] According to media reports, the government- appointed Media Commission has postponed the deadline for registration of journalist and media organizations to November 21, 2002. The original deadline was October 31. 2. According to a report in the October 28 edit [...] | 2002-10-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2372 | ZIMBABWE FACES MULTIPLE AND INTER-RELATED CRISES [...] No summary [...] | 2002-10-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ZI |
02HARARE2374 | ZCTU SECY-GNL'S THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE OF IVP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions SIPDIS (ZCTU),to review any last-minute questions about his upcoming IVP travel to the United States. Mr. Chibebe is prepared and excited, and looks forward to the opportunit [...] | 2002-11-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2378 | EX-FINANCE CHIEF MAKONI'S DIM VIEW OF ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Ex-Finance Minister Simba Makoni fears thousands of Zimbabweans will soon suffer worsening effects of malnutrition due to lack of food and adequate transport logistics. He feels that Zimbabwe would have to undergo change "from within or from outside" to get its economy back on tr [...] | 2002-11-01 06:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2381 | AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MUGABE'S CHIEF OF [...] (C) In an October 30 conversation, the Ambassador and Charles Utete -- President Mugabe's Chief of Staff -- acknowledged the differences between our two governments but agreed on the importance of keeping communication channels open. The Ambassador urged Utete to implement the Cabinet's deci [...] | 2002-11-01 08:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2382 | Zimdollar is in tailspin [...] Summary: The USG has just purchased Zimdollars at Z$1500:US$1 on parallel markets. That makes a 58 percent devaluation in just 8 days, raising the danger that economic meltdown is on the horizon. End Summary. 2. As we noted when the exchange hit Z$950:US$1 (ref a),the Zimdollar's pace of [...] | 2002-11-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ZI |
02HARARE2397 | Zimbabwe May Scrap Fuel Support [...] (U) Summary: Reportedly smarting from a first-hand encounter with dry fuel pumps, President Mugabe has suggested parastatal NOCZIM may relinquish the job of importing fuel to the private sector, bringing an end to a costly and self-defeating fuel subsidy. This would require huge price increa [...] | 2002-11-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2401 | GOZ VIOLENCE AGAINST MDC TARGETS COUNCILORS [...] (C) Since the September 28 - 29 Rural District Council elections, ZANU-PF supporters have carried out a violent campaign of retribution against winning MDC councilors and MDC supporters in districts that elected MDC councilors. At least one MDC supporter was beaten to death. Winning (and los [...] | 2002-11-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
02HARARE2409 | DATE SET TO HEAR AIPPA CHALLENGE; HARARE [...] On November 21 Zimbabwe's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The case, brought by journalists working in Zimbabwe's privately owned media, seeks the Court's ruling on the constitutionality [...] | 2002-11-05 09:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2414 | U.S. COMMENTS ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S FOOD CRISIS [...] Drawing on the Reuters report of Deputy Assistant Secretary Bellamy's November 2 interview with the Washington Times, both the government-owned Herald and independent Daily News lead with reporting on U.S. concern about Zimbabwe's food crisis. The Herald's page [...] | 2002-11-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2427 | DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON POSSIBLE USE OF U.S. WHEAT [...] Summary. Charge met with UNDP Resident Representative Victor Angelo on November 4 to review recent developments in the humanitarian food crisis in Zimbabwe. Angelo was particularly interested in discussing a possible donation of U.S. wheat/wheat flour to the World Food Program (WFP),which w [...] | 2002-11-07 05:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2429 | EDITORIAL ON FOOD CRISIS AND ZIMBABWE'S [...] In its November 7 editorial, "NEPAD peer review: why it scares some leaders," the independent daily "Daily News" challenged the Government of Zimbabwe to address allegations of using food aid as a political weapon. Excerpts follow. 2. ". . .The government has s [...] | 2002-11-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2437 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS' LEADERSHIP IS THE VICTIM OF [...] (C) Summary: Both Colin Cloete, President, and David Hasluck, Director, of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) tendered their resignations on October 29 at the CFU's national council meeting. These resignations, both of which are effective within thirty days, highlight broad gulfs -- betwee [...] | 2002-11-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2444 | DAILY NEWS CRITICIZES POLITICAL USE OF FOOD [...] Under headline "SADC ministers must act to avert disaster" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its November 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for politicizing the distribution and purchase of much-needed maize-meal in the country [...] | 2002-11-08 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2445 | OFFICIAL JONGWE AUTOPSY RESULTS IDENTIFY POISONING [...] (U) Learnmore Jongwe, former MDC spokesman and MP from Kuwadzana, died from chloroquine poisoning, according to the state run newspaper, The Herald. Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22 (See Reftel). The police autopsy was performed on October 24. The Jo [...] | 2002-11-08 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2446 | NEW GOZ DIRECTIVE ON LAND ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) personnel, laboff received a copy of a GOZ directive targeted at "cleaning up" the chaotic land redistribution exercise. This policy statement is directed to the ad-hoc decisions and dealmaking which have characteri [...] | 2002-11-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE245 | MEDIA REPORT PAPER ACCUSES U. S. OF FUNDING A [...] THE JANUARY 25 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN ARTICLE ON PAGE ONE, PICKED UP FROM THE JANUARY 24 EDITION OF THE BRITISH GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, ACCUSING THE U. S. OF FUNDING A "PIRATE RADIO STATION" BROADCASTING TO ZIMBABWE. THE ARTICLE, U [...] | 2002-01-28 06:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2454 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BANS RETURN OF ITS OWN [...] On November 8 government-owned media reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has imposed travel bans and visa requirements on a variety of people. Among those affected are British government officials, members of the British Parliament, an American human rights activis [...] | 2002-11-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2455 | Govt Postpones Tsvangirai Treason Trial [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's High Court has put off the trial of opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of treason until next February. We believe the postponement indicates the GoZ has been unable to build a strong case against its main political foe. E [...] | 2002-11-12 04:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2467 | NEW NGOS STRUGGLE TO STAVE OFF FAMINE [...] SUMMARY: The mid-October accreditation of three additional NGOs to serve as WFP implementing partners by the Government of Zimbabwe is a welcome step but will do little to reduce the increasing levels of malnutrition in the country. Wasting among children under five was close to the upper lim [...] | 2002-11-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2469 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: [...] On October 25, donors, including USAID/Harare, met with U.N. management to discuss current problems and a way forward for UNDP/Zimbabwe's RRU. Following a frank discussion of the Unit's several shortcomings, the U.N. Humanitarian Co-ordinator proposed a revised structure for the RRU to addres [...] | 2002-11-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2472 | U.N. DONOR MEETING WITH GOZ MINISTERS OF HEALTH [...] Summary: On November 6, Ambassador Sullivan and A/USAID Director attended a meeting, hosted and chaired by the U.N. Humanitarian Co-ordinator (HC) to Zimbabwe (J. Victor Angelo),between major donor country representatives and key Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officials on the worsening humanit [...] | 2002-11-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2478 | DEMOCRATIC SPACE FURTHER RESTRICTED [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recently issued a report unusually critical of the GOZ, detailing a chronology of violence during the October by-election in Insiza. ZESN recommends that an Independent Electoral Commission be appointed by Parliament to conduct future elections [...] | 2002-11-13 05:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON EFIN ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2480 | GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF [...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...] | 2002-11-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2481 | INDEPENDENT EDITOR MARK CHAVUNDHUKA DIES [...] The November 10 death of journalist Mark Chavundhuka represents a loss to Zimbabwe's independent media. Chavundhuka was founding editor of the independent weekly "Standard," a position he held through April 2002. He died Monday night at a private hospital in Harare afte [...] | 2002-11-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2482 | Will the Economy Implode? [...] Summary: The Government of Robert Mugabe has impoverished nearly every Zimbabwean, a case of collective downward mobility rarely experienced in countries not at war. A gardener who earned US$ 150/month at independence in 1980 now takes home less than US$ 15. As the economy continues to shrin [...] | 2002-11-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2493 | MAJOR PLACEMENT OF POWELL BYLINER [...] Harare is pleased to report that the November 14 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the full text of Secretary Powell's byliner on Iraq (Washington File story AEF20012 of 11/12/2002). 2. The article got prominent play as the lead opinion piec [...] | 2002-11-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2497 | HEALTH MINISTER PARIRENYATWA FOCUSES ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: At one-on-one lunch Nov 14, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa acknowledged to the Ambassador that Zimbabwe's deep social, economic and humanitarian crises could not be resolved without addressing Zimbabwe's equally deep political crisis. He doubted that Zimbabweans could resolve [...] | 2002-11-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
02HARARE25 | MEDIA REPORT ZDERA; HARARE [...] THE DECEMBER 31 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" CHARACTERIZED THE SIGNING OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA) OF 2001 BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AS "AN OPEN DECLARATION OF WAR." UNDER HEADLINE "A DECLARATION OF WAR," THE PAPER COM [...] | 2002-01-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2529 | POLOFF AND UN OFFICER DETAINED, THREATENED BY WAR [...] (C) Self-described Zimbabwean war veterans detained Poloff on November 15, together with a UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, a US Embassy driver, and a Zimbabwean citizen guide, for 45 minutes at a farm in Melfort (about 25 kms southeast of Harare). The war veterans beat the Zimbabwean [...] | 2002-11-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2544 | U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. However, the company reps were subsequently encouraged by subsequent GoZ assurances on Tuesday that multinational investment should be protected. End Summary. [...] | 2002-11-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ZI |
02HARARE2545 | GOZ TURNS UP HEAT ON NGOS, BANS VISITS OF SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed November 12 after a 3-week adjournment and Government ministers took advantage of the opportunity to turn up the heat on groups it accuses of supporting the opposition, such as Amani Trust and SW Radio Africa. The actions suggest ZANU-PF is forging ahead in its [...] | 2002-11-18 08:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2546 | 2003 Zimbabwe Budget: Initial Readout [...] Summary: The Finance Ministry's budget for 2003 all but guarantees Zimbabwe's economy will continue to freefall. The private sector is bracing for hyperinflation. End Summary. 2. In a surreal Nov. 14 presentation to Parliament, Finance Minister Herbert Murewa astutely diagnosed what ails [...] | 2002-11-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2560 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MDC [...] (C) MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube told the Ambassador on November 15 that the treason case against him and his party compatriots has no legal merit, but it could be assigned to a judge who is inclined to give more weight to political considerations. He described growing resentment w [...] | 2002-11-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
02HARARE2561 | Zimbabwe's Resettled Farms: Can They Work? [...] Summary: President Mugabe's fast track land reform ranks among the most emotionally-charged and polemical policies in Zimbabwe's 22-year history. Given the small number of new farmers who have taken control of plots, the undermining of due process, the politicized and untransparent manner of [...] | 2002-11-19 05:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2574 | SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF ITS BILATERAL COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2002-11-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI SF |
02HARARE2616 | INDEPENDENT WEEKLY GETS NEW EDITOR [...] The privately owned weekly "Financial Gazette" has na Nqobile Nyathi, 29, as editor. Nyathi replaces veter journalist Francis Mdlongwa who led the "FinGaz" from 1997 to 2002. Nyathi is the first woman and the youngest editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper Zimbabwe. 2 [...] | 2002-11-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2617 | GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER REPLAYS CARTER CRITICISM OF [...] Under headline Bush needs political education the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its November 18 editorial to urge President Bush to take advice from former President Carter. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The United States is in the forefront of calling for th [...] | 2002-11-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2618 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Iraq: U.S. war drums continue" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its November 17 editorial to accusing the United States of itching for a military showdown against Iraq irrespective of Iraq's acceptance of United Nations [...] | 2002-11-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2620 | MDC MASS ACTION: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Gandi Mudzingwa, special advisor to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, told polchief on November 20 that planning for mass action is consuming most of his time and attention. One element of the MDC's efforts on this front, he reported, had occurred on November 14, when groups of 20 women each [...] | 2002-11-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ZI |
02HARARE2622 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ZIMBABWE STATUS UPDATE [...] During October 2002, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 22,495 metric tons (MT) of food commodities, falling short of its planned distribution of 33,060 MT. Nevertheless, because of increased food insecurity in Zimbabwe, WFP is expanding its targeted number of beneficiaries from 1.9 m [...] | 2002-11-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2623 | ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FOR 2002/03 SEASON [...] As of mid-November, rainfall has been slightly below normal over most of the country. If the rains persist, those farmers that have already planted could reap good harvests. Although those farmers that have not yet planted can still reap good harvests, they will have less flexibility to adju [...] | 2002-11-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2624 | PROPOSAL TO PRESS THE GOZ MORE EFFECTIVELY TO [...] Summary: The suspension of international food deliveries to two locations, GOZ foot-dragging in the GOZ's dealings with international donors and documented reports of politicization of GOZ-controlled food stocks provides ample proof that the GOZ continues to place ZANU-PF political interests [...] | 2002-11-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ZI |
02HARARE2625 | IDPS--FEAR AND LOATHING IN ZIMBABWE [...] On November 13 - 15 together with UN Senior Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Andrew Timpson, Poloff visited ex-commercial farm workers and their families in Tete province, Mozambique, northern Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe, and on a commercial farm near Harare. The lack of food securit [...] | 2002-11-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2628 | MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GILMAN SHOOTING, MELFORT [...] (c) Summary. The Ambassador and DCM met with MFA Division Director for Europe and the Americas, Joey Bihma, and acting desk officer Henry Mukonoweshuro on November 20 at Bihma's invitation. A cordial, almost conciliatory, Bihma stated that he wished to address the shooting by police of Rich [...] | 2002-11-21 07:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC EINV ASEC ODIP ZI |
02HARARE2629 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI FROM MDC LEADER [...] (c) As reported reftel, we received a copy of a letter sent by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The letter was delivered in person to President Mbeki's office by Tsvangirai's special advisor. As of November 20, Tsvangirai had not yet received a response. [...] | 2002-11-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL ZI |
02HARARE2632 | Field Visit Report to Matebeleland North; [...] This cable summarizes the major findings on the food security situation in Matebeleland North Province from a recent field visit conducted to the area by a joint USAID Food for Peace, Famine Early Warning Service Network (FEWS NET) and World Food Programme (WFP) team. ---------------- PU [...] | 2002-11-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE267 | MISSION ACTION ON TOBACCO [...] No summary [...] | 2002-01-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ZI BEXP |
02HARARE2679 | Zimbabwe to Try Dual Interest Rates [...] Summary: The Reserve Bank announced it will allow the market to determine lending rates for most businesses and consumers while subsidizing an ultra-low rate for certain exporters. The welcome step toward interest rate liberalization is unlikely to offset other interventionist measures that p [...] | 2002-11-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE268 | ZIMBABWE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT GRANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 11, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DRACONIAN PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT (POSA),WHICH WAS GAZETTED AND WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 22. THE POSA REPLACES THE EQUALLY DRACONIAN LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA),LEGISLATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED BY TH [...] | 2002-01-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2687 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI FROM MDC LEADER [...] (c) As reported reftel, we received a copy of a letter sent by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The letter was delivered in person to President Mbeki's office by Tsvangirai's special advisor. As of November 20, Tsvangirai had not yet received a response. [...] | 2002-11-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL ZI |
02HARARE2689 | FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON DETENTION OF US/UN STAFF IN [...] (c) Summary. The November 15 detention of a U.S. diplomat, a UN officer, and two Zimbabwean nationals (ref a) continues to reverberate. Following Ambassador's meeting with the MFA (ref b),GOZ official also met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative after the latter submitted a note of pr [...] | 2002-11-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP EAID ASEC ZI UN |
02HARARE269 | MUGABE PROMISES FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, NAMES OBSERVER [...] (U) APPEARING BEFORE JOURNALISTS ON JANUARY 28, PRESIDENT MUGABE PROMISED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO ENSURE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, AND ANNOUNCED THAT INVITATIONS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING: THE OAU; SADC; COMESA; ECOWAS; THE NON-ALIGNED M [...] | 2002-01-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
02HARARE2700 | ONLY 600 OF 4500 COMMERCIAL FARMERS STILL STANDING [...] Summary. Given the chaotic nature of President Mugabe's fast-track land reform, it is no easy task to quantify this program. Of 4,500 white-owned commercial farms, our best guess is that 3,900 have closed down and 4,275 have been slated for resettlement. Despite GOZ claims that the land re [...] | 2002-11-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2701 | LAND REFORM DECIMATES CATTLE INDUSTRIES [...] Summary. In addition to crop farmers, cattle farmers have also succumbed to the pressures of the land reform program. Currently, commercial dairy farmers represent half of the remaining commercial farmers, while most commercial farmers continue to raise some beef cattle in addition to their [...] | 2002-11-26 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2706 | INDPENDENT DAILY PREDICTS RULING PARTY ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2002-11-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2707 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./U. K. UNDER FIRE, HARARE [...] Under headline "Are the U.K. and U.S. moving against Zimbabwe7" the independent daily the "The Daily News" published a November 25 op-ed by "Ann Talbotr" (sic) accusing the United States and Britain of "using starvation. . .as a means of tightening their grip on [...] | 2002-11-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2715 | GOZ IDENTIFIES SHOOTER IN GILMAN CASE [...] (C) In the police report, handed to the Ambassador by the MFA (Ref C),the police identified the shooter. For the most part, the report is consistent with A/RSO's observations and investigations in Mutare in the days following the Gilman murder. RSO learned that police inquiries have been ope [...] | 2002-11-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CASC ASEC |
02HARARE2726 | ZCTU LEADERSHIP GATHERING CONSENSUS FOR MASS ACTION [...] (C) Our main contact at the Solidarity Center has confirmed that the leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) are seeking organizational consensus for support of a mass stayaway to be called on or around December 9 (reftel). According to this contact, the National Council of [...] | 2002-11-27 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2732 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Solidarity with the people of Palestine" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to accusing the United States of throwing spanners into the Middle East peace process. "The main stumbling block seems to be the U [...] | 2002-12-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2735 | MEDIA REPORT: AMERICAN DELEGATION CRITICIZES U.S. [...] The lead story in the December 2 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" is based on a report released by a delegation of American elected officials after their two-week fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe. The report criticizes the United States' position [...] | 2002-12-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2737 | MEDIA REPORT "WORLD MUST FIGHT TERRORISM"; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must fight terrorism" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its November 30 editorial to calling for "a united front against terrorism" and urged world leaders to "desist from harboring terrorist groups." Excerpts: 2. "Ter [...] | 2002-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE2738 | MEDIA REACTION WORLD AIDS DAY; HARARE [...] Under headline "The AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to calling for "political commitment" in the fight against HIV/AIDS, adding that "there should also be financial commitment to allocat [...] | 2002-12-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE274 | MEDIA REPORT ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "EARLY ARRIVAL OF OBSERVERS COULD END LOSS OF MORE LIVES," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS JANUARY 28 EDITORIAL TO CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY AT LEAST A MONTH BEFORE THE MARCH 9 AND 10 [...] | 2002-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2742 | ZANU-PF CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The Zimbabwe ruling party,s annual conference has been scheduled for December 11-15 in Chinhoyi. No major changes in the ZANU-PF leadership or discussion of a Mugabe succession are expected to be announced, although the persistent rumor that ailing Vice President Simon Muzenda [...] | 2002-12-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE2747 | Govt shuts bureaux de change [...] Summary: Hundreds of bureaux de change have closed their doors as part of a GoZ strategy to kill the parallel currency market. Many bureaux are moving to more discreet locations, while several banks continue to exchange money at parallel rates. End Summary. "Talking down" the dollar ----- [...] | 2002-12-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2765 | GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS REPORT BY NEW YORK ELECTED [...] Under headline "Now that the truth is out. . ." the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its December 3, editorial to praising the trip report released by a delegation of elected officials from the U.S. after their recent visit to Zimbabwe. Excerpts: [...] | 2002-12-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2782 | DEMONSTRATIONS INCREASE - NOT CRITICAL MASS YET [...] (U) On November 30 the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) staged demonstrations in five cities to pressure the GOZ for a more democratic constitution. Police arrested NCA staff members and demonstrators, seized demonstration materials and denied permission for the march in a sixth city. [...] | 2002-12-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2783 | AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ACCOSTED BY ANGRY RULING [...] Summary: On December 7 two journalists, including an Amcit and a South African citizen, were surrounded, detained and lightly roughed up by a group of about 30 ZANU-PF supporters. The incident occurred at a shopping center in Harare's upper-middle class Newlands [...] | 2002-12-10 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL KPAO ZI |
02HARARE2784 | ZCTU LEADERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF FIZZLED [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI |
02HARARE2803 | ZIMBABWE PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME AT ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF,s annual conference, concluded in Chinhoyi December 14, proved to be another platform from which the senior party leadership could blast their critics and blame others for the country,s economic woes. President Mugabe tacitly admitted that the land reform exercise had not gone we [...] | 2002-12-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
02HARARE2805 | MDC UNHAPPINESS WITH SOUTH AFRICA GROWS [...] (C) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai told a visiting staffdel that Zimbabwe needed a 12-18 month transitional period during which critical national issues must be resolved to lay the foundation for a new election and long-term political stability. He predicte [...] | 2002-12-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
02HARARE2809 | Almost No Fuel [...] (U) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans wait days in mile-long fuel lines that meander over and around city blocks. The roads have lost 75 percent of normal traffic, as the Government cannot muster [...] | 2002-12-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
02HARARE2819 | Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change [...] (SBU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 months. Gono's frank appraisal hints that a dose of reality may be seeping through to the country's upper echelon. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador and E [...] | 2002-12-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2820 | Keeping the Lights On in Zimbabwe [...] Summary: The GoZ will need to spend over twice its revenue to meet appropriation goals in 2003, according to our calculations. It will react to this bleak predicament by printing money, enduring shortages and relinquishing national assets. End Summary. 2. In spite of its veneer of transp [...] | 2002-12-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2821 | 2003 Budget Will Not Save Economy [...] Summary: Through its 2003 interventionist budget proposal, the GoZ hopes to revive the country's economy. It seeks to expand price controls, shut down the paralle exchange, curb the informal export sector and raise most taxes. We believe this approach will have the opposite effect, ensuring h [...] | 2002-12-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2822 | Bulawayo's Sullen Industrialists [...] Summary: Exasperated by employee flight to neighboring countries and an ever more intrusive bureaucracy, firms in Zimbabwe's second largest city say they will not survive if the GOZ implements its 2003 budget. End Summary. Workers, firms exiting Zimbabwe ------------------------------- 2 [...] | 2002-12-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
02HARARE2826 | FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED IN ZIMBABWE [...] The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC) conducted an assessment of food security in Zimbabwe between December 2 and 6, 2002. A preliminary report on the assessment is expected o/a December 18, 2002. Monitoring teams conducted focus group interviews in 62 villages throughout Zi [...] | 2002-12-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE2829 | TSVANGIRAI LEVELS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST BRITAIN AND [...] (C) In a move that could create quite a firestorm, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai issued a press statement on December 18 accusing the British and South African governments of working in cahoots with certain elements of ZANU-PF to maintain the ruling party's ho [...] | 2002-12-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
02HARARE2835 | Harare's Fuel Lines: It's Not Pretty [...] Summary: An informal poll of Embassy staff today indicates that it remains very difficult to obtain fuel in Harare. Nonetheless, several stations are pumping and vehicles on the road have increased from approximately 25 to 50 percent of normal. End Summary. 2. Local staff say it has taken f [...] | 2002-12-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
02HARARE2838 | MDC-ANC CONTACTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) According to a senior MDC parliamentarian, the ANC has agreed to a ZANU-PF plan for Zimbabwean Speaker of Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa to replace Robert Mugabe, while offering token reprentation to the opposition. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was briefed on this initiative, which likel [...] | 2002-12-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE284 | A/S CRANER MESSAGE TO ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT: YOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: BETWEEN JANUARY 15 AND 18, ASSISTANT SECRETARY LORNE CRANER AND HIS DELEGATION MET WITH A SIPDIS WIDE SAMPLING OF ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES. A/S CRANER INFORMED TWO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) THAT THE ZIMBABWE LEADERSHI [...] | 2002-01-31 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE2852 | DISCOVERY OF BODIES IN ABANDONED WELL [...] (C) Summary: On December 10 police in Nkayi District (in Matabeleland North Province) reportedly retrieved five skeletons from an abandoned well near the town of Lukona. A local war veteran, implicated in a previous case of murder by torture freely accompanied police when the bodies were ret [...] | 2002-12-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
02HARARE2858 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S. stumbling block to Palestinian state" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 22 editorial to accusing the United States of stalling the peace process in the Middle East. Excerpts: 2. "Palestinian leader Yasser [...] | 2002-12-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
02HARARE286 | MEDIA REPORT PAPER CONDEMNS MEDIA BILL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "THE BILL THAT THREATENS ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY" THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS JANUARY 29 EDITORIAL TO CONDEMNING THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. "FEW [...] | 2002-01-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2862 | WFP RESUMES FOOD ASSISTANCE TO INSIZA [...] The World Food Programme (WFP) resumed general food distributions to Insiza District on Monday, December 16, 2002. The USAID Emergency Food for Peace Officer (FFPO) visited two villages in Insiza district on December 18, 2002. The FFPO monitored the distribution and verified that the food [...] | 2002-12-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
02HARARE287 | MEDIA REPORT MEDIA BILL; HARARE [...] DESPITE 36 AMENDMENTS, MORE THAN 20 SECTIONS OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL REMAIN UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THIS WAS SAID BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE, MR. EDDISON ZVOBGO (ZANU PF, MASVINGO SOUTH),IN PARLIAMENT ON J [...] | 2002-01-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE2871 | MATABELELAND: FOOD ACCESS REMAINS TENUOUS [...] SUMMARY: (U) Ambassador, USAID Officer, State Zimbabwe Desk Officer and Political Officer visited Matabeleland North province December 3 to December 6 to meet with people affected by the food and HIV/AIDS crises. Food issues dominated discussions as scarcities intensified across the country. [...] | 2002-12-30 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SOCI ZI |
02HARARE2876 | GOZ adds more price controls [...] Summary: The macroeconomically-challenged GOZ expanded its price freeze list on December 28. New controls will lead to further shortages and a burgeoning black market. End Summary. 2. Over the past months, the GOZ has rapidly expanded its price freeze. The latest list includes school unifo [...] | 2002-12-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
02HARARE2891 | MEDIA REPORT: NYAROTA FIRED; HARARE [...] Geoffrey Nyarota (52),award-winning Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily News," has been fired by the newspaper's board of directors. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, who had been asked to step in as acting editor by management, has also resigned in protest against Nyarota's d [...] | 2002-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
02HARARE292 | MEDIA REPORT "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE"; [...] UNDER HEADLINE "WEST BIASED AGAINST ZIMBABWE: SOME LOCAL SCRIBES HAVE BECOME MASCOTS OF NEO-COLONIALISM," THE JANUARY 31 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" CARRIED AN OPINION PIECE BY OLLEY MARUMA THAT IS CRITICAL OF THE U. S. FOREIGN POLICY. ARTICLE EXCE [...] | 2002-02-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE293 | MEDIA REPORT MEDIA BILL; HARARE [...] THE CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE RE-INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY (JANUARY 31),FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE WHO RECOMMENDED ON TUESDAY THAT THE BILL BE WITHDR [...] | 2002-02-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE303 | MEDIA REPORT -- COMMONWEALTH ACTIONS ON [...] UNDER HEADLINE "DANGEROUS TO LET ZIMBABWE OFF THE HOOK AT THIS STAGE," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS FEBRUARY 1 EDITORIAL TO CAUTIONING THE COMMONWEALTH ABOUT ITS DECISION NOT TO EXPEL ZIMBABWE FROM THE ORGANIZATION. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. ". . . AT O [...] | 2002-02-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE315 | MDC PLANNING FOR TRANSITION [...] (C) THE MDC HAS ESTABLISHED A FOUR-PERSON TEAM THAT IS QUIETLY WORKING ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD, DRAWING UP AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS, AND DEVISING A LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR KEY POSITIONS. IF ELECTED, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WOULD GIVE THE FINANCE MINISTRY PORTFOLIO TO PROM [...] | 2002-02-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI MDC |
02HARARE323 | MEDIA REACTION ZDERA; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "WHERE IS THE PATRIOTISM OF THE ZANU PF LEADERSHIP?" THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS FEBRUARY 6 EDITORIAL TO A WARNING THAT THE CHILDREN OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS STUDYING ABROAD COULD, BE AFFECTED BY ASPECTS OF THE ZIMBABWE [...] | 2002-02-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE343 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION OBSERVATION, ELECTION [...] C) THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO ZIMBABWE, BRIAN DONNELLY, JOINED BY FCO DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA ANDREW POCOCK AND IAN BAILEY FROM THE BRITISH CABINET OFFICE CALLED ON THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 6. THE AMBASSADOR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF. ELECTION OBSERVATION --- [...] | 2002-02-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE345 | ZIMBABWE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT PLACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 31, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DECEPTIVELY-NAMED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DEBATE. THE ACT, WHICH HAS YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTED INTO LAW, ESSENTIALLY PLACES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALIS [...] | 2002-02-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE38 | LOSS OF TWO ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DECEMBER 27 DEATH OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SIMBARASHE MUCHECHETERE AND THE DECEMBER 31 RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE FUTURE ROLE OF WHAT HAS STOOD AS AN AFRICAN MODEL OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. ONLY TWO OF THE SIX REMAINING MEMBERS CAN BE DES [...] | 2002-01-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
02HARARE44 | LIKELY SCENARIOS; POLICY TOOLS AND TIMING [...] No summary [...] | 2002-01-07 04:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE50 | ZIMBABWE: PROBLEMS ON LAND DISTRIBUTION AND [...] (C) WITH RESPECT TO PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S COMMENTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN ZIMBABWE(REFTEL),WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE LAND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM AND CALL ATTENTION TO THE INCREASED VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND VIOLATION OF THE RULE OF LAW WHICH THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRO [...] | 2002-01-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE555 | ELECTION DAILY REPORT: POLICE AND SOLDIERS [...] (C) SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON FEBRUARY 28, POLICE RAIDED THE MDC HARARE PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS. PROVINCIAL ELECTION COORDINATOR DONALD CHIRUNGA TOLD US THAT A LARGE "LUNCH TIME MEETING" WAS CALLED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS NEAR COKE CORNER OUTSIDE HARARE, WHERE MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SHO [...] | 2002-03-02 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI |
02HARARE556 | MORE ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS, MORE UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENTS (REFTEL),THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF LEGAL AND OTHER ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PAST 48 HOURS. A HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON DUAL NATIONALITY AND A SUPREME COURT RULING ON VOTING BY CONSTITUENC [...] | 2002-03-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI |
02HARARE557 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" SLAMMED PRESIDENT BUSH FOR ALLEGEDLY USING ORGANI [...] | 2002-03-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE561 | MDC DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. GOZ SECURITY OFFICIALS CUT SHORT A MARCH 4 MDC BRIEFING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THIS WAS AN "ILLEGAL MEETING" UNDER THE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY ACT (POSA). BEFORE THIS OCCURRED, MDC OFFICIALS HAD EXPRESSED A NEED FOR MASSIVE FOOD ASSISTANCE MAIZE AND [...] | 2002-03-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PHUM ZI |
02HARARE565 | SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ZI SF |
02HARARE569 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00569 050100Z EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTRO [...] | 2002-03-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE570 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] IN THE FINAL WEEK OF ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO DEVOTE THEIR EDITORIALS, AND MUCH OF THEIR NEWS COVERAGE, TO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00570 051502Z EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER TH [...] | 2002-03-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE572 | MORE ON TSVANGIRAI'S ALLEGED "PLOT" TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE GOZ FIRED ANOTHER OFF-TARGET SALVO IN ITS CONTINUING ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT MDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MORGAN TSVANGIRAI THROUGH ACCUSATIONS THAT HE APPROACHED THE CANADIAN DICKENS AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00572 01 OF 02 051236Z MAD [...] | 2002-03-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
02HARARE574 | UNCERTAINTY HEADING INTO ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE581 | MEDIA REACTION DEATH OF SAVIMBI; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "SAVIMBI'S DEATH: A CHANCE FOR PEACE IN ANGOLA," THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL TO URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEATH OF UNITA LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI BY PUSHING FOR PEACE. EXCERPTS: 2. [...] | 2002-03-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE583 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WITH ONLY THREE DAYS REMAINING BEFORE ZIMBABWEANS GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT, EDITORIALS IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00583 01 OF 02 061343Z THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ELECTION. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLL [...] | 2002-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE588 | REPORTED UNSYG CONSIDERATIONS RE ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE591 | ZIMBABWEAN ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE SETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE TWO TOP OFFICIALS OF ZIMBABWE'S ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) BRIEFED INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6 ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MARCH 9 AND 10 VOTE. IN A SURREAL NINETY-MINUTE SPEECH, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED NUMBER TWO OF THE ESC, A PRO-ZANU [...] | 2002-03-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
02HARARE599 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE VOTES; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" PUBLISHED A STRONGLY WORDED FRONT-PAGE EDITORIAL IN ITS MARCH 7 EDITION. UNDER THE HEADLINE "SHOCK MUGABE" THE NEWSPAPER URGES VOTERS TO TELL PRESIDENT MUGABE TO GO. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: "MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, THE SLAIN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS [...] | 2002-03-07 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE600 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "PLACING OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF VOTERS," THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 7 EDITORIAL CRITICIZING APPARENT EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO MAKE VOTING IN URBAN AREAS MORE DIFFICULT. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: "THE FAILURE BY BOTH THE REGISTRAR GEN [...] | 2002-03-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE61 | ZIMBABWE: ZVOBGO PREDICTS MUGABE WILL LOSE THE [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 20 LUNCH WITH AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN AND POLOFF, ZANU-PF MP AND MASVINGO "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO RUMINATED ON REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION BEFORE PARLIAMENT (REPORTED REFTEL),MASVINGO POLITICS, AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ZVOBGO HAD FEW KIND WORDS FOR HIS OLD BROTHER-I [...] | 2002-01-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
02HARARE611 | DESPITE BEHIND THE SCENES SCHEMES, A PAN- [...] (C) WE HAVE PICKED UP A NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT THERE ARE MOVES AFOOT TO LINE UP AFRICAN ELECTION OBSERVATION DELEGATIONS TO AGREE TO A COMMON POST-ELECTORAL STATEMENT FAVORABLE TO ROBERT MUGABE. DEPUTY ELECTIONS SUPERVISION COMMISSIONER'S NYIKAYARAMBA INVITATION TO AFRICAN CHIEFS OF MISSION [...] | 2002-03-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE615 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE [...] THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" HAS CARRIED AN ARTICLE, BASED ON ANONYMOUS "HIGHLY PLACED SOURCES," ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN OF PLANNING A "MAJOR MILITARY OFFENSIVE" TO OUST THE MUGABE ADMINISTRATION IF IT STAYS IN POWER AFTER THE MARCH [...] | 2002-03-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE617 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] AS THE COUNTDOWN TO ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL POLL COMES TO A CLOSE, THIS ELECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EDITORIAL COLUMNS IN MOST MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS. SAMPLES OF THE EDITORIALS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE: BETWEEN A FIST AND A PALM," THE MARCH 8 EDITION [...] | 2002-03-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE618 | MARCH 7 MEETING WITH NIGERIAN ELECTION [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR MET MARCH 8 WITH THE HEAD OF THE NIGERIAN ELECTION OBSERVER DELEGATION CHIEF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00618 081132Z SHONEKAN, THE NIGERIAN ELECTION COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE AND HIGH COMMISSIONER JUTA. SHONEKAN HAD EARLIER BEEN PRESIDEN [...] | 2002-03-08 11:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI NI |
02HARARE620 | OUR TAKE ON ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOZ HAS TO A LARGE DEGREE SUCCEEDED IN ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP PRYING OUTSIDE EYES AWAY FROM THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FIELD AND, IT NOW APPEARS, OUT OF THE POLLING STATIONS ON VOTING DAY. BY DERAILING THE EFFORTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MISSION AND THE ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS SUPPORT [...] | 2002-03-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI |
02HARARE625 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE [...] AS ZIMBABWEANS HEAD FOR THE POLLS, EDITORIALS IN THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS TAKE ONE LAST SHOT AT PERSUADING VOTERS TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE TWO LEADING CANDIDATES. EXCERPTS: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "D-DAY FOR ZIMBABWE," THE MARCH 9 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HER [...] | 2002-03-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE629 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE: TIME TO DECIDE; [...] ON THE FIRST DAY OF ZIMBABWE'S TWO-DAY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ZIMBABWE, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" CARRIED TWO EDITORIALS URGING VOTERS NOT TO VOTE FOR OPPOSITION MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "VOTE AGAINS [...] | 2002-03-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE63 | MEDIA REPORT: TWO CONTROVERSIAL BILLS TO BE TABLED [...] TWO CONTROVERSIAL BILLS - THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY BILL AND THE PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY BILL (POSB) - ARE PREPARED FOR TABLING IN PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK. PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUSINESS ON JANUARY 8 AFTER A THREE-WEEK BREAK. WHILE THE ACCESS TO IN [...] | 2002-01-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE640 | ZIMBABWE: PRELIMINARY VOTING STATISTICS FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. BASED ON OFFICIAL STATISTICS RELEASED THUS FAR (WHICH WE HAVE NO WAY TO VERIFY),WE EXPECT ZANU-PF TO CLAIM VICTORY IN THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. TURNOUT TO DATE, EVEN IN AREAS WHERE VOTING HAS BEEN TRUNCATED, HAS EXCEEDED JUNE 2000 LEVELS IN ALL PROVINCES SAVE BULAWAYO. [...] | 2002-03-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI |
02HARARE657 | ZIMBABWE ELECTION: VOTE COUNTING UNDERWAY ON MARCH 12 [...] (C) POLLING STATIONS IN HARARE AND CHITUNGWIZA CLOSED AT 7:00 P.M. ON MARCH 11, LEAVING LONG LINES OF VOTERS IN SOME AREAS UNABLE TO CAST BALLOTS. THE VERIFICATION OF BALLOT BOXES BEGAN THE MORNING OF MARCH 12 AND VOTE-COUNTING AT MOST BALLOT CENTERS DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. GIVE [...] | 2002-03-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE661 | MUGABE DECLARED WINNER OF ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: REGISTRAR-GENERAL TOBAIWA MUDEDE HAS DECLARED PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE THE WINNER OF ZIMBABWE'S MARCH 9-11 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE BEAT HIS STRONGEST CHALLENGER IN 22 YEARS BY 427,000 VOTES, OR 56 PERCENT TO 42 PERCENT. THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE RESULTS, ESPECIALLY EXTRAORDINA [...] | 2002-03-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE665 | SADC-PF ISSUES HARD-HITTING ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] (U) ON MARCH 13, THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ISSUED A TOUGH CRITIQUE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION PROCESS, SAYING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WAS MARRED BY INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN ALL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY, PREDOMINANTLY AGAINST MDC SUPPORTERS. THE SADC-PF CONCLUDED THAT THE CLIMATE OF "INSECURI [...] | 2002-03-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE666 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WITH VOTE COUNTING UNDER WAY IN ZIMBABWE, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00666 01 OF 02 140606Z EDITORIALS PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 12 EDITIONS OF THE THREE DAILIES IN THE COUNTRY DISCUSS CONCEIVABLE END RESULTS OF THE JUST ENDED PRESIDENTIAL POLL. EXC [...] | 2002-03-14 05:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE667 | MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DECIDES; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "GOVERNMENT DESPERATE TO WIN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00667 01 OF 02 140608Z ELECTION BY ANY MEANS," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 13 EDITORIAL TO CRITICIZING REGIONAL OBSERVERS FOR BEING PARTISAN IN [...] | 2002-03-14 05:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE672 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE [...] PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S VICTORY IN THE JUST- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00672 01 OF 03 141108Z ENDED PRESIDENTIAL POLL IN ZIMBABWE IS FODDER FOR EDITORIALS PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 14 EDITIONS OF THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY. THE [...] | 2002-03-14 10:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE676 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "THE TRAGIC REALITY OF A MUGABE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00676 141236Z ELECTION VICTORY," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 14 EDITORIAL TO PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MANY ZIMBABWEAN VOTERS WHO COURAGEOUSLY [...] | 2002-03-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE678 | COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP GIVES [...] (U) AFTER A ONE-HOUR DELAY, COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP (COG) HEAD OF MISSION ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR READ TO THE ASSEMBLED PRESS AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN INTERIM STATEMENT ON THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION THAT WAS SHORT BUT CERTAINLY NOT SWEET TO GOZ EARS. ABUBAKAR REMARKED ON THE COMMONWEALTH'S ENGA [...] | 2002-03-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
02HARARE689 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AND THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00689 01 OF 02 150936Z PRIVATE NEWSPAPERS REMAIN SHARPLY DIVIDED ABOUT PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S VICTORY IN THE JUST-ENDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ZIMBABWE. WHILE THE [...] | 2002-03-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE693 | ZIMBABWE'S PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT DEEPLY FLAWED [...] (C) REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, THE PERIOD PRECEDING ZIMBABWE'S MARCH 9-10 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS BEEN DEEPLY FLAWED. THE GOZ'S OPAQUE AND UNEVEN IMPLEMENATION OF ELECTORAL PROCEDURES GIVES MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE TO THE RULING ZANU-PF, BY MINIMIZING VOTER TURNOUT IN AREAS OF OPPOSITION STRENGTH A [...] | 2002-03-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ZI |
02HARARE698 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00698 01 OF 04 181109Z NEWSPAPERS PLAY ON ANTI-COLONIAL EMOTIONS AND URGE ZIMBABWEANS TO MOVE ON BEYOND THE ELECTIONS TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND PROGRESS. EDITORIALS IN TH [...] | 2002-03-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE704 | MUGABE INAUGURAL REMARKS PROMISE MORE OF THE SAME [...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS SWORN IN FOR A FIFTH TERM ON MARCH 17, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPARENTLY HASTILY- ARRANGED INAUGURATION CEREMONY. FIVE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE WERE IN ATTENDANCE -- TANZANIA'S BENJAMIN MKAPA; MOZAMBIQUE'S JOAQUIM CHISSANO; MALAWI'S BAKILI MULUZI; N [...] | 2002-03-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE706 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. IMPLICATED IN PLAN TO [...] THE LEAD STORY IN THE MARCH 16 EDITION OF THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" ASSERTS THAT THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS A "SECRET" PLAN TO OUST PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. THE ARTICLE, HEADLINED "MASS STAYAWAY PLANNED: BRITAIN AND U.S. PLAN TO OUST PRES [...] | 2002-03-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE712 | MEDIA REACTION COMMONWEALTH TROIKA; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00712 191048Z ITS MARCH 19 EDITORIAL TO THE COMMONWEALTH DELIBERATIONS OVER ZIMBABWE. THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS EDITORIAL TO DISCOURAGING Z [...] | 2002-03-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE713 | ZIMBABWE: HOW MUGABE STOLE THE ELECTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: A WIDE VARIETY OF REPORTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S RULING PARTY ENGAGED IN MASSIVE FRAUD DURING THE MARCH 9-11 PRESIDENTIAL POLL, ENABLING HIM TO CLAIM VICTORY. MANY OF THE NUMBERS DO NOT ADD UP, AND INFLATED RESULTS IN THE MASHONALAND PROVINCE [...] | 2002-03-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE721 | PRESIDENTS MBEKI, OBASANJO PROPOSE STRUCTURED DIALOGUE [...] (C) PRESIDENTS MBEKI AND OBASANJO MET SEPARATELY ON MARCH 18 WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. ACCORDING TO TSVANGIRAI'S SPECIAL ADVISOR, GANDI MUDZINGWA, THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND NIGERIAN LEADERS DID NOT PRESS FOR FORMATION OF A GOVERNMENT [...] | 2002-03-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
02HARARE725 | ZIMBABWE: REPRESSIVE MEDIA LEGISLATION GOES [...] (U) ON MARCH 15, PRESIDENT MUGABE SIGNED AND GAZETTED INTO LAW THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT, WHICH THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED ON JANUARY 31 (REFTEL),AND WHICH PLACES SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GAZETTING OF THE ACT BRINGS IT INTO IMMED [...] | 2002-03-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE727 | MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR POLITICAL PARTY [...] UNDER HEADLINE "NEW POLITICAL CULTURE OVERDUE," THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS MARCH 20 EDITORIAL TO CALL ON THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES - ZANU PF AND MDC - IN ZIMBABWE TO CO-EXIST, SAYING THE PARTIES " HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER, ARGUE TOGET [...] | 2002-03-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE731 | MDC WILL ONLY TALK TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MDC SHARPLY DEFINED ITS WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN FACILITATED DIALOGUE WITH ZANU-PF AS LIMITED TO A TRANSITIONAL FORMULA TOWARD NEW ELECTIONS AND REJECTED A UNITY GOVERNMENT. THIS PUTS THEM ON A CONFLICTING COURSE WITH ZANU-PF WHICH SEEKS TO FORCE MDC AND THE NATION TO ACCEPT [...] | 2002-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
02HARARE735 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM AFTER PRESIDENTIAL POLL; [...] EDITORIALS IN THE MARCH 21 EDITIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" AND THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" CALL ON PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT LED TO ZIMBABWE'S SUSPENSION FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. EXCERPTS: 2. "LIFE CANNO [...] | 2002-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE748 | MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI FORMALLY CHARGED WITH TREASON [...] (U) MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI WAS CHARGED WITH TREASON ON MARCH 20 IN THE ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT MUGABE. TSVANGIRAI PRESENTED HIMSELF AT THE HARARE CENTRAL POLICE STATION SIPDIS FOR FINGERPRINTING, THEN APPEARED AT THE HARARE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, WHICH FORMALLY CHARGED HIM [...] | 2002-03-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE751 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM'S SUSPENSION FROM [...] MARCH 22 EDITORIALS IN TWO MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS DISCUSS AT LENGTH ZIMBABWE'S 12-MONTH SUSPENSION FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. "WHAT KIND OF DEMOCRACY IS THIS?" THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" (03/22) COMMENTS: "THE BRITISH AND OTHER MEMBERS OF [...] | 2002-03-22 08:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE752 | MEDIA REPORT MEDIA ACT CHALLENGED; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "MEDIA ACT TOTALLY REEKS OF INTOLERANCE, XENOPHOBIA," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 22 EDITORIAL TO URGING JOURNALISTS TO CHALLENGE THE RECENTLY ENACTED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT, SAYING "THIS ACT MUST BE FO [...] | 2002-03-22 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE767 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM AFTER PRESIDENTIAL POLL; [...] EDITORIALS IN THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE HOTLY DISPUTED PRESIDENTIAL POLL IN ZIMBABWE. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "A REGIME BENT ON VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION WON'T GET AID," THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" (03/25) COMMENTS: ". . . [...] | 2002-03-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE786 | ZIMBABWE: MDC URGES USG TO LET SOUTH AFRICA AND NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION MDC LEADERSHIP ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S EFFORTS TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE WITH ZANU-PF THAN WITH PRESIDENT MBEKI'S. THE PARTY'S SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELSHMAN NCUBE, ADVISED THE USG AGAINST SIPDIS PRESSING PUBLICLY FOR A NEW ELECTION A [...] | 2002-03-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
02HARARE802 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] UNDER HEADLINE "PRESIDENT MUGABE IS OUR CHOICE," THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS MARCH 27 EDITORIAL TO DENOUNCING THE UNITED STATES OVER ITS STANCE ON ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL POLL. EXCERPTS: 2. "THE AMERICANS AND THEIR FRIENDS ELSEWH [...] | 2002-03-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE808 | MEDIA REPORT INFORMATION ACT; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" FACES LEGAL ACTION AFTER ALLEGEDLY CONTRAVENING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE RECENTLY ENACTED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT. ACCORDING TO FRONT-PAGE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 27 EDITIONS OF THE "DAILY NEWS" AND THE GOVERNMENT-CONT [...] | 2002-03-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE809 | SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF NI ZI |
02HARARE81 | ZIMBABWE 2002 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] BELOW FIND OUR SUBMISSION OF THE 2002 ZIMBABWE CHAPTER FOR THE NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT. PER REF A INSTRUCTIONS WE HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO THE TRADE DATA IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, LEAVING THE UPDATE TO USTR. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF ZIMBABWE NTE 2002 CHAPTER. TRADE SUMMARY IN 2000, THE [...] | 2002-01-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN ZI |
02HARARE90 | MEDIA REPORT ARMY WARNS SCRIBES; HARARE [...] ZIMBABWE'S MILITARY AND SECURITY CHIEFS HAVE WARNED JOURNALISTS WORKING FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS AGAINST PUBLISHING "FALSE REPORTS THAT DISCREDIT THE LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS." ADDRESSING JOURNALISTS IN HARARE ON JANUARY 10, THE COMMANDER OF THE [...] | 2002-01-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE927 | ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO [...] (U) On April 12, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) filed with the High Court a 135- page legal challenge to President Mugabe's declared victory in the March presidential poll. The filing was made just before the 30-day deadline to submit electoral challenges elapsed. The l [...] | 2002-04-16 07:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE928 | PRESIDENT'S 2002 AGOA REPORT, ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Per reftel request we provide the following information: == Zimbabwe is not currently an AGOA beneficiary and government behavior both before and since the recent presidential election continues to drastically reduce the prospect of it qualifying in the near and likely medium term, [...] | 2002-04-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE932 | MEDIA REACTION: ELECTION AFTERMATH: ZANU PF - MDC [...] Under headline "ZANU PF is not sincere in pursuing party talks," the independent "Daily News" dedicated its April 15 editorial to urging the negotiating teams in the recently opened talks between the opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU PF to come up with "a time frame" to d [...] | 2002-04-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE936 | POLITICAL ABUSE OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] RECENT REPORTS INDICATE WIDESPREAD ABUSE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (AND SOCIAL SERVICES, PRINCIPALLY IN GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PROGRAMS, IN ZIMBABWE. REPORTS INDICATE THAT THIS PRACTICE IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE IN THOSE AREAS DOMINATED BY RULING PARTY INTERESTS [...] | 2002-04-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON |
02HARARE939 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS PESSIMISTIC RE: BOTH SHORT [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Laboff met with three representatives of the Commercial Farmers' Union (CMF) - David Hasluck, Director, Malcolm Voles, Deputy Director, and Colin Cloete, President, on April 11, 2002. The CFU had requested the meeting as a "reality check" on the post-election situation o [...] | 2002-04-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE942 | ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS [...] (SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998),land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...] | 2002-04-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI |
02HARARE95 | MEDIA REPORT PARLIAMENT TO PASS TWO CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2002-01-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI |
02HARARE952 | MEDIA REPORT EDITOR ARRESTED; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-04-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE953 | MEDIA REPORT U. S. ARMS BAN; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-04-19 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL OIIP |
02HARARE954 | MEDIA REPORT ANOTHER EDITOR ARRESTED; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-04-19 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE955 | MEDIA REPORT ZIM TURNS 22; HARARE [...] Editorials published in the April 18 and 19 editions of the mainstream newspapers concentrate on Zimbabwe's 22nd anniversary. Editorial excerpts: 2. Under headline "Spirit of togetherness is heartening," the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (04/19) comments: [...] | 2002-04-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE959 | MEDIA REACTION ELECTION AFTERMATH; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will save us from fellow Africans?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its April 22 edition to condemning African leaders for supporting the Government of Zimbabwe after fatally flawed March presidential poll. "We really thing their action wa [...] | 2002-04-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE96 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR AND DCM MET WITH PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR CHARLES UTETE AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ON JANUARY 9. THE AMBASSADOR CITED CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- COUNTER-TERRORISM, HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE -- BUT NOTED THAT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS OVER N [...] | 2002-01-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
02HARARE965 | MEDIA REPORT -- U.S. ACCUSED OF COORDINATING [...] The lead story in the April 22 edition of the government-controlled "Chronicle" accuses the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of "planning a massive terrorist attack" in Harare and Bulawayo in a move "to invoke civil unrest and pave way for military interven [...] | 2002-04-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE966 | MEDIA REPORT ZIM TURNS 22; HARARE [...] Under headline "Forget about Mugabe's peace," the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its April 21 editorial to criticizing Robert Mugabe's for preaching but not practicing. Excerpts: 2. "Robert Mugabe's hypocrisy continues to be exposed every time he addresses [...] | 2002-04-22 12:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE972 | MEDIA REACTION ELECTION AFTERMATH; HARARE [...] Under headline "Wade has joined the bootlicking brigade," the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its May 22 editorial to denouncing Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for "discrediting" the outcome Zimbabwe's presidential election. Excerpts: 2. "Senegale [...] | 2002-04-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE973 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Israeli attacks on civilians abhorrent," the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its April 23 editorial to calling for the cessation of the "cycle of violence and counter- violence" in the Middle East. Excerpts: 2. ". . .No rational person can [...] | 2002-04-23 07:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE974 | MEDIA REPORT KUDOS TO AFRICA; HARARE [...] Under headline "Don't abuse UN" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its April 21 editorial to hailing African countries for blocking a call for an investigation into alleged human rights violations in Zimbabwe during a United Nations human rights forum [...] | 2002-04-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
02HARARE981 | MADE'S STATEMENT RE: LAND REFORM: MORE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a press statement on April 12, 2002, Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made clarified the GOZ's stance on the conduct of its land resettlement program. While much of the statement merely repeated the ruling party's rhetoric, portions revealed some of the GOZ's more subtle inten [...] | 2002-04-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
02HARARE998 | ZIMBABWE: VIOLENCE OF RETRIBUTION CONTINUES; [...] (C) Summary: Ruling party militants continue their campaign of violent retribution against opposition supporters, six weeks after Zimbabwe's presidential election ended. Since March 11, at least 18 people have died in political violence, bringing the total for the year to at least 54. The n [...] | 2002-04-24 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ASEC ZI |
02HAVANA7763 | (CUBA) 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM. THE GOC REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE U.S.-LED COALITION PROSECUTING THE WAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM AND IS ACTIVELY CRITICAL OF MANY ASSOCI [...] | 2002-11-15 16:16:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
02HOCHIMINHCITY1123 | VIETNAM'S IPR ENFORCEMENT: MICROSOFT STRIKES BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM RAIDED LOCAL COMPUTER SHOPS ON OCTOBER 17, SEIZING APPROXIMATELY 7000 PIRATED DISKS. THIS ACTION MARKS THE FIRST ILLEGAL SOFTWARE RAID IN VIETNAM. ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT CLAIMED VICTORY, THE RAID [...] | 2002-11-06 04:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON ETRD KIPR IPROP |
02HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | HOA HAO MONK DEFIES GOVERNMENT ORDER AND CLIMBS A [...] (SBU) ON NOVEMBER 7, CONTROVERSIAL HOA HAO MONK NAM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01140 110628Z LIEM (VO THANH LIEM) CLIMBED A TREE INSIDE THE COMPOUND OF HIS PRIVATE PAGODA FOR THE THIRD TIME IN EIGHT YEARS (SEE REFTEL),AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES GAVE HIM THREE [...] | 2002-11-11 03:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY117 | HCMC OFFICIALS CAN NOW RUN THE CITY [...] SUMMARY: IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TEST CASE FOR VIETNAM'S MAJOR CITIES, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVOLVED SOME SIGNIFICANT POWERS TO HO CHI MINH CITY WITH THE ISSUANCE OF "DECREE 93" BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER. THIS DECREE PERMITS HCMC FOR THE FIRST UNCLASSI [...] | 2002-02-05 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI ETRD VM |
02HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM FROM IT, IN DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (CRA). IN THESE MEETINGS, CRA OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN [...] | 2002-12-11 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY131 | "DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...] | 2002-02-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY154 | STATE ENTERPRISES GROW, FDI FLOPS IN CAN THO [...] SUMMARY: CAN THO, THE MEKONG DELTA'S ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL HUB, IS HUNGRY FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT, SAY LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT THE CITY'S POOR TRANSPORTATION LINKS AND STRING OF FAILED FOREIGN PROJECTS SUGGEST REAL DIFFICULTIES IN DEVELOPING AN ECONOMY BASED ON FDI. THE PROVINCE SEEMS TO HAVE [...] | 2002-02-21 09:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD VM SOE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY203 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A PROTESTANT WORSHIP HOUSE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS WERE ETHNIC MINORITY VIETNAMESE RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA -- TWO OF WHOM HAD RETURN [...] | 2002-03-04 16:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY336 | ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING VIETNAM FOR CAMBODIA - LACK OF FARMLAND, AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, RELIGION. ALL SIX OF THE UNHCR RETURNEES WE SPOKE TO ON A RE [...] | 2002-04-06 02:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY39 | CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...] | 2002-01-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY390 | CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...] | 2002-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY394 | EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...] | 2002-04-17 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
02HOCHIMINHCITY400 | ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN VIETNAM: STILL AN "UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE 22,000-STRONG UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00400 01 OF 02 190630Z FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (AOG) IN VIETNAM SAID HE WOULD WELCOME GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF THE GROUP, BUT EXPECTED IT TO REMAIN AN "UNDERGROUND ORGA [...] | 2002-04-19 05:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY471 | VIETNAMESE GRASSROOTS COMMUNISM - AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: IN A CORDIAL FIRST MEETING, AMBASSADOR BURGHARDT AND HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY NGUYEN MINH TRIET DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY, CORRUPTION, INVESTMENT AND THE BTA, AND THE DIRECTION OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. TRIET STRESSED THE GRASSROOTS NATURE OF VIET [...] | 2002-05-06 09:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM BTA DPOL |
02HOCHIMINHCITY538 | HCMC FACES REGIONAL IPR WOES [...] AFTER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT COMMITTEE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00538 01 OF 03 211143Z MEETING IN HANOI, MEMBERS OF THE US DELEGATION SPENT A DAY IN HCMC FOCUSING ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) IN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC HUB. LOCAL OFF [...] | 2002-05-21 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP |
02HOCHIMINHCITY55 | GIA LAI PROVINCE HEALTHCARE: LEPROSY AND HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: IN A DECEMBER MEETING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GIA LAI PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CALLED LEPROSY HIS MAIN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. HE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS, AND AMBITIOUS PLANS TO IMPROVE THE STAFFING/FACILITIES OF THE PROVINCE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. [...] | 2002-01-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PREF VM HIV AIDS |
02HOCHIMINHCITY602 | INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE [...] ALTHOUGH HCMC VIDEO STALLS ARE STILL FILLED WITH CHEAP VERSIONS OF HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES, LOCAL IPR AUTHORITIES ARE FINALLY FORCING ONE TRADEMARK-STEALING ESTABLISHMENT, "THE HARD ROCK CAFE," TO CHANGE ITS NAME - MAYBE. THIS COMES AFTER THE RIGHT-HOLDER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A LOCAL LAW FIRM FO [...] | 2002-06-17 08:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP |
02HOCHIMINHCITY695 | HOA HAO RELIGION THRIVING AGAIN IN VIETNAM [...] SUMMARY: FOLLOWERS OF VIETNAM'S HOA HAO RELIGION HAVE ENJOYED CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP SINCE THE GVN GRANTED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION IN 1999 TO THIS PREVIOUSLY OUTLAWED BUDDHIST SECT. DURING A JUNE 23-25 VISIT TO AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE MEKONG DELTA, POLOFF VISITED A SPARKLING NEW HOA H [...] | 2002-07-15 04:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY719 | DISSIDENT HOA HAO MONKS UNDER HEAVY POLICE [...] SUMMARY: PROVINCIAL PLAINCLOTHES POLICE PREVENTED POLOFF FROM MEETING WITH A DISSIDENT HOA HAO MONK IN AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE MEKONG DELTA. POLICE SAT IN ON POLOFF'S MEETING WITH ANOTHER DISSIDENT MONK IN THE SAME PROVINCE, BUT FAILED TO INTIMIDATE HIM OR STOP HIM FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND. [...] | 2002-07-19 06:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
02HOCHIMINHCITY728 | NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF CENTRAL FATHERLAND [...] ON JULY 2, MR. HUYNH DAM, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00728 221034Z HCMC PEOPLE'S COUNCIL AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE, TOOK OFFICE AS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF VIETNAM'S CENTRAL FATHERLAND FRONT SIPD [...] | 2002-07-22 09:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR VM |
02HOCHIMINHCITY759 | PROTESTANT PROBLEMS IN KON TUM PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANT PASTOR AND ONE OF HIS CONGREGATION MEMBERS TRAVELED TO HO CHI MINH CITY TO TELL CONGENOFFS OF AN ASSAULT BY 20-PLUS VILLAGERS IN THAT CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF KON TUM THIS PAST APRIL. THE PASTOR SAID THE VILLAGERS WHO ATTACKED THEM HAD ACTED O [...] | 2002-07-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
02HOCHIMINHCITY779 | OFDA TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: ALLEVIATING SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: AN OFDA-FUNDED DISASTER RELIEF PROJECT HAS BROUGHT A SMALL MEASURE OF RELIEF TO POVERTY- STRICKEN MEKONG DELTA FAMILIES, HARD HIT BY DROUGHT AND FOREST FIRES IN KIEN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM. THESE COMMUNITIES EKE OUT A MARGINAL EXISTENCE AROUND THE U MINH THUONG NATIONAL PARK, WH [...] | 2002-07-30 07:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR SENV VM |
02HOCHIMINHCITY785 | THE FREE MARKET PHENOMENON OF ONE VIETNAMESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FOR ONE VIETNAMESE FARMER IN THE MEKONG DELTA, PRODUCTION OF "TRA" AND "BASA" -- THE FISH FORMERLY KNOWN AS "CATFISH" -- IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THE UNFETTERED APPLICATION OF FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES. FIERCE COMPETITION AND SELF-TAUGHT MARKE [...] | 2002-08-01 06:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EAGR ETRD ECON VM |
02HOCHIMINHCITY934 | VIETNAMESE IPR ENFORCEMENT: HOW NIKE GOT ITS SWOOSH BACK [...] No summary [...] | 2002-09-16 10:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ETRD KIPR KTEX IPROP |
02HOCHIMINHCITY966 | POLICE QUESTION DR. NGUYEN DAN QUE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DR. NGUYEN DAN QUE VERBALLY SPARRED WITH POLICE AND OTHER SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR FOUR HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 20, WHEN THEY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00966 01 OF 02 240817Z APPEARED AT HIS HOME IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING [...] | 2002-09-24 08:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
02ISTANBUL1933 | ISTANBUL'S MARKET ANALYSTS COME TO TERMS WITH [...] (C) Summary: While much of Istanbul's secular establishment remains wary and suspicious of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) party, soundings among market insiders in Istanbul on the eve of Sunday's polls show a more nuanced view among the city's business elite. In contrast [...] | 2002-11-01 16:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
02ISTANBUL2088 | REVIEW OF THE FULBRIGHT GLOBAL WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. PA Istanbul cooperated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in executing the first-ever Fulbright-sponsored conference bringing together 110 r 110 women from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia to focus on the role of women as leaders in [...] | 2002-11-29 12:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL TU |
02ISTANBUL2101 | Istanbul Anti-War Protest [...] (U) Around 5,000 people in Istanbul protested against a possible U.S.-led operation against Iraq on Sunday. The anti-war demonstration was organized with the participation of more than 170 NGOs, including the country's three big unions: Turk-Is (the Confederation of Turkish Labor Unions),the [...] | 2002-12-03 13:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
02ISTANBUL2107 | ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS [...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...] | 2002-12-04 10:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU GR CY UN |
02ISTANBUL2110 | ISTANBUL'S MINIATURE OECD: ENCOURAGING PRIVATE [...] (U) SENSITIVE-- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials at Istanbul's Center for Private Sector Development, a joint undertaking of the OECD and Turkish International Cooperation Administration (TICA),outlined an ambitious program of seminars and programs for next year [...] | 2002-12-09 06:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID TU |
02ISTANBUL2195 | LIMITED COPENHAGEN FALLOUT FAILS TO PROVIDE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The week after Copenhagen has been a tough one on Turkey's financial markets. The Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) has slumped dramatically, losing over 14 percent of its value, the Turkish lira has depreciated 7 percent, and interest rates on lira-denominated Treasury bills have [...] | 2002-12-23 12:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TU |
02JAKARTA1407 | EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO WINS PRESIDENCY; [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO HAS WON A RESOUNDING VICTORY TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. XANANA WON 83 PERCENT OF ALL VALID VOTES CAST. XANANA, WHILE MINDFUL OF THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, INTENDS TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN [...] | 2002-04-18 01:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN |
02JAKARTA1853 | RELIGOUS EXTREMISTS SEEKING "SHORTCUT TO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF I. REED, REASON 1. 5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATING PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER JUSUF KALLA TOLD VISITING EAP A/S JAMES KELLY MAY 18 THAT ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION OF LOCALS WAS THE ROOT CAUSE OF INDONESIA'S COMMUNAL AND SEPARATIST CONFLICTS. HE DOWNPLAYED THE IMP [...] | 2002-05-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID US |
02JAKARTA685 | EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO -- FINALLY -- DECLARES [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO DECLARED HIS INTENT TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. WITH LESS THAN 90 MINUTES TO GO BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE EXPIRED, GUSMAO ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION OF MINOR OPPOSITION PARTIES TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE MAJORITY PARTY [...] | 2002-02-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN |
02JAKARTA97 | YUDHOYONO ASKS FOR U.S. HELP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE STEPHEN D. MULL FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS YUDHOYONO TOLD CHARGE JANUARY 9 THAT THE GOI NOW HAS POLITICAL SPACE TO ACT FIRMLY AGAINST RADICAL GROUPS. YUDHOYONO ASKED THAT THE U.S. HELP IMPROVE THE ANTI [...] | 2002-01-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MASS ID |
02JERUSALEM143 | READYING PECDAR TO FILL THE "HAMAS GAP" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PECDAR DIRECTOR MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH REPORTS THAT HE HAS ARAFAT'S BLESSING TO ESTABLISH PECDAR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FILL THE ASSISTANCE GAP RESULTING FROM THE PA'S CLOSURE OF HAMAS-AFFILIATED CHARITIES. SHTAYYEH WELCOMED U.S. EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GULF COUNTRIES TO STEER CHAR [...] | 2002-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PTER KWBG |
02JERUSALEM2756 | FATAH LEADER ON HAMAS CELL IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL AND PLC MEMBER CRITICIZED HAMAS FOR CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, SAYING THIS WAS PART OF A WIDER COMPETITION BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS OVER WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THE RESISTANCE. THE DISCOVERY OF A HAMAS CELL IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL COMPLICATE THE ONG [...] | 2002-08-22 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
02KATHMANDU1004 | NEPAL POLICE CLAIM VICTORY AGAINST MAOIST VALLEY [...] (SBU) Speaking before a group of Nepal Police officers at an Embassy-sponsored presentation, police chief Rana claimed a victory over Maoist leadership in the Kathmandu Valley, stating police efforts had netted the valley bureau leaders. Afterwards, RSO queried Rana over the veracity of local [...] | 2002-05-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1005 | PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED; ELECTIONS CALLED FOR [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's King on May 22 announced the dissolution of Parliament and called elections for November 13 after a faction of the ruling party refused to support Prime Minister Deuba's attempt to extend the state of emergency. The ruling party then kicked out the PM May 23. Three Minis [...] | 2002-05-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1007 | PM: "NO ALTERNATIVE" BUT TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Andrew Mitchell emphasized that the dissolution of Parliament presents the PM with a rare opportunity to form a technocrat, reformist Cabinet that could re-institute good governance, elim [...] | 2002-05-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1008 | KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-05-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1009 | KING'S VIEWS ON DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-05-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1036 | FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS IN ANGER, BUT HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary. Three Ministers resigned May 23 because the Prime Minister had not consulted them on the decision to suspend Parliament, Finance Minister Mahat told Ambassador May 24. Even so, Mahat said he was prepared to stay in the Cabinet under the right conditions. Mahat was especially bi [...] | 2002-05-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1037 | KOIRALA CAMP CLAIMS CONSPIRACY IN DISSOLUTION OF [...] (C) Supporters of Nepali Congress Party President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala are, predictably enough, branding Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's unexpected decision to dissolve Parliament (Reftels) a threat to democracy. The Koirala camp obviously miscalculated the PM's likely [...] | 2002-05-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1053 | ARMY AND POLICE SUCCESSFULLY REPULSE ATTACK ON [...] Local papers report that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) inflicted heavy casualties on Maoist insurgents who were attempting to overrun a security forces camp in Khara, Rukum (one of the five districts comprising the Maoist heartland). Maoists attacked the camp, garrisoned by approximately 50 RN [...] | 2002-05-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU1055 | NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY REVOKES PM'S MEMBERSHIP; [...] (C) Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expelled from the Nepali Congress Party for three years on May 26. As a counterattack, Deuba plans to call a party General Convention, with the possible aim of deposing Nepali Congress Party President G.P. Koirala from his post. On May 27 King Gyan [...] | 2002-05-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1091 | RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Efforts to reconcile intra-party rivals Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala appear headed in the right direction. Koirala has directed party peacemakers to patch things up during his upcoming jaunt to China June 1. In a [...] | 2002-05-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1105 | MAOISTS KILL NGO WORKER; MORE WFP SUSPENSIONS [...] (SBU) The Plan International (PI) representative for western Nepal's Bajhang district, a Nepalese national, was tortured and killed by Maoist rebels May 31, the organization's country director confirmed. Two other men were also killed in related incidents, according to June 3 press reports. [...] | 2002-06-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC EAID ELAB PHUM PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1119 | REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...] | 2002-06-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1146 | DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED IN SUPREME [...] (SBU) Four cases have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the May 22 dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament (Reftel). The cases will be heard June 19. Two Constitutional experts believe that defendant Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has the stronger case. Both cautioned, ho [...] | 2002-06-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1174 | ARMY, MAOISTS BATTLE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) platoons battled an estimated 100-200 Maoists the night of June 12 in a remote location in Salyan District, about 320 km west of Kathmandu. Preliminary casualty counts indicate from 3-8 RNA killed, 3 missing, and more than 20 wounded. The battle was [...] | 2002-06-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1183 | Consular Visit Assesses Conditions Outside [...] Summary. Consul and Consular Assistant completed a five-day road trip last week to assess concerns about the safety of AmCit travel outside the Kathmandu Valley given the continuing Maoist insurgency, surveying primary travel routes and remote destinations frequented by American citizens. T [...] | 2002-06-15 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ECON NP |
02KATHMANDU1191 | SECURITY FORCES' PROGRESS AND PITFALLS EAST OF [...] (SBU) Government of Nepal (GON) security forces have made progress against Maoist insurgents over the last few months in the district directly east of Kathmandu, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) and head of the local police. Maoist excesses, along with better cooperation between t [...] | 2002-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU1197 | HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION FOR BALANCE NAIL 02-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2002-06-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MARR MASS NP |
02KATHMANDU1198 | ARMY COUNTS VICTORY IN SALYAN WHILE MAOIST ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's army has confirmed that fifty-four Maoists and four Nepalese soldiers were killed during the June 12 clash in Salyan district (Ref A). One general ascribed the army's success to better weapons and training, although other military sources related that the Maoists' ambush [...] | 2002-06-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1199 | RULING PARTY RUMBLE: NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) As predicted (Ref A),supporters of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have called a General Convention of the Nepali Congress Party with the aim of deposing Party President and former PM Girija Prasad Koirala from his post. The motion to oust Koirala from the party leadership is expect [...] | 2002-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1201 | NEPAL REQUEST FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu requests Military Information Support Team (MIST) to assist the RNA in planning information strategies, developing PSYOP campaigns and programs. Embassy Kathmandu sees a three to four man element training the Royal Nepalese Army for up to four months. 2. (S/REL NP) [...] | 2002-06-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | MARR MOPS NP |
02KATHMANDU1216 | NEPAL'S KING HEADS TO INDIA AFTER COMPLETING FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The first trip abroad as monarch by Nepal's King Gyanendra will be a visit to India June 23-30. Gyanendra laid the groundwork for the trip in his first-ever interview with the foreign press, granted to a leading Indian daily, when he played to India's conservative government by e [...] | 2002-06-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU1245 | TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...] | 2002-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH |
02KATHMANDU1255 | NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY? [...] (C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emergency as a primary reason (Ref A). Legal experts and others, however, hold different opinions on the continued need of the state of emergency, as Parliament pas [...] | 2002-06-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1284 | Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nepal [...] (U) Ref A requested a brief summary of recent and notable anti-corruption efforts in Nepal by the government, civil society and the private sector. 2. (SBU) Corruption is a serious and pervasive problem in Nepal, and is being recognized increasingly by both donors and government leaders as [...] | 2002-07-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1285 | NEPAL: PROSPECTS FOR ELECTIONS CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Despite Prime Minister Deuba's repeated assurances that the Government of Nepal will proceed with national elections on schedule, the Embassy finds increasing numbers of commentators who express significant concern that elections can be held as planned. Questions about the ability of t [...] | 2002-07-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1309 | MAOIST PARTY PLENUM DECRIES ELECTIONS; CASTIGATES [...] (C) Summary: An undated Maoist press release, signed by Party President Prachanda, reported the successful conclusion of a Party plenum. The Nepali-language release outlines the contents of a "political and organizational proposal" presented by Prachanda which highlights a purported U.S. plo [...] | 2002-07-05 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1314 | INDIA VISIT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary. King Gyanendra's week-long visit to India in late June "exceeded his expectations," a businessman close to Nepal's monarch told the Ambassador July 3. In New Delhi the King received assurances of Indian support conditioned on the maintenance of Nepal's constitutional monarchy and [...] | 2002-07-05 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP IN |
02KATHMANDU1315 | Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters [...] (U) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) around 10:45 a.m. local time. Police sources confirmed ten people injured and hospitalized. One remains in critical condition. Security forces im [...] | 2002-07-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1326 | NEPAL'S KING JOURNEYS TO CHINA SEEKING HELP IN [...] (C) Summary. Statements against Nepal's Maoist insurgents and "anti-China activities" can be expected during the first visit of Nepal's King Gyanendra to China. A leading Nepali business leader accompanying the monarch hopes to strike deals that will help reduce Nepal's sizable trade deficit [...] | 2002-07-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
02KATHMANDU1332 | POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...] | 2002-07-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU1336 | PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three tortured, and one reportedly killed. Inaccuracy and partisanship in the press have led to government mistrust and restrictions on publications. Press reacti [...] | 2002-07-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU1344 | NEPAL'S FY 03 BUDGET FOCUSES ON SECURITY, CUTS [...] (SBU) On July 8 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba presented a budget that for the first time puts "maintaining peace and security" in the face of the Maoist insurgency ahead of poverty alleviation as an "overriding priority." Introduced by royal ordinance in the absence of Parliament, the FY [...] | 2002-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1348 | NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION REQUESTS DONOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 13. ------------- SUMMARY ------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite growing concern that security considerations and other factors may force the cancellation of national elections planned for November 13 (reftel),the Government of Nepal [...] | 2002-07-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1349 | Nepal and International Counter-Terrorism [...] Nepal is working to sign the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CSFT) at an early date, Arjun Kant Mainali of the MFA's Division for the U.N., International Organizations and International Law told Poloff July 10. Mainali was responding to Poloff's report that the U [...] | 2002-07-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU1371 | LARGE GROUP OF NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE, [...] (C) Summary. Several hundred Maoists attacked a village near western Nepal's largest city July 10, killing two mainstream party workers apparently in retaliation for cooperating with security forces. The attackers also brutalized other villagers and warned family members of the victims not t [...] | 2002-07-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU1372 | NEPAL'S ARMY SETS UP HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's army has set up a cell to investigate reported human rights violations, the Defense Ministry announced July 10. A high-ranking officer agreed to consider offers of USG assistance for the newly-created office. The cell has reportedly been established because human rights [...] | 2002-07-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL MARR NP |
02KATHMANDU1373 | Maoist Leader Calls September 16 General Strike, [...] (SBU) In a press release dated July 11, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a nation-wide general strike September 16. It would be the first such show of force since late April (Reftel). The release also charges "feudal elements" backed by "foreign imperialist [...] | 2002-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1387 | Nepal's Local Officials Stay Home as PM Allows [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's government allowed the terms of local-level elected officials to lapse on July 16, a move affecting around 200,000 village-, municipality- and district-level politicians. Civil servants reportedly will be tasked with performing their functions. The terms expired after [...] | 2002-07-17 13:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1407 | Press Release Shows Maoists Feeling Heat [...] (SBU) In a July 18 press release, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a political solution to the present conflict in the form of a new interim government and expressed the Maoists' willingness to be flexible. Making what appears to be a pitch to mainstream po [...] | 2002-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1408 | GROWING NEPAL-INDIA COOPERATION AGAINST MAOISTS [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest of four Nepali Maoists in New Delhi and their immediate extradition to Nepal, confirmed by the Indian Embassy here, is one of many signs of growing Nepal-India cooperation on efforts against the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. The four were members of a Maoist-affi [...] | 2002-07-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU1435 | PM DEUBA SAYS LOCAL POLLS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's Prime Minister Deuba briefed donors July 23 on preparations for upcoming elections and efforts to manage local-level government bodies in the absence of elected representatives. Deuba said rolling local elections into the national elections slated for November was imprac [...] | 2002-07-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL POLICE SHUT DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary. Police in Kathmandu interrupted a press conference held by a local Buddhist group on July 25 to answer allegations made during a July 19 press conference by followers of the controversial Dorje Shugden deity. Shugden worshippers had accused Dharamsala of violating their freedom [...] | 2002-07-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU1465 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS [...] (C) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior unbecoming the glory of the post." The incident underlines serious flaws in the NHRC: members' strong political affiliations have led to a polarization of [...] | 2002-07-29 01:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU1478 | NEPAL'S CROWN PRINCESS GIVES BIRTH TO SON [...] No summary [...] | 2002-07-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1507 | Recent Army Successes Against Maoists [...] (SBU) Summary. Fifteen Maoists were killed in Dolakha district August 3 after security forces, acting on a tip, intercepted them making the rounds of a bazaar to collect "donations," a Home Ministry official confirmed. Twelve others were killed August 1 after authorities learned of their pla [...] | 2002-08-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1515 | Supreme Court Ruling Allows Dissolution of [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, Nepal's Supreme Court threw out four petitions challenging the Prime Minister's May decision to dissolve Parliament. The court's decision cleared the way for national elections to be held later this year. End Summary. Supreme Court Denies Request to Reinstate P [...] | 2002-08-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1532 | Maoist Students Bomb Kathmandu School, Injuring [...] (SBU) Summary. Students shouting Maoist slogans set off a bomb at a private business college in Kathmandu August 8, injuring six. The school occupies a building owned by the King's Press Secretary, who lives next door and was not harmed. The motive for the attack is unclear as no large-scal [...] | 2002-08-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU1537 | Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...] | 2002-08-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU1590 | Nepal's Forthcoming Elections: What the U.S. Can [...] Nepal is preparing to hold national elections beginning November 13, followed by local elections sometime around April, 2003. The ongoing violent Maoist insurgency will complicate security arrangements and increase expenditures at a time when economic conditions are deteriorating. Moreover, r [...] | 2002-08-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...] | 2002-08-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP |
02KATHMANDU1616 | SIGNING OF NEPAL-ILO AGREEMENT ON US-FUNDED [...] Nepal and the ILO signed an agreement August 20 on the implementation of an ILO/IPEC time-bound project to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. USDOL has funded the project with more than USD 5 Million. DCM and LabOff attended the signing ceremony. 2. Talks on the terms of the agreem [...] | 2002-08-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID PGOV AORC NP |
02KATHMANDU1618 | Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrested after the government body charged with investigating corruption raided the homes of 22 revenue officers on August 17. The houses of two joint secretaries were among [...] | 2002-08-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1619 | PROMINENT MAOIST SURRENDERS TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On August 19 Mukti Pradhan, a member of the Maoist Joint Revolutionary Council on the Government of Nepal's most wanted list, surrendered to members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In a press conference at NHRC, Pradhan said he had decided to turn himself in because he w [...] | 2002-08-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1626 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT HANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER TO [...] (SBU) Having allowed the terms of all locally elected officials to expire as of July 16 (reftel),the Government of Nepal (GON) has announced plans to transfer local bodies' functions and authority to civil servants until elections can be held in April and new representatives installed in Jul [...] | 2002-08-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1640 | UPDATE ON MAOIST INSURGENCY: JULY-AUGUST 2002 [...] (U) This message highligts significant events in the Maoist insurgency since July. On August 21 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) attacked a Maoist training camp in Rolpa, reportedly killing 30 insurgents. Maoists continue to attack civilians and rural infrastructure, but staged no large-scale atta [...] | 2002-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MCAP NP |
02KATHMANDU1645 | NEPAL: MORE ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO PROTECT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya on August 23 told DCM that Nepal has no disagreement with the USG's views on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Acharya was clearly well informed about US views and interest in signing bilateral accords against surrendering each other's citizens [...] | 2002-08-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LICC NP |
02KATHMANDU1659 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties to secure the release of a Tibetan refugee, detained since August 2001 for having re-entered Nepal without proper documentation (Reftel),and her baby, born [...] | 2002-08-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH |
02KATHMANDU1674 | BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emergency. One person was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been set by Maoist insurgents. The explosion marked the second bombing in Kathmandu in [...] | 2002-08-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU1688 | NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT [...] (C) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next round of Ministerial-level talks on the issue. According to Nepal's Foreign Secretary, the differences between the two sides have narrowed, and Bhutan appeare [...] | 2002-08-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU1693 | MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS [...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend August 30-September 1. The explosions targeted businesses in the city, although two armed invasions of the homes of prominent politicians were also reported. [...] | 2002-09-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU1694 | POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN [...] (U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering and another man for several hours. The celebration, which had been originally scheduled to be held on the grounds of th [...] | 2002-09-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1705 | NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING [...] (SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its second Working Party meeting on accession to the WTO September 12. Accession to the WTO has broad, multipartisan support, and the process is unlikely to be negati [...] | 2002-09-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1741 | MAOISTS STAGE MAJOR ATTACKS IN EAST AND WEST [...] (SBU) In their largest actions against the security forces since the onset of the monsoon in May, late September 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a police post in a remote area of eastern Sindhuli District, about 100 km southeast of Kathmandu, and the local government headquarters in Arghakanchi [...] | 2002-09-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1748 | NEPAL: INFLUENTIAL MINISTER ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION [...] (U) Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagle, a close confidante of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and perhaps the most influential member of his Cabinet, submitted his resignation from the Cabinet to the PM September 9. The resignation follows in-depth press coverage of Wagle's f [...] | 2002-09-10 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1762 | SPECULATON BUILDS FOR POSSIBLE ROYAL INTERVENTION [...] (C) The Embassy believes that King Gyanendra is now actively considering use of his Constitutional authority to dismiss the current government, appoint an interim government, and postpone general elections scheduled for November 13. The King's decision is likely shaped by numerous factors, i [...] | 2002-09-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1772 | PM WORRIED ABOUT RUMORS OF KINGLY INTERVENTION [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador and UK Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seemed clearly distressed by rumors that King Gyanendra wants to postpone the November 13 national elections, "seize power" by invoking Clause 127 of the Constitution, and s [...] | 2002-09-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1774 | NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT DISMISSES AS INSINCERE MAOIST [...] (U) On September 11 Maoist leader Prachanda issued a press statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement does not refer to the U.S. directly, but contains a general condemnation of the Government of Nepal (GON) "running to buy weapons to kill people." Should the GON proceed with its pla [...] | 2002-09-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1781 | NEPAL'S KING SAYS NOT YET TIME TO INTERVENE [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting, King Gyanendra assured the Ambassador that he would not use his constitutional authority to intervene in the government unless he gains public national consensus on the move from all mainstream political parties and unless all other constitutional remedies were [...] | 2002-09-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1797 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN [...] (U) The general strike, or "bandh," called by Maoist insurgents nationwide for September 16 appeared to have been generally observed in the Kathmandu metropolitan area. Only about five percent of the shops along main thoroughfares in the city opened (although some along less-traveled side st [...] | 2002-09-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1811 | NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION RULES AGAINST PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17 the Election Commission (EC) handed down what it described as a provisional decision that the faction of the Nepali Congress Party led by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala has the right to use the party name, symbol [...] | 2002-09-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1831 | NEPAL'S NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, GENERAL PYAR JUNG [...] (U) General Pyar Jung Thapa (DPOB 15 September 1946; Siphal, Kathmandu, Nepal) was appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by King Gyanendra on September 9, 2002. His previous position, held since 2001, was Chief of General Staff (CGS). 2. (U) Thapa has received extensive training from both th [...] | 2002-09-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MCAP PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1832 | MAOISTS DESTROY MEDEVAC HELO; HOLD PILOT, PASSENGER [...] (U) A commercial helicopter on a mission to medevac a sick Nepali in the remote northeastern district of Solukhumbu has been destroyed by Maoists. According to an employee at Karnali Air, Ltd., the company's helicopter was surrounded by armed Maoists upon landing in the village of Jubu, and i [...] | 2002-09-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR PHUM CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU1853 | NEPAL'S MAOISTS ANNOUNCE NEW PROGRAM OF AGITATION [...] (C) Maoist insurgents, apparently hoping to keep up the momentum from their successful September 16 general strike, have announced a fresh campaign of agitation, including a three-day general strike preceding scheduled national Parliamentary elections in November. The press release, dated S [...] | 2002-09-23 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU1872 | American Climbers Fired Upon Near Tibetan [...] (SBU) Summary. Two men wearing what appeared to be military uniforms and carrying automatic weapons fired a series of five shots at American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureux in the Upper Solu Khumbu region near Nepal's border with Tibet, Morton reported to Post via e-mail. The incide [...] | 2002-09-26 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU1885 | NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE [...] This message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demolition of a helicopter on a humanitarian mission and the kidnapping of schoolchildren reported Ref A and the series of bomb explosions in Kathmandu before the [...] | 2002-09-27 10:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINS NP |
02KATHMANDU1890 | NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial, parade-ground army, occasionally deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations, to a combat-ready fighting force, expected to counter and overcome an enemy who uses [...] | 2002-09-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MCAP PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU1901 | NEPAL: ALL-PARTY CONSENSUS TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On September 29 an all-party meeting recommended that national parliamentary elections, originally scheduled to begin November 13, be postponed. The recommendation--reached just one day after the Election Commission finally announced the long-awaited schedule for the polls--was [...] | 2002-09-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1902 | AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chinese military uniforms and one of whom stated that he belonged to the Chinese military (ref). Altitude readings taken by the climbers and landmarks near their [...] | 2002-09-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV ASEC NP CH |
02KATHMANDU1903 | CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (C) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been canceled on short notice by government authorities, press conferences interrupted by police and the Office of Tibet Representative detained for a day. Although ma [...] | 2002-10-01 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
02KATHMANDU1925 | NEPALI PM ASKS KING TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Sources at the Palace have informed the Ambassador that on October 3 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, citing the King's broadly worded authority under Clause 127 of the Constitution to remedy "difficulties" arising in the implementation of the Constitution, requested King Gyanendra to p [...] | 2002-10-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1932 | NEPAL'S KING ASSUMES EXECUTIVE POWERS, DISMISSES [...] (U) At approximately 11:00 p.m. local time on October 4, King Gyanendra announced on state-run television and radio that he had dismissed the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba because of its "incompetence" in being unable to hold mid-term elections, scheduled to begin November 1 [...] | 2002-10-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1933 | REFUGEES CONFIRM DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT AT [...] (C) PolOff met with UNHCR Protection Officer regarding a group of Tibetans involved in the incident near Nangpa-La in which two American climbers were fired upon by unknown individuals. Neither American was injured in the encounter (refs). Information related by the refugees is consistent wit [...] | 2002-10-07 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV CASC ASEC |
02KATHMANDU1938 | NEPAL: REACTIONS TO KING'S ASSUMPTION OF [...] (C) After initially denouncing King Gyanendra's October 4 assumption of executive power (Ref A) as unconstitutional, leaders of most political parties are still coming to grips with--and trying to assess how best to turn to their advantage--the monarch's action. As of COB October 7, most pa [...] | 2002-10-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1947 | NEPAL: PARTIES SCRAMBLE FOR CONSENSUS AS DEADLINE [...] (C) As the deadline set by King Gyanendra for nominations to an interim Cabinet approaches, politicians are scrambling to patch together a consensus response to the monarch's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his assumption of executive power October 4 [...] | 2002-10-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1955 | NEPAL: PARTIES LOOKING FOR "FLEXIBILITY" FROM KING [...] (C) The October 9 deadline set by King Gyanendra for political parties to forward their nominations for the interim Cabinet (Reftel) appears ready to pass without any names having been submitted. A Palace source said the parties had so far sent no nominations to the King. The King, who does [...] | 2002-10-10 00:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1964 | NEPAL'S EX-PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS OUSTER BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING ON OCTOBER 7 WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SHER BAHADUR DEUBA DESCRIBED THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS OCTOBER 4 DISMISSAL AS PRIME MINISTER BY KING GYANENDRA. CLEARLY STUNG BY THE KING'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF HIS COMPETENCE, DEUBA SAID THAT HE HAD REJECTED ON CONSTITUTIONA [...] | 2002-10-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU1970 | NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK FOREIGN HYDRO PROJECT; [...] (C) On October 8 Maoist insurgents attacked a Norwegian hydropower project northeast of Kathmandu, cutting its power production in half. The motive for the attack, according to a Nepali employee of the company, was "out-and-out extortion," rather than anti-Western ideolgoy. The same day sus [...] | 2002-10-10 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU1988 | NEPAL KING NAMES NEW PM, MEMBERS OF CABINET [...] (C) On October 11 King Gyanendra appointed National Democratic Party Leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand as Prime Minister. Chand, who has been PM three times before, will head a caretaker government until national elections can be held on an unspecified date. Biographic information on Chand foll [...] | 2002-10-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU2033 | NEPAL SUPREME COURT REJECTS PETITION QUESTIONING [...] On October 23 the Supreme Court rejected a petition, filed by a private attorney, contesting King Gyanendra's action in forming an interim government (Reftels) as unconstitutional. According to the Supreme Court registrar, the Court threw out the case because the King's action was warranted [...] | 2002-10-24 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2035 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE DESPITE NEW [...] (SBU) This message updates Maoist activities since the October 11 appointment of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Efforts by Chand's Cabinet to initiate dialogue with the insurgents have so far succeeded in lessening neither the Maoists' violent activities nor their anti-government rh [...] | 2002-10-24 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU2044 | NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In October 23 meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp and the SIPDIS Ambassador, newly appointed Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya both stressed that the change in government will not affect Nepal's inclin [...] | 2002-10-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC |
02KATHMANDU2045 | FOLLOW-ON TO THE CONFERENCE ON NEPAL IN LONDON: [...] (C) Summary. The British Embassy in Kathmandu convened a meeting on October 11 of representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors to Nepal as a follow-up to the London meeting on Nepal in June. Despite continuing donor disquietude about Nepal's political and security problems, there was [...] | 2002-10-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NP |
02KATHMANDU2052 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM [...] (SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel tourist district--October 27. The Maoists' October 28 strike in the Kathmandu Valley and October 27 strike in the southern Terai plains region bordering Indi [...] | 2002-10-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU2057 | SA DAS CAMP MEETING WITH NEPAL'S CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETARIAT C-TN2-00948 [...] (C) Summary. In two separate meetings on October 22 2002, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Donald A. Camp, accompanied by LTC James E Oxley IV, Defense Attache7 and MAJ Pete Fowler, Security Assistance Office, met with Royal Nepalese Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jun [...] | 2002-10-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS NP PREL |
02KATHMANDU2060 | NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA),the autonomous constitutional body charged with prosecuting corruption, is continuing to pursue a number of high-profile cases against several former ministers and prominent civ [...] | 2002-10-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR NP |
02KATHMANDU2066 | NEPAL: NEW FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES [...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (SBU) Summary. On October 25, the Ambassador and USAID Director met with Nepal's newly appointed Finance Minister. The Finance Minister articulated the immediat [...] | 2002-10-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV GON |
02KATHMANDU2070 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO ROB FOREIGN TREKKERS [...] SUMMARY: In late September Maoist rebels attempted to extort money from a group of foreign climbers in far northeastern Nepal, forcing them to fly back to Kathmandu. This incident reflects no departure from a longstanding pattern of occasional robbery by Maoists of foreign trekkers and cli [...] | 2002-10-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC PTER ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU2091 | TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: THE NEPALI PARTIES' [...] (C) King Gyanendra's dismissal of the government of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and appointment of an interim government have spotlighted long-standing tensions--and mutual suspicions--between the political parties and the Palace. Conversations with leaders of the two largest po [...] | 2002-11-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2152 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 2-14 [...] Maoist bombs claimed the lives of at least two children during the last two weeks, adding to the more than 100 children reported killed by the ongoing violence. Among other incidents taking place during the same period, 50 Village Development Committee offices and at least 20 post offices wer [...] | 2002-11-15 01:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC |
02KATHMANDU2158 | SAARC: SECRETARIAT COMMENTS ON LATEST COUNCIL FOR [...] (C) On November 14, the Economic Officer met with Rajiv Chander, Director of Trade Economic and Transportation Division of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and an Indian national, to discuss the recent meeting of the Committee on Economic Cooperation (CEC). Mr. Chand [...] | 2002-11-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NP XD |
02KATHMANDU2168 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR [...] Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and proposed programs and some results to date. 2. Background of Situation Nepal is a source country for trafficking of children and women mainly to India. Inter [...] | 2002-11-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP |
02KATHMANDU2169 | NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON [...] (U) At about midnight November 15, Maoist insurgents launched an attack on the headquarters in Jumla District in northwestern Nepal. Communications with the headquarters were cut immediately after the attack, and accurate information remains difficult to obtain. Initial reports indicate tha [...] | 2002-11-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2171 | NEPAL: PURPORTED MAOIST PRESS RELEASE CLAIMS [...] (C) On November 15, poloff met with Padma Ratna Tuladhar, a long-time leftwing politician known to have contact with the Maoists. (Note: Tuladhar acted as a facilitator during the three rounds of talks held between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists from August-November 2001. End note. [...] | 2002-11-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU2188 | NEPAL: MAOIST SPOKESMAN PUSHES PARTY LINE ON CNN [...] Summary: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, one of the top leaders of Nepal's Maoist insurgency, granted an interview to CNN on November 14. Mahara, speaking in an open setting with no apparent fear of capture, unabashedly used the opportunity to spread misinformation and propaganda on the international [...] | 2002-11-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM IN PREL |
02KATHMANDU2189 | NEPAL: CABINET EXPANSION [...] (SBU) The interim Government of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand announced an expansion of its 9-member Cabinet to 22 on November 18. The new names included no one from either of the two largest political parties, the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Le [...] | 2002-11-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU2207 | TEMPORARY UNHCR HEAD IN KATHMANDU DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The new UNHCR Kathmandu Officer-in-Charge (OIC) traveled to Nepal,s Bhutanese refugee camps November 16 to follow-up on an investigation into reports that refugees on the staffs of UNHCR,s implementing partner NGOs had engaged in sexual exploitation. The new OIC arrived in-count [...] | 2002-11-20 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU2217 | NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY UNDERMINES [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: While the people of Nepal have borne the brunt of the brutal seven-year Maoist insurgency, which has claimed more than 7000 lives, the impact on Nepal's environment, natural resources and conservation efforts also has been severe. Maoist attacks on forest and park p [...] | 2002-11-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
02KATHMANDU2223 | NEPAL: BRIGADE COMMANDER SAYS MAOISTS SLOWLY [...] (C) At a briefing at 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Pokhara November 20, Brig. Gen. Prakash Basnet told DATT and poloff he believes the Maoists are "slowly winning." After making significant inroads against the Maoists during the first three months of the state of emergency (late November-mid-F [...] | 2002-11-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PGOV PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU2228 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21 [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...] | 2002-11-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
02KATHMANDU2237 | MAOIST IMPACT: NEPAL'S FORESTS UNDER SIEGE [...] SUMMARY: The impact of the Maoist insurgency has not been limited to Nepal's national parks and conservation areas (septel). The assault on the country's wildlife has been accompanied by a plundering of forest and other plant resources. Biodiversity resources of global significance are thre [...] | 2002-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAGR PTER EAID TBIO XD NP |
02KATHMANDU2245 | U.S. ARMS SALES TO NEPALI ARMY MAKES FRONT-PAGE [...] (SBU) Reports on U.S. sales of M-16 rifles to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) appeared on the front pages of the November 23 editions of leading newspapers. Disclosure of this information, apparently leaked by the RNA itself, follows a November 15 Maoist statement claiming responsibility for the [...] | 2002-11-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER KPAO CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU2254 | NEPAL: FUNDING TERRORISM, MAOISTS TAP OVERSEAS [...] (S) According to a prominent Kathmandu banker and long-time Embassy contact, Maoists are tapping into remittances from Nepalese employed abroad. Maoist tactics include extorting remittances from family members, recruiting members working abroad to send funds to their revolutionary cause, and s [...] | 2002-11-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | EFIN ELAB NP PTER |
02KATHMANDU2264 | NEPAL: ARMY PLAN TO INITIATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 21 meeting with Ambassadors and Nepali business leaders, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa announced plans to form a 3,000-man "industrial security force" within the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). If approved by the Cabinet, this new force, which he expects to be ope [...] | 2002-11-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS ECON PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2280 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 22-29 [...] Summary: A year after Maoist insurgents unilaterally broke a four-month truce with the government, this week saw further reports of civilian deaths and widespread destruction of public facilities. As two United Nations agencies criticized the insurgency for exacerbating the already precarious [...] | 2002-11-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
02KATHMANDU2287 | NEPAL-BHUTAN: UNHCR DIRECTOR CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 26 meeting with donor representatives, Director of UNHCR's Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Jean-Marie Fakhouri attributed at least part of the blame for the recent sexual exploitation scandal (refs) to a complacent attitude among local UNHCR representatives, and promis [...] | 2002-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU2295 | NEPALI CONGRESS STILL HOLDING HARD LINE AGAINST [...] (C) The polarization between the Palace-appointed interim government and mainstream political parties continues. Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, who maintains that the previous Parliament should be reinstated, led a rally November 26 against the King's Octo [...] | 2002-12-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP GON |
02KATHMANDU2301 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE [...] The Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathmandu Valley starting on December 9th. The Maoists are asking the Government of Nepal meet thirteen demands to avert the strike. The Government has neither made [...] | 2002-12-04 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NP PGOV PTER SOCI |
02KATHMANDU2302 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...] (C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructure and against mainstream political party members in order to create a conducive environment for dialogue. Despite their frequent calls for dialogue with the [...] | 2002-12-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2307 | NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...] Summary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than 100 have been killed during the course of the "People's War," and an estimated 1500 orphans and 15,000 displaced children face an uncertain future. Death or [...] | 2002-12-05 08:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2324 | NEPAL: MAOIST PROMISES GO UP IN SMOKE [...] (U) Summary: Mere days after Maoist leaders called for peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON) (ref A),three separate incidents raised serious questions about whether they would honor their promises to halt attacks on party workers and infrastructure. Maoists killed a Nepali Congress [...] | 2002-12-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
02KATHMANDU2326 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 30-DEC 06 [...] (U) Summary: This week in Nepal, armed assailants attacked a Joint Secretary at a public event in Kathmandu; the army blamed political appointees for poor intelligence capabilities; Maoists destroyed three Village Development Committee buildings in Gulmi district, leaving only seven intact; a [...] | 2002-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
02KATHMANDU2369 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 07-13 [...] (U) Summary: While the Government of Nepal explored opportunities for peace talks this week, Maoist attacks on passenger buses, schools and other non-military targets continued to kill and injure civilians. Violence and extortion prompted hundreds of additional Nepalis to join the thousands [...] | 2002-12-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
02KATHMANDU2393 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...] | 2002-12-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU2394 | NEPAL: MAOISTS' TOP IDEOLOGUE BHATTARAI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 14 interview with the Washington Times, Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai appeared to back-pedal from the implicit threat against American diplomats conveyed in a November 15 communique issued by a regional commander. While it is always difficult to assess the si [...] | 2002-12-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU2440 | EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL [...] On 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect),the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purporting to be from the Maoists and "requesting...financial support of" 3 million Nepali Rupees (NRs). Singh stated that he had received the letter several day [...] | 2002-12-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PINS NP |
02KATHMANDU2442 | NEPAL'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVASTATED BY MAOISTS [...] Summary: The Nepali education system has suffered tremendously in the country's nearly seven years of ongoing Maoist insurgency. Private schools have been shut down by the insurgents and teachers afraid of Maoist violence have abandoned their posts. Public schools that are open often are cro [...] | 2002-12-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2443 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20 [...] On December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead toward negotiations. A December 19 report by Amnesty International found human rights abuses in Nepal at an unprecedented high. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan' [...] | 2002-12-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2456 | NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENT UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] (U) On December 22 the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students Union - Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) ended its strike against private schools in the Kathmandu Valley after the schools' directors agreed to cut tuition up to 25 percent. The strike, which began on December 9, had f [...] | 2002-12-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU247 | NEPAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT PROPOSALS FY2002-04 [...] No summary [...] | 2002-02-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG NP |
02KATHMANDU2484 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 21-DEC 27 [...] The Centre For Economic and Social Development released a study on December 24 that showed an overwhelming majority of Nepalis, particularly those in Maoist infested areas, support a multi-party democracy. The local press reported that India has tightened security along its northern borders [...] | 2002-12-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
02KATHMANDU2490 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BOMB SCHOOL DORMITORY, SEVEN INJURED [...] Summary: Five children, a teacher and a secondary school principal were injured when Maoists bombed an occupied school dormitory in Kathmandu on the evening of December 27. The attack was apparently aimed at the home of the Minister of Education, and the local group of insurgents has apologize [...] | 2002-12-30 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU2492 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE SHUTS DOWN BUSINESS, HALTS [...] The December 29-30 general strike ("bandh") called by the Maoists in the Narayani and Bagmati zones, the latter of which includes the Kathmandu Valley (Reftel),was generally well observed throughout the city. The roads were empty of most public and private transportation both days, with the [...] | 2002-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU2502 | NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...] (C) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on December 24 when the Government of India (GOI) denied overflight permission for the transport plane. The delay makes the US arms shipment the third in a string [...] | 2002-12-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | IN NP PGOV PTER RU |
02KATHMANDU255 | ICRC RESUMES VISITS TO KATHMANDU JAILS [...] (SBU) According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head Delegate Jean-Jacques Bovay, on January 30 the Government of Nepal (GON) began allowing ICRC access to prisoners for the first time since the November 26 imposition of a state of national emergency. Bovay said that his o [...] | 2002-02-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU278 | MAOISTS KILL 16 POLICE; CALL FOR NATIONWIDE [...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their attacks against police with a deadly assault on a police post in Kavre District the morning of February 5. On February 4 Maoists also attacked an airport and guest house in the popular tourist area of Lukla, Solukhumbu District, causing property damage [...] | 2002-02-05 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PTER PGOV CASC ASEC |
02KATHMANDU298 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: NEPAL TO GRANT OPTION OF RETURN [...] (C) Summary. Nepal intends to grant verified Bhutanese refugees the "option of return" to Bhutan and will allow those who wish to stay in Nepal to do so, Foreign Ministry officials have indicated. UNCHR views this development as extremely positive. Despite Kathmandu's efforts to fix a date, [...] | 2002-02-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU333 | NEPALI PARLIAMENT CONVENES FOR WINTER SESSION [...] (SBU) The Winter Session of Parliament convened Feb. 10 amid widespread expectations that the Lower House will ratify the state of national emergency declared November 26, allowing its continuation for another three months. A vote on the emergency must take place before Feb. 22. Preoccupati [...] | 2002-02-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV SOCI |
02KATHMANDU340 | MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN [...] (U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the insurgency and had some success enforcing a local strike in the mid-western and western regions Feb. 10. Security forces have increased checkpoints along c [...] | 2002-02-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU354 | NEPAL DEPORTS PAKISTAN EMBASSY STAFF CAUGHT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2002-02-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KCRM ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU362 | NEPALI CANDIDATE FOR HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note, dated February 13, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for the Government of Nepal's candidate for the position of UN Secretary General High Representative for Least Devel [...] | 2002-02-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NP UN |
02KATHMANDU363 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn criticism from the Muslim community. Some Muslim leaders view the measure as an empty gesture, probably performed at the behest of the Indian government, that [...] | 2002-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU371 | FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...] | 2002-02-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO |
02KATHMANDU376 | ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT [...] (U) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.m. on February 15. Four people, including a police officer attempting to extinguish the fire were injured. Embassy has heard unconfirmed reports that at lea [...] | 2002-02-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU377 | 179 REPORTEDLY KILLED AS MAOISTS OVERRUN DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents attacked an airport, a district police office, and an army barracks in Achham District in western Nepal shortly after midnight February 17. Initial reports indicate 48 soldiers, at least 76 policemen, and 55 civilians, including the Chief District Officer and [...] | 2002-02-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
02KATHMANDU378 | (S) REQUEST FOR IMAGERY FOR ROYAL NEPAL ARMY, FIFTH [...] (S/NF) This is the fifth request for imagery support for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) to conduct offensive operations against Maoist rebels. 2. (S/NF) This request is the direct result of a large-scale attack on GON personnel in Achham District. RNA anticipates that Maoist insurgents are [...] | 2002-02-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PTER MASS NP |
02KATHMANDU379 | REVISED CASUALTY ESTIMATES FOR ACHHAM AS [...] (SBU) Revised casualty estimates for the Maoists' Feb. 17 attacks on an airport and district headquarters in Achham indicate that nearly 130 were killed, most of them security forces. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expected to address Parliament the morning of Feb. 18, beginning debat [...] | 2002-02-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU380 | PM URGES RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY IN SHADOW OF [...] Parliament reconvened in the late afternoon of Feb. 18 after angry Opposition MPs had disrupted an earlier session, demanding Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, rather than the Home Minister, take the podium to report on the Maoist attacks in Achham (Ref A) the previous day. In his address t [...] | 2002-02-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU390 | NEPAL'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES MERGE, BUT REMAIN [...] (U) Nepal's main opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist and Leninist (UML),merged February 15 with a smaller former offshoot, the Communist Party of Nepal - Marxist-Leninist (ML). (Note: The combined parties will continue to use the UML name. Although communist by na [...] | 2002-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU402 | FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Feb. 21 Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya called the Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to appeal directly for immediate assistance in the wake of the Maoist attacks on Achham (Ref B). He said the Ministry hopes to send a delegation, at the secretary level, to Washingt [...] | 2002-02-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP |
02KATHMANDU410 | NATIONWIDE STRIKE BRINGS SCATTERED VIOLENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Insurgents attacked a remote police post in Salyan district, killing 34 policemen, on the eve of a strike called by the Maoists for February 22 and 23. Scattered bombings were reported throughout the country in the run-up to the strike, including a fatal incident along a major [...] | 2002-02-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU411 | TEN TIBETAN REFUGEES' ASYLUM REQUEST PASSED OVER [...] (C) Nepal's Home Ministry declined to include the names of ten Tibetan refugees held on immigration violations in a letter to the King recommending candidates for a royal amnesty. Traditionally the King grants amnesty to prisoners on auspicious occasions, including the February 19 Democracy D [...] | 2002-02-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU412 | OPPOSITION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT IN RATIFYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lower House of Parliament ratified the state of national emergency by well over the two-thirds majority necessary to continue the emergency for another three months. The three largest Opposition parties voted with the ruling Nepali Congress Party for ratification after Co [...] | 2002-02-22 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU425 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME [...] Summary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds that he is not a Nepali citizen, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Named in a complaint filed by a member of a rival refugee group, Pradhan has been [...] | 2002-02-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU439 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2002-02-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EAID ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU446 | TALES FROM TRIBHUVAN HOSPITAL: MAOIST VICTIMS [...] (U) In addition to the 650 policemen and 90 Royal Nepal Army soldiers they have killed, Maoists have beaten, stabbed, shot or burned to death nearly 400 civilians since the insurgency began in 1996--more than 50 of those victims in just the three months since the insurgents unilaterally broke [...] | 2002-02-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU450 | MAOISTS' MINORS: INTERVIEWS WITH CHILD RECRUITS [...] (SBU) Interviews with several Maoist child recruits at the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) division in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj indicate force, fear, and physical assault, rather than ideology, as their primary reasons for joining. At least two girls interviewed reported sexual abuse during [...] | 2002-03-01 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU466 | UIGHURS IN NEPAL [...] (C) At least 15 Chinese Uighurs have entered Nepal in the last three months, according to a UNHCR protection officer (strongly protect). Six were taken into custody by Nepali officials in late December, 2001. Of these, four requested, and received, UNHCR protection. Three of the four were s [...] | 2002-03-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU467 | NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA [...] (SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been mixed. The revised treaty terms include value addition requirements on manufactured goods and imposed quota restrictions on four items that together account [...] | 2002-03-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL NP IN |
02KATHMANDU481 | MAOIST STUDENTS SHUT DOWN KATHMANDU SCHOOLS FOR [...] (SBU) Facing the threat of violence, most educational institutions in Kathmandu remained closed March 4 and 5 after Maoist-affiliated students called a "school strike." Exceptions included the Embassy-supported Lincoln School, the British school, and a boarding school run by the Royal Nepalese [...] | 2002-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU482 | TRADE OPPORTUNITY - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER, [...] 536/01/T0001 2. 03032002 3. M. E. MALINOWSKI 4. 536 5. N 6. CONTACT: SHER BAHADUR SHAH, DIG 6A. PROCUREMENT SECTION 6B. POLICE HEADQUARTERS 6C. NAXAL, KATHMANDU, NEPAL TEL: 00977-1-413-591 FAX: 00977-1-415-594, 415-602 7. TENDER NOTICE NO: 58/59 TENDER FOR HELICOPTER 8. [...] | 2002-03-07 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP KTDB NP |
02KATHMANDU485 | PROMISES MADE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: [...] (C) In the days since Opposition parties, along with former Prime Minister and current Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala, decided to vote with or support the Government of Nepal (GON) to ratify the state of emergency (Ref A),Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is finding o [...] | 2002-03-07 12:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU495 | HEMORRHAGING FROM ON HIGH: COMMISSION RECOMMENDS [...] (SBU) A commission has recommended the partial privatization of the state-owned national air carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) to inject fresh, badly needed capital into the teetering enterprise and to limit the political interference that has bled the once profitable Corporatio [...] | 2002-03-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NP |
02KATHMANDU496 | LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS [...] (SBU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire in late November, 2001, but western Nepal's largest city remained calm. Ambassador had visited the area February 22 to 24 and Poloff revisited the region in [...] | 2002-03-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU497 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: A UNHCR monitoring visit to the Tibet border was postponed after a promised Home Ministry permit failed to materialize. The Australian Embassy has expressed an interest in helping to coordinate representations on Tibetan refugee issues. One of ten Tibetan refugees in custody on [...] | 2002-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU498 | NATIONAL PARK CLOSED TO ALL BUT TOURISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Deteriorating security conditions have all but closed Royal Bardiya National Park in western Nepal to researchers and conservationists and have disrupted some development projects. Tourists still have access to the park, but the local economy has taken a deep hit from the dras [...] | 2002-03-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC CASC SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU507 | TIBETANS MARK MARCH 10 WITH PEACEFUL CEREMONY; [...] (C) Authorities in Nepal allowed the Tibetan community to mark the forty-third anniversary of the March 10 uprising in Tibet with a public ceremony at Kathmandu's Bouddha stupa. A full procession paraded the Dalai Lama's portrait around the square and a school band played the national anthems [...] | 2002-03-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU509 | MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after the start of the annual relocation of rhinos from Chitwan to Royal Bardiya National Park. The subsequent army cordoning of the area forced four trucks carryi [...] | 2002-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP |
02KATHMANDU510 | NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...] | 2002-03-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP NP PGOV MASS |
02KATHMANDU515 | HUMANITARIAN COSTS OF MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] Since early 1996, Maoist insurgents have been waging an increasingly bloody "People's War" aimed at toppling the constitutional monarchy and democratically elected government of Nepal. Although initially centered in impoverished, underdeveloped districts of the west and mid-west regions, the [...] | 2002-03-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU520 | TIMBER! TOP BRANCHES OF FORESTRY MINISTRY FELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11 Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Gopal Man Shrestha and Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation Surendra Hamal resigned from their posts after trading charges of corruption and abuse of power. The resignations come less than ten days after Prime [...] | 2002-03-13 01:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV NP |
02KATHMANDU529 | MAOISTS AMBUSH VIP SECURITY DETAIL ON MAJOR [...] (SBU) Maoists ambushed a police security team in Sindupalchowk district March 13, killing six officers and seriously injuring six others, police sources confirmed. Press reports state that the insurgents electronically detonated explosives laid in the road. The attack occurred on the Arniko H [...] | 2002-03-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU537 | NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...] | 2002-03-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM |
02KATHMANDU540 | EMBASSY REVIEW OF NEPAL'S UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The Embassy has reviewed the Government of Nepal (GON) report on its implementation of UNSCR 1373. For many of its responses, the GON cites the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO),which has not yet been passed by Parliament and which narrowly interprets terrorism as acts [...] | 2002-03-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NP UNSC |
02KATHMANDU555 | PARLIAMENT PASSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS BILL GRANTING [...] Summary. Nepal's lower house of Parliament passed a bill March 14 granting women more equitable property rights, legalizing abortion under certain conditions and dictating stricter penalties for child marriage, polygamy and rape. Although the law failed to pass the upper house in late 2001, [...] | 2002-03-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN PHUM SMIG NP |
02KATHMANDU568 | MAOIST STATEMENT THREATENS TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) For the first time, a leader of Nepal's Maoist insurgency has issued explicit threats against Nepal's tourism industry. Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai issued the statement March 15. (Text of statement follows as paragraph 4.) The statement called for the cadres to "smash" hotels and [...] | 2002-03-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU569 | MARCH 10 TIBETAN DEMONSTRATOR RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU570 | NEPALESE ARMY ROUTS MAOIST TRAINING CAMP; BANDH [...] (C) Sixty-five Maoist insurgents were killed in a joint Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) and Armed Police Force (APF) operation March 17 against a suspected Maoist training camp in Gumsa, Rolpa district, about 300 miles northwest of Kathmandu, the head of the APF confirmed to Post March 19. No prison [...] | 2002-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU575 | PRIME MINISTER DEPARTS FOR INDIA, FIRST TRIP [...] (C) Summary. Securing Indian assistance in Nepal's battle against the Maoist insurgency will be Nepali Prime Minister Deuba's primary goal in his March 20-26 official visit to India. He will ask his counterparts both for materiel assistance and for help in apprehending Nepali Maoists in Indi [...] | 2002-03-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD PREF PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU592 | MAOISTS TARGET GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, OFFICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of weekend attacks within the capital and its environs, Maoist insurgents bombed Government of Nepal (GON) vehicles and offices, including telecommunications facilities and the office of the state-owned press. The attacks come as the Maoists attempt to marshal popul [...] | 2002-03-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU613 | PM DEUBA'S TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs meetings offering a read-out of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's March 20-25 visit to India revealed no specifics of any assistance the Indians may have offered their smaller neighbor in its effort to contain a Maoist insurgency. Despite the apparent absence [...] | 2002-03-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP IN CH |
02KATHMANDU615 | TERROR, TRADE AND AID: FORSEC VISIT TO DC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya will use his April 2-5 visit to Washington to urge quick delivery of additional security and development aid to Nepal, to discuss cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and to press for more favorable trade terms for Nepali pro [...] | 2002-03-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID ETRD PHUM PGOV PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU616 | HUMAN RIGHTS: AN UPDATE ON DETENTIONS AFTER FOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Prime Minister's assurances to donors and the general public that the curtailment of human rights under the state of emergency is directed only against Maoists and their supporters (Ref A),the security forces appear to be casting their nets more broadly, detaining a [...] | 2002-03-28 07:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU619 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR VISITS CAMP, TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador visited three Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal March 25. Overall, the refugees expressed satisfaction with conditions in the camps, but an undercurrent of frustration was in evidence. The Refugee Affected Area Program for the region has concluded, and aid workers warne [...] | 2002-03-29 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU620 | WFP AID FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LEG UP ON NEXT [...] An extra multilateral contribution secured this week from WFP Rome will fill a gap created by the delay in receiving a USG shipment of in-kind food aid, reports the WFP Deputy Country Director for Nepal. The extra contribution will have a carry-on effect for the next phase of aid to the Bhuta [...] | 2002-03-29 06:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM NP WFP |
02KATHMANDU632 | SECURITY INCIDENTS IN RUN-UP TO NEPAL BANDH [...] (U) A bomb exploded in the middle of a small bridge west of Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square March 29 at approximately 8:45 a.m. At least 26 people were injured in the blast, including four school children who were transiting the area, two of whom sustained serious injuries. There were no [...] | 2002-03-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINS NP |
02KATHMANDU633 | MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE [...] (U) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY. REPORTS OF THE MAOISTS DECAPITATING VICTIMS OR TORTURING THEM TO DEATH WITH KNIVES IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME A HEART-RENDING CO [...] | 2002-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU634 | SUSPECTED TORTURE, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ROYAL [...] (S) Summary. Evidence that Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel brutalized and killed one man they suspected of being a Maoist has spurred private investigations into the army's alleged practice of covering up the deaths of detainees. Military attaches from the U.S. and U.K. Embassies viewed [...] | 2002-03-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PTER MARR ASEC PREL PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU647 | MOUNT KAILAS TO REOPEN TO TOURISTS FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Travel agencies in Kathmandu report that as of late March they were able to resume booking tours to western Tibet,s Mount Kailas after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on travel to that region. Tours are now being booked for dates in late April and May. Nepal,s travel agents sa [...] | 2002-04-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC PREF NP CH |
02KATHMANDU655 | WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the edge of Nepal's capital city, setting fires and causing extensive property damage. No one was injured. Now fearful and discouraged, the owner of the business e [...] | 2002-04-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU657 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY POSTPONE FIVE-DAY STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late in the morning of April 1, the Embassy began to receive reports from usually reliable press and human rights sources that the Maoists have decided to postpone the five-day general strike, or "bandh," called for April 2-6, to April 23-27, in response to broad-based public [...] | 2002-04-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU672 | PM DEUBA FACES DOWN MOUNTING OPPOSITION, CRITICISM [...] (C) Ever-present rumors that former Prime Minister and ruling Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala continues to plot the political downfall of sitting PM Sher Bahadur Deuba have increased in virulence after a three-day Opposition boycott of Parliament and multi-partisan disc [...] | 2002-04-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU680 | HIMALAYAN TOURISM HEADED DOWNHILL [...] SUMMARY: Nepal's tourism industry, one of the country's top sources of foreign exchange, has been facing tough times in recent months, and the prolonged slump has negatively affected every sector of the tourism economy, from hotels and airlines to trekking agencies. International arrivals at [...] | 2002-04-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU685 | DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...] | 2002-04-05 04:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO |
02KATHMANDU695 | STATE OF EMERGENCY RELAXED; ANTI-TERRORISM BILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's King on April 4 approved five directives from the Cabinet easing restrictions on civil liberties imposed under the state of emergency. The directives allow criticism - so long as it is not "demoralizing" - of the security forces; restore press freedoms, but not in the [...] | 2002-04-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU696 | NEW MAOIST TACTIC: ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an apparent change of tactics, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have begun a systematic campaign of attacks against the kingdom's infrastructure. In recent days the Maoists have hit bridges - including one in the capital - telephone repeater towers, hydropower stations, electricit [...] | 2002-04-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU701 | AMBUSH KILLS FIVE SOLDIERS; ABORTED GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Maoists attacked an army convoy in a remote western district April 6, killing five, including the Major in command of the local detachment. Army personnel immediately launched a counter-attack that reportedly killed thirteen insurgents. The attack occurred less than a mile fr [...] | 2002-04-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU708 | PM DEUBA REQUESTS POTUS MEETING IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba has asked for a POTUS meeting in Washington during his May 8-13 visit to the U.S. to attend the UN Special Session on Children. If Deuba cannot meet with POTUS, he will not travel to DC due to domestic political concerns, but still hopes for a SecState meeti [...] | 2002-04-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP |
02KATHMANDU710 | KOIRALA COMEBACK? IMPLICATIONS OF (YET ANOTHER) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Refs A and B reported apparent efforts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala to oust current Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and regain the post of prime minister--which he has held five times in Nepal's twelve years of democracy--ye [...] | 2002-04-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER NP GON |
02KATHMANDU717 | WFP RECEIVES THREAT, HAS FOOD SHIPMENT HIJACKED [...] (SBU) On April 11 the head of security for the UN system in Nepal reported that a World Food Program (WFP) office in Dhamak, Jhapa, in eastern Nepal had a threatening notice, signed by purported Maoists, posted on its door that morning. The translated text of the message follows below: Beg [...] | 2002-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREF ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU731 | PM DEUBA ON THE CURRENT CRISIS: WORRIED, BUT [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Deuba expressed gratitude for international assistance to Nepal during an April 12 meeting with U.S. and U.K. Ambassadors. To continue recent "positive steps," Deuba was hopeful that a White House meeting could be arranged during his upcoming visit to the U.S. Rev [...] | 2002-04-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU735 | INDIA TURNS OVER EIGHT MAOISTS TO NEPAL [...] (S) India turned over eight suspected Maoists to Nepal April 10, Prime Minister Deuba confirmed to Ambassador April 12 (Reftel). The PM claimed that the suspects - who he described as "low-level" - had been apprehended based on intelligence provided by the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA). RNA Chie [...] | 2002-04-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU737 | 50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...] | 2002-04-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU741 | 50 REPORTED DEAD IN MAOIST ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS [...] (SBU) At least 50 people are reported dead after Maoist insurgents attacked a civilian police post and an Armed Police Force (APF) post in the western district of Dang about 30 km from the Indian border late April 11. The insurgents are reported to have looted armories at both posts, making o [...] | 2002-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU747 | MAOIST CASUALTIES IN DANG REPORTEDLY HIGH; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief District Officer (CDO) in Dang told the Embassy that he has seen "hundreds" of bodies of Maoist dead in shallow graves in the vicinity of the April 11 attacks on police and Armed Police Force posts (Ref A). According to local press reports, some of those dead may be [...] | 2002-04-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU751 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY LINK ATTACK ON COCA-COLA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepali manager of a Coca-cola factory where Maoists set off two bombs the night of April 14 (Ref A) said the armed attackers told Coke employees at the plant their facility was being targeted because of its affiliation with the U.S. and because of USG aid to victims of th [...] | 2002-04-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC BEXP NP |
02KATHMANDU753 | MAOIST LEADERS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU [...] (C) Summary. At least two important Maoist leaders have been detained by security forces in recent days, police sources told us. Leading female cadre Rekha Sharma and her husband were picked up in Kathmandu April 13. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) confirmed the arrests April 16, but [...] | 2002-04-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU768 | ATTEMPTS TO OUST PM APPARENTLY ON HOLD [...] (C) Ongoing attempts by former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala to topple the current Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, appear to be on hold for the time being. According to the Indian Ambassador, PM Vajpayee, Minister for External Affairs Singh, Hom [...] | 2002-04-18 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
02KATHMANDU771 | TWO DEAD IN RASH OF CAPITAL BOMBINGS; MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A string of seven Maoist attacks across the Kathmandu valley April 17-18 killed two and wounded eight. Maoists attacked three street-side police posts, in one case killing one officer and one civilian by- stander. Attacks on government offices and the home of an advisor to th [...] | 2002-04-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU773 | Nepal Seeks Bilateral Air Services Agreement [...] No summary [...] | 2002-04-19 08:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA NP |
02KATHMANDU778 | MAOISTS DISRUPT BUSY INTERSECTION WITH FOUR [...] At approximately 1508 (local) area residents in the Gyaneshwor section of Kathmandu reported seeing several individuals leave improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in one of the city's busiest intersections. Police detailed to the American Center, located about 400 meters from this junction, r [...] | 2002-04-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU787 | INTO THE MAOIST HEARTLAND - COUNTERINSURGENCY BY [...] (S) Summary. Emboffs joined Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Western Division Commander on an inspection tour of newly established garrisons in Rolpa district, considered the Maoist heartland. The tour coincided with the deployment of the PACOM assessment team to the Rolpa battalion headquarters. [...] | 2002-04-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU795 | FIRST DAY OF MAOIST STRIKE QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary: The streets of Kathmandu were comparatively quiet during the first day of the five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. Most city shops remained closed, and public transportation was sparse. Most vehicles on the road bore either diplomatic plates or Go [...] | 2002-04-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU800 | Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...] | 2002-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
02KATHMANDU803 | New Peril on the Trails - Maoist Banditry [...] Summary. Three recent incidents of Maoists demanding "donations" from American citizens in Nepal's backcountry, coupled with an increase in reported robberies from other Western tourists, create a new area of concern for the security of American citizens traveling in Nepal's remote areas. Qu [...] | 2002-04-24 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
02KATHMANDU804 | MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. One mini-bus was torched inside Kathmandu after a crowd attacked it; no injuries were reported. In districts outside Kathmandu Maoists hijacked four ambula [...] | 2002-04-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU813 | QUIET REIGNS ON STRIKE'S THIRD DAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The third day of a Maoist-declared general strike passed relatively quietly, with ever more businesses and vehicles daring to risk retaliation from the insurgents. Three bomb blasts were reported in the capital - including a petrol bomb attack on a motorcyclist who broke the s [...] | 2002-04-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU820 | NEPAL: RESPONSE TO WORLD TEXTILE TRADE WITHOUT [...] Summary: The impact of post-2004 quota elimination on the already depressed garment industry in Nepal is likely to be substantial, if not disastrous, since the industry depends on the U.S. market for nearly all of its exports. Neither the Government of Nepal nor the manufacturers themselves [...] | 2002-04-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD NP |
02KATHMANDU828 | MAOISTS ATTACK CIVILIAN VEHICLES AS COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Kathmandu continued to move toward normalcy on the fourth day of the Maoists' five-day general strike with traffic even heavier than yesterday. A bomb went off April 26 injuring two on a bus about one kilometer from the Embassy, while on April 25 Maoists bombed a private reside [...] | 2002-04-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU837 | GON PROPOSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS MECHANISM [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposing the establishment of regular bilateral consultations, a topic raised by Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya during his April 3 meetings in SIPDIS [...] | 2002-04-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU838 | NORMALCY RETURNS AFTER FIVE-DAY STRIKE; MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Normalcy returned to Nepal's capital April 28 after a five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents ended the day before. On the strike's last day scattered violent incidents were reported in the Kathmandu Valley, including the deaths of three Maoists who had tried to st [...] | 2002-04-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU871 | LOOTING LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF WFP POVERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint German-WFP food aid program has been suspended in two districts in western Nepal after rice supplies were stolen by suspected Maoist insurgents. A press release announcing the suspension was intended to put the Maoists on notice that food aid would be cut off if such in [...] | 2002-05-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP WFP |
02KATHMANDU872 | MAOIST STATEMENT "WELCOMES" DIALOGUE; ARMY HITS [...] (SBU) In its fourth public statement in less than a week, the Maoist leadership said it would "welcome" any initiative to resume dialogue. Interspersed with the usual bromides against "foreign interference," the statement indicates that local press reports--both accurate and inaccurate-- of [...] | 2002-05-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU882 | ARMY SCORES INTELLIGENCE, PR VICTORY IN ATTACK ON [...] (C) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) troops have been engaged since late May 2 in an attack on what may be a major Maoist logistics base in Lisne Lek, Rolpa District in western Nepal. According to the RNA, the Maoists, who have sustained at least 100 casualties, are attempting to withdraw from the are [...] | 2002-05-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU886 | Media Reaction: Ambassador Clarifies U.S. Goals Prior To [...] "US Not Interested In Using Nepal As Military Base: Malinowsky" Article, Kathmandu Post, (5/4): "Addressing a meeting organized by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries, Ambassador Malinowski clarified: "We do not want any defense base in Nepal, nor do we want to use it as a springboard [...] | 2002-05-07 01:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
02KATHMANDU891 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] " Deuba's US, UK trip" Editorial, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/7): "...Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's trip to the United States of America and the United Kingdom has come at a crucial time when Nepal needs international support for its development initiatives and security. The serious att [...] | 2002-05-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
02KATHMANDU892 | NEPAL'S ECONOMIC GROWTH: ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE [...] (SBU) The economy of Nepal, already one of the poorest countries in the world, is in crisis, struggling under the combined squeeze of escalating expenditures, primarily related to the six-year-old Maoist insurgency, and plummeting revenues. Government development funds are already being div [...] | 2002-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU893 | MAOISTS SEND LETTER TO AMERICANS ON PM'S VISIT [...] Local media outlets received by e-mail the afternoon of May 7 a letter from the International Department of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) addressed "To Our Friends in America." A copy of the letter has been faxed to SA/INS. 2. The three-page letter, written in turgid but grammat [...] | 2002-05-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV OVIP PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU906 | MAOISTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS IN ROLPA AND SANKHUWASABHA [...] (SBU) Summary: On the night of May 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a combined Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and police outpost in Gam, Rolpa in western Nepal. The attack in Rolpa follows the RNA's routing of a Maoist camp at another location in the same district (Refs B and C). The RNA has lost cont [...] | 2002-05-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU914 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS DESTROY PEPSI TRUCK [...] (SBU) Suspected Maoist insurgents set fire to a Pepsi-Cola truck making deliveries in Dolakha District, about 70 km east of Kathmandu the evening of May 7. According to Rajiv Sant, Managing Director for the Indian-owned Pepsi franchise in Nepal, three gunmen stopped the truck and ordered th [...] | 2002-05-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC BEXP CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU915 | PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...] (SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting June 15. There has been no official reaction yet from the Government of Nepal (GON) to the offer. Security forces continue to search for survivors of the May [...] | 2002-05-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU917 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] "Bush pledges military, economic aid to Nepal; Deuba jubilant" Article, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/9): "The United States has pledged vital support to make Nepal's democracy more vibrant with special emphasis on effective anti terrorist measures, peace and security of the Himalayan Kingdon. Th [...] | 2002-05-10 01:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
02KATHMANDU921 | Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] | 2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
02KATHMANDU924 | Maoist Cease-Fire Claimed as Hoax; All-Party [...] (SBU) Two e-mails sent to local media outlets May 10 claimed that the previous day's announcement (Reftel) of a unilateral cease-fire by Maoist leader "Prachanda" was a hoax. Writing Nepali in the Roman script, the author, self-identified only as "Bikram," said he had intended the hoax to tea [...] | 2002-05-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
02KATHMANDU925 | Child Victims of Maoist Insurgency [...] Summary. At least eighty-five children have been killed during the six-year-long Maoists insurgency and many others wounded or pressed into service, according to a recent report by a local child-welfare NGO. The conflict will take a heavy psychological toll on Nepal's children, the report co [...] | 2002-05-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM KWMN PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU926 | Media Reaction: Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur [...] "Earnest Appeal" Editorial, government-owned "Rising Nepal" (E/D, 5/10): "...Firm moral and material support to Nepal would also help reinforce...the perception that the U.S. is fighting against all forms and manifestations of terrorism, wherever they may be. The recent U.S. announcement o [...] | 2002-05-12 04:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
02KATHMANDU933 | Maoists Attack Remote University [...] (U) Approximately 300 Maoist insurgents attacked a university in the remote southwestern district of Dang late on May 11, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) for the area. The insurgents set fire to offices at Mahendra Sanskrit University, approximately 300 kilometers west of Kathma [...] | 2002-05-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM NP |
02KATHMANDU937 | NIV FRAUD RING DUPES WORKERS SEEKING US [...] SUMMARY: Post uncovered information about a ring of con artists claiming to provide nonimmigrant visas for approximately 6500 USD when Gobin Karki, a victim of the scheme, appeared at the Embassy to collect the visa for which he believed he had paid. The ring, with possible ties to Darjeeli [...] | 2002-05-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU953 | CHINA'S AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. "International cooperation" was needed to deal with Nepal's Maoist insurgency, China's Ambassador to Nepal told Ambassador at a May 8 dinner. China would provide moral support and assistance in this effort, Ambassador Wu Congyong said, but consistent with its policy of non-inter [...] | 2002-05-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR NP CH |
02KATHMANDU958 | Media Reaction: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's [...] "Western support" Editorial, "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 5/106): "Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home after...a historic and rare meeting with U.S. President George Bush. He obtained pledges of support from U.S. President Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair... The gesture, which P [...] | 2002-05-17 01:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR NP |
02KATHMANDU964 | UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date. According to Ministry of Defense figures, more than 10 percent of that number--572--were killed in the first half of May alone. (Note: MOD figures, espec [...] | 2002-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP |
02KATHMANDU968 | Maoist Leader Calls For Talks; King Calls in [...] (SBU) Summary. A Maoist leader sent a letter to Nepal's main political parties May 14 calling for talks with the government. The Prime Minister's political advisor called the offer a ploy to allow the insurgents to regroup. The opposition echoed the same sentiment, adding that the Maoists w [...] | 2002-05-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU976 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The Tibet border is "very quiet" and most newly arrived refugees have not faced problems, according to UNHCR and the Office of Tibet. Nepali police garnered praise for their efforts to escort a large group of Tibetans from the Nangpa region to Kathmandu, an operation which UNHCR [...] | 2002-05-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU977 | Maoists Attack Orphan School [...] (U) Insurgents set off a bomb at a well-known INGO- funded orphanage and boarding school in Surkhet district 400 km west of Kathmandu late on May 17. No one was injured in the blast, caused by a pressure cooker bomb placed in the window of the principal's residence. The event garnered wide p [...] | 2002-05-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
02KATHMANDU978 | MAOIST INSURGENCY IN NEPAL (SITREP ONE) [...] This is a reporting cable only. 2. Summary: A) This cable reports briefly on: significant events/trends of the Maoist insurgency; current status of activities related to the disaster declaration, and Mission activities in response to the insurgency. B) This cable contains no recommendat [...] | 2002-05-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP |
02KATHMANDU979 | UK BOMB EXPERT PREDICTS GROWING MAOIST CAPABILITY; [...] (C) On 20 May, Ambassador received a letter from UK Charge Andrew Mitchell the text of which follows: Begin Text You may be aware that an expert in explosives from the British Army has recent(sic) visited Nepal for consultations with the Royal Nepal Army on the level of bomb technology b [...] | 2002-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL NP |
02KATHMANDU985 | LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA [...] (SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to "reinstate their credibility" by initiating a unilateral ceasefire. Eight of the parties--only three of which have Members in Parliament--asked Opposition Lea [...] | 2002-05-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
02KATHMANDU990 | VISIT WITH JAILED BHUTANESE REFUGEE S.K. PRADHAN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Embassy visitors to his jail in southeastern Nepal, prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan protested his innocence in the case of another refugee leader's murder. Pradhan said he had nothing to gain from the man's death and did not u [...] | 2002-05-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID AORC NP |
02KATHMANDU995 | PM'S PARTY REVOLTS ON EMERGENCY VOTE [...] (C) At a May 22 Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting, members of the ruling Nepali Congress voted to direct Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to withdraw his proposal for a six-month extension of the state of national emergency (Reftel). At COB the CWC decision was being debated in a Parl [...] | 2002-05-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KATHMANDU996 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Malinowski and British Charge Mitchell, Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (UML) Madhav Nepal said that he is is prepared to go along with the dissolution of Parliament and to par [...] | 2002-05-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
02KHARTOUM162 | THE CHANGED FACE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE REMOVAL OF TURABI IN 1999 EFFECTED A REVERSAL IN SUDAN'S POLITICAL APPROACH TOWARD ISLAM, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONNEL OF THE REGIME OTHERWISE REMAINED LARGELY IN PLACE. THE REGIME MAINTAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER THE MOSQUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS RATHER THAN FOMENT ISLA [...] | 2002-08-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU |
02KINSHASA2321 | KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL CONTINUES, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THOSE ACCUSED OF KILLING LAURENT KABILA REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT FANFARE AT THE END OF AUGUST. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. CLEAR BIAS, A MULTIPLICITY OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND LACK OF EVIDENCE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE VERDICT WHICH MAY HAVE BEE [...] | 2002-09-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
02KINSHASA673 | THE KABILA GOVERNMENT: THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF JOSEPH KABILA FEELS MUCH PUT UPON THESE DAYS AND FRUSTRATED THAT IT HAS FEW OPTIONS TO EXERCISE IN TERMS OF SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND IT. IT IS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOG (ICD) FOR WHICH IT WAS ILL PREPARED, IT HAS BEEN HUMILIATE [...] | 2002-03-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RW |
02KINSHASA793 | LAURENT D. KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL SCENESETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LONG-AWAITED TRIAL OF THE 116 SUSPECTS IN THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA BEGAN ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 3. ON MARCH 20, THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR PUBLICLY READ THE CHARGES (IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANTS, THEIR LAWYERS, AND THE PUBLIC) AT MAK [...] | 2002-04-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL |
02KINSHASA876 | UPDATE ON LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL BEGAN APRIL 3 IN A PUBLIC COURTROOM. CURRENTLY, THE WITNESSES AND SOME DEFENDANTS (SUCH AS EDDY KAPEND, FORMER AIDE-DE-CAMP TO KABILA AND ALLEGED COUP-PLOTTER) ARE TESTIFYING ON THEIR ROLES IN THE EVENTS IMMEDIATELY [...] | 2002-04-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CG |
02KUWAIT5166 | (U) CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP AT STATE SECURITY [...] (U) Kuwait's Assistant Under Secretary for State Security Affairs (i.e. head of Kuwait State Security, KSS) Shaykh Mishaal al-Jarrah al-Sabah was not renewed in his position when his term expired November 17. He has been replaced on an acting basis by Major General Abdallah Abdul-Rahman al-Fa [...] | 2002-11-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINR KU |
02KUWAIT5172 | TERRORIST FINANCE - KUWAIT: STATUS OF GRF [...] No summary [...] | 2002-11-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
02KUWAIT5177 | (C) GOK URGES US/SCIRI CONTACTS, WITH SOME [...] (C) Summary: After a November 25 meeting with Codel Issa and the Ambassador, Kuwait's Minstate for Foreign Affairs offered to facilitate a meeting between the Codel and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq's (SCIRI's) Chairman Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim and suggested it might b [...] | 2002-12-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ US KU |
02KUWAIT5178 | MABRUKA, ODIN 2 AND SARAH DIVERT REQUESTS PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MOPS IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5179 | (SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...] | 2002-12-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KU |
02KUWAIT5231 | Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...] | 2002-12-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS US KU |
02KUWAIT5236 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ CLAIMS TO ACCEPT TPC [...] (C) ICRC Delegate Michel Meyer told PolChief December 3 that his headquarters has received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa transmitting a November 27 letter SIPDIS from the Iraqi mission to the Arab League in Cairo, which affirmed that Iraq accepted the proposal by the [...] | 2002-12-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
02KUWAIT5241 | (U) CODEL ISSA MEETS KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Issa met with the Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly, Mr. Jassem Al-Khorafi, and other MP's on November 25, 2002. Among the topics discussed were Kuwait's concerns over the U.S.-Saudi relationship, a post-Saddam Iraq and the impact of U.S. policies in Israel and the terri [...] | 2002-12-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU OREP PGOV PREL US |
02KUWAIT5257 | AFGHAN ASSISTANCE: KUWAIT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON KU AF |
02KUWAIT5258 | DOHA DECLARATION ON TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade in Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Ayham Al-Omar, Deputy Director in the Americas Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will follo [...] | 2002-12-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR KU WTO |
02KUWAIT5261 | (C) TALABANI PLEASED WITH KUWAITI RECEPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jalal Talabani, leader of the Iraqi Kurdish PUK, told Ambassador December 3 he had been well received by the GOK, which promised to engage with other Iraqi opposition groups as well, and to facilitate contacts with other Gulf states. Kuwait's National Assembly had proposed to ho [...] | 2002-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5262 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: IRAQ FORMALLY ACCEPTS TPC [...] (C) ICRC sent us a copy December 4 of a Note Verbale that its office in Baghdad had received the same day from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, accepting the Tripartite Commission (TPC) proposal to suspend the TSC quorum rule for four months. (ICRC's informal translation from Arabic follows at pa [...] | 2002-12-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
02KUWAIT5264 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO THE WTO ON [...] On December 3, 2002, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Badir Abdul-Rahim, Assistant Undersecretary for International Trade at Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and to Akil Behbahani, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department at Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affa [...] | 2002-12-05 04:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KU USTR WTRO |
02KUWAIT5293 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING TPC [...] (U) This is a corrected version of KUWAIT 5292, adding dropped text. Please disregard KUWAIT 5292 in favor of this message. 2. Action Request: see paragraph 8. 3. (C) SUMMARY: ICRC seeks advance approval of draft Minutes of the upcoming TPC meeting (date still TBD). We seek Depar [...] | 2002-12-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
02KUWAIT5296 | QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA |
02KUWAIT5374 | (C) UN/IRAQ: USING THE 12/18 SESSION TO CONDEMN [...] (C) Post concurs that the 12/18 UNSC session to receive the report from Coordinator for Kuwaiti Property Yuli Vorontsov provides a good opportunity for the USG to denounce Saddam's December 7 speech addressed to the Kuwaitis, which was billed as an apology but was in fact filled with insults, [...] | 2002-12-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ KU UN |
02KUWAIT5415 | KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV |
02KUWAIT5416 | (S) KUWAIT 2003 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (S) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and allied security forces in the country is extremely sensitive domestically and within the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified sou [...] | 2002-12-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MARR MASS KU |
02KUWAIT5417 | (C) KUWAITI INTERESTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK, increasingly confident that the US is determined to eliminate Saddam Hussein's regime, is more and more willing to let its public support show, even as it maintains its formal commitment to Arab League and GCC opposition to any pre-emptive strike on Iraq. Prominent Kuw [...] | 2002-12-17 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV KU IZ |
02KUWAIT5418 | SADDAM'S SPEECH RALLIES KUWAITIS AGAINST HIM [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's December 7 speech to "the sons of the People in Kuwait" has inspired Kuwaitis to rally around their leadership and reaffirm their gratitude for the U.S. military presence, by reminding them of the existential threat he poses to their country. END SUM [...] | 2002-12-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SOCI KU |
02KUWAIT5438 | RADICAL ISLAMIST ACQUITTED OF DAMAGING KUWAITI [...] (U) Influential Kuwaiti Muslim fundamentalist Jaber al-Jalahma was acquitted on December 17 of charges of &damaging military preparations for the defense of the country8 by publicly praising the attackers who shot and killed a U.S. Marine on October 8 as heroes and martyrs. 2. (U) In the s [...] | 2002-12-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU |
02KUWAIT5464 | KUWAIT: SENIOR ADVISOR ON STATUS OF PROJECT KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV KU |
02KUWAIT5465 | KUWAIT: 2002-03 INCSR REPORT (FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KU |
02KUWAIT5482 | (C) MEETING OF TRIPARTITE COMMISSION ON GULF WAR [...] (C) As pre-arranged, the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC) met in Geneva December 18 and approved a rule suspension designed to revive Iraqi participation after 4 years of boycott. The minutes (text at paragraph 2 below) were pre-agreed. Iraq signed them in Baghdad earl [...] | 2002-12-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
02KUWAIT5494 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] On December 22, EconChief and Econoff visited the offices of Gulf and Middle East Technological Solutions (GMETS) to verify that the company had received one chem/bio personal protective kit (export license 05-870417),per reftel instructions. Econoffs met with the company's managing director [...] | 2002-12-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KU |
02KUWAIT5526 | IN WAKE OF FATAL ACCIDENT GOK SEEKS TIGHTER [...] (C) In the course of a December 25 meeting on other topics (septels),the Ambassador and Kuwait Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah discussed the December 22 death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat as a result of injuries he suffered the preceding day while co [...] | 2002-12-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL US FR IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5528 | GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] (S) Summary: Minstate for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah gave the Ambassador a readout on this week,s GCC Summit during a December 25th meeting. While billed as an opportunity to discuss internal GCC issues, including the conclusion of a much-publicized customs agreement, Dr. [...] | 2002-12-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5549 | GCC PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ KU |
02KUWAIT5560 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...] | 2002-12-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS |
02KUWAIT5587 | TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT - STATUS OF GRF FREEZE [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
02KUWAIT5609 | KUWAIT REQUEST FOR AIRCRAFT SECURITY IN U.S. AND [...] No summary [...] | 2002-12-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ASEC EAIR PTER KU |
02KUWAIT5611 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: KUWAIT'S AGENDA FOR TSC [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This message summarizes Kuwait's agenda for the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing and POWs (TPC). Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have agreed to meet in Amman on January 8 under ICRC chairmanship, in accordance with the [...] | 2002-12-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW IZ KU ICRC |
02LAGOS146 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] | 2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI |
02LAGOS1870 | FUTURE OF NIGERIA AIRWAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: The wetlease agreement of Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with Air Atlanta Icelandic (AAI) was set to expire on September 19, but was extended at the last minute. The Ministry of Aviation had hoped until the last moment to replace NAL with a new national carrier, Air Nigeria, t [...] | 2002-09-19 06:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NI |
02LAGOS2044 | NIGERIA: A TRIP TO IBADAN IN OYO STATE [...] (C) Summary. A trip to Ibadan in Oyo State shows residents of the southwest are already revving up for the elections in 2003. Dr. Omulolu Olunloyo, who was governor of Oyo State more than a decade ago, has decided to come out of semi-retirement to run again for that office "for the good of th [...] | 2002-10-15 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
02LAGOS2494 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT AMCONGEN LAGOS [...] At approximately 1345, 45-50 military retirees arrived at AmConGen Lagos carrying a placard stating that they had not received benefits in six months. The demonstrators were asked to move across the street from the Consulate General which they did. Two leaders of the group met with RSO and [...] | 2002-12-31 19:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
02LAGOS76 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] | 2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
02LONDON8320 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...] | 2002-11-25 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK |
02MADRID4435 | SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...] | 2002-12-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
02MAPUTO76 | SADC DECLARATION ON TERRORISM [...] ACCEDE OR RATIFY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON COMBATING TERRORISM, ADOPTED BY THE OAU AND THE UNITED NATIONS AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO DOMESTIC LAWS; 2. FIGHT WITH ALL MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM THAT ENDANGER THE LIVES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, DISRUPT REGIONAL SECURITY, ST [...] | 2002-01-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER SADC MZ |
02MILAN338 | QADHAFI'S SON ON ITALY-LIBYA RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: SEIF QADHAFI, SON OF LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMOR QADHAFI, SPOKE AT ISPI (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS) IN MILAN, JUNE 10 ON "LIBYA AND ITALY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA." SEIF QADHAFI, WHO WAS INTRODUCED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "LIBYAN [...] | 2002-06-12 15:05:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON |
02MUSCAT730 | BIN ALAWI ANGRY, FRUSTRATED BY U.S. "BIAS" TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BIN ALAWI STRONGLY CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND COMPLAINS THAT U.S. IS "COMPLETELY BIASED" TOWARDS ISRAEL. BIN ALAWI SAYS THAT IT IS "IMPOSSIBLE" NOW FOR ARAB LEADERS TO CONDEMN SUICIDE BOMBING, WHICH THEY SEE NOT O [...] | 2002-04-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MEPN MU XF |
02PHNOMPENH1361 | BIO: ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR HOR [...] (S) INR/B BIO FROM 1998 REPORTS THAT HOR NAMHONG'S COLLEAGUES RESENT HIM FOR APPOINTING HIS RELATIVES TO KEY MINISTRY POSITIONS. IN 1992, INR/B DESCRIBED HIM AS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO LACKED HIS OWN POWER BASES, BUT GAINED POSITIONS BY SEEKING ALLIANCES AND DOING FAVORS FOR POWERFUL SOC LEADERS. [...] | 2002-06-06 02:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | SECRET | CB PINR |
02PRETORIA506 | THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOFF MET JANUARY 24 WITH DAVID MALCOLMSON, DFA NEPAD COORDINATOR, TO REVIEW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEPAD PROGRAM. AT THE JANUARY 24-27 CONFERENCE IN BENONI, SOUTH AFRICA AIMED TO MOVE BEYOND SLOGANS TO FORGE AGREEMENT ON CONCRETE PLANS AND NATIONAL COMMI [...] | 2002-01-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL SF CA |
02RANGOON1159 | NLD "UNCLES" APPRECIATE CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) National League for Democracy Central Executive Committee members ("the uncles") told Chief of Mission on September 9 that they appreciate continued U.S. support for their party and encourage increased pressure on the regime for democratic change. COM Martinez agreed with the uncles that [...] | 2002-09-10 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
02RANGOON1167 | PATRIOT DAY IN RANGOON [...] (U) Some 325 invited guests, including high-ranking GOB military and civilian officials, Aung San Suu Kyi and the senior NLD leadership, Muslim representatives, ethnic leaders, and about 100 resident American citizens gathered September 11 in downtown Rangoon to observe Patriot Day. COM Marti [...] | 2002-09-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO BM ASSK NLD |
02RANGOON1185 | EU TROIKA IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The EU Troika will not recommend any change in the EU's common position on Burma. That is the conclusion of British diplomats who accompanied the team on all of their visits in Yangon. Foreigners were uniformly concerned about deteriorating economic conditions, while Aung San Suu [...] | 2002-09-13 10:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM |
02RANGOON1211 | ROHINGYA REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Burma has unofficially told UNHCR that it would accept 5,000 of the remaining 22,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. That would leave a residual 17,000 people in Bangladesh to be locally settled or otherwise accommodated. UNHCR Rohingya repatriation assist [...] | 2002-09-20 00:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BM BG IN UNHCR |
02RANGOON1218 | RUMORED PROMOTIONS IN THE SPDC [...] (C) Summary: News services are reporting that the State Peace and Development Council has promoted some of its top generals. Although the SPDC has not officially announced the promotions, rumors in Rangoon appear to indicate that at least four of the top Generals may have been promoted. If [...] | 2002-09-20 10:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR BM |
02RANGOON1219 | UNDP BURMA SETTLES IN FOR NEW PHASE [...] (C) Summary: The UNDP is in a holding pattern in Burma as it awaits both UNDP board and Burmese government approval for its ongoing efforts in the countryside. UNDP has no new major projects on the drawing board, but wants more flexibility in its mandate. UNDP's relations remain somewhat roc [...] | 2002-09-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON BM UNDP |
02RANGOON1233 | PREMIER DIVESTS, PETRONAS DIGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Premier Oil's decision to pull up stakes here seems based more on financial necessity than the pressure of boycotts. Petronas, Premier's partial owner and business partner in Burma, agreed to sell back its shares in Premier in exchange for the British firm's position in the Yetagu [...] | 2002-09-25 05:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV BM |
02RANGOON1248 | BURMESE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STILL HOSTILE [...] (U) As a companion to the recently submitted Burma investment climate statement, we want to summarize the key problems that plague the country. The full text of the investment climate statement will be posted on the National Trade Data Bank and is available via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov [...] | 2002-09-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD BM |
02RANGOON1250 | REGIME FEEDS ON ITS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 26, the regime sentenced ex-dictator General Ne Win's son-in-law and three grandsons to death by hanging for attempted treason. The son-in-law, one of the grandsons, and some business associates were also sentenced to varying lengths of hard labor for economic cri [...] | 2002-09-27 08:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS BM |
02RANGOON1253 | IMF: TAKE YOUR ADVICE AND... [...] (C) Summary: IMF proposals for marginal economic reforms in Burma have been brushed aside by the government. Japanese efforts to stimulate interest in reform in return for limited adjustment aid will likely get a similarly cold reception. Nonetheless, international financial bodies and donor [...] | 2002-09-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BM |
02RANGOON1254 | STRONG ETHNIC SHOWING AT NLD'S 14TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst strong support from Western diplomats and ethnic representatives the NLD celebrated its 14th anniversary on September 27 in downtown Rangoon. NLD leaders called for the SPDC to enter into dialogue without delay for the benefit of the country. An array of leaders from e [...] | 2002-09-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
02RANGOON1274 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR RAISES POLITICAL TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyamoto delivered a message from Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi when he presented his credentials to Than Shwe on September 16. According to sources at the Japanese Embassy, Miyamoto also went into some detail about political transition, Japanese aid, an [...] | 2002-10-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM JP |
02RANGOON1277 | UPDATE ON RECENT ARRESTS IN RANGOON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THIRTY PEOPLE, INCLUDING SEVERAL RELATIVELY WELL-KNOWN POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND AT LEAST ONE FORMER NLD MEMBER, WERE ARRESTED IN RANGOON ON SEPTEMBER 25. IT IS NOT CLEAR YET WHAT CHARGES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST THE THIRTY. THERE ARE HINTS, HOWEVER, THAT THESE ARRESTS MAY BE P [...] | 2002-10-02 04:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS BM |
02RANGOON1291 | BURMESE GOVERNMENT REPORTS TO THE USG ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB is prepared to act on human trafficking, but has not put together programs that will fully treat the problem. In a report presented to the Embassy in August, the GOB acknowledges the problem facing Burma and lays out the legislative, enforcement, training, and preventi [...] | 2002-10-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG BM |
02RANGOON1292 | BURMA: BREADBASKET AND BASKET CASE [...] (C) Summary: Persistent reports of unrest at food warehouses and distribution points in Burma suggest the government ration system may be breaking down. If true, then food problems will only become worse for Burma's poorest in coming months as inflation accelerates, the kyat continues its fre [...] | 2002-10-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PHUM BM |
02RANGOON1293 | DOWNER PUSHES REFORM DURING VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Downer told Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt that the GOB should move convincingly to open a political dialogue with the NLD "within the next one to two weeks." He also urged the government to free all political prisoners. Khin Nyunt replied that he "fully su [...] | 2002-10-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AU BM |
02RANGOON1304 | BURMESE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE SHAN RAPE CASES [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is continuing its investigation of the Shan rape cases. According to Brigadier General Kyaw Thein, a national intelligence team has investigated the first 71 of the 173 cases cited in the License to Rape report and so far found evidence of rape in five cases. The other [...] | 2002-10-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM |
02RANGOON1310 | ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Bangladesh, the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) contacted the Karenni National Progressive Party in late August 2002 regarding the possibility of relocating its bases to KNPP-controlled territory on the border between Thailand and Burma. According [...] | 2002-10-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG TH BM |
02RANGOON1321 | THAI/BURMESE AGREEMENT TO REOPEN THE BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Thai Permanent Secretary Tej Bunnag told the Burmese October 7 in Rangoon that the Thai cabinet decided to prohibit any Thai-based groups from attacking neighboring countries, according to Thai embassy sources. He also reportedly said that Prime Minister Thaksin so instructed the [...] | 2002-10-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH BM |
02RANGOON1340 | BURMA: DARKNESS AT NOON [...] (C) Summary: Power is flowing nearly 24 hours a day in the capital. The government is making this happen through a hodgepodge of policy proclamations, full dams at the hydropower plants, and expensive, and potentially dangerous, stopgap measures. Because of increasing agitation over food pri [...] | 2002-10-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BM |
02RANGOON1343 | LATEST GOB REPORT ON SHAN RAPES FINDS FIVE OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, the GOB presented results of its latest investigation of the allegations contained in the Shan Human Rights Foundation's "Licence to Rape." The GOB claims that it has now re-investigated all 173 cases and found that only five cases bear even any "similarity" to th [...] | 2002-10-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BM TH |
02RANGOON1354 | SR PINHEIRO WILL INSIST GOB AGREE TO INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSR PINHEIRO BRIEFED EU, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ON HIS PLANS OR HIS VISIT TO BURMA AND OUTLINED THREE OPTIONS: -- PLAN A - A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY SPDC, NLD AND ETHNIC REPRESENTATIVES (ALL AGREED THIS IS A NON-STARTER) -- PLAN B - AN INVESTIGATION BY I [...] | 2002-10-18 10:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL BM |
02RANGOON1355 | BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...] | 2002-10-18 10:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
02RANGOON1366 | BURMA: JAPANESE UNLIKELY TO PUSH REFORM FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Japanese experts say that Japan plans to discuss economic reform during Prime Minister Koizumi's meeting with Senior General Than Shwe at the November ASEAN 3 meeting in Phnom Penh. They have also promised to share with us a copy of their proposed program for Burmese structural [...] | 2002-10-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON BM |
02RANGOON1378 | SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PINHEIRO BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON [...] (C) Summary: At an October 28 briefing, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro told diplomats in Rangoon that during his 12-day visit to Burma he strongly encouraged the SPDC to address continuing human rights abuses. He also encouraged the international community to implement programs that will pro [...] | 2002-10-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
02RANGOON1387 | NLD EXPANDS RESIDUAL PARLIAMENTARY BODY [...] (SBU) On October 23 the Committee Representing the Peoples, Parliament (CRPP) announced that it was appointing four new ethnic members and inviting other political parties to join. The CRPP was created by the NLD and ethnic parties in September 1998 to represent the Parliament that was elect [...] | 2002-10-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
02RANGOON1415 | BURMA COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: RESULTS, RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOB has provided a response to our request for additional information on Burma's performance in regard to the criteria set by the U.S. government for certification of its counternarcotics efforts in 2002. Included in the package are: -- statistics on all seizures of narcotic [...] | 2002-11-04 07:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM BM |
02RANGOON1418 | NLD STATUS REPORT: SIX MONTHS AFTER ASSK'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost six months after her release from house detention, ASSK continues with a disciplined, non-confrontational strategy to rebuild her political forces while attempting to draw the regime into dialogue on national reconciliation. She has succeeded in reviving NLD leadership [...] | 2002-11-04 09:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
02RANGOON1468 | BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...] | 2002-11-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM |
02RANGOON1469 | U.S. SANCTIONS: DIRECTED AT BURMA OR THE REGION? [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 9. 2. Summary: The United States is now poised to oppose an ADB regional grant for alternative development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on the grounds that Burma-specific legislation applies to all such regional grants. That position will [...] | 2002-11-14 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID BM ADB |
02RANGOON1473 | BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: MORE DATA, MORE [...] In response to our request (ref D),the Government of Burma has provided a third package of information on its counternarcotics program. The latest package includes an outline of measures that the GOB has taken to implement its new money laundering law, a list of members of the United Wa Stat [...] | 2002-11-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
02RANGOON1479 | RAZALI: CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD CASE [...] (C) Summary: Razali told diplomats at an early evening briefing today that the dialog between the NLD and the SPDC appeared to be stalled as much by a personality conflict between Aung San Suu Kyi and Than Shwe as anything else. Each one is imperious in his own way and neither is ready to comp [...] | 2002-11-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
02RANGOON1486 | THE ILO: SLOWLY ESTABLISHING A WORKING PRESENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The new ILO liaison officer in Rangoon met with Secretary One General Khin Nyunt this week and received assurances that the SPDC would work with the ILO to address problems with forced labor. She was also told that she can travel freely anywhere she wants in Burma. These assura [...] | 2002-11-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PREL BM |