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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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05GENEVA2668 | REPORT ON NON-ARGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from October 10-14, 2005, to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...] | 2005-11-02 10:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2669 | JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-031. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the delegation lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for Part II of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...] | 2005-11-02 11:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2670 | NOT A GOOD IDEA - WIPO PROPOSAL ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 6. 2. Ambassador Moley met November 1, at her request, with Rita Hayes, Deputy Director General WIPO, to discuss a proposed WIPO-hosted meeting of a high-level advisory group for intellectual property and avian flu. Econ Counselor and Health Atta [...] | 2005-11-02 11:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR TBIO WIPO |
05GENEVA2682 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...] | 2005-11-03 10:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2683 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) TAYLOR-BORYAK DINNER, OCTOBER 30, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-032. 2. Meeting Date: October 30, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Boryak ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representa [...] | 2005-11-03 10:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2685 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, to dis [...] | 2005-11-03 10:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2690 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-035. 2. (S) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, [...] | 2005-11-04 06:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2712 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a heads of delegation (HOD) meeting, held at the U.S. Mission on November 2 at which all [...] | 2005-11-08 06:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2713 | UZBEK REFUGEES IN KYRGYZSTAN AND ROMANIA [...] (U) Summary: On 26 October, Ambassador received a letter from Anne Willem Biljeveld, Director of the Division of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),providing an update on the status of the refugees who fled Uzbekistan in May 2005. Paragraph 4 repe [...] | 2005-11-08 06:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2714 | IOM SUB-COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Member states approved most agenda item presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during the 94th Session of the Sub-committee on Budget and Finance (SCBF) November 1. However, three issues -- IOM's overhead rate policy, its Program and Budget for 2006, and [...] | 2005-11-08 07:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF IOM |
05GENEVA2715 | WTO HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING - NOVEMBER 3, 2005 [...] WTO Director-General Lamy convened a short heads of delegation meeting on the morning of November 3 to discuss next steps for the Doha Development Agenda. His main point was that the time has come to emphasize the "horizontality" of the negotiations and to begin the process of transitioning [...] | 2005-11-08 07:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2719 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...] | 2005-11-08 10:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2726 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...] | 2005-11-09 05:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2727 | WSIS PREPCOM III MEETS IN GENEVA; LEAVES KEY [...] Summary: The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom III) for Phase II of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva, Switzerland on September 19 ) 30, 2005. Over 1,900 participants attended the PrepCom including 1047 delegates representing 152 states [...] | 2005-11-09 05:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EU IO TS WSIS |
05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] | 2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05GENEVA2732 | FIVE SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THEY ARE [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who are conducting an investigation on detainees at Guantanamo regarding their intention to seek cooperation from the Governments of Afghanistan, France, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain to allow them access so that the [...] | 2005-11-09 06:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA2734 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-041. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss [...] | 2005-11-09 07:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2735 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...] | 2005-11-09 08:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2738 | JCIC-XXVII: UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO THE U.S. [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-047. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of the Unclassified Attachment to the U.S. closing plenary statement -- Coordinated Plenary Statement on Reentry Vehicle Inspections of Trident II SLBMs -- that was made at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of t [...] | 2005-11-09 09:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2739 | JCIC-XXVII: INITIALED JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 39 [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-048. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of Joint Statement Number 39 "On First Stages of SS-25 ICBMs Burned Without Nozzles Attached" that was initialed by all Parties in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2005. 3. Begin text: [...] | 2005-11-09 10:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2741 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-052. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Russian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...] | 2005-11-09 10:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2748 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...] | 2005-11-09 13:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2749 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN GRIEVANCES WITH CTR AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Ukraine took the opportunity, during a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, [...] | 2005-11-10 03:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2750 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN-HOSTED RECEPTION, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-033. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Event: Russian-Hosted Reception Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva AND Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 [...] | 2005-11-10 04:03:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2751 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...] | 2005-11-10 05:49:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2753 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-044. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A working group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, to discuss Russian con [...] | 2005-11-10 06:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2755 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-050. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...] | 2005-11-10 07:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2756 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-051. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the Start Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...] | 2005-11-10 08:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2757 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...] | 2005-11-10 08:19:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2760 | JCIC-XXVII: CLOSE-OUT OF PART TWO OF JCIC-XXVII [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-056. 2. This is the end of operations for the second part of JCIC-XXVII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" o [...] | 2005-11-10 08:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2761 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-055. 2. (S) Following is the listing of Geneva cables from Part II of JCIC-XXVII reporting activity during the period October 31 - November 9, 2005. JCIC-XXVII-029 (GENEVA 2636) JCIC-XXVII: (U) RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) OPERATIONS JCIC-XXVII-030 (GENE [...] | 2005-11-10 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2765 | INITIAL FY 2006 WMO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050110000391 EFT DATE: 11-NOV-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240.CO191516.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-11 S [...] | 2005-11-10 10:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN KUNR AORC WMO |
05GENEVA2767 | DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...] | 2005-11-10 11:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF |
05GENEVA2778 | WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT) [...] Begin Summary: On November 2, 2005, the WTO TBT Committee met to review new trade concerns arising from the following notifications (or lack thereof): China's proposed regulations to control pollution from electronic information products, the EU's Directive on eco-design requirements for ene [...] | 2005-11-16 03:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2781 | WTO HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2005 [...] Begin Summary. Following a report by Director-General Lamy on the lack of movement in recent informal consultations, WTO heads of delegation decided on November 10, 2005 to "recalibrate" their expectations for the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China. At the same time, they als [...] | 2005-11-16 03:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2797 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION October 27 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Thursday, October 27, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GIs) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the sy [...] | 2005-11-16 09:14:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05GENEVA2798 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...] | 2005-11-16 09:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05GENEVA2807 | May16 - October 31, 2005 CLO ACTIVITY REPORT - [...] CLO serves the following agencies: Department of State, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, Census Bureau, USAID, Army, Air Force and Environmental Protection Agency. 2. [...] | 2005-11-16 11:55:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KFLO CLO |
05GENEVA2809 | TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-17 04:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN |
05GENEVA2812 | FIVE SRS REQUESTING ANSWER TO OCTOBER 31 LETTER [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs who have been invited to visit Guantanamo. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on #10 on the 2005 correspondence log. 2. Begin text of letter: [...] | 2005-11-17 06:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UNHCR |
05GENEVA2839 | MDA: DISSUADING JAPAN FROM AMENDING THE PROTOCOL [...] (C) Summary: Japan is contemplating proposing an amendment to the current text of the additional third protocol (to adopt a new emblem for the Red Cross movement.) This runs counter to the strong U.S. desire not to re-open the draft. While Japan's proposal itself is minor, it is quite possible [...] | 2005-11-18 11:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS ICRC MDA |
05GENEVA542 | FY 2005 ILO TAX PAYMENT: PAYMENT TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: VOUCHER NO: 27850007890 EFT DATE: 24-FEB-05 NAME OF PAYEE: INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) ACCOUNT NO: CO801157.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-2 SWIT [...] | 2005-03-01 13:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN ILO |
05GENEVA836 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION, MARCH 11, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council Special Session met on Friday, March 11, 2005. The Special Session is charged with negotiating a system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GI's) for wines and spirits eligible for protection in those WTO Members participating in the syst [...] | 2005-04-01 13:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05GENEVA837 | WTO TRIPS COUNCIL, MARCH 8-9, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, 2005. Mr. Tony Miller of Hong Kong, China chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held on the morning of March 8, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon of the fir [...] | 2005-04-01 13:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05GENEVA844 | MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MARCH 31, 2005 [...] The General Council agreed on March 31, 2005 to extend by three months (until July 30, 2005) the time period for Members to negotiate compensation or withdraw concessions of their own in response to the EC's withdrawal of concessions as a result of EU enlargement to its new membership of 25. [...] | 2005-04-04 07:29:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA847 | LETTER FROM INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] Mission received the following letter from the Independent Expert on Afghanistan, Cherif Bassiouni on March 30, 2005. The letter is addressed to Ambassador Moley and responds to a letter sent on March 18, 2005 in which Ambassador Moley offered Mr. Bassiouni a briefing on the conditions of DO [...] | 2005-04-04 08:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA909 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...] | 2005-04-08 14:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GEORGETOWN1095 | GEORGETOWN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL [...] Per reftel, post welcomes Andrew Hernandez from November 14-22, 2005. 2. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Le Meridian Pegasus Hotel (within walking distance of the U.S.Embassy). Reservation number is 13. Rate is $130 per night plus 10% tax. Visitor will be met at the airport a [...] | 2005-10-18 19:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KRIM KSAF OTRA KLBO AORC |
05GEORGETOWN1106 | GEORGETOWN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - LURCH, [...] Per reftel, post welcomes Henry Lurch from October 31 to November 4, 2005. 2. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Le Meridian Pegasus Hotel (within walking distance of the U.S.Embassy). Reservation number is 254. Rate is $130 per night plus 10% tax. Visitor will be met at the air [...] | 2005-10-20 17:11:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KLBO KRIM |
05GEORGETOWN1182 | Country Clearance Granted for Harry Ponting and [...] Post welcomes Harry Ponting and Robert Sutter to Guyana from November 16-20 to assist in implementing the classified web publishing initiative Net-Centric Diplomacy. 2. Control Officer is Timothy Birner, telephone 592-225-4900 ext. 220, IVG 747-0220, fax 592-227-0240. Control officer's em [...] | 2005-11-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AINF PGOV PINR GY |
05GEORGETOWN1192 | PRESIDENT AND FORMIN TRAVEL VIA NEW YORK TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 19:01:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP GY |
05GEORGETOWN1194 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on November 9, 2005, covering the period October 4, 2005 - November 9, 2005. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. CONS, POL, ECON, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this period [...] | 2005-11-14 21:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY |
05GEORGETOWN1195 | INTERIM REPORT: GUYANA IMPROVES VICTIM ASSISTANCE, [...] Summary. A series of nation-wide educational seminars, new legislation to raise Guyana's age of consent, new resources for trafficking shelters, new partnerships to research trafficking in persons (TIP),and charges filed against human traffickers highlight Guyana's recent efforts to combat [...] | 2005-11-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SOCI PGOV KCRM KWMN GY |
05GEORGETOWN1196 | GUYANA 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Guyana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. Post's reading of the instructions indicates Guyana will not require a "detailed assessment" for 2005 because no acts of international terrorism occurred in Guyana, Guyana is not a state sponsor of terrorism, there are no known [...] | 2005-11-15 13:55:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC GY |
05GEORGETOWN1202 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - GEORGETOWN- [...] Post requests and welcomes Kurt Low, Program Officer with Top Secret Level 3 security clearance, from USAID/Dominican Republic, SIPDIS o/a 11/16/2005 to o/a 11/18/2005, to provide program support to USAID/Guyana during the portfolio review exercise and grants country clearance to this effe [...] | 2005-11-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OVIP AMGT ASEC |
05GEORGETOWN1203 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - GEORGETOWN- [...] Post requests and welcomes Michael Donald, Regional Environmental Advisor with Top Secret Clearance, from USAID/Dominican Republic, o/a 11/27/2005 to o/a 11/30/2005, to assist with Regulation 216 environmental compliance assistance and grants country clearance. 2. Hotel reservation is co [...] | 2005-11-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OVIP AMGT ASEC |
05GEORGETOWN1211 | Embassy Georgetown International Education Week [...] On November 14 and November 15, 2005 Consular Officers and Post's Education Advisor spoke with students at three Georgetown high schools about the benefits of study in the U.S. and the general qualifications for a student visa. The Education Advisor presented information on the variety of ed [...] | 2005-11-15 19:57:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP CVIS KPAO GY |
05GEORGETOWN1212 | WHA CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER [...] This cable is in response to REF cable requesting logistical arrangements which should be given to Alison Shorter-Lawrence and Kathy M. Djahanbani. -- Amb. Roland W. Bullen will attend the subject conference accompanied by Mrs. Hilda Cox-Bullen. -- For lodging, Amb. request a non-smoking [...] | 2005-11-16 21:03:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CMGT GY APER |
05GEORGETOWN1273 | President's Economic Vision for Guyana [...] At a December 1 speech to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, President Jagdeo threw away his speech and instead spelled out, unscripted, his economic vision for Guyana's future. His remarks highlight a strategy for Guyana's infrastructure, macroeconomic policy, and growth sectors. ------- [...] | 2005-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BTIO PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG GY |
05GEORGETOWN1281 | JAGDEO: U.S. LOSING PR BATTLE IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and PolOff met with President Jagdeo on December 5 for an informal, amiable discussion of ongoing bilateral issues. Jagdeo also shared his candid view on a topic that clearly interests him -- the U.S. public relations problem in Latin America. During the conversation, Jagd [...] | 2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ELTN SCUL KPAO XM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1309 | GUYANA TRADE MINISTER BLASTS 'UNFAIR' TRADE SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: Guyana's Minister of Foreign Trade, Clement Rohee, criticized developing countries for negotiating trade rules that "further marginalize" developing countries. The remarks are the latest in a series of public pronouncements expressing distrust of the Doha Development Agenda. END SUMM [...] | 2005-12-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR GY |
05GEORGETOWN1313 | GLIMMER OF HOPE IN GUYANA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions met with PolOff on December 13 and indicated that she is preparing what would be a watershed money laundering case. Two suspects implicated in a 2004 UK drug bust received wire transfers in Guyana in 2002 totaling almost USD 300,000 and exc [...] | 2005-12-15 20:05:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1317 | CARICOM SECGEN SPEAKS ON EVE OF SINGLE MARKET [...] SUMMARY: A rare, frank press conference by CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington outlined some of the SIPDIS challenges that face the imminent CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME). Information dissemination, funding for a regional development fund, reconciliation of laws, and memory of [...] | 2005-12-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP CARICOM GY XL |
05GEORGETOWN1318 | CARICOM Likely to Observe Haiti Elections [...] SUMMARY. CARICOM officials communicated two wildly inconsistent messages on December 15 regarding the CARICOM's intention to send observers to the upcoming Haitian elections. CARICOM official told PolOff that CARICOM has not made a decision yet whether to send observers but continues to fol [...] | 2005-12-16 19:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05GEORGETOWN1321 | CARICOM MOVING AHEAD TO OBSERVE HAITI [...] (SBU) On December 19, Ambassador Bullen spoke with Hugh Cholmondeley, Head of CARICOM's Task Force on Haiti. Cholmondeley discussed CARICOM's plans to send observers to monitor the upcoming Haitian elections. - CARICOM does not believe that Haiti will be ready to hold elections on January 8. [...] | 2005-12-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
05GEORGETOWN1329 | CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...] | 2005-12-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1348 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - GEORGETOWN. CHUNG [...] Post welcomes Dr. Donna Chung, International Relations Analyst with the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL),and Ms. Elizabeth Bury, USDOL consultant of Management Systems International, for travel to Guyana from January 8 - 15, 2006, and grants country clearance. 2. Post understands that Dr [...] | 2005-12-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA GY |
05GEORGETOWN1349 | TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...] | 2005-12-28 23:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY |
05GEORGETOWN1350 | GUYANA ELECTION PREVIEW #2: CALL FOR LONG-TERM [...] (U) SUMMARY. While progress continues on some fronts, three major problems loom with preparations for the 2006 elections: a) the urgent need to secure long-term observers to monitor the registration process that began in October; b) hiccups in the plan to scan and cross-match all registered v [...] | 2005-12-29 00:04:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GY |
05GUATEMALA1179 | GUATEMALA ON IRAQ TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, the Ambassador spoke with Guatemalan Acting FM Marta Altolguirre to urge the GOG to welcome the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government and convey support for Iraq's reconstruction and political transition. 2. (SBU) Altolaguirre said she was impr [...] | 2005-05-10 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ GT |
05GUATEMALA1191 | GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...] | 2005-05-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA1204 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (8) [...] (SBU) There has been some buzz about Vice President Eduardo Stein's unhappiness with the government's direction, triggered by an interview in "Prensa Libre" where he intimated he would leave the administration if the GOG failed to boost social spending in next year's budget. Stein is a Euro-s [...] | 2005-05-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GT |
05GUATEMALA1403 | GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289 [...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...] | 2005-06-02 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA1404 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] Guatemala's Congress unanimously approved legislation May 31 to establish a resident office of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The resident office is expected to start operations at the beginning of July, providing technical and training assistance to Guate [...] | 2005-06-02 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID GT UN |
05GUATEMALA1411 | SKEPTICAL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO CARACAS TO [...] (U) A Guatemalan delegation consisting of Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz, congressional Energy Commission chair Mynor Lopez, and Finance Committee chair Victor Ramirez departed Guatemala the afternoon of June 2 to pursue a public offer of significantly lower petroleum prices made by [...] | 2005-06-03 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV VE GT |
05GUATEMALA144 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR DS - RESIDENTIAL SECURITY [...] This is an action request to DS for residential security funding in the amount of $45,000 to locally purchase 85 single B&W camera and single monitor systems to protect our staff in their homes from a serious and increasing crime threat. 2. THE PROBLEM - One typical scenario (see others be [...] | 2005-01-19 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
05GUATEMALA146 | GUATEMALA ON US SUPPORT FOR OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Guatemalan FM Briz, who expressed great satisfaction with news that U.S. would announce its support for President Flores's candidacy for the OAS SYG position, noting that Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic had alre [...] | 2005-01-19 23:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA1464 | NO CHEAP PETROLEUM FROM VENEZUELA; FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz and congressional Energy and Mines Committee chair Mynor Lopez the evening of June 7 for a readout on their recent trip to Venezuela (reftel). The two reported that there had been no surprises: Venezuela offered no special de [...] | 2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EFIN KCOR EPET VE GT |
05GUATEMALA152 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Guatemala held open and transparent elections in November and December of 2003. There have been major advances in human rights since the end of the civil conflict and signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, and the Government generally respects the rights of its citizens. Impunity for offenses [...] | 2005-01-20 21:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB MASS EAID KPAO KJUS KDEM SNAR HURI GTREFTEL |
05GUATEMALA162 | GUATEMALAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WALK OFF JOB [...] Guatemalan air traffic controllers walked off the job on January 11, shutting down Guatemala's airports for 20 hours. They were protesting the GOG's refusal to renew their employment contracts, which had expired December 31. At least one commercial aircraft landed without tower assistance [...] | 2005-01-21 18:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAIR ELAB ASEC CASC MOPS SNAR GT FAA |
05GUATEMALA163 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (4) [...] (SBU) The year got off to a rough start for Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. --------------------------- Campesino Protests Get Ugly --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Solola, the province best known for the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Atitlan, became the center of attention when [...] | 2005-01-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID SNAR MASS ASEC PHUM SENV GT |
05GUATEMALA171 | GUATEMALA REQUEST FOR ESF, INCLE ANTI-TIP FUNDS [...] Summary: We request that Washington offices allocate INCLE funds to one Guatemalan project to improve the criminal justice sector in regard to trafficking in persons and allocate ESF funds to two Guatemalan projects to improve care to trafficking victims. End summary. Guatemala's need for [...] | 2005-01-24 22:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG GT |
05GUATEMALA1745 | GUATEMALA'S LATEST BOOGEYMAN: "SOCIAL CLEANSING" [...] Summary: "Social cleansing" is a phrase increasingly bandied about in Guatemala to explain some unsolved killings. Although frustration with the government's inability to reduce crime is very real, there is no indication of a state policy to pursue extrajudicial executions of delinquents, nor [...] | 2005-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR MASS KJUS GT |
05GUATEMALA1746 | GUATEMALAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA--INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP GT UNGA |
05GUATEMALA1751 | POLITICALLY DRIVEN LOCAL REFERENDUMS SEEK TO BLOCK [...] (C) Referendums organized by two municipalities in different parts of Guatemala attempted to demonstrate massive local rejection of a large gold mine and a hydroelectric project. Organizers then declared that the people had spoken and demanded that the projects be stopped. The process of c [...] | 2005-07-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EMIN PGOV EAID SENV SNAR PHUM ELAB GT |
05GUATEMALA1754 | GUATEMALA NEAR COMPLETION OF DEMINING [...] Summary: Per reftel request for planning inputs for the Department's FY06 PM/WRA Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Strategic Plan, post is not submitting such inputs as the Guatemalan Government's HMA plan forecasts a completion of all demining activity in Guatemala by October 2005. The follow [...] | 2005-07-20 23:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP MOPS MARR PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA1890 | GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES ALLEGED THREATS [...] Summary. The Guatemalan Government recently denounced threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, apparently in response to the widespread but unconfirmed impression that such incidents rose dramatically in the first half of 2005. If the self-reported statistics are reliable, t [...] | 2005-08-04 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA1897 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (9) [...] (SBU) Late June and early July saw a spate of media reports of GOG interest in merging the Defense and Government (Interior) Ministries. According to media and GOG sources, Minister of Government Vielmann generated the proposal, presumably as part of his continuing efforts to get control of [...] | 2005-08-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MASS PHUM EAID KJUS GT |
05GUATEMALA1993 | GUATEMALA'S COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan Acting FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez and U/S for International Organizations Amb. Carla Rodriguez, who said that Guatemala's resident ambassador in Chile, Amb. Castellanos, would represent Guatemala at the August 19 Santiago vice-ministerial. R [...] | 2005-08-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR HA GT |
05GUATEMALA2014 | GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] The information below is keyed to the reftel paragraphs: A. The Guatemalan Labor Code sets the minimum age for employment at 14 years. In exceptional cases, the Labor Inspectorate can provide work permits to children under the age of 14, although the practice has diminished significantly. [...] | 2005-08-22 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID ETRD GT |
05GUATEMALA2022 | GUATEMALA ON AUG 28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] (C) Guatemalan MFA official told polcouns that FM Briz declined to accept Venezuela's invitation to attend August 28 Social Charter event. MFA instructed Guatemala's ambassador in Caracas, Ivan Espinoza, to attend the GOV-hosted meeting "in a listening mode." 2. (C) Polcouns made other ref [...] | 2005-08-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID KSUM GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] | 2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
05GUATEMALA212 | GUATEMALA ON CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE OAS CANDIDACY OF [...] In the absence of President Berger, who was travelling in the interior of Guatemala, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to FM Briz. 2. Briz said Guatemala was willing to be very active in a coordinated effort to promote the candidacy of Flores for OAS Secretary General. He noted that [...] | 2005-01-28 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GA OAS |
05GUATEMALA218 | GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC |
05GUATEMALA2250 | Energy producers worried about energy sector [...] (SBU) Summary: In early September, a delegation of energy producers, including three US firms, complained to the Embassy that their contracts are under threat by the regulator, which claims their prices are too high. They fear legislation that would give the regulator a hand in setting prices [...] | 2005-09-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP ETRD SENV GT |
05GUATEMALA2260 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Guatemalan Congress, Jorge Mendez Herburger (JMH),predicted to the Ambassador that Article 98 would be approved "by Halloween." The Ambassador also stressed the need for, and JMH agreed to, legislative action on anti-crime measures, CAFTA implementation, an [...] | 2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CVIS CASC KCRM EAID PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA2261 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN VP STEIN [...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his introductory call on Guatemala VP Stein, the Ambassador urged the GOG to push for congressional ratification of Article 98 ahead of the Rome Statute. To strengthen Guatemala's ability to dismantle organized crime, the Ambassador made a pitch for legis [...] | 2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SNAR KCRM PHUM EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA2273 | GUATEMALA ON CHANGES TO DEPORTATION PROCEDURES [...] (C) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted favorably to reftel demarche delivered September 27 by the Ambassador, saying the GOG would seek to cooperate with USG efforts to reduce to three days the turnaround time to repatriate illegal Guatemalan immigrants apprehended at the border. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...] | 2005-09-27 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG CVIS SNAR KCRM EAID PREF PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA229 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ACCESS PRIORITIES FOR [...] Guatemala provides national treatment for most services providers, as reflected in the limited number of nonconforming measures for Guatemala listed in the agreed text of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Exceptions to national treatment include maritime transportation and fina [...] | 2005-01-31 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTO |
05GUATEMALA2303 | GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2395 | GUATEMALA NEEDS TPS [...] Embassy Guatemala strongly supports granting Guatemalans living in the United States Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following Hurricane Stan, which produced floods and mudslides that have devastated the country. Guatemala is in a state of calamity and will be hard pressed to address any add [...] | 2005-10-17 22:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS SMIG EAID MASS PHUM AEMR ASEC ETRD EAGR GT |
05GUATEMALA2466 | GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: CREATION OF A CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a law creating a civilian intelligence agency, including an initially controversial provision to permit wiretapping in restricted circumstances. Inclusion of the wiretapping provision in the bill augurs well for passage of what the Embassy has [...] | 2005-10-27 21:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS KCRM PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA2469 | GUATEMALA'S CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2005 REPORT TO [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2005 Report to Congress on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). STATISTICS Population statistics are drawn from the 2005 edition of the CIA World Fact Book. Per capita income figures [...] | 2005-10-27 21:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON GT |
05GUATEMALA2483 | Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...] | 2005-10-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT |
05GUATEMALA2495 | Visit of Secretary of Commerce to Guatemala [...] Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez visited Guatemala from October 16-18, 2005, leading a business delegation of 19 U.S. companies as well as an interagency group with top officials from OPIC, USTDA, EXIM, IDB/Treasury, SBA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Sec [...] | 2005-11-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP PREL OVIP GT |
05GUATEMALA2504 | DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF STAN [...] Summary: Still gripped with the immediate concerns of disaster relief, GOG officials have not yet tallied the economic costs of Tropical Storm Stan and the accompanying rains that drenched more than one third of Guatemala's territory in the first two weeks of October. Some estimates have put [...] | 2005-11-02 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ET EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR GT |
05GUATEMALA2511 | Guatemala and the MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: Going by MCC statistical procedures, Guatemala is unlikely to be selected to negotiate an MCC compact in FY 2006. But Guatemala's suitability for a compact should be evaluated in a more basic sense: is the Berger administration making progress toward MCC goals, and how do Gu [...] | 2005-11-03 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR GT MCC |
05GUATEMALA2611 | GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...] | 2005-11-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2623 | Adoption Visas Processed in Guatemala City [...] Guatemala City's Immigrant Visa Unit issued 3,783 immigrant visas to adopted Guatemalan orphans in FY 2005. This is a new record for Guatemala City, and is a 15.9 percent increase in orphan visa workload over FY 2004. It also represents nearly 53 percent of our total IV workload for the ye [...] | 2005-11-17 19:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC CMGT GT |
05GUATEMALA2641 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM GT |
05GUATEMALA2642 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL GT UNHRC |
05GUATEMALA2644 | GUATEMALA INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Guatemala's social indicators still lag behind most countries in Latin America, the Berger administration has made education and health a top priority and has undertaken convincing initiatives that are moving the country in the right direction. The relevant indicators [...] | 2005-11-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EAID EFIN GT |
05GUATEMALA2653 | CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...] | 2005-11-22 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA2656 | GUATEMALA: CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. Post was not required to update the trade summary section of the report. IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States began free trade negotiations with five Cent [...] | 2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA2658 | ECLAC ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE STAN'S DAMAGE TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY. An ECLAC study of the impact caused to Guatemala by Tropical Storm Stan estimates the total damage and losses to be just shy of US$1 billion ($983 million) and suggests that while the Storm's impact may have been marginal in macroeconomic terms, the impact was devastating for the tho [...] | 2005-11-22 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
05GUATEMALA2684 | PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...] | 2005-11-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
05GUATEMALA2685 | TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER [...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...] | 2005-11-29 20:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA2690 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA2693 | Views on CAFTA's "human" face [...] (SBU) Summary: Judging from a November 23 conference, views on the social and human aspects of CAFTA by top opinion makers are mixed. Concerns range from including the poor in CAFTA's benefits, to the asymmetries between Guatemala and the US and Guatemala's ability to compete. Supporters foc [...] | 2005-12-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV SOCI PGOV PREL GT CAFTA |
05GUATEMALA2724 | GUATEMALA: RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC GT UNGA |
05GUATEMALA280 | GUATEMALA'S LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT RULINGS [...] Summary: The Guatemalan Labor Inspectorate has at least been temporarily stripped of its power to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws, due to an August 2004 Constitutional Court decision. Inspectors must now take their findings to labor courts for court-o [...] | 2005-02-03 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA2849 | BIRTH OF A UNION IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: Following months of negotiation and some severe conflicts regarding labor rights, the management of a major apparel manufacturer agreed to support the establishment of a labor union in its workforce. Potential CAFTA benefits and the steady interest of U.S. brands were encouragin [...] | 2005-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC GT |
05GUATEMALA294 | EXTRA, EXTRA! LETTER FROM GUATEMALA: THE BEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD A YEAR TO ADJUST TO PRESIDENT BERGER'S CLEANER ADMINISTRATION. WITH NO OBVIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENEMY, EDITORIALISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ON AN ADVERSA [...] | 2005-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KPAO EAID ELAB SENV ETRD GT |
05GUATEMALA297 | ALLEGED VIOLENCE AT GUATEMALAN MAQUILA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Korean manager of a Guatemalan maquila allegedly punched a female union leader in the face during a January 20 altercation at the factory. Both sides filed claims with the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Labor. The case demonstrates the weakness of Guatemala's abi [...] | 2005-02-07 17:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM KCRM EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA307 | GUATEMALA STRENGTHENS TIP LAW [...] Summary: Guatemala's Congress approved strong anti-TIP legislation that will aid GOG efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict those engaged in trafficking. The new law includes a much broader and more effective definition of trafficking that will aid police and prosecutors and much sti [...] | 2005-02-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA312 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (6) [...] (SBU) January 31 marked the 25th anniversary of the fire at the Spanish Embassy that killed 37 persons. In a land that has suffered more than its share of grim tragedies over the last 50 years, this particular incident remains vividly controversial. Bishop Gonzalo de Villa, former head of L [...] | 2005-02-07 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID ASEC MASS SNAR SENV KCOR GT |
05GUATEMALA316 | PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR WTO NAMA OUTREACH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-07 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GT WTRO |
05GUATEMALA341 | GUATEMALAN OPTIONS FOR LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) has identified three approaches (not mutually exclusive) to reinstate the Labor Inspectorate's authority to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws. The Minister of Labor -- in congruence with our recommendations [...] | 2005-02-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA344 | GUATEMALAN COURT AGAIN STRIKES DOWN PAYMENTS TO [...] (U) Summary and introduction: For the third time in the past 14 months, Guatemala's Constitutional Court struck down direct payments to former members of the armed civil defense (paramilitary) forces (PAC) established by the Guatemalan Army in the early 1980s. The ex-PACs have refrained from [...] | 2005-02-09 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID MASS SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA376 | GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...] | 2005-02-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT |
05GUATEMALA391 | GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...] | 2005-02-15 19:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA392 | GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...] | 2005-02-15 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN |
05GUATEMALA437 | GUATEMALA ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Embassy's February 17 National Day reception, the Ambassador discussed with Guatemalan FM Briz our views on the OAS Social Charter and chairmanship of the working group. The Ambassador gave Briz an aide memoire drawn from reftel info. 2. (C) Briz said he shared [...] | 2005-02-17 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA47 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...] | 2005-01-07 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA492 | U.S.-OWNED MAQUILA IN TROUBLE IN GUATEMALA [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan maquila workers detained an Amcit factory manager in the workplace for nine hours in response to the factory's closure. The workers still have the Amcit under virtual house arrest. The workers are protesting that the factory owners offered them only twenty percent [...] | 2005-02-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM CASC ASEC PINS EAID SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA502 | SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION FOR GUATEMALA [...] Embassy is in daily contact with Washington agencies over efforts to resolve problems that have arisen due to the passage in December 2004 of legislation that effectively stripped data protection for pharmaceutical and agro-chemical products from Guatemalan legislation. That legislation had, [...] | 2005-02-23 18:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD GT KIPT |
05GUATEMALA533 | GUATEMALA ON CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID GT UN CSW |
05GUATEMALA545 | GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...] | 2005-03-01 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT |
05GUATEMALA554 | GUATEMALAN COURT DECISION DELIVERS SETBACK, NOT A [...] SUMMARY: On February 16, Guatemala's Constitutional Court issued a clarification of its earlier decision in the appeal of Reyes Collin Gualip, one of 16 soldiers implicated in the 1982 Dos Erres massacre. The court reiterated that the case against Gualip cannot proceed without a decision from [...] | 2005-03-02 22:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EAID ASEC MASS SNAR GT |
05GUATEMALA56 | GUATEMALA GSP PETITIONS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: In this cable, post provides its comments on the petition submitted December 13, 2004, to USTR by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the U.S./Labor Education in the Americas project (US/LEAP) to remove Guatemala from the list of GSP and CBI benefic [...] | 2005-01-10 20:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA564 | GUATEMALA ON CSW DECLARATION, OP 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA565 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA CONSIDERATION OF DECLARATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO GT UNGA KCSI |
05GUATEMALA577 | SMALL STEP FOR GUATEMALAN LABOR STANDARDS [...] (U) Summary: Labor Courts have begun to impose fines on employers found by the Labor Inspectorate to be in non-compliance with the Labor Code. This shows a measure of political will, but without increasing resources to the labor courts, this process does not represent a functioning system of [...] | 2005-03-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA578 | UPDATE ON U.S.-OWNED MAQUILA IN GUATEMALA [...] Although production at Guatemalan maquila J&R Sportswear has stopped, the company itself has not yet formally closed (ref A). Company management filed for a legal suspension of work at the maquila. The Ministry of Labor has not yet ruled on that application, but sources tell us that the appl [...] | 2005-03-04 19:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CASC ECON ETRD PHUM ASEC EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA595 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA658 | GUATEMALA ON CHR-61 [...] (SBU) DFM Marta Altolaguirre will head Guatemala's delegation to the Commission on Human Rights. She is currently in Vancouver attending a conference on migration issues. Polcouns therefore delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan MFA's Luis Carranza, deputy director for multilateral policy [...] | 2005-03-11 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM GT UNCHR |
05GUATEMALA659 | GUATEMALA'S CONGRESS REINSTATES DATA PROTECTION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Congress passed legislation by an overwhelming majority to reinstate data protection for drugs and agrochemicals, paving the way for consideration of the CAFTA in the U.S. Congress. This was the end of a drama played out over years that was fraught with misinformation, co [...] | 2005-03-11 19:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA675 | CAFTA RATIFIED BY CONGRESS, 126 VOTES TO 12 [...] Guatemala's Congress ratified the CAFTA text by a 10.5 to 1 margin on March 10 as some 800 unruly demonstrators sought to impede access. UNE and Integracionista party members returned to the Congress after absenting themselves the day before, allowing the 2/3 majority vote to pass the bill on [...] | 2005-03-14 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV PREL GT |
05GUATEMALA699 | GUATEMALAN ANTI-CAFTA DEMONSTRATORS INCITE [...] Summary. Having failed to head off congressional approval of CAFTA through democratic means, a small group of Guatemala's CAFTA opponents sought to tarnish the agreement by staging violent protests over the last week. From March 8-14, demonstrators turned out mostly in the capital, where th [...] | 2005-03-17 01:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA703 | IMF AND FINANCE MINISTRY NOT PURSUING STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala and the IMF have decided not to proceed with a new stand-by agreement (SBA). The IMF is insisting on a commitment to pass fiscal reform legislation by a given date, which Guatemala does not believe it can guarantee in the current congressional environment. Both si [...] | 2005-03-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV GT |
05GUATEMALA734 | GUATEMALA CHILD MARRIAGE [...] The answers below are keyed to the reftel questions. A. Article 8 of the Civil Code specifies that the age of majority is 18 years for both males and females. Article 81 establishes the age of majority as the legal age of marriage. Articles 82-84, however, specify that males over age 16 an [...] | 2005-03-21 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EAID KWMN PGOV SCUL SOCI GT |
05GUATEMALA766 | GUATEMALA INVESTIGATING DEATH OF ANTI-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala is investigating the death from a gunshot wound of a teacher in the March 15 anti-CAFTA demonstration and roadblock in the department of Huehuetenango. Several other demonstrators were seriously wounded. It is not clear who fired the shot that killed [...] | 2005-03-23 16:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT |
05GUATEMALA806 | BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...] | 2005-03-30 23:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS |
05GUATEMALA807 | GUATEMALAN CONCERNS ABOUT "MINUTEMAN PROJECT" [...] The Ambassador received March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz expressing concern about the "Minuteman Project" and other private U.S. efforts to patrol the border and intercept illegal migrants. Text of the letter, dated March 27, follows in para 2. Embassy requests the Department [...] | 2005-03-30 23:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG CVIS KFRD ASEC EAID PHUM SNAR KCRM PBTS GT |
05GUATEMALA81 | GUATEMALA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY TO CHR WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM GT CU UNCHR |
05GUATEMALA819 | LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...] | 2005-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT |
05GUATEMALA828 | GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPART FOR CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan military continue to expand their participation in peacekeeping operations, most recently with 105 Guatemalan peacekeepers joining the MONUC mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guatemalan Defense Ministry has apparently won an interagency struggle ov [...] | 2005-03-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS PHUM EAID ASEC GT CG UN |
05GUATEMALA867 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (7) [...] (SBU) Three and a half weeks have passed since Guatemala's Congress ratified CAFTA, without much sign of the second wave of demonstrations promised by a number of NGO leaders. It could be that potential demonstrators joined the rest of Guatemala in taking Semana Santa (Easter week) off, as [...] | 2005-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EINV GT |
05GUATEMALA888 | IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...] | 2005-04-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT |
05GUATEMALA915 | FOLLOW UP ON LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER |
05GUAYAQUIL1039 | GUAYAQUIL'S LATEST PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having all but faded away after years of existence, the Concentration of Popular Forces party (CFP) is making a last-ditch effort to save itself by naming Jaime Damerval as its candidate for the 2006 presidential elections. An outspoken Minister of Government under Lucio Guti [...] | 2005-08-18 17:34:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EC |
05GUAYAQUIL1090 | PSC,S LEGACY THWARTING IT'S PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPERATING FORCEFULLY FROM THE SHADOWS, ECUADOR,S SOCIAL CHRISTIAN PARTY (PSC) AND ITS ENTRENCHED LEADER, FORMER PRESIDENT LEON FEBRES CORDERO (LFC),HAVE PROVEN THE COAST,S MOST FORMIDABLE PARTY AND INTEREST GROUP. LFC,S DOMINEERING PRESENCE MAY ALSO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE [...] | 2005-09-01 18:16:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EC |
05GUAYAQUIL1151 | COASTAL POLITICS DRIFTING IN TIDE OF UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Politicians - past, present and aspiring - in Guayaquil are searching to make sense of the country's current political situation. In a series of meetings with representatives from the major coastal parties, PolOffs took stock of the view from down south. It may be that this c [...] | 2005-09-28 19:39:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EC |
05GUAYAQUIL1225 | EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA FORCIBLY RETURNED TO GUAYAQUIL [...] (U) Tactical police stormed the beachfront home of former President Gustavo Noboa on October 11 and loaded him on to a helicopter under orders from the provincial police chief that he be returned to Guayaquil. Noboa has been under house arrest for more than five months, after he returned to [...] | 2005-10-18 14:09:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR EC |
05GUAYAQUIL1298 | GUAYAQUIL BUSINESSES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FTA [...] Summary: During her second visit to Guayaquil, the Ambassador met with a wide range of business leaders, most of whom expressed their belief that the GOE would sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it is currently negotiating with the USG. From the Chamber of Industry president to AmCham Board [...] | 2005-11-15 17:00:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD EC |
05GUAYAQUIL1334 | PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE [...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...] | 2005-12-02 20:49:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC |
05GUAYAQUIL257 | GUAYAQUIL'S AUTONOMY MOVEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary: Calls for greater autonomy and even independence for Guayaquil during last month's "Marcha Blanca," (reftel) while raising awareness about the issue, are not galvanizing local leaders to take their efforts national. Rather than an all-encompassing reform that is sent down from Qui [...] | 2005-02-28 22:02:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EC |
05GUAYAQUIL330 | BOLIVIAN AUTONOMY LEADER FINDS SYMPATHETIC [...] (U) Summary. Santa Cruz Bolivia autonomy leader, Ruben Costas, was one of a number of speakers at a day long leadership conference sponsored by the large, influential and politically active Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce. His views on autonomy resonated in Guayaquil, which is advancing its ow [...] | 2005-03-14 13:58:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EC |
05GUAYAQUIL412 | LOS RIOS PROVINCE: WORKING HARD FOR PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: Despite its rich soil and subsequent agricultural importance for Ecuador, Los Rios province faces an uphill battle in its struggle to regain the prosperity it realized during the glory days of the cacao industry boom. Woebegone colonial mansions may dot the capitals landscape, but t [...] | 2005-04-04 15:47:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD EC |
05GUAYAQUIL424 | EX-PRESIDENT BUCARAMS HOMECOMING CELEBRATION [...] (U) Summary: Former president Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE),made a flamboyant, celebratory return to Guayaquil on April 2. After eight years of self-imposed exile in Panama, he arrived in the city center by helicopter, accompanied by men on horseback, and with fir [...] | 2005-04-04 19:59:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL EC |
05GUAYAQUIL533 | GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS COME UP SHORT [...] Summary: Guayaquil joined the ranks of protesting Ecuadorian cities when on April 18 approximately 25,000 residents turned out for mayor Jamie Nebot's (Social Christian Party - PSC) anti- government/pro-Guayaquil march, and a much smaller number joined presidential cousin Renan Borbua and Guaya [...] | 2005-04-20 16:28:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EC |
05HALIFAX101 | NOVA SCOTIA UPS FILM TAX CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: The government of Nova Scotia has recently revamped its film tax credit in an attempt to win back some of the production contracts that have been lost recently to competition from other provinces and the United States. However, although this tax credit increase will likely stave off [...] | 2005-04-18 20:21:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB PREL CA |
05HALIFAX113 | NEW BRUNSWICK DEPUTY MINISTER DISCUSSES BORDER, PREMIER [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Jim McKay, traveled from Fredericton to Halifax recently to meet with CG to discuss issues related the border as well as to seek suggestions for appointments for Premier Lord's upcoming trip to Washington. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2005-05-09 19:35:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CPAS ETRD CA US |
05HALIFAX119 | FEDERAL LIBERALS SURVIVE CRITICAL TEST IN LABRADOR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Paul Martin and the governing Liberals have added one more seat to their ranks in the House of Commons with their win in a federal by-election. A key issue in the Labrador campaign, which saw a string of national political figures on the stump in the huge but sparsely [...] | 2005-05-25 12:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MCAP CA |
05HALIFAX120 | LOCAL ACTIVIST PROMISES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) Consul General met recently with Tamara Lorincz, head of the Halifax Peace Coalition. Lorincz called to request the meeting after CG sent her a USG publication on the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. 2. (SBU) Lorincz, who is by any measure the most active and successful [...] | 2005-05-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC PARM CA |
05HALIFAX125 | VIRGIN ATLANTIC DIVERTED TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA [...] (U) A Virgin Atlantic A-340, was en-route from Heathrow Airport in London to JFK International in New York when the airplane started broadcasting an internationally recognized hijacking alert code. Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were scrambled from Bagotville in Quebec and escorted the plane in to [...] | 2005-06-03 20:34:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR CA UK |
05HALIFAX14 | MONUMENT DEDICATION TO U.S. POWS -- MAY 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We are working with the city, armed forces and a historical society on a ceremony to dedicate a Veterans Affairs-provided monument to nearly 200 Americans who died near Halifax during the War of 1812. The event will have a high profile and has the potential to reinforce our excellen [...] | 2005-01-21 22:00:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL CASC CA |
05HALIFAX158 | BALANCING TRADE, TOURISM, AND SECURITY ON THE MAINE BORDER [...] Summary: At the Maine-Canada border, disparities between U.S. and Canadian border security initiatives and processes are particularly evident in the areas of customs and immigration unification, technological surveillance capabilities, and border screening priorities. Border officials also [...] | 2005-07-18 19:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PBTS ELTN PREL CA |
05HALIFAX16 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA -- SECURITY AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Cellucci visited Nova Scotia January 13-15, stressing key policy goals of security and trade. He met with U.S. and Canadian military officers and the leadership of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Lt-Governor and the Premier of the province. He gave several media in [...] | 2005-01-25 14:09:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP ASEC MARR PINR CA US |
05HALIFAX168 | RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION LEAVES HALIFAX AIRPORT IN THE FOG [...] Summary: A series of foggy days in July caused the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights to and from Halifax International Airport and stranded thousands of passengers, sullying the airport's once-sterling reputation for customer service. In response, the Halifax International Air [...] | 2005-08-02 17:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON CA |
05HALIFAX176 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISITS TO ATLANTIC CANADA STRESS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wilkins made two successful trips in rapid succession to Atlantic Canada as part of his orientation to the country. His visits to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focused on priority issues of security, border infrastructure and trade. END SUMMARY. New Brunswick ------ [...] | 2005-08-16 14:58:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELTN ASEC CA US |
05HALIFAX209 | NOVA SCOTIA'S PREMIER TO STEP DOWN [...] Summary: Nova Scotia Conservative Premier John Hamm announced on September 29 that he would resign as soon as the party finds a new leader. End Summary. 2. Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm ended speculation about his political future on September 29 with his announcement that he was giving [...] | 2005-09-29 21:19:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD PREL CA |
05HALIFAX210 | ATLANTIC CANADA: PREMIERS TALK TO THE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's trips to Atlantic Canada have now given him the opportunity to meet with each of the region's four provincial Premiers. All profess interest in strong and close trade relations with the U.S. and all have been active in engaging their American counterparts in st [...] | 2005-10-01 19:44:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PGOV ASEC ENRG CA |
05HALIFAX248 | NOVA SCOTIA: SUBSIDIES AND POLITICS ON DISPLAY IN HIGH-TECH [...] Subsidies and politics took center stage at the November 25 announcement that Research in Motion (RIM) would establish a technical support center in the Halifax area, creating 300 jobs initially and more than 1,200 over five years. RIM, the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry, had r [...] | 2005-11-28 11:48:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ECON PGOV CA |
05HALIFAX25 | NOVA SCOTIA SEEKS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MORE IMMIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia government is taking a hard look at how it can attract more immigrants to the province to help avoid the social and economic costs of a declining population. However, there is some skepticism about how serious the government may be in addressing the issue since a new [...] | 2005-01-27 18:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI CVIS PGOV ASEC CA |
05HALIFAX256 | ATLANTIC CANADA AND THE 2005 FEDERAL ELECTION: NO SEISMIC [...] Summary: With a federal election now called for January 23, our contacts see little change occurring in the Liberals' hold on most of Atlantic Canada's 32 Parliamentary seats. The U.S. and bilateral issues likely will not be major factors in the campaign. End Summary 2. Voters in Canad [...] | 2005-11-29 19:26:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
05HALIFAX258 | ATLANTIC CANADA AND THE 2005 FEDERAL ELECTION: NO SEISMIC [...] Summary: With a federal election now called for January 23, our contacts see little change occurring in the Liberals' hold on most of Atlantic Canada's 32 Parliamentary seats. The U.S. and bilateral issues likely will not be major factors in the campaign. End Summary 2. Voters in Canad [...] | 2005-11-30 18:46:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
05HALIFAX263 | HALIFAX TOPS IN VIOLENT CRIME RATE [...] Halifax is the violent crime capital of Canada (based on rate of crime per 1,000 population),according to the Canadian Centre of Justice Statistics recently released General Social Survey (GSS) on criminal victimization in Canada. The survey is conducted every five years. The latest survey, [...] | 2005-12-05 17:59:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SOCI CASC CA |
05HALIFAX277 | LNG PLANTS MOVE CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Atlantic Canada and Maine are moving forward, with a race of sorts developing among the four most advanced plans to see who can get on stream first. Pipeline capacity through Atlantic Canada to New England can be increased to [...] | 2005-12-19 20:22:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD PREL CA |
05HALIFAX30 | ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES: OFFSHORE ENERGY REVENUE [...] SUMMARY: The recently-concluded agreement on offshore revenues highlighted the differing tactics, strategies and personalities of Nova Scotia's John Hamm and Newfoundland-Labrador's Danny Williams. Although Hamm started the campaign to wrest more offshore revenues from the federal governmen [...] | 2005-02-01 20:56:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV BEXP EPET PINR CA |
05HALIFAX36 | ALIEN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE MAINE BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Smuggling of Asians and drugs across the U.S.-Maine border is ongoing, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Intelligence Unit in Houlton, Maine. While lacking hard numbers, CBP believes it is also a growing phenomena. Smuggling of Koreans is relatively easy, [...] | 2005-02-11 13:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREF PREL SMIG SNAR CA |
05HALIFAX59 | SOUTHWEST NOVA SCOTIA STRUGGLES TO DIVERSIFY ITS ECONOMY [...] During a recent visit to southwestern Nova Scotia, CG met with fishery, lumber, business and economic development representatives to discuss current prospects for the region. The area around Yarmouth, NS, remains heavily dependent on income from the fishery (approximately 70% according to most [...] | 2005-03-09 15:46:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIS CA |
05HALIFAX65 | PORT SECURITY: PROPOSED CHANGES IN HALIFAX GENERATE [...] (SBU) Press reports that the Port of Halifax is planning significant reductions in the number of police assigned to security have generated significant local controversy, with politicians including the Mayor and a federal Senator denouncing the proposal. While it is correct that the port is [...] | 2005-03-18 14:50:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC PTER KCRM ETRD CA |
05HALIFAX77 | PORT OF HALIFAX GRAPPLES WITH COMPETITION [...] SUMMARY: Following Danish-owned Maersk Sealand's February decision to eliminate Halifax as a port of call on its last remaining shipping line, the continued viability of the Port of Halifax in relation to its U.S. competitors is again being called into question. While Halifax Port Authority [...] | 2005-04-01 21:18:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PGOV ASEC CA |
05HALIFAX92 | PROPOSED SPACE LAUNCH ALARMS NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT [...] CG was called afternoon of April 8 by Robert Thompson, the senior civil servant of the Newfoundland-Labrador government, who expressed the province's concerns about a proposed Titan IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thompson noted that the hazard area of the proposed launch inc [...] | 2005-04-08 17:55:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS TSPA CA |
05HALIFAX93 | ATLANTIC CANADA: SUDDEN FERRY SERVICE CANCELLATION [...] The abrupt cancellation of one of the two seasonal ferry services between Maine to Nova Scotia will likely cut the number of American visitors to Atlantic Canada this summer. After announcing its 2005 sailing schedule and working for months with tour operators on packages and bookings Scotia [...] | 2005-04-08 20:01:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD CASC ASEC CA |
05HANOI1 | Vietnam: Textile Corruption and Allocation Update [...] (U) This is a Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since September, six Ministry of Trade officials, including a former Vice Minister, have been arrested for participation in a scheme to extract bribes in exchange for U.S. textile quota. After a short delay, th [...] | 2005-01-03 00:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON VM |
05HANOI102 | The Ambassador's January 13 Call on Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time January 13, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien spent 40 minutes discussing the overall bilateral relationship, Vietnam's WTO accession, religious freedom, the Central Highlands and construction of the new Embassy compound. [...] | 2005-01-14 07:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1034 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: RECENT MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week new information emerged about Avian Influenza H5N1 (AI) in meetings with CDC Influenza Epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Donor Group. Experts now believe that the virus may be changing in the north of Vietnam, but [...] | 2005-04-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI1035 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call April 26 on Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Minh Hien. After expressing confidence that Vietnam would fully develop its national educational system, Hien acknowledged that Vietnam requires additional resources to raise its teaching s [...] | 2005-04-29 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB KPAO KIRC VM ETMIN HIV AIDS |
05HANOI1037 | CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCEDURES REFORM STALLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's efforts to introduce American- style "adversarial" courtroom procedures have stalled and the long standing problem of "tailored sentencing," sentences decided through consultations among judges before a trial takes place, is still prevalent. The GVN has not yet issue [...] | 2005-05-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS VM HUMANR |
05HANOI1044 | Vietnam: BTA Joint Committee Review [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: DAUSTR Elena Bryan led the U.S. delegation and Nguyen Thu Do, Deputy Director, Office of the Government, led the GVN side at the expert- level meeting of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) Joint Committee in Hanoi April 11-12. Other USG participants in the Jo [...] | 2005-05-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON VM BTA IPROP WTO |
05HANOI1045 | VIETNAM: June WTO Bilateral Dates Proposed [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI1046 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TELECOM MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 introductory call on Minister of Posts and Telematics Do Trung Ta, the Ambassador urged the Minister to take a flexible approach on telecommunications in the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, to meet Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) commit [...] | 2005-05-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA IPROP |
05HANOI1047 | VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...] | 2005-05-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF |
05HANOI1050 | FOOD FOR PROGRESS: AMBASSADOR'S FUND IN VIETNAM [...] Summary: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) selected Vietnam as a recipient of a commodity donation program three times, in FY2000, FY2002 and FY2004. Each time, FAS and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) agreed to set aside a small portion of the [...] | 2005-05-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR VM |
05HANOI1051 | Religion in the NW Highlands [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation for religious believers remains difficult in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands, but there are signs of some improvements. During the Ambassador's April 20-24 trip to the region, officials in Dien Bien and Lai Chau Provinces said that there are no religious believers [...] | 2005-05-05 22:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HANOI1052 | Ambassador Views Development in NW Highlands [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's Northwest Highlands region remains among the country's poorest, and is faced with challenging and inaccessible terrain, a majority population of Vietnam's ethnic minorities, few natural resources or arable land, and low population density. Leaders of Dien Bien, Lai Cha [...] | 2005-05-05 22:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR |
05HANOI106 | Vietnam: VM Industry on Auto Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham luncheon in Hanoi on January 13, Vice Minister of Industry Do Huu Hao said that the GVN is currently "reconsidering" its policy (approved by the National Assembly in May 2003) to increase the special consumption tax (SCT) on automobiles to eighty percent by 2007/8. [...] | 2005-01-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ECON VM WTO |
05HANOI1065 | VIETNAM: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Although WTO accession continues to be the focus at the spring National Assembly (NA) session that opened on May 5, the Government has yet to show the swift actions on the legislative agenda needed to meet its December 2005 accession target. The Government also fails to acknow [...] | 2005-05-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EFIN ECON ETRD VM HIV AIDS AFLU WTO |
05HANOI1073 | Counternarcotics Efforts in Vietnam's NW Highlands [...] (SBU) Summary: Lao Cai is a significant transportation route for narcotics between Vietnam and China, Provincial Counternarcotics Police Director Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Xuan Ngoai told the Ambassador on April 23. His unit, which receives some USG funding routed through the United Nations [...] | 2005-05-09 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV VM CNARC |
05HANOI1074 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR HOSTS IPR ROUNDTABLE WITH U.S. [...] (U) Summary. Borrowing a good idea from colleagues in Beijing, on April 28, the Ambassador hosted Mission Vietnam's first-ever Roundtable on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues in Vietnam. In both formal presentations and during open discussion, U.S. companies and industry representati [...] | 2005-05-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV VM IPROP |
05HANOI1077 | VIETNAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR OF "SAIGON LIBERATION" [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the "liberation of Saigon" throughout the country April 29-30. As Vietnam geared up for the event, media sources charted an interesting path between highlighting the 10th anniversary of bilateral relations with the United St [...] | 2005-05-10 01:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
05HANOI1092 | VIETNAM: GVN Agrees to WTO Bilats June 13-16 [...] The Ambassador received a fax copy of a letter (in English) dated May 10 from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu accepting the U.S. proposal for another round of WTO bilateral negotiations in Washington June 13-16 (reftel). According to the letter, VM Tu plans to lead the GVN delegation for t [...] | 2005-05-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI1105 | PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION IN THE NW HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Protestantism continues to grow rapidly in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands. Practitioners report few difficulties in Ha Giang and Lai Chau Provinces, but the situation in Dien Bien Province is more difficult. The introduction of Vietnam's new legal framework governing religion h [...] | 2005-05-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI1111 | THE DEMOGRAPHIC ROOTS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent years have seen heightened attention on the Central Highlands, especially following the 2001 and 2004 disturbances in the region. There is growing concern over the social and economic challenges that are underlying causes for political dissatisfaction. Whether or not [...] | 2005-05-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1114 | CENTRAL HIGHLAND ETHNIC MINORITIES LEFT BEHIND IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has experienced rapid economic development since beginning its Doi Moi (Renovation) reforms in 1986 and achieved rapid poverty reduction throughout the 1990s. But between 1998 and 2002, while other regions continued to show reductions in poverty, the Central Highlands [...] | 2005-05-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1115 | INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY AND DELIVERY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing poverty and political unrest in 2001 and 2004 have led many international donors to develop a new plan of engagement in the Central Highlands. The Group of 4 (G4) (Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland),the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) agenci [...] | 2005-05-13 06:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID VM HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1116 | RESONSE TO DEPARTMENT COMMENTS ON VIETNAM FY 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post as reviewed the suggestions in ref A and made seeral revisions to the FY-07 Mission Performance lan. In most cases, Post accepted Washington's uggestions. END SUMMARY. Brief Overview and COMStatement -------------------------------- 2.(U) Post appreciates the comments [...] | 2005-05-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
05HANOI1121 | VIETNAM'S RESPONSE TO DOE LETTER ON DALAT NUCLEAR [...] The Deputy Chief of Mission received a letter (in Vietnamese) dated May 4, 2005 from Vice Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Dr. Tran Quoc Thang responding to DOE's February 14, 2005 letter regarding the Dalat Nuclear Research Reactor. According to the letter, MOST appreciates DOE's co [...] | 2005-05-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY VM |
05HANOI1122 | EVALUATION OF SPEAKER TIMOTHY TRAINER ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO VM |
05HANOI1143 | VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY [...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...] | 2005-05-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR |
05HANOI1167 | VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: The Deputy Secretary visited the National Institute for Clinical Research and Tropical Medicine (NICRTM) at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hospital on May 6 to learn about its programs for the care, treatment and identification of people living with HIV/AIDS. Hospital and program directors gave b [...] | 2005-05-19 02:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
05HANOI1172 | VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...] | 2005-05-19 03:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE |
05HANOI1176 | ITALIAN UNSC ENLARGEMENT PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ambassador to Vietnam called together diplomats from 20 other countries to describe the two plans for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) enlargement espoused by the "Coffee Club." He also noted that Italy had p [...] | 2005-05-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT VM UNSC |
05HANOI1179 | VIETNAM-DPRK TIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND [...] (C) The Vietnam-DPRK bilateral relationship, although strained by last year's "mass defection" of North Korean asylum-seekers from Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul, is slowly returning to normal. Vietnam recognizes that its "traditional ties" with the North, combined with its proximity to China and [...] | 2005-05-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PARM PHUM KN KS VM DPRK |
05HANOI1184 | UNHCR VISITS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RETURNEES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son has begun a visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He reported to Poloff that he has been able to travel freely and met with many of the 35 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI1197 | VIETNAM: TRADE OFFICIAL'S FRANK ASSESSMENT OF WTO [...] (C) During a casual meeting with Econoff on May 20, Mr. Nguyen Hong Duong (strictly protect),Deputy Director of the America's Department at the Ministry of Trade, told Econoff he did not expect major breakthroughs during WTO bilateral negotiations with the United States in Washington June 13-1 [...] | 2005-05-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD VM WTRO WTO |
05HANOI1218 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Local media reported three new cases of avian influenza (AI) in northern Vietnam this week. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has not received official notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) of these cases yet, WHO believes that reporting of human cases has im [...] | 2005-05-26 04:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI1235 | CHARGE GETS PM VISIT UPDATE FROM LE VAN BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang May 25 and discussed ongoing plans for the Prime Minister's June visit to the United States. VFM Bang said that his first priority was to reach general agreement on a "joint statement," and relayed the GVN's requests for a [...] | 2005-05-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW VM WTRO WTO RELFREE |
05HANOI1239 | VIETNAM'S ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES: THE ROLLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam is facing a serious electrical shortage in the North this summer and the nation's power producer, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN),has begun instituting rolling blackouts in Northern Vietnam. With high summer temperatures and a prolonged drought that has nearly emptied man [...] | 2005-05-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND EINV VM |
05HANOI1284 | Vietnam: Country Review of Cuba [...] (SBU) The following responds to reftel request for information on Government of Vietnam efforts to promote democracy in Cuba and Vietnamese investments in Cuba. 2. (SBU) The GVN does not take actions to advance democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. In addition, the GVN [...] | 2005-06-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETTC PREL VM |
05HANOI1285 | Vietnam Wants to Conclude WTO Negotiations Before [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting June 1, speaking on behalf of Prime Minster Phan Van Khai, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Vu Dung told Charge the GVN hopes to conclude WTO negotiations or achieve a "breakthrough" with the United States during the bilats June 13-16 in Washington. To that end, Vietna [...] | 2005-06-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HANOI1300 | GVN to Return Great Seals to USG [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM |
05HANOI1301 | VIETNAM: STOPPING SATELLITE SIGNAL PIRACY BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Industry representatives have now confirmed the long held suspicion that unauthorized television signals from major foreign right holders are being distributed in Vietnam and identified several of the culprits. Vietnam Electronic & Informational Corporation, apparently a state [...] | 2005-06-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV VM IPROP SOE |
05HANOI1303 | GVN CONSIDERS RESUMPTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to MFA International Organizations Department Director General Pham Binh Minh on June 3. The DCM noted that the Department would like to restart the dialogue as early as mid-July in Washington, with the Vietnamese delegation headed by a representative at the [...] | 2005-06-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HANOI1310 | VIETNAM: HANOI'S ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM [...] (SBU) Among the biggest challenges in Vietnam's transition to a market economy is the lack of Western trained economists capable of analyzing policy choices for the Government. One attempt to address this challenge is the year-old Vietnam Economic Research Consortium (VERCON) which held its f [...] | 2005-06-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON VM |
05HANOI1321 | VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...] | 2005-06-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VM EB AFLU FINREF |
05HANOI1325 | VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...] | 2005-06-08 01:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VM |
05HANOI1327 | VIETNAM: UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAM DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Post, including USAID Mission, has reviewed the draft country report of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) for Vietnam. We are concerned that the report does not address the issue of sexual health education in schools. The draft report underscores UNFPA's and the GVN's concerns t [...] | 2005-06-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SOCI VM UNFPA |
05HANOI136 | (C) DETAILS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS' [...] (C) Summary: Six North Korean asylum-seekers, four in the French Embassy and two in the Swedish Embassy, departed Vietnam January 7 for Singapore and, soon after, the ROK. Throughout the affair, the GVN's generally helpful and forthcoming attitude was in contrast to that of the ROK Embassy, a [...] | 2005-01-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SU VM FR KN HUMANR DPRK |
05HANOI1373 | Seven North Koreans Enter Thai Embassy in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Thai DCM Tawatchai Koopirom confirmed June 9 that seven North Koreans asylum-seekers entered his embassy the day before. The three men and four women, including two younger people, got through the embassy's front gate by pretending to be visa applicants. "It all happened very fast," he [...] | 2005-06-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK ASEAN |
05HANOI1374 | VIETNAM'S MURKY REMITTANCE PICTURE [...] Summary: Remittances through the banking system to Vietnam in 2004 amounted to USD 3.0 billion according to the State Bank. The IMF representative estimates that this was really USD 3.2 billion and that another USD 3 to 4 billion is flowing in through unofficial channels. These informal infl [...] | 2005-06-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM LABOR CTERR FINREF |
05HANOI1376 | VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam in-country Priority One referral committee met on May 17 and May 20 to review 13 pending referrals for possible resettlement in the United States. Eight were submitted by the U.S. NGO Boat People S.O.S. (BPSOS) and forwarded to Post by PRM. Hoi Trinh, an Australia [...] | 2005-06-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF VM |
05HANOI1378 | VIETNAM - DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATION [...] Summary. In response to what is being characterized by GVN officials as the worst drought to afflict Vietnam in 30 years, Ambassador Marine declares a disaster and requests USD 200,000 in OFDA assistance. Emergency activities to be supported by this assistance would focus on improved access to [...] | 2005-06-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TBIO VM |
05HANOI1379 | GVN CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HR 2601's [...] (SBU) MFA Acting America's Desk Director General Pham Van Que, at the request of Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador to convey the GVN's concerns about the Vietnam provisions in the State Department Authorization Bill submitted by House International Relations Committee Vi [...] | 2005-06-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OVIP VM HUMANR |
05HANOI1389 | GETTING PASTOR TRUONG OUT OF THE ASYLUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Mission has seen some positive movement in the case of Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong -- his hospital recently reportedly determined that he no longer needs mental health care -- he nonetheless remains confined. The Ambassador will raise his case with Vice Minister of [...] | 2005-06-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI1394 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...] | 2005-06-13 06:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV |
05HANOI1400 | DPRK Asylum-seekers in Hanoi: Update [...] (SBU) Visiting UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son provided additional information on the asylum attempt by seven North Koreans in the Thai Embassy (Ref A). Utkan, in Hanoi to meet with visiting PRM A/S Dewey and GVN officials (septel),was [...] | 2005-06-13 09:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK |
05HANOI1404 | VIETNAM: DIP NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING [...] (U) On June 8, Post received a dip note from the Ministry of Planning and Investment Vice Minister Nguyen Bich Dat of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). The dip note relates to the implementation of the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). It was sent in preparation for the [...] | 2005-06-13 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM |
05HANOI1415 | A/S DEWEY MEETINGS WITH GVN MFA OFFICIALS REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey, Ambassador Marine and PRM/ANE Director McGann met with GVN Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung and officials of the Americas and Consular Departments. A/S Dewey requested that the GVN act quickly on the start of the Humanitarian Resettleme [...] | 2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1416 | The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...] | 2005-06-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC |
05HANOI1417 | U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES BILATERAL TALKS: FURTHER [...] Summary. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Deputy Administrator for Regulatory Affairs Dr. Rececca Lent led a four-person NOAA delegation to attend the U.S-Vietnam Fisheries Bilateral talks in Hanoi on May 23-24, 2005. Bot [...] | 2005-06-15 01:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS EIND ETRD VM |
05HANOI1430 | NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...] | 2005-06-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
05HANOI1433 | BRIGHT SPOTS AND TROUBLE SPOTS FOR RELIGION IN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In recent months, Vietnam has made several significant reforms in its laws that govern religion and has taken a number of other positive steps for religious believers, including releasing several religious prisoners. Catholic and Protestant religious leaders state [...] | 2005-06-15 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI1444 | Vietnam Mid-Term Consultative Group Meeting [...] SUMMARY: The mid term consultative group meeting was held on 2-3 June in Can Tho. Presentations were made on a range of topics including corruption, development of Vietnam's new five year development plan and financial reform. Overall, however, the meeting was hampered because a draft five yea [...] | 2005-06-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | WTO IPROP HIV AIDS FINREF SOE |
05HANOI145 | RESPONSIBILITIES AND REFORMS OF STATE AUDIT [...] Summary: ECON/C met with State Audit of Vietnam's Administrative Department Director Mr. Nguyen Hong Long on January 12. The director described SAV's function and authority and confirmed post's recently reported (see reftel) findings on military budget transparency. Long also shared the sta [...] | 2005-01-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID VM |
05HANOI149 | VIETNAM - CONDITIONS FOR DPRK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has not signed any international refugee convention and does not officially recognize North Koreans as refugees in need of protection. Several thousand North Koreans, however, have passed through Vietnam en route to other Southeast Asian countries where they have receive [...] | 2005-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM HUMANR DPRK ASEAN |
05HANOI1505 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] | 2005-06-17 05:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM TIP |
05HANOI157 | UNHCR Regional Representative's January 11 Briefing [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan briefed representatives from concerned diplomatic missions in Hanoi on Montagnard issues and UNHCR relations with the Vietnamese Government. Utkan described the UNHCR's difficulti [...] | 2005-01-20 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1580 | United States and Vietnam Conclude IMET Agreement [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Charge, accompanied by DATT and POL/C, met Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang to exchange diplomatic notes to conclude an International Military Education and Training (IMET) agreement between the United States and Vietnam. Texts of U.S. (reftel) and Vietnamese notes foll [...] | 2005-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EAID VM |
05HANOI1587 | GVN Returns Great Seal to USG [...] (U) In a brief and low-key ceremony on June 9 at the Government Guest House, Foreign Ministry Consular Department Director Bui Dinh Dzinh presented to the Ambassador two metal plaques bearing the Great Seal of the United States, with the inscriptions, "Consulate General" and "United States of [...] | 2005-06-20 04:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VM |
05HANOI1604 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOCUSES ON CORRUPTION, WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly (NA) ended its longest ever session June 15 after passing a record number of bills and considering several others. The primary focus of this session was passage of new and amended laws related to Vietnam's WTO accession efforts. The NA also introduced a [...] | 2005-06-21 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ETRD VM WTO DPOL |
05HANOI162 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF HEALTH, [...] Summary: In a January 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Health Tran Thi Trung Chien thanked the United States for additional Emergency Plan funding for HIV/AIDS interventions in Vietnam. She responded to the Ambassador's push for more efficient and effective HIV/AIDS cooperation [...] | 2005-01-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OSCI VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI1652 | ANOTHER ROUND OF HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has recently begun new human rights dialogues with Switzerland and the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam and held a round of its semi-annual dialogue with the European Union. Both of the new dialogues focused largely on confidence [...] | 2005-06-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HANOI1666 | DPRK Asylum-seekers Depart Hanoi [...] (SBU) ROK Embassy First Secretary (Political) Lee Kang- kuk confirmed June 27 that the seven North Korean asylum- seekers in the Thai Embassy departed Hanoi for Seoul via Bangkok on June 23. According to Lee, the RTG provided the seven with travel documents in the form of "Emergency Certifica [...] | 2005-06-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ASEC KN KS TH VM DPRK |
05HANOI1682 | ASEAN, ARF, and the EAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is actively preparing for the July ASEAN ministerial in Vientiane, where ASEAN will adopt a formal position on the East Asia Summit (EAS). There is momentum in favor of the decision to invite India to participate in the EAS, but Australia's participation is still not a [...] | 2005-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI1683 | UNHCR MAKES SECOND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISIT [...] (SBU) UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son made a second visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He told Poloff that the June 22-25 trip went "very well" and that he has now met with 35 of the 40 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI17 | Vietnam: USAID STAR Technical Assistance for Key [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) recently finalized its legislative agenda for 2005. The agenda encompasses laws and ordinances that will be reviewed and/or passed in 2005, but not decrees and other lower level implementing regulations that are also in progress. At the request of the GVN and [...] | 2005-01-04 08:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM |
05HANOI1708 | Vietnam's Expanding Furniture Industry [...] Summary: Vietnam's furniture export industry has expanded rapidly in recent years due in part to benefits from lower tariffs under the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement and the imposition of anti-dumping duties on Chinese furniture exports. Further expansion of the industry faces some c [...] | 2005-07-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND ECON VM |
05HANOI171 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER TO VISIT THE UNITED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On January 21, Post received a letter addressed to the Ambassador from the Hanoi People's Committee, Department for Foreign Affairs, informing Post that a "senior delegation" headed by Professor Dr. Phung Huu Phu, Chairman of the Han [...] | 2005-01-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP VM |
05HANOI1729 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam has seen some new human cases of Avian Influenza appear into the summer months, but there is no evidence that the Avian Influenza (AI) strain, H5N1, has mutated to allow human-to-human transmission. Vietnam is preparing for animal vaccination trials and developing a mul [...] | 2005-07-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI1748 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] | 2005-07-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM CVR TIP |
05HANOI1782 | VIETNAM APPROVES OF U.S.-SINGAPORE STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points July 11 to Hoang Xuan Hai, Section Chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Asia II Department. Defense Attache delivered the same points July 12 to Senior Colonel Nguyen Quang Bieu, Section Chief in the External Relations Department of the Minist [...] | 2005-07-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL SN VN |
05HANOI1794 | Presidential Envoy Gordon Mansfield's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien and Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon Mansfield met in Hanoi July 12 to exchange high level greetings and congratulations on the tenth anniversary of bilateral relations. They reaffirmed the importance of building mutual und [...] | 2005-07-14 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF KPOW ETRD VM |
05HANOI1822 | Ambassador's Web Chat on VietnamNet Provides [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador participated for the first time in a web chat with VietnamNet online, reaching over 100,000 readers with over 300,000 hits the first day. The one-hour, no holds barred chat covered a wide range of topics including human rights, religious freedom, democratic sys [...] | 2005-07-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO VM PHUM PREL KIRF HUMANR CVR WTO |
05HANOI1833 | Ambassador's Dinner with Hanoi City People's [...] Summary: At the invitation of Phung Huu Phu, Chairman of the Hanoi City People's Council (HCPC),the Ambassador attended a dinner on July 14 to discuss Hanoi's efforts to establish more links with the United States and its Sister City plans. Phu also commented on the Twelfth Plenum of the Ce [...] | 2005-07-20 05:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM PGOV ETRD PREL SCUL OEXC DPOL |
05HANOI1863 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOT VM TU ON WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 19, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu at the VM's request. Both agreed on the need to maintain the momentum on Vietnam's WTO accession following the great progress made in the June talks as well as during Prime Minister Phan Van Kai's visit to [...] | 2005-07-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HANOI1865 | GVN RESPONDS TO CRITICISM ON RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Deputy Director General Pham Van Que called in Acting DCM July 22 to respond to the Ambassador's demarche July 21 (Ref B) and the State Department Spokesman's statement on the repatriation of ethnic minority Vietnamese migrants from t [...] | 2005-07-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1883 | VIETNAM'S GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY DECREES [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's grassroots democracy decrees represent a fundamental change in governance at the local level. The decrees, first issued in 1998 and revised in 2003, require local governments to act in a more open manner; posting budgets, taking comments on land use and economic develop [...] | 2005-07-26 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM VM DPOL |
05HANOI1888 | DPM VU KHOAN MAKES URGENT WTO POINTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 25, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan to discuss Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Prime Minister is becoming concerned about the possibility that Vietnam will not be able to accede to WTO by its self-im [...] | 2005-07-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD VM WTRO WTO AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI1916 | AVIAN INFLUENZA TEAM VISITS VIETNAM TO DETERMINE [...] Summary: A ten member U.S. Government Interagency Assessment Team visited Vietnam on July 18-19 to determine key priorities and appropriate responses; find potential partners; and, develop the next steps to implement U.S. assistance for the prevention and containment of H5N1 Avian Influenza ( [...] | 2005-07-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI1928 | DPM KHOAN STILL HOPES FOR DECEMBER ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: On July 27, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan spoke at an AmCham lunch attended by the Ambassador and over 100 members of Hanoi's diplomatic, business and press communities. After lauding the great progress in U.S.- Vietnam relations as a result of the Prime Minister's trip to the [...] | 2005-07-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HANOI1940 | INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's Vietnamese Chief of Mission returned from the Central Highlands where he met 30 of the 94 recently repatriated ethnic minority migrants. They are in good condition and being treated well, he said. The regional representative from UNHCR based in Bangkok will visit Ho Ch [...] | 2005-07-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI197 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. On January 20, The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat. In addition to traditional agricultural and aquaculture products, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has responsibility for the export of furniture [...] | 2005-01-24 03:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KSCA SENV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI1971 | ADDITIONAL ISSUES AT AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung July 28 for a one-on-one discussion at Hung's request. Most of the conversation was taken up by discussion of issues related to Vietnam's WTO entry (reftel),but several other issues also came up. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador n [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM WTO HUMANR |
05HANOI1972 | VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1983 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff met August 3 with Pham Thi Kim Anh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Officer in the International Organizations Department, to deliver reftel demarche. Anh said Vietnam has not yet finalized its position on the creation of the Human Rights Council, but has some conce [...] | 2005-08-03 10:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM PREL VM UNCHR UNGA HUMANR |
05HANOI2027 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Vu Dzung August 9 to deliver Reftel A points about the October 3-6 Export Control Conference in Hanoi. Vice Minister Dzung expressed his full understanding of the importance of continuing to hold this conference, but said Viet [...] | 2005-08-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC CVR |
05HANOI2031 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...] | 2005-08-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2040 | UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...] | 2005-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI2055 | UNHCR TO VISIT GIA LAI AGAIN, INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR will send a team of three representatives to Gia Lai Province August 22-26 to look into the status of ethnic minority returnees. The UNHCR team will also investigate possible Tripartite MOU-mandated micro-projects, for which UNHCR recently received USD 130,000 from the U [...] | 2005-08-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2060 | SEXUAL ABUSE CASE OF VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN [...] (U) Summary: The GVN responded energetically to reports in the press of abuse of Vietnamese women who were sexually abused after traveling to Taiwan as overseas laborers. The GVN demanded investigation and follow-up by Taiwan authorities and ordered a review of all cases involving the offend [...] | 2005-08-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL PINS TW VM HUMANR ASEAN |
05HANOI2063 | POLITICAL CHANGE IN VIETNAM ON THE AGENDA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political "Doi Moi," or renovation, is under serious consideration in the highest level of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV's) decision- making ranks, according to numerous sources after the 12th Plenum of the CPV Central Committee. The Party is not ready or likely to sha [...] | 2005-08-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM DPOL |
05HANOI207 | VIETNAM: FY2005 NON LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Mission's Anti- Trafficking Working Group has identified two project proposals for activities aimed at empowering women and combating trafficking in women and children in and from Vietnam that are especially deserving of funding. Nine project proposals were sub [...] | 2005-01-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP |
05HANOI2073 | MFA Delivers Information Sheet on Hoa Hao, [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ba Hung called in Pol/C on August 12 to hand over an information sheet on recent incidents involving the Buddhist Hoa Hao Church (Ref A),the Mennonites (Ref B) and Protestant churches in Vietnam's Southwest. Hung said that the GVN is conce [...] | 2005-08-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI214 | VIETNAM: FY2005 LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Post received one project in response to reftel Request for Proposal. The proposal came from UNODC in Vietnam, and is Phase 2 of the existing USG-funded UNODC anti-trafficking project. Phase 1 of the UNODC project has been an exceptional success: a recent internal audit by UNODC ranked [...] | 2005-01-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP |
05HANOI215 | Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...] | 2005-01-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2154 | The Ambassador's August 18 Meeting with Politburo [...] (SBU) During an August 18 meeting with senior Politburo member Phan Dzien, the Ambassador underlined continued USG support for Vietnam's WTO accession and stressed that, while bilateral progress is important, Vietnam will also need to deal with multilateral issues in Geneva and matters raised [...] | 2005-08-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR ETRD VM WTO RELFREE SOE |
05HANOI2163 | US SUPPORT FOR MARINE SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED [...] Summary. USAID's US-Asia Environmental Partnership (US- AEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) have supported a program for cleaner air quality in Vietnam for several yearssince 1999. Thise program, which ends in September, has been an example of strong bilateral support betwe [...] | 2005-08-22 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TBIO VM |
05HANOI2164 | VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...] | 2005-08-22 04:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO |
05HANOI2192 | A/S SIMONSON DISCUSSES COOPERATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) Stewart Simonson of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) visited Vietnam on August 14-17 to discuss a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation between HHS and the Ministry of Health (MOH),as well as to discuss Vietnam's efforts to [...] | 2005-08-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2220 | POST PROPOSES FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM FOR VIETNAM [...] Summary. The Vietnamese Mission has concerns that USDA/Washington has removed Vietnam from the list of priority countries for its Food for Progress program. The food security situation in Vietnam remains precarious and the country continues to make progress in introducing greater political a [...] | 2005-08-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID VM |
05HANOI2221 | STATUS OF VIETCOMBANK EQUITIZATION [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Officials at Vietnam's largest State-owned commercial bank (SOCB),Vietcombank, intend to finish "equitizing" (i.e. issuing shares) by the end of 2006, and may even have listed on the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...] | 2005-08-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN VM FINREF |
05HANOI223 | VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER CHAIRS NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2004 in Ho Chi Minh City, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai chaired a National Conference on HIV/AIDS, the first such meeting he had ever attended. Co-chairing the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and the Ministers of Health, Labor and Public S [...] | 2005-01-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2237 | MONETARY POLICY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Responsibility for monetary policy-making rests with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),which functions as a central bank as well as the owner and supervisor of the State-owned commercial banks (SOCB). For 2005, the SBV decided to focus on controlling the monetary aggregate, rest [...] | 2005-08-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM SOE FINREF |
05HANOI2245 | UNHCR READOUT OF GIA LAI VISIT [...] (SBU) A UNHCR team visited two villages in Gia Lai Province August 23-25 to assess conditions in these locations and to interview returnees. They reported that conditions are generally fair and noted that there were no signs of systematic intimidation by local authorities. The UNHCR officials [...] | 2005-08-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2265 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI CONSTITUTION, APEC [...] (SBU) During an August 30 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, Ambassador Marine raised the USG desire to know whether GVN will co-host the APEC Export Controls Conference and Post's hope to sign a contract within weeks for land for the new embassy compound. The Ambassador also deli [...] | 2005-08-31 07:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD AMGT OVIP IZ VM APEC CVR WTO |
05HANOI2276 | VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF TRADE URGES PROGESS ON WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 30, the Ambassador met with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, at the Minister's request, to discuss Vietnam's WTO accession. Tuyen asked for a bilateral round of negotiations with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in late September after the bilateral meeting [...] | 2005-08-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA |
05HANOI228 | VIETNAM - CHINA COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In 2004 China and Vietnam made an effort to increase counternarcotics cooperation both along the border and at the policy level. This effort culminated in a December 2004 joint case that resulted in several arrests and the seizure of 10.3 kilograms of heroin. Despite this high-p [...] | 2005-01-27 03:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CN CVR CNARC |
05HANOI2289 | VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION - SEPTEMBER 1, [...] (U) This cable is the first in a series of weekly reports requested in reftel A. Avian influenza (AI) issues and developments in Vietnam were previously reported in ref B and C. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese press reported a fatal case of the H5 strain was discovered August 28 in a distr [...] | 2005-09-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2309 | VIETNAM: PETROLEUM PRODUCT PRICE HIKE FUELS [...] Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN)'s USD 400 million subsidy of gasoline and petroleum products in the first six months of this year has made a significant dent in the budget. To reduce pressure on the National Government budget at a time of high oil prices, the GVN has raised the price [...] | 2005-09-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON VM SOE |
05HANOI2313 | NORTHERN PROTESTANTS REPORT SOME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, Pastor Au Quang Vinh of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (ECVN) shared with Poloff his impressions of the status of religious freedom in Northern Vietnam. He noted that his organization's recent interactions with the GVN have been mostly positive, though there [...] | 2005-09-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2324 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is continuing its poultry vaccination program and the Ambassador attended a Donors' Chief of Mission Meeting on September 5 to discuss AI and the GV [...] | 2005-09-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI234 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. On January 26, the Ambassador paid his initial call on Minister of Fisheries Ta Quang Ngoc. The meeting focused largely on the benefits of trade and cooperation between Vietnam and the United States and the growing importance of Vietnam's fish and seafood sector. Minister Ngoc exp [...] | 2005-01-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIS ECON VM CVR |
05HANOI2372 | VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDENESS [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam is reporting on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Avian Influenza (AI) Preparedness capabilities and our answers are keyed to reftel questionnaire. -- While preparing for an AI pandemic is a significant concern, it is not currently the GVN's top priority. The GVN is f [...] | 2005-09-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PINR SOCI VM AFLU |
05HANOI2375 | Vietnam's Minister of Justice Reviews Legal Reform [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, Minister of Justice Uong Chu Luu briefed the donor community on Politburo Resolution No. 48-NQ/TW, which outlines the GVN's legal system development strategy. The Minister's overview of the broad themes and goals of the Government's legal reform strategy contai [...] | 2005-09-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HANOI2377 | Run-Up to WTO Working Party: Summary of Major U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Summarized below for the convenience of our WTO negotiators are a variety of concerns expressed by U.S. businesses in Vietnam. Most of the complaints focus on trading and distribution issues, including flaws in implementing decrees or draft decrees, the need for greater right [...] | 2005-09-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO IPROP BTA FINREF |
05HANOI2378 | CHINA'S TRADING HOPES AND REGRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselor He Xiaoling, Chinese businesses face many of the same obstacles - lack of transparency, transportation, and expediency - that American companies face when doing business in Vietnam. She attributed the dramatic rise [...] | 2005-09-12 23:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CM VM CVR ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI2398 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOH VM ON PEPFAR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Ambassador met September 9 with Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen to discuss the progress of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam, the activities leading to the development of the 06 Country Operational Plan (COP),the development of a p [...] | 2005-09-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2411 | UNHCR ACCOMPANIES REFUSENIK RETURNEES TO PLEIKU [...] (SBU) On September 15, UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son reported to Poloff that, as agreed to by the GVN, he accompanied the six `refusenik' returnees from the Cambodian border to Pleiku on September 9. Son met the six at the border at 12:30 p.m. as planned and traveled with the [...] | 2005-09-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI2413 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. The United Nations Pandemic Preparedness Mission Team briefed the diplomatic community on its examination of the GVN Avian Influenza (AI) emergency plan on September 9. The team was impressed with the emergency plan (which has yet to be released) as a "first draft", but noted ar [...] | 2005-09-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI243 | NATION'S BIGGEST DRUG TRIAL IN HCMC [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to the trial for what was described as Vietnam's "largest drug case ever." The trial concluded on January 24, with the Ho Chi Minh City municipal People's Court handing down seventeen death sentences, ten life imprisonmen [...] | 2005-01-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
05HANOI2430 | VIETNAM - REVISED AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Mission Vietnam developed and submitted tripwires and possible actions for various Avian Influenza (AI) scenarios in March, 2005 (Reftel). The Mission's AI Working Group (AIWG) recently met to revise tripwires and responsive actions in response to new assessment of the situation. The follow [...] | 2005-09-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI246 | ASIA-PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thirteenth Annual Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) was held in Ha Long January 10 to 13. The U.S. Congressional was headed by Senator Daniel Akaka and included Representative Darrell Issa. The Forum expressed sympathy for tsunami victims and passed 22 non- binding [...] | 2005-01-28 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
05HANOI247 | (C) CHINESE MISSTEPS IN VIETNAM ARE A U.S. [...] (C) Summary: A series of low-grade conflicts in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Spratly Islands since the summer of 2004 that have received significant media attention in Vietnam has corroded Vietnam-China relations. In all of these incidents, Vietnamese press reports have depicted China as a "bull [...] | 2005-01-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG VM CVR |
05HANOI2471 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting on September 15. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the August 28 death reported in the media was caused by H5N1 AI. Mission Vietnam continues to work with the int [...] | 2005-09-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2481 | Opportunities to Assist DPRK Asylum Seekers in [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN considers DPRK asylum seekers to be immigration law violators who must be dealt with in accordance with the law; in most cases, they are sent back to the country from which they crossed illegally into Vietnam. As a matter of security, the GVN has asked foreign and inte [...] | 2005-09-23 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM DPRK |
05HANOI2482 | VIETNAM IS NOT READY FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is struggling to prepare for APEC 2006 and faces a steep uphill battle. Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung told the Ambassador during a luncheon on September 23 that Vietnam "does not have much time" to prepare for APEC and will seek help from [...] | 2005-09-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC |
05HANOI2484 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ASSISTANT MINISTER ON BURMA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Trung Thanh September 22 to discuss Vietnam's role in ASEAN and other regional architecture institutions and how Vietnam can help advance political change in Burma. Thanh said Vietnam is heavily invested in AS [...] | 2005-09-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI249 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: AMNESTY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty will include five prisoners from the USG's list of persons of concern, including the high profile cases of Father Nguyen Dan Ly, Nguyen Dan Que, and Thich Thanh Tu, confirmed Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung January 28. Hung also conveyed th [...] | 2005-01-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OVIP VM HUMANR CTERR |
05HANOI2511 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Communist Party [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric John met Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Commission on External Affairs Director for the Western Europe and Americas Department Pham Tien Nhien at the CPV headquarters September 27. The Ambassador, EAP Mainland Southeast Asia Direc [...] | 2005-09-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KN VM DPRK |
05HANOI2515 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...] | 2005-09-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI2517 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP DAS Eric John's September 27 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister urged the United States to conclude at an early date its bilateral WTO negotiations with Vietnam for both economic and political reasons. DPM Khoan also pressed the U [...] | 2005-09-29 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR KIRF PGOV ETRD VM APEC ASEAN WTO RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI2519 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting on September 22. In a meeting with Embassy officers, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) officials noted that post poultry vaccination monitoring was essential to c [...] | 2005-09-29 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2534 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met September 29 with Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to present Ref A points (previously provided to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang) and discuss the religious freedom situation in Vietnam. Although there has been great progress, problems remain, an [...] | 2005-09-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI2546 | EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...] | 2005-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP |
05HANOI2547 | EAP DAS Eric John Meets AmCham and MOT Vice Luong [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 27 luncheon with AmCham Board members and a separate meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed Vietnam's WTO accession and BTA implementation. AmCham members expressed growing concern about the draft investm [...] | 2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO |
05HANOI2555 | VIETNAM'S EXTRA-BUDGETARY FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: The Development Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Vietnam Postal Savings Company (VPSC) are responsible for an increasingly large share of the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) policy lending efforts. The VPSC raises funds from ordinary citizens through its deposit and transfer [...] | 2005-10-03 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM SOE FINREF |
05HANOI256 | Communist Party Wraps up Plenum [...] (SBU) Summary. The Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee met January 17-25 to kick off preparations for the 10th Party Congress, to be held in the second quarter of 2006. Among the major issues reportedly discussed were Party membership for capitalists, the participation of Party m [...] | 2005-02-01 00:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
05HANOI2569 | VIETNAM HIT BY WORST TYPHOON IN TEN YEARS [...] Summary: A typhoon has caused severe damage to coastal and mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. While loss of lives was minimized due to the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) early preparation and evacuation efforts, an estimated 200,000 people lack food and perhaps a greater number of people [...] | 2005-10-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM |
05HANOI2597 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new cases of human or poultry Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on September 29. Delays in vaccine and equipment delivery have caused postponement of the third round of poultry vaccination. The Government of Vietnam (G [...] | 2005-10-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2609 | Ambassador Discusses AI with Vice Minister of [...] Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Vice Minister Trinh Quan Huan on September 7 to reiterate USG concerns over Vietnam's Avian and Pandemic Influenza (AI) preparedness planning. Huan was recently appointed as the lead official on AI at the Ministry of Health (MOH). Th [...] | 2005-10-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2645 | AMB/VFM BANG: CAMBODIA, CPC, CHINH, TRUONG, SHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 7 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador raised the following subjects: 1) Sam Rainsy's return to Cambodia; 2) Hoang Minh Chinh's activities in the U.S.; 3) timing of the Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and International Reli [...] | 2005-10-12 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM CM APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI2655 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new cases of human or poultry Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 6. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported it hopes to extend the poultry vaccination campaign to an additional 38 pro [...] | 2005-10-13 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI267 | LETTER FROM DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR DEPARTMENT BUI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM |
05HANOI268 | The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...] | 2005-02-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2700 | AUSTR Weisel Visit to Hanoi: WTO Getting Closer [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with the Minister of Trade, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Economic and Budgetary Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Office of Government, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel delivered the message that U.S. and Vietnamese WTO negoti [...] | 2005-10-17 05:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO ASEAN BTA IPROP SOE |
05HANOI2708 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETINGS AT THE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak met separately with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Vice Minister Le Cong Phung and Vice General Director of the General Department of Customs (GDC) Vu Ngoc Anh to discuss b [...] | 2005-10-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC WTO |
05HANOI2709 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S WHO MEETING ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak met with Dr. Hans Troedsson, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Vietnam, on October 10 to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues, including Vietnam's response plans, current contr [...] | 2005-10-17 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2715 | APEC OFFICIAL MICHALAK'S MEETING AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting between Deputy Director General at Multilateral Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Trade (MOT) Tran Thi Thu Hang and U.S. Senior Official for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Michael Michalak, the two frankly discussed upcoming opportunitie [...] | 2005-10-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV VM WTRO APEC AFLU WTO IPROP |
05HANOI2760 | RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...] | 2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR |
05HANOI2762 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 13 (reftel). The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is showing increasing commitment to deal seriously with AI. The level of direct involvement in dealing with a p [...] | 2005-10-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2763 | VIETNAM ON ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP: GO SLOW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GVN responded rapidly to the U.S. draft Declaration on a U.S.-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership. Vietnam feels that Busan is coming up much too soon to allow ASEAN and the United States to reconcile the two competing draft declarations (ASEAN has one, completed during [...] | 2005-10-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM ASEAN APEC |
05HANOI2822 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat on October 14 to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectivel [...] | 2005-10-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU |
05HANOI2823 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETINGS WITH HAIPHONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On his second full day in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt SIPDIS traveled to the port city of Haiphong to survey the avian influenza (AI) and HIV/AIDS situations there. He met with local Haiphong Provincial Health Department officia [...] | 2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
05HANOI2824 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...] | 2005-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2825 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with the Director of Vietnam's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE),Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, on October 14 to highlight NIHE's efforts to combat avian influenza (AI),learn about the Institute' [...] | 2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS AFLU |
05HANOI2826 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai October 14 to discuss bilateral health cooperation and mutual concerns about avian influenza (AI). The Prime Minister outlined Vietnam's commitment to tackle AI, [...] | 2005-10-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU HIV AIDS |
05HANOI2831 | AMB/QUANH NINH CMTE: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Quang Ninh, the north easternmost province of Vietnam and a key gateway to China, has high levels of economic growth, thorny economic liberalization problems, some of the worst trafficking, smuggling and narcotics problems in the country, and substantial natural resources as wel [...] | 2005-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM SOE TIP CNARC HUMANR RELFREE WTO |
05HANOI2838 | AMBASSADOR'S INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Quang Ninh Province October 17-19. During this visit he discussed religious freedom issues with the People's Committee and met with Protestant and Catholic leaders. Police harassed the Protestants prior to the Ambassador's visit, but his intervention wit [...] | 2005-10-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI284 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion February 1, the Ambassador previewed for Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang a proposed "work plan" to advance our religious freedom goals and ultimately remove Vietnam from the religious freedom Country of Particular Concern list. VFM Bang said [...] | 2005-02-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD CASC VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS ETMIN |
05HANOI2857 | ASEAN PARTNERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official October 27 and made key points on the ASEAN Enhanced Partnership, the upcoming Human Rights Dialogue and the New Embassy Compound. The MFA official complained about what the GVN feels is an increased tempo of meetings [...] | 2005-10-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT ASEAN VN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI2858 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 20 (reftel). The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues its poultry vaccination program and the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) will ho [...] | 2005-10-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI286 | Vietnam Adoptions - Senate StaffDel Met With [...] In one of several meetings set up by the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Keith Luse met January 4 with Mr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Deputy Director of the Department of International Adoptions (DIA) at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss the s [...] | 2005-02-03 00:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL VM |
05HANOI2864 | AMB VISITS QUANH NINH HIV/AIDS, TIP, DISABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador recently inspected several successful U.S.-funded aid projects in Quang Ninh Province. While demonstrating what can be achieved with only a modest investment of aid money, the trip also brought to light serious problems for people living with HIV/AIDS, and for the [...] | 2005-10-28 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM HIV AIDS TIP |
05HANOI2894 | PORT DEVELOPMENT AND COAL MINING IN QUANG NINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On his recent trip to Quang Ninh Province, the Ambassador inspected Cai Lan Port and Cao Son coal mine in order to advocate on behalf of U.S. firms seeking business in the province. The transport and mining industries in Quang Ninh clearly believe that WTO accession will be hug [...] | 2005-11-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM WTO SOE BTA |
05HANOI2918 | AFTER ACTION MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND [...] SUMMARY: ON 14 OCTOBER 2005, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (SRV) CONDUCTED AN AFTER-ACTION MEETING TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF PHASE ONE OF THE LEVEL ONE LANDMINE AND UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WIT [...] | 2005-11-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | VM |
05HANOI292 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On February 1, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Transportation Dao Dinh Binh. Minister Binh explained the timeline for legislative reforms designed to bring the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) up to international safety oversight standards. Th [...] | 2005-02-03 07:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD EINV VM WTO |
05HANOI2923 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 27 (reftel). Two suspected cases of AI are currently under investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations Development Program (UND [...] | 2005-11-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI2967 | COMMUNIST PARTY SEIZED WITH UPCOMING PLENUM; RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for next year's Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is currently preparing for its 13th and penultimate Plenum, during which key personnel decisions will be thrashed out based on ongoing lower-level party congresses. A number of rumors, sometime [...] | 2005-11-08 04:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR VM DPOL |
05HANOI2973 | RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PRAISES RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese press recently published an interview with the GVN official responsible for religious affairs in which he highlighted Hanoi's accomplishments in the area of religious freedom since it enacted a new law on religion last year. The article, which was intended to re [...] | 2005-11-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI3000 | VIETNAM SEEKS TO MAKE TAMIFLU OR HUMAN VACCINE [...] Action Request: See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Minister of Health Tran Thi Chung Chien unexpectedly joined a November 8 meeting between the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on WTO and bilateral issues. Madame Chien asked for U.S. assistance in persuading R [...] | 2005-11-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KIPR EAID EAGR SOCI PGOV VM AFLU WTO |
05HANOI3009 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There has been one new confirmed AI human fatality in Vietnam since Hanoi's last reporting on November 3. This death on October 29 is Vietnam's 42nd from AI. The first phase of the nationwide poultry vaccination campaign has been completed in 50 of 64 provinces in Vietnam, but [...] | 2005-11-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3015 | VIETNAM WTO BILATERALS: THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Our bilateral negotiations on Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization have not moved forward since September. Senior GVN officials, including DPM Vu Khoan, have recently begun expressing their frustration publicly in the press and laying the blame on the United Stat [...] | 2005-11-13 23:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD VM WTRO WTO APEC |
05HANOI3031 | MPS TO FBI: LET'S UPGRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early November visit of an FBI delegation to Hanoi, led by Ms. Deborah Pierce, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division (CID),and Mr. Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Office of International Operations, offered the opportunity for the Mission to st [...] | 2005-11-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC VM CNARC CTERR |
05HANOI3038 | AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM - [...] (U) Summary. This cable examines the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) overall strategy toward Avian Influenza (AI) and recent actions taken by GVN to plan for and respond to a potential AI pandemic in Vietnam. The GVN has developed a broad, multi-agency approach following the advice of the Worl [...] | 2005-11-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3041 | RECOVERING FROM DISASTER - A LOOK AT ONE PROVINCE [...] SUMMARY: A visit to the typhoon stricken province of Thanh Hoa by US Embassy staff revealed a province struggling with slow recovery from the Typhoon Damrey and a recent outbreak of avian influenza in poultry. Damrey damaged or destroyed more than 30,000 houses (out of more than 100,000 in 1 [...] | 2005-11-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM AFLU |
05HANOI3053 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...] | 2005-11-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC |
05HANOI3055 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. While local press reported several possible human AI cases this week, there have been no confirmed cases and no AI deaths since the October 29 death reported in Reftel. The GVN's Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City released information suggesting possible mutation of the H5N1 [...] | 2005-11-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3067 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE SAMPSON MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson met with Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc November 17 to discuss bilateral relations and matters of interest to U.S. business. The DepSec reasserted the United States' commitment to Vietnam's WTO accession on sound c [...] | 2005-11-21 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTRO WTO BTA |
05HANOI308 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On February 3, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Construction Nguyen Hong Quan. Minister Quan explained the role and functions of the Ministry of Construction (MOC),and he described MOC's vision for foreign involvement in the construction sector. The Ambassado [...] | 2005-02-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD EINV SOCI VM SOE |
05HANOI309 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY. On January 28, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Home Affairs Do Quang Trung. Minister Trung described the history of his organization and its recent elevation from committee to ministerial status. He also explained his role in the GVN's efforts on public admi [...] | 2005-02-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID VM |
05HANOI3092 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE'S ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Influential Government of Vietnam (GVN) advisors offered their views on current economic and reform issues in a roundtable discussion with visiting Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson on November 18. The roundtable focused on Vietnam's investment climate, intellectual property [...] | 2005-11-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV VM WTRO IPROP BTA SOE WTO |
05HANOI3096 | SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON [...] Summary: In a speech to the AmCham Madame Pham Chi Lan, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, said that despite Vietnam's progress in economic reforms it is falling behind its international competitors. Vietnamese businesses are mainly small to medium-sized and lack experience and resourc [...] | 2005-11-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD VM WTRO ASEAN WTO SOE FINREF |
05HANOI3099 | VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...] | 2005-11-23 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR VM CTERR |
05HANOI311 | NSC SR. DIRECTOR GREEN TALKS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND [...] (U) Summary: Vice Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's External Relations Commission Ta Minh Chau told visiting NSC Senior Director Michael Green that sustained economic development would solve Vietnam's social problems, and that the Party plans to accelerate political and economic reforms [...] | 2005-02-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI3114 | UNHCR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: UNHCR Asia/Pacific Director Janet Lim and other UNHCR representatives briefed the Ambassador November 21 on the current positive tone of UNHCR- GVN relations and the state of play of Vietnamese ethnic minorities in Cambodia. Although the GVN remains reluctant to al [...] | 2005-11-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB DPRK ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI312 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meetings with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Michael Green and Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung met for 90 minutes February 4, again at dinner the same night, and then for 30 minutes on February 5 to discuss regional issues, a religious freedom work plan and Prime Minister Phan Van K [...] | 2005-02-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD BM VM ASEAN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI3124 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There were no new confirmed human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the October 29 death. The total number of AI-affected provinces and cities rose to 17 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, despite the de-listing of two provinces in the Mekong Delta and Hanoi city. News [...] | 2005-11-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3127 | VIETNAM: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's low-threat terrorist situation did not change in 2005. Vietnam has a small Muslim population with no known affiliations with international terrorist organizations. There is no evidence that terrorists operate in or transit Vietnam, or that they use Vietnam for other support [...] | 2005-11-28 01:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER VM CTERR |
05HANOI313 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with FM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien told visiting Senior Director for Asia Michael J. Green that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic about the bilateral relationship and, though very unhappy about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern for Rel [...] | 2005-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS APEC CVR |
05HANOI314 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Minister/Chairman of the Government Office Doan Manh Giao on February 4. Giao urged the removal of Vietnam's designation as a Country of Part [...] | 2005-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP ETRD CASC MASS VM WTO RELFREE APEC |
05HANOI315 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China, [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Dr. Michael J. Green and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and regional strategic dynamics with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Vu Khoan on February 4. The DPM stressed regional dialogue, particularly through the ASEAN framework, while recog [...] | 2005-02-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW CH VM APEC CVR HUMANR RELFREE ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI3185 | ANGRY POPULAR REACTION TO DISSIDENT HOANG MINH [...] (SBU) Dissident Hoang Minh Chinh returned to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City on December 1. The 83-year-old Chinh informed us late that day that, when he arrived home at 11:30 a.m., he was greeted by a crowd of about 150 men aged 30-50 years old. No one in Chinh's family recognized these men and [...] | 2005-12-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
05HANOI3190 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Vietnam's 66th human AI case on November 25 after a 15-year old boy contracted H5N1. During an informal donors' meeting chaired by the World Bank [...] | 2005-12-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3214 | VU KHOAN ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM HEADS OF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan raised the following points while answering questions from thirty heads of mission and donor representatives at a meeting held December 1 in preparation for the December 6-7 Consultative Group (CG) Meeting. One of the dramatic developments in Viet [...] | 2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID KHIV VM HIV AIDS FINREF AFLU WTO |
05HANOI3236 | FUNDING FOR PHASE II VIETNAM UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION FOR PHASE II OF THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND LANDMINE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY IS USD 9.2 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY MILITARY CLEARANCE TEAMS. THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PLAN [...] | 2005-12-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL KHDP VM MAS |
05HANOI3237 | INCSR, PART I, VIETNAM [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2005. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued coop [...] | 2005-12-09 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
05HANOI3240 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths since the confirmed October 29 death of a Hanoi man. The total number of active AI-affected provinces and cities decreased to 15 out of Vietnam's 64 provinces and cities, but localized poultry outbreaks have spread. Th [...] | 2005-12-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3256 | Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...] | 2005-12-13 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN |
05HANOI3259 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Congressman (and Vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with Vietnamese government officials, and Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist leaders in Hanoi on December 2. Principal issues discussed were improvements and chal [...] | 2005-12-13 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP HIV AIDS ETMIN |
05HANOI3268 | INITIAL RESULTS OF A USG-FUNDED TIP PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The Department of State (PRM) funded a USD 155,000 International Organization for Migration (IOM) project to combat trafficking in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. The project provides considerable training in preventing trafficking, HIV prevention and public health, in [...] | 2005-12-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PINS KWMN VM TIP HIV AIDS |
05HANOI3287 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) cases. The number of active AI-affected areas decreased from 166 communes in 17 provinces to 126 communes in 15 provinces over the past two weeks, with no new reported outbreaks in poultry during the past week. The Government [...] | 2005-12-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3334 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: While still fundamentally a rubber stamp for official policy, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) has made tentative moves toward a more independent role. It has also become an important tool in the Vietnamese Communist Party's limited efforts to reform Vietnam's political system, [...] | 2005-12-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VM SOE DPOL |
05HANOI3337 | VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...] | 2005-12-21 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF |
05HANOI3342 | VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...] | 2005-12-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO |
05HANOI3343 | SUCCESSFUL MARITIME NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam initialed, ad referendum, a draft Agreement on Maritime Transport after three days of intensive negotiations on December 6-8, 2005. The agreement provides shipping companies of each party the right to form 51 percent joint ventures immediately and t [...] | 2005-12-21 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD VM |
05HANOI3353 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The number of animal AI affected provinces in Vietnam continues to drop from a high of 21 in mid-November to 13 this week. With AI "in check" in recent weeks and consumer confidence rebounding [...] | 2005-12-23 02:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3355 | CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...] | 2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA |
05HANOI3356 | CODEL GORDON SMITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. Senate delegation led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and comprised of six other Senators held a courtesy call meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on December 12. The delegation and the President expressed their commitment to further developing trad [...] | 2005-12-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO WTO APEC |
05HANOI3358 | VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...] | 2005-12-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR |
05HANOI3361 | THE TWENTY-YEAR REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S DOI MOI POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In remarks prepared for a conference reviewing Vietnam's "Doi Moi" or "renovation" policy after twenty years, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung emphasized the political/social component of the policy and the importance of the Community Party in the process of reform. He al [...] | 2005-12-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PINR VM DPOL |
05HANOI3382 | FOREIGN MINISTER WRITES TO SECRETARY ON [...] (SBU) On December 29, under cover of MFA Note 593 NG- CM, Post received a letter and "memo" from Foreign Minister Nguyen Dzy Nien to the Secretary on the subject of U.S. assistance to the Central Highlands. In brief, Foreign Minister Nien expresses regret that the U.S. Congress earmarked funds [...] | 2005-12-29 08:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI3383 | VIETNAM'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout this year, formal meetings and informal exchanges with officials from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),the State Securities Commission, the World Bank, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC),and other international agencies in Hanoi have mad [...] | 2005-12-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM ECON PREL PINR CTERR FINREF BTA |
05HANOI3384 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued a circular guiding the quarantine, transport and sale of poultry and poultry products. Post's Marine Attache observed four disin [...] | 2005-12-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI3385 | VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...] | 2005-12-29 23:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE |
05HANOI3392 | A DOLLAR HERE, A DOLLAR THERE: THE ECONOMIC COST OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The cost of Avian Influenza (AI) both in human and agriculture terms has been greater in Vietnam than in any other country. AI has killed 42 people in Vietnam and over 50 million poultry have been culled to prevent its spread since December 2003. The World Bank estimates that [...] | 2005-12-30 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI353 | PRIME MINISTER ISSUES INSTRUCTION ON PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Phan Van Khai issued on February 4 an Instruction to guide Ministries and People's Committees in their relations with Protestant churches and believers. The document directs authorities to assist Protestant followers in celebrating their faith, including by openi [...] | 2005-02-15 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI363 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a senior Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) representative, the GVN has provided new freedom to the Church, despite not yet having released implementing regulations for the Ordinance on Religion. Now that the GVN has permitted (after a 20-year delay) the E [...] | 2005-02-16 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI366 | NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...] | 2005-02-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN |
05HANOI373 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE MINISTER OF [...] Summary. On February 1, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Mai Ai Truc. The Minister portrayed MONRE's task as assisting the GVN, National Assembly and other government ministries to achieve a balance between rapid economic development a [...] | 2005-02-17 04:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TBIO VM |
05HANOI381 | MORE INFORMATION ON TET AMNESTY [...] (U) On February 17 Post received a diplomatic note (Para 2) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to our inquiry about a number of individuals released in the recent Tet amnesty (reftel). Mission is not familiar with the cases of the four Montagnards or when they were first detaine [...] | 2005-02-18 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL VM |
05HANOI387 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM NGUYEN DUC HUNG: [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met February 18 with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung at the latter's request, and their discussion focused on the Prime Minister's proposed June visit to the United States and the religious freedom "action plan." On the PM's visit, AFM Hung requested protocol t [...] | 2005-02-18 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP VM KICC RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI392 | VIEWS ON PRIME MINISTER'S INSTRUCTION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Vietnam (GVN) official indicated that the new Instruction on Protestants (Ref. A) divides Vietnam's unrecognized Protestant denominations into those established before 1975, which will be encouraged to "regularize" their status, and those that arrived in Vietnam [...] | 2005-02-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI395 | NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH OUTLINES PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) plans to begin renovating its churches, building new ones and appointing four pastors in the new future. In appointing the new pastors, the Church will follow the relaxed notification requirements of the new Ordinance on Religion. [...] | 2005-02-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI4 | GVN PROVIDES INFO, ASKS FOR AID AGAINST [...] (SBU) On December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a written demarche, translated below, to Poloff (who provided it soon after to EAP/BCLTV (ref)). The document recounts the plan of a Vietnamese American group called the Provisional Government of Vietnam (a.k.a the Governme [...] | 2005-01-03 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM CNARC |
05HANOI42 | VIETNAM UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EAST ASIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam strongly supports ASEAN as the best way for smaller Asian countries to ensure that their interests are respected and sees the East Asian Summit (EAS) and the East Asian Community (EAC) as an effort by China to re-form the ASEAN+3 mechanism without ASEAN's solidarity. Vie [...] | 2005-01-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI423 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Hanoi City People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Quoc Trieu described the city's many priorities and development plans and noted that the city will celebrate its 1000th anniversary in 2010. The Ambassador described lapses in intellectual [...] | 2005-02-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV KIPR PINR VM AFLU IPROP |
05HANOI437 | EAST ASIA SUMMIT: VIETNAM'S TAKE ON RECENT ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent Senior Officials Meetings in Hanoi and Jakarta, ASEAN members agreed that ASEAN should be at the center of East Asia Summit (EAS) process, the ASEAN chair should be the EAS chair and the EAS should be held in an ASEAN country (with exceptions made only under speci [...] | 2005-02-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ARF ASEAN |
05HANOI439 | DEPUTY GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS HANOI [...] (U) Summary: From January 26-31, 2005, Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Deputy Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer in the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) visited Vietnam to become better acquainted with the HIV/AIDS situation and with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency P [...] | 2005-02-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PREL VM |
05HANOI441 | Codel McHugh Discusses Fullest Possible Accounting [...] (U) Summary: Representatives and Armed Services Committee Members John McHugh, Jim Marshall and Ken Calvert met February 22 with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao and Vice Minister of Defense Colone [...] | 2005-02-24 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP VM HIV AIDS WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA |
05HANOI451 | VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004. 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: -- Vietnam continued to m [...] | 2005-02-25 04:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA WTO |
05HANOI452 | VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...] | 2005-02-25 04:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM SOE |
05HANOI459 | VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...] | 2005-02-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM |
05HANOI462 | S/P OFFICER MEETS WITH PROTESTANT LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) pastors have begun to engage provincial authorities about renovating and rebuilding churches. The Church is also looking into registering some sub-chapters and opening a bible school. In the future, the ECVN plans to increase outreac [...] | 2005-02-25 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI464 | VIETNAM: CLARIFYING WTO LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) While the GVN has the clear goal of WTO accession in December 2005, they do not comprehend all the requirements or steps to do so. Recent conversations with GVN officials have shown that, except for the Ministry of Trade, the G [...] | 2005-02-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTO |
05HANOI465 | S/P OFFICER ENGAGES GVN OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: An official from the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) sees Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion and Instruction on Protestants as significantly reducing restrictions on religious activities. The situation for Protestants in the Central Highlands has improved recently, he cl [...] | 2005-02-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI467 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] The outbreak of Avian Influenza, subtype H5N1, in Vietnam resulted in approximately 1 million dead or destroyed ducks and chickens, and 13 cases in humans. Human- to-human transmission has been confirmed in one very close family contact situation (i.e., from an infected individual to the pri [...] | 2005-02-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI468 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO |
05HANOI494 | VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out state involvement in Vietnam's economy, especially through the involvement of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs),which are typically under the control of a ministry. 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation [...] | 2005-03-01 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON VM IRM |
05HANOI502 | Second FAO/OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza [...] The Second FAO/OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza Control in Asia was attended by 168 individuals including Chief Veterinary Officers of 28 countries and a delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, headed by Minister Cao Duc Phat. Leaders of the UN Food and [...] | 2005-03-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI507 | (SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...] | 2005-03-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI509 | INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...] | 2005-03-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP |
05HANOI515 | VIETNAM - SUPPORT TO INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. Anne Walton, a marine coordinator with the National Marine Sanctuaries Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spent three weeks in Vietnam as an Embassy Science Fellow in December 2004. She focused on improving marine protected area management and coast [...] | 2005-03-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAID SENV VM |
05HANOI536 | HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SENSITIVE: Please do not post on internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan). While HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is a relatively recent phenomenon compared with nearby Th [...] | 2005-03-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS |
05HANOI537 | VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post has been sending the Department regular reporting cables (Ref A) on the avian influenza (AI) situation in Vietnam. While life is normal on the streets of Vietnam, should the increasingly pessimistic forecasts of the World Health Organization come true, Vietnam and her neighboring c [...] | 2005-03-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON VM ESCI |
05HANOI55 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: VIETNAM ASSISTANCE LEVELS [...] I understand that USAID's ANE Bureau is now considering ways to take funds from USAID's FY 05 and FY 06 operating budget to put them into emergency assistance for the tsunami disaster. We fully support the need to reallocate funding for this tragedy. But while hard choices are inevitable, th [...] | 2005-01-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL VM |
05HANOI553 | VIETNAM: WTO Legislative Strategy Still Unclear [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi January 28-31, Deputy Assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Elena Bryan and USPTO Attorney-Advisor Jennie Ness told key GVN officials and the National Assembly (NA) that timely passage of legislation implementing WTO obligations is a pressin [...] | 2005-03-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTO BTA IPROP |
05HANOI560 | HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive information and should not be posted on the internet. This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 536. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan [...] | 2005-03-08 03:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCI VM |
05HANOI567 | Vietnam: Status of Key WTO legislation [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with staff and consultants of the USAID-funded Support for Trade AcceleRation (STAR) Project and representatives of the European Union to discuss the status of GVN efforts to accede to the WTO. The following is a summary of STAR techni [...] | 2005-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM IPROP WTO |
05HANOI568 | Vietnam: STAR Experts Discuss GVN WTO Preparations [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be posted on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with staff and consultants of the USAID-funded Support for Trade AcceleRation (STAR) Project and representatives of the European Union to discuss [...] | 2005-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM WTO |
05HANOI569 | Vietnam: Speeding Up WTO Process [...] (U) According to press reports, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly met with key GVN officials on March 4 to discuss ways to ensure timely passage of laws required for WTO accession so that Vietnam can join the WTO at the Hong Kong Ministerial in December. According to the reports [...] | 2005-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM WTO |
05HANOI570 | IRF Ambassador at Large Hanford's March 4 Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During a nearly three-hour meeting March 4, Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi told visiting Ambassador at Large for International Religious Affairs John V. Hanford that the situation for religious freedom in Vietnam has never been better, with the recent [...] | 2005-03-08 11:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI575 | VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN |
05HANOI579 | VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...] | 2005-03-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO |
05HANOI580 | TEXT OF THE IMPLEMENTING DECREE FOR VIETNAM'S [...] Below in paragraph 2 is an unofficial Embassy translation of the implementing decree for Vietnam's Ordinance on Belief and Religion (reftel). Although the decree is dated March 1, it was not released to the public until late March 7. Embassy and ConGen Ho Chi Minh City will report septel our [...] | 2005-03-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI584 | Vietnam: Ambassador and Vice Minister of Trade [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Do not post on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu on March 9 to discuss preparations for the bilateral market access negotiations on Vietnam's WTO accession next week in Washington. Expres [...] | 2005-03-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM WTO BTA |
05HANOI585 | Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Valuation [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has made strong efforts to implement the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise - in accordance with the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement (CVA). The GVN is [...] | 2005-03-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON VM |
05HANOI598 | GVN OBJECTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Deputy America's Department Director Nguyen Ba Hung and U.S. Desk Director Nguyen Hoanh Nam met March 11 with PolCouns and Poloff to express the GVN's "disappointment" about the Vietnam section of the 2004 Human Rights Report. "The report ignores many of the new things that are happening [...] | 2005-03-11 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HANOI599 | IRF AMBASSADOR AT LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH GVN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met March 6 with Vice Minister for Public Security Nguyen Van Huong. Huong objected to the designation of Vietnam as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) and said many in the GVN were asking why they should c [...] | 2005-03-11 06:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI622 | The Ambassador's March 10 Meeting with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 10 with Minister of the Office of the Government Doan Manh Giao, the equivalent of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. The Ambassador described the current state of play of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's ongoing [...] | 2005-03-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE WTO BTA |
05HANOI626 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT NO.2 [...] In humans: As of March 7th, the WHO officially reports 21 cases of Avian Influenza, H5N1 (AI) in humans in Vietnam during the 2004-2005 outbreak, 13 of which have resulted in death. The four cases reported in February include: a) A 21-year-old man from Thai Binh Province. He developed symp [...] | 2005-03-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI641 | VIETNAM TERRORIST FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs contain answers to reftel questions and provide an evaluation of Vietnam's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has not frozen, forfeited or seized any assets pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 13 [...] | 2005-03-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL CVIS VM CTERR FINREF |
05HANOI644 | GVN EXPLAINS NEW RELIGION DECREE [...] (U) Nguyen Khac Huy, Acting Director of the Legal Office of the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA),met with Poloff and Political Assistant on March 14 to give an official view of the Implementing Decree for the Ordinance on Religion (Reftels). The Decree is aimed at devolving decision mak [...] | 2005-03-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI647 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM HUNG: PM VISIT PLANS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The MFA is pushing the Embassy for specific dates for the proposed visit of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the United States. The GVN has some agreements in mind to use as deliverables, including an International Mil [...] | 2005-03-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF CASC MASS OVIP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI660 | VIETNAM: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] The legal age for marriage in Vietnam, according to the Law on Marriage and Family, is 20 for men and 18 for women. There is no lower legal age for marriage even with parental consent. In practice, most marriages in urban areas conform to the national law; however, in rural areas, underage c [...] | 2005-03-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN |
05HANOI664 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: MEDEVAC OPTIONS THRU [...] Summary: The SOS International Clinic in Hanoi reports that they have the capability to transport AI patients, but cautions that it is uncertain whether the GVN will release patients, or countries will be found to accept patients. End Summary. 2. On March 9th, Consular Chief and MED speci [...] | 2005-03-18 08:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI671 | MONTAGNARD RETURNEES ARRIVE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two groups of ethnic Montagnard returnees have arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia and returned to their home villages. These are the first to return under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in January (Reftel). Local authorities have [...] | 2005-03-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI685 | NEW ACTIVIST COMES UNDER POLICE SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Do Nam Hai, better known by his pseudonym of Phuong Nam, became known to us as an emerging Vietnamese dissident after he posted an open letter in December 2004 protesting official harassment for advocating peaceful democratic change in Vietnam. Hai has since been fired from his j [...] | 2005-03-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VM HUMANR CVR |
05HANOI686 | VIETNAM'S AGENT ORANGE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TO GROW [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GVN's Agent Orange (AO) propaganda campaign reached fever pitch in the lead up to, and now wake of, the March 10 dismissal of the U.S. lawsuit by alleged Vietnamese victims of AO against chemical companies that produced the defoliant. Before the hearing, [...] | 2005-03-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM |
05HANOI7 | GVN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN RENDITION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy received a note December 29 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting U.S. assistance in returning the "fugitive" Ly Tong, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Thailand (translation of note in para 3). (Note: Ly Tong, a former pilot with the Republic of (South) Vi [...] | 2005-01-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM |
05HANOI716 | DISCUSSIONS WITH VIETNAM ON CPC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bilateral discussions between the USG and GVN to address the issue of Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation and Presidential action have stalled on the form, rather than substance, of a bilateral "binding agreement" as allowed by the International Religious Freedom Ac [...] | 2005-03-24 08:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HANOI719 | Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...] | 2005-03-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM |
05HANOI72 | WTO ENTRY A PREREQUISITE FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has transfered responsibility for negotiating an Article 98 agreement from the MFA to the Ministry of Justice. MOJ lawyers, with the encouragement of the Minister, are actively tackling the task of obtaining internal consensus on the agreement. However, the GVN fears o [...] | 2005-01-10 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL VM KICC WTO |
05HANOI742 | Millenium Science Initiative Delegation Urges [...] Summary: The DCM accompanied a visiting delegation of prominent American scientists to call on Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem March 23 regarding establishing Centers for Excellence under the Millenium Science Initiative (MSI) in Vietnam. The delegation, led by Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel [...] | 2005-03-29 08:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | VM PREL KPAO ESCI |
05HANOI749 | ENGAGING VIETNAM ON BURMA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) DCM John Boardman, accompanied by Poloff, met with Acting Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for ASEAN Affairs Nguyen Duy Hung March 28. Drawing from reftel talking points, the DCM asked Hung his thoughts on Burma's chairmanship of ASEAN. 2. (SBU) The DCM suggested that the issue [...] | 2005-03-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN |
05HANOI752 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] According to the Director of the Epidemiology Division of Department of Animal Health (DAH) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),only 7 new outbreaks of Avian Influenza, type H5N1 (AI) were detected in poultry (in Tra Vinh and Ben Tre provinces) over the past two weeks [...] | 2005-03-30 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI753 | Vietnam: March 22-44 Consultations on Maritime [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Ministry of Transportation (MOTr) met March 22-24 in Hanoi to discuss the potential for conclusion of a bilateral maritime services agreement in the near future. The Vietnamese side provided a draft agreement, which served as the [...] | 2005-03-31 02:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV PREL VM |
05HANOI766 | VIETNAM: SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT [...] Summary. The Department of State's East Asia Pacific Environmental Initiative (EAP-EI),USAID and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have supported the project Building Capacity for Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in the Tonkin Gulf in Quang Ninh Province, Vi [...] | 2005-03-31 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TBIO VM CVR |
05HANOI767 | EXILED BUDDHIST LEADER RETURNS TO VISIT HOMELAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Exiled Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH) completed a "successful" two-and-a-half-month visit to Vietnam, his first in almost forty years. In a private meeting with the Ambassador March 26, he described the Buddhist community in Vietnam as split and weakened due to Governme [...] | 2005-03-31 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI772 | GVN RESPONDS ON UNHCR MONITORING [...] (SBU) PolCouns and Poloff met with MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu April 1 to deliver Ref A demarche on UNHCR monitoring of Montagnard returnees and the placement of permanent international staff in the UNHCR office in Hanoi. Vu listened to PolCouns' points and [...] | 2005-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI773 | VIETNAM: ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's power industry is struggling to meet electricity demand due to a prolonged drought and delays in the construction of new power plants. Despite increased electricity imports from China, Vietnam faces a serious energy crunch in the coming two years, according to an offi [...] | 2005-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EIND EINV VM |
05HANOI794 | VIETNAM: GVN WTO WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT SUBMISSION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Â [...] | 2005-04-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO APECO VN WTO |
05HANOI817 | VIETNAM: PM DIRECTIVE ON ADVANCING WTO LEGISLATION [...] On April 4, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai issued a Directive aimed at advancing the pace of Vietnam's legislative calendar in support of WTO accession. The Directive follows on and provides guidance for implementing the legislative program the GVN presented to the National Assembly (NA) on Mar [...] | 2005-04-07 08:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD VM WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI820 | VIETNAM: NOAA'S SPINRAD SUPPORTS ICM ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad led a seven-person NOAA delegation to attend a March 13-16 wrap-up workshop of the EAP-EI/USAID/NOAA funded project to build capacity for integrated coastal [...] | 2005-04-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TBIO VM |
05HANOI835 | VIETNAM: IAEA Additional Protocol and Other Arms [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST for NP and EAP/EP. Please see Paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We met with our primary GVN arms control and nonproliferation counterpart April 6 to discuss a wide range of outstanding arms control/nonpro issues and the constraints faced by the GVN. [...] | 2005-04-08 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD VM AROC CWC CBW OPCW APEC |
05HANOI841 | VIETNAM HOSTS SIX-COUNTRY TIP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The ambitious three-day Senior Officials Meeting 3 (SOM 3) of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) was held in Hanoi March 29-31. The purpose of the meeting was to translate the MOU signed at the previous COMMIT meeting in Rango [...] | 2005-04-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG APEC TIP |
05HANOI846 | VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: SITUATION REPORT [...] Avian Influenza, subtype H5N1 (AI),infection has been confirmed in the family of five in Hai Phong (reported in para 4 of reftel) and these cases are now reported on the WHO website. None of the five cases has resulted in death. 2. The Vietnamese National Institute for Hygiene and Epide [...] | 2005-04-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI857 | VIETNAM SUFFERING SEVERE DROUGHT IN SOME AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Central and Central Highland regions of Vietnam are experiencing a severe drought. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),an estimated 1.12 million people are facing daily water shortages and more than 500,000 people are suff [...] | 2005-04-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG VM |
05HANOI875 | VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary: The representatives of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have provided an Avian Influenza update to major donor missions in Hanoi. They also revisited an outstanding GVN-WHO-FAO request for donor assistance for an "Avian Influenza Technical [...] | 2005-04-14 03:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU |
05HANOI880 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MINORITIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang April 14 at the Foreign Ministry and discussed problems involving UNHCR access to ethnic minority migrants who have been returned to the Central Highlands. The Ambassador also raised the issue of the problems obtaining p [...] | 2005-04-14 11:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF ETRD VM KICC ETMIN HUMANR WTO |
05HANOI882 | VIETNAM: USAID AND NOAA SUPPORT FOR OIL SPILL [...] Summary. USAID's U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership (US- AEP) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration have supported the project "Improved Oil Spill Contingency Planning in Saigon River Estuary in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province." T [...] | 2005-04-15 03:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA EAID TBIO VM |
05HANOI885 | GVN TACKLES LAND ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's rapid economic development and the flow of migrants from the crowded and poor Mekong Delta, Red River Delta and Northwest Highlands into urban centers and the Central Highlands have contributed to considerable tension over land issues. While allocation of title to agric [...] | 2005-04-15 04:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ECON SENV SOCI VM ETMIN |
05HANOI888 | VIETNAM: GVN Submits revised WTO Services Offer [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. The Ambassador received a letter dated April 15 and CD- Rom from Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu transmitting the GVN's revised WTO services offer and three additional documents related to Vietnam's bilateral market access negotiations wit [...] | 2005-04-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO VN WTO |
05HANOI904 | Vietnam: ESF Funding for the Central Highlands [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Do not post on the internet. 2. (SBU) As the Department begins to consider ESF requests for FY 2007, Post would like to highlight the great need and significant potential for an assistance program targeted at the Central Highlands, which is among [...] | 2005-04-19 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HANOI909 | The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...] | 2005-04-20 01:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI919 | Vice Foreign Minister Discusses PM Visit, Religious [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent speech to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM),Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang implied that a visit to Washington by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was almost a sure thing. He described steps Vietnam has already taken to overcome the hurdle of designation as [...] | 2005-04-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OVIP ETRD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR APEC |
05HANOI92 | VFM LE VAN BANG OFFERS AMBASSADOR POSSIBLE GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: In a pull-aside meeting at the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Halong City January 10, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang passed the Ambassador proposed dates in late June 2005 for a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and outlined three steps the GVN b [...] | 2005-01-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF OTRA OVIP VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI921 | NO UNHCR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; GVN CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNHCR's representative in Hanoi told us that he had not received permission to travel to the Central Highlands. A GVN official confirmed that the late April dates for the mid-review conference will not work for Vietnam. In the meantime, we continue to seek confirmation of [...] | 2005-04-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI924 | Youth Extravaganza Kicks Off 10th Anniversary of [...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Public Affairs Section (PAS) organized its biggest-ever cultural performances in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to kick off the tenth anniversary commemoration of the U.S.-Vietnam normalization of diplomatic relations. A youth hip-hop break dance group from Hous [...] | 2005-04-21 01:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO VM SCUL |
05HANOI951 | VIETNAM: DOE'S ASSESSMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL SITE [...] (C) Summary: The Department of Energy,s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nuclear and International Radiological Threat Reduction (IRTR) Team met with Vietnam nuclear technical experts and government officials in Hanoi on April 18-22. The DOE team recommended various secur [...] | 2005-04-26 06:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PARM VM |
05HANOI956 | VIETNAM OFFERS AMNESTY TO SIX RELIGIOUS PRISONERS [...] (SBU) The MFA informed us April 26 that Vietnam will offer amnesties to six individuals whom the United States had highlighted as cases of concern for religious reasons. In addition, Mennonite Le Thi Hong Lien, for whom we had requested the GVN provide appropriate medical care, will also be gi [...] | 2005-04-26 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI986 | PRISONERS OF CONCERN REPORTEDLY OFFERED AMNESTY [...] (C) Vu Thuy Ha, wife of imprisoned political activist Pham Hong Son, informed Poloff April 28 that her husband and jailed essayist Nguyen Khac Toan have both been offered leniency if they admit to "some" of the charges against them and promise not to associate with human rights activists after [...] | 2005-04-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VM HUMANR |
05HANOI988 | VIETNAM: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Please do not post on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econ/C delivered reftel points on AML/CTF to officials at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Econ/C reminded MPS of his December 2004 letter requesting the answers to several specific qu [...] | 2005-04-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR |
05HANOI989 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador April 25, newly appointed Archbishop of Hanoi Ngo Quang Kiet said that Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion and its implementing decree appear to allow more openness for the Catholic Church, but that the Church has yet to test this. The Church wa [...] | 2005-04-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HANOI991 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told the Ambassador April 26 that the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Ref A) is helping to speed the resettlement of asylum-seeking Central Highlanders currently in Cambodia. The UNHCR is still faced with the problems of [...] | 2005-04-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI993 | VIETNAM: DAUSTR BRYAN AND VICE MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting April 11 with Deputy Assistant USTR, Elena Bryan, Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu highlighted efforts Vietnam has made to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA),suggested holding the BTA JC Chairman's meeting in [...] | 2005-04-29 01:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN VM WRTO BTA IPROP FINREF WTO |
05HARARE1 | THE INDIAN COMMUNITY OF BULAWAYO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite their strong ties to the country, Zimbabwe,s ethnic Indians are increasingly contemplating emigration as a result of the country,s continuing economic slide. This was the message Econoff received from the Indian community in Bulwayo on a recent visit. The loss of this [...] | 2005-01-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ELAB ZI |
05HARARE1004 | ZIMBABWEQS WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants Q which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is sti [...] | 2005-07-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1006 | RESTORE ORDER UPDATE: DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE, [...] (S) Despite the Government,s announcement of the suspension of Operation Restore Order, demolitions continue sporadically in Harare, including the destruction of an industrial complex on July 18. The police are reportedly waiting for word from President Mugabe himself before agreeing to suspe [...] | 2005-07-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1007 | ARMED RESISTANCE GROUP SEEKS US ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) The Embassy has received several requests from various groups for meetings with the Ambassador/CDA in the past few weeks to discuss overthrowing the Mugabe regime. We have rejected all of these meetings, out of concern that they could have been attempts by the GOZ to implicate the USG i [...] | 2005-07-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1008 | ZIMBABWE,S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) The winter of Murambatsvina (Operation Restore Order) seems to have changed everything in Zimbabwe and nothing. Robert Mugabe is still president and likely to remain so for as long as he wants ) which could be until the day he dies. ZANU-PF is still firmly in control. The economy is still [...] | 2005-07-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1009 | SAG-GOZ NEGOTIATIONS AND THE USG [...] (C) The Mugabe regime is confronting a "perfect storm" of converging challenges - international opprobrium over Operation Restore Order, the economy's accelerating implosion, and a looming IMF vote on Zimbabwe's expulsion. As a result, the GOZ is showing growing desperation and signaling unch [...] | 2005-07-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SA ZI |
05HARARE1018 | SURPRISING MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's surprise monetary policy statement of July 21 announced a substantial devaluation and an increase in interest rates among other measures designed to arrest the country,s economic decline. At his diplomatic briefing the next day, Gono stresse [...] | 2005-07-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1034 | OPPOSITION LEADER ON DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, POLITICAL [...] MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on July 26 told the CDA that he supported efforts by outside parties, including the AU and the UN, to get more engaged on Zimbabwe. He complimented the recently released report of UN Envoy Tibaijuka and called for the appointment of a UNCHR rapporteur for Zimb [...] | 2005-07-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1038 | GOZ CONTINUES ATTACK ON MUNICIPALITIES [...] (C) The GOZ suspended the MDC mayor of Mutare on July 22, ostensibly for misusing public funds. However, the mayor told us July 28 that showing the UN Special Envoy the areas of Mutare affected by Operation Restore Order was the real reason for his suspension. Meanwhile, the GOZ ordered rest [...] | 2005-07-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1088 | ZIMPLATS CEO ON CHINESE INTEREST IN PLATINUM [...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) CEO Greg Sebborn told CDA on July 29 that his company was not worried about China's interest in Zimbabwean platinum in the long-term because China lacked the technological know-how to compete. However, the Chinese could cause short-term problems by levera [...] | 2005-08-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EMIN EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1095 | UNDP RESREP ON NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING TIBAIJUKA [...] (C) UNDP Resrep Agostinho Zacharias briefed the donor community July 28 on the UN,s next steps following the release last week of UN Special Envoy Tibaijuka,s report on Operation Restore Order. Zacharias said the goal was to work with the GOZ to end further demolitions and to provide relief t [...] | 2005-08-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1103 | IOM UPDATE ON RESTORE ORDER RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) On August 1, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials told CDA and USAID mission Director they had received no reports of further demolitions following Vice President Mujuru,s announcement last week that the operation was over. They also reported that the GOZ had agreed to [...] | 2005-08-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER EAID ZI |
05HARARE1105 | TSVANGIRAI,S SECOND TREASON TRIAL CHARGES WITHDRAWN [...] (U) The GOZ on August 2 dropped the remaining treason charge against MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai. The latest charge stemmed from Tsvangirai's role in mass demonstrations against the ruling party in June 2003. (Note: Prosecution on a first treason charge ended with Tsvangirai's acquittal [...] | 2005-08-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1115 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HALL,S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The US Mission in Harare, Zimbabwe welcomes your August 9-13 visit. You are coming at a critical time in Zimbabwe,s independent history. Once the breadbasket of Southern Africa the country is now a basket case. The political, economic, and humanitarian crises that have gripped the cou [...] | 2005-08-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP ZI |
05HARARE1126 | CALTEX HEAD ON FUEL SHORTAGES; GOZ POLICIES [...] (C) In an August 4 meeting with the CDA, Caltex Zimbabwe Chairman Simba Kambarami told the CDA that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had asked the major oil companies present in Zimbabwe to provide lines of credit for fuel imports to help with fuel shortages. He said the RBZ was also advoca [...] | 2005-08-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EFIN EINV ELTN ZI |
05HARARE113 | MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON TSVANGIRAI TRIP, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 18, MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube reported that MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai planned to lead an opposition delegation to Washington February 6-9. Ncube noted that ZANU-PF's internal turmoil was opening space for opposition el [...] | 2005-01-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1146 | MDC WINS BULAWAYO MAYORAL POLL [...] (U) In an August 13 election, Bulawayo MDC Mayor Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube retained his mayoral seat over ZANU-PF challenger Dickson Solman Abu Basuthu by a margin of 29,575 to 5,509. Barely ten percent of Bulawayo,s 331,447 registered voters cast ballots. ----------------- ZESN Observations - [...] | 2005-08-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1147 | GOCHE TELLS AMBASSADOR HALL FOOD SITUATION IN [...] (C) Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare Nicolas Goche told visiting USUN Rome Ambassador Hall on August 12 that Zimbabwe needed 1.2 million MT of food this year but that the GOZ had contracts for sufficient deliveries from South Africa. Ambassador Hall questioned whether the [...] | 2005-08-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1155 | AMBASSADOR HALL SURVEYS EMPTY BREADBASKET [...] (C) During his August 11-13 visit to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed firsthand the food insecurity caused by the GOZ,s misguided agricultural policies and recurring drought, and the destruction caused by Operation Restore Order. UN representatives told Ambassador Hall a GOZ appeal f [...] | 2005-08-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1156 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM BILL GAZETTED [...] (U) The GOZ published a bill to amend the constitution on July 15. Proposed amendments include: transfer of title to the state of land acquired during land reform; elimination of judicial challenges to land acquisitions; the addition of a Senate to the legislature; additional restrictions on [...] | 2005-08-19 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI |
05HARARE1175 | ZIMBABWE STOCK MARKET PARALYZED [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has virtually ground to a halt in reaction to GOZ stopgap measures to help close the budget shortfall and finance the burgeoning domestic debt. The introduction of a withholding tax on the sale of securities, and stricter enforcement of requirements for i [...] | 2005-08-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1177 | 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL |
05HARARE1180 | RUMORED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN NATIONAL PARK [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) Vice President Johnny Rodriguez claimed in July in a widely distributed newsletter that the GOZ was planning an agricultural development project in the middle of the Mana Pools National Park. This claim remains unsubstantiated and appears to be ba [...] | 2005-08-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KIDE ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1208 | GOZ BURIES ANOTHER HERO [...] (U) Minister of Indigenization and Empowerment and ZANU-PF Politburo member Josiah Tungamirai died on August 25 in a South African clinic reportedly of kidney failure. The GOZ quickly named him a national hero and buried him on August 28 at Hero,s Acre. According to local media accounts, Tu [...] | 2005-08-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1209 | MDC MP COLTART ON PLANNED U.S. VISIT; REQUEST FOR [...] (C) MDC Shadow Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs David Coltart on August 25 told the CDA that together with Zimbabwean exiled businessmen Strive Masiyiwa and Nigel Chanakira, he was employing church connections in the United States to seek a meeting with President Bush in Oc [...] | 2005-08-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1238 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS SAIL THROUGH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Parliament passed the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (17) Bill on August 30 by a vote of 103 to 29. The immediate impact of the 17th revision to the 1979 Lancaster House constitution will be: to cement the GOZ,s acquisition of commercial farmland; to grant the government authority to [...] | 2005-09-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1239 | IMF MISSION FINDS MODEST REFORM MEASURES, HEARS [...] (C) Summary. An IMF mission was in country from August 22-September 1 to give advice, assess economic policies, and review the strength of the GOZ,s commitment to economic reform prior to the September 9 meeting of the Fund's Executive Board. The team acknowledged recent modest progress by t [...] | 2005-09-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
05HARARE125 | BIG MANUFACTURER HALTS U.S. FURNITURE EXPORTS [...] (C) Once Zimbabwe's largest exporter to the U.S., local furniture manufacturer Wilson International's head recently told Econoff that he now considers his firm uncompetitive in the U.S. market. Due to an overvalued zimdollar and the GOZ,s revocation of export incentives, Wilson currently ships [...] | 2005-01-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI |
05HARARE1269 | CENTRAL BANK SWEEPS FOREX ACCOUNTS TO PAY IMF [...] (C) Summary. In yet another blow to investor confidence, and a reflection of the depth to which monetary probity has sunk, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) appears to have raided private foreign currency accounts to help finance its unexpectedly large recent arrears payment to the IMF. The [...] | 2005-09-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1271 | TSVANGIRAI INVIGORATING BASE TO CAPITALIZE ON GOZ [...] (C) Summary. In a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai said that ZANU-PF's hold on power was fragile and that he envisioned a more confrontational MDC as a means to boost the public's confidence in the opposition and to expl [...] | 2005-09-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE128 | ZIMBABWE NOMINATES SIMBA MAKONI FOR ADB PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The GOZ informed diplomatic representatives from African Development Bank (ADB) shareholder countries that it will nominate former Finance Minister Simba Makoni to succeed Moroccan Omar Kabbaj as ADB President. Foreign Minister Mudenge and acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa presente [...] | 2005-01-25 06:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EAID AORC ZI EINV |
05HARARE1290 | ZVOBGO ON RULING PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) Eddison Zvobgo, Jr., an astute player in the ruling party's younger generation and son of Robert Mugabe's late principal intra-party rival, on September 12 told the Ambassador that the ruling party was essentially biding its time until its octeganarian leader passed from the stage. Zvobgo [...] | 2005-09-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1292 | MINISTER SUGGESTS TAKEOVER OF WHITE FIRMS [...] (SBU) Transport and Communications Minister Chris Mushohwe told the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) at its September 7-9 annual congress that the GOZ could decide to take over all white-owned and controlled firms. His remarks, reported in the international press, sent a shudder thr [...] | 2005-09-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1301 | TRANS-FRONTIER PARK UPDATE [...] (SBU) Since assuming the coordinating role in the Great Limpopo Trans-Frontier Park (GLTP) in January 2005, the GOZ has neither coordinated with stakeholders nor taken adequate steps to develop the infrastructure in Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park. While fast-track land reform and land ten [...] | 2005-09-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON KIDE ZI |
05HARARE1307 | UN IN ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1310 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOZ made no changes to child labor laws or regulations in the past year. The ongoing economic and social crisis in Zimbabwe impedes additional efforts to address child labor problems. The country's high HIV infection rate continues to contribute to the number of child-head [...] | 2005-09-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1312 | TRANSMISSION OF LETTER OF CONDOLENCE FROM H.E. [...] (U) Embassy Harare is in receipt of a dip note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe forwarding a condolence message from H.E. President R.G. Mugabe to President George W. Bush and the bereaved families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Embassy will forward the note and [...] | 2005-09-22 05:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC CASC PHUM US ZI |
05HARARE1318 | Subject: Food Import and Distribution [...] Summary: Since April 2004, the import and distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe have been constrained by ambiguous GOZ requirements and unresolved issues concerning the quality of US- donated food. Currently there are no large amounts of food waiting for distribution or import, but it will b [...] | 2005-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1322 | SIMBA MAKONI - DISILLUSTIONED AND IN-THE-WAITING [...] (C) Summary: During a September 21 meeting, Politburo member and ex-Finance Minister Dr. Simba Makoni told the Ambassador there was much more questioning of policy by government insiders since Operation Restore Order. Mugabe, however, was out of touch with reality, his mind blocked to what [...] | 2005-09-26 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1330 | NGO study highlights enormous [...] (U) Summary: ActionAid International recently presented to the US Mission the findings of the first nationwide assessment of the impact of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) Operation Murambatsvina. Their staggering conclusions indicate that nearly 1.2 million people were directly affected [...] | 2005-09-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1331 | IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: 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. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...] | 2005-09-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH |
05HARARE1345 | CONTINUING RIVALRIES, SUCCESSION TENSIONS [...] (C) By many measures, the Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party is as firmly in control of Zimbabwe as ever. Its tainted but overwhelming parliamentary election "victory" in March left it in firm control of the legislature and executive, and simultaneously demoralized Zimbabwe's political oppo [...] | 2005-09-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1346 | ISOLATED LAND SEIZURES BUT MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Incendiary comments about "Faster Track" land reform by GOZ Ministers may have spurred some recent isolated, but violent farm seizures, but it is unclear whether they signal a new series of farm invasions. Nevertheless, pressure on commercial farmers to give up their farms is i [...] | 2005-09-29 06:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1352 | RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR IN THE SEARCH OF AN OPENING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1356 | ZIMBABWE RUNNING ON EMPTY [...] (C) Summary. Fuel supplies in Zimbabwe are at critical levels as a result of the GOZ,s gross economic mismanagement, forcing commuters and business to rely on the black market if they want to remain mobile. Zimbabwe has faced period fuel crunches for several years, but in the past month sup [...] | 2005-09-30 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE1357 | TSVANGIRAI WALKS TO PROVE RELEVANCY, TEST WATERS [...] (C) Summary. For the past two weeks MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has walked the 16-kilometer roundtrip journey to SIPDIS and from work as a means to highlight the failure of the GOZ,s economic policies and to demonstrate solidarity with average Zimbabweans struggling to cope with the pressi [...] | 2005-09-30 10:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1361 | UN OCHA REP BEGINS TO PUT BACKGONE IN UN AGENCIES [...] (SBU) Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs met with the Ambassador and USAID mission director to discuss her efforts at improving humanitarian coordination among the UN agencies in Zimbabwe and with donors and NGOs (reftel). Asekenye-Oonyu descr [...] | 2005-10-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAGR EAID ZI |
05HARARE1362 | ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE14 | WHITE FARMER GROUP SAYS SITUATION MIGHT IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Doug Taylor-Freeme, the head of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),said the pace of fast track land reform had perceptibly slowed. He attributed this in part to the efforts of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono to try to restore productivity to the agriculture sector. H [...] | 2005-01-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV |
05HARARE141 | NEW ELECTORAL COMMISSION APPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOZ last week announced the appointment of the Zimbabwe Election Commission, a new institution with potentially important responsibilities in the conduct of the March parliamentary elections. Its composition was worked out in consultation with the opposition MDC, which has [...] | 2005-01-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1418 | THE INCIDENT THAT WASN'T [...] (SBU) While on a nature walk the afternoon of October 10 (Columbus Day) the Ambassador inadvertently stumbled into a poorly marked military installation in the midst of Harare,s Public Botanical Garden. The soldiers on duty, who were unfamiliar with diplomatic credentials, briefly detained the [...] | 2005-10-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1420 | MOYO WEAVES TALE OF PARTIES IN DISARRAY [...] (C) In an October 13 meeting with the Charge, Independent MP and former Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo said that both the opposition MDC and ruling ZANU-PF were significantly weakened since the March parliamentary elections. The MDC, he said, had been focused inward since the elections [...] | 2005-10-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE1421 | TSVANGIRAI ON SENATE ELECTIONS; MDC DIVISIONS [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on October 18 told the Ambassador that there was division within the MDC over participation in Senate elections but no split of the party. The party leadership was effectively divided in half, but the party,s supporters strongly favored his position in favor [...] | 2005-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1440 | ZIMBABWE ARV CRISIS LOOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS |
05HARARE1446 | VIEWS FROM BULAWAYO [...] (C) Zimbabwe Desk Officer and PolOff visited Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, October 14 and 15. Eric Bloch, a local economist, detailed his insider's understanding that the GOZ had sourced its US$120 million arrears payment to the IMF solely through "voluntary" payments. In discuss [...] | 2005-10-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1447 | ANOTHER POOR HARVEST LIKELY IN ZIMBABWE IN [...] (SBU) The outlook for the upcoming agricultural season in Zimbabwe is poor. Climate forecasts indicate an increased chance of normal to above-normal rainfall in Zimbabwe during the 2005-2006 growing season. In addition, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that maize see [...] | 2005-10-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1448 | SOARING COST OF LIVING HITS WORKING POOR HARDEST [...] Summary: Soaring inflation has hit Zimbabwe,s working poor hardest of all income earners, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, September 2005 Cost of Living Analyses. While the GOZ,s Central Statistical Office reported September,s overall year-on-year inflation rate at 359.8 percent, up from [...] | 2005-10-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1455 | TSVANGIRAI GAINING UPPER HAND IN SENATE DEBATE [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai appears to be emerging on top in the intra-party debate over participation in the Senate elections. Tsvangirai,s stance has clearly resonated with the MDC,s rank and file, which believes that participation would only legitimize a corrupt and powerless inst [...] | 2005-10-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1461 | ECONOMIC CONTRACTION HOLLOWING OUT ZIMBABWEAN [...] (C) As we have reported elsewhere, Zimbabwe,s steep economic decline is beginning to be felt by the country,s security forces, the main pillars of support for the increasingly authoritarian Mugabe regime. On October 18, Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri went public with complaints that t [...] | 2005-10-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1467 | FAUX-MDC CANDIDATES THROW HATS INTO SENATE RING [...] (C) At Monday's nomination court hearings, 26 individuals registered as MDC candidates for the Senate elections on November 26. As expected, MDC leaders in the three Matabeleland provinces went forward with contesting the election, accounting for 15 of the candidates. However, the other ele [...] | 2005-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE147 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe Report for the 2004-2005 edition of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record, is found in paragraphs 2 through 14. Due to the sensitive nature of U.S. assistance in Zimbabwe, few specific activities were included. Additional material, which is not [...] | 2005-01-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI HURI |
05HARARE1489 | GOZ REJECTS SHELTER PROPOSAL FOR [...] In a meeting on donor coordination on Thursday, October 27th, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator, Agostinho Zacarias, announced to the major donors that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has rejected the UN's proposal to provide temporary shelter to families displace [...] | 2005-10-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM US ZI |
05HARARE1490 | MDC LEADERS LOOKING TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES, TAKE [...] (C) In an evening meeting on October 27, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador that his meeting earlier that day with the MDC,s other leaders had gone well. They had not resolved as yet the issue of participation in the Senate elections but had agreed that the struggle against P [...] | 2005-10-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE1492 | CORRECTED COPY - NEW FOREX TRADING REGIME - A LOT [...] (SBU) In his Monetary Policy Review Statement for the third quarter of 2005, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced numerous policy shifts, many of which centered around replacement of the auction system of foreign currency allocation by a system intended to be largely governed [...] | 2005-10-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1507 | DECLINING FOOD SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE [...] The Ambassador traveled to Bikita, a district in hard-hit Masvingo Province, in early October to observe the food security situation. Although no overt signs of starvation were apparent, it was clear that deprivation had increased dramatically. The country's severe economic contraction and [...] | 2005-11-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1508 | MDC TALKS INCONCLUSIVE; SPLIT LOOMING? [...] (C) Brian Raftopolous, mediator in the opposition MDC's efforts to bridge the schism in the party over the Senate elections, told poloff on November 2 Party President Morgan Tsvangirai had won the battle for popular support for an SIPDIS election boycott but that his opponents in the party [...] | 2005-11-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC SOCI ELAB PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1509 | NCA PLANS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR NOV 5 [...] (C) On November 3, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairperson, Lovemore Mudhuku told poloff that the NCA was planning a series of demonstrations around the country to protest the creation of the Senate and to call for a new constitution. The demonstrations were to take place simultan [...] | 2005-11-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1512 | TSVANGIRAI AIDE ON PARTY RIFT, CIVIL ACTION, PITCH [...] (C) MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa on November 2 told poloff that opposition President Morgan Tsvangirai would stand his ground in the intra-party conflict, even if it meant driving the party's current Ndebele leadership away. He said that Tsvangirai would make his c [...] | 2005-11-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM ELAB ZI MDC |
05HARARE1521 | MEDIA REACTION TO AMBASSADOR,S TOUGH TALK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador,s speech on November 2 on the causes of Zimbabwe,s economic decline has generated a wide array of media coverage within Zimbabwe. These accounts range from factual portrayals and enthusiastic endorsement in the independent press to sensationalized calls for the Ambassado [...] | 2005-11-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1527 | NCA MARCHES, MADHUKU ARRESTED [...] (C) On November 7, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairperson, Lovemore Madhuku, told poloff that demonstrations planned for November 4 (reftel) had gone well. As a result of NCA tactics and their own declining morale, police response to the demonstrations had been weak and fewer demo [...] | 2005-11-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE1532 | GOZ BLINKS: ISSUES AMBASSADOR WARNING [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the MFA the morning of November 9 for a meeting with Foreign Minister Mumbengegwi. The FM read from a diplomatic note (faxed to AF/S) and largely avoided eye contact. He accused the Ambassador of an anti-Zimbabwe bias, noting in that regard the Ambassador's co [...] | 2005-11-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
05HARARE1534 | TRADE UNION PROTESTS AND ARRESTS [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) staged protests in six major cities across Zimbabwe on November 8, ending with the delivery of a petition to the Minister of Finance on the country's economic meltdown. At least 120 people ZCTU activists, including ZCTU President Lovermore Mato [...] | 2005-11-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ASEC PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE1536 | LEO MUGABE,S EXCESS PROMPTS GOVERNMENT REBUKE [...] (C) Robert Mugabe,s nephew Leo Mugabe on October 20 was arrested on charges of illegally exporting 30 tons of flour. Leo Mugabe and his wife face charges of fraud, smuggling, and violating handling procedures of a controlled commodity -- grain. Mugabe,s lawyer told poloff the third charge was [...] | 2005-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAGR ZI |
05HARARE1537 | TSVANGIRAI ASCENDANT AS MDC STRUGGLES CONTINUE [...] (C) At a meeting with diplomats at party headquarters November 10, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed the party's planned boycott of scheduled November 26 senate elections but left the door open for reconciliation with the Ncube faction that had supported participation. However, despi [...] | 2005-11-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE1545 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL [...] (SBU) I am writing regarding the terrific program that VOA is broadcasting in Zimbabwe under the Studio 7 brand. The program is among our best tools for promoting free expression in a country where supporters of democracy battle daily to defend democratic principles. It provides objective ne [...] | 2005-11-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT |
05HARARE1549 | FY 2006 Re-declaration of Disaster in [...] The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is deteriorating due to a variety of factors, including: continued economic and especially agricultural collapse brought about by government mismanagement and corruption, the government's displacement of large numbers of families, in urban areas through [...] | 2005-11-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1560 | PROTESTERS RELEASED, PLANNING MORE ACTION [...] (C) On November 10 and 11, the police released the arrestees involved in the recent Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) sponsored protests. The police also released student activists and other civil society members who had been arrested last wee [...] | 2005-11-14 15:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ASEC SOCI ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE157 | ADDENDUM TO ZIMBABWE SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) ADDENDUM: USG-FUNDED PROGRAMS OF USD 100,000 OR MORE (approximate FY-04 funds, not including funds that carried over from FY-03) DA-funded activities: NGO advocacy - 700,000 Local governance - 500,000 Victims of Torture - 600,000 ESF-funded activiti [...] | 2005-01-28 06:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI |
05HARARE1576 | ZIMBABWE'S AVIAN FLU RESPONSE CAPABILITY [...] (U) The GOZ has begun planning for a potential avian influenza outbreak, but lacks the scientific expertise or financial wherewithal to detect outbreaks and implement response measures effectively. Burdened by a high HIV infection rate, growing incidence of tuberculosis, high emigration rates [...] | 2005-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
05HARARE1578 | TSVANGIRAI EMERGING ON TOP IN MATABELELAND [...] (C) MDC President Tsvangirai,s successful November 13 rally in Bulawayo - and the "pro-Senate" faction's poor showings in contrast - confirmed the ascendancy of the Tsvangirai faction in Matabeleland, according to MDC and SIPDIS civil society figures in Bulawayo. A former moderator in the [...] | 2005-11-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1591 | MBALEKWA ON UPM STRUCTURE, PLATFORM, STRATEGIES [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with poloff, United People's Movement (UPM) principal Pearson Mbalekwa said the party was concentrating on building organizational structures and a platform that would make it competitive in local elections by next year. He said that the movement continued to draw [...] | 2005-11-22 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE1603 | ZIMBABWE,S NOVEMBER 26 SENATE ELECTIONS: [...] (C) November 26 marks election day for the newly-recreated Senate. Few observers expect the institution to produce much beyond 66 new offices to be handed out by the government as patronage. Given voter apathy, the calls for a boycott from MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, and lackluster ZAN [...] | 2005-11-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE1608 | TSVANGIRAI "SUSPENDED", PREPARING FOR PARTY [...] (C) Following the &non-event8 Senate elections on November 26 (septel),opposition MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai received a letter from party Vice President Gibson SIPDIS Sibanda, a leader of the pro-election faction, purporting to suspend Tsvangirai from the party. At a meeting with the [...] | 2005-11-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI MDC |
05HARARE1611 | Fall in Zimbabwe's National HIV/AIDs Prevalence [...] The "Zimbabwe National HIV/AIDS Estimates 2005" will be officially released November 30 2005. The study's key finding is that the estimate of HIV/AIDS prevalence in adults (aged 15 to 49 years) was 20.1% in 2005, substantially lower than the 2003 estimate of 24.6%. The new figure represents [...] | 2005-11-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TSPL OSCI TBIO KSCA US ZI HIV AIDS |
05HARARE1619 | NEW GOZ LAW FURTHER RESTRICTS LABOR RIGHTS [...] (C) The Labor Amendment Bill, passed by Parliament on November 2, increased the role of the GOZ in mediating industrial disputes and excluded public sector employees from labor law protections, both of which are potentially objectionable to the International Labor Organization (ILO). The Zimb [...] | 2005-12-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE162 | FOOD INSECURITY INCREASING SLOWLY IN [...] Although there is evidence of growing food insecurity, particularly in rural areas where low food production is a chronic problem, the situation has not yet reached the level of a crisis. It appears that most households are still managing to ward off hunger by employing a variety of coping [...] | 2005-01-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE1620 | MDC Split Gets Nastier [...] (C) With the campaign for and against the Senate behind them, the two rival MDC factions have begun the battle for control over the party's institutions and assets. The Ncube faction drafted a legal application on November 28 seeking to bar party president Morgan Tsvangirai from speaking for t [...] | 2005-12-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC |
05HARARE164 | EXCHANGE RATE CRIPPLES MIDLANDS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Industrialists in Central Zimbabwe,s manufacturing/mining hub have told Econoff that the overvalued zimdollar has decimated output since the late-1990s, with the sharpest drop having taken place during 2004. Cement production at Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Company is off 67 percent, wire produc [...] | 2005-01-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EFIN ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE1647 | SENATE TAKES OFFICE WITH SOME SURPRISE APPOINTEES [...] (C) The 66 members of the Senate took the oath of office on November 30, amidst little fanfare and low expectations. They adjourned the next day until December 13. Beyond reviewing and debating the budget bill (septel) it is unclear what will be on the Senate,s agenda when it resumes. In ad [...] | 2005-12-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE165 | WHITE FARMER GROUPS STILL AT ODDS [...] (C) A recent appeal by a branch of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) requesting financial assistance for a reception for Vice President Joyce Mujuru has divided white farmers. The CFU, which has defended the appeal, told us privately it was part of an effort to rebuild ties with the GOZ. Howe [...] | 2005-01-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE1655 | ZIMBABWE TAKES CAUTIONARY APPROACH ON DETECTED [...] (SBU) Government sources confirmed that avian influenza (AI) was found in several ostriches in southwestern Zimbabwe had a strain of AI. However, further testing showed it was not the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. A poultry quarantine and export ban had been initially imposed but was expecte [...] | 2005-12-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
05HARARE1663 | UN ENVOY WRESTLES CONCESSIONS FROM MUGABE [...] (C) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe December 4-7 to survey the ongoing humanitarian crisis and to press the GOZ for better cooperation. In his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat, claiming good UN/GOZ [...] | 2005-12-09 05:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UN |
05HARARE1673 | COURT SIDES WITH TSVANGIRAI, OPPONENTS PLOT NEXT [...] (SBU) High Court Justice Yunus Omerjee on December 9 dismissed the court case seeking to bar Morgan Tsvangirai from conducting MDC party business (reftel). Omerjee also ordered that former MDC deputy secretary general Gift Chimanikire ) in whose name the application was submitted ) pay the c [...] | 2005-12-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE1674 | THE 2006 BUDGET - FAULTY PREMISES UNDERMINE THE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe,s 2006 budget, announced December 1 by Finance Minister Murerwa, is premised on a number of unrealistic projections, primarily a strong rebound in the agricultural and mining sectors. It forecasts 2-3.5 percent GDP growth in 2006, a fall in inflation to 80 percent by end-2006, [...] | 2005-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN PGOV |
05HARARE1675 | MIC CENSURE OF FINGAZ POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED [...] (C) On December 1, the Media and Information Commission (MIC) gave the Financial Gazette newspaper seven days to retract an article the paper had published or face charges under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The article accused the Central Intelligence Organ [...] | 2005-12-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ZI |
05HARARE1678 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 7 (a) (b) and (c) of reftel instructions. Despite our s [...] | 2005-12-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE1679 | GOZ SEIZES TWO CRITICS, PASSPORTS, EYING MORE [...] (C) Exercising the power given to it by Constitutional Amendment 17, the GOZ last week seized the passports of two regime critics, newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube and deposed MDC spokesperson Paul Themba Nyathi. The seizures comes amidst the revelation that the GOZ has drafted a list of 64 [...] | 2005-12-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE168 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Zimbabwean economy remains very weak, making it unlikely to attract or absorb signficiant foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2005. In recent years, FDI has been less than US$10 million annually, down from US$300-500 million in the mid-1990s. As we note in the more extensive Country Comme [...] | 2005-02-02 05:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1680 | THE NEW SENATORS: FEW GUIDING LIGHTS [...] (C) By far the majority of the 66 new Senators are ruling party hacks, in office only to accumulate a salary and government-provided luxury cars, a fleet of which, according to a state-controlled newspaper, will cost more than US$4.3 million at the overvalued official rate. Nonetheless, the [...] | 2005-12-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ZI |
05HARARE1681 | ZANU-PF CONFERENCE ATTACKS PARTY/GOZ OFFICIALS, [...] (U) At the ZANU-PF annual national conference held in Esigodini December 9-10, President Mugabe conceded significant problems in agrarian reform, which he attributed in part to misallocation among ruling party officials and poor planning by the government. The party reportedly adopted a repo [...] | 2005-12-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE1687 | INFLATION RATE AT LEAST 500 PERCENT AND RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ's Central Statistical Office reported 502 percent annualized inflation in November. A steep increase in the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages dominated the rise. A more objective report by PricewaterhouseCoopers put the cost of living increase at 809 percent [...] | 2005-12-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV ZI |
05HARARE1688 | MURAMBATSVINA,S VICTIMS TO BE DISPLACED AGAIN? [...] (SBU) International Organization for Migration (IOM) officer Justin MacDermott told poloff on December 15 that the GOZ-appointed Harare City Council is preparing to resettle approximately 350 families from Hopely Farm to the rural areas. These families had earlier been evicted from Mbare und [...] | 2005-12-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE1692 | ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLS PASSPORT SEIZURES UNLAWFUL; [...] (C) Trevor Ncube, publisher of Zimbabwe's independent Standard and Independent weeklies and South Africa's Mail and Guardian, confirmed to the Ambassador on December 15 that GOZ authorities had returned his seized passport (ref B) on December 14. Ncube reported that he would be leaving for S [...] | 2005-12-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI |
05HARARE1699 | LARGE SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION REINITIATED IN [...] Large-scale international food aid operations have once more begun in Zimbabwe. The World Food Program, which recently concluded protracted negotiations with the Zimbabwean Government on an MOU governing food assistance operations, has started large-scale food distributions through its tradi [...] | 2005-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE171 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Zimbabwe is not a regional financial center and is not considered to be at significant risk for money laundering. 2. Zimbabwe,s Anti-Money Laundering Act criminalizes narcotics-related money laundering. The Government of Zimbabwe in 2004 passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Proceeds of C [...] | 2005-02-03 05:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR ZI |
05HARARE1712 | PUBLISHER TREVOR NCUBE ON MEDIA ENVIRONMENT AND [...] In a December 15 meeting, Trevor Ncube, publisher of The Independent and The Standard (as well as the Mail and Guardian in South Africa) told the Ambassador about his successful legal efforts to get back his passport (reftel). Ncube added that the GOZ was determined to curb the independent pr [...] | 2005-12-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI |
05HARARE1715 | MANICALAND VISITORS SIGNAL POSSIBLE RESURGENCE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings at the Embassy on December 19, the Mutare "bishops troika" and recently elected MDC Chairman for Manicaland Roy Bennett laid out for the Ambassador their separate efforts to rejuvenate "people power" in Zimbabwe, especially in Manicaland. The bishops said church leade [...] | 2005-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SOCI ZI MDC |
05HARARE1716 | AMBASSADOR AND ZANU-PF INSIDER SIMBA MAKONI [...] (C) In a December 20 meeting with the Ambassador, ZANU-PF Politburo member and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said ZANU-PF had finally acknowledged economic &problems8 but would not be able to change its disastrous economic policies without a change in leadership. The earliest that coul [...] | 2005-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE172 | ZIMBABWE: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Zimbabwe is not a major producer, supplier, or exporter of drugs or precursor chemicals. Cannabis remains the biggest drug problem in Zimbabwe. The majority (80 percent) is imported, largely from Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The remaining 20 percent is raised domestically. Cocaine remai [...] | 2005-02-03 05:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
05HARARE176 | RBZ: GOLD EXPORTERS GET DEVALUATION; FAST-TRACK [...] (C) The highlight of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation on the country,s economy was the announcement that he had devalued the zimdollar from Z$ 6,151 to 8,692:US$ for gold producers. However, he left in place the controlled exchange rate of Z$ 5900:US$ [...] | 2005-02-04 04:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE180 | OPPOSITION LEADER POSTPONES WASHINGTON VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on February 2 that he needed to stay in Zimbabwe to focus on the upcoming parliamentary elections instead of traveling to the United States and Canada next week as earlier planned. Tsvangirai was optimistic about the party's ch [...] | 2005-02-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE182 | SACC AND IDASA READY TO LAUNCH ZIMABABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) One day after the the Governament of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) announcement of March 31 as the date for general Parliamentary elections, a group consisting of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) quitely traveled to Harare to fin [...] | 2005-02-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT ECON XA AFIN ZI |
05HARARE183 | WOMEN'S GROUP PLANS FURTHER DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISM [...] (C) Jenny Williams, National Coordinator of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA),told the Ambassador February 1 that her organization had succeeded in creating political space for itself and its agenda of democratic change in Zimbabwe. WOZA,s challenge now was to maintain that space while drama [...] | 2005-02-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ZI |
05HARARE196 | BFIF PROJECT REPORT: EMBASSY TRADE FAIR PROMOTES [...] (SBU) An Embassy-hosted trade fair promoting U.S. information technology (IT) products on Feb. 3 drew an estimated 6,000-8,000 visitors and, according to a post-event survey, generated orders worth US$ 374,000. --------------------------------------------- - Visitors Both Browsed and Purchas [...] | 2005-02-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE202 | PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE HITS Z$11,000:US$ [...] (C) Summary: Importers are now buying U.S. dollars at Z$10,500-11,000:US$, a zimdollar depreciation of 20 percent since Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono,s January 26 address to the nation, according to Zimbank Senior Economist Best Doroh. Unless Gono devalues official exchange rates, [...] | 2005-02-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE207 | SPY TRIO GETS JAIL TERMS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE212 | U.S. SEED PRODUCER YEARNS FOR BETTER TIMES [...] (C) Summary: U.S seed-producer Pioneer Hi-Bred International expects a disappointing commercial maize harvest in Zimbabwe this year, Financial Controller Simon Nyanhete told Econoff on Feb. 8. Pioneer has enlisted hundreds of farmers resettled by the GOZ under fast-track land reform to grow [...] | 2005-02-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE228 | ZANU-PF DINOSAURS, DISSENTERS EXPOSE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's February 7-9 trip to Bulawayo and Masvingo, ZANU-PF "Old Guard" figures Thenjiwe Lesabe and Dumiso Dabengwa excoriated the party's younger generation for their unseemly disregard for "liberation values," in their view, the basis for ZANU-PF's right to rul [...] | 2005-02-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE229 | MATABELELAND RESTIVE AS CAMPAIGNS COMMENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's visit to Bulawayo February 7-8, MDC and civil society figures reviewed the election environment in surrounding Matabeleland, a historically marginalized region that is the principal home to Zimbabwe's leading minority Ndebele tribe (about 15 percent of th [...] | 2005-02-15 05:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE249 | INDEPENDENT DAILY'S FATE REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A favorable Supreme Court judgment in the case of The Daily News, which was shut down by the GOZ in September 2003, was expected on February 7 but was not announced. Sources say Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku suppressed the announcement due to his annoyance that n [...] | 2005-02-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
05HARARE250 | OPPOSITION BESET BY FACTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 9 breakfast with the Ambassador, MDC MP for Masvingo Central Silas Mangono gave an account of the February 8 intra-party violence and his ouster as MDC candidate for his current seat in the upcoming election. According to Mangono, his supporters were unsuccessfully [...] | 2005-02-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE251 | DINOSAURS AND DISSENTERS - TAKE TWO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 14 with the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment, J.T. Tungamirai, a Politburo member and reputedly close to President Mugabe, as well as separately with two of the ZANU-PF Members of Parliament who lost in the party primaries two weeks ago. The [...] | 2005-02-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE261 | GOZ PORTRAYS IMF DECISION AS "REPRIEVE" [...] (U) In its lead story on February 18, the GOZ,s daily Herald newspaper characterized the International Monetary Fund (IMF),s postponement of a decision on Zimbabwe,s compulsory withdrawal as "reflect(ing) a vote of confidence in the country,s home-grown economic turnaround efforts." The Herald [...] | 2005-02-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE295 | TYCO TRUCK SALES OFF 90 PERCENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: The head of U.S. firm Tyco,s local subsidiary told Econoff on February 10 that truck sales plummeted 90 percent from 1999 to 2004. On a brighter note, Tyco now sells three times as many parts as in 1999, since transport firms are trying to lengthen the lifespan of each vehicle. [...] | 2005-02-22 06:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE301 | CURRENCY FALLS SHARPLY AND HIGH INFLATION RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe,s inflation has begun to trend sharply upwards, following a sudden spike in the parallel market exchange rate. The Central Statistical Office (CSO) tracked January,s inflation at 14.1 percent, the highest monthly rate in over a year. The ruling ZANU-PF party will still [...] | 2005-02-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE310 | BULAWAYO AND MASVINGO'S MDC MAYORS ON CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent trip to south-central Zimbabwe, the Ambassador met with the mayors of Bulawayo and Masvingo on February 8 and 9 respectively. Both mayors are members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Mayor Japhet Ncube of Bulawayo criticized the central go [...] | 2005-02-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE311 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER RELENTS ON ELECTION BOYCOTT, [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 18 with Lovemore Maduhku, head of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Madukhu said his organization and other civil society groups regarded the upcoming elections as a sham and had unsuccessfully tried to convince the opposition Movement for Democratic C [...] | 2005-02-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE312 | ZIMBABWE STILL AGOA INELIGIBLE [...] Zimbabwe remains ineligible for African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) benefits. We submit the following input for the President,s Section 106 report to Congress. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade: Since the late-1990s, the government has approached [...] | 2005-02-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE318 | PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT POSITIVE BUT MIXED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The election campaign period for the parliamentary elections scheduled for March 31 is in full swing with the peaceful launches of the ZANU-PF and MDC campaigns. The environment is notably less violent than in past elections, although the opposition continues to experience spo [...] | 2005-02-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE325 | COKE TO NEGOTIATE NEW PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Producing a price-controlled commodity, Coca-Cola's local subsidiary will now resume negotiations with the GOZ's Ministry of Trade and Industry over the cost of its hallmark drink. Coke country manager Togi Chinoda told Econoff on February 22 that the company now loses money on e [...] | 2005-02-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE326 | EXCHANGE RATE HAMPERS COTTON EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Cargill Managing Director John Battershell told Econoff on February 23 that ginners of cotton - the country's top foreign exchange earner in 2004 - have given the GOZ an ultimatum: either the GOZ heavily subsidizes the crop or it permits a more realistic exchange rate than the pr [...] | 2005-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV ECON EINV ZI |
05HARARE327 | CENTRAL BANK TO TOLERATE PARALLEL MARKET UNTIL [...] (C) Reserve Bank (RBZ) Exchange Control Chief O.C. Masiiwa told Econoff on February 22 that the Governor Gideon Gono has instructed him not to pursue high-profile parallel traders until after the March 31 parliamentary elections. Masiiwa said Gono fears many parallel traders are well-connected [...] | 2005-03-01 08:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI ECON EINV ZANU PF |
05HARARE339 | ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 - [...] Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: ----------- -- A. There continued to be anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is a sustained, organized ef [...] | 2005-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
05HARARE345 | ZIMBABWE'S INTERIM REPORT CARD ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over four weeks to go before the nation's parliamentary elections, the GOZ continues to implement measures to further its case that it is complying with SADC election principles and guidelines. Many of the measures have been superficial or incompletely implemented. Th [...] | 2005-03-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE347 | MIDLANDS GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, ZANU-PF Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa told the Ambassador that this year,s elections would be less violent than past elections. He predicted the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would retain only one or two of its five seats in the province. Respon [...] | 2005-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE383 | ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION -- WHAT'S A SUCCESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 31 parliamentary election cannot deliver a change of government, which under Zimbabwe,s constitution is appointed by President Mugabe. That said, the stakes are high for both parties. ZANU-PF's objective is an election that secures it a 2/3 majority of 100 seats, incl [...] | 2005-03-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE384 | MDC CANDIDATES OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met February 23 with three MDC officials: sitting Ministers of Parliament Willias Madzimure and Job Sikhala who are defending their seats, and MDC candidate for Parliament Goodrich Chibaira. The candidates were optimistic that the MDC would do well in the election [...] | 2005-03-10 06:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE395 | IS THE NGO BILL DEAD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial NGO bill (reftel),passed by the Parliament in December, appears to have effectively expired due to President Mugabe's failure to sign it by the constitutionally prescribed deadline. Some NGOs remain concerned that Mugabe may yet sign the bill into law and ar [...] | 2005-03-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE418 | SUPREME COURT KEEPS DAILY NEWS CLOSED [...] (U) Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on March 14 announced its decision in a consolidated set of cases involving the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publisher of the shuttered Daily News (TDN) and Daily News on Sunday (reftel). The Court set aside the Media and Information Commission's (MI [...] | 2005-03-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI |
05HARARE423 | NATURAL RESOURCES DEGRADATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] The degradation of Zimbabwe's natural resources is continuing at an alarming rate. Environmental and natural resource issues have taken a backseat to more pressing concerns. Confronted with insecure land tenure, food insecurity and rising poverty, there are few incentives for Zimbabweans t [...] | 2005-03-16 07:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE424 | CHILD MARRIAGE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ and NGOs in Zimbabwe have not focused significantly on the issue of child marriage to date, focusing more on the effects of households headed by children in a society devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The following corresponds to questions in [...] | 2005-03-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI KWMN ZI HIV AIDS |
05HARARE425 | POOR MAIZE HARVEST EXPECTED IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's maize (corn) harvest this year will likely be less than last year's due to late planting, limited access to fertilizer and other inputs, and poor rainfall in many areas. Although official information on cereal planting, production and stocks is closely guarded by the GOZ, re [...] | 2005-03-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL US ZI |
05HARARE428 | ELECTORAL COURT HOLDS BENNETT ELIGIBLE [...] (U) In its first decision since it was appointed last month, Zimbabwe's Electoral Court announced March 15 that MDC MP Roy Bennett will be permitted to run for his Chimanimani seat. Electoral Court Judge Tendai Uchena overturned the Chimanimani nomination court's refusal on February 18 to ce [...] | 2005-03-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE443 | ZIMBABWE TIP UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
05HARARE457 | BUSINESSMEN WANT RAPID POST-ELECTION CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Participants at the Embassy's March 17 business roundtable agreed that Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono had further damaged the economy since taking office on December 1, 2003 with his emphasis on state control of the economy. They disagreed whether more market-oriented [...] | 2005-03-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE459 | ZIMBABWE'S LESS VIOLENT ELECTION [...] (C) This is the latest in a series of cables post is doing assessing the legal setting, pre-electoral environment, and conduct of Zimbabwe,s March 31 parliamentary elections. According to everyone involved in the election, violence is much reduced from the 2000 parliamentary and 2002 president [...] | 2005-03-25 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE467 | PLAYING FIELD HEAVILY TILTED, BUT OUTCOME STILL [...] (C) With less than a week to go before Zimbabwe,s electorate goes to the polls the result is uncertain. The election playing field is heavily tilted in the ruling party's favor. However, the MDC has proven stronger than expected and ZANU-PF weaker. Mugabe,s gamble to reduce violence in ord [...] | 2005-03-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE468 | INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE MOYO ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Controversial independent MP candidate Jonathan Moyo on March 22 told a visiting U.S. Congressional staff delegation and an Embassy election observer that ZANU-PF was a &spent force.8 He described ZANU-PF as a party of tribalists with no direction. Moyo also expressed little regard for t [...] | 2005-03-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE469 | OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT IN ELECTION STRETCH DRIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a dinner at the Residence on March 24, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai confidently predicted to the Ambassador and a visiting Congressional staff delegation that his party would win a majority of the contested seats in the March 31 parliamentary election. Tsvangirai said Z [...] | 2005-03-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE474 | HOUSE STAFF DELEGATION VISITS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Majority Staffer Malik Chaka and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) visited Zimbabwe March 20-25, traveling to Bulwayo March 21-22. In Bulawayo the Staff Delegation met renegade independent candidate Jonathan Moy [...] | 2005-03-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI VIP |
05HARARE48 | UPDATED NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Harare Date of Submission: January 11, 2005 2. (SBU) Head of Government & State Last Name: Mugabe First/Middle Names: Robert Gabriel Formal Title: President Office Telephone Number: (263 4) 707-091/9 Comments: To reach Residence call office number and ask to be connected to [...] | 2005-01-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE486 | South African Ambassador Acknowledges MDC Momentum [...] (C) South African Ambassador Ndou called on Ambassador Dell March 30 to discuss Zimbabwe's March 31 parliamentary elections. Ndou said his government hoped to see the election lead to intra-party talks and perhaps to a government of national unity. The Ambassador responded that the MDC seeme [...] | 2005-03-30 17:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE487 | ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SMOOTH OPENING [...] (SBU) Early diplomatic observer reports characterize Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections as peaceful and orderly with only isolated reports of government or ruling ZANU-PF harassment of the opposition MDC. Diplomatic observer teams are reporting long queues at many polling stations, but shorte [...] | 2005-03-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI PGOV |
05HARARE488 | MDC HEAD PREDICTS VICTORY AND ASKS SUPPORT [...] (C) In a midnight meeting with the Ambassador on March 30, MDC leader Morgan Tsvagirai predicted that his party would win a majority of the contested seats in the next day,s parliamentary elections. He said he would hold a press conference on Friday afternoon, April 1, to claim a democratic m [...] | 2005-03-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE491 | CURRENCY AUCTIONS BECOMING IRRELEVANT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign exchange demand at the Reserve Bank (RBZ),s 14-month-old currency auctions is now twelve-times greater than supply. Traders are migrating in droves to the illegal parallel market. After the March 31 parliamentary elections, the GOZ will either have to resolve the supply/ [...] | 2005-04-01 09:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE492 | MDC TAKES EARLY URBAN LEAD BUT ALLEGES FRAUD; [...] (C) Summary: Early election returns show that the MDC has won 28 of the first 32 announced seats. However, almost all of these wins were in urban areas, taking all 7 seats in Bulawayo and 16 of 17 announced in Harare. Despite the early official results, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was [...] | 2005-04-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI PGOV MDC |
05HARARE501 | INTERIM RESULTS INDICATE NET SHIFT TO RULING PARTY [...] (C) As of 9:30 p.m. local time, the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) had reported 49 seats won by ZANU-PF and 35 seats won by the MDC. More importantly, the results so far represent a net shift of ten seats to the ruling party's favor from the 2000 election. The opposition MDC has also fa [...] | 2005-04-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE502 | FRAUDULENT LANDSLIDE "WIN" FOR ZANU-PF [...] (C) Nearly complete results show ZANU-PF cruising to an overwhelming win in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections amid mounting (and credible) allegations of fraud by the MDC and civil society. With five seats remaining to be announced, ZANU-PF has taken 74 and the MDC 40, with one independent [...] | 2005-04-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI SF PGOV PREL MDC ZANU PF |
05HARARE508 | TSVANGIRAI BOUNCING BACK: DETAILS FRAUD AND NEXT [...] (C) A more upbeat MDC Head Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador late Saturday night that his contacts inside the CIO had told him the MDC had won over 90 seats in the March 31 Parliamentary elections. Tsvangirai said his next step was to go after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and f [...] | 2005-04-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC |
05HARARE509 | TAINTED ELECTION GIVES ZANU-PF 2/3 MAJORITY, [...] (U) In the wake of the March 31 elections, Zimbabwe's new Parliament will include 108 MPs from ZANU-PF (including 30 appointees),41 from the MDC, and one independent, Jonathan Moyo. Despite the MDC,s claims that the results were rigged, the South African, SADC and AU observer missions have, [...] | 2005-04-04 17:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE525 | GOZ THREATENS NEW PRICE CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ's daily Herald led its April 6 edition with an exhortation from Industry and Trade Minister Samuel Mumbengegwi to the private sector to rescind recent price hikes. The Herald, as well as GOZ-aligned Mirror, echoed these warnings in Thursday's editorials. A ZANU-PF offi [...] | 2005-04-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
05HARARE547 | ZANU-PF POLITBURO MEMBER DISMISSIVE OF PARTY,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid exchange with the Ambassador on April 6, politburo member and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni asked about U.S. reaction to the elections. The Ambassador explained USG objections, sharing with Makoni a copy of the Embassy press release. Makoni said the U.S. anal [...] | 2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE559 | LOWER QUALITY ZIMBABWEAN TOBACCO HITTING MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Mashonaland Tobacco Company Marketing Director Graham Dupree told Econoff on April 8 his company was paying about half as much per kilogram of tobacco this year as last. Dupree attributed the steep fall in price to both an increasing global supply and a poorer quality Zimbabwean [...] | 2005-04-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
05HARARE562 | A KINDER, GENTLER ZANU-PF? NOT LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speculation that an overwhelming ZANU-PF win in the Parliamentary elections, coupled with the recent party purges (ref A),would lead ZANU-PF to moderate its stance toward the opposition so far appears unfounded. Mugabe's public portrayal of the MDC has returned to a more vitriol [...] | 2005-04-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE563 | ZIMBABWE'S FLAWED ELECTION - WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Inexplicably high voting totals, high voter turn-away rates, and manipulation of voter registration rolls appear to have been used in combination by the ruling ZANU-PF party in a large number of constituencies to ensure its &victory8 in Zimbabwe,s March 31 parliamentary electio [...] | 2005-04-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE569 | FOREX DEMAND EXPLODES [...] (C) Summary: Importer demand for foreign exchange through official channels is setting new records. Traders continue to migrate to the parallel markets, where the zimdollar now trades at US$16,000:US$, down from Z$8,000:US$ in November. End Summary. 2. (C) Demand at the Reserve Bank (RBZ) [...] | 2005-04-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV ZI EINV |
05HARARE575 | MOSTLY OLD GUARD IN NEW GOZ APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Following the swearing in of all 150 new members of Parliament on April 12, legislators elected ZANU-PF Party Chairman John Nkomo as Speaker and Mashonaland West ZANU-PF stalwart Edna Madzongwe as Deputy Speaker. Nkomo replaces Emmerson Mnangagwa, who lost his parliamentary race last mont [...] | 2005-04-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE580 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM ZIMBABWE,S 2005 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) The lessons to be learned from Zimbabwe,s tainted March 31 parliamentary elections fall into four categories, lessons for: (a) the opposition; (b) civil society; (c) regional outreach; and, (d) the US government. Some of these lessons are not new but build on or refine lessons from previo [...] | 2005-04-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE588 | MDC Post-Election Plans Taking Form [...] In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai laid out in more detail his party's plans for challenging the GOZ in the wake of a third successive stolen election. Tsvangirai said Mugabe would never leave power by democratic means. The Zimbabwean people would have [...] | 2005-04-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE604 | MORE OF THE SAME IN NEW GOZ CABINET [...] (C) President Mugabe on April 15 announced a new, expanded cabinet, which he said was geared to &turn around8 Zimbabwe,s economy. However, most members of the new Cabinet are holdovers from the previous one, including on the economic front, although some Ministers have shifted portfolios. Th [...] | 2005-04-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE617 | GOZ GOES AFTER ZCTU [...] (C) Since the March 31 Parliamentary elections, the leaders of three unions have been pressing for a leadership change at the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Among other charges, the three union leaders have alleged financial malfeasance. However, the ZCTU leadership and many of the [...] | 2005-04-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE656 | ZIMBABWE'S BELEAGUERED ECONOMY: CAN IT EVER BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Amembassy Harare's departing econchief offers some reflections on Zimbabwe's dismal economy, which has been in freefall since 1997. At each policy crossroads, the GOZ has chosen and rarely retreated from the interventionist path. Output in nearly every productive sector has falle [...] | 2005-05-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ZI EFIN |
05HARARE663 | MEDIA REPRESSION CONTINUES UNDER NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following his appointment in mid-April, new Minister of Information and Publicity Jokonya has made public overtures to local journalists. However, Jokonoya has also reiterated his commitment to the existing repressive media laws and Government intimidation of journalists has continued u [...] | 2005-05-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE671 | ZCTU CELEBRATES MAY DAY UNDER THREAT [...] (C) In their respective May Day campaigns, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) focused on poverty and taxes, while the GOZ-sponsored Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) accused employers of purposefully causing shortages of basic commodities to stir civil unrest. Even as the ZC [...] | 2005-05-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE672 | POST ELECTION VIOLENCE YIELDS FIRST POLITICAL [...] (C) MDC spokesperson for Mashonaland West Biggie Haurobi confirmed to poloff on May 9 the circumstances surrounding the April 29 murder of MDC activist Moffat Ebrahim, which had been reported by the local press. According to Haurobi, ZANU-PF supporters in the Kashimhure Village near Karoi were [...] | 2005-05-11 05:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF MDC |
05HARARE684 | RESULTS REPORT: TPC ON PRESS FREEDOM [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: In commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, PAS Harare organized a telepress conference (TPC) to stimulate discussion on what it means to have a free and responsible media, what it means to have a healthy working relationship between the government and media, and how [...] | 2005-05-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL ZI |
05HARARE703 | GOZ RAIDS ZCTU OFFICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwean police raided Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) offices on May 13, removing files and small amounts of foreign currency. A renegade element of the Commercial Workers, Union of Zimbabwe (CWUZ) voted out ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga as the union's President [...] | 2005-05-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON PHUM ZI ZCTU |
05HARARE710 | Food Security Update [...] (SBU) Food insecurity will likely be widespread in Zimbabwe this year. Concerns about the maize (corn) harvest (reftel),the country's staple crop, have been borne out and a large deficit is being forecast. The problem could be exacerbated by Zimbabwe's lack of foreign exchange, which could [...] | 2005-05-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL ECON ZI |
05HARARE713 | DUST-UP AT MDC,S HARVEST HOUSE [...] (U) According to local press reports, a gang of youths occupied the MDC's Harvest House headquarters May 16-17 and demanded the removal of party Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, Deputy Secretary-General Gift Chimanikire, Treasurer Fletcher Dulini-Ncube and other senior executives. President [...] | 2005-05-20 07:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE715 | VICE-PRESIDENT CORDIAL, SIGNALS LITTLE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador on May 19, Vice-President Joyce Mujuru reiterated her government's desire for better relations with the United States, but gave no indication that the GOZ was contemplating concrete steps to encourage rapprochement. The Ambassador recount [...] | 2005-05-20 07:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE737 | URBAN TENSIONS BOILING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between residents and police over the high profile destruction of unauthorized structures around town and the city's growing failure to deliver services have increased political tension in the capital. Police presence and roadblocks are markedly increasing, including outs [...] | 2005-05-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE740 | ECONOMIC POLICY STATEMENT OFFERS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's Monetary Policy Statement of May 19 set out a series of piecemeal prescriptions that most local economists and business people agree will be unable to stem Zimbabwe's continued economic decline, including soaring inflation, a deteriorating curr [...] | 2005-05-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI PHUM EINV ZI |
05HARARE741 | MDC HEAD ON GROWING UNREST; WASHINGTON TRIP [...] MDC Head Morgan Tsvangirai met with the Ambassador May 27 to discuss the growing unrest in the country. Tsvangirai said the GOZ seemed to be trying to provoke a response that it could crush but may have miscalculated given the numbers of people involved and their desperation. He said the op [...] | 2005-05-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE760 | GONO LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono told the Ambassador June 1 that the GOZ wanted western financial assistance and better relations with the U.S. and the UK. The GOZ was prepared to play by global economic rules, including honoring bilateral investment agreements, and was prepared to negot [...] | 2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
05HARARE773 | GOZ TELLS AMBASSADOR, WFP FOOD SITUATION UNDER [...] (C) In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Social Welfare Nicholas Goche said Zimbabwe faced a shortfall of 1.2 million metric tons of maize, but that the GOZ had already locked in enough imports from South Africa to cover the shortfall. In that framework, the GOZ was prepared t [...] | 2005-06-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM ZT |
05HARARE774 | MDC OFFICIAL ON PARTY TACTICS, INTERNAL TURMOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs (and principal aide to Party President Morgan Tsvangirai) Gandi Mudzingwa on June 1 told poloff that the party was working closely with civil society to foment protests over the GOZ crackdown against the informal sector. Mudzingwa asserted [...] | 2005-06-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE786 | Zimbabwe's Growing Water Problems [...] Zimbabwe's urban infrastructure is raidly deteriorating as a result of six consequtive years of GOZ economic mismanagement. The supply and distribution of potable water has become especially problematic in several cities. There are reports of diarrhea and other stomach ailments increasing [...] | 2005-06-07 07:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL US ZI |
05HARARE788 | STAY-AWAY PLANNED FOR JUNE 9 AND 10 [...] (C) The "Broad Alliance" of civil society and opposition groups, including the MDC, is organizing a mass work stoppage for June 9 and 10, as a first step toward possible later mass protests. However, the National Constitutional Assembly's (NCA) Lovemore Madhuku appears to the stay-away's drivi [...] | 2005-06-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE801 | INFORMATION MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador at the Ministry on June 2, new Minister of Information Tichaona Jokonya defended the GOZ's media policy and its Operation "Restore Order". He said he wanted better relations with the independent media and with the USG. The Ambassador cond [...] | 2005-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV ZI |
05HARARE803 | DAY ONE OF STAY-AWAY [...] (C) June 9, day one of the Broad Alliance-led two-day stay-away, appeared to be a partial success. The greatest impact was in Harare where Embassy staff observed slightly reduced vehicular traffic and significantly reduced pedestrian traffic. Some businesses reported that the majority of the [...] | 2005-06-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ASEC ZI MDC |
05HARARE804 | NO NEW DIRECTION IN MUGABE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) President Mugabe's speech to the opening session of the new Parliament on June 9 projected familiar themes of western conspiracies and government intervention in the economy. It broke little new ground and reinforced that the GOZ was unlikely to relax its heavy-handedness in political, [...] | 2005-06-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE83 | TURMOIL AND INTRIGUE CONTINUE IN RUN-UP TO ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Harare's headlines continue to be dominated by tales of intra-ZANU-PF conflicts and a spy scandal in the run-up to the ruling party's parliamentary primaries scheduled for January 15. Plans to reserve a quota of seats for women appears to be the method of choice for dislodging c [...] | 2005-01-14 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE830 | A LOOK BACK AS OPERATION "RESTORE ORDER" ENTERS [...] (C) As the GOZ,s crackdown, code-named Operation &Murambatsvina8 or &Restore Order8 enters its fourth week it shows no sign of slowing down. The crackdown began shortly after Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono,s national address on May 19, in which he blamed the informal economy for sabotaging [...] | 2005-06-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
05HARARE831 | MODEST STAY-AWAY RESULTS CHALLENGE BROAD ALLIANCE [...] (C) The NCA,s Lovemore Madukhu, organizer of last week,s stayaway action, called it a limited success. However, Madhuku acknowledged that poor organization and communications had hampered the effort. Other opposition leaders were less charitable. While some alliance members felt slighted in [...] | 2005-06-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE832 | UNDP RESREP GETS RELIGION ON LOOMING IDP, FOOD [...] (C) In a meeting at UNDP offices on June 13, the CDA told UNDP Resrep Zacarias that we were concerned about the potential for the Operation Restore Order to further exacerbate the looming food crisis. Moreover, as long as the operation continued, donors and relief agencies were chasing a mov [...] | 2005-06-15 07:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI |
05HARARE847 | 2005 ZIMBABWE REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The U.S. Government is aware of seven expropriation claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). All seven claims arise out of the GOZ's Land Resettlement Program, which commenced in 2000. In the past year, the general pace of land reform has c [...] | 2005-06-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV KSPR ZI |
05HARARE868 | MDC HEAD PREVIEWS MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRAZER [...] MDC President Morgan Tsavngirai met with CDA June 21 to discuss his June 22-24 trip to South Africa and his meeting with Ambassador Frazier. Tsvangirai said the purpose of the trip was to meet with IRI,s communications expert and discuss the party,s message in the wake of another stolen elec [...] | 2005-06-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC |
05HARARE871 | ZIMPLATS STILL INVESTING DESPITE UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Pvt.) Ltd. (ZimPlats) CEO G. Sebborn told PolOff on June 21 that the company was open to expanding its Zimbabwe operations despite ongoing political and economic turmoil. However, the additional investment would be conditioned upon GOZ guarantees regarding land te [...] | 2005-06-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EMIN ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE872 | OLIVINE STRUGGLING TO REMAIN OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Olivine Managing Director Ian MacKenzie told PolOff on June 21 that his company was on the verge of shutting down large parts of its operations due to lack of foreign exchange and the country,s small soya and cotton crop. As the single largest provider of bakers, fats, a shut down could al [...] | 2005-06-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE911 | PROCEDURES FOR ZIMBABWE,S SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (SBU) As the USG prepares to adjust the Zimbabwe sanctions list, Post offers the recommendations below concerning classification of the visa sanction list, notifications of sanctioned individuals, and entry of names into the visa lookout system. Post will send via septel suggested additions/d [...] | 2005-07-05 09:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR CVIS ZI |
05HARARE914 | RESTORE ORDER TSUNAMI ROLLS ON [...] (C) Now in its second month, Operation Restore Order is affecting both urban and rural populations throughout the country. In Harare, residents of high-density suburbs, domestics and other staff in low-density suburbs, and tenants in downtown office buildings have been turned out of their bui [...] | 2005-07-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI |
05HARARE923 | "RESTORE ORDER", HUNGER STALK MASVINGO [...] (C) Poloff's visit to Masvingo June 27-28 disclosed that the GOZ's Operation "Restore Order" was less onerous there than in Harare and other locations. However, opposition and NGO sources said hunger was growing in the region and continued food availability was uncertain. End summary. --- [...] | 2005-07-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EAID SOCI ASEC ZI |
05HARARE928 | UN ENVOY CRITICAL OF GOZ AND "RESTORE ORDER", [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Anna Tibaijuka on July 4 told the CDA and visiting Congressional staff Gregory Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh that she found the GOZ's Restore Order campaign misguided, destructive, and wrong. She said that GOZ officials, including President Mugabe, had been unapologetic [...] | 2005-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ZI |
05HARARE935 | CFU ON RESTORE ORDER AND OTHER EVENTS [...] (C) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) President Douglas Taylor-Freeme told the CDA on July 6 that RBZ head Gideon Gono was interested in luring white farmers back to Zimbabwe and protecting those still here from further seizures. However, Gono,s influence had not been able to prevent the seizure [...] | 2005-07-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE938 | COCA-COLA REPRESENTATIVE OFFERS A CANDID PERSONAL [...] (C) Coca-Cola Communications Director Sherree Gladys Shereni told the CDA on July 7 that Coca-Cola had resolved a payment dispute with its main Zimbabwe distributor and would continue providing Coke syrup to the country. Coca-Cola remained committed to the country long-term but she said she h [...] | 2005-07-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE944 | OPERATION RESTORE ORDER WREAKS HAVOC IN MUTARE [...] (C) On June 23 and 24, poloff visited the city of Mutare in Zimbabwe,s Eastern Highlands to see the effects of Operation Restore Order. During the visit she met with the City,s MDC Mayor as well as local businessmen. The high-density suburb of Sakubva has been hard hit, and Mutare,s main mar [...] | 2005-07-11 11:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EAID SOCI ASEC ZI |
05HARARE949 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY BRIEFS ON MISSION RESULTS: [...] (C) UN Special Envoy Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka briefed the donor community July 8 on the results of her visit. In a sop to the GOZ, she called Operation Restore Order &well-intentioned,8 but was nonetheless highly critical of its underlying assumption that urbanization could be reversed and of [...] | 2005-07-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
05HARARE95 | STABBING DEATH OF SWEDISH NATIONAL WORKING FOR [...] On January 10 between 1530 and 1730 hours, a Swedish national named Lisa Veron who worked for WHO was stabbed to death. The incident occurred in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood which is a suburb of the city of Harare. While many facts are still being closely held by the Zimbabwe Republic Pol [...] | 2005-01-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
05HARARE951 | ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS AND [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the visa sanctions list detailed below. ------------------ Names To Be Added ------------------ 2. (SBU) [...] | 2005-07-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
05HARARE954 | AGREMENT REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ZI |
05HARARE970 | ANOTHER CASH CRUNCH COMING? [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's largest denominated bill, Z$20,000 (US$2 at the official exchange rate, less than US$1 at the parallel market rate),appears to be growing scarcer, reportedly as a result of deliberate GOZ policy. It is being replaced with smaller bills that will prove cumbersome to use in com [...] | 2005-07-14 10:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE971 | DEATH OF US CITIZEN IMPOSTOR [...] During the search for Mr. Taylor's next of kin, Consul repeatedly encountered seeming inconsistencies between the life of the man who lived and died as William Taylor (DPOB: 27Sep1953; Chicago, IL) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for the past twelve years and the William Taylor whose passport applicatio [...] | 2005-07-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC |
05HARARE976 | STAFFDEL SIMPKINS ENGAGES ON RESTORE ORDER [...] (C) On a visit to assess and discuss the effects of Operation Restore Order, Majority Staffer Gregory Simpkins and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) traveled to Harare and Bulawayo, July 2-6. The staffdel saw first ha [...] | 2005-07-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SOCI ZI VIP |
05HARARE977 | BUSINESS LEADERS PLEAD FOR IMF LENIENCY [...] (C) At a meeting with the CDA on July 13, Congress of Zimbabwean Industries (CZI) President Patison Sithole, CZI immediate past president Kumbirayi Katsande, and Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe President Jack Murehwa urged that the USG not support IMF expulsion of Zimbabwe. They expressed concer [...] | 2005-07-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EINV ZI |
05HARARE98 | ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM [...] (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD 89,100 FY 2004 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds were obligated on September 30, 2004 as outlined in paragraphs 3, and 4 below. 2. (U) For FY 2005, post requests Self-Help funding be restored to the FY 2003 level of USD 110,0 [...] | 2005-01-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID XA ZI KPRP |
05HARARE980 | GOZ ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF DEMOLITIONS [...] (SBU) On July 15, Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo announced that the GOZ would halt Operation Restore Order, the GOZ's nationwide campaign to demolish "unauthorized structures" (reftel),for ten days in order to allow low-density suburb residents time to legalize any structures that do not co [...] | 2005-07-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI |
05HARARE981 | ZCTU CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (C) Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, (ZCTU) Information Officer Mlamleli Sibanda told PolOff on July 15 that two separate ZCTU meetings were disrupted within the past week by &trouble-maker8 unions (Ref A and B). In one meeting, four women were beaten up badly by several men. Sibanda adde [...] | 2005-07-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ELAB ECON PGOV ZI |
05HARARE982 | THIRD FORCE READY TO EMERGE? [...] (C) Pearson Mbalekwa, an ex-MP who recently resigned from ZANU-PF, told poloff on July 14 that a "third force" was coalescing and expected to emerge publicly within two months. The force, which so far lacked a leadership structure, would likely be composed of disaffected ZANU-PF elements large [...] | 2005-07-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE988 | MORE BLOWS FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA [...] (C) In a blow to media freedom, the Media and Information Commission (MIC) has again denied operating licenses to the semi-independent weekly Tribune newspaper and to the independent Daily News and Daily News on Sunday. The two decisions were announced July 13 and 19 respectively. The publis [...] | 2005-07-20 06:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
05HARARE990 | MOYO ON ZANU-PF, NEED FOR NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) In a July 5 exchange with visiting Congressional senior staff Greg Simpkins and Pearl Alice Marsh, Jonathan Moyo cast ZANU-PF as a party in crisis - ossified in policy and beholden to one man who no longer enjoyed the confidence of either the party or the nation. He said conditions were [...] | 2005-07-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
05HARARE991 | OPERATION RESTORE ORDER IN BULAWAYO [...] (SBU) Operation Restore Order has had a profound effect on Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,s second largest city, much as it has in other cities around the country. During a visit to Bulawayo with Staffdel Simpkins on July 3-4, embassy staff viewed scenes of devastation and relief efforts at sites for dis [...] | 2005-07-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ECON ZI |
05HARARE995 | ZIMBABWE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the financial sanctions list detailed below. Post relayed suggested additions and deletions to the visa sancti [...] | 2005-07-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PINR PHUM PGOV ZI |
05HELSINKI1013 | EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is not widespread throughout the Muslim community, but areas of concern exist. Embassy Helsinki's strategy to combat extremism consists of an active outreach to Finland's Muslims co [...] | 2005-09-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI |
05HELSINKI1015 | FINLAND WILL NOT (YET) SUPPORT LISTING THE LTTE AS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Mikko Pyhala, MFA office director for South Asia. Pyhala noted that the GOF has publicly denounced the assassination of the Sri Lankan foreign minister and continues to condemn the LTTE both for other murders attributed to it and for its u [...] | 2005-09-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PTER PREL CO FI |
05HELSINKI1022 | FINLAND: TURKEY, IRAN AND CROATIA TO DOMINATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland believes discussions of Turkey and Iran are likely to dominate the Oct. 3 GAERC meetings. The GOF is optimistic about an Oct. 3 start date for EU accession talks with Turkey, but fears that some member states may try to push prematurely for a statement regarding Croatia's [...] | 2005-09-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL FI TU EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1047 | CODEL HOBSON VISIT TO FINLAND [...] Summary. CODEL Hobson -- House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH),Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ),Representative Marion Berry (D-AR),Representative James Clyburn (D-SC),and Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) -- visited Finland, August 18- [...] | 2005-09-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ENRG PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1066 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR UPCOMING EU TALKS ON UNCHR [...] (SBU) Poloffs on Oct. 3 spoke with MFA Director for Human Rights Johanna Suurpaa and other Finnish officials about Finland's and the EU's next steps on UNCHR reform. Finland will be EU President beginning in July 2006, and the GoF hopes that negotiations on UNCHR reform can be concluded in t [...] | 2005-10-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL EUN UNGA |
05HELSINKI1113 | FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans- Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. interests. The U.S. and Finland share a broad agenda, including promoting democracy, crisis management and peacekeeping, trafficking-in-persons, and security [...] | 2005-10-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU |
05HELSINKI1114 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) The Ambassador on Oct. 7 paid a farewell call on President Halonen. Halonen began her remarks by pointedly telling the Ambassador "I am a friend of America." She said that Finnish-American relations were strong, and that she looked forward to working together with the U.S. in the futur [...] | 2005-10-19 05:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1116 | FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Russia, the GOF sees bilateral progress on environmental issues and border security, in part thanks to the good relations between the two presidents. Howe [...] | 2005-10-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM |
05HELSINKI1128 | BMENA FUND/FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE - FINLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU DA |
05HELSINKI1131 | FINLAND TO CONTRIBUTE WINTER TENTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftels, Ulla-Maija Finskas, Director of the MFA Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, said that Finland will donate 8,000 winter tents to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. The assistance, valued at approximately $4 Million, will be administered through the Finnish Red Cr [...] | 2005-10-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1137 | Finland Prepares for EU Presidency and CSD 14 - [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Finland's upcoming presidency of the EU, OES representatives Jonathan Margolis and Griffin Thompson visited Finland to discuss areas of cooperation and to share views on the current cycle of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). Margolis and Tho [...] | 2005-10-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL XG FI |
05HELSINKI1139 | EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...] (SBU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently predict that she will easily win a second term in January's election. Halonen's left-wing base remains rock solid and her appeal across party lines is the object of great envy. Finlan [...] | 2005-10-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1141 | FOLLOW-UP ON FINNISH ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Follow-up to reftels, Post reports that the GoF will donate EUR 2.7 Million (approximately USD 3.2 Million) to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. Finland has pledged the funds to the Finnish Red Cross, who will purchase approximatel [...] | 2005-10-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1145 | FINLAND: PROPOSED RESIDENCY PERMITS FOR TIP [...] (U) Officials at the Interior Ministry told Poloff that they intend to draft a proposed amendment to Finland's "Aliens Act" that would allow trafficking-in-persons victims to receive temporary residency permits. The proposed permits would allow TIP victims to remain in Finland for up to one [...] | 2005-10-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI1146 | FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...] | 2005-10-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN |
05HELSINKI1162 | FINLAND SUPPORTS BUERGENTHAL ICJ RE-ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 14:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | FI UNGA UNSC |
05HELSINKI1163 | FINLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) The GOF has roundly condemned Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 call for Israel to be "wiped off the map." On Oct. 27, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja released a public statement that expressed the GOF's "deep disapproval of the Iranian president's comment;" emphasized that "und [...] | 2005-11-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IR FI |
05HELSINKI1165 | FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION [...] On August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and Asia Haiti desk officer Veikko Soralahti, North America Unit Counselor Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard, and to the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, urging Finland to use its voice in EU meeti [...] | 2005-11-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1170 | FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) among Finnish priorities for the November GAERC. 2. (SBU) BALKANS: Syrjala anticipated (correctly) that former Mar [...] | 2005-11-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1175 | FINLAND: SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 06:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1186 | FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI [...] (U) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake relief assistance by another EUR 4M (approximately USD 4.4M). This increase--pending Parliament approval--would bring Finland's total official contribution to over EUR 9M (or approxima [...] | 2005-11-10 08:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1203 | FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Reftel was drafted in May. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials [...] | 2005-11-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI1204 | FINLAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO FI |
05HELSINKI1209 | FINNISH REACTION TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tanya Jaaskelainen, Deputy EU Correspondent in the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. The points were also sent to the EU Coordinator in the Prime Minister's Office. Jaaskelainen said that Finland would focus on the MEPP, Kosovo, an [...] | 2005-11-17 11:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IZ FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1210 | CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM IN [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: This message contains an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (U) Charg and APAO called on the Secretary General of the Finnish Parliament, Seppo Tiitinen, to discuss celebration plans for the 100 year anniversary of the Parliament beginning on June 1, 20 [...] | 2005-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FI |
05HELSINKI1211 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge spoke with UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin in Turku on Nov. 10. Scheinin said he planned to be proactive in investigating human rights abuses committed in the name of combating terrorism. He plans to go beyond reporting and to engage governments and [...] | 2005-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FI UNGA EUN |
05HELSINKI1216 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions. Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Director for Human Rights, told Poloff that the GoF was increasingly pessimistic about the Uzbekistan and Burma resolutions. The Burmese regime has been embolden [...] | 2005-11-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FI UNHRC |
05HELSINKI122 | 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FI |
05HELSINKI1234 | FINLAND: NO MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Poloff spoke with MFA desk officer for Bolivia Anu-Vuori Kiikeri on November 28 about the rescheduled Dec. 18 elections. Kiikeri had just returned from a visit to La Paz where she attended a meeting of EU ambassadors. She said that Finland will not send election monitors to Bolivia. Fi [...] | 2005-11-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO FI |
05HELSINKI1263 | FINLAND SUPPORTS MDA PROTOCOL [...] (U) In response to reftel, post confirmed that Finland strongly supports the U.S. position on the MDA protocol. The MFA's Director of International Law is in Geneva presently and will represent Finland if the protocol comes to a vote. The Finns believe that the protocol will be approved desp [...] | 2005-12-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1267 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FINNISH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Vanhanen and Charge reviewed several issues of interest to the U.S. and Finland Nov. 25. Vanhanen raised the issue of an alleged CIA flight through Finland about which the GOF has faced heavy political and press criticism. He also discussed the current presidential [...] | 2005-12-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS FI EU |
05HELSINKI127 | ACEH: FINNISH MEDIATOR AHTISAARI PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Poloff on January 30 spoke with former Finnish President Ahtisaari's special assistant Kristiina Rinkineva. Ahtisaari is the head of Finland's Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a conflict-resolution think tank, and had agreed to hosting a meeting of GAM and GoI representatives after be [...] | 2005-01-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI1277 | FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has created an internal implementation strategy. An interagency working group will monitor and report results. Police and prosecutors are investigating several cases, but suffer f [...] | 2005-12-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1281 | FINNISH RESPONSE TO S LETTER ON ALLEGED US [...] (C) Summary: Finnish MFA officials have offered generally measured reactions to the Secretary's response to Foreign Secretary Straw on alleged US detention and transportation of terrorist suspects through the EU. FM Tuomioja publicly welcomed the Secretary's dialogue with European partners at [...] | 2005-12-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1286 | DEMARCHE TO FINLAND - CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER FI |
05HELSINKI1290 | FINLAND: UN RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin welcomed the Secretary's clarification of U.S. policy on transportation of prisoners and U.S. obligations under the CAT. He said her specific reference to "degrading" treatment was important, but noted that additional clarificati [...] | 2005-12-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1310 | FINLAND'S "NATO CANDIDATE" STRESSES TRANS-ATLANTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish People's Party candidate and MEP Henrick Lax briefed us on the presidential campaign and the political challenges facing the US and Europe. He expressed grave concern about developments in Russia and argued that Finland must assume far greater leadership in helping formu [...] | 2005-12-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SENV PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1321 | FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...] | 2005-12-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER FI |
05HELSINKI1325 | FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion control portion of the INCSR is Poloff David Allen Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). Embassy poc for the financial crimes portion of the INCSR is Econoff Mika Cleverley (Cleverle [...] | 2005-12-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI |
05HELSINKI137 | FINLAND: REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has not issued a formal statement on the Iraqi elections, but told reporters in Brussels on January 31 that the elections were a step in the right direction. He said that he was particularly encouraged that the majority of Iraqis voted despite th [...] | 2005-02-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI15 | FINNISH AID IN SUPPORT OF TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Finland is about to increase its total disaster assistance donation to 12 million euros. GoF donations have increased over the past week to keep slightly ahead of private donations. End Summary 2. (U) Embassy Helsinki made subject demarche immediately on the mornin [...] | 2005-01-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR EAID PGOV FI |
05HELSINKI160 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...] | 2005-02-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
05HELSINKI185 | ACEH: FINNISH INTERMEDIARY MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (S) DCM Weisberg met with Juha Christensen on February 11 to discuss the Aceh talks in Helsinki. Christensen is the Finnish businessman who facilitated the introduction of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as a mediator between the GoI and GAM. Christensen was decidedly more pessim [...] | 2005-02-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID |
05HELSINKI186 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...] | 2005-02-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI202 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI207 | FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] | 2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI224 | NPT 2005 REVCON: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PD STRATEGY [...] On February 7, the Embassy delivered the Ref A non-paper on the upcoming NPT RevCon to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, new director of the Finnish MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation Unit. In doing so we noted that a USG-GoF dialogue on RevCon issues already has started in New York [...] | 2005-02-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PARM KNNP FI NPT IAEA |
05HELSINKI228 | ACEH TALKS: FINNISH MEDIATORS POSITIVE AFTER DAY 2 [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Meri-Maria Jaarva of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) on the night of February 22. Jaarva is the chief assistant of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for the Aceh talks. Jaarva said that there had been an "enormous change" in the demeanor and attitude of [...] | 2005-02-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI242 | ACEH TALKS: CONVERSATION WITH AHTISAARI'S OFFICE [...] (C) On February 24, POL Chief and UK DCM met with Meeri-Maria Jaarva of former Finnish President Ahtisaari's staff for a more detailed read-out of the second round of the GoI-GAM talks held February 21-23 (Ref A). Jaarva described discussions in each of the agenda items, and said both sides h [...] | 2005-02-25 13:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI273 | FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI274 | CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI287 | FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...] | 2005-03-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SY LE FI |
05HELSINKI3 | EMBASSY HELSINKI'S RESPONSE TO SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST [...] Per reftel, Post submits the following updated contact information on leading Finnish government figures. 2. COUNTRY: Republic of Finland DATE: December 29, 2004 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Last Name: Vanhanen First Name/Middle Name: Matti Taneli Conventional Usage: Mr. Prime Mini [...] | 2005-01-03 06:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AMGT FI |
05HELSINKI300 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...] (C) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new Head of Representation in Finland. In his introductory conversation with the Ambassador, discussion covered a wide range of topics, from the President's and Secretary's February [...] | 2005-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI303 | FINLAND: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to paragraph 6 of reftel: A) (U) The legal age of marriage for males and females in Finland is 18. The Ministry for Justice reports that the overwhelming majority of marriages in Finland are between couples age 18 and older. It is possible to petiti [...] | 2005-03-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI312 | FINLAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM BO FI UNHRC PDEM |
05HELSINKI320 | FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CU FI UNCHR EUN |
05HELSINKI321 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...] | 2005-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI328 | FINLAND: 2005 INCSR SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICAL DATA [...] (U) Post obtained the following statistics regarding narcotics arrests and seizures from Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). 2. (U) Arrests: There were 654 felony arrests for narcotics in 2004 and 15,338 total drug-related arrests. Most of the non-felony arrests were for [...] | 2005-03-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FI |
05HELSINKI345 | FINLAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FI |
05HELSINKI353 | POSSIBLE GEORGIAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION WORRIES [...] Summary: -------- (U) Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Frontier Guards announced on March 7 that they believed as many as 1,500 Georgian women may have been trafficked through Finland to destinations scattered throughout western Europe from 2002-2004. According to t [...] | 2005-03-24 08:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI383 | FINLAND'S ATTENDANCE AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] On March 31, Ambassador Mack delivered the reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki, requesting high-level Finnish attendance and commensurate pledges at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan on April 11-12. Minister Lehtomaki was noticeably impressed t [...] | 2005-03-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON FI |
05HELSINKI406 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY HELSINKI RESPONSE [...] (S) Embassy Helsinki has found that our primary challenge in dealing with the GoF on counterterrorism issues has been to overcome the ingrained Finnish belief that "it can't happen here." This mind-set, on the part of senior officials and public opinion alike, has slowed Finnish progress in m [...] | 2005-04-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PTER PREL FI |
05HELSINKI407 | FINLAND: UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS; FINLAND [...] (U) This supplemental report provides additional information about trafficking and Finland, in particular Finland's newly released National Action Plan, which centers on victim assistance. The 66-page plan was released on March 31. An English language translation of the entire plan is expec [...] | 2005-04-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI462 | FINLAND: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING IN CHILE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to officials in the MFA's Global Affairs Bureau, noting that Secretary Rice's participation in the Ministerial meeting reflects the importance the U.S. attaches to the Community of Democracies. As of April 20, the MFA was still unsure if any officials fro [...] | 2005-04-20 11:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI463 | FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Johanna Suurpaa, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Unit and Finland's CHR Coordinator. Suurpaa said that she understood the U.S. position and believed that under no circumstances would any EU country support the Cuban resolution. She said that the [...] | 2005-04-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM FI |
05HELSINKI471 | FINLAND: UPDATE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) In addition to the Finnish officials reported in ref A, Finland's MFA advised post on April 22 that Ambassador Marjatta Rasi will also attend the Community of Democracies meeting in Chile. Rasi is currently "Special Ambassador for Development Assistance" in the MFA, and will assume the [...] | 2005-04-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI475 | APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...] | 2005-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI476 | FINNS SAY 'YES' TO EXTENDING POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter told us the Finns had already concluded that the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) will need to remain in operation past th [...] | 2005-04-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SNAR SOCI IZ FI |
05HELSINKI492 | ACEH: AHTISAARI ANGRY OVER TNI MILITARY MOVES [...] (C) Aceh mediator and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari phoned DCM on April 28 and expressed anger and dismay over reports that he had just received from Aceh concerning significant Indonesian attacks on GAM positions in Aceh, including the use of bombs on GAM bases. Ahtisaari said [...] | 2005-04-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID FI |
05HELSINKI586 | FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Laboff delivered reftel demarche to officials at Finland's Foreign Affairs and Labor Ministries. Tarja Repponen, Director for International Development Programs in the MFA's Global Affairs Unit, said that no official decision had been made about what position Finland would take as regar [...] | 2005-05-26 06:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL FI ILO |
05HELSINKI587 | FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Ref B was drafted. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials in the [...] | 2005-05-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI589 | FINLAND: EMBASSY PARTICIPATES IN ORTHODOX CHURCH [...] (U) Poloff David Schlaefer spoke at a conference on trafficking-in-persons organized by the Finnish Orthodox Church on April 11 in Joensuu, Finland. The Finnish Orthodox Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church are both recognized as official state churches by the GoF. Although only around 2% [...] | 2005-05-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI590 | U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...] | 2005-05-26 07:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU |
05HELSINKI613 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...] | 2005-06-02 05:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT |
05HELSINKI670 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
05HELSINKI677 | FINLAND: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL IZ SY FI |
05HELSINKI690 | CODEL HYDE VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...] | 2005-06-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT FI |
05HELSINKI695 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief delivered the reftel talking points to Anne Lammila, Director for the Latin America Unit at the Finnish MFA. Lammila chose not to elaborate on her assessment of the situation in Venezuela, except to point out that the GoF is concerned about conditions there (particularly wi [...] | 2005-06-28 06:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE FI |
05HELSINKI710 | FINNISH BORDER GUARDS STRIKE CONTINUES WITH [...] (U) The Finnish border guard strike remains unresolved after the Finnish Border Guards Union rejected a proposed settlement by Frontier Guard management last week. The strike action, which began on May 31, is the culmination of six months of negotiations that have centered on the issue of labo [...] | 2005-06-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS ELAB ASEC FI |
05HELSINKI735 | IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE BW-RELATED TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Finnish officials from the MFA's Middle-East Bureau and Non-Proliferation Unit. The officials were unaware of the MOU cited in reftel and said that they would need to investigate the issue [...] | 2005-07-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI |
05HELSINKI75 | OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (C) Beth, I would like to ask for your support and assistance in requesting that the President meet bilaterally with Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on February 22 on the margins of the U.S.-EU meeting in Brussels. 2. (C) To the best of our knowledge, the two leaders have never met -- [...] | 2005-01-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT |
05HELSINKI8 | FINLAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel para 15. The Embassy's summary update has also been emailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan per reftel instructions. 2. (U) a) Finland actively supports and participates in the European Union's counterterrorism ef [...] | 2005-01-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER FI |
05HELSINKI810 | FINLAND: LIKELY TO ACCEPT UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL FI IDP |
05HELSINKI873 | PUTIN VISITS FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Earle I. Mack met privately with Jarmo Viinanen, Chief of Staff to Finland's President Tarja Halonen, on August 3. Viinanen briefed the Ambassador about Russian President Putin's 2 day visit to Finland for meetings with Halonen. Viinanen said that both sides emphas [...] | 2005-08-04 05:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM RS EN FI |
05HELSINKI906 | FINLAND: SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) The Government of Finland supports Turkish accession to the EU and the start of accession talks in October. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari chaired the EU Independent Commission on Turkey exploring the question of Turkish membership; the Commission published its report earlier [...] | 2005-08-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU FI RU EUN |
05HELSINKI920 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CONSERVATIVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Party presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto provided us a candid summary of his views on the upcoming campaign and on key issues of interest to the United States. Domestically, he criticized President Halonen for benefiting from Finland's decade of economic and fore [...] | 2005-08-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU FI TU |
05HELSINKI924 | FINNISH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) PolChief met August 24 with MFA Human Rights Unit Director Johanna Suurpaa and Legal Officer Janina Hasenson to request additional assurances regarding the 15 Uzbek refugees in Kyrgystan. Both reiterated their office's willingness to draft a note to Kyrgyz authorities in accordance with [...] | 2005-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM NL SW FI KG UZ |
05HELSINKI930 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING [...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...] | 2005-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI94 | FINLAND: DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING OF SA/LW [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Director of MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation, drawing on the talking points to make the case against a legally binding instrument that includes ammunition, and stressing that both are red lines for the Un [...] | 2005-01-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FI CDG UN |
05HELSINKI947 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...] | 2005-09-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI |
05HELSINKI948 | GOF RESPONSE ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...] DCM met September 1 with Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra to discuss the GOF's public response to the Iraqi draft constitution and to request a public statement supporting the democratization process in Iraq. She noted that the foreign ministers from the five Nordi [...] | 2005-09-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI949 | GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received a request from Syria for a high level meeting at the UNGA, but Lyra said he would communicate our request to Finland's UNGA delegation. He fully agreed that Syria has failed to [...] | 2005-09-02 11:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY FI |
05HELSINKI956 | FINLAND: ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN HAITI [...] (U) Anne Lammila, the Director for Latin America at Finland's MFA, told Poloff that Finland will not send a national electoral observation mission to Haiti. It is possible that a Finn might participate in the EU observation mission; but there are few French-speaking Finnish diplomats availa [...] | 2005-09-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA FI |
05HELSINKI958 | FINNISH SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA ON THE [...] On Sept. 1, the Embassy received general offers of assistance from the GOF in support of the victims of Hurricane Katrina (ref B). Following up, Charge spoke several times over the weekend with senior officials from the PM's office and the MFA. Based on Charge's requests, Finland committed t [...] | 2005-09-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC US FI |
05HELSINKI974 | TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF FINNISH ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Helsinki has conveyed to the GOF the USG's acceptance of part of Finland's offer for assistance, to include 9,000 sheets, 200 small tarps, 200 first aid kits, 120 cooler cases, 1,000 pillow cases, and 3,500 thermosheets. 2. Contact information for the host g [...] | 2005-09-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT AMED |
05HELSINKI988 | FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The unofficial opening rounds of Finland's presidential campaign appear to indicate that European and trans-Atlantic security issues could become central themes. Conservative Party candidate Niinisto has advocated that Finland embrace European security guarantee mechanisms and [...] | 2005-09-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR FI NATO |
05HERMOSILLO440 | HERMOSILLO - ARMED ATTACK AT COUNTRY CLUB LINKED TO HOSPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an early morning raid on November 10th, approximately eighteen men shot their way into the exclusive Los Lagos neighborhood in Hermosillo, firing about 400 high-caliber bullets into the house of a local resident. Although they did not shatter the bulletproof windows of the hou [...] | 2005-11-16 22:08:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC ALOW PREL SNAR MX CASC |
05HERMOSILLO456 | HERMOSILLO: RIOT IN JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 8, 2005, a group of fifteen individuals started a riot at the primary juvenile detention facility in Hermosillo. Two Amcit minors are currently detained in this facility. Neither of them were primary participants or seriously harmed, although one was slightly burned o [...] | 2005-11-22 18:28:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC MX |
05HILLAH366 | KARBALA UIA/555 CANDIDATE CONFIDENT OF STRONG PERFORMANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number two candidate on the United Iraqi Alliance list (UIA, ballot number 555) in Karbala, Mouther Hussein Hassan Al-Hakim, expressed optimism over his coalition's chances in the December 15 national election, stating, "My list is in a good position." Al-Hakim, an independe [...] | 2005-12-12 19:44:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
05HILLAH367 | DIWANIYAH IECI HEAD PREPARED FOR FRAUD ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Diwaniyah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq Head Saad Madhloom told REO Al-Hillah staff in a December 7 meeting that he was staffing provincial polling sites to prepare for allegations of fraud from partisans of Iyad Allawi's National Iraqi List (ballot number 731.) Madhloom [...] | 2005-12-12 19:48:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ PDEM |
05HILLAH371 | BABIL ELECTION SECURITY TIGHTER THAN A CHAMPAIGN CORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent pre-election security meeting hosted by REO Al-Hillah and attended by the local Coalition Forces commander, Iraqi officials and a United Nations election observer put the finishing touches on a three ringed security plan for Babil Province. The Babil representative f [...] | 2005-12-13 19:18:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
05HILLAH373 | WASIT UIA/555 SLATE LEADER CONFIDENT IN CAMPAIGN'S FINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Governor and leader of the United Iraqi Alliance (Ballot Number 555) list in Wasit, Mohammed Al-Khateeb (Shi'a Islamist independent) is confident that a strong performance in the December 15 national election will lay the groundwork for continued Shi'a Islamist dominance of [...] | 2005-12-14 15:09:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
05HILLAH374 | NAJAF INA EXPECTS WIDESPREAD ELECTION DAY VIOLENCE [...] (U) This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Najaf head of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National Accord party (INA) told SET Najaf December 9 that he expected widespread election day violence directed at INA supporters and facilities by supporters of the United Iraqi Alli [...] | 2005-12-14 18:54:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
05HILLAH375 | 549/ISLAMIC COALITION CANDIDATE PREDICTS "HARD COMPETITION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number two candidate in Karbala on the Islamic Coalition list (ballot number 549),Ibrahim Ali Abbas Al-Mutayri, predicted that the electoral contest for Karbala's six seats in the new National Assembly would feature "hard competition" between the Islamic Coalition and the [...] | 2005-12-14 19:14:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
05HILLAH377 | AMBASSADOR, SENATORS PRAISE IRAQI VOTERS, ELECTION PROCESS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Senators Joseph Biden, Lindsay Graham, Saxby Chambliss and Maria Cantwell praised the Iraqi people for their participation in the national election before a group of Western and Iraqi reporters outside a downtown Al-Hillah polling station Decemb [...] | 2005-12-16 11:44:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO IZ |
05HILLAH378 | MOOD SERENE, SECURITY EXTENSIVE AT DOWNTOWN AL-HILLAH [...] Summary: Family trips to polling places, patriotic music and mosque exhortations characterized the activity around one downtown Al-Hillah, Babil Province polling station on December 15. Male and female screeners courteously searched voters as they moved smoothly through the entrance. Policemen [...] | 2005-12-16 19:29:00 | REO Hillah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM IZ |
05HILLAH380 | SISTANI, SADR OFFER APPROVAL OF ELECTION PROCESS IN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings December 17 with Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani and Moqtada Sadr each expressed his approval of the December 15 election process. In meetings in Najaf, Sistani reportedly stressed to Jaafari the importance of quickly releasing th [...] | 2005-12-18 17:20:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ |
05HILLAH382 | MOSQUE SERMONS DIFFER ON OIL PRICE HIKE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-24 13:13:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL EPET EFIN EAID IZ |
05HILLAH383 | WASIT: THE VIEW FROM THE WINNER'S SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 17:37:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
05HILLAH384 | SISTANI-AFFILIATED CLERIC ASSASSINATED IN NAJAF; IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified gunmen assassinated Sayyid Fattah Al-Thabhawi, a mid-level Shi'a cleric affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, on December 26. The cleric, who also was aligned with the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),was shot outside his home in th [...] | 2005-12-28 18:05:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
05HILLAH385 | SADRIST SHAYKH, RELEASED FROM JAIL, TELLS OF ALLEGED PRISON [...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting in Najaf on December 27, a high-ranking Sadrist shaykh recently released from prison told Moqtada Al-Sadr that while in prison, he was tortured and the Koran was defiled, Sadrist sources reported to SET Najaf local staff. The shaykh also expressed to Sadr his d [...] | 2005-12-31 14:29:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
05HILLAH386 | NAJAF MOSQUE SERMONS CRITICIZE COALITION, SUPPORT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Friday prayer speaker at the primary Sadrist mosque in Najaf blamed Coalition Forces for recent raids on a Sadrist cleric's home, accused them of desecrating the Koran and called for Ibrahim Jaafari to remain as Prime Minister. At a mosque affiliated with the Supreme Council fo [...] | 2005-12-31 14:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KIS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1009 | MORE ON ALLEGATIONS OF QUANG NGAI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Post continues to monitor closely reported incidents involving severe harassment of two ethnic minority Protestant house church congregations in Quang Ngai province in Vietnam's Central Coastal region (reftel). A few days after we submitted a letter to the HCMC External Relations Office [...] | 2005-09-22 02:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1010 | HCMC NEIGHBOR PROVINCE TRANSITIONING FROM AGRICULTURE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Neighboring HCMC to the south, Long An has developed as a center of Mekong Delta agriculture. But its proximity to HCMC makes it a natural location for industrial development. Some businesses, including Nike, have already begun to capitalize on this geography, and provincial o [...] | 2005-09-23 03:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV ETRD VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1024 | STATUS OF HCMC'S NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH STILL AT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: The unregistered expatriate New Life Fellowship Church continues to meet in small groups following HCMC police cancellation of its weekly church services at a hotel in HCMC's District 5 in late August. NLF Pastor-in-Charge told us September 26 that he had declined overtures fro [...] | 2005-09-27 11:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY104 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM - PETROVIETNAM A [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU): Vietnam's oil and gas industry is completely controlled by the state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation, known as PetroVietnam. [...] | 2005-01-27 03:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD EPET ECON EINV PGOV VM SOE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1043 | BINH DINH PROVINCE: GETTING IT RIGHT [...] (U): Binh Dinh Province, on Vietnam's central coast, is significantly out-performing its neighbors. Despite the poor resources and traditional poverty of the central region, Binh Dinh ranked 21st out of 61 provinces in the UNDP 2003 Vietnam Millennium Development Goals Index, and 12th out of [...] | 2005-10-04 06:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ETRD PHUM SENV VM HIV AIDS SOE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1045 | INTERVIEWS WITH VISAS-93 APPLICANTS SHOW SOME PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section recently concluded interviews of 124 ethnic minority families as part of the VISAS-93 reunification process for Central Highlands ethnic minority families. This was the first time that ConGen staff have had completely unfettered access to a l [...] | 2005-10-04 06:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1046 | AVIAN FLU: U.S. BUSINESS CONCERN GROWS [...] SUMMARY (U) ConGen has noted an increase in interest in Avian Influenza (AI) pandemic preparedness among American Citizens and the U.S. business community in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). In searching for answers, more and more individuals are turning to the ConGen for guidance. An informal sam [...] | 2005-10-04 07:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY106 | VIETNAM MENNONITE CHURCH PRISONER LE THI HONG LIEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A lengthy interview with the father of Le Thi Hong Lien, one of six Mennonite prisoners, leads us to conclude that claims by overseas NGO's that she was abused and tortured to the point of mental collapse are not supported by available evidence. It seems clear that Lien had a se [...] | 2005-01-28 00:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANRIGHTS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1073 | RIOT AT HCMC DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: An October 2 riot in a HCMC juvenile rehabilitation center for drug users and sex workers resulted in the escape of approximately 800 detainees. Most of the detainees have returned to the center, some voluntarily, some involuntarily. Authorities reported to us that fewer than [...] | 2005-10-14 12:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM KHIV VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1082 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE PROTESTANT COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions in early October with the GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),house church leaders and provincial government officials indicate that steady progress continues to be made of religious freedom issues affecting Protestants in central coastal V [...] | 2005-10-18 10:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1091 | CENTRAL VIETNAM'S TALE OF TWO PROVINCES: POLITICS, [...] (SBU): The Consul General led a team to Danang and Quang Nam provinces October 4-7 to broaden U.S. engagement in central Vietnam and to promote U.S. economic, human rights and religious freedom interests. The style and substance of our interaction with the province's two Party Secretaries and [...] | 2005-10-20 10:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1092 | TOURISM SUCCESS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM TOWN OF HOI AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic coastal town Hoi An in central Quang Nam province is a model of private sector development. A thriving trading center 300 years ago, Hoi An in recent years has drawn on its tradition of entrepreneurship and has leveraged the progressive attitudes of provincial leader [...] | 2005-10-20 10:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV VM LABOR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY11 | DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] | 2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1105 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSULTS FOREIGNERS ON DOING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (FACNA) organized a consultative meeting on September 1, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to solicit direct feedback from foreign businesspeople on how the implementation of Vietnam's regulations and policies affect them. [...] | 2005-10-25 03:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1118 | CENTRAL VIETNAM'S CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE: STILL [...] (SBU): Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is preparing to develop as central Vietnam's industrial hub with a massive open economic zone (OEZ) in Chu Lai. The Chu Lai zone covers 30,000 hectares and includes a seaport, airport, tourism areas and an industrial zone. Quang Nam provincial lea [...] | 2005-10-27 10:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD EAIR EWWT VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | Miracle on Dong Khoi Street [...] Rumors began flying around Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, October 29, that a statue of the Virgin Mary in central Saigon had been seen weeping. The Cardinal's Office told post on October 31 that the rumor of the "Crying Maria" had been started on Saturday afternoon by a young seller of lottery [...] | 2005-10-31 09:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1143 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN GIA LAI PROVICE: TWO STEPS FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: A reliable contact in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai told us October 31 that, overall conditions for the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) in the province continue to improve. Additional churches have been recognized and new pastors trained [...] | 2005-11-01 09:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1146 | VIETNAM TEXTILES: COMPETING IN A QUOTA-FREE WORLD [...] (SBU): Vietnam's apparel exports to the United States have boomed since the entry-into-force of the BTA. However, the Vietnamese garment industry is beginning to feel the pinch of being one of the only countries still subject to textile quotas. Vietnam is not reaping any benefit from safeguard [...] | 2005-11-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX VM BTA WTO LABOR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1151 | COMMUNIST PARTY REFORMERS PUSH FOR CHANGE [...] (SBU): Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, senior statesman of the Party in southern Vietnam, has reportedly emerged in recent months as the de facto spokesman of the Party's reformist wing. According to a Party insider close to Kiet, his critique of the draft political report of the 10th party [...] | 2005-11-03 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EINV PREL SOCI VM DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1152 | HCMC CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE PUSHES FOR GREATER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) From October 27 to 29, the HCMC Archdiocese hosted an international workshop on strategies to care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The declared goal of the workshop was to develop a concrete action plan for the Church on HIV/AIDS in HCMC. The unwritten subtext was an effort to p [...] | 2005-11-04 03:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HIV AIDS HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1155 | MEDIA, DISSIDENTS AND THE PARTY: DILEMAS AND POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Hanoi-HCMC cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vastly differing media treatment of dissident Hoang Minh Chinh in Hanoi and HCMC newspapers underscores the differences between conservatives and reformers within the Party in advance of the 10th Party Congress. Soon after Chinh made [...] | 2005-11-04 11:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PINR VM HUMANR DPOL |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1182 | THREE HCMC HOUSE CHURCHES SEEK LEGALIZATION, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of three house church organizations headquartered in HCMC -- Baptist, Mennonite and Seventh Day Adventist -- have applied to legalize their operations in HCMC, the first such applications under Vietnam's legal framework on religion. Although they have the legal right t [...] | 2005-11-09 09:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1200 | POULTRY ALMOST UNAVAILABLE IN HCMC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City authorities are tightening restrictions on the sale of poultry within city limits as part of its avian influenza prevention plan. Several large supermarkets in HCMC have halted sales of domestic poultry, though they still plan to sell eggs. Combined with the GVN [...] | 2005-11-10 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EAID PGOV TBIO SOCI PINR CASC AMED VM AMGMT AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1202 | DISSIDENT HOANG MINH CHINH RETURNS TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Early on November 13 democracy activist Tran Khue called us to report that fellow dissident Hoang Minh Chinh and his wife had just returned from the United States. Khue said airport police were trying to confiscate Chinh's passport and other personal documents, but Chinh refused, arguing [...] | 2005-11-14 10:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1212 | NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH STATUS - UPDATE [...] (SBU) New Life Fellowship church (NLF) pastor-in-charge Eric Dooley and responsible local and central-level officials have held a series of meetings on the impasse over the operations of the church (ref A). Dooley told us that, in mid-October, at the recommendation of the HCMC Committee for R [...] | 2005-11-16 09:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF SOCI CASC VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1217 | RESULTS OF NEW INTERVIEWS WITH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section (RRS) continues to conduct VISAS-93 family reunification interviews for Central Highlands ethnic minority individuals. As in August and September, when 124 cases were interviewed (reftel),ConGen staff had unfettered access to nine more ethnic minori [...] | 2005-11-18 10:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF KIRF VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1220 | NEW FRICTIONS BETWEEN UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM AND [...] (U) On November 20, the Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau, the de facto overseas voice of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),issued a press release reporting that the police "physically assaulted" UBCV General Secretary Thich Quang Do and "tore his robe [...] | 2005-11-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1238 | FOREIGN BANKER EVALUATES VIETNAM'S FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Vietnam's financial markets are evolving, but the pace of evolution is slow and access to capital is limited for all except state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to one of the leading foreign bankers in the country. At a recent investment conference hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...] | 2005-11-29 06:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA WTO SOE FINREF |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1265 | HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT - FIRST JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Vietnamese officials of the Joint Working Group (JWG) for Humanitarian Resettlement (HR),led by ConGen HCMC DPO Kenneth Chern and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Deputy Director of Emigration and Immigration Phan Dong, held their first session November 30 in HCMC. [...] | 2005-12-07 03:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1269 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - A LOOK AT FOUR PROVINCES IN VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor and EconOff visited Can Tho, Hau Giang, An Giang and Dong Thap provinces of the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam to assess provincial Avian Influenza (AI) preparedness activities. While outbreaks of AI in poultry and humans in th [...] | 2005-12-07 13:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY127 | GVN WISEMAN THANH ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND USG RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Vo Viet Thanh, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the South, told us on February 1 that the GVN is determined to resolve problems related to the Montagnards in the Central Highlands despite opposition from some provincial officials and "conservative elements" in Hanoi. The GVN's t [...] | 2005-02-02 05:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1277 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN SMITH TO HUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, GVN-backed religious leaders, and prominent dissidents in Hue on December 3. The exchange with Hue government was pointed; provincial officials largely stiff-armed the Congressman's calls for more comprehensive [...] | 2005-12-13 08:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM OVIP VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1293 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH TO HO CHI MINH CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an intensive one day visit December 4, Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, prominent political dissidents and religious freedom activists. HCMC officials did not make any tangible commitments, but acknowledged their obligation to create a positiv [...] | 2005-12-15 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM VM HIV AIDS HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1295 | MEKONG DELTA DEVELOPMENT- RIPE FOR BIOTECH AND CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces will have difficulty meeting the GVN's goal of nearly doubling per capita GDP by 2010 without substantial reform and investment. A recent visit by the Consul General to two of the most prosperous Delta provinces revealed neither advances in produ [...] | 2005-12-16 09:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SOCI EINV EAID EAGR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1296 | NEW CAN THO PARTY SECRETARY - A RISING STAR? [...] (U) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Party Secretary of Can Tho Province, Nguyen Tan Quyen, on December 6. SIPDIS Can Tho, the unofficial capital of the Mekong Delta region, is one of four independently administered cities in Vietnam. Although Can Tho's 2004 growth rate of 14. [...] | 2005-12-16 10:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1299 | VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 6 meeting with DPO and PolOff, representatives of the HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said that in 2005 they had instituted a system of one-on-one interviews with prospective Vietnamese brides and their Taiwanese fiancees in response to mounting [...] | 2005-12-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1309 | PORTRAIT OF AN ALIEN SMUGGLER [...] Reftel outlined a recent incident in which Amcit Tim Thai was caught while apparently attempting to smuggle aliens with photo-subbed Canadian passports through Uzbekistan. The story of Mr. Thai's life over the past 25 years illustrates the challenges facing our consular sections as we strive t [...] | 2005-12-21 09:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CASC SMIG VM TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1310 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: SECURITY JITTERS ACCOMPANY RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Reliable contacts in the Protestant community in the Central Highlands told us that security has been intensified throughout the region in the run-up to Christmas. In archconservative Dak Lak Province there appear to be near-blanket restrictions on Protestant gatherings. Elsewhe [...] | 2005-12-21 12:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1311 | THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO HCMC AND BINH DUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's December 15 and 16 visits to one of HCMC's 21 drug rehabilitation centers and a local HIV testing and ARV treatment center highlighted the challenges facing the city in planning for the upcoming release of some of the centers' 30,000 residents, many of whom are H [...] | 2005-12-21 12:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SOCI SNAR TBIO VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY132 | DEPUTY GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR VISITS HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary. Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, heard from government officials, health care providers, and NGO directors who expressed thanks for USG assistance to combat HIV/AIDS and pointed out the need for further anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and technical traini [...] | 2005-02-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PGOV EAID PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1326 | COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONFERENCE PRESENTS OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) Summary: On November 11-12, Kien Giang Community College hosted a conference for American and Vietnamese institutions to collaborate on effectively establishing a community college system in Vietnam. Participants included representatives from the local People's Committee, the Ministry of [...] | 2005-12-27 10:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1335 | VIETNAM: TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's limits on trading and distribution are a financial burden to U.S. companies trying to sell their goods in Vietnam. U.S. business representatives estimate that having to use Vietnamese trading and distribution companies to get U.S. goods into Vietnam's market adds as mu [...] | 2005-12-29 08:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BEXP VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1338 | CHRISTMAS 2005 IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities report that, barring a handful of exceptions, Christmas services in all Central Highland provinces and elsewhere in southern and central Vietnam were held without any government interruption despite increased police and [...] | 2005-12-30 02:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF SCUL SOCI PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY142 | AMENESTIED PRISONERS RETURN HOME; MENNONITE PASTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen HCMC has confirmed that amnestied prisoners Nguyen Van Ly (Father Ly),Nguyen Dan Que (Dr. Que),Nguyen Dinh Huy, Truong Van Duc, and Huynh Van Ba (aka Thich Thien Minh or Thich Thien Tu) were released from prison as part of the 2005 Tet Amnesty (Refs A, B). Imprisoned M [...] | 2005-02-04 05:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY143 | VIETNAM TO GROW EVEN FASTER SAY HCMC LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City leaders reported to the Consular Corps that the Party Central Committee Plenum had endorsed the goal of raising Vietnam's GDP from LDC levels by 2010. Consul General observed that this implied a growth rate of about 15 percent (to raise per capita GDP from just u [...] | 2005-02-04 09:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY15 | AMBASSADOR VISITS UBCV LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) During a December 5 visit with the Ambassador and Consul General, Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),thanked the Ambassador for his continued interest in the UBCV and welcomed international pressure calling for greater religious free [...] | 2005-01-07 10:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY160 | HIV/AIDS INTER-FAITH SERVICE DRAWS TOP CITY [...] (U) Over 6,000 people attended an inter-faith prayer service to raise HIV/AIDS awareness organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of February 15. Senior city government and Party leaders as well as heads of Vietnam's six recognized religions participated in the [...] | 2005-02-16 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV KHIV VM RELFREE HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY162 | DEVELOPMENT AND BORDER ISSUES IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Vinh Long revealed that, like much of the rest of the Mekong Delta, these provinces rely heavily on agri- and aquaculture to fuel their economic growth. Plentiful harvests of rice [...] | 2005-02-16 13:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM EAGR SNAR VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY169 | CG CALLS ON DISSIDENT NGUYEN DAN QUE; UPDATE ON FATHER LY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently amnestied democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que appeared healthy and relaxed when the CG visited him at his HCMC home on February 17. He said that over the near term he plans to maintain a low-key profile but remains committed to encouraging Vietnam's transition to democr [...] | 2005-02-17 10:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY189 | UPDATE ON MENNONITES: PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG AND LE THI [...] (SBU) On February 22, visiting S/P Staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs met with Ms. Le Thi Phu Dung (strictly protect),wife of imprisoned Mennonite house church pastor Nguyen Hong Quang. Dung said she has visited her husband in HCMC's Chi Hoa prison "two or three times" and is able to deliv [...] | 2005-02-24 11:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY190 | S/P STAFFER INBODEN HCMC MEETINGS ON UBCV [...] (SBU) In a meeting on February 22 with visiting S/P staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs, Deputy Head of the HCMC Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Vo Ngoc Hue said the GVN was tolerant towards leaders of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),despite the UBCV taking acti [...] | 2005-02-24 11:21:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY191 | S/P STAFFER'S HCMC CONSULTATIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting S/P staffer William Inboden and ConGenOffs in HCMC February 20-23, HCMC officials cited the Prime Minister's February 4 "Order on Protestantism" as evidence of the GVN's commitment to improve the climate for religious practice in Vietnam. They said th [...] | 2005-02-24 12:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY210 | VISIT TO A REMOTE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VILLAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On March 1, CG and PolOff made a stop at a small village in a remote area of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The hour-long discussion with local residents highlighted the economic disparities between the indigenous Montagnards and ethnic Vietnamese migra [...] | 2005-03-03 10:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL SENV PINR PREF KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY212 | UPDATE ON MENNONITE HOUSE CHURCH IN HCMC [...] (SBU) In the evening of February 27, local HCMC police detained the wife of imprisoned Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and 18 worshipers. According to our house church contacts, at the end of the Sunday service, police informed the group that they were assembling illegally and made a report [...] | 2005-03-04 05:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY221 | Mennonite prisoner Le Thi Hong Lien transferred to mental [...] (SBU) On March 7, Le Quang Du (strictly protect),father of Mennonite prisoner Le Thi Hong Lien, gave us an update on his daughter's status following her transfer in mid-February from HCMC's Chi Hoa prison to another facility in Binh Phuoc province. Du told us that on February 26, he and his so [...] | 2005-03-07 06:47:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY227 | HCMC EVALUATION OF U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS SPEAKER DR. CAROL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 08:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY238 | INITIAL ANALYSIS OF GVN'S IMPLEMENTING DECREE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Implementing Decree for the Ordinance on Religion and Belief offers a number of significant advances, primarily in creating clear procedures for non-recognized religious groups to apply to legalize their operations. It lays out specific deadlines for officials to provide a [...] | 2005-03-10 10:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY248 | AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON ETHNIC MINORITY AND RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands provinces of Lam Dong and Dak Lak told the Ambassador that they are implementing Hanoi's policies to expand religious freedom and to improve the lives of ethnic minorities, but said they would not tolerate "Dega Protestants" using religion for [...] | 2005-03-11 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EINV PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY288 | LOCAL VIEWS OF GVN DECREE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the issuance of the Implementation Decree for the Ordinance on Religion and Belief (reftels),we discussed its implications for the officially recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) and the members of the unrecognized Protestant house church movement [...] | 2005-03-17 07:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY293 | CONDITION OF FORMER MENNONITE PRISONERS MISSTATED IN NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: UK-based NGO Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) issued a press release on March 15 alleging torture of a number of the Mennonite Six; followers of Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang who were arrested following a confrontation with police officers in March 2004. Key statements in the re [...] | 2005-03-21 02:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY294 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM - U.S. BANKS WANT LEVEL PLAYING [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. banks in Ho Chi Minh City report that while they operate relatively freely in Vietnam, they often face tougher requirements and higher st [...] | 2005-03-21 06:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM FINREF |
05HOCHIMINHCITY307 | CONSUL GENERAL FOCUSES ON ETHNIC MINORITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum from March 15 to 17 reinforced our view that Gia Lai is taking serious steps to address socio-economic and religious issues affecting the provinces Montagnard minority. The Deputy Director of the province's Minist [...] | 2005-03-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY324 | EASTER CELEBRATIONS PEACEFUL IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Our contacts in the recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) and in the unofficial house church movement have told us that their Easter celebrations largely were peaceful throughout southern Vietnam, including the Central Highlands. Our contacts in the Central Highlands [...] | 2005-03-28 10:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY325 | HOA HAO ACTIVISTS PLAN PROTESTS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The California-based Hoa Hao Buddhist Organization, Phat Giao Hoa Hao, informed us on March 4 of the arrest of two Hoa Hao activists in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. They are being investigated for distributing audio-visual materials without proper licensing. In a foll [...] | 2005-03-29 01:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY328 | TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...] | 2005-03-30 01:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY329 | OIL/GAS INDUSTRY DRIVING GROWTH OF BA RIA - VUNG TAU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the headquarters for Vietnam's oil and gas industry, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province reaps significant economic benefits in terms of taxes, investment and infrastructure, including power, ports, and roads. A 16 percent growth rate and USD 3 billion in total foreign direct investment [...] | 2005-03-30 01:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EINV ETRD BEXP EIND VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY364 | GVN BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON DECREE ON RELIGION: FRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Protestant community report that central- and provincial-level officials have begun formal consultations on implementation of Vietnam's new legal framework on religion. The officially recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam has begun a training course f [...] | 2005-04-08 00:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY366 | STATE TRADING IN VIETNAM -- LIMITS ON TRADING AND [...] (U) This is the fifth in a series of cables on industry perspectives in southern Vietnam on the role of the state in the economy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies based in Ho Chi Minh City chafe at GVN restrictions that prohibit them from directly importing and distributing their goods. T [...] | 2005-04-08 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM BTA |
05HOCHIMINHCITY379 | MEETING WITH AMNESTIED UBCV ACTIVIST THICH THIEN MINH [...] (SBU) On April 9, we met with Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Thich Thien Minh (aka Huynh Van Ba) who had been released from prison February 2 as part of the GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty (ref B). Thich Thien Minh was arrested and tried in 1979 for protesting the GVN confiscation of hi [...] | 2005-04-11 12:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY383 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HCMC DEPUTY PARTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied the CG, PolOff and notetaker, met HCMC Deputy Party Secretary Le Hoang Quan at HCMC's Communist Party Headquarters on March 30. The Ambassador, noting the ongoing port call of the USS Gary to HCMC, said that he believed that the U.S.-Vietnam relationship had i [...] | 2005-04-12 08:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KIRF PHUM VM HUMANR HIV AIDS RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY396 | APPEAL OF MENNONITE PASTOR QUANG AND MEDIA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU)Summary: On April 12, an HCMC Court denied an appeal to overturn the conviction and three-year sentence of Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang. Quang's lawyer, Nguyen Van Dai, complained that the judge ignored his argument that Pastor Quang's "infractions" during a March 2004 altercation [...] | 2005-04-14 08:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY398 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, HIV/AIDS AND HCMC'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC is struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for injecting drug users, one of the principal vectors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam. HCMC maintains 21 rehabilitation centers for roughly 30,000 drug addicts, who are administratively -- and oft [...] | 2005-04-14 11:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM CNARC HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY422 | (SBU) GVN ADVISOR THANH ON PARTY REFORM, CHINA, CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the South Vo Viet Thanh described for the Consul General on April 18 his frustrations with the pace and tenor of reform in Vietnam and outlined ideas for change, particularly within Vietnam's Communist Party (CPV). Thanh said [...] | 2005-04-20 12:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR VM CH HUMANR ETMIN CVR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY428 | HCMC: WILL LAND LAW CURB SPECULATION? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's new land law is intended to stem rampant land speculation, which has been exacerbated by corruption and a lack of other investment alternatives. Domestic and foreign investors hope the new law and related decrees will make the market more transparent and stable, and m [...] | 2005-04-22 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV SENV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY433 | MEETING WITH AMNESTIED HOA HAO ACTIVIST TRUONG VAN DUC [...] (SBU) We met with Hoa Hao activist Truong Van Duc on April 22 during a visit to the Mekong Delta. Duc was released from prison on February 1 as part of the GVN's 2005 Tet amnesty (ref A). He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in February 2001 for "causing social disturbance" and "obstructing [...] | 2005-04-25 11:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY438 | HOA HAO ACTIVISTS JAILED IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) On April 27, a district court in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang sentenced two Hoa Hao activists, brothers Tran Van Hoang and Tran Van Thang, to nine and six months prison respectively, for producing and distributing "illegal" recordings of the Hoa Hao faith. They also were fined [...] | 2005-04-28 10:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY449 | HCMC COMMEMORATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE [...] (SBU) Ho Chi Minh City threw an elaborate celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the war and the reunification of the country. The cornerstone of the April 30th event was a three-hour parade followed by speeches from Communist Party national and city leaders. In the reviewing [...] | 2005-05-04 12:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY451 | HCMC CELEBRATES THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE [...] (U) Ho Chi Minh City threw an elaborate celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the war and the reunification of the country. The cornerstone of the April 30th event was a three- hour parade followed by speeches from Communist Party national and city leaders. In the reviewing s [...] | 2005-05-04 13:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY493 | THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF VIETNAMESE PASTOR THAN VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks ConGen HCMC has been investigating the case of Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong, who allegedly was involuntarily committed to an mental institution in Dong Nai province for the peaceful expression of his religious and political beliefs. Truong reportedly h [...] | 2005-05-12 11:58:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY516 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...] | 2005-05-18 13:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY524 | (SBU) HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MISLEADING ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a briefing paper in May 2005 entitled "Persecution of the Montagnards Continues: Dega Christians targeted in latest crackdown." We have reached out to our contacts in the Protestant and Catholic communities in the Central Highlands. They can [...] | 2005-05-20 06:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF ECON PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY525 | MENNONITE TORTURE CLAIMS DO NOT APPEAR CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following her amnesty in late April, we met on May 10 with Mennonite activist Le Thi Hong Lien and her father (both strictly protect) to investigate claims that torture in prison led to her mental collapse. Our lengthy interviews of Lien and her father and follow-up discussions [...] | 2005-05-20 10:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY528 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH HCMC ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion with HCMC entrepreneurs and government representatives, the Deputy Secretary discussed the current state of Vietnam's economy and future prospects, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). HCMC business representatives voiced con [...] | 2005-05-20 12:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM WTO IPROP BTA |
05HOCHIMINHCITY529 | U.S. EXPORTER MENACED BY JAPANESE ODA [...] (U) This is an action request for State, Commerce and ExIm Bank. See paragraphs 2 and 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. manufacturer is about to lose a $4.6 million deal to supply jetways or passenger boarding bridges (PBB's) for a new terminal at HCMC's Tan Son Nhat Airport. Vietnamese airport [...] | 2005-05-20 12:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP BTIO EAID PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY534 | AVIAN FLU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: COMPLACENCY SETS IN [...] (U) Summary: Although avian influenza continues to pose a serious medical and economic risk to Vietnam since the most recent outbreak in December 2004, average Vietnamese citizens in southern and central Vietnam have modified neither their diet nor their livelihood, continuing to eat and rais [...] | 2005-05-24 01:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KPAO SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY54 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-14 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY55 | VIETNAM'S PRESS PUSHES BACK AFTER REPORTER'S ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary. The recent indictment of an investigative journalist triggered a media-backlash from her newspaper, other major HCMC news outlets, legal experts, and the general public -- much to the surprise of the Communist Party and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). It is unclear if th [...] | 2005-01-15 10:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM SOCI PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY559 | New Vietnamese Adoption Case Raises Old Concerns [...] (SBU) Post recently investigated the second case this year in which GVN authorities approved the adoption of a Vietnamese orphan by an Amcit as a "humanitarian exception" to Vietnamese law (reftel A). The adopted child meets the INA definition of an orphan; however, the GVN has confirmed Miss [...] | 2005-05-26 11:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CASC KOCI KFRD VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY561 | INTERVENTION NEEDED TO SAVE JETWAYS DEAL IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request for State and DOC. Urgent intervention is needed with Japanese agencies in Washington to ensure a US supplier does not get ODA'd out of USD 4.6 million sale with considerable follow-on potential. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past days, State and Commercial Serv [...] | 2005-05-26 12:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP BTIO EAID PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY58 | AVIAN FLU: FRESH OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the end of December 2004, Vietnam's southern provinces have experienced a renewed outbreak of avian flu. Southern provincial authorities have issued a ban on the transport of poultry and poultry products within and out of disease-stricken areas. Chicken is disappearing fr [...] | 2005-01-19 23:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KPAO SENV PGOV SOCI VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY581 | MOUNTING CONCERNS ABOUT PASTOR TRAN VAN TRUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, we traveled to the province of Dong Nai to meet with provincial and medical officials regarding Pastor Than Van Truong. Per reftel, Truong was diagnosed as "delusional" and involuntarily committed to a mental institution after a series of run-ins with police, largely [...] | 2005-06-01 12:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY586 | MEETING WITH ACTIVIST FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with U.S. officials since his release from prison in February, democracy and religious freedom activist Father Nguyen Van Ly told us that he would continue to oppose Communist rule in Vietnam. Ly expressed skepticism that the GVN would faithfully implement [...] | 2005-06-02 11:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY594 | VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: WTO AND ENTERPRISE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese and foreign business leaders highlighted the continued need for infrastructure development and legal reform at the Vietnam Business Forum, the biannual meeting between the business community and the GVN. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, who led the GVN's delegation to [...] | 2005-06-06 03:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV VM WTRO WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY600 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: VIETNAM'S HOA HAO UNDER PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent spike in tensions between Hoa Hao dissidents and police in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang highlights the divisions in Vietnam's Hoa Hao community between the GVN-controlled Executive Committee of Hoa Hao Buddhism (ECHB) and independent, unrecognized groups. The f [...] | 2005-06-07 04:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY609 | HUE DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to Hue, Catholic and Protestant leaders painted a picture of an increasingly tolerant provincial leadership. Overall, they have made more tangible progress in urban areas than in the rural hinterland. There is budding cooperation between religious groups [...] | 2005-06-09 01:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HIV AIDS |
05HOCHIMINHCITY622 | U.S. CUSTOMS BONDS HIT SHRIMP INDUSTRY HARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Vietnamese shrimp exporters, a new bond requirement issued by U.S. Customs may effectively close the U.S. market to Vietnamese shrimp. These recently-implemented bond regulations require U.S. importers to pay as much as USD 20 million in bonds, up from USD 50,000, i [...] | 2005-06-09 07:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS EAGR ECON PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY623 | HUE DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to Hue, Catholic and Protestant leaders painted a picture of an increasingly tolerant provincial leadership. Overall, they have made more tangible progress in urban areas than in the rural hinterland. There is budding cooperation between religious groups [...] | 2005-06-09 07:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY634 | VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...] | 2005-06-14 13:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY636 | VIETNAM'S LARGEST PROTESTANT GROUP REPORTS PROGRESS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) were cautiously optimistic that a meetings in Hanoi and HCMC with GVN officials in late May set the stage for improved conditions for the Protestant Church, particularly in the Central Highlands. While the SECV is di [...] | 2005-06-14 13:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY667 | PAROCHIALISM AND THE STATE SECTOR LIMIT HUE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Party and local government leaders of the central Vietnam province of Thua Thien Hue extolled the economic potential of the province to Consul General May 23-24. The potential is clearly there -- Hue has the attributes to become a tourism and knowledge-based economy leader. Ho [...] | 2005-06-16 10:23:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY687 | UPDATE ON IMPRISONED MENNONITE PASTOR NGUYEN HONG QUANG [...] (SBU) Le Thi Phu Dung, wife of imprisoned Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang, told us June 23 that she has just returned from visiting her husband in his new prison in Dak Lak Province. Quang was transferred from Bo La prison in Binh Duong Province, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City, to Dac Trung [...] | 2005-06-24 02:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY739 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CAO DAI: PRIEST OR PUPPETS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the GVN-recognized Tay Ninh Cao Dai sect, a once anti-Communist, autonomous religious and social organization, maintain that they have an excellent relationship with the GVN. They praised the GVN for its support of the Cao Dai religion and said the new legal framework [...] | 2005-07-14 00:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY74 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-21 00:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY762 | PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF MENNONITE PASTOR'S HOME [...] (SBU) Summary: HCMC District 2 authorities demolished a portion of imprisoned Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang's (ref A) home July 19. Local authorities state that the home violated zoning laws and that the forced demolition was in accordance with the law. Poloffs stressed at the neighborh [...] | 2005-07-20 15:35:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY786 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: "WAIT AND SEE" IN TAY NINH PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders in Tay Ninh Province stated the Ordinance on Religion has made a positive difference in their relationship with provincial and local authorities. While generally optimistic, their sentiments were dampened by doubts about the effectiveness of the new legal frame [...] | 2005-07-25 10:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY811 | UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE UTKAN VIEWS ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In HCMC before his August 2-4 visit to the Central Highlands, UNHCR Regional Representative Utkan, accompanied by Hanoi-based UNHCR representative Vu Anh Son, told ConGenOffs that cooperation with the GVN on issues related to the return of ethnic minority refugees from Cambodia [...] | 2005-08-02 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV CB VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY816 | PASTOR TRUONG STILL IN THE ASYLUM -- ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request which has been cleared by Embassy Hanoi. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong remains confined in the criminal ward of Central Mental Hospital #2 in Dong Nai province with no resolution of his case in sight. Over the past month, D [...] | 2005-08-04 09:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY818 | (SBU) AMBASSADOR MEETS DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, democracy activist Nguyen Dan Que told the Ambassador that there has been a gradual expansion of personal freedoms in Vietnam. The visit of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to the United States has strengthened the hand of "liberals" within [...] | 2005-08-05 11:54:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY825 | VIOLENCE FLARES BETWEEN POLICE AND HOA HAO IN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A day of violence involving police and Hoa Hao Buddhist adherents in the Mekong Delta included numerous arrests and two self-immolations in An Giang province, one resulting in an adherent's death. We have urged local officials to avoid taking actions that would further stir up [...] | 2005-08-08 10:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY846 | TENSIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HOA HAO AND MEKONG DELTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between Hoa Hao activists and authorities in An Giang and Dong Thap provinces remain high a week after two activists self-immolated in response to police raids on their homes. Police remain camped outside the homes of select Hoa Hao leaders, and as many as 25 more follo [...] | 2005-08-12 13:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY847 | MENNONITE PASTOR REPORTS ON DISSENTING MEMBERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with PolOffs, Pastor Nguyen Quang Trung, president of the Vietnam Mennonite Church (VMC),characterized relations as amiable between his church and government officials at central and provincial levels. Trung claims to represent the entirety of the 8,000-strong Menn [...] | 2005-08-13 09:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY855 | AVIAN FLU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Experts in southern Vietnam have begun to prepare for the possibility of an avian influenza (AI) outbreak during the cool season of December-February by focusing on poultry biosafety and vaccinations. ConGen contacts report that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural`QQ$Qpment h [...] | 2005-08-16 00:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY86 | VIETNAM MENNONITE TORTURE CLAIMS UNCONVINCING [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Canada-based religious groups published reports claiming that two Vietnamese Mennonite Church members were tortured throughout their nine-month prison term. These reports claimed that the two are under medial treatment for severe physical trauma, including potentially l [...] | 2005-01-24 08:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY872 | ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION IN FRONT OF CONGEN HCMC [...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 local time, August 19, an unidentified man, dressed in street clothes, collapsed a short distance from the main entrance of the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. The Consulate local guards rushed to assist, and found that the person's clothes were doused with gas [...] | 2005-08-19 09:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV ASEC KIRF VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY878 | HOA HAO ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Further to the attempted self-immolation in front of the Consulate earlier in the day, Hoa Hao dissidents Truong Van Duc and Le Quang Liem contacted ConGenOffs again within minutes of each other around 1500h to discuss the incident. Duc told us that his Hoa Hao "contacts" in the Mekong [...] | 2005-08-19 09:53:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ASEC VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY879 | AMCHAM VOICES CONCERN OVER DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR WTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Legal Committee of the HCMC American Chamber of Commerce, members voiced concern regarding legislation being drafted in preparation for Vietnam's WTO accession. While new overarching laws may meet WTO obligations, AmCham legal experts say the devil is in the [...] | 2005-08-19 11:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY886 | HCMC POLICE RELEASE ATTEMPTED SELF-IMMOLATION [...] (SBU) HCMC police contacts told RSO on August 23 that they had just released from custody the individual who attempted self- immolation in front of the Consulate on August 19 (ref A). They refused to divulge any details on the individual, other than reiterating that he was "mentally unstable. [...] | 2005-08-23 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF ASEC VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY891 | AVIAN FLU: POULTRY VACCINATION BEGINS IN TIEN GIANG [...] (SBU) Summary: A ConGen visit to southern Tien Giang Province provided insights into the way in which Vietnam is handling poultry vaccinations as a means of halting the spread of avian influenza. Tien Giang is one of two provinces nation-wide that will serve as a starting point for the GVN' [...] | 2005-08-23 23:51:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON AMED TBIO CASC PGOV SENV SOCI VM AFLU |
05HOCHIMINHCITY894 | AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a mid-August visit to Vietnam's central coastal provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Danang, the Ambassador told provincial leaders that continued reform and privatization were essential for strong economic growth. The Ambassador also focused on MIA issues and lo [...] | 2005-08-24 10:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KIRF PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY896 | AMBASSADOR MEETS DISSIDENT BUDDHIST LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 13 meeting with Thich Thien Hanh, the senior-most member of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in Hue, the Ambassador encouraged Hanh and the UBCV to seek to regularize their legal status. Hanh said the UBCV could envision working with the GVN, but onl [...] | 2005-08-24 23:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY910 | REPORTS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN QUANG NGAI [...] (SBU) Following up on an earlier lead from a reliable contact in the Protestant house church movement, on August 22 we spoke with Dinh Ruong (strictly protect),a preacher in Quang Ngai Province of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV). Ruong reported that an SECV ch [...] | 2005-08-26 10:50:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY914 | LIMITS ON TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION CONTINUE TO HAMPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. businesses in southern Vietnam are frustrated by limits on trading and distribution rights. Many company representatives report that relevant BTA provisions are not being implemented effectively. One business that has been directly importing and selling its product for 10 [...] | 2005-08-29 12:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY924 | MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY IN HCMC SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff (accompanied by RSO) was invited to a first-ever meeting at HCMC's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) headquarters at which officials made a pitch for greater cooperation between the MPS and ConGen on political issues. The clear implication was that this cooperation was p [...] | 2005-09-01 08:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR CTERR |
05HOCHIMINHCITY935 | VIETNAM: WTO LEGISLATION WORRIES US LAWYERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the rush to meet its WTO accession deadline, Vietnam is processing a large volume of legislation. HCMC legal experts are concerned that principles important to U.S. business may be lost or diluted, particularly through implementing decrees. In their view, top GVN leaders a [...] | 2005-09-06 06:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY944 | WTO ACCESSION CONCERNS STRESSED IN EB/CBA MERMOUD HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative J. Frank Mermoud discussed commercial issues, WTO accession, and Vietnam's business climate in Ho Chi Minh City September 1. Amcham governors expressed concern with GVN intransigence on WTO related issues. HCMC officials confirmed these fears and were unus [...] | 2005-09-07 06:06:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL TBIO VM WTO |
05HOCHIMINHCITY949 | PROBLEMS IN HCMC EXPAT PROTESTANT CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Fellowship Church (NLF),a Protestant church in HCMC that has served primarily the expatriate community, has run afoul of Vietnamese authorities, apparently due in part to the church's recent outreach to Vietnamese citizens. Working with the church's leader and local [...] | 2005-09-08 11:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY962 | RESULTS OF USG REFUGEE MONITORING VISIT TO GIA LAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews and observations during a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6-8, a joint Hanoi-HCMC team found no indications of mistreatment or discrimination against the 18 returnees interviewed. Although a number of returnees raised grievances related to GVN policies [...] | 2005-09-12 11:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY968 | GIA LAI AND DAK LAK PROVINCES ON DIFFERENT PATHS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6- 8 to assess the conditions of ethnic minority returnees, Gia Lai officials enumerated the various steps they are taking to normalize the status of Protestant churches in the province, in particular the GVN-recognized Southern Evang [...] | 2005-09-14 07:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY984 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND HIV/AIDS IN HCMC (UPDATE) [...] (SBU) The visit of an INL-led team to HCMC underscored the need for new approaches in drug rehabilitation and in HCMC's 20 drug rehabilitation centers. HCMC is still struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for the 30,000 injecting drug users and commercial sex wor [...] | 2005-09-16 07:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR PHUM VM KHIV CNARC HIV AIDS RELFREE |
05HOCHIMINHCITY994 | PASTOR TRUONG RELEASED FROM THE ASYLUM WITH STRINGS [...] (SBU) The lawyer representing Pastor Than Van Truong informed us on September 17 that Dong Nai officials earlier that day had released Truong from the mental hospital to which he had been involuntarily committed for nearly a year. On September 17 and again on September 19, we spoke with Truon [...] | 2005-09-20 04:11:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
05HONGKONG1444 | ACTING CE TSANG PLAYING DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment/suggestion: On March 17, I met Hong Kong Acting Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang to convey U.S. concern about the rule of law in Hong Kong (ref a). Tsang insisted that the Hong Kong Government (HKG) had reached its position on the two/five year question through commo [...] | 2005-03-17 09:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HK CH |
05HONGKONG1769 | ACTING CE TSANG SEEKS U.S. UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Acting Chief Executive (A/CE) Tsang called me late April 6 to provide background regarding the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) decision to initiate a request for an interpretation to settle the issue of the duration of the term of the CE to be elected in July of this year. He said that a br [...] | 2005-04-06 10:55:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH HK |
05HONGKONG4611 | HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) At lunch with me on October 3, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang looked ahead to the Government's Policy Address on October 12, its upcoming proposals for political reform, and his visit to the U.S. at the end of October. With the policy and political reform issues out in the open, he hop [...] | 2005-10-03 09:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH HK |
05ISLAMABAD15208 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...] | 2005-10-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15254 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...] | 2005-10-11 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA |
05ISLAMABAD15278 | TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...] | 2005-10-12 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS |
05ISLAMABAD15286 | TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...] | 2005-10-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
05ISLAMABAD15316 | TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...] | 2005-10-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15463 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...] | 2005-10-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID MASS PK |
05ISLAMABAD15513 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...] | 2005-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID |
05ISLAMABAD15518 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...] | 2005-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15522 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...] | 2005-10-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15531 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...] | 2005-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN |
05ISLAMABAD15550 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...] | 2005-10-17 02:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15555 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...] | 2005-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15677 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] | 2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
05ISLAMABAD15728 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...] | 2005-10-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15730 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...] | 2005-10-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...] | 2005-10-20 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IN |
05ISLAMABAD15736 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...] | 2005-10-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15766 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...] | 2005-10-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15769 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...] | 2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK |
05ISLAMABAD15856 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] | 2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15860 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD15862 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...] | 2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PGOV AF |
05ISLAMABAD15950 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
05ISLAMABAD15959 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...] | 2005-10-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |