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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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06BEIJING12549 | CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...] | 2006-06-16 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING12650 | TRIAL OF NEW YORK TIMES EMPLOYEE ADJOURNS WITHOUT [...] (C) The trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan on charges of leaking "state secrets" and fraud adjourned without result on June 16. A verdict should issue within 30 days, according to Chinese law. 2. (C) The proceeding in Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court was closed to the public, mean [...] | 2006-06-16 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO CH |
06BEIJING12788 | (SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC [...] | 2006-06-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING12885 | CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTARY CALLS FOR LOOSENING LEASH [...] (C) A string of recent media pieces calling for a stronger watchdog role for Chinese media, including a daring commentary on the popular Sina.com web portal, has given journalists a dose of much-needed encouragement, even as they acknowledge continuing tight media controls. The first article [...] | 2006-06-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING12988 | VOIP IN CHINA - NOT UNTIL CHINA's TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Enthusiasm in China for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was evidenced by over 1,400 registered attendees at a June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing. While VoIP technology is mature and software like Skype is but a download away, China's VoIP companies are face [...] | 2006-06-20 03:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
06BEIJING13004 | PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING ASSESSING HOW TO ENGAGE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The eight-point agreement between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists in Nepal could be a turning point in the peace negotiations between the two sides, a Chinese MFA official said. The SPA and the new government are aware that if they do not solve the Maoist question, [...] | 2006-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING13010 | AMBASSADOR AND ZHENG BIJIAN DISCUSS CHINA'S [...] (C) China Reform Forum Chairman Zheng Bijian advocated regular discussions to enhance strategic trust during a June 16 lunch meeting with the Ambassador. Americans believe in establishing trust through concrete actions and, while dialogue is necessary, it is not a substitute for results, the [...] | 2006-06-20 07:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM CH |
06BEIJING13022 | JUNE 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH, [...] Key points made at the June 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China has "taken note" of reports of an impending DPRK missile launch. -- China will send an official delegation to the African Union Summit in July. China and Angola will sign a series of treaties involving law enfo [...] | 2006-06-20 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN |
06BEIJING13023 | HENAN STUDENTS RANSACK COLLEGE CAMPUS [...] (C) Post has confirmed foreign news reports that thousands of students at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, engaged in violent demonstrations in recent days. Quiet has been restored on campus, according to a journalist named Zhang (w [...] | 2006-06-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING13025 | CHALLENGING MEDIA TABOOS IN XINJIANG [...] (C) Xinjiang journalists face particularly heavy restrictions stemming from Xinjiang's unique political sensitivities and large ethnic minority population. The local media is generally prohibited from reporting on interethnic disputes, matters pertaining to terrorism or separatism as well as [...] | 2006-06-20 13:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL CH |
06BEIJING1305 | GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR TO PRESSURE BEIJING ON [...] (C) The German Political Director will travel to Beijing January 23-24 to lead the EU-3 effort to pressure China to support its position on Iran's nuclear program, according to German Embassy Officer Aron Mir Haschemi. In a January 19 meeting and follow-up conversation on January 20, Aron sai [...] | 2006-01-20 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING1306 | STRONG DOMESTIC PRESSURE DRIVING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: A strong domestic consensus in Iran is driving the government to restart enrichment activities and to pursue an indigenous nuclear program, according to MFA West Asia and African Affairs Iran Division Director Xu Wei. In a January 19 meeting, Xu said that Beijing believes it is [...] | 2006-01-20 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING13187 | HUMAN RIGHTS: SARS WHISTLEBLOWER DR. JIANG STILL [...] (C) SAS Whistleblower Dr. Jiang Yanyong remains bannd from traveling overseas nearly two years after he was detained for asking Chinse officials to reconsider their verdict on the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in the run-up to the 15th anniversary of those events. Dr. Jiang's work unit, People's L [...] | 2006-06-21 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KHIV CH |
06BEIJING13271 | RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 05:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TBIO CH |
06BEIJING13272 | RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S RELATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 05:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TBIO CH |
06BEIJING13273 | HUMAN RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S [...] (C) Chen Guangcheng's elderly mother and three-year old son were taken from Beijing and forcibly returned to Linyi, Shandong Province on June 19 because they had planned to participate in a news conference highlighting Chen's mistreatment. Attorneys and other supporters of Chen involved with [...] | 2006-06-22 05:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TBIO CH |
06BEIJING13274 | JIANGXI IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR: MILLIONS LEAVE ONE [...] (C) Millions of residents of Jiangxi province have left home in search of work in construction, factories and the service sector in China's coastal boomtowns. The outflow has both positive and negative aspects, according to local officials and residents. Brain drain is a problem, as Jiangxi' [...] | 2006-06-22 05:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB CH |
06BEIJING13333 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON BEATING OF THREE GORGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA Human Rights Division official told Poloff the June 8 beating that paralyzed Three Gorges dam opponent Fu Xiancai was a common crime that would be punished and was not politically motivated. In a June 22 meeting, Poloff raised USG concern and asked for information about re [...] | 2006-06-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF SENV CH |
06BEIJING13471 | BEIJING VICE MAYOR FIRED FOR "DECADENCE" OR [...] (C) Beijing is abuzz with talk of corruption scandals, following the abrupt sacking on June 11 of Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Zhihua for leading a "decaent lifestyle" and the ongoing investigation of a navy commander for bribery. In a departure from the usual popular approval for arrests of corrup [...] | 2006-06-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
06BEIJING13473 | CHINESE CHRISTIAN IN XINJIANG DISCUSSES SOCIAL ILLS [...] (C) During a recent visit to China's predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region, local radio talk show host Zhou Jianjun described to Poloff his strong Christian faith and his disappointment with modern Chinese society. The Chinese Communist Party has lost its moral legitimacy, he stated. Zhou ask [...] | 2006-06-23 13:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
06BEIJING13476 | HARD TIMES, HOT PROPERTY IN HUNAN [...] (C) During a June 9 visit to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, poloff discussed development trends with a broad range of local professionals (protect all),all of whom agreed that Hunan's economy has grown rapidly over the past 3-4 years. Investments from the major coastal cities have [...] | 2006-06-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI EAGR CH |
06BEIJING13477 | PARTY INTELLECTUAL SEES "LEFTIST" LEANINGS AMONG [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloffs, high-profile Party intellectual Ma Licheng (protect) maintained that it is too early to speculate about leadership maneuvering for next fall's 17th party congress. However, he provided a general readout on political dynamics at the top of the Party. In M [...] | 2006-06-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
06BEIJING13567 | AMBASSADOR SPELTZ'S MEETING WITH VFM YANG JIECHI [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi stressed to Ambassador Paul Speltz, U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank and former Treasury Special Envoy to China, the importance the Chinese Government attaches to upcoming visits to the United States by Zhou Yongkang, State Councillor [...] | 2006-06-26 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL CH |
06BEIJING13684 | VOIP: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA'S INTERNECINE PROFIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an informal interview during the June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing with Dr. Kan Kaili, Director of the Policy and Development Institute of Information Industries at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, he likened the profit wars between China's [...] | 2006-06-28 00:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
06BEIJING13795 | AMBASSADOR RAISES BURMA WITH VFM WU DAWEI [...] (C) China does not want to see its differences with the USG over Burma exposed at the UN, Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei stated when the Ambassador expressed USG concerns over Burma and urged China to support, or at least not block, a UN Security Council resolution on the situation in that co [...] | 2006-06-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SNAR UNSC CH BM NP |
06BEIJING13858 | DRAFT LAW ON COVERING "SUDDEN INCIDENTS" RILES [...] (C) News that the National People's Congress draft law on handling emergency situations will include a section limiting the media's ability to report on "sudden incidents" has stimulated anger among Chinese journalists. Editors and reporters told us the proposed rules constitute another in a [...] | 2006-06-29 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING13859 | PRC/UN: UN MANAGEMENT REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) China believes meaningful management reforms can be adopted before the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA's) Fifth Committee adjourns, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs on June 29 in response to Poloffs delivery of reftel points and draft resolution. China [...] | 2006-06-29 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC AMGT UNGA CH |
06BEIJING13860 | BEIJING SILENT ON VATICAN TALKS; ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Officials of China's Foreign Ministry, State Administration for Religious Affairs and Catholic Patriotic Association all denied knowledge of any Vatican delegation in Beijing for talks concerning relations between China and the Holy See. American NGO activist John Kamm told the Ambassador [...] | 2006-06-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL CH VT |
06BEIJING13863 | US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Discusses [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Wei Benhua, Deputy Administrator of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE),repeated to Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Patrick Mulloy of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission familiar arguments that China's currency now fo [...] | 2006-06-29 23:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
06BEIJING13919 | Chinese Think-tank Addresses Challenges to [...] (U) Summary: Officials at the Central Government's premier foreign affairs research and policy institution stressed the importance of sustainable human-based development at a meeting on June 6. A comprehensive approach, which takes into account social, environmental, and resources costs, is [...] | 2006-06-30 06:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SOCI SENV CH |
06BEIJING13927 | RUMORS RIFE ABOUT POSSIBLE JULY 1 TAXI STRIKE IN [...] (C) Beijing taxi drivers intend to stage a one-day strike July 1 to protest rising gas prces and an increase in the minimum fare, several drivers told us June 28-30. Asked about te scope of the prospective work stoppage, a rndom sampling of drivers indicated that anywhere from 50 to 90 perce [...] | 2006-06-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI ELAB CH |
06BEIJING14062 | WHITE PAPER ON RFID TECHNOLOGY RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent release of the "White Paper on China's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Policy" has raised questions within both industry and government as to which path China will choose as it tries to develop yet another standard with world-wide trade implicati [...] | 2006-07-05 05:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
06BEIJING14173 | PRC WORKING ON DPRK IN PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: China shares the same objectives with the United States, which should not be disappointed with China's actions or statements, MFA Director General Liu Jieyi said in response to the DCM's delivery of reftel points. As opposed to the 1998 UNSC "Statement to the Press," China favors a [...] | 2006-07-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MCCP MARR KNNP UNSC KN KS JA |
06BEIJING14216 | JULY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] Key points made at the July 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China expresses grave concern over "what happened" and remains in close consultation with all relevant parties. China hopes that all relevant parties will remain calm and exercise restraint, proceed toward the co [...] | 2006-07-06 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN IS |
06BEIJING14218 | CHINESE SCHOLARS, MEDIA REACT TO DPRK MISSILE TESTS [...] (C) The DPRK's July 4/5 missile tests will likely not significantly alter China's policy toward North Korea and the nuclear issue, scholars and media contacts told us. The United States can expect a tougher tone from Beijing toward the DPRK but no willingness to take concrete action such as [...] | 2006-07-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP CH KN |
06BEIJING1427 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMEN KIRK, LARSEN AND FEENEY TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as the Shuangchengzi Missile and Space Test Center, the site of China's manned space launches, on January 13. In this rare visi [...] | 2006-01-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH PINR PGOV PREL |
06BEIJING14345 | BEIJING WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) China attaches great importance to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and will study the presidential announcement carefully, stated Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. In response to the joint presentation of reftel points on July 7 by the DCM and the Russian Charge [...] | 2006-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP CH RS IAEA |
06BEIJING14514 | PRC ON EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) China and Japan agreed to continue the process of consultations on the East China Sea dispute, to establish a panel of technical experts and to set up a hotline, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff during a July 11 briefing on the July 8-9 tal [...] | 2006-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA CH |
06BEIJING14617 | PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...] | 2006-07-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH |
06BEIJING14635 | JULY 12 G-8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA SUPPORTS [...] President Hu Jintao will lead China's delegation to the G-8 Outreach Meeting July 16-17 in St. Petersburg, according to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. The meeting will be a dialogue between the G-8 and leaders from six developing countries: China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico [...] | 2006-07-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN IS |
06BEIJING14723 | JULY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE [...] Key points made at the July 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China's response is governed by three objectives: to reduce tension and maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, to promote the solidarity of the UNSC and to encourage prompt resum [...] | 2006-07-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN IR |
06BEIJING14724 | PRC/UNSC: MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) The PRC is willing to approach Qatar to delay the vote on the draft UNSC resolution (reftel) if the United States can propose a time certain for the vote and commits to support the resolution in whichever form it is finally put to a vote, MFA International Organizations Officer Sun Zhiqiang [...] | 2006-07-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG CH |
06BEIJING14787 | E.O. 13382 DESIGNATED CHINESE FIRM PROCLAIMS ITS [...] (U) The China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC),in a "solemn statement" posted on the firm's website, claimed that it was wrongly designated under Executive Order 13382. CGWIC "has never rendered assistance to any country for any weapons of mass destruction program," the company stated, [...] | 2006-07-14 07:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC EFIN PGOV IR CH |
06BEIJING15109 | EB/ESC DAS SIMONS MEETING WITH CHINA CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) On July 12, 2006, EB/ESC DAS Paul Simons and ECON MinCouns Robert Luke met with Director General Liu Liange of the Anti-Money Laundering Bureau at the People?s Bank of China (PBOC). The meeting focused on anti-money laundering (AML),counterterrorism financing (CTF),Financial Action T [...] | 2006-07-20 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN PTER ETTC CH |
06BEIJING15110 | 3G: NO LICENCES IN SIGHT BUT PLENTY OF ENTHUSIAM [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference in Beijing brought together an enthusiastic international group of academics and software and hardware vendors who agree that China is ready for 3G, although it is still unclear what the "killer application" will be. The key challenge the industry faces is [...] | 2006-07-20 06:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
06BEIJING15153 | TFLEO1: PRC/LEBANON - BEIJING CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) China is concerned about the situation in Lebanon, but has no clear definition of a red line that would trigger a stronger Chinese reaction to Israel's offensive, according to an MFA official. China's response to unfolding events will depend on the reaction of the international community, [...] | 2006-07-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AEMR MARR CH IS LE |
06BEIJING15260 | MIDDLE EAST CRISIS GRABS HEADLINES IN CHINA [...] (C) As violence flares in the Middle East, China's broadcast and print media are providing a steady diet of colorful coverage. The public is showing more interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict now than during previous outbreaks of violence, contacts said, in part because of fears about how ev [...] | 2006-07-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING15377 | PRC ON CHINA-JAPAN SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) China agreed to resume the China-Japan Security Dialogue after a two-year hiatus to show the importance of the bilateral relationship, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloffs on July 24. Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and Deputy Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-07-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
06BEIJING15378 | PRC/SUDAN: AMIS-UNPKO TRANSITION FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan government must agree to the terms of a transition from African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) before any transition proceeds, MFA Deputy Director for West Asia and North Africa Weng Meihui told Poloff, explaining PRC [...] | 2006-07-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPKO PHUM CH SU UN |
06BEIJING15388 | July 13 Preparatory Meeting for Energy Ministerial [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 13, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) hosted a successful preparatory meeting to discuss a proposed five country Energy Ministerial Roundtable in Beijing later this fall. Reflecting input from the Japanese and Korean delegations, the [...] | 2006-07-25 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH JA KS IN |
06BEIJING15431 | BRING BEEF, NOT CELL PHONES: CHINESE JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The All China Journalists' Association is organizing a visit to North Korea for a group of six senior editors from media outlets such as Party mouthpieces Guangming Daily and the official Xinhua wire service, said Li Tao (protect),a professor at the Tsinghua University School of Journali [...] | 2006-07-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI CH KN |
06BEIJING15437 | HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA´S DIALOGUE PARTNERS HAVE MIXED [...] (C) Countries that conduct formal human rights dialogues with China are disappointed that the exchanges rarely yield immediate, tangible results, contacts at foreign embassies in Beijing told us. Nonetheless, most dialogue partners judged that the exercise remains useful as a forum a) to express hu [...] | 2006-07-26 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING15559 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON RELIGIOUS PRISONERS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, POLOFF RAISED USG CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT DETENTION OF AN AIDS ACTIVIST, THE BEATING DEATH OF A JOURNALIST AND THE CONVICTION OF SEVERAL UNDERGROUND PROTESTANT LEADERS, INCLUDING SOME SENTENCED TO DEATH. AN MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION OFFICIAL HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT [...] | 2006-07-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CH |
06BEIJING15563 | TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR [...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...] | 2006-07-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE |
06BEIJING15592 | CHINA/REAL ESTATE: SIX MINISTRIES ISSUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, the Ministry of Construction (MCon),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),People's Bank of China (PBOC),State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC),and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) jointly issu [...] | 2006-07-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND CH |
06BEIJING15609 | CHINA/ENERGY: DAS FOR ENERGY AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 and 14, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy and Sanctions Paul Simons, held SIPDIS separate meetings respectively with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) President Fu Chengyu, and Sinopec Vice President Zhang Yaocang. CNOOC President Fu said i [...] | 2006-07-28 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING15641 | MFA ON CHEN GUANGCHENG, REBIYA KADEER'S ADULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL SHEN YONGXIANG, POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RAISED USG CONCERN OVER: - THE PROSECUTION OF BLIND LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG, - THE REPORTEDLY UPCOMING TAX EVASION TRIAL OF REBIYA KADEE [...] | 2006-07-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CH |
06BEIJING15642 | MFA ON CHEN GUANGCHENG, REBIYA KADEER'S ADULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL SHEN YONGXIANG, POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RAISED USG CONCERN OVER: - THE PROSECUTION OF BLIND LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG, - THE REPORTEDLY UPCOMING TAX EVASION TRIAL OF REBIYA KADEE [...] | 2006-07-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CH |
06BEIJING15779 | COMMERCE U/S LAVIN MEETS NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG, [...] (SBU)Summary: Franklin L. Lavin, Department of Commerce Under Secretary (U/S) for International Trade on July 28, 2006 held separate meetings with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang and State-owned Asset Supervisory and Administration Commission (SA [...] | 2006-08-01 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON WTRO KIPR CH TW |
06BEIJING15796 | HUMAN RIGHTS: ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG BEATEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG, WHO REPRESENTS FALUN GONG, HOUSE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER DISSIDENTS, WAS BEATEN BY JULY 30 AFTER HE COMPLAINED ABOUT LOUD DISTURBANCES BY HIS "UNDERCOVER" SECURITY DETAIL THAT KEPT HE AND HIS FAMILY AWAKE. SEPARATELY, HUBEI ELECTION ACTIVIST YAO [...] | 2006-08-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF |
06BEIJING15855 | PRC/SUDAN: BEIJING CAN SUPPORT CHAPTER VI DARFUR [...] (C) THE PRC CAN ACCEPT A UNSC CHAPTER VI RESOLUTION WITH CHAPTER VII ELEMENTS ON DARFUR PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AGREES TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MISSION AND THE TERMS OF THE MANDATE, ACCORDING TO MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO WHO MET WITH POLOFFS ON AUGUST 2. DRAWING [...] | 2006-08-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CH SU |
06BEIJING15857 | TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST [...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...] | 2006-08-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS |
06BEIJING16057 | CHINESE LEADERSHIP MULLS INCLUSION OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Party leaders appear to be laying the groundwork for including the issue of political reform on the agenda of the 17th National Party Congress next year. Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that a treatise on political reforms written by Central Party School scholars and posted to the web [...] | 2006-08-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
06BEIJING16162 | CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...] | 2006-08-07 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XD XK CH |
06BEIJING16165 | WU DAWEI AND BOUCHER TALK NEPAL AND (NO) [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher the purpose of Wu's visit to SIPDIS Nepal was to show China's support for Nepal's new government. China believes the United Nations can play a positive role in the process of stabilizing Nepal's political situation [...] | 2006-08-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH XD |
06BEIJING16380 | AFM CUI CONFIRMS PLAN TO VISIT IRAN [...] (C) CHINESE ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI CONFIRMED TO U/S DOBRIANSKY THAT HE PLANS TO VISIT IRAN BEFORE AUGUST 22 TO "ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE IRAN THAT IT IS IN ITS INTEREST TO RESPOND POSITIVELY" TO THE P-5 PLUS 1 INCENTIVES PACKAGE CONCERNING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN AN AUGUST 9 DISCUS [...] | 2006-08-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM IR IS CH |
06BEIJING16381 | U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREANS, HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY AND ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI DISCUSSED NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CANDIDATES TO HEAD THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) DURING AN AUGUST 9 BILATERAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE U.S.-CHINA GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM (GIF). U/S DOBRIANSKY E [...] | 2006-08-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC KN UN CH |
06BEIJING16399 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SHANGHAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A JULY 28 LUNCH FOR VISITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL CHAIR TIMOTHY SHRIVER, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH SHANGHAI VICE MAYOR ZHOU TAITONG CHINA'S PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTING THE 2007 SPECIAL OLYMPICS. ZHOU, WHO IS EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND [...] | 2006-08-10 02:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KOLY CH |
06BEIJING16502 | BEIJING DOES NOT EXPECT SERIOUS ANTI-JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEITHER JAPANESE DIPLOMATS NOR BEIJING-BASED JAPAN EXPERTS ANTICIPATE LARGE-SCALE ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SUCH AS THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL 2005 SHOULD JAPANESE PM KOIZUMI VISIT YASUKUNI SHRINE ON OR AROUND AUGUST 15. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE TWEAKED ITS EMERGENCY PLAN IN CA [...] | 2006-08-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC JA CH |
06BEIJING16512 | CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...] | 2006-08-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR |
06BEIJING16513 | CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 11 in Beijing to discuss key U.S.- China bilateral issues following the third annual U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) dialogue in Guilin. Senators raised concern [...] | 2006-08-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG CH |
06BEIJING16514 | CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC [...] (SBU) Codel Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Beijing Party Secretary and President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympiad Games (BOCOG) Liu Qi to discuss Olympic preparations, including security, venue construction, traffic management, air quality, media, you [...] | 2006-08-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KOLY ASEC CH |
06BEIJING16515 | CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...] | 2006-08-13 22:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR |
06BEIJING16516 | CODEL STEVENS AND LIU QI DISCUSS BEIJING OLYMPIC [...] (SBU) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH BEIJING PARTY SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF THE BEIJING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 29TH OLYMPIAD GAMES (BOCOG) LIU QI TO DISCUSS OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS, INCLUDING SECURITY, VENUE CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AIR QUALITY, MEDIA, YOU [...] | 2006-08-13 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KOLY ASEC CH |
06BEIJING16631 | CODEL Stevens: U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed issues including Taiwan, North Korea, Lebanon, China?s defense policy, energy security, intellectual property rights (IPR),the exchange rate and bilateral trade with members of the Chinese National People?s Congress (NPC) in Guilin [...] | 2006-08-14 07:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG SENV KIPR OREP CH TW |
06BEIJING1665 | JANUARY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR [...] Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing stated China's concern over current developments in the Iran nuclear crisis to visiting Iranian National Supervisory Council Security Advisor Ali Larijani, MFA Spokesperson Kong Quan said at the regular January 26 MFA Press Briefing. China considers Russia's prop [...] | 2006-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CH IR XA |
06BEIJING16740 | ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI DEPARTS BEIJING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC IR CH |
06BEIJING16814 | CODEL STEVENS DISCUSSES ENERGY POLICY WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed energy policy with new National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Chen Deming. Chen emphasized that China intends to maintain 90 percent energy self-sufficiency by relying on domestic coal resources and develop [...] | 2006-08-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENGR KNNP TRGY CH |
06BEIJING16819 | FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS PM KOIZUMI'S SHRINE [...] (C) Summary: Beijing strongly condemned the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, with the Foreign Ministry stating that PM Koizumi was "challenging international justice and trampling human conscience." Foreign Minister Li told Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto that PM Ko [...] | 2006-08-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC JA CH |
06BEIJING16822 | PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...] | 2006-08-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE |
06BEIJING16823 | A/S SAUERBREY'S AUGUST 10 MEETING WITH UNHCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY ELLEN SAUERBREY MET AUGUST 10 WITH UNHCR ACTING REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE CHOOSIN NGAOTHEPPITAK TO DISCUSS NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA AND OTHER REFUGEE ISSUES. REVIEWING EFFORTS TO PUSH THE PRC TO LIVE UP TO ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND COOPERATE [...] | 2006-08-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KN KS CH TH |
06BEIJING16876 | PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR 1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON AUGUST 16. [...] | 2006-08-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH |
06BEIJING16879 | CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: PRC SCHOLARS EXPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING PM KOIZUMI'S VISIT TO YASUKUNI SHRINE, CHINESE JAPAN SCHOLARS ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT APPROACH CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY ABE MIGHT TAKE IF, AS WIDELY EXPECTED, ABE BECOMES JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER AFTER PM KOIZUMI STEPS DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. ABE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO AV [...] | 2006-08-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA CH |
06BEIJING16959 | LOCAL FARMERS LAUNCH "PEOPLE'S TV" TO SHORT- LIVED [...] (C) According to a senior journalist at the State Council Development Research Center paper, China Economic Times, local farmers in south-central China recently defied a prohibition on privately-run broadcasting facilities and established their own "People's TV." When authorities got wind of [...] | 2006-08-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH |
06BEIJING16960 | HUMAN RIGHTS: ACTIVIST LAWYER GAO ZHISHENG [...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia telephoned poloff August 17 to report that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has drawn Chinese Government ire for defending dissidents, was detained on August 15 in Shandong Province. Gao was having lunch with a mutual friend of Hu's when two [...] | 2006-08-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING16961 | BROADCAST NEWS: CCTV YOUTH MOVEMENT EARNS [...] (C) Two young anchors unexpectedly debuted on China Central Television's 7 p.m. national news broadcast early this summer. The appearance of Mr. Kang Hui and Ms. Li Zeming, both in their early 30s, has stimulated debate about CCTV's direction and spurred rumors about the possibility of chang [...] | 2006-08-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING17031 | HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG'S LAWYERS DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY. LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG'S DEFENSE LAWYERS XU ZHIYONG AND LI FANPING WERE DETAINED AUGUST 18 PRIOR TO CHEN'S TRIAL IN SHANDONG'S YINAN COUNTY, WHICH BEGAN AT 2:30 P.M. POLICE BARRED CHEN'S WIFE AND MOTHER FROM ATTENDING CHEN'S TRIAL, BUT CHEN'S OLDER BROTHER WAS TO HAVE BE [...] | 2006-08-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17042 | WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart?s 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal- Mart in part [...] | 2006-08-20 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17108 | (C) PROSPECTS FOR COORDINATION WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: Chinese government officials indicated to a visiting USAID official that while they welcome the opportunity to discuss development assistance as part of an overarching U.S.-China dialogue, the prospects for coordination with China on foreign aid appear to be limited in the near te [...] | 2006-08-21 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL CH AF |
06BEIJING17238 | RMB FLEXIBILITY: VIEWS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING [...] (C) Summary: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Fan Gang told Finatt and Econoff on August 3 that the Chinese government could reduce the RMB's modest undervaluation while stemming speculative inflows by signaling to financial markets that the RMB would appr [...] | 2006-08-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV |
06BEIJING17324 | COLONEL SANDERS CHANGES HIS WAYS, BUT LABOR LAWS [...] (U) On August 8, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced at a Beijing news conference that it would stop hiring employees through labor dispatch agencies (LDAs),and begin hiring directly. LDAs are labor contractors, who provide manpower to an employer for a fee. Under this arrangement, the w [...] | 2006-08-22 03:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17493 | ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA COMPLAINS OF INCREASED [...] (C) GRASS-ROOTS ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA (PROTECT) DESCRIBED TO POLOFF ON AUGUST 21 THE INCREASED HARASSMENT THAT ELECTION AND OTHER ACTIVISTS ARE FACING ACROSS CHINA. THE CCP IS FEELING THREATENED, YAO CLAIMED, BY THE LINKS ACTIVISTS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS HAVE ESTABLISHED NATIONWIDE VIA TH [...] | 2006-08-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
06BEIJING17497 | PRC/SUDAN: CHINA EMPHASIZES NEED FOR KHARTOUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN MFA OFFICIAL TOLD US THE PRC SUPPORTS REHATTING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN (AMIS) PEACEKEEPERS BUT CONTINUES TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUDANESE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (GNU) CONSENT TO SUCH AN OPERATION. BEIJING BELIEVES SUCH CONSENT IS NECESSARY PRIOR TO PROCEE [...] | 2006-08-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO SU CH |
06BEIJING17509 | CHINA EXPERIMENTS WITH 'WAGE GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Wage Guarantee Funds (WGFs - definition in para 5) are one of the tools Chinese local governments are using to tackle the problem of wage arrears, which is especially pervasive among migrant workers in the construction industry. Embassy visits to several locations in China in Ju [...] | 2006-08-23 02:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ECON PGOV CH |
06BEIJING1773 | CHINA/INDIA: INDIAN EMBASSY READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) India and China maintain different positions on Iran and Nepal, according to Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Vinay Kwatra. Providing a readout on Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's January 9-11 visit to Beijing and in follow-on discussion, Kwatra noted India's continued opposit [...] | 2006-01-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH IN NP IR |
06BEIJING17768 | CHINESE LEADERSHIP HOLDS CENTRAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) HU JINTAO AND THE REST OF CHINA'S TOP LEADERSHIP HELD A "CENTRAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS WORK CONFERENCE" IN BEIJING ON AUGUST 21-23, WHICH LOCAL CONTACTS DEEMED UNUSUAL AND HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT. THE MEETING REPORTEDLY EMPHASIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CHINA'S DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT A [...] | 2006-08-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17771 | WAL-MART ACCEPTS CHINESE LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since July 29, The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has established unions in at least five of Wal-Mart's 60 Chinese stores (ref). ACTFU has been talking for several years about expanding its representation in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs),Wal-Mart in partic [...] | 2006-08-25 00:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17937 | CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL FRICTION OVER EFFORTS TO CURB [...] (C) Beijing has recently become more forceful in its efforts to control investment at the provincial level and went so far as to publicly reprimand officials in Inner Mongolia for pursuing unauthorized power projects. The Central Government separately announced in early August that it would d [...] | 2006-08-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING17957 | ROK READOUT OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG [...] (C) ROK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG MIN-SOON'S AUGUST 24-25 VISIT TO BEIJING FOCUSED ON PLANNING FOR ROK PRESIDENT ROH'S OCTOBER VISIT AS WELL AS DISCUSSING NORTH KOREA. AN ROK EMBASSY OFFICER STRESSED THAT BOTH SIDES LOOK TO PRESIDENT ROH'S VISIT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL [...] | 2006-08-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS |
06BEIJING17959 | CHINA TELLS NGO ACTIVIST JOHN KAMM HIS HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS TOLD JOHN KAMM OF THE NGO DUIHUA FOUNDATION ON AUGUST 24 THAT HIS DIALOGUE ON PRISONER CASES WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS IS OVER AND THAT CHINA WAS "SICK AND TIRED" OF RESPONDING TO FOREIGNERS' REQUESTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASES. IN A SEPARATE, MUC [...] | 2006-08-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
06BEIJING18025 | EXPERTS TO LECTURE POLITBURO ON GRASSROOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS (MCA) HAS SELECTED TWO WELL-KNOWN RURAL EXPERTS TO PRESENT AT AN OCTOBER POLITBURO STUDY SESSION ON THE TOPIC OF GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY. THE DRAFT PRESENTATIONS OF THE TWO EXPERTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW. MCA DIRECTOR G [...] | 2006-08-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
06BEIJING18143 | CBRC ASSISTANT MINISTER'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, FinAtt and Econoff met China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Assistant Chairman Wang Zhaoxing to discuss draft administrative rules on foreign banks, which would implement China's WTO accession obligations in this sector. While Wang noted the regulations are [...] | 2006-08-29 06:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18200 | CBRC ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 25, FINATT AND ECONOFF MET CHINA BANKING REGULATORY COMMISSION (CBRC) ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN WANG ZHAOXING TO DISCUSS DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ON FOREIGN BANKS, WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT CHINA'S WTO ACCESSION OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SECTOR. WHILE WANG NOTED THE REGULATIONS ARE [...] | 2006-08-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18217 | CHINA UNLIKELY TO CO-CHAIR ARF 1540 SEMINAR [...] (C) Summary: China is unlikely to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on USNCR 1540 Implementation with us according to MFA Asian Affairs Department official Ma Jia. Lack of funding prevents China from co-hosting, Ma said, but she suggested that the United States might be able to reclama [...] | 2006-08-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH |
06BEIJING18224 | MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...] | 2006-08-29 23:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH |
06BEIJING18225 | MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...] | 2006-08-29 23:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH |
06BEIJING18460 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDOC AND USDOD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 00:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL |
06BEIJING18534 | CHINA LABOR ISSUES OVERVIEW [...] (U) This message provides background to assist with the planning of Labor Secretary Chao's September 13 meetings with Chinese Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping. The cable includes a section on current political and economic context (paras 4- 19),a review of developments [...] | 2006-09-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL CH |
06BEIJING18541 | GOVERNANCE ISSUES MEET FEVERISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE THAT EXCESSIVE INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GROWTH POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE ECONOMY, BUT OUR CONTACTS SUGGEST THAT FOUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BOLD RESPONSE. FIRST, PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S EMPHASIS ON FORGING INTERNAL CONSENSUS, EVEN AMONG [...] | 2006-09-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING18542 | CHINA CAUTIOUS ON ASEAN+6 TRADE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA IS REACTING CAUTIOUSLY TO JAPAN'S PROPOSALS FOR AN ASEAN 6 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AND OTHER EFFORTS TO INCREASE REGIONAL INTEGRATION. FURTHER DECISIONS ON SUCH STEPS COULD COME AT DECEMBER'S EAST ASIAN SUMMIT, BUT CHINA WILL CONTINUE TO LET ASEAN TAKE THE LEAD, FOREIGN MINIST [...] | 2006-09-01 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD XE JA CH |
06BEIJING18543 | CHINA REACTS TO JAPAN'S PROTEST OVER EAST CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN AUGUST 30 AGAIN VOICED DISAGREEMENT WITH JAPAN OVER GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. AFTER TOKYO RAISED OBJECTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE "STRUCTURES" IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EAST CHINA SEA IN JULY, BEIJING RESPO [...] | 2006-09-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA CH |
06BEIJING18547 | PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE [...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...] | 2006-09-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH PK |
06BEIJING18554 | SUPREME COURT INTERPRETATION WILL HELP WORKERS [...] (U) On August 30, China's Supreme Peoples Court issued a series of judicial interpretations on handling labor disputes. One of the interpretations will allow employees who are owed back wages to go directly to the courts for litigation, as long as they can produce IOUs or other documentation [...] | 2006-09-04 22:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV CH |
06BEIJING18558 | MOFCOM DELIVERS LETTER FROM VICE-PREMIER WU YI FOR [...] (U) Embassy's Commercial MinisteruCounselor (SCO) and Export Control Officer (ECO) were summoned to a hasty meeting with Mdme. WANG Qinhua, Director-General, Department of Mechanical, Electronic and High Technology Industries, Ministry of Commmerce (MOFCOM). The purpose of this meeting was fo [...] | 2006-09-04 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL |
06BEIJING18589 | PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...] | 2006-09-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH |
06BEIJING18680 | SEPTEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the September 5 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China continues to support the Six-Party Talks and remains dedicated to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. -- China believes the Six-Party Talks, not sanctions, is the most effective way to resolve the nuc [...] | 2006-09-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN |
06BEIJING18752 | MFA VIEWS ON SHOOTING OF JAPANESE FISHERMAN, RIVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SHOOTING OF A JAPANESE FISHERMAN IN DISPUTED WATERS BY A RUSSIAN COASTAL PATROL BOAT REFLECTS LONG-STANDING TENSIONS, INCLUDING RUSSIAN FRUSTRATION AT THE QUALITY AND SPEED OF JAPANESE FISHING BOATS, ACCORDING TO A CHINESE DIPLOMAT EXPERIENCED IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. THE MF [...] | 2006-09-06 22:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV RU JA CH |
06BEIJING18886 | FORMAL MFA REPLY ON ARF 1540 SEMINAR [...] (SBU) China formalized its inability to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar (ARF) on UNSCR 1540 in a September 7 letter delivered to the Embassy. Full text of the letter to Blair Hall, EAP/RSP Director, is contained para 2. The letter was faxed separately to EAP/CM. China would likely [...] | 2006-09-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM CH |
06BEIJING18905 | : A/S HILL VISIT, DPRK NUCLEAR TEST AND KIM [...] Key points made at the September 7 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- A/S Hill's meetings with VFM Wu Dawei and AFM Cui Tiankai focused on how to break the impasse and resume the Six-Party Talks process. -- All parties should avoid actions that would escalate tensions over a possible [...] | 2006-09-07 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC CH KN |
06BEIJING19030 | China Pushes SCO Economic Agenda at Western China [...] (SBU) Sumary: Zhang Deguang, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),exhorted his central Asian counterparts at a September 2 event in Urumqi to quickly conclude three key economic agreements on customs, transportation and protection of foreign investment. These ar [...] | 2006-09-08 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
06BEIJING19032 | CHINA-EU SUMMIT: HEAVY ON DIALOGUE, LIGHT ON [...] (C) Neither the Chinese nor EU member states expect much in the way of deliverables from the Ninth Annual EU-China Summit in Helsinki, September 9-12. Wen Jiabao will represent China at the Summit, hosted by current EU President Finland, with the stated purpose of increasing dialogue and stre [...] | 2006-09-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EU FI PREL CH |
06BEIJING19033 | PROPOSED CHEN YUNLIN VISIT TO TAIWAN, NEVER [...] (C) THE MAINLAND'S TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE (TAO) TOLD THE CHINESE PRESS THAT TAO DIRECTOR CHEN YUNLIN WAS FORCED TO "CANCEL" HIS PLANNED TRAVEL TO TAIWAN FOR AN AGRICULTURAL FORUM IN OCTOBER, AS TAIWAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING A LENGTHY MEE [...] | 2006-09-08 11:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH TW |
06BEIJING19039 | HUMAN RIGHTS: RIGHTS ACTIVIST HU JIA RELEASED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ACTIVIST HU JIA WAS RELEASED BY SECURITY AUTHORITIES ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 7, IN APPARENT COMPLIANCE WITH A RULE THAT ALLOWS AUTHORITIES TO DETAIN CITIZENS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO 12 HOURS FOR QUESTIONING WITHOUT EXPLANATION. AUTHORITIES INTERROGATED HU ABOUT HI [...] | 2006-09-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19278 | CHINA: NEW MERGER RULES SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released new regulations governing foreign acquisitions of domestic enterprises. Local observers were pleased that the regulations allow for equity swaps but are concerned with vague language that appears to give MOFCOM considerab [...] | 2006-09-13 00:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19362 | CUSTOMS' EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: The PRC's General Administration of Customs (GAC) utilizes a risk management system to identify "certain countries and regions" and "certain goods" to be subject to physical inspection before export, Customs officials at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port told Poloff during a September 7 [...] | 2006-09-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH |
06BEIJING19404 | DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH AFM HE YAFEI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESS REPORTS THE USG MAY SELL TAIWAN F-16S AND OVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAY SEEK TO CREATE A CROSS-STRAIT CRISIS WHEN AFM HE MET EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN. DAS CHRISTENSEN SAID U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN, INCLUDIN [...] | 2006-09-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHUM CH KN |
06BEIJING19406 | PARTY PLENUM IN MID-OCTOBER [...] (C) THIS YEAR'S COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM IS LIKELY TO BE HELD IN MID-OCTOBER, BASED ON A CREDIBLE HONG KONG MEDIA REPORT AND THE PRC'S POSTPONEMENT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL'S VISIT TO BEIJING, SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9. ACCORDING TO THE SEPTEMBER 12 WEN WEI PO, A PRC-OWNED HONG KONG NEWS [...] | 2006-09-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19407 | SEPTEMBER 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: REACTION TO [...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 13 TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE (TAO) PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- THE MAINLAND HOPES TO SEE A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS TAIWAN AND WILL OPPOSE TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE AND PROMOTE CROSS- STRAIT RELATIONS TO FURTHER PEACE AND STABILITY (IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMPAIG [...] | 2006-09-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH TW |
06BEIJING19482 | CHINA ADOPTS NEW ENTERPRISE BANKRUPTCY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 27, China passed a new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy which provides a vastly improved legal framework for corporate bankruptcy in both private and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The law will go into effect on June 1, 2007, and will enable the government to further e [...] | 2006-09-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19483 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BEIJING SENDS POSITIVE SIGNAL [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao on September 14. Noting that Indonesia has no objection to the UN 1267 Committee's listing of the Indonesian branch of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),Poloff passed a copy of r [...] | 2006-09-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PTER EFIN PREL IN CH |
06BEIJING19543 | WREATHS LAID, SONGS PLAYED AS MEMORIES FADE [...] (C) Party leaders allowed limited media coverage but no official commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death on September 9. In a carefully managed, low-key observance, the Party convened no official functions and issued no official statements to mark the event. Media and cu [...] | 2006-09-14 08:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH |
06BEIJING19546 | SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM [...] KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING WERE: -- RESUMING THE SIX-PARTY TALKS REQUIRES EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES. ON U.S. "SANCTIONS" AGAINST THE DPRK, CHINA SUPPORTS PROSECUTION OF THOSE COMMITTING FINANCIAL CRIMES BASED ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. -- THERE ARE "NO ARRANGEME [...] | 2006-09-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH KN JA |
06BEIJING19660 | CENTRAL PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS RURAL REFORM [...] (C) A researcher at the Central Party School said that a recent conference on rural reform has important implications for rural policy. The Central Government in recent years has pursued a micro approach to rural development, emphasizing the livelihoods of individual farmers. The announced th [...] | 2006-09-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH |
06BEIJING19661 | CHINA-JAPAN: BEIJING AWAITS ABE'S REMARKS BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA HAD NO ROLE IN PUBLICIZING A PHOTO OF PREMIER WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AT THIS WEEK'S ASEM SUMMIT, A FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID. CHINA REMAINS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, THE OFFICIAL SAID, BUT AWAITS PRESUMPTIVE NE [...] | 2006-09-15 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA CH |
06BEIJING19662 | LAND COMPENSATION REGULATIONS FOR WATER PROJECTS [...] (C) EMBASSY CONTACTS QUESTION WHETHER REVISED REGULATIONS ON COMPENSATION STANDARDS FOR LAND THAT IS EXPROPRIATED FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MEET THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF CREATING A NATIONAL STANDARD. INSTEAD, OUR CONTACTS BELIEVE THAT PROVINCIAL [...] | 2006-09-15 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EINV ENRG PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19663 | AFM HE YAFEI EXPRESSES CHINESE OPPOSTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING19682 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D360560 XIAMEN CHANGELIGHT [...] Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of XIAMEN CHANGELIGHT CO. LTD, No. 124 Chuang Ye Building, Pioneering Park, Xiamen, Chi [...] | 2006-09-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING19683 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D357208 DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of the DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER OF CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS),No. 4 [...] | 2006-09-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING19793 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...] | 2006-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH |
06BEIJING19895 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will review the letter from U/S Joseph and the accompanying concept paper and the Chinese Government will respond, Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Wu Haitao stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery of reftel messages on Sept [...] | 2006-09-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP CH |
06BEIJING1992 | (CORRECTED COPY) CHINA/INDIA: DIFFERENCES ON IRAN, [...] (C) India and China maintain different positions on Iran and Nepal, according to Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Vinay Kwatra. In a readout to Acting Polmincouns on Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's visit to Beijing and in follow-on discussion, Kwatra noted India's continued oppos [...] | 2006-02-06 06:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH IN NP IR |
06BEIJING20011 | MFA REACTION TO COUP IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: China was "somewhat surprised" by the coup against Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but expects the matter to be resolved peacefully, MFA Deputy Director Sun Xiangyang told poloff September 20. Beijing expects the coup to have little impact on Thai foreign policy, including [...] | 2006-09-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TH CH |
06BEIJING20012 | CHINA DISAPPOINTED BURMA PLACED ON UNSC AGENDA [...] (C) China was disappointed by the decision to place Burma on the UN Security Council's agenda, MFA Deputy Division Director for United Nations Affairs Yao Shaojun said in response to reftel demarche. After noting he would convey the USG position and seek an official response, Yao offered his [...] | 2006-09-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM CH |
06BEIJING20019 | THAI COUP CAPTURES CHINESE MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (C) News of the overnight coup in Thailand dominated the news cycle in Beijing September 20. Coverage was generally straightforward and emphasized that the coup was orderly and bloodless. Popular dailies ran front page headlines and Internet news sites quickly developed special coverage link [...] | 2006-09-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING20070 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK D355915 ZHEJIANG HESHENG [...] REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check end-use visit to determine the reliability of ZHEJIANG HESHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD (a/k/a HE SHENG CHEMICAL) to receive controlled United States goods and technology. BIS license application D355915 lists ZHEJIANG HE SHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD as the potential ult [...] | 2006-09-21 05:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING20073 | POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D321423 AND D321151 [...] (U) REFTEL A requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at the CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (COMRA) in order to determine that COMRA is in possession of commodities shipped against USDOC license applications D321523, D32115 [...] | 2006-09-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING20105 | PRC-TAJIKISTAN: PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES BORDER, [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's September 14-16 state visit to Tajikistan focused on discussion of economic development, the disputed China-Tajikistan border and counterterrorism issues. A joint communiqu issued after the visit emphasized the parties' desire to resolve territorial dispute [...] | 2006-09-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TI CH |
06BEIJING20107 | SEPTEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINO-JAPAN [...] Key points made at the September 21 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes new LDP leader Shinzo Abe will make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japanese relations. -- China and Japan will hold the Sixth Round of their strategic dialogue in Tokyo from September 23 to 24. -- Japan's pr [...] | 2006-09-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID JA IR TH LE CH |
06BEIJING20223 | DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...] | 2006-09-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH |
06BEIJING20360 | SHANGHAI PARTY LEADER CHEN LIANGYU FIRED IN [...] (C) Xinhua News Agency announced the morning of September 25 that Politburo member Chen Liangyu was removed from his post as Shanghai Party Secretary by the Politburo due to corruption allegations. A terse Xinhua statement noted that Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng was named Acting Party Secretary [...] | 2006-09-25 23:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
06BEIJING20509 | SEPTEMBER 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the September 26 MFA press briefing were: -- China encourages and supports U.S.-DPRK bilateral discussions outside of the Six-Party Talks framework. -- China hopes Tokyo's new leadership can make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japan relations and the Strategic Dialog [...] | 2006-09-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH JP |
06BEIJING20676 | SEPTEMBER 27 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CHEN SHUI-BIAN [...] Key points made at the September 27 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- China strongly condemns suggestions made by Chen Shui-bian regarding a change of Taiwan's territorial definition in Taiwan's "constitution" at a September 24 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) meeting. [...] | 2006-09-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH TW |
06BEIJING20678 | XINHUA REBUFFS CRITICISM, STANDS BY REGULATIONS [...] (C) New regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China aim to create a healthy media climate, state-run Xinhua News Agency staffer Wang Hongyu told Emboffs September 27. Wang said Xinhua had three motives in introducing the rules, namely a) st [...] | 2006-09-27 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KPAO CH |
06BEIJING20679 | PRC-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: VFM DAI RETURNS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's "Strategic Dialogue" with Japan finally ended September 27 amid upbeat rhetoric but no concrete decision about the possibility of a summit meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the Japanese Embassy h [...] | 2006-09-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA CH |
06BEIJING20796 | REASONS BEHIND THE LIMITED RESPONSE TO FEVERISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several contacts have pointed out reasons they believe that China will not or should not pursue bold action in the near term to deal with high rates of investment and credit growth. A private sector economist emphasized Premier Wen Jiabao's desire for officials -- including regul [...] | 2006-09-28 02:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING20892 | PRC-SUDAN: CHINA HOLDING FAST ON SIX-MONTH [...] (C) Summary: China sees no need to provide the Panel of Experts responsible for the Darfur region of Sudan with a one-year mandate, MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told poloff September 28. The ultimate resolution of the Darfur issue depends [...] | 2006-09-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SU CH |
06BEIJING20898 | PRODI IN CHINA DISCUSSES ARMS EMBARGO, TRADE AND [...] (C) Italy leans to lifting the embargo of arms sales to China, said Italian Premier Romano Prodi, in China from September 13-19 with a 500-person Italian trade delegation. In Beijing, Prodi met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Communist Party Central Committee head Wang Jiarui. [...] | 2006-09-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT CH |
06BEIJING20899 | MFA CITES DALAI LAMA AS PUSHING FOR EXPULSION OF [...] (C) MFA Director General for North America and Oceania Affairs Liu Jieyi objected to the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama during an informal discussion with the CDA on September 28. China views the award as a move that will "only encourage Tibet independence activists [...] | 2006-09-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH |
06BEIJING2090 | PRC EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER QDR [...] (C) China is "strongly dissatisfied and completely disagrees" with the China portion of the February 6 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR),MFA Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the CDA under instructions and reading from a prepared text at a February 7 meeti [...] | 2006-02-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM PREL CH |
06BEIJING20900 | SEPTEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ISSUES, [...] Key points made at the September 28 MFA press briefing were: -- China opposes inclusion of Taiwan in the US-Japan bilateral alliance. -- China attaches great importance to improving relations with Japan. -- China welcomes Secretary Rice to visit China at a "proper time." -- China is [...] | 2006-09-28 12:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH JP |
06BEIJING20973 | HUMAN RIGHTS: WIFE SAYS NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHEN [...] (C) Yuan Weiqing, the wife of jailed blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, telephoned poloff September 29 to advise that the Shandong court would not hold a public hearing in the appeal of her husband's conviction for obstructing traffic and destroying public property. Chen's lawyers were to [...] | 2006-09-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING20974 | INTERAGENCY INSIGHTS FROM NDRC FINANCE DIRECTOR [...] (S) The recently-promoted National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) Director General in charge of financial affairs (protect) offered candid and even critical comments about the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the People's Bank of China (PBOC),and the internal workings of the NDRC itself. He f [...] | 2006-09-29 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV KPAO CH |
06BEIJING20986 | TAKEDOWN OF SHANGHAI PARTY BOSS GETS ATTENTION OF [...] (C) The significance of the sacking of Shanghai Party Secretary and Politburo Member Chen Liangyu this week lies in SIPDIS the shock effect it will have on headstrong local leaders who put their parochial (and sometimes personal) interests ahead of their responsibilities to the central leade [...] | 2006-09-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING20987 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE [...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...] | 2006-09-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
06BEIJING21079 | VISIT OF OSHA A/S EDWIN G. FOULKE, JR. TO CHINA [...] SUMMARY: DOL Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., led an OSHA delegation to China September 17-24 to attend the Third China International Forum on Work Safety and meet with officials of the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS). Chinese Governme [...] | 2006-10-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR CH |
06BEIJING21160 | SED: PAULSON-BO XILAI MEETING [...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on September 21 to outline U.S. goals and expectations for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Secretary Paulson emphasized the need for currency SIPDIS flexibility and asked for Chinese support in reinvigoratin [...] | 2006-10-06 03:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CH |
06BEIJING21219 | DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: ROK, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC KN CH KS JA RU |
06BEIJING21220 | DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...] | 2006-10-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU |
06BEIJING21224 | REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT"" [...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...] | 2006-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU |
06BEIJING21226 | CHINESE SCHOLARS, MEDIA APPLAUD PM ABE'S VISIT [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing drew praise from our contacts in Chinese media and academia. China's print and broadcast outlets provided upbeat blanket coverage of the visit, complete with page one headlines and color photos. While in general our contacts were f [...] | 2006-10-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI CH JN |
06BEIJING21227 | REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: REACTION OF BEIJING [...] (C) Officials from the Japanese, ROK, Russian, French and British Embassies in Beijing were in contact with Chinese officials October 9 about the reported DPRK nuclear test and said their capitals had made or would make statements condemning the DPRK action. The Japanese geological service re [...] | 2006-10-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MNUC PINR KN CH JN KS RU |
06BEIJING21330 | OBJECTION! SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS CRITICIZE NEW [...] (C) New rules imposing stricter controls on dissemination of information about court cases has touched off sharp debate in Chinese legal circles and among journalists. The Supreme People's court has introduced a new system of court spokespersons who will be solely responsible for releasing n [...] | 2006-10-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO CH |
06BEIJING21528 | OCTOBER 11 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: CROSS-STRAIT [...] Key points made at the October 11 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Following comments on the October 17-18 Cross- Strait Agricultural Forum in Boao, Hainan Province, the TAO spokesperson deflected a question about a possible meeting between President Hu Jintao and former [...] | 2006-10-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH TW |
06BEIJING21533 | PLENUM CLOSING COMMUNIQUE FOCUSES ON HU'S [...] (C) The Chinese Communist Party's Sixth Party Plenum closed on October 11 and issued a communique highlighting Hu Jintao's "Socialist Harmonious Society" concept. There was no mention of personnel changes, including no reference to any action on deposed Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. [...] | 2006-10-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING21628 | HUBEI'S EXPERIMENT WITH "DIRECT UNION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is experimenting in Hubei Province with direct elections of enterprise-level union leaders, but the rules ensure that Communist Party organizations and regional ACFTU offices control the selection of candidates and also give reg [...] | 2006-10-12 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING21638 | AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and ki [...] | 2006-10-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF CH |
06BEIJING21641 | OCTOBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST; [...] Key Points made at the October 12 Press Briefing were: -- The DPRK must not further worsen the Korean peninsula nuclear situation. -- Six-Party Talks remain the best method for resolving the crisis, however direct dialogue between the United States and DPRK would help narrow differences. [...] | 2006-10-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN KS NP |
06BEIJING21713 | MFA SAYS PM ABE VISIT WILL SMOOTH COURSE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8-9 China visit marks the renewal of Japan-China leadership summits and will therefore smooth the future course of bilateral relations, MFA officials told us. The October 8 joint press communiqu for the PM Abe visit marked the first ti [...] | 2006-10-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA KN |
06BEIJING21720 | DESIGNING A SYSTEM CREATING A BANKRUPTCY [...] Reftel reported on Embassy discussions with Professor Li Shuguang on September 6 about China's new Law on Enterprise Bankruptcy. As Director of the Bankruptcy Law and Restructuring Research Center at the China University of Politics and Law, as well as a member of the National People's Congr [...] | 2006-10-13 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING21795 | CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE ON HOLD; CUT BACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Embassy has halted preparations for its next round of human rights dialogue with China pending clarification of Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney's unconfirmed statement that the dialogue has been "suspended." Separately, China told the British Embassy it [...] | 2006-10-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH CA UK |
06BEIJING21796 | BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...] | 2006-10-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN |
06BEIJING21851 | QUESTIONABLE PROGRESS ON SINO-TURKMENISTAN GAS [...] (SBU) An industry contact questions recent reports that China has approved construction of a pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan -- a decision, that if carried through, would carry forward a deal announced last April by the presidents of both counties for gas sales. Separately, t [...] | 2006-10-16 06:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH |
06BEIJING21970 | BOOSTING RURAL INCOMES: THE CASE OF TOURISM IN [...] (SBU) Tourism has emerged as an important source of non- farm income in Hunan Province and may account for as much as 50 to 60 percent of rural incomes in tourist destinations in Hunan's countryside. Provincial officials, motivated by this trend, plan to provide additional resources to expand [...] | 2006-10-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING21987 | OCTOBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UNSCR 1718; [...] Key Points made at the October 17 Press Briefing were: -- China will implement UNSCR 1718 seriously and in a responsible manner. -- Regarding reports that China is controlling truck traffic from China to North Korea and that banks in Dandong are restricting transfers of money into North K [...] | 2006-10-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN |
06BEIJING21990 | HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORIAN DING DONG DETAINED [...] (C) Police detained historian and activist Ding Dong at his home on the morning of October 17, Ding's wife Xing Xiaoqun told poloff by phone. This is the first time Ding has been detained, Xing said, adding that police provided no explanation for the detention. Authorities have also seized D [...] | 2006-10-17 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING21991 | MEAN STREETS: SOCIAL STRAINS PLAGUE CHINA'S "URBAN [...] (C) New Chinese "shantytowns," onetime rural villages swallowed by China's expanding cities, have become a hot topic in China. Often not incorporated into their official urban jurisdictions, these former rural districts are administrative vacuums, lagging on provision of urban public service [...] | 2006-10-17 11:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING21992 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED): MINSTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17 Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG of International Affairs Zhu Guangyao discussed arrangements for the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and the upcoming preparatory trip by Treasury U/S Adams, DUSTR Bhatia, and Commerce U/S Lavin with Econmincouns, Finatt, FCS Trade Fa [...] | 2006-10-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CH |
06BEIJING22125 | COMMENTS ON STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT FROM A HUNAN [...] (C) Hunan Province's economic "growth at all costs" approach to development threatens to undermine social stability in the province in the view of a provincial economic policymaker who focuses on rural issues. He cited water pollution, land seizures, and the state of public finances in the wa [...] | 2006-10-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR ELAB EFIN SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22131 | HU'S IN CHARGE AND HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD [...] (C) China's recent Party Plenum Decision, which elevated President Hu Jintao's concept of building a "harmonious society," indicates that Hu is firmly in charge and set to pursue policy changes aimed at restoring some balance to China's growing gaps. The harmonious society slogan is also an e [...] | 2006-10-18 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22239 | LOWER THIRD QUARTER GROWTH BUT MORE TIGHTENING [...] (SBU) China's year-on-year GDP growth rate, as measured on a quarterly basis, fell from 11.3 percent in the second quarter to 10.4 percent in the third quarter, a result in line with numerous private sector forecasts. The decline comes in the wake of numerous cooling measures undertaken by th [...] | 2006-10-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
06BEIJING22277 | OFFICIAL TRADE UNION SEEKS TO ORGANIZE 60 PERCENT [...] (C) Summary: The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has announced that it has organized unions at all Wal-Marts in China and intends to double union presence in foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) from 30 to 60 percent by the end of the year. ACFTU said it will focus on "Fortune 5 [...] | 2006-10-20 05:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22299 | CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2006: RHETORIC BUT FEW RESULTS [...] (C) Central China Expo 2006, held in Changsha, Hunan Province in late September, officially launched the Central Government's Central China Rising initiative to balance geographical development by bolstering economic prospects in the region's six provinces. Although the Expo had high-level su [...] | 2006-10-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK |
06BEIJING22370 | PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO [...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...] | 2006-10-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING22413 | U.S. NGO: CHINESE GOVERNMENT MICROFINANCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Representatives of a U.S.-based NGO that provides business capital to entrepreneurs said that they are concerned China's current focus on microfinance may do more harm than good because government-sponsored projects threaten to undermine NGO activity. They predicted increased interest in [...] | 2006-10-24 01:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22493 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) Beijing will review carefully the Franco-American proposal on removing names from the list of those targeted for sanctions under UNSCR 1267, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shao Jun. Poloff and French Counselor Erkki Maillard delivered reftel points October [...] | 2006-10-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC CH |
06BEIJING22496 | PRC CAUTIONS AGAINST A/S HILL MEETING WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for North American and Oceanic Affairs Liu Jieyi told the DCM on October 24 that Beijing has heard Taiwan "so-called" Vice Minster of Foreign Affairs Chang Siao-yue will seek a meeting with A/S Christopher Hill at the Taiwan Post-Pacific Island Forum meeting in Nandi, [...] | 2006-10-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW CH |
06BEIJING22628 | ASEAN-CHINA MEETING HOPES TO CHART COURSE TO FTA, [...] (C) Summary: The October 30-31 ASEAN-China Prime Ministers' meeting in Guangxi Province will celebrate 15 years of China's special dialogue partnership with ASEAN and chart the course for the next 15 years, including implementation of an ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. MFA officials plannin [...] | 2006-10-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ASEAN CH |
06BEIJING22633 | CHINA'S LOCAL CONGRESS ELECTIONS: REFORMERS [...] (C) The elections for local people's congresses currently being held across China are being closely watched by reformers who hope that real independent candidates might run some successful campaigns and become members of what have traditionally been seen as rubber-stamp bodies. The congresses [...] | 2006-10-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22713 | PRC/AFRICA: MFA BRIEFS PRESS ON UPCOMING FORUM FOR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wei Jianguo briefed the press on October 26 on the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),November 3-5 (Refs A-C). VM Wei said China a [...] | 2006-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING22747 | EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF KADEER SONS [...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Zhou Feng on October 27 over reports that the trial of two of Rebiya Kadeer's adult sons has been held in Xinjiang Province. Poloff noted reports that Alim and Kahar, who have been charged with tax fraud, were tried in a closed proceed [...] | 2006-10-27 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH |
06BEIJING22812 | JIANGXI STUDENT RAMPAGE ENDS, BUT REMAINS TALK OF [...] (C) Police have restored calm at the Jiangxi Province Clothing Vocational Institute where thousands of students rioted October 23-24, Mo Yaping (protect),a professor at Nanchang University, told poloff by phone October 27. Mo confirmed media reports that students at the vocational college, [...] | 2006-10-27 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22825 | BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS EU HR [...] (C) Summary: The 22nd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue took place October 19 in Beijing, with special emphasis on freedom of expression, criminal justice reform and combating racism. Chinese officials denied that censorship exists, challenged the basis for some of UN Special Rapporteur o [...] | 2006-10-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV CH |
06BEIJING22841 | FM LI URGES NO A/S HILL MEETING WITH TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-30 02:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
06BEIJING22842 | BLACKBOARD BUNGLE: BEIJING SCHOOL CLOSINGS UPSET [...] (C) The Beijing city government's decision to shut down dozens of independent schools catering to migrant children has been a contentious topic among principals, scholars and the media this fall. Although relaxed residence permit rules now allow the children of Beijing's surging migrant worke [...] | 2006-10-30 03:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22876 | LEADING CHINESE ECONOMIST ON CHINA'S CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) One of China's leading economists briefed China Mission Economic Officers on the country's economic challenges. Although he expressed concerns about income inequality, deflation, and the challenges of following through on economic reforms, his overall message was that the quality of lea [...] | 2006-10-30 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING22919 | PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS, [...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...] | 2006-10-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING22983 | OCTOBER 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CHINA-AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the October 31 Press Briefing were: -- Japan's demand that North Korea not rejoin the Six-Party Talks as a nuclear power can be handled within the framework of the Talks. -- There has been no change in China's policy regarding the normal trade relations with the DPRK. [...] | 2006-10-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH PK KN |
06BEIJING2306 | PRC PROPOSES ISSUING LIMITED NUMBER OF ONE YEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Office of Korean Peninsula Affairs Deputy Director MA Jia called representatives from the U.S., ROK and Japanese Embassies February 7 to deliver diplomatic notes proposing to issue one-year multiple entry diplomatic visas to four offi [...] | 2006-02-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS CH |
06BEIJING23169 | PRC/AFRICA: BEIJING DECKS ITSELF OUT TO WELCOME [...] (C) Beijing is rolling out a dramatic welcome for participants in the November 3-5 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Bright billboards, signs and installations with an African flavor festoon the city's main street. Authorities have beefed up security and will enforce special rules [...] | 2006-11-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23353 | SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...] | 2006-11-02 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR |
06BEIJING23354 | PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND [...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...] | 2006-11-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XC TH CH |
06BEIJING23355 | BEIJING'S TAIWAN WATCHERS WARN OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Beijing-based Taiwan scholars fully expect Chen Shui-bian to try to cause problems in cross- Strait relations to further his own political interests between now and summer 2007. Beijing does not believe that Chen will have the necessary support to pass a new Constitution, but is concerne [...] | 2006-11-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
06BEIJING23356 | NOVEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the November 2, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- The resumption of the Six-Party Talks is a positive step towards insuring peace and stability on the North Korean Peninsula. The Talks will resume at the parties' earliest convenience. -- Six African leaders will make state [...] | 2006-11-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC TBIO KFLU AGOA JA CH KN |
06BEIJING23546 | HUMAN RIGHTS: LAWYERS MEET WITH AN UPBEAT CHEN [...] (C) Summary. Members of activist Chen Guangcheng's legal defense team traveled to Shandong Province November 3 to visit Chen following the Linyi Intermediate Court's decision ordering a new trial in his case. Chen, who remains in prison but appeared strong and in good spirits, avowed the im [...] | 2006-11-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING23548 | PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...] | 2006-11-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23549 | CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA - URUMQI HIGH LEVEL FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the fourth session of the Central, West and South Asia Regional Economic Cooperation High- Level Forum held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 2, 2006, participants effused about the future of regional cooperation and economic integration. The Executive Director of the Sunbr [...] | 2006-11-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL PTER EFIN CH ZK RS TU PK |
06BEIJING23571 | PRC CLAIMS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH [...] (C) China wants the United States Government to take action to get Google to reduce the resolution of the Google Earth images of China's military, nuclear, space, energy and other sensitive government agency installations in order to deprive terrorists of potentially dangerous information, XXXXXXX [...] | 2006-11-07 06:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TSPA CH |
06BEIJING23628 | NOVEMBER 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the regular November 7 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls for speedy resumption of Six-Party Talks. The spokesman deflected a question about excluding Japan from the Talks. -- United States' Undersecretaries Nick Burns and Robert Joseph will visit China this week [...] | 2006-11-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KN CH |
06BEIJING23629 | EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER DETENTIONS OF [...] (C) Elections activist Yao Lifa was reportedly detained by local police in Hubei Province on November 6, was released and was subsequently redetained on November 7. In between detentions, Yao reported that several other independent candidates running in Hubei's November 8 elections had also [...] | 2006-11-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING23631 | ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES [...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...] | 2006-11-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH |
06BEIJING23664 | NOVEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING ON HU JINTAO VISIT TO APEC, [...] On November 7, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special briefing to announce President Hu Jintao?s plans to visit Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan in conjunction with his attendance at the November 17-19 APEC Leaders Summit in Hanoi. Hu will pay state visits to Vietnam from Nov [...] | 2006-11-07 23:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
06BEIJING23695 | PRC/AFRICA: BEYOND THE BEIJING SUMMIT TRADE AND [...] (C) China and African countries announced 16 trade deals worth USD 1.9 billion at the conclusion of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),but contacts tell us that the real number and value of bilateral contracts signed during the Beijing Summit is likely [...] | 2006-11-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING23696 | EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND FISS SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's visit to Beijing was an "icebreaking event" and momentum in resolving outstanding differences between Beijing and Tokyo is building very quickly, Chen Zhiya, Secretary General of the Foundation for International Strategic Studies (FISS) told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...] | 2006-11-08 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN CH |
06BEIJING23702 | PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN STILL IN CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TH CH |
06BEIJING23711 | CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
06BEIJING23712 | POLITICAL ASYLUM INQUIRY FROM CHINESE CITIZEN [...] (C) A Chinese national male approached the Embassy on November 8 and said he wanted to request political asylum on the grounds that he had been unable to find employment since 1999 because of his political beliefs. In accordance with the procedures in 2 FAM 228 and relevant Department guidance [...] | 2006-11-09 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH |
06BEIJING23713 | EU ARMS EMBARGO UNLIKELY TO BE LIFTED DURING [...] (C) Summary: The EU Arms Embargo against China is unlikely to be lifted, or even be on the agenda, during the German EU Presidency that begins in January 2007, according to contacts at the German and UK Embassies in Beijing. Although both Italian President Prodi and French President Chirac pu [...] | 2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU CH |
06BEIJING23715 | NOVEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. MIDTERM [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China has no comment on the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld or the midterm elections and stands ready SIPDIS to work with the United States and both its political parties. -- VFM Wu Dawei discussed the DPRK with [...] | 2006-11-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO KN RS CH JA |
06BEIJING23726 | DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 01:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
06BEIJING23736 | CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...] | 2006-11-13 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
06BEIJING23776 | NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...] | 2006-11-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK |
06BEIJING23786 | CONSUMPTION LAGGING IN HUBEI'S NEW COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) In rural Hubei Province, incomes remain low and government policies have failed to boost consumption, according to Provincial Government officials. Local governments are facing a financial crunch due to loss of tax revenue and increasing pressure to provide compensation to farmers for l [...] | 2006-11-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23787 | WUHAN TO TAKE THE LEAD ON CENTRAL CHINA RISING [...] (SBU) Hubei Provincial Government officials said that the Central Government is relying on Wuhan to lead the recently launched Central China Rising initiative. In order to promote more robust economic development in the region, the six provinces of Central China will need to emphasize private [...] | 2006-11-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23789 | NOVEMBER 15 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARRESTS ON [...] Key points made at the November 15 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- Two Taiwan businesspeople have been detained in Hunan Province for spying. -- The spokesman deflected questions about China's view of the indictment of Chen Shui-bian's wife, Wu Shu-chen, and the quest [...] | 2006-11-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD CH TW |
06BEIJING23797 | WUHAN RIPE FOR GROWTH, SAY U.S. BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Wuhan's economy continues to grow rapidly, and the city's investment climate is increasingly attractive to foreign enterprises, according to Wuhan- based U.S. business representatives. Extensive infrastructure, a strong industrial base, low labor costs, and a helpful local government sp [...] | 2006-11-16 03:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING23804 | CHINESE AND U.S. EXPERTS DISCUSS COAL MINE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 21-22, the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) co- hosted a conference on "Legal Means to Address the Problem of Mine Accidents" with Chinese experts in Beijing. The Chinese experts were extremely candid about the seriousness of China's mine [...] | 2006-11-16 05:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EMIN CH |
06BEIJING23811 | CHINA/ENERGY: SENATOR CANTWELL, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN ZHANG [...] (SBU) United States Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Guobao met to discuss a broad range of bilateral energy issues on Monday November 13, 2006. Senator Cantwell invited Zhang to travel to Washington State for bilateral energ [...] | 2006-11-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH |
06BEIJING23814 | NOVEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points made at the November 16, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China hopes the Six-Party Talks will resume as soon as possible, but has no information on whether State Councilor Tang Jianxuan will return to Pyongyang anytime soon. -- UNSCR 1718 does not specify what constitutes "luxury [...] | 2006-11-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH JA |
06BEIJING23817 | PRC RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT KOMID DEMARCHE BECAUSE OF [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A demarche with considerable difficulty after our regular contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department refused to meet with us. We received no direct response when we finally managed to discuss KOMID with the IO Depa [...] | 2006-11-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC CH NK |
06BEIJING23849 | PRC/INDIA: DESPITE CHINA'S AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (C) China and India are working closely together to ensure that Preident Hu Jintao's November 20 ) 23 trip to India is a success, according to a Chinese MFA official and an Indian Embassy officer. In separae meetings, both officers confirmed that recent press statements made by China's Ambass [...] | 2006-11-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK CH |
06BEIJING23850 | PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO SUPPORT MNF-I MANDATE EXTENSION [...] (C) China will support the extension of the Iraq MNF-I mandate out of respect for the will of the Iraqi government and people, MFA International Organizations Department Director Yang Tao informed Poloffs November 17 in response to reftel points and letter. Tao warned that although China woul [...] | 2006-11-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CH IZ |
06BEIJING23852 | USUN FOR PHEE, CARPENTER AND MORRIS NSC FOR [...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...] | 2006-11-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN CH |
06BEIJING23853 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...] | 2006-11-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN CH |
06BEIJING23854 | PRC/BURMA: CHINA URGES THAT BURMA NOT BE RAISED AT [...] (C) While China is gradually changing its foreign policy to accept cases for humanitarian intervention before the UN Security Council in instances of gross human rights violations, Burma's domestic problems do not constitute such a threat to international peace and security, MFA IO UN Division [...] | 2006-11-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM CH |
06BEIJING23883 | DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND TAIWAN [...] (C) The North Korean nuclear problem should be the focus of the Six-Party Talks and we should not let other issues interfere with the primary goal of denuclearizing the DPRK, Vice Chairman of the China Reform Forum (CRF) DING Kuisong (strictly protect),told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...] | 2006-11-18 03:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
06BEIJING23905 | (C) GETTING RICH IN ZHENGZHOU: CPPCC MEMBER ON [...] (C) A member of the National Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who is also one of China's wealthiest businessmen, shared his personal perspective on economic development in Zhengzhou, Henan Province during Econoff's recent visit to the city. He noted th [...] | 2006-11-20 05:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
06BEIJING23933 | PRC SUPPORTS UNSC ACTION ON IRAN; DIFFERS ON SCOPE [...] (C) Given Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA and comply with UNSCR 1696, it is imperative that the UN Security Council reach agreement as soon as possible on a sanctions resolution based on the EU3 draft text, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering refte [...] | 2006-11-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL CH |
06BEIJING23938 | CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...] | 2006-11-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH |
06BEIJING23954 | NOVEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 21 MFA Press Conference were: - A/S Hill and VFM Wu Dawei held talks on resumpion of the Six-Party Talks but no date has been set for the Talks to resume. -- The MFA Spokesperson had no comment on reports of the "unfreezing" of DPRK accounts in Macao or about th [...] | 2006-11-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN IN CH MX CO |
06BEIJING23955 | HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG TRIAL POSTPONED; [...] (C) Summary. Chen Guangcheng's wife reported to poloff that Chen's retrial, previously scheduled for November 20, was postponed. Chen's lawyer, Li Fangping, believes the trial will go forward on November 27, after the trial judge has had more time to prepare and local officials have "prepar [...] | 2006-11-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING23992 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Lew to travel to Beijing November 29-December 8 to provide support for the Strategic Economic Dialogue. 2. Point of Contact in Beijing will be Economic OMS Lisa Cantonwine: Office: (86-10) 6532-3831, ext. 6999 Mobile [...] | 2006-11-22 01:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CH |
06BEIJING24002 | (C) PRC/SUDAN: PRC MFA ON BASHIR AT THE BEIJING [...] (C) President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao urged Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with the international community on Darfur during bilateral meetings on November 2 and 3 in Beijing in advance of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according M [...] | 2006-11-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UN CH SU |
06BEIJING24004 | PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...] | 2006-11-22 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH |
06BEIJING24029 | XINHUA TO PRESS AHEAD WITH RULES RESTRICTING [...] (C) The Xinhua News Agency plans to move ahead with State Council-mandated regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China, Xinhua Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director General Zhou Zongmin told Emboffs November 22. The Foreign Information Adm [...] | 2006-11-24 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO CH |
06BEIJING24030 | STATIC ON THE STREETS OF BEIJING: NEW CCTV TOWER [...] (C) Construction of China Central Television's soaring new headquarters tower is in full swing in central Beijing. But even as the ambitious project generates a buzz at New York's Museum of Modern Art, criticism and controversy simmer at home. Contacts groused that the cost of the building [...] | 2006-11-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24126 | NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...] | 2006-11-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN CH PK EC CY SU |
06BEIJING24127 | PRC SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 15-20 state visits to Vietnam and Laos succeeded in strengthening Beijing's relationship with these two socialist neighbors, according to MFA officials and third-country diplomats. In Hanoi, Hu pledged support for Vietnamese efforts to enter [...] | 2006-11-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG CH VM LA |
06BEIJING24165 | NOVEMBER 29 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: 1992 CONSENSUS, [...] Key points at the November 29 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: --The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics and Ma Ying-jeou's 2008 candidacy, noting that the "1992 consensus" should serve as the basis for cross-Strait negotiations. -- Cross-Strait tr [...] | 2006-11-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
06BEIJING24171 | HENAN PROVINCE'S NINE-CITY URBANIZATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Provincial and municipal level officials in Central China's Henan Province look to rapid urbanization to accelerate economic growth and absorb excess rural labor. Henan's urbanization plan focuses on nine cities that account for 40 percent of the province's population and 60 percent of i [...] | 2006-11-30 04:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24176 | Work Safety Minister Publicly Denounces [...] (U) According to the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) 3,726 coal mine workers died in mine accidents between January 1 and October 31, 2006. This carnage has continued in November. Based on press reports alone, Embassy is aware of 10 coal mine accidents in November, resulting in a [...] | 2006-11-30 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EMIN CH |
06BEIJING24199 | PRC/INDIA: PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S STATE VISIT TO [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20)23 visit to India strengthened the "mutual political trust" and "strategic cooperation" between Beijing and New Delhi, according to MFA officials and third country diplomats. The Summit between President Hu and Indian Prime Minister Singh resulted [...] | 2006-11-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CH |
06BEIJING24200 | NOVEMBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 30 MFA Press Conference were: -- Meetings between the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK were helpful. No date for the talks has been set. -- The United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Trea [...] | 2006-11-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
06BEIJING24201 | CHINA: GEN. XIONG GUANGKAI TELLS AMBASSADOR 2006 [...] (C) This has been a "benchmark year" for United State-China relations, General Xiong Guangkai, President of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS),told the Ambassador. The relationship has developed in a comprehensive manner including advances in military relations a [...] | 2006-11-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN IR JP |
06BEIJING24202 | MFA OPPOSES MEETING BETWEEN UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) China "strongly opposes" a meeting between Under Secretary Dobriansky and the Dalai Lama, MFA Director General (DG) for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the DCM on November 30. China demands that the meeting not take place because the "Dalai Lama's regime" supports Tibe [...] | 2006-11-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH |
06BEIJING24231 | PRC-THAILAND: WEN JIABAO POSTPONES BANGKOK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao has canceled a planned trip to Bangkok that would have been the highest-level PRC visit since the coup. The trip, which Wen had promised to make during an October bilateral meeting with General Surayud at the China-ASEAN Summit, will be rescheduled because of W [...] | 2006-12-01 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER TH CH |
06BEIJING24237 | CHINA URGED TO PREVENT TRANSFERS TO IRAN MISSILE [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Yu Dunhai on December 1, urging China to investigate quickly and fully the activities of two Iranian front companies seeking to procure missile-related equipment from Chinese fi [...] | 2006-12-01 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH IR |
06BEIJING24239 | MFA ANNOUNCES RELAXED RULES FOR FOREIGN MEDIA FOR [...] Foreign journalists will not need host organizations or permission from provincial foreign affairs offices to conduct news gathering activities in China during the period surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao announced at a special press co [...] | 2006-12-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCUL KOLY SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24242 | CHINESE MEDIA TREADS CAREFULLY IN COVERING RECENT [...] (C) Recent flashes of violent unrest have gotten uneven coverage in the Chinese media. Although news of a toddler's death that touched off a hospital rampage in Sichuan appeared in local newspapers and reports of student riots in Jiangxi aired on provincial television, local press has remain [...] | 2006-12-01 12:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24246 | HANDFUL OF INDEPENDENTS WIN TICKETS TO CHINA'S [...] (C) Although Beijing's popular elections for local people's congresses on November 8 were hailed by the Chinese media as a democratic triumph, they appear to have been a highly orchestrated effort that left little to chance. At a pre-election neighborhood meeting between candidates and prospe [...] | 2006-12-03 23:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24258 | CHINA/COAL: VISIT TO SHANXI PROVINCE MINE BRINGS ISSUES TO [...] (SBU) Coal is likely to provide 65 to 70 percent of China's energy needs for at least the next 20 years, according to industry estimates, yet the sector itself faces widespread challenges related to transportation, industry restructuring, profitability, and safety. All of these problems were o [...] | 2006-12-04 03:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH |
06BEIJING24266 | AMBASSADOR RAISE CONCERNS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed the United States Government's serious concerns regarding the cases of the New York Times' Zhao Yan, legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife, lawyer Gao Zhisheng and his wife, the sons of Rebiya Kadeer, American citizen Jude Shao and Yang Jianli during a meetin [...] | 2006-12-04 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC CH |
06BEIJING24267 | NEW DOG RULES UNLEASH EMOTIONAL DEBATE IN BEIJING [...] (C) Debate about Beijing's new rules limiting households to one dog and outlawing "big and dangerous" breeds is raging as 2006, the Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac calendar, draws to a close. The crackdown on canines has touched off unusual demonstrations on the streets of the capital a [...] | 2006-12-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24273 | SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 23:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS |
06BEIJING24302 | SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has "no current plans" for expansion or to allow observers, including Iran, to become full members, SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang told the Ambassador December 4. Zhang denied reports that the SCO and some non-SCO former Soviet repu [...] | 2006-12-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS |
06BEIJING24304 | CRITICISM OF AMERICAN BUSINESS FOR [...] (SBU) Mission has recently become aware of criticism leveled at American businesses in China from western media and Congressional sources, particularly aimed at members of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham),for responding in March 2006 to an invitation for public comment on [...] | 2006-12-05 09:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24310 | DECEMBER 5 MFA BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS AND [...] Key Points at the December 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes for the early resumption of the Six-Party Talks, but this requires the consensus of all parties. No date has been set. Luxury goods prohibited for import to the DPRK have not been defined. -- China is closely followin [...] | 2006-12-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM RP JA KS TC CH |
06BEIJING24311 | POPULAR GLOSSY CENSURED OVER ARTICLES ON CULTURAL [...] (C) The high-circulation lifestyle magazine Sanlian Life Weekly has been censured for recent articles that crossed censors' redlines on the Cultural Revolution and Tibet, Sanlian staff and other contacts confirmed. The editor in chief has received a reprimand and may be fined or fired. Jour [...] | 2006-12-05 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24312 | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH CHINESE [...] (SBU) Laboff met with the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC),a quasi-government body, to discuss "CSC-9000T," the code of conduct CNTAC is trying to establish for China's textile and apparel industry. CSC-9000T is intended to cover the entire supply chain, not just export-o [...] | 2006-12-05 23:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24316 | PRC/SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI IN CHINA [...] (C) Beijing's decision to give President Mbeki one of the limited number of state visits following the recent Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC, Ref A) reflects Beijing's view of South Africa's importance and the "very friendly" relations between the two countries, [...] | 2006-12-06 01:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UN CH |
06BEIJING24338 | The New Socialist Countryside One Year Later [...] (SBU) One year after its launch in October 2005, officials at all levels emphasize that the Central Government's New Socialist Countryside policy -- tagged by the State Council as China's top policy priority for 2006 -- should be understood as a long- term endeavor that will not offer immediat [...] | 2006-12-06 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24344 | MFA BRIEFING ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT, CHINA-ASEAN [...] On December 6, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai held a special press briefing outlining Premier Wen Jiabao?s upcoming planned state visit to the Philippines and Chinese participation in ASEAN- related events in Cebu from December 11-15. Wen will attend the East Asia Summit, China-ASEAN [...] | 2006-12-06 09:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CH RP JA KS KN |
06BEIJING24348 | (C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...] | 2006-12-06 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH |
06BEIJING24368 | THE ROLE OF INFORMAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NGO'S [...] (C) Summary: Informal labor organizations are behind many of China's frequent strikes, demonstrations and other labor incidents. A growing network of NGOs and legal aid organizations can provide guidance to informal labor organizations and mitigate their tendency toward recklessness. The G [...] | 2006-12-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24377 | DECEMBER 7 MFA BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR, SIX- PARTY [...] Key Points at the December 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue needs more time and space. -- The DPRK nuclear issue will likely be discussed during upcoming ASEAN meetings. -- It is "inappropriate" for UNHCR to call DPRK refugees in China [...] | 2006-12-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG ECON KN IR CH |
06BEIJING24418 | CHINA'S CENTRAL ECONOMIC WORK CONFERENCE CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) Summary: A National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Macroeconomic Policy expert told econoff December 8 that the concluding emphasis of the Central Economic Work Conference was on continued economic expansion that promotes stability while at the same time conserving resources an [...] | 2006-12-08 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV |
06BEIJING24421 | CHINESE SCHOLAR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) China's good will towards North Korea has been destroyed by the nuclear test and a fundamental change is taking place in Sino-DPRK relations, according to Beijing University Professor Zhu Feng. Noting that his view is in the minority, Zhu said that he believes sanctions against the North [...] | 2006-12-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP JA CH |
06BEIJING24422 | CPA'S LIU BAINIAN ON ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian defended the November 30 ordination of Bishop Wang Renlei as the auxiliary bishop in Xuzhou (reftel),Jiangsu Province, saying that the Chinese Government gave advance notice of the appointment to the Vatican an [...] | 2006-12-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT |
06BEIJING24423 | PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...] | 2006-12-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH |
06BEIJING24430 | NOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXT: "RISE OF THE [...] (C) A popular CCTV-2 documentary "The Rise of the Great Powers" has set Beijing's chattering classes abuzz in recent weeks. The 12-part series tells the story of how nine nations, including the UK, Japan, Russia and the United States, rose to become great powers at various points in history. [...] | 2006-12-10 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24448 | CHINESE AUTHORITIES PROMOTE EXPANSION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Chinese National Narcotics Control Commission officials expressed eagerness to proceed with expansion of a United States NGO's model for therapeutic community-based drug rehabilitation in China during a December 4 meeting with visiting INL Deputy Director Thomas Browne in Beijing. They [...] | 2006-12-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SOCI KHIV CH |
06BEIJING24470 | DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...] | 2006-12-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH |
06BEIJING24491 | HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH |
06BEIJING24492 | PRC/IRAN: DEMARCHE ON UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfortable with reftel draft tex [...] | 2006-12-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH |
06BEIJING24495 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL TOUTS JUDICIAL PROCESS [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing touted the Chinese Government's handling of Chen Guangcheng's retrial (reftel) during a December 8 meeting, claiming that "it shows China is governed by the rule of law." Xu told poloff she would inquire about the Chinese Government's investigation into th [...] | 2006-12-13 12:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24496 | DECEMBER 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN MAYORAL [...] Key points at the December 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing were: -- The spokesman declined to comment on Taiwan's internal politics, including the recent mayoral elections and calls for the KMT change its name to "Taiwan Kuomintang." -- TAO welcomes any person, party or organ [...] | 2006-12-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON CH TW |
06BEIJING24497 | PRC/BURMA: BEIJING STRONGLY OPPOSES UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) The PRC "strongly opposes" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and would consider using its veto, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 in response to reftel message. Though the PRC shares many of the U.S. concerns [...] | 2006-12-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
06BEIJING24498 | HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG REPORTEDLY ADMITS GUILT [...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia told poloff December 13 that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has angered Chinese Government authorities by defending dissidents in politically sensitive cases, was tried in Beijing Number One Intermediate Court and admitted guilt on a charge [...] | 2006-12-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24499 | CORRECTED COPY: PRC/IRAN: BEIJING RESPONDS TO [...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment to President Bush in Hanoi that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfor [...] | 2006-12-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH |
06BEIJING24536 | PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...] | 2006-12-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH |
06BEIJING24537 | PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...] | 2006-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH |
06BEIJING24538 | URGING CHINA TO ACCEPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) China should reconsider its opposition to a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma, Polmincouns stressed to MFA Deputy Director General for Southeast Asia Tong Xiaoling on December 14. The situation in Burma is harming the peace and security of the region. Tong said China remains opposed [...] | 2006-12-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH |
06BEIJING24539 | DECEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes patience, compromise and mutual trust building are required during the Six-Party Talks. -- Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng's trial will take place in accordance with Chinese law. -- China rejects criticism that [...] | 2006-12-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH |
06BEIJING24541 | PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...] | 2006-12-15 00:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE PK CH |
06BEIJING24597 | MFA, SCHOLARS ON POSTPONED ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS [...] (C) China is amenable to rescheduling the postponed ASEAN-related meetings in Cebu in mid-January, but if the dates slip further it could be difficult for Beijing, MFA officials and scholars told us in separate meetings. Japan and China had planned to announce at an Abe-Wen meeting in Cebu a [...] | 2006-12-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN CH JA |
06BEIJING24641 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
06BEIJING24643 | DECEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- With resumption of Six-Party Talks and bilateral talks between the United States and DPRK, all parties maintain hope that the Talks can press ahead toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. "Visible and sharp" differences w [...] | 2006-12-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH |
06BEIJING24644 | CHINA SEEKS ACCOMMODATION ON UNSC BURMA [...] (C) The United States and China share many common interests in the United Nations Security Council and with regard to Burma, none of which would be served by conflict over a Burma resolution in the UNSC, MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong told the DCM. Wu urged th [...] | 2006-12-19 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH |
06BEIJING24645 | CHINA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ABUD CH |
06BEIJING24646 | CHINA OPPOSES LIBERIA RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF [...] (C) China's recent concerns about UNSC Resolution 1521 (2003) involving the renewal of Liberia sanctions are tied directly to Taiwan's participation in the Kimberley Process, Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong told the DCM December 19. Based on refs, DCM took advantage [...] | 2006-12-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LI TW CH |
06BEIJING24654 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S LUNCHEON WITH CHINESE LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) Minister Tian Chengping hosted Labor Secretary Elaine Chao for lunch on December 15. (Participants list in para. 9) Secretary Chao said the SED was a historic occasion and very important to both the United States and China. Tian [...] | 2006-12-20 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EFIN ECON PREL CH |
06BEIJING24655 | LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...] | 2006-12-20 00:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH |
06BEIJING24669 | U/S SHEERAN HOLDS 6TH ROUND OF THE STATE-NDRC [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Sheeran and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhu Zhixin, co-chaired the sixth round of the State-NDRC Dialogue on December 17 in Beijing. Following on the heels of [...] | 2006-12-20 03:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
06BEIJING24718 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL TO HEAD [...] (C) Although it has yet to receive a formal invitation for the second meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, China tentatively believes that Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan will head China's delegation to the Ankara meeting, MFA Arms Control De [...] | 2006-12-21 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
06BEIJING24739 | DECEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 21 MFA Press Conference were: --At the Six-Party Talks, bilateral meetings between the six parties will be held today. China is willing to draft a statement for this round of the Six-Party Talks if all parties can reach consensus. The statement would include den [...] | 2006-12-21 13:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH |
06BEIJING24741 | HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG GIVEN SUSPENDED [...] (C) Beijing rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was given a three-year sentence for subversion with a five year suspension, according to a Xinhua News Agency report. Gao was accused of posting nine seditious articles that defamed China's government and system, according to the report. Fellow activist [...] | 2006-12-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24779 | CHINA/ENERGY: EMBASSY OBJECTS TO CNOOC ON REPORTED [...] (SBU) Reuters reported on December 20 that the China National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Iran reached agreement to develop Iran's northern Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas. The Department asked us to confirm with CNOOC if the report was accurate (ref. B). While CNOOC, [...] | 2006-12-26 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING24780 | CHINA/ENERGY: SINOPEC SAYS NO IRAN DEAL FINALIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Sinopec Director-General for Foreign Affairs Tang Suxin stated that contrary to Iranian press reports, Sinopec,s business cooperation with Iran on the Yadavaran Oilfield is currently at the contract negotiation stage. Iran was making propaganda to suit its own purposes, he add [...] | 2006-12-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH |
06BEIJING24799 | PRC/IRAN: UNSCR 1737 POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IR CH |
06BEIJING24800 | PRC/BURMA: BEIJING'S OPPOSITION TO UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) The PRC continues to "strongly oppose" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and though ready for a "political confrontation" with the United States in order to block a resolution, prefers to work with Washington to find "more effective" ways to communicate dissatisfaction to the Burmes [...] | 2006-12-27 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
06BEIJING24811 | PRC/HAITI: CHINESE FRUSTRATION WITH HAITIAN [...] (C) Though the PRC agrees that MINUSTAH plays an important role in Haiti, Beijing is "very frustrated" with Haiti's active efforts to support Taiwan's membership in the UN, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told poloff in response to reftel demarch [...] | 2006-12-27 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC HA CH |
06BEIJING24812 | HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Lawyers for jailed legal activist Chen Guangcheng were beaten by thugs while traveling to Shandong Province by bus on December 27 to try to meet with their client, according to accounts given by several Beijing-based rights lawyers involved with the case. When the coach the lawyers were r [...] | 2006-12-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24844 | CONFUCIUS SAYS: STUDY CHINESE AND SUPPORT CHINA [...] (C) Confucius Institutes are designed to promote the study of Chinese language and culture, thereby increasing familiarity with and support for China internationally, according to Xu Lin, Director General of the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban). Hanban, which is i [...] | 2006-12-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING24852 | DECEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SCO SYG ZHANG [...] Key Points at the December 28 MFA Press Conference were: --Outgoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General (SYG) Zhang Deguang was pragmatic and helped launch the organization and raise its international profile. China expects similar pragmatism from Zhang's successor, Bol [...] | 2006-12-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KN KS IS JA CH |
06BEIJING2681 | PRC/PA: PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS CH |
06BEIJING2776 | BURMA CONSULTATIONS WITH PRC [...] (C) The PRC recognizes that the situation in Burma is bad, agrees that the regime's isolationist behavior is growing and welcomes further discussion with the United States, but Beijing does not believe that Burma threatens regional security at present. After listening to a review of current [...] | 2006-02-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC UNGA CH BM |
06BEIJING2778 | PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUN POSTPONES TRIP AFTER [...] (C) Summary. State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has postponed his trip to Nepal originally scheduled for later this week, according to MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. China views King Gyanendra as "only one of the important forces" that could bring peace and stabilit [...] | 2006-02-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER NP CH |
06BEIJING2780 | CHINA/QDR: CHINESE THINK TANK PERSPECTIVE FROM [...] (C) The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) contains positive language about China but PRC analysts are concerned about the identification of China as the country having the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States as well as the explicit reference to a policy of hedg [...] | 2006-02-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CH |
06BEIJING2952 | PRC/AFRICA: MFA UPDATE ON SUDAN, UNSC AND STATUS [...] (C) Beijing considers the November 2005 Africa subdialogue between A/S Frazer and now-VFM Lu Guozeng to have been a success and looks forward to a second annual dubdialogue with Washington later this year. China believes Khartoum should have the final say on whether the UN takes over peaceke [...] | 2006-02-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH SU AX |
06BEIJING2981 | MFA ON DAI - YACHI MEETINGS IN JAPAN [...] (C) China will not change its policy of friendship towards Japan nor its opposition to visits by Japan's leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, EVFM Dai Bingguo told VFM Shotaro Yachi during the fourth session of their Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. According to the MFA Japan Division Director, Yachi ca [...] | 2006-02-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH KN JA |
06BEIJING3388 | CHINA: DEMARCHE REQUESTING STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CH |
06BEIJING3392 | FEBRUARY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, JAPAN- CHINA [...] Key points at the February 23 MFA press briefing were as follows: - MFA Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng will visit Iran February 24-26 for a working visit. He will discuss PRC-Iran political and bilateral issues, exchange views on the nuclear question and discuss what steps could be take [...] | 2006-02-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM CH IR JP |
06BEIJING3393 | PRC/BURMA: READ-OUT OF PM SOE WIN VISIT [...] (SBU) China does not support external interference in Burma's internal affairs but emphasized to visiting Prime Minister Soe Win that China wants to see real progress on national reconciliation and economic development, MFA Asian Affairs DDG Zhao Jianhua told a gathering of diplomats on Febru [...] | 2006-02-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC UNGA PGOV CH BM |
06BEIJING3471 | TAIWAN: TAO SPOKESPERSON REPEATS TAO DIRECTOR'S [...] Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Li Wei reiterated TAO Director Chen Yunlin's February 22 warning that the abolition of the National Unification Council and the National Unification Guidelines would severely damage cross-Straits relations, responding to Taiwan reporters' questions dur [...] | 2006-02-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW |
06BEIJING3747 | INSTITUTIONS IN BEIJING QUIETLY WARNED NOT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC CH TW JA |
06BEIJING3851 | PRC/NEPAL: MFA OFFICIAL DOES NOT DENY THAT PRC IS [...] (C) MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian did not deny that Beijing is pressuring King Gyanendra to seek reconciliation with Nepal's political parties. In a March 2 meeting, Huang stressed that the PRC is reaching out to all the "constitutional forces" in Nepal, inc [...] | 2006-03-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CH |
06BEIJING3853 | CHINA'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY; [...] (C) China's annual spring political theater, known locally as "the two meetings," kicks off on March 3 with the opening session of China's leading consultative body followed by the opening of the annual legislative session on March 5. No major personnel changes are expected this year and the [...] | 2006-03-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI CH |
06BEIJING4020 | PRC/PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's February 19-23 visit to China appears to have gone predictably well, with no real surprises other than a strong push to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member. The largely pro-forma MFA readout called the trip a success [...] | 2006-03-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING4023 | PRC/IRAN: VFM LU GUOZENG'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng focused during his February 24-26 visit to Iran on discussing the gravity of the international situation that Iran faces with regard to the nuclear issue, according to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Department Dputy Director General Wang Qun. Lu del [...] | 2006-03-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING4216 | PRC/BURMA: MORE ON SOE WIN VISIT AND BEIJING'S [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao told Burmese PM Soe Win that China hopes Burma will move forward with national, political and ethnic reconciliation, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos Chen Dehai. Chen first denied that this was a new [...] | 2006-03-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM |
06BEIJING4219 | PRC/IRAN: VFM LU GUOZENG STRESSES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. China shares the international community's common goal of ensuring that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, Vice Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng stated. In a March 7 meeting with the CDA, Lu said he told Iranian officials during his late February trip to Iran that the "world does not [...] | 2006-03-07 11:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING4361 | PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL, [...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Ta [...] | 2006-03-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING4362 | PRC RAISES QUESTIONS IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) China welcomes the development of U.S.-India relations, believing that better relations between big powers will contribute to world stability, stated MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In response to reftel points delivered March 8, he reiterated China's pos [...] | 2006-03-08 05:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CH |
06BEIJING4479 | MARCH 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, [...] Key points made at the March 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - The State Department's 2005 Human Rights Report turned a blind eye to the basic facts and made irresponsible remarks regarding the status of human rights in China. - China hopes Iran will fully cooperate with the IAEA a [...] | 2006-03-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN |
06BEIJING4557 | JAPANESE ECONOMIC OFFICERS ON MINISTER NIKAI [...] (C) Summary. EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Japanese Embassy Economic Counselor Nishimiya and First Secretary Ishikawa to discuss Trade Minister Nikai,s February 21-23 visit to Beijing (ref A) and other issues. Nikai met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Ministry of [...] | 2006-03-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO KIPR PREL EFIN CH JA |
06BEIJING4560 | CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...] | 2006-03-11 03:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH JA |
06BEIJING4671 | MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH |
06BEIJING4758 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS, STABILITY WITH [...] (C) During a March 9 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Liaoning Party Secretary and potential "Fifth Generation" leader Li Keqiang candidly discussed the economic development and stability challenges he faces. Liaoning has the largest number of urban poor in China, a substantial number of ru [...] | 2006-03-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH |
06BEIJING4761 | SCHOLAR DISCUSSES PRC ANALYSIS OF QDR AND [...] (C) Chinese analysts are closely scrutinizing the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" speech, according to Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean of the School of Strategic Studies at Renmin University. During a meeting with Poloff March 8, Jin, [...] | 2006-03-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL CH JP |
06BEIJING4764 | PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE, [...] China must recognize that the reform process is long and arduous, Premier Wen Jiabao remarked at a press conference following the conclusion of the NPC and CPPCC annual sessions. The New Socialist Countryside policy will help safeguard farmers' land rights and raise their living standards. [...] | 2006-03-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PARM ECON CH TW JP |
06BEIJING4766 | MARCH 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND DPRK NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the March 14 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China supports the Russia-Iran talks, wants to see the Iranian nuclear issue resolved through negotiation, wants to ensure the authority of the international nuclear nonproliferation, hopes Iran will build confidence and [...] | 2006-03-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN |
06BEIJING4893 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA OFFERS COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS TO P5 [...] (C) Summary: The PRC is prepared to adopt what it believes are compromise solutions to the current P5 disagreements over the text of a UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST),according to MFA International Organization Department Division Director Yang Tao. Noting Ambassador Wang Guangya,s discus [...] | 2006-03-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING4955 | PRC INFORMED OF RELEASE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPAO CH |
06BEIJING4956 | PRC/KOSOVO: BEIJING WILLING TO ACCEPT INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR CH |
06BEIJING4958 | MARCH 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China hopes U.S.-China economic and trade frictions can be resolved through consultation but will no longer adopt administrative measures to control exchange rate fluctuation. - China does not view the United States as [...] | 2006-03-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN |
06BEIJING5077 | PRC/IRAN: IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Presidential Envoy Mohammad Larijani, the elder brother of Iranian Supreme Security Council Secretary General Ali Larijani, hewed closely to Iran's standard positions on its nuclear program during his March 14-16 Beijing visit, but he did not repeat threats that Iran woul [...] | 2006-03-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR EU AORC CH |
06BEIJING5079 | (C) WTO AFFAIRS DG ON AUSTRALIA FTA, DOHA ROUND, [...] (C) Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) World Trade Organization (WTO) Department Director-General ZHANG Xiangchen will travel with Premier Wen Jiabao to Australia on April 1, and then to Geneva for a WTO Trade Policy Review meeting on China. He described domestic pressures which could limit Chin [...] | 2006-03-17 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO EAGR PGOV EINV CH AS |
06BEIJING5223 | MARCH 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONGRESSIONAL VISIT, [...] Key points made at the March 21 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During a March 21 meeting with U.S. Senators Graham, Schumer and Coburn, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing emphasized that the two countries should view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and properly resolve dis [...] | 2006-03-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR |
06BEIJING5355 | PRC/NEPAL: AFTER TANG'S VISIT, PRC READY TO WORK [...] (C) China is interested in taking a more active role in working with the United States to encourage reconciliation talks between the King and Nepal's political parties, according to MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui. In a March 21 meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to [...] | 2006-03-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING5362 | PRC-PACIFIC ISLAND CONFERENCE: BUSINESS AND AID, [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will use the first visit by a PRC Premier to a Pacific Island nation to launch a China-Fiji co-hosted economic development and cooperation conference on April 5, according to a MOFCOM American and Oceanian Affairs Division Director. MOFCOM Minister Bo Xilai will joi [...] | 2006-03-23 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW |
06BEIJING5529 | PART 1 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a March 23 meeting with Vice Premier Wu Yi, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) strongly urged near-term reform of China,s exchange rate policy as a key step to promote a successful April visit to the United States and to preclude Congressional action on [...] | 2006-03-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH |
06BEIJING5530 | PART 2 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH |
06BEIJING5618 | DOE OLYMPIC RADIATION SECURITY WORKSHOP IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),in conjunction with the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR),held an Olympic Radiation Security Workshop on February 28. DOE officers made two presentations titled: "The DOE's Emerge [...] | 2006-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC ENRG ECON ETRD BTIO RGY |
06BEIJING5698 | MARCH 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 28 MFA press briefing are as follows: - U.S.-China trade frictions should not be politicized or overstated, while China's exchange rate regime must be rational and remain in line with the reality of the country's situation. - The March 30 foreign ministers' m [...] | 2006-03-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PARM PHUM CH IR KN |
06BEIJING5699 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez emphasized to Premier Wen Jiabao in March 28 meeting that the next several weeks provide an opportunity for China to demonstrate that the U.S. policy of engagement can lead to tangible benefits to the peoples of both the United States and [...] | 2006-03-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH |
06BEIJING5703 | PART I OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] (C) Border talks between China and India are making progress, according to an Indian Embassy officer, who described the March 11-13 discussions between Indian National Security Advisor Shri M.K. Narayanan and EVFM Dai Bingguo as "optimistic." He also noted that Indian PM Singh and President H [...] | 2006-03-28 16:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IN CH |
06BEIJING5704 | PART II OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IN CH |
06BEIJING5705 | PART III OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IN CH |
06BEIJING5919 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PACIFIC AREA SPECIAL [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PART IN PASOC 2006, 3-8 APRIL 2006. 3. THE NAMES AND DATES OF BIRTH OF THE OFFICIALS ARE AS FOLLOWS: SENIOR COLONEL ((ZHANG)) GUANGBIN, STAFF OFFICER, MILITARY TRAINING DEPARTMENT, GENERAL STAFF [...] | 2006-03-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PREL BG |
06BEIJING5965 | MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...] | 2006-03-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP |
06BEIJING5967 | JCCT: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On March 28, 2006 Vice Premier Wu Yi and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met to discuss the seventeenth SIPDIS meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) scheduled for April 11, 2006. While press representatives remained in the room, VP Wu Yi asked the Secretary wh [...] | 2006-03-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH |
06BEIJING5972 | PRC/INDIA: ACADEMICS SKEPTICAL OF U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) In reaction to the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, China should review the multilateral agreements it participates in that the United States is also a party to, according to the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations Assistant President Yang Mingjie. [...] | 2006-03-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG IAEA IN PK CH |
06BEIJING6074 | SPECIAL MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREMIER WEN TRAVEL [...] Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Cambodia from April 1-8, MFA Director Generals for Asian Affairs and for American and Oceanian Affairs told the local and international press corps on March 24. This will be a trip of firsts: the first visit by a PRC Premier to A [...] | 2006-03-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW |
06BEIJING6316 | APRIL 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S [...] Key points made at the April 4 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Politburo Standing Committee Member Luo Gan discussed bilateral cooperation in law enforcement, counterterrorism and repatriation of illegal immigrants. - China hopes relevant cou [...] | 2006-04-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH JP |
06BEIJING6347 | PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON REPORTS HAMAS [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...] | 2006-04-05 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS CH |
06BEIJING6348 | CORRECTED COPY: PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...] | 2006-04-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS CH |
06BEIJING6349 | PRC/SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING [...] (C) The PRC is giving serious consideration to participating in the "possible" UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs in response to Reftel A points. The PRC does not want to a Darfur UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) without the [...] | 2006-04-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU CH |
06BEIJING6530 | APRIL 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NO PLANS FOR HAMAS [...] Key points made at the April 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: - There are no plans for Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China. - VFM Wu Dawei will travel to Tokyo to meet with the other heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations, but will not attend the NEACD. - China hopes [...] | 2006-04-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH JP |
06BEIJING6531 | PRC/HAMAS: BEIJING BACKS OFF INVITE BUT LEAVES [...] (C) MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao's announcement at the regular MFA press briefing that "there is no plan for Foreign Minister Zahar to visit China" (ref C) leaves open the possibility of a visit at a later date. This followed an earlier statement to AFP that "as far as we know, China at the pre [...] | 2006-04-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS CH |
06BEIJING6612 | IS CHINA'S RIGHTS PROTECTION MOVEMENT REACHING THE [...] (C) Summary: The rights protection movement in China has created a nationwide network in recent months, but insists on remaining a "virtual" network rather than a formal organization for fear of inviting a crackdown. The network centers on rights lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Si [...] | 2006-04-07 07:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
06BEIJING6629 | PRC/UN: SCALE ASSESSMENTS AND UN REFORM [...] (C) The PRC is concerned at Japan's proposal to change the UN Scale of Assessments and is working to solidify its support with G-77 members to block the changes, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao. Yang told Poloffs April 5 that Beijing is unhappy with the U.S. propo [...] | 2006-04-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UN CH |
06BEIJING683 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS VFM QIAO ZONGHUAI [...] (SBU) Maintaining close relations with the DPRK and Iran gives Beijing the ability to play a constructive role in resolving their nuclear issues, VFM Qiao Zonghuai told Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney on January 10. China remains dedicated to fulfilling commitments it made [...] | 2006-01-13 04:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA KIPR KN IR TW CH |
06BEIJING6852 | APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S. [...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...] | 2006-04-11 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING696 | NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PROMOTING [...] (SBU) Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney discussed bilateral relations, Taiwan and economic issues with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo on January 10 at the Great Hall of the People. Representative Kirk outlined the Worki [...] | 2006-01-13 06:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EFIN KIPR CH |
06BEIJING697 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH NPC FOREIGN [...] (SBU) In a meeting with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Thomas Feeney, Chairman of the NPC Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu praised progress in U.S.-China relations in the past year. While noting the extensive recent pr [...] | 2006-01-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING7041 | HUMAN RIGHTS: LEGAL EXPERTS TELL COURT NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: The defense attorney for jailed New York Times' researcher Zhao Yan has filed a statement to the court from six top Chinese legal scholars arguing that Zhao should have been released when prosecutors withdrew the fraud charge against him on March 17. New York Times Beijing Bureau [...] | 2006-04-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF CH |
06BEIJING7042 | APRIL 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN, [...] Key points made at the April 13 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai will travel to Iran and Russia April 14-18 in an effort to help resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis. - China is concerned about Iran's recent announcement about its uranium enrichme [...] | 2006-04-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7092 | MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED [...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...] | 2006-04-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7112 | A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES CHINA-LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) China's objectives in Latin America are to establish a political partnership based on equality and trust, to develop a cooperative economic relationship and to deepen cultural exchanges, Communist Party Central Committee International Department (CCID) Director General for Latin America [...] | 2006-04-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING7115 | NDU DELEGATION MEETS WITH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF [...] (C) Chief of the PLA General Staff Liang Guanglie advocated increased bilateral mil-to-mil exchanges, called Chen Shui-bian's cessation of the NUC and NUG a "dangerous step" and gave a general explanation for China's increased military spending in his April 11 meeting with a delegation from [...] | 2006-04-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW |
06BEIJING7116 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH VFM YANG JIECHI ON LATIN [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told A/S Shannon and the Ambassador that A/S Shannon's visit and the launching of the U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S. China Senior/Strategic Dialogue have a special significance in the lead-up to President Hu Jintao's visit to the Un [...] | 2006-04-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING7118 | U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S [...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...] | 2006-04-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON CH |
06BEIJING7119 | A/S SHANNON LUNCH MEETING WITH DG ZENG ON [...] (C) Chinese companies have not been spared from the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, MFA Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director General Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon during their April 14 working lunch. Despite the "severe protectionism" that has hurt the bottom line of PRC i [...] | 2006-04-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM |
06BEIJING7229 | WHA A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH BEIJING BASED LATIN [...] (C) Summary: During a luncheon hosted by Ambassador Randt for visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Beijing-based Ambassadors from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru discussed their bilateral relations with China and its influence in Latin America. Most agreed China is primarily [...] | 2006-04-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV CH XM VE CU TW |
06BEIJING7349 | WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH [...] (SBU) Over dinner with Chinese businessmen and academics on April 13, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon explained that the United States is launching consultations with China on Latin America as part of a broader dialogue. The Chinese executives explained that their firms operate in La [...] | 2006-04-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH CU TW VE XM |
06BEIJING7352 | APRIL 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFM CUI TO IRAN, [...] Key points made at the April 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During his recent trip to Iran, AFM Cui Tiankai expressed China?s concern over recent developments concerning Iran?s nuclear program. - The "principal parties" to the Six-Party Talks should demonstrate their sincerity i [...] | 2006-04-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7353 | MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHINA'S CONCERNS [...] (C) Beijing believes that military conflict involving Iran would severely threaten China's oil imports from the region, according to prominent Middle East scholar Yin Gang. Chinese Government officials are frustrated with President Ahmadinejad because he fails to accept the possibility of an [...] | 2006-04-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG IR CH |
06BEIJING745 | U.S-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, Representative Kirk outlined three proposals for U.S.-China military and space cooperation: a DOD-MND hotline, an International Space Station-compatible docking ring for China's Shenzhou spacecraft and increased transparency in C [...] | 2006-01-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS OREP TSPA CH |
06BEIJING746 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH NPC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Parliamentary exchanges between the United States Congress and the NPC have been very successful over the past year, NPC Secretary General Sheng Huaren told a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney. China is keeping [...] | 2006-01-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING747 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH GANSU GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) During a meeting between a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney and Gansu Governor Lu Hao, the two sides discussed increased educational exchanges between Gansu universities and University of Illinois. The space [...] | 2006-01-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH |
06BEIJING7518 | APRIL 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the April 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China encourages the EU-3 and Iran to promptly resume talks in Moscow in order to promote a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue. - The United States should consider the interests of the international commun [...] | 2006-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR |
06BEIJING7652 | PRC/IRAN: MFA SAYS TEHRAN SHOWS LITTLE FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai went to Tehran April 15)16 to deliver the message that Iran must stop its uranium enrichment activities in order to prevent the current situation from spiraling out of control, according to MFA Iran Desk Director Xu Wei. Xu, who served as Cui's inter [...] | 2006-04-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR CH |
06BEIJING7653 | PRC/CAMBODIA: MFA GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Chen Dehai's April 20 readout to Poloff of Premier Wen's April 7-8 visit to Cambodia tracked closely with reftel. While calling the trip a "full success," Chen admitted that much of the results touted by the leader [...] | 2006-04-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH CB |
06BEIJING7692 | PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING CONCERNED SITUATION MAY [...] (C) Beijing is worried that the situation in Nepal is deteriorating, and believes that civil war is "an immediate possibility," Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told the CDA April 24. After requesting the meeting to share PRC concerns over the deteriorating situation in Nepal and ask for U.S. v [...] | 2006-04-24 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING7696 | NEW CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION MEASURES SET [...] (SBU) Summary. China's financial authorities recently announced a series of capital account liberalization measures and provisions for introducing the long-awaited qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) program. By allowing more forex to leave China and opening up the country's tig [...] | 2006-04-25 00:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING7835 | PRC/AFRICA: PREPARATIONS FOR NOVEMBER CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) China has invited the heads of state, foreign ministers and commerce ministers of 47 African countries to Beijing for the triennial Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),to be held November 1-5, according to an MFA Deputy Division Director. The MFA is already grappling with the logi [...] | 2006-04-25 10:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID TW CH |
06BEIJING7837 | APRIL 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU VISIT, NEPAL, [...] Key points made at the regular April 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: - The United States apologized for the Falungong incident but has to answer for the lapse in security. Washington should take firmer steps to stop FLG activities. - The MFA spokesman said he had no specifics on th [...] | 2006-04-25 12:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH |
06BEIJING7838 | PRC/NEPAL: CHINA ENCOURAGED BY KING'S SPEECH BUT [...] (C) China has already issued a statement of support for the agreement reached by the King and the Seven-Party Alliance to restore order and stability to Nepal, according to MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In an April 25 meeting, Huan [...] | 2006-04-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP CE CH |
06BEIJING7890 | PRC EVACUATES OVER 300 CHINESE FROM SOLOMON [...] (C) The PRC evacuation of over 300 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong residents from the riot-torn Solomon Islands has been front page news for the past two days. The efforts included 5 chartered planes, although the first only arrived in Honiara two days after the cessation of violence. China [...] | 2006-04-26 04:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CH PP |
06BEIJING7918 | MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL ON UNSC 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER KNPP UNSC CH |
06BEIJING7924 | Safety Watchdogs Make Improvements in Mine Safety [...] (SBU) Summary: The State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS),Ministry of Labor and Social Security and All-China Federation of Trade Unions have deployed over 50,000 mass safety supervisors in China's coal mines, according to the Deputy Director General of the Mine Safety Department of SAW [...] | 2006-04-26 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD EMIN PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING7927 | Safety Watchdogs Make Improvements in Mine Safety [...] (SBU) Summary: The State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS),Ministry of Labor and Social Security and All-China Federation of Trade Unions have deployed over 50,000 mass safety supervisors in China's coal mines, according to the Deputy Director General of the Mine Safety Department of SAW [...] | 2006-04-26 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD EMIN PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8027 | AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES IRAN, NEPAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the CDA that Beijing welcomes the May 9 New York meeting of P-5 plus one Foreign Ministers and appreciates close consultation with the United States on Nepal. Raising the apparent detention of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, the CDA pointed ou [...] | 2006-04-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8028 | APRIL 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the April 27 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China is awaiting IAEA Director General ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran and expects the report to provide a comprehensive and objective assessment. - China firmly opposes Taiwan political figures conducting activiti [...] | 2006-04-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW |
06BEIJING8109 | China Raises Interest Rates to Rein in Overheated [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced an increase in loan interest rates, with rates on the benchmark one-year lending rate rising by 27 basis points to 5.85 percent. Local observers interpret this move as a response to fears that the economy is overheating [...] | 2006-04-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV CH |
06BEIJING8115 | HISTORIAN STRIKES BACK AT CONTROVERSIAL "FREEZING [...] (C) The recent rebuttal by Zhongshan University Professor Yuan Weishi, who wrote the article that spurred censors to suspend China Youth Daily's provocative Freezing Point insert in January (ref A),is causing a stir among Beijing's elite. Yuan's latest effort is a detailed refutation of a r [...] | 2006-04-28 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING8117 | PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...] | 2006-04-29 02:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ |
06BEIJING8257 | EAP SENIOR ADVISOR MCGANN DISCUSSES STRAITS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28 EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann briefed MFA Asian Affairs Department Counselor Guo Yan on the 2005 Jakarta International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting and the February 2006 Alameda &Enhancing the Safe Use of the Strait of Malacca Conference.8 McGann explained t [...] | 2006-05-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IMO EFIS ETTW KTIA ASEC CH |
06BEIJING8331 | CHINA SECURITIES REGULATOR TELLS FED VISITORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of the Research Department at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) advised a group of analysts from the New York Federal Reserve Bank on April 17 that China's stock market reform process is moving forward, with a new listing process, successful conversion [...] | 2006-05-05 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8333 | PRC ON RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AND [...] (C) PRC relations with Australia and New Zealand are smooth with frequent high-level dialogues, common ground on sensitive issues and growing economic and trade ties, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Counselor Zhang Ping told EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann (incoming EAP/ANP Director) [...] | 2006-05-05 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH AS NZ FJ PP |
06BEIJING8334 | CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-06 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PTER CH AL |
06BEIJING8355 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 04:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8419 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI STEEL MILLS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8473 | Foreign Investors Lining Up to Invest In China [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on April 18, Xie Ping, CEO of China SAFE Investments (aka "Huijin"),told a group of New York Federal Reserve Bank analysts that he is seeing more and more international interest in investing in Chinese banks. The successful Hong Kong listings of Bank of Communic [...] | 2006-05-09 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8474 | Foreign Investors Lining Up to Invest In China [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on April 18, Xie Ping, CEO of China SAFE Investments (aka ?Huijin?),told a group of New York Federal Reserve Bank analysts that he is seeing more and more international interest in investing in Chinese banks. The successful Hong Kong listings of Bank of Communic [...] | 2006-05-09 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8476 | FOREIGN DIRECTORS OF CHINESE BANKS HELPING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch on April 19 lunch with analysts from the New York Federal Reserve Bank, three foreign directors of four Chinese banks (Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, Bank of Beijing and Xi'an City Commercial Bank) shared their experiences. On the question of governance, [...] | 2006-05-09 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
06BEIJING8480 | MAY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, [...] Key points made at the May 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China strongly opposes Albania's acceptance of the five Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay, who Beijing considers East Turkestan terrorist suspects, and demands their immediate repatriation. - China does not support [...] | 2006-05-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW |
06BEIJING8615 | SHIGANG AND HANGANG: A TALE OF TWO HEBEI [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent visits to two Hebei Province steel mills provide an insightful look into how steel industry reforms in China will play out during the next several years. Handan Iron and Steel Group Company, a large state-owned steel mill, has been selected by the Central Government to b [...] | 2006-05-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8787 | PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON U.S.-JAPAN 2-PLUS-2 [...] (C) China appreciates the fact that the USG provided information in a transparent manner regarding the U.S.-Japan 2-plus-2 meeting held in Washington on May 1, MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong said in response to Polmincouns? delivery May 10 of reftel talking points on th [...] | 2006-05-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ENRG PINR JA CH |
06BEIJING8788 | CHINESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY MARKED BY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) The most significant trend in Chinese Islam is the rise in factions within the Muslim community, largely due to increasing domestic migration and closer ties with the Muslim world, several Chinese Islam scholars observed recently. The Saudi Arabian- influenced Salafiyya, for example, adv [...] | 2006-05-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KISL CH |
06BEIJING8798 | MAY 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] Key points made at the May 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Noting remarks by "U.S. officials," referring to Deputy Secretary Zoellick's May 10 Congressional testimony, the MFA spokesperson asserted that China has made contributions to ensure a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and prom [...] | 2006-05-11 10:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM ECON KNNP CH IR TW JP |
06BEIJING8801 | DDG QIU ON JAPAN-CHINA DIALOGUE [...] (C) China and Japan agreed to hold the fifth round of talks on the East China Sea dispute next week and to discuss dates and venues for a possible Foreign Minister-level meeting, according to MFA Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Qiu Guohong. During the May 7-9 Japan-China Comprehensive [...] | 2006-05-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG JA CH |
06BEIJING8803 | ARF INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 26-28 ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-sessional Meeting on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime focused on discussing "root causes" of terrorism but also gave participants an opportunity to exchange views on recent developments and national experiences in combating t [...] | 2006-05-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ARR ARF CH |
06BEIJING8804 | PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC is concerned about "expanding" UNSCR 1559 and setting precedents for the Security Council involving itself in calling for establishment of diplomatic relations as well as demarcation of borders, is disappointed that the P-3 have not shared a draft text of the proposed resolution bu [...] | 2006-05-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY CH |
06BEIJING8836 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon stressed the importance of transparency and engagement between militaries in the Asia-Pacific region during a May 10 discussion with Chinese academics hosted by the Ambassador. Admiral Fallon reviewed U.S. commitments and responsibilities in the ar [...] | 2006-05-12 01:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CH TW KN JP |
06BEIJING8879 | STEEL CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESEARCHERS, STATE-OWNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese steel industry analysts and insiders consistently point to China's private steel mills as the target of the Central Government's call for reductions in domestic steel production capacity. Beijing will use environmental protection and energy conservation laws and regulat [...] | 2006-05-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
06BEIJING8918 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETS WITH BEIJING [...] (SBU) At an upbeat discussion with Beijing University students May 11, Pacific Command Commander Admiral Fallon underlined that the U.S. military's goal in the Asia-Pacific region is to create stable conditions that will allow people to prosper and lead productive lives. Iran and Japan were [...] | 2006-05-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CH TW KN JP |
06BEIJING8919 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: PARTICIPATION IN MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 12:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL SNAR CH RS TI |
06BEIJING9009 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing agreed to adjust his schedule to allow for a meeting with Admiral Fallon in spite of his heavy commitments in the run-up to a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. FM Li told Admiral Fallon that the aim of China's military development is to safegua [...] | 2006-05-15 03:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CH TW KN JP |
06BEIJING9010 | PACOM COMMANDER FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH PLA [...] (C) President Hu discussed with President Bush the need for the United States and China to view their bilateral relationship from a strategic level with a long-term perspective, PLA Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Ge Zhenfeng told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon during a May 10 meeti [...] | 2006-05-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP |
06BEIJING9041 | PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) During an extended discussion, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon that the PLA sought more military exchanges with the United States; discussed the PLA's strategy and budget priorities; and repeated fami [...] | 2006-05-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP |
06BEIJING9091 | PLAGIARIZE OR PERISH? SCANDALS ROIL CHINESE [...] (C) Headline-grabbing scandals have erupted at the most prestigious Chinese universities as a wave of plagiarism and academic misconduct is stimulating sharp debate on campuses, in courtrooms and in the media. The Propaganda Department has banned coverage of one case involving a prominent la [...] | 2006-05-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH |
06BEIJING9289 | PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...] | 2006-05-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY CH |
06BEIJING9290 | MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO, U.S.- CHINA [...] Key points made at the May 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - Beijing appreciates the positive efforts of the EU-3 to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue. - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has invited leaders from all observer nations to attend the mid-June S [...] | 2006-05-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON CH IR KN JP |
06BEIJING9397 | PRC/HAMAS: HAMAS FOREIGN MINISTER INVITED TO [...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in poloffs at 8:45 a.m. May 17 to inform that Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al- Zahhar has been invited to Beijing for the second meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to [...] | 2006-05-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS CH |
06BEIJING9501 | CHINA'S AMBITIOUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Minister Bo Xilai announced in early 2006 an ambitious plan for nine free trade agreements (FTAs) covering twenty-seven countries, according to MOFCOM officials. These twenty- seven countries represent 18 percent of China's imports and 11 [...] | 2006-05-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH AS NZ SA |
06BEIJING9504 | CHINA: NONPAPER ON U.S. PLANS TO TABLE DRAFT ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC CDG CH |
06BEIJING9507 | MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...] | 2006-05-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP |
06BEIJING9665 | QINGHAI MUSLIMS BUYING CLOUT, BUILDING MOSQUES AS [...] (C) Tensions between Muslim communities in ethnically diverse Qinghai Province, particularly in relations between the traditional Qadim group and the Saudi Arabian-influenced Ikhwan and Salafiyya movements (see ref A),were apparent during a mid-May visit by poloff to the cities of Xining and [...] | 2006-05-19 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL CH |
06BEIJING9666 | PRC/RUSSIA: BRIEFING ON RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held very productive bilateral talks with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Russian Senior Counselor Evgueny Tomikhin told the A/DCM in a May 18 meeting. On May 16, Lavrov was received by President Hu Jintao and held extensive talks with [...] | 2006-05-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU CH IR |
06BEIJING9673 | SCO: MFA, SCO SECRETARIAT AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (C) Senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official Du Wei, who serves as Assistant to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang, expressed understanding of U.S. concerns regarding the possibility of statements critical of the U.S. presence in Central Asia being issued at the June SCO Summi [...] | 2006-05-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR RS CH KZ TI UZ |
06BEIJING9677 | Will Draft Labor Contract Law Improve Conditions [...] (SBU) Summary: The draft Labor Contract Law (LCL),considered by the National People's Congress (NPC) at its March session and published for comment through April 20 by the NPC Standing Committee, gives workers increased protections by providing fixed-term contract protections for workers who [...] | 2006-05-21 22:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV CH |
06BEIJING9758 | PRC/IRAQ: RESPONSE TO SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ CH |
06BEIJING9934 | PRC MAY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK FM TO VISIT [...] Key points made at the May 23 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will visit China May 30-June 6 for talks on bilateral and regional security issues, meet senior PRC leaders and tour Guangzhou. -- EAP A/S Christopher Hill will visit Beijing May 24- 2 [...] | 2006-05-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CH JP KN GE |
06BEIRUT1001 | MGLE01: MINISTER OF JUSTICE EXPLAINS DECISION ON [...] (C) On March 22, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Judge Chukri Sadr discussed with the Ambassador the MOJ's deliberations regarding the U.S. extradition request for the four terrorists -- Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Hasan Izz-al-Din, Ali Atwa, and Imad Mughniyah -- responsible for the hijacking [...] | 2006-03-30 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT1010 | MGLE01: NORTHERN LEBANON POOREST DISTRICT IN THE [...] On March 22, econoff met with Statistics Lebanon chief Rabih Haber to attain non-governmental statistics on poverty in Lebanon. According to its recently completed annual survey of households, Statistics Lebanon found that qadas in northern Lebanon had the highest poverty rates in the countr [...] | 2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER ECON SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT1013 | INL BUDGET CALL: LEBANON RESPONSE [...] (SBU) While Embassy Beirut is not an NAS post, it can conduct activities in support of INL's two performance goals: -- Countering international trafficking in drugs, persons, and other illicit goods; and -- Promoting international cooperation to combat drugs and crime. With this in min [...] | 2006-03-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD ASEC EAID KCRM LE SNAR |
06BEIRUT1024 | MGLE01: LEBANON'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite church, and Patriarch Catholicos Aram I, head of Lebanon's Armenian Orthodox community, both expressed doubt that the current political deadlock between the March 14 forces and the informal coalition of Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Fr [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1029 | MGLE01: HARIRI DEFENDS MEETING WITH PFLP-GC CHIEF [...] (C) On 4/2, MP Saad Hariri defended his meeting on 3/31 with Damascus-based PFLP-GC leader Ahmad Jibril. Responding to the Ambassador's objections, Hariri said that his meeting was connected directly to the ongoing national dialogue. Participants in the national dialogue asked Hariri, Parli [...] | 2006-04-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY KPAL |
06BEIRUT1038 | MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ASSOCIATE SEES A MISUNDERSTOOD [...] (C) Econoff and FSN political specialist met with former Hizballah bloc MP Georges Najm on March 29. Najm, who is not a member of Hizballah, said that he maintained ties to Hizballah, especially MP Mohammad Raad and Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish. Najm painted a moderate pictu [...] | 2006-04-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT1040 | MGLE01: AOUN ADVISOR COMMENTS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Gebran Bassil, senior advisor to Michel Aoun, said the recent deterioration in relations between the March 14 coalition and the Hizballah/Amal/Lahoud alliance was just the latest indication the Siniora/Hariri government was incapable of leading the country. Bassil, who appears to have c [...] | 2006-04-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1050 | MGLE01: INDEPENDENT MP FRANJIEH TRIES A NEW [...] (C) MP Samir Franjieh, a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan pro-reform movement, believes the March 14 coalition has effectively worked its way into a trap, partly set by the Syrian regime, by focusing almost exclusively on the replacement of President Emile Lahoud. He contends that chan [...] | 2006-04-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1072 | MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO [...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...] | 2006-04-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT1086 | MGLE01: SPECIAL CABINET SESSION DISCUSSES [...] Summary: The GOL's economic reform agenda was presented before the full Cabinet for the first time during a special session on April 5. President Lahoud chaired the session where both Finance Minister Azour and Economy Minister Haddad made Power Point presentations outlining the GOL's reform [...] | 2006-04-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT1090 | MGLE01: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MARRIAGE WEAKENING AMAL [...] (C) Econoff met separately with independent Shia leaders Mohammad Obeid and Mohammad Baydun on April 5. Both Obeid and Baydun reported that Amal's support is crumbling away at the rank-and-file level. The main reason was Amal movement leader and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri's perceived [...] | 2006-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1092 | MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES PARLIAMENT NEGLECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT1106 | MGLE01: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CASE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon's Office of the Military Justice will hear a case on April 17 to determine if a reformist attorney is guilty of "defaming the institution of the military" when he made statements before the European Commission in November 2003. In the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign [...] | 2006-04-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL |
06BEIRUT1107 | MGLEO1: NASSIB, NAYLA, BOUTROS EVALUATE THEIR [...] (C) Over the past week, the Ambassador had one-on-one lunches with the three presidential candidates generally considered the front-runners of the March 14 presidential contenders: Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Nassib Lahoud. The policy differences among the three pro-independence politi [...] | 2006-04-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT1120 | MGLE01: LEBANON, SHEBAA FARMS, AND THE GHAJAR [...] (C) On April 7, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar briefed econoff on the unusual situation of the divided village of Ghajar. The Blue Line cuts through the center of the village with the northern two-thirds inside Lebanon, and the southern one-third inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh [...] | 2006-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE PBTS PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT1147 | MGLE01: QUARTERLY REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) This is post's progress report for the second quarter of FY-06 on the Lebanon country strategy for democratic reform. Refs A and B identified three outcomes for our country strategy: -- a new electoral law, -- competent, effective, transparent government, and -- reform of the judi [...] | 2006-04-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KDEM KMPI PREL ECON LE |
06BEIRUT1164 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (SBU) The current political situation in Lebanon is highly uncertain: the National Dialogue process, which raised expectations for significant political progress when it began six weeks ago, appears to have run its course. The rivalry between the pro-reform "March 14" coalition (consisting [...] | 2006-04-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT1166 | MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH REVIEWS ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said this coming week's visit to Washington and New York by PM Siniora and four of his ministers is well-timed and should produce helpful results. The pro-Syrian foreign minister insisted he welcomes the support of Washington in Lebanon's transition to de [...] | 2006-04-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1204 | MGLE01: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CASE DISMISSED BY [...] (U) In an unexpected development, the slander case against human rights activist Mohammad Mugraby was dismissed by Lebanon's appellate-level Military Court of Cassation on April 15, two days before the case was scheduled to be heard by the country's Military Tribunal. This decision, in effe [...] | 2006-04-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PHUM PREL |
06BEIRUT1238 | MGLE01: CODEL DODD MEETS GENERAL MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun informed visiting Senator Christopher Dodd that it was up to the Lebanese people themselves to defend their sovereignty and not rely excessively on foreign assistance. He criticized the Siniora government for not doing an effective job in [...] | 2006-04-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1239 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) Electoral commission member Abdel Salam Cheaib told Embassy officers that Lebanon has a rare chance to enact real, lasting reform, but warned that reform efforts will only succeed with long-term, stalwart support from the United States and the European Union. He acknowledged that Lebanese [...] | 2006-04-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI PINR LE SY |
06BEIRUT1240 | MGLE01: SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 19 LUNCH WITH [...] (C) Senator Dodd's April 19 luncheon with Lebanese MPs Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Jawad Boulos was dominated by a discussion of General Michel Aoun and his alliance with Hizballah. Mouawad and Harb characterized their rival for the presidency, Aoun, as a "Syrian agent" willing to sacri [...] | 2006-04-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV OREP SY LE |
06BEIRUT1245 | MGLE01: LEBANESE FOCUS ON PRESIDENCY, ISRAEL, [...] (C) At a 4/19 dinner hosted by the Charge d'Affaires, Lebanese guests of various regional, political, and confessional stripes focused on the issue of the presidency in an occasionally boisterous discussion. "March 14"-affiliated guests called for the USG to use its leverage in forcing the S [...] | 2006-04-24 11:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP KDEM KPAL PTER LE IS |
06BEIRUT1276 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI GIVES PREVIEW OF NATIONAL [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was happy with Prime Minister Siniora's visit to Washington last week. When the Ambassador asked why Salloukh maintained an unpleasant expression the whole [...] | 2006-04-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT1277 | MGLE01: HARIRI SAYS HE IS READY TO CONFRONT [...] (C) During an April 25 meeting with MP Saad Hariri, the Ambassador and econoff briefed him on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's visit to Washington last week. Hariri agreed the visit was a success, and was also heartened by what he described as revitalized Saudi and Egyptian support for Lebano [...] | 2006-04-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IR KISL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA SY |
06BEIRUT1290 | LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE |
06BEIRUT1297 | MGLE01: SHIA POLITICIANS VIEW HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) Former MP Salah Harake provided econoff with impressions of the two Hizballah-nominated ministers in the cabinet within the Shia community. Harake described Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish as a "good guy" who has run his ministry well. Fneish, "competent and rational," is [...] | 2006-04-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT1307 | MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR NOT CONFIDENT LAHOUD WILL [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting, the Ambassador and econoff discussed with Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Sfeir the recent visit of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to Washington. Sfeir agreed with the Ambassador on the success of the visit, saying that Justice Minister Charles Rizk had also given h [...] | 2006-04-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1308 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT CONCERNED WITH GROWING IRANIAN [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt expressed concern that Iran appears to be gaining influence in south and north Lebanon. In both regions, the economically disadvantaged are vulnerable to well-funded and growing Iranian efforts. When he visited Saudi King Abdullah two weeks ago, Jumblatt discussed this i [...] | 2006-04-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1310 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 3-5 VISIT OF PM A/S [...] (C) During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Siniora expressed confidence about Lebanon's ability to tackle critical problems through a process of national dialogue. Of these problems, the two most prominent are the fate of President Lahoud, who remains in place through a Syrian [...] | 2006-04-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER KPKO OTRA LE |
06BEIRUT1335 | MGLE01: SALEM OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTORAL LAW, [...] (C) Paul Salem, a member of the national commission charged with reforming Lebanon's electoral law, told us he was optimistic about the commission's ability to reach consensus on a districting plan in the coming weeks. He said the overall atmosphere in the commission, while still affected by [...] | 2006-04-28 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE |
06BEIRUT1336 | MGLE01--JA'JA' TO HARIRI CHRISTIANS NEED MORE [...] (C) On April 28, just hours before the start of the national dialogue, Samir Ja'ja' stopped by the embassy to apply for a visa and to meet briefly with the Ambassador and PolChief. Ja'ja' said the national dialogue will not reach a conclusion on the presidency, but he hoped they might begin [...] | 2006-04-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1337 | MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...] | 2006-04-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PINS PHUM PREL SY LE |
06BEIRUT1338 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSES PRESIDENCY, [...] (C) According to six participants in the 4/28 session of the National Dialogue, the issue of Lebanon's presidency was discussed at length but not resolved. Rather than defer or close the topic in order to proceed to the next and final point -- Hizballah's arms -- on the Dialogue's agenda, th [...] | 2006-05-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT1339 | MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES [...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...] | 2006-05-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR |
06BEIRUT1342 | LEBANESE RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ITU RADIO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 08:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS LE |
06BEIRUT1356 | MGLE01: ARCHBISHOP AUDI SUSPICIOUS OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi bemoaned the lack of leadership in Lebanese politics, especially "those who pretend to be leaders who are working in their own interests." The Ambassador briefed Audi on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora [...] | 2006-05-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE PGOV PTER SOCI SY |
06BEIRUT1357 | MGLE01: UNIFIL SEES NO REASON FOR SPIKE IN [...] (C) On May 2, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL observed 10 Israeli jets violating the Blue Line on May 1. He said that the Lebanese army had opened fire with anti-aircraft artillery, but Hizballah did not respond in any way. According to Strugar, there had been [...] | 2006-05-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT1369 | MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REACTS TO [...] (C) Polchief and econoff met with Rola Noureddine, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, on May 3 to discuss the widely reported Syrian-built earthen berms in the Biqa' Valley. Noureddine and General Said Eid confirmed the press reports, showing us a video of the berms. They said Syrian [...] | 2006-05-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PBTS PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1380 | MGLE01: PSI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) On May 3 DCM raised with MFA Acting Secretary General Boutros as-Sakr reftel issues concerning Lebanese participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). as-Sakr said that the GOL had received an invitation for the senior-level PSI meeting in Poland in June, and replied that [...] | 2006-05-04 09:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA LE |
06BEIRUT1392 | MGLE01: JOINT AMBASSADORIAL-PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, French Ambassador Emie, and European Commission Head of Delegation Renauld, together with a delegation that included members of the pharmaceutical industry, discussed the problems of the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate concerning pharmaceuticals in Leb [...] | 2006-05-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT1416 | MGLE01: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with emboffs, Electoral Law Reform Commission member Ziad Baroud expressed cautious optimism that the Commission would delineate Lebanon's electoral districts and complete its draft electoral law by the end of May. Baroud, corroborating earlier reports by [...] | 2006-05-05 15:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI LE |
06BEIRUT1417 | MGLE01: UNIIIC CHIEF BRAMMERTZ CITES PROGRESS, [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 16 below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz said his team is now well-established, has considerable momentum, and is pursuing several fruitful lines of inquiry. In a meeting that took place before the GOL's o [...] | 2006-05-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1424 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Pol-Mil A/S Hillen informed Lebanon's PM Siniora that the final approvals were in the works for what we hope will be USD 10 million grant (Section 1206) for immediate equipment and training needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. Expressing deep appreciation to the President and Secretary, P [...] | 2006-05-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC MASS KDEM LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT1444 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S DINNER WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) On May 3, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at his residence for visiting PM A/S Hillen. The guests represented a diverse range of international and Lebanese political figures, all united by their common interest in Lebanon's security situation and relationship with the United States. Durin [...] | 2006-05-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PM SY |
06BEIRUT1461 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The normally taciturn Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was almost buoyant in his May 5 meeting with PM A/S Hillen. A/S Hillen accompanied by the Ambassador spoke with Salloukh about U.S. assistance to Lebanon, and U.S. commitment to Lebanon in the wake of PM Sinora's A [...] | 2006-05-10 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE |
06BEIRUT1462 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 05:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE |
06BEIRUT1464 | MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE [...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...] | 2006-05-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT1465 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) UN Representative Geir Pedersen believes the events of the past few months have greatly changed the political situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning Hizballah. Whereas before, Hizballah essentially had a free pass on its arms and political objectives, now the terrorist organization [...] | 2006-05-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT1466 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH ISF GENERAL RIFI [...] (C) A/S Hillen met with ISF General Ashraf Rifi at the ISF headquarters in Beirut to discuss U.S. - Lebanese cooperation on security assistance programs. Rifi thanked A/S Hillen and the U.S. for our assistance, and said he looked forward to a long partnership with the United States. Rifi sai [...] | 2006-05-10 07:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER CASC LE |
06BEIRUT1467 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Hillen, accompanied by Ambassador, DATT, and ODC Chief, met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman at the Lebanese Armed Forces Headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. Suleiman welcomed the prospect of g [...] | 2006-05-10 07:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER PBTS LE SY |
06BEIRUT1470 | MGLE01: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to discuss the health of the Lebanese economy and the prospects of PM Siniora's economic reform program. Salameh began the meeting by briefing the Ambassador on two recent reports by t [...] | 2006-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT1471 | MGLE01: SHIA SPIRITUAL LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOR [...] (C) On May 9, Ambassador accompanied by PolChief met with head of the Higher Shia Council, Abed al-Amir Qabalan to brief him on PM Siniora's visit to the United States. Qabalan said the Taif accords are the solution to Lebanon's troubles and the leaders should return to that as the basis for [...] | 2006-05-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM CASC KISL PGOV PHUM |
06BEIRUT1481 | MGLE01: SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF IO/AS [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lebanon will underscore USG interest in Lebanon, and the role of the United Nations here. PM Siniora and four of his ministers visited Washington and New York April 17-22 to discuss the government's reform efforts and U.S. support for the country in its transition [...] | 2006-05-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR KCRM PGOV UN LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT1482 | MGLE01: GOL PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This messsage contains an action request. See para 24. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) PM Siniora called a 5/5 meeting of foreign ambassadors assigned to Lebanon to explain a comprehensive government-approved program of improvements for the Palestinian refugee camps located throughout [...] | 2006-05-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS JO KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1483 | MGLE01: SHIA CLERIC TELLS OF HIZBALLAH DOMINANCE, [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Taleb describes himself as a member of a small group of apolitical Shia clerics. He came to the embassy to "set the record straight' about his relationship with Hizballah and his connection to his father-in-law Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Fadlallah, the doyen of the spiritual and [...] | 2006-05-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY |
06BEIRUT1495 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ON LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (C) In a 5/11 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri downplayed the importance of the 5/10 demonstrations led by Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (reftel). While Aoun may hope to topple the cabinet, Berri claimed credit for limiting Hizballah an [...] | 2006-05-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB LE SY |
06BEIRUT1496 | MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...] | 2006-05-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG |
06BEIRUT1507 | MGLE01: TWO "MARCH 14" MINISTERS AND ONE AOUN MP [...] (C) Two of Prime Minister Siniora's "March 14" cabinet ministers criticized Hizballah's support for a anti-government demonstration on May 10, pointing at the incongruity of Hizballah supporting an effort to bring down a cabinet in which it participates. They were considerably more forgiving [...] | 2006-05-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ELAB KISL ASEC LE |
06BEIRUT1508 | MGLE01: DEFENSE AND ACTING INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting with acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat (other issues discussed are reported in reftel),the Ambassador raised the subject of the Secretary of Defense's coming invitation to Fatfat and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr to visit Washington. Fa [...] | 2006-05-15 05:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP ASEC MASS PTER KCRM LE |
06BEIRUT1521 | MGLE01: JA'JA' FRUSTRATED BY FAILURES, SEEKS [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja', leader of the Lebanese Forces political movement, received the Ambassador and Polchief on May 12 for lunch in his home in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The meeting was a broad tour d'horizon with Ja'ja' expressing concern over the May 10 "labor" demonstrations in Beir [...] | 2006-05-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT1530 | MGLE01: UNIIIC SAYS USG ASSISTANCE IS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department -- please see paras 9-10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a May 12 meeting with emboffs, senior investigators from the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) said that the USG's responsiveness on the UNII [...] | 2006-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PINR KCRM LE SY UN |
06BEIRUT1540 | MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SAYS HIZBALLAH IS [...] (C) The UNIFIL Force Commander, General Alain Pellegrini, confirmed to IO A/S Silverberg that UNIFIL has recently observed increased construction activities at Hizballah positions on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line. Noting that the new outposts were more sophisticated in their design and [...] | 2006-05-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER IO |
06BEIRUT1544 | MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...] | 2006-05-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE |
06BEIRUT1545 | MGLE01: PM SINIORA MEETING WITH A/S SILVERBERG -- [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, A/S for International Organizations Affairs, Kristen Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in his offices at the Grand Serail in Beirut. PM Siniora opened the meeting by expressing his satisfaction with his visit to Washin [...] | 2006-05-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PORG PREL KDEM UNSC LE SY QT KPAL |
06BEIRUT1546 | MGLE01: IO A/S SILVERBERG'S 15 MAY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk asked for Assistant Secretary Silverberg's assistance in pushing the United Nations to produce a timetable for the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq [...] | 2006-05-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM CASC KDEM LE |
06BEIRUT1547 | MGLE01: KINDER, GENTLER SALLOUKH SEES FULL [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg, Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on May 15 in the first official meeting of A/S Silverberg's Beirut schedule. During the QQ:R$o1QQ~impression that Prime Minister Siniora and his delegation (which included the FM) had made in Washi [...] | 2006-05-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IO KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY IS |
06BEIRUT1548 | MGLE01: SINIORA-MURR SPAT NEARLY SPLITS CABINET, [...] (C) Almost a week ago, away from the public eye, claims amounting to only 60,000 USD nearly wrecked the Siniora cabinet. Minister of Defense/Deputy PM Elias Murr backed a proposed compensation package for two retired generals exiled with Michel Aoun in Paris. PM Siniora, citing similar case [...] | 2006-05-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE |
06BEIRUT1559 | MGLE01--MICHEL AOUN ON HIZBALLAH DEFENSE VISION [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, The Ambassador, accompanied by PolChief, met with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),to discuss USG concerns over the presentation reportedly made by Hizballlah at the 5/16 National Dialogue session. The Ambassador revealed pieces of the full r [...] | 2006-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER KISL KPAL PGOV PINS IS LE SY |
06BEIRUT1560 | MGLE01: NASRALLAH SKETCHES OUT PERMANENT STATE OF [...] (S) In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Amin Gemayel and Marwan Hamadeh read aloud their notes from the 5/16 session of the National Dialogue. The participants agreed to disagree on the issue of the presidency, leaving the subject unresolved. On Hizballah's weapons -- the final agend [...] | 2006-05-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY IS IR KISL |
06BEIRUT1575 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT BELIEVES HIZBALLAH INTENDS [...] (C) On 5/19, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt hosted the P-3 Ambassadors, Argentine Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador, and UN representative Geir Pedersen for an open-air coffee in the Chouf mountains. Jumblatt's read-out of Hassan Nasrallah's hardline speech at the 5/16 National Dialogue session [...] | 2006-05-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT1576 | MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SEES HIZBALLAH IMPROVING [...] Summary: UNIFIL commander Major-General Alain Pellegrini briefed the Ambassador on increased Hizballah construction activity along the Blue Line, a rise in the number of Israeli overflights, and plans to enhance contacts between UNIFIL and the LAF. The General was uncertain about the reasons [...] | 2006-05-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAL PBTS PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT1577 | MGLE01: NATIONAL ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION [...] (SBU) According to a member of the national commission charged with reforming the electoral law, the commission has finally reached agreement on a draft law. The draft would call for a mixed electoral system, one with both small districts and large districts. According to this system, 79 Me [...] | 2006-05-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT1579 | MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH UN SYG REP [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO A/S Silverberg hosted UN envoy Geir Pedersen to a relaxed dinner on 5/16. Pedersen had no definitive answer regarding why Hizballah had stepped up the construction of military infrastructure along the Blue Line, but he argued that Hizballah tried to maintain "constructive am [...] | 2006-05-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIC KDEM KWMN LE |
06BEIRUT1644 | DEMARCHES TO NAM/G-77 MEMBERS IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (U) On May 24 and May 25, Post delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reftel demarches concerning the May 27-30 NAM ministerial. The Director for the Americas Ghady al-Khoury received the material and promised to pass it to the responsible delegation members in preparation for the NAM [...] | 2006-05-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | AORG UNGA PREL LE IR |
06BEIRUT1675 | MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT [...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...] | 2006-05-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE |
06BEIRUT1676 | MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES [...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...] | 2006-05-30 11:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT1677 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH MICHEL AOUN -- [...] (C) On May 23, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Crumpton met with Lebanese parliamentary minority leader Michel Aoun at Aoun's home near Beirut. S/CT Crumpton encouraged Aoun to use his influence to make Lebanon a solid partner with the USG in the fight against terrorism. He exp [...] | 2006-05-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAL KDEM PINS LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT1678 | MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...] | 2006-05-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY |
06BEIRUT1679 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH PM SINIORA -- [...] (C) On May 23, S/CT Crumpton met with PM Siniora at Siniora's office in Beirut's Grand Serail. Ambassador Crumpton told the Prime Minister that the USG was prepared to help Lebanon as it moved to strengthen its institutions through a Lebanese process. He expressed USG condolences upon the [...] | 2006-05-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PINS KPAL LE SY |
06BEIRUT1680 | MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/CT Coordinator Crumpton and the Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met May 23 with Director of LAF G2 Brigadier General Georges Khoury. BG Khoury provided an overview of the terrorism situation from the LAF G2 perspective. He noted three distinct terrorist threat l [...] | 2006-05-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL MARR MOPS LE |
06BEIRUT1681 | MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH DEFENDS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Counterterrorism Coordinator Henry Crumpton, the Ambassador, and econoff, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh -- in an unusually belligerent and offensive performance -- steadfastly defended Hizballah. He claimed that the majority of Lebanese consider Hizballah to b [...] | 2006-05-30 12:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KPAL LE PBTS PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1682 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat, accompanied by Internal Securtity Forces Director General Ashraf Rifi, told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboff that his highest priority regarding counterterrorism in Lebanon was reconstruc [...] | 2006-05-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER MASS PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1690 | MGLE01: A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON [...] (C) The weekend of May 26-28 saw some of the most intense violence in southern Lebanon since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. On May 26, a car bomb in Sidon killed Islamic Jihad official Abu Hamzeh and his brother. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel and then retracted its stat [...] | 2006-05-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT1711 | MGLE01: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Crumpton and the Ambassador visited Justice Minister Charles Rizk to discuss the causes and possible solutions to terrorism in the region. Rizk told Ambassador Crumpton that the major cause of political instabil [...] | 2006-05-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1712 | MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...] | 2006-05-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT1715 | MGLE01: BERRI UNDERCUTS SINIORA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) In a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was critical of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Berri accused Siniora of squandering an opportunity to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that Berri had so delicately and s ecretly set up. Be [...] | 2006-05-31 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KPAL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1716 | MGLE01: FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON LEBANON'S [...] (C) Damianos Kattar, Lebanese Finance Minister during the government of Najib Mikati in 2005, believes that the present government must restore crebibility before it can advance economic reform. He estimates that at least USD 15 billion of Lebanon's USD 38 billion national debt derives from [...] | 2006-05-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1717 | MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER COMPLAINS THAT SINIORA [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk voiced disappointment with Prime Minister Siniora's apparent decision to reject Rizk's proposed list of candidates for Lebanon's Higher Judicial Council. Rizk maintained that Siniora is bent on achieving a council majority that would allow him to control th [...] | 2006-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY IS |
06BEIRUT1733 | MGLE01: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) As the national commission charged with drafting a new electoral law has been conducting its work, civil society activists have been developing an eight-point platform for promoting electoral reform. All eight points, including proportional representation and an independent electoral com [...] | 2006-06-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE |
06BEIRUT1734 | MGLE01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel talking points to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Siniora applauded the Secretary's statement and said it was an important step for SIPDIS the United States and Iran to work diplomatically in solving regional security issues. Siniora also agreed that [...] | 2006-06-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PFLP PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT1735 | MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE [...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...] | 2006-06-01 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO |
06BEIRUT1746 | MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...] | 2006-06-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT1747 | MGLE01: DISTURBANCES IN BEIRUT AND ELSEWHERE OVER [...] (SBU) At 2300 hrs. local on June 1, Lebanese Shi'ite Muslims rioted in Rweissat Jdeideth, West Beirut, Baalbeck, Nabatieh, Sidon and Tyre in protest of a satirical TV show, entitled "Basmat-Watan," which mocked Hizballah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The largest number of prote [...] | 2006-06-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LE PTER |
06BEIRUT1748 | MGLE01: C/CT5/015376 -- STUDY SHOWS IRANIAN AID [...] (S/NF) On May 31, independent Shia politician Ahmad al-Asad told econoff that Hizballah has increased the number of paid employees, including civilian and military, by 23 percent since last year. This increase was financed by a 37 percent increase in Iranian funding since the Syrian withdra [...] | 2006-06-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IR LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1752 | MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT SUNNI [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir expressed unease with reports that Lebanon's Sunni-dominated Internal Security Force (ISF) could become a Sunni "gendarmerie" outside the control of the state. He said he fully supports proposals to increase the capabilities of the more broadly representative Le [...] | 2006-06-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1771 | MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT SINIORA'S [...] (S) In a 5/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja insisted that there is no current "Saudi initiative" to reduce Syrian-Lebanese tension. He expressed deep worry about Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's safety. He cited a recent article in al-Hayet by Syria's Ambassado [...] | 2006-06-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT1772 | MGLE01: FORMER UNIFIL OFFICIAL VIEWS RECENT [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with econoff, former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said he believed Hizballah was involved in the early morning Katyusha barrage that began the fighting in southern Lebanon on May 28 (reftel). For Goksel, the rocket strike was too accurate not to involve a Hizballah [...] | 2006-06-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR IS LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT1775 | MGLE01: KARAME RALLY REVEALS OPENING OF A NEW/OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, a political gauntlet was thrown down during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1987 death of a prominent Sunni figure in northern Lebanon. Omar Karame, former Prime minister and friend to Syria, was joined by several ex-deputies, and followers of anti-Hariri fo [...] | 2006-06-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT1796 | MGLE01: TRIPOLI SUNNI MP ADVOCATES A HARIRI [...] (C) During a 6/6 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli (Sunni) MP and Minister of Public Works and Transport Mohammed Safadi deflected questions about the June 8 session of the National Dialogue, in which he participates. Instead, he wanted to share his ideas on correcting what he sees as an [...] | 2006-06-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT1805 | MGLE01: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BELIEVES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Maronite presidential hopeful Nassib Lahoud said he believes that adoption of Lebanon's draft electoral law will hinge on how much political capital Saad Hariri commits to it -- as well as a decision by Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah to only mildly resist it. The reform min [...] | 2006-06-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1807 | MGLE01: SHIA CONTACTS SEE NASRALLAH'S CULT OF [...] (C) On June 6, Hizballah expert Amal Saad-Ghorayeb told econoff that the June 1 riot in response to a LBCI parody of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (ref A) was an embarrassment to Hizballah and the Shia community. She believed the riot was spontaneous, but Hizballah was not co [...] | 2006-06-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT1808 | MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...] | 2006-06-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE |
06BEIRUT1811 | MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN -- STILL NOT READY TO TAKE [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolChief, Michel Aoun fended off attempts to nudge him back into the mainstream of Lebanon's political life. We told Aoun that the Lebanese may be ready to accept a leader with strong moral authority who is neither March 14/Hariri, nor March 8/Hizballah- [...] | 2006-06-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PTER KPAL PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT1849 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN, [...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...] | 2006-06-08 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR |
06BEIRUT1870 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS REVEAL [...] (C) On June 8, the Lebanese national dialogue reconvened. Two important events hung over the discussions of this round: 1) the Blue Line incidents of May 28 in which Hizballah positions were destroyed by Israeli air strikes, and 2) the June 1 riot that followed the television spoofing of H [...] | 2006-06-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS KISL PTER KPAL LE SY |
06BEIRUT1892 | MGLE01: SLEIMAN FRANJIEH ANNOUNCES "MARADA," A [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Sleiman Franjieh announced his new political party named "Marada." The announcement was made as Franjieh commemorated the anniversary of the murder, presumably by Lebanese Forces militia, of his family in June 1978. The party seems to be a personality cult that e [...] | 2006-06-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PINS KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT1902 | MGLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM AND [...] (C) PM Siniora is optimistic that Lebanon's draft electoral law will survive intact upcoming debates in the Cabinet and Parliament. Although the size of the electoral districts could be a sticking point with several constituencies, Siniora believes the overall beneficial impact of a new ele [...] | 2006-06-13 08:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1915 | MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...] | 2006-06-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV FR LE SA |
06BEIRUT1916 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PUT SARG AND [...] (C) In a 6/12 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt confessed to being disappointed with the June report of the UN investigation of the Hariri assassination, the latest in a series of events seeming to benefit the Syrian regime and its allies in Lebanon. Lebanon may not be on the brink of civi [...] | 2006-06-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT1921 | MGLE01: HIZBALLAH TOLD UN IT DID NOT FIRE FIRST [...] (C) On June 13, Georges Nasr, political officer in the office of UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson, briefed econoff on a recent meeting between the UN office and Hizballah representatives in early June. Nasr said the Hizballah officials denied that Hizballah fired the f [...] | 2006-06-14 09:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT1963 | MGLE01: POTENTIAL REQUEST TO UNIIIC TO EXAMINE [...] (S/NF) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr claimed that the evidence is "very strong" that Israel, using local agents, was behind the 5/26 car bombing that killed the Majzoub brothers (PIJ activists and Lebanese citizens) in Sidon. Murr described what he believes was a [...] | 2006-06-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM PGOV LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT1964 | MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT [...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...] | 2006-06-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IR LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT1965 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF LEBANESE ACTING [...] (C) The visit of Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat offers the opportunity to press U.S. security interests in Lebanon: counterterrorism including Sunni extremism, Syrian influence, Palestinian weapons inside and outside the refugee camps, and arms smuggling into Lebanon. We have begun m [...] | 2006-06-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM LE |
06BEIRUT1966 | MGLE01: HARIRI ADVISOR STRONGLY CRITICIZES DRAFT [...] (C) MP Bahije Tabbarah, a close advisor to former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, gave a point-by-point critique of the draft electoral law that left little doubt he would be advising his Future Movement colleagues to oppose the law when it comes up for debate in Parliament. Tabbarah, who is n [...] | 2006-06-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT1994 | MGLE01: SUNNI MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIAN COMMENTS [...] (C) In a June 14 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, MP Mosbah Ahdab, a moderate Sunni from Tripoli, provided his insight into the personality and leadership style of MP Sa'ad Hariri. Ahdab described Hariri as likable and a "good guy." Ahdab blamed Hariri's inexperience and a [...] | 2006-06-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KISL LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT1996 | MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...] | 2006-06-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2034 | MGLE01: UNIIIC AND THE DEFENSE'S CASE FOR JAILED [...] (S) Reftel reports that UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is deeply worried that the evidence against the four jailed Lebanese generals, suspected of complicity in the Hariri assassination, may not be strong enough to justify their continued detention. Release of the generals would have a [...] | 2006-06-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR KISL ASEC LE SY UN |
06BEIRUT2067 | MGLE01: FM AZOUR DISCUSSES REFORM MEASURES AND [...] (C) Summary. During a June 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer, Finance Minister Azour discussed the GOL's recent economic reform work and a recent economic meeting among PM Siniora, Azour, Economy and Trade Minister Haddad, and Future Movement leader Sa'ad Hariri. A [...] | 2006-06-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT2072 | MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...] | 2006-06-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2087 | (S/NF) MGLE01: SINIORA PRESSES AHEAD ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Ignoring an unseemly, ongoing food fight among Maronite politicians sparked by President Lahoud's non-invitation to the Francophone summit, Prime Minister Siniora used a 6/21 meeting with the Ambassador to portray his government as moving ahead on a number of fronts, including economic re [...] | 2006-06-22 12:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID EAIR PTER KPAL KDEM BEXP LE |
06BEIRUT2091 | MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER HADDAD [...] (C) Summary. On June 20, the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The Ambassador told Haddad that he would like to see a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) si [...] | 2006-06-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT2092 | MGLE01: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE "FULL STEAM AHEAD" ON [...] (C) In a 6/22 meeting, Minister of Justice Rizk confirmed that senior Lebanese judges Choucri Sader and Ralph Riachy will travel to The Hague on July 4 to make progress on a draft agreement with the UN on establishing a special tribunal with international character for the Hariri assassinatio [...] | 2006-06-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM KCRM MARR EAID KMPI LE |
06BEIRUT2093 | MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN RATCHETS UP THE [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun strongly attacked an array of perceived enemies in a televised speech on June 21, and the next day led a combined FPM/Hizballah delegation to Lebanon's Constitutional Council to protest judicial "inactivity" regarding a number of FPM challenges t [...] | 2006-06-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT2154 | MGLE01: JIHAD AL-BINAA WIDELY KNOWN AS A [...] (C/NF) In June, econoff spoke with the Embassy's best contacts on Hizballah to determine the role, activities, and status of Jihad al-Binaa. Complicating matters was the fact that the official Jihad al-Binaa Arabic website does not directly reveal its ties to Hizballah. All contacts reporte [...] | 2006-06-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR LE PTER |
06BEIRUT2155 | MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...] | 2006-06-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR |
06BEIRUT2175 | MGLE01: ISF FACING INCREASING DRUG ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Econoff attended a June 26 Internal Security Forces (ISF) briefing to the Mini-Dublin Group. Col. Kowalty Abdel Razzak, head of the ISF's 200-person drug enforcement unit, told the group that drug enforcement has become more difficult since the Syrian withdrawal. More farmers in the Bi [...] | 2006-06-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PBTS PGOV SNAR SOCI SY |
06BEIRUT2220 | MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...] | 2006-06-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE |
06BEIRUT2221 | MGLE01: JA'JA SEES "SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" [...] (C/NF) On June 29, the Ambassador and econoff met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja and his adviser Elie Khoury at the Embassy. Ja'Ja was upbeat about the day's National Dialogue session, saying that Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was restrained. Nasrallah, along with Speaker of [...] | 2006-06-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2223 | MGLE01: HARIRI, HAMADEH DESCRIBE AS BOTH GOOD AND [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 6/30, MP Sa'ad Hariri and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh expressed basic satisfaction with the previous day's national dialogue session. Israel's actions in Gaza and the arrests of Hamas cabinet members and lawmake [...] | 2006-07-03 07:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL LE SY IS KPAL KWBG |
06BEIRUT2236 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI MEETS WITH CODEL DREIER; [...] (C/NF) In a July 3 meeting with Codel Dreier and the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri welcomed the delegation and agreed enthusiastically to future parliamentary exchanges. Regarding the national dialogue, Berri said that it was Lebanon's only chance to avoid confessional strif [...] | 2006-07-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KDEM LE OVIP PGOV PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT2256 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR ELIAS MURR'S JULY 16-19 [...] (S/NF) Just over a year since surviving what is thought to have been a Syrian-ordered assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr heads to Washington July 16-19. The scion of a powerful and wealthy Greek Orthodox family closely linked to Syria, Murr has forg [...] | 2006-07-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER PGOV MASS LE SY |
06BEIRUT2258 | MGLE01: MEA LIKELY TO CHOOSE AIRBUS BECAUSE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Ambassador and econoff met with Middle East Airlines (MEA) President Mohammad Hout on June 28 and Edward Schachle, Sales Director for Boeing in the Middle e"QZz[t_Q/=^QtqOa+(5QQQ 2012, and MEA cannot afford short-term leases on its aircraft to "bridge the gap." In nine [...] | 2006-07-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BEXP LE |
06BEIRUT2272 | MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SAYS [...] (C/NF) In a late June meeting with econoff, independent Shia politician Ali Sabra Hamadeh reported that Hizballah has been cooling down its rhetoric in the Biqa Valley during the past three months. It seems the very confessional tensions that Hizballah has been working to inspire since the H [...] | 2006-07-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS LE PGOV PTER SNAR SY |
06BEIRUT2290 | MGLE01: FORMER PRESIDENT ELIAS HRAWI PASSES AWAY [...] At about 3:00 PM local on July 7, former Lebanese President Elias Hrawi passed away from cancer. Reftel describes in detail the record and legacy of President Hrawi, who served in office from 1989 to 1998. 2. With Hrawi's death occurring only a few hours ago, funeral arrangements are sti [...] | 2006-07-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT2291 | MGLE01: A STRATEGY SESSION WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) The current weakness of the "March 14" parliamentary majority -- and the deleterious effect this has on Prime Minister Siniora's ability to govern -- has become a matter of great concern for supporters of Siniora, such as former Central Bank Governor Michel el Khoury. At a 7/3 dinner [...] | 2006-07-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PTER ECON KISL PINR SY LE |
06BEIRUT2292 | MGLE01: AOUN DISCUSSES SUMMER PLANS; PROMISES TO [...] (C/NF) In a July 7 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, MP Michel Aoun was optimistic that his new television station would garner a strong sudience and earn a profit. Aoun, along with his adviser Gibran Bassil, commented on Suleiman Franjieh's controversial recent statements, saying th [...] | 2006-07-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CASC IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT2293 | MGLE01: BRAMMERTZ SLOGS ON WITH UNIIIC BOUND BY [...] (S/NF) According to United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz, administrative delays with the UN's bureaucracy have taken up 50 to 70 percent of his time in the last month and have significantly hindered the UNIIIC's efficacy and p [...] | 2006-07-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BEIRUT2322 | MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ |
06BEIRUT2323 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT RECOUNTS SAUDI TRIP, MONEY [...] (S/NF) In a 7/7 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said he had recently asked Saudi King Abdullah for funding to help him and his "March 14" allies counter Iranian/Syrian influence in Lebanon. King Abdullah had been noncommittal, and Jumblatt was left waiting for his partner Sa'ad al-Harir [...] | 2006-07-11 05:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KISL KDEM EAID LE SA SY |
06BEIRUT2343 | MGLE01: PLO REP TO LEBANON LAUDS GOL'S [...] (C) The recently-appointed Palestinian Representative to Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, described humanitarian conditions in the 12 refugee camps located in Lebanon as dire, requiring immediate, comprehensive infrastructure and humanitarian assistance. Representative Zaki praised the efforts of Prime [...] | 2006-07-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2347 | MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ABDUCTION OF TWO IDF SOLDIERS [...] (C) According to local UN officials, a day of heavy fighting in southern Lebanon began at approximately 0900 local when an undetermined number of rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed the area of Shlomi, Israel, injuring at least four Israeli civilians. Nearly simultaneously, fighti [...] | 2006-07-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2349 | MGLE01: FIGHTING ESCALATES AS ISRAEL STRIKES [...] (C) On the morning of July 13, Israel continued airstrikes on southern Lebanon, increasing the death toll to more than 30 civilian casualties. Israeli aircraft also bombed Beirut International Airport (BIA) and Hizballah targets in southern Beirut. BIA is closed until further notice. Hizb [...] | 2006-07-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT2351 | MGLE01: INITIAL REACTION TO NASRALLAH'S SPEECH [...] (C) Hassan Nasrallah's latest attempt to portray Hizballah as the "Great Arab Protector" has embarrassed and cornered much of Lebanon's political elite. Nasrallah used a widely watched news conference late on July 12 to defend Hizballah's unprovoked abduction of two IDF soldiers from Israeli territ [...] | 2006-07-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2353 | MGLE01: LEBANESE PM SINIORA: "WE NEED HELP." [...] (S) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed deep concern to the Ambassador this morning that the current security crisis is unfolding "as if by script," with Israel and Hizballah dutifully playing out the assigned roles one would expect in a worst case scenario path to regional war. He argu [...] | 2006-07-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS IZ LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2386 | TFLE01: ISRAEL HITS SOUTHERN BEIRUT HARD; AIRPORT [...] (C) Subsequent to reftel, Israeli aircraft have bombed two small airports, a power plant, and struck hard at targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Two rockets were reported to have struck Haifa, but Hizballah denied responsibility and UNIFIL could not confirm that the rockets were launched fro [...] | 2006-07-14 10:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT2387 | TFLE01: PM SINIORA CONVOKES P-5, URGES "HELPFUL" [...] (C) Convoking the P-5 ambassadors on 7/14, Prime Minister Siniora urged that the UN Security Council issue a presidential statement that calls for: 1) an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire, 2) a lifting of the blockade on Lebanon, and 3) encouragement of the Lebanese government's stated int [...] | 2006-07-14 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER LE IS |
06BEIRUT2390 | TFLE01: HIZBALLAH'S RECKLESSNESS SPLITS AOUN'S [...] (C) Aounist advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan expressed frustration and deep concern over the present course of events in Lebanon and said he has advised his party leader General Michel Aoun to put distance between himself and Hassan Nasrallah. Kanaan is convinced that Hizballah, with "its extreme overconf [...] | 2006-07-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2403 | TFLE01: LARSEN TO PROPOSE HANDOVER OF ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) On July 16, the Ambassador and econoff had a late night meeting with UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Larsen showed a draft proposal to the Ambassador, which Larsen said that he was drawing from orally but not providing to GOL officials. [...] | 2006-07-17 11:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2407 | TFLE01: BERRI SAYS CEASE-FIRE NECESSARY [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador today (7/17) that within another week, continued Israeli strikes will solidify Lebanese popular opinion against Israel. For now, however, he suggested in a most oblique manner that the potential for Israel's assault to we [...] | 2006-07-17 17:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2412 | TFLE01: CENTRAL BANK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This message contains an action message for the Department -- see para 6. 2. (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour alerted us this morning to a forthcoming request from the Lebanese Central Bank for assistance in transporting cash in US dollars from Cyprus to Beirut. The Central Bank planned to co [...] | 2006-07-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ASEC LE IS |
06BEIRUT2413 | TFLE01: INCENSED BY ISRAELI TARGETING OF LAF, [...] (S/NF) While acknowledging that there was something not quite right abotu the activities at the Jamhour military base, French Ambassador Emie described recent Israeli strikes on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) facilities as "unbelievable." If the Israeli campaign was going to continue along these lines [...] | 2006-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER ASEC CASC LE FR |
06BEIRUT2415 | TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSON [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson shared a new draft of the UN proposal to end the fighting (reftel). This document (which has many elements that spell its doom in its current form) is transcribed below in para 3. Peders [...] | 2006-07-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT2417 | TFLE01: AOUN'S ADVISORS PROPOSE DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) While Michel Aoun's close advisor Gebran Bassil continues to defend Hizballah's actions (but with less energy than before),Aoun's other influential advisors MP Farid el-Khazen and MP Ibrahim Kanaan unambiguously stated to poloff that Hizballah deliberately started the current cycle of violence [...] | 2006-07-18 18:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2422 | TFLE01: LEBANESE ECONOMY DEVASTATED BY AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE |
06BEIRUT2427 | TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE URGES [...] (C/NF) In a 7/19 meeting, the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),Geir Pedersen, told the Ambassador there is an urgent need to establish humanitarian corridors to southern Lebanon in order to address an "increasing humanitarian disaster" there. Among these routes wou [...] | 2006-07-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS EAID PREF PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT2428 | TFLE01: HIZBALLAH EXPERTS SAY EARLY END TO [...] (C) On July 20, econoff polled three Hizballah experts on the party's strategy and next steps in the current fighting with Israel. All three agreed that if the fighting ended now, Hizballah would appear victorious. As of July 20, much of Hizballah's military capabilities and support in the Shia com [...] | 2006-07-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2429 | TFLE01: SINIORA CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO [...] (U) In a terse but emotionally-tinged 7/19 address to the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Siniora demanded an immediate end to hostilities between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),a lifting of the Israeli naval blockade, and delivery of urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. [...] | 2006-07-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID PTER PREF LE IS |
06BEIRUT2437 | TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...] | 2006-07-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2440 | TFLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE IS WAITING FOR [...] (C/NF) In a July 22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri recited the devastation Israeli military operations have caused to his native southern Lebanon. By contrast, Berri asserted that Israel has not exacted much damage on Hizballah's military wing, saying onl [...] | 2006-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2441 | TFLE01 MARCH 14 LEADER BOUTROS HARB ALSO URGES [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb, a key figure in the pro-reform March 14 movement, believes Hizballah, as of July 21, has not been significantly hurt -- either in its leadership or its military capabilities. Harb said that if Hizballah can reach a cease-fire in its present relatively strong condition, it will [...] | 2006-07-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2443 | TFLE01: AMINE GEMAYEL SAYS CEASE-FIRE SHOULD [...] (S/NF) In a 7/21 meeting, Amine Gemayel, former President of the Republic of Lebanon, told the Ambassador that diplomatic efforts to solve the current conflict should focus on securing a long term solution to the cyclical security crises along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with any discussions of pr [...] | 2006-07-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2447 | TFLE01: MARONITE DOYEN WARNS: "THE WEST MUST WIN [...] (C/NF) On 7/22, Maronite doyen Sheikh Michel el Khoury (and son of Lebanon's first president) told the Ambassador that the West's hopes for democracy in the Middle East depend upon winning the current war against Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. Still, Sheikh Michel warned that with it [...] | 2006-07-23 18:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2464 | TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN [...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...] | 2006-07-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2469 | TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...] | 2006-07-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS |
06BEIRUT2470 | TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...] | 2006-07-25 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE |
06BEIRUT2471 | TFLE01: SAMIR JA'JA' SUPPORTS PROPOSED PATH TO [...] (C) After the Ambassador reviewed current thinking regarding the components of a possible cease-fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' expressed his overall support of the approach, particularly the intent to implement all the components in a single phase. He also conveyed his belief that a holl [...] | 2006-07-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2474 | TFLE01: SHIA ANGER BUTTRESSING HIZBALLAH; [...] (C/NF) On July 26, Embassy contacts in the Shia community reported that Shia support for Hizballah was strong, as was anger at the USG for supporting Israel. There was a general feeling that Hizballah must remain armed or "they" will pick off the Shia one by one. Morale inside Hizballah remains hig [...] | 2006-07-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KISL LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT2475 | TFLE01: UN IN LEBANON FEELING PRESSURE FROM BOTH [...] (C/NF) On July 26, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL suspected that the July 25 Israeli airstrike on an UNTSO post near Khiam was deliberate. UNIFIL had warned the IDF for several days that it was striking a UN post. Close calls have been reported at other UN posts along [...] | 2006-07-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT2476 | TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN [...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...] | 2006-07-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER |
06BEIRUT2487 | TFLE01: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING OIL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. BACKGROUND: Lebanon is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with more than 700,000 Lebanese now displaced from their homes. Humanitarian supplies are arriving and negotiations are being made for a humanitarian corridor to help d [...] | 2006-07-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET LE SY |
06BEIRUT2488 | TFLE01: SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN VILLAGES BESET BY [...] (C) A delegation of the municipal heads of four Christian villages located near the Blue Line told econoff on July 28 that Hizballah was sneaking into their villages and launching rockets from inside them. The resulting Israeli airstrikes damage houses and kill civilians. The municipal hea [...] | 2006-07-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PHUM PTER |
06BEIRUT2489 | TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...] | 2006-07-29 06:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2490 | TFLE01: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) During a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh gave a briefing on the July 27 cabinet meeting and the Rome conference. Al-Nahar publisher Ghassan Tueni was also present. Hamadeh said the cabinet meeting was "epic" as he verbally parrie [...] | 2006-07-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2491 | TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...] | 2006-07-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2492 | TFLE01: SINIORA WORRIED ABOUT FUEL, EMBARGO; [...] (C) In a 7/29 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora, visibly angry, expressed three major concerns. First, he described the humanitarian corridors as "a joke." The Israelis were not serious, he argued, citing examples of humanitarian convoys that had been delayed for days, given approvals but fir [...] | 2006-07-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON LE IS |
06BEIRUT2504 | TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...] | 2006-08-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2508 | TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN" [...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...] | 2006-08-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2509 | TGLE01: UNREP WITH OMINOUS MESSAGE FROM HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, contacted the Ambassador on 8/1 to say that he had received an "alarming message" from his "usual contact." (Note: Pedersen's usual contact is Hizballah's Wafiq Safa. End note.) The message was initially reassurin [...] | 2006-08-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER KISL LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2511 | TFLE01: HAMADEH SEES RESOLUTION OF SHEBAA FARMS AS [...] (C/NF) On August 1, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff that there is no need to get Syrian support for a potential settlement of the Shebaa Farms issue. Hamadeh expressed confidence that any agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa, whether or not Sy [...] | 2006-08-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2513 | TFLE01: MP BOUTROS HARB: NASRALLAH CANNOT BECOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Ambassador and Emboff met with MP Boutros Harb at his home in Beirut. Harb insisted that Hizballah must be prevented from emerging from the conflict in a position of power, as this would spell tragedy for Lebanon and the region. Yet he warned that as Hizballah continues to [...] | 2006-08-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2518 | TFLE01: SOURCES: HIZBALLAH FEELS IT IS WINNING [...] (C/NF) On August 1, three reliable sources on Hizballah told us that Hizballah believes it is winning the war with Israel. Former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said that Hizballah has already won in the minds of the Lebanese people for standing up to Israel. Israeli tactics and ineffectiveness has [...] | 2006-08-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT2526 | TFLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY HEADS CALL FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Leading Lebanese business and industry associations have asked Embassy Beirut for the immediate establishment of safe commercial corridors for passage of imports and exports. Lebanese business leaders stressed the need for industry leaders to have "a sense that this war will never happen [...] | 2006-08-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL SY EFIN ECON ETRD EINV |
06BEIRUT2527 | TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...] | 2006-08-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2529 | TFLE01: NASSIB LAHOUD OFFERS ADVICE FOR THE DAY [...] (C/NF) Displaying notable resilience and cautious optimism despite the difficult conditions his country faces, pro-reform leader Nassib Lahoud advised the Embassy that the most critical element in preventing a Hizballah "victory" after the war is to take the lead in the reconstruction of post-confl [...] | 2006-08-03 17:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2534 | TFLE01: ISRAELI ATTACKS ON NORTH COAST BRIDGE [...] (C) No doubt the Israelis can provide military justification for their attacks on three bridges going north starting from the Christian port city of Jounieh this morning (8/04) and cutting off the &corridor8 that the GOI told the world would remain open to Syria. But whatever the Israeli rationale, [...] | 2006-08-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER PROG CASC LE IS |
06BEIRUT2535 | TFLE01: PM SINIORA WANTS A SINGLE PHASE AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) PM Siniora pushed back hard against the US/FR plan to implement a cessation of hostilities and Israeli withdrawal in two phases. Worried about Israeli troops remaining inside Lebanon, Siniora prefers a single phase that combines a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory with an [...] | 2006-08-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2538 | TFLE01: LEBANON,S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 3 PolOff hosted a dinner at his residence in the Embassy compound. The guests were young professionals in the government, media, and private sectors. They are disappointed that in their view Israel is losing the war against Hizballah. These educated, Christian professionals d [...] | 2006-08-05 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2539 | TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF [...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...] | 2006-08-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE |
06BEIRUT2540 | TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...] | 2006-08-06 07:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2541 | TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...] | 2006-08-06 07:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2542 | TFLE01: SINIORA SOUNDS AN OMINOUS NOTE ON DRAFT [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora called UNSC member nations' ambassadors to the Grand Serail on the morning of August 6 for a two hour "chat" during which he outlined the GOL's main concerns with the draft UN resolution currently being discussed in New York. During the meeting, which was also attended by [...] | 2006-08-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE |
06BEIRUT2544 | TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A [...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...] | 2006-08-07 06:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE |
06BEIRUT2545 | TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS [...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...] | 2006-08-07 06:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2551 | TFLE01: LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and TDY poloff, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said that the Lebanese financial situation had so far avoided disaster through some creative "financial engineering" and other confidence-building measures such as a $1 billion loa [...] | 2006-08-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2553 | TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID [...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...] | 2006-08-08 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2566 | MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL [...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...] | 2006-08-08 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE |
06BEIRUT2578 | LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...] | 2006-08-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2580 | LEBANON: A/S WELCH EXPLAINS NEW U.S. POSITION TO [...] (C/NF) On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch reviewed with Berri the possibility that, under a potential UNSCR, [...] | 2006-08-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2582 | LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE [...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...] | 2006-08-10 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2583 | LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN [...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...] | 2006-08-10 05:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2587 | LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF [...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...] | 2006-08-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG |
06BEIRUT2588 | LEBANON: SINIORA DISCUSSES LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) PM Siniora and senior advisers Mohammad Chatta and Rola Noureddine met with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on the morning of August 10. Ambassador Feltman reviewed the latest U.S. draft resolution with Siniora (Note. Siniora had a meeting immediately afterwards with French Ambassador [...] | 2006-08-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2599 | LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...] | 2006-08-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2600 | LEBANON: FOR BERRI RESOLUTION COMES DOWN TO ONE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 11 NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's Ain Al Tinneh office. A/S Welch told Berri that we hoped that the UNSC resolution addressing the current conflict wou [...] | 2006-08-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2601 | LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS WITH PM SINIORA ON [...] (C/NF) Over the course of three hours in two meetings on August 11, PM Fouad Siniora made steady, but incremental movement toward accepting the most recent draft language of the UN resolution. His strongest objections were directed toward the specific use of chapter 7 to authorize the multi-nationa [...] | 2006-08-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2602 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...] | 2006-08-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2604 | LEBANON: SALLOUKH PREDICTS CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, joined by three of his MFA staff, urged that the Israeli blockade be lifted as soon as possible, but brushed aside concerns that arms smuggling will resume withou [...] | 2006-08-12 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2608 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL [...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...] | 2006-08-14 04:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2609 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...] | 2006-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2613 | LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH [...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...] | 2006-08-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2615 | STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES -- [...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...] | 2006-08-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2620 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA DISCUSSES TOP PRIORITIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, the first day of the cessation of hostilities, Prime Minister Siniora convoked the Ambassadors of the UNSC Perm-5. Siniora requested support to provide temporary steel bridges that will help the return of displaced Shia to the south, and to remove the "siege" from the air [...] | 2006-08-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2625 | LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SUPPORTS GRADUAL SOLUTION [...] (C) During an August 14 lunch with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, former Hariri MP and Jumblatt-ally Ghattas Khoury said that now -- meaning today -- is not the time to corner Hizballah on full disarmament, although that moment is quickly approaching. Voicing concern about the increasingly threteni [...] | 2006-08-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER SY LE IS |
06BEIRUT2643 | JUMBLATT CONCEDES VICTORY TO NASRALLAH, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) On 8/14, the Ambassador spent an unrelentingly bleak evening with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury, and (joining late) Bernard Emie. Nasrallah's televised "victory speech" cast a pall over the discussion, with honking horns and cheering Shia making a ruckus on the nearby Beirut [...] | 2006-08-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER KDEM LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2644 | LEBANON: CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] PM Siniora described to Congressman Issa the serious damage the present conflict has inflicted on his country, as well as his hope that the American people would continue to support the people of Lebanon. Congressman Issa praised PM Siniora's leadership and courage during this difficult peri [...] | 2006-08-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2649 | ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS [...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...] | 2006-08-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS |
06BEIRUT2652 | LEBANON: WHEAT SHIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP BREAD ON [...] This message contains an action message for the Department -- please see para 6. 2. Embassy meetings with GOL and agrifood industry leaders have confirmed that current stocks of wheat in Lebanon are at a critically low level. President of Dora Flour Mills and Chair of the Agrifood Trader [...] | 2006-08-16 06:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON IS LE PREL SY |
06BEIRUT2665 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER AWAITS CABINET DECISION [...] (C) During a downbeat 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said he awaits a Cabinet decision on moving forward with LAF deployment to the South, but that his personal opinion is that the LAF cannot coexist for long in the South with an armed Hizba [...] | 2006-08-16 09:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2671 | LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...] | 2006-08-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE |
06BEIRUT2672 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLANS COUNTER-PUNCH (BUT, [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora stated that his number one goal at this point is to get the LAF into south Lebanon as quickly as possible. This will be a significant achievement. He discounted much of Hassan Nasrallah's recent "victory" rhetoric as simply that, and [...] | 2006-08-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT268 | MGLE01: UN LEGAL AFFAIRS CHIEF BRIEFS P-3 ON UNSCR [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, UN Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel briefed P-3 ambassadors on his consultations with GOL authorities on follow-up to UNSCR 1644. Michel said that he was pleasantly surprised and relieved by the broad base of support he found for an internatio [...] | 2006-01-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT2680 | ISF COMMANDER ON AIRPORT SECURITY, NEEDS FOR [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with Ambassador and emboff, Internal Security Forces Commander Ashraf Rifi expressed confidence that the removal of an LAF unit from the Beirut airport and its replacement by the ISF (with its Sunni command hostile to Hizballah) has vastly improved the security of passenger [...] | 2006-08-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PTER MOPS PREL PARM LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT2683 | LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...] | 2006-08-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2685 | LAF DEPLOYMENT PLAYING INTO HIZBALLAH'S PLAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17, Ambassador and emboff met with Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammed Safadi. Safadi (a Sunni from Tripoli and a member of the March 14 coalition) argued that the deployment of LAF is not in the interest of GOL and plays into the hands of Hizballah. [...] | 2006-08-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2687 | LEBANON: READOUT FROM AUGUST 16 LAF-UNIFIL-IDF [...] (C/NF) The UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen called the Ambassador with notes from a coordination meeting held Wednesday, August 16 in Naqoura, chaired by UNIFIL Commander Major General Alain Pellegrini, and attended by an IDF delegation headed by General Udi Dekel, a [...] | 2006-08-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2690 | LEBANON: TWO MINISTERS ON LEBANESE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and emboff had separate meetings with Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad and Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammad Safadi. They blamed the GOL's lack of a centralized authority to set priorities and determine the distribution o [...] | 2006-08-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2691 | LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AL-AHDAB FEARS MARCH 14 HAS [...] (C/NF) During an August 17 luncheon with the Ambassador and poloff, Tripoli MP Mosbah al-Ahdab presented a bleak precis of the situation in Lebanon. Ahdab, a Sunni and March 14 charter member, described the March 14 movement as rudderless and bereft of good ideas. The government is ill-pre [...] | 2006-08-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2697 | BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...] | 2006-08-18 17:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS SY IS |
06BEIRUT2698 | DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING [...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...] | 2006-08-18 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE |
06BEIRUT2699 | SHIA MINISTER CLAIMS BERRI TRICKED HIZBALLAH, NOW [...] (S/NF) Minister of Health (Shia, member of Amal) Mohammed Khalifeh (please protect throughout) told the Ambassador in a 8/18 meeting that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah are currently at odds. By Khalifeh's account, Berri was infuriated by Nasrallah's [...] | 2006-08-19 08:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2700 | BERRI INFURIATED BY IDF RAID BUT CONTAINS [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called the Ambassador twice on 8/19 to rant and rave about an Israeli raid (that he claimed included some ground operations) north of Baalback early that morning. "There is no way" that the Israelis can claim that such a raid was permitted under UNSCR 1701. [...] | 2006-08-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV LE IS |
06BEIRUT2701 | DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 19, the Ambassador reviewed reftel demarche with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Going over the points, the Ambassador urged Siniora to have the Lebanese delegation to the Arab League Ministerial (which he said would be headed by Foreign Minister Salloukh) highlight UNS [...] | 2006-08-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS |
06BEIRUT2702 | SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...] | 2006-08-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2703 | BRAINSTORMING WITH MARWAN AND NAYLA: HAVE KOFI [...] (S/NF) Meeting together with the Ambassador on 8/20, Marwan Hamadeh and Nayla Mouawad urged that Kofi Annan bring UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel with him when the UNSYG travels to Beirut next week. Having Michel in town to finalize the draft on the Hariri tribunal will put the right spin on An [...] | 2006-08-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KCRM PTER EFIN LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2705 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...] | 2006-08-21 04:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER CVIS SY IS |
06BEIRUT2706 | LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS LEBANESE MARSHALL PLAN [...] (C/NF) During a difficult 8/20 meeting at his Qureitem mansion with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman and poloff, a somewhat erratic Saad Hariri pressed for the immediate reopening of Lebanon's ports and airports. Pushing back, the Ambassador said that until the Government of Lebanon (GOL) does more to im [...] | 2006-08-21 05:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2717 | NAMBIAR AND LARSEN DISCUSS UNSCR 1701 (AND TERJE DISCUSSES TERJE) [...] (S/NF) On 8/20, UN envoys Vijay Nambiar and Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on their Lebanon consultations regarding UNSCR 1701. They were impressed with the progress of LAF deployment. Concerned over UNIFIL Commander Pellegrini's comments about inadequate LAF-UNIFIL coordination, they bro [...] | 2006-08-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PARM MOPS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2719 | LEBANON: ECONOMY IS "FINE FOR NOW," BUT RISK [...] (C/NF) Lebanese Minister of Finance Jihad Azour describes Lebanon's economy and financial situation as stable in the short run, but in need of stability and reinvestment for long-term viability. Azour showed little hope that projected record revenues for the Lebanese tourism and export sectors [...] | 2006-08-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON IS LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT2721 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN PARTY OPPOSES TURKISH DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) The largest Armenian-Lebanese political party, the Tashnag, opposes deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. On August 18, the Tashnag sent a petition to the Ambassador listing its concerns. Poloff also discussed the issue with Tashnag Member of [...] | 2006-08-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS LE AR TU |
06BEIRUT2725 | LEBANON: FATFAT SEEKS HELP FROM "FRIENDS" TO [...] (C/NF) In an uncharacteristically frank discussion with Ambassador and Staffdel, Acting Minister of Interior Ahmed Fatfat described the GOL as measurably stronger now than it was prior to July 12, but public perception has nevertheless deemed Hizballah the winner. According to Fatfat, lack of [...] | 2006-08-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2732 | SUMMARY OF GOL REQUESTS, IDEAS [...] (C) Ever since Hizballah initiated the current Israeli-Hizballah crisis, PM Siniora and other GOL officials have asked us for help in several specific areas. In most cases, we have politely explained why we could not help (or why any assistance was contingent upon the Lebanese taking action [...] | 2006-08-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID PGOV LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2735 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...] | 2006-08-24 06:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2751 | LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BLOCKADE IS [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT),Al Green (D-TX),Robert Inglis (R-SC),Brian Higgins (R-NY),Ambassador Feltman, and staffers and poloffs, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad (a Protestant close to March 14) said that anti-U.S. feeli [...] | 2006-08-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2752 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT [...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...] | 2006-08-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT2763 | ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL, JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS TO COAX [...] (C/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 8/25, Justice Minister Charles Rizk reviewed the draft UN-GOL "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." While only a few bracketed items remain, he said, one is important: whether the tribunal will try only suspects in Rafiq Hariri's assassinat [...] | 2006-08-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PREL PTER PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT2766 | RECONSIDERING THE AIR EMBARGO OF LEBANON [...] (C) Via septels, we are reporting the Ambassador's meetings today (8/25) with Prime Minister Siniora and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Murr on the 8/24 unanimous cabinet decision empowering Siniora to request international help, from whatever source, for Lebanon's land borders, seap [...] | 2006-08-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL MOPS PGOV LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2767 | LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...] | 2006-08-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL LE |
06BEIRUT2768 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...] | 2006-08-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2769 | LEBANON: TASHNAG INSECURE ABOUT TURKISH TROOPS [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN, Armenian-Lebanese politician Hagop Pakradounian (MP for Bourj Hammoud) claimed that the entire Armenian community in Lebanon opposes the deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL, adding that they sus [...] | 2006-08-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO AR TU LE |
06BEIRUT2772 | LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...] | 2006-08-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY |
06BEIRUT2775 | LEBANON: MURR SAYS GERMANS ARRIVING IN A FEW DAYS [...] (C) During an August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh overlooking Beirut, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr reiterated what he told the Ambassador the previous [...] | 2006-08-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR MOPS LE SY |
06BEIRUT2776 | LEBANON: CODEL LANTOS CAUTIONS PM SINIORA THAT [...] (C/NF) When PM Siniora asked for U.S. assistance in lifting Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon, Congressman Lantos directly challenged the Prime Minister to explain what his government was doing to ensure the secure border provisions of UNSCR 1701 were being fully implemented. Rep. La [...] | 2006-08-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2777 | LEBANON: AOUN UNREPENTANT ON HIZBALLAH ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader and ex-General Michel Aoun tried unconvincingly to rationalize his political alliance with H [...] | 2006-08-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT279 | MGLE01: MUFTI OF THE REPUBLIC CALLS FOR REPLACING [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador met with Mufti of the Republic Mohammad Rashid Qabbani. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy us urging a reduction in personal attacks and a calming of rhetoric. The Ambassador also dispelled rumors that the USG was going to make a deal with Syria, and tha [...] | 2006-01-31 08:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2791 | LEBANON: EDDE SEES DIMINISHED MARONITE ROLE; [...] (C) During an August 24 luncheon with the Ambassador, Pol/econ chief, and poloff at his home in Yarze, ex-Minister and Head of the Maronite League Michel Edde offered familiar lamentations that Christians in Lebanon are no longer as influential as they once were and that the Shi'a and Sunna [...] | 2006-08-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2797 | LARSEN ON ANNAN'S TRIP: MICRO PICTURE GOOD; MACRO [...] (S/NF) On 8/29, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings the previous day. Annan, according to Larsen, made headway with PM Siniora on direct consultations between the Israelis and Lebanese, but only in the context of the 1949 Armistice Agreeme [...] | 2006-08-29 09:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR |
06BEIRUT280 | MGLE01: HEAD OF HIGHER SHIA COUNCIL ADVOCATES NEW [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador met with Acting Chairman of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abed al-Amir Qabalan. Qabalan offered a critique of US policy in Lebanon and the Middle East, accusing the USG of practicing a double standard by not meeting with President Emile Lahoud and himself [...] | 2006-01-31 08:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2802 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BEIRUT2803 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...] | 2006-08-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE |
06BEIRUT2804 | LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] Prime Minister Siniora asked CODEL Shays for help in lifting the air and sea blockade of Lebanon by IDF forces. PM Siniora stated that not only was the blockade severely impairing humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, but it made the Lebanese people feel that the current period is simply a [...] | 2006-08-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2805 | LEBANON: GEIR PEDERSEN ON ANNAN'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) On August 29, the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh (please protect both throughout) briefed Ambassador Feltman and poloff on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings on August 28. While Pedersen covered much of [...] | 2006-08-30 05:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT281 | MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...] | 2006-01-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT2813 | LEBANON: GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS ANY SUPPORT MUST [...] (C) Summary: During an 8/28 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, German Ambassador to Lebanon Marius Haas provided a readout on the recent visit of a German military delegation to Lebanon. Haas said that Germany is willing to provide technical equipment and support to Lebanon, as wel [...] | 2006-08-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO LE SY |
06BEIRUT2814 | LEBANON: LAF CHIEF CLAIMS ARMY IS IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, and poloff, a very defensive and somewhat brusque Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Sleiman, maintaining a straight face, gave the preposterous claim that the LAF has established a "watertight" cordon along the bor [...] | 2006-08-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2815 | LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH THINKS BERRI CAN BE TURNED [...] (S/NF) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Communications (and Jumblatt ally) Marwan Hamadeh discussed the draft agreement to establish a special tribunal to try suspects in Hariri assassination (and possibly other attacks). Agreeing with USG co [...] | 2006-08-30 16:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KCRM PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2826 | LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...] | 2006-08-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2831 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT [...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...] | 2006-09-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2838 | LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST [...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...] | 2006-09-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2841 | MURR: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE PLOTTING SINIORA'S [...] (S/NF) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah, Michel Aoun, and their allies are planning to launch a potentially violent civil disobedience campaign in November aimed at toppling the Siniora government and putti [...] | 2006-09-01 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2844 | LEBANON: ROBERT GHANEM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BAABDA [...] (C/NF) During an expansive luncheon with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN on August 29, West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem said that there needs to be better coordination of the reconstruction effort and recommended establishing an umbrella organization to oversee the effort. Ghanem (who, as w [...] | 2006-09-01 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER SY LE KDEM |
06BEIRUT2851 | LEBANON: SINIORA AND HAMADEH EXPECT CABINET [...] (C) The Ambassador and poloff met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Information Minister Marwan Hamadeh on the afternoon of September 4. Siniora, joined by advisors Mohammad Chatta and Roula Noureddine, appeared very upbeat and is optimistic that this evening the Cabi [...] | 2006-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2852 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On 9/2, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, senior advisor to Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora. Chatah agreed with the points and focused in particular on the part dealing with UNSC membership. Chatah said that he fully understood the negative implicati [...] | 2006-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT2853 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) On September 2, the Ambassador and poloff received a cross-confessional, multi-party delegation of Lebanese MPs -- one of several sent to foreign embassies -- despatched to deliver a message from the protesting Lebanese Chamber of Deputies imploring the United States to put all pressure [...] | 2006-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR LE SY |
06BEIRUT286 | MGLE01: SINIORA NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT SHIA [...] (C) Following a two-hour meeting with Hassan Nasrallah on February 1, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador the next morning that he was "not optimistic" the boycotting Shia ministers will soon return to his government. Siniora stated further that his cabinet cannot push through the nec [...] | 2006-02-01 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2863 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER DESCRIBES A STRONG [...] (S) Receiving the Ambassador at his home 9/5, Justice Minister Charles Rizk described a bouyant Siniora government making progress on implementing UNSCR 1701 despite objections from Hizballah and its allies. Noting the arrival the following day of UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel, Rizk also alerte [...] | 2006-09-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KCRM KDEM PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2867 | LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE [...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...] | 2006-09-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY |
06BEIRUT2869 | LEBANON: GREEK ORTHODOX CLERIC SLAMS MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi discussed the atmosphere of the August 2 meeting of Lebanese clerics. He also gave his impressions of PM Siniora and the three Greek Orthodox Cabinet ministers: Elias Murr, Tariq Mitri, [...] | 2006-09-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2874 | LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SHARES DRAFT MARCH 14 [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, former MP Ghattas Khoury discussed the upcoming 9/7 gathering of the March 14 forces and shared a draft communique to be issued after the meeting. Khoury, a Maronite close to Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt, said that the Christian [...] | 2006-09-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM SY LE |
06BEIRUT2881 | LEBANON: SIMON KARAM SAYS RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS A [...] (C) During an August 31 lunch with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN at the Ambassador's residence, former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam suggested there is a prevailing sense of catastrophe among the Shi'a community. Karam believes Hizballah may be somewhat susceptible to ot [...] | 2006-09-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT2882 | MARONITE BISHOPS CRITICIZE HIZBALLAH; HINT THAT [...] Under the leadership of Patriarch Sfeir, the Maronite Bishops' League convened their monthly meeting September 6 and issued a subtly-worded statement addressing the current socio-political situation. Without mentioning him by name, the Bishops criticized President Lahoud, claiming that the Ch [...] | 2006-09-06 16:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT2886 | LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AHDAB AND ALLIES SEEK NEW [...] (SBU) Member of Parliament for Tripoli Mosbah Ahdab requested a meeting in the Ambassador's office on 9/7 to discuss an initiative to provide assistance to Lebanon's war-damaged private sector and a political initiative to provide an alternative to Lebanon's rigid confessional groupings. Ahda [...] | 2006-09-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN LE PREL KDEM |
06BEIRUT2901 | LEBANON: NICHOLAS MICHEL IN LEBANON; NEEDS TIME [...] (C) During a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Phoenicia Hotel, UN Legal Adviser Nicholas Michel provided an overview of his discussions with the Lebanese regarding the draft "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." On sequencing, Michel said that PM Siniora should wai [...] | 2006-09-08 11:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT2910 | UK PROPOSES CHAIRING SECURITY COORDINATION UNIT IN [...] (C/NF) In a 9/6 meeting with the Ambasador and DATT, UK Ambassador James Watt and British Brigidier General Andrew D. Mackay accurately described a problem faced by donors wishing to help the Lebanese security services: No one is in charge of coordinating requests or trying to match offers w [...] | 2006-09-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL EAID PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT2912 | LEBANON: REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION FROM GCC COUNTRIES [...] (U) This cable includes an action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Through our discussions with contacts in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and political leadership, it is clear there remains a critical need -- as expressed in reftel A -- to immediately equip the LAF to empower it to dep [...] | 2006-09-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS EAID PREL QA SA AE KU LE PARM |
06BEIRUT2920 | LEBANON: PRESSING FOR GOL CLARITY ON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador, DART Team coordinator, and poloff met with the Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) new director Nabil Jisr -- a close Siniora confidante -- on September 8 to discuss coordination of the reconstruction effort and the reported GOL interest in using prefabricated [...] | 2006-09-11 06:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE XF |
06BEIRUT2922 | LEBANON: HARIRI AND HAMADEH GIVE POST-BLOCKADE [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on 9/9 with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and Minister of Information Marwan Hamadeh -- both March 14 members -- to review the situation and next steps in Lebanon now that the air and sea blockades have been lifted. Both meetings touched [...] | 2006-09-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER CVIS LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT2928 | ALLEGED FINANCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND [...] (U) This is an action cable -- see para 5 below. 2. (S) Media reports suggest that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hizballah have a new area of cooperation: financing reconstruction for the south. Newspapers and media have carried stories and pictures that show FPM and [...] | 2006-09-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KDEM EFIN LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2934 | LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS [...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...] | 2006-09-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2935 | LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...] | 2006-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS LE SY |
06BEIRUT2947 | LEBANON: HADDAD AND AZOUR URGE DUAL [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on September 11 with Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Finance Minister Jihad Azour to discuss the recent conflict's impact on the Lebanese economic and financial situation. Both expressed some frustration at the lack of clarity of th [...] | 2006-09-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID LE |
06BEIRUT2958 | LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LE |
06BEIRUT2970 | LEBANON: RIZK ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL STATUTE [...] (C/NF) During a September 11 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at his Asrafieh home, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk discussed the draft statute to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the Hariri assassination (and possibly other related attacks). He focused particularly on th [...] | 2006-09-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCRM LE |
06BEIRUT2971 | LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Grand Serail, PM Siniora's reconstruction adviser Ghassan Taher-Fadlallah described his specific role in the reconstruction effort, noting that he is the point person for project coordination. Taher explained the GOL st [...] | 2006-09-13 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LE |
06BEIRUT2975 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND [...] (S/NF) During a 9/13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff in the library of his Mukhtara home, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the next three months will be critical for Lebanon and that the Hariri tribunal will be the driving concern. Claiming that last week's attempted assassination of ISF [...] | 2006-09-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT2984 | LEBANON: ELIE FERZLI BASHES HARIRI; CALLS FOR [...] (C) During a September 5 lunch with the Ambassador and poloff and a September 8 dinner with poloff and PolCouns, former MP and Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Elie Ferzli, a member of an anti-March 14 coalition, said that the perception is that the U.S. is only backing one [...] | 2006-09-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT2987 | LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR CRITICIZES MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During a brief September 14 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at his seat in Bkirke, Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir discussed the September 6 Maronite Bishop's statement. Deeply concerned by Michel Aoun's alliance with Hizballah, the Patriarch believes that a post-R [...] | 2006-09-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF LE |
06BEIRUT3001 | LEBANON: PURPORTED LAF DOCUMENTS SUGGEST COUP [...] (S/NF) On September 14, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sent two documents to Ambassador Feltman, claiming that the source of the documents came from within the Lebanese Armed Forces. Both documents are dated 12 September 2006. 2. (C) Following is an informal Embassy translation of the docu [...] | 2006-09-15 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS LE SY |
06BEIRUT3002 | LEBANON: MISSING U.S.-ORIGIN WEAPONRY POSSIBLY [...] (C) The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have a demonstrated good record of maintaining controls over U.S.-origin weapons and ammunition. The Department of Defense has conducted several assessments over the years, and found that there have been only a few instances -- all during the chaotic years [...] | 2006-09-15 12:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM LE IS |
06BEIRUT3003 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT [...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...] | 2006-09-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3006 | IS MICHEL AOUN PLAYING WITH PRISONER EXCHANGES? [...] (S) In a 9/15 meeting with the Ambassador, an agitated Ghattas Khoury -- conveying information on behalf of Saad Hariri -- claimed that Michel Aoun's sudden and mysterious trip to Belgium was part of a prisoner exchange scheme that would destroy the Siniora government's credibility in the pr [...] | 2006-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER LE IS |
06BEIRUT3007 | SHI'ITE MUFTI ALI AL-AMIN INVOKES THE SPIRIT OF [...] (SBU) As the dust continues to settle following the 33-day conflict between Hizballah and Israel, there is increasingly vocal criticism of Hizballah within Lebanon. Most importantly, there are even stirrings of disgruntlement with the Shi'a community. The most prominent of the Shi'a critics [...] | 2006-09-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3008 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...] | 2006-09-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN LE PREL |
06BEIRUT3010 | AOUN CONFIRMS BELGIUM TRIP LINKED TO PRISONER [...] (S) At the conclusion of a 9/16 meeting with Michel Aoun and his advisor/son-in-law Gebran Bassil (septel),the Ambassador asked to see the General one-on-one to ask about Aoun's mysterious 48-hour trip to Belgium, concluded the previous day. Aoun confided that, besides meeting with some Bel [...] | 2006-09-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3014 | UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...] | 2006-09-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3017 | AOUN DENIES HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL LINKS, PLEDGES [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with General Aoun and his son-in-law and chief advisor Gebran Bassil to deliver reftel demarche points. Aoun emphatically denied that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has taken money from Hizballah or "any other state." Feltman a [...] | 2006-09-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3018 | UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...] | 2006-09-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3021 | HARIRI ALLEGES THREAT OF SYRIAN NERVE GAS ATTACK [...] (S) MP Saad Hariri passed via messenger threat information alleging that the Syrians are planning a nerve gas attack against either a UN or March 14 target in Lebanon during the month of September. The attack will be portrayed as an al-Qaida operation. According to the information, five Sy [...] | 2006-09-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT304 | MGLE01: REQUEST MADE TO GOL FOR EXPULSION OF [...] (C) In accordance with ref (A),Ambassador delivered talking points and associated documentation to support the USG demand that Lebanon expel, or otherwise deliver into US custody, the four terrorists complicit in the hijacking of TWA 847: Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Hasan Izz-al-Din, Ali Atwa, an [...] | 2006-02-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER KCRM |
06BEIRUT3042 | LEBANON: UNIFIL HITS MILESTONE FORCE LEVEL, [...] (S) We were told today by Milos Strugar, UNIFIL spokesman, and by Imran Reza, Senior Advisor in the UN Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary General (UNOPRSG),that UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have reached the 5000 troop level. Except for troops transiting in and out through Bei [...] | 2006-09-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS LE PREL |
06BEIRUT3043 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador and Polcouns called on Justice Minister Charles Rizk on September 18 at his home to discuss the Brammertz investigation and preparations for a special tribunal with international character. We examined with Rizk the latest draft of the statute authorizing the tribunal. This ver [...] | 2006-09-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT305 | MGLE01: DAILY "AN-NAHAR" REELING FROM PUBLISHER'S [...] (C) The December 12, 2005 assassination of "an-Nahar" publisher (and member of Parliament) Gebran Tueni was also an attack on one of Lebanon's two newspapers of record. It removed "an-Nahar"'s leadership and triggered a scramble for control among several of Tueni's heirs: his father Ghassan, [...] | 2006-02-02 17:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO KDEM PTER KMPI SCUL SY LE |
06BEIRUT3060 | LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...] | 2006-09-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE |
06BEIRUT3062 | SPECULATING ABOUT HIZBALLAH'S RALLY [...] (S) Hizballah is applying pressure to Lebanese from all political factions to show up at "the largest rally in Lebanon's history" tomorrow (9/22),by hinting that those who don't share in the collective celebration of Lebanon's "divine victory" must be Israeli collaborators. Syria, accordin [...] | 2006-09-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3071 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The recent conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14 was, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. Although casualty figures did not approach the 1983 Grapes of Wrath [...] | 2006-09-22 04:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3084 | LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADE SEES +BAD TIMES TO COME, [...] (C) In a 9/22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh described a March 14-led cabinet attack on Wafiq Jezzini, the Hizballah-allied Surete General chief, the previous evening. He said that the cabinet also agreed to pay outstanding debts to lando [...] | 2006-09-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY MARR PARM |
06BEIRUT3088 | SULEIMAN FRANJIEH MASKS PRO-SYRIA BIAS WITH [...] (C) Former MP and ex-Minister Suleiman Franjieh, receiving an Embassy delegation on 9/18, expressed considerable worry about the March 14 majority using Hariri money and influence to impose its will on Lebanon. Even the special tribunal for the Hariri assassination might become a tool to se [...] | 2006-09-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3089 | BERRI ON THE RAMPAGE AGAINST SINIORA [...] (S) In a 9/25 one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri relentlessly attacked Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Siniora, according to Berri, was to blame for Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's harsh rhetoric at the 9/22 Hizballah rally: The PM visited B [...] | 2006-09-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3090 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH RALLY STOKES POLITICAL FIRES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding and made an appearance at a massive rally in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday (9/22),rejecting calls for his group to disarm (except in the distant future) and claiming it had more than 20,000 rockets. In his speech Nasrallah praised [...] | 2006-09-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3091 | LEBANON: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON SECURITY, UNIFIL, [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 22 September met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Emie, who had mixed feelings on the security situation since the Israeli offensive, but was optimistic that French UNIFIL troops have been well received. He gave a readout of his recent meeting wi [...] | 2006-09-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY FR |
06BEIRUT3092 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP [...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...] | 2006-09-25 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3104 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION FOR LEBANON MEETS [...] (SBU) The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Siniora on September 23 and affirmed its commitment to achieving both immediate and long-term results for Lebanon, as well as its commitment to a long-term engagement with the country. The PM appealed to the Delegation to s [...] | 2006-09-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON LE PGOV PREL |
06BEIRUT3124 | LEBANON: MIKATI SEES OPPORTUNITY TO REDESIGN THE [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 26 September met with former Prime Minister and Syria-allied telecom magnate Najib Mikati, who saw an urgent need for a change in the Lebanese political system within the next six months to preempt further instability and the periodic resurgence of crises [...] | 2006-09-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3125 | LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Calling on Prime Minister Siniora in the Grand Serail September 2, CODEL Lahood expressed its support for Lebanon. Siniora was adamant that the air and sea blockade be lifted so that attention could be turned to the "major political flaw" that Hizballah committed. He thanked the USG for it [...] | 2006-09-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3126 | LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH MP SAAD AL-HARIRI [...] (U) Calling on Mustaqbal ("Future") Party leader and MP Saad al-Hariri in his Qureitem mansion, CODEL Lahood repeatedly expressed its support for Lebanon and solicited Hariri's suggestions for their upcoming meeting with Israeli PM Olmert and for action upon their return to the US. Congressman [...] | 2006-09-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PREL |
06BEIRUT3128 | PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Geir Pedersen, the UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon, reported that he has learned that Annan plans to appoint former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer as his special envoy for Lebanon. Describing the idea as "terrible" for both [...] | 2006-09-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT3129 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI PLAYS HARBALL WITH HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 27 September met with Saad Hariri to talk about his strategy during and following Ramadan. Hariri plans to renew dialogue with Hizballah at a lower level but will not meet with General Aoun to avoid alienating his moderate Christian allies. Hariri descri [...] | 2006-09-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3130 | PEDERSEN BELIEVES HIZBALLAH SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 9/27, UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that he found a meeting he had the previous day with his "usual Hizballah contact" (i.e., Wafiq Safa) both "reassuring and alarming." The reassuring part, Pedersen s [...] | 2006-09-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3132 | LEBANON: SHIA HEALTH MINISTER EVALUATES HIZBALLAH, [...] (S) Shia Health Minister Khalifeh (Shia, allied with Nabih Berri) told the Ambassador that while Hizballah is cornered in a security sense, it remains potent and dangerous politically and could even make major inroads into Lebanon's Sunni community. He speculated that Hizballah is using Miche [...] | 2006-09-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL PTER KDEM |
06BEIRUT3148 | LEBANON: FPM OFFICIAL PREVIEWS PARTY CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Ibrahim Kanaan, MP and top FPM party official, told emboffs that this weekend's FPM Conference for the Displaced will not be a political rally, though its timing may suggest otherwise. He described the FPM's immediate political aims as limited to a national unity government and denied any [...] | 2006-09-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL |
06BEIRUT3159 | LEBANON: DEFMIN ELIAS MURR SEEKS FURTHER U.S. [...] (S/NF) On September 26, the Ambassador and poloff met with the Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Elias Murr. Murr reinforced his commitment to cooperation with the U.S. on defense reform and modernization for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). He favored U.S. efforts over the European Uni [...] | 2006-09-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | LE PGOV PREL MASS |
06BEIRUT3160 | LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES PARTY ASSESSES ITS OWN [...] (C) According to two senior party officials, the Lebanese Forces (LF) are buoyant following Samir Ja'ja's speech on September 24, which may have drawn more than 100,000 people. Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),on the other hand, is losing popularity in the LF's view. While the FPM [...] | 2006-09-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL |
06BEIRUT3161 | LEBANESE MINISTER ON: UNIIIC STATUTE, MERKEL [...] (C) On 9/29, Telecommunications Minister Hamadeh shared with us his plans to introduce the special tribunal statute in next Thursday's cabinet meeting. He gave a readout from PM Siniora's recent trip to Strasbourg and Berlin, addressing the issues of Angela Merkel's characterization of the Ger [...] | 2006-09-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL KCRM |
06BEIRUT3162 | CHANGING GOL VIEW ON CHRONOLOGY FOR INTRODUCTING [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 9/30, Prime Minister Siniora and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh both acknowledged that their positions, and those of March 14 politicians more generally, have evolved on when to engage Lebanon's cabinet on trying to [...] | 2006-10-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCRM PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3164 | SECURITY SECTOR COORDINATION: PROCEEDING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Siniora, Deputy Prime and Defense Minister Murr, and French Ambassador Emie all agree: despite rumors to the contrary, Emie was not the cause of Siniora's rejection of a UK-led security sector reform and coordination unit in his office. The three argue that the U [...] | 2006-10-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MOPS PGOV LE UK FR |
06BEIRUT3176 | LEBANON: AOUN USES CONFERENCE ON THE DISPLACED TO [...] (C) A September 30 conference on Lebanon's long-displaced Chouf Christians highlighted corruption and failure in the management of the Ministry of the Displaced. But its more important goal was to provide a stage for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Aoun took advantage of the plat [...] | 2006-10-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREF PREL |
06BEIRUT3177 | LEBANON: DRUZE ELECTION STRENGTHENS JUMBLATT BUT [...] (SBU/NF) The first-ever election for the Druze Doctrinal Council was conducted on September 24. The election produced an important victory for Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, both in cementing his control over the Council and in putting his followers in charge of the $800 million Druze Endowme [...] | 2006-10-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM LE PGOV PREL |
06BEIRUT3191 | LEBANON: SUNNI MP DESCRIBES SYRIAN MACHINATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3195 | LEBANON: RIZK ON GOL SUING ISRAEL, ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador and econoff on 10/2, Justice Minister Charles Rizk shared an e-mail (full text in para 6 below) sent by UN/OLA to his staff suggesting changes in the draft statute for the special tribunal on the Hariri assassination. The e-mail notes that UN/OLA had dropped [...] | 2006-10-04 08:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER LE GM SY IS |
06BEIRUT3200 | LEBANON: SUNNI MP DESCRIBES SYRIAN MACHINATIONS, [...] (C) An Sunni politician from Tripoli shared with DCM his observations of Syrian inroads into the Sunni community in Tripoli, views of the Prime Minister's performance and political strength during the reconstruction period, and an evaluation of Hizballah's current position. He also shared wor [...] | 2006-10-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3209 | LEBANON: DRUZE LEADERS ASSESS SYRIA THREAT, [...] (S) Druze politicians Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh offered us suggestions for helping Lebanon overcome Syrian influence, and discussed how to counter March 8 group calls for a national unity government. They were optimistic about improvement in the March 14 group's relations with Speaker [...] | 2006-10-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PGOV PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT3210 | LEBANON: NOTIFICATION OF REVOCATION OF DIPLOMAT'S [...] (C) On October 3, in accordance with reftel, the Embassy's Consular Section notified Mr. Alejandro Hamed Franco, a Paraguayan diplomat who currently resides in Beirut, that his U.S. visa had been revoked "for technical reasons." He was informed that if he wished to travel to the U.S. he wou [...] | 2006-10-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PTER LE PA |
06BEIRUT3219 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLEDGES ACTION ON BEIRUT 1 [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora insists that preparations for the Beirut 1 conference, penciled in for November 30, are well underway. He is slowly grasping the need to publicize progress on reconstruction but prefers to focus on high-profile projects. He will use such publicity to counter March [...] | 2006-10-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE PGOV PREL PTER KCRM |
06BEIRUT322 | MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK DISCUSSES [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk said that an international tribunal formed under the auspices of the UN Security Council, but operating in accordance with Lebanese law, was the only way to prosecute not only those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, but those responsible for [...] | 2006-02-03 16:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3225 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON UNIFIL, [...] (S) Defense Minister Murr is positive on the deployment of and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL. On the political scene, Murr is pessimistic about potential future Hizballah and FPM demonstrations. Deeply worried about Shia-Sunni tensions that he fears Internal Security Forces could in [...] | 2006-10-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3226 | LEBANON: NAYLA MOUAWAD STRUGGLING FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel, himself an aspiring politician, shared with the Ambassador on October 4 their concerns about political rivalries within the 14 March bloc and the Maronite community. Nayla Mouawad was critical of Prime Minister Siniora's microm [...] | 2006-10-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT323 | MGLE01: ISRAELI FIRE KILLS LEBANESE TEENAGER NEAR [...] (C) According to UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar, UNIFIL's initial assessment is that the Lebanese teenager shot by Israeli forces near the Blue Line on February 1 was killed in Lebanese territory and probably was not a Hizballah fighter. UNIFIL peacekeepers found the body 44 meters nort [...] | 2006-02-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER UN |
06BEIRUT3230 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SEES DROP IN GROWTH AND [...] (C) Finance Minister Azour on October 5 summarized for the Ambassador, econoff, and S/CRS Coordinator his consultations with the IMF, scenarios for economic performance, and plans for economic reform and the Beirut I donor conference. While deeply concerned about a 2-3 percent negative GDP gro [...] | 2006-10-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3231 | LEBANESE ECONOMY MINISTER: AG AND FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad summarized on October 5 for the Ambassador and econoff his attempts to phase out GOL agricultural subsidies, revive the TIFA and WTO accession, and move forward on Lebanon's social reform agenda. The Beirut I donor conference is likely to p [...] | 2006-10-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM ECON LE SY |
06BEIRUT3232 | LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...] | 2006-10-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT3234 | LEBANON: LATEST AOUN STATEMENT THREATENING, [...] (C) MP and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Leader General Michel Aoun held a press conference in his Rabieh headquarters October 4 with a delegation of FPM area coordinators. Aoun continued his attack (following up on statements made in the FPM "Right of Return" conference September 30 and to A [...] | 2006-10-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT324 | MGLE01: SINIORA ON END TO CABINET BOYCOTT, [...] (C) In a 2/4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claimed that he and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had orchestrated the end of the Shia cabinet boycott by cornering Hizballah publicly. There is no private and no written deal, Siniora insisted, noting that he fully expec [...] | 2006-02-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE IS SY KPAL |
06BEIRUT3245 | LEBANON: UNTSO OBSERVERS COULD MONITOR SYRIAN [...] (C) The unarmed observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) will likely remain in Lebanon for the foreseeable future even with the expanding mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Answering to its own chain of command, UNTSO provides an ind [...] | 2006-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3264 | LEBANON: POLITICAL PARTIES PREPARE FOR [...] (C) Observers on all sides of Lebanese politics are anticipating heightened political rhetoric, calls for the Siniora cabinet to resign, and possibly street demonstrations or violent clashes in the next few weeks. As the end of Ramadan comes nearer, many people are anxious that simmering ten [...] | 2006-10-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3292 | LEBANON: STILL TO DECIDE ON SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA [...] (C) On October 12, Charge delivered ref (b) demarche to Boutros Assaker, acting Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, and to Rola Noureddine, foreign policy advisor to PM Siniora. In addition, polchief delivered the demarche to working-level contacts at the MFA. 2. (C) SecGen Assakr [...] | 2006-10-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3299 | UNSC ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM U/S BURNS (LEBANON) [...] (C) On October 13, Charge spoke with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to reinforce, per ref (a),the U.S. position on the race between Venezuela and Guatemala for the Latin American seat in the UN Security Council. Salloukh acknowledged our previous messages on this issue, initiated [...] | 2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VN LE |
06BEIRUT3311 | LEBANON: THREE LOCAL BANKS WORTHY CANDIDATES TO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel action request. The Embassy finds no reason to object to an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) proposed investment guaranty that would result in Citibank N.A. and OPIC together lending to three selected Lebanese banks: Byblos Bank, Bank Medit [...] | 2006-10-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EINV PTER ECON LE |
06BEIRUT334 | MGLE01: EU REPORTS ON ATTACKS AGAINST DANISH AND [...] (C) The EU Commission delegation in Beirut reported to us that the Danish Consulate and Austrian Embassy in Beirut suffered considerable damage from fire and rioting on February 5, but neither mission was physically entered. There were light attacks against the buildings that housed the Dutc [...] | 2006-02-06 16:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC AU LE DK |
06BEIRUT335 | MGLE01: RADICAL SUNNIS CONTROL OF BEIRUT VIOLENCE [...] (C) The February 5 violent protests by Sunni radicals in Beirut exposed two serious faultlines in Lebanon's effort to transition to democracy: first, the Siniora government was unable -- or unwilling -- to prevent Sunni radicals from hijacking the demonstration and causing material damage an [...] | 2006-02-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT336 | MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIANS SAY AOUNIST [...] (C) Three independent Shia politicians from predominantly Shia areas of Lebanon separately told econoff in early February that Hizballah's role in the cabinet will only be disruptive. They said that Hizballah is seeking veto power and is unlikely to compromise on its arms. Ali Hamadeh, of [...] | 2006-02-06 17:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT3394 | LEBANON: NEA DAS DANIN MEETING WITH TELECOMS [...] (C) On October 18, visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin, Charge and Econoff met with Lebanese Telecoms Minister and March 14 Group activist Marwan Hamadeh. Hamadeh said that the March 14 group's recently reviewed its goals, noting that Lebanon risks returning to a pre-Hariri assassination political [...] | 2006-10-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ENRG MARR PGOV PREL PTER LE EU |
06BEIRUT3407 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA RECOGNIZES NEED TO ENHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed an interest in exploring further ways to enhance the arms embargo provisions of UNSCR 1701. Although he would not provide immediate endorsement for any specific ideas, such as establishing a United Nations "embargo committee," Siniora said they merited f [...] | 2006-10-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT3408 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER AZOUR SELLING A "NEW [...] (C) Minister of Finance Jihad Azour on October 20 updated visiting NEA DAS Danin, Charge, and econoff on GOL donor conference preparations and obstacles to economic reform. He hopes to overcome political apathy for reform -- particularly among the March 14 coalition -- by convincing politician [...] | 2006-10-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PTER ECON LE |
06BEIRUT3412 | LEBANON: NEA DAS DANIN MEETS WITH SULEIMAN [...] (C) Political leader Suleiman Franjieh told visiting DAS Danin that Israel is the ultimate source of tensions within Lebanon and between Lebanon and the west. Hizballah will disarm if its demands are met, and Christians have joined with Hizballah only to counter a Sunni bid to dominate Lebano [...] | 2006-10-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3414 | LEBANON: DAS DANIN MEETS LEBANESE FORCES LEADER [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja' told DAS Danin that Syria and Hizballah will try either to stall the international tribunal for the Hariri assassination by loading the cabinet with a blocking minority or by bringing the government down through street demonstrations. Ja'ja' assessed the March 14 coalition as [...] | 2006-10-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3415 | LEBANON: DEMARCHES ON UNGA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Polchief delivered reftel demarches October 21 to Joumane Khaddage, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khaddage will be traveling to New York October 26 to participate in the General Assembly with the Lebanese delegation, and promised to convey our points to appropriate offic [...] | 2006-10-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MARR MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG UNGA LE |
06BEIRUT3431 | LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH MEETING WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh emphasized resolution of the Palestinian situation as the key to peace and stability throughout the region. He also indicated that improving Lebanese relations with Israel depended on Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar, Lebanon gaining control of the Sheba'a Fa [...] | 2006-10-25 09:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3457 | LEBANON: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Embassy Beirut grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism Frances F. Townsend, Director for Combating Terrorism Todd M. Hinnen, Aide to APHSCT Michael Taylor, and Assistant to APHSCT John H. Pearson to Beirut o [...] | 2006-10-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3460 | LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS SAYS [...] (C) UNIIIC Chief of Investigations Peter Nicholson stated that UNIIIC's investigation is making solid progress along several lines of inquiry. Now that the Commission's full staff is back in residence in Beirut, Nicholson said the remaining work has been organized so that Brammertz and his [...] | 2006-10-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS |
06BEIRUT3482 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Welcome to Beirut. Your visit occurs ten weeks after the 34-day conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14. That conflict was, according to Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. [...] | 2006-10-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT350 | LEBANON'S RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC EG ET FR LE PK SA TS |
06BEIRUT3517 | RIZK BEWILDERED BY LAHOUD'S ATTACK ON TRIBUNAL, [...] (S) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/1, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk expressed bewilderment over the blistering attack his childhood friend (and Lebanese President) Emile Lahoud launched against him and the special Hariri tribunal on 10/30 and 10/31 (reftel). Rizk, who felt until La [...] | 2006-11-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3518 | LEBANON: AOUN "RIGHT-WINGER" ON HIZBALLAH, MONEY, [...] (S) A Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) contact claimed to us that he represents a less-vocal, less-visible wing of the party that is anti-Syrian, skeptical of Hizballah, and which seeks closer ties with the international community. He says that FPM leader Michel Aoun himself is worried about the [...] | 2006-11-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT352 | MGLE01: AOUN'S ADVISOR GIVES HIS INTERPRETATION [...] (C) Gibran Bassil, close advisor to Michel Aoun and a participant in the February 6 meeting between Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah, insists Aoun has achieved a political breakthrough by getting Nasrallah to sign on to a comprehensive list of commitments that will protect Lebanon's sovereignty, es [...] | 2006-02-07 17:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3538 | LEBANON: ORTHODOX BISHOP AUDI CRITICAL OF AOUN, [...] (C) The Ambassador met November 3 with the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan, Bishop Ilias Audi, to request Audi's assistance in reducing tensions in Lebanon by dissuading his followers from walking out of the government or taking to the streets. Bishop Audi shared his view of the situation, said th [...] | 2006-11-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3539 | LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) In a November 2 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh urged to the Ambassador rapid and thorough support for the LAF and action on Israeli overflights and non-withdrawal from Ghajjar. Salloukh was optimistic that Speaker Berri's proposed consultations among political leaders would stav [...] | 2006-11-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3540 | LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP, [...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...] | 2006-11-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3542 | LEBANON: BERRI EXPLAINS HIS GOAL OF A UNITY [...] (C) Amal Movement Leader and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued November 3 that his recently-announced initiative for "consultations" among Lebanon's political blocs was not a Syrian-Hizballah plot but rather a genuine attempt to defuse a dangerous situation created by a "pressured" Hassa [...] | 2006-11-03 17:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT3543 | RIZK FRETS ABOUT RUSSIA'S IMPACT ON TRIBUNAL, GOL [...] (C/NF) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 11/5, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that his lunch the previous day with Russian Ambassador Sergui Boukin had unnerved him. Despite soothing words about Moscow's "reservations" rather than "objections," Boukin presented Rizk with a lis [...] | 2006-11-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3563 | LEBANON: WORLD BANK MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON PARIS [...] (U) World Bank Middle East Department Director Joseph Saba noted Nasrallah's October 31 ultimatum as disturbing and a challenge to the confidence that holds up Lebanon's fiscal house of cards, but views awareness of the need for essential economic reforms as recognized across the Lebanese polit [...] | 2006-11-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3565 | LEBANON: SPARKS FLY ON FIRST DAY OF NATIONAL [...] (S) Druze Telecommunications Minister and frequent Embassy contact Marwan Hamadeh (protect) read to Ambassador and polchief his notes from the first day of the national consultations sponsored by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri. Hamadeh characterized the consultations as "heading for [...] | 2006-11-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3568 | LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH, PREOCCUPIED WITH [...] (C) The Maronite Patriarch expressed his concern over the potential for confrontation over Michel Aoun and Hizballah's demand for a cabinet expansion. Having met with Aoun in recent days, the Patriarch confirmed that he is as single-minded as ever in his pursuit of the presidency. While Aoun [...] | 2006-11-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3584 | AFTER ROUND TWO OF CONSULTATIONS, MINDEF MURR, [...] (C) In a 11/07 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that, based on his current understanding of the political consultations chaired by Parliament Speaker Berri, he felt certain that Hizballah and Michel Aoun would take their fight to the str [...] | 2006-11-08 04:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT3599 | LEBANON: RESORT TO DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENED AS [...] (S) Despite consistent reports of a positive atmosphere, the November 9 session of Parliament Speaker Berri's national consultations ended with no progress or compromise on the key issues. The group adjourned until November 11. Veteran insider Michel Murr conveyed to us on November 9 a grave [...] | 2006-11-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3600 | LEBANON: ISF COMMANDER REVEALS SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (S/NF) General Ashraf Rifi, Director General of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces, informed the Ambassador in a meeting on November 8 that the ISF had successfully uncovered a key figure involved in the assassinations of Al-Nahar journalist Samir Kassir on June 2, 2005 and communist politic [...] | 2006-11-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3601 | SINIORA, HAMADEH PERCEIVE SIGNS THAT HIZBALLAH MAY [...] (S) Filling in more details of the 11/9 third round of consultations, Prime Minister Siniora and Minsiter Marwan Hamadeh mused that the March 14 decision to stand tough and even suggest counter demonstration had a positive impact. Both saw initial signs in today's session suggesting Hizballa [...] | 2006-11-09 18:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3602 | LEBANON: ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) October saw a notable increase in the number and intensity of Israeli overflights in Lebanese airspace. The overflights were noted with indignation by politicians and the press, and documented by UNIFIL. According to our contacts, the IAF has conducted the flights beyond the south, inclu [...] | 2006-11-09 19:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT3603 | UN OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION, TRIBUNAL, [...] (S/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/10, UN officials Geir Pedersen, Michael Williams, and Salman Shaikh claimed that Israeli officials, whom they had met earlier that week, had hinted at stopping overflights if the USG could provide equivalent intelligence. Rejecting the Ambassador's [...] | 2006-11-12 06:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCRM UNSC PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3604 | FORMER PM MIKATI INSISTS HE SUPPORTS SINIORA [...] (S/NF) In a 11/8 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati -- on a two-day pause in Beirut from a month of globe-trotting -- expressed deep annoyance at the suggestion that he might be a tool in pro-Syrian hands to oust the Siniora government. He has been and will remai [...] | 2006-11-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3606 | SINIORA DEFENDS CABINET, VOWS TO PASS TRIBUNAL [...] (S) Meeting with the Ambassador late on 11/12, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora projected serenity and strength, as lawyers, aides, and ministers whirled in and out of his office offering advice on transcending Lebanon's latest made-in-Damascus political crisis. Siniora provided a detailed chro [...] | 2006-11-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3608 | LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO PASS TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Econoff met with Saad Hariri on November 11 to discuss the results of that morning's national consultations and the March 14 coalition's plans. Hariri reported that the coalition is unified, will not back down in refusing to give the pro-Syrians and Aoun a blocking mino [...] | 2006-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3613 | LEBANON: AOUN CRIES BETRAYAL AGAIN BUT WILL AVOID [...] (C) Michel Aoun recounted to the Ambassador November 13 that March 14 leaders had offered a tradeoff to Aoun and Hizballah during Nabih Berri's national consultations -- the Hariri assassination tribunal for an expansion of the cabinet -- but that the group had gone back on its offer and abrupt [...] | 2006-11-13 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3617 | SHIA MINISTERS WARNS HIZBALLAH WILL "GO ALL THE [...] (S/NF) Mohammed Khalifeh -- the resigned Minister of Health allied with Nabih Berri -- warned the Ambassador in a 11/14 meeting not to believe disinformation that Hizballah is backing down. Claiming to have been visited the previous evening by Hizballah officials Wafiq Safa and Hassan Fadla [...] | 2006-11-14 12:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3618 | LEBANON: DOD A/S RODMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (C) PM Siniora expressed his appreciation for Assistant Secretary Rodman's message that U.S. security assistance for SIPDIS Lebanon will remain solid due to the bi-partisan support that Lebanon's pro-reform forces enjoy in Congress. A/S Rodman also assured Siniora that the U.S. is not abo [...] | 2006-11-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS |
06BEIRUT3619 | LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A [...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...] | 2006-11-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT362 | MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PROVIDES ITS [...] (SBU) On February 6, the Office of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora provided the Embassy with official GOL statistics on Israeli air, sea, and land violations of Lebanese territory since 2000. According to the PM's Office's statistics, 2005 was the year with the most Israeli air violations. The [...] | 2006-02-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT3630 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF A VERY [...] (C) Former President Amin Gemayel believes that the chaotic situation in the Lebanese government will get worse, and factions may take to the streets before it is resolved, but he does see hope for resolution. Gemayel is convinced that the supporters of the current government will remain fir [...] | 2006-11-15 12:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3632 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3643 | LEBANON: EMBASSY DELEGATION VISITS UNIFIL, BLUE [...] (C) An Embassy Beirut delegation visited UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and toured the Blue Line area November 14. UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini and senior officers gave a positive overview of UNIFIL's deployment in the south, but he and top commanders expressed private reticence tow [...] | 2006-11-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR LE IS |
06BEIRUT3648 | LEBANON: PROMINENT SUNNI MODERATE SEES COMPROMISE [...] (C) A respected Sunni moderate, Tamam Salam, says that the Christian/Hizballah alliance is no bad thing for confessionally riven Lebanon, and he indicated that Syria is the major problem in the current political crisis. He both defended and criticized Hizballah. Openly sharing his views, bo [...] | 2006-11-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3650 | LEBANON: A BATTLE PLAN EMERGES, AND SWIFT ACTION [...] (C) Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff on 11/17 that the GOL is desperate for strong support from the USG and other allies. They will fight Lahoud on constitutional grounds, while attempting to bring Berri back into the fold. Outlining the strong ta [...] | 2006-11-18 07:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3651 | SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...] | 2006-11-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3652 | SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...] | 2006-11-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3653 | BERRI CLAIMS MARCH 14 PERFIDY, HINTS AT TIME BUT [...] (S) In a 11/18 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri portrayed himself as the only adult amidst squabbling, selfish children. He claimed success twice already in preventing street demonstrations. Yet his attempts to find a way out of Lebanon's political mess was under [...] | 2006-11-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT3655 | UN ENVOY SEES HARDENING OF HIZBALLAH POSITION [...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, told the Ambassador in a 11/17 meeting that he had seen his "usual contact" (whom he once revealed as Wafiq Safa') from Hizballah that morning. Pedersen said that the meeting contained mostly bad news, but w [...] | 2006-11-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3656 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT, [...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...] | 2006-11-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3657 | LEBANON: EX-FOREIGN MINISTER POSITIONS HIMSELF AS [...] (C) Ex-Foreign Minister and Presidential hopeful Jean Obeid attributes Lebanon's problems to external forces and to the inadequacy of current leaders in Beirut and Damascus. Citing a Shia-Sunni conflict spanning the entire Muslim world, Obeid espouses a neutral Lebanese presidency allied with [...] | 2006-11-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3673 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ WILLING TO EXTEND, BUT ONLY [...] (C) UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is willing to stay in his present position for six more months, assuming UN and ICC agreement. He hopes to aid in a smooth transition for the new prosecutor. His December report will not be startling, and to date he has found no smoking gun. Syrian c [...] | 2006-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3680 | LEBANON: EMBASSY EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) At 1800 hrs. local on November 21, DCM convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the security situation and related Embassy activities following the assassination at 1545 hrs. local of Lebanese Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel. At the time of the EAC meeting, [...] | 2006-11-21 17:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KCRM LE |
06BEIRUT3686 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS ARE CERTAIN OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) DEFENSE MINISTER ELIAS MURR TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFF THAT HE IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THE SYRIAN REGIME ORDERED AND EXECUTED THE ASSASSINATION OF MINISTER PIERRE GEMAYEL ON NOVEMBER 21. THE TIMING, METHOD OF EXECUTION, AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE OPERATION POINT DIRECTLY BACK [...] | 2006-11-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT3693 | BERRI ASKS USG INTERVENTION FOR CABINET DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3695 | RUMP CABINET PASSES TRIBUNAL; HIZBALLAH PLANS [...] (S) Last-ditch shuttle diplomacy between the March 14 majority and Speaker Berri on 11/24 failed to find a political breakthrough to Lebanon's cabinet crisis. Lebanon's rump cabinet -- missing its Shia members, one Lahoud ally, and the murdered Pierre Gemayel -- thus proceeded on 11/25 to ap [...] | 2006-11-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3703 | LAHOUD REJECTS PATRIARCH'S CALL TO QUIT [...] (S) In a one-on-one 11/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- asking that this information be closely held -- revealed that he had recently sent a written letter to President Emile Lahoud suggesting that Lahoud resign for the sake of Lebanon. Faced with Lahoud's rejecti [...] | 2006-11-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3718 | LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR WARNS "THEY'RE OUT OF TIME" [...] (C/NF) Gibran Bassil, senior advisor to Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, recited a litany of grievances against the Siniora government and warned that negotiations and compromise were no longer possible between the Hizballah/FPM alliance and March 14 forces. He indicated that joi [...] | 2006-11-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3721 | LEBANON: GENERAL SLEIMAN ASKS ASD RODMAN FOR [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by ASD Rodman met with LAF Commander Michel Sleiman and pledged USG support for Lebanon and the LAF. Sleiman assured the visiting delegation of the LAF's commitment to democracy, human rights, and the fight against terrorism. Sleiman pointed out the difficult [...] | 2006-11-29 10:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS LE |
06BEIRUT3726 | LEBANON: PARIS III AND ECONOMIC REFORM PLANNING [...] (C) A team at the Ministry of Finance is actively planning the GOL strategy for Paris III, designing an economic reform framework amidst a hostile political environment, and seeking to transform their plan into a sustainable economic policy structure. The reform plan should be final in early [...] | 2006-11-29 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3727 | LEBANON: U/S FORE MEETS WITH PM SINIORA, WHO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed his appreciation for the U.S. support extended to his government, but stated that if Islamic extremism is to be countered, it is imperative to see movement on the Middle East peace process, and in the specific case of Lebanon, some sign that the UN will t [...] | 2006-11-30 08:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT3728 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER UPDATES U/S FORE ON [...] (C) Expressing appreciation to visiting Under Secretary Fore for U.S. assistance, Finance Minister Azour updated Fore on progress toward a donor conference and a broader economic reform program. Azour pledged prudent public finance and monetary policy measures which will see the Lebanese econo [...] | 2006-11-30 08:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3732 | CITING BERRI, RIZK FLOATS NEW APPROACH ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk pitched a new idea for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Meeting the Ambassador on 11/30, Rizk argued that both approaches currently under discussion to establish the tribunal are, and will remain, blocked. With pro-Syrians murdering politic [...] | 2006-11-30 16:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3745 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS ASK CODEL NOT TO TALK [...] (C) On November 29 the Ambassador and CODEL Hoekstra met March 14 leaders and others to discuss the current crisis in Lebanon and the possible impact of reopening a U.S.-Syrian dialogue. The CODEL heard March 14 figures pledge to resist peacefully the coming demonstrations and to keep their g [...] | 2006-12-01 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT3746 | SINIORA, MINISTERS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF BY CROWDS [...] (SBU) AT 1900 LOCAL TIME, ALL BUT ONE OF THE ROADS LEADING TO THE GRAND SERAIL -- WHERE PRIME MINISTER SINIORA AND NINE OF HIS CABINET MINISTERS WERE TEMPORARILY BESIEGED BY THE MARCH 8-AOUN CROWDS -- WERE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT. THIS FOLLOWS A VERY TENSE ONE-HOUR PERIOD WHEN, DESPITE PROMISE [...] | 2006-12-01 17:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3755 | LEBANON: CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora explained to Congressmen Hoekstra and Issa that Syria has three immediate objectives: destroy any chance for the Special Tribunal, regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and re-establish its past hegemony over the surrounding region. Siniora stated [...] | 2006-12-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3756 | LEBANON: POLITICAL ADVISOR TO SFEIR SEES LITTLE [...] (C) For the past two weeks, Emir Hares Chehab, co-chair of the Islamic/Christian Dialogue Committee and a long-time political advisor to Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, has been relaying messages from Sfeir to the leading Maronite political leaders, Michel Aoun, Samir Ja'ja' and Amin Gemayel, in a [...] | 2006-12-04 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3757 | GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...] | 2006-12-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT3766 | DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS [...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...] | 2006-12-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3768 | LEBANON: BISHOP AUDI FORESEES MAJOR CRISIS FOR [...] (C) In a call on Greek Orthodox Bishop Metropolitan Elias Audi, the Ambassador reiterated USG support for a Lebanon free of foreign interference. Audi, more pessimistic than ever before with the Ambassador, related that many Lebanese fear a loss of international support, in particular due to [...] | 2006-12-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT377 | MGLE01: ONE YEAR AFTER HARIRI ASSASSINATION -- [...] (C) In the aftermath of the February 5 destruction of the Danish consulate in Beirut and the paradigm shift of the February 6 joint communique between Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah, discussion in Parliament and among Lebanon's political leadership has focused on the direction [...] | 2006-02-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3772 | LEBANON: AOUNIST ADVISOR WARNS TIME IS SHORT FOR [...] (C) Close Aoun advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan acknowledges that the standoff in Riad Solh Square has created a flammable situation. He knows that plans percolating from Samir Ja'ja's Lebanese Forces to stage counter-demonstrations could result in violence. For these reasons, Michel Aoun is alle [...] | 2006-12-06 16:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3775 | MARCH 14, GOL LEADERS ON AMR MOUSSA'S PLAN, OTHER [...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on December 6, March 14 officials reacted with skepticism to Amr Moussa's plan to solve the Lebanese political crisis. They believed that Nabih Berri, Michel Aoun, and Hizballah will find ways to reject it. Or, if they do accept it, that will signal that [...] | 2006-12-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT3782 | LEBANON: BERRI FOR BOTH SINIORA AND CABINET [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, a curiously jubilant Speaker Berri laid out his positions: he is for the current GOL, including PM Siniora, staying; opposed to any confidence or no-confidence vote or a new Ministerial Declaration; but in favor of the opposition obtaining a "blocking minor [...] | 2006-12-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3784 | WITH GOL APPROVAL OF TRIBUNAL, ARE MARCH 14 AND [...] (S) We have heard from March 14 figures that Fouad Siniora plans to use the emotionally charged date of December 12 -- the one-year anniversary of the assassination of MP and al-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni -- to convene the cabinet to approve the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. If current pla [...] | 2006-12-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3789 | LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES MOVING TOWARD COUNTER [...] (C) One of the political advisors to Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Ja'ja' stated that the majority of LF's leadership is angry at the unrelenting media coverage of the anti-government street demonstrations that have taken place since last Friday. Arguments that March 14 pro-government f [...] | 2006-12-08 06:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3790 | LEBANON: HANIYYEH DECLINES TO VISIT STRIFE-RIDDEN [...] Polchief checked with the Foreign Ministry on the proposed visit of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyyeh to Lebanon. We were informed that due to Lebanon's political crisis Haniyyeh had dropped Beirut from his regional visit itinerary. A rumor had it that Prime Minister Siniora turned off the [...] | 2006-12-08 06:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3797 | LEBANON: SINIORA HITS BACK AT NASRALLAH'S [...] (SBU) In a rebuttal to Hassan Nasrallah's speech the previous day, PM Siniora rejected threatening language and the label "traitor," stressing the unity of all Lebanese. Siniora condemned the arrogance that had led Nasrallah to judge his fellow leaders' patriotism and honesty, and to determine [...] | 2006-12-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3799 | LEBANON: JA'JA' CONFIDENT THAT MARCH 14 WILL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Ja'ja' expressed confidence that a compromise is possible that would preserve the pro-reform movement and a democratic Lebanon, but it would require resolute handling of the serious challenge launched by Hizballah last week. Although he discussed the Arab League i [...] | 2006-12-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3800 | DEFMIN MURR BELIEVES NASRALLAH MISCALCULATED BUT [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr believes that Hassan Nasrallah realizes that he miscalculated regarding the determination of the Siniora cabinet, the fortitude of the LAF, the attitude of the Sunnis, and the attitude of the Christians. But, unable to back down and maintai [...] | 2006-12-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3801 | LEBANON: GEBRAN BASSIL DEFENDS HIZBALLAH, CONDEMNS [...] (C) In a confrontational lunch discussion, the FPM's Gebran Bassil -- Michel Aoun's son-in-law and close advisor -- insisted that his party is transforming Hizballah even as it uses it to bring about a national unity government and a slate of needed reforms. He suggested Pierre Gemayel's assa [...] | 2006-12-09 11:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT381 | MGLE01: ASSISTING DENMARK AND OTHERS WEATHER [...] (C) Summary: The building housing the Danish Consulate and the Austrian Embassy in Beirut was attacked during demonstrations on Sunday, February 5. At this time, Danish officials are operating out of the French Embassy in Beirut and the Austrian officials are being housed in the EU Commiss [...] | 2006-02-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM ASEC PREL LE DK |
06BEIRUT3810 | HINTS OF A DEAL IN THE AIR, BUT MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Marwan Hamadeh told us today (12/11) that the rumors circulating in Beirut about an imminent Sudan or Arab League-brokered deal between March 14 and March 8-Aoun have no basis in fact. While March 14 leaders will try to work with Amr Moussa on an initiative, they do not believe that Hiz [...] | 2006-12-11 16:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3819 | LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR URGES THE GENERAL'S [...] (C) Moderate Aounist MP Ibrahim Kanaan argued that Michel Aoun remains pro-reform and pro-democratic, despite his on-going political alliance with Hizballah and the anti-government March 8 coalition. He urged that as diplomatic initiatives to resolve the crisis accelerate, Michel Aoun not b [...] | 2006-12-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3826 | JUMBLATT ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador on 12/12 that the Siniora cabinet and March 14 should be credited for three major accomplishments during the current political crisis: 1) Standing firm, remaining united and in office. 2) Approving the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 3) Bringing Nasra [...] | 2006-12-13 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3829 | LEBANON: STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETS MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Puneet Talwar in late November met for two days with March 14 politicians, government figures, NGO leaders, and FPM leader General Michel Aoun. March 14 leaders envisioned an eventual political compromise would follow demonstrations, [...] | 2006-12-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT3834 | MOUSSA INITIATIVE FALTERING; SINIORA WARNS US TO [...] (C) While Moussa tried to project optimism during his press conference here this afternoon, March 14 leaders report on 12/14 that Hizballah and Nabih Berri have rejected Amr Moussa's initiative to solve Lebanon's political crisis. Berri blames the breakdown instead on inflexibility by March [...] | 2006-12-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3843 | LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr explained to Senator Bill Nelson that Syria has three immediate objectives in Lebanon: to produce political chaos by supporting proxies like Hizballah, to regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and to re-establish its pa [...] | 2006-12-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT385 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH TRYING TO HEAD OFF [...] (C) During a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador, the two Druze pillars of the "March 14" camp, Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh, were receptive to arguments that a large rally marking the one-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Hariri's would carry serious risks. They agreed that creativ [...] | 2006-02-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER KISL ASEC LE |
06BEIRUT386 | MGLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADEH TRYING TO HEAD OFF [...] (C) During a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador, the two Druze pillars of the "March 14" camp, Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh, were receptive to arguments that a large rally marking the one-year anniversary of former Prime Minister Hariri's would carry serious risks. They agreed that creativ [...] | 2006-02-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER KISL ASEC LE |
06BEIRUT3860 | LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Visiting Senator Nelson praised Prime Minister Siniora's leadership and courage and said that he had instructed Syrian President Asad to stop interfering in Lebanon. The Senator reassured the PM that the United States would continue to support Lebanon regardless of difficulties or develop [...] | 2006-12-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT387 | MGLE01: A CRITICAL WEEK IN LEBANON [...] (C) Commencing with the inadvertent shooting of a Lebanese citizen by Israeli forces late last week and the resulting exchanges of fire across the Blue Line on February 3 (which were the most serious since late November),this past week in Lebanon has witnessed events which are causing a shi [...] | 2006-02-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3874 | LEBANON: HARIRI TALKS ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE SYRIA [...] (C) Sa'ad Hariri, without his usual call for a Syrian regime change, indicated that he believes the real goal of Syria and Iran is to thwart UNSCR 1701. He believes that Syria should have been engaged after its pullout from Lebanon, but through one voice, probably that of the UN. Like many [...] | 2006-12-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3875 | LEBANON: MICHEL AOUNS SAYS, "I DON'T WANT TO BE [...] (SBU) FPM leader and MP General Michel Aoun offered a series of indirect answers, vague pronouncements and prophesies of continuing and even-bigger challenges to the current government, in the course of meeting with visiting Senators Dodd and Kerry. Aoun blamed the Siniora regime for margina [...] | 2006-12-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3889 | LEBANON: HARIRI EXPLAINS, "I AM A MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) On December 18 Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry met with Saad Hariri, Member of Parliament and leader of the Mustaqbal party. Hariri advised the Codel that progress in the region, and particularly in Lebanon, requires that the international community take a firm and united stand [...] | 2006-12-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3890 | LEBANON: CODEL DODD MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora conveyed to Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry that Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. It remained unclear, however, whether Russia would support the establishment of the Tribunal under Chapter V [...] | 2006-12-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PRER LE |
06BEIRUT3891 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL ANNOUNCES HIS PLANS [...] (C) On 18 December Codel Dodd met with former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. Gemayel told the Codel that Lebanon needs the support of the United States, and that Syria must be pressured to stop supporting instability in Lebanon. In Gemayel,s [...] | 2006-12-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3893 | LEBANON: MURR PRAISES HIS ARMED FORCES [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr explained to Senators Dodd and Kerry that stability in Lebanon, and in the region, rests on holding Syria responsible for its behavior. A key element of this is halting Syrian interference in Lebanon's internal political situation. Syria should be required to s [...] | 2006-12-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3894 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BERRI CLAIMS, "IT'S [...] (C) Visiting Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry reassured Speaker of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Nabih Berri that some elements of USG policy may change as a result of the recently-published findings of the Iraq Study Group, but USG support for Lebanon's independence will remain st [...] | 2006-12-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3895 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS SEE PRO-SYRIANS, AOUN [...] (C) Fouad Siniora, Marwan Hamadeh, and Saad Hariri report that the March 8-Aoun opposition forces are hardening their positions and that street demonstrations, despite the holiday lull, are not going away. Despite Vladimir Putin's vocal support for Lebanon and apparent warnings to Bashar Asad, [...] | 2006-12-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT3902 | LEBANON: PARIS III STILL ON TRACK [...] (C) On December 27 Econoff and Econstaff met at the Ministry of Finance with the team working on Paris III and briefly with Minister Jihad Azour. The purpose of the meeting was to assess the progress towards the donor conference, still scheduled to be held in Paris on January 25, 2007. The [...] | 2006-12-28 06:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3908 | BERRI TO UNVEIL NEW INITIATIVE; CABINET FORMULA [...] (C) In back-to-back meetings on 12/28 with the U.S., French, and Saudi ambassadors, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri revealed a "National Salvation Government" initiative that he proposed to announce publicly over the Eid al-Adha holiday. Describing Amr Moussa's diplomacy as dead, Berri claimed [...] | 2006-12-29 08:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3913 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH HINTS AT HAJJ VIOLENCE; BERRI [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt hosted the Ambassador and Polchief for lunch at his Beirut residence in the neighborhood of Clemenceau December 29. As is often the case when Jumblatt meets with us in Beirut, Druze Communications Minister Marwan Hamadeh joined the meeting. Unusually, however, the Informat [...] | 2006-12-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3914 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON [...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...] | 2006-12-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT413 | MGLE01: AOUN PERPLEXED BY CRITICISM, MAINTAINS HE [...] (C) In a lengthy meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Michel Aoun expressed astonishment that his February 6 joint communique with Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah has generated such strong criticism. He was resolute in his belief that the document was actually a significant step forward in hi [...] | 2006-02-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT414 | MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GOL [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, the Ambassador and Econoff called on Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss GOL efforts to improve the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate in Lebanon and encourage the GOL to prepare a submission of recent IPR efforts and future plans [...] | 2006-02-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT421 | C/CT5/01536: HIZBALLAH'S CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) Post appreciates comments in ref A regarding Hizballah funding and in this cable provides initial answers to the follow-on questions. We will send additional information as it becomes available. According to a Shia journalist who covers Hizballah professionally, as well as other inform [...] | 2006-02-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KISL LE PTER SOCI |
06BEIRUT425 | MGLE01: BACK CHANNEL TALKS BETWEEN SINIORA AND [...] (C) Following initial contacts between representatives of Prime Minister Siniora and Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun in late December, a series of substantive meetings were held in January between the two camps in an attempt to come up with a blueprint for Lebanon's political and [...] | 2006-02-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT437 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI LEADS MASS RALLY IN BEIRUT ON [...] (SBU) On February 14, MP Saad Hariri led a massive rally in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut to commemorate the assassination of his father Rafiq Hariri. Pleasant weather helped facilitate a large turnout carrying mostly Lebanese flags, but also Lebanese Forces and Progressive Socialist P [...] | 2006-02-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL LE PGOV SY |
06BEIRUT438 | MGLE01: FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Shia extremist Sheikh Subhi Tufayli, who led Hizballah for two years before being forced from the leadership in 1989, and then expelled from the party in 1998, is gradually re-emerging from the shadows. During last week's Ashoura rally in his hometown of Brital, located near Baalbek, Tu [...] | 2006-02-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT455 | MGLE01: GOL AND YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS LAUNCH [...] On February 10, Econoff attended a working dinner at the Grand Serail for the launching of "Bader" (literally the beginning of the day in Arabic, refers to a "start-up" company),a partnership between the private sector and the GOL to encourage entrepreneurship. In attendance were about fift [...] | 2006-02-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT470 | MGLE01: CHIBLI MALLAT'S PLAN TO REMOVE LAHOUD [...] (C) Lawyer (and would-be Lebanese president) Chibli Mallat described to us a plan to remove President Lahoud from office according to the constitution. Rather than amending the constitution yet again -- to void the 2004 amendment that extended Lahoud's term in office -- Mallat called for Par [...] | 2006-02-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT482 | MGLE01: ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT SAYS LAHOUD WILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaking with Polstaff on February 17, presidential spokesman and advisor Rafiq Chelala said the President, convinced of the injustice of calls for his departure, intends to remain in office despite popular protests. Chelala acknowledged that Lahoud's continued mandate was s [...] | 2006-02-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT484 | MGLE01: SHIA CONTACTS SAY NASRALLAH'S FEBRUARY 16 [...] (C) On the afternoon of February 16, Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a rebuttal to SIPDIS the February 14 statements of pro-sovereignty politicians including Saad Hariri. Nasrallah was speaking at a commemoration of the 1992 assassination of then-Hizballah Secreta [...] | 2006-02-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT487 | MGLE01: TRIPOLI ACADEMIC AND MAYOR PLACE BLAME ON [...] (C) Sunni professor from Tripoli Nawwaf Kabbarah told econoff February 15 that MP Saad Hariri had enlisted the help of the Jamiyeh Islamiyya (Muslim Brotherhood) in recruiting protesters from Tripoli's poor neighborhoods for the February 5 protest at the Danish consulate. The result of this [...] | 2006-02-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV SOCI SY |
06BEIRUT488 | MGLE01: INFLUENTIAL AOUNIST MP ACKNOWLEDGES FLAWS [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement MP Farid El-Khazen conceded that the February 6 joint communique of Michel Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah was a flawed document with ambiguities and omissions, but should be used as a starting point to prompt a passive government into action. According to El-Khazen, it [...] | 2006-02-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT489 | MGLE01: GOL JUDICIAL TEAM PREPARES FOR UN [...] (C) On Sunday, 2/17, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Judge Shukri Sadr to discuss the modalities for an international tribunal for the Hariri assassination suspects. Rizk reported that the cabinet, in its 2/16 session, had approved a two-person team of Sadr and [...] | 2006-02-21 06:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER LE SY UNAUS |
06BEIRUT517 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE'S READY TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri stated that his "national dialogue conference," scheduled to run March 2-9, could seal the fate of President Lahoud, if the participating political blocs can agree on a consensus replacement. As he has throughout his career, Berri has assiduously counted the votes and has co [...] | 2006-02-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT527 | MGLE01: VEIWS OF A HIGH-LEVEL GOL SKEPTIC OF THE [...] (C) Summary and Background. On February 17, Econoff discussed the GOL's economic reform agenda with the Director General of the Ministry of Finance, Alain Bifani. Bifani was critical of the GOL's economic reform efforts since October 2005, saying that initial optimism and good will had dis [...] | 2006-02-22 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV LE |
06BEIRUT544 | MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH HELPFUL ON UNSC DEMARCHE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salloukh defended meeting with Hamas officials as important in maintaining normal relations with a democratically-elected Arab government. He urged the USG to give Hamas an opportunity to change its behavior, which he believed would happen as it struggled to meet its ne [...] | 2006-02-22 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT545 | MGLE01: AOUNISTS AGREE TO DIALOGUE, STILL [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) member and advisor to Michel Aoun Gebran Basile met with Poloff to discuss his party's position on the national dialogue proposal of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Basile said that Michel Aoun would represent his party at the March 2-3 meetings, [...] | 2006-02-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SY LE |
06BEIRUT546 | MGLE01: AMAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary and introduction: On February 17, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri renewed his call for a dialogue among members of the Parliament's leadership. Berri emerged from addressing his Hizballah-allied parliamentary partners to call for a gathering of political leaders on March 2-9 t [...] | 2006-02-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT550 | MGLE01: LEBANESE FORCES MP DESCRIBES LEBANON'S [...] (C) MP George Adwan, who represents Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' in inter-communal negotiations, said much of the rhetoric coming from Michel Aoun and Samir Ja'ja concerning the tenure of President Lahoud is irresponsible and dangerous. Adwan believes the inexperience and excessive e [...] | 2006-02-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT562 | MGLE01: BEHIND NASRALLAH'S MASS RALLY -- MESSAGES [...] (C) On February 23, Hizballah held a joint rally with Amal in southern Beirut in response to the bombing of the Golden Shrine in Iraq. Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech appealing for calm and asking Muslims not to reproach each other. Nasrallah instead unleashed cr [...] | 2006-02-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT563 | MGLE01: HARIRI AND JUMBLATT DISCUSS STRATEGY [...] (S) On February 23, while waiting for Secretary Rice to arrive for a meeting with MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt at his house in Beirut, econoff and FSN senior political specialist were invited to sit with these two leaders. The small talk with FSN senior political specialist eventual [...] | 2006-02-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL SA SY |
06BEIRUT566 | MGLE01: POLITICAL PRESSURE SECURES RELEASE OF [...] (U) On February 16, the Lebanese army arrested a Palestinian national, Mohammad Abed al-Shmandur (aka Abu al- Abed) at a checkpoint near the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. He was suspected of transporting ammunition in the trunk of his car. While his political affiliation is unclea [...] | 2006-02-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM LE PTER |
06BEIRUT567 | SINIORA BRINGS THE POPE ON BOARD, SAYS "NO" TO [...] (C) In a 2/22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora claimed to have convinced the Vatican to push for President Lahoud's resignation. He said that the Maronite Patriarch and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri are both on board with Lahoud's resignation, but that Michel Aoun still [...] | 2006-02-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER SY LE IR |
06BEIRUT568 | MGLE01: AOUN EAGER FOR LAHOUD'S GRACEFUL [...] (C) Summary: Michel Aoun was in a good mood as he greeted the Ambassador for their February 22 meeting. The former General said he was encouraged by the anti-Lahoud tone taken by Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, and he insisted that Sfeir was not referring to him when Sfeir said the next president [...] | 2006-02-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT570 | MGLE01: Thousands of Lebanese Shia take to the [...] (U) Hizballah organized a mass rally to protest the bombing of a Shia shrine in Iraq. More than 100,000 persons gathered in the Southern Suburbs on February 23. Hizballah SYG Nasrallah delivered a speech calling on Shia to remain calm and to avoid provocations between the Shia and the Sunni [...] | 2006-02-24 16:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM LE PTER |
06BEIRUT579 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...] | 2006-02-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KDEM PTER KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT581 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...] | 2006-02-27 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KDEM PTER KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT59 | MGLE01: SALLOUKH STONEWALLS, GIVES APOLOGIST [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to express the USG's mounting concern over the reported contents of a draft agreement between the Siniora government and the Hizballah-Amal bloc that would bring the Shi'a parties back into the cabi [...] | 2006-01-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY |
06BEIRUT608 | MGLE01: QUARTERLY REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] (C) This is post's progress report for the first quarter of FY-06 on the country strategy for democratic reform. Refs A and B identified three outcomes for our country strategy: -- a new electoral law, -- competent, effective, transparent government, and -- reform of the judiciary. [...] | 2006-03-01 13:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI PGOV KPAO EAID PREL LE |
06BEIRUT613 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DRUSE LEADER [...] (C) For better or worse, Walid Jumblatt may well be the single person most responsible for where we are in Lebanon today. He was a warlord in the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and became a pillar of the post-Ta'if Agreement "pax Syriana." Lately, however, he has emerged as the most importan [...] | 2006-03-02 07:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT629 | MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY LEADER VIEWS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Veteran Maronite MP Robert Ghanem expressed guarded optimism on both the process and possible outcome of this week's "national dialogue" conference organized by Speaker Nabih Berri. Ghanem admitted he was somewhat surprised that Berri had been able to bring together the disparate power [...] | 2006-03-02 14:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT632 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL LAW REFORM COMMISSION FINISHING [...] (SBU) The national commission charged with reforming the electoral law is expected to submit a draft law to the Prime Minister within a week. It will incorporate a number of reforms: an independent electoral commission, quotas for female candidates, a lowering of the voting age, and regulat [...] | 2006-03-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE |
06BEIRUT633 | MGLE01: SINIORA ON THE PRESIDENCY, DIALOGUE, AND [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting at the Grand Serail, Prime Minister Siniora and the Ambassador discussed UNSCR 1559, the National Dialogue and the Lebanese presidency. Siniora said that the National Dialogue's discussion on 1559 would prompt serious debate on issues including Hizballah's arms and th [...] | 2006-03-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV SY |
06BEIRUT634 | MGLE01: NON-HIZBALLAH SHIA VOICES ON NATIONAL [...] (C) In the national dialogue set to begin March 2, Lebanese Shia will be represented by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Econoff interviewed three prominent independent Shia politicians, all of whom said that the Shia community does not exp [...] | 2006-03-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV PTER |
06BEIRUT645 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON [...] (C) For the first time since the 1989 Ta'if Accord, the full range of Lebanon's political leadership is now engaged in face-to-face negotiations -- this time, in Beirut rather than a foreign venue (and without any international "referees"). The first session on March 2 closed with consensus [...] | 2006-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT647 | MGLE01: ALL IN THE (FIRST) FAMILY: LAHOUD [...] (S) In a 3/3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he had been threatened by his father-in-law, President Emile Lahoud, in front of friends and relatives over dinner the previous evening. Lahoud, according to Murr, ordered Murr to recant [...] | 2006-03-06 06:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT672 | MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION [...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...] | 2006-03-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY |
06BEIRUT673 | MGLE01: SEVENTH SESSION OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Participants in the national dialogue, perhaps cowed by accusations of leaks to the press, have become more reticent in presenting their accounts of the March 7 session of the talks, which ended in the late afternoon. MP and Minister of Defense Michel Murr said that the early debate [...] | 2006-03-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PHUM KPAL KISL LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT674 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM -- BLUE-RIBBON PANEL MAY [...] (C) The national commission charged with reforming the electoral law has just slipped past another deadline for submitting a draft law to the Prime Minister. Commission members are still debating one key element of the law: electoral districts. Commission member Nawaf Salam told us that he [...] | 2006-03-06 16:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI LE |
06BEIRUT677 | MGLE01: SYRIAN ACCOUNTS COMFORTABLE IN LEBANESE [...] On March 6, the Daily Star, a Lebanese English daily, reported that Syrian newspapers have claimed in recent editions that USD 3 billion in bank deposits were withdrawn from Lebanese banks by Syrian depositors in recent weeks due to political tensions between Syria and Lebanon. On March 4, t [...] | 2006-03-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE |
06BEIRUT700 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] (SBU) The national dialogue came to a temporary halt on March 7 following a dispute between Hizballah SYG Nasrallah and Speaker Nabih Berri on the one hand and Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi, representing Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, on the other. The disagreement arose over a statement [...] | 2006-03-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM LE PTER |
06BEIRUT705 | MGLE01: SALIM AL-HOSS'S "INDEPENDENT" THIRD FORCE [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss doubted that Lebanon's parliamentary dialogue process (suspended later that day) would succeed. He thought participants would be unable to agree on Hizballah's weapons, the presidency, or relations with Syria. Rega [...] | 2006-03-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SY LE |
06BEIRUT713 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESIDENT BOUTROS [...] (C) Meeting the Ambassador and emboff as the Lebanese press reported that the two Maronite members of his electoral commission had resigned in protest, electoral commission president Fouad Boutros complained that he was "tired and disgusted." The octogenarian Boutros is Lebanon's most reliab [...] | 2006-03-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PHUM |
06BEIRUT714 | MGLE01: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister (and eternal presidential aspirant) Jean Obeid believes the national dialogue effort will founder unless regional assistance is provided on the two critical issues: the fate of President Lahoud, and disarming Hizballah. According to Obeid, Lahoud will not resign [...] | 2006-03-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT715 | MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...] | 2006-03-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE |
06BEIRUT726 | MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Despite the fact that the legal team sent to New York returned with a different concept for the tribunal than that contained in their cabinet instructions, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk emphasized that the Siniora government considers the talks to have been very successful -- to the p [...] | 2006-03-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY UN |
06BEIRUT727 | FOLLOW UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | ASEC KISL PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT728 | MGLE01: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO [...] On March 9, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Dr.Muhammad Baasiri, head of the Lebanese Central Bank's Special Investigation Commission. Baasiri will lead the Lebanese delegation to the Cairo plenary. 2. Baasiri, who recently completed his term as president of the MENA-FATF, was well-acqu [...] | 2006-03-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT734 | MGLE01: AOUN ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE: [...] (C) On March 9 the Ambassador and PolChief met with Michel Aoun and his aide, Gebran Basile. Aoun described the atmosphere of the national dialogue as friendly and open. Aoun was certain that the body's decision to "organize" Palestinian arms within six months would have the support of Hizb [...] | 2006-03-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL KISL PTER LE IR SY |
06BEIRUT735 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI BLAMES MARCH 14 COALITION [...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri believes the "national dialogue" has thus far been a worthwhile endeavor, which may produce a breakthrough in the way Lebanon's traditional political blocs resolve national issues. But he expressed deep concern that an intractable Hariri-Jumblatt alliance in the conf [...] | 2006-03-10 10:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT736 | MGLE01: MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS [...] (C) On March 8, the DCM hosted a lunch attended by MP Samir Franjieh, MP Mosbah al-Ahdab, former MP Fares Suaid, visiting NEA/ELA Syria Desk Officer, econoff, and FSN political specialist. On the electoral law, al-Ahdab noted that Amal-Hizballah would not have monopolized the Shia vote had [...] | 2006-03-10 10:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT741 | MGLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY LAUNCHES PROMOTIONAL [...] On March 8, the Lebanese Industrialists Association (LIA) in conjunction with Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel launched a campaign to promote Lebanese industry. Bumper stickers, billboards and a clever ad campaign aimed at Lebanese youth will send this simple message to the Lebanese: "Love [...] | 2006-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV LE |
06BEIRUT742 | MGLE01: EUROMENA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND LAUNCHED [...] On March 10, the Capital Trust Group, a private equity firm headquartered in London with offices in New York, launched the EuroMena Fund at an official signing ceremony in Beirut. Philippe de Fontaine Vive, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB),told the gathering that the [...] | 2006-03-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE |
06BEIRUT743 | MGLE01: LEBANESE VIEWS OF SYRIA AND IRAN [...] On March 6, the Iranian Bank Saderat public relations department announced that Bank Saderat and the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) are to establish a jointly-run bank. Currently, there are no further details as to how Bank Saderat's five branches in Lebanon and the two branches of the Commer [...] | 2006-03-10 13:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE SY |
06BEIRUT745 | MGLE01: ARMENIAN CHURCH PATRIARCH'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) The patriarch of the Armenian church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes the political situation has improved significantly in the past week due to the opening of the national dialogue. He concurred with his Maronite counterpart, Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, that Lahoud has be [...] | 2006-03-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT757 | MGLE01: UPDATE ON LEBANESE THINKING ABOUT HARIRI [...] (C) Summary: GOL Legal Advisor for the UNIIIC Tribunal Ralph Riachy met with Charge March 9 to review plans for eventual establishment of a tribunal to try suspects in the February 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Riachy provided a GOL scenario closely in line with r [...] | 2006-03-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL UNSC LE |
06BEIRUT772 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE RECOMMENCES WITH [...] (SBU) Lebanon's national dialogue resumed the morning of March 13, with the main discussion on Lebanese-Syrian relations. According to MP Boutros Harb, the atmosphere at the meeting was good. He said, "The simple fact that we are going to meet again this afternoon is a positive development [...] | 2006-03-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM LE PTER |
06BEIRUT786 | MGLE01: AMAL LEADER SATISFIED WITH LIMITED [...] (C) Amal member Ali Hamdan is pleased with the progress of the national dialogue to date. Hamdan, a close advisor to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, met with PolChief on 3/14 to discuss the meetings and his expectations for the next session. Hamdan said the Speaker would release a public s [...] | 2006-03-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY |
06BEIRUT811 | MGLE01: A BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW OF LEBANESE-IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, Econoff met with Mohamed Maktabi, the owner of a chain of high-end Persian carpet stores in Lebanon and the Gulf and a frequent traveler to Tehran, to discuss Lebanese-Iranian commercial relations. Maktabi told us he had noticed "no changes on the ground" regarding [...] | 2006-03-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE IR |
06BEIRUT827 | MGLE01: STATUS OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- SIDE [...] (C) Following the March 14 evening session, Speaker Nabih Berri announced a break in the national dialogue conference until March 22. This development was somewhat unexpected, considering that Druse leader Walid Jumblatt had just returned to Beirut two days earlier to rejoin the talks, but [...] | 2006-03-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT835 | MGLE01: RESIGNATIONS STALL NATIONAL ELECTORAL [...] (C) Last week, Ziad Baroud and Michel Tabet, the two Maronite members of the National Commission for Reform of the Electoral Law, resigned from the commission citing disagreement over the commission's redistricting plans. Baroud and Tabet claim they resigned because of procedural disagreement [...] | 2006-03-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PHUM |
06BEIRUT836 | MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...] | 2006-03-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
06BEIRUT844 | MGLE01: LEBANON EXPERT SEES SHI'A DEMOGRAPHIC [...] (C) Lebanon scholar William Harris described a demographic "crash" of Lebanon's Shi'a community, a phenomenon at odds with commonly-held views of the community's size and growth trends. Pointing to the experience of his relatives by marriage as typical of that of many Lebanese Shi'as, Harr [...] | 2006-03-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT845 | MGLE01: FORMER AOUN ADVISER WONDERS: DID AOUN [...] (C) Summary: Sami Nader, Michel Aoun's former advisor -- and ex-son-in-law -- accuses "the General" of having made a deal with the Syrian regime in order to return from exile and seek the presidency. Nader sees his own efforts at cultivating better relations between Aoun's supporters and th [...] | 2006-03-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT846 | MGLE01: WALID JUMBLATT ON THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) On March 16 Druse leader Walid Jumblatt discussed with Charge the national dialogue, Jacques Chirac's report of a possible Arab initiative to secure Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s cooperation in removing President Lahoud, Sheba,a Farms, and Christian presidential candidates. Jumblatt, [...] | 2006-03-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT847 | FINCEN NOTICE ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] On March 9, Charge conveyed to Mohamed Baasiri, head of the Special Investigations Commission (SIC) of the Central Bank of Lebanon, reftel talking points and the text of a background paper provided by the Department. These materials were also provided to Walid Alameddine, head of Lebanon's B [...] | 2006-03-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER ECON SANC LE SY |
06BEIRUT860 | MGLE01: BLUE LINE TENSION BUILDS [...] (C) On March 20, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that the Blue line was tense but quiet. He said that Israeli forces have raised their alert, but UNIFIL has not observed any of the unusual Hizballah military movements alleged by Israeli liaison. UNIFIL was more concerned th [...] | 2006-03-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER |
06BEIRUT873 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER: [...] (C) In a 3/16 meeting, national electoral reform commission member Paul Salem blamed what he called a "madly paranoiac" Maronite community for sabotaging efforts to reform the electoral law. Had the commission's two Maronite members -- Ziyad Baroud and Michel Tabet -- not resigned, he claime [...] | 2006-03-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI LE |
06BEIRUT891 | MGLE01: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (S/NF) On March 21, the Ambassador and econoff delivered reftel demarche to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and advisers Mohammad Chattah and Roula Noureddine (other topics reported septel). Siniora listened carefully and stoically as the Ambassador presented the demarche. Siniora was not ent [...] | 2006-03-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ETTC IS KPAO LE PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT892 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) In a 3/17 meeting, electoral reform commission member Zouheir Chokr expressed surprise at the resignation of two of his colleagues but called their insistence on a 13-district electoral map unjustified and contrary to the spirit of the Taif Agreement. He claimed that the nine-district pla [...] | 2006-03-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PHUM SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT895 | MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ASKS FOR US, SAUDI, AND [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was upbeat about the success of the national dialogue he has brokered. He was confident of a solution to Hizballah's arms when the national dialogue resumes on March 22. The difficult issue, accordi [...] | 2006-03-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EG KISL LE PGOV SA SY |
06BEIRUT897 | MGLEB01: New TV's Criticism of Judiciary Crosses [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An episode on Arabic-nationalist, independent New Television's (New TV) weekly 90-minute call- in program "Al Fasad" (Corruption) 3/10 strongly criticized Lebanon's judiciary, naming judges -- both Syrian appointee holdovers and friends of March 14 leaders -- it alleged were co [...] | 2006-03-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM KMPI KDEM OEXC SCUL LE |
06BEIRUT898 | MGLE01: SINIORA VIEWS SITUATION PRIOR TO [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denied reports that he had asked Terje Roed-Larsen to help him, along with Saudia Arabia and Egypt, negotiate with Syria on Lebanon's behalf. Regarding the national dialogue, Siniora said that Egyptian an [...] | 2006-03-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA |
06BEIRUT899 | MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION RESIGNEE [...] (C) In a 3/20 meeting, Ziad Baroud explained his resignation from the national commission on electoral law reform, lashing out at several fellow commission members in the process. Baroud asserted that a proposed nine-district electoral map was unfair to the Christian community, expressing bi [...] | 2006-03-21 16:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT922 | MGLEB01: POLITICAL ORGANIZING ON CAMPUS: A MIRROR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Student politics in Lebanon mirror the country's national political scene in intensity, organization and confessional breakdown. Highly structured partisan organizations with motivated and dedicated student members compete in time-consuming university elections to demonstrate [...] | 2006-03-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO KDEM KMPI SOCI SCUL LE |
06BEIRUT928 | MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) A respected intermediary who carries out dialogue between Patriarch Sfeir and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the Maronite religious leader has decided to get off the fence and support Nassib Lahoud as the principal Maronite candidate to replace President Emile Lahoud. Sfeir [...] | 2006-03-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
06BEIRUT929 | MGLE01--AOUN READY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE WHO [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),expressed unquestioning convinction of the correctness of his positions. In Aoun's world, his agreement with Hizballah is flawless, his attack on the parliamentary majority is righteous, [...] | 2006-03-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY KISL |
06BEIRUT944 | MGLE01: PROMINENT GEOGRAPHER REVIEWS [...] (C) Prominent Lebanese geographer and member of the prime minister's commission on Shebaa Farms Issam Khalifeh told econoff on March 22 that there are 36 points of contention along the Lebanese-Syrian border. These disputes include areas still occupied by Syrian military or border guard for [...] | 2006-03-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PBTS PGOV SY |
06BEIRUT948 | MGLE01--KATAEB PARTY LEADER SEES NO WAY AROUND [...] (C) Former President and Kataeb (Phalange) party leader Amin Gemayel told the Ambassador that Syria remains the key to resolving the political impasse in Lebanon. Gemayel left the dialogue sessions convinced that the participants had divided into two groups: 1) Hizballah and its apologists [...] | 2006-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KISL IR LE SY AA |
06BEIRUT951 | MGLE01: THE OTHER HARIRI SON PREFERS AOUN TO [...] (C) In a 3/24 meeting with the Ambassador, Baha' Hariri -- Rafiq Hariri's eldest son, who was passed over for politics in favor of second son Sa'ad -- expressed pessimism about Lebanon's current political deadlock. Convinced that the utility of the current national dialogue had run its cour [...] | 2006-03-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT953 | MGLE01: IFES DELEGATION ON LEBANON'S ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) A team of IFES experts visiting Beirut told us that the national commission charged with reforming the electoral law appears to have come up with a progressive, reform-oriented draft. They said that the recent impasse over districting should not distract Lebanese from the fact that "80 p [...] | 2006-03-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI LE |
06BEIRUT955 | MGLE01: NON-HIZBALLAH SHIA PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Shia MP Ali Bazzi and MP Ali Osseiran view the on-going national dialogue as an important development whose long-term impact considerably outweighs any immediate results. These independent Shia politicians believe that, although several formerly sensitive issues had already entered publ [...] | 2006-03-27 07:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT969 | MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT [...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...] | 2006-03-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT997 | MGLE01: TWO OBSERVERS FORESEE THE END OF THE [...] (C) Two men, from different sides of Lebanon's political divide told us this week that the national dialogue is over. Ali Hamdan, political advisor to dialogue host, Nabih Berri, believes the talks will continue, inconclusive, until sometime in April as Berri plays out the clock. Akram Sh [...] | 2006-03-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS ECON LE SY |
06BELGADE856 | KOSOVO: ELGRADE PRESENTS NEGOTIATING PLATFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | REL PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI SR |
06BELGRADE1001 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...] | 2006-06-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW |
06BELGRADE101 | MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM NOTES: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: The beginning of talks on the rules for the referendum was postponed until at least January 23, as previewed reftel. The parties instead debated the actions of the new police chief in a December 29 local by-election, with the opposition calling to oust the police and intelligenc [...] | 2006-01-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |