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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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05BRUSSELS672 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SOMALIA IGAD PEACE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU is concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Somalia in the event of an IGAD deployment. They are also worried that IGAD lacks the capacity to plan or run a peacekeeping operation. End summary. 2. (C) On February 11, PRMOFF delivered reftel talking po [...] | 2005-02-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS676 | MANDATE FOR COMMISSIONER'S NEW CYPRUS ADVISOR [...] (C) We contacted Jean-Christophe Filori, Commissioner Rehn's Cabinet advisor on Turkey and Cyprus, regarding the mandate of Jaako Blomberg, the Commissioner's new "Special Advisor" on Cyprus. Filori (protect) told us Blomberg's immediate responsibility will be to pressure the Cypriots to en [...] | 2005-02-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS691 | EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS72 | AUSTRALIANS SEEK COMMON POSITION WITH U.S.ON WCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with counterparts from the Australian Mission to the EU, at their request, to discuss EU additionality and the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR),to be held in Kobe January 18-22. The Australians said Canberra was concerned, in the context of the tsunami disast [...] | 2005-01-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AS JA CA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS807 | MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's visit. Tarlev sought the meeting to convey concerns about Russian interference in the upcoming legislative elections in Moldova. He said recent U.S. critici [...] | 2005-02-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS823 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2005 [...] Summary. During its February 18 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa (submitted by Spain),Other African Countries (France),the Caribbean (France),South America (Spain),and Central America/Mexico (U.S.). The U.K. gave a pre [...] | 2005-03-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS837 | EU ON VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL VE CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS838 | AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and the Commission to explore areas for cooperative efforts on crisis response. In the meetings, Ambassador Pascual explained the mandate and structure of his offic [...] | 2005-03-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS850 | ISRAEL IN IO'S: DRAFT EU ACTION PLAN SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our EU interlocutors told us the EU plans to discuss Israeli membership in UN groups on March 8, after which the Luxembourg EU presidency will draft a formal reply to ref A demarche. In their estimation, the EU might support Israeli membership in the more &technical g [...] | 2005-03-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ELAB KIPR IS WIPO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS883 | A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...] | 2005-03-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS899 | IF IT'S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE BRUSSELS: VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary. EU officials pledged full support to Palestinian Authority President Abbas during the London Conference and his March 2 visit to Brussels. Abbas told the Commission that Hizballah, not Hamas, posed the biggest threat to the PA, but told Solana that designating Hizballah would [...] | 2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BUCHAREST1003 | GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...] | 2005-04-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1030 | HOSTAGE CRISIS TESTS ROMANIAN PRESIDENCY; BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and potential killing of three Romanian journalists presents an unprecedented challenge to President Traian Basescu, four months into his tenure. He has staked out a firm position in favor of strong transatlantic ties and a continued Romanian military contribution [...] | 2005-04-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1031 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER - ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: In response to heavy damage caused by recent storms and floods, the Embassy hereby declares that a state of disaster exists in seven counties located mainly in the West and South-Western parts of Romania and requests $50,000 to be provided to assist in the relief effort. END SUMMAR [...] | 2005-04-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID RO |
05BUCHAREST1035 | TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] | 2005-04-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1044 | TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] | 2005-04-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1062 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING [...] (C) Begin Summary: Recent conversations with the President,s domestic affairs advisor and the State Secretary for Adoption Affairs reveal substantial philosophical opposition to international adoption and even concern about alleged irregularities in the registration of such cases. This is desp [...] | 2005-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV SOCI RO EU |
05BUCHAREST1063 | BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...] | 2005-04-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1084 | POLLS SHOW ROMANIANS' VIEWS ON IRAQ, EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent polls show mixed results about Romanian military engagement in Iraq, with numbers varying as to when and how the question was asked. Results generated by an April 23-24 poll directly linking a pull-out to saving Romanian hostages' lives showed 70 percent in favor of [...] | 2005-05-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1114 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA DECLINES TO [...] (U) EconOff delivered the key points in reference (B) on WTO services negotiations to Foreign Trade Department Director General for Trade Policy Vasile Radu on May 4, 2005. 2. (SBU) Radu responded on May 10, restating Romania's previous position that the GOR will not submit an independent s [...] | 2005-05-11 10:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON RO WTO |
05BUCHAREST1123 | BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...] | 2005-05-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO |
05BUCHAREST1126 | OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS ON KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW, ALLEGES U.S. MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Deputies from the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) stormed out of the Romanian Parliament May 10 to avoid a vote on strengthened financial disclosure legislation, a key component in the new government's anti-corruption program. The PSD, which lost the 2004 presidential vote ami [...] | 2005-05-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ECON SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1129 | SECI CENTER OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO HQ OF ORGANIZATION [...] On April 26-27 DoS Coordinator for SECI Center, RSO and SECI Public Affairs Officer traveled to BSEC Secretariat in Istanbul. This responds to a recent invitation extended by the BSEC Secretary General and Executive Manager to discuss the possible cooperation. During this meeting BSEC stated [...] | 2005-05-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST1130 | INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND END USER [...] The Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received a letter dated May 4 from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense addressed to ODC regarding Romania's offer to donate armaments to the Afghan National Army. Post notes that the MOD letter states that the GOR cannot pay for the "inter [...] | 2005-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM AF RO |
05BUCHAREST1158 | ROMANIA: INVESTMENT DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Romania's piecemeal approach to privatizations resulted in discontent from a number of foreign investors concerned over inequitable or dubious privatization proceedings. The current government is aware of the damaging impact of investment disputes on Romania's image, but lacks the techn [...] | 2005-05-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV RO |
05BUCHAREST1173 | A/S HARTY MEETINGS IN ROMANIA ON ADOPTIONS [...] (C) In meetings May 10 and 11 with President Basescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other officials of the Government of Romania (GOR),Assistant Secretary Maura Harty found no evidence that the GOR had specific plans or strong commitment to resolve pending cases of international adoption affected [...] | 2005-05-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL OVIP RO |
05BUCHAREST1190 | ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE [...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...] | 2005-05-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1205 | ROMANIA PLANS TO USE THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO PAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Tariceanu Government has proposed the creation of a real estate investment fund as a novel way of addressing the property restitution issue without drawing from government funds. By unlocking the value of static state holdings through transfer to a publicly traded fund, the [...] | 2005-05-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1243 | ROMANIAN REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEROGATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) CDA received letter for General Prosecutor Botos 5/26/05 requesting contact information at FBI to facilitate GOR participation in the interrogation of Mohamed Munaf in Baghdad. Text of letter is below. Begin Text: Your Excellency [...] | 2005-05-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1245 | ROMANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the six parties in the Romanian parliament have explicitly redefined themselves as "popular" or "conservative" this year and President Basescu's Democratic Party (PD) is considering a similar move. Their motive is to curry favor with the European Popular Party (EPP),a [...] | 2005-05-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1256 | INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...] | 2005-05-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST1270 | ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...] | 2005-05-31 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST130 | ROMANIA: NEW GOVERNMENT INAUGERATES FISCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just before New Year's eve, and the day after receiving Parliament's vote of confidence, the new center-right government of PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu carried out its campaign pledge to amend the Fiscal Code and introduce a 16% flat tax on personal income and corporate profits. [...] | 2005-01-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1304 | PROSPECTIVE EBRD LOAN WOULD REINFORCE UNFAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post was unpleasantly surprised to learn that the EBRD office in Bucharest is contemplating a loan worth over 200 million dollars to a Romanian company that has repeatedly come into our sights as an unfair and abusive competitor in the soft drinks and consumer product markets. P [...] | 2005-06-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD RO EBRD |
05BUCHAREST1307 | BECHTEL BEGINS TO SHUTDOWN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: High-ranking Bechtel representatives currently in Bucharest failed to obtain sufficient funds from the GOR to cover mounting arrears on work performed on the 2.8 billion dollar Transylvania Motorway project. Discussions at ministerial level have provided no clear way ahead for [...] | 2005-06-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST131 | ROMANIA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGENCY LACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian authorities have the political will to combat illegal currency flows out of the country, but the Director of Romania,s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering (NOPCML) claims his office lacks the training and resources to track illicit fund trans [...] | 2005-01-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KSEP EFIN RO KFTN |
05BUCHAREST1313 | CHAIRMAN OF ROMPETROL OFFICIALLY INDICTED; BUSINESS SECTOR SHAKEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: One of Romania's most important companies, Rompetrol, was shaken by the recent arrest and temporary detention of its high-profile CEO on a variety of economic charges. The case has important ramifications for rule of law and the investigation of corruption here. The organized business [...] | 2005-06-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD SENV SOCI KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM CASC RO |
05BUCHAREST132 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...] | 2005-01-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO |
05BUCHAREST133 | BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECT FOR ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Unique in the region, Romania which is expected to join the European Union (EU) in 2007, is a biotech pioneer, promoting and cultivating transgenic soybeans currently not approved for commercial planting in the EU. The Mission's objective is to help Romania enter the EU with i [...] | 2005-01-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO RO |
05BUCHAREST1336 | ROMA HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR HELD JUNE 1 AT EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Romania, NGOs, international institutions, and academia met in the Embassy Public Diplomacy auditorium June 1 for a half- day seminar on the progress of Roma human rights issues. Some seventy attendees interacted with panels addressing a wid [...] | 2005-06-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1347 | BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP [...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI),USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...] | 2005-06-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU |
05BUCHAREST1348 | DAMAGED EGOS, DIVIDED PARTIES -- FISSURES IN [...] (C) Summary. Six months after national elections, Romania,s parliamentary opposition has been shaken by public squabbling and some political defections that may precipitate more fundamental changes. Ex-President Ion Iliescu has threatened to resign from the former ruling Social Democratic Pa [...] | 2005-06-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1349 | IMF'S VIEW OF THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY: THE GLASS IS [...] (SBU) According to the IMF's Resident Representative in Romania, the Romanian economy shows signs of overheating this year and Romania's economic situation weakened in 2005. Inflation and the current account deficit are two leading indicators that will likely fail to meet targets by year's end [...] | 2005-06-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1350 | ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...] | 2005-06-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1372 | ROMANIA CONFRONTS ITS PAST 15 YEARS AFTER MINERS' [...] (C) Summary: Events of recent days have focused renewed attention on violence caused by rioting miners in the 1990's that slowed Romanian democratic development and Romanian progress toward market reform . As Romanians commemorated the 15th anniversary of the riots, a court ordered the mine [...] | 2005-06-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1378 | POLLS SHOW STRONG SUPPORT FOR BASESCU, CENTER- [...] Summary: Opinion polls conducted in May and June indicate continued strong support for President Traian Basescu, particularly after the release of three Romanian hostages from Iraq on May 22. A poll of June 14 showed Basescu with an approval rating of 71 percent while his center-right Libera [...] | 2005-06-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1402 | ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),would constitute "us [...] | 2005-06-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1405 | IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION [...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...] | 2005-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO |
05BUCHAREST1426 | ROMANIA NOMINATIONS - ILEA ROSWELL - ADVANCED [...] U.S. Embassy Bucharest provides the following nominations for ILEA Roswell Session 36. 2. Full Name: Chief Commissioner DAN Calin Vicentiu, Position/Institution: Chief of Department, Financial Investigations, Economic-Financial Directorate, Bucharest Police, DOB: June 27, 1959, POB: Bucha [...] | 2005-06-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC RO MD MK |
05BUCHAREST1427 | ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...] | 2005-06-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE |
05BUCHAREST1430 | ECON, EBRD, EFIN, RO [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the EBRD Director in Romania failed to change the Embassy's stance that a proposed loan to a local company of dubious business ethics is a good use of the American taxpayers' money. An attempt at fencemending on EBRD's part does not make up for the EBRD Director's lack o [...] | 2005-06-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AA RO EBRD |
05BUCHAREST1431 | UN REFORM -- ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) PolChief delivered on June 22 demarches on UN reform to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for Global Affairs (refs). Stoian expressed great appreciation for the points, noting that they provide a far more comprehensive picture than Romania had previously seen of the U.S. vision for UN [...] | 2005-06-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL RO UNCHR |
05BUCHAREST1432 | TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...] | 2005-06-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO |
05BUCHAREST1433 | NEW ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? MAYBE... [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu continues to push for early parliamentary elections, asserting that they would allow the center-right government to gain a clear majority. The National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) party alliance is divided over the issue, with the PNL and Prime Minister C [...] | 2005-06-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1445 | CONSUMER CREDIT BOOM FUELS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] The consumer credit market is booming in Romania, with lending institutions offering a wide and growing range of products reaching a total volume of $4.7 billion in 2004. The resulting shopping frenzy has contributed to an increase in retailers' profits, as well as a jump in the country's for [...] | 2005-06-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1456 | ROMANIA'S REDENOMINATED CURRENCY PREMIERS JULY [...] Romania officially and hopefully marks the end of its period of high inflation by introducing its redenominated currency, the "heavy" Leu, on July 1, 2005. Redenomination will slash four zeros off the existing currency, making one leu worth approximately 0.30 cents (U.S.). Although the upco [...] | 2005-06-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1459 | ROMANIA: LICENSING CONDITIONS IN TELECOM SECTOR [...] Embassy's Economic Section contacted Alexandrina Hirtan, Vice President of the Romanian National Regulatory Agency for Communications (ANRC),in connection with licensing fees for fixed telephony. Embassy has received the following responses to Reftel questionnaire: 2. Regarding fees char [...] | 2005-06-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EU RO |
05BUCHAREST1461 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DOMENIA CREDIT [...] This is the Embassy-USAID/Romania's response to OPIC Action Request dated June 16, 2005. 2. Summary: The Mission believes the addition of resources to expand mortgage lending in the country is essential for long- term sustainable growth in the industry. Currently, the legal framework for [...] | 2005-06-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA EINV EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1467 | CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (CAC) SESSION: [...] FAS Bucharest passed Reftel demarche to the following government officials in the Romanian Veterinary and Food Safety National Authority (VFSNA): Dr. Liviu Rusu, General Director of the General Food Safety Directorate; Monica Neagu, Director, Division for Standards, Marks and Food Quality, Nat [...] | 2005-06-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO RO |
05BUCHAREST1472 | BSBSI "STYX 2005" TABLETOP EXERCISE GOES WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Department TDY PolOff officially observed the Romanian-organized Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI) tabletop exercise, held at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center in Bucharest from June 22-24. During the exercise, representatives from Romania, B [...] | 2005-06-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PREL RO GG UP BU MD SECI |
05BUCHAREST1478 | ROMANIAN RAILWAY STRIKE FAILS IN FACE OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following 80 days of negotiations, railway workers went on a general strike on June 8 which lasted for 23 days. The GOR, with IMF-monitored fiscal restraints this year, had little flexibility in meeting the strikers' demands. The strike ended with the unions obtaining only add [...] | 2005-07-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1510 | EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...] | 2005-07-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO |
05BUCHAREST1511 | GOVERNMENT RESIGNS; ROMANIA HEADS TOWARDS SNAP ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced the resignation of his cabinet July 7, pending acceptance by President Traian Basescu. The move, ostensibly in response to a Constitutional Court decision against a judicial reform package, will likely spark new parliamentary elections s [...] | 2005-07-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1518 | VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B),post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...] | 2005-07-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD |
05BUCHAREST1521 | RULING ALLIANCE MOVES TOWARD ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The governing Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance on July 8 continued to send out strong messages that the country is headed for early parliamentary elections, following the surprise July 7 resignation of the cabinet. President Basescu is expected to accept the resignations and [...] | 2005-07-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1529 | PRESIDENT BASESCU ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, ADOPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told Charge July 11 that snap elections are not a given, as there is a chance he will mediate a solution to avoid an early return to the polls. He acknowledged that earlier he had expressed support for new elections and that his Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alli [...] | 2005-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST153 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST WEEKS - BASESCU COMES OUT STRONG [...] (C) Summary: During his first several weeks in office, President Traian Basescu has been outspoken on the fight against corruption, foreign policy priorities and the status of the center right National Liberal Party -Democratic Party (PNL-PD) political alliance with the small Humanist Party (PUR). [...] | 2005-01-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1530 | ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND [...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...] | 2005-07-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO |
05BUCHAREST1533 | ROMANIA AGREES TO GLOBALIZE THE ITALIAN CHEESE [...] Bucharest's Agricultural Office received consent of Romanian Government to globalize the remaining Italian cheese Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) granted to Romania. 2. Romania was granted a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation for Italian-type cheese in the Uruguay Round for 500 tons. Under the U. [...] | 2005-07-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR RO BU |
05BUCHAREST1557 | EARLY ELECTIONS? BASESCU CONVENES SENIOR POLITICAL LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1563 | PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS RESIGNATION; COMMITS TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu July 13 announced he would officially step down from office early next week and that the government has begun plans for snap parliamentary elections. The announcement followed a special joint session of parliament and a July 12 meeting among [...] | 2005-07-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1567 | ROMANIAN EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) The headline of a first page article in the July 12 "Tricolurul," a daily newspaper controlled by extreme nationalist and Greater Romania Party (PRM) leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, declares that World War II-era fascist dictator Ion Antonescu "saved the lives of at least 600,000 Romanian J [...] | 2005-07-15 04:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1573 | CHAVEZ – NO INVITATION TO ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO VE |
05BUCHAREST1577 | PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROMANIA - SEED FUNDED, INL [...] The project accomplishments listed below apply for the Counter-narcotics, Cyber-Crime, Police Academies, and ICITAP Advisor projects coordinated by the RSO. RLA/OPDAT will report separately. 2. The major accomplishments for the last 18 months are: - RSO provided specialized audio-vi [...] | 2005-07-15 11:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC BU KCRM SNAR RO |
05BUCHAREST1578 | PD BUCHAREST'S CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: FROM JUNE 22-25, PD BUCHAREST HOSTED A SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MORE THAN 90 MUSEUM DIRECTORS THAT PROMOTED REGIONAL COOPERATION AND GAVE THEM PRACTICAL IDEAS ON HOW TO THRIVE AS CIVIC INSTITUTIONS IN A MARKET ECONOMY. THE SEMINAR DIRECTOR, DR. MARC PACHTER, ENSURED [...] | 2005-07-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO RO |
05BUCHAREST1580 | ROMANIA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO ABOLISH DRAFT [...] (U) The GOR decided July 11 to abolish the draft for the Romanian Armed Forces effective January 1, 2007. The decision reflects Romania's ongoing defense modernization program, which includes the goal of an all-professional MOD, consisting of 75,000 soldiers and 15,000 civilians, by 2007. ( [...] | 2005-07-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1581 | ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...] | 2005-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE |
05BUCHAREST1582 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO URGENT NEED TO TEMPORARILY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST1584 | ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...] | 2005-07-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1592 | UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref A points July 8 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, underscoring the importance of UNSC reform to the U.S. as well as our concern with the flawed proposal expected to be tabled soon by the G-4. Ungureanu pledged that the MFA would provide the Emba [...] | 2005-07-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RO UNSC |
05BUCHAREST1606 | NO NEW ELECTIONS -- PRIME MINISTER RETREATS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced July 19 that he would not follow through with his earlier intention to resign and press for snap elections. The decision follows days of vacillation and what appeared to be a firm decision to step down as late as July 13. President [...] | 2005-07-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST1609 | ROMANIAN FLOOD UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST1610 | FLOOD RELIEF REQUEST - ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bucharest recommends an increase in USG humanitarian assistance to respond to continuing flooding in Romania. Heavy rains and floods that began in western Romania in April have been followed by other, more serious flooding in the south and east in recent weeks. Some 70 perc [...] | 2005-07-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1623 | ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON KEY LEADERS AND POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST1636 | OUTLINE OF ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE "INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) During a July 18 discussion with PolOff regarding Romanian constitutional support for Iraq (Septel),MFA Director for the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Andreea Pastarnac, told PolOff that the GOR currently envisages a number of projects aimed at the "institutional reconstruction" of Ira [...] | 2005-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1638 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST1641 | LATEST ROMANIAN POLLS - PRESIDENT BASESCU STILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Opinion polls conducted in July indicated a slight decline in support for both President Basescu and his center-right Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance. Support for Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu dropped more dramatically, coinciding with his recent vacillation over [...] | 2005-07-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST1644 | ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
05BUCHAREST175 | PRESIDENT BASESCU OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu's first major foreign policy address, delivered to Romania's diplomatic corps on January 18, set benchmarks for an active foreign policy agenda during his first term. Tackling corruption, continuing progress toward EU accession and strengthening Romania's stra [...] | 2005-01-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM RO |
05BUCHAREST189 | THE GLASS HALF EMPTY: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) representative in Romania is pessimistic about the country's short-term future prospects for macroeconomic stability and progress on economic reforms. The new government, in his view, is inexperienced and will lose valuable time understa [...] | 2005-01-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN PGOV RO |
05BUCHAREST199 | FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY FACES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. The formerly ruling center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) is roiled by internal divisions and faces a leadership struggle, with former President Ion Iliescu and ex-PM Adrian Nastase the principle contenders to lead the party. The PSD recently reestablished its "Permanent Del [...] | 2005-01-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST212 | ROMANIA PROPOSES "INTEGRATED APPROACH" FOR BLACK [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry officials met with Embassy officers January 19 to discuss the GOR's proposals for an "integrated approach for security cooperation in the Black Sea region." Romania envisages an expanded NATO role in the region and mirrors its proposed stra [...] | 2005-01-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST228 | EURATOM TO ROMANIA TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL [...] EconOff transmitted the Department's inquiry regarding EURATOM's shipment to Romania of nuclear material to Dr. Lucian Biro, President of the National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control (CNCAN) and Dr. Serban Valeca, President of Romanian Nuclear Agency. 2. On January 24, Dr. Biro sen [...] | 2005-01-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA RO |
05BUCHAREST229 | TEXT OF ROMANIA'S "INTEGRATED APPROACH" PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry delivered to Embassy officers January 19 an outline classified by the Romanians as "confidential" and titled "A Basis for an Integrated Approach for Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Building Synergy Among Various Initiatives." Post reproduces below the t [...] | 2005-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST258 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...] | 2005-01-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO |
05BUCHAREST31 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...] | 2005-01-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC |
05BUCHAREST32 | ROMANIA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-07 06:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN SNAR KSEP ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST34 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] (SBU) The GOR contact information below should be considered "close hold" and should not be widely distributed. HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Popescu-Tariceanu FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Calin Constantin Anton CONVENTIONAL USAGE: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu FORMAL TITLE: Prime Mini [...] | 2005-01-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST353 | ROMANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading Romanian civil society representatives expressed cautious optimism about anti- corruption efforts under newly elected President Traian Basescu during a February 2 Embassy sponsored roundtable discussion. Corruption remains a top concern for most Romanians according to o [...] | 2005-02-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ECON EAID RO |
05BUCHAREST371 | ROMANIAN LIBERAL PARTY DISPLAYS UNITY, AS [...] (C) Summary. Delegates to the congress of Romania's center-right National Liberal Party (PNL),the largest party in the governing alliance, strongly endorsed Prime Minister Tariceanu's bid for PNL President. Delegates also turned down for the time being a proposed merger with the Democratic [...] | 2005-02-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST476 | ROMANIA'S EMERGING FOREIGN POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu will likely seek to focus on solid support in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Black Sea Security, and Moldova during his March 8-9 trip to Washington. He has defined a strong strategic relationship with the U.S. as the central component of hi [...] | 2005-02-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST477 | ROMANIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PSI OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - AND CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BLACKSEAFOR EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | BU GG MARR MASS MNUC NATO PARM PGOV PINS PREL RO RS TU UP |
05BUCHAREST490 | ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...] | 2005-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST544 | ROMANIA: ROMANIA RESPONSE TO CSW DECLARATION [...] Poloff discussed USG position March 2 regarding the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2005 with MFA OSCE and Human Rights Directorate Officer Nicoleta Birladianu March 2. 2. Romania does not have an official opinion on the CSW 2005 Declaration at this time and does not plan to speak [...] | 2005-03-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST548 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MARCH 8-9 TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During the first few months of his mandate, President Traian Basescu has pledged to vigorously battle corruption, supported implementation of free market economic reforms and promised to steer Romania to EU accession in 2007. Basescu is intellectually and emotionally pro-American- a st [...] | 2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST566 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...] | 2005-03-07 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST568 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO U.S. POSITION ON FEBRUARY 10 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN RO |
05BUCHAREST611 | DEMOCRACY GRANT TO TERRA MILENIUL III [...] The purpose of the project "For Whom do we vote for sustainable development?" that Terra Mileniul III implemented through a $14,980 DSG was threefold: to monitor the environmental policies promoted by political parties in their electoral campaigns, to raise citizen awareness of these policies, [...] | 2005-03-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KDEM KPAO SCUL PGOV |
05BUCHAREST658 | ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...] | 2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST659 | ROMANIA: CHILD MARRIAGE SURVEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN RO |
05BUCHAREST665 | ROMANIA: TRADE UNIONS VIEW THE NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's principal trade union federations are unanimous in taking the position that the existing labor code requires enforcement, not amendment. They hold out the possibility of a general strike if the GOR modifies the code without their consent. For their part, businesses in Romani [...] | 2005-03-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV RO |
05BUCHAREST682 | Draft Resolution on Democracy and the Rule of Law [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA OSCE, Human Rights and Council of Europe Division Deputy Director Andreea Chiriac on March 16 to discuss Romania's draft "Democracy and the rule of law" resolution. Chiriac noted that the resolution presents a new focus on the relationship between democracy and the [...] | 2005-03-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV RO |
05BUCHAREST716 | A WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING: ROMANIAN EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The extreme nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM) changed its name to the Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) March 12, a move aimed at burnishing its tarnished image and facilitating its affiliation with the center-right European Popular Party (EPP). Corneliu Vadim Tudor, [...] | 2005-03-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM RO |
05BUCHAREST721 | ROMANIAN ECONOMY APPEARS ON GOOD TRAJECTORY [...] Summary: Romania made impressive economic progress in 2004, demonstrating strong GDP growth, curbing inflation and lowering unemployment. On the negative side, strong consumer demand fueled a growing current account deficit as Romania's trade deficit rose due to surging imports. The country [...] | 2005-03-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
05BUCHAREST728 | ROMANIA: COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTRY [...] (U) Reftel requests Post TFCO,s response to questions below evaluating the host government,s ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing: A. (SBU) Question: Describe the amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, [...] | 2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST742 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...] | 2005-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO |
05BUCHAREST748 | SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] | 2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
05BUCHAREST759 | OIL AND GAS FROM THE EAST: ROMANIA'S PIPELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania's two energy pipeline priorities continue to be the Constanta-Pancevo-Omisalj-Trieste (CPOT) oil pipeline and Nabucco natural gas pipeline. The Romanian Ministry of Economy values the strategic diversification of energy sourcing that these pipelines would provide. END [...] | 2005-03-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV RO |
05BUCHAREST8 | ADOPTIONS [...] On December 30, Consul General paid a final call on Gabriela Coman, outgoing Secretary of State at the National Authority for Child Protection and Adoptions (NACPA). Coman reported her discussions with the European Commission regarding a proposed commission on Romanian-origin international ado [...] | 2005-01-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS PINR RO EU |
05BUCHAREST806 | POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF ROMANIANS OPPOSED TO [...] (U) Summary: A Center for Urban and Rural Sociology (CURS) poll released March 28 shows that more than half of Romanians oppose the country's military presence in Iraq. On other key issues, the poll indicates that Romanians are against early elections and believe the fight against corruption [...] | 2005-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST814 | BUCHAREST HEADS TOWARD MAYORAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bucharest voters vote for a new mayor Sunday, April 3, to fill the slot vacated in December by now President Traian Basescu. The two leading candidates in the field of 17 contenders are Adriean Videanu, a Vice Premier in the center-right government and a Vice President of Bas [...] | 2005-04-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST818 | AMBASADORIAL FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] Post appreciates ECA/P/C indulgence. This is the formal request for the project discussed in Ref B emails. Charge has seen and approved this request. 2. GRANTEE: The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (NVM) Address: 28, Kiseleff Bv., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 011 4021 222.9 [...] | 2005-04-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL |
05BUCHAREST835 | ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...] | 2005-04-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR |
05BUCHAREST836 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER CALIN POPESCU-TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: In his March 30 meeting in Bucharest with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu underscored the central importance the new Romanian government ascribes to strong bilateral relations with the U.S. Tariceanu requested as much information sharing and c [...] | 2005-04-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
05BUCHAREST837 | FORMER VICE-PREMIER ADRIEAN VIDEANU ELECTED MAYOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance candidate Adriean Videanu won the Bucharest mayoral election on April 3. Given that he received more than half the vote, there will not be an electoral run-off. Videanu is a successful pro-American businessman with the ear of President Ba [...] | 2005-04-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST839 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA WILL NOT SUBMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania does not plan to submit its own services offer in May, in view of the country's EU accession scheduled for 2007, but fully supports a good result of the WTO negotiations. Romania argues that its future commitments as a full EU member will dramatically expand after acces [...] | 2005-04-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON RO WTO |
05BUCHAREST84 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH KEY ECONOMIC MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first calls on new Romanian government ministers responsible for the economy reveal pro-business and pro-American attitudes. They want to move ahead aggressively to change perceptions of Romania as a destination for foreign direct investment. In particular, they [...] | 2005-01-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST852 | ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO |
05BUCHAREST872 | ROMANIA SET TO SIGN EU ACCESSION TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania will sign its EU accession treaty April 25. Full EU membership is slated for 2007, barring significant backsliding in key areas such as judicial reform and the fight against corruption. While EU accession remains at the top of Romania's foreign policy agenda and enjoys [...] | 2005-04-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST881 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FROM EMBASSY [...] (S) Embassy Bucharest welcomes this opportunity to provide input on strategies to advance GWOT objectives in Romania and the region. Romania is a staunch ally in the GWOT; its public manifestations of support include the presence of about 1350 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and strong suppor [...] | 2005-04-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PTER PREL RO |
05BUCHAREST887 | MAYOR BOC MENDS FENCES IN MULTICULTURAL CLUJ [...] Summary: An archeological dig in Cluj's central square has been a source of ethnic division in this multicultural city for more than a decade. Reform-minded Cluj Mayor Emil Boc has forged a democratic solution to address the concerns of both ethnic Hungarians and archeologists -- filling the [...] | 2005-04-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM RO MO |
05BUCHAREST899 | ROMANIAN SENATE PRESIDENT DENIES ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senate President Nicolae Vacaroiu denied the existence of anti- Semitism in Romania and downplayed Romania's role in the Holocaust during an April 7 meeting with visiting U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad Chairman War [...] | 2005-04-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST902 | ROMANIAN-ISRAELI POLITICIAN LEAVES EXTREME [...] (SBU) Summary: The only Jewish MP from Vadim Tudor,s extreme nationalist Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) resigned from the party April 7 due to publication of an article in one of Tudor,s publications denying the existence of the Holocaust in Romania. The PPRM responded by expelling the [...] | 2005-04-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON RO |
05BUCHAREST913 | INITIAL ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ISAF CAVEATS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed Romanian "national caveats" on Romanian forces participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan April 11 with Mihaela Matei, Director of the MOD's Strategic Affairs Directorate (Ref). Pursuant to Reftel instructions, PolMilOff addr [...] | 2005-04-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST914 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell March 20-23 met with senior GOR figures and members of the Romanian Jewish community to discuss property restitution and other concerns related to Romanian efforts to redress its Holocaust past. The Romanian delegati [...] | 2005-04-13 06:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
05BUCHAREST938 | ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...] | 2005-04-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU |
05BUCHAREST946 | SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC),met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] | 2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
05BUCHAREST982 | FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY PREPARES FOR NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) holds its national Congress April 21-22, an event at which ex-Romanian President Ion Iliescu will likely be elected party president while former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase will probably win the number two slot of Executive President. Despit [...] | 2005-04-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
05BUCHAREST984 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ENCOURAGING [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (U) PolChief delivered April 18 the demarche on constructive participation in the Santiago Community of Democracies (CD) Conference to Steluta Arhire, MFA Director for the OSCE and Human Rights (reftel). PolChief expressed strong appreciatio [...] | 2005-04-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PHUM RO |
05BUCHAREST986 | ROMANIA: PRIVATIZATIONS PROGRESSES, BUT MORE WORK [...] Romania made substantial progress in privatizing state- owned assets in 2004, a year which could be dubbed "the year of energy privatizations." Major priorities for 2005 include completion of energy privatizations, privatization of the Romanian Commercial Bank and National Savings House, and [...] | 2005-04-21 05:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EINV RO |
05BUENOSAIRES138 | CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...] | 2005-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL |
05BUENOSAIRES141 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...] | 2005-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES159 | CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...] | 2005-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES184 | GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...] | 2005-01-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES190 | ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...] | 2005-01-27 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES223 | VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI OUTLINES THEMES FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Argentine Vice President Scioli reviewed some of the themes and concerns he hopes to raise in his meeting next week with Vice President Cheney. Scioli said the meeting would present an opportunity to further develop the bilateral agend [...] | 2005-02-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES225 | ARGENTINA: CY 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Due to the signing of a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in late September, Argentina received INL INCLE funding for the first time in nine years. Post is actively working to subobligate this funding early in 2005. In 2004, Post provided USD $1,430 for the maintenance of INL provided radio repeater [...] | 2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES226 | STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO AR DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES260 | ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...] | 2005-02-04 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VE |
05BUENOSAIRES264 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...] | 2005-02-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR CHAVEZ MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES267 | PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, [...] On February 4, POLOFF met with Ambassador Victor Beauge, Special Representative for Terrorism Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming fifth session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) in Port of Spain, Trinidad on February 16-18, 2005. 2. Ambassado [...] | 2005-02-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES269 | AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Agricultural Counselor (AgCouns) and staff, and representatives from the Political Section met with Congresswoman Maria del Carmen Alarcon (Partido Justicialista - Santa Fe) and members of the agricultural lobbying organization, "Pampa Sur". Deputy Alarcon [...] | 2005-02-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3110 | Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tripwires and [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires has created an Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF),chaired by the DCM and composed of a program coordinator and representatives from MED, CON, RSO, MGMT, FAS and ESTH. The MTF [...] | 2005-12-20 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3119 | HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW [...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...] | 2005-12-21 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3164 | ARGENTINA AND CHILE SIGN ACCORD FOR A NEW COMBINED [...] (U) New Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre and her Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet signed an agreement December 27 in Buenos Aires to create a combined peacekeeping force to participate in United Nations missions, which is planned to debut in Haiti as early as August 2006. 2. (U) The [...] | 2005-12-28 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3179 | Province of Buenos Aires Debt Exchange [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Province of Buenos Aires debt exchange closed on December 16. Preliminary results indicate that the province received tenders for USD 2.8 billion of old bonds, achieving a 93 percent par [...] | 2005-12-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
05BUENOSAIRES325 | CORDOBA PRISON RIOT RESOLVED AFTER 24 STANDOFF [...] (U) As of this writing, a riot in Cordoba's provincial prison, that left at least eight people dead, has ended with the release of all hostages. On 10 February, a protest over better living conditions and extended visitation hours turned deadly and escalated into a full-scale riot. The prison [...] | 2005-02-11 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS KRIM AR PROTESTS |
05BUENOSAIRES373 | GOA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET; CUBA DISCUSSED [...] (U) Reacting to sensationalist stories in Clarin and La Nacion about the description of Argentina in the Consular Information Sheet on February 16 (reftel),Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and Tourism Secretary Enrique Meyer held a press conference that night to take issue with our Consular In [...] | 2005-02-17 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV AR US CU |
05BUENOSAIRES392 | ARGENTINE AIRLINE COMPANY SUTHERN WINDS (SW) [...] SOUTHERN WINDS AIRLINES ) NADDIS NEGATIVE; ARGENTINE AIRLINES FORMED IN 1996 IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA, BY FOUNDER AND CEO JUAN JOSE MAGGIO; BUS ADD: SUIPACHA 1111, 26TH FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; AVENIDA COLON 540, SUITE 5B, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA; AVENIDA SANTA FE 782, THIRD FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; LAV [...] | 2005-02-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR DEA |
05BUENOSAIRES430 | POLITICAL RENEWAL OR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFFS traveled to Santiago del Estero February 15-17 to meet with political leaders and election officials on the eve of gubernatorial and legislative elections. (See refs for background on elections) Everyone assured POLOFFS that the election would be free and fair, although [...] | 2005-02-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR OFDA |
05BUENOSAIRES461 | GOA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REINSTATING INTERPOL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 28, Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez contacted Ambassador to request USG assistance in obtaining the reinstatement of the Interpol "Red Notices for Capture" for 12 Iranian suspects wanted for questioning by the GOA [...] | 2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM IR AR AMIA |
05BUENOSAIRES496 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...] | 2005-03-03 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES507 | ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...] | 2005-03-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES68 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez and the Embassy Buenos Aires country team warmly welcome CODEL Dodd to Argentina January 12-13. During your stay in Argentina you will have the opportunity to speak with senior Argentine officials and experts on a range of political, economic and counternar [...] | 2005-01-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR AR |
05CAIRO1978 | INTERNAL SECURITY IN SINAI--AN UPDATE [...] (C) The effects of the October 7, 2004 terror bombings continue to ripple through the Sinai Peninsula, even as tourism rebounds. In January the security services and tribal leaders formally agreed to work together against criminal activities by tribesmen. In early February, a combined forc [...] | 2005-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM EG |
05CAIRO2089 | LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) The Embassy received on March 1, 2005 a letter addressed to the Secretary from Nabil Soliman, who was returned by the United States to Egypt in June 2002. Soliman was convicted by an Egyptian State Security Court in November 2002 of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Soliman receive [...] | 2005-03-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KJUS EG |
05CAIRO2271 | PRISON VISIT: MOHAMED HESHAM S. ELDIN YOUSSEF [...] Name: Mohamed Hesham S. Eldin Youssef 17. ACCESS: FEBRUARY 24, 2005 19. MISTREATMENT: NONE REPORTED THIS VISIT. 23. Remarks: Vice Consul and ACS LES visited Mr. Youssef at Liman Torah Prison, south of Cairo. Subject appeared to be in normal physical condition. He told us he is ambi [...] | 2005-03-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM EG MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF |
05CAIRO2280 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...] | 2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG |
05CAIRO2281 | CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...] | 2005-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ |
05CAIRO2285 | CHARGES AGAINST AYMAN NOUR: ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...] (C) The statement of Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed, released on March 22 when the GOE formally charged Ghad Party leader and aspirant presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forgery and knowingly using forged documents (ref A),provides additional details on the GOE's case against Nour. [...] | 2005-03-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2357 | IMPROVING ANTI-TERRORISM SCREENING FOR CAIRO VISA [...] (S) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Cairo consular officers met with local ORA and LEGATT staff as part of an ongoing effort to train officers to enhance their ability to prevent terrorists from entering the United States through valid visas. End summary. 2. (S) ORA began his briefing by dis [...] | 2005-03-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER KFRD EG |
05CAIRO2405 | BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...] | 2005-03-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2410 | ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE [...] Summary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staff met with the editor on March 23 to protest the cartoon. The editor stated that the cartoon was a 2004 work by a Palestinian freelancer. Although the edito [...] | 2005-03-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2416 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2433 | EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL [...] (C) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops in riot gear thwarted the attempt of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),accompanied by a smattering of leftists, to stage a demonstration either at the parliament bui [...] | 2005-03-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC EG |
05CAIRO2469 | EGYPT: CYBERCRIME DEMARCHE/PROPOSED DOJ VISIT [...] (U) On March 27, poloff delivered the points in reftel to Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas. Poloff also flagged for Ghattas the proposed visit to Cairo April 11-15 of DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter, for consultations with the GOE on cybercrime issues and to attend [...] | 2005-03-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
05CAIRO2480 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Islamic spiritual leader, and visited the President of Cairo's Jewish community. With Tantawi, Smith reaffirmed U.S. respect for Islam and discussed the mutual d [...] | 2005-03-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP KISL PREL EG |
05CAIRO2481 | GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] | 2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2482 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ agreement and prospects for an eventual FTA with the U.S. Smith underlined the importance of further Egyptian progress in particular areas, including IPR. S [...] | 2005-03-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL EG |
05CAIRO2487 | CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) In a cordial March 23 meeting, Senator Smith and Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif discussed political reform, bilateral trade, religious freedom, and Iraq. The Senator welcomed President Mubarak's move to open the field for competitive presidential elections, congratulated Egypt on the QIZ a [...] | 2005-03-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL KIRF EG |
05CAIRO2506 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR REFERRED TO TRIAL [...] (C) The Egyptian public prosecutor's office announced on March 26 that opposition leader Ayman Nour and five codefendants would stand trial for forgery beginning June 28. Although the venue for the trial has not yet been publicly announced, a senior Ghad Party contact claimed to us that the c [...] | 2005-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2514 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, [...] (C) During a March 30 meeting with the Foreign Minister regarding the induction of Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (septel),the Charge requested a readout on the latest Arab League summit in Algiers, as well as updates on a prospective Iraq Neighbors [...] | 2005-03-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG IS IZ |
05CAIRO2515 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] | 2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2516 | EGYPT: "ENOUGH" BACK ON THE STREETS IN CAIRO [...] (SBU) As of 1630 local time on March 30, 300-400 demonstrators from Kifaya ("Enough"),a loose coalition of opponents of the GOE, were gathered in front of the Press Syndicate building (about one mile from the U.S. Embassy) holding banners rejecting a fifth presidential term for Mubarak, rejec [...] | 2005-03-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
05CAIRO2517 | CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO [...] (C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (March 20, eight representatives),CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives),CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator),and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...] | 2005-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG |
05CAIRO2524 | THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF EGYPT'S REACTION TO USG [...] (C) Egyptian anger at our March 3 announcement of direct USG funding for democracy promotion has now reached the Parliament. After several weeks of increasingly strident editorial coverage in newspapers controlled by or sympathetic to the GOE, the People's Assembly has debated the implicati [...] | 2005-03-31 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KMPI KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2532 | CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...] | 2005-03-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP EG |
05CAIRO2534 | SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...] | 2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
05CAIRO2536 | WHAT IF YOU HELD A COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out the modalities, allow for direct, competitive presidential elections for the first time in the country's history. Although no announcement has yet been made, [...] | 2005-03-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2552 | MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...] | 2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
05CAIRO2589 | REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...] | 2005-04-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2596 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES [...] (C) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia) on charges of involvement in both a 2004 act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and in conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in Egypt, including planning an assa [...] | 2005-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM ASEC IR EG |
05CAIRO2640 | EGYPT PRESSING PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BETTER [...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry telephoned the Charge April 4 under instructions to convey that the Government of Egypt had communicated its "deep concerns" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) regarding the struggle for authority among Palestinians and particularly [...] | 2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO2662 | INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...] In his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a primetime television show to assembled government and business leaders during an AmCham-sponsored luncheon on "Building the Digital Society in Egypt." The specta [...] | 2005-04-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON ETRD EINT EINV PREL TINT KWWW EG |
05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] | 2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
05CAIRO2691 | PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Post is moving to implement an ambitious program of directly-funded democracy and governance (D&G) activities in Egypt, using USAID and other resources. Implementation of MEPI-funded D&G projects is a key component in this process. Post signed a new directly-funded D&G grant on March 3 [...] | 2005-04-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI PREL EG PDEM |
05CAIRO2693 | EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...] | 2005-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG |
05CAIRO2722 | EGYPTIAN REACTION TO DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE, Egyptian religious leaders, and the Egyptian media have joined the worldwide outpouring of condolences and respect on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II. Although the Roman Catholic population of Egypt is relatively small (about 350,000 from a total Egyp [...] | 2005-04-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL EG VC |
05CAIRO2733 | MIXED REVIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: After several months of delay, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has completed its first annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt. After review by the Presidency, the document is expected to be released next week. Our discussions with NCHR contacts sugges [...] | 2005-04-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2734 | CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to newly appointed Minister of Information Anas El Fekki reiterating the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors's (BBG's) long-standing request for facilities to [...] | 2005-04-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP KPAO EG BBG |
05CAIRO2736 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2737 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON WIPO IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to senior-level officials in the following ministries and agencies responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and policy: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Communications and [...] | 2005-04-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG WIPO EIAD |
05CAIRO2739 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on April 6 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO solicited input from HSWG members for the Embassy's response to ref A, concerning the Department-wide assessment of [...] | 2005-04-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
05CAIRO2740 | EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...] | 2005-04-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2741 | SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE [...] (C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...] | 2005-04-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
05CAIRO2743 | EGYPT: EXPLOSION AT CAIRO BAZAAR [...] (SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 8:30 p.m. on April 7 after reports of an explosion in the popular Khan al Khalili bazaar near downtown Cairo. An explosion occurred at about 5:45 p.m., causing multiple injuries, including four confirmed AmCit injured, one of whom [...] | 2005-04-07 20:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO2744 | APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...] | 2005-04-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
05CAIRO2789 | TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...] | 2005-04-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2792 | APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...] (U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Virtual Presence Post (VPP),or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...] | 2005-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG |
05CAIRO2799 | CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: ARRESTS, CLAIMS, AND REACTIONS [...] (SBU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of the April 7 terrorist attack in the Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar as an 18-year old engineering student from the Delta province of Qalyubia. The announcement [...] | 2005-04-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO2801 | EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...] | 2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
05CAIRO2852 | IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...] | 2005-04-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP |
05CAIRO2853 | APRIL 12 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, the Charge chaired a regular meeting of post's IDWG, which was attended by American and LES staff from the Public Affairs Section (including information and cultural affairs staff, as well as the grants specialist),the combined Economic-Political Section (ECPO),[...] | 2005-04-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2854 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...] | 2005-04-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS |
05CAIRO2875 | PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] | 2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
05CAIRO2876 | EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...] | 2005-04-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO2877 | EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disloyal. In early April, Egyptian media began reporting (baseless) rumors that the U.S. and the MB had covertly opened a channel for dialogue and potential cooperat [...] | 2005-04-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO2892 | EGYPT: GOE MAY BE CHANGING TUNE ON COE CYBERCRIME [...] (U) On April 12, DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter met with Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas to discuss the GOE's support for a proposed United Nations-sponsored global convention on cybercrime, as opposed to USG support for the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on [...] | 2005-04-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
05CAIRO2893 | CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...] (C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...] | 2005-04-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR |
05CAIRO2896 | EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...] | 2005-04-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO2897 | MOD ADVISOR CLAIMS LIMITED EGYPTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) On April 13, PolOff asked senior MoD advisor MG Fouad Abd al Haleem about the depth of MoD interests in China. (Note: Defense Minister Tantawi visited China in the fall of 2004, the Chinese Defense Minister just concluded a visit to Egypt, the Egyptian Minister of Military Production i [...] | 2005-04-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS CH EG |
05CAIRO2898 | EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...] | 2005-04-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO2899 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: MODEST [...] (U) Reaction to the April 7 bombing in Cairo has been muted on the economic front, with the stock market registering a slight dip in the opening hours of trading on the first day after the bombing. The downturn was quickly reversed, however, and the market recovered the following day. For t [...] | 2005-04-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PTER EG |
05CAIRO2930 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...] | 2005-04-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG |
05CAIRO2957 | GOE MONETARY POLICY COORDINATING COUNCIL HOLDS [...] (U) The Monetary Policy Coordinating Council of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held its first meeting on April 10, 2005. The Council discussed a work plan to maintain price stability and increase economic growth rates. It also reviewed monetary, financial and economic developments in Egypt [...] | 2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
05CAIRO2967 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK TO BE SOLD [...] (C) Roderick Richards (protect),Managing Director of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB),told the Charge on April 18 that the Board of EAB intended to put the bank up for sale. Richards said the EAB Board would meet on April 19 to approve the intended sale, and that public announcement would f [...] | 2005-04-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
05CAIRO2968 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR [...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...] | 2005-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG |
05CAIRO2969 | EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING [...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...] | 2005-04-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO2971 | AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED: [...] Summary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of the bomber's blast-damaged face appeared above the fold in all of Egypt's major newspapers, along with Interior Ministry claims that "jihadi" publications had [...] | 2005-04-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PTER KPAO EG |
05CAIRO2990 | BOGUS USG MEMO 'EXPLAINED' BY AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT [...] (SBU) Summary: PA officer visited Abdel Latif Al Manawy, Cairo bureau chief of pan-Arab Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, to discuss an April 3 article appearing on page 9 of that paper referring to an alleged State Department memo "urging the White House to begin direct talks" with the Muslim B [...] | 2005-04-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PROP OIIP KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3065 | ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON A PROPOSED [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU sponsored conference on Iraq and a possible Egyptian-sponsored preparatory conference (PrepComm),poloff met April 19 with MFA senior Cabinet member Alaa Hadidi. Drawing from reftel talking points, poloff shared our preliminary responses to GOE [...] | 2005-04-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
05CAIRO3066 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP |
05CAIRO3071 | OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL STATUS REPORT: CAIRO [...] Quarterly/Annual Update (U) The Cairo Regional Security Office is making good progress in creating a viable Country Council. We have had monthly meetings for the past four months, characterized by an active and candid exchange of new ideas and company initiatives. The Country Council is a [...] | 2005-04-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EG KSAC |
05CAIRO3086 | MULTI-HOUR MUBARAK INTERVIEW TO AIR STARTING APRIL [...] (SBU) A multi-hour interview with President Mubarak will be aired over three consecutive days on Egypt Channel One starting on the evening of April 24. The regional Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya has also bought the broadcast rights and will be airing it at the same time. The interview was [...] | 2005-04-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG |
05CAIRO3089 | EGYPTIAN JUDGES LAUNCH "INTIFADA", THREATEN TO [...] (C) Over 1000 Egyptian judges meeting under the auspices of the Alexandria Judges' Club launched in mid-April what one paper dubbed "the judges' intifada." In their meeting, the assembled judges threatened to abstain from their supervisory role in the fall 2005 elections unless a new draft jud [...] | 2005-04-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3112 | NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...] | 2005-04-27 04:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO3131 | FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...] | 2005-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3132 | FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...] | 2005-04-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3133 | FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19 [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...] | 2005-04-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3146 | GOE RESOLVES SOFT DRINK SALES TAX ISSUE [...] (U) On March 31, 2005 the GOE official gazette published Law No. 9 of 2005, which amends Sales Tax Law No. 11 of 1991. The amendment, effective April 1, removes soft drinks and non-alcoholic beer from Table A of the sales tax schedule, the "luxury goods" table. Luxury goods on Table A are s [...] | 2005-04-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EG |
05CAIRO3147 | EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...] (C) The Board of Directors of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB) met last week to approve the sale of EAB to a strategic investor, as reported in reftel. According to EAB General Manager Roderick Richards, the Bank of Alexandria (BOA) was instructed by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to sell it [...] | 2005-04-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
05CAIRO3164 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...] | 2005-04-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG |
05CAIRO3175 | GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...] | 2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
05CAIRO3176 | PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...] | 2005-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
05CAIRO3178 | MDA: SWISS PROJECT DIRECTOR PFIRTER'S [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Egypt April 20-21, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Policy Coordinator Didier Pfirter met with senior Egyptian and Arab League officials to discuss the Magen David Adom (MDA) and Third Protocol issues. During the meetings, the Egyptian MFA expressed concerns [...] | 2005-04-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM EG IS ICRC MDA |
05CAIRO3179 | NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT, CAIRO, APRIL [...] This cable was drafted by the Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) team from the Department and CITI that visited post from April 10-11 to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet w [...] | 2005-04-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF OTRA EG NCD |
05CAIRO3180 | IMPROVING OUR SIPRNET WEBSITE [...] Post is committed to classified web-publishing as a way to provide end-users with easy access to cables, biographies, and other post reporting. As part of our ongoing effort to improve our SIPRNET website, post is beta-testing two new applications from the Net-Centric Diplomacy group. These [...] | 2005-04-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF EG SIPRNET |
05CAIRO3183 | EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...] | 2005-04-30 19:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
05CAIRO3184 | EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...] | 2005-05-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC |
05CAIRO3239 | TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S [...] (U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...] | 2005-05-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG |
05CAIRO3320 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 4 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (C) HSWG members reviewed information and preliminary conclusions regarding the two April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo (refs A a [...] | 2005-05-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
05CAIRO3421 | EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...] | 2005-05-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EG |
05CAIRO3424 | A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...] (C) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and uncertainty about Egypt's political future. Contacts are focused on a series of "unprecedented" recent developments which, in combination, are charging the [...] | 2005-05-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG |
05CAIRO3445 | IT'S THE REAL THING: U.S. SOFT DRINK COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Post contacted Tarek Kabil, Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Egypt, and Lobna El Dessouky, Chief Financial Officer for Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt, to confirm implementation of the recently lowered tax rate on locally produced soft drinks (reftel). Kabil said that Pepsi had been pleas [...] | 2005-05-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO3493 | CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...] | 2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3495 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) is expected to approve on May 10 legislation that would amend Article 76 of the constitution to allow, for the first time, the direct and competitive election of the President. The bill was approved by the PA's legislative affairs committee and endorsed on Ma [...] | 2005-05-09 18:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3589 | POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...] | 2005-05-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3617 | EGYPT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CHANGED, PASSED [...] (C) Egypt's parliament passed on May 10 an amendment to Article 76 of the constitution, allowing for the country's first direct, competitive presidential elections in its history. Before the amendment takes effect, it must be put to a national referendum, expected in late May. As reported re [...] | 2005-05-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3624 | EGYPT ISSUES IPR COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, 2005, the Prime Minister issued decree 497/2005 which promulgated the final chapter of executive regulations of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Law 82 of 2002. Analysis of this chapter, which cover copyrights and neighboring rights, indicates potential defi [...] | 2005-05-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV EAID EG |
05CAIRO3626 | RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN'S FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin April 26-27 to Cairo, Egypt will be remembered more for its ceremonial and nostalgic aspects than for substantive agreements or strategic re-alignments. Putin and Egyptian President Mubarak released a joint statement after their summit meetin [...] | 2005-05-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP ECON EG IS UNSC |
05CAIRO3627 | PROMINENT REFORM ADVOCATE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Shafik Gabr praised the recent amendment to Egypt's presidential election law but said the GOE had done a poor job of explaining it. He hoped a scheduled May 12 news conference by Gamal Mubarak would clear the air. He was impatient with opposition complaints about the amendment [...] | 2005-05-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EG |
05CAIRO3647 | GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON [...] (C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel),the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address allegations of desecration of the Koran at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo that sparked violent protests May 11 in Afghanistan. Nazif was unaware of the [...] | 2005-05-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO3649 | SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN [...] (SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS),drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...] | 2005-05-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU |
05CAIRO3650 | SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...] | 2005-05-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
05CAIRO3687 | RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...] | 2005-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC EG |
05CAIRO3688 | EGYPTIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Egyptian air traffic controllers began an air traffic slow down in response to what they considered low wages and unfair punishments meted out by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Major General Ahmed Shafik. The delays reportedly cost upwards of USD 600,000 per day. Such [...] | 2005-05-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC OTRA EG |
05CAIRO3729 | MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...] | 2005-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG |
05CAIRO3752 | MDA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE LOOKING FOR [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, who has been in Brazil and is now in Libya, the Acting DCM delivered ref A demarche on May 16 to MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf, stressing that senior U.S. officials may raise the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue this [...] | 2005-05-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
05CAIRO3755 | THE GOE AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) In recent months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has adopted both increasingly confrontational street tactics and reform-touting rhetoric (as opposed to its traditional Islamist slogans). As of mid-May, the MB's more aggressive approach, and the GOE's response, has built into what is be [...] | 2005-05-17 04:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
05CAIRO3763 | POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...] (C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...] | 2005-05-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO3767 | MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT; [...] Constitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage May 10 - 15. Viewers of Egyptian TV and pan-Arab satellite channels Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabiya on May 10 - 11 saw scenes of heated debate, with Ayman Nour an [...] | 2005-05-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3774 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY POSTPONES FOREIGN DIGNITARY [...] (C) Locally-based diplomats shared recently with us that the Egyptian Presidency had quietly and abruptly "postponed" long-scheduled visits by the Bulgarian and German Presidents due to occur in the coming weeks. Likewise, as the Egyptian leadership begins to turn its full attention to upcomi [...] | 2005-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3779 | EGYPT: TREASURY OFFICIALS HEAR GOE APPEAL FOR TAX [...] (U) On May 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Technical Assistance James Fall, Treasury officials Robert Warfield and Keith Krchak, and Emboffs met with Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG) and GOE tax administration officials to discuss the possibility of Treasury prov [...] | 2005-05-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
05CAIRO3780 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER NOMINATION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specialized Agencies Ms. Sohad Sabry. Sabry welcomed the diplomatic note and accompanying documentation relating to Mr. Buergenthal's candidacy for re-election as jud [...] | 2005-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO3785 | EGYPT POLITICS: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF [...] (C) Leading opposition parties and other critics of the Egyptian parliament's proposal to amend Article 76 of the constitution (to allow for direct, competitive election of the president) are now calling for a boycott of the referendum the GOE will stage on May 25 to ratify the amendment. Tho [...] | 2005-05-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3792 | Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3793 | UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] While delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel),MFA Office of Specialized Agencies Second Secretary Sohad Sabry requested from poloff an official reply SIPDIS to Egypt's request for U.S. support of its candidac [...] | 2005-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNESCO |
05CAIRO3806 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 18 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO briefed the group on post preparations for the projected May 30-31 visit of Fran Townsend, President Bush's Homeland Security [...] | 2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
05CAIRO3807 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...] | 2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
05CAIRO3839 | EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...] | 2005-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO |
05CAIRO3840 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR, SUPPORTERS FACING HARASSMENT [...] (C) Sustained threats, intimidation, and harassment are making it "impossible" for Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party, to conduct his presidential campaign, according to his wife (and closest confidante and advisor) Gamila Ismail. Ismail accuses the ruling NDP, with [...] | 2005-05-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3841 | MAY 10 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 10 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID Deputy Director and USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. MEPI Tunis Regional Director Peter Mulrean also attended. The meeting opened with Mulrean's review of MEPI activities [...] | 2005-05-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO3842 | CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA),the Charge urged Egypt to play a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...] | 2005-05-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC |
05CAIRO3889 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...] | 2005-05-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
05CAIRO3901 | MIXED COMMENTARY ON NAZIF VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...] Headlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was widely covered, as was Mubarak's May 17 statement encouraging Egyptians to get out and vote on the constitutional amendment referendum on May 25. Mubarak met May [...] | 2005-05-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO3911 | EGYPT: ARTICLE 76 REFERENDUM SPEEDING TOWARD [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on parliament's proposed amendment of Article 76 of the constitution, to allow for Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, is virtually certain to pass, although a low voter turnout is widely anticipated. A broad array of opponents have nonetheless called f [...] | 2005-05-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO3941 | ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...] (C) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is the most senior MB official to be arrested in at least a decade. His arrest comes in the context of an increasingly sharp and sustained confrontation between the government a [...] | 2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
05CAIRO3952 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...] | 2005-05-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU |
05CAIRO3953 | THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT, MAY 23-24 [...] First Lady Laura Bush's May 23-24 visit to Egypt was a public diplomacy triumph and contributed significantly to USG efforts to promote education, reform, and the role of women. In Cairo, her visit included meetings with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and prominent female representatives [...] | 2005-05-26 04:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
05CAIRO4005 | REFERENDUM MARRED BY LOW TURNOUT AND REPORTS OF [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on revising the Egyptian constitution to allow for direct presidential elections was characterized by low turnout. Although the process was generally peaceful, there were sporadic incidents in Cairo of government-directed beatings of opposition protestors and journ [...] | 2005-05-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
05CAIRO4023 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG KBIO |
05CAIRO4024 | EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON REFERENDUM VIOLENCE [...] (C) ECPO Counselor raised the negative consequences of the GOE's handling of violent incidents during Egypt's May 25 constitutional amendment referendum (reftel) with Karim Haggag, a close aide to Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and chair of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) Polici [...] | 2005-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4025 | CHARGE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VISITS OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Charge briefed the diplomatic corps May 26 on the visits of Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif to the United States and First Lady Laura Bush to the Middle East. Sharing transcripts of public statements and media interviews related to the two recent visits, the Charge offered hi [...] | 2005-05-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG OVIP |
05CAIRO4028 | MAY 25 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 25 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. IDWG participation was limited to cleared Americans only to permit discussion of the status of post's submission to the Department for use in de [...] | 2005-05-26 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL KPAO EG KIIP |
05CAIRO4059 | PDAS CHENEY CHALLENGES ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney SIPDIS pressed the Arab League to demonstrate its commitment to real political reform among its member states, and to support Gaza disengagement. Moussa insisted that the Arab Leagu [...] | 2005-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
05CAIRO4061 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT MAY USE USDA'S GSM-102 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, AgCounselor Asif J. Chaudhry met with Hassan Kheder, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, to discuss Egypt's participation in the GSM-102 Program. The Vice-Chairman of General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) also attended the meeting. The meeting was a f [...] | 2005-05-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID EG |
05CAIRO4119 | EGYPT SHARES USG GOALS ON LA/SW MARKING AND [...] (C) Drawing from reftel points in a June 1 meeting with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, Poloff reiterated USG redlines regarding the marking and tracing of ammunition and our inability to agree to a legally binding document at the Open Ended Working G [...] | 2005-06-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
05CAIRO4120 | CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...] | 2005-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC |
05CAIRO4121 | EGYPT: MAY 25 REFERENDUM - RESULTS AND REACTION [...] (C) The GOE claims that 83 percent of those casting ballots on May 25 supported the amendment to permit future direct presidential elections. Voting day was marred by a disputed turnout and violence against opposition demonstrators in some locations. The violence, apparently perpetrated by [...] | 2005-06-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO4122 | THE TERROR SUSPECT WHO BEAT HIMSELF TO DEATH: A [...] (SBU) On May 22, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor announced that 27-year-old Ashraf Said Youssef, the alleged mastermind behind the April 7 and April 30 terror attacks on tourist sites in Cairo (reftels),died in custody on May 19. According to the GOE announcement, Youssef, who had been captur [...] | 2005-06-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV EG |
05CAIRO4123 | CHARGE PRESSES REFORM WITH EGYPTIAN COUNCIL FOR [...] (U) Summary: Members of the American-Egyptian Relations Committee of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs invited the Charge to discuss the bilateral relationship during an informal session on May 31. The event provided an opportunity to stress the importance to the bilateral relationsh [...] | 2005-06-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4124 | RECENT EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo continued in May its robust outreach program to support the expansion of democracy and freedom in Egypt, with a particular focus on international monitors. Activities in May included the visit of the First Lady to Egypt; a grants-signing ceremony for the latest civil socie [...] | 2005-06-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM EG |
05CAIRO4125 | EGYPT CONVOKES CHARGE ON IRAQ PREPCOM PARTICIPATION [...] (C) The Charge was convoked late in the afternoon of June 1 by MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (acting for the Foreign Minister, who is overseas). Shukry said he was "disturbed" to have just heard from the Russian ambassador that the U.S. had invited the Russian Federation to participate [...] | 2005-06-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN |
05CAIRO4126 | REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA; [...] May 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic voters casting their ballots and praising President Mubarak and the referendum throughout May 25. "We now have true democracy in Egypt and thanks to our Pres [...] | 2005-06-02 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4127 | SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...] | 2005-06-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4159 | PROPOSAL FOR FY-06 SINGLE COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR [...] Embassy Cairo requests a Single Country Program be organized for five to seven Egyptian participants on the topic of "Arts Management in the United States." This program is intended for young Egyptian artists who lack practical experience in the management of the arts, but who are currently i [...] | 2005-06-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4170 | EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...] | 2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI |
05CAIRO4171 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 30 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) HSWG members welcomed visiting Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and accompanying staff to the meeting and outlined the s [...] | 2005-06-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
05CAIRO4172 | EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...] | 2005-06-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT |
05CAIRO4174 | BMENA: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS LACK OF [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent meeting with Tunis MEPI Regional Office Specialist Labidi, Egyptian participants in last December's Civil Society Dialogue at the Forum for the Future discussed their p [...] | 2005-06-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMPI EG MEPI |
05CAIRO4218 | POST ENCOURAGES EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK [...] (U) In advance of the July 6 decision in Singapore by the International Olympic Committee (IOC),Post is bringing to the attention of Embassy visitors and contacts information related to New York City's bid and has distributed promotional materials received from the NYC2012 bid committee. [...] | 2005-06-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG |
05CAIRO4221 | ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
05CAIRO4256 | CAIRO MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION HELD UP OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Apparently objecting to coverage of referendum-related protests by the English-language weekly "Cairo Magazine," the Ministry of Information (MOI) withheld permission to distribute the June 2 edition of the magazine for four days. The magazine's staff was never informed by t [...] | 2005-06-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4261 | DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Following a June 2 Iraq Steering Group meeting in Cairo (septel),Post delivered demarches in refs A and C to MFA Cabinet Staff member Alaa Hadidi, drawing on ref A talking points to encourage Egypt to show its support to the Iraqi Transitional Government during a June 22 Iraq ministerial [...] | 2005-06-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ EUN |
05CAIRO4262 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE ON ADVANCING THE PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO4264 | EGYPT: ANOTHER BLOW TO THE GHAD PARTY [...] (C) The Ghad Party, the beleaguered liberal/secular political party founded by Ayman Nour, has suffered another severe setback with the late May resignation of Secretary-General Mona Makram Ebeid. Ebeid, a SIPDIS widely-respected figure, had lent both stature and substance to the fledgling [...] | 2005-06-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4304 | CRITICS ACCUSE NDP OF USING "THUGS" AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While the pro-government press was praising the May 25 referendum, independent and opposition commentators criticized what they considered poor media coverage and accused ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of acting like "thugs" and "mercenaries." One commentator [...] | 2005-06-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4309 | IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN [...] (C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...] | 2005-06-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN |
05CAIRO4317 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO ATTEND BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hesham Yousef June 7, urging the SIPDIS Arab League and its members to do as much as possible to support the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) in the run-up to, and beyond, the June 22 ministerial conference in [...] | 2005-06-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG IZ |
05CAIRO4318 | EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EG FAA |
05CAIRO4321 | WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST LAUNCHES NEW NEWSPAPER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Al Fagr ("The Dawn"),the latest weekly independent newspaper in Egypt, published its first edition on June 4. The newspaper's founder and editor, Adel Hamouda, stated on Egyptian TV that Al Fagr "aims to improve the state of Egyptian journalism," while privately telling a P [...] | 2005-06-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4336 | GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN [...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...] | 2005-06-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG |
05CAIRO4359 | EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...] | 2005-06-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EG |
05CAIRO4360 | SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...] | 2005-06-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER |
05CAIRO4361 | EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ |
05CAIRO4362 | GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...] | 2005-06-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG |
05CAIRO4374 | EGYPT'S FY2005/06 BUDGET: A MAKEOVER [...] (U) On June 7 the People's Assembly passed the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005/2006. The new budget was drafted using the IMF Government Finance Statistics format, which allows for better use of fiscal tools and better assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on Egypt's economy. Total e [...] | 2005-06-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO4378 | BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in late April a list of names of Egyptian diplomats assigned to new postings, including that of Depty Assistant Minister for Eastern Arab Affairs, Dr. Ihab Sherif. At the time, the MFA did not reveal that Sherif was slotted to go to Baghda [...] | 2005-06-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ IS KBIO |
05CAIRO4379 | MDA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) According to the Swiss Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Heinz Walker, Ambassador Didier Pfirter received encouraging signals on the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue during his June 7 meeting in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The Egyptian minister repor [...] | 2005-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MDA |
05CAIRO4428 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE [...] (C) A senior MFA official convoked the Charge on June 12, at the Foreign Minister's direction, to express concern over how Egypt understood it was being characterized in a draft of a final statement for the June 20 U.S.-European Union summit in Washington. Assistant Minister Shadia Farag told [...] | 2005-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EAID EU EG |
05CAIRO4430 | FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT [...] Summary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of government spokesmen and financial experts who commented positively on the law over the weekend. Meanwhile, the opposition and independent press continued to [...] | 2005-06-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4441 | SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...] | 2005-06-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY |
05CAIRO4495 | GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...] | 2005-06-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG |
05CAIRO4518 | EGYPT TO CONSIDER USG VIEWS ON COMPREHENSIVE [...] (SBU) In a discussion with Hisham Maher, a member of the Foreign Minister's cabinet, and a more detailed exchange with First Secretary Nameera Negm, acting Chief of the the MFA's Legal Affairs directorate, the Embassy underscored the USG's determination to conclude a Comprehensive Convention on [...] | 2005-06-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG UNGA |
05CAIRO4519 | EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM AGENDA: MORE IN THE [...] (C) The amendment of Article 76 of Egypt's constitution, ratified by public referendum on May 25 (refs A and B),was the centerpiece of the GOE's 2005 political reform package, but not the only item on the agenda. Parliament has been debating this week a new law that will govern Egypt's first [...] | 2005-06-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4532 | EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As a re [...] | 2005-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC |
05CAIRO4534 | REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...] | 2005-06-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4535 | EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...] | 2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
05CAIRO4576 | OPPOSITION LEADER ALLEGES PLOT TO FIX THE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting, Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party and presidential candidate, alleged to poloff that aides to President Mubarak have "persuaded" Khalid Mohieldin, the 84 year old honorary chairman of the leftist Tagammu' Party, to run for president. Moh [...] | 2005-06-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EG |
05CAIRO4577 | UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...] (U) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),detained during a large GOE arrest campaign in May (reftels),were released in the week of June 13. The GOE maintains that 349 of the MB members arrested in May remain in custody [...] | 2005-06-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
05CAIRO4597 | MDA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ASKS FOR MORE [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Charge encouraged the Arab League to work for acceptance of the Magen David Adom (MDA) society into the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Moussa replied it was difficult to consider such a topic "while [...] | 2005-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
05CAIRO4598 | OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO [...] Summary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's presidential elections law changes that they perceived would exclude Gamal Mubarak from running for the presidency. However, one commentator in leading pro-gov [...] | 2005-06-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ EG |
05CAIRO4681 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...] | 2005-06-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG |
05CAIRO4709 | SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...] | 2005-06-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL |
05CAIRO4756 | EGYPTIAN E-JOURNALISM - TWO WEBSITES IN VANGUARD, [...] Summary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Internet news sources. Masrawy styles itself as a reliable source for general news, while Arab Ambassador aims to serve as a "bridge" between the Arab and western w [...] | 2005-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO4757 | GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, raised with A/DCM the cases of six Egyptian citizens the GOE believes may in the custody of U.S. Multi-National Force [...] | 2005-06-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS EG IZ |
05CAIRO4780 | EGYPT: UN PRIORITIES UNDERSTOOD, BUT MECHANISMS [...] (C) Summary: The Acting DCM conveyed ref D points on USG priorities for UN reform at the MFA Assistant Minister level, in the absence of the Foreign Minister, on June 23. Assistant Minister Fathalla and his staff were familiar with many of the points raised, yet pressed to know what mechani [...] | 2005-06-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KUNR AORC EAID EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO4781 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESENTS REPORT TO MUBARAK; [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) president Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with President Mubarak to formally present the Council,s first annual report, which had been publicly released in mid-April (ref B). Following the meeting, Boutros Ghali announced tha [...] | 2005-06-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4805 | OMS OF THE FUTURE: NEA REGIONAL OMS CONFERENCE - [...] Twenty-eight participants from 21 NEA posts joined the eight Cairo OMSes for the first NEA Regional OMS conference hosted in Egypt February 21-23. Conference topics centered on the OMS of the future. Gary Pergl, Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments (CDA),opened the [...] | 2005-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EG |
05CAIRO4820 | MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...] (C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...] | 2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
05CAIRO4836 | EGYPT: MONETARY POLICY ON TRACK [...] (U) In early June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) published the minutes of the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Coordinating Council on April 10 (reftel). According to Banking Law 88 of 2003, the CBE must implement a monetary policy that targets price stability as its main objective, im [...] | 2005-06-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO4873 | VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) Emboffs visited Nabil Soliman on June 23, an Egyptian citizen returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002 and subsequently convicted of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Soliman affirmed that he was being humanely treated and appeared generally [...] | 2005-06-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CASC EG |
05CAIRO4875 | SUDAN: NDA OFFICIALS IN CAIRO SAY JUNE 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, Cairo-based representatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared with the diplomatic corps their perspectives on the June 18 Cairo agreement. The tone of the briefing was hopeful, as the NDA highlighted increased NDA participation in Sudan's democratic [...] | 2005-06-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SU EG |
05CAIRO4876 | EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...] | 2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG |
05CAIRO4877 | SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, each appointed by the GOE, as making unhelpful public remarks that imply religious justification for the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. Embassy requests for cl [...] | 2005-06-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ |
05CAIRO4882 | CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...] | 2005-06-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG |
05CAIRO4917 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) Summary: The Ayman Nour trial opened on June 28 in a chaotic atmosphere, as hundreds of Nour's supporters (alleged by some to be a "rent-a-crowd") swarmed the courthouse shouting anti-GOE slogans and jostled with police as they attempted to access the courtroom. Police prevented most from [...] | 2005-06-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4960 | EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UN [...] (C) PolOff discussed ref A points June 29 with Mohamed Mounir of the MFA's Human Rights Department, who emphasized the need to reform "the human rights machinery" at the UN within the context of broader UN reforms. The GOE did not necessarily see a need "to tear apart" current organizations [...] | 2005-06-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR EG |
05CAIRO4961 | EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court issued an advisory opinion June 29 stating that five articles of the new Presidential Elections Law, passed by parliament on June 16 but not yet ratified by the President or published, are unconstitutional. The Speaker of the People's Assembl [...] | 2005-06-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
05CAIRO4972 | EGYPT AND ISRAEL SIGNED GAS DEAL [...] (C) Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer and Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi publicly signed June 30 in Cairo a memorandum of understanding for Egyptian gas sales to Israel. Negotiations on this agreement have dragged out over 10 years largely because of political concerns [...] | 2005-06-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
05CAIRO4980 | EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED [...] (C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...] | 2005-06-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG |
05CAIRO4981 | EGYPT: AT SECOND DAY OF AYMAN NOUR TRIAL, [...] (C) Summary: In a second chaotic session of the Ayman Nour trial, a codefendant and witness for the prosecution recanted his guilty plea and claimed he had been pressured by the government to testify against Nour. The development emboldened Nour and his supporters but surprised the judges, wh [...] | 2005-06-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO4997 | DATE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCED; PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's 2005 presidential election, according to senior presidential advisor Zakariyya Azmy, will occur on September 7, and the new president is to be sworn in on October 1. The People's Assembly (PA) approved changes in five articles of the presidential elections law after i [...] | 2005-06-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
05CAIRO5000 | EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5009 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN [...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...] | 2005-07-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5035 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL, [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...] | 2005-07-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
05CAIRO5051 | EGYPTIAN JUDGES ALLEGE FRAUD, MISMANAGEMENT OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Judges' Club has issued a report detailing irregularities and fraud in the administration of the May 25 referendum on the amendment to Article 76 of the constitution. The report, issued on June 28 and subsequently printed in the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, co [...] | 2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5052 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...] Hesham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9 installation of the Government of National Unity. According to Afifi, PM Nazif is scheduled to be in Khartoum from 7-10 July. 2. Arab League Secretary Ge [...] | 2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG SU IGAD |
05CAIRO5054 | QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL [...] Summary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian population and that remains a religious influence. Tightly controlled by the Egyptian government, Holy Quran Radio avoids hard news of any kind, while the three [...] | 2005-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SCUL KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5055 | MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on June 29 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO and HSWG members discussed security developments in the Sinai in reference to regional terrorist threats and in light of rep [...] | 2005-07-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
05CAIRO5057 | EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR [...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...] | 2005-07-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5058 | MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S [...] (C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...] | 2005-07-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO5083 | PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...] | 2005-07-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO5084 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER, [...] (C) Summary: At the third session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial, the lawyer for defendant number three, Ayman Ismail Hassan, reiterated his client's retraction of his confession, the prosecution claimed to have a videotape of Nour advising a legal client to fake a torture inj [...] | 2005-07-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5185 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA LEGEND IBRAHIM NAFEI SHOWN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Of all the changes to the pro- government press leadership announced by the Shura Council on July 3 (ref A),most significant is the replacement of media giant Ibrahim Nafei, former Editor-in-chief and Board Chairman of Al-Ahram. Nafei, who was appointed Editor-in- chief by [...] | 2005-07-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5194 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...] | 2005-07-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5210 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...] (C) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB),has been sidelined by an internal coup. Akef, and his alleged successor, Deputy Supreme Guide Mohammed Habib, have denied the reports, but their denials have yet to douse t [...] | 2005-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM EG |
05CAIRO5245 | EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...] | 2005-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG |
05CAIRO5264 | BLACK DAY OF TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day of Terrorism" was one leading newspaper's headline. All media outlets covered remarks by the Mufti of the Republic labeling Al-Sharif's killers as "thugs" w [...] | 2005-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5272 | EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...] (C) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. Kifaya is an umbrella movement encompassing groups and individuals spanning a broad range of tendencies and ideologies, united by opposition to the Mubarak reg [...] | 2005-07-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5296 | EGYPT SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE UN REFORM BUT [...] (U) Charge met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Sameh Shukry on July 11 to deliver reftel demarche regarding the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. The Charge stressed that the USG is open to UNSC enlargement but believes the G-4 resolution, if adopted, would be d [...] | 2005-07-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG UNSC |
05CAIRO5305 | ARAB LEAGUE STILL HOPING TO OFFER CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Arab League spokesman Hossam Zaki told PolOff July 12 that the League had been trying to facilitate the participation of legal experts in Iraq's constitution drafting process. With the assassination of the Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad, according to Zaki [...] | 2005-07-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ |
05CAIRO5344 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...] | 2005-07-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
05CAIRO5350 | UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...] | 2005-07-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO5446 | RECENT MEETINGS OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired meetings of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG) on June 21 and July 5, which were attended by USAID Deputy Director, USAID D&G staff, A/PAO and PA staff, ECPO Counselor and ECPO staff. The meetings included discussion of the June 2 [...] | 2005-07-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5447 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 2:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson D Special Assistant Eugenia Sidereas Ian McCary (Embassy Cairo Notetaker) [...] | 2005-07-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG OVIP |
05CAIRO5467 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] | 2005-07-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA |
05CAIRO5472 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...] | 2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
05CAIRO5473 | TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...] | 2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG |
05CAIRO5477 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...] | 2005-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
05CAIRO5484 | EGYPTIAN GAS PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (SBU) Egypt's ambition to become a major player in the gas sector is starting to be realized. With upstream and downstream production levels increasing and progressive policy makers thinking decades ahead, Egypt is on track to become a global gas producer, provided it sustains its explorati [...] | 2005-07-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO5513 | EGYPT'S POSITION ON THE G-4 PROPOSAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 18 to the MFA's Counselor for UN affairs, Dr. Hany al Selim. Selim said that Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit had sent Chief of Staff Ambassador Sameh Shukry and Cabinet Member for UN affairs Amr Rushdy to New York for consultations on UNSC reform. T [...] | 2005-07-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG KUNR UN UNSC |
05CAIRO5514 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He f [...] | 2005-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG |
05CAIRO5521 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...] | 2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
05CAIRO5524 | VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...] | 2005-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP |
05CAIRO5542 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Kamal Shazly, Minister for Peop [...] | 2005-07-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OVIP EG |
05CAIRO5544 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...] | 2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
05CAIRO5545 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...] | 2005-07-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG |
05CAIRO5546 | MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION [...] (C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...] | 2005-07-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG IS |
05CAIRO5547 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...] | 2005-07-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG |
05CAIRO5553 | FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making [...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...] | 2005-07-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5564 | EGYPT SUPPORT FOR USG POSITION ON FOOD AID [...] (SBU) During a conversation with Walid Nozahy, WTO Director of Egypt's Commercial Representation Office, tradeoff asked about Egypt's failure to support the USG position on food aid during July 6 WTO discussions in Geneva (reftel). Nozahy expressed surprise, claiming to have directed his rep [...] | 2005-07-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EG ETRA WTRO |
05CAIRO5589 | MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO [...] (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorandum is identical in text to the one described reftel, [...] | 2005-07-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM EG |
05CAIRO5590 | EGYPT ADHERING TO AU POSITION ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke July 21 with Amb. Ahmed Fathallah, Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs, and delivered points in ref A, underscoring the urgency. Fathallah said that the Egyptian position remained as described in ref B and that Egypt would not support the G-4 effort [...] | 2005-07-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO5591 | JULY 18 MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired the July 18 meeting of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG),which was attended by the USAID Director, USAID Democracy and Governance (D & G) staff, PAO, ECPO Counselor, and ECPO staff. The meeting included discussion on facilitati [...] | 2005-07-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5592 | EGYPT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Egypt's leftist Tagammu' Party, which holds six seats in the People's Assembly, announced on July 19 that it would not field Khalid Mohieldin, or any other candidate, in Egypt's first competitive presidential election, anticipated, though not yet formally announced, for September 7. A spo [...] | 2005-07-21 17:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5622 | EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...] (C) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on Sharm el-Sheikh which occurred at 1:15 AM. Varying reports put the number of dead at 75-85, with at least 100 wounded. There are so far no reports of Americ [...] | 2005-07-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO5650 | EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...] | 2005-07-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG |
05CAIRO5652 | "THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Summary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the attacks showed emergency workers removing bodies from the bomb sites and assisting the injured, while government officials and intellectuals gave phone interview [...] | 2005-07-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5695 | EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA [...] (C) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Cairo rumor mill immediately suggested the incident was a botched terror attack, but an Egyptian security official suggested it was simply an industrial mishap [...] | 2005-07-25 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC EG |
05CAIRO5743 | CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...] | 2005-07-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5744 | SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...] | 2005-07-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG |
05CAIRO5746 | EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...] | 2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
05CAIRO5753 | PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY [...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...] | 2005-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5757 | SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and contacts with influential Islamic leaders in Egypt but agrees more can and should be done. Key leaders like Sheikh Tantawi are generally allies in the struggle a [...] | 2005-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO EG |
05CAIRO5814 | SENIOR EDITOR PRAISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S SIGNING [...] (U) The new editor-in-chief of the very influential pro-government news weekly Al Ahram Al Arabi (circulation: 80,000) had high praise for President Bush's signing the condolence book for victims of the Sharm bombings, at the Egyptian Embassy. (A color photograph of the same appeared on the [...] | 2005-07-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5820 | UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS?: EGYPTIAN MEDIA HAS FREE [...] Summary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings. While some commentators continue to blame Israel for terrorism in the region, many commentators have pointed fingers squa [...] | 2005-07-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO5821 | MUBARAK ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY; PROPOSES ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) In a July 28 keynote speech, President Mubarak made several major announcements, including his decision to run for a fifth term, plans to replace the Emergency Law with new anti-terror legislation, and a call for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh on August 3. Mubara [...] | 2005-07-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5860 | EGYPTIAN TRADE MINISTER JUSTIFIES EXPANSION OF QIZ [...] (C) During Charge's July 28 courtesy call on Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid, the Minister raised the issue of expanding Egypt's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). Rachid noted that he had sent Deputy Secretary Zoellick a letter detailing the need for expansion (text of letter below),[...] | 2005-07-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EG USTR QIZ |
05CAIRO5924 | EGYPTIAN GTMO DETAINEES - STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the written GOE assurances regarding the return of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo (reftel) represent the firm commitment of the GOE to adhere to the request [...] | 2005-08-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER EG GTMO |
05CAIRO5925 | ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...] | 2005-08-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY |
05CAIRO5935 | NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI),and the Hani Sar [...] | 2005-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO5941 | EGYPT: BANK PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In early July the Ministry of Investment (MOI) announced the choice of Citibank as the financial advisor for privatization of the Bank of Alexandria (BOA),the first of Egypt's "big four" public banks scheduled for privatization. Bids will be considered in September, with the goal of c [...] | 2005-08-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO5944 | EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...] | 2005-08-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO5945 | SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...] | 2005-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC PREL EG |
05CAIRO5946 | A NEW GOE APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: A July 30 anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo was violently disbanded by Egyptian riot police and NDP "thugs," possibly including undercover security personnel. The tactics were reminiscent of events during the May 25 constitutional referendum (reftels),but on a much smaller [...] | 2005-08-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
05CAIRO6010 | CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on counterterrorism, Egypt's upcoming elections and associated political demonstrations, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Egypt's proposed anti-terrorism legislation [...] | 2005-08-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG |
05CAIRO6093 | 30 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST [...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...] | 2005-08-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
05CAIRO6133 | HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-government media continued to devote the majority of their coverage to Mubarak's candidacy, they also gave prominent coverage to the candidacies of two other polit [...] | 2005-08-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO6135 | MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL [...] (C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...] | 2005-08-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR |
05CAIRO6137 | PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Since President Bush's May 7 call for international monitoring of Egypt's presidential elections, the GOE has expressed little enthusiasm for the idea, but has also avoided rejecting it. The GOE continues to argue that international monitoring is opposed by many in the Egyptian public a [...] | 2005-08-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6163 | EGYPT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR FACING MAJOR [...] (SBU) The Egyptian telecommunications sector is poised to undergo two major structural changes in the coming months: liberalization of the fixed-line market and the possible awarding of a third mobile phone operator license. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel is [...] | 2005-08-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD PREL KGIT EG |
05CAIRO6171 | EGYPT: BANKING SECTOR REFORM UPDATE [...] (SBU) As part of its banking sector reform program, the GOE has pushed legislation through parliament designed to strengthen the sector. As a result, banks now have more leeway in pursuing legal remedies and setting compensation for public bank staff. Requirements on foreign exchange bureau [...] | 2005-08-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EG USTR |
05CAIRO6200 | DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS GEARING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian civil society is preparing to monitor the upcoming presidential and parliamentary campaigns and elections. USG funding is playing a key role in this process. Many challenges remain, but available information suggests that the upcoming elections will receive more sc [...] | 2005-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6210 | BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...] | 2005-08-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG |
05CAIRO6211 | AN UPDATE ON MEPI FUNDING IN EGYPT: REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 16-20, MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Alexandria and Cairo to meet with current and prospective MEPI grantees. In Cairo, two of the five Civil Society (CS) grantees described difficulty in obtaining approval from Egypt's Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs ( [...] | 2005-08-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EG MEPI |
05CAIRO6270 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...] | 2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
05CAIRO6271 | LIBYA: EGYPT HELPING HEAL RIFT BETWEEN SAUDIS AND [...] (S) During an August 14 conversation on Gaza disengagement, Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad volunteered to the Charge that Libyan leader Qadhafi had "rescinded his support" for hostile elements in the Saudi Kingdom, and that the Saudis had forgiven Qadhafi for the assassination attempt on [...] | 2005-08-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SA LY PINR |
05CAIRO6279 | ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad confirmed Egypt's keen desire to see a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation [...] | 2005-08-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS GZ |
05CAIRO6286 | UN REFORM: EGYPT NOT YET FOCUSED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A demarche on August 15 to MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet, Yasser Morad. Morad accepted the points with limited substantive reply, but promised to study the U.S. message. He indicated that the GOE had not yet focused on the High Level Event (HLE). On [...] | 2005-08-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC UN |
05CAIRO6292 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON EG |
05CAIRO6370 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WOO THE RELIGIOUS VOTE [...] (C) As the presidential candidates jockey for votes, religion is playing a prominent role. Cairo salons are abuzz with rumors that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) appears to be considering overtures from the NDP, the Ghad, and the Wafd parties. The MB leadership has not yet said if it will sup [...] | 2005-08-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6414 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: DEFENSE [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi confirmed that he planned to accept an invitation from the U.S. Secretary of Defense to visit Washington. Tantawi said that he intended to travel after the Islamic [...] | 2005-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
05CAIRO6417 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pressed for GOE cooperation on moving SIPDIS forward with the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Third Protocol issue, particularly assisting Swiss efforts to convene a D [...] | 2005-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS ICRC |
05CAIRO6419 | EGYPT'S NEW TAX LAW [...] (SBU) In June President Mubarak signed into law a new tax code that substantially reduces personal and corporate taxes. The law also includes provisions to settle outstanding tax debts and to encourage the informal sector of the economy to begin paying taxes. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) c [...] | 2005-08-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
05CAIRO6420 | IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND [...] (S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...] | 2005-08-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO6435 | PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
05CAIRO6446 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC EG |
05CAIRO6447 | CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...] | 2005-08-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ |
05CAIRO6448 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #1 [...] (U) This message is the first in a series which will update key developments in the Egyptian presidential campaign (August 17-September 4). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The presidential campaign kicked off August 17. Not surprisingly, Mubarak has the most visible campaign. In [...] | 2005-08-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6487 | EGYPTIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR [...] (S) Summary: At an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS)(other topics reported SEPTEL),EGIS Director Soliman assured Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge Jones that Guantanamo detainees would be treated humanely and that [...] | 2005-08-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM EG |
05CAIRO6488 | ECONOMIC STUDY SEES BENEFITS TO FTA [...] (SBU) A U.S.-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be politically and economically beneficial for both Egypt and United States, according to a new study by the Washington- based Institute for International Economics (IIE). The authors assert that the timing is right for Egypt to conclude an [...] | 2005-08-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EIND EG USTR |
05CAIRO6494 | MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...] | 2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
05CAIRO6508 | ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...] | 2005-08-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
05CAIRO6509 | SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...] | 2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO |
05CAIRO6510 | ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...] | 2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO6539 | EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #2 [...] (C) One week into the presidential campaign, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) is drawing criticism for a lack of transparency. A local domestic monitoring coalition has publicly accused the PEC of obstructing Egypt's effort to conduct a free, fair, and transparent presidential ele [...] | 2005-08-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6577 | VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that the U.S. had delivered on its promise of greater engagement on the peace process and would engage further as both sides made progress. The internati [...] | 2005-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG |
05CAIRO6582 | ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this information through established liaison channels and through face-to-face meetings with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Soliman. Soliman's thorou [...] | 2005-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINR EG GTMO |
05CAIRO6583 | CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...] | 2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ |
05CAIRO6653 | EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...] | 2005-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN |
05CAIRO6654 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #3 [...] (C) As Egypt's first campaign for the direct election of the president heads into its final week, the political landscape remains largely unchanged. There are no indications that the NDP's lock on political power is easing. Neither of President Mubarak's two leading challengers is making m [...] | 2005-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6673 | PRESSING THE ARAB LEAGUE TO SUPPORT IRAQI [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa has so far been marginally helpful on building political support for Iraq's new constitution, despite USG and British requests for his assistance in reaching out to key Iraq Sunni figures. In public, so far, Moussa has focused his attention on dra [...] | 2005-08-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO6703 | THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...] | 2005-08-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR |
05CAIRO6710 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #4: [...] (C) While Cairo streets are aflutter with banners urging the populace to reelect the President, the novelty of the presidential campaign is wearing off. Kifaya has launched a legal challenge to halt the elections, but is unlikely to succeed. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has [...] | 2005-08-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6711 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT [...] (C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...] | 2005-08-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ |
05CAIRO6755 | SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) In response to our March 1 demarche (ref A) and Charge's July 27 letter and aide memoire, Post received a formal letter from Egypt's Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed regarding Egyptian assurances on the return of fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Public Prosecutor is Egypt's r [...] | 2005-09-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO6757 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE [...] (C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalent),to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...] | 2005-09-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN |
05CAIRO6877 | VISIT OF CODEL DAVIS TO EGYPT, SEPTEMBER 2-5: [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif told visiting members of Congress that Egypt's September 7 presidential elections represent major milestone in Egypt's democratic development. He said that the GOE could not overrule the independent electoral commission's decision to bar outside observers from the pol [...] | 2005-09-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EG IS KPAL KWBG IZ OREP |
05CAIRO6908 | EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: UPDATE #5--FINAL [...] (C) The official campaign period for Egypt's first presidential election, which began on August 17, closed on September 4. The final few days witnessed a flurry of last minute campaigning by the leading candidates, as well as a growing storm of legal controversy. President Mubarak, Ayman N [...] | 2005-09-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6911 | WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS: [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Walid Nozahy, Head of the WTO Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry. El Nozahy had no reaction to the lists of environmental goods put forward by other member states. As for Egypt, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry w [...] | 2005-09-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EG WTO USTR |
05CAIRO6912 | EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: HOW IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 7 presidential election will be the Egyptian people's first opportunity to select a president in a competitive process. Although the GOE claims 31 million citizens are eligible to vote, participation will be much lower, and actual turnout rates could become a sour [...] | 2005-09-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6913 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...] (S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...] | 2005-09-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO6914 | TFUS01: EGYPT'S DONATION TO KATRINA RELIEF ON THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little Rock two Egyptian C-130 aircraft containing Katrina relief, including 3,000 blankets, 1.1 tons of jam, and 1.3 tons of powdered milk. Post requests that Task Force ens [...] | 2005-09-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG |
05CAIRO6915 | PROPOSED STATEMENT ON EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 18:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
05CAIRO6939 | EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: FIRST [...] (SBU) Egypt held the first competitive presidential election in its history on September 7. Key themes from today's voting, as observed by contacts and emboffs in the field, have been an apparently low turnout, a predominantly calm atmosphere, with scattered exceptions, and often disorganized [...] | 2005-09-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6945 | HURRICANE KATRINA, RECOGNIZING EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The GOE has sent two C-130 aircraft with relief supplies for Katrina victims. Senior Embassy officials have made televised statements and issued a press release to express U.S. gratitude. End summary. 2. The Government of Egypt has agreed to donate the following items to American [...] | 2005-09-08 07:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC |
05CAIRO6953 | CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: [...] (C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...] | 2005-09-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN |
05CAIRO6957 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM ISSUES, [...] (C) During a September 4 introductory meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit to present credentials, the Ambassador drew from reftel demarches to urge improved Egyptian cooperation on UN reform and the UN High Level Event Outcome Document. Aboul Gheit stated that overall [...] | 2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC |
05CAIRO6958 | CODEL DAVIS SEPTEMBER 2-5 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main reason he was running for president was because the process would fail without him, given the candidates that had chosen to run. While affirming the importance [...] | 2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP |
05CAIRO6961 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 12:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OSCI |
05CAIRO6986 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...] | 2005-09-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO6989 | AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA [...] Summary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fekki's promise to be more open and balanced. While print and television the latter, without a doubt, the most influential medium in Egypt covered all candida [...] | 2005-09-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO6991 | DOMESTIC MONITORS ISSUE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS [...] (C) Several Egyptian civil society groups which observed the September 7 election have issued preliminary findings. Although the election results have not yet been announced--and will likely remain unknown until Saturday at the earliest--the domestic monitors are wasting no time in criticizi [...] | 2005-09-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO6992 | AMBASSADOR AND U.S. PARTY INSTITUTES ASSESS [...] (C) In a September 8 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the assessment teams deployed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) gave a soberly optimistic assessment of the September 7 presidential election and discussed next steps. Toge [...] | 2005-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7041 | AMBASSADOR RICCIARDONE'S SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Ricciardone had an introductory meeting on September 8 with Egyptian Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG). YBG asked how the GOE could "package" the elections for U.S. audiences. YBG explained that he had not yet signed the Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) [...] | 2005-09-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO7045 | NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was given unprecedented power over the conduct of the election. The positives of September 7 -- sidelining of the NDP "old guard" and the security forces -- were [...] | 2005-09-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7047 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 8 to discuss Iraq, Palestine, terrorism, and other key topics ahead of the UN General Assembly and a possible Arab emergency summit. Responding to forceful Iraqi criticism, ministers agreed to a Saudi proposal to create a task force to energi [...] | 2005-09-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL PHUM EG IS IZ MEPN ICRC |
05CAIRO7068 | EGYPT - UPDATE ON GSP PROVISIONS ON THE WORST [...] Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress on restricting and regulating child labor. The GOE and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working together to increase awareness of child labor-related issues and enforcement. Per ref B request, the following informat [...] | 2005-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EG PHUM SOCI ETRB USAID |
05CAIRO7087 | INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EG UNGA UNSC |
05CAIRO7088 | ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...] | 2005-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC |
05CAIRO7104 | AND THE WINNER IS...: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10. Coverage also featured a debate among commentators about the election's importance, with many in the pro-government newspapers focusing on it as the first s [...] | 2005-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO7113 | (C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...] | 2005-09-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP |
05CAIRO7147 | TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT [...] The following data responds to ref A request for specific data and information on textiles and apparel production, trade and employment. --------------------------- Total Industrial production --------------------------- Figures are for Egyptian fiscal year (July-June); conversion base [...] | 2005-09-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD EINV EG USTR |
05CAIRO7149 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...] | 2005-09-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO7155 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON EGYPTIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) In his September 12 introductory call on Egyptian Interior Minister General Habib el-Adly, the Ambassador expressed enthusiasm for the strong working-level cooperation between various USG agencies and the MOI. The Ambassador congratulated the Minister on the success of GOE security forces [...] | 2005-09-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC EG |
05CAIRO7158 | STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY: SEPTEMBER 14. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers on the scene report that the Egyptian Rafah border terminal is technically closed to pedestrian traffic going either way but that efforts to secure the border are moving slowly. In the 5km stretch to the north of the terminal, hundreds of Palestinians are transf [...] | 2005-09-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
05CAIRO7185 | WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ISSUE: EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EG WTO USTR |
05CAIRO7189 | ENGAGING "LIKE-MINDED" NATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs have reached out to key members of Cairo's diplomatic community to urge public and private support for international observers in the run up to the parliamentary elections. We have spoken with a visiting UK Cabinet Secretariat team; a joint meeting of poloffs from ten [...] | 2005-09-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG EU |
05CAIRO7210 | STATUS OF GAZA EGYPT BORDER SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian forces effectively controlled the Egyptian side of the Gaza border September 15, dividing responsibilities between 350 police to the north of the Rafah terminal and 400 Border Guards to the south. Palestinians were on their way out of Egypt and only Egyptians with ID ca [...] | 2005-09-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
05CAIRO7238 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...] | 2005-09-19 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO7286 | EGYPT: REALIZING PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE [...] (C) Building on specific ideas outlined in ref D, and in keeping with the overall approach presented in ref C, Embassy Cairo is working on a series of practical measures that can be taken to improve the transparency of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, expected in three stages in Novem [...] | 2005-09-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7297 | GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18 [...] (C) Embassy officers at the Rafah border September 18 reported that formal GOE border terminals remain closed, as civilian two-way foot traffic to and from Egypt continues at modest levels through monitored gaps in security fences on the Egyptian side of the border north of the Rafah Terminal. [...] | 2005-09-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPAL PINS EG IS |
05CAIRO7323 | STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER: SEPTEMBER 20 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers at the Rafah border reported that the Egypt-Gaza border was sealed as of the morning of September 20. Although the GOE allowed cross border traffic to continue through the day on September 19, they sealed the border wtih new barbed wife overnight. As of 1200 [...] | 2005-09-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
05CAIRO7324 | ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL SAYS NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a meeting on other subjects (septel) with Arab League Chef de Cabinet Hishem Youssef September 19, the Charge raised Arab League resistance to the draft Iraqi constitution. The Charge noted that discussions in Iraq had resulted in changes to the wording of Article 3 dealing with Iraq' [...] | 2005-09-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
05CAIRO7325 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR WARDS OFF INTERNAL [...] (C) Barely a week after Ayman Nour placed second in the presidential race, with a surprising and impressive 500,000 votes, an internal crisis in his Ghad (Tomorrow) Party raised the prospect that his party might not survive to compete in the November parliamentary elections. An attempted putsc [...] | 2005-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7369 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin on September 14. The Ambassador noted the positive progress on reform signaled by the recent presidential election, but noted concerns about heavy-handedness by the NDP. He suggested ways t [...] | 2005-09-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO7393 | G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-25 08:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI EG MO |
05CAIRO7414 | GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON ELECTIONS, U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. A close aide to Gamal Mubarak thinks that barriers to international observers for Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections are too high to overcome. He does not believe that any party other than the ruling NDP will win the number of seats required to field a candidate in the 201 [...] | 2005-09-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EG |
05CAIRO7418 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...] | 2005-09-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS |
05CAIRO7423 | RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...] | 2005-09-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO7450 | AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...] | 2005-09-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG |
05CAIRO7451 | GOE OFFICIALS RAISE ANTICIPATED CONCERNS ON MFO [...] (U) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble separately briefed Foreign Ministry and Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) officials on the MFO's upcoming transition to the UH-60 helicopters during meetings in Cairo September 22-24. The Assistant Minister fo [...] | 2005-09-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS MFO |
05CAIRO7452 | EGYPT SUPPORTS AVERTING A MIDDLE EAST SHOWDOWN AT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EG IS IAEA |
05CAIRO7466 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF ACTING A/S OF [...] (SBU) In May 2002, Egypt passed a law criminalizing money laundering, which included terrorist financing within the scope of crimes covered by the law. The GOE has also used restrictions on NGO financing to combat terrorist financing. These restriction, however, have also impeded legitimate N [...] | 2005-09-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
05CAIRO7501 | EGYPT: SENIOR NDP OFFICIAL MAINTAINS OBJECTIONS TO [...] (C) During a September 22 meeting, Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of the ruling NDP, told visiting DAS Dibble that Egypt aspired to the highest standards for the coming parliamentary elections. However, Ezz asserted that a GOE invitation to international monitors was highly unlikely, not because t [...] | 2005-09-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7510 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mubarak reportedly pressed Asad hard to cooperate with the UN investigation into the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and to stop interfering negativel [...] | 2005-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN |
05CAIRO7547 | U/S HUGHES´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes asked Nazif what could be done to improve understanding of America in the Middle East. Nazif said that Gaza presented an opportuntity to changes per [...] | 2005-09-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG OVIP |
05CAIRO7548 | SURPRISES IN EGYPT'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) In a surprise move earlier this week, the GOE announced the merger of two of Egypt's state-owned banks, Banque du Caire and Banque Misr. The GOE also announced that the banks' management would be changed in anticipation of the merger. The banking sector reacted positively to the news; [...] | 2005-09-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
05CAIRO7549 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...] | 2005-09-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP |
05CAIRO7552 | EGYPT PREPARING FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Government of Egypt officials share our concerns regarding avian influenza (AI). The GOE's close co-operation with Cairo's U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) has positioned it for effective surveillance of AI, though the system has some limitations. However, the political will [...] | 2005-09-30 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI WHO KSTH |
05CAIRO761 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) The Embassy has raised strong USG concerns about the arrest and detention of opposition party leader Ayman Nour (reftels) with a variety of GOE contacts at both senior and working levels. Reactions have ranged from mute to mildly defensive. The Embassy has also been working with Chiefs of [...] | 2005-02-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7626 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2: [...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...] | 2005-10-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO7692 | NEA PDAS CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 VISIT TO CAIRO - [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif said that he hoped domestic election observers would be permitted during upcoming parliamentary elections but was pessimistic about international observers. He agreed that other improvements to the election process, like transparent ballot boxes and greater voter edu [...] | 2005-10-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD EG |
05CAIRO7725 | VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY |
05CAIRO7748 | EGYPT "NOT OPPOSED" TO UNGA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS UNGA |
05CAIRO7766 | SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...] | 2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
05CAIRO7782 | PDAS LIZ CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH GAMAL [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, Gamal Mubarak, head of the NDP Policies Committee, reviewed his father's presidential election campaign, which he argued had been a major success. He also reviewed the ruling party's preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections [...] | 2005-10-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7783 | PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...] | 2005-10-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP |
05CAIRO7792 | COMBATING EXTREMISM: STREET-LEVEL COMPETITION IN [...] SUMMARY: The USG, GOE, and a wide range of non- governmental organizations in Egypt are vigorously engaged in efforts to combat extremism. In response to reftel request, this message describes efforts in Egypt to reduce the sources of extremism, counter extremism in the media, create a poli [...] | 2005-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER |
05CAIRO7793 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TAKE SHAPE AS [...] (C) A presidential decree issued on October 10 specifies the dates for Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary elections, which will be held in three rounds in November and early December, following a rough geographical pattern. Meanwhile, a new "National Front" announced on October 8 brings togethe [...] | 2005-10-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7794 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During a September 29 meeting, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter discussed with Interior Minister General Habib El-Adly preparations for Egypt's parliamentary elections. Adly insisted that police and other security personnel would adhere to strict neutrality through the el [...] | 2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7795 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DISENGAGEMENT WOLFENSOHN'S [...] (C) Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, James Wolfensohn visited Cairo October 9 and met with President Mubarak, Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Trade Minister Rachid. He briefed the Ambassador on the way out of town. Key points as follows: -- [...] | 2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KPAL PTER EG IS |
05CAIRO7860 | TRANSPARENT BALLOT BOXES AND DOMESTIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR),a semi-official organization which has nonetheless demonstrated its independence by publishing several reports critical of the GOE, is pushing the GOE to procure transparent ballot boxes for the parliamentary elections and to gu [...] | 2005-10-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO7877 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE POLITICAL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Reason and justification for Egypt's request for political release of MK48 MOD 4M and 6AT Torpedoes: a. As part of its ongoing effort to prioritize future military modernization programs, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested Pricing and Availability (P&A) for future purchases of [...] | 2005-10-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG |
05CAIRO7878 | PAKISTAN - GROWING NEED FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Director of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) from October 3-8 to review the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program (USRP) in Pakistan. They vis [...] | 2005-10-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PA EG |
05CAIRO7885 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA [...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...] | 2005-10-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EG |
05CAIRO7889 | SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...] | 2005-10-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
05CAIRO7890 | WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR EG WTO |
05CAIRO7900 | EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE REACT TO IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador made reftel points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit during a meeting October 13. Aboul Gheit argued that the constitution as drafted will inevitably lead to divisions among Iraq's Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurds. He expressed hope that there will be more work done to [...] | 2005-10-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EG |
05CAIRO7937 | HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...] | 2005-10-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO7946 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...] | 2005-10-17 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
05CAIRO7963 | ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...] | 2005-10-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ |
05CAIRO7987 | CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TENSIONS FLARE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Coptic-Muslim tensions erupted in Alexandria October 14 as local Muslims protested the performance -- and DVD distribution -- of a controversial play by Copts, which the protestors deemed offensive to Islam. Large, angry crowds surrounded the St. George Coptic Orthodox churc [...] | 2005-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF EG |
05CAIRO7997 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES POSITIVE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) During an October 17 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador requested the minister's public support for Iraq's constitution referendum and political process. Aboul Gheit said he had given several press interviews earlier in the day, during which he had [...] | 2005-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
05CAIRO7998 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DETAILS OCTOBER 17 CAIRO [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador October 17 that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his meeting with President Mubarak earlier the same day had provided a confident and upbeat assessment of events in the Palestinian territories as well as prospect [...] | 2005-10-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MOPS PTER ECON EG IS IZ MEPN |
05CAIRO8009 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI [...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...] | 2005-10-18 06:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
05CAIRO8016 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA TO IRAQ: [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General intends to travel to Iraq October 20-22 to spearhead renewed Arab engagement on Iraq's political process (reftel). Moussa requested any technical assistance that Embassy Baghdad or Embassy Cairo was able to offer on travel and other logistics regarding the v [...] | 2005-10-18 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
05CAIRO8024 | ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007 FULBRIGHT EGYPTIAN [...] CECEUS/E received 147 applications from Cairo-based and regional universities, government and private organizations, for academic year 2006/2007 Egyptian Student Program (5 in accounting, 6 in archeology, 31 in fine and performing arts, 6 in business administration, 1 in computer supervision, [...] | 2005-10-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL |
05CAIRO8032 | EGYPT "FAVORABLE" ON BUERGENTHAL ICJ CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO8033 | U.S. WTO AG PROPOSALS: EGYPTIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry. Dr. Fawzy was well aware of the U.S. reform proposals and said she would review the demarche po [...] | 2005-10-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EG WTRO |
05CAIRO8034 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR AT THE END OF HIS ROPE [...] (C) Opposition leader Ayman Nour recently gave poloff a dramatic account of his current political travails, claiming the GOE has responded "with ferocious vengeance" to his strong showing in the September 7 presidential election. While this is Nour's version of events, and needs to be put in t [...] | 2005-10-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8036 | CARGO SHIP COLLIDES WITH FERRY NEAR SUEZ; 2 [...] (U) Two passengers were killed and another 40 injured when a Cypriot cargo vessel struck an Egyptian passenger ship, the Pride of Al Salam 95, near Port Tawfik at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal. The Pride of Al Salam 95 was carrying over 1,300 Egyptian Muslim pilgrims returning from [...] | 2005-10-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR EG |
05CAIRO8077 | GAMAL MUBARAK ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) During their October 18 meeting, the Ambassador flagged for Gamal Mubarak President Bush's personal interest in the subject of corruption and international efforts to combat it. Corruption poses a serious threat to the processes of economic and political reform, the Ambassador continued [...] | 2005-10-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8078 | UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE: EGYPT OPPOSED [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note October 19 to MFA Assistant Minister for International Cultural Affairs, Ambassador Sallama Shaker, requesting GOE support for our position on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity vote expected to occur October 20 in Paris. Shaker's Chief of [...] | 2005-10-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNSC UNESCO |
05CAIRO8081 | MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid pressed for a specific date for the start of FTA negotiations, and said that Egypt supports the U.S. on WTO Ag reform. Rashid took on board the Ambassador's call to make anti-corruption a plank of the NDP par [...] | 2005-10-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EAGR EG WTRO |
05CAIRO8110 | FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...] | 2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
05CAIRO8111 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE AMRE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message (ref A) during a meeting late October 19 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa - the eve of his departure to SIPDIS Iraq. Moussa received the message positively while focusing attention on the issues of a conference venue a [...] | 2005-10-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO8112 | EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 1 [...] (C) Four weeks before the first round of parliamentary elections, we have achieved several modest successes and a setback in the effort to help Egypt realize a more transparent electoral process. Meanwhile, the ruling NDP has released its slate of parliamentary candidates: The list drops 35 p [...] | 2005-10-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8124 | CAIRO FORMS AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP; US - [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM convened a meeting of Mission representatives on October 11 to establish an Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) to evaluate Mission preparedness in the event of an outbreak, and to discuss Mission's collaboration with the GOE on avian influenza (AI) issues. NAMRU-3 has [...] | 2005-10-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
05CAIRO8134 | VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR [...] (C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA),Finance (MOF),Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...] | 2005-10-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
05CAIRO8136 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...] (SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission Established Pursuant to UNSCR 1595, otherwise known as the "Mehlis Report." Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the DCM during [...] | 2005-10-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC |
05CAIRO8137 | SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...] | 2005-10-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
05CAIRO8143 | STATUS OF REPATRIATED NLEC SAMI EL-LAITHY [...] (C) Guantanamo detainee Sami El-Laithy, returned by the U.S. to Egypt on October 1 after being designated "No Longer an Enemy Combatant," was met by Egyptian authorities at the airport and taken to hospital. Within 24 hours, following a set of medical tests, El-Laithy was released and returned [...] | 2005-10-24 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM EG KWRC |
05CAIRO8161 | GOE PRIVATIZES "STRATEGIC" FIRMS, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Investment (MOI) has recently acted to extend the revitalized privatization program to cover petrochemical firms, which were previously considered untouchable "strategic" companies, theoretically important to Egypt's overall economic security. Nevertheless, there remain [...] | 2005-10-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
05CAIRO8163 | EGYPT'S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] Egypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief supplies, including tents, blankets, food and medicine. The Ministry of Defense used three of its own C-130s and two U.S. Navy C-130s to transport the supplies. [...] | 2005-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO8164 | STAFFDEL ZWEIG DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA, AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Zweig held meetings on political reform, Gaza disengagement, and Foreign Military Funding (FMF) during its October 13-14 visit to Cairo. The delegation, consisting of Matthew Zweig and David Adams of the House International Relations Committee, also received a briefin [...] | 2005-10-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EG IS |
05CAIRO8188 | LEADING CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP COMPLAINS OF GOE [...] (C) Summary: An October 22-23 meeting in Alexandria of non-governmental democracy activists organized by the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) was disrupted by several audience members protesting the presence of foreigners, including U.S. and European NGO representatives. The disruption [...] | 2005-10-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8190 | EGYPT SEEKING USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...] (U) Post recently received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for membership in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),"Category C," as well as our support for re-election of Egypt's representative on the Anti-Torture Commission. [...] | 2005-10-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP EG UNSC UNGA |
05CAIRO8191 | TRANSPARENCY WITH A SMILE: GOE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an Oct. 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Information Minister Anas al Fekki did his part to make the GOE's plans for the November Parliamentary elections look transparent and fair. The approach may in fact lead to gains for transparency and freedom, in both politics and the GOE-dominat [...] | 2005-10-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EG IS KRAL |
05CAIRO8238 | GOE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN IKC [...] (S) The Ambassador spoke to Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid early October 26 to express his concern about allegations (reftel) that the GOE may have had a hand in the disruption of the civil society conference at Alexandria's Metropole Hotel on October 22-23. Rashid exp [...] | 2005-10-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8244 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described planning for a preparatory meeting in Cairo in mid-to-late November. Moussa intends to invite (plus or minus) 50 Iraqis from all politically significant groups to th [...] | 2005-10-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE |
05CAIRO8269 | EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO MinCouns delivered Ref A demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Aly Houssam Al Hefny on October 27. Drawing on Refs A and B, MinCouns [...] | 2005-10-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LE SY EG |
05CAIRO8275 | AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October 29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, the FM reported on President Mubarak,s trip to Syria. He repeated that the Asad regime had indicated a readiness to change its behavior, including on Iraq, but wo [...] | 2005-10-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PREL SY |
05CAIRO8288 | STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...] | 2005-10-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
05CAIRO8321 | TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove Hizballah´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by [...] | 2005-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL EG |
05CAIRO8334 | EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on October 30 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry (MFTI). FAS delivered key points to the DG at the Ministry of Agriculture. Egypt will continue to press for an improved European WTO Agriculture proposal. [...] | 2005-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EG |
05CAIRO8365 | EGYPTIAN, ARAB LEAGUE REACTIONS TO IRANIAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The GOE position on Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments calling for Israel's destruction (reftels) was expressed by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to reporters October 30. Aboul Gheit told journalists that [...] | 2005-11-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ IR IS MEPN |
05CAIRO8376 | MDA/THIRD PROTOCOL: SWISS READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Swiss Embassy provided post with a readout of the October 28-29 visit to Egypt by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for consultations on the Third Protocol/Emblem issue. During her short stay, Calmy-Rey met with First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed [...] | 2005-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG SW IS UNGA ICRC MEPN |
05CAIRO8392 | EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 3 [...] (C) A key member of the ruling NDP's leadership recently defended the party's slate of candidates for the People's Assembly elections, which will be held in three stages, starting November 9 and concluding December 7. Many have assailed the NDP for favoring "old school" party veterans over yo [...] | 2005-11-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8397 | EGYPTIAN JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOE [...] (C) Summary: A senior member of Egypt's small community of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) said that the GOE's persecution of the group is intensifying. He linked the persecution to the strident opposition to the group's beliefs by Coptic Pope Shenouda III. End summary. 2. (C) Raymond Girgu [...] | 2005-11-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF EG |
05CAIRO8398 | EGYPT TO BACK USG ON SINGLE MEMBER STATE VETO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EG ITU |
05CAIRO8402 | GOE ON WSIS AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (SBU) During a meeting with GOE Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel October 31, the Ambassador asked Kamel for the GOE's position on the recent European Commission proposal on Internet management (reftel) in the lead up to the Tunis World Summit on the Informati [...] | 2005-11-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EG |
05CAIRO8403 | ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...] (SBU) Assistant Public Prosecutor Ahmed Zohny told poloff on November 1 that it would be "impossible" for the Egyptian Public Prosecution to provide to the U.S. assurances that explicitly promised that fugitive Sameh Khouzam would not be subject to torture in the event of his return to Egypt. [...] | 2005-11-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM EG |
05CAIRO8421 | TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR [...] Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars during Ramadan. PA worked with members of the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute to arrange three iftars from October 19 to October 30. The iftar seminars took [...] | 2005-11-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG |
05CAIRO8424 | APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EG |
05CAIRO8434 | MUBARAK AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SYRIA [...] (U) Neither the GOE nor the Arab League have have issued formal statements regarding UNSCR 1636. However, in a wide-ranging interview November 4 with Al Ahram newspaper, President Mubarak stressed the importance of maintaining Syrian stability. He also noted that he had discussed with Syria [...] | 2005-11-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SY EG IO UNSC |
05CAIRO8462 | CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...] | 2005-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
05CAIRO8496 | EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the MI-17 helicopters supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6 that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items reque [...] | 2005-11-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM PK EG |
05CAIRO8498 | FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT ISSUE IN EGYPT [...] (C) Egypt has witnessed two recent cases related to protection and expansion of freedom of speech. In the first case, State Security in Alexandria has arrested and detained a young blogger, Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman, apparently because his recent blog entries have carried strongly-worded at [...] | 2005-11-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG |
05CAIRO8499 | EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (PA) BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 15, AND THAT NO NEW PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BE ISSUED. THE RECENTLY UPDATED LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPT CONSULAR INFORMATION S [...] | 2005-11-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG |
05CAIRO8501 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 4 [...] (SBU) On the final day of campaigning before Egypt's three-stage parliamentary elections kick off on November 9, the stage is set for numerous bitterly contested races. A number of members of the cabinet and other key GOE and opposition figures have their seats on the line in this first roun [...] | 2005-11-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG KPAL |
05CAIRO8533 | CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on October 26 to review post and interagency preparedness and collaborative efforts with the GOE, and to discuss recent meetings with the Ministry of Health (MOH),the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA),the Ministrsy of Foreign Affair [...] | 2005-11-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
05CAIRO8534 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: USG FUNDING [...] (SBU) USAID and MEPI funds are supporting a wide range of initiatives linked to Egypt's 2005 parliamentary elections, which begin on November 9 and will continue through December 7. This message provides an update on unprecedented USG initiatives, which are proceeding without GOE interferen [...] | 2005-11-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV KDEM KMPI EG |
05CAIRO8543 | EGYPT WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO INITIATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV EG |
05CAIRO8546 | EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...] (SBU) Appearing on State TV on the evening of November 8, President Mubarak urged citizens to excersise their right to vote, characterizing it as a "national duty." On the morning of November 9, polls opened at 8 AM in eight of Egypt's 26 governorates. According to Embassy teams deployed in f [...] | 2005-11-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8554 | EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...] (SBU) Summary: Voter turnout in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections picked up as the afternoon began. Most polling stations are the scene of active campaigning by the National Democratic Party (NDP),Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and other independent candidates. Reports from Embas [...] | 2005-11-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8555 | EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: ASSESSING DAY ONE [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly elections kicked off on November 9. For the first time in Egypt's long history of legislative elections, domestic civil society monitors played a prominent role in the proceedings. The unprecedented numbers of civil society monitors have also begun to yield a ve [...] | 2005-11-09 18:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8556 | EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the first round of People's Assembly elections. As anticipated, many races have gone to a runoff stage, which will take place on November 15. There have been d [...] | 2005-11-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8587 | ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devoting live coverage throughout the day of voting. Pro-government media coverage emphasized what it termed the election's "transparency" and high voter turn-ou [...] | 2005-11-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG |
05CAIRO8595 | EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK EG |
05CAIRO8602 | EGYPT: PATTERNS EMERGING AS PA ELECTIONS MOVE TO [...] (C) Runoffs for the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections will be held on November 15. Almost 80 percent of the constituencies will have runoffs. Emerging patterns include a predictably strong performance by the ruling NDP, a noteworthy show of strength by the Muslim Brotherhood, and [...] | 2005-11-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8603 | MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
05CAIRO8615 | EGYPT: FIRST-STAGE RUNOFFS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Polls officially opened at 8AM and will close at 7 PM on November 15 for runoffs in the first stage of the People's Assembly elections, which launched on November 9. Runoffs are being held in 62 constituencies in five provinces including metropolitan Cairo, representing about 80 percent o [...] | 2005-11-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8617 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian President Asad. Moussa said that when he saw Asad before his recent speech, Asad pledged: full cooperation with Mehlis; that he would tell any high official [...] | 2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC |
05CAIRO8618 | EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...] | 2005-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AL EG |
05CAIRO8661 | EGYPT: WSIS INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Visiting EB/CBA Frank Mermoud and Econoff conveyed reftel demarche on November 14 to Dr. Khaled Ismail, Senior Adviser to the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology. Dr. Ismail, who departed on November 15 to join the Egyptian delegation in Tunis, indicated that [...] | 2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ETRD EG |
05CAIRO8663 | EGYPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE FLAT NDP [...] (C) Summary: Though official results are not yet out, much "unofficial" data on results of the first round of People's Assembly elections is in circulation as of late afternoon, November 16. The unofficial results show a flat performance by the ruling NDP, complemented by a relatively strong [...] | 2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8700 | DETAINED BLOGGER RELEASED; AUC STILL STYMIED IN [...] (SBU) Blogger Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman has been released after spending more than two weeks in the custody of Alexandria's State Security Investigative Service. Abdul Karim announced his November 13 release with a post on his blog (www.karam903.blogspot.com). Aside from his post, Karim ha [...] | 2005-11-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL EG |
05CAIRO8701 | EGYPT: RESULTS OFFICIAL FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF [...] (C) The Chairman of the Parliamentary Elections Commission has formally announced the results of the first of three stages of Egypt's People's Assembly elections. The numbers track with "unofficial" results in circulation yesterday (reftel),including an acknowledged win of 34 seats for the M [...] | 2005-11-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8702 | EGYPT ELECTIONS ROUND 2: THE VIEW FROM ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Alexandria governorate, home to Egypt,s second largest city, is among those voting in the second round of parliamentary polls November 20. Significant portions of the coastal city are considered strongholds of the Muslim Brotherhood. The ruling National Democratic Party did [...] | 2005-11-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8704 | NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...] | 2005-11-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
05CAIRO8705 | NEA A/S WELCH AND EGYPT'S FM ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] 4(b) and (d). Â [...] | 2005-11-20 04:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IZ EG IG |
05CAIRO8734 | Egypt: Minister of Agriculture Discusses [...] Summary: Ambassador Ricciardone met with Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Leithy, to discuss the Egyptian ban on imports of poultry products from all sources, and to discuss the upcoming USDA mission to assess status of implementation of the Bio-safety Protocol. The Ambassador als [...] | 2005-11-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO EG |
05CAIRO8745 | THE BELL RINGS FOR ROUND TWO OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Egypt's second round of parliamentary elections--in Alexandria, and eight other governorates, where approximately 1700 candidates are competing for 144 seats--were conducted on November 20 amidst GOE arrests of Muslim Brotherhood activists and multiple reports of attacks by NDP "bullies" [...] | 2005-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8785 | IRAQ: FIRST TWO DAYS OF AL MEETING MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The first two days of the Arab League (AL) Iraq National Accord Preparatory Meeting has gone as expected and mostly well. Speakers at the opening plenary were generally supportive of a democratic, pluralist, federal, united Iraq, with the exception of Muslim Ul [...] | 2005-11-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ EG PROG |
05CAIRO8786 | EGYPT: MORE ON VIOLENCE, INITIAL RESULTS IN STAGE [...] (SBU) On November 20, the second stage of People's Assembly elections was held in the provinces of Alexandria, Gharbiya, Beheira, Qalyoubia, Suez, Fayyoum, and Qena. Violent incidents marred polling in a number of districts, particularly in the provinces of Alexandria and Beheira. While the mo [...] | 2005-11-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8812 | ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE [...] (U) The text below represents an unofficial translation of the "Agreed Statement" produced following the three day Conference for Iraqi National Accord, held in Cairo November 19-21. BEGIN TEXT: "The Preparatory Meeting of the Conference for Iraqi National Accord convened at the Headquar [...] | 2005-11-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ EG |
05CAIRO8822 | AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...] (C) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Mostafa Fiqqi, a prominent member of Gamal Mubarak's circle of "reformists" in the ruling NDP, in the gritty Nile Delta city [...] | 2005-11-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8850 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MULTILATERAL ISSUES: GOE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DCM raised UN reform and the need for greater U.S.- GOE cooperation at the UN with Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naella Gabr on November 16. Gabr noted that Egypt differs from the U.S. on many reform initiatives, the use of country specific resolutions on hum [...] | 2005-11-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EG UN |
05CAIRO8873 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC [...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...] | 2005-11-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG |
05CAIRO8875 | AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION [...] (C) During a telephone conversation on November 22, the Ambassador cautioned Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly about the violence which accompanied the start of the second stage of Egyptian elections on November 20 (reftels). 2. (C) After an initial discussion of the upcoming visit of [...] | 2005-11-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8876 | KEY NDP REFORM FIGURE DEEMS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In our first discussion with leading NDP reformer Hossam Badrawi since he lost his run-off race for re-election to Parliament, Badrawi alleged he lost as a result of NDP corruption. He said that the parliamentary elections are a major setback to the reform wing of the ruling party. Badr [...] | 2005-11-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8877 | IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for Multilateral affairs, ECPO Minister Counselor and RMAS Deputy and briefer presented reftel demarche and associated briefing to Deputy assistant minister for D [...] | 2005-11-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC |
05CAIRO8878 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to requests for information in reftel regarding the government of Egypt's (GOE) planning and response capabilities with regard to the threat of avian influenza (AI). The GOE has made AI a top priority, and has taken steps to mobilize government ministrie [...] | 2005-11-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL |
05CAIRO8911 | EGYPT: SECOND STAGE RUNOFFS: MORE VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Runoffs for People's Assembly seats took place on November 26 in seven provinces. The November 26 polls were marred by street fighting, charges that security forces blocked access to some polling places, and charges that domestic monitors were threatened "systematically" and deni [...] | 2005-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO8916 | EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP ON GEOGRAPHI INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG |
05CAIRO8917 | EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER URGES FTA ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nazif convoked the Ambassador on November 27 to make a strong plea for an FTA announcement during this week's TIFA Council meeting in Washington. Citing President Bush's promise to take "positive steps" by the end of the year, Nazif stressed that the GOE has demo [...] | 2005-11-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG |
05CAIRO8929 | NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP [...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...] | 2005-11-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL EG |
05CAIRO8933 | EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...] | 2005-11-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG |
05CAIRO8937 | PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...] | 2005-11-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD |
05CAIRO8938 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL EG OVIP |
05CAIRO8990 | EGYPT: THIRD ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Egypt's third and final round of parliamentary elections got underway on December 1 amid reports of hundreds of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters. Polling stations in the areas visited by emboffs tended either to be calm amid very light turnout, or cordoned off by security p [...] | 2005-12-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
05CAIRO9053 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY [...] (C) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Amir Salim, Nour's lead defense attorney, told the media he presumed the detention order was a prequel to a conviction and prison sentence. In late November mee [...] | 2005-12-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9054 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC EG UNGA |
05CAIRO9055 | SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq and outlined some of the obstacles that stood in the way. Mubarak stressed his dim view of the Shi'a and opined that its ties to Tehran and their "d [...] | 2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OREP ECON EG |
05CAIRO9056 | FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...] | 2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
05CAIRO9071 | Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4: [...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...] | 2005-12-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG |
05CAIRO9072 | INVESTOR INEXPERIENCE FUELS TELECOMS IPO BOOM [...] (U) On November 29, the GOE began its long-awaited divestiture of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE),with an initial public offering of 10%, or 170 million shares, on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) sold to individuals, and the additional 10% being sold to institutions. After several [...] | 2005-12-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
05CAIRO9086 | WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 05:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC KPAO |
05CAIRO9100 | TAKING STOCK OF EGYPT'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) After the relatively positive presidential elections, Egypt's parliamentary elections were marred by a low turnout, vote-rigging, and violence -- but nonetheless signify a new stage in the country's political transition. Gains by Islamists and the role played by civil society testify to a [...] | 2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9134 | MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...] (C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...] | 2005-12-07 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG |
05CAIRO9135 | EGYPT: WIDESPREAD OBSTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE AT [...] (SBU) December 7 saw runoff races for seats in most parliamentary constituencies in nine provinces of Egypt. Although many polling places appeared to be quiet and functioning normally, there were serious disruptions at many others. Emboffs witnessed security force obstruction of polling place [...] | 2005-12-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9167 | EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EG |
05CAIRO9168 | EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION [...] (U) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS CHANGED FROM FPCON CHARLIE TO FPCON BRAVO. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHARLIE MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED: CHARLIE 4, CHARLIE 5, CHARLIE 7, CHARL [...] | 2005-12-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ASEC EG |
05CAIRO9177 | AYMAN NOUR CASE DISCUSSED WITH GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
05CAIRO9178 | POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS FOR EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS: [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mubarak has decreed that registered Christian groups will face new, less restrictive regulations governing repair and rebuilding of existing churches. Church repair and rebuilding has been a perennial problem for Egypt's Christians, as documented in the Department' [...] | 2005-12-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF EG |
05CAIRO9179 | HONG KONG MINISTERIAL: EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points on TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, and separately to Walid El Nozahy, Head of the Ministry's WTO Office (who had no formal response). During the meeting, Faw [...] | 2005-12-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EG WTO |
05CAIRO9180 | UN REFORM: AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S DECEMBER 10 [...] (C) During a December 10 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, followed by a more detailed discussion with senior MFA multilateral affairs staff, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli drew out Egyptian concerns on UN reform efforts and [...] | 2005-12-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG UNGA UNSC |
05CAIRO9208 | CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met November 8 to review Mission preparedness and interactions of Mission organizations with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on AI prevention. Although surveillance has detected no H5N1 in Egypt, post continues to work on prepa [...] | 2005-12-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED ASEC CMGT TBIO |
05CAIRO9209 | EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL HEADS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of political opposition leader Ayman Nour, supervised by Judge Adel Abdel-Salam Gom'a, has been characterized by all of the irregularities and inconsistencies of the first two trials of Saad Eddin Ibrahim in 2001-2002, also tried by Judge Gom'a. The prosecution has gene [...] | 2005-12-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9249 | ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing (FMF),regional affairs, and internal politics during their December 1 meeting, held while Mr. Rodman was in Cairo for the annual Military [...] | 2005-12-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG |
05CAIRO9252 | DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...] (C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...] | 2005-12-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG |
05CAIRO9254 | EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...] | 2005-12-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
05CAIRO9263 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...] | 2005-12-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG |
05CAIRO9271 | ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE [...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...] | 2005-12-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
05CAIRO9293 | EGYPT TELLS EB/CBA MERMOUD IT'S "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" [...] (SBU) During his meetings with a large sampling of Egypt's political and business leaders, EB/CBA Frank Mermoud heard that while Egypt is "open for business" due to positive policy reforms, significant challenges to business development remain. Expanding outreach to Egypt's ICT sector and enc [...] | 2005-12-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV CVIS EG |
05CAIRO9294 | CAIRO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 12/13/05 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2005, DCM convened a meeting of the full EAC to discuss the worldwide public announcement issued by the Department of State (Ref A),the current threat situation in Egypt (Ref B),Post tripwires regarding Avian Influenza (AI),the ongoing Emergency Action Plan (E [...] | 2005-12-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC EG KFLO PTER EAC |
05CAIRO9302 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] From January to August 2005, the U.S. trade surplus with Egypt reached $900 million. Exports to Egypt totaled $2.0 billion for this period, representing a 1.7 percent decrease over the same period of 2004. U.S. imports from Egypt for the same period totaled $1.1 billion, a 48 percent increas [...] | 2005-12-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG USTR |
05CAIRO9313 | SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad December 15, sharing the draft UN Security Council resolution on the Hariri murder investigation and calling for a strong Egyptian role in supporting Lebanon's request for an expanded/extended mandate for the UN I [...] | 2005-12-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG LE SY UNSC |
05CAIRO9314 | 2005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS [...] (C) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former but yielded to the latter. Following the country's first ever Presidential election and nearly a month of parliamentary elections, Egypt's political landscape [...] | 2005-12-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9315 | IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQI [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 14 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for the Iraq portfolio, Alaa Hadidi. Stressing the importance of supporting the Iraqi government and people regarding their December 15 elections, post called for strong Egyptian statements of encouragement [...] | 2005-12-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
05CAIRO9316 | EGYPT'S PROPOSAL FOR BILATERAL NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry's primary point of contact for disarmament and non-proliferation Dr. Hossam Aly provided poloff with an unofficial proposal for the agenda for the non-proliferation bilateral talks. The unofficial proposals for the agenda include the following, and clearly reflect MFA [...] | 2005-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EG IS |
05CAIRO9335 | EGYPT: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counterterrorism and law enforcement issues in 2005 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...] | 2005-12-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
05CAIRO9349 | EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR IN PRISON HOSPITAL, HUNGER [...] (SBU) Multiple Ghad Party contacts confirm press reports that opposition leader Ayman Nour was tranferred on December 17 to the hospital in Mazra' Torah prison, just south of Cairo. Contacts advised that Nour, who is diabetic and also suffers from heart disease, was deteriorating. Nour annou [...] | 2005-12-19 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
05CAIRO9350 | IRAQ: EGYPT SEES ELECTIONS AS "STEP FORWARD" TO [...] (U) The Charge delivered foreign policy reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad ahead of Iraq's national parliamentary elections, encouraging the GOE to publicly support and congratulate the Iraqi people for their democratic achievement, once election results had bee [...] | 2005-12-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM EG IZ |
05CAIRO9351 | EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH BLOCKS SAMPLES FOR CDC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently preventing the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Cairo from bringing influenza tissue samples into Egypt for testing at NAMRU's labs. Interventions at various levels have failed to move the GOE, significantly hamp [...] | 2005-12-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EG PREL TBIO |
05CAIRO9352 | HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S ADDRESS OPENING [...] (SBU) During an address on December 19, President Mubarak opened parliament with a 40-minute address that emphasized political and economic reform but did not contain any major new proposals or signal any changes of course. This is not unusual, as Mubarak rarely uses the annual parliamentary [...] | 2005-12-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL EG |
05CAIRO9379 | TELECOM EGYPT: STABLE STOCK, GUARANTEED FUTURE? [...] (SBU) Following the privatization of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE) (reftels),share prices have stabilized, diminishing fears of a quick sell-off. Sherif Karara, Managing Director of EFG Holdings, and TE Chairman Akil Beshir recently told Econoff that TE has taken measures to combat losses from t [...] | 2005-12-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
05CAIRO9380 | AMERICAN IMAM CAMPAIGNS FOR TOLERANCE, [...] SUMMARY: American Imam Mohammed Bashar Arafat engaged religious scholars, students, journalists, and media audiences across the Arab world with his message of tolerance and hope during a visit to Egypt Dec. 1-13. In purposeful, persuasive Arabic cadences, Bashar preached respect for Christi [...] | 2005-12-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP KIRF EG |
05CAIRO9384 | EGYPT: EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW MARKETS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although its audience in Egypt appears to be modest, Al-Manar TV recently gained notoriety in Cairo for broadcasting a program deemed to be insulting to President Mubarak. Al Manar´s hostility to the United States and endorsement of conspiracy theories make the station a perfect [...] | 2005-12-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL ANET EG |
05CAIRO9385 | ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...] | 2005-12-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
05CAIRO9386 | 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR ARAB [...] The impact of the Arab League boycott of Israel on U.S. trade and investment the Middle East and North Africa varies from country to country. While it remains a serious barrier for U.S. firms attempting to export to some countries in the region from Israel, the boycott has virtually no effect [...] | 2005-12-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG USTR |
05CAIRO9387 | EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...] | 2005-12-21 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG |
05CAIRO9388 | American Author Promotes Dynamic View of US [...] SUMMARY: American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead engaged Egyptian audiences with his dynamic vision of U.S. foreign policy during three days of lectures, roundtable discussions, and media interviews November 27-29. Meads visit coincided with the Embassys release of the Arabic tra [...] | 2005-12-21 06:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP EG |
05CAIRO9425 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Post is pleased at ECAs commitment to revitalizing cultural and sports programming and eager to collaborate in developing effective new approaches. These programs are invaluable tools for developing mutual understanding with different socio-economic levels, especially Egypts emerging youth, a [...] | 2005-12-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC |
05CAIRO9467 | VERDICT ANTICIPATED IN OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN [...] (C) We expect that the December 24 session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial will result in a conviction and harsh prison sentence, as Ayman Nour's family and defense team anticipate. Nour, a diabetic, is reportedly maintaining his hunger strike and remains in Torah Prison's infi [...] | 2005-12-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9468 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interactions with Syrian and Lebanese leaders. Clearly working hand-in-hand with the GOE, Moussa said that AL and GOE aim to calm tensions between Damascus and Beiru [...] | 2005-12-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC |
05CAIRO9469 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA AWAITS [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa sought a readout of Iraq's recent Parliamentary election results, noting that his information on electoral returns and efforts to form a new government was limited. After the election results are [...] | 2005-12-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
05CAIRO9470 | ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ON FLAP WITH GULF [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Ambassador inquired into a SIPDIS recent public flap between Moussa and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members over a supposed letter Moussa sent on regional nuclear disarmament issues. Moussa admitted to [...] | 2005-12-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM EG IR IS PNUC |
05CAIRO9471 | EGYPT CLEAR ON USG APPREHENSIONS OF BASHIR AS [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with poloff, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed al Higazy shared that he was already aware of USG discomfort at the prospect of Sudanese President Bashir being offered the Presidency of the African Union at the January summit in Khartoum. Higa [...] | 2005-12-22 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EG SU |
05CAIRO9486 | BROTHERHOOD RISING IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by the American Presence Post Alexandria. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The strong showing of Muslim Brotherhood candidates from Alexandria has provoked speculation that the group may see Egypt's second city as a launching point for broader political gains, [...] | 2005-12-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9529 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE CAUTIOUS ON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarches to a senior Arab League Secretariat staff member December 26, urging the Arab League to do all it could to support and advance the idea of a national compact to bring Iraqis from all political groups together. Responding to ref A demarche request to reach o [...] | 2005-12-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EG IZ |
05CAIRO9545 | AYMAN NOUR CASE: THE POST-CONVICTION STAGE [...] (C) Reactions in the Egyptian media to the December 24 conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Ayman Nour on criminal forgery charges have been low key, with a few exceptions. The broader public reaction is more difficult to gauge. Many appear to believe that the case against Nour was [...] | 2005-12-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
05CAIRO9546 | EGYPT'S NEW IMPORT-EXPORT REGULATIONS [...] (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry (MOFTI) recently implemented new, more transparent and liberalized import/export regulations to facilitate trade and further integrate Egypt into the global economy. These regulations were developed with the private sector to give indus [...] | 2005-12-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EG WTRO |
05CAIRO9547 | EGYPT: CABINET SHUFFLE DUMPS KEY OLD GUARD [...] (C) News of a cabinet shuffle, anticipated in Cairo for several weeks, broke overnight December 27-28. The leaders of the "sovereign" Ministries - Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Interior, remain in place. Also staying are key members of Egypt's economic reform team: Finance Minister Boutros Gh [...] | 2005-12-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EG |
05CAIRO9581 | CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and the Regional Representative of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime to support a Regional Conference on International Cooperation in Judicial and Criminal Matt [...] | 2005-12-29 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KJUS EG |
05CAIRO9582 | EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY |
05CAIRO9583 | STATUS OF EGYPTIAN BANK PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) An early December discussion between the Ambassador and Egyptian Central Bank Governor Farouk El Okdah focused on the USG-GOE Financial Sector MOU, specifically benchmarks for item three of the MOU, i.e., divestment of GOE shares in the four largest joint venture (JV) banks by 6/30/05 and [...] | 2005-12-29 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
05CALCUTTA100 | PRESIDENT'S RULE DECLARED IN BIHAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 6 Governor Buta Singh concluded that no party or coalition had the numbers to govern in Bihar, and recommended President's Rule. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam accepted the recommendation and imposed President's Rule on March 7. This marks the end - for now at least -- [...] | 2005-03-10 13:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
05CALCUTTA101 | ULFA BLASTS ACROSS ASSAM [...] (U) Over three days from March 8-10, a series of blasts rocked the Northeast Indian state of Assam. A senior Assam Police officer told Post that in a total of 17 violent incidents - bomb blasts and grenade attacks -- one policeman died, and three policemen and two civilians were injured. Th [...] | 2005-03-10 14:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG IN |
05CALCUTTA107 | GOVERNMENT FORMED IN JHARKHAND -- TWO WEEKS LATER [...] On March 15 the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),led by Arjun Munda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),won a vote of confidence on the floor of the Jharkhand Assembly, thereby establishing its governing majority. Munda had been Chief Minister prior to the elections and resumed the post o [...] | 2005-03-15 10:57:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IN |
05CALCUTTA176 | INDIAN REACTION TO ULFA TERROR DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The addition of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to the Other Selected Terrorist Organizations list in the 2004 Country Reports on Terrorism has been widely remarked by the press in India. A large majority of public comments, as well as reactions from our private cont [...] | 2005-05-02 12:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV IN GOI |
05CALCUTTA18 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...] | 2005-01-18 09:17:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN |
05CALCUTTA206 | BIHAR STATE ASSEMBLY DISSOLVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early hours of May 23, following Governor Buta Singh's recommendation, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Center dissolved the Bihar State Assembly. The State Assembly had previously been placed under a state of "suspended animation" (in which elected [...] | 2005-05-24 12:51:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
05CALCUTTA246 | INDIA'S NORTHEAST MILITANCY: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable provides an overview of the "alphabet soup" of ethnic insurgencies that have plagued India's Northeast throughout its history. The first three paragraphs provide a broad overview of the factors that have spawned these conflicts and should be of general interest to Ind [...] | 2005-07-06 18:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PTER PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
05CALCUTTA320 | CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONCERNED BY MISSIONARY MURDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During CG's August 23-25 visit to Orissa, he met with Christian representatives to discuss developments in the January 1999 murder case of Australian Christian evangelist Graham Staines and his two sons. CG also inquired about communal relations in the State. The Christian r [...] | 2005-09-09 12:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KIRF SOCI CASC IN |
05CALCUTTA330 | WEST BENGAL COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER EXPRESSES PRO-CAPITALIST [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6, CG met State Secretary of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and Politburo and Central Committee member Anil Biswas. While focusing on the need for industrialization in West Bengal, Biswas said that foreign direct investment (FDI) is welcome from any co [...] | 2005-09-16 09:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV IN BG NP |
05CALCUTTA372 | ETHNIC VIOLENCE FLARES IN ASSAM [...] (U) Summary: Between September 26 and October 18, ethnic violence in the Karbi Anglong district of the Northeast Indian state of Assam claimed 73 lives. Conflict over territorial control and retaliation between the insurgent groups of the Karbi and Dimasa tribals has instigated the bloodbath. [...] | 2005-10-19 08:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KRIM CASC SOCI IN ASEC |
05CALCUTTA373 | BIHAR'S FIRST DAY OF VOTING OFFERS NO CLEAR WINNER AND NO [...] (U) Summary: On October 18, Bihar completed a relatively peaceful first day of voting in its State elections. Voting took place in 57 of Bihar's 243 constituencies. Television and newspaper exit polls were contradictory, making predictions difficult. Zee News television predicted an inde [...] | 2005-10-19 17:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI CASC IN |
05CALCUTTA418 | ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...] | 2005-11-21 12:50:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG |
05CALCUTTA420 | NDA DECISIVELY WINS IN BIHAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In November 22 voting results, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a landslide victory in Bihar's State Assembly elections, winning more than the 122 seats needed for a governing majority. The [...] | 2005-11-22 15:13:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN |
05CALCUTTA454 | GOI SEES IMMIGRATION FROM BANGLADESH AS NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Classified By: CG Henry V. Jardine for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Poloff, Indian security services in West Bengal described illegal immigration from Bangladesh as a serious national security threat. The three major areas of concern for the officials [...] | 2005-12-16 12:38:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI IN XE PTER |
05CALCUTTA68 | THE COMMUNISTS WORRY ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: West Bengal's governing Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) is concerned about the nascent spread of ultra-Left Maoist influence in rural West Bengal. The Party would prefer to tackle the Maoist challenge politically, by mobilizing the rural masses, but has not yet been abl [...] | 2005-02-17 15:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER SOCI IN |
05CALCUTTA69 | WEST BENGAL COMMUNISTS ACCEPT GLOBALIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 21st triennial State Conference of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) concluded on February 12 after some lively debate on the Party's future road map - political and economic. The CPM expressed concern about the radical Left (Septel) and advised its cadre to begin pr [...] | 2005-02-17 18:20:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI IN |
05CALCUTTA7 | SENIOR POLICEMAN AMONG SEVEN KILLED IN MAOIST BIHAR BLAST [...] Prior to the approaching state assembly elections in Bihar and Jharkhand, a district police chief of Munger in Bihar, K.C Surendrababu, along with six other policemen, were killed on Wednesday January 5th, when their vehicle was blown-up by a remote-controlled landmine. The landmine was alleged [...] | 2005-01-10 05:56:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM IN |
05CALCUTTA72 | JHARKHAND POLLS HAND IN THE BALANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 23 India's newest state, Jharkhand, will hold the third and final round of its first State Assembly elections. Their outcome is anything but certain. Going into the elections the state-governing National Democratic Alliance (NDA),led by the Bharatiya Janata Party [...] | 2005-02-22 12:33:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN |
05CALCUTTA97 | INDIAN COMMUNISTS EMBRACE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' March 5-6 visit to Calcutta provided West Bengal's Communist government an opportunity to show the world that the Left is still relevant - even if that relevance was expressed mostly through shopworn anti-imperialist sloganeering. Chavez appeared to [...] | 2005-03-09 09:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EPET VE IN |
05CALGARY577 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT DRUMS UP OILPATCH INVESTMENT DURING [...] (SBU) Calgary was the first stop on Mexican President Vicente Fox's whirlwind tour of Western Canada on Thursday, September 29th. The trip was designed to "strengthen commercial, political and educational ties between Western Canada and Mexico". During his one-day visit to Calgary, President [...] | 2005-10-03 23:15:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV XM CA |
05CALGARY599 | USDOE OFFICIALS LEARN ALBERTA OILPATCH DOES ALL IT CAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Calgary welcomed USDOE officials Mr. Gary Ward, Director, American Affairs, and Ms. Kathleen Deutsch, Senior Analyst, American Affairs, to Calgary September 27 - 30, 2005. In addition to presenting a speech at the Far North Oil and Gas Conference and touring northern Alberta' [...] | 2005-10-07 17:29:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
05CALGARY600 | SOARING OIL PRICES RAISE ALBERTA SURPLUS AND OTTAWA [...] While commuters from New York to Tokyo watched in horror as oil and gas prices shot up this year, residents of Calgary, Alberta celebrated, and for good reason. For every US$1 increase in the price of a barrel of oil, an estimated C$100 million is pumped into provincial coffers. Recent spikes [...] | 2005-10-07 17:48:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV ZR CA |
05CALGARY622 | WEYBURN C02 PROJECT A WIN/WIN FOR PRODUCERS AND [...] Summary: During an October visit to Regina, CG and Econ Assistant toured the Weyburn C02 Monitoring and Storage Project in southern Saskatchewan. The technology, introduced in 2000 by Calgary-based EnCana and the Petroleum Technology Research Centre in Regina, injects C02 into depleted oil re [...] | 2005-10-18 17:38:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
05CALGARY631 | WHILE WILMA RAGES, PLANS DRAWN UP FOR NEW ALBERTA GULF COAST [...] Some may question Altex President Jack Crawford's timing. His October 14th press release that his newly-formed Calgary company is proposing a heavy crude oil pipeline line from northern Alberta to the refineries of southeast Texas may have raised a few eyebrows, as meteorologists warned that th [...] | 2005-10-21 18:02:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
05CALGARY643 | URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT" [...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...] | 2005-10-28 21:59:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA |
05CALGARY656 | CALGARY ENERGY ROUND-UP: OCTOBER 2005 [...] Alberta Minister Melchin Warns Ottawa to Keep Energy out of Softwood Lumber Dispute: "Hands off Our Oil" 2. NEP2 on the Horizon? 3. Alberta Energy Company Buys North Sea Developer 4. New Terasen-Pembina Partnership Proposes Condensate Pipeline 5. New Oilsands Regulations Raise Environmenta [...] | 2005-11-04 03:56:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA CH UK |
05CALGARY706 | FOUL FOWL FLU FIGHTERS [...] (U) Taking advantage of the media frenzy generated by the recent discoveries of a low pathogenic strain of avian flu in British Columbia and California, the Calgary Health Region (CHR) board announced on November 29 its strategy for combating pandemic outbreaks. Experts predict that, in the eve [...] | 2005-12-01 19:21:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA SOCI PREL CA WHO KSTH |
05CALGARY723 | IMPERIAL MOVES TO REGULATORY HEARINGS, BUT COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delay and uncertainty, Imperial Oil and its partners in the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline announced in November that they are ready to move to public hearings. While Imperial claims the announcement is "not a decision to build a pipeline", the [...] | 2005-12-08 19:35:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
05CALGARY736 | KING COAL'S COMEBACK [...] In a surprise to many energy economists, King Coal is returning to the throne. As recently as two years ago, many experts were predicting a rapid demise for a fuel long associated with black lungs and melting ice caps, but the outlook is once again promising for an industry older than the Indu [...] | 2005-12-15 18:34:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA |
05CALGARY746 | ELECTION UPDATE: TORIES LIKELY TO SWEEP ALBERTA? NDP RETURN [...] Three weeks into the federal election campaign little has changed with respect to our initial sense that Alberta, with 26 of its 28 seats held by the Conservative Party of Canada, will unquestionably remain a Tory fortress. Federal party leaders recently made their first brief foray into this [...] | 2005-12-19 21:15:00 | Consulate Calgary | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CA |
05CANBERRA1047 | AUSTRALIA ON TRACK FOR VWP REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post demarched Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Passport Systems and Technology Director John Osbourne on June 15 regarding the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) biometric passport requirements (reftel). Osbourne identified DFAT as the responsible ministry and designated [...] | 2005-06-17 02:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS AS |
05CANBERRA1118 | NEW AUSTRALIAN VISA CATEGORY FOR AMERICANS [...] (U) A letter to the Charge' from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Temporary Entry Branch Assistant Secretary Arja Keski-Nummi, announced that starting July 1, 2005, in addition to the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA),American citizens [...] | 2005-06-29 00:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT AS |
05CANBERRA1129 | AUSMIN 2005: INITIAL LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOA convened an initial AUSMIN interagency planning session with Emboffs on June 29 to consider logistics issues: dates, accommodations, security, transportation, number of delegates, advance teams, media, etc. DFAT and other GOA agency representatives stressed the importan [...] | 2005-06-30 09:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OTRA PREL ASEC PGOV AS |
05CANBERRA1167 | AUSTRALIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 05:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AS UNESCO |
05CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
05CANBERRA1218 | AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...] | 2005-07-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC CB AS |
05CANBERRA1253 | AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING [...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...] | 2005-07-24 21:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN |
05CANBERRA1270 | GOA SUPPORTS UN DEMOCRACY FUND, SEEKS SEAT ON BOARD [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on July 21 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) United Nations and Commonwealth Director Nicholas Turner, and at a July 28 follow up discussion with AusAid Acting Assistant Director Gen [...] | 2005-07-28 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA ECOSOC KPKP |
05CANBERRA1301 | AUSTRALIA TO ACCEPT 50 UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
05CANBERRA1314 | SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for State. Please see para 4. 2. (C) We presented reftel demarche points on July 1 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Middle East Section Director Octavia Borthwick, who told us that the GOA was considering whether and what sort of equipment [...] | 2005-08-03 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL KWBG KPAL AS IS |
05CANBERRA1361 | AUSTRALIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE [...] Embassy Canberra, with the concurrence of Consulate General Sydney, welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Samuel Soo Hoo, Paul Ebel, and Frederick Allen Morris to travel to Sydney, Australia on August 27 - September 2, 2005. The purpose of their visit is to participate in a Regional T [...] | 2005-08-12 01:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AS IAEA |
05CANBERRA1381 | MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...] | 2005-08-12 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS |
05CANBERRA1399 | REVISED CHILD LABOR REPORT ON AUSTRALIA [...] Per reftel, we raised child labor issues with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) on August 11 and 16, and with the domestic NGO Child Wise and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on August 12. Our Australian counterparts responded that they shared U.S. concerns ab [...] | 2005-08-16 21:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
05CANBERRA1423 | AUSTRALIA: LONDON BOMBINGS PROMPT CT SUMMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July London bombings have prompted Australia to conduct a national, government-wide counterterrorism review to assess Australia's capacity to respond to a terrorist attack. PM John Howard will meet with state and territory leaders in late September at a national counterterr [...] | 2005-08-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR AS |
05CANBERRA1433 | GOA AND UNIONS TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO THE ILO [...] (SBU) Australia's union leaders have gone overseas to seek guidance from their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere to strengthen their campaign against the Howard Government's proposed labor law reforms. The Government of Australia (GOA),meanwhile, has restarted its regional labor diploma [...] | 2005-08-24 22:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
05CANBERRA1453 | AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...] | 2005-08-29 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS |
05CANBERRA1454 | CANBERRA VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (SBU) The A/DCM chaired Embassy Canberra's August 26 Visas Viper committee meeting. There were no Visas Viper submissions for the month of August 2005. STANTON [...] | 2005-08-29 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT AS PREL |
05CANBERRA1455 | PM HOWARD ENLISTS MUSLIM LEADERS TO COMBAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard and thirteen Australian Muslim leaders met at an August 23 "summit" to find ways in which the government and Islamic leaders could work together more closely to combat the spread of extremism within Australia's Islamic community (Refs A and B). After t [...] | 2005-08-29 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR AS |
05CANBERRA1460 | AUSTRALIAN DOD READOUT ON FIJI GUARD UNIT [...] (C) Summary: Australian Department of Defense (ADOD) officials told us on August 29 that they were exasperated by Fiji,s threat to renege on its commitment to provide guard units to the UN in Basra and Erbil, and they planned to advise Defense Minister Hill and the Department of Prime Ministe [...] | 2005-08-30 02:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR IZ FJ AS UNSC |
05CANBERRA1461 | AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES MINISTERIAL FURTHERS CT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The inaugural Australia-Philippines Ministerial Meeting (APMM),held in Canberra August 11-12, focused on security issues, in particular strengthening joint efforts by Australia and the Philippines to combat the terrorist threat in the region. The two governments agreed to star [...] | 2005-08-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AS RP |
05CANBERRA1471 | SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH [...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...] | 2005-08-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN |
05CANBERRA272 | AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TIMOR [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Maritime South-East Asia Penny Burtt. Burtt said that the GOA was in "heated agreement" with the U.S. that UNMISET should conclude in May and that the Governme [...] | 2005-02-11 03:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL TL AS UNSC |
05CANBERRA284 | BALANCED AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO MAMDOUH HABIB MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian former detainee Mamdouh Habib's first media appearance since his release from Guantanamo received predictably wide coverage here, but overall the reporting has balanced his accusations of torture with questions about why he refuses to account for his pre-9/11 activiti [...] | 2005-02-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR PHUM OPRC AS |
05CANBERRA287 | AMBASSADOR RAISES EUROCOPTER ENGINES WITH DEFMIN [...] (C) During his February 14 farewell call on Australian Minister for Defence Robert Hill, Ambassador raised the issue of the Australian Government's purchase of engines for the MRH-90 from Eurocopter. The Ambassador told DefMin Hill that the U.S. would appreciate it if the GOA requested General [...] | 2005-02-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV AS |
05CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIA WANTS TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Affairs Secretary Michael L'Estrange told the Ambassador on February 14 that he hoped another round of the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue could be held in the near future. He also asked that the U.S. encourage Japan to use its influence with [...] | 2005-02-15 00:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CN JA PREL ARF |
05CANBERRA310 | AUSTRALIA'S VIEW ON THE EU'S INTENTION TO LIFT ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several articles in the Australian press over the past several days have miscast the GOA's policy on the EU's professed intention to lift its ban on arms exports to China. Contacts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have assured us that the GOA fully shares the [...] | 2005-02-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC ETRD AS CH |
05CANBERRA322 | NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...] | 2005-02-18 04:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC PARM AS IAEA |
05CANBERRA323 | NPT ENVOY SANDERS DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 10 luncheon with senior Australian officials hosted by the DCM, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed how to handle Iran's nuclear programs at the IAEA. GOA officials were candid i [...] | 2005-02-18 04:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
05CANBERRA329 | NO GOA POSITION YET ON ARF CBM SEMINAR ON MISSILE [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A points and concept paper on February 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Section Chief Paula Watt, ARF Action Officer Fiona Couchaud, and Defence Policy and Liaison Section Chief Jane Lambert, and separately to ADOD Assis [...] | 2005-02-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AS ARF |
05CANBERRA331 | AUSTRALIA: PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE [...] (U) Please see action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to relevant Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) IO staff on February 10 and discussed matters contained therein at a February 18 follow up call with UN Executive Officer Lara Nassau. Nassau emphasiz [...] | 2005-02-18 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA |
05CANBERRA341 | NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS CONSULTS ON NPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 10 consultations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra on preparations for the May 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of th [...] | 2005-02-22 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
05CANBERRA342 | AUSTRALIA TO SEND ADDITIONAL 450 TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard announced February 22 that Australia would increase its troop contribution to Iraq by 50 percent by sending 450 additional ground forces to protect Japanese military engineers engaged in reconstruction efforts in Al Muthanna province. Some of the new [...] | 2005-02-22 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER PGOV IZ AS |
05CANBERRA354 | COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...] | 2005-02-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA |
05CANBERRA361 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH USG'S SMALL GROUP [...] (C) We presented ref A points on February 24 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak, soliciting Australian views on the three USG proposals for the April 4 Small Group meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and as [...] | 2005-02-25 07:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AS MTCRE |
05CANBERRA374 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING THE IAEA AND [...] (C) We presented Ref A demarche on February 7 to DFAT Arms Control Office Director David Mason and ASNO DG John Carlson, and continued discussions during and after the visit of NPT Envoy and CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Refs D - F) about the U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA. Mason, Car [...] | 2005-02-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
05CANBERRA386 | AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...] | 2005-03-02 01:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS |
05CANBERRA387 | NPT REVCON: AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON USG PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. GOA officials have provided additional comments on U.S. preparations for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (Ref A) to those they offered to NPT Envoy Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Ref B) during her February 9-10 visit. The additional comments reinforce Australian support for the over [...] | 2005-03-02 02:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AORC AS IR IAEA |
05CANBERRA403 | AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a February 25 courtesy call on DFAT Secretary L'Estrange, North Korean Ambassador Chon engaged on the question of whether North Korea would return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT). According to DFAT, Chon launched into the DPRK's "standard diatribe" about the U. [...] | 2005-03-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC AS KN IAEA |
05CANBERRA432 | DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO),told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...] | 2005-03-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH |
05CANBERRA436 | AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...] | 2005-03-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS |
05CANBERRA509 | IRAN: FM DOWNER TO EXPRESS AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) DFAT Arms Control Assistant Secretary Peter Shannon told us March 9 that Iranian MP Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Parliament's National Security Committee, would visit Canberra on March 15. On March 11 we raised with Ben Burdon, Policy Director of the Iraq Task Force (ITF),Ref A points ur [...] | 2005-03-14 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM AS IR IZ IAEA |
05CANBERRA510 | PSI: AUSTRALIA UNWILLING TO PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials balked at the U.S. request (Ref A) for the GOA to endorse Washington's message calling upon Thailand to publicly support the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOP) in orde [...] | 2005-03-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL MNUC ETTC AS TH |
05CANBERRA576 | AUSTRALIA-INDIA BILATERALS: INDIA'S UNSC BID AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and a strategic dialogue with India March 7-8. The SOM's principal topics were the promotion of bilateral economic ties and Australian support for India's bid for permanent UNS [...] | 2005-03-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PINR KNNP ETTC ETRD ENRG AS IN UNSC |
05CANBERRA626 | AUSTRALIA WEIGHING COUNTERNARCOTIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (U) After coordinating with UK counterparts, we delivered reftel points and nonpaper on April 1 to Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Afghanistan Program Director Carmel Ryan and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Afghanistan Section Director Peter Howarth. Ry [...] | 2005-04-04 01:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR AF UK AS |
05CANBERRA691 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO SPONSOR TWO SMALL GROUP [...] (C) We presented ref A points on April 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking whether Australia would be willing to sponsor two of the five Small Group proposals that had emerged fro [...] | 2005-04-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE |
05CANBERRA704 | CHR 61: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON RESOLUTION ON [...] . (SBU) Polcouns raised reftel points on April 19 with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Richard Sadleir. SIPDIS Sadleir assured us that Australia would vote against a Cuban resolution on Guantanamo if one came to a vote. Sadl [...] | 2005-04-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AS UNHRC EUN |
05CANBERRA725 | GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...] | 2005-04-22 05:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ |
05CANBERRA729 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ELECTION STANDARDS [...] (U) On April 20 Poloff delivered reftel points to Nick Turner, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Turner told us on April 22 that he had conferred with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the Australian Agen [...] | 2005-04-25 22:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM AS |
05CANBERRA749 | FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...] | 2005-04-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS |
05CANBERRA772 | GOA STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) On May 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Executive Officer Bernadette Siely. Siely noted that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had issued a press release on May 1 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi gove [...] | 2005-05-02 22:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ AS |
05CANBERRA779 | FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ WILL NOT ALTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA responded strongly to the first kidnapping of an Australian citizen in Iraq by decrying the actions of the insurgents who seized him, rejecting their demands for a withdrawal of Australian troops, and affirming that Australia's commitment to Iraq would not waiver. Short [...] | 2005-05-04 02:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AS IZ |
05CANBERRA791 | AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION [...] (U) We presented reftel talking points on May 5 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Director for Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Gerry McGuire. McGuire told us late on May 5 that the USG could rely on the GOA's support in opposing the Commission reform resolution in ECOSOC, [...] | 2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AS UNCHR UNGA |
05CANBERRA806 | APEC: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR USG'S [...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 4 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counterproliferation Peter Shannon, and separately to International Safeguards Director Russell Leslie in the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (AS [...] | 2005-05-09 05:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC EAID ETRD KNNP KSTC AS |
05CANBERRA807 | AUSTRALIA ANTICIPATES EAS INVITATION: WILL MAKE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC),with conditions, in exchange for an invitation to the first East Asian Summit (EAS) to be held in Kuala Lumpur this December. The conditions include ensuring that the TAC does not hinder Australia's obligations [...] | 2005-05-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS ARF |
05CANBERRA808 | AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE CASE: OUTLOOK BLEAK, NEW PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian government expectations for the release of the first confirmed Australian hostage in Iraq, Douglas Wood, remain low, according to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Bassim Blazey. Prominent Australian Sunni cleric, Sheik [...] | 2005-05-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AS IZ |
05CANBERRA837 | GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION [...] (U) On May 12, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff that First Assistant Secretary for International Security David Stuart and SIPDIS Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs Susan Dietz-Henderson would head the GOA delegation to the May 18-20 AS [...] | 2005-05-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR PREL AORC AS |
05CANBERRA859 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILL SPONSOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL [...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 13 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking for Australia's confirmation that it would sponsor the fifth Small Group proposal on transshipment best pra [...] | 2005-05-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE |
05CANBERRA865 | AUSTRALIA PULLS POLICE FROM PNG: ECP IN DANGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 the GOA decided to withdraw Australian Federal Police (AFP) forces deployed in Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a result of the May 13 ruling by PNG's Supreme Court which overruled the legal immunity given to Australian police and bureaucrats under the Enhanced Cooperation Pr [...] | 2005-05-19 00:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AS PP |
05CANBERRA879 | AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION [...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...] | 2005-05-23 23:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK |
05CANBERRA882 | EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...] | 2005-05-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF |
05CANBERRA884 | GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...] | 2005-05-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC |
05CANBERRA898 | AUSTRALIA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE ON ILO DIRECTOR [...] (U) We passed reftel talking points to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Director of International Relations Scott J. Evans on May 23. We also raised the issue during a dinner Charge hosted for Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Kevin Andrews on May 25. A [...] | 2005-05-26 05:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
05CANBERRA944 | UNIONS/ALP SEEK TO BLOCK GOA LABOR LAW REFORMS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia on May 26 announced a major reform of laws governing industrial relations. If passed, the reform package would dramatically reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that currently characterize how Australian workers are hired, fired, and paid. The GOA expects that in [...] | 2005-06-01 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS |
05CANBERRA987 | Australia: Labor Commission Lifts Minimum Wage [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-08 04:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS |
05CARACAS100 | US SERVICES IN VENEZUELA- MARKET ACCESS PRIORITIES [...] (U) The following is Embassy Caracas' response to reftel request for market access priorities and openness in the Venezuelan services sector for US commercial interests. SERVICE Priority Openness ------- -------- -------- Legal [...] | 2005-01-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTO |
05CARACAS1011 | ACCION DEMOCRATICA: LOOKING FOR VOTES IN ALL THE [...] (C) Accion Democratica (AD),Venezuela's largest opposition party, lacks a credible strategy to confront the administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. AD does not appear to be either revising its platform or attempting to build coalitions with other parties. Instead, the party is [...] | 2005-04-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL VE |
05CARACAS1012 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS DEFEND FORMER IAHRC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Venezuelan prosecutors postponed until April 14 the opening of a formal investigation against former Inter-American Commission on Human Rights President Carlos Ayala. All the major Venezuelan human rights groups and Human Rights Watch rallied to support Ayala April 5, when he went to ap [...] | 2005-04-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS1029 | SENATOR COLEMAN MEETS WITH ENERGY COMPANIES IN [...] (C) During his visit to Venezuela, Senator Norm Coleman held two meetings with leading energy companies. In the first, a meeting with several members of the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Association (AVHI) hosted by ChevronTexaco President Ali Moshiri, the Senator was given a mixed but somewhat favo [...] | 2005-04-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL VE |
05CARACAS1038 | CHAVEZ DECREES FORMATION OF MILITARY RESERVES [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made official his plans to increase military reserves and call up a civilian militia with two decrees published April 4. On his "Alo Presidente" program April 3, Chavez said the new military reserves will number more than 1.5 million and the rest of the [...] | 2005-04-11 18:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR VE |
05CARACAS1045 | SENATOR COLEMAN'S MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN CIVIL [...] (C) During Senator Norm Coleman's (R-MN) visit to Venezuela April 1-3, he met with leading Venezuelan civil society figures at a dinner hosted by the Charge. The guests told the Senator of their deep concerns for the future of democratic institutions in the country. They also expressed their [...] | 2005-04-11 19:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1047 | SEN. COLEMAN MEETS WITH POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) visited Venezuela on April 1-3, 2005 and held talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, business and religious leaders, and representatives of the country's opposition legislators. President Chavez, according to the Senator was gracious and spoke of trying to [...] | 2005-04-11 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1049 | NDI AND IRI WORK TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PARTIES [...] The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) are in a strong position to facilitate the renovation/transformation of Venezuela's political parties, building on the Qationships developed with party membership over the past year, and the institutiona [...] | 2005-04-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE |
05CARACAS1088 | VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR FACING MORE POLITICAL [...] (C) Several issues are causing heads to turn in Caracas financial circles. It is rumored that the Central Bank is unloading its U.S. treasury instruments, for fear that they might be vulnerable to a U.S. economic embargo on Venezuela. Meanwhile the Finance Ministry has successfully carried o [...] | 2005-04-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1105 | CHAVEZ: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING PEOPLE [...] (C) One of President Hugo Chavez's principal mechanisms for influencing regional leaders have been international conferences such as the Bolivarian People's Congresses, a push to spread his ideology and influence through a conference similar to Cuba's Tri-Continental Congress in the 1960's. M [...] | 2005-04-15 18:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1139 | VENEZUELA: PLAN PETROLEUM SOVEREIGNTY ADVANCES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 20:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1157 | VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1188 | SUMATE: PRESSURE CONTINUES [...] (C) Maria Corina Machado, Executive Vice President of the Venezuelan NGO Sumate, said April 11 that judicial and social pressure against Sumate leaders was growing. Machado told poloffs that Venezuelan electoral officials continue to violate electoral law, and said she could not recommend p [...] | 2005-04-21 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1205 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador's trip to Anzoategui State March 8-9 concentrated on the Barcelona/Puerto La Cruz area and the Jose industrial complex - a multi-billion dollar US investment. The objectives were to emphasize the importance of the US-Venezuelan oil relationship, to get a better sense of the [...] | 2005-04-22 18:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE ENGY |
05CARACAS1230 | VENEZUELA: GOV PARTIALLY WALKS BACK ON OIL TAX [...] (C) GOV officials carefully walked back from President Chavez's April 15 announcement that a 50 percent tax would be levied on the four projects that upgrade extra-heavy crude. In fact, the tax increase will apply to the companies that operate in Venezuela under 32 Operating Service Agreements [...] | 2005-04-26 18:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1235 | CHAVEZ CELEBRATES APRIL 13 ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) President Hugo Chavez celebrated the third anniversary of his return to power of 2002, after a two-day temporary ouster, with three commemorative acts on April 13. While swearing in what the GOV claimed were approximately 29,000 new military reservists in Caracas, Chavez explained his vis [...] | 2005-04-26 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS1283 | VENEZUELA: THE MILITARY IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) At least 180 military officers, both active and retired, currently occupy positions in the Venezuelan government. Some estimates range higher, but this figure reflects Embassy's specific information at this time. Seventy-nine of the 179 are/were in the Army (44%),25 the Navy (14%),25 [...] | 2005-04-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1285 | VENEZUELAN LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: SO MUCH TO DO, AND [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Assembly plans to pass a number of important laws before the summer recess August 15, according to Movimiento Quinta Republica Deputy Calixto Ortega. Ortega and other deputies cited the National Police Law, the Organized Crime Law, and the Drug Law as priorities [...] | 2005-04-28 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1286 | CHAVEZ'S MVR PARTY: PRIMARIES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) President Hugo Chavez's Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR) held the first Venezuelan primaries April 10 to elect candidates for the August 7 parochial board and local councilmen elections. Delays and disagreements caused the postponement of the contests by several days in Zulia, Anzoategui [...] | 2005-04-28 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1298 | THE TELESUR SAGA: CHAVISTA CNN, THE MANAGER'S [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has been vigorously pushing for the creation of TELESUR, a hemisphere-wide, multi-national, Latin American satellite television network, to offer a different point of view from CNN. TELESUR would promote GOV interests, and it would promote Chavez,s ambitions for cont [...] | 2005-04-29 18:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KPAO OPRC PGOV PINR XM VE |
05CARACAS1332 | IMPORT REGULATIONS FOR USED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT [...] The questions asked in reftel will be answered in the same sequence: A.There are no special regulations or customs tariffs that apply to used or refurbished medical equipment, which do not apply to new products. No customs duties discounts are granted for the import of used equipment. Howeve [...] | 2005-05-02 19:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD VE |
05CARACAS1336 | CAN YOU SPARE A BILLION? NO? HOW ABOUT SEVEN? [...] (C) As Venezuela's international reserves continue to grow - to over USD 27 billion - the GOV continues to pursue methods to gain control of part of them. The amount the GOV wants also continues to rise. While a year ago Chavez wanted a "mere billion" ("un millardito"),and later that year go [...] | 2005-05-02 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1355 | CHAVEZ CALLS FOR END TO BLACK LISTING: OPPOSITION [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on officials to stop using the so-called Tascon List to discriminate against opponents April 15. The list contains the names of all the Venezuelans who signed petitions calling for the presidential recall referendum, and has been used by officials [...] | 2005-05-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
05CARACAS1356 | LAND LAW CHANGES TO LEGALIZE CURRENT GOV ABUSES [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Assembly amended the 2001 land law on April 14 to increase the types of land subject to expropriation, to grant squatters more rights, and to empower the National Land Institute (INTI). The modifications, however, do not provide INTI objective standards to use as [...] | 2005-05-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR SENV VE |
05CARACAS1359 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO HAVANA LEAVES PLETHORA OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) In Havana April 28, Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba signed a series of economic agreements which will assertively strengthen trade between the two countries. In addition to sending USD 412 million of various products duty free to Cuba, Venezuela will also incr [...] | 2005-05-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1389 | VENEZUELAN POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuelan judges will soon open hearings to decide whether Venezuelan Workers' Confederation President Carlos Ortega, detained since March 1 2005, and former Miranda Governor Enrique Mendoza will stand trial for civil rebellion. A judge in Aragua is in the midst of hearings to decide w [...] | 2005-05-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
05CARACAS1431 | VENEZUELA: A SHORT PRIMER ON OIL SECTOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Several different corruption scandals are brewing in Venezuela's oil sector. In PDVSA's western operational area, the scandals range from allegations about garden variety contracting corruption to questions about the procedures following in the hiring of thousands of employees who were hi [...] | 2005-05-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS1441 | LAND "REFORM" PLACES NATURE RESERVE IN JEOPARDY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-09 19:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SENV VE |
05CARACAS1459 | EXXONMOBIL SAYS PRESS REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT WITH [...] (C) ExxonMobil denies recent press reports that the company has reached a settlement with the GOV over the increase of the royalty payments levied on its Cerro Negro project. ExxonMobil de Venezuela President Mark Ward said its discussions with the GOV are "at a complete standstill" and that t [...] | 2005-05-10 19:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS1485 | CHAVEZ'S BRIEF CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking May 4 and Vice-President Jose Vincente Rangel speaking May 2 each made statements calling for a "constructive" relationship with the U.S. Rangel spoke in response to Brazilian President Luiz Lula de Silva's April 29 call for better U.S.-Venezuelan [...] | 2005-05-12 20:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE |
05CARACAS1496 | VENEZUELA: THE TAX MAN COMETH TO THE OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) As of April 18, the GOV increased the tax rate levied on the 22 international oil companies operating in Venezuela under "Operating Service Agreements." The GOV then declared May 10 that the companies had cheated on their taxes to the tune of some $2 billion over the past ten years and th [...] | 2005-05-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS1498 | KELLER POLL: VENEZUELANS SUPPORT CHAVEZ AND THE [...] (C) Respected political analyst and pollster Alfredo Keller met with poloff May 10 to discuss his and the public's views on the GOV and the Venezuelan military. According to Keller's most recent (February 2005) survey, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the GOV, and the armed forces all rece [...] | 2005-05-13 19:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR VE |
05CARACAS150 | VENEZUELA: CODEL DODD MEETS BUSINESS, POLITICAL [...] (C) CODEL Dodd met January 9 with Venezuelan business leaders who noted their concern with increased GOV involvement in the private sector and recommended the USG emphasize multilateral cooperation in dealing with President Hugo Chavez. Meeting with the National Assembly leadership, the CODE [...] | 2005-01-18 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OVIP VE |
05CARACAS1501 | BANKS FACE INTEREST RATE CONTROLS [...] (C) On April 28, the Venezuelan Central Bank published new regulations capping the interest rates at which Venezuelan banks can lend money, as well as setting minimum interest rates for both savings accounts and time deposits, effective May 1. Embassy economic contacts agree that while this wi [...] | 2005-05-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS151 | CODEL DODD MEETS AN EFFUSIVE CHAVEZ [...] (C) Reversing course, on short notice President Hugo Chavez decided to meet with Senators Dodd, Chafee and Nelson and the Ambassador at Miraflores palace on January 10. An effusive and gregarious Chavez explained his commitment to Venezuela's poor and said his land reform plans were only part [...] | 2005-01-18 19:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1511 | EDUCATION, BOLIVARIAN STYLE [...] (U) The Venezuelan Ministry of Education has published five books outlining Venezuela,s educational plans from pre-school through the post-secondary level. The books appear to be geared to school teachers, administrators and others who deal directly with public education. As a drawn-out missio [...] | 2005-05-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS152 | SHUFFLE OF ECONOMIC MINISTRIES - THE MORE, THE [...] (C) President Chavez announced on January 9 several Ministerial changes. The Ministry of Production and Commerce has been divided, as has been the Ministry of Energy and Mines, and there are three new institutions: the Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Basic Industries [...] | 2005-01-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1522 | VENEZUELAN JUDICIAL PURGES: ENDING CORRUPTION OR [...] (U) The Venezuelan Supreme Court removed 53 judges, a mix of tenured and provisional magistrates, in the states of Lara, Tachira, Falcon, Vargas, and the city of Caracas in early May, accusing them of complicity with drug traffickers and other irregularities. Supreme Court Judicial Committee [...] | 2005-05-17 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
05CARACAS1546 | VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION: THE EMPEROR IS LOSING [...] (C) The decline in Venezuelan oil production, long predicted by industry observers, has become public as apparent corruption and diversion of funds and alleged sabotage at state oil company PDVSA became the center of debate in early May. According to a local international oil services compan [...] | 2005-05-20 16:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS1551 | SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...] | 2005-05-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER VE |
05CARACAS160 | CHAVEZ'S LAND REFORM JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to "Reorganize the Use and Tenure of Agricultural Land" before thousands of cheering supporters January 10. Prior to the decree, several governors issued decrees to register property or otherwise assist the land reform process. The Nationa [...] | 2005-01-18 20:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM VE ENV |
05CARACAS162 | VENEZUELA: CONOCOPHILLIPS - BACK IN THE GAME? [...] (C) On January 12, a report hit the international news wires that ConocoPhillips, the single largest foreign investor in Venezuela, would pull out following the breakdown in its negotiations with the GOV on the development of the Corocoro offshore oil field. By week's end, ConocoPhillips and [...] | 2005-01-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV VE |
05CARACAS163 | EXXONMOBIL READY TO TAKE ON THE GOV OVER ROYALTY [...] (C) ExxonMobil informed the Embassy January 12 that it intends to take legal action in response to the GOV's unilateral decision to increase the royalty payments levied on the Orinoco extra heavy oil projects. (Note: Exxonmobil and other international oil companies had embarked on these tech [...] | 2005-01-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1635 | GOV HOLDS TIPS HEARING IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) At the behest of Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee president Saul Ortega (MVR),convened a hearing May 25 on organized crime, particularly trafficking in persons. In addition to poloffs, three National Assembly deputies and so [...] | 2005-05-31 22:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN VE |
05CARACAS165 | GRANDA AFFAIR CAUSES TRADE JITTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, in a speech to the Venezuelan National Assembly, President Chavez announced that he was suspending trade ties with Colombia as a result of the alleged kidnapping of FARC "Foreign Minister" Rodrigo Granda. In the aftermath of this announcement, banks and companies w [...] | 2005-01-19 17:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1657 | GOV POSTURES AGAINST GUERRILLAS AND ALLEGED [...] (C) The Venezuelan Government and Armed Forces are scrambling to assert their authority after a Venezuelan soldier died in a shoot-out with Colombian guerrillas May 17. The military has sent more troops to the border with Colombia, and the GOV has adopted a slightly firmer rhetorical positi [...] | 2005-06-02 17:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR VE |
05CARACAS1658 | PDVSA OIL EARNINGS - WHAT THEY MEAN ABOUT [...] (C) A controversy is raging in Venezuela over just how much money state-owned oil company PDVSA delivered to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) in the first quarter of 2005, which in turn calls into question whether its claimed oil production is accurate. (As we reported ref A, industry observ [...] | 2005-06-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS1666 | GOV UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez,s support for Fidel Castro and antagonism toward the United States is well publicized and makes GoV support for democratic transition in Cuba improbable. The cooperation that exists between Castro and Chavez is extensive, as evidenced by the over 10,000 Cuban doctors [...] | 2005-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU VE |
05CARACAS1673 | AMBASSADOR VISITS MIRANDA STATE [...] The Ambassador's visit to the central northern coastal state of Miranda on April 20, 2005 included meetings with the Governor, the Dean of the Andres Bello Catholic University, the Electricity Plant of Caracas, as well as a USAID funded NGO. Miranda is the state in which the nation's capital, [...] | 2005-06-03 19:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG EAID VE |
05CARACAS168 | CHAVISTAS GET TOUGH: VENEZUELA'S PENAL CODE [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Assembly approved amendments to the Penal Code January 6, which a prominent Venezuelan lawyers criticized as repressive, and unconstitutional, while a Chavez supporter called them "fascist". The amendments criminalize popular forms of protest such as banging pots [...] | 2005-01-19 19:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
05CARACAS169 | UPDATE ON THE USAID-FUNDED VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL [...] The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) has been working in Venezuela since September 2003, to support the establishment of a domestic electoral observation organization that is widely perceived as credible and impartial by a majority of Venezuelans. This is even mo [...] | 2005-01-19 20:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE |
05CARACAS1703 | MEDIA PLAY 6/1-7: BUSH-MACHADO (SUMATE) MEETING [...] The May 31 meeting between Maria Corina Machado, the director of Venezuelan pro-democracy NGO SUMATE and President Bush has created outraged reactions from Chavez supporters. Comments made by senior government officials claim Machado is trying to garner support from the U.S. in preparation for [...] | 2005-06-06 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS1706 | CODEL DAVIS VISITS CARACAS [...] (U) Representative Tom Davis (R-VA),Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, led a Congressional delegation to Venezuela on May 31 and June 1. The delegation which included Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI),Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD),Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA),and Rep. Carolyn Malon [...] | 2005-06-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1721 | OIL COMPANIES WITH OPERATING SERVICE AGREEMENTS [...] (C) The foreign oil companies holding Operating Service Agreements (OSAs) signed in three bid rounds in the Venezuelan oil liberalization of the 1990's (the "apertura") are now facing additional pressure from the GOV to migrate these contracts to mixed companies/joint ventures under the 2001 H [...] | 2005-06-07 22:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
05CARACAS1786 | SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...] | 2005-06-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER VE |
05CARACAS1805 | VENEZUELA'S SUMATE AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE [...] (C) Venezuelan pro-democracy NGO Sumate has been strengthened by the meeting between President Bush and Sumate's Maria Corina Machado May 31. The meeting riled supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and gave his opponents a much-needed moral boost. For the latter, in fact, the meeti [...] | 2005-06-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS1807 | CHINA'S INCREASING COMMERCIAL TIES WITH VENEZUELA [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has identified China as an alternative commercial partner to the "imperialistic" United States and has moved aggressively to cultivate Sino-Venezuelan relations. Recent state visits between the two countries have yielded dozens of agreements; however, mos [...] | 2005-06-14 19:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG ECPS CH VE |
05CARACAS1808 | U.S. INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains company confidential information and should be handled accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A senior executive of U.S. independent Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. says his company is in a fight for its surviva [...] | 2005-06-14 20:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET VE |
05CARACAS1822 | NUCLEAR VENEZUELA A LONG WAY OFF [...] (C) In public comments on May 22, President Chavez raised the prospect of Venezuela (with Iranian assistance) developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. But to undertake any new nuclear program the GOV would have to start from scratch. Venezuela's small research reactor, built in the [...] | 2005-06-15 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG MNUC PREL VE |
05CARACAS1829 | GOV DOGGED BY REPORTS OF MILITARY DISSENSION [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Armed Forces' operations against illegal armed groups on the Colombian border begun after a Venezuelan soldier died in a May 17 shoot-out with irregular troops have not yet abated despite some internal disagreements over the new policy, accusations of human righ [...] | 2005-06-16 17:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM VE |
05CARACAS1842 | FREEDOM HOUSE WORKING WITH VENEZUELA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] USAID Venezuela entered into a cooperative agreement with the US-based human rights organization Freedom House in September 2004. Through this project, Freedom House is increasing the capacity of Venezuelan human rights defenders to document and report on the human rights situation in Venezue [...] | 2005-06-17 21:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE |
05CARACAS1851 | VENEZUELA'S REFERENCE PRICES FOR TEXTILES IMPORTS: [...] We will attempt to answer the questions posed by reftel providing the reasons for the measures and background information which might be useful in the evaluation of the measures. 2. Upon receipt of the Official Gazette announcement that textile reference prices will be applied to calcul [...] | 2005-06-20 17:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX VE |
05CARACAS1865 | VENEZUELA-DUTCH ANTILLES: SOME IDEAS [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Dutch concerns about Venezuelan intentions vis-a-vis the Netherlands Antilles with his Dutch counterpart June 20. The Ambassadors agreed to submit to their capital suggestions for how to respond to GoV assertiveness in the Antilles. The suggestions include a sig [...] | 2005-06-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET MOPS VE |
05CARACAS1866 | MORE ALLEGED INFIGHTING IN THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez fired the National Guard General in Bolivar State for corruption June 3 and replaced the National Guard Regional Command June 7 with Army personnel from the Fifth Infantry Division. Opposition media sources have alleged other National Guard unit [...] | 2005-06-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR VE |
05CARACAS1867 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ZULIA STATE - JUNE 3-5 [...] (U) The Ambassador's trip to Zulia State June 3-5 concentrated on the Maracaibo area. The trip marks the Ambassador's second trip to the region since October 2004. The Ambassador met again with the mayors of Maracaibo and San Francisco, as well as state's Governor. He also met with local busin [...] | 2005-06-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE ENGY |
05CARACAS1906 | UPDATE ON OPERATING SERVICE AGREEMENT PAYMENTS [...] (C) The Corporacion Venezolana de Petroleo (CVP, the affiliate of state oil corporation PDVSA that handles the relationship with international oil companies) has signalled that it will "soon" pay the Operational Service Agreement (OSA) companies for their first quarter or April monthly payment [...] | 2005-06-23 20:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS1913 | VENEZUELAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS MULTIPLY [...] (C) Since early 2005, several political opposition movements defending democracy or human rights have appeared in Venezuela, each spurred by an opposition political activist. The organizations include Federacion Verdad Venezuela (Tulio Alvarez_),Alianza Popular (Oswaldo Alvarez_ Paz),Electo [...] | 2005-06-23 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
05CARACAS195 | HOW LOW MUST IT GO? OIL REVENUES AND CHAVEZ'S [...] (C) Key to President Chavez's political success thus far has been his expansive fiscal policy, in which large sums, only partially accounted for in budgeting procedures, are provided to pay for popular social "missions" in education, health care, and job creation, and for (promised) big-ticke [...] | 2005-01-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG VE |
05CARACAS1951 | THE HEIGHTS OF THE VENEZUELAN ANDES - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) During a visit to the Venezuelan state of Merida on June 9 and 10, the Ambassador met with the governor, a close ally of President Hugo Chavez. This was the first time a pro-GOV governor has agreed to meet with him in 2005. The conversation was cordial, with the Governor offering to help [...] | 2005-06-27 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF VE |
05CARACAS1954 | PROBLEMS WITH VENEZUELAN COOPERATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Rural cooperatives are a pivotal part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's land redistribution effort. Thousands of agricultural cooperatives are forming to petition land and monetary grants from the GOV as participants in Chavez's "Mision Vuelvan Caras" job training program [...] | 2005-06-27 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR VE |
05CARACAS1974 | LIMIT ON AMERICAN AIRLINES' FLIGHTS ROLLED BACK, [...] (C) The decision by civil aviation authorities to reduce American Airlines' (AA) flights on the Miami-Caracas route has been suspended at least through the summer. This follows vigorous representations by the Ambassador on AA's behalf (including with the office of GOV Executive Vice Presid [...] | 2005-06-29 19:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL VE |
05CARACAS1983 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW JUDICIAL NGO [...] (C) Members of the newly constituted Venezuelan judicial NGO "Foro Penal" (Penal Forum) briefed the Ambassador June 23 on their organizational goals and informed him of the group's work to date. The group released a report June 6 criticizing the politicization of the justice system in Venezue [...] | 2005-06-30 20:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS20 | CHAVEZ: CHINA MY OLD FRIEND [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited China from December 21-26 and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, ex-president Jiang Zemin, and other senior GOC and business officials. Chavez claimed that Venezuela has become the number one destination for Chinese investmen [...] | 2005-01-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS202 | PROJECT PROPOSALS: VENEZUELAN NGO TAKES ON TIPS [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy is submitting a proposal by the NGO FUNDACEM for funding consideration. The proposal includes research to understand Venezuela's trafficking problem culminating in a published report, developing training and public awareness materials, workshops with gover [...] | 2005-01-24 19:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID VE |
05CARACAS2072 | SUMATE LEADERS TO BE TRIED; NO INCARCERATION [...] (C) A Caracas court ruled July 7 that Sumate's leaders - Maria Corina Machado, Alejandro Plaz, Luis Enrique Palacios and Ricardo Estevez - would stand trial for conspiracy for accepting National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funds. The court did not/not order detention measures for Sumate's [...] | 2005-07-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
05CARACAS2088 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY DOCTRINE STILL EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary. The July 5 deadline President Hugo Chavez gave the Venezuelan Armed Forces to present its new doctrine has passed unfulfilled. Notwithstanding, the GOV has begun trying to prepare for "asymmetrical warfare"--and the strategy's chief corollary, the establishment of a civilian r [...] | 2005-07-08 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR VE |
05CARACAS2140 | US AERONAUTICS COMPANY BREAKS DEAL WITH GOV [...] (C) Concerned about safety issues since the expulsion of US personnel from Venezuelan military bases, Lockheed Martin plans to withdraw its engineer responsible for servicing the Venezuelan Air Force's F-16 squadron. The engineer told poloff July 12 he met Israeli contractors at the base who [...] | 2005-07-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS VE |
05CARACAS2174 | KILLING OF STUDENTS LEADS TO PROTEST, GOV RESPONSE [...] (C) The killing of three university students June 27 prompted protests at universities across Venezuela in early July, culminating in the student presentation of demands for justice to National Assembly President Nicolas Maduro on July 12. Some two dozen criminal investigative police (Cicpc) [...] | 2005-07-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
05CARACAS219 | CHAVEZ IN 2005 -- SCANT POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is unlikely to face significant political opposition in 2005. The opposition political parties are in a re-building phase after being smashed in last year's presidential recall vote. Civil society groups which railed against the President until recently a [...] | 2005-01-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS220 | VENEZUELA CONTENT FOR "SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) This cable contains post's proposed draft for the country narrative for the 2004 "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" report. 2. (U) Begin text: In 1998 Venezuelans elected Hugo Chavez president. Since then, the political situation has become highly polarized as [...] | 2005-01-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VE |
05CARACAS2201 | CAPEL TO AUDIT VENEZUELA'S ELECTORAL REGISTER [...] (C) Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) commissioned the Costa Rica-based Center for Electoral Promotion and Assistance (CAPEL) in late June to perform an audit of the Electoral Register. The CNE is relying on CAPEL, an organization affiliated with the Inter-American Institute of [...] | 2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS2206 | CARDINAL'S COMMENTS DRAW CHAVEZ'S IRE [...] (C) Retired Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara called the GOV a dictatorship and elections a farce in an interview published July 17, prompting President Hugo Chavez to call the prelate a bandit, coupster, devil, and a hypocrite on his Alo Presidente broadcast later that same day. Church and oppo [...] | 2005-07-22 18:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
05CARACAS221 | UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION INTO VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On January 13 Venezuelan prosecutors formally accused three suspects as the material authors of the murder of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson. According to information investigators provided EmbOffs, there are no solid leads as to the intellectual authors of the crime. (The invest [...] | 2005-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KJUS VE |
05CARACAS2228 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO LARA STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador visited Barquisimeto in Lara state 14-15 July to inaugurate the first American Corner and Virtual Presence Post in Venezuela, visit social programs, and meet with local business executives, media outlets, religious leaders, and a Venezuelan baseball hero. Politicians fr [...] | 2005-07-25 18:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS2242 | VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION GROUPS CHALLENGE CNE'S [...] (U) Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) drew criticism after a national voting simulation on July 10 failed to mobilize a significant portion of the electorate. Opposition groups continued campaigns to expose the CNE's deficiencies and to question its legitimacy. They argue that auto [...] | 2005-07-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS2258 | THE CHURCH (FINALLY) STIRS IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para. 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After a year of relative silence, the Venezuelan Church has come alive in challenging President Hugo Chavez's authoritarian tendencies. Chavez has counterattacked viciously. The Vatican in-country representatives are not suppor [...] | 2005-07-26 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
05CARACAS2267 | TELESUR DEBUTS WITH MUCH FANFARE, LITTLE [...] (SBU) THE MUCH-AWAITED LAUNCH OF TELESUR, THE REGIONAL TELEVISION STATION HATCHED BY VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ-WITH NOMINAL COOPERATION FROM ARGENTINA, BRASIL, CUBA, AND URUGUAY-OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JULY 24. THE INITIAL BROADCAST ORIGINATED FROM A THEATER IN CARACAS WHERE SELECT INVITED [...] | 2005-07-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV VE |
05CARACAS2277 | MEDIA PLAY- TELESUR DEBUT AND U.S. [...] Telesur, the regional TV channel backed primarily by the Venezuelan government, debuted July 24. Recent comments made by officialist press reflect disappointment in the United States for what they consider another attempt to hinder efforts towards regional integration. They further claim the U [...] | 2005-07-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV VE |
05CARACAS2286 | OPPOSITION LEADER DETAINED AT AIRPORT [...] (C) Venezuelan National Guard and Intelligence Services (DISIP) officers temporarily detained Tulio Alvarez_, the head of the opposition group Verdad Venezuela, at the airport in Maracaibo July 27 as he was departing for Caracas. Minister of the Interior Jesse Chacon claimed that security forc [...] | 2005-07-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER VE |
05CARACAS2317 | ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION AGAINST [...] (C) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez announced the launch of a criminal investigation against Caracas daily El Universal July 27. The Attorney General called the paper's July 25 editorial entitled "Justice Kneels Down" "a journalistic plot taken from the next chapter in the CIA's Manual of C [...] | 2005-08-01 21:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
05CARACAS2326 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADERS [...] (C) In a July 29 meeting with retired Cardinal Castillo Lara and Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Porras, the Ambassador recognized the growing tension between the Catholic Church and the GOV, and offered United States support for any statements or actions taken by the Church in [...] | 2005-08-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VE |
05CARACAS2371 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EVANGELICAL COUNCIL LEADER [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Evangelical Council (CEV) leader Samuel Olson (dual national AmCit) July 29. Olson told the Ambassador the CEV was beginning to emerge as a public voice, and that plans were underway to institutionalize this development. Olson said that after years of operating un [...] | 2005-08-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
05CARACAS2381 | VENEZUELAN YOUTH FESTIVAL: IT'S NO WOODSTOCK [...] (U) Over 20,000 international delegates from more than 130 countries are expected to attend the 16th World Youth and Students Festival in Caracas from August 7 to 15. Organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth, the theme is "For Peace and Solidarity We Fight against Imperialism a [...] | 2005-08-05 18:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR VE |
05CARACAS2385 | VENEZUELA GEARS UP FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) This Sunday Venezuelans will go to the polls to elect the equivalent of city and neighborhood councils. The outcome is not in doubt-- Chavez' ruling coalition is expected to do at least as well as it did in the regional elections last October when it won all but two governorships and a ma [...] | 2005-08-05 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
05CARACAS2388 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OAS MISSION LEADER PERINA [...] (C) Ambassador met with OAS mission head Ruben Perina and local OAS Representative Patricio Carbacho Thursday, August 4 to emphasize USG concerns that the OAS and European Union coordinate their strategies to ensure a credible international observation of the legislative elections in Decemb [...] | 2005-08-05 21:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS2404 | REACTION TO IACHR VARGAS DECISION [...] (C) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) passed a resolution accepting Venezuela's admission of responsibility for all charges in the case of Blanco Romero y Otros vs. Venezuela. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) and representatives for the victims (th [...] | 2005-08-08 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CS VE |
05CARACAS2406 | CNE PERFORMANCE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CONFIRMS [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) showed its continued bias in favor of the governing coalition during municipal elections on Sunday. Despite media and opposition reports of low turnout, CNE President Jorge Rodriguez arbitrarily extended voting hours twice, citing problems in some sta [...] | 2005-08-08 21:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
05CARACAS2667 | CNPC EXECUTIVE'S THOUGHTS ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Gong Xun Lu, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) America's President and General Manager of Sorifules Sonoven visited the Embassy on September 1 for a visa interview and a courtesy call with the Ambassador. During the wait for his visa interview, Lu told the Petroleum Attache (Pe [...] | 2005-09-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CH VE |
05CARACAS2807 | THE OIL AND GAS SECTORS: NEW DETAILS EMERGE [...] (C) The GOV announced the winning bids for Phase A of the Rafael Urdaneta offshore gas tender on September 8. Five out of a total of twenty-nine companies that purchased data packs bid on four blocks. An oil executive, who previously held senior positions in PDVSA, expressed surprise over th [...] | 2005-09-15 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
05CARACAS288 | GOV CONSOLIDATES CONTROL AT CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Leftist economist and former state oil company head Gaston Parra has been confirmed as the new President of the Venezuelan Central Bank, just a few days after President Hugo Chavez hand-picked him as the replacement for out-going President Diego Castellanos. The Bank also agreed to give up [...] | 2005-01-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS293 | GOV TAKES ANTI-US TACK ON GRANDA AFFAIR [...] (C) Venezuelan officials shifted from the battle with Colombia over the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda to anti-US criticism January 19. The officials took advantage of comments regarding Venezuela by the Secretary designate in her Senate confirmation hearings and began painting the G [...] | 2005-01-28 20:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS2934 | GOV HYDROCARBON POLICY: UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS [...] (C) GOV hydrocarbon policy is driven by ideology, oil prices, and, to a lesser extent, production levels. The basic contours of the GOV's hydrocarbon policy are the maximization of state control over reserves, the maximization of state revenues, and the use of oil as a significant tool in ad [...] | 2005-09-28 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
05CARACAS294 | NEW CNE SLATES 2005 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) appointed the new President, vice-president and two new Directors to the National Electoral Council January 20, even though under the constitution it is the National Assembly that makes the appointments. The TSJ named former Director Jorge Rodriguez to repla [...] | 2005-01-28 20:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS2944 | GOV HYDROCARBON POLICY OPTIONS [...] (C) Reftel A outlined Embassy's views that declining production stemming from inadequate maintenance and a decline in PDVSA's administrative and operational abilities could have a significant impact on GOV revenues. It is not clear at what point declining production will start to squeeze the [...] | 2005-09-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
05CARACAS299 | VENEZUELA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW VICE [...] (C) The Ambassador and DCM met with Vice Foreign Minister for North America, Maria Pilar (Mari Pili) Hernandez, January 26 at the Foreign Ministry. It was the Ambassador's first meeting with Hernandez, and the DCM's first meeting with her since being appointed Vice Minister. 2. (C) Notin [...] | 2005-01-28 20:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS3000 | THE TRANSITION TO JOINT VENTURES: BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez raised the pressure last week on foreign oil companies holding Operating Service Agreements (OSAs) to migrate their contracts to joint ventures under the 2001 Hydrocarbons Law when he publicly threatened to take over OSA fields if the companies did n [...] | 2005-10-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG VE |
05CARACAS305 | VENEZUELA FAVORS INSULZA OVER FLORES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 21:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC VE OAS |
05CARACAS3113 | CAPEL AUDIT SUGGEST VOTER ROLLS UNTRUSTWORTHY [...] (C) In a meeting with poloff October 11, Ricardo Valverde, the Program Director for the umbrella organization for the Center for Electoral Assistance and Promotion (CAPEL),said CAPEL's audit would likely conclude that the electoral registry is too unreliable to hold meaningful elections. T [...] | 2005-10-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS324 | WOMEN'S GROUPS REGISTER SUPPORT FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (U) Leaders of women's rights groups came to the Embassy on January 28 to deliver a letter repudiating the comments made by President Hugo Chavez about Secretary-Designate Rice during a rally on January 23 (ref a). The letter is signed by the National Women's Front, a group of 26 organizations [...] | 2005-01-31 20:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM VE |
05CARACAS334 | CBD AND GENETIC RESOURCE SHARING IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) This telegram is in response to reftel's request for information regarding access and procedures for access to genetic resources in Venezuela. --------------------------- Laws and National Authority --------------------------- 2. (U) Access to genetic resources is controlled by the [...] | 2005-02-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON SENV TBIO VE |
05CARACAS3552 | SHELL'S VIEWS ON OSA MIGRATION AND TAXES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Venezuela President Sean Rooney (strictly protect) stated during a November 23 meeting with Petroleum Attach (Petatt) that he fully expects the GOV to follow through on threats to take over fields operated by foreign companies under operating service agreements (OSA) if the [...] | 2005-11-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG VE |
05CARACAS3558 | NEW FX REGULATION FOR THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: A new foreign exchange regulation states all foreign currency derived from oil and gas exports must be sold to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV). However, PDVSA must only sell to the BCV the amount of foreign currency equal to its domestic operating expenses and tax obligations in V [...] | 2005-11-25 18:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
05CARACAS3560 | PETROCARIBE RECAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOV has begun negotiations with Haiti over its accession to Petrocaribe. If Haiti joins Petrocaribe, it will receive better financing terms than it currently receives under the Caracas Energy Accord, which it signed in 2000. International oil companies operating in Venezuel [...] | 2005-11-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV BH VE |
05CARACAS3584 | TELESUR MARCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, 2005 the Venezuelan Government supported international, cable channel TELESUR began broadcasting 24 hours a day. PD officer conversations with both the President and Director General of TELESUR reveal that they remain concerned with financial and programming issue [...] | 2005-11-29 18:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS3594 | OVERVIEW OF PETROAMERICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chavez administration's Petroamerica initiative envisions a Latin American energy integration model with Venezuela acting as the hub. The initiative is composed of three components: Petrocaribe (the Caribbean),Petroandina (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru),and Petrosur [...] | 2005-11-30 16:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
05CARACAS36 | DEMARCHE ON COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL VE |
05CARACAS3654 | STATOIL'S VIEWS ON HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil Venezuela President Thore Kristiansen (strictly protect) was upbeat on the migration of Operating Service Agreements to joint venture companies. He believes Energy Vice Minister Bernard Mommer has shown increased flexibility in the negotiations and understands the current [...] | 2005-12-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV NO VE |
05CARACAS3659 | PIPELINE EXPLOSIONS QUICKLY CONTROLLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As noted in reftel, an explosion, possibly caused by an explosive device, occured on the Ule-Amauy oil pipeline on Saturday evening. Authorities quickly controlled the explosion and it will not have an impact on production in western Venezuela. Another explosion occured on a nea [...] | 2005-12-05 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS3662 | VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE: DECEMBER 5 [...] (C) After most opposition parties pulled out of the process, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and its allies swept the December 4 National Assembly elections, according to preliminary results reported by the GOV. The MVR received more than two-thirds of the 167 [...] | 2005-12-05 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS3713 | WHY THE OPPOSITION WITHDRAWAL SURPRISED OBSERVERS [...] (C) Five of six major Venezuelan opposition parties withdrew from the December 4 National Assembly elections in a move that surprised political experts and international observers. The pullout was also unplanned by the parties themselves. Eleventh-hour cooperation by the National Electoral [...] | 2005-12-09 18:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS3829 | EXXONMOBIL FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on December 20 that his company is under increasing pressure from the GOV to sign a transitory agreement by December 31. The GOV has publicly stated that it will seize fields if the operators do n [...] | 2005-12-21 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
05CARACAS3879 | VENEZUELA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post's POC is Political Officer Charles Ridley: TEL 58-212-907-8052, FAX 58-212-907-8033, EMAIL RidleyCL@state.gov. In April 2006 POC will be Political Officer Adam Center, EMAIL CenterAM@state.gov ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) Venezuelan coope [...] | 2005-12-30 17:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM VE |
05CARACAS41 | VENEZUELA: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL VE |
05CARACAS412 | WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Caracas has identified a number of organizations that could be contacted to discuss the sectoral approac liberalization. 2. (U) Organizations and contact information: Federation of Venezuelan Chambers of Commerce, Fedecamaras (Federacio Camaras y Asociacion [...] | 2005-02-04 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD VE WTO |
05CARACAS42 | DEMARCHE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 17:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL AORC XM XL OPDC VE IAEA |
05CARACAS450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGINAL REFUGEE [...] The Embassy grants country clearance for Regional Refugee Coordinator Colleen Hoey's visit to Venezuela from February 13-19, 2005 for consultations with Embassy Caracas UNHCR, CARITAS, Jesuit Refugee Service, and Government of Venezuela officials in charge of refugee matters. Embassy point [...] | 2005-02-09 20:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREF PHUM CO VE |
05CARACAS458 | DISASTER DECLARATION DUE TO FLOODING IN NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: Heavy rains have been falling throughout much of northern Venezuela for nearly three full days. Serious flooding has occurred in many parts of the country, primarily coastal areas, but also parts of the capital, Caracas. At least thirteen (13) people are reported dead, and upwards of [...] | 2005-02-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID VE |
05CARACAS470 | DISASTER DECLARATION DUE TO FLOODING IN NORTHERN [...] CORRECTED COPY - REPLACES CARACAS 458. 2. SUMMARY: Heavy rains have been falling throughout much of northern Venezuela for nearly three full days. Serious flooding has occurred in many parts of the country, primarily coastal areas, but also parts of the capital, Caracas. At least thirteen [...] | 2005-02-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID VE |
05CARACAS471 | CHAVEZ-URIBE MEETING STILL PENDING [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between Venezuela and Colombia over the capture of senior FARC official Rodrigo Granda remains on hold after Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's postponement of the February 3 scheduled meetings. Venezuelan press, distracted by a holiday weekend and destructive loca [...] | 2005-02-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER VE |
05CARACAS472 | REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE: CHANGES IN VENEZUELA'S TOP [...] (U) The new Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) elected Justice Omar Mora President of the Court in its first plenary session February 2. Former TSJ President Ivan Rincon announced his resignation from the Court the same day. In his first public remarks as TSJ President, Mora said that those ju [...] | 2005-02-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
05CARACAS485 | GRANDA DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (C) One of five Venezuelan national guard officers in custody for his alleged involvement in the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda has accused the GOV of torturing him and denying him due process. GOV spokespersons have continued to rail against Washington for fomenting the crisis and [...] | 2005-02-11 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER VE |
05CARACAS486 | CHAVEZ VETOES PENAL CODE REFORM [...] (U) On February 3 President Hugo Chavez vetoed amendments to Venezuela's Penal Code approved by the National Assembly on January 6, according to press reports and public statements by various legislators. In vetoing the legislation, the President returns the bill to the Assembly with observ [...] | 2005-02-11 20:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS498 | OPPOSITION LEGAL CRUSADER SENTENCED FOR DEFAMATION [...] (C) Constitutional lawyer Tulio Alvarez_ was sentenced on February 10 to two years and three months in prison for defamation of character in a trial fraught with irregularities. Alvarez_ received the sentence for accusing pro-Chavez legislator Willian Lara of corruption in the handling of Nat [...] | 2005-02-14 18:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS509 | UNION LEADERS DIVIDE WHILE WORKER DISCONTENT GROWS [...] (C) Senior leaders of Venezuela's two principal labor confederations -- one pro-Chavez, the other in opposition -- are gridlocked over upcoming elections in their respective organizations. The traditional Venezuelan Workers Confederation (CTV) is split over whether to roll back a reform for t [...] | 2005-02-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV KDEM PHUM VE |
05CARACAS512 | VENEZUELA: BIOS OF SELECTED GOVERNORS [...] (C) Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez won 20 of 22 gubernatorial races on October 31, 2004, in addition to the Caracas mayoralty. Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and allied parties picked up 7 states and lost only one. The new governors' competence varies; some are career p [...] | 2005-02-15 17:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM VE |
05CARACAS527 | LULA COMES TO CARACAS [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva concluded a 24-hour visit to Venezuela on February 14. His visit included public appearances at a conference of business leaders along with a joint Brazilian-Venezuelan declaration and signing ceremony for more than two dozen agreements. The [...] | 2005-02-16 20:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ENRG MASS BR VE |
05CARACAS53 | CHAVEZ SPEECH SHOWS MILITARY "CUBANIZATION" AFOOT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on December 27 addressed the armed forces in an over two hour pep rally and romanticized Venezuelan history lesson that glorified the military's growing role in society. Peppering his remarks with anti-US rhetoric, he unveiled to the public a r [...] | 2005-01-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
05CARACAS546 | FLOODING: DECENT GOV RESPONSE, WITH LOTS OF SPIN [...] (SBU) From February 7 to February 13, heavy rains fell through much of Venezuela, along the north coast at first and later in the Andean region. As a result, President Hugo Chavez declared states of emergency in nine states, plus the capital district of Caracas. The death toll to date is at [...] | 2005-02-18 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV VE |
05CARACAS563 | CARDINAL SEES REBUILDING YEAR FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) Retired Venezuelan Jose Cardinal Castillo Lara sees the Catholic Church in Venezuela keeping a low profile in 2005. Appointments of a new papal nuncio and archbishop of Caracas will likely tone down the heated rhetoric exchanged by the bishops and the GOV throughout Venezuela's political [...] | 2005-02-22 21:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF VE |
05CARACAS577 | JUDGES UNDER FIRE: INTIMIDATION IN VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Venezuela's "judicial revolution", heralded by Supreme Court (TSJ) President Omar Mora, has already begun, according to reports from judges. The lawyer of a Chavista leader told one judge she would be fired for refusing to attend a political meeting. Another has resigned just before bein [...] | 2005-02-23 20:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS578 | THROUGH DISCOUNT CHAIN, THE STATE TAKES OVER MUCH [...] (C) The state-owned "Mercal" chain of discount food stores may be for lowest income Venezuelans the most visible sign of the Bolivarian revolution. Paid for with petroleum revenue, it has become a massive undertaking, with thousands of outlets, either state-run or franchised, that provide s [...] | 2005-02-23 20:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV VE |
05CARACAS598 | BOLIVARIAN HUBRIS: CHAVEZ WARNS OF US [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez February 20 accused the USG, and President Bush specifically, of plotting to kill him. During his weekly television program, he warned the US President that if he were killed, his people would fight a follow-on US invasion and sever US oil shi [...] | 2005-02-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
05CARACAS603 | "GO TO HELL" VENEZUELAN MINISTER OF INFORMATION [...] Summary: (U) Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Andres Izarra followed up on President Hugo Chavez's February 20 claim that the U.S. was trying to kill him by launching his own attack on the U.S. and Venezuelan media, starting with a February 21 press conference. He claimed [...] | 2005-02-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL PROP |
05CARACAS621 | UPDATE: VENEZUELAN RADIO INTERFERENCE [...] (U) This cable updates previous reporting regarding USG efforts to eliminate potentially dangerous radio transmissions by the Venezuelan Navy on frequencies reserved for aeronautical stations. 2. (U) Following our demarche to Layla Macc Adan, Director of International Relations of CONATEL, [...] | 2005-02-28 18:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS VE |
05CARACAS624 | VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...] | 2005-02-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF |
05CARACAS636 | VENEZUELA: JUDICIAL CORRUPTION V. POLITICS [...] (C) Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) Justice Luis Velazquez Alvaray, in charge of the administration of Venezuela's court system, told poloff February 24 there is widespread mismanagement and corruption in the judicial system. Velazquez said he intends to remove corrupt judges, whatever their [...] | 2005-03-01 19:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS646 | BINGO! GOV CAPTURES LABOR LEADER [...] (C) Venezuelan authorities captured Venezuelan Workers' Confederation (CTV) President Carlos Ortega outside a Caracas bingo hall March 1. Ortega faces charges of treason, conspiracy and rebellion in connection with the opposition marches and the two-month national strike from December 2002 [...] | 2005-03-02 20:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB VE |
05CARACAS648 | VENEZUELA DEFERS AGREEMENT ON CNIES [...] (C) Venezuela deferred indefinitely agreement on the sharing of counter narcotics interception-related data February 25, responding via Diplomatic Note to our request of November 2004 to formalize the sharing of radar track data under the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System (CNIES [...] | 2005-03-02 21:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR VE |
05CARACAS649 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WHA/AND DIRECTOR LISA [...] The Embassy grants country clearance for WHA/AND Director Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes to visit Venezuela from March 9-13, 2005 for consultations with Embassy and Government of Venezuela officials. The control officer is Carolina Hidea. Address: Embassy of the United States, Calle F con Cal [...] | 2005-03-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA APER VE MGMT |
05CARACAS651 | AMBASSADOR VISITS BOLIVAR STATE [...] (U) The Ambassador,s visit to the state of Bolivar on February 16 and 17, included meetings with the Mayor of Ciudad Bolivar, Director General of Ciudad Guyana, a local Chavista university, local press, various business leaders, American citizens in the area, as well as visits to USAID-support [...] | 2005-03-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PINR VE PIR |
05CARACAS669 | VENEZUELA DEVALUES TO KEEP THE SPENDING MACHINE [...] (C) The GOV has announced announced the devaluation of the bolivar from 1920 to 2150 bolivars per dollar. The rise will mean that the GOV will have more local currency at hand to continue its highly aggressive spending policies, which have proven to be so politically popular. With high oil [...] | 2005-03-04 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS670 | HOW DARE YOU! GOV REACTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Venezuelan government officials reacted angrily to the release of the Human Rights Report February 28. Vice President Juan Vicente Rangel said the USG lacked "moral authority" to talk about human rights, and accused the USG of being the country that most violated human rights, alleging [...] | 2005-03-04 20:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL VE |
05CARACAS671 | CUBA-VENEZUELA MLAT: REPRESSIVE INTEGRATION? [...] (C) The Venezuela-Cuba Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) came into effect on December 22, 2004. Beyond standard provisions, the Treaty allows cooperation in investigating political crimes and offenses which are considered illegal in only one of the two countries. Some Venezuelan legal [...] | 2005-03-04 20:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS713 | CHAVEZ SHARPENS OIL RHETORIC, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) While in India, March 7, President Chavez revived his threat to cut off oil sales to the U.S. in the event of U.S. "aggression" while proclaiming the end of the era of cheap oil. Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez, however, reaffirmed the importance of the oil relationship with the U.S. Pr [...] | 2005-03-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL VE |
05CARACAS729 | MVR DEPUTY ON PLAN COLOMBIA: REDUCING FARC [...] (C) Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR) Deputy Saul Ortega, President of the National Assembly International Relations Commission, said increased counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation would be an excellent basis for improved US-Venezuela relations, in a meeting with poloff March [...] | 2005-03-10 19:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER VE |
05CARACAS741 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY W. DODSON MARCH 11- [...] The Embassy grants country clearances for the visit to Venezuela of Political Officer Gary W. Dodson from March 11 through March 18, 2005 to provide support to the embassy. Embassy point of contact will be Political Officer Charles Ridley. Address: Embassy of the United States, Calle F con [...] | 2005-03-11 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA APER VE MGMT |
05CARACAS742 | VENEZUELA: VP'S SON SOUNDS US OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jose Vicente Rangel Jr., mayor of Caracas' Sucre district and son of Venezuelan Vice President Rangel, met with DCM March 11 primarily to discuss bilateral relations. Rangel declined to support President Chavez' claims that the USG sought to kill him, but otherwise defended the [...] | 2005-03-11 20:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV US |
05CARACAS750 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY: SEEKING PLOTTERS BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government and supporters of President Hugo Chavez continue to prepare for a suspected US coup attempt and invasion. Although the Venezuelan Navy chief played down the late February visit of a US Navy vessel at Curacao, Chavez and other GOV officials called it a [...] | 2005-03-14 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS VE |
05CARACAS759 | THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION IN CARABOBO STATE [...] (C) Movimiento Quinta Republica's (MVR) Carabobo State coordinator Luis Medina told poloff the selection of MVR candidates by the people is a sign the Bolivarian Revolution has evolved and is becoming more democratic. By 2007 President Hugo Chavez's supporters would unite under the MVR party, [...] | 2005-03-14 20:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS766 | HARASSMENT OF VENEZUELAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (C) The GOV has taken several steps recently which have intimidated the human rights NGO Committee for the Families of the Victims of February 1989 (COFAVIC),according to the NGO's director, Liliana Ortega (please protect). The harassment, she told poloff, has included: a public letter fro [...] | 2005-03-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV VE |
05CARACAS767 | LAND "REFORM" FITS AND STARTS [...] (C) Repeating Venezuelan land reform history, the GOV's Bolivarian push to seize property is falling short of its ambitious goals. It is encountering opposition from various interest groups, public insecurity generated by land invasions, and backpedaling from some regional leaders. Nonethel [...] | 2005-03-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM VE |
05CARACAS768 | CUBAN DOCTOR SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Cuban medical doctor Ulises Bernal Perez requested political asylum March 2. He did not claim or appear to fear for his safety, nor fear political persecution. Poloff explained the procedure for political asylum and referred Bernal to UNHCR. Bernal told poloff he arrived in Venezuela Oc [...] | 2005-03-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CVIS VE |
05CARACAS772 | VENEZUELA CERTIFICATION DEMARCHE BENCHMARKS [...] (U) As promised in Caracas 710, the text of the non- paper on 2005 certification benchmarks, delivered February 18, follows: VENEZUELA'S 2005 CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS To comply with current U.S. law establishing the narcotics certification mechanism and to respond to calls for a more tra [...] | 2005-03-15 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM VE |
05CARACAS773 | VENEZUELA: CRUDE DIVERTED FROM U.S. TO CHINA AND [...] (C) A Venezuelan shipping agent has reportedly brokered the lease of two VLCCs (very large crude carriers) to PDVSA for use in shipping crude to China and India. Our source believes this trader is now negotiating the lease of two additional VLCCs. Another source reports that the Energy Minis [...] | 2005-03-15 20:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS786 | CHILD MARRIAGE [...] (U) Underage marriage in Venezuela poses significant problems to minors and tends to perpetuate poverty, abandonment and mistreatment. Needed programs are lacking, and no U.S. institutional support currently exists. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel question [...] | 2005-03-16 18:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN VE |
05CARACAS790 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR VENEZUELA [...] (U) Per Reftel, the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela is presented below. 2. (U) 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela Contents A. Openness to Foreign Investment A.1 The New Constitution A.2 Legal Framework: Decree 2095 A.3 Limitations under Decree 2 [...] | 2005-03-16 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTDB ETRD PGOV VE OPIC USTR |
05CARACAS805 | EXXONMOBIL MEETS WITH THE GOV [...] (C) ExxonMobil representatives met with Vice Minister of Energy and Petroleum Bernard Mommer on March 15 in what they termed a "cordial" meeting. This was the first meeting the company had won in its attempt to engage the GOV on its unilateral decision to increase the royalty levied on the f [...] | 2005-03-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS806 | BANKS UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Government intervention in the economy has taken another step forward with the issuance of regulations which force the banking sector to devote 10% of its lending portfolio to mortgage and home construction loans and which increase from 10% to 16% the portion which must be dedicated to the [...] | 2005-03-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
05CARACAS813 | APRIL 11 REVISITED: VENEZUELAN SUPREME COURT [...] (C) The Constitutional Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court March 11 annulled the 2002 decision which ruled that the events of April 2002 constituted a power vacuum and not a coup. The decision now allows the Attorney General to bring four high ranking military officers to trial on charge [...] | 2005-03-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS VE |
05CARACAS828 | VENEZUELAN FONMIN CALLS FOR MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez called to meet March 17 with Ambassador Brownfield. Rodriguez' ostensible purpose was to finally meet the Ambassador four months after becoming FonMin. Real reason probably was to support Chavez' "charm offensive" towards the USG. The [...] | 2005-03-18 21:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV US VE |
05CARACAS839 | TOUGH TALK, BRAVE FACES, AND SELF-CENSORSHIP IN [...] (U) Three months after President Hugo Chavez signed the "Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television" (the content law),the GoV phased-in the second tier of requirements on March 7. Regulations have yet to be published, and the telecommunications regulatory agency (CONATEL) is final [...] | 2005-03-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS847 | CHAVEZ GOES INTERNATIONAL AGAIN [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Uruguay, India, Qatar, and France March 1-9 establishing Ministerial-level commissions and pushing for energy and commercial cooperation. In Uruguay, he pushed regional integration. While in India, he espoused a "new socialism" and supported his idea of a "mu [...] | 2005-03-21 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ENRG VE |
05CARACAS855 | VENEZUELA: ACCIDENTALLY COMBATING TERRORISM [...] (C) Venezuelan national police captured FARC official Gentil Albis "El Chiguiro" Patino in Bolivar State during a February 18 operation to rescue the kidnapped mother of a Venezuelan major league baseball player. Although the GOV initially did not admit to Chiguiro's capture and refused to [...] | 2005-03-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER VE |
05CARACAS857 | FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL MAKES SALES PITCH [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with econcouns, Rudolfo Romer, the head of the Finance Ministry's National Public Credit Office (and thus chief liaison with the international investment community),expressed satisfaction with a recently concluded billion euro bond issue. He asserted that the GOV [...] | 2005-03-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV VE |
05CARACAS869 | AMBASSADOR VISITS MAJOR U.S. OIL SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (C) During a March 8-9 visit to Anzoategui state, the Ambassador visited the Hamaca heavy oil processing facility, a key element of the approximately $7 billion in U.S. investment in the Jose industrial complex, and received briefings by project partners ConocoPhillips and ChevronTexaco on thi [...] | 2005-03-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS871 | GOV NOMINATES DELGADO FOR OAS'S JUDICIAL COMMITTEE [...] (U) The GOV notified the Embassy through a diplomatic note dated March 14 that it is nominating Dr. Jose Manuel Delgado Ocando for the Interamerican Judicial Committee (IJC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the 2006-2009 period, and asked for U.S. support for Delgado's candidacy [...] | 2005-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV VE OAS |
05CARACAS872 | CIVILIAN RESERVES: DEFENDING THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun organizing civilian units to defend the country from potential invasions. The GOV has not made clear the relationship between military reserves and civilian militias, but Chavez announced that Maj. Gen. Julio Quintero Viloria would emerge from [...] | 2005-03-23 17:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR VE |
05CARACAS874 | NEW OFF-SHORE OIL & GAS ROUND IMMINENT [...] (C) After more than a year of delays, it appears the GOV is ready to launch a new bid round for oil and gas exploration blocks in the Gulf of Venezuela and off Falcon state. ChevronTexaco de Venezuela confirmed March 23 that it had received an invitation to an April 4 ceremony launching the r [...] | 2005-03-23 18:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS878 | VENEZUELA CHARM OFFENSIVE -- MEETING WITH [...] (C) Acting on GoV instructions, Venezuelan Minister of Communication Andres Izarra met with the Ambassador March 23. Izarra suggested cooperation on journalist exchanges, an idea which the Ambassador found lacking for among other reasons, the Minister's severe public criticism of U.S. journal [...] | 2005-03-23 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS90 | ARCHBISHOP URGES MORE USG CRITICISM OF CHAVEZ [...] (C) Venezuelan Archbishop Baltazar Porras, head of the council of Catholic bishops of Venezuela, told Ambassador January 6 the USG ought to be more outspoken in its criticism of Hugo Chavez. Porras urged more international community involvement to contain Chavez's regional aspirations, though he ad [...] | 2005-01-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF VE |
05CARACAS917 | PRIMERO JUSTICIA: FLEDGLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Primero Justicia President Julio Borges and Sec Gen Jose Luis Mejias lamented the opposition's inability to offer the public an alternative to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Meeting with the Ambassador March 22, they outlined the party's political strategy, noting especially its effor [...] | 2005-03-30 20:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
05CARACAS921 | FREEDOM HOUSE STRENGTHENS VENEZUELAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] In response to the alleged human rights violations of February/March 2004, USAID Venezuela entered into a cooperative agreement with Freedom House in September 2004. Through this project Freedom House will increase the capacity of human rights defenders in Venezuela to document and report on t [...] | 2005-03-31 10:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE |
05CARACAS925 | LONG LIST OF INVITEES FOR NEW VENEZUELAN OFF-SHORE [...] (C) Venezuela's newest off-shore natural gas bid round, the "Rafael Urdaneta" project, will be launched at 10:30 am on April 4 in Punto Fijo, Falcon state. Six blocks will be offered for bid. We have received the names of 37 of 46 companies invited to participate. The list is heavy on third [...] | 2005-03-31 15:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
05CARACAS93 | CODEL DODD MEETS WITH SUMATE LEADERS [...] (C) Maria Corina Machado and Roberto Abdul, leaders of the NGO Sumate, briefed CODEL Dodd on January 10 on future plans of the electoral advocacy group. Machado lamented the tightening control President Hugo Chavez now held over Venezuela's branches of government, especially the National Elec [...] | 2005-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
05CARACAS943 | VENEZUELA: SIX WEEKS AFTER THE FLOODS [...] (C) Venezuelan Red Cross officials remain highly critical of the GOV's handling of the major floods which hit the central coast (especially Vargas state) and western Venezuela in February, telling econoff that the NGO continues to get a cold shoulder at the national level and inadequate inform [...] | 2005-04-01 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV VE |
05CARACAS951 | CIUDAD GUAYANA SUMMIT: QUADRIPARTITE LOVE FEST [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted the Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and Spain March 29 in a summit concerning national security, poverty reduction, democracy, and regional integration. Chavez interspersed his remarks at the follow-on press conference with some anti-US invective. [...] | 2005-04-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE |
05CARACAS953 | PURGE POLITICIZES VENEZUELAN PROSECUTORS [...] (C) Venezuela's Attorney General's Office, under Isaias Rodriguez, has become a hierarchical and centralized organization, closely linked to the executive branch through Rodriguez's personal loyalty to President Hugo Chavez. Over 80 prosecutors have been fired in the last year, in alleged v [...] | 2005-04-04 17:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
05CARACAS98 | COLOMBIANS ALLEGEDLY CAPTURE FARC "FORMIN" IN [...] (C) The alleged abduction from Caracas to Colombia of FARC "foreign minister" Rodrigo Granda during December 13-14 has become the most publicized news story of the new year after initially garnering little attention from the Venezuelan press. On December 15, the Colombian Defense Ministry c [...] | 2005-01-12 20:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER VE |
05CASABLANCA1269 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on December 9, 2005. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CG, CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...] | 2005-12-10 14:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
05CASABLANCA1295 | FINANCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC),accompanied by Ambassador and Econoff, met with Prime Minister Jettou on December 2 to discuss FSVC's programs and solicit Jettou's thoughts on Morocco's financial sector. Jettou described Morocco's business env [...] | 2005-12-16 15:23:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD MO |
05CASABLANCA1304 | THE EXTREMIST CHALLENGE IN CASABLANCA'S SLUMS: THE [...] (C) Summary: Casablanca,s senior urban managers are increasingly active and focused in their efforts to deal with the challenges posed by poverty and hopelessness in the city,s poorest neighborhoods. Their strategy is to counter the active Islamist presence by providing increased services [...] | 2005-12-19 17:39:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MO PGOV PINS |
05CASABLANCA1316 | IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...] | 2005-12-21 11:29:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO |
05CASABLANCA1341 | FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 16:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREL MO |
05CHENNAI1582 | MAOIST SCARE FORCES FIVE AP MINISTERS TO QUIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Revealing the muscle of the Maoists in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP),five ministers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithy (TRS) quit the Congress-led state government on July 4. Their decision, ostensibly to press the Congress to expedite the formation of a separate s [...] | 2005-07-07 10:45:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
05CHENNAI1976 | INDEPENDENCE DAY TERROR: MAOISTS SLAUGHTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Indian Independence Day, Andhra Pradesh Maoists gunned down a senior Congress legislator and eight others at a public function in broad daylight. The biggest Maoist attack since the peace process broke down in January has sent shockwaves among politicians who are getting rea [...] | 2005-08-16 10:24:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PTER IN |
05CHENNAI2075 | SEASON OF SCANDALS: PARTIES SQUIRM IN AP AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Volkswagen scandal in Andhra Pradesh and Canada's SNC Lavalin scandal in Kerala continue to make headlines. The former involves the questionable transfer of government funds to a dubious company that featured the VW initials but no further relationship with Volkswagen, in a [...] | 2005-08-25 11:22:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV IN |
05CHENNAI2441 | BOMB BLAST AT HYDERABAD POLICE STATION [...] (U) Summary: According to press reports confirmed by local police, a powerful blast ripped through the city Police Commissioners Task Force offices in Hyderabad on the evening of October 12. The blast was believed to be carried out by a suicide bomber, but this has yet to be confirmed. One poli [...] | 2005-10-13 10:28:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER CASC IN |
05CHENNAI2446 | ISRO FRUSTRATED BY SLOW PACE OF SPACE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) reiterated its frustration with the lack of a framework for cooperation on space exploration and research with the U.S. when high level ISRO officials met with us on October 6. The officials called India's upcoming Chandrayaan-1 mo [...] | 2005-10-14 09:14:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC TSPA PREL IN |
05CHENNAI2480 | CONGRESS SLIDES; COMMUNIST PARTY SET TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling Congress-led coalition's slide continues in Kerala and will likely end in its defeat in the 2006 state assembly elections. In a state where anti-incumbent voting is the norm, the Opposition Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist),is directly benefi [...] | 2005-10-24 04:05:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IN |
05CHENNAI609 | SLOW PROGRESS ON BONDED LABOR IN TAMIL NADU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although the government of Tamil Nadu acknowledges the problem of bonded labor and has done more to address the issue than other Indian states, progress on its elimination in the state has been slow. Enforcement of laws against the practice has been inconsistent due to competing [...] | 2005-04-05 06:43:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI IN |
05CHENNAI695 | CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO KICKS OFF INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-12 03:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IN |
05CHENNAI875 | KERALA'S CONGRESS PARTY SPLITS: A BOOST TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kerala's ruling Congress party split on May 1, with octogenaran party veteran K. Karunakaran announcing that is son, Muraleedharan, would be the President ofthe newly formed National Congress (Indira). Alhough only about seven of the 60 Congress party MAs in Kerala seem to supp [...] | 2005-05-04 10:49:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IN |
05CHENNAI925 | NEPALI MAOIST REMAINS STUCK IN CHENNAI JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent court decision, the Madras High Court has ruled that a team of human rights lawyers may visit senior Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) leader Chandra Prakash Gajurel who was arrested in August 2003 for presenting a forged British passport at Chennai airport and remains [...] | 2005-05-11 07:42:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN NP |
05CHIANGMAI166 | MONK'S MURDER SEEN AS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ACTIVISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The murder of an activist Buddhist monk June 17 in Fang district, Chiang Mai was politically motivated, according to local groups, although police suggest personal conflicts as the cause. Police investigations have so far produced no suspects, despite an initial series of news sto [...] | 2005-07-01 08:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
05CHIANGMAI171 | CHIANG MAI ENERGY CONSERVATION STILL IN FIRST GEAR [...] Summary: Residents of Chiang Mai Province spend heavily on energy, much of it on transportation. Despite efforts to encourage public sector energy conservation, promote bio-fuels and re-introduce public bus service, the local government seems unable to do much to reduce this economic burden. En [...] | 2005-07-15 08:19:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON TRGY ELTN EPET PGOV TH |
05CHIANGMAI173 | MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...] | 2005-07-19 09:14:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR |
05CHIANGMAI182 | HALL OF OPIUM SERVES AS EDUCATIONAL, TOURIST, RESEARCH CENTER IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE [...] (u) Summary. Two years after greeting its first visitors, Thailand's Hall of Opium opened officially July 6 in a formal ceremony presided over by Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. The 60,000 square-foot museum, beautifully situated in the rural hills of the infamous Golden Triangle, averages 70,000 [...] | 2005-08-03 01:12:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL SNAR PGOV TH |
05CHIANGMAI187 | HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY [...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...] | 2005-08-11 03:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA |
05CHIANGMAI195 | CHINESE VISITORS SHOW INTEREST IN THAILAND-BASED BURMESE EXILE GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese visitors from Yunnan traveled to northern Thailand in May and July to plumb the exile groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in the Burmese opposition movement These two trips were the latest is a two-year series of back-and-forth cross-border vis [...] | 2005-08-22 02:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PINR TH CH BM PHUM |
05CHIANGMAI196 | CHIANG RAI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ATTACKED [...] Summary. While human rights and environmental activists in northern Thailand have become accustomed to verbal threats directed against their work, an August 18 grenade attack in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district has upped the ante. End summary. 2. Wiwat Tamee, a Thai-Lisu coordinator for [...] | 2005-08-25 11:17:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TH PREF PGOV |
05CHIANGMAI199 | KARENNI REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COULD DIM POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins the process of resettling Karenni refugees in Mae Hong Son province to third countries, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is worried that resettlement will drain off party activists and weaken the Karenni resistan [...] | 2005-08-29 09:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM TH BM |
05CHIANGMAI201 | ASK A CONSUL [...] Summary: To make the U.S. visa process more understandable to a broad Thai audience, the U.S. Consulate General Chiang Mai has initiated a weekly newspaper column titled "Ask a Consul". End Summary. 2. The Consulate's "Ask a Consul" column debuted August 26 in Thai News, the largest newspap [...] | 2005-09-01 09:36:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT OIIP OPRC KPAO TH |
05CHIANGMAI214 | CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...] | 2005-09-30 05:02:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN |
05CHIANGMAI215 | JAPANESE CONSULATE GENERAL EXPANDING PRESENCE IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Summary. Japanese diplomatic representation in Chiang Mai continues to expand with the addition of a fluent Thai speaker, the first to be stationed in the north in many years. The Consul General has made it clear that Japan is interested in playing a more active role in this region and that he [...] | 2005-10-03 09:57:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PHUM TH JA CH |
05CHIANGMAI216 | NORTHERN ASSIGNMENTS SHOW STRONG HAND OF THAKSIN [...] (sbu) Summary. October 1 brought the annual promotions and reassignments of officials in Northern Thailand, as well as the rest of the country (reftel). Although civil service, police, and military promotions are officially based on seniority and merit, politics played perhaps an even stron [...] | 2005-10-04 09:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
05CHIANGMAI228 | BURMESE MIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SEE CAUSE FOR HOPE IN COURT RULING [...] Summary. Two years after the brutal slaying of six Burmese workers in Mae Sot, a Thai provincial court has convicted four local Thai officials for the crime. Legal and human rights organizations say that conditions for Burmese migrant workers have improved since the 2003 murders and that this [...] | 2005-10-26 03:41:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM |
05CHIANGMAI229 | OPPOSITION CARRIES PICHIT ELECTION WITH MONEY, EMOTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A surprising Oct. 30 victory by the opposition candidate in a by-election in northern Phichit province that pit the sons of two powerful families against one another dented the governing Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party's censure-proof majority in parliament. One of four by-elections held on [...] | 2005-11-01 05:17:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH KDEM |