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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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03HANOI1185 | Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on May 13 and left a non-paper based on reftel para 12. Ambassador stressed that progress on issues raised at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue was insufficient to schedule another dialogue, nor [...] | 2003-05-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
03HANOI1233 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON ADOPTIONS [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has indicated that the content of the draft MOU provided is generally quite good and close to their draft framework. However, the GVN is backtracking from earlier assurances by the former Vice Minister of Justice that Vietnam would be willing to go forward with an MOU [...] | 2003-05-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
03HANOI1258 | VIETNAM: P.L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations [...] This cable was originally sent May 5, 2003 but encountered TERP transmission problems. Post apologizes for the delay. Responses to reftel questionnaire follow: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 2 - Yes, with some delay (more than one year) b. Wher [...] | 2003-05-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD VM FINREF |
03HANOI1263 | GERMAN CHANCELLOR REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Hanoi focused on economics and concluded with a number of economics-related agreements, but also touched, albeit briefly, on a number of other issues, including Iraq, transnational crime, and counterterrorism. Schroeder did not rai [...] | 2003-05-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER GM VM |
03HANOI1316 | New Religious Affairs Chief's Views on Tasks [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chairman of the GVN Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) Ngo Yen Thi told Ambassador on May 28 that CPV Central Committee Resolution Seven on religion is the most important issue currently for the CRA. His overall goal as head of the CRA, in light of the Resolution, is t [...] | 2003-05-30 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HANOI1320 | REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung and the Ambassador (accompanied by DCM Porter and poloff) held a two-hour discussion on bilateral issues on May 27. The meeting received generally positive coverage in the state-controlled print and broadcast media. Dung highlight [...] | 2003-05-30 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF OEXC ECON ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HANOI135 | Vietnam on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, GVN officials discussed religious freedom issues originally raised by Ambassador Hanford at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue in a frank manner, but had little specific information. The most welcome news was that the Southern [...] | 2003-01-16 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI136 | Reclama to GVN on USAID program in Central Highlands [...] (U) On January 14, Ambassador raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang the GVN's unfortunate refusal to allow implementation of the Kontum provincial portion of a larger USAID-funded project on disabilities. Aware of the sensitivities of having a US-based organization carry out a pro [...] | 2003-01-16 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PHUM EAID VM |
03HANOI1362 | Cadre Rotation - Grooming the next generation of [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam is attempting to breathe new life into "cadre rotation" in order to train the next generation of leaders as well as to improve the quality of government service and to fight systemic local corruption. Cadre rotation was common during wartime and in the years immediatel [...] | 2003-06-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI1411 | TRAINING VIETNAM'S JUDGES: MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: The low quality of professional skills among Vietnamese judges at all levels -- local, provincial and national -- is a well-recognized problem (refs c & d). Judges for the high-profile Nam Cam trial in Ho Chi Minh City (ref a) were carefully picked from among the best available [...] | 2003-06-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI VM |
03HANOI1422 | VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...] | 2003-06-10 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ |
03HANOI1437 | VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...] | 2003-06-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM |
03HANOI1439 | VIETNAM: FOLLOW UP TO SIXTH WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam heard a consistent message at its Sixth WTO Working Party session in May regarding the need to make a "quantum leap" in it's approach to WTO accession but is interpreting that message in various ways. Publicly, GVN officials gave themselves a big pat on the back for th [...] | 2003-06-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTO BTA |
03HANOI1487 | U.S. CT WORK PLAN FOR ASEAN ACCEPTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. and ASEAN member states agreed to accept in principle a U.S.-proposed counterterrorism Work Plan at the ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC). While final approval of the Work Plan, probably as part of the formal Summary Record, will tak [...] | 2003-06-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL OTRA VM ASEAN CTERR |
03HANOI1504 | LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. In what Vietnam's state-controlled media reported as the "largest single heroin seizure ever" in Vietnam, Quang Tri provincial counternarcotics police seized approximately 40 kilograms of heroin entering Vietnam in a truck near the Lao Bao border crossing. Five people are under [...] | 2003-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
03HANOI1510 | ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Prime Ministerial degree in March 2003 reaffirmed the MFA's main diplomatic functions as the GVN's main foreign affairs agency and also confirmed its leadership over Vietnam's Border Commission and increasingly active Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The new decree is u [...] | 2003-06-18 03:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VM |
03HANOI1533 | Thirteen-Year Sentence for Pham Hong Son [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Hanoi People's Court sentenced Pham Hong Son to thirteen years in prison followed by 3 years administrative probation after a trial that lasted several hours on June 18. The conviction appears to have been for "esp [...] | 2003-06-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HUMANR |
03HANOI1535 | In the Hoa Hao Heartland [...] (SBU) Summary: The south's An Giang province includes members of almost all of Vietnam's religious communities, but is the homeland of the indigenous Hoa Hao Buddhist sect which, according to GVN figures, comprises almost 40% of the province's two million residents. The GVN-recognized Hoa [...] | 2003-06-18 23:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1549 | NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...] | 2003-06-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
03HANOI155 | DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a recommendation from Ambassador Hanford to the Secretary on designation of Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act is imminent and would like to weigh in arguing against a possible designation of Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Ref [...] | 2003-01-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HANOI1554 | Khmer and Cham in Vietnam -- [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the Cambodian border is home to members of all of Vietnam's recognized religious faiths and two of its larger ethnic minorities, the Khmer and the Cham. The Khmer follow Theravada Buddhism, while most Vietnamese Buddhists belong to the [...] | 2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1555 | GVN Complains TIP Report Shorts Its Efforts [...] (U) Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung complained to DCM during a June 20 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that Vietnam's placement on Tier II and in particular the evaluation of Vietnam's law enforcement efforts against Trafficking in Persons do not "truly reflect re [...] | 2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
03HANOI1556 | TRAINING CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hanoi's Catholic seminary offers training to over 200 would-be priests over a seven year period. Local Committees on Religious Affairs screen out some candidates, allegedly on grounds of "personal conduct." Virtually all graduates become priests; a small percentage is able to c [...] | 2003-06-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HANOI1559 | VIETNAM: REORGANIZATION OF IPR AGENCIES - FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a move that has left Vietnamese IPR agencies, foreign donors, and trademark holders/seekers stunned and seriously concerned, the Government of Vietnam has decided to transfer the trademark function from the National Office of Industrial Property (NOIP) in the Ministry of Sc [...] | 2003-06-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP |
03HANOI156 | VIETNAM: MINISTER OF TRADE LETTER TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Vietnamese Ministry of Trade has responded to Secretary of Commerce Evans' letter of December 12, 2002 with a letter from Minister of Trade Tuyen - text follows in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter - original will not be forwarded: (Informal Translation by MOT) MINIST [...] | 2003-01-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EAGR ECON ETRD VM |
03HANOI1615 | GVN RESPONSE TO DRAFT LOA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Embassy received MFA's long-awaited response to the draft LOA on counternarcotics on June 26. It appears that the USG and GVN views still differ in the areas of taxes, immunities, certification, and Leahy. Full text of G [...] | 2003-06-30 02:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
03HANOI1671 | An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...] | 2003-07-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP |
03HANOI1687 | PROTESTANTS CLAIM MORE HARASSMENT [...] (U) Summary. Unconfirmed reports continue to indicate efforts by local authorities to pressure ethnic minority Protestants in some locations to renounce their faith. These reports claim at least one recent murder and more detentions. Some ethnic minority Protestants have reportedly also ha [...] | 2003-07-03 07:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HANOI1698 | IMPLEMENTING PARTY RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. According to CPV and GVN authorities in Hanoi and the Northwest Highlands, new CPV resolutions on ethnic minorities and religion do little more than reiterate long-standing policies, while nonetheless trying to elevate attention to these issues and the need for better implemen [...] | 2003-07-03 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI175 | Central Committee on minorities, religious, land [...] (SBU) Summary. The second session of the 7th plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) 9th Central Committee (CC) apparently focused on key human rights issues of national solidarity, treatment of ethnic minorities, implementation of religious policy, and land use. The CC as well as [...] | 2003-01-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE DPOL |
03HANOI1759 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
03HANOI1797 | NEW EFFORTS TO COMBAT PROSTITUTION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance should strengthen efforts aimed at combating prostitution in Vietnam and its related effects. The most striking point of the new ordinance is its inclusion of purchasers of sex, specifically focusing on government officials, thus expanding prohibited acts to inc [...] | 2003-07-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
03HANOI1805 | CPV WRAPS UP 8TH PLENUM -- DEFENSE, SALARY [...] (U) The Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) Ninth Central Committee held its eighth plenum in Hanoi July 2-12, with major addresses by General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and issuance of a formal communiqu. (Ref a provides translation.) The major themes, which CPV insiders said had been determi [...] | 2003-07-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL SOCI ECON VM DPOL |
03HANOI1808 | VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-16 02:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN |
03HANOI1814 | TRYING TO GET THE MOF BEYOND CENTRAL PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting, the Ambassador urged the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to issue investment licenses to three U.S. insurance companies and to be ready to meet BTA obligations related to customs valuation that come due in December 2003. Ambassador also raised USG concerns over [...] | 2003-07-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM BTA WTO |
03HANOI1821 | REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (U) Court officials in Ha Nam province on July 17 confirmed media reports that the court had reduced the cumulative 15 years sentences of Catholic Father Nguyen Van Ly by five years in recognition of his "good behavior" in prison. Court o [...] | 2003-07-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HANOI1840 | HANOI'S TOURIST LANDSCAPE AND POST-SARS TERRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Tourism dropped significantly in Vietnam due to SARS -- at least 30 pct nationwide and as much as 90 pct in Hanoi -- in spring 2003. The GVN is trying to get back on track with new promotions and reach earlier targets for 2005. Europeans and Americans, combined, make up about [...] | 2003-07-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CASC SOCI VM |
03HANOI1842 | TRADE MINISTER ON WTO, HUMAN RIGHTS, OIL FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 meeting with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, the Ambassador noted that GVN efforts to raise auto tariffs, impose tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on a number of agricultural products, and reorganize the agencies responsible for protection of intellectual property rig [...] | 2003-07-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON KIPR IZ VM WTO IPROP |
03HANOI1864 | UPDATE ON PRISONERS OF CONCERN [...] (U) On July 21, the MFA's International Organizations Department provided an update dated July 17 on 28 persons of concern, whose names had been on a longer list provided by the Embassy earlier this year, covering both religious and political prisoners. The MFA's information is quoted below [...] | 2003-07-22 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1870 | VIETNAM ADOPTIONS: NO FORWARD MOTION, LOSS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) reorganization has all but halted forward progress on reaching any bilateral understanding on adoptions. Post has yet to receive written confirmation that a document other than a bilateral agreement will be acceptable, and has been told that the [...] | 2003-07-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
03HANOI1885 | LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM (PART II) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Some of Vietnam's state-controlled media have reported that a second comprehensive search of the same truck seized on June 9 led to the recent discovery of another 33 kilograms of heroin, in addition to the 40 kilograms uncovered during the first inspection. A senior [...] | 2003-07-24 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
03HANOI1918 | U.S. JOINT VENTURE DISPUTE IN DAK LAK PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary. On July 24, Ambassador met with the Director of the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Planning and Investment (DPI) to discuss a joint venture dispute involving an American company, McCullagh International. Nhu admitted that the case could have a "negative impact on business inv [...] | 2003-07-29 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON VM BTA |
03HANOI1932 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THRU THE LENS OF A DAK LAK VILLAGE [...] (U) This is a joint Hanoi/HCMC reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On July 25, during an otherwise tightly controlled visit to the Central Highlands (septels),the Ambassador, Emboffs, and ConGenoffs made an unscripted visit to a mostly Protestant ethnic minority M'nong village along [...] | 2003-07-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI1933 | MFA SUGGESTS NEXT ROUND OF HR DIALOGUE [...] (U) In a meeting with A/DCM on July 30, MFA International Organization Department Acting Director Pham Binh Minh formally proposed that Vietnam host the next round of US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, preferably in late August 2003. He suggested that Vietnam would be ready to up the level o [...] | 2003-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
03HANOI1967 | Vietnam: GVN PLANS REDESIGN OF TEXTILE ALLOCATION [...] SUMMARY: An inter-ministerial GVN committee has begun a comprehensive verification of the capacity of all factories allocated quota to export to the U.S. in 2003. MOT has already revoked quota from factories that were found to have over-reported their production capacity in their application [...] | 2003-08-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KTEX VM |
03HANOI197 | VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF SMARTWORK LABOR COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together (SMARTWork) project officially commenced on January 23. The Charge and senior GVN officials spoke at the launch. The SMARTWork project focuses on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the workpl [...] | 2003-01-24 05:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
03HANOI1989 | AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: On July 3, the Ambassador met with Vietnamese VFM Nguyen Dinh Bin to deliver Ref A talking points on the status of joint research on Agent Orange/Dioxin. Bin emphasized the GVN's gratitude for humanitarian efforts by non-governmental organizations and U.S. congresspersons who have a [...] | 2003-08-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCI SENV EAID VM |
03HANOI199 | VIETNAM: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK - TYCO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, 2003, the Vietnamese Supreme Court reversed a May 2002 landmark decision by the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Court that would have recognized an international arbitral award for the first time in that city. The Mission has been assisting Tyco Services Singapore sin [...] | 2003-01-24 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD VM |
03HANOI1995 | OUTGOING FRENCH ADOPTIONS OFFICIAL SAYS VIETNAM IS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the precision in the French adoption agreement with Vietnam, French adoptions are encountering problems at the provincial levels. Significant problems include demands for donations/fees in excess of those set in the French agreement, unclear origins of adoptive childr [...] | 2003-08-07 00:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
03HANOI2042 | WHAT'S (NOT) AVAILABLE AT HANOI'S BOOKSTORES [...] (U) Summary: Government controls continue to ensure that both imported and locally printed books stay within acceptable bounds. Fictional works increasingly are the most popular offerings in Hanoi's bookstores, instead of previous foci on ideological or political titles. Some political publ [...] | 2003-08-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI2047 | FAMILY PLANNING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance on family planning enshrines individual choice of family size and timing, while "encouraging" small families and seeking "rational" population structure and distribution. There is a clear concern about growing over-population in urban areas and a need to keep p [...] | 2003-08-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV VM |
03HANOI2068 | VIETNAM: NY LIFE HOSTS SEMINAR ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: On August 5 in Hanoi at a seminar on Vietnam's WTO accession hosted by New York Life (NYL),Charge expressed strong support for Vietnam's efforts to accede to the WTO while also emphasizing the heavy workload Vietnam must complete in order to meet this goal. Opening the seminar, DPM [...] | 2003-08-15 01:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD VM WTO |
03HANOI2074 | Correcting judicial wrongs: welcome steps [...] (U) Summary. A new Vietnamese National Assembly resolution enables victims of judicial and police injustice to seek financial compensation from the responsible government agencies and even individual official(s). The resolution holds officials personally responsible for misadministration of [...] | 2003-08-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS VM |
03HANOI2077 | CURRENT RELIGIOUS SITUATION - THE OFFICIAL VIEW [...] (U) Summary: Officials from the Government Committee on Religious Affairs and the Ho Chi Minh Political Academy's Centers on Human Rights and Religious Studies have reiterated that Vietnamese are free to practice religion, that the GVN not only permits the practice of religion but actively su [...] | 2003-08-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI208 | VIETNAM: SON LA DAM APPROVED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In December, the 11th National Assembly gave "final" approval for the long-planned construction of the Son La Dam and hydroelectric plant in northwest Vietnam. The planning phase for this project has spanned more than 30 years and has instigated one of the more lengthy and intere [...] | 2003-01-27 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV EINV EAID VM ETMIN |
03HANOI2113 | VIETNAM: FY-2004 FOOD AID REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: Post requests a food aid grant of $6 million (roughly 45,000 metric tons) of wheat. Most of the monetized proceeds will be used to construct primary schools and irrigation projects in poor rural areas. The remaining funds will be used to continue a range of agricultural science an [...] | 2003-08-20 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KSEP VM |
03HANOI2116 | A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES POPULATION, FAMILY, AND [...] (U) Summary: In discussions with A/S Dewey, National Committee for Population, Family, and Children's Affairs officials stressed that GVN policies guarantee and respect the right of citizens "freely and responsibly to choose the size of the family." At the same time, they said, GVN policy a [...] | 2003-08-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV VM |
03HANOI213 | NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS DECREE: A RAY OF HOPE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new GVN decree may enhance international counternarcotics cooperation and offer new hope for the long- awaited conclusion of a US-Vietnam Counternarcotics Agreement. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ COOPERATION IN PRINCIPLE ------------------------ 2. (U) On Jan [...] | 2003-01-28 05:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV VM CNARC |
03HANOI2168 | REDUCTION OF PHAM HONG SON'S SENTENCE [...] (U) According to a two Western media sources, Appeals Court officials in Hanoi confirmed that the 13 year sentence of activist Pham Hong Son (ref a) was reduced to 5 years during a brief hearing on August 26. (Son will still apparently be subject to three years' house detention after comple [...] | 2003-08-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
03HANOI2175 | KEEPING A FOCUS ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Summary. According to CPV officials and official media reports, corruption remains an endemic problem in Vietnam at all levels, but the GVN and CPV are actively taking steps to go after at least some officials. Sweden is assisting with a grant for a "research" project on "root causes" [...] | 2003-08-27 06:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI218 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH JUSTICE MINISTRY ON ADOPTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Consul met with Justice Ministry (MOJ) officials regarding a MOU on adoptions on January 23. Specifics were not negotiated, but several elements, which are seen as "must-haves" for an MOU, were identified. Parties with the "authority" to transmit cases to the Vietnamese centr [...] | 2003-01-28 08:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
03HANOI219 | MFA update on some detainees of concern [...] (SBU) In response to inquiry from poloff on January 28, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organization Department Senior Expert Hong Bich Lien provided updates on the status of several prominent activists whose detentions have sparked international and USG concern. She promised on J [...] | 2003-01-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS VM |
03HANOI220 | MORE SENTENCES FOR PUBLIC PROTESTS [...] (U) An official of the Nam Dinh Provincial People's Court confirmed to emboff on January 28 the substance of media reports (ref a) about the sentencing on December 18 of ten people involved in public protests in Hong Thuan commune of Giao Thuy district in that province. He also confirmed th [...] | 2003-01-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI223 | TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER VISITS VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan Economics Minister Lin Yi-fu visited Vietnam January 23 - 27 as the head of a trade mission. While his official host was the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lin held meetings with GVN officials, including his counterparts at the Ministry of Trade as well as t [...] | 2003-01-29 03:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD TW CH VM |
03HANOI2254 | VIETNAM AG EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request -- see Paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY: As noted in Reftels, Vietnam is very interested in continuing its agricultural exports to Iraq under the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program, and whatever replaces the OFF program. Vietnamese contacts, ranging from the Prime Minister to var [...] | 2003-09-05 00:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR ECON EFIN IZ VM UNSC |
03HANOI2260 | VIETNAM AND IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman for the past six months and now sitting back in Hanoi) Nguyen Quang Khai is planning to return to Baghdad at Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's request on September 13 for a meeting at the Iraqi foreign trade ministry. Ambassador Khai [...] | 2003-09-05 06:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EAGR EAID IZ VM |
03HANOI2287 | RELIGION IN VIETNAM - THREE CONTRASTING VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings on September 4 in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's William Inboden, prominent Buddhist, Protestant, and Catholic leaders provided personal perspectives on the religious situation in Vietnam that ranged from rosy to troubled. (Ref a reported on EAP/BCLTV's discussions with reli [...] | 2003-09-10 00:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HANOI2310 | IMPRISONMENT OF A HMONG PROTESTANT [...] (U) A reliable Vietnamese Protestant source has provided what appear to be genuine court documents related to the prosecution and conviction of a Hmong Protestant named Ma A Chau (also known as Mua A Chau),who had earlier (reftel) been reported to have been detained in Lai Chau province on [...] | 2003-09-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HANOI2320 | NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...] | 2003-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC |
03HANOI2323 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...] | 2003-09-15 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP |
03HANOI2362 | RESULTS OF USG CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: On September 12, 2003, a delegation of U.S. government climate change and energy officials, led by Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, OES, had a short but full schedule in Vietnam, including a variety of government meetings and public diplomacy [...] | 2003-09-18 00:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TH MY VM |
03HANOI2364 | POLITBURO MEMBER TRAN DINH HOAN ON PARTY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. Politburo member Tran Dinh Hoan welcomed improving U.S.-Vietnam relations, called for more high-level visits and mutual understanding, claimed that the CPV was tackling the major problem of corruption in its own way, and explained how the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academ [...] | 2003-09-18 00:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL PINR VM |
03HANOI2365 | Party-State relations in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary. The Communist Party continues to run the show in Vietnam, and there are even calls for it to "strengthen" its leadership over the State at a time when direct Party control over the economy and over individual lives has been generally declining. The CPV's leadership role stem [...] | 2003-09-18 01:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS VM DPOL |
03HANOI2367 | Japanese Special Yen Loans in Haiphong Port [...] (SBU) As part of a September 8 trip to Haiphong, Ambassador and ECON/C toured the port and were briefed about the port modernization project. According to the Port Project Manager, the first phase involving construction of a container port is complete and bidding is in progress for the se [...] | 2003-09-18 03:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID JA VM |
03HANOI240 | VVAF AND MOD SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT TO CONDUCT [...] (U) Another small, but historic step in the bilateral relationship took place in Hanoi on January 27, when the Ministry of Defense (MOD) signed an MOU for a survey of landmines and UXO with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. The Director of Defense Ministry's Demining Command (BOMICO [...] | 2003-01-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS VM US |
03HANOI2413 | UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...] | 2003-09-24 01:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
03HANOI2462 | CPV EXTERNAL RELATIONS CHIEF MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: The CPV's top foreign affairs official told the Ambassador he wants better relations and "understanding" with the U.S., and that Vietnam would continue dialogue with the U.S. on human rights and "democracy." He also said Vietnam would participate in the rebuilding of Iraq "accor [...] | 2003-09-26 00:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP IZ VM |
03HANOI247 | Punishing Minor Crimes "Administratively" [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) issued a new ordinance on "Administrative Violations" effective October 1, 2002. In the Vietnamese legal environment, administrative violations are not "serious" enough for court trial, but are handled by government officials. T [...] | 2003-01-31 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS ECON SOCI CASC VM |
03HANOI2489 | VIETNAM - PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (U) Summary. In anticipation of the resurgence of SARS, Mission plans to encourage vaccinations against the flu and will continue to promote healthy practices in the work place. Consular Sections at both posts are in the process of a systematic updating, appraisal, and testing of our Warden S [...] | 2003-09-29 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM |
03HANOI2521 | VIETNAM AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Following up on our delivery of the Proliferation Security Initative's Statement of Interdiction Principles September 5 (ref c),Embassy coordinated with ten of the eleven PSI country Ambassadors in country (the eleventh, Portugal, does not have an Embassy in Vietnam) and obtained their si [...] | 2003-10-01 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL VM |
03HANOI2532 | Vietnamese Catholics install new Bishop [...] (U) In an open air ceremony in Son Tay town of Ha Tay province (adjacent to Hanoi),Vietnamese Catholics formally installed Father Anton Vu Huy Chuong as Bishop of Hung Hoa diocese, which covers most or all of the provinces of Ha Tay, Son La, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, and Phu Tho. As note [...] | 2003-10-01 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI2540 | STORM OVER RESTRICTIVE AUTO COMPONENT TARIFFS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since last year the GVN has sought to develop Vietnam's auto industry by increasing the local content in domestically produced vehicles. Tax and tariff policy has been the main policy used to achieve this goal. Reps of foreign automakers with production in Vietnam believe the [...] | 2003-10-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EFIN EINV ECON VM |
03HANOI2541 | Investigating bad cops -- some progress [...] (U) Summary. The Supreme People's Procurary (SPP) has proposed a formal investigation against the deputy chief and two officers of a police investigation office in Quang Nam province for their involvement in the 2002 death by beating of a detainee. The investigation may mark a positive change [...] | 2003-10-02 08:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS VM HUMANR |
03HANOI2546 | Regulating religion [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese continue privately to debate the contents -- but not the merits -- of a new formal ordinance on religion that would supersede existing Government-issued regulations with a more definitive and, it is hoped, clearer version, to be passed by the National Assembly Stan [...] | 2003-10-03 05:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI261 | REACTION TO SECRETARY'S UNSC PRESENTATION [...] (U) In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on February 6, Charge delivered a copy of Secretary Powell's presentation to the February 5 open meeting of the UNSC and reinforced it with the points provided in para 2 of ref B. Hung said that the GVN was "still studying" the [...] | 2003-02-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ VM |
03HANOI2610 | FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON WHEREABOUTS OF UBCV [...] (SBU) On October 10, Charge and Acting POLOFF met with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung to express our concern about the apparent police actions this week to interfere in the travel of Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang, his deputy Thich Quang Do, and sev [...] | 2003-10-10 10:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI2617 | DPRK REFUGEE INCIDENTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam remains a link in the overland route taken by North Korean refugees on the way to Cambodia and Bangkok, as shown by two recent DPRK refugee-related incidents at USCG Ho Chi Minh City (septels). End summary. ------------------------------------------ US MISSION ENCOUNT [...] | 2003-10-14 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREF VM KO HUMANR DPRK |
03HANOI2622 | MEKONG SUBREGION ANTI-DRUG COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: At a recent six-party ministerial-level anti- drug conference in Hanoi, Thailand and China pushed hard for more concrete action against ATS and precursor chemicals. Conferees agreed that border liaison offices were effective and should be expanded, but one visited by poloff on the [...] | 2003-10-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR EAID CH VM CNARC |
03HANOI2630 | VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...] | 2003-10-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM |
03HANOI264 | VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK),Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...] | 2003-02-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK |
03HANOI2650 | POLITICS AND MONEY: VIETNAM AND THE KOREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's relationships with both Koreas are growing. ROK-Vietnam relations are likely to continue to expand, especially economically, while Hanoi-Pyongyang relations will develop more slowly. Vietnamese interlocutors are discouraged by their lack of access to or influence on [...] | 2003-10-17 00:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETRD ECON VM KN KS SW DPRK ASEAN |
03HANOI2654 | Vietnam -- BIOTECH REGs [...] Summary: Vietnam does not have a biotech framework law, but one is being developed. Vietnam does have several biotech labeling laws. However, they have not been implemented. There have not been any problems with biotech commodity trade, but Post will have to monitor the development of the new [...] | 2003-10-17 03:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SENV TBIO TSPL |
03HANOI2667 | National Assembly Fall Preview [...] (U) Summary: During a month-long plenary session beginning October 21, the National Assembly is expected to approve nine draft laws, most significantly a new Criminal Procedures Code and a Land Law. Major political issues to be debated include earlier access to defense lawyers for people unde [...] | 2003-10-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
03HANOI2678 | U.S. and Vietnam initial air services agreement [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On October 9, the U.S. and Vietnam entered into a five-year air services agreement that, while maintaining some restrictions, contains many Open Skies provisions. The agreement will eventually allow three passenger carrie [...] | 2003-10-21 02:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL VM |
03HANOI2765 | U.S.-VIETNAM MILITARY RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) Summary: The upcoming visit of Defense Minister Tra to the U.S. to meet with the Secretary of Defense and other USG officials (ref A) is the latest and clearest of a series of positive signals from GVN concerning the development of a U.S.-Vietnam defense relationship, which has grown to in [...] | 2003-10-29 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS OREP OVIP KPOW EAID VM ASEAN |
03HANOI2778 | VIETNAM'S IMPROVING LABOR CONDITIONS [...] SUMMARY: In the past year and a half since the inaugural labor dialogue (see ref A),Vietnam has seen significant changes in labor conditions. Improved employment opportunities due to a significant increase in trade with the United States, amendments to the Labor Code, the growing role of th [...] | 2003-10-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR |
03HANOI2788 | MFA RESHUFFLES -- GOOD NEWS FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang informed Ambassador October 31 that his area of responsibility had been shifted from the Northeast Asia portfolio to the Americas, effective that day. He noted that the news would not be announced [...] | 2003-10-31 06:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR VM FR |
03HANOI2790 | VIETNAM TRYING TO CONVINCE PYONGYANG ON [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to encourage North Korea to follow the same path of economic reforms Vietnam has successfully implemented but remains mostly circumspect on other issues like disarmament or the Six Party Talks. End Summary. 2. (U) Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, respo [...] | 2003-10-31 06:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON KN KS VM DPRK |
03HANOI2795 | Vietnam: Review of BTA Implementation [...] (U) December 10 will mark the second anniversary of the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the BTA remains a critical component of our economic relations with Vietnam. We continue to provide significant techni [...] | 2003-10-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM IPROP BTA WTO |
03HANOI2860 | VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...] | 2003-11-07 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR |
03HANOI2869 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...] | 2003-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TH CH CB VM |
03HANOI288 | VIRGINIA FLAG: UPPING THE ANTE [...] (U) Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Dinh Bin has called the Ambassador to a meeting as soon as possible after the latter's return to Hanoi February 8 to deliver a "strong protest" about the proposed Bill No. 2829 in the Virginia House of Delegates regarding the Vietnamese flag. (The bill cal [...] | 2003-02-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM |
03HANOI289 | Vietnamese media critical on Iraq [...] (U) Senior GVN and Communist Party leaders have maintained a public silence in response to Secretary Powell's UNSC presentation. Answering written questions from foreign journalists on February 6, the MFA spokeswoman said that "now it is important to prevent wars" and reiterated Vietnam's w [...] | 2003-02-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ VM |
03HANOI2898 | CONVICTION OF TRAN DUNG TIEN [...] (U) Activist Tran Dung Tien (usually described as a former bodyguard of Ho Chi Minh) was sentenced after a brief trial on November 12 to ten months in prison by the Hanoi People's Court under article of 258 of the Penal Code ("Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the [...] | 2003-11-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HANOI2996 | THE CPV TRIES TO RE-VET ITSELF; PR STUNT? [...] (U) Summary. By Ho Chi Minh's 115th birthday anniversary in 2005, the CPV will in principle have re- certified the qualifications of each and every member to ensure that all meet the CPV high standards for behavior. Only then may they receive one of the new, more hi-tech membership cards. [...] | 2003-11-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI301 | STRONG GVN REACTION TO VIRGINIA FLAG BILL [...] (SBU) Senior Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Nguyen Dinh Bin told Ambassador on Sunday, February 9 that the Virginia House of Delegates' Bill (HB 2829) on displaying the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam is a "wrongdoing that has upset the GVN, the National Assembly, and the people of Vietn [...] | 2003-02-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
03HANOI3073 | VIETNAM: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Embassy's response to reftel follows in Paragraph 2. The response is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. 2. A) In 2003, the GVN clearly and frequently denounced terrorism domestically and internationally and actively supported the global coalition against terrorism. The GVN's total ratifi [...] | 2003-11-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER VM CTERR |
03HANOI3156 | ANOTHER CORRUPTION CASE HITS SOME HI-FLIERS [...] (U) Vietnamese media reported on December 3 the convictions of a former director of a real estate and marketing subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) -- La Thi Kim Oanh, who received a death sentence -- and two former MARD vice ministers -- Nguyen Thien Luan a [...] | 2003-12-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM DPOL |
03HANOI3187 | National Assembly seeks its own diplomats abroad [...] (SBU) Summary: A new regulation passed by the National Assembly's Standing Committee (NASC) authorizes the National Assembly (NA) to delegate its own representatives abroad, and confirmed the power of the NA its Foreign Affairs Committee to coordinate all of the NA's external activities. Accor [...] | 2003-12-08 00:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV VM DPOL |
03HANOI3232 | VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...] | 2003-12-15 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP |
03HANOI3243 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] The following is the text of the draft National Trade Estimate report for Vietnam. 2. Begin Text of Report: TRADE SUMMARY The landmark U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement that seeks to normalize trade relations between the two countries came into effect on December 10, 2001, and [...] | 2003-12-16 03:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN VM ASEAN BTA FINREF IPROP |
03HANOI3252 | THE SECOND U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) held a half-day labor dialogue on November 6 in Hanoi. This discussion, the second since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in November 2000, covered Vietnam' [...] | 2003-12-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR |
03HANOI3273 | VIETNAM: TEXTILE QUOTAS AND TRANSSHIPMENT [...] (SBU) I understand that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) may soon consider requesting textile consultations with the GVN to discuss the findings of a U.S. Customs Textile Production Verification Team (TPVT) that visited Vietnam for three weeks last August. In [...] | 2003-12-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL KTEX VM |
03HANOI3277 | GVN'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam is making some effort to engage the USG and other foreign governments more actively on human rights and religious freedom issues. European Union member diplomats spoke positively of the GVN's interaction in their human rights dialogue, and said it had [...] | 2003-12-18 11:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI3288 | VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...] | 2003-12-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC |
03HANOI329 | 2002 OFFICIAL VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS [...] (U) BELOW ARE OFFICIAL 2002 VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE STANDING OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL OF VIETNAM (SODC). THIS TABLE UPDATES REF B SUBMISSION. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT INCSR SUMMARY TABLES. SUMMARY TABLES FOR THREE YEARS -- 1. COCA. VIETNAM PRODUCED NO COCA IN 2001 OR PREV [...] | 2003-02-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL VM CNARC |
03HANOI3350 | 2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
03HANOI3351 | FOLLOWING UP ON DPM KHOAN VISIT WITH VFM BANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and Pol/C met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on December 24 to follow up on issues from Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan's visit, about which the Vietnamese leadership appears clearly pleased. MFA will issue an invitation letter to Peace Corps. MFA will also [...] | 2003-12-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM HUMANR CVR RELFREE |
03HANOI3373 | CONVICTION OF Nguyen Vu Binh [...] (SBU) Activist Nguyen Vu Binh, a former journalist who had pushed for the establishment of a new political party and has criticized Vietnam's border agreement with China, was sentenced after a brief trial on December 31 to seven years in prison and two years administrative detention by the Han [...] | 2003-12-31 08:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HANOI340 | VIETNAM COUNTRY GATEWAY LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking another step in Vietnam's efforts to increase access to the internet, Vietnam and the World Bank launched the Vietnam Country Gateway Project in January. Understanding the importance of information technology to economic and social development, this project plans on p [...] | 2003-02-12 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD EAID VM |
03HANOI343 | VIETNAM: ONE SMALL VICTORY IN IPR WAR [...] Vietnam's ongoing struggle to understand the value of protecting intellectual property rights was demonstrated clearly in January when an article in "The Guide" magazine, a monthly supplement to The Vietnam Economic Times (VET),proudly promoted Hanoi as "home to a thriving trade in copying C [...] | 2003-02-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP |
03HANOI353 | DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnamese provincial drug treatment centers range from the most basic to relatively modern. Most suffer from a lack of physical and material resources. The addict population is a combination of those who enter voluntarily and others who are undergoing "compulsory" treatment. W [...] | 2003-02-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC |
03HANOI373 | JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph 13 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has made little, if any, progress towards achieving the goals set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Hanoi on March 10, 2002, following bilateral [...] | 2003-02-16 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA KTIA TSPL TNGD PREL TBIO OSCI SCUL ENRG OTRA TRGY MNUC VM |
03HANOI376 | TAIWAN-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The drug connection between Vietnam and Taiwan is a "chronic, but not large" problem." A large heroin seizure in Taiwan last May was "unprecedented." Relations between the Taiwan Ministry of Justice/Investigative Bureau (MOJ) liaison officer based in Ho Chi Minh City and his [...] | 2003-02-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV PINS VM CNARC |
03HANOI381 | POSITIVE ON ASEAN COUNTERTERRORISM INITIATIVES [...] (U) According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Department (MFA/ASEAN) expert Nguyen Thanh Huy, the GVN "is fully committed" to the international struggle against terrorism and will accede to ASEAN's "Agreement on Information Exchange and Establishment of Communication Procedures" signed [...] | 2003-02-18 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM ARF ASEAN CNARC |
03HANOI386 | Vietnam: Second Annual U.S.-Vietnam BTA Joint [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) continues to be the centerpiece of our economic relations with Vietnam. The BTA continues [...] | 2003-02-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL OVIP VM |
03HANOI388 | VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...] | 2003-02-19 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP |
03HANOI396 | "PROTESTING" FOR PEACE IN IRAQ [...] (U) According to press reports, over 1,300 people turned up for a rally at Hanoi's downtown Cultural and Friendship Hall (a gift from the then-Soviet Union) on February 18 to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Iraq, express opposition to war and embargoes against Iraq, and to call for [...] | 2003-02-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PTER IZ VM |
03HANOI409 | MORE PROTESTS OVER IRAQ [...] (U) On February 19, the national Youth Federation and the Hanoi Youth Federation jointly sponsored a rally at the Hanoi Medical University opposing war in Iraq and expressing solidarity with the people of Iraq. According to press reports, more than 1,000 students and young people from a var [...] | 2003-02-20 08:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS IZ VM |
03HANOI433 | VIETNAM ON ARF ACTION ON NORTH KOREA [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated February 21, the MFA's ASEAN Department requested all ARF member Embassies in Hanoi transmit to their Foreign Ministers a copy of a February 21 letter from Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien to Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hamhong expressing qualified support fo [...] | 2003-02-24 05:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN VM ASEAN DPRK |
03HANOI448 | VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF CHILD LABOR COOPERATION PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 18, the sixth and final U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded project, the National Program for the Prevention and Elimination of Child Labor, officially commenced. This project focuses on the prevention and elimination of child labor by strengthening the capacity [...] | 2003-02-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM HUMANR LABOR |
03HANOI462 | VIETNAM: CASTRO VISITS HANOI - ACCORDING TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cuban President Fidel Castro and an entourage of over 100 government and business officials made a "successful" and carefully scripted visit to Hanoi from February 21-23, on his way to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur. This was Castor's third visit to Vie [...] | 2003-02-26 08:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER CU VM |
03HANOI475 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW INSTITUTE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a February 26 courtesy call, Ambassador Trinh Quang Thanh, the new Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Institute of International Relations (IIR),told Ambassador Burghardt that IIR "greatly appreciates" Embassy Hanoi's support and looks forward to a co [...] | 2003-02-27 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS VM |
03HANOI483 | QUESTIONNAIRE ON DUTIES/TAXES AND CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-28 06:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP XXX |
03HANOI486 | VIETNAM: YEAR 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2003 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- The U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trad [...] | 2003-02-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR VM IPROP BTA |
03HANOI489 | Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...] | 2003-02-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR |
03HANOI517 | VIETNAM VIEWS ON NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the GVN's perspective, the recently concluded Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kuala Lumpur demonstrated that NAM continues to "revitalize and unify." While NAM came out strongly against a war on Iraq, Vietnamese officials did not view the conference as "anti- American." [...] | 2003-03-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID VM NAM ASEAN |
03HANOI520 | ASEAN-US ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 5. 2. (U) ICM: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Tran Ngoc An confirmed on March 5 to Pol/C that ASEAN had agreed to hold the initial Informal Coordinating Mechanism (ICM) meeting in Vientiane during the afternoon of March 28, followi [...] | 2003-03-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID VM ASEAN |
03HANOI527 | VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] | 2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
03HANOI541 | DECEMBER 2002 GASSING INCIDENT IN LAI CHAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of a gas attack on Hmong Protestants in Lai Chau province on December 29, 2002 appear to have a basis in fact. However, the gas appears to have been something like pepper spray or tear gas rather than more lethal poison gas as claimed in some reports. There are no c [...] | 2003-03-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINS VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HANOI549 | COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT IN VIETNAM: NOT MUCH TO IT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite improved national guidance on community drug treatment as well as an increasing awareness among authorities of the need for more rehabilitation services at different levels, implementation appears rather thin and uneven, primarily due to a lack of trained personnel and i [...] | 2003-03-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV SOCI VM HIV AIDS CNARC |
03HANOI550 | REVIVING THE COUNTERNARCOTICS LOA [...] (SBU) Pham Quang Vinh, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of International Organizations, told poloff on March 7 that the "will is there for completing the LOA in the next several months. What remains is to work on the technical details." Vinh said that h [...] | 2003-03-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
03HANOI551 | Reported attempts at forced renunciation of faith [...] (SBU) A reliable contact within the Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) provided Embassy with copies of 13 handwritten letters from Hmong Protestants in the Northwest Highlands province of Lao Cai, detailing harassment by local authorities and attempts at forced renunciation of faith [...] | 2003-03-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINS SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI554 | UNODC CONCERN OVER VIETNAM FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (U) UNODC country representative Dr. Doris Buddenberg contacted poloff on March 6 to express concern over Department's decision to reprogram USD 740,000 originally intended to fund UNODC's law enforcement project "Interdiction and Seiz [...] | 2003-03-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC |
03HANOI567 | REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. DPM Dung expressed general satisfaction with US-Vietnam relations, especially regarding trade and investment ties, along with the desire to do more to push the relationship further. He complained about the recent flag cases, catfish, and the US desire for a textile agreement, [...] | 2003-03-11 01:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD MARR SNAR KCRM VM |
03HANOI584 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON IRAQ [...] (U) In a meeting on March 10 devoted primarily to bilateral ties (ref a),senior Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung described Vietnam's "consistent" policy regarding Iraq: The GVN opposed terrorism, opposed using the excuse of terrorism to invade another country, and opposed weapons of m [...] | 2003-03-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PTER VM IZ |
03HANOI592 | Religion in Lao Cai and Yen Bai - Different Stories [...] (U) Summary: Local officials in two mountainous, predominantly minority northwestern provinces appear to be taking differing approaches towards religion. Lao Cai officials talked a cautious and rigid line while trying to explain how they have supported religious practice within legal guide [...] | 2003-03-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI593 | SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS STRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong underscored a shared determination to advance the already strong economic ties with Vietnam. PM Goh encouraged his hosts to "look beyond Singapore" for future trade and investment partners, however. Both sides reaffirmed a commitment t [...] | 2003-03-12 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ETRD IZ SN VM ASEAN |
03HANOI615 | GVN COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Department, said that the GVN had taken prompt action on all USG requests for name checks on potential terrorist links since 9/11, including reviewing informatio [...] | 2003-03-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VM CTERR |
03HANOI619 | GVN CONCERNED OVER VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] (U) In a meeting with Charge on March 13, Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung, concurrently Director of the MFA's America's Department, expressed concern that the Vietnam Human Rights Act (VHRA) will be reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Such legislation is "not in th [...] | 2003-03-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HANOI636 | U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...] | 2003-03-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC |
03HANOI637 | MFA on Some Detained/Imprisoned Activists [...] (U) MFA International Organizations department expert Hong Bich Lien confirmed to poloff on March 13 that Nguyen Vu Viet, Nguyen Truc Cuong, and Nguyen Thi Hoa, whom reports have described as nephews and niece of Father Nguyen Van Ly, have been arrested and are under investigation. They will [...] | 2003-03-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HANOI647 | VIETNAM ON RIGHTSIZING THE IAEA SFEGUARDS BUDGET [...] (U) In response to reftel letter from Deputy Secretary Armitage and demarche on rightsizing the IAEA safeguards budget, Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dinh Bin responded in a letter dated March 17, 2003 indicating Vietnam's support for general and complete disarmament, th [...] | 2003-03-17 05:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ABUD KNNP TRGY OVIP OPDC VM IAEA |
03HANOI650 | VIETNAM: MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT DATA [...] OVERALL BUDGET BALANCE: The IMF and GVN track the overall fiscal balance in three ways: 1) overall fiscal balance excluding onlending and capital costs of reform; 2) overall fiscal balance including onlending; 3) augmented fiscal balance including onlending and capital costs of reform. Thes [...] | 2003-03-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN VM |
03HANOI651 | "MASS" PEACE RALLIES IN HANOI [...] (U) Similar to the pro-peace meeting they organized on February 18 in Hanoi (ref b),the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF),the Vietnam Peace Committee, the Committee for Asian- African-Latin American Solidarity and Cooperation, and the Vietnam-Iraq Friendship Society jointly sponsored another [...] | 2003-03-17 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS ASEC PTER IZ VM |
03HANOI655 | SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...] Please see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- 2. Hanoi is one of the areas most affected in the current, worldwide epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The first Hanoi case was identified February 26th, when an American citizen (H [...] | 2003-03-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM |
03HANOI669 | VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...] | 2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
03HANOI676 | PRO-PEACE RALLY AT EMBASSY [...] (U) During the afternoon of March 19, a group of approximately 30 school-age children (apparently in their early teens at the oldest) suddenly appeared at the front of the Chancery chanting -- in English -- "peace for Iraq" and "no war," and holding up a few pro-peace posters (also in Englis [...] | 2003-03-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC IZ VM |
03HANOI688 | Vietnam: Second Annual BTA Joint Committee [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DUSTR Jon Huntsman led the U.S. delegation and Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu headed the GVN side at the plenary session of the second annual meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) [...] | 2003-03-21 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR KTEX PREL VM |
03HANOI690 | OFFICIAL COMPLAINT ABOUT FLAG BILLS [...] (U) In a diplomatic note to the State Department dated March 20, the MFA formally asked for assistance to "abolish" recent bills by the City Councils of Westminster and Garden Grove, California to permit the use of the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam and to prevent further such legisl [...] | 2003-03-21 02:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM |
03HANOI694 | THAN SHWE VISIT: CLOSE BUT NOT "TRADITIONAL" FRIENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The visit by Than Shwe, Senior General and Chairman of Burma's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),focused on trying to enhance the modest economic relationship of these two fellow ASEAN states. Narcotics were apparently not on the agenda; however, the two sides pled [...] | 2003-03-21 07:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV SNAR ETRD MARR BM VM |
03HANOI702 | TFIZ01: VIETNAM UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] (U) Vietnamese television, radio, and newspapers on March 20 and March 21 highlighted international protests against military action in Iraq, including another slew of mass pro-peace "meetings" throughout Vietnam that were described as involving at least tens of thousands of Vietnamese citiz [...] | 2003-03-21 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS CASC IZ VM |
03HANOI710 | VIETNAM: DUSTR HUNTSMAN MEETINGS-THE MANY TRACKS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Hanoi in early March to chair the second annual U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee meeting (septel) and participate in the Asia Society Conference, DUSTR Jon Huntsman, accompanied by Ambassador Burghardt, met separately with Deputy P [...] | 2003-03-24 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EIND VM |
03HANOI714 | WARDEN MESSAGE - action request in paraS 1 and 5 [...] Mission has received and transmitted the travel warning ref a. However, Mission wishes to point out that the comment in the third paragraph, ".the Department of State has suspended official travel to Vietnam until further notice" is not the Mission's understanding of the current situation. M [...] | 2003-03-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC VM |
03HANOI725 | March 12-14 US-Vietnam Aviation Negotiations [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Substantial progress was made during civair negotiations March 12-14 with the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) on a limited bilateral aviation agreement. The Vietnamese accepted elements of the model U.S. O [...] | 2003-03-25 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV PREL VM |
03HANOI752 | Turning Highlanders into Rice Farmers [...] (U) Summary: Many efforts to improve the living standards of highland ethnic minorities center on transforming their way of life from slash-and-burn agriculture to sedentary farming, particularly production of rice and, increasingly, cash crops. This agricultural transformation complements [...] | 2003-03-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR EAGR VM ETMIN |
03HANOI776 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL [...] (U) Foreign Minister Nien has written to the Secretary ostensibly to cite progress in bilateral ties but in reality to complain about the likely reintroduction in Congress of the Vietnam Human Rights Act and passage or expected passage at the city and state levels of various "flag bills" man [...] | 2003-03-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC VM |
03HANOI785 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Over an informal dinner on March 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed differences over Iraq and their effect on the bilateral relationship. They also explored ways to move the relationship forward, including a series of high level visits, a poss [...] | 2003-03-28 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ VM |
03HANOI789 | WGSARS: Vietnamese Medical Situation - Update 3/28 [...] (U) To our knowledge, no new SARS cases were reported on March 28 (but Mission was unable to get a hold of WHO in Hanoi by COB today to verify this information). The French Hospital discharged another four persons on the evening of March 27 for a total of 13 cases discharged since the beginni [...] | 2003-03-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM |
03HANOI793 | WGSARS: SARS Situation in Vietnam - Update 3/31 [...] (SBU) For the seventh day in a row, no new cases of SARS were reported in Vietnam by noon on March 31, possibly indicating that the outbreak is well-controlled. In Vietnam, WHO experts believe that rapid detection of the outbreak and immediate introduction of infection control procedures may [...] | 2003-03-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM |
03HANOI807 | Thich Huyen Quang Tarries in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the pre-1975 United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),explained to emboffs on April 1 that he had not yet returned to Quang Ngai province because senior GVN officials still wished to meet with him. He noted that he had been "invited" to stay for such m [...] | 2003-04-01 23:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HANOI812 | THE ROLE OF THINK TANKS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GVN supports an extensive network of research institutes ("think tanks") under the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (NCSSH). Among its 25 think tanks, five focus on Vietnam's external relations. While their influence appears modest, the think tanks provid [...] | 2003-04-02 03:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
03HANOI821 | COUNTERTERRORISM: VIETNAM COMMITTED TO WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GVN views ASEAN as an important framework for regional counterterrorism (CT) efforts and has consistently voiced support for regional and multilateral approaches. From Vietnam's perspective, the recently concluded ASEAN Regional Forum intersessional meeting on counterter [...] | 2003-04-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL VM ASEAN ARF CTERR |
03HANOI823 | Vietnam: GVN textile quota counter proposal [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received a letter addressed to David Spooner, USTR Special Textile Negotiator, from the Vietnamese Ministry of Trade (MOT) dated April 02, 2003 forwarding the GVN counterproposal on textile quota levels. The letter is signed [...] | 2003-04-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX VM |
03HANOI827 | LARGE DRUG CASE IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to what was described as the "largest drug case ever" in the northwestern province of Lai Chau. The trial concluded on March 14, with the provincial people's court handing down six death sentences (two others had also bee [...] | 2003-04-03 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
03HANOI829 | VIETNAM ON OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam is interested in continuing its exports of rice until the Oil for Food (OFF) Program, especially in quickly fulfilling outstanding rice contracts, but has concerns about insurance costs and port access. The MFA stres [...] | 2003-04-03 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC EAID EAGR ETRD IZ VM UNSC |
03HANOI842 | The Prime Minister and Thich Huyen Quang [...] (U) Vietnamese media, including television on April 2 and all major newspapers including the Communist Party of Vietnam's flagstaff "Nhan Dan" and the military's "Quan Doi Nhan Dan" on April 3, gave prominent coverage to an April 2 meeting between Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Thich ("Mos [...] | 2003-04-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE |
03HANOI935 | Lay Assessors: More symbolic than useful [...] (SBU) Summary: "Lay assessors" in courts below the appellate level are Vietnam's rough equivalent of trial by jury. Officials describe this system as an example of the GVN's commitment to promote public democracy. Training remains inadequate and is likely to continue to be underfunded, virt [...] | 2003-04-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI VM |
03HANOI956 | VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER VISITS JAPAN: [...] (U) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's recent visit to Japan avoided potentially controversial political issues such as Iraq and North Korea, instead focusing on economic relations and aid. There is optimism that a bilateral investment agreement may be signed by the "end of this year" [...] | 2003-04-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM |
03HANOI975 | NONG DUC MANH'S "WORKING VISIT" TO THE PRC: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nong Duc Manh, Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary (GS),visited the PRC April 7 - 11. This was his second visit to the PRC since assuming these responsibilities in April 2001. GS Manh was apparently the first foreign leader to meet with the PRC's new leadersh [...] | 2003-04-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR |
03HARARE10 | MEDIA REACTION: FOOD CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Only return to sanity will end food shortages" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its January 3 editorial to persuading the government of Zimbabwe to cooperate with the international community, adding that "the survival of the nation shoul [...] | 2003-01-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1009 | Labor Strike Updates [...] Summary: Public and private sector strikes are on the rise. Given the state of this free-falling economy, however, it is doubtful many workers will come out ahead. End Summary. 2. Public school teachers recently lost a court ruling and, on instruction from the Zimbabwe Teachers' Associatio [...] | 2003-05-22 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV ZI |
03HARARE101 | MEDIA REPORT: PAPER TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-01-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
03HARARE1024 | POLICE SEIZE DEFENSE DOCUMENTS, STATE SUPPRESSES [...] (C) In the tenth week of the treason trial of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, police officers seized a draft copy of Tsvangirai,s opening testimony from an MDC messenger sent to deliver it to Tsvangirai. The State presented a certificate signed by the Minister of State and National Security [...] | 2003-05-27 06:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1025 | POLICE SEIZE DEFENSE DOCUMENTS, STATE SUPPRESSES [...] (C) In the tenth week of the treason trial of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, police officers seized a draft copy of Tsvangirai,s opening testimony from an MDC messenger sent to deliver it to Tsvangirai. The State presented a certificate signed by the Minister of State and National Security [...] | 2003-05-27 06:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1028 | MORE NEGATIVE COMMENTARY IN GOVERNMENT MEDIA [...] Under the headline "Archbishop Ncube shameless" the government-controlled daily "Herald's" May 24 editorial criticized Archbishop Pius Ncube for meeting with Secretary Powell. Excerpts follow: SIPDIS 2. "Like the proverbial Judas Iscariot, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was in Wash [...] | 2003-05-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1029 | GOVERNMENT PAPER COVERS POWELL-NCUBE MEETING [...] The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube provided the lead story in the May 22 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle." The article distorted the purpose and substance of the may 20 meeting Wash [...] | 2003-05-27 16:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1031 | GOVERNMENT MEDIA CRITICIZE ARCHBISHOP NCUBE FO [...] Under headline "Pius Ncube must make his intentions clear" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle's" May 22 editorial was critical of Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube for having met with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent visit to Washington. Exce [...] | 2003-05-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1034 | STATE-CONTROLLED PAPER HAILS JOURNALIST'S [...] Under headline "Meldrum's expulsion was long overdue" the editorial in the May 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" said: "After painting the situation in Zimbabwe in dark colors and generally portraying the country as a lawless community [...] | 2003-05-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE1035 | LAWYER SEEKS COURT ORDER FOR RETURN OF EXPELLED [...] Beatrice Mtetwa, lawyer for expelled U.S. citizen journalist Andrew Meldrum, has filed an application in the High Court seeking the return of her client, expelled on May 16. The application, filed on May 21, seeks a ruling that would compel Home Affairs Minister Kembo [...] | 2003-05-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
03HARARE1058 | MDC PLANS FOR JUNE 2 MASS ACTION [...] (C) On May 27 MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed G8 mission representatives on the MDC's position vis-a-vis various current issues, including plans for mass action. Other G8 representatives present objected to demonstrations in lieu of a stayaway because of the potential for violence. Vio [...] | 2003-05-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1062 | LABOR INCHES ITS WAY TOWARDS FURTHER MASS ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-29 05:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1069 | MNANGAGWA SPEAKS ON SUCCESSION, PARTY TALKS, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE1070 | Economy Slides Further [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's free-falling economy has taken a turn for the worse. Fuel, electricity and even bank notes are becoming scarcer. Business leaders who laid hopes on the GOZ's economic reform process a few months ago are increasingly joining the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)' [...] | 2003-05-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1076 | TSVANGIRAI TALKS ABOUT MASS ACTION, REGIONAL [...] (C) At a meeting on May 28, 2003, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and MDC deputy Secretary General Gift Chimanikire SIPDIS discussed the impending mass action, the status of the Mbeki-Muluzi-Obasanjo initiative, the court cases, and transitional period needs. Tsvangirai seemed confident that [...] | 2003-05-30 06:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI MDC |
03HARARE1080 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "First duty of army, police is to the nation" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 30 editorial to urging Zimbabwe's uniformed forces not to use strong-arm tactics against demonstrators who may participate in next week's possible anti [...] | 2003-05-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1081 | MDC OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES NATIONWIDE PROTESTS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MDC officially announced that protests including demonstrations would begin June 2 and run throughout the week. However, in contrast to the official MDC call for mass action next week, MDC Special Presidential Advisor Gandi Mudzingwa confided that the party hoped to move up [...] | 2003-05-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1092 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While editorials in the independent newspapers are in favor of the proposed week-long mass protests that are expected to begin in Zimbabwe today (June 2),called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to force Robert Mugabe to enter into a serious and g [...] | 2003-06-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1095 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./UK UNDER FIRE FROM ZANU PF; [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1097 | TSVANGIRAI DETAINED AS WEEK OF MDC PLANNED MASS [...] (C) Summary. MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested this morning as his party prepared to kick off a week of mass action including demonstrations and stayaways against the government of Robert Mugabe. Though charges have not yet been brought against Tsvangirai, it may be that the gover [...] | 2003-06-02 09:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1099 | 2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI |
03HARARE1101 | STAYAWAY SUCCESSFUL, DEMONSTRATIONS QUELLED - DAY [...] (C) The MDC planned stayaway has been largely successful with 80 - 95% of shops and businesses closed on June 2 in Harare and Bulawayo. There was very visible police and military presence in both cities starting on May 31, with several arrests and a few reports of beatings. ZANU-PF members d [...] | 2003-06-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE111 | Zimbabwe Industry Appeals for Relief [...] (SBU) Summary: In rare unison, Zimbabwean industrialists have urged the GOZ to abandon its impractical economic policies. The situation is critical enough that one firm is actually cautioning investors to avoid its shares. It is unclear whether President Mugabe will heed the industrialists' [...] | 2003-01-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE1113 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the mainstream media remain sharply divided over the implications of the week-long national protests organized by the opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure Robert Mugabe to the negotiating table. While the independent media is [...] | 2003-06-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1119 | INTERNAL MEDIATION EFFORTS BETWEEN MUGABE AND [...] (c) Father Fidelis Mukonori, who has been involved for several years in mediation efforts between President Mugabe and the MDC and who has a long-standing relationship with Mugabe dating back to before independence, told the Ambassador June 3 that Mugabe and Tsvangirai had agreed in principle [...] | 2003-06-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1122 | STAYAWAY HOLDING TENUOUSLY, NO DEMONSTRATIONS - [...] (C) In television and radio broadcasts, as well as by telephoning and visiting business owners directly, GOZ officials exhorted businesses to open on June 3. In the face of this pressure between 50 - 90 percent of businesses remained closed on June 3 nationwide. The police, though present, w [...] | 2003-06-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1123 | STATE TO PRODUCE SURPRISE WITNESS, JUDGE MAKES [...] (S) Although the Tsvangirai treason trial was brief during the week of May 27 - 30, possibly in anticipation of the MDC planned mass action, on May 29, the Deputy Canadian High Commissioner informed us that according to Ottawa intelligence sources, the prosecution intended to introduce "Edward [...] | 2003-06-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1130 | AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...] | 2003-06-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM |
03HARARE1133 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 4 editions of the two national dailies - the independent "Daily News" and the government- controlled "Herald," continue to focus on the on-going nationwide anti-government protests that are expected to end on Friday, June 6. The demonstrations [...] | 2003-06-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1135 | "NEW" MEDIA AMENDMENT TOPS PARLIAMENT AGENDA [...] Parliament resumes on June 10, after a two-week adjournment, to allow legislators to review the new text of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Bill introduced by Minister Patrick Chinamasa on May 13. The new text is by-and-large the old amendments with only one sub [...] | 2003-06-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1136 | MDC IN RETREAT - MASS ACTION DAY THREE [...] (C) Youth militia members in military garb beat MDC activists, mostly in Harare's high-density suburbs on the night of June 3 - 4. The Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered a prepared statement to the diplomatic community condemning the international community for its double standard toward t [...] | 2003-06-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1139 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "What next after mass action?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to challenging the leadership of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to "come up with an imaginative and focused plan that can sav [...] | 2003-06-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1149 | POSSIBLE MARCHES JUNE 6, BUSINESS ALMOST AS USUAL [...] (C) Reports continued on June 5 that security forces beat MDC activists in high-density suburbs around Harare on the previous night; there were numerous unconfirmed reports that riot police even beat patients, and bystanders at the Avenues Clinic in central Harare on June 4. The MDC called for [...] | 2003-06-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1150 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ ACCUSES WEST OF BACKING MDC; [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1151 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 5 editions of the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" and the pro-government "Business Tribune" concentrated on the continuing mass action in Zimbabwe called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure the Mugabe [...] | 2003-06-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1156 | Deregulation Deal Could End Dry Spell for Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel continues to be very scarce throughout the country. There are widespread rumors that multinationals will soon be allowed to import fuel and sell at a market price, but no formal approval has yet materialized. This would eliminate the GOZ's fuel subsidy, currently over 6 [...] | 2003-06-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET ZI |
03HARARE1158 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] The week-long mass action, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) aimed at forcing Robert Mugabe to address the economic and political crisis afflicting the country, remains the mainstay for editorials being carried in the mainstream media [...] | 2003-06-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1161 | JUNE 6 MDC HARARE MARCH CANCELED - MASS ACTION DAY [...] (C) Due to an overwhelming youth militia presence in downtown Harare on June 6, the MDC planned to call off planned marches for Harare. Business and traffic activity seemed close to normal on June 6, albeit slightly reduced from the previous day. In calling for a march, and then not making a [...] | 2003-06-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1165 | 2003 INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION REPORT - [...] Summary: This year's Expropriation Report updates some claimants detailed in the 2002 report, and adds some claimants whose property remains in limbo. As in last year's report, the only claimants are American citizen (Amcit) owners of Zimbabwean real estate, both farming property and rural/w [...] | 2003-06-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON KIDE KSPR EINV EFIN ZI |
03HARARE1166 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Weekend editorials concentrated on the five-day anti-government protests, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),that completely shutdown commerce and industry in the country from June 2 through 6, 2003. Editorial excerpts follow: [...] | 2003-06-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1169 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush and Blair lied about Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 8 editorial to criticizing the United States-led war against Iraq, saying, "the invasion of Iraq was unjust." Adding: "Bush and Blair are shameless liars." [...] | 2003-06-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1171 | TSVANGIRAI FACES NEW TREASON CHARGES, AWAITS BAIL [...] (C) AFTER A WEEK OF MASS ACTION WHICH PRODUCED LESS THAN THE OPPOSITION WOULD HAVE LIKED, MDC LEADER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI FOUND HIMSELF UNDER ARREST FOR TREASON ONCE AGAIN. SIPDIS HE SPENT THE WEEKEND IN JAIL AND IS CURRENTLY AWAITING A RULING IN A BAIL HEARING. PRESIDENT MUGABE SOUNDED TR [...] | 2003-06-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE1179 | MEDIA REPORT MASS ACTION IN RETROSPECT; HARARE [...] Two journalists working for the independent short-wave radio station Voice of the People (VOP) were detained and beaten by ZANU-PF youths and war veterans at the beginning (June 2) of the week-long mass protests organized by the opposition Movement for Democratic Chang [...] | 2003-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1180 | HIGH COURT TO HEAR TSVANGIRAI BAIL APPLICATION; [...] (SBU) Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC President, arrived in Magistrates Court this morning looking tired and dressed in a track suit rather than his usual business attire. A large contingent of his supporters were on hand outside the court to cheer him on but they were outnumbered by Law and Order Po [...] | 2003-06-11 06:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1185 | ASSISTING ZIMBABWE AFTER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS [...] (c) Summary: This message provides recommendations for U.S. assistance to a reformist, democratically-elected government. These recommendations go well beyond the assistance we recommended for a transition government in reftel. End summary. 2. (c) Reftel outlined programs and activities we [...] | 2003-06-11 12:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1207 | MDC LOOKS TO THE FUTURE; TSVANGIRAI SPENDS ANOTHER [...] (C) MDC leaders worried that President Mugabe might try to influence the judiciary to keep their president, Morgan Tsvangirai, in jail for a month or more. They welcomed the SIPDIS reported visit of President Bush to the region and hoped that it would step up pressure for dialogue. They j [...] | 2003-06-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
03HARARE1209 | MEDIA REPORT IMF AND ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Embrace the devil" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its June 12 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe "to seek rapprochement and mend fences" with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "for the good of the na [...] | 2003-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1217 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. N.'s indifference to DRC conflict disturbing" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 13 editorial to accusing the United Nations of dragging its feet in solving the political discord in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] | 2003-06-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1222 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...] | 2003-06-16 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP ZI |
03HARARE1223 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "Uganda must be condemned" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to accusing Uganda of throwing spanners into the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "The United Nations, [...] | 2003-06-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP ZI |
03HARARE1233 | MUGABE STILL PACKS A PUNCH [...] (C) Robert Mugabe went on the offensive last week following the previous week's mass action by the opposition party, the MDC. Mugabe was pugnacious and triumphalist and used every opportunity to demean his political rival, MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai. At the same time he took to his p [...] | 2003-06-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
03HARARE1236 | MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa should adopt one position on G8" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its June 12 editorial to criticizing the G8 for failing to meet their obligations to Africa at the just-ended summit in Evian, France. Stating: "Africa must [...] | 2003-06-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1242 | SOUTH AFRICANS SEE SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD ZIMBABWE [...] (c) South African High Commissioner Jeremiah Ndou told the Ambassador June 17 that talks about talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC continued with both sides agreed on need to resume their dialogue. Ndou said that some talks had already occurred between the two sides prior to the June 2-6 stayawa [...] | 2003-06-18 05:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF ZI |
03HARARE1251 | CHURCH LEADERS TRY TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) A group of church leaders representing the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ),the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference have held two meetings with leaders of ZANU-PF and the MDC in an attempt to get the parties to the negotiating table. T [...] | 2003-06-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1252 | MDC MAKES PLANS WHILE WAITING FOR ITS LEADER TO BE [...] (C) Although the MDC is clearly missing its leader who continues to be imprisoned on new treason charges, it remains united and strong according to Special Presidential Advisor Gandi Mudzingwa. Criticisms leveled against the MDC leadership are just that, criticisms, not indications of any sp [...] | 2003-06-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
03HARARE1256 | TSVANGIRAI FREE ON BAIL; TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (C) After two weeks in prison, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was today granted bail on fresh treason charges. SIPDIS Bail conditions are high for Zimbabwe but should be doable. Tsvangirai's trial on old treason charges resumed this week SIPDIS as well. Under cross examination Central [...] | 2003-06-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
03HARARE1267 | MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI WELL AND DETERMINED TO MOVE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ZI MDC |
03HARARE1292 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Pretoria becomes chief stumbling block", the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 24 editorial to encouraging South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop obstructing international efforts meant to resolve the deepening political and [...] | 2003-06-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1293 | NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCOURAGED ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-25 11:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI ZI |
03HARARE13 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S./IRAQ/NORTH KOREA STANDOFF; [...] With headline "Under the specter of a third world war," the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 5 editorial to encouraging the United States, at a time when a military showdown against Iraq seems inevitable, to resolve the nuclear sta [...] | 2003-01-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE130 | NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF ZIMBABWE ON THE DECLINE [...] Summary: The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical artery for this landlocked country, is one of the unnoticed victims of Zimbabwe's economic decline. Reliable sources at the NRZ, one of the many parastatals recording consistent losses over the past 18 years, confirm that capacity [...] | 2003-01-17 05:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELTN ZI |
03HARARE1311 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES EXERT INFLUENCE OVER [...] (SBU) Amendments to three bills were considered by Zimbabwe's Parliament June 12. Adverse reports were issued on each amendment by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC). Two bills passed without objection on June 12 after compromises were made prior to the amendments reaching the floor. T [...] | 2003-06-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1316 | Situation in Zimbabwe Remains Critical: [...] The significant 2002/2003 response by the international humanitarian community to the complex food security crisis in Zimbabwe averted famine. Although the current harvest is expected to be marginally better than last year's, the situation remains fragile and will require substantial quantiti [...] | 2003-06-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1317 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] The op-ed column by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell in the "New York Times" has made front-page headlines in the mainstream print media. While the independent newspapers welcomed Secretary Powell's commentary and recommendations, the state-controll [...] | 2003-06-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1318 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ball in your court" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 26 editorial to encouraging Robert Mugabe's government to embrace Secretary Colin Powell's recommendations, carried in an op-ed published in the New York Times, in supp [...] | 2003-06-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1319 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Powell is a slow learner" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 27 editorial to criticizing Secretary of State Colin Powell for penning a critical op-ed in the "New York Times" on Robert Mugabe's government. Excerpts fol [...] | 2003-06-27 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE132 | UN PREPARES TO BEGIN FOOD MONITORING [...] SUMMARY: Systematic UN monitoring of humanitarian assistance flows in Zimbabwe appears--finally--to be on the verge of proceeding. Two of the expatriate staff who will conduct this effort are on the ground, and plan shortly to open the first of five offices. Limited monitoring will begin in [...] | 2003-01-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAGR ZI |
03HARARE1321 | Fuel Strategies Amidst The Downward Spiral [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted reftel, multinational oil companies remain in limbo as to whether they will be allowed to sell fuel imported with forex at a viable pump price. Industry sources report that the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) will continue to bring in heavily subsidized fuel [...] | 2003-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET ZI |
03HARARE1322 | DEFENSE FILES FOR DISCHARGE - TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) The State closed its case and the Defense filed for discharge in the fourteenth week of Morgan Tsvangirai's (first) treason trial. State witness Perence Shiri, Zimbabwe Air Force Commander, told the court that the MDC had requested his assistance in the event of the MDC winning the March [...] | 2003-06-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1330 | RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE FERGUS BLACKIE ACQUITTED [...] (C) In a ten-minute Magistrate's court session on June 30, the state prosecutor Mrs. Ziyambi withdrew the state's case against retired Judge Fergus Blackie. Blackie was arrested on September 13, 2002 and accused of handing down a judgment without consulting a fellow judge who also heard the ca [...] | 2003-07-01 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1333 | SIMBA MAKONI ON ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS [...] (C) Former Finance Minister and still ZANU-PF Politburo member Simba Makoni called on the Ambassador July 1. Makoni, who recently lost his 23-year old son to suicide, told the Ambassador July 1 that he was focused on family and his growing consultancy business and relatively disconnected fro [...] | 2003-07-01 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE1339 | ZIMBABWE CASH CRUNCH TIGHTENS [...] Summary: The shortage of local currency continues to worsen despite assurances by the Reserve Bank that more money is being printed. This, in addition to other widespread shortages in the country, has added to the burden of most Zimbabweans, who now need wads of low-denomination bills to pro [...] | 2003-07-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELTN ZI |
03HARARE134 | UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination [...] Summary. On Monday, January 13, the UN held its first coordination meeting of 2003 on Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis among UN agencies, donors and Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officials. The large number of attendees included July Moyo, the Minister of Social Welfare, Labor and Public Works [...] | 2003-01-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE135 | AIR ZIM STRIKE OVER, BUT LITTLE RELIEF EXPECTED FOR [...] Summary: A GOZ compromise and end to the high-profile strike by Air Zimbabwe engineers offers little spillover for other disgruntled government workers. End Summary. 2. Press reports indicate that the four-month strike of Air Zimbabwe's engineers' has been resolved after the GOZ "interven [...] | 2003-01-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EAIR ZI |
03HARARE1351 | MDC REQUESTS MEETINGS WITH POTUS DELEGATION IN RSA [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph two. Summary and Action Request: --------------------------- 2. (C) MDC Presidential Advisor, Gandi Mudzingwa, requested meetings with member(s) of the POTUS delegation at whatever level would be appropriate for an MDC delegation that wi [...] | 2003-07-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE1359 | MDC OFFICIALS REFLECT ON MASS ACTION - SUCCESSES [...] (C) MDC Presidential Advisor Gandi Mudzingwa and MDC MP Roy Bennett both said recently that the June mass action was a success overall, but suffered from organizational problems that the party is resolving. Mudzingwa thought the problems were due to too many MPs becoming involved in key decis [...] | 2003-07-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI MDC |
03HARARE1360 | MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI SAYS THAT NO CURRENT [...] (U) MDC Delegations ----------------- (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai outlined for the Ambassador his party's plans for upcoming meetings and various mediation efforts underway. Tsvangirai said that the MDC would be sending a small team to Pretoria next week headed by spokesman Paul The [...] | 2003-07-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SF ZI MDC |
03HARARE1362 | MUGABE LAUNCHES RHETORICAL DEFENSE AGAINST VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1368 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. POLICY TOWARDS ZIM UNDER [...] Under headline "U. S. taking out carrot and stick once again" the July 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Kuthula Matshazi on page 8 that was critical of the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The car [...] | 2003-07-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1369 | MEDIA REACTION AU SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "AU must make a stand" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to urge the African Union (AU) - meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, next week for its second summit - to "publicly and firmly denounce Harare" for human rights abuse [...] | 2003-07-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE137 | ZVOBGO-AMBASSADOR MEETING [...] (C) ZANU-PF elder statesman Eddison Zvobgo told the Ambassador January 15 that he preferred to keep his upcoming trip to the U.S. focused primarily on personal business but, at the Ambassador's suggestion, he agreed to consider stopping in Washington. Zvobgo discussed a faction within the ru [...] | 2003-01-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
03HARARE1370 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains the top issue for discussion in lengthy editorials being carried in the mainstream newspapers ahead of the July 7 - 12 visit. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush must respect African leadership" the gover [...] | 2003-07-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1371 | MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An avalanche of news articles and opinion pieces focusing on the decisive African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and Eritrea, especially in the government-controlled print and electronic media, failed to eclipse critical articles against Pr [...] | 2003-07-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1372 | MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] The June 29 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" devoted considerable space to articles talking about the forth-coming historic visit to Africa by United States President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell's op-ed in the New Yor [...] | 2003-07-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1373 | MEDIA REPORT EDITOR CHARGED UNDER POSA; HARARE [...] Nqobile Nyathi, Editor of the independent daily "The Daily News," was arrested, charged and released on June 26 under the controversial Public Order and Security Act (POSA) for allegedly publishing adverts insulting Robert Mugabe. The ostensibly illicit adverts [...] | 2003-07-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1375 | MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM [...] The government-controlled daily "The Herald" continues to publish discourteous articles against Secretary of State Colin Powell. Excerpts of an op-ed carried in the July 2 edition follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. Secretary of State ignorant of Zimbabwean situa [...] | 2003-07-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1377 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Weekend editorials continue to focus on President Bush's first trip to Africa. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Rude awakening awaits Bush" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" (06/29) comments: "The announcement that U. S. President George W. [...] | 2003-07-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1378 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] The lead article in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and an op-ed in the same edition collectively criticize Secretary of State Colin Powell for writing an op-ed column in the "New York Times" criticizing Robert Mugabe's govern [...] | 2003-07-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1379 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Mainstream newspapers have started dedicating acres of editorial space to mull over United States President George W. Bush's visit to Africa. Editorial excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "The Bush African trail" the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" (06/ [...] | 2003-07-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZI |
03HARARE1381 | HARARE MAYOR ARRESTED, RELEASED AND RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) In his first days back at work following a trip to the U.S. and the UK, Harare Executive Mayor Elias Mudzuri was arrested by police at his office both on July 7 and 8. Minister of Local Government Ignatious Chombo attempted to suspend Mudzuri in April 2003 for alleged incompetence and malf [...] | 2003-07-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1383 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must tell Mbeki to act decisively on Zimbabwe" the July 8 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" printed an op-ed by Joseph Whande on page 8, in which he urges President George Bush to help resolve the socioeconomic and political impasse [...] | 2003-07-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1389 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must demand that Mbeki act on Zimbabwe" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 9 editorial to calling on President George W. Bush "to use his immense influence to pressure" South African President Thabo Mbeki to stand up [...] | 2003-07-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1390 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must demand that Mbeki act on Zimbabwe" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 9 editorial to calling on President George W. Bush "to use his immense influence to pressure" South African President Thabo Mbeki to stand up [...] | 2003-07-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1398 | RIOT POLICE BREAK UP SMALL DEMONSTRATION, HARARE [...] (C) On July 8 police stopped about 15 to 20 MDC members who attempted to march from Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare to the US Embassy to deliver a petition. While the Daily News reported the number of demonstrators to be about 3000, reports from witnesses put the number at 15 - 20. [...] | 2003-07-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE14 | MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Why the world watches as Africans die of Aids" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its January 4 editorial to urging African leaders to be at the forefront in the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic in their countries. Using Uganda as an example, th [...] | 2003-01-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1400 | MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa continues to make headlines in the local print and electronic media. While the independent press is casting the visit in positive light, the government-controlled print and electronic media is denouncing the whistle stop tour [...] | 2003-07-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1404 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH;S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Tsvangirai exhibits inferiority complex" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 10 editorial to hailing President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki for coming up with a shared position on how to [...] | 2003-07-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1405 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "U. S. has a role to play in solving Zimbabwe crisis" the July 10 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op-ed by Marko Phiri, political commentator, in which he advocates for a United States involvement in resolvi [...] | 2003-07-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1408 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's remarks on the challenges facing Zimbabwe during a joint news conference with his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in Pretoria made the top story during the state-run radio and television, ZBC/TV, news programs broadcast on July [...] | 2003-07-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1409 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush putting up a faade" the July 10 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carried the following opinion piece by Taungana Ndoro under his regular column "Inside Politics" on page 13, in which he bemoans the exclusion of Zimbabwe from President Bush's itine [...] | 2003-07-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1411 | 58TH UNGA - ZIMBABWE AGREES WITH MOST U.S. [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, DCM delivered Reftel demarche to Tadeous Chifamba, Director of Multilateral Affairs in Zimbabwe,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who raised no objections to any of the U.S. initiatives. Chifamba enthusiastically agreed with the U.S. position on Women & Political Participatio [...] | 2003-07-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1417 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, continue to dominate editorials in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Mbeki has his job cut out" the independent daily "The Daily News" (07/1 [...] | 2003-07-11 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1418 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Africa must resist West's machinations" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its July 3 editorial to accusing Washington of conspiring to unseat Robert Mugabe and his government. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Mr. Bush's African visit. . .s [...] | 2003-07-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1419 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] There has been an outpouring of articles, op-ed and opinion pieces in the mainstream newspapers following talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki, including President Bush's visit to Botswana, in the lead [...] | 2003-07-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE142 | Black Farmer's Take on Land Reform [...] (U) Summary: A large-scale black commercial farmer believes most settlers on expropriated white commercial farms will fail and give up during 2003, leaving a future government to pick up the pieces of uncompensated land redistribution. At the same time, he expressed regret that white farmers [...] | 2003-01-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ECON ZI |
03HARARE1420 | JUDGE UPHOLDS SUSPENSION OF HARARE MAYOR ELIAS [...] (C) On July 10, High Court Justice Susan Mavangira upheld Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo's controversial suspension of Harare MDC Mayor Elias Mudzuri for alleged misconduct. In effect this ruling bars Mudzuri from going to his office, and from carrying out the functions of mayor. [...] | 2003-07-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1422 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush visit sees welcome consensus on Zim" the independent weekly "The Zimbabwe Independent" dedicated its July 11 editorial to hailing President Bush's trip to Africa, saying: "By reaching out to Africa. . .Bush has indicated that post-Iraq Ameri [...] | 2003-07-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1437 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...] | 2003-07-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1438 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "President finally vindicated" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 15 edition to declaring that the just-ended five-nation tour in Africa, especially South Africa, by President George W. Bush had managed to shore up Rob [...] | 2003-07-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1439 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "White House in crisis over Iraq invasion lies" the government-controlled daily "The Herald"(07/15) carried the following op-ed by Patrick Martin on page 6, in which he argues that the on-going muddle surrounding the contents of President George W [...] | 2003-07-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1446 | MUGABE SUCCESSION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months the domestic written press, both government and opposition, has churned out a stream of reporting on President Mugabe,s possible retirement. The local rumor mill has kept pace. Competing succession scenarios and successor lists have appeared, and differ [...] | 2003-07-17 07:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE1447 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "MPs call for Blair to resign: Bush hangs British PM out to dry over Iraqi nuclear claims" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (07/17) carried the following opinion article by Chris Marsden on page 9: 2. "In admitting U. S. doubts over B [...] | 2003-07-17 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1448 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Liars like Bush annihilate themselves" the ruling ZANU-PF weekly mouthpiece "The People's Voice" dedicated its July 13 editorial to criticizing the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Since when (has) Britain and the U. S. starte [...] | 2003-07-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1453 | CAPITALIZING ON POTUS VISIT TO MOVE SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF ZI |
03HARARE1457 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An editorial and an op-ed article carried in the July 13 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" concentrate on the talks between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, during President Bush's visit to Africa. Excerpt [...] | 2003-07-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE146 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./AFRICA TRADE; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. should treat Africa as single entity" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 19 editorial to cautioning the United States against the promotion of selective trade agreements, warning that such agreements "have the pote [...] | 2003-01-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1462 | MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO AFRICA; [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1463 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains a core issue for discussion in op-ed and opinion pieces being carried in some of the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. seeks to strengthen its position in Africa" the go [...] | 2003-07-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1464 | DEFENSE ARGUES FOR DISCHARGE - TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) Returning from a two-week break, on July 14, defense lawyers began arguments for dismissal by concentrating on a rule that to convict on treason charges there must be at least two credible witnesses - which the state did not satisfy given contradictions in Ben Menashe's testimony and the f [...] | 2003-07-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1466 | MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; HARARE [...] Under headline "China shows the way" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 20 editorial to hailing China's "efforts to encourage and promote a diplomatic solution" over a crisis stemming from North Korea's alleged nuclear weapons program. E [...] | 2003-07-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1467 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./ ZIM RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Back-to-back leading articles in the July 20 and 21 editions of the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" and its sister daily "The Daily News," respectively, focus on the failing relations between the United States and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Th [...] | 2003-07-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1471 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC rebel ministers irresponsible" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 20 editorial to urging leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) two main rebel movements "to act responsibly and in the interests of their l [...] | 2003-07-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1475 | MDC RELATES MORE CONTACTS ABOUT DIALOGUE [...] (C) Contacts with ZANU-PF: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube told the SIPDIS Ambassador over lunch July 22 that Zanu-PF and the South African Government(SAG) had reached out to them recently. ZANU-PF Minister for Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick C [...] | 2003-07-22 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SF |
03HARARE1476 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, BUSH'S VISIT [...] The July 20 editions of the two government-controlled weeklies - "The Sunday Mail" and the "Sunday News" - carried lengthy articles centering on United States foreign policy, President George W. Bush's visit to Africa, and another urging the United States to loo [...] | 2003-07-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1477 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH ON "CAPTIVE NATIONS [...] Under headline "Africa must resist" the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its July 20 editorial to criticizing President George W. Bush for including Zimbabwe on the list of country's he said, in a proclamation to mark "Captive [...] | 2003-07-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1478 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICAL; [...] Under headline "U. S. crop subsidies disadvantage African farmers" the July 20 edition of the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" carried the following article by Mbongeni Mguni, in which he criticizes President George W. Bush for dodging t [...] | 2003-07-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1491 | MDC NOMINEES HARASSED, PREVENTED FROM FORWARDING [...] (C) On July 21, about 20 cities across Zimbabwe opened nominations for candidates to stand in mayoral and urban council elections to be held on August 30-31, but at least 20 would-be opposition candidates were prevented from registering by ruling party youths. This occurred before the MDC rec [...] | 2003-07-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE15 | Still Too Few Rains for Non-Irrigated Crops [...] Summary: The latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) report confirms that Zimbabwe is still drawing too little rainfall to improve food supply. Continued drought affords the GOZ an opportunity to dodge blame for the disastrous consequences of its fast-track land reform and expor [...] | 2003-01-06 11:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON AMGT ZI |
03HARARE1503 | Environmental Impact of the Current Crises on [...] Summary: This report, focusing on the status of wildlife in Zimbabwe, will be the first of several related reports on Zimbabwe's deteriorating environmental situation. The combination of land seizures, economic pressure, general lawlessness, and hunger have taken a heavy toll on Zimbabwe's w [...] | 2003-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD SENV ZI |
03HARARE1506 | PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA HOLDS FEW SUPRISES - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Session of Parliament promises to be much the same with the GOZ intent on legislation that further stifles dissent, free speech, NGOs, and private sector initiatives. President Mugabe's economic agenda, which he presented during the July 22 Parliamentary opening day [...] | 2003-07-25 09:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1507 | HOW MUCH GIVE IN ZANU-PF OPENNESS TO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
03HARARE151 | ZANU-PF, MDC YOUTHS CLASH IN HARARE [...] Youths from the ruling ZANU-PF clashed with counterparts from the opposition MDC late on January 20 in Harare's high-density suburb of Kuwadzana. Although precise details of what occurred remain sketchy, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told journalists that one person died from severe burn [...] | 2003-01-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1511 | FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Experience gained from last June's &Final Push8 attempt at mass action has altered the strategic vision for those promoting and organizing non-violent protest in Zimbabwe. An accurate assessment of the situation and temperament of the Zimbabwean population points away from a &Se [...] | 2003-07-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1519 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. shows unparalleled savagery, contempt for human life" the July 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following article by Barry Grey, in which he criticizes the American Government for sanctioning the emblaz [...] | 2003-07-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE152 | ExxonMobil tells GOZ to cut fuel subsidy [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting ExxonMobil delegation recently urged the GOZ to stop subsidizing fuel consumption, which has completely overburdened the country's foreign exchange assets. The delegation suggested a more targeted support mechanism for public transport and critical services that wou [...] | 2003-01-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE1521 | Banknote Shortage Still Acute [...] Summary: It has become exceedingly difficult to secure paper money in Zimbabwe. Bank lines stretch to several blocks, with angry account-holders occasionally resorting to violence. The GOZ is blaming the Reserve Bank, opposition party and several others, but taking no visible action to allev [...] | 2003-07-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ZI |
03HARARE1532 | BISHOPS MEET MUGABE AND TSVANGIRAI SEPARATELY IN [...] (C) Three prominent Bishops from Manicaland, all affiliated with the Zimbabwe Council of Chufches (ZCC),met with President Mugabe and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai recently in an attempt to restart failed talks between the ruling and opposition parties. Mugabe raised a few issues he said w [...] | 2003-07-29 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
03HARARE1534 | GOZ ISSUES APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has finally issued a formal request for humanitarian assistance to the United Nations (UN). The primary request is for additional (not in the pipeline) food aid in the amount of 600,000 MT of maize to fill what the GOZ perceives to be the "food gap," the diff [...] | 2003-07-30 07:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1535 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush humbled by uncertainty in Iraq" the July 30 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Lovemore Mataire in which he blames the United States for going into Iraq without possessing "a brilliant exit [...] | 2003-07-30 09:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1536 | MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the United States and Britain of toughening "their hostility towards Zimbabwe," by "churning out propaganda about regime change" through the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 channel on Zimbabwe. S [...] | 2003-07-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1544 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "America's medieval barbarism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 27 editorial to condemning the United States for making public the pictures of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Quasy, who were killed in a gun batt [...] | 2003-07-31 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1547 | Zimbabwe's Ailing Economy: Where It Stands [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwean economy has plummeted more than anyone thought possible, the curious tragedy of a place that had all the right stuff - fertile land packed with minerals, sophisticated infrastructure run by well-educated populace, high-income tourist destinations - now in disinteg [...] | 2003-07-31 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1548 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on July 29 to discuss the mediation effort by the SIPDIS Manicaland Bishops. Tsvangirai reported that when the Bishops' discussion with President Mugabe turned to the possibility of a unity government, Bishop Mutume said they woul [...] | 2003-07-31 15:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1555 | CHEGUTU ZANU-PF CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO SUSPEND MDC [...] (C) On July 31 the ZANU-PF dominated city council of Chegutu voted to suspend the MDC Mayor of Chegutu Francis Dhlakama and withdraw all benefits of his office. Dhlakama facilitated an early July Ministry of Local Government audit which detailed corruption perpetrated by various members of th [...] | 2003-08-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE1564 | MEDIA REPORT ANZ SUES INFORMATION MINISTER MOYO; [...] We have a classic case here in which the prey has become the predator. Upset by "highly defamatory and malicious attacks" by Information and Publicity Minister Jonathan Moyo, the independent Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) - publishers of the "Daily News" and [...] | 2003-08-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1577 | Cargill Makes Bootleg Currency [...] (U) Summary: By printing their own Zimbabwean currency, Cargill executives have found an inventive solution to Zimbabwe's banknote shortage. End Summary. "Cargill" Cash -------------- 2. (SBU) With few banknotes available, Cargill had been unable to compensate small-scale cotton growers. [...] | 2003-08-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1578 | Zimdollar Tumbles Further [...] Summary: The Zimdollar has fallen another 25 percent from Z$3350 to 4200:US$1. End Summary. 2. In early May, the Zimdollar still traded at Z$1450:US$1, so the three month devaluation stands at around two-thirds. While a number of factors are weakening the Zimdollar, oil parastatal NOCZIM [...] | 2003-08-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE159 | INCREASING GOVERNMENT BRUTALIZATION AND TORTURE OF [...] (C) The Government of Zimbabwe has intensified its brutalization of political opponents and is increasing its reliance on torture as a means of intimidation. On January 16 a court-ordered medical exam revealed that an MDC MP and four other MDC members had been tortured while in police custody [...] | 2003-01-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1593 | Still Otherworldly Economic Policy [...] Summary: Past-week events affirm the GOZ is still committed to self-destructive economic policies. We observe no GOZ reckoning of the economy's sorry state. End Summary. New Farm/Conservancy Acquisitions --------------------------------- 2. Even while the so-called Utete Commission is s [...] | 2003-08-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1594 | MDC OFFICIAL OFFERS MIXED ASSESSMENT ON CHURCHES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gandhi Mudzingwa, MDC's Director of Presidential Affairs, on August 7 told poloff that mixed signals from ZANU-PF underscored the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing bishops' attempt to jump start talks. He reported that a ZANU-PF source had approached him about derailing the e [...] | 2003-08-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
03HARARE1599 | BISHOP RECOUNTS STATUS OF TALKS INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On behalf of the bishops' troika (reftels),Trevor Manhanga of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe on August 8 gave Charge a status report on the bishops' initiative to get political talks renewed. Manhanga dismissed criticism of the initiative by certain ZANU-PF elements and [...] | 2003-08-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
03HARARE16 | Update on Expropriation of U.S. Assets [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the GOZ has seized land owned by American citizens without compensation or due process. In addition, both U.S. oil companies operating in Zimbabwe have voiced concerns to us that the GOZ could at some point in the future nationalize or force sale of their asse [...] | 2003-01-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ELAB ZI |
03HARARE1605 | Industry Braces for Forced Indigenization [...] Summary: Zimbabweans reflexively cringe when their near-octogenarian president boasts of a new economic initiative. Robert Mugabe's policies have already produced farms with no crops, gas stations with no gas and banks with no money. Although still just an idea percolating in ZANU-PF circle [...] | 2003-08-13 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ELAB ZI |
03HARARE1607 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE/TAYLOR ARROGANT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Alternative to dialogue" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 13 editorial to urging Robert Mugabe to be sincere in finding a durable solution to the current political impasse in Zimbabwe, adding that Mugabe's "demand that [...] | 2003-08-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE161 | Metalwork company may close [...] Summary: Another pillar of Zimbabwe's economic infrastructure may crumble. The Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO),a parastatal and the country's sole iron/steel manufacturing company, seems headed for closure unless Government comes up with a costly rescue package. End Summary. Form [...] | 2003-01-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELTN ZI |
03HARARE1614 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE/TAYLOR HOLD POLITICAL [...] Under headline "Africa must now bear on Mugabe to step down" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 14 editorial to calling on African leaders to "use their influence" to encourage Robert Mugabe, blamed for the "deepening political and economic ana [...] | 2003-08-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1615 | GOZ Targets Additional Commercial Farms and [...] (SBU) Summary. New lists of commercial farms continue to appear in the government-sponsored press. Hundreds of mostly white-owned farms have been "gazetted" for preliminary acquisition orders this year alone, despite public statements that the land acquisition exercise was successfully compl [...] | 2003-08-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1616 | Harare's Inflation Woes [...] Summary: High inflation and negative real interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the pensions and savings of many Zimbabweans. The Zimdollar is in freefall, now trading at Z$5,000:US$ 1. While select high-end investors have profited from Zimbabwe's collapsing currency and runaway inflatio [...] | 2003-08-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ELAB ZI |
03HARARE1621 | LABOR'S ULTIMATUM RUNS OUT, UNSPECIFIED RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-14 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1635 | Govt Outlaws Large Cash Sums [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's cash saga continues. The GOZ has made it illegal for anyone to charge a premium for banknotes or possess Z$5 million (US$1,000). End summary. 2. Meanwhile, the banknote crisis continues unabated. Supermarkets have a higher mark-up on banknotes than on any other product. [...] | 2003-08-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1643 | MEDIA REACTION TAYLOR/MUGABE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Curse of quiet diplomacy" the independent weekly "The Daily News On Sunday" dedicated its August 17 editorial to criticizing South African President Thabo Mbeki's "quiet diplomacy" towards Robert Mugabe, arguing, "It was not quiet diplomacy which [...] | 2003-08-19 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1649 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ BANS NGOS FROM DISTRIBUTING FOOD [...] Under headline "Merchants of hunger" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 20 editorial to denouncing the government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) for ordering donor agencies in Zimbabwe to surrender all food aid to village headman. Excerpts: 2. [...] | 2003-08-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1651 | MEDIA REACTION TRUCK BLAST AT U. N.'S IRAQ HQ; [...] The August 19 truck bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, has received extensive coverage in both the local print and electronic media. The blast made the lead story in the August 20 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The [...] | 2003-08-21 05:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1652 | Inflation 400 Percent; Zimdollar 5,000:1 [...] Summary: Year-on-year inflation has reached 400 (actually 399.5) percent while the Zimdollar has fallen to Z$5,000:US$. The Government still seems unwilling to let the market (or an independent central bank) determine interest or exchange rates. As a result of this strained macroeconomic e [...] | 2003-08-21 06:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1655 | Scapegoating of Reserve Bank Intensifies [...] Summary: Although the Government's daily Herald has cast blame in many corners for the country's cash shortage, its recent attacks on the Reserve Bank (RBZ) have been frenzied and unrelenting. This makes little sense, but then in today's Zimbabwe, what does? End Summary. Latest Villain? [...] | 2003-08-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1656 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Will America learn from its past mistakes?" the pro-government weekly "Business Tribune" carried the following feature article by Billet Magara in which he criticizes the United States for leading a military campaign against Saddam Hussein, sayin [...] | 2003-08-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1669 | Update of Child Labor Information for Zimbabwe [...] Summary. Given the ongoing political, economic, and governance crises in Zimbabwe, little attention has been paid to elimination of child labor. Zimbabwe has ratified both ILO Convention 138 (Minimum Age Convention)and ILO Convention 182 (Convention on the Prohibition and Elimination of the [...] | 2003-08-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ZI |
03HARARE1671 | MEDIA REACTION EDITORIALS AGAINST LIFTING OF [...] Back to back editorials in the August 25 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the July 24 edition of its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" are against the call for the lifting of travel and economic restrictions imposed on Robert Mugabe a [...] | 2003-08-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1672 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. N. abuse by UK and U. S. must be probed" the August 24 edition of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" carried the following opinion piece by Tafataona Mahoso under his regular column "African Focus": 2. "For those nations who [...] | 2003-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1673 | MEDIA REACTION SADC MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT HAILED; [...] Under headline "SADC Mutual Defense Pact welcome development" the August 25 edition of the government- controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Caesar Zvayi: 2. ". . .The events of September 11, 2001 an obvious backlash by the disgruntled bu [...] | 2003-08-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR ZI KAPO |
03HARARE1677 | Businessmen foresee recovery (somehow) [...] (U) Summary: Local businessmen assured a visiting congressional staffer that the Zimbabwean economy can regain past prowess. While despairing of the present economic climate, the businessmen's medium-term hopefulness stunned our visitor, a seasoned Zimbabwe- watcher. Although we share our i [...] | 2003-08-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1697 | Ho-Hum Supplementary Budget [...] Summary: The GOZ's supplementary budget announcement held no surprises. Spending for calendar year 2003 increased 85 percent, accounting for higher than forecast (by the GOZ) inflation. In his speech to parliament, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa brokered no solutions to Zimbabwe's many eco [...] | 2003-08-27 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1698 | LABOR RESPONSE AWAITS CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the deadline has passed on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) July 29 ultimatum to the GOZ demanding resolution of the cash crisis (reftel),no threatened "unspecified action" has materialized. It now appears that a ZCTU National Council meeting will not take [...] | 2003-08-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1705 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ISOLATE [...] The United States Institute of Peace is reported to have accused the United States and the European Union (EU) of trying to isolate Zimbabwe. Under headline "ZANU PF rule unavoidable: U. S. report," the August 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The [...] | 2003-08-28 07:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR ZI KAPO |
03HARARE1710 | GOZ triples fuel price - again [...] Summary: The GOZ has raised the controlled price of leaded fuel from Z$ 450 to 1,170/liter. Not enough to reawaken Zimbabwe's somnolent gas stations, but it does partly formalize GOZ recognition of the falling Zimdollar. End Summary. A 17-fold increase since February --------------------- [...] | 2003-08-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV ZI |
03HARARE1711 | TALKS ON TALKS: MOMENTUM TOWARD ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of meetings between political players here and HIRC Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka illuminated the tentative state of play of various efforts to get ZANU-PF/MDC talks resumed. ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo highlighted improvements in the political atmosphere and [...] | 2003-08-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
03HARARE1712 | ZIMBABWE WAFFLING ON EFFORT TO CONTROL FOOD RELIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with House International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka August 20-21, Minister for Special Affairs (and ZANU-PF Party Chairman) John Nkomo and Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Services July Moyo emphasized the government's pr [...] | 2003-08-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SA ZI |
03HARARE1713 | WFP/UNDP REPORT A FOOD-FIGHT IN THE OFFING [...] (c) Summary. In a somber August 28 meeting, UNDP resrep Victor Angelo commented on the accelerating downward spiral of the Zimbabwean economy and increasingly difficult UN/NGO relations with the GOZ. The WFP Regional Director described a discouraging exchange with President Mugabe on NGO in [...] | 2003-08-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1717 | MIXED REPORTS IN RUN-UP TO ZIMBABWE'S LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe will hold two parliamentary by-elections, and mayoral and urban council elections in twenty cities across the country on August 30 - 31. Embassy Harare has been coordinating with other missions in Harare to mount an observation effort to cover most of the constituencies. [...] | 2003-08-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE1725 | What is Zimbabwe's GDP? [...] Summary: Sources differ widely about Zimbabwe's present gross domestic product (GDP). It may be as low as US$3.5 billion. End Summary. 2. The GOZ's Central Statistical Office stopped publishing GDP figures in 1995, just before the country began its relentless downhill slide. Misleading [...] | 2003-09-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1731 | OPPOSITION SCORES WELL IN ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The MDC retained its parliamentary seat, won six out of seven mayoral races, and gained more than half of the urban council seats that were up for grabs in local elections held August 30 - 31. Voting at polling stations, observed by independent observers including emboffs, was g [...] | 2003-09-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1732 | MEDIA REACTION PAPER REBUTS "HERALD" STORY; HARARE [...] The August 29 edition of the independent weekly the "Zimbabwe Independent" carried an article rebutting a front-page article in the August 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" that deliberately mis-reported and quoted out of context a most [...] | 2003-09-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1736 | MEDIA REACTION COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While an editorial in the September 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" saw the outcome of the weekend urban council elections, in which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) narrowly defeated the ruling ZANU PF party, as a demonstr [...] | 2003-09-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE175 | POSSIBLE THREAT TO US EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: ON 24 JANUARY 2003 RSO WAS CONTACTED AFTER HOURS BY MR. JERRY REDEMPTUS WHO PROVIDED LIMITED INFORMATION REGARDING A POSSIBLE TERRORIST OPERATION AGAINST THE US EMBASSIES KAMPALA, NAIROBI, AND DAR ES SALAAM FROM AL-QAEDA. REDEMPTUS STATED THAT INDIVIDUALS IN DAR ES SALAAM WOU [...] | 2003-01-27 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
03HARARE1762 | Zimbabwe Economic Policy: Is Rigor Mortis [...] (SBU) Summary: As with directionless negotiations about negotiations in the political sphere, the GOZ keeps boasting of meaningful economic reform that it never gets around to. Long-promised initiatives - more banknotes, devaluation, better land reform, the return of fuel and less public spen [...] | 2003-09-09 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE178 | Harare's Commuter Blues [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's foreign exchange shortage has sidelined most passenger vans, transforming a short commute into a twice daily ordeal for residents of Harare's high-density suburbs. 15-30 minute treks now take 2-3 hours, a potential trigger for social unrest. End Summary. Few vans still [...] | 2003-01-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE1782 | MINISTER OF STATE NKOMO ON INTERPARTY TALKS: HASTE [...] (c) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister of State for Special Affairs John Nkomo on September 10 as a follow up to last month's meeting (ref a). The talks centered on HIV/AIDS programs, the role of NGOs in distributing humanitarian food assistance, the status of interparty dialogue, an [...] | 2003-09-11 07:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ZI |
03HARARE179 | A new official exchange rate? [...] (U) Summary: Several industry contacts tell us they believe the Government might adopt a Z$750-800:US$1 exchange rate for exporters and perhaps others. Such a move would slow but not arrest Zimbabwe's economic decline. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The most authoritative word comes from Chamber [...] | 2003-01-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE1792 | TSVANGIRAI ON MDC'S OVERSEAS OUTREACH, TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 10 meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai voiced continued frustration with ZANU-PF's lack of urgency on resuming talks and recounted efforts by MDC principals to engage with regional SADC leaders in that regard. He sought USG support f [...] | 2003-09-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
03HARARE1794 | UNDAUNTED BISHOPS SEEK BENCHMARKS TO STIMULATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The bishops troika on September 10 updated Ambassador Sullivan on their efforts to facilitate inter-party talks. They were encouraged by ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo's invitation to a meeting earlier that day, although they did not expect ZANU-PF to re-activate the bishops' initi [...] | 2003-09-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1805 | Tsvangirai Treason Trial Postponed Until [...] (SBU) Lawyers for Morgan Tsvangirai advised the Embassy on September 12 that by mutual agreement of the parties, resumption of Tsvangirai's treason trial was postponed from September 15 to September 22. Presiding Justice Garwe approached the parties on September 11, noting that he had schedu [...] | 2003-09-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE183 | PARLIAMENT BUDGETARY PROCESS [...] This year represents the second time in Parliament's 20 year history that the budget bill has been disaggregated and subjected to a serious review by Parliament's newly (2000) created portfolio committees- consisting of Members of the ruling and opposition political parties. This new, more tr [...] | 2003-01-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1838 | MEDIA REACTION CUBA/ZIM/U. S. RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Cuba, Zimbabwe lead the way" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 7 editorial to demonizing the West, especially the United States and Britain, for allegedly maltreating Cuba and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1839 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMABWEANS SEEK ASYLUM IN THE U. S.; [...] The lead article in the September 8 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" concentrates on an application for "Temporary Protection Status" by Zimbabweans living in the United States. Under headline "Zimbabweans seek U. S. shelter," Farai Mutsaka, Ch [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1840 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ - CALL FOR BLAIR TO RESIGN; [...] Under headline "Blair lacks moral fiber to remain in office" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 7 to calling on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign over his decision to commit Britain to military action in Iraq. Excerp [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1841 | MEDIA REACTION SA DRUG DEAL WITH WTO HAILED; [...] Under headline "SA drugs deal with WTO noble" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 7 editorial to hailing a drug manufacturing and importation deal between South Africa and the World Trade Organization (WTO),saying the deal "has [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1842 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The United States-led mission in Iraq, including a U. S. proposal for a new United Nations resolution to attract more money and troops for Iraq, have again come under fire in articles published in the government-controlled mainstream newspapers. Article excerpt [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1843 | MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER ELEVEN SECOND [...] Under headline "Americans to mark grim anniversary" United States-based columnist for the government controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (09/07),Tendayi Kumbula, dedicated his article to reflect on the second anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks [...] | 2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1844 | MEDIA REPORT PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON WTO CANCUN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1845 | MEDIA REPORT SUPREME COURT ORDERS DAILY NEWS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1846 | MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...] | 2003-09-15 05:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1852 | MEDIA REACTION SUPREME COURT RULING ON ANZ [...] Under headline "Travesty of Justice" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its September 14 editorial to dismissing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku's ruling on the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of Zimbabwe's only independent dai [...] | 2003-09-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1853 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. AND WAR AGAINST TERROR; [...] Under headline "U. S. losing war against terrorism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 14 editorial to encouraging the United States to "abandon its current Middle East foreign policy" as a panacea to win the U. S.-led war against glo [...] | 2003-09-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1861 | MINISTER OFFERS INSIGHTS ON ZANU-PF POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Mines Edward Chindori-Chininga on September 11 spoke with Ambassador Sullivan on ZANU-PF succession issues and internal party elections. Chindori-Chininga did not break any new ground but confirmed party elections' potential implications for succession and the govern [...] | 2003-09-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE1866 | GOVERNMENT RAIDS AND CLOSES ONLY INDEPENDENT DAILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Friday night, September 12, police units raided the offices and printing press of the largest circulation daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),forcing production to cease. Thursday's Supreme Court ruling declared the paper's operations "illeg [...] | 2003-09-16 06:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1871 | MEDIA REACTION GOZ-CONTROLLED THE HERALD HAILS [...] Under the headline "Action against Daily News proper" the government-controlled daily newspaper "The Herald" dedicated its September 16 editorial to saluting the government of Zimbabwe for shutting down the "Daily News" and its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday," [...] | 2003-09-16 12:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1874 | PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARMED RIOT POLICE BEGIN FORCED [...] (C) According to an eyewitnesses account by head legal counsel of The Daily News, (TDN),Gugulethu Moyo, armed riot police came to the TDN offices and began forcibly removing the assets of the company. In place of taking TDN CEO Sam Nkomo to court this morning (September 16),the police ins [...] | 2003-09-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL ZI |
03HARARE1880 | UN Coordination Meeting with GOZ and [...] Summary. On September 15th, the UN held its first coordination meeting on the humanitarian crisis, after a hiatus of many months, with the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and donors. Overall, despite the GOZ's attempt to try and reassure the donors and encourage them to respond favorably to th [...] | 2003-09-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1885 | MEDIA REACTION REMEBERING 9/11; HARARE [...] Two weekend newspapers - the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and independent weekly "The Standard" - dedicated huge acres of space to opinion articles reflecting on the second anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Las [...] | 2003-09-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1886 | MEDIA REACTION 9/11; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. foreign policy to blame for September 11 attacks" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (09/11) carried an op-ed by Caesar Zvayi on page 8, in which he accuses President George W. Bush of "busy stepping on more toes" after the terror [...] | 2003-09-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1887 | GOZ UPS THE ANTE ON CLOSURE OF ONLY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY In the span of six days, from September 11 to 16, the GOZ has gone from declaring The Daily News (TDN) illegal (9/11; ref a),to occupying and shutting down TDN operations (9/12; ref b),to accepting TDN registration under the onerous Access to Information and Privacy Protection Ac [...] | 2003-09-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1891 | UPDATE ON SECRET CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS [...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN -- PLEASE DO NOT DIVULGE TO OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 2. (C) In a meeting in his law office September 16, MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube told Ambassador Sullivan SIPDIS that he was scheduled to meet with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa September 21- [...] | 2003-09-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ZI |
03HARARE1892 | MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SADC OUTREACH, TALKS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on September 16 reported to Ambassador Sullivan on meetings with selected SADC heads of state. He advised that the bishops troika remained active as an informal intermediary between MDC and ZANU-PF but that the ruling party continued to stall. [...] | 2003-09-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
03HARARE1903 | MEDIA REPORT "DAILY NEWS" UPDATE; HARARE [...] Since the government of Zimbabwe outlawed the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe on September 12, the popular independent daily newspaper "The Daily News" has not been appearing on the streets for five days. The newspaper's website has the message: "We apologize for th [...] | 2003-09-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1911 | GOZ IGNORES OWN COURT, REOCCUPIES ONLY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Following a pattern going back several years, the GOZ has thus far ignored a direct court order. The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled, on September 18 (ref B),that the police's crack-down (ref A) of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publisher of The Daily News (TDN) and The Daily New [...] | 2003-09-19 09:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1931 | DEATH OF VICE-PRESIDENT MUZENDA [...] (U) The GOZ officially announced the passing on September 20 of Vice-President Simon Muzenda. The death of the 81-year-old ZANU-PF Politburo member from Masvingo province, who had been critically ill for weeks, was not unexpected. Government sources announced publicly that the Politburo will [...] | 2003-09-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1933 | GOZ KEEPS THE BOOT ON THE DAILY NEWS [...] (C) Over the weekend of Sept 19th, the GOZ solidified its position in its battle (ref) to keep the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),closed. The parent company of TDN, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),filed an application with the Media and Informatio [...] | 2003-09-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1935 | COURT DECISIONS CLOUD CIVIL RIGHTS, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme and High Courts of Zimbabwe this month have made several notable judgments that may shape the future of jurisprudence in the country. Judgments in cases involving The Daily News (TDN) and High Court Justice Paradza set precedents with potentially far-reaching impl [...] | 2003-09-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI |
03HARARE1938 | Zimbabwe not qualified for AGOA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-09-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1943 | GOZ GIVES FURTHER PROOF OF INTENT TO SHUT DOWN THE [...] (C) On Sept 22, 2003, the police picked up four directors, including CEO Sam Nkomo, of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),the parent company of The Daily News (TDN),which was the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe. At the station, the police took the directors, statements, and [...] | 2003-09-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1949 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. soldier serving in Iraq calls for end to occupation based on lies: We're facing death for no reason" the government-controlled daily published the following hypercritical op-ed by Tim Predmore, a United States soldier on active duty with the 101st [...] | 2003-09-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1950 | UN Consolidated Appeal for Zimbabwe [...] The UN formally launched the stand-alone Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Zimbabwe in September. While acknowledging the after effects of the last three years of drought, the CAP notes that Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis has largely been man-made and that moving beyond emergency to recovery would [...] | 2003-09-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1955 | Masvingo Splinters into Dual Economies [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite both an apparent end to the 3- year drought and relative harmony between local ZANU-PF and MDC parties, Zimbabwe's southern Masvingo province faces tough economic times ahead. Only those with access to U.S. dollars are doing well. The rest often depend on outside food [...] | 2003-09-26 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1958 | MUZENDA EULOGY INCLUDES APPEAL TO MDC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Robert Mugabe's eulogy on September 24 to Vice President Simon Muzenda, who died on September 20 (ref A),is not likely to change the political climate here. As with previous speeches, Mugabe seized the opportunity to extol the virtues of land reform, to vilify the British and A [...] | 2003-09-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1971 | MDC SHADOW MINISTERS PREVIEW PARTY'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC shadow minister for economic affairs and MDC MP Tendai Biti on September 23 summarized to emboff the elements of the party's economic plan, called RESTART. The plan, which he cast as essentially a social democratic platform, was being circulated for comment and could be exp [...] | 2003-09-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE1973 | MUNICIPAL POLITICS TESTING THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saddled with the responsibility to provide services in often far-flung communities, new MDC mayors' and councils' effectiveness will be constrained by legal battles, a lack of resources, and the threat of interference from the Ministry of Local Government. The MDC's victories in [...] | 2003-09-30 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI |
03HARARE1974 | PARLIAMENT TO RESUME SESSION ON OCTOBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After making limited progress on the government,s ambitious legislative agenda during the last session, Parliament is slated to resume attention on October 7 to a host of potentially important bills, including an electoral act and an anti-money laundering law. Parliament last [...] | 2003-09-30 06:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE1975 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE'S BROADSIDE AGAINST WEST; [...] Robert Mugabe's broadside against the West, especially the United States and Britain, while addressing the 58th United nations General Assembly in New York, made the lead story in the September 27 edition of the government- controlled daily "The Herald" (circulation 5- [...] | 2003-09-30 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1976 | TAKING STOCK OF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With signals from ZANU-PF and MDC suggesting that they may be preparing to resume negotiations, Embassy offers this inventory of factors likely to play on each party's negotiating posture during the run-up to and in the conduct of talks. To date, neither party appe [...] | 2003-09-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1977 | BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...] | 2003-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
03HARARE1979 | MEDIA REACTION CALL FOR U. N. REFORM; HARARE [...] Under headline "The U. N. must reform or die" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" (circulation 50,000 - 60,000) dedicated its September 28 editorial to call for the restructuring of the United Nations. The editorial comes hard on the heels of Robert Mugabe' [...] | 2003-09-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1992 | MEDIA REPORT "ZIM'S JUDICIARY INDEPENDENT" - [...] Under headline "Zim's judiciary independent" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (circulation 50 - 70,000) dedicated its September 27 editorial to declaring that that local judges "fit the bill of an independent judiciary." The editorial is in response to an [...] | 2003-10-01 05:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE1993 | MDC ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) On September 30, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed the diplomatic community on the MDC's SIPDIS position on various current issues. While Tsvangirai did not reveal anything earth shattering, he did acknowledge that some contact with ZANU-PF was ongoing but said that the [...] | 2003-10-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI MDC |
03HARARE1995 | Zimbabwe's Food Crises Set to Continue in the Face [...] As a result of the continuing severe economic decline, particularly in the crippled agricultural sector, the food crisis in Zimbabwe is expected to continue into the 2004/05 marketing year. Projections for Zimbabwe's 2003/2004 agricultural season are bleak, largely due to worsening input supp [...] | 2003-10-01 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE1997 | THE DAILY NEWS STRUGGLES TO RETURN TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) Since Sept 24 (reftel) the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),has not succeeded in getting an edition on the streets. TDN,s parent company, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),was optimistic several times about returning to press only to see the g [...] | 2003-10-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI KPOL |
03HARARE2000 | Zimbabwe HIV and AIDS Education Messages at [...] Summary: Zimbabwe is facing both a food security crisis and the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Rural food distribution points provide an opportunity to save lives in terms of combatting hunger and fighting HIV/AIDS. USAID has just launched a new program working with local communities to capitalize [...] | 2003-10-02 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI |
03HARARE2006 | Zimbabwe Economic Crises Update [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE201 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY MORRIS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESS [...] Zimbabwe's government-owned "Herald" newspaper attempted to twist comments made by UN Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa James Morris after his January 24 meeting with President Mugabe in Harare. The front page of the January 25 "Herald" informed r [...] | 2003-01-28 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE2015 | MEDIA REPORT MOYO THREATENS STUDIO 7; HARARE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE2016 | "Export or Die" for Mutare Businesses [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabweans in and around Mutare, the country's third largest city, continue to fare better than most countrymen. On a recent sojourn, we observed the same U.S. dollar/local crevice found in Masvingo (ref). Clearly, however, Mutare's export sector enables more to reach the privi [...] | 2003-10-06 13:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2017 | MEDIA REPORT MOYO THREATENS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS [...] The independent press in Zimbabwe, including the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 - a program that features the latest developments in Zimbabwe - have become endangered projects following Information Minister Jonathan Moyo's threats to ban the news organizations last [...] | 2003-10-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ZI |
03HARARE202 | Coca-Cola makes case for higher prices [...] (SBU) Summary: Coca-Cola reps have joined a procession of companies lobbying the GOZ for a relaxation on price controls. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Coca-Cola's Regional Director has met with Zimbabwe's Finance and Trade/Commerce Ministers in the past week to argue that his company cannot contin [...] | 2003-01-29 05:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE2024 | NEW UTETE LAND AUDIT REPORT OFFERS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Utete commission report on anomalies in the land resettlement program, widely anticipated as an indicator of how the GOZ will address the chaotic situation in the agricultural sector, is a non-event. Despite stringent attempts to keep this document secret, Post recently o [...] | 2003-10-07 10:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2033 | ZCTU OFFICIALS ARRESTED AT GATHERING POINTS - [...] (U) On October 8, Police arrested forty-one members of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in Harare, five in Bulawayo, one in Masvingo, one in Chinhoyi, and reportedly one hundred in Mutare. The ZCTU members were gathering to protest high taxes, escalating costs for transport and other [...] | 2003-10-08 16:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2044 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador has determined that the severe and complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crises facing Zimbabwe continue to be of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG assistance and is therefore exercising the disaster assistance authority, as per Reftel B and 2 FAM-061-062, in de [...] | 2003-10-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE2045 | ZCTU DETAINEES RELEASED [...] Labor contacts report that most of the detained Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) supporters (ref A) were released without spending the night in jail. In Harare, out of forty-one detainees, twenty signed admissions of guilt and paid a $5,000 (US$.88) fine. The remainder of the Harare [...] | 2003-10-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE2062 | Will Land Reform Ever Work? [...] (SBU) Summary: After the Presidential Land Review Committee's failure to prescribe solutions to land reform's shortcomings (ref),many on the ground are wondering if Zimbabwe will ever have a vibrant agrarian sector again. There is still a certain measure of self- delusion - white farmers hop [...] | 2003-10-15 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2074 | Inflation: 456 Percent and Rising [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's year-on inflation rate has risen to 456 percent. Within months, it could spiral to hyper- levels. End summary. 2. The recent increase takes into account the zimdollar's hefty pre-September devaluation, when it fell from Z$2350 to Z$5600:US$1 in just two months. Zimbab [...] | 2003-10-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2080 | MEDIA REPORT STATE NEWSPAPER ATTACKS GOZ MINISTER; [...] Under headline "Take urgent steps to arrest inflation" the government-controlled daily newspaper "The Herald" (circulation 50 - 70,000) dedicated its October 16 editorial to attacking Finance Minister Dr. Herbert Murerwa and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for doing [...] | 2003-10-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2081 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. double standards on Israel deplorable" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its October 12 editorial to accusing the United States of treating Israel with kid gloves. "The U. S.'s hypocrisy and double standards when it c [...] | 2003-10-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2091 | GOZ has no money for fuel [...] Summary: Oil parastatal NOCZIM has been unable to import fuel for GOZ purposes over the past week. End summary. 2. The fuel shortage is affecting Zimbabweans in a variety of ways: - The National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical cog in the country's economic infrastructure, has can [...] | 2003-10-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2093 | PARLIAMENT PASSES RESTRICTIVE FINANCIAL LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Parliament recently imposed strict restrictions on people and institutions, access to cash. The statutory instrument is the Government,s answer to the biting cash shortage but only stifles the ability of the country to conduct day-to-day transactions by criminalizing holding the equival [...] | 2003-10-21 05:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PTER ZI |
03HARARE2094 | MDC OFFICIAL ON POSSIBLE CIO INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC's Chairman for Harare Morgan Femai related to poloff on October 20 a first person account of the shootings at MDC's Harvest House headquarters on October 18. The senior MDC official present when the events took place, Femai alleged that the shooter, Ronnie Chihota, was as [...] | 2003-10-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MDC |
03HARARE2095 | CHAT WITH A CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with poloff October 8, ZANU-PF MP (appointed by the President) and Deputy Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Chief Fortune Charumbira identified weaknesses in the nation's municipal administration and outlined efforts to improve them. He [...] | 2003-10-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE2096 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. efforts on Iraq reflect crisis in diplomatic ethics" the October 18 edition of the government- controlled daily newspaper "Chronicle" (circulation 45 - 60,000) carried the following op-ed by Dr. Godfrey Chikowore, Head, International Relations and Social Development Stud [...] | 2003-10-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2100 | POLICE BEAT ARRESTEES AFTER NCA DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) On October 22, police arrested 180-300 demonstrators including National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku, during a demonstration organized by the NCA at Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare. The demonstration advocated a new constitution. Police confiscated [...] | 2003-10-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2104 | MEDIA UPDATE; HARARE [...] Begin summary: Two independent newspapers "The Daily News" and "The Daily News on Sunday" remain shut as the government of Zimbabwe makes sure that Zimbabweans are bereft of voice and answerability. The government of Zimbabwe recasts some sections of the controversial [...] | 2003-10-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2105 | VIOLENCE IN REDCLIFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inter-party violence in Redcliff over the weekend reportedly left the homes of eight MDC members and two former ZANU-PF urban councilors damaged and one former ZANU-PF urban councilor (the father of an Embassy FSN) hospitalized. Hundreds of MDC supporters assaulted a senior ZANU [...] | 2003-10-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2122 | ENGAGING SOUTH AFRICANS ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI SF |
03HARARE2123 | MDC LEADERSHIP ON COURT CASES, TALKS, VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on October 23 confirmed to SIPDIS the Ambassador that court consideration of the party's election petition would commence November 3 and that Tsvangirai's treason trial would be postponed until next SIPDIS [...] | 2003-10-24 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
03HARARE2124 | 70 NCA ARRESTEES CHARGED, SOME STILL DETAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, police arrested over a hundred NCA demonstrators, beat some, and released up to a hundred without charge on October 22. Seventy were charged on October 23. Many of those paid a fine and signed an admission of guilt statement; some refused to pay or sign and were s [...] | 2003-10-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2132 | POLICE STYMIE COURT JUDGMENT FOR DAILY NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a ruling by the Administrative Court in its favor October 24, The Daily News (TDN) published a truncated October 25 issue before a police raid closed the offices of parent Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) later that day. The Media and Information Commission (M [...] | 2003-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE214 | HARARE RESIDENTS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE [...] (U) Riot police on January 29 clashed with several hundred Harare residents gathered in the city center for a meeting with Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri, who represents the opposition MDC. The meeting had been planned -- and well-publicized -- more than a week in advance, and was to discuss [...] | 2003-01-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2140 | Rare Public Rift Among GOZ Ministries [...] (SBU) Summary: Disagreement among moderates and hardliners has spilled into public fora, a rare and refreshing occurrence in this insular government. End summary. 2. (SBU) Over the past year, the GOZ's media and more militant ministers have increasingly castigated the GOZ's economic team f [...] | 2003-10-28 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2141 | SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: South African High Commissioner Jeremiah Ndou told the Ambassador Oct 27 that dialogue/negotiations between ZANU/PF and the MDC had progressed well on both constitutional as well as transitional arrangements. He said that there had been some recent backsliding by ZANU-PF, however [...] | 2003-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI SF |
03HARARE2143 | RIOTING AT UZ - DAY TWO [...] (C) For the second straight day, police on October 28 used tear gas to disperse crowds of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). UZ MDC coordinator Gift Nyandoro said that the student leadership requested a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor on October 28 to discuss the non-payment of th [...] | 2003-10-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2146 | HEALTHCARE STRIKES "PARALYSE" PUBLIC HOSPITALS [...] Summary. Doctors and nurses, both defined by the GOZ as providers of "essential services" and thus precluded from striking, are engaged in industrial action based on wage demands. Economic realities increasingly compel workers of all levels to ignore GOZ laws which try to prevent them from [...] | 2003-10-29 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2149 | GOZ Still Scapegoats Exporters [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ continues to blame export firms for its foreign exchange shortage. If today's lead story in the official press is a curtain-raiser for the November 20 budget speech, the Mugabe administration may kill what's left of Zimbabwe's once hearty export sector. End summary. [...] | 2003-10-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2159 | LEGAL BATTLE ON AFTER RELEASE OF ANZ DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A court magistrate on October 29 ordered the release of four directors of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),reserving judgment on criminal charges pending against them until November 13. Armed police continue to bar access to ANZ offices, preventing resumed publicat [...] | 2003-10-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2160 | MUGABE WORKING AFTER POSSIBLE BRIEF "HEALTH [...] (C) Reports that President Mugabe suffered a stroke or other debilitating illness within the past week appear to be unfounded. Reliable Embassy contacts confirmed that he had been sighted on numerous occasions during the past few days, including at a politburo meeting yesterday and at the co [...] | 2003-10-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2166 | Devaluation of Fits and Spurts [...] Summary: The zimdollar has held steady since August 22, dropping a mere 1 percent. For a currency that has depreciated from Z$18 to 5650:US$1 since 1998, this may seem surprising. The zimdollar's 6-year record indicates, however, that the next steep devaluation lurks around the corner. End [...] | 2003-10-31 07:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE217 | VISIT OF SPECIAL U.N. ENVOY JAMES MORRIS ON THE [...] Summary: On January 24, Ambassador Sullivan and key Mission staff attended a meeting and lunch with Special U.N. Envoy James Morris and members of his delegation during his recent visit to Zimbabwe. At these events, Morris provided briefings on the current international, regional and country [...] | 2003-01-30 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF |
03HARARE2170 | VOA'S STUDIO 7 MAKING WAVES IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] At first glance, Negussie Mengesha's - VOA Program Manager, Africa Division - visit to Zimbabwe seemed difficult, if not impossible. What stood in his way was the hardnosed anti-VOA Studio 7 rhetoric by the government of Zimbabwe's spokesman, Information Minister Jona [...] | 2003-10-31 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2179 | GOZ BLAMES HARARE CITY COUNCIL FOR WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, the government press has blamed Harare's MDC-dominated City Council for myriad woes and has depicted a Council mired in personnel conflicts and improper procedures. It is possible the GOZ is gearing up to dismiss the entire Council and replace it with [...] | 2003-11-03 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC |
03HARARE2183 | BREAD NOW BEYOND REACH FOR MANY [...] Summary: Bakeries have increased the price of bread from Z$1,750 (US 26 cents) to Z$2,500 (US 37 cents),well beyond the reach of most ordinary Zimbabweans who earn less than a dollar a day. Bread has become increasingly important here since most families use it as a substitute for the local [...] | 2003-11-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AMGT ZI |
03HARARE2184 | Mugabe to Restructure Economic Team [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear indication that hardliners are winning out over Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank (RBZ) moderates (refs a/b),President Mugabe has announced his intent to shake up his economic team. It also suggests the November 20 budget speech will offer Zimbabwe's beleaguered pr [...] | 2003-11-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2185 | ELECTION PETITION HEARINGS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Presided over by High Court Justice Hlatshwayo, hearings on the MDC's petition seeking invalidation of Zimbabwe's 2002 election results commenced November 3. Attorneys for the MDC spent the day reviewing arguments advanced in the party's petition (e-mailed to AF/S),interrupted occasional [...] | 2003-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE2189 | GONO TO RUN CENTRAL BANK CHIEFarer [...] (U) Summary: President Mugabe has decided on Jewel Bank Managing Director Gideon Gono as the new Reserve Bank governor. Gono's close ties to Mugabe make it unlikely he will be an assertive, independent central banker. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Since the GOZ eased Leonard Tsumba from the gove [...] | 2003-11-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2196 | MEDIA REPORT KANSTEINER UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Kansteiner: from C-130 to Carrots" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (11/02),circulation 55 to 70,000, carried the following op-ed by Nathaniel Manheru, a. k. a. Jonathan Moyo (Information Minister),under his regular column "The Other Side" [...] | 2003-11-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR ZI |
03HARARE220 | GOVERNMENT-OWNED PAPER TAKES OFFENSE AT U.S. [...] Under headline "Zim must not bow to hate campaign" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its January 30 editorial to dismiss the January 27 travel warning. Excerpts follow: 2. "The travel warning issued by the United States State Department advising [...] | 2003-01-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2204 | MDC LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY ON RECENTLY CONCLUDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart on November 4 confirmed to the Embassy the party's expectation that the court would delay issuance of judgment on the election petition (hearings on which concluded November 4) before eventually rejecting it. He outlined to Ambassado [...] | 2003-11-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
03HARARE2208 | "DEFECTION" FROM ZCTU EFFECTED BY GREEN BOMBERS [...] Summary. The GOZ-sponsored press reported triumphantly that the Grain Marketing Board's (GMB's) workers have seceded from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to ally instead with the ZANU-PF organization, the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU). However, the increasing numbe [...] | 2003-11-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2209 | GOZ DENIES AFL-CIO REP RENEWED WORK PERMIT [...] (U) The GOZ has refused to extend the work permit of AFL-CIO's resident representative. The rep applied for renewal in July 2003, upon expiration of his previous annually-renewed permit. He received four separate one-month extensions before being notified that no further extensions would be [...] | 2003-11-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE222 | ZIMBABWEAN CLERGY MORE OUTSPOKEN AGAINST POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo recently lambasted the Mugabe regime, even calling it fascist, and the Methodist Bishop of Harare recently urged the High Court to be courageous and resist corruption. Precious few church leaders have been as outspoken, and clergy and commentator [...] | 2003-01-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2224 | Firms Wrestling, Writhing [...] (U) Summary: Rickety infrastructure, high inflation and intrusive government - the fun never stops for finance directors in Zimbabwe. It's a credit to their ingenuity that they keep their companies in business. End Summary. 2. (U) DCM Whitehead and the economic/commercial section met thi [...] | 2003-11-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2225 | MDC SECRETARY GENERAL ON CARROTS AND STICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube on November 6 told poloff that he intended during his planned visit to Washington next week to urge the USG to be more vocal in its criticism of the GOZ. At the same time, he concluded that the time had come for a more explicit elaboration b [...] | 2003-11-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ZI MDC |
03HARARE2226 | NEW HEALTH SALARIES LIKELY TO BREAK THE BANK [...] Summary: Nurses have largely returned to work after victory in a strike demanding healthy salary increases (ref). The majority of mid-level and junior doctors continue with their simultaneous job action, despite a ruling from the Labour Court that their strike is illegal and an order to retu [...] | 2003-11-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2236 | VISIT TO ROTTEN ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Deputy Director for External Relations Itai Mach on November 5 told poloff that the party's national conference next month would likely focus more on economic and land reform issues than personnel/leadership matters. He suggested that informal and personal communications [...] | 2003-11-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EAGR ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE224 | PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] President Bush's State of the Union Address received good placement in both the print and electronic media (radio). All four state-run radio channels - 3FM, SpotFM, FM Zimbabwe, and Radio Zimbabwe - carried excerpts of the Presidents speech starting with the 17 [...] | 2003-01-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OIIP KPAO ECPS KMDR OEXC ZI |
03HARARE2241 | FOOD ASSISTANCE IN NEWLY RESETTLED AREAS [...] The World Food Program recently wrote to the major international donors requesting their concurrence with a proposal to provide food assistance in the newly resettled areas, i.e., the former commercial farming areas that were subject to the Government of Zimbabwe's fast-track, often violent, [...] | 2003-11-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE2246 | LABOR PLANS ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),disillusioned with stayaways which bring no change, have instead begun to focus on a series of public demonstrations to focus attention on their plight (ref). ZCTU Secretary-General Wellington Chibebe has published calls for another [...] | 2003-11-17 06:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2252 | MUGABE VIGNETTES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy offers the following brief collection of personal tidbits on President Mugabe gleaned from the UN Resident Representative here and friends of the Mugabe family. The vignettes depict an ailing, egotistical family man interested in leaving office but give no indication o [...] | 2003-11-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2253 | PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR SHUFFLE SHOWS SOME HEAT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent appointment of four new provincial governors reflects factional infighting that so far appears unlikely to yield any meaningful shift in government policy. The appointments are part of an anticipated broader personnel shake-up that will underscore President Mugabe's full [...] | 2003-11-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2255 | Inflation Hits 526 Percent [...] Summary: Year-on-year inflation has reached 526 percent. Jarred by spiraling prices, Zimbabweans anxiously await Thursday's budget speech. End Summary. 2. The Central Statistical Office's most recent inflation figures encompass October 2002-October 2003. Basic foods and transportation ar [...] | 2003-11-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2256 | MUGABE'S CHOGM ATTENDANCE IN AIR FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Obasanjo met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai twice and President Mugabe once during his visit to Zimbabwe on November 17. According to MDC sources, Tsvangirai told Obasanjo during the first meeting that the MDC would be willing to participate in a tran [...] | 2003-11-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
03HARARE2257 | ZCTU LEADERS, DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, police arrested 9 members of the ZCTU governing body, and about forty-five civil society leaders and ZCTU members nationwide in advance of a ZCTU planned demonstration. There were credible reports that WOZA Director Jenni Williams was severely beaten during arrest [...] | 2003-11-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEC ZI ZCTU |
03HARARE2259 | WITH MANY MEMBERS STILL IN JAIL, ZCTU CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the numbers are not finally confirmed, police arrested about 200 people nationwide in connection with planned ZCTU demonstrations on November 18. The ZCTU is calling for a snap work stoppage on November 20-21 to protest the detentions, however with no preparation, we see [...] | 2003-11-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2261 | Central Banker Gono: What to Expect [...] (SBU) Summary: Gideon Gono's assiduously-crafted image as Zimbabwe's star businessman/negotiator will not survive his Reserve Bank tenure. The economy he's about to steward is a sliver of its former self. Initially, we expect Gono to quietly advocate market-oriented policies through his per [...] | 2003-11-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2268 | 2004 budget: Quick Readout [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2279 | HARARE LABOR LEADERS RELEASED, MOST WITHOUT CHARGES [...] (SBU) All of the Harare-area labor detainees have now appeared before the court, with only four being charged under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),and the rest released without charges. Those leaders answering charges are: Lovemore Matombo, President of the Zimbabwe Congress of T [...] | 2003-11-24 04:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE2284 | 2004 budget was nonevent [...] Summary: Consider two dissonant facets of last Thursday's budget announcement- a) The Robert Mugabe government projected this year's economic growth at minus-13.2 percent, ensuring Zimbabwe remains the planet's worst performing peacetime economy. b) It proposed no significant new initiativ [...] | 2003-11-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2286 | MEETING WITH BROKERS OF POLITICAL RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Disparaging remarks about "talk about talks" between the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have replaced hopeful reports of imminent breakthroughs. A meeting on November 19, 2003, between Ambassador Sullivan, Director of USAID Paul Weisenfeld, [...] | 2003-11-24 13:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
03HARARE2287 | OPPOSITION LEADER ON OBASANJO VISIT, POLITICAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on November 21 confirmed to Ambassador Sullivan the essential details related by associates to the Embassy last week (reftel) of his meetings with Nigerian President Obasanjo on November 17. He clarified that Obasanjo had said that Mugabe indicated agr [...] | 2003-11-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
03HARARE2289 | MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER HEAVY FIRE [...] Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 program on Zimbabwe made the hub of the lead story carried in the November 23 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (circulation 55 - 70,000),in which the United States Government is slammed for allegedly setti [...] | 2003-11-25 07:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE230 | FEBRUARY 3 TREASON TRIAL OF MDC PRESIDENT [...] The common law treason trial of three Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leaders -- President Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, and Member of SIPDIS Parliament Renson Gasela -- is scheduled to begin in Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday, February 3. The trial was origina [...] | 2003-01-31 10:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE2302 | Gono will speak on Dec 17 [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's business community eagerly awaits incoming Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono's first policy statement, now scheduled for December 17. Most critical is where Gono comes down on currency markets. End Summary. 2. (U) After Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa's vacuou [...] | 2003-11-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2309 | RECUSAL OF JUDGE MUDDIES DAILY NEWS CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Administrative Court Justice Michael Majuru recused himself from the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) case on November 25 following reports that he was to be investigated for bias in the case. A Media and Information Commission (MIC) application to h [...] | 2003-11-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2310 | ENCOUNTER WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a chance encounter at a social event on November 25, Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa elaborated privately to poloff about ruling party views of the MDC and the USG. Chinamasa suggested that the USG had the potential stature to influe [...] | 2003-11-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ZI |
03HARARE2313 | MASS ACTION IN THE OFFING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandi Mudzingwa on November 25 advised poloff that the opposition party was laying the groundwork for another "mass action" in late January or early February 2004. He predicted that the bishops would soon publicly declare their mediation e [...] | 2003-11-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE232 | INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS DAILY NEWS IS "ILLEGAL" [...] In the continuing legal battle between the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of the independent daily "The Daily News," and the government of Zimbabwe over the mandatory registration of media houses and accreditation of journalists under the controver [...] | 2003-01-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2329 | Weary retailer asks, what next? [...] (U) Summary: A major Zimbabwe retailer has just lived through violent occupations, price controls, imperious ministers, high inflation and shortages of fuel, electricity and cash. Its Chief Operating Officer now wonders what more the GOZ can throw at him. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy [...] | 2003-12-02 05:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2332 | ZANU-PF TAKES PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM MDC - TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF took a parliamentary seat from the MDC in a by-election held on November 29 - 30 in Kadoma Central. Neither candidate articulated a campaign message in interviews with poloff who visited the area the day before voting began. The MDC candidate alleged intimidation and vot [...] | 2003-12-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
03HARARE2342 | Mugabe shifts blame for recession [...] (SBU) Summary: In his December 2 State of the Nation address to Parliament, President Mugabe slammed foreign exchange fraud rather than sanctions for the country's economic downturn, adopting a slightly less confrontational stance toward the U.S. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Over the past year, t [...] | 2003-12-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2353 | AMENDMENTS TO LAND ACT DUCK THE REAL ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Recently announced amendments to Zimbabwe's Land Acquisition Act do little except close several loopholes through which commercial farmers based legal challenges to compulsory acquisition of their land. Through a blend of easing the procedural constraints on the GOZ and making t [...] | 2003-12-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2359 | RULING PARTY SUCCESSION RACE: IS ZVINAVASHE THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The retirement of Vitalis Zvinavashe as commander of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) and his emergence on the national political scene underscore uncertainties surrounding the ruling party's contortions over prospective leadership succession. His possible appointment as Vice-P [...] | 2003-12-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE2364 | RULING PARTY CIRCLES WAGONS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ZANU-PF annual conference December 5-8 in Masvingo projected a ruling party united under the unquestioned leadership of Robert Mugabe and ever-resistant to outside influence. The conference ended suspense over succession speculation by indicating unambiguously that the party [...] | 2003-12-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE2365 | Govt may ax EPZs [...] Summary: Yesterday's Herald suggests the GOZ may eliminate export processing zones (EPZs),taking to the next level its obliteration of a once-thriving and diversified economy. End summary. 2. The lead article in the State-run Herald's business section announces: "EPZs fail to deliver - RB [...] | 2003-12-09 05:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
03HARARE238 | ZANU-PF HAS NO SOLUTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S CRISES [...] Summary: (SBU) The Central Committee Report from the 2002 ZANU-PF annual conference held on December 14 in Chinhoyi provides additional insight into the concerns of the party and, by extension, the Government of Zimbabwe. Its demonization of the MDC and the West and justification of the land [...] | 2003-02-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE239 | GOZ OVERTURES TO COMMERCIAL FARMERS: "WHITEWASH" [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) President Colin Cloete indicate that GOZ overtures to remaining white farmers constitute "whitewash" and meaningless window-dressing. Commercial farms continue to receive final notices of compulsory acquisition, despite [...] | 2003-02-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2394 | CALLS TO SEVER TIES NOT CREDIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2399 | "DAILY NEWS" IS HONORED; HARARE [...] On December 10 at a ceremony held at the Espace EDF Electra in Paris, Zimbabwe's only private daily newspaper, The Daily News, was awarded the 2003 Reporters Without Borders - Foundation de France Prize for being "a media that best exemplifies the struggle for the free [...] | 2003-12-15 05:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE241 | "AFRICAN DIPLOMATS" CRITICIZE TRAVEL WARNING [...] A page-onearticle in the February 1 edition of the government-owned daily "The Herald" claims that "African heads of missions in Zimbabwe" are critical of the January 27 U.S. travel warning on Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. "African ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to Zim [...] | 2003-02-05 06:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2410 | Emigrants Fuel Housing Construction [...] Summary: Zimbabwean living abroad and Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are keeping the country's building sector afloat. Only they can afford mounting costs. End summary. 2. An unpublished study reveals that Zimbabweans abroad are funding two-thirds of residential building, according to Co [...] | 2003-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2412 | MDC MEMBERSHIP DESPONDENT AT PERCEIVED LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various MDC Officials have commented that there is increasing despondency and frustration within the party rank and file. The MDC is planning mass action for early in the New Year, but much homework remains undone, and with an increasingly resigned public, it is unclear whether [...] | 2003-12-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE2415 | "GREEN BOMBERS" JOIN THE RANKS OF LAND [...] Summary. Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Joseph Made, recently announced that two farms in each province will be set aside "for utilization by graduates of the National Youth Training" program. Now, the notorious youth militia graduates -- commonly known as "green bo [...] | 2003-12-16 06:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2421 | GOZ to seize equipment on resettled farms [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has taken fast track land reform to the next level, authorizing its agents to seize equipment such as tractors, sprinklers and ploughs from former commercial farmers. End Summary. 2. (U) Statutory Instrument 273A of 2003 allows the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and R [...] | 2003-12-17 04:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2437 | LETTER FROM MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TO SECRETARY POWELL [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ZI MDC |
03HARARE244 | Zimbabweans' Tale of Downward Mobility [...] Summary: The Embassy's Economic/Commercial section recently convened a discussion group of 25 lower-grade national employees to help us assess the impact of Zimbabwe's economic crisis on ordinary citizens. Employees described ever-worsening conditions in transport, health, education, housing a [...] | 2003-02-05 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON APER ZI |
03HARARE2442 | Gono: Exporters Can Keep More [...] Summary: Although the mechanics are still fuzzy, it appears Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has adopted a more realistic monetary and exchange policy. In his first policy speech yesterday, Gono offered exporters more favorable formulas for revenue retention. He also stated that the Res [...] | 2003-12-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2443 | MBEKI VISIT REKINDLES TALKS ON TALKS [...] (C) MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandi Mudzingwa on December 19 briefed poloff on South African President Mbeki's 20-minute December 18 meeting with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube. According to Mudzingwa, Mbeki told the party leaders at the end [...] | 2003-12-19 09:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA ZI |
03HARARE2449 | RAPID DETERIORATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN ZIMBABWE [...] As detailed in a recent UN briefing to donors on trends in Zimbabwe's social sectors, the continuing complex emergency in Zimbabwe is taking a heavy toll on its citizens. This cable summarizes UN figures presented at recent special donor meeting. Crumbling social services are failing to meet b [...] | 2003-12-23 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE2451 | YEAR-END LEGISLATIVE FLURRY REINFORCES RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adjourned for the holiday season on December 18 after passing legislation that disenfranchises thousands of voters and favors the ruling party in the 2005 Parliamentary elections. However, Parliament was not able to push through legislation that would ease the acquisi [...] | 2003-12-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE2453 | Pilot WFP Feeding Program in Former Commercial [...] On December 18 in a meeting for donor representatives, the World Food Programme (WFP) presented details of its proposed pilot program for extending general food distribution into newly resettled (i.e., former commercial farming) areas. This meeting followed the delivery of letters from the E [...] | 2003-12-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE2454 | GOVERNMENT SHUTTERS DAILY NEWS -- AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: Armed riot police prevented The Daily News (TDN) from publishing following an administrative court ruling December 19 permitting the paper to resume operations. The developments confirm the government's intention to keep TDN closed regardless of any court rulings [...] | 2003-12-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE2455 | MDC CONSOLIDATES PLATFORM AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the firm leadership of Party President Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC's national conference in Harare December 20-21 yielded a comprehensive policy platform and "blueprint" for national recovery. The party reiterated its commitment to unconditional ta [...] | 2003-12-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ZI MDC |
03HARARE250 | TWO JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AT TSVANGIRAI TRIAL, [...] Two journalists were arrested outside of Harare's High Court on February 3 as they sought entrance into the court to cover the opening day of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial. The two journalists, Daily News Deputy News Editor Pedzisayi Ruhanya and freelance journalist Ish [...] | 2003-02-05 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE252 | DAILY NEWS BASES ARTICLE ON WASHINGTON FILE [...] The privately owned "Daily News" published an article in its February 5, 2003 edition that was based on two Washington File articles (AEF501 and AEF504) from January 31. The page-4 article was published under the title "Mubako admits crisis man-made" and acknow [...] | 2003-02-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
03HARARE259 | TREASON TRIAL OF MDC PRESIDENT ENTERS THIRD DAY [...] (U) The treason trial of three Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leaders -- President Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, and Member of Parliament SIPDIS Renson Gasela -- began as scheduled in Zimbabwe's High Court on February 3 and is now in its third day on February 5. [...] | 2003-02-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE260 | UN/Donor/GOZ Meeting on the Zimbabwe Food [...] On 27 January 2003, US Ambassador Sullivan and Acting USAID Director attended a periodic meeting organized by the UN for diplomats to discus issues related to the humanitarian crisis with cabinet level representatives of the GOZ. While most embassies were represented by ambassadors/high comm [...] | 2003-02-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE261 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQ; [...] Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 presentation to the UN Security Council was barely visible in the Zimbabwean media. An AFP report published on page 4 of the government-owned "Herald" and a wire service-based report read on the government- owned Zim [...] | 2003-02-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ECPS OIIP OPRC OEXC ZI |
03HARARE262 | GOVERNMENT PAPER REFUSES TO APOLOGIZE FOR [...] On January 25, UN WFP Envoy James Morris took the government-owned "Herald" to task for gross distortions in their report of his remarks after a January 24 meeting with Robert Mugabe. Morris characterized the "Herald's" article as "100 percent lies." 2. On Jan [...] | 2003-02-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE264 | GOVERNMENT WITNESS IMPLICATES U.S. [...] The February 6 edition of the government-owned "Herald" newspaper reports that Ari Ben-Menashe, the government's star witness in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and two other opposition leaders, claimed in court that he believed the U.S. Gove [...] | 2003-02-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
03HARARE267 | MOU: CAN'T LIVE WITH IT, CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT IT [...] (SBU) Summary. The proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the GOZ and the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU),foreshadowed in reftel, typifies the bad faith underlying current efforts by the GOZ to use the CFU in support of its propaganda. The specific language in the proposed MOU [...] | 2003-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE268 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Stop acting headboy" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 6 editorial to urging the United States and Britain to "desist from attacking" Iraq, adding that only the United Nations Security Council has the mandate "to [...] | 2003-02-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE271 | Tobacco harvest may beat early forecasts [...] Summary: It remains difficult to forecast Zimbabwe's all-important tobacco earnings this year. Experts agree the harvest will be marginally better than initially expected, but a steep drop from last year. End Summary. 2. The stakes are high since tobacco will remain Zimbabwe's leading expo [...] | 2003-02-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE274 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQ; [...] Under headline "Powell fails to prove case against Baghdad" the pro-government daily "Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 7 editorial to dismissing Secretary of State Colin Powell's testimony against Iraq, saying, Powell's presentation was "flawed" and "did not [...] | 2003-02-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ZI KPAO KMDR |
03HARARE277 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 9 editorial to reiterating the anti-war positions taken by the African Union (AU) and former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Excerpts: [...] | 2003-02-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE28 | Zimbabwe's Newest Shortage: Local Currency [...] Summary: In a bizarre twist, Zimbabwe's banks are currently experiencing severe shortages of local currency. One theory holds that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is unable to source the forex needed to purchase security paper and ink required for printing new bills, which is one method th [...] | 2003-01-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN AMGT ZI |
03HARARE280 | White Farmers Remain Divided [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice for Agriculture (JAG) representatives told us they strongly lament the willingness of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) to engage the Government of Robert Mugabe on fast-track land reform. JAG remains committed to dialogue with the GOZ only after the restoration of rul [...] | 2003-02-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE289 | GOZ EXTENDS EMERGENCY ON HIV/AIDS [...] The Government of Zimbabwe declared, in a statutory instrument in the January 17 Government Gazette, an emergency on HIV/AIDS for a period of five years effective from 1 January 2003. The emergency declaration allows the State or persons authorized in writing by the Minister of Justice, Lega [...] | 2003-02-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE293 | WFP EXPANDS ZIMBABWE DISTRIBUTION DURING [...] During January 2003, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 42,428 metric tons (MT) of food commodities, more than doubling the total distribution for December 2002. The distribution reached 3.216 million beneficiaries in 47 of 49 targeted districts. In February, WFP plans to target 4.25 [...] | 2003-02-11 07:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE30 | FOOD CLASHES IN URBAN AREAS [...] SUMMARY: Last week, police, national youth service members, and ordinary citizens clashed over food in two of Zimbabwe's most populous cities--Bulawayo and Chitungwiza. The two incidents signal an increased level of tension surrounding food availability and access, particularly in the case of [...] | 2003-01-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR ZI |
03HARARE301 | ANOTHER AMCIT PROPERTY FORMALLY SEIZED [...] (SBU) Summary. A fourth American-owned property has now received final notice of acquisition from the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement. The other forcibly acquired properties now occupy a limbo as their owners pursue various legal challenges and political solutions. Although [...] | 2003-02-12 06:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI |
03HARARE304 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must not allow U. S. to start war" the government-controlled daily dedicated its February 11 editorial to urging the United Nations to restrain the United States from attacking Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "The tug-of-war between the United St [...] | 2003-02-12 06:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE310 | PROPOSED WAGE FREEZE - ZCTU'S POSITION [...] (C) Summary. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) continues to negotiate with employers and the GOZ in an attempt to find common ground for economic actions which will ease the burden on the ordinary worker. Despite widespread agreement between the working-level contacts on the best [...] | 2003-02-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE313 | TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE CROSS-EXAMINATION [...] (C) The treason trial of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials Morgan Tsvangirai, Welshman Ncube, and Renson Gasela entered its eighth day on February 12. Since February 6, defense counsel has subjected the state's star witness, Ari Ben-Menashe, to an intensive cross-examination, a p [...] | 2003-02-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE322 | GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES ANTI-MDC VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) In the past three weeks police have arrested and detained four MDC MPs, arrested 28 other MDC officials, beaten three, tortured at least one and denied permission, and / or halted at least four planned gatherings. As the opposition attempts to organize for upcoming parliamentary by-electi [...] | 2003-02-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF |
03HARARE326 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush abusing his office" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 18 editorial to declaring that the current standoff between the United States and Iraq is about the control of Iraqi oil. "(President George W.) Bush and [...] | 2003-02-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE336 | Mission Assistance to U.S. Business [...] Reftel asks us to summarize efforts to assist U.S. businesses, including success cases, here in Zimbabwe. Because of our strained bilateral relations, it is often not practical for the Embassy to advocate on behalf U.S. businesses. We have lobbied the GOZ, thus far unsuccessfully, to return [...] | 2003-02-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BBSR ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE337 | Leading Banker Fears Decision Paralysis [...] (SBU) Summary: Unless the GOZ modifies its economic policies, the Bankers' Association President believes its once-formidable infrastructure will be irreparably damaged. End summary. 2. (SBU) Standard Chartered Chief Executive and Zimbabwe Bankers' Association President Washington Matsair [...] | 2003-02-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
03HARARE338 | Reviving a post-Mugabe Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: A future GOZ may have to summon Herculean might to resurrect the world's fastest shrinking economy. It will have to downsize its bureaucracy, "reform" land reform, secure international financing and devalue the Zimdollar by at least 80 percent. Then it will have to wean its po [...] | 2003-02-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE347 | GOZ Announces Export Support Mechanism [...] Summary: As previewed in reftel, the GOZ has announced a long-awaited support mechanism for exporters, which amounts to a targeted devaluation on export revenue. This is welcome news for exporters, but it is unclear if forex-starved importers will be able to access U.S. dollars at the new 80 [...] | 2003-02-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE354 | ZIMBABWEAN MEDIA CARRY BOUCHER STATEMENT ON [...] The February 20 editions of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carry articles reporting on A/S Boucher's statement on the detention of a U.S. diplomat by the police in Harare. The Daily News ran the article on page [...] | 2003-02-21 06:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE355 | Tobacco Buyers Reportedly Fund New Ventures Outside [...] (SBU) Summary: Dispossessed white commercial farmers report that tobacco growers are trying to fund new ventures for them in third countries. Up to 170 tobacco farmers have reportedly entered into such start-up schemes. Other farmers report that they do not want to continue farming in Zimbab [...] | 2003-02-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ZI |
03HARARE356 | CFU Update on Negotiations with GOZ [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president Colin Cloete to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the farmers' group and the GOZ. Despite official claims that the two groups are in accord, the CFU reports that the two sides remain fundamentally divided on many [...] | 2003-02-21 06:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ZI |
03HARARE357 | PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS FRANCE AS A [...] Under headline "The Franco-African summit" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 20 editorial to hailing France for shooting down plans for a war against Iraq and for inviting Mr. Robert Mugabe to attend the Franco-African summit in [...] | 2003-02-21 06:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE360 | TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE CROSS-EXAMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-02-21 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE361 | ARREST OF HIGH COURT JUDGE [...] Police arrested High Court Judge Benjamin Paradza on February 16 in his chambers. They allege that Paradza contacted three fellow judges of the High Court in an effort to influence them to release a passport belonging to his business partner and friend Russell Wayne Luschagne, who is facing [...] | 2003-02-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE366 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must block Bush, Blair's belligerence" the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in which he calls on Arab governments to restrain the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: 2. [...] | 2003-02-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE377 | MEDIA REPORT FRANCO-AFRICAN SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa and the French connection" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 23 edition to hailing French President Jacques Chirac and African leaders for coming out with a collective communiqu, at the just ended Franco- [...] | 2003-02-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE378 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "NAM opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 23 editorial to embracing the Non Aligned Movement's (NAM) anti- war position against Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The Non Aligned Movement. . .has alread [...] | 2003-02-24 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE400 | MEDIA REACTION: MUGABE ATTACKS U. S. AND BRITAIN [...] The lead story in the February 26 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" highlights Mr. Robert Mugabe's broadside against the United States and Britain at the just-ended Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, accusing them [...] | 2003-02-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE409 | Modest Hike in Fuel Prices [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has nearly doubled the price of fuel, the first increase since June 2001. The higher pump price still reflects a heavy and unsustainable subsidy, meaning the country's fuel shortage will continue. Nonetheless, this is a small step toward market- determined pricing. End [...] | 2003-02-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ETRD ZI |
03HARARE42 | GOZ ESCALATES PRESSURE ON MDC MAYORS [...] (C) On January 6 and 7 the government-owned The Herald reported that the GOZ would soon appoint governors for the cities of Harare and Bulawayo. The move comes amid a general GOZ campaign to discredit, obstruct, or supersede MDC mayors and city councils. The GOZ's strategy could be risky, as [...] | 2003-01-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE422 | OBASANJO LETTER TO HOWARD: FANTASYLAND [...] (U) The recent letter from President Obasanjo to Australian PM Howard recommending lifting of Commonwealth sanctions on Zimbabwe surprised many observers in Zimbabwe, as many of the assertions on which his recommendation is based have little basis in reality. Indeed, the Nigerian president a [...] | 2003-02-27 11:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
03HARARE433 | What is Zimbabwe's new exchange rate? [...] (SBU) Summary: Businessmen in Zimbabwe have spent the past week trying to figure out how the GOZ's new export support mechanism will work. Although different interpretations abound, two cabinet officials apparently reassured a group of prominent CEOs yesterday that exporters would enjoy a si [...] | 2003-02-28 05:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE434 | LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY SINCE NOVEMBER [...] A monthly monitoring report issued by the National NGO Food Security Network (FOSENET) suggests little improvement in the food security situation across the country since November, due to absolute scarcity of food. The food security situation is poised to improve among eligible WFP beneficia [...] | 2003-02-28 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV ZI |
03HARARE440 | U.N./Government/Donors Meeting on the [...] Summary: On February 24, Ambassador Sullivan, USAID Director Weisenfeld and AidOff attended the regular bi-weekly U.N.-sponsored meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe with concerned Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and international donor country representatives. Meeting presentations [...] | 2003-03-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE444 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2002 - [...] (SBU) Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------------- -- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women an [...] | 2003-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC ZI TIP |
03HARARE448 | Econ 101 for Mugabe's Finance Minister [...] (SBU) We have learned of an exchange between Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and Dairiboard CEO Anthony Mandiwanza. 14 CEOs had recently called on Murerwa to plead for an end to the GOZ's convoluted macroeconomic policies. The Finance Minister began the session by apologizing that his offic [...] | 2003-03-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE450 | ZIMBABWE: SIMBA MAKONI ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the recently-announced modest fuel hike and announcement of an export support mechanism were supported by every ZANU-PF politburo member except Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, but the measures were unlikely to have much of an effect on Zimbab [...] | 2003-03-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE451 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] In an opinion piece carried in the March 2 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail," Dr. Tafataona Mahoso criticized the United States and Britain for appearing to be "arm-twisting" the United Nations to sanction the war against Iraq. Under headli [...] | 2003-03-04 06:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE452 | MEDIA REACTION NAM/IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "New challenges for NAM" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 2 editorial to calling on the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) to transform into "a reasonable, balanced and objective counter-force" in international issues. "I [...] | 2003-03-04 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE453 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The March 2 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried an article by its United States- based stringer, Ken Mafuka, in which he accused the U. S. of creating policies that could give President George W. Bush unilateral powers to "declare war on an [...] | 2003-03-04 06:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE468 | Heinz subsidiary barely weathering the storm [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET POSTING (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to an American company in Zimbabwe shows that no strategy is too insignificant for a local branch of a multinational to consider in its efforts to stay afloat in the current economy. Despite crippling pri [...] | 2003-03-05 12:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON ZI |
03HARARE470 | LAND AUDIT: DISAVOWED DOCUMENT ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Long plagued by accusations of chaos and official corruption in its Land Reform and Resettlement Program (LRRP),the GOZ has promised since last September a land audit to investigate program implementation. Various other unofficial lists purporting to document this official c [...] | 2003-03-05 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE48 | CHINESE TIES TO ZIMBABWE [...] (S) The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970's. Since independence in 1980, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has purchased a range of military hardware from China, including aircraft, a [...] | 2003-01-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL ZI CI |
03HARARE484 | TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE STILL UNDER CROSS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE485 | BINGA - INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG [...] Summary: On February 11, Save the Children-UK (SCF) issued its third Binga District Nutrition Survey in which they reported a slight increase in the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children aged 6 -59 months. The increase was not enough for malnutrition among pre-school aged children i [...] | 2003-03-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KHIV ZI |
03HARARE489 | Zimbabwe May Dollarize Energy [...] (U) Summary: Another pillar of the GOZ's mind- withering, and failed, interventionist economic policies may crumble. Parastatal Zesa is negotiating U.S. dollar energy tariffs with selected exporters. End summary. Differentiated Tariffs ---------------------- 2. (SBU) While recently tourin [...] | 2003-03-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI ENGR |
03HARARE492 | Zimbabwe's Ghost Exports: The Case of Fertilizer [...] (SBU) Summary: Top executives of Zimbabwe's sole ammonium nitrate producer charge GOZ officials and others are illegally exporting fertilizer, triggering shortages on the domestic market. End summary. A Trail of Illegal Exports -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Although Sable Chemicals [...] | 2003-03-10 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ZI |
03HARARE493 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Iraq (U. N.) debate: War mongers shamed again" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 9 editorial to call for a peaceful disarmament of Iraq. Excerpts: 2. "After the latest presentation by the U. N. chief weapons insp [...] | 2003-03-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE494 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The standoff with Iraq remains fodder for opinion articles being carried in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Imminent war against Iraq: The ironies and contradictions" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/09) dedicated [...] | 2003-03-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE497 | MEDIA REPORT: PRESIDENT BUSH SANCTIONS MUGABE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE512 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Iraq issue hits at core of U.S., UK's democratic claims" the March 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Dida Halake, in which he urged the United States and Britain to show consideration for the outpouring of world op [...] | 2003-03-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE513 | ZBC SEES LINK BETWEEN SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN [...] THE ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION'S (ZBC) PRIME- TIME EVENING NEWS PROGRAM ON MARCH 12 REPORTED THAT NEWLY IMPOSED U.S. FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN LEADERSHIP ARE PART OF A POLITICAL ACCOMMODATION WITH GREAT BRITAIN TO ENSURE CONINTUED UK SUPPORT FOR U.S [...] | 2003-03-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE516 | BOMB ATTACKS PLANNED: LOW-LEVEL MDC INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Charles Mutama, Harare regional coordinator for intelligence for the MDC, reported to Poloff that the Security, Intelligence, and Youth branches of the MDC are planning bomb attacks on police stations, militia bases, and ZANU-PF-owned shops and gas stations in five cities around the countr [...] | 2003-03-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE517 | AMBASSADOR CALLED TO MFA OVER NEW SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Sullivan was called to a meeting on March 11 by Ambassador Joey Bimha, Divisional Head - Europe and America, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Ambassador Bimha would not disclose the purpose of the meeting in advance, after a few courtesies he immediately asked fo [...] | 2003-03-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE523 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Claire blasts Blair's blurry vision" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 12 editorial to criticizing President George Bush for imposing sanctions on the Mugabe government, saying the executive order is "a calculated pr [...] | 2003-03-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE527 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Save generations from scourge of war" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 13 editorial to discouraging the United States from attacking Iraq, saying, "the unilateral use of force against Iraq is illegitimate under inte [...] | 2003-03-13 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE531 | Economic Reform Still Meager [...] Summary: By abandoning a fanciful official exchange rate, the GOZ has taken its first baby steps toward economic reform. If serious, its next target should be price controls. End summary. Reforms to Date --------------- 2. In past weeks, the GOZ has finally recognized that an official r [...] | 2003-03-14 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE537 | Humanitarian Assistance Field Observations [...] From March 4-8, (2003) USAID/AFR/SA Officer (AIDOff) MacNairn conducted three field trips to assess the delivery and impact of humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe. Events covered for these field trips included a seed fair, a food distribution (also attended by DCM Whitehead),and an intervie [...] | 2003-03-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE540 | RECENT CHURCH ACTIVISM INCLUDING MEDIATION OFFER [...] (C) In recent weeks church leaders, including some from South Africa, have shown an increased willingness to speak out, and to organize events or meetings that draw attention to the political crisis in Zimbabwe. We would welcome Pretoria's and Capetown's assessment of a serious mediation init [...] | 2003-03-14 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE541 | WFP CONTINUES TO EXPAND DISTRIBUTIONS IN [...] During February 2003, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 54,567 metric tons (MT) of food commodities in Zimbabwe, increasing by over 10,000 MT distribution totals from January 2003. The distribution reached 4.285 million beneficiaries in 49 targeted districts. In March 2003, WFP pl [...] | 2003-03-17 07:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE542 | IMF Assesses Zimbabwe [...] Summary: Unless the GOZ augments its recent devaluation with additional reforms, a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation predicted the country will lose voting rights in June. End summary. 2. Alongside World Bank observers, the IMF team concluded the annual "Article 4" review of t [...] | 2003-03-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE546 | MDC MASS ACTION IMMINENT [...] (C) After a year of careful planning, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has, for the first time since the flawed 2002 presidential election, issued a public call for Zimbabweans to participate in mass action, beginning on March 18 and 19. In full-page advertisements carrie [...] | 2003-03-17 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ZI |
03HARARE549 | DAILY NEWS REACTS TO COMMONWEALTH EXTENSION OF [...] Under headline "Extension of suspension is a victory for sanity" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its March 18 editorial to hailing Zimbabwe's suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth for a further nine months, saying it is "a victory of [...] | 2003-03-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE550 | HARD LABOR: EFFORTS TOWARDS A LIVING WAGE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with labor representatives to touch base on issues including the ongoing Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) talks and the proposed National Economic Recovery Plan (NERP). The TNF sub-committees are currently negotiating minimum wages, with the ball in the employers' [...] | 2003-03-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE554 | PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY FAULTS ZIMBABWE'S [...] Under headline "Stayaways and sanctions will not solve our problems" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" offered a March 18 editorial criticizing the Commonwealth for extending Zimbabwe's suspension, saying the move was "unwise" and "also dampens homegro [...] | 2003-03-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE557 | MDC-ORGANIZED STAYAWAY SHUTS DOWN URBAN CENTERS [...] (C) A majority of businesses in Harare and other Zimbabwean cities complied with the opposition MDC's call for a national stayaway on March 18. It is unclear how many employees stayed at home because they agreed with the stayaway's political objectives and how many were simply unable to find [...] | 2003-03-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE562 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "End of the road for U.N. system" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States and Britain of usurping United Nations authority over the Iraq crisis. ".the U.N. system will never be the same again af [...] | 2003-03-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE563 | MEDIA REACTION U.S. BLAMED FOR ZIM'S WOES; HARARE [...] Under headline "MDC lacks respect for human life" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" used its March 19 editorial to accuse the United States of stirring up the current socioeconomic and political turbulence in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .As if to giv [...] | 2003-03-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE568 | GOOD BYE ARI, HELLO TARA: TSVANGIRAI TRIAL PART V [...] (C) The treason trial of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials Morgan Tsvangirai, Welshman Ncube, and Renson Gasela, which entered its fifth week on March 10, took a step forward with the completion of the questioning of Ari Ben- Menashe, the state's star witness. The pace of the tria [...] | 2003-03-19 12:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE570 | SECOND DAY OF MDC STAYAWAY A MAJOR SUCCESS [...] (C) Approximately 80-90 percent of private urban businesses were closed nationwide on March 19, the second day of the national stayaway organized by the opposition MDC. In Harare, more than 90 percent of retail shops in the central business district were shuttered (significantly more than th [...] | 2003-03-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE579 | HIV/AIDS MESSAGES REACH MILLIONS OF [...] Summary: USAID/Zimbabwe is making creative use of television to reach millions of youth with HIV/AIDS messages. Adolescence is a period of dynamic change and although many youth are healthy, they face the risks of unwanted pregnancies, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. In Zi [...] | 2003-03-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV ZI HIV AIDS |
03HARARE583 | FOOD AID PROGRAM JUST IN TIME IN LOWER GWERU [...] (U) PolOff attended the official launch of the Consortium for Southern African Famine Emergency (C-SAFE) project by CARE International in Lower Gweru, Midlands province on March 13. Food distributions are occurring just in time, as several people had collapsed in the weeks preceding CARE di [...] | 2003-03-21 06:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KHIV ZI |
03HARARE584 | GOZ BACKS AWAY FROM CONFRONTATION WITH ZCTU? [...] (SBU) An interesting exchange between the Minister of Labor, July Moyo, and an employers' representative reportedly took place in a recent Tripartite Negotiating Forum meeting. When the employers' rep asked the Minister's view on whether or not his association should be dealing with the GOZ- [...] | 2003-03-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE588 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair must learn from history" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 21 editorial to declaring that the war against Iraq is uncalled for and is bound to fail, adding, "America must not be allowed to bully the world [...] | 2003-03-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
03HARARE590 | Finance Head Dislikes Price Controls [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Sullivan, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa agreed that economic intervention has gone too far. He expressed hope that he and other GOZ moderates will be able to push through reforms that reach beyond last month's devaluation. End summary. Le [...] | 2003-03-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE591 | MILITARY, POLICE AND CIO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE [...] (C) There are credible reports that the GOZ has undertaken a campaign of retribution against MDC activists and supporters across the country since the first day of the MDC-organized stayaway on March 18. Police have arrested over a hundred MDC supporters, and the Zimbabwean Defense Forces (ZD [...] | 2003-03-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI |
03HARARE594 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend, Zimbabwean newspapers dedicated major acreage to comment on the war to disarm Iraq. The tone is critical. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. N. in tatters" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/23) comments: [...] | 2003-03-24 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
03HARARE595 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...] | 2003-03-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
03HARARE599 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What will this war achieve?" the pro-government "Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 24 editorial to denouncing the war against Iraq, saying, "Instead of freeing the Iraqis, he (President George W. Bush) is ensnaring them into deeper poverty and di [...] | 2003-03-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR IZ ZI |
03HARARE600 | MUGABE INCITES BRUTALIZATION OF MDC SUPPORTERS [...] (C) In the wake of the successful March 18 - 19 MDC stayaway the GOZ has embarked on a massive retribution campaign against lower-level MDC officials, and some MDC MPs. Police, suspected CIO officers and soldiers have arrested, beaten, raped and tortured several hundred MDC supporters. The GO [...] | 2003-03-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE604 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Coverage of Iraq war raises questions" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its March 25 editorial to urging journalists, especially those from the electronic media, covering the United States-led war against Iraq to be impartia [...] | 2003-03-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE609 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair are villains" the government-controlled daily Chronicle" called for broadcast of "more gory pictures of mutilated British and American soldiers on our television screens," in its March 25 editorial. Excerpts: 2. ". . .We wish [...] | 2003-03-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE610 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Time to curb U.S. bully tactics" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (03/23) an opinion article by the newspaper's Political Editor, Munyaradzi Huni. Huni accuses the United States and Britain of leading a campaign "to spread imperi [...] | 2003-03-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ |
03HARARE615 | Business Leaders Push Envelope - Gently [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean business leaders told us they are increasingly willing to assert themselves with GOZ ministers. Still, they acknowledge that their outspokenness has its limits and carries some risks. End summary. Modest Break-Through? --------------------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Su [...] | 2003-03-26 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE619 | Business and the Stayaway [...] Summary: Zimbabwe's business sector remained mostly neutral during the opposition-led stayaway March 19-20. Most companies sympathize with many opposition aims, but are unwilling to test the wrath of the GOZ. End summary. 2. We have spoken to over a dozen multinational and local company he [...] | 2003-03-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE622 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Economic effect of war devastating" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its March 27 editorial to denouncing the war to disarm Iraq, saying the invasion could sap the strength of the global economy for years to come. "Tougher t [...] | 2003-03-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE624 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Humanitarian disaster in Iraq" the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its March 27 editorial to urging the United Nations to provide emergency food and medical aid to the civilian population in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. ". . .The [...] | 2003-03-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE625 | Tractor Sales Nearly Dead [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's largest tractor dealer says sales last year were off 98 percent from the late-1990s, a measure of commercial agriculture's staggering nosedive. Meanwhile, the GOZ is assisting an indigenous firm to import cheap Renault tractors from India by making foreign exchange a [...] | 2003-03-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE627 | DIVERGENT COMMERCIAL FARMER GROUPS ATTEMPT TO FIND [...] (SBU) Laboff attended a meeting called by the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) intended to address the needs of displaced farmers; the meeting actually ended up addressing divisions between its supporters and supporters of the hard- line farmers' group Justice for Agriculture (JAG). Although t [...] | 2003-03-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ZI |
03HARARE628 | MDC ELEMENTS STILL CONTEMPLATING VIOLENCE [...] (C) On March 26, MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube assured the Ambassador that the party remains committed to peaceful change, while acknowledging that some party elements had been planning bombing attacks prior to the March 18-19 stayaway. Solomon Chikowero, the MDC Head of Intelligence s [...] | 2003-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE633 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Opinion articles carried in the March 28 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the March 27 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" focus on the ongoing United Stated- led military campaign to disarm Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under h [...] | 2003-03-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE636 | TWO BY-ELECTIONS CRITICAL TO ZANU-PF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Upcoming parliamentary by-elections pit the MDC's National Youth Chairman, Nelson Chamisa, against ZANU-PF businessman David Mutasa in Kuwadzana, and MDC businessman Pearson Mungofa against ZANU-PF heavy Joseph Chinotimba. The pre-election period has been marred by violence perpetrated mo [...] | 2003-03-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE638 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Al Jazeera and the war in Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 30 editorial to hailing the Arabic language television network Al Jazeera's coverage of the United States-led war against Iraq. "While the U.S. and [...] | 2003-03-31 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE64 | RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT WITHIN ZANU-PF [...] (C) Concern and frustration with Zimbabwe's worsening economic and other crises are mounting among senior ZANU-PF officials, many of whom blame Robert Mugabe. No one appears willing or able to nudge the Zimbabwean President into retirement, however. Internal discussions of succession scenari [...] | 2003-01-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE642 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION [...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...] | 2003-03-31 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE643 | No Coal/No Power [...] Summary: Aged machinery at Zimbabwe's coal miner constrains output and, ultimately, domestic energy generation. End Summary. 2. In January we reported that most of Wankie's haulers, dump trucks, rope shovels and front-end loaders were grounded, causing the strategic company to undersupply [...] | 2003-03-31 14:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE648 | MDC WINS HIGHFIELD AND KUWADZANA [...] (C) The opposition MDC won by-elections in the Harare high-density suburbs of Highfield and Kuwadzana by significant margins, despite an electoral process tilted heavily in favor of ZANU-PF. The March 29-30 voting process itself was peaceful and orderly, if at times slow. The environment in [...] | 2003-03-31 16:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE649 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Editorials in the March 30 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" and its sister daily "Chronicle" published on March 29 accused the United States pursuing similar policies in Iraq and Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "We must rejec [...] | 2003-04-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE653 | GOZ Ups Grain Subsidy [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ has increased nearly 4-fold the amount it pays growers for maize. By leaving the crop's low consumer price intact, however, the cash-starved GOZ assumes a weighty subsidy. End summary. 2. (U) The GOZ also announced an approximate doubling of the producer price for whe [...] | 2003-04-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE67 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "War on Iraq a threat to world peace and security" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its January 9 editorial to discouraging the United States from using force against Iraq, saying "going to war with Iraq does definitely endanger world peace because [...] | 2003-01-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE671 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Maiming and killing of innocent Iraqis disturbing" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (04/03) carried an op-ed by Synos GodKnows Zhou (sic). Excerpts: 2. ". . .Saddam might be evil and all that, but for anybody to go into Iraq and rel [...] | 2003-04-04 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE672 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Butchering of Iraqi civilians worrying" the independent weekly "Business Tribune" dedicated its April 3 editorial to describing the United States-led war against Iraq as "one big- enterprise in manslaughter." Excerpts: 2. "The description by a [...] | 2003-04-04 05:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE675 | Increasing South African Leverage over Zimbabwe [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's growing dependence on South African energy - and diminishing ability to pay for it - renders the southern neighbor infinite leverage here. End Summary. 2. (U) Domestic power generation is in shambles, mostly due to coal-miner Wankie Colliery's dilapidated state (r [...] | 2003-04-04 09:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE676 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must stop murder of innocent civilians" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 4 editorial to label President Bush and Tony Blair as "the real terrorists." Excerpts: 2. ". . .It is sad that the American and British inva [...] | 2003-04-04 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE678 | Zimbabwean Media and Public Opinion on War in [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of efforts by both government-owned and privately owned media to spin war news for local political purposes, the conflict in Iraq remains a distant concern for the great majority of Zimbabweans. Public opinion is quietly anti-war and tends t [...] | 2003-04-07 06:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI IZ |
03HARARE679 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] The April 4 and 6 editions of the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" and its sister weekly "The Sunday Mirror," respectively, dedicated editorial space to comment on the significance of the DRC peace agreement signed in South Africa last week. Editorial ex [...] | 2003-04-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE68 | MEDIA REPORT: EDITOR ARRESTED UNDER AIPPA; HARARE [...] Norma Edwards (66),the editor of the independent provincial weekly "The Mirror" was arrested and charged under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) on January 3 for "publishing a false story." Edwards was charged for ru [...] | 2003-01-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO ZI |
03HARARE680 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What liberation?" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its April 6 editorial to condemning the United States-led war against Iraq, charging that the war is "creating untold hardships" for the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Adama [...] | 2003-04-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE683 | MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] The war to disarm Iraq remains a popular topic for op- eds in the mainstream media. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "United States pursuing hidden commercial agenda in Iraq" the April 7 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the fol [...] | 2003-04-07 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE685 | LIKELIHOOD OF A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY LOW [...] (C) The Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC) victory in the Kuwadzana and Highfield by-elections held on March 29 and 30 is a blow to the Zimbabwe African National Unity Patriotic Front,s (ZANU-PF) plans to engineer a two-thirds majority in Parliament needed to change the constitution. Z [...] | 2003-04-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE698 | The Honeymoon is Over -- CFU Dumped by the GOZ [...] Summary. The GOZ has been attempting to gain international support for its return to normalcy by showcasing its stage-managed "dialogue" with the Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU). Now that the GOZ perceives no further advantage to playing up the supposed dialogue, the GOZ has unceremoniously [...] | 2003-04-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ZI |
03HARARE710 | Exporters Traverse Minefield [...] (SBU) Summary: Battered but unbowed, exporters in the Eastern Zimbabwe town of Mutare are still hanging tough. But how long can these resourceful industrialists withstand a sub-market exchange rate, energy rationing and political turmoil? End Summary. Dogged Perseverance ------------------ [...] | 2003-04-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ZI |
03HARARE713 | MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "What next for 26 million Iraqis after Saddam?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its April 10 editorial to the need for the UN to be engaged in the reconstruction of Iraq. Excerpts: 2. "The United Nations is justified to be concer [...] | 2003-04-10 20:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE714 | MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Give Iraqis the peace they deserve" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 10 editorial to accuse the United States and Britain of "butchering" journalists "at will" in the ongoing war to free Iraq. Excerpts: 2. "A bloodbath [...] | 2003-04-10 20:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE729 | ZIMBABWEAN UNIVERSITY PROFILES [...] This cable is the first in a series looking at issues related to higher education in Zimbabwe. ---------------------------------- SCENESETTER: EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE ---------------------------------- 2. Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has invested heavily in education, impro [...] | 2003-04-14 06:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL ZI |
03HARARE738 | GROWING SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) South African High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Jeremiah Ndou, confirmed to the Ambassador on April 14 that President Mbeki is planning a joint visit to Zimbabwe with President Muluzi on April 24, as reported reftel. He expressed concern that the Angolans -- who should be taking the lead as [...] | 2003-04-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE739 | Zimbabwe's Lack of Progress Toward AGOA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-15 05:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ZI |
03HARARE752 | GOZ hikes fuel price again [...] (U) Summary: In an attempt to alleviate severe shortages, the GOZ has approximately tripled gas and doubled diesel prices. Economic impact will be substantial. End Summary. 2. (U) Leaded petrol's controlled price rises Z$ 145 to 450 and diesel Z$ 119 to 200. It was a politically- charg [...] | 2003-04-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE757 | USG Response to Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Crisis [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI HIV AIDS |
03HARARE758 | USG HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS IN ZIMBABWE: POISED FOR [...] I call your attention to reftel which outlines the progress the US has made in HIV/AIDS prevention, care/treatment and mitigation in Zimbabwe, perhaps the second most affected country in the world. I believe it critical that the USG continue to give priority attention to Zimbabwe's enormous pu [...] | 2003-04-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI KSCA ZI US HIV AIDS |
03HARARE763 | Zimbabwe's Stock Market: Illusory Gains [...] Comment: Even though headlines boast of huge windfalls for equity investors, share prices on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) have sunk in real terms since 1998. Apparently, the country's high inflation and macroeconomic distortions have duped wishful traders. End comment. ZSE in Nominal [...] | 2003-04-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
03HARARE767 | MUGABE READY TO LEAVE, WITH CONDITIONS [...] (C) In an April 16 conversation with the Ambassador, ZANU-PF spokesman and elder statesman Nathan Shamuyarira seemed concerned about the implications of USG actions in Iraq for Zimbabwe. He deemed a U.S. or British invasion "unlikely," but thought attempts would be made to destabilize the co [...] | 2003-04-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
03HARARE768 | TSVANGIRAI WELCOMES MULUZI INITIATIVE [...] Summary: In an April 17 conversation with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed the initiative by President Muluzi to encourage political dialogue in Zimbabwe and expressed hope that it might help forestall further mass action -- and its unpred [...] | 2003-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SADC |
03HARARE77 | MDC MAYOR OF HARARE SPENDS TWO DAYS IN JAIL [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri was released from detention on January 13 after spending two nights in jail. He was arrested on January 11 along with his deputy mayor and several city councillors during a meeting with constituents in the Harare high [...] | 2003-01-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE779 | FUEL PRICE INCREASE TRIGGERS ZCTU CALL FOR MASS [...] (C) Summary. After the GOZ unilaterally authorized a 300% increase in gasoline prices outside the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) framework (ref a),the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has retaliated by calling for a three-day mass stayaway and announcing its immediate withdrawal [...] | 2003-04-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE780 | MULUZI/MBEKI VISIT POSTPONEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI SF MI |
03HARARE781 | Zimbabwe's Fuel Hikes: Why No Leadership? [...] (SBU) Summary: A week after raising fuel prices 3- fold, President Mugabe has offered no rationale or counsel to a shell-shocked populace. The aging Marxist seems unable to verbalize the case for economic orthodoxy. End Summary. 2. (U) Each day, this economy becomes more surreal. Many l [...] | 2003-04-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE783 | SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SECURITY [...] A monthly food monitoring report issued by the National NGO Food Security Network (FOSENET) suggests a slight improvement in the food security situation across the country since January due to wider distribution of relief food and early harvests. Despite these gains in rural areas, the urban [...] | 2003-04-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ZI |
03HARARE784 | UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE REOPENS BUT STUDENTS [...] The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) officially re- opened Tuesday April 22, 2003 and most professors returned to work. Many students, however, have yet to arrive on campus, delaying the start of classes. The Ministry of Higher Education closed UZ in February 2003 in response to a strike by acade [...] | 2003-04-24 06:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
03HARARE79 | Top Coal Exec Throws in Towel [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominant coal producer Wankie suffers from an acute lack of foreign exchange that could ultimately hamper Zimbabwe's energy output. Top-of-the- line Caterpillar haulers and Bucyrus-Erie Draglines sit idle due to the costliness of imported parts. Meanwhile, the GOZ insists tha [...] | 2003-01-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ZI ENGR |
03HARARE791 | ANGOLAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda visited Zimbabwe March 22-24 and met with Government and MDC leaders. Miranda, who will chair the SADC Task Force on Zimbabwe visit next month told us that the clear focus of his visit was on Zimbabwe's crisis, although he met GOZ denial and [...] | 2003-04-25 06:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AO ZI |
03HARARE795 | STAYAWAY, DAY TWO: NO BUSINESS, AS USUAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The second day of the ZCTU-called stayaway continued with widespread industrial shutdown, many banks closed, and more shops and grocery stores closed than Wednesday. The GOZ seems determined to find a scapegoat that minimizes public support, claiming that the ZCTU has paid tr [...] | 2003-04-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE8 | MEDIA REPORT: WHY NYAROTA WAS FIRED; HARARE [...] On December 31, 2002 Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of the "Daily News," fired Geoffrey Nyarota, the paper's much-lauded founding Editor-in-Chief. Local and international media outlets have since been speculating about what caused this sudden edito [...] | 2003-01-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
03HARARE801 | BISHOPS SPEARHEAD DISCREET GOZ - MDC MEDIATION [...] (C) Three bishops in Manicaland, and one Archbishop in Bulawayo, are spearheading an effort to arrange talks between the GOZ and the MDC focused on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis. They envision a depolarized, demilitarized Zimbabwe where the rule of law is upheld, but they are only seek [...] | 2003-04-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
03HARARE805 | GOZ Still Distrusts Exporters [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ believes most export firms shelter earnings, depriving the country of hard currency to import energy, fuel and other necessities. In response, the GOZ has erected counterproductive export obstacles. End Summary. 2. (U) An April 25 article in the GOZ-run Herald began: [...] | 2003-04-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ZI |
03HARARE83 | How fast can an economy recede? [...] (SBU) Washington-based Zimbabwe watchers may have noted that the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently projected "only" a 9 percent decline for Zimbabwe's fledging economy in 2003. By contrast, most local economists are predicting at least minus 12 percent and even the GOZ -- which, we p [...] | 2003-01-14 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ZI |
03HARARE833 | HARARE MAYOR SUSPENDED [...] (C) The suspension of Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri, on April 29 for alleged mismanagement of the city is an effort by the ruling party ZANU-PF to regain control of the capital city. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works, and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo, by applying Section 54 of th [...] | 2003-04-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
03HARARE852 | Haphazard Economic Reform [...] (U) Summary: The GOZ's rigidly statist economic policy has metamorphosed into a hodgepodge approach since January. Yet the Government still lacks commitment, consensus and leadership to see through broad economic liberalization. End Summary. The Low Point ------------- 2. (U) Last Novemb [...] | 2003-05-06 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE855 | Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2003 -- Low [...] (U) Summary: The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is the country's premier trade event and was once a regional and international showcase. Three years ago, the number of both local and international exhibitors started to decline due to economic and political problems. This year saw [...] | 2003-05-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELTN ZI |
03HARARE860 | AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL MEDIATION IMPORTANT - BUT NO [...] (C) The presidents of South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi attempted to restart talks between the GOZ and MDC in separate meetings with both sides in Harare on May 5. However, both sides stuck to their original positions - Mugabe demanding that the MDC recognize his presidency, and the MDC refusin [...] | 2003-05-06 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE873 | Fuel Crisis Intensifies [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel supply continues to worsen. Most motorists are grounded, importing their own or buying it at exorbitant black market prices. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Even though the GOZ has increased the leaded fuel price 6-fold since February, it is still unable to pay a dimin [...] | 2003-05-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV ETRD ZI |
03HARARE874 | REPRESSIVE ELECTORAL AND MEDIA AMENDMENTS TOP [...] Parliament resumed on May 6, after a two-month adjournment in which several parliamentary portfolio committees met to discuss proposed legislation. Top among the Bills to be debated when Parliament begins are the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Bill and the Electora [...] | 2003-05-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ZI |
03HARARE888 | ZCTU REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL ON FUTURE MASS ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussions with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU's) chief economist indicate that while the organization is willing to publicly flex its muscles, it continues to be noncommittal about supporting politically- driven calls for mass action. End summary. 2. (SBU) T [...] | 2003-05-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV ZI |
03HARARE890 | SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY BELIEVES PROGRESS BEING MADE [...] (c) The Ambassador met May 8 with South African High Commissioner Jeremiah Ndou to discuss the May 5 visit of Presidents Mbeki, Muluzi and Obasanjo. Ndou confirmed that President Mugabe had accepted that the MDC court challenge of presidential election results would not be an impediment to di [...] | 2003-05-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF ZI |
03HARARE891 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PART OF MEDIA [...] On May 8 the Zimbabwe Supreme Court ruled that Section 80 of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is unconstitutional and invalidated that section of the Act. Section 80 made the publication of a "falsehoods" a criminal [...] | 2003-05-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
03HARARE906 | INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES COURT DECISION ON [...] Under headline "A step in the right direction" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 9 editorial to hailing a recent Supreme Court ruling that annulled two sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) impinging o [...] | 2003-05-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE925 | AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL VISIT NEXT WEEK - MASS ACTION [...] (C) Plans for a Tsvangirai visit to Malawi have been scrapped in favor of Malawian President Muluzi and South African president Mbeki coming to Harare next week for talks with the MDC. The MDC planned stayaway has also been delayed for another two weeks. Switching the presidential meeting to [...] | 2003-05-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
03HARARE936 | IMMIGRATION TROUBLE FOR RESIDENT AMCIT JOURNALIST [...] Andrew Meldrum is an American citizen with Zimbabwean permanent residency status. He is also the Harare correspondent for the Guardian newspaper (UK). He was charged by Zimbabwe Republic Police in May 2002 (Ref A) for "publishing falsehoods" under Zimbabwe's controversial "Access to Informa [...] | 2003-05-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM |
03HARARE939 | POOR 2003 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION [...] A USAID BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) PRELIMINARY RAPID ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT HARVEST CONCLUDED THAT PARTS OF ZIMBABWE ONCE AGAIN FACE FAILED HARVESTS AND LIMITED MARKET ACCESS TO FOOD DUE TO A COMBINATION OF POOR RAINFALL, COMMERCIAL FARM [...] | 2003-05-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN PREL US ZI |
03HARARE946 | STATE WITNESSES HELP DEFENSE AS TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) The treason trial of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube, and MDC Shadow Minister of Agriculture Renson Gasela resumed on May 12 for its ninth week after a month-long recess. The Defense intends to move for acquittal by the end of May, and the judge will l [...] | 2003-05-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
03HARARE950 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Washington and London acting irresponsibly" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its May 18 editorial to calling on the United States and Britain "to move out of Iraq and let the Iraqis to handle their own affairs." Excerpts f [...] | 2003-05-19 08:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE951 | Zimdollar Slips Again [...] (U) Summary: The Zimdollar devalued sharply from Z$ 1451 to 2100: US$1 last week. Economists expect it to soon reach Z$2500-3000, Harare's present desperation street price. As a consequence, it now appears unlikely the GOZ will be able to phase out its unaffordable fuel subsidy. End Summary [...] | 2003-05-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE954 | MDC BOMBER CONFESSES [...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...] | 2003-05-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC |
03HARARE956 | NEW INDEPENDENT WEEKLY HITS THE STREETS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-05-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE958 | INDEPENDENT PAPER REACTS TO MELDRUM EXPULSION [...] Under headline "Iron fist will fail" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 19 editorial to the expulsion of Andrew Meldrum, a United States national and correspondent for the British newspaper "The Guardian." The editorial said Meldrum's eject [...] | 2003-05-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE960 | Zimbabwe's Looming Default Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: Once this - or a future - GOZ eliminates negative real interest rates, local bankers expect borrowers to default en masse. The coming default crisis underlines how difficult it will be to rationalize Zimbabwe's distortion-laden economy. End Summary. Only Decent Investment is [...] | 2003-05-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
03HARARE963 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ DEPORTS ANDREW MELDRUM; [...] Under headline "Arrests, deportations: Government running scared" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its May 18 editorial to criticizing the Government of Zimbabwe for deporting Andrew Meldrum, a United States national and Harare-based correspondent [...] | 2003-05-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
03HARARE967 | BUSINESS SLOW TO ACT ON HIV/AIDS [...] Zimbabwe has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world but the private sector has done surprisingly little to help stem the spread of the disease. The sector only recently began actively supporting HIV initiatives in the workplace, in part because absenteeism and deaths had begun to [...] | 2003-05-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI ECON ZI HIV AIDS |
03HARARE978 | ZIMBABWE FOOD SECURITY PROJECTIONS FOR 2003/04: [...] ACTION: THIS CABLE IS FOR AMBASSADOR J. SULLIVAN'S IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS TDY CONSULTATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The final Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC) April (2003) update and joint U.N. World Food [...] | 2003-05-20 13:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
03HARARE983 | Inflation hits 269 percent [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's official inflation has reached 269 percent, adding to the country's economic woes. End Summary. 2. (U) This is the year-on-year rate for April 2003, as measured by the Central Statistical Office (CSO)'s Consumer Price Index. The March-to-March rate was 228 percent. [...] | 2003-05-21 08:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
03HELSINKI1579 | U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited Helsinki for two program days (November 20-21) to participate in the Atlantic Council of Finland's (ACF) major conference on the transatlantic security relationship on Nov. 21. A total of 4 U.S. spe [...] | 2003-11-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO FI |
03HELSINKI262 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) ON MARCH 4 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT HALONEN FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL AGENDA. IRAQ WAS THE CHIEF TOPIC. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR HER RECENT FIRM PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESOLVING THE CRIS [...] | 2003-03-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ CH FI |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1000 | UNITED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM: GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) General Secretary Thich Tue Sy told ConGen today that he has been placed SIPDIS under a two-year administrative detention, effective October 11. He confirmed that Thich Nguyen Ly and Thich Thanh Huyen -- two other UBCV monks riding in the van [...] | 2003-10-14 13:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1009 | LEGAL PROTESTANTS HOLD UNAUTHORIZED MEETING: WANT [...] (SBU) In violation of their own GVN-approved charter, approximately 400 legal pastors and another 400 "lay volunteers" of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) met in Ho Chi Minh City September 10-11. While the 2001 charter allows for only one conference every four years, the lead [...] | 2003-10-16 14:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1010 | STILL NO OFFICIAL DETENTION ORDERS FOR TOP UBCV MONKS [...] (SBU) Continuing to work the few remaining telephones that haven't been cut off or rerouted, ConGen received confirmation today that Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is in good condition at his pagoda, although he is being closely watched. While neither he [...] | 2003-10-16 14:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1020 | VIETNAM'S FIRST OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE - NO NUDE BEACHES YET [...] In another example of the GVN channeling resources to the relatively poor central coast of the country, Vietnam's first "Open Economic Zone" has opened for business. More a vision than a reality, the zone is different from the many industrial parks and export processing zones scattered throug [...] | 2003-10-21 11:33:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR VM ETRD |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1021 | POLICE DISRUPT CONSULAR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) During a particularly unpleasant trip to the Central Highlands to fulfill normal consular duties -- fraud investigation, document verification, and personal interviews regarding relationships and status -- ConGenOff, two Consular Section and Refugee Resettlement Section FSNs, and two FSN [...] | 2003-10-22 01:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC PHUM PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1035 | 145,000 PIRATED DISCS/TAPES CONFISCATED IN HO CHI MINH [...] Summary: Ho Chi Minh City's thriving trade in pirated media took a hit at the end of September when inspectors from the city's Department of Culture and Information (DCI) raided a large wholesale/retail shop where they confiscated over one hundred thousand pirated CDs, DVDs, VCDs, and videotap [...] | 2003-10-24 05:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ETRD ECON KIPR IPROP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1059 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...] | 2003-10-30 11:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1063 | WHAT DID ONE LONG, SKINNY COUNTRY TELL THE OTHER? JOIN [...] Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his delegation ended a three-day visit to Vietnam by addressing a seminar devoted to improving trade ties. Impressively, they delivered the message that transparency is the key to economic growth and that WTO accession is necessary to continue and protect th [...] | 2003-10-31 11:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM CI WTO |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1080 | HCMC LAND PROTEST: POLICE TURN MOLEHILL INTO MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A protest against land expropriation drew extra attention after police attempted to remove ConGen personnel, who were observing the protest from the sidelines. The protesters -- illegal migrants, squatters, and legal land owners - - whose land had been seized in Ho Chi Minh C [...] | 2003-11-04 11:25:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1087 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD CALLS ON LOCAL OFFICIALS, LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford, three leaders of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) urged continued, focused USG pressure on the GVN to relax restrictions on unregistered house chur [...] | 2003-11-06 11:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1093 | MIXED PICTURE ON HOUSE CHURCHES IN AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with several Protestant house church pastors and "victims" of religious oppression during his visit to HCMC, Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom John Hanford heard several credible-sounding reports of arrests, beatings, forced renunciations, and church closures [...] | 2003-11-08 07:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100 | BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand the situation for the ethnic Khmer in the Mekong Delta, in light of continuing reports of discrimination from sources overseas. Situated in an area that once be [...] | 2003-11-10 07:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY111 | HCMC PASTORS: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a stream of reports from U.S. sources proclaiming a new "crackdown" on Protestant worshippers in the Central Highlands and elsewhere in Vietnam over the Christmas holidays, conversations with well- connected pastors in HCMC over the past weeks revealed surprisingly fe [...] | 2003-02-06 09:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1141 | CA MAU PROVINCE: AT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT BLESSED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lying at the southern tip of Vietnam, Ca Mau is one of the country's more isolated provinces. Heavily dependent upon aquaculture, especially shrimp, the province has enjoyed strong recent economic growth. While the province actively touts its natural resources and advantages, [...] | 2003-11-21 11:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON SOCI PGOV PREL EFIS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1142 | KIEN GIANG PROVINCE: PRACTICALLY PERFECT, IF NOT FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang faces significant challenges in attracting foreign investment and reducing poverty. Despite impressive recent economic growth, mostly due to rice farmers converting to more profitable shrimp farming, the province is still underd [...] | 2003-11-21 11:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1143 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD INVESTIGATES ABUSES IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford traveled to Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces from October 20-22 to meet with local officials and gain a firsthand view of conditions for Protestant worship in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Raising the specter of C [...] | 2003-11-24 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1157 | ONE PRIVATE BANK IN VIETNAM IS MODERN AND INNOVATIVE [...] Asia Commercial Bank, Vietnam's largest privately-held (joint- stock) bank, has managed to build a successful business in a sector fraught with potential pitfalls. The bank is small by international standards, but since it was established in 1993 the bank has grown to assets of about 737 mill [...] | 2003-11-28 09:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VM FINREF SOE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1215 | PROTESTANT POSSIBLY BEATEN, DETAINED FOR DISTRIBUTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At least one Protestant religious worker in Ho Chi Minh City was reportedly beaten and detained on December 9 for involvement in the distribution of religious leaflets designed to look like official Southeast Asia (SEA) Games pamphlets. Other Protestant leaders held a "sit-in" [...] | 2003-12-10 12:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1222 | SEA GAMES RELIGIOUS PAMPHLET INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGenoffs met with Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang on December 11, 2003, to discuss the events of December 9-10 (reftel). Quang was also accompanied by the allegedly beaten religious worker. An agreement between Protestants and police had reportedly resulted in the release of all b [...] | 2003-12-11 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY1233 | FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...] | 2003-12-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY153 | FATHERLAND FRONT HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST [...] Summary. On February 19 the Fatherland Front of Vietnam (FFV)- -the umbrella organization for Communist Party mass organizations in Vietnam--coordinated a peaceful and orderly demonstration inside the Friendship Association House across the street from ConGen to show opposition to a war with [...] | 2003-02-19 08:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ |
03HOCHIMINHCITY235 | A LONG TIME COMING: PROTESTANT SEMINARY OPENS IN HCMC [...] (U) In keeping with longstanding GVN promises to allow the opening of a new Protestant seminary, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) recently inaugurated their new Institute of Bible and Theology before a crowd numbering close to 1000 at their main HCMC church. ( [...] | 2003-03-11 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY251 | MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...] (SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lodged serious complaints of stepped-up religious repression by government officials. The allegations include arrests, beatings, destruction of property, and si [...] | 2003-03-18 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY257 | COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION [...] Summary: The HCMC Youth Union organized a boisterous, but peaceful demonstration by more than 5000 high school and college students at the District One Youth Center on March 17. The rally featured speakers and musical performances to appeal to the kind of young audience which frequents the Y [...] | 2003-03-19 06:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ |
03HOCHIMINHCITY258 | VIETNAM IPR ENFORCEMENT SUCCESS STORY: NIKE [...] In an IPR enforcement success story, the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Police have wrapped up a case against a major counterfeiter of Nike footwear. Although fines relating to IPR violations were nominal, local authorities assessed substantial fines for tax evasion and confiscated supplies and pr [...] | 2003-03-19 06:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KTEX VM IPROP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY259 | DR. QUE UNDER DETENTION [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the home of democracy activist Dr. Nguyen Dan Que on March 18 to confirm reports of his arrest received earlier that day. Based on the information originally provided by his brother in the U.S., and now confirmed by his wife, it appears that a large number of security of [...] | 2003-03-19 06:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY265 | PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON DR. QUE'S DETENTION [...] (SBU) Post has notified the HCMC External Relations Office (ERO),the local branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of its interest in the case of Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, who was detained in HCMC on March 17 (reftel). We have also requested MFA assistance in obtaining additional information o [...] | 2003-03-19 15:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY268 | HCMC BUSINESSES SEE LIMITED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM WAR IN [...] As U.S. forces launched the first strikes against Iraq, government and business leaders in HCMC were still largely uncertain what effect the war would have on the local economy. Initial reports from some sectors, such as hotels, energy, and banking, appeared to indicate only short-term jitters [...] | 2003-03-20 13:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ETRD PREL VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY337 | CHURCH AND STATE MAINTAIN BALANCE IN TAY NINH PROVINCE [...] (U) On a recent one-day trip to meet with provincial and Cao Dai Church leaders in Tay Ninh Province, the Ambassador came away with a mostly positive impression of the current state of health of both the province and the religion which predominates there. Tay Ninh, while still on the fringes [...] | 2003-04-08 11:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY342 | HARASSED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE: DON DUONG AND FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Actor Bui Don Duong, his wife, and their two sons departed Ho Chi Minh City today on the first leg of their journey to the U.S. as intending immigrants. Up to the last minute, GVN security forces delayed and humiliated the family at Tan Son Nhut Airport, almost causing them to [...] | 2003-04-10 00:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY412 | SHOTGUN WEDDING: UBCV AND VBS TOGETHER AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on May 9, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang spoke hopefully of a new openness on the part of the GVN toward efforts to unite the UBCV with the officially recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS). The Pat [...] | 2003-05-09 18:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY413 | PAS/ECON HO CHI MINH CITY EVALUATION OF APRIL [...] Summary: At our second annual Earth Day roundtable, the ConGen's economic and public affairs sections joined efforts to invite two U.S. company country directors to discuss environmental protection, corporate responsibility and national development. Two Vietnamese economics publications ran [...] | 2003-05-10 06:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP ECON SEVN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY426 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VINH LONG [...] SUMMARY: On May 5, 2003, Ambassador Burghardt, DPO, and Conoff traveled to Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Representative Chris Gilson. The Ambassador met with representatives of the provincial People's Committee and Union of Friendship Organi [...] | 2003-05-13 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY450 | KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...] | 2003-05-20 13:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY466 | KEEPING THE LID ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a flurry of economic reforms and trade liberalization heralded by the signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement over a year ago, Ho Chi Minh City's press reporting and cultural programs remain mired in self-censorship, media "guidelines" and an arbitrary permit process t [...] | 2003-05-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL VM HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY468 | THE YIN AND YANG OF THE SEA STAR CATHOLIC SEMINARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Father Tran Thanh Phong, director of the Nha Trang Sea Star Seminary during a visit to Khanh Hoa province, May 15-17. During the discussion, which took place in a large, well- maintained reception hall, Father Phong was careful not to explicitly critic [...] | 2003-05-31 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY475 | THICH QUANG DO UNDER "ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do remains under "administrative surveillance," based on a decree, which although dated June 1, 2001, in fact has an effective time period of September 3, 1998 until September 3, 2003. Post has seen at least one press release denouncing Thich Quang Do's co [...] | 2003-06-02 13:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY491 | INVITATIONS TO "DISCUSS" RELIGION IN DAK LAK PROVINCE [...] (SBU) On May 29, ConGen Poloff and Pol/Econ assistant met with a reliable contact regarding the situation of unregistered religious minority groups in Dak Lak province. The contact gave ConGenoff a collection of written materials -- some official-looking original documents and several photoc [...] | 2003-06-05 02:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV VM KIRF ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY492 | NAM CAM TRIAL IN FINAL STAGES [...] (U) Convening after a 10-day recess that capped a trial which ran from February 25 - May 24, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City gathered June 4 to read the results of the case investigations and the verdicts for the 155 defendants in the trial of the underworld kingpin Truong Van Cam (a.k. [...] | 2003-06-05 02:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY496 | NAM CAM RECEIVES TWO DEATH SENTENCES, GVN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-05 11:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV SOCI KJUS VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY499 | NAM CAM TRIAL: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR [...] Summary. One day after the conclusion of the biggest trial related to corruption and organized crime in the history of Vietnam, the Vietnamese press is claiming that the judicial system has fundamentally changed. The conviction of 18 GVN officials on charges of corruption and 136 private cit [...] | 2003-06-06 18:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY500 | VIETNAM ISSUES TEXTILE QUOTA ALLOCATION GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GVN has announced quota allocation criteria for textile and garment exports to the U.S. Sixty- five to seventy percent of quota will be allocated based on past performance over the period of calendar year 2002 and the first quarter of 2003. The remainder will be issued to [...] | 2003-06-06 18:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY520 | PROTESTANTS IN QUIET STAND OFF WITH POLICE OVER NEW HOUSE [...] (SBU) A group of 50-100 Protestant believers has been working around the clock for two days to construct a new (unrecognized) branch church in HCMC, in defiance of local police and government officials. The situation has remained peaceful thus far, but at least one pastor on the scene has en [...] | 2003-06-10 13:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY551 | POLICE QUESTION BUILDER AS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Mr. Le Van Dung, unofficial contractor for a Protestant house church currently under construction in HCMC's District 2 (reftel),met with police this morning in response to a third invitation to discuss his activities at the site. The first invitation, delivered June 9, summoned him to [...] | 2003-06-17 11:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY556 | VIETNAM: TEXTILE ALLOCATION BEGINS WITH CONFUSION [...] (SBU) The textile quota allocation process, which began on June 11, has drawn widespread complaints from buyers and producers and has already gone through at least one revision. In Phase I of the allocation process - in which companies receive a share of quota based on past performance - many [...] | 2003-06-18 10:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY572 | NEWEST HCMC VICE CHAIRMAN: BAD HABITS TO BLAME FOR [...] (SBU) HCMC People's Committee's newest Vice Chairman, Nguyen Van Dua, discussed urban planning and quality of life issues with Consul General in an initial courtesy call on June 11. Vice Chairman Dua focused on HCMC's serious waste management, land use and trafffic issues, and its efforts to [...] | 2003-06-23 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV SOCI PREL EINV |
03HOCHIMINHCITY578 | NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR OFFICIALS FROM DANANG AND LAM DONG [...] Summary. A spurt of promotions will see the Party Secretaries from both Danang City and Lam Dong Province move to high-ranking positions in the Communist Party in Hanoi. The Danang City Deputy Party Secretary will then become the Party Secretary there, while a Deputy Minister of Agriculture [...] | 2003-06-26 00:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV VM DPOL |
03HOCHIMINHCITY585 | THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thich Quang Do launched into a two- hour plus discourse on religion, democracy, freedom, and capitalism. Confirming press reports, he said he would soon attempt [...] | 2003-06-30 17:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY604 | CAN THO AND AN GIANG UNIVERSITIES - SEEKING [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to the Mekong Delta region, DCM met with the Vice-Rector of Can Tho University and the Rector of An Giang University. Both expressed disappointment at the slow start to the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) scholarship program and expressed hope that it [...] | 2003-07-03 10:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAGR ECON OEXC VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY605 | QUANG NAM GARMENT FACTORY: TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE [...] Quang Nam Province is the home of the Quang Nam Garment Company, a small state-owned enterprise with about 800 employees and revenues of VND 20 billion per year (about US$1.3 million). On a brief visit to the company by DPO and Econoff, they saw a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated factory produ [...] | 2003-07-03 11:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VM SOE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY621 | HO CHI MINH CITY: COMPUTER RETAILING GETS MODERN - WITH [...] Summary. On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City's newest Computer and IT superstore, ConGen EconOff, accompanied by a Vietnamese assistant, saw a local attempt at modern American-style computer retailing, but with the same old Vietnamese IPR problems. The computers assembled by the company and sold [...] | 2003-07-10 09:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR SOCI VM IPROP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY635 | VIETNAM'S CATFISH FARMERS PETITION CONSULATE GENERAL, [...] On July 9, three fish farmers representing the Fisheries Association of An Giang, the province in the Mekong Delta where most of Vietnam's tra and basa fish are raised and processed, met with CG and Econoff at the Consulate General. Indicating they represent about 40,000 farmers and family me [...] | 2003-07-15 06:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIS EAGR ECON VM BTA |
03HOCHIMINHCITY65 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE VIEW THROUGH THE VISA [...] (SBU) Consular associate recently interviewed a Korean missionary affiliated with the Global Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church in Korea for a nonimmigrant visa (NIV). The applicant, who described himself as a missionary pastor with an "underground" Protestant church, said he conducte [...] | 2003-01-16 09:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY650 | Leader of the Hue Branch of the Outlawed United [...] (SBU) An influential leader of the Hue branch of the outlawed UBCV discussed his views with DPO and A/PAO on the current state of the Buddhist Church, the status of Thich Huyen Quang, and the need for continued U.S. pressure on the GVN to allow greater religious freedom. The meeting was marr [...] | 2003-07-18 07:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY655 | REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...] Summary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas, attracted significant interest among local investors and the local press. Post interest was aroused by implications in the advertisements that this investme [...] | 2003-07-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV |
03HOCHIMINHCITY670 | VIETNAM: THICH QUANG DO VISITS THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) The Venerable Thich Quang Do, Deputy Head of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),met with UBCV Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang at the Nguyen Thieu Monastery in Quy Nhon July 15-20. This was Thich Quang Do's first trip outside of HCMC since being placed under "probationary [...] | 2003-07-24 11:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY691 | SURPRISING REVELATIONS ON PROTESTANTS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: While the official rhetoric seemed to focus on respect for religion and the importance of meeting the "spiritual needs" of the people during the Ambassador's recent visit to Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces, local Protestant church leaders told a story of continuing limits on or [...] | 2003-08-01 00:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY710 | PROTESTANT CHURCH CAN STAY -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The HCMC People's Committee has decided that an illegally constructed Protestant church in the Thu Thiem area of District 2 can remain open as a house of worship, pending approval of the required permits. While city officials made clear that they hold both church leaders and [...] | 2003-08-06 12:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY713 | Vietnam: Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call on the Kien Giang provincial People's Committee, Ambassador Burghardt asked Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong and Vice Chairman Van Ha Phong for their views on reports of increasing maritime piracy in the Gulf of Thailand and the impact on Vietnamese fishermen. Noting that [...] | 2003-08-07 09:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY759 | VIETNAM: US MILITARY DONATION WELCOMED IN MEKONG DELTA [...] Summary. In a goodwill event that generated enthusiastic local and national press coverage, Acting Consul General, Defense Attache Col. Stephen Ball, U.S. Army Pacific John Almarez, and Congen Econoff, participated in a handover ceremony at Can Tho General Hospital to commemorate the donation [...] | 2003-08-20 08:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL ECON VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY766 | POLICE RAID "ILLEGAL" HOUSE CHURCH IN HCMC DURING A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Just prior to the return of Assistant Secretary Eugene Dewey to Ho Chi Minh City from the Central Highlands on Monday, August 18 (septels),ConGen HCMC learned of an altercation at an unrecognized "illegal" Protestant house church in the city's District 11. According to reliabl [...] | 2003-08-21 12:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY767 | VIETNAM: LOCAL BUSINESS KNOWS VALUE OF TRADEMARKS-- [...] Summary: In a seminar on trademark protection in the U.S. and Vietnam, USG and private speakers introduced the system of trademark registration and enforcement in the US. Well over a hundred local businesspeople attended the seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, which was one of four locations around [...] | 2003-08-21 12:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON KIPR VM IPROP |
03HOCHIMINHCITY770 | A/S DEWEY PRESSES HO CHI MINH CITY LEADERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Dewey raised issues of religious freedom during several official meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19. Describing the GVN's record as uneven in the Central Highlands provinces he had visited, he registered disappointment that even in HCMC, there were sporadic reports of [...] | 2003-08-23 07:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY777 | COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...] (U) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. While low coffee prices have meant continued slow growth, they have also spawned diversification programs. During a visit to the largest of the four Central [...] | 2003-08-27 00:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM |
03HOCHIMINHCITY784 | MORMONS MAKE BID FOR A QUIET COMEBACK IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has recently taken steps to reestablish a "branch" in HCMC, pending approval of its June request to local government officials that Vietnamese members be allowed to meet regularly on Sundays. While efforts to receive recogn [...] | 2003-08-27 12:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV VM KIRF HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY833 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...] | 2003-09-09 06:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
03HOCHIMINHCITY836 | POTENTIAL P1 REFUGEES TO STAND TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Mr. Nguyen Truc Cuong and Mr. Nguyen Vu Viet -- the niece and nephews of jailed Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly -- will go on trial in Ho Chi Minh City People's Court for "espionage" on September 10. Under Article 80 of the Criminal Code, "espionage" [...] | 2003-09-09 13:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY842 | A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...] | 2003-09-10 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY933 | UNLICENSED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH REPORTEDLY TORN DOWN [...] (SBU) In what looks to be a replay of recent events surrounding an illegally constructed house church in District 11 of HCMC (reftels),Post has received information regarding the possible destruction of a small Seventh Day Adventist house church at No.42 Binh Loi, Binh Khanh, Can Gio Distric [...] | 2003-09-26 10:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL RELFREE HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY942 | UBCV LEADERS MEET DESPITE GVN INTERFERENCE [...] (SBU) Leaders of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) met September 18-20 in Binh Dinh Province, according to UBCV Deputy Thich Quang Do, despite some overt GVN efforts to prevent the meeting from taking place. This is the first time the UBCV leadership has been able to gathe [...] | 2003-10-01 01:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY949 | THE SEA-MY SIDE OF THE SEA GAMES: HCMC CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Effective September 30, 2003, Ho Chi Minh City authorities will round up and classify all street persons living and working in public places around the city as part of a new program run by the HCMC Committee on Population, Family, and Children. Street children picked up under the progra [...] | 2003-10-01 04:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM PGOV VM LABOR HUMANR |
03HOCHIMINHCITY978 | POLICE DISRUPT TRAVEL OF UBCV LEADERS TO HCMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police apparently stopped United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy from leaving Binh Dinh Province to drive to Ho Chi Minh City on October 8 (local time). Although various reports differed on details, there was genera [...] | 2003-10-08 13:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
03HOCHIMINHCITY993 | UBCV LEADERS IN LIMBO: INQUIRIES CONTINUE CONCERNING [...] (SBU) ConGen has confirmed that UBCV leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy were detained by police on October 9 in Khanh Hoa Province about 10 km north of the provincial capital Nha Trang. They had left Thich Huyen Quang's pagoda in Binh Dinh Province to travel to HCMC t [...] | 2003-10-10 13:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR |
03ISLAMABAD8950 | 2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2003-12-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
03ISTANBUL1014 | GENC (YOUNG) PARTY MACHINATIONS IN KIRKLARELI [...] (C) Genc (Young) Party is in the process of attempting to build a Turkey-wide base of support, seeking to co-opt local politicians and appeal to broadly-nationalist sentiment. Conversations with political leaders in one rural province suggest that the combination of political ambition, murky b [...] | 2003-07-23 10:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1015 | MARKET ANALYSTS OPTIMISTIC FOR THE SHORT-TERM, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts have welcomed recent progress in Turkey-IMF relations and indications that the oft-delayed fifth review can be wrapped up by early to mid-August. As a result they are "optimistic" for [...] | 2003-07-23 12:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1025 | ARMENIAN CHURCH POLITICS AND TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II advised the Ambassador during his July 16 farewell call that aggressive efforts by the Armenian Catholicos in Etchmiadzin to assert primacy over the Armenian community in Turkey could increase Turkish tensions on the Armenian issue in the coming months. Spec [...] | 2003-07-24 08:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TK |
03ISTANBUL1039 | WAITING FOR THE BIG ONE... IS ISTANBUL PREPARED [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued public awareness about the likelihood of a major earthquake in the next 30 years, Istanbul remains ill-prepared for a major natural disaster. To the extent that municipal and state officials have begun to focus on this critical issue, the bulk of their attention [...] | 2003-07-25 11:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON EAID TK |
03ISTANBUL1041 | OLYMPIC GAMES: ISTANBUL 2012? [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, Istanbul formally submitted its application to the International Olympic Committee to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. 8 other cities had also thrown their hats into the ring: London, Paris, New York, Madrid, Moscow, Leipzig, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro. Despite [...] | 2003-07-25 14:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KOLY TK |
03ISTANBUL1068 | NEW STUDIES HIGHLIGHT FRAGILE RECOVERY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: Two new national surveys of Turkish companies highlight signs of recovery from the devastating financial crisis of 2001. The studies, carried out separately by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and the Is [...] | 2003-07-31 06:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
03ISTANBUL113 | ISTANBUL MARKETS "WAIT AND SEE" ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Istanbul bankers and market analysts see current market sentiment as one of "watchful waiting," but believe that despite recent declines in the stock market, there is an underlying expectation that the Turkish government will reach agreement with the IMF on the fourth r [...] | 2003-01-27 13:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL118 | TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REQUESTS GUANTANAMO [...] (U) On January 21, Poloff met with Ahmet Mercan, Istanbul Chairman of Islamically-oriented Turkish human rights group Mazlum-Der (Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People). Mazlum-Der provided Poloff with a letter dated January 13, 2003, requesting information on a Turk [...] | 2003-01-29 05:30:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL |
03ISTANBUL1200 | ISTANBUL ECONOMISTS CHEER RECENT GOOD NEWS, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2.(SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are pleasantly surprised by recent positive developments in the economy, and accept the rationale for the IMF's preemptive decision to reschedule much of Turkey's 2004 and 2005 debt repay [...] | 2003-08-14 14:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1231 | CHP ISTANBUL CONGRESS: ONE INJURED, NO FATALITIES [...] (U) Summary: The Republican People's Party's August 3 Istanbul congress showcased a spirited contest between supporters of party leader Deniz Baykal and opposition groups within the party. When the votes were counted, Baykal's candidate, Sinasi Oktem, won easily, but a brawl on the congress [...] | 2003-08-20 13:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL127 | RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general anti-American backlash in Istanbul. Our observations, Istanbul contacts, and recent polls and surveys lead us to believe that anti-American sentiment is shar [...] | 2003-01-29 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK |
03ISTANBUL1347 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH (FINALLY) MEETS WITH AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with FonMin Abdullah Gul and IntMin Abdulkadir Aksu on August 8 and 12, respectively. Though both ministers publicly and warmly received Bartholomew, the meetings did not yield any concrete steps forward on property issues or recognition of [...] | 2003-09-12 21:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1348 | DEEDS FOR SALE! GET YOUR PROPERTY DEEDS RIGHT HERE! [...] (SBU) Summary: A property amnesty currently being planned by the Justice and Development (AK) Party government has set off a flurry of debate and criticism in Istanbul. AK sees the measure as a potential major source of revenue, a realistic solution to a long-ignored problem (i.e., "illegal" [...] | 2003-09-15 05:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TK |
03ISTANBUL1356 | PM ERDOGAN CALLS FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST PKK/KADEK [...] (U) Summary: In a September 12 public speech, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for a leading U.N. role in Iraq, Turkish contributions to Iraq's stability and reconstruction, and U.S. action against PKK/KADEK. Without attaching any specific pre-conditions, the PM said that Turkey is still [...] | 2003-09-15 11:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1364 | UNEMPLOYMENT: TURKEY'S OTHER CRISIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: While market attention is focused on IMF program implementation and the sustainability of Turkey's debt, joblessness and underemployment remain the key preoccupations of the bulk of the Turkish population. [...] | 2003-09-16 05:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1384 | THE ISTANBUL BAR AND ITS DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul Bar is at once a defender of the legal profession and historically a leader in promoting respect for human rights and rule of law in Turkey. With a broad and ambivalent membership and a new nationalist/statist administration, however, the Bar currently ap [...] | 2003-09-18 12:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1395 | SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP [...] (sbu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrowded, under-funded schools tied up in bureaucratic red tape. Fixing the problem, however, has been the subject of considerable acrimonious political debate. C [...] | 2003-09-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL SOCI TU |
03ISTANBUL1409 | ISTANBUL REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY: HOPING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Republican People's Party (CHP) contacts report widespread internal discontent with CHP Chairman Baykal and the CHP's performance over the last several months. Although Baykal has successfully taken firm control of the Istanbul party organization, the party has so far be [...] | 2003-09-24 05:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1410 | WHOSE ISLAM? AK PARTI AND ISTANBUL ALEVIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alevis, followers of a heterodox religious-cultural offshoot of Shi'a Islam and Anatolian Sufism, probably number about 10 percent of Turkey's population (7 million, with several million in Istanbul),although some Alevis assert that there are 25 million. Persecuted by the Ottoman [...] | 2003-09-24 05:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1427 | ISTANBUL VIEWS ON SENDING TURKISH TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul residents from all walks of life continue to worry about the situation in Iraq and the prospect of sending troops to Iraq. Whomever we meet with, and whatever the subject, the conversation inevitably turns to Iraq. Despite the widespread opposition before the U.S. inter [...] | 2003-09-26 08:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1449 | WEIGHING CORPORATE TURKEY'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengcti this month added his voice to those expressing concern about the risks to the Turkish economy posed by the growing open positions of companies in the real sector. Observers agree that while the Turkish banking sector-- whose own open pos [...] | 2003-09-30 13:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL149 | PROTESTANTS TRY ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Seventeen nascent Protestant churches have adopted a novel legal tactic designed to circumvent regulations that for years have made it nearly impossible to receive zoning approval for a church or prayer group. The success or failure of this strategy depends on the outcome of th [...] | 2003-02-04 12:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1517 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINORITY RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (sbu) Summary: During courtesy calls on the Armenian Patriarch, Chief Rabbi, and Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan, Ambassador Edelman promised to maintain close relations with each community and to press the GOT to implement broader protection for religious freedom in Turkey. Each of the communit [...] | 2003-10-14 11:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1579 | TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...] | 2003-10-27 05:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1596 | SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT: UPDATE [...] P/E Chief met on Monday, October 27 with al-Huda San Company General Manager Mutasem Mujahed and his new parter Ibrahim Kahraman of the Kaptan Foreign Trade Company to review the status of the equipment order cited in Ref a. The two confirmed that all links between Sega Dis Ticaret and al-Hu [...] | 2003-10-28 11:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IZ KPAO TU |
03ISTANBUL1616 | AKP LAYS ISTANBUL GROUNDWORK FOR MARCH 28 LOCAL [...] (sbu) Summary: Following Ruling AK Party national congress (reftel),the Istanbul AK Party organization is gearing up vigorously at the grassroots level for next year's March 28 municipal elections. Not content merely to rely on the party's performance at the national level, the Istanbul AK P [...] | 2003-10-31 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TK |
03ISTANBUL1617 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONTEMPLATES CUBA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate leadership confirms that Patriarch Bartholomew is considering a trip to Cuba on January 21, 2004 to dedicate a new Orthodox Church. Now aware of USG concerns about the trip, the Patriarch may reconsider. Action request in para 5. End Summary. 2. (C) [...] | 2003-11-03 05:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM TU CU |
03ISTANBUL162 | TURKEY ALPHABET SOUP: ISTANBUL'S MYRIAD BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul, Turkey's economic, commercial and cultural capital, hosts a rich diversity of business voices, all seeking to influence both government policy and international perceptions of Turkey. Leader of the pack is the venerable TUSIAD-- Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen [...] | 2003-02-06 14:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1627 | KURDISH LANGUAGE NUDGES INTO PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a small sign that Turkey's EU reforms are beginning to have some impact, Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco performed on a popular prime time television show on October 25. The show's host, Hulya Avsar, herself half-Kurdish, took pains to strike a balance between Turkish patriotism a [...] | 2003-11-04 08:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1647 | POSSIBLE EDUCATION MINISTRY MOVEMENT ON HALKI? [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent encouraging comments by Turkish government officials about prospects for re-opening Halki Theological Seminary have sparked extensive press interest. Education Minister Huseyin Celik, in a recent meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, said that re-opening Halki (p [...] | 2003-11-05 08:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL1676 | REACTION MUTED TO NEW PENSION OPPORTUNITIES [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's new private pension system was unveiled with much fanfare at the end of October, with optimistic prognosticators predicting that up to 10 million Turks will enroll over the next decade. Initially six [...] | 2003-11-12 06:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1687 | GEBZE INDUSTRY SEES AWAKENING ECONOMY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrialists in the Marmara region industrial town of Gebze told visiting P/E Section Chief and Poloff that recent positive economic developments are finally beginning to be felt at their level, and that they [...] | 2003-11-12 13:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1698 | TURKISH ORTHODOXY: ONE PATRIARCH, THREE CHURCHES, [...] (C) Summary: It's hard to be a patriarch with a tiny domain. Recently-enthroned Turkish Orthodox Patriarch Pasa Umit Erenerol is the third Patriarch of a "church" that dates its founding back to 1922 and the heat of a civil war. Today, the patriarch's writ goes no further than his extended fa [...] | 2003-11-14 10:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1703 | ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES BOMBED [...] (u) Bombs detonated simultaneously at two of the major Jewish synagogues in Istanbul at approximately 9:30 am have claimed dozens of lives and injured over a hundred people. Based on observations by the Consul General, RSO, and poloffs at both sites, it appears that both buildings were targeted [...] | 2003-11-15 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC TU |
03ISTANBUL1710 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONFIRMS CUBA TRAVEL PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew still plans to travel to Cuba in January, 2004, to attend the opening of an Orthodox church in Havana. Bartholomew did not take USG and international concerns into account in deciding on this trip, focusing instead on competition with the Russian [...] | 2003-11-17 10:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU CU |
03ISTANBUL1711 | ISTANBUL REACTS TO SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS [...] (sbu) Summary: Istanbul is still stunned by the shock and horror of Saturday's synagogue bombings. The overwhelming response has been to view this as a senseless and unjustifiable attack, not merely against Turkey's small Jewish community, but against Turkey itself. Despite widespread specul [...] | 2003-11-17 14:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
03ISTANBUL1739 | DUZCE: BLESSED BY NATURE, CURSED BY NATURE [...] (sbu) Summary: On November 12-13, the fourth anniversary of a major earthquake, Poloff visited Duzce, a small Black Sea province halfway between Istanbul and Ankara. Impoverished by natural disasters and cruel circumstances, Duzce is Turkey's newest province and has placed its trust in the Jus [...] | 2003-11-19 14:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAGR TU |
03ISTANBUL1744 | NEW BOMBING WAVE TARGETS BRITISH INSTITUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-20 13:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC TU |
03ISTANBUL1752 | BOMBING UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-21 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC TU |
03ISTANBUL1759 | ISTANBUL GOVERNOR COMMENTS ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) After examining sites of the November 15 and 20 terrorist attacks, the Ambassador visited the Istanbul Mayor and Governor on November 24 to extend the condolences of the United States and to offer any further assistance that might be required during the investigations Istanbul Gover [...] | 2003-11-26 09:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1760 | TURKEY: A NEW FRONT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul is slowly recovering from the shock of two separate sets of terrorist bombings that claimed over 50 lives and wounded 750 in one week. Although both the synagogue bombings (ref a) and the latest bombings of the British Consulate and HSBC Turkey headquarters (ref b) appear [...] | 2003-11-26 11:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC TU |
03ISTANBUL1803 | BANKING SECTOR PREPARES FOR A "BRAVE NEW WORLD" [...] (SBU) Summary: The strong profits reported by Turkish banks in 2003's third quarter show that the sector is gradually recovering from the effects of the 2001 crisis, according to industry analysts in Istanbul. They note, however, that much of the recent good news is the result of the windfal [...] | 2003-12-05 14:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1821 | U/S GROSSMAN'S 12/9/03 MEETING WITH ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: U/S Grossman met with the Governor of Istanbul to express U.S. solidarity with the people of Istanbul and Turkey, and our ongoing cooperation in the war on terror. Guler outlined a series of "lessons learned" from the attacks, and expressed optimism that Turkey would be better pr [...] | 2003-12-11 10:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OVIP PGOV PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL1847 | ISTANBUL-YEREVAN FLIGHTS: TURKISH FIRM ENTERS THE [...] (C) Summary: Absent an open border between Turkey and Armenia, twice-weekly flights between Istanbul and Yerevan since 1995 have provided some of the only direct contact between Turks and Armenians. Initially operated by the state-owned (and now bankrupt) Armenian Airlines, the rights were ta [...] | 2003-12-18 08:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV AM TU |
03ISTANBUL1849 | MACROECONOMIC RESULTS BRING OPTIMISM IN ISTANBUL, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent soundings among leading Istanbul market analysts and participants highlight the extent to which Turkey's continued strong macroeconomic performance has left them more optimistic about the future. With s [...] | 2003-12-18 10:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL1872 | TOURISM'S POSTWAR REBOUND FACES TERROR CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tourism industry executives are again wondering what the future holds for their sector following November's suicide bombings in Istanbul. The attacks interrupted a strong sectoral recovery that saw visitor figures surpass last year's level by the end of November, and tourism r [...] | 2003-12-23 12:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL202 | RELIGIOUS MINORITIES APPREHENSIVE OF LATEST [...] (C) Summary: The General Directorate for Foundations recently enacted regulations that were expected to allow community (i.e. non-Muslim religious) foundations to reclaim seized properties. The new regulations are part of the EU-harmonization reforms aimed at enhancing religious minority righ [...] | 2003-02-20 07:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL232 | ISTANBUL ANTI-WAR PROTESTS: WHAT KEEPS THEM SMALL? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a country that recent polls show is approximately 94 percent against a war in Iraq, one would expect its largest city to have seen its share of large anti-war demonstrations. Despite a populace that holds views more squarely anti-war than London, Paris or New York, to date pr [...] | 2003-02-25 11:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL258 | DIFFERENCES AMONG U.S. FIRMS GIVE RISE TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: With Turkey's new AK government just having marked its hundredth day in office, representatives of American pharmaceutical companies indicate they have not yet judged the time ripe to raise the intellectual property and pricing issues that have beset them in recent years. Despi [...] | 2003-02-28 06:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR TU |
03ISTANBUL280 | MARKET PLAYERS FACE THE NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are grappling with the new political landscape following Saturday's parliamentary vote against permitting U.S. troops. The development was a shock: despite difficulties in negotiations, the market had long assumed (and priced in) a positive outcome. [...] | 2003-03-04 10:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL294 | TURKS WEIGH AN IRAQ OPERATION'S TOURISM IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish government and tourism industry officials are bracing in anticipation of a sharp downturn in tourism in the event of an Iraq operation. The sector, Turkey's largest foreign exchange earner, turned in a good performance in 2002, earning over 10 billion USD (27 percent o [...] | 2003-03-07 11:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL348 | TURKISH-ARMENIAN RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MEETS, [...] (C) Summary: Following a March 10 meeting to review and discuss a report it had commissioned from the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ),members of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC) have been unable to reach agreement on how to deal with the contentious " [...] | 2003-03-14 14:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TU |
03ISTANBUL349 | RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...] | 2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL TK |
03ISTANBUL386 | PUSHING BACK ON CENSORSHIP: "ARARAT" AND FREEDOM [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul contacts claim the overall climate for free expression continues to improve. While the GOT continues to censor works dealing with the Kurdish issue and other sensitive topics, improvements in legislation have strengthened the underlying legal basis for freedom of express [...] | 2003-03-24 11:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TK |
03ISTANBUL399 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCH MESROB II ON THE CHURCH, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 13 meeting, Istanbul Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II blamed Catholicos Karekin II and Armenian President Robert Kocharian for increasing tensions within the Armenian Church and criticized the Armenian Diaspora for focusing exclusively on "genocide" recognition and for igno [...] | 2003-03-26 09:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AM TU |
03ISTANBUL418 | ISTANBUL ECONOMIC ANALYSTS: LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky start to the week on Monday, word that the U.S. Iraq supplemental contains 1 billion USD for Turkey has been seized on as a lifeline by Istanbul markets and analysts. Concern persists about the sustainability of Turkey's debt, however. Analysts suggest any probl [...] | 2003-03-27 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL452 | "RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...] | 2003-04-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK |
03ISTANBUL465 | ISTANBUL ECONOMIC PESSIMISM: "MUDDLING THROUGH" AS [...] (SBU) Summary: While not quite so pessimistic as they were two weeks ago about Turkey's immediate economic prospects, Istanbul financial analysts remain decidedly gloomy about the country's mid-term future. All agree that the Treasury seems to have next week's debt auction well in hand. In [...] | 2003-04-07 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL467 | ISTANBUL WORRIES ABOUT WAR, U.S.-TURKEY TIES, [...] (U) Summary: With apparently over ninety percent of the local population opposed to the war in Iraq, anti-war sentiment in Istanbul continues to harden as reports and images of civilian casualties stream in over the sympathetic news networks. Among Istanbul's academic and business elite, howe [...] | 2003-04-07 12:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TK |
03ISTANBUL469 | ISTANBUL STUDENTS VOICE NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul pol/econoffs hosted a group of 11 students from Istanbul's Beykent University to discuss current political developments in the Middle East and the Turkish/U.S. relationship. The students were unanimously opposed to the war. However, the group demonstrated a nuanced unde [...] | 2003-04-07 13:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL49 | ISTANBUL'S TAKE ON AK ECONOMICS: ALL ISN'T LOST [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul contacts in the financial and real sectors agree that in its first month and a half Turkey's Ak government "hasn't gotten it" and has done a poor job on economic policy, thereby dissipating much of the goodwill generated by initial perceptions that a single-party governme [...] | 2003-01-13 05:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TU |
03ISTANBUL508 | SUB-GOVERNORS SURVEY SECURITY AND POLITICS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, several of Istanbul's kaymakams (sub-governors) were surprisingly open in describing the challenges they face in overseeing proper functioning of the security apparatus. Pointing to a massive rural-urban migration to Istanbul over the past several decades as a [...] | 2003-04-11 13:05:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL588 | POWER AT ANY PRICE? CEM UZAN'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Initial contacts with Youth Party (GP) officials in Istanbul confirm our belief that the party is essentially a vehicle of convenience for media tycoon Cem Uzan's considerable political ambitions. At the same time, GP is not resting on its laurels, but instead is moving quickly t [...] | 2003-04-28 08:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TK |
03ISTANBUL635 | TURKEY'S BANKING SECTOR: ON FIRMER GROUND, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry and government contacts in Istanbul and Ankara concur that Turkey's banking sector has improved considerably since the 2001 crisis. Government moves to impose effective and independent oversight through the creation of the Banking Regulatory and Supervision Agency (BR [...] | 2003-05-05 10:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TU |
03ISTANBUL636 | ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...] | 2003-05-05 11:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TK |
03ISTANBUL644 | THE "ARMENIAN ISSUE" IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Most of those Turks we have spoken with in Istanbul are largely ignorant of the tragic fate of at least hundreds of thousands of Armenians who were killed in 1894-5 and especially in 1915-16 throughout Anatolia toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish history books and readil [...] | 2003-05-07 08:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM TK |
03ISTANBUL667 | WOLFOWITZ AND PERLE REMARKS REVIVE DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent remarks by DOD Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz and Defense Policy Board Member Perle have revived a rancorous public debate in Istanbul on the status of U.S.-Turkish relations. Reactions to the May 6 Wolfowitz interview on CNN Turk also dominated our previously-scheduled May 7 [...] | 2003-05-09 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TK |
03ISTANBUL671 | ISTANBUL IN THE SPRINGTIME: RESURGENT OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) Summary: As a belated spring bursts forth on the Bosphorus following an unusually cold and protracted winter, "spring is also in the air" in Istanbul business circles. The resurgent optimism stems from speedy conclusion to the war in Iraq and belief that its short-term cost for Turkey w [...] | 2003-05-09 13:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL698 | MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent legal changes in property rights for minority foundations have elicited varied responses from different religious communities in Turkey. The history of Turkish and Ottoman minority communities plays into their respective views on pastoral concerns, political connections, p [...] | 2003-05-15 04:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL752 | CEM UZAN STUMPS YOUTH IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Genc Party leader Cem Uzan's recent speech to a gathering of university student leaders in Istanbul provided insight into both his political skills and shortcomings as he seeks to build on his surprisingly strong showing in last year's election. While charismatic in some ways, [...] | 2003-05-28 04:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL760 | LEADERSHIP IN THE ORTHODOX WORLD: THE ECUMENICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though divided among many national churches, all Orthodox leaders except the Russian Orthodox recognize the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul, Bartholomew II, as first among equals. Located in "The Second Rome," the Ecumenical Patriarch traces a line of succession back to St. Andr [...] | 2003-05-29 04:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
03ISTANBUL776 | TURKISH ARMED FORCES DEPUTY AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Declaring at a globalization conference that the Turkish military is not against Turkey's pursuit of EU membership, deputy chief of the TGS Buyukanit further qualified the military's stance with a series of reservations and an indirect but clear set of jabs at the U.S. End summar [...] | 2003-05-31 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL777 | TACKLING TURKEY'S PRODUCTIVITY GAP: MICRO MATTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: While most attention in Turkey remains focused on the country's macroeconomic fundamentals, a new McKinsey Global Institute report is directing attention to the productivity gap that separates Turkey from the U.S. and Europe and the microeconomic reforms that must be taken to c [...] | 2003-05-31 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV TU |
03ISTANBUL796 | EXPORTS REMAIN STRONG, BUT LIRA WORRIES PERSIST [...] (SBU) Summary: New figures released by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) on June 2 show that Turkey's exporters withstood the challenge of a strengthening lira and set a new monthly export record of USD 3.9 billion in May, a 30.7 percent increase over 2002. For the year ending May 31, exp [...] | 2003-06-03 15:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL880 | AKP AND THE ISTANBUL "ESNAFLAR": A PERFECT MATCH? [...] (SBU) Summary: Support from the Istanbul "esnaflar" ) small businessmen, restaurant owners, craftsmen, shopkeepers, street vendors, and taxi and truck drivers - may have contributed to the Justice and Development (AK) Party's November 2002 electoral success, but this support may be less solid [...] | 2003-06-23 10:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TK |
03ISTANBUL894 | AKP ISTANBUL CONGRESS: "MUEZZINOGLU RELOADED" [...] (U) Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan headlined the June 22 AK Istanbul Congress. There were no surprises (in fact, no challengers at all) in the reelection of Istanbul Chairman Mehmet Muezzinoglu, and Erdogan's unscripted speech focused on predicta [...] | 2003-06-25 04:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TK |
03ISTANBUL91 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ON ESPHIGMENOU MONASTERY [...] (SBU) On January 16, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew passed the Consul General a copy of a recent Ecumenical Patriarchate "Notification on the Sacred Monastery of Esphigmenou." The notification (see below) reiterates the Patriarchate's position on the long-standing dispute with the Esphigmen [...] | 2003-01-22 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF GR TK |
03ISTANBUL953 | SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...] | 2003-07-09 08:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TK |
03ISTANBUL96 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 14 EXCHANGES WITH ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: In a series of January 14 discussions, the Ambassador reassured prominent Turkish businessmen, academics, and journalists that there is no crisis in U.S.-Turkish relations. He outlined in general terms the USG-GOT discussions on Iraq, and made the case that the status quo in Ira [...] | 2003-01-22 14:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN TU |
03ISTANBUL967 | ISTANBUL - NOB Move - Good-bye Palazzo Corpi [...] On this day, the staff of AmConGen Istanbul is moving to its newly finished and dedicated office building in Istinye some 11 miles northeast of the historic "Palazzo Corpi," which has served as the centerpiece of a U.S. Legation, U.S. Embassy, and U.S. Consulate since its own completion in 1 [...] | 2003-07-10 13:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT |
03JAKARTA13041 | INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] | 2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
03JAKARTA3306 | TFIZ01: TEXT OF MEGAWATI'S STATEMENT CRITICAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-20 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ ID |
03JAKARTA5111 | ACEH: YUDHOYONO HOPES FOR "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER TED LYNG FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. MINISTER YUDHOYONO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MAY 9 THAT HE HOPED FOR THE "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" TO SAVE THE ACEH PEACE PROCESS. YUDHOYONO SAID THE WINDOW IS STILL OPEN FOR DIALOGUE AND HE PRAYS FOR A BREAK [...] | 2003-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ID |
03JEDDAH828 | TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT),TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...] | 2003-04-14 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA |
03JERUSALEM2293 | HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel),PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...] | 2003-08-05 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
03JERUSALEM2771 | FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL [...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...] | 2003-09-04 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
03JERUSALEM2819 | THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...] | 2003-09-08 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
03JERUSALEM4246 | ISLAMIC RADICALS ATTACK EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD MAHER CAME UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS WHILE VISITING AND PRAYING AT THE HARAM ASH-SHARIF ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 22. A VIDEO SHOWS MAHER BEING MOBBED BY ANGRY WORSHIPPERS AND APPARENTLY CHOKED BRIEFLY BY A CLOTH AROUND HIS NECK. WORSHIPPERS REPOR [...] | 2003-12-22 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
03KABUL1006 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH CAPTAIN DAOUD: [...] (C) Captain Daoud, an Afghan-American investor interested in establishing a private airline in Afghanistan, met with Ambassador on April 8. Daoud is seeking OPIC support for the establishment of Oxus Air, a private airline serving the U.S. and Europe from Afghanistan with a projected fleet of [...] | 2003-04-18 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF |
03KABUL1007 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...] | 2003-04-18 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
03KABUL1008 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) On April 8, Ambassador met with Privatization Commission Chairman and former Minister of Public Works, Khaliq Fazal. Fazal,s comments focused on deteriorating security conditions around Kandahar, infiltration of Pakistanis in the south, political demands on President Karzai, and the regre [...] | 2003-04-18 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF |
03KABUL1015 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...] | 2003-04-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
03KABUL1022 | AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - [...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...] | 2003-04-20 04:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV ECON ELAB AF |
03KABUL1029 | CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S APRIL 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rohrabacher was accompanied by his spouse, Ambassador and Econ/Comofficer (notetaker). Congressman Rohrabacher began by assuring Karzai that the war in Iraq had not diverted attention from Afghanis [...] | 2003-04-21 02:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINR PTER AF |
03KABUL1193 | UPDATE ON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: From April 22 to 29, Texas-based Fidelity International was in Kabul to pursue a $1.8 billion cement deal with the Afghan government. Substantial progress was made, including the granting of an investment license by th [...] | 2003-05-08 05:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ETRD AF PTGOV |
03KABUL1215 | Second update on USG support for the [...] Summary: The Commission for Reform of Justice and the Judiciary (CRJJ) continues to make strides in implementing elements of its Master Plan, which includes 29 reform tasks and a rough budget and timeline. The entire Plan has not been officially approved, which impedes needed upgrades in do [...] | 2003-05-11 11:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID SOCI AF SNAR |
03KABUL1225 | UPDATE ON KABUL-KANDAHAR ROAD: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 7 [...] (C) On May 7, Ambassador met with the Afghan Reconstruction Company,s Vice President, Tim Lane, and Managing Director, Zaher Yaqoubi. Lane presented the Ambassador with a summary of progress on the Kabul-Kandahar road and shared concerns over the end-of-2003 completion deadline. 2. (C) La [...] | 2003-05-12 02:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV ASEC AF |
03KABUL1226 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Afghan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Sayed Hussain Anwari on May 2. Anwari requested the Ambassador,s intervention on eight areas of need for the Ministry. First, the Minister requested help in establishing an Institute for Livestock Research. Second, the Mini [...] | 2003-05-12 02:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON AF |
03KABUL133 | MINISTER ANNOUNCES AFGHAN GSP DESIGNATION AT 1/16 [...] (U) On January 16, Minister of Commerce Seyed Mustafa Kazimi convened a press conference to announce the designation of Afghanistan as a U.S. GSP beneficiary country. Roughly twenty mostly Afghan print media, VOA and six-eight other radio outlets and four TV outlets were present. USAID Direc [...] | 2003-01-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AF EIAD ETIO |
03KABUL1560 | PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...] | 2003-06-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR |
03KABUL1565 | COMMERCIAL BANKING SECTOR UPDATE - JUNE 2003 [...] (SBU) In previous reporting, post has identified the lack of commercial banking facilities in Afghanistan as a major obstacle to attracting increased investment. Further, the lack of reliable banking institutions, and the resulting prevalence of NGOs and businesses having to keep large amount [...] | 2003-06-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AFIN AF |
03KABUL1744 | NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT [...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...] | 2003-06-29 05:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR AF |
03KABUL303 | NO LONGER IN ARREARS, AFGHANISTAN HAS BUDGET [...] (C) In a chance meeting with the Ambassador and Security Coordinator MG Karl Eikenberry at the presidential palace on February 4, a clearly pleased Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani noted that Japan had come through with pledged funding the day before. As a result, Afghanistan was no longer in a [...] | 2003-02-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF IMF IBRD |
03KABUL354 | TERRORIST FINANCE - KABUL: PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel's talking points to President Karzai on Feb 12. Karzai reacted favorably to the actions outlined in the points. 2. (S) Para 7 requested post's view of possible designation of individuals associated with Hekmatyar. Where loyalties are not clear, post recomme [...] | 2003-02-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS AF |
03KABUL955 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with French Ambassador, Jean Pierre Guinhut, on April 6. The Ambassadors reviewed Afghan security conditions in the aftermath of Iraqi Freedom, lingering obstacles to economic growth, and progress on the drafting of the Afghan Constitutio [...] | 2003-04-13 11:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF |
03KAMPALA2587 | UGANDA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Kampala's submission for the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report is keyed to reftel as follows: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA OPERATIVES, BUT INCLUDING DIPLOMTIC EFFORTS [...] | 2003-12-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UG |
03KATHMANDU1011 | NEPAL: PARTISAN RIVALRY MAY PREVENT CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) It seems unlikely that the seven political parties will be able to offer King Gyanendra a consensus candidate for Prime Minister by the June 2 deadline he gave them on May 30 (Ref A). Three smaller parties--each of whom is pressing its own leader as a potential PM--might succeed in unde [...] | 2003-06-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1018 | FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...] (U) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the status of Tibeten refugees in Nepal, after the May 30 deportation described Ref B. Tsering said he appreciated USG efforts to delay the deportation of the 18 ref [...] | 2003-06-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1033 | NEPAL: KING NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) On June 4 King Gyanendra named former National Democratic Party President and four-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to head a new interim government. The Palace is reportedly seeking the participation of other mainstream political parties in the Cabinet. Many observers bl [...] | 2003-06-04 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1042 | TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...] | 2003-06-05 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL NP CH |
03KATHMANDU1044 | (U) TIBETAN REFUGEE DEPORTATION: POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Despite strenous efforts by the Embassy to dissuade it from doing so, the Government of Nepal on May 31 deported 18 Tibetan refugees to China. Th Mission began working this issue in late April shortly after the refugees were first detained. Post pressed for the refugees' release at all le [...] | 2003-06-06 00:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP CH |
03KATHMANDU1049 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] Amid the controversy sparked by the appointment of a new Prime Minister on June 4 (Ref A),progress in peace talks remains stalled, with no date being set for the third round. A clash between security forces and Maoists on June 3 left one insurgent dead. Two Maoist leaders, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, [...] | 2003-06-06 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1060 | NEPALI CONGRESS SAID TO BE JOINING NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Nepali Congress will likely join a Cabinet headed by new Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, according to a party Central Committee member, primarily because of Indian pressure. If the Nepali Congress joins, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) will have to o [...] | 2003-06-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1071 | NEW NEPAL PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman Acharya, convoked the Charge' privately on June 10 under instructions from the new Prime Minister and Acting Foreign Minister, Surya Bahadur Thapa. The Secretary explained the PM's current efforts to persuade the major political parties to [...] | 2003-06-11 05:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1072 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 3 - 9, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS KING APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER -- King Gyanendra appointed (6/4) Surya Bahadur Thapa as the new Prime Minister. Thapa's appointment bri ngs to an end the controversy over "transfer" of the executive powers from [...] | 2003-06-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1074 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES, POLICY AMBIGUITIES [...] (C) On June 10 in separate conversations with Charge and Ambassador Joyce Leader, Office Director of PRM/ANE, the Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home SIPDIS have attempted to assure us that Government of Nepal (GON) policy toward Tibetan refugees transiting Nepal has n [...] | 2003-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1085 | NEPAL: PM THAPA APPOINTS SIX MINISTERS FROM HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JUNE 11, AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS, PRIME MINISTER THAPA APPOINTED SIX MINISTERS FROM HIS OWN CENTER-RIGHT PARTY, THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (RPP). WITH ONE EXCEPTION, ALL THE NEW APPOINTEES HAVE PREVIOUS MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE WITH HALF O [...] | 2003-06-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP |
03KATHMANDU1097 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 7-13 [...] A date for the third round of peace talks remains elusive, as negotiations appear to take a back seat to the controversy surrounding the appointments of new cabinet members in the Government of Nepal (GON) (Reftel). Senior- level Maoists have intensified public rhetoric about foreign interfe [...] | 2003-06-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1099 | NEPAL: MAOIST TRAINING, RECRUITMENT, EXTORTION [...] (C) The ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, declared on January 29, enters its fourth month amid evidence that the Maoists continue to train, recruit/conscript, and extort money from the local population. Violations of the code of conduct persist, with the [...] | 2003-06-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1132 | NEPAL: GON RELEASES TIBETAN REFUGEE FROM [...] (SBU) ON JUNE 17, NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED A MALE TIBETAN REFUGEE INTO UNHCR'S CUSTODY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE OFFICE OF TIBET PAID HIS FINE OF 7,500 RUPEES (APPROXIMATELY 98 USD). THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION HAD DETAINED THE MAN IN LATE APRIL, SHORTLY AFTER THE DETENT [...] | 2003-06-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1133 | NEPAL: MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary. Nepali police have seized 149 kg of cannabis and hashish and 6.9 kg of heroin in the first half of 2003, up from only 38 kg of hashish and .38 kg of heroin in the same period in 2002. Forty-four Nepali citizens and 8 foreigners have been arrested in Nepal, while 12 Nepali citize [...] | 2003-06-18 23:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR NP |
03KATHMANDU1138 | NEPAL: MAOISTS UTILIZING TRADE UNIONS TO ADD [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past week, garment manufacturers have been in negotiations with leaders of the Maoist-affiliated trade union. The Maoists have requested a dramatic increase in salaries and permanent employment. The Maoists have issued vague threats to pressure the garment manufactu [...] | 2003-06-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1139 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES STAGE PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JUNE 18, THE NEPAL-BHUTAN JOINT VERIFICATION TEAM ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF THE KHUNDANABARI CAMP VERIFICATION. THE RESULTS WERE CONSISTENT WITH INFORMATION POST RECEIVED AFTER THE FOURTEENTH JOINT MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 22 (REFTEL). HOWEVER, INCONSISTENCIES A [...] | 2003-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BT NP |
03KATHMANDU1143 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 14-20 [...] Maoists reportedly attacked a convoy headed to the far- western district of Jajarkot to provide humanitarian assistance. In a meeting held this week, international aid agencies reported increased Maoist activities that were threatening aid projects. Kamal Thapa, Minister of Information and C [...] | 2003-06-20 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1169 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 17 - 23, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Five parties, Maoists hold massive rallies: The five agitating political parties and the Maoists took separate rallies on Friday in the capital against the "regression". (Media reports, 6/21) -- Nepal warns king: UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has war [...] | 2003-06-24 04:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU117 | NEPAL: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAINING GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (C) Dear Bob: I was disappointed to learn that Nepal is not included on USSOCOM,s High Value Target List. As I understand it, if Nepal is not on this list, it will be difficult for U.S. Special Operations Forces to conduct deployments and training here. I hope I can enlist your support t [...] | 2003-01-23 04:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PREL PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1175 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] (S) Despite the agreed terms of the cease-fire with the Government of Nepal (GoN) barring extortion, Maoists have continued to press businesses and local residents for "donations," increasing both the breadth and scope of their demands. In areas lacking a government presence, the Maoists hav [...] | 2003-06-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1194 | NEPALI TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS' [...] No summary [...] | 2003-06-26 23:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA NP |
03KATHMANDU1212 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 21-27 [...] The notable absence of Baburam Bhattarai, number two leader and head of the Maoist negotiating team, has raised speculation that the Maoist ideologue is once again out of the country. Senior Maoist leaders continue to condemn alleged US "interference" in Nepal. Uncertainty persists over the [...] | 2003-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1213 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT SAID TO ACCEPT OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary: According to a representative from a Swiss NGO, the Government of Nepal (GON) peace negotiation team has agreed in principle to accept outside "negotiation support," to be provided to both the GON and Maoist insurgents. Despite the delay in peace talks, the recent change in gov [...] | 2003-06-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1214 | NEPAL: POLICE DETAIN 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AND UNHCR SUGGEST THAT 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS DETAINED IN WESTERN NEPAL ON JUNE 24 MAY BE TURNED OVER UNHCR. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 24, NEPALI POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED 19 UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT [...] | 2003-06-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG NP |
03KATHMANDU1219 | NEPAL RELEASES NINETEEN TIBETANS TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) IN A UNHCR BRIEFING TO THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN KATHMANDU ON JUNE 30, EMBASSY WAS INFORMED THAT THE 19 TIBETANS ARRESTED ON JUNE 24 (REFTEL) HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE UNHCR FOR PROCESSING AND TRANSIT TO INDIA. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 29, A UNHCR TEAM ARRIVED IN KAILALI DISTRICT IN WESTERN N [...] | 2003-06-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1237 | NEPAL: UNHCR BRIEFING ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the donor community in Nepal on June 30, UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham expressed strong concern over the results of the verification of the first camp of Bhutanese refugees. These results, he said, present "serious difficulties" for some refugee familie [...] | 2003-07-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BH |
03KATHMANDU1239 | NEPALI KING SAYS TIBETAN DEPORTATIONS A MISTAKE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with the Ambassador, King Gyanendra opened by apologizing for May 31 deportations of 18 Tibetans (Ref A). He characterized the decision to deport the 18 as undertaken by a bureaucracy that "went off on its own" in the "last minutes of the former government." The Go [...] | 2003-07-01 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1247 | NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER SEEKS TO LOWER POLITICAL [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa said he wants to "lower the political temperature" with the protesting political parties. He hopes to bring representatives of the parties into the Government of Nepal (GON) negotiating team. His efforts so far [...] | 2003-07-02 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID PREF NP |
03KATHMANDU1252 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 28-July 3 [...] Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, Maoist supreme leader, called upon the five major political parties of Nepal to unite against foreign forces, and to support the Maoist demands set forth in the first round of peace negotiations (Ref A). The Government of Nepal (GON) and senior Maoist lea [...] | 2003-07-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1257 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that the Government of Nepal (GON) is preparing for another round of negotiations with the Maoists and making some headway in persuading political parties to join the new government. He said that [...] | 2003-07-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD EINV NP |
03KATHMANDU1262 | REPORT ON TRAVEL FROM CENTRAL NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. On June 23-25, PolOff visited Bharatpur, headquarters of Chitwan district in Nepal's central lowlands, and Dhadingbesi, headquarters of Dhading district in the central hills. Officials in both districts reported that Maoist activity, including extortion and training, continues. [...] | 2003-07-06 05:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1263 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 24 - 30, 2003 [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1277 | NEPAL: GON CANCELS DALAI LAMA CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JULY 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) PROHIBITED TIBETAN GROUPS FROM HOLDING CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 6 TO HONOR THE DALAI LAMA'S BIRTHDAY. DESPITE THE PROHIBITION, AT LEAST TWO TIBETAN GROUPS PROCEEDED WITH CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT GON INTERFERENCE. ALTHOUGH THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT [...] | 2003-07-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KIRF CH NP |
03KATHMANDU128 | NEPAL: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah returns on January 28 from an unofficial visit to Bhutan to discuss the refugee issue with his counterpart. Shah said he believes the visit presents a window of opportunity to secure a bilateral resolution to the problem. The EU representative in Ka [...] | 2003-01-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NP BT UNHCR |
03KATHMANDU1282 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 1 - 7, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Ten left parties for new constitution: Ten left parties demanded (7/6) for a new constitution as the only way out of the present political crisis. (Media reports, 7/7) -- U.S. Ambassador against Maoists: Although the U.S. has not formally exhibited any activit [...] | 2003-07-09 06:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1295 | NEPAL: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM DEALS WITH MAOISTS AND [...] (S) Summary. The World Food Program (WFP) in Nepal has been operating in the most heavily Maoist-affected areas in Nepal since the last quarter of 2002. WFP Director Joergensen reports that through April 2003, the cease-fire had enabled villagers and traders to travel freely, increasing acce [...] | 2003-07-10 02:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | WFP |
03KATHMANDU1308 | NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEES AND U.S. INTERESTS - [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a group of nine congressmen who sent a letter on June 19 to the Prime Minister of Nepal is now poised to introduce punitive legislation against Nepal if the government does not satisfy their ultimatum regarding the status of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. The Embassy [...] | 2003-07-11 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1310 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 4-11 [...] Informal talks proposed for July 11 between Nepal Government and Maoist negotiators failed to materialize, amid continuing controversy over the terms of agreements allegedly reached during the second round of talks (Reftel). As peace talks remain stalled, senior Maoists declared that they are [...] | 2003-07-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1321 | NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS PROGNOSIS DIM [...] (S/NF) Summary. Maoist activities in violation of the code of conduct, including extortion, harassment and abductions, have increased since late May, dramatically in the last couple of weeks. In particular, Maoists have stepped up efforts to rebuild their war chest with the possible objectiv [...] | 2003-07-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
03KATHMANDU1329 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 8 - 14, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS PEACE TALKS -- Government, Maoists hold talks: Members of the negotiating teams of the government and the Maoists held an informal meeting in Kathmandu to create a congenial atmosphere for the third round of the peace talks. However, the talks failed to set a dat [...] | 2003-07-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1337 | NEPAL: ANOTHER NINE TIBETANS HANDED-OVER TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) ON JULY 15, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED NINE UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS TO UNHCR. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF TIBET, THE NINE TIBETANS WERE ARRESTED ON IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 7 IN THE EASTERN HILL DISTRICT OF OKHALDHUNGA. THE [...] | 2003-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CH NP |
03KATHMANDU135 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 18-24 [...] Peace talks remain elusive with conflicting reports about backchannel Government-Maoist communications. The Government of Nepal has said it will not send a formal invitation to the Maoists until they stop their violence, while Maoists have warned of severe consequences if talks are not held [...] | 2003-01-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
03KATHMANDU1353 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 12-18 [...] The deadlock over peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists remains unresolved. The GON has increased security in many districts throughout Nepal following reports of increased Maoist activities. The local press reported on July 14 that Maoists are importing weapons [...] | 2003-07-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1356 | NEPAL: MAOIST WARNING AGAINST US-AFFILIATED [...] (C) Summary. The Maoists in Nepal reportedly have issued a notice that all Nepali nationals affiliated with the United States in Maoist-controlled areas would be subject to harassment and travel restrictions. Reports from many west and mid-west districts have indicated that the Maoists' edict [...] | 2003-07-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EAID PREL CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1357 | NEPAL: JULY 20-25 VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 17. Summary: Issues the Secretary Intends to Address in Washington ============================================= ================= 2. (SBU) On July 17, the Ambassador, DCM, and poloff met with Nepal's Foreign Secretary, Madhu Raman [...] | 2003-07-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD MASS NP XD |
03KATHMANDU1358 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa on July 16, the Ambassador, accompanied by the ambassadors of the UK, India, Germany and France and leaders of their respective bilateral chambers of commerce, discussed their intention to issue a joint statement condemning gro [...] | 2003-07-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1369 | NEPAL: JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING MAOIST [...] (U) Ref A cable resent to expanded list of addressees (AmEmbassies Berlin and Paris). 2. (U) On July 21, the Industrial Security Group in Nepal released a press statement condemning Maoist extortions of individuals and businesses during the current cease-fire. Despite provisions in the c [...] | 2003-07-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EINV NP |
03KATHMANDU137 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE ON NEED FOR "JOINT [...] (U) On January 22 the leaders of four political parties, including the two largest--the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML)--announced they had decided to initiate a "joint struggle" to protest King Gyanendra's October 4 dismissal of the previous [...] | 2003-01-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1370 | NEPAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY IN TROUBLE IN FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to discuss the agency's investigation into allegations of corruption within Nepal's two government-owned banks. The cases involve at least five of the country's [...] | 2003-07-21 23:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1377 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 15 - 21, 2003 [...] PEACE TALKS -- Maoists close Kathmandu contact office: The Maoists have closed down the contact office in Kathmandu, open from April 10. The government is shocked with the Maoists' decision to close the Kathmandu contact office, but it "thinks" such a move will not affect the forthc [...] | 2003-07-23 01:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU138 | MAOISTS MAY FORCE COCA-COLA FROM NEPAL [...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. Summary ======= 2. (SBU) On January 22, Embassy officers met with Security Managers for Coca-Cola, who are in Nepal to assess the risk posed to its plants, distributors, and retailers after a Maois [...] | 2003-01-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS ASEC CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1381 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE ISSUE RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Malinowski's letter to the editor, published prominently in several Nepali newspapers on July 10, opened the floodgates to a spate of comments and editorials from others in the international community, the Bhutanese National Assembly and the Government of Nepal (GON) r [...] | 2003-07-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID BH NP |
03KATHMANDU1388 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ISSUE PRE-CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION [...] (C) Summary. On July 23, the Maoist leadership publicly released a letter responding to the Government of Nepal's invitation to resume formal peace negotiations stalled since early May. Blaming the GON for violations of the cease-fire code of conduct, the letter represents another effort to t [...] | 2003-07-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1390 | NEPAL: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On July 22, 2003, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, informing us that the Government of Nepal (GON) has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for entry into force of the Article 98 Agreement. The Agreement, signed in Kathmandu on D [...] | 2003-07-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PGOV PINR NP |
03KATHMANDU1391 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 19-25 [...] Maoist leaders responded to the Government of Nepal's (GON) invitation to sit for a third round of talks by issuing more demands as a prerequisite to dialogue (Reftel). The GON maintains that the peace process is not in jeopardy, but senior Maoist leaders increasingly talk of notably absent [...] | 2003-07-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU140 | NEPAL: HEAD OF ARMED POLICE FORCE ASSASSINATED IN [...] At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on January 26, two masked gunmen shot and killed Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Armed Police Force (APF),as he was taking a morning walk near his residence. Also killed were Shrestha's wife and bodyguard. Residents in [...] | 2003-01-26 08:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1413 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SET JULY 31 DEADLINE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) On July 25, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa's government replied to the Maoist letter setting pre-conditions for the resumption of peace talks (reftel). In its response, the Government of Nepal (GON) reaffirmed its commitment to the peace talks, but stated it would not concede to Maoist [...] | 2003-07-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1414 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 22 - 28, 2003 [...] PEACE TALKS -- Minister denies government agreed to restrict army: Finance Minister Dr. Parakeet Chandler Lorain said (7/27) the previous talk team of the government had not committed to restrict the army within five kilometers of the barracks and that the best thing was to sit down f [...] | 2003-07-29 03:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1418 | NEPAL: LAST DITCH EFFORTS TO RESUME PEACE TALKS [...] (C) As reported in reftel, Nepal's Maoists have established a July 31 deadline for the Government of Nepal (GoN) to meet their conditions for a third round of peace talks. Embassy contacts in the police concur with our assessment that all the preconditions will not be met, thereby seriously [...] | 2003-07-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1423 | NEPAL: MAOISTS REPORTEDLY IN DELHI CONSIDER THE [...] (S) In a series of meetings with Government of Nepal (GoN) negotiators and security officials on July 30, the Ambassador discussed development in the GoN's exchanges with the Maoist leadership over the previous twenty-four hours. The GoN formally responded to the Maoists' recent demands on Ju [...] | 2003-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1424 | NEPAL: DELIVERING USG MESSAGE TO MAOIST FACILITATOR [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER ASEC PINS NP |
03KATHMANDU1430 | (C) NEPAL: PROPOSED PUBLIC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] (C) In view of increased tension between the Government of Nepal and the Maoist leadership (reported reftels) and the extreme pressure the Maoists have placed on the already fragile cease-fire, Post recommends that the Department release a public statement should the cease-fire break and hosti [...] | 2003-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1431 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN TO TALKS, [...] (C) In the afternoon of July 31, the Maoists announced that they would sit for a third round of peace talks on the condition that the third round would address political, rather than technical matters. The Nepalese police have received reports from villagers that British and American trekker [...] | 2003-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1432 | NEPAL: PLANS FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (C) Summary. DCM met with Madan Kumar Bhattarai, MFA Acting Secretary and Joint Secretary for South Asia, on July 31 to discuss progress toward a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugee problem in Eastern Nepal as instructed reftel. Bhattarai admitted that the Government of Nepal and Roya [...] | 2003-07-31 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM NP BT |
03KATHMANDU145 | NEPAL: ARMY TO COURT-MARTIAL TWO IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 25 Defense Secretary Madan Prasad Aryal announced in a speech at the Reporters Club that the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) will court-martial soldiers involved in the November 27 killings of five young men and boys in Nuwakot District (Reftel). (Note: The RNA maintains the five were [...] | 2003-01-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MCAP PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1458 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 26-AUGUST [...] On July 31 Maoists agreed to sit for a third round of formal peace talks with the Government of Nepal (GON). Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and GON negotiating team member, welcomed the decision but remained cautious, saying that a date for a third round of talks would be set through "mutu [...] | 2003-08-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1462 | NEPAL: THE MAOISTS' JULY 31 STATEMENT AND POST [...] (U) The Maoists' July 31 public release, accepting the government's invitation to a third round of peace talks, is provided at paragraph 2. Post's assessment is available at paragraph 3. July 31 Maoist Statement ========================= 2. (U) Begin text: Nepal Communist Party (Ma [...] | 2003-08-01 10:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1472 | ACTION REQUEST: NEPALESE PARTY LEADER INVITED TO [...] (S/NF) On August 1, Pashupati SJB Rana, Chairman of Nepal's National Democratic Party (RPP),reported to the Ambassador that he has been invited to travel to North Korea by its Ambassador to Nepal, Jon Son Myong. Rana offered to deliver points that align with U.S. policy, and he is willing t [...] | 2003-08-04 06:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PARM KN NP |
03KATHMANDU1484 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLEDGES TO [...] (S) Summary. According to the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, India's National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has reaffirmed the Indian Government's (GOI's) policy of synchronizing with the U.S. its tough talking points for Nepal's Maoist leaders. Mishra reportedly also pledged that his Governm [...] | 2003-08-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV NP IN |
03KATHMANDU1486 | NEPAL: MAIN COMMUNIST PARTY WILL NOT JOIN THE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 4 with the leader of Nepal's largest legal communist party, Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador expressed concern that the Government's cease-fire with the Maoists might not continue for long and emphasized the need for the political parties and the King to [...] | 2003-08-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1496 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK SECURITY FORCES; PRESSURING [...] (U) Since their July 31 commitment to a third round of peace talks (ref A),the Maoists have increased activities in violation of the cease-fire code of conduct resulting in the deaths of 8 security personnel and one Maoist. Maoist violations could be a unilateral attempt to restrict the army [...] | 2003-08-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU15 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3 [...] The GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand said the GON will accede to the Maoists' demand for information on imprisoned rebels. Despite the GON's conciliatory gestures, the Maoists have called another tw [...] | 2003-01-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
03KATHMANDU1507 | NEPAL: NEPALI CONGRESS (DEUBA) PARTY ALSO WILL NOT [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with former Prime Minister Deuba on August 7, Ambassador Malinowski reiterated U.S. concerns over recent Maoist activity in Nepal and stressed the need for the King, government and political parties to join forces against the Maoist threat. Deuba replied that his pa [...] | 2003-08-07 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1509 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fellow members, accusing them of gender discrimination, corruption and bias in favor of the Maoists. In a July 31 meeting, Rana claimed that Sushil Pyakurel, an a [...] | 2003-08-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON |
03KATHMANDU1511 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 2-8 [...] Despite agreement by the Maoists to sit for another round of peace talks with the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team (Ref A),no date has yet been set, and the Maoist leadership remains out of the public eye and reportedly out of Nepal. Nepal's main political parties have once again [...] | 2003-08-08 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1516 | MEETING WITH ONE OF NEPAL'S MOST SENIOR DEMOCRATS: [...] (C) On August 7, the Ambassador met with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, a founding father of Nepal's democracy, and Narayan Khadga, a former Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission, to discuss the internal dynamics of the Nepali Congress Party, Bhattarai's recent discussions with the Kin [...] | 2003-08-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1524 | NEPALI CONGRESS WILL NOT JOIN GOVERNMENT OR PEACE [...] (C) On August 8, the Ambassador met with Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Girija Prasad Koirala, completing a week of meetings with party leaders. Koirala relayed his telephonic discussions with Maoist leaders still in New Delhi, over the past week. The NC will not join the formal Gov [...] | 2003-08-11 23:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1542 | NEPALI STUDENT LEADERS WARN OF MORE "AGITATION [...] In meetings with the Nepali Student Union and the Nepal National Student's Union-the two largest of Nepal's seven united student unions-backed by the Nepali Congress (NC) party and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) respectively, student leaders said they intended [...] | 2003-08-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI NP |
03KATHMANDU1552 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR "CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's (GON) peace negotiator and Information Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on August 14 that he is "cautiously optimistic" about the third round of talks with Maoist insurgents, scheduled to be held in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on August 17. Instea [...] | 2003-08-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1559 | NEPAL: UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAOISTS PRESENT [...] (C) The third round of negotiations between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents, scheduled to take place on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj, could prove a watershed in the fitful peace process. We expect this round to be more substantive--and thus potentially [...] | 2003-08-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1565 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT-MAOIST NEGOTIATIONS GENERATE [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents opened the third round of negotiations in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on August 17. The GON team presented a package of proposed political reforms that include two of the three main Maoist demands. Speaking to the press after the [...] | 2003-08-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1571 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Third round of peace talks: The government conceded (8/17) two key demands of the Maoists an interim government that would also include them and a round table conference but rejected their demand for a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The Maoists said [...] | 2003-08-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1577 | NEPAL: THIRD ROUND OF TALKS ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Amidst increased violence over the past several days, the third round of peace talks between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists concluded on August 19 without agreement. Both sides left open the possibility of returning for a fourth round of talks. However, a growing numbe [...] | 2003-08-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1586 | NEPAL: MAOISTS SEE "IMPERIALIST DESIGN" IN [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's (GON) lead negotiator, Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, told the Ambassador that Maoist negotiators were unwilling to discuss any of the GON's political reform proposals during the third round of talks held August 17-18. Instead, Maoist negotiator Dr. Baburam Bhattar [...] | 2003-08-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1593 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 16-22 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoist rebels finally met for a third round of negotiations on August 17 in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj (Ref A). Tensions reportedly were high, as the GON acceded to Maoist demands for a roundtable conference and formation of an interim government [...] | 2003-08-22 08:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1606 | NEPAL: BHUTAN'S COMMITMENT TO REPATRIATE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The postponement of the 15th Nepal-Bhutan Joint Ministerial originally scheduled for August 11-15 has led many Bhutanese refugee leaders to become increasingly doubtful of the Royal Government of Bhutan's commitment to repatriate the refugees. UNHCR field director John Andrew re [...] | 2003-08-25 08:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL BH NP |
03KATHMANDU1612 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR GLUM ON PROSPECTS [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and a Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiator with the Maoists, appeared pessimistic about prospects for dialogue after the August 17-19 round of talks (Refs A-B). The Maoists rejected, among other things, a GO [...] | 2003-08-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1614 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...] | 2003-08-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1620 | NEPAL: REPEATED VIOLATIONS, INCREASED ATTACKS [...] (C) Since the beginning of August, increased violence and armed engagements between Government of Nepal (GON) security forces and Maoist insurgents have left the seven-month-old ceasefire a ceasefire in name only. Representatives of the GON and security forces believe that the Maoists are pr [...] | 2003-08-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1621 | NEPAL: WERE FOUR TIBETAN CHILDREN DEPORTED IN [...] (C) Summary. Radio Free Asia reported on August 8 that four Tibetan children were deported from Nepal to China. The facts of the alleged deporation are far from clear, however. The Office of Tibet has anectodal evidence that the deporation did occur while UNHCR officials in Nepal are convinc [...] | 2003-08-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CH NP |
03KATHMANDU1638 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S) Summary: The August 20 arrest in Chennai of Maoist Politburo member Chandra Gajurel is the most significant capture of a member of the insurgents' leadership in more than seven years of conflict. While the reasons for Gajurel's intended travel to the UK remain unclear, his arrest could [...] | 2003-08-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL IN NP |
03KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...] (SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit Indian currency. The staff member was released into the Pakistani Ambassador's custody and deported over the weekend. The Pakistani Embassy denies all the cha [...] | 2003-08-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD |
03KATHMANDU1644 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BREAK CEASE-FIRE, ATTEMPT TO BLAME [...] (SBU) On August 27, the Maoists unilaterally withdrew from the cease-fire, blaming the Government of Nepal (GON) for refusing to accept a constituent assembly and for alleged attacks on Maoist cadres over the past month. The security forces have adopted new Rules of Engagement that allow com [...] | 2003-08-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1648 | NEPAL: MAOIST HIT TEAMS SHOOT TWO ARMY COLONELS IN [...] (S) Less than 24 hours after breaking the seven-month cease fire Maoist hit squads shot two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) colonels in separate incidents in Kathmandu on August 28. One died within hours of the attack; the other is in stable condition. The security forces expect the Maoists to pursue [...] | 2003-08-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1649 | NEPAL: FURTHER INFORMATION ON MAOIST LEADER [...] (C) In an informal discussion with the Ambassador on August 27, Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran and British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield provided further details on the August 20 arrest of Nepali Maoist Chandra Gajurel in Chennai. According to Ambassador Bloomfield, Gajurel was traveling on a f [...] | 2003-08-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL IN UK NP |
03KATHMANDU1650 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT DECLARES MAOISTS TERRORISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2003-08-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
03KATHMANDU1666 | NEPAL: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS [...] (SBU) On August 28 and 29, Nepal's civil society and international missions issued strong statements condemning the Maoists' withdrawal from peace talks. An umbrella school association organized the largest rally in recent memory to encourage both sides to return to the negotiating table. Th [...] | 2003-08-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1670 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY AUGUST 23 - 29 [...] ON AUGUST 27, NEPAL'S MAOIST REBELS ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVEN-MONTH LONG CEASE- FIRE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) (REF C). IN THE PRESS STATEMENT, THE INSURGENTS ATTEMPTED TO BLAME THE GON FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PEACE PROCESS, CITING ALLEGED GON VIOLATIONS OF [...] | 2003-08-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
03KATHMANDU1674 | NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SEEKING US MEDIATION [...] (S) Mainstream political parties are reassessing plans for a large joint demonstration to be held in the capital on September 4 in light of the Maoists' unilateral decision to break the ceasefire and return to violence. Party leaders have indicated that they are seeking an overture from King [...] | 2003-08-29 10:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1677 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR SENDS MAOISTS TOUGH WARNING ON [...] (C) The Ambassador sent a stern warning to the Maoists not to target American citizens or interests. The message was sent through Shailendra Upadhaya, a former facilitator during the most recent three rounds of dialogue between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists. An August 29 press [...] | 2003-08-30 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
03KATHMANDU1684 | NEPAL: FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND AHTISAARI [...] (C) Summary. Former President of Finland Marti Ahtisaari paid a three-day visit to Nepal August 28-30 at the request of British aid agency DFID to provide assistance to the facilitators of the GON-Maoist peace talks. During a meeting with Ambassador Malinowski, Ahtisaari expressed optimism t [...] | 2003-09-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1685 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST 26 [...] MAOISTS BREAK CEASEFIRE - - Maoi sts break cease - fire , blame government : The Maoi sts un i latera 1 ly broke of f ( 8/27 ) the seven-month-old cease-fire and the subsequent peace process with the government "for the time being" saying it had lost its relevance while b [...] | 2003-09-02 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1691 | STUDENT UNION LEADERS ARRESTED DURING POLITICAL [...] (SBU) From 1430 to 1600 on September 2, roughly 150 students began demonstrating in Ratna Park in central Kathmandu to protest the Government of Nepal's "regressive actions" against the political parties. The students represented the various student unions that are affiliated with the five ma [...] | 2003-09-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1692 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PARTIES TO TURN OFF [...] (S) Ambassador Malinowski, accompanied by British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, had separate discussions with party leaders and the Prime Minister on August 31 and September 1 in an effort to head off a potentially violent all-party demonstration planned for September 4 (Ref A). The Indian Am [...] | 2003-09-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL UK NP |
03KATHMANDU170 | BHUTANESE REFUGEESS: NEPALESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On January 28, Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah briefed the Ambassador on his January 23-26 trip to Bhutan. Shah revealed a timeline for the Twelfth and Thirteenth bilateral Ministerial Meetings to restart the work of the Joint Verification Team to repatriate Bhutanese refugees. Bhu [...] | 2003-01-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID PHUM AORC NP |
03KATHMANDU1721 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 30- [...] Sixty-three Maoists and fifteen security personnel died in clashes this week. The Government of Nepal (GON) imposed curfews on twenty-three of Nepal's districts in an attempt to maintain law and order. Pyar Jung Thapa, Chief of Army Staff, pledged to maintain peace in Nepal and declared that [...] | 2003-09-05 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1723 | NEPAL: PRELIMINARY READ-OUT ON MEETING BETWEEN [...] (S) According to the British Ambassador's read-out of the September 4 meeting between King Gyanendra and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London, the King said that he would reach out to the political parties only if efforts to revive negotiations with the Maoists fail. The King also [...] | 2003-09-05 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UK NP |
03KATHMANDU1726 | NEPAL: BHUTANESE REPATRIATION DELAYED AT LEAST [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham reported that the Nepal-Bhutan 15th Joint Ministerial has again been delayed and that the earliest the Bhutanese refugees could be repatriated is early December. The Government of Nepal and Royal Government of Bhutan have announced that the [...] | 2003-09-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BH NP |
03KATHMANDU1727 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTEMPT TO KILL BRIGADIER GENERAL, [...] (SBU) At 14:30 on August 4, Maoists attempted to kill Fifth Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Gaurav SJB Rana, while in a vehicle convoy driving from his command headquarters in Dipayal, Doti (in Nepal's Far-West Development Region) south to Dhanghadi. Two pipe bombs were used in the atta [...] | 2003-09-05 09:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1743 | NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE PROTESTS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On September 8, the five major political parties continued with their fifth day of protest in Kathmandu, culminating in the arrest of an estimated 90-100 people in various parts of the city. The parties have called off the protest scheduled for September 9 because of a Newari festival da [...] | 2003-09-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1744 | NEPAL: MAOIST BOMBS IN THE CAPITAL; BATTLES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: One person was killed and twelve injured after Maoist insurgents set off a series of six bomb blasts in Kathmandu and its environs on the morning of September 8. The explosions are believed intended to intimidate the general population into observing a general strike, or "ban [...] | 2003-09-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC MOPS NP |
03KATHMANDU175 | NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS DECLARE CEASE-FIRE, [...] (U) On January 29, the Maoists followed by the Government of Nepal (GoN) announced a cease-fire. The GoN (see paragraph 13),in return, agreed to drop the terrorist designation placed on the Maoists. In their statement (see paragraph 12),the Maoists reiterated their demands for a round table [...] | 2003-01-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS NP |
03KATHMANDU1758 | WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties' protest to continue despite blasts: The five agitating parties will not halt their protests scheduled for the afternoon despite the series of bomb blasts in the Valley Monday morning, a UML leader said Monday. (Nepalnews.com, 9/8) - - UML back on stree [...] | 2003-09-09 07:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
03KATHMANDU1796 | NEPAL: MAOISTS EXECUTE INFORMANT, CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On September 12, Maoists continued their wave of violence in urban areas. A Maoist hit squad killed two people in northern Kathmandu. The Maoists planted two bombs on the rim of Kathmandu Valley; one detonated causing USD 2,700 in damage. Four bombs exploded in an industrial city 222 [...] | 2003-09-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU18 | NEPALI KING'S PUBLIC ADDRESS WELL ATTENDED; [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 3 King Gyanendra assured thousands of attendees at a much-heralded "civic reception" in the southeastern border city of Biratnagar that he will uphold multi-party democracy and urged all groups to work together toward national unity. Biratnagar residents defied a [...] | 2003-01-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
03KATHMANDU180 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 25-31 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists announced a ceasefire on January 29 (Ref A). The international community widely welcomed the news of a ceasefire. The Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) said that it will go ahead with their pl [...] | 2003-01-31 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN |
03KATHMANDU1805 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN [...] (C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) in the summary executions of 17 Maoist prisoners and two civilians in Ramechhap District on August 17. Although the Embassy has not seen the re [...] | 2003-09-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP |
03KATHMANDU1806 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE LIMITED STRIKES, [...] (SBU) On September 15, the Maoists killed two policeman and seriously injured three others in three separate incidents across the Kingdom. The Maoists are reportedly impressing families to provide a daughter or son aged 13-22 under the threat of "dire consequences." End summary. Maoist "H [...] | 2003-09-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1814 | NEPAL: COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER ON ALL-PARTY [...] (C) In a September 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary Madhav Nepal emphasized that he hopes the Palace will invite the political parties to form an all-party government. A strong leader is needed to deal with the Maoist [...] | 2003-09-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1822 | NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND MONEY FROM COCA-COLA, [...] (U) This cable contains business sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 15, Maoists resumed extortion demands of Coca-Cola in Nepal. Coca-Cola has investments valued at USD 30 million in the country in the form of two bottling plants, one in Kathma [...] | 2003-09-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1823 | NEPAL: INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP DISCUSSES MAOIST [...] (SBU) On September 11, the Industrial Security Group, comprised of the bilateral chambers and foreign missions of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and India, held a meeting to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Nepal. The group reviewed the Government's security plans, Maoist ex [...] | 2003-09-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1835 | NEPAL: PUBLIC OBSERVED FIRST DAY OF GENERAL [...] (SBU) On September 18, the first day of a Maoist-imposed three day general strike, Embassy police contacts reported that 95 percent of businesses in Kathmandu Valley were closed. Traffic was limited to police and army vehicles, diplomatic vehicles, and ambulances, with most people opting to [...] | 2003-09-18 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC NP |
03KATHMANDU1836 | NEPAL: ARMY ATTACK ON MAOISTS DEADLIEST SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Fighting between the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Maoist insurgents continued Sept. 18 for the second day in the mid-western district of Rolpa. To date, at least 35 Maoists and 4 RNA soldiers have been killed in the deadliest clash since the Maoists broke a seven-month ceasefire on Augus [...] | 2003-09-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1841 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13- [...] According to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with 19 civilians, including a child. 40 security personnel suffered injuries. The Maoists' call for a three-day nationwide strike from September 18-20 closed dow [...] | 2003-09-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1849 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE INSIDE BHUTANESE [...] (C) Summary. On September 22, Post received reports from WFP and UNHCR that as many as 150 Maoists attacked the police post inside a Bhutanese refugee camp in Eastern Nepal, killing one unarmed police officer. No refugees were injured in the attacks. According to UNHCR, the Home Ministry has [...] | 2003-09-22 09:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER NP BH |
03KATHMANDU185 | NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; [...] (U) The Maoists issued a press release on February 2 cancelling the general strike, or "bandh," scheduled to commemorate the seventh anniversary of their insurgency on February 13-14. The press statement said the strike is being called off in consideration of the "present changing circumstan [...] | 2003-02-03 07:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC SOCI NP |
03KATHMANDU1859 | NEPAL: INDIAN SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, the Indian government is sending a defense consultation group to Kathmandu the week of September 22 to "institutionalize" bilateral security assistance and support to the Government of Nepal (GON). A few weeks later in New Delhi, the GOI will [...] | 2003-09-24 00:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER IN NP |
03KATHMANDU1870 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR REPORTS ADVANCES IN BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) According to Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran, bilateral consultations between Indian and Nepali security and intelligence officers in Kathmandu on Sept 22-23 proceeded ""exceptionally well"" as a first step in institutionalizing security assistance and information exchange between the two go [...] | 2003-09-25 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MCAP PGOV IN NP |
03KATHMANDU1874 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 20- [...] According to local press accounts fifty-three Maoists, nine policemen and two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with two civilians. Two other policemen were also assassinated by Maoists. Senior officials from the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) declared that the Maoists [...] | 2003-09-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
03KATHMANDU1888 | NEPAL: MAOISTS OFFER TEN-DAY HOLIDAY TRUCE; [...] (U) On September 26 the Maoist leadership issued a press statement declaring a ceasefire from October 2-9 in honor of the Hindu festival of Dashain. In announcing the truce, Maoist leader Prachanda cited the "feeling of the masses and appeals from different political and human rights organi [...] | 2003-09-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP GON |
03KATHMANDU1890 | AmCit Trekker Attacked and Robbed on Annapurna [...] SUMMARY. On Saturday, September 27, 2003, American citizen Sean Gamble called the Embassy reporting that he had been attacked, injured and his passport stolen by a group of four assailants while trekking on the eastern portion of the Annapurna Circuit, near the village of Tal. The attack app [...] | 2003-09-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1900 | American Threatened by Maoists on Trail in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A resident American woman visiting families she aids in Dolpo District, together with two non-American friends, were recently accosted by a group of twelve Maoists while hiking in the Upper Dolpo region. The leader of the Maoist group demanded to have their passports, repeated [...] | 2003-10-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
03KATHMANDU1904 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 1 [...] ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 39 MAOISTS, 18 POLICEMEN AND 7 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA) SOLDIERS DIED IN CLASHES FROM SEPTEMBER 26 - 30. MAOISTS ALSO KILLED SIX PERSONS IDENTIFIED AS NEPALI CONGRESS MEMBERS AND SEVEN OTHER CIVILIANS. AN RNA SPOKESPERSON CLAIMED ON OCTOBER 1 THAT 300 MAOISTS [...] | 2003-10-01 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL NP |