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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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08CAIRO1201 | DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRMAN OF IMFC [...] (U) Below are the texts of two letters received June 8, 2008 and June 9, 2008 respectively, regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali's candidacy for Chairman of the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. [...] | 2008-06-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG |
08CAIRO1203 | EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) We delivered points in reftel June 9 to Ayman Zeineldeen, Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs. Zeineldeen confirmed that Egypt would attend the June 23rd conference in Vienna on reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Barid refugee camp. In a June 11 meeting, MFA Senior Advisor Hossa [...] | 2008-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA EG |
08CAIRO1206 | EGYPTIAN MFA AND ARAB LEAGUE VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary. MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor Hossam Zaki told DCM June 11 that the GOE is in no hurry to advance intra-Palestinian dialogue, and recognizes the potential damage it could cause Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. PA President Abbas told President Mubarak June 9 that he does not want [...] | 2008-06-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO121 | EGYPT: POST SUBMISSION FOR SECTION 1377 TELECOM [...] We provide the below responses from the Government of Egypt to reftel concerns for the Section 1377 Telecom Trade Agreements 2008 Review. Satellite Services ------------------ 2. For all questions on licenses for satellite services, National Telecommunications and Regulatory Authority ( [...] | 2008-01-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD USTR EG |
08CAIRO1211 | EGYPT SUPPORTS SECRETARIAT ON UN SYSTEM OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER UNGA EG |
08CAIRO1212 | EGYPT WOULD CONSIDER HOSTING KOSOVAR DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 12:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI |
08CAIRO1213 | EGYPT ACCEPTS REQUEST TO REPLACE INFANTRY WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Counselor for UN Affairs Yasser Naggar told us on June 12 that, later that same day, the MFA would instruct its delegation in New York to accept the UN DPKO's request to replace one of four companies in Egypt's second infantry battalion for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) with an [...] | 2008-06-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC EG SU |
08CAIRO1226 | EGYPT TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-15 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL EG |
08CAIRO1228 | MUFTI'S VIEWS ON RECENT SECTARIAN INCIDENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-15 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KIRF PHUM KISL EG |
08CAIRO123 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE [...] A security contact confirmed to us that the Ministry of Defense would be trying to prevent additional Palestinians from entering Egypt today, January 25. Egyptian Border Guard Forces are now deployed to create a form of barrier along the border at Rafah, but an opening exists to allow Palesti [...] | 2008-01-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO1231 | EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS POSSIBLE ERITREAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While we cannot confirm Amnesty International allegations that Egypt has deported hundreds of Eritreans seeking refuge in Egypt, our UNHCR contacts say that convincing circumstantial evidence shows that Egypt deported at least some Eritreans to either Eritrea or Sudan between Ju [...] | 2008-06-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO124 | RAFAH CROSSING STILL OPEN; EGYPTIAN ANGER CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. People continue to cross the Gaza-Egypt border line without GOE customs or immigration formalities as of 1600 local, January 24. The GOE has established a heavy security presence in the area. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad told the Ambassador January 23 that the current crisi [...] | 2008-01-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS EG |
08CAIRO1240 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA TO ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EG |
08CAIRO1241 | S/P DIRECTOR GORDON, MG AL-ASSAR DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 discussion, Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar told S/P Director Gordon that Egypt is a strategic partner for the U.S., and criticized Congress' attempt to condition aid funds as "narrowly focused." Al-Assar claimed that conditionality hamp [...] | 2008-06-16 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EAID KPAL IR IS EG |
08CAIRO1255 | IFES ENGAGEMENT WITH EGYPT'S SUPREME ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On June 16, the Egypt country director for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) debriefed us on a June 2-7 trip to Poland that IFES, in coordination with the Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, arranged for three senior members of Egypt's Supreme Ele [...] | 2008-06-18 10:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PO EG |
08CAIRO1258 | EGYPT'S APPROACH ON ERITREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS [...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit USG concern over continuing reports that Egypt is deporting Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections to Eritrea. Aboul Gh [...] | 2008-06-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EG ER |
08CAIRO1259 | GLOBAL PATRIOT: REPORT SUMMARY DELIVERED; NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: On June 17, U.S. Fifth Fleet and NAVCENT Commander VADM Kevin J. Cosgriff presented a letter describing the U.S. Fifth Fleet investigation's findings and a summary of the investigative report to Assistant Minister of Defense [...] | 2008-06-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS EG |
08CAIRO126 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 26 [...] Egyptian riot police and armored vehicles continue to block Gaza cars from entering Egypt. The local press reports dozens of Egyptian riot police are forming a human barrier to block two openings through the breached border wall. Egyptian armored vehicles are also reportedly blocking roads i [...] | 2008-01-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO1268 | EGYPT MEPI UPDATE: SMALL GRANTS, RURAL OUTREACH, AND [...] Summary: Highlights of MEPI activities in Egypt during the first half of 2008 include six new small grants for projects with aims including democracy promotion in schools and strengthening workers' associations; a USDA regional Food Defense workshop; outreach to Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta [...] | 2008-06-19 04:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON KMPI KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1271 | CODEL RAHALL, DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Rahall, comprised of Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV),Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA),Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL),Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA),Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA),met with Defense Minister Tantawi June 1, accompanied by the Ambassador and OMC Chief. Rep. [...] | 2008-06-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR IQ IS EG |
08CAIRO1274 | PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW REAL ESTATE TAX LAW [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's parliament approved a new real estate tax law on June 16 that will significantly increase the nation-wide property tax base. The real estate tax law previously in effect limited property taxation to residential and commercial property in the Cairo metropolitan area. The [...] | 2008-06-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1275 | AMBASSADOR SCOBEY PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL APER EG |
08CAIRO1276 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP IR EG |
08CAIRO1277 | GLOBAL PATRIOT: DEFENSE MINISTER TERMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS EG |
08CAIRO1290 | EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE UPDATE - JUNE 23 VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM |
08CAIRO1291 | SPECIAL ENVOY GENERAL JONES' CAIRO MEETINGS JUNE 12 [...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security General James Jones (Ret.) met June 12 with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman and Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar to discuss his mission. General Jones explained that he is re [...] | 2008-06-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO1307 | SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT DELEGATION, GOE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, led an interagency delegation to Cairo June 8-9 to discuss civilian nuclear energy cooperation with current and former Electricity Ministry and Atomic Energy Authority officials, the MFA, and PGESC [...] | 2008-06-24 04:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON KNNP BEXP EG |
08CAIRO1315 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTIONS: SOME INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Late May elections for the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) highest body elevated five new members to the Guidance Council, among them two MB parliamentarians, an unprecedented move for the group. Some analysts herald the exclusion of a prominent MB moderate from th [...] | 2008-06-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL PINR EG |
08CAIRO1316 | EGYPT: HEADING OFF FUTURE FORCIBLE RETURNS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for action requested. 2. (C) It is too soon to tell if Egypt's recent forced repatriation of Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections (ref B) is a one-time occurrence or portends a full-scale reversal of Egypt's so-far gen [...] | 2008-06-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1322 | EGYPT: LIMITED UNHCR ACCESS TO ERITREAN ASYLUM [...] (C) On June 23, we again pressed MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty for the GOE to cease forced repatriations of Eritrean asylum seekers and to allow UNHCR complete access to those held in Egyptian custody. El Maaty, uncomfortable and defensive, stressed that most of the [...] | 2008-06-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1335 | MOODY'S DOWNGRADES EGYPT [...] (U) Moody's Investors Service downgraded its ratings of several categories of Egypt's debt on June 23. In particular, Moody's changed the outlook on Egypt's Ba1 foreign currency government bond from stable to negative and it changed the local currency bond rating from Baa3 to Ba1 while preser [...] | 2008-06-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1339 | NEW JUDICIAL LAW: A STEP BACK ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: In the final week of the 2007-2008 parliamentary session, the Egyptian People's Assembly approved several amendments to the Judicial Authorities law. Both the process and substance of the new legislation has been criticized - publicly by the reform-minded Egyptian Judges Club, and [...] | 2008-06-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS EG |
08CAIRO1340 | GAZA BORDER CALM, NO CLEAR WAY FORWARD ON OPENING [...] (S) Summary: LAWIO Chief MG Nagy told us June 25 that the Gaza border is calm, and that the GOE has recently found an increased number of tunnels used for smuggling commercial goods. He noted that three main tunnels collapsed in June. He said that EGIS Chief Soliman would discuss a Hamas-Isra [...] | 2008-06-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO1351 | PARLIAMENT PASSES WEAKENED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION [...] (U) The People's Assembly recently passed a modified version of amendments to the competition law proposed by the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to make the law more effective. ECA proposed an obligatory fine of 10% of annual profits for companies found guilty of monopolistic practices. [...] | 2008-06-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EG |
08CAIRO1352 | AGRIUM INVESTMENT DISPUTE COULD UNDERMINE EGYPT'S IMPROVED [...] (U) A campaign against construction of a urea fertilizer plant in the Port of Damietta industrial zone threatens to derail much of the GOE's success in improving Egypt's image as a safe, secure destination for foreign investment. EAgrium, a consortium of Canada's Agrium (60%),various GOE min [...] | 2008-06-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV SENV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO1353 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...] | 2008-06-30 06:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO1359 | EGYPT'S ENERGY STRATEGY, AND CONCERN OVER GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Determined to satisfy rapid growth in domestic demand and position Egypt as a regional hub for energy distribution, the GOE recently adopted a fifteen year national energy strategy, according to Ibrahim Saleh, special advisor to Finance Minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali and former [...] | 2008-06-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EG IS |
08CAIRO136 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER UPDATE: JANUARY 27 [...] (C) As of January 27, Palestinians continued to come and go from Egypt without undergoing customs or immigration procedures for the fifth consecutive day while security forces attempted to control only parts of the border and to limit visiting Palestinians' movement to the area between Al Ari [...] | 2008-01-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO137 | EGYPT SEES RE-OPENING RAFAH AS SOLUTION TO BORDER [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman and senior advisor Hossam Zaki told the CDA on January 27 that Egypt's political vision for solving the Gaza border crisis is to find a solution where "everyone wins something, but the PA comes out a bigger winner than Hamas." For the Israelis this wo [...] | 2008-01-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO1370 | BANQUE DU CAIRE PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOE postponed indefinitely the sale of state-owned Banque du Caire on June 25, after the highest bid received did not meet the minimum asking price of $1.6 billion for 67% of the bank's shares. A GOE evaluation committee set the minimum price based on the $1.6 billion that Italy's San [...] | 2008-07-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1388 | EGYPT: STILL INCOMPLETE UNHCR ACCESS TO ERITREANS [...] (SBU) On July 1, the Ambassador told Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim that the USG is concerned that the GOE was still not providing the UNHCR complete access to Eritrean asylum seekers in Egyptian custody. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative for Protection Katharina Lumpp had confirmed [...] | 2008-07-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1395 | EGYPT RECEIVES IRISL INFORMATION, COMMITTED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EWWT ETRD ECON EFIN PARM KNNP EG |
08CAIRO1400 | GOE HALTS TEMPORARY RAFAH OPENING DUE TO [...] (C) MFA Acting Palestinian Affairs Director Barakat El-Leithy told us July 2 that the GOE shut down its temporary reopening of the Rafah border crossing because of Palestinians throwing stones at Egyptian Civilian Security Forces (CSF). El-Leithy said that the GOE had planned to open the cro [...] | 2008-07-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL EG |
08CAIRO1402 | GOE RE-OPENS RAFAH FOR PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO [...] (C) MFA Acting Palestinian Affairs Director Barakat El-Leithy told us that the GOE re-opened the Rafah crossing July 3 on a temporary basis to allow Palestinians to return to Gaza from Egypt. He said that these were mostly wounded and sick Palestinians who received medical treatment in Egypt [...] | 2008-07-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL EG |
08CAIRO1403 | GLOBAL PATRIOT: PDASD COULTER, MG AL-ASSAR [...] (U) This message includes an action request; please see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Coulter met with Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohammed Al-Assar June 26 and July 1 to discuss resolving the outstanding issues related to the March 2 [...] | 2008-07-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS EG |
08CAIRO1410 | EGYPT STILL WARY ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) On July 1, the Ambassador pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim for Egypt to recognize Kosovo. Bassim repeated previous Egyptian objections to Kosovo recognition (ref C),noting that Kosovo's declaration of independence came "outside of international law" and worrying that it mig [...] | 2008-07-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV EG KV YI |
08CAIRO1414 | EGYPT: CONSIDERING NAVAL SUPPORT TO WFP FOR HORN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID EG |
08CAIRO1416 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...] | 2008-07-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL EAID ENRG IS |
08CAIRO1425 | EMBASSY CAIRO PLANS FOR FY 2008 D&G SPENDING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Working in a political environment that is increasingly hostile to reform and openness, our strategy is to exploit opportunities to promote political reform and human rights, both in partnership with civil society and where possible with reform elements within G [...] | 2008-07-08 09:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB EG |
08CAIRO1436 | U.S. COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Team visited Egypt June 15-30 to conduct site surveys on the Gaza Border and at the Giza training site in preparation for the GOE's deployment of seismic-acoustic counter-tunneling equipment on the Gaza Border, expected in January 2009 (reft [...] | 2008-07-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS EG |
08CAIRO1478 | IAEA: EGYPT NOTIFIED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IAEA ENRG PARM EG |
08CAIRO148 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 29 [...] Econoff and FSN traveled to North Sinai governorate January 28. In El Arish, the capital of North Sinai governorate, they saw a group of about 50 Palestinians camping outside the Ministry of Interior office. One Palestinian said he was waiting for permission to travel outside Sinai for medical [...] | 2008-01-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO1480 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (C) We raised points in reftel with Barakat Leithy, MFA Acting Director of Palestinian Affairs, on July 13. Leithy told us that the GOE strongly supports the Palestinian Authority and recognizes its financial challenges. Egypt is also facing increasing budgetary pressures. Nevertheless, Lei [...] | 2008-07-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREL ECON KWBG EG |
08CAIRO1481 | INFLATION RISES IN JUNE, BUT NOT AS FAST AS IN PREVIOUS [...] (U) Inflation reached 20.2% year-on-year (YoY) in June, up from 19.7% YoY in May, according to Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Food prices increased 27.2% YoY, up slightly from 27% YoY in May. Speaking just before release of the inflation figures, Mini [...] | 2008-07-15 05:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1483 | SUDAN: ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPT ON ICC INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Arab League Secretariat Advisor for African Affairs Zeid Sabban told us on July 15 that Secretary General (SYG) Amre Moussa had come to a "mutual understanding" with United Nations (UN) SYG Ban Ki-Moon and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping in Paris July 14 regarding the I [...] | 2008-07-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO1484 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHUT-OUT IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, elections for four empty parliamentary seats were held in Alexandria and the Nile Delta province of Kafr al Shaikh. The National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates won in all of the races, amid allegations from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates of electoral fraud [...] | 2008-07-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO1486 | DISCUSSION WITH EGYPTAIR REGARDING FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) We raised the issue of foreign fighters transiting Damascus via commercial aircraft on their way to Iraq (ref A) with Essam Gamal El Din, Vice President for Security at EgyptAir and with Maged Hagag, Security Manager for the airline. El Din and Hagag said that Egyptian security services h [...] | 2008-07-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER EAIR ECON EG |
08CAIRO1491 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE RELEASE AND [...] (U) Background: a. In Feb 99, the U.S. and Egypt concluded an MOU for the co-production of M865 and M831A1 120mm Tank Training Ammunition. The associated foreign military sales case (EG-B-NFP) was implemented in Nov 00 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC),Rock I [...] | 2008-07-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO150 | RISING ANXIETY ABOUT PRICE INCREASES [...] (U) In one clear manifestation of rising popular anxiety about price increases, large demonstrations were held recently in two Nile Delta cities, protesting increased prices of basic commodities such as bread, oil, beans and rice. On January 18, approximately 2000 protestors, including member [...] | 2008-01-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO151 | DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT WANTS LARGER [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting at their request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah and Ahmed Hassan Mohamed of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) asked us to lobby the UN and AU envoys to include SLM/A-UF representatives in their meetings when they next approach Darfur rebe [...] | 2008-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU |
08CAIRO1513 | R/V OCEANUS RESEARCH VOYAGE REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KVRC EG |
08CAIRO1515 | EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER DISCOURAGES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammed Rachid told the Ambassador in an introductory call that Egyptian reformers would view a free-trade agreement with the United States as a catalyst for reform, arguing that the 2006 U.S. decision to back away from the launch of free-tra [...] | 2008-07-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EG |
08CAIRO1516 | AMBASSADOR VISITS THE GAZA BORDER; RAFAH CROSSING [...] (C) Summary: On a July 13 visit to the Egypt-Gaza border, the Ambassador attended a briefing by Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) Chief MG Nagy and toured the border area. In the briefing, MG Nagy outlined the political and security reasons that he said compel Egypt to [...] | 2008-07-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAL MASS IS EG |
08CAIRO1517 | GLOBAL PATRIOT: VICTIM'S RELATIVES INQUIRE INTO [...] (C) On July 14, two relatives of the widow of Mohammed Affifi, the victim in the Global Patriot incident, called us unexpectedly to request a meeting, saying that they had traveled from Port Suez to Cairo to see us. Before the meeting, we advised MOD U.S. Affairs Deputy Chief Colonel Abdullah [...] | 2008-07-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS EG |
08CAIRO1518 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LOCAL ECONOMY, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's visit to North Sinai July 13, she discussed local economic and political issues with the governor, governorate officials, MPs and businesspeople. Governor Mohammed Abdel Fadeel Shousha said that unemployment in Gaza and in North Sinai fuels smuggling thro [...] | 2008-07-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PINR PGOV IS EG |
08CAIRO152 | RISING ANXIETY ABOUT PRICE INCREASES: Part II [...] (U) Rising food prices have led to demonstrations and pessimism among the poor, but official data show inflation within a reasonable range, given current economic growth. Most analysts believe the official figures do not capture the full picture, particularly as the poor are hurt most by risi [...] | 2008-01-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KLAB EG |
08CAIRO1524 | MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR SCOBEY AND MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Scobey paid an introductory call on Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly on June 29. Discussion centered on ongoing health sector reform, graduate level training for ministry staff in US and by U.S. universities in Egypt, pharmaceutical intellectual prope [...] | 2008-07-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV TBIO KIPR KSCA KFLU KWMN EG |
08CAIRO1526 | DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT LAYS AHEAD FOR IMFC [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson received July 13, 2008 regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali thoughts on the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2008-07-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG |
08CAIRO1527 | CLOSED LABOR NGO RE-OPENS [...] (SBU) After a year-long legal battle, the Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS),a labor rights group, has re-opened. The group's offices were closed by State Security officers in April 2007, after the Ministry of Social Solidarity accused the organization of inciting nationwide [...] | 2008-07-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1528 | GOE AND ARAB LEAGUE ON JULY 19 MINISTERIAL ON [...] (SBU) Arab League Secretariat Advisor for African Affairs Zeid Sabban told us on July 17 that the Arab League would try to tread a "middle road" in its upcoming July 19 ministerial on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's recommendation to indict Sudanese President Bashir, but tha [...] | 2008-07-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO1529 | MIC'S ABOULNAGA REVIEWS BILATERAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and USAID Mission Director spent two hours with MIC Minister Aboulnaga on July 17 reviewing the state of play on both the Egyptian position on the proposed ESF levels for 2009 and on Democracy and Governance programming. Aboulnaga confirmed that MIC will not sign an [...] | 2008-07-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1535 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] (U) We delivered reftel paragraph 12 points to Engineer Alaa Fahmy, Chairman of the Egyptian Postal Authority, on July 9. He had no substantive response on the points on the UPU Massion Statement or Zero Nominal Growth policies. On supporting U.S. candidacy, he asked for names and details on [...] | 2008-07-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO EG |
08CAIRO1537 | MFA ON NATO VISIT TO CAIRO, EGYPTIAN VIEWS OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for European Security and Strategy Mohammed Orfi briefed us July 8 on NATO Assistant SYG Martin Erdmann's mid-June meeting with MFA Assistant Minister for Europe Fatima Zara (ref),saying that the two sides moved toward signing an MOU on exchanging classified [...] | 2008-07-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO IS EG |
08CAIRO1541 | ARAB MINISTERIAL BACKS SUDAN VS. ICC [...] (SBU) The Arab League called International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Ocampo's request for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir "unbalanced" in a statement after its July 19 ministerial on the subject, but stopped short of calling on the UN to use its power to stay the [...] | 2008-07-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU |
08CAIRO1543 | MFA CABINET ASSESSES THE EGYPTIAN-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian MFA Cabinet advisors told us in separate meetings July 14-20 that the GOE remains frustrated with Syria, with no plans for a high-level bilateral meeting on the horizon. Although there had been talk of a Mubarak-Assad meeting at the Paris summit of European and Mediterr [...] | 2008-07-21 06:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY EG |
08CAIRO155 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 29, PT. II [...] On January 29, econoff and FSN traveled from El Arish to the border crossing at Rafah, encountering little traffic all the way to the commercial customs terminal. There were thirty central security trucks on the highway between El Arish and Rafah, and state security officers blocked side road [...] | 2008-01-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS |
08CAIRO1560 | PARLIAMENTARY MINISTER DETAILS COMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, Minister of State for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Mufeed Shehab detailed for the Ambassador priority legislation that will come before Egypt's parliament when the new legislative session opens in mid-November. According to Shehab, Egypt's delayed anti-ter [...] | 2008-07-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1565 | AYMAN NOUR NOT RELEASED ON NATIONAL HOLIDAY [...] (C) In a customary gesture of mercy, on July 23 (a national holiday which celebrates the anniversary of Egypt's 1952 revolution),President Hosni Mubarak granted amnesty to 1,587 prisoners who had served over half of their sentences. Former opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour, who has [...] | 2008-07-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1566 | EGYPT: REACTION TO TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION [...] (SBU) On July 22 we delivered reftel trafficking-in-persons (TIP) action plan to MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd, emphasizing that the GOE needs to make measurable progress in victim protection and in prosecutions of, and a comprehensive legal framework to prosecu [...] | 2008-07-24 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN KCRM PHUM SMIG EG |
08CAIRO1567 | EGYPT: ESSENTIAL INTERESTS IN THE NILE BASIN AND [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials emphasize that Egypt is a leader not only in the Arab world but also in Africa. Outside of projecting regional weight, though, Egypt's core interests in Africa center on maintaining security of Nile water resources and managing the often illegal flow of people a [...] | 2008-07-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SENV EWWT EAGR EG ET SU SO |
08CAIRO157 | COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court ruled in two cases brought by members of Egypt's small Baha'i religious community that the government may issue official identification documents without listing the holder's religion on the document. (Note: Under current practice, the gove [...] | 2008-01-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO158 | ARAB LEAGUE LEBANON MTG POST-MORTEM [...] (S) Summary. The GOE MFA Cabinet Advisor for Syria-Lebanon was downcast following the January 27 Arab League ministerial session on Lebanon. He did not see significant progress toward a pro-majority solution, and worried that the Syrians were succeeding in wearing down moderate Arab states. [...] | 2008-01-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY EG |
08CAIRO1581 | EGYPT ARRESTS FACEBOOK ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO16 | AYMAN NOUR UPDATE AND LETTER TO POTUS [...] (C) Summary: In a December 30 meeting, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader and former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, told us that Nour's health is currently "ok" and that he hopes to be released in one of the traditional holiday amnesties granted by President Hosni Mubarak [...] | 2008-01-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1608 | WOMEN'S ISSUES COORDINATOR VISITS EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO162 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 30 [...] An Egyptian businessman in El Arish told us January 30 that he was not optimistic that the GOE will successfully round up all the Palestinians in North Sinai. Some of them, he surmised, will go to ground with friends and relatives. An academic contact, by contrast, said that Egyptians in Nor [...] | 2008-01-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS |
08CAIRO1629 | BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG |
08CAIRO163 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE JANUARY 30 [...] An Egyptian businessman in El Arish told us January 30 that he was not optimistic that the GOE will successfully round up all the Palestinians in North Sinai. Some of them, he surmised, will go to ground with friends and relatives. An academic contact, by contrast, said that Egyptians in Nor [...] | 2008-01-31 05:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL CASC PTER EG IS |
08CAIRO1637 | CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, Senator Kerry and the Ambassador discussed regional developments with President Hosni Mubarak, including Zimbabwe, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel-Palestine. Mubarak said that Egypt was working to find a solution in Sudan, but preferred to do so "quietly." Mubarak warned [...] | 2008-07-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM AU EG IR IS SU |
08CAIRO1647 | DARFUR REBELS IN EGYPT ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary: Since the GOE expelled prominent representatives of the relatively active and well-organized Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) after the JEM attack on Khartoum in May 2008, the Darfur rebels remaining in Cairo seem a less active bunch. The most prominent remaining group seems t [...] | 2008-07-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO1651 | EGYPT: NEW APPROACH ON ERITREAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has acknowledged that it returned 167 Eritreans that it claims did not need refugee protection to Eritrea, claims to have "set free" 87 who were arrested in Egypt but who carried UNHCR refugee identification cards, and is disputing UNHCR designated refugee status for 130 [...] | 2008-07-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EG ER IS |
08CAIRO1677 | Egypt: Counterfeit Drugs Threaten Public Health, IPR [...] (U) Summary: GOE health and security officials are seeking assistance from US pharmaceutical companies to combat counterfeit drugs, which threaten public health, cost an estimated 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($190 million) a year, and violate the intellectual property rights of the innovative dr [...] | 2008-08-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD EG |
08CAIRO1679 | EGYPT RELEASES FACEBOOK ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO168 | EGYPTIANS, GAZANS SEEK ALTERNATIVE TO BORDER CHAOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From business leaders to currency traders to hungry guys with empty gas cans, Egyptian residents of North Sinai and their self-invited guests from Gaza stressed during our visit January 28-30 that economic and humanitarian pressure will continue to cause eruptions across the bo [...] | 2008-01-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL ETRD PTER KWBG EG |
08CAIRO171 | MIC'S ABOUL NAGA "EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED" BY [...] (C) Charge, USAID mission director, and econ counselor (notetaker) met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga to discuss next steps on the U.S. economic assistance program to Egypt. Charge explained that for FY 2009, the Administration's budget request for $200 million [...] | 2008-01-31 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV EG |
08CAIRO1711 | EGYPTIAN MONASTERY CLASH: RESOLUTION EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL EG |
08CAIRO1716 | SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON ZIMBABWE AND EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 meeting with Hatem Seif al Nasser, Assistant Foreign Minister for American Affairs, the Ambassador pressed the GOE to play a constructive role with Zimbabwe, to help ensure that March 29 election results are respected. A wide-ranging discussion on Egyptian internal p [...] | 2008-08-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF PHUM ZI EG |
08CAIRO172 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE UPGRADE OF [...] (SBU) Description: In Ref A (TAB A),the GOE requested the modification and upgrade of all existing Type 3 NVGs to type 4 in support of the operational flying requirements of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). These upgrades are essential for the safe execution of night flying operations and must [...] | 2008-02-03 05:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO1749 | RESULTS OF ARAB LEAGUE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DJ ER EG |
08CAIRO1761 | RESULTS OF ARAB LEAGUE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab League African Affairs Director Samir Hosni led an Arab League fact-finding mission to the Djibouti-Eritrea border on May 9-11. Members of the group met with Djiboutian officials, but Eritrean officials refused to meet with them. The committee found that Eritrean troops we [...] | 2008-08-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DJ ER EG |
08CAIRO1762 | VOLUNTARY RETURN OF IRAQIS FROM CAIRO TO BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Iraqi Embassy in Cairo and the Cairo office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed August 10 media reports that approximately 1000 Iraqis, many of whom have UNHCR refugee status, will return to Iraq from Egypt this week. The Iraqi Embassy, Egyptian Minist [...] | 2008-08-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ EG |
08CAIRO1793 | AL HURRA MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Al Hurra officials met with Information Minister Anas El Fikki to discuss options for broadcasting portions of a three-hour daily live television program from Cairo. Minister Fikki was adamant that all satellite transmissions for this program be transmitted from within Media [...] | 2008-08-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BBG KPAO EG |
08CAIRO1794 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE EGYPTIAN FUND FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Ambassador Neveen Ashmawy, Secretary General of the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa (EFTCA) on August 10. EFTCA provides technical experts, training courses and aid donations to assist in the development of sub-Saharan African countries. EFTCA [...] | 2008-08-18 05:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EG |
08CAIRO18 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN, LARIJANI VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The Ali Larijani visit at the turn of the year was the latest in a series of three meetings between GOE and Iranian officials. The media (particularly from Iran) has played up the prospects for improved GOE-GOI relations. However, despite overtures from the Iranian side for great [...] | 2008-01-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY EG |
08CAIRO1813 | EGYPT CLAIMS IPR IMPROVEMENTS DURING USTR VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While maintaining their longstanding resistance to USG requests regarding pharmaceutical test data exclusivity, GOE officials claimed progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) during a USTR-led visit July 27-29. Private-sector representatives agreed that IPR pro [...] | 2008-08-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EG |
08CAIRO1833 | DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE "SOLUTION [...] (SBU) We conveyed the U.S. position on the Arab League's solution package to Samir Hosni, Director of the Arab League's African Affairs Office on August 7 (ref A). We also encouraged the Arab League to press the Government of Sudan to take positive, concrete steps to improve the situation in [...] | 2008-08-20 10:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU AL EUN |
08CAIRO1851 | INFERNO AT EGYPT'S SHURA COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dramatic fire the evening of August 19, the 142-year old building housing the main hall, offices, and committee rooms of the Shura Council, Egypt's upper parliamentary house, was heavily damaged. The GOE has pledged to rapidly rebuild, and parliament, which is currently on [...] | 2008-08-21 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO1855 | EGYPTIAN OIL MINISTER BULLISH ON RESERVES, [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy told the Ambassador in an introductory call Aug. 21 that Egyptian oil and gas reserves exceed most estimates and will increase with new technology, including a speculative plan by an American company for a novel way to exploit hard-to-rea [...] | 2008-08-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EMIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL EG |
08CAIRO1862 | FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO HOST REGIONAL "QUINTET" [...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador raised the concept of a sub-ministerial strategic planning dialogue, to include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States. She highlighted that the discussions would focus on long-term strategic [...] | 2008-08-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EG |
08CAIRO1863 | EGYPTIAN SUBSIDIES HIT THE FISCAL BOTTOM LINE HARD [...] (U) Recent data released by the GOE on spending during fiscal year 2007-8 (July-June) highlight the impact of inflation and the rising cost of government subsidies on the GOE budget. Sharp increases in revenue due to economic growth and tax increases were offset by a 25% increase in public spe [...] | 2008-08-25 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO1876 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GEORGIA, IRAQ, AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador he had not yet read the report and recommendations of an MFA team that recently traveled to Baghdad to assess security conditions in preparation for the potential return of an Egyptian ambassador. He [...] | 2008-08-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KIRF RU GG IZ EG |
08CAIRO1877 | EGYPT'S VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD FOR SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) is extremely concerned about the future of a unified Sudan. Egypt supports the Arab League's initiative for Sudan, (reftels A, B) but is uncertain whether it will produce any results. The GOE opposes the ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir [...] | 2008-08-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
08CAIRO1878 | STRATEGY FOR THE GAZA BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza took effect June 19, rocket attacks from Gaza have decreased, and Israeli public pressure on the GOE to stop smuggling via tunnels into Gaza has relaxed. However, smuggling remains [...] | 2008-08-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL KPAL PTER MOPS MARR IS EG |
08CAIRO1889 | PROMINENT REFORMIST JUDGE PLANS TO LEAVE EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Reformist Court of Cassation justice Hisham Bastawisi plans to leave Egypt in early September and spend approximately two years working as a legal advisor in Kuwait. Bastawisi is Egypt's most prominent advocate for increased judicial independence, whose leadership of the Judges Clu [...] | 2008-08-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS EG |
08CAIRO190 | EGYPT: SECRETARY BODMAN DISCUSSES CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During his January 23 visit to Cairo, Secretary of Energy Bodman reinforced to official and SIPDIS commercial audiences the need to pursue energy security through diversity, increase electricity supply to fuel global economic growth, and invest in increased efficiency and rene [...] | 2008-02-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
08CAIRO1920 | EGYPT: NO POSITION YET ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 28, ECPO Minister Counselor, together with British and Japanese DCMs (who had received nearly identical instructions),delivered reftel demarche to MFA spokesman and senior cabinet advisor Hossam Zaki. A very sober Zaki listened attentively. He said that Egypt took all issues of [...] | 2008-08-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG GG RU |
08CAIRO1921 | GOE TO OPEN RAFAH AUGUST 30-31 BEFORE RAMADAN [...] (C) LAWIO Chief MG Nagy told us August 28 that the GOE plans to open the Rafah crossing on a temporary basis August 30 and 31 to allow Egyptians stranded in Gaza to return to Egypt, and to allow Palestinians in Egypt to return to Gaza. MG Nagy said the opening will also allow Palestinians worki [...] | 2008-08-28 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAL EG |
08CAIRO1922 | GLOBAL PATRIOT: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CONDOLENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by OMC Chief, presented condolence payment checks totaling 750,000 Egyptian pounds ($141,000) August 28 to the widow, mother, 6 year-old daughter and 1 year-old son of Mohammed Affifi who was killed in the March 24 Global Patriot incident. In a meeting at the S [...] | 2008-08-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS EG |
08CAIRO1931 | EGYPT HAS NO POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to the Office of Eastern and Southern European Affairs at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 1. We stressed USG concerns over Serbia's request for a UNGA resolution seeking an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on Koso [...] | 2008-09-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNGA KV EG |
08CAIRO1932 | EGYPTIAN COURT BLAMES FIRMS FOR CEMENT INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Cairo court fined 20 cement executives including Amcham President Omar Mohanna USD $1.9 million each for collusion to fix cement prices, blaming the companies for contributing to soaring inflation and in particular the rising cost of much- needed housing. While Trade Minister [...] | 2008-09-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO1933 | MUBARAK-BARAK DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON FINAL STATUS [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad briefed the Ambassador August 27 on President Mubarak's August 23 discussions with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Awad described Barak's visit as "fruitful," focusing on two main issues: Gaza, and Israeli-Palestinian final status discussio [...] | 2008-09-01 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO1939 | MIN INFORMATION DENIES CANCELLING AL HURRA TAPING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BBG KPAO EG |
08CAIRO1940 | ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPTIAN MFA ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SU EG |
08CAIRO1963 | EGYPTIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN: AN EYE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The principal liaison officer at the Government of South Sudan's (GOSS) liaison office in Cairo, Parmena Makuet Mangar, told us that the Government of Egypt (GOE) maintained good relations with the GOSS, and was funding and working on various development projects in southern Sudan [...] | 2008-09-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SU EG |
08CAIRO1965 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, we delivered ref A points to Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef and separately to GOE MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Affifi. On Israeli-Palestinian issues, Youssef called for more progress on the ground and criticized the lack of an Israeli settlement fr [...] | 2008-09-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS KPAL IAEA IZ SY MR XF |
08CAIRO1972 | EGYPT AND REFUGEES: "WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE A [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Tarek el-Maaty told us that Egypt is searching to find the best approach to dealing with its refugee problems, and does not want to be seen as a "stepping stone" to the West. Recently, there has been an upsurge in shootings at the border as Egypt [...] | 2008-09-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREF PREL PGOV ER SU EG |
08CAIRO1980 | APPARENT PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A MARITIME [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) After two years of advocacy in support of a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) visit to Egyptian ports to review compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) standards, Embassy Cairo notes a possible change of attitude from relevant GOE a [...] | 2008-09-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL EG |
08CAIRO1981 | FM ABOUL GHEIT RAISES CONCERNS OVER WEST BANK [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hafez (please protect) briefed us September 5 on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's August 31 meeting in Cairo with Israeli MFA DG Aharon Abramovich. Hafez described the meeting's atmosphere as "positive," and stressed that the Egyptia [...] | 2008-09-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO1991 | SEPTEMBER 8-9 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed the diplomatic corps September 10 on the September 8-9 Arab League Ministerial, stressing that the discussions focused on pessimistic assessments of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Youssef, Palesti [...] | 2008-09-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL LE IS IZ SY MR XF SU EG |
08CAIRO2001 | EDITOR OF UNLICENSED PAPER RECEIVES ONE YEAR [...] (C) On September 10, a court sentenced Ahmed Bakr Selim, editor of the largely unknown newspaper "Al Qahira Al Yoym" ("Cairo Today") to one year in prison for publishing and distributing the paper without a license. According to Egyptian state media, the court granted Selim bail on $1,850 pen [...] | 2008-09-14 06:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO EG |
08CAIRO2003 | EGYPT ON PENDING RELEASE OF CONVICTED TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-14 06:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR EG |
08CAIRO201 | EGYPT MAKES INCREMENTAL PROGRESS ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Egypt continues to make progress on the concerns identified in the Special 301 action plan for Egypt (ref A); more remains to be done. This message responds to request in ref B to update the status of specific concerns, keyed to each item in the action plan. EN [...] | 2008-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EG |
08CAIRO202 | MFA ON LEBANON SUPPORT, IRAN RELATIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche on Lebanon (reftel a) and note verbale to MFA Cabinet advisors Hossam Zaki and Nazih Neggary on January 4. They told us the GOE fully supports Lebanon and an immediate presidential election. They said that the GOE agrees that the tribunal needs to be supported, and t [...] | 2008-02-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV SY LE IR EG |
08CAIRO2027 | EGYPTIAN TYCOONS' CRIMINAL CASES ADD TO DISTRUST OF PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Some of Egypt's leading captains of industry are under investigation in a range of criminal cases from relatively routine suspicions of bribery to the violent killing of a former girlfriend. The Egyptian stock market was buffeted by murder-for-hire accusations against regime insider Ta [...] | 2008-09-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM PGOV EINV EG |
08CAIRO203 | EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EG |
08CAIRO2037 | EGYPT ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) We met on September 14 with Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd to urge the Egyptians to support U.S. human rights priorities at the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (reftel). While Aboulmagd did not address the substance of the countr [...] | 2008-09-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL UN OIC EG |
08CAIRO204 | EGYPT: CHAD SITUATION "COMPLICATED," WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) We asked MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid for the GoE to demarche the Sudanese government to cease its support Chadian rebels on February 6. Per reftel demarche, we stressed that the Sudanese were providing more support to Chadian rebels than before, inflaming an alre [...] | 2008-02-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2043 | EGYPT NAMES PROBABLE COEPSU PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The Italian Embassy informed us August 26 that they received a dipnote from the Egyptian MFA confirming that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior "agrees in principle" to send 10 officers to the COEPSU course beginning September 22, and listing the officers' names. Italian Emboff told us August [...] | 2008-09-16 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS IT EG |
08CAIRO2053 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASYLUM SEEKERS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. We delivered the demarche on asylum seekers in Egypt to Tarek el-Maaty, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees (reftel A). El Maaty stated that the GOE regrets the deaths of those on the border, bu [...] | 2008-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS ER EG |
08CAIRO2054 | ELECTRICITY DEMAND OVERWHELMS SUPPLY, LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The independent press reports that power cuts and brownouts have made life uncomfortable in villages and towns across the Delta region since early August and railed against the government for failing to meet electricity demand outside of major cities. Minister of Electricity an [...] | 2008-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EG |
08CAIRO2055 | ELECTRICITY DEMAND OVERWHELMS SUPPLY, LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The independent press reports that power cuts and brownouts have made life uncomfortable in villages and towns across the Delta region since early August and railed against the government for failing to meet electricity demand outside of major cities. Minister of Electricity an [...] | 2008-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EG |
08CAIRO2062 | INFLATION STILL A WORRY FOR THE EGYPTIAN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) raised key lending and deposit rates by 50 basis points on September 18. Year-on-year inflation was 25.5% in August, and the latest move by the CBE reflects its worries over continued inflationary pressure on the economy, even as it noted that food [...] | 2008-09-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2072 | REPORT ON EGYPTIAN DISSIDENT'S HEALTH APPARENTLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2075 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BMENA FORUM FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMPI ECON EG |
08CAIRO2077 | IFES PLANS SECOND TRIP WITH SUPREME ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Country Director Jeffrey Carlson told us September 15 there is a good chance that IFES will lead a trip with four members of Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) in October to India, where SEC members would meet with Indian coun [...] | 2008-09-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PO IN EG |
08CAIRO2078 | NDI MAKING PROGRESS WITH LOW-PROFILE APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: National Democratic Institute (NDI) resident representative Lila Jaafar told us September 16 that in spite of NDI's lack of official registration, the organization provided training and publications to local NGOs over the past year by adopting a low-profile posture and informing [...] | 2008-09-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EG |
08CAIRO2079 | ARAB LEAGUE WORKING WITH AFRICAN UNION TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issues in Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania. AL SYG Amr Moussa and AU SYG Jean Ping head an Arab Ministerial committee on Darfur, and AU Peace and Security Commission [...] | 2008-09-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SO MR IT QA EG |
08CAIRO2089 | EGYPTIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) As of September 2008, this is the data we have on Egypt's UNAMID deployment. Egypt's initial planned contribution to UNAMID was 1,520 personnel, which it has not yet met. This number appears to have increased with the commitment of a second infantry battalion of approximately 850 personn [...] | 2008-09-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU EG |
08CAIRO2091 | ACADEMICS SEE THE MILITARY IN DECLINE, BUT RETAINING STRONG INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently, academics and civilian analysts painted a portrait of an Egyptian military in intellectual and social decline, whose officers have largely fallen out of society's elite ranks. They describe a disgruntled mid-level officer corps harshly critical of a defense minister they perc [...] | 2008-09-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PGOV ECON EG |
08CAIRO2097 | EGYPT REVIEWS TEXTILE LABEL REQUIREMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Walid el-Nozahy, head of the WTO unit at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, on September 25 to raise the concerns of Nike and other U.S. garment exporters regarding GOE decrees 515 of 2003 and 770 of 2005 (ref e-mail). Econoff noted that U.S. exporters believe that the [...] | 2008-09-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO EG |
08CAIRO2098 | NAZIF AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF ESF, PLEDGEST CONTINUED REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2099 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC EG |
08CAIRO2100 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS PARM CH EG |
08CAIRO211 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE - FEBRUARY 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS EG |
08CAIRO2122 | APPEALS COURT CONVICTS AND SENTENCES INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2133 | RESPONSE TO SELF-DEPLOYMENT OF EGYPTIAN TROOPS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MASS SU EG |
08CAIRO2135 | EGYPT REACTS TO 2008 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2141 | FM ABOUL GHEIT VISITS BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG |
08CAIRO2152 | MUBARAK COMMUTES SENTENCE OF INDEPENDENT EDITOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2153 | REFORM FATIGUE AT THE HOUSING MINISTRY Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ------- Summary ------- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG PGOV KDEM PREL |
08CAIRO2156 | ABOUL GHEIT'S IRAQ VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG |
08CAIRO2160 | FINANCIAL TURMOIL REACHES THE NILE: EGYPT'S STOCK [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's benchmark stock index has fallen 22% in the last two days to reach multi-year lows. Traders and analysts have at long last begun to worry that global economic turmoil will hurt the Egyptian economy more than originally thought. Despite having well-capitalized banks and lim [...] | 2008-10-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO2175 | UPDATE: EGYPT INCREASES COUNTER-SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptian security forces continue to improve counter-smuggling efforts along the Gaza border following the June Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups. During an August visit [...] | 2008-10-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO2177 | AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON POTUS LUNCH AND MUTED GOE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS IO EG |
08CAIRO2187 | AL-GAMA'AT AL-ISLAMIYA: CONCERNS REGARDING POSSIBLE REVOCATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR EG |
08CAIRO2188 | ARAB LEAGUE COS UPBEAT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told the DCM October 13 that he believes the situation in Iraq is improving. "We all can say that Iraq is on the right track now. The question is how to accelerate the pace of developments to get better results," Yousef said during the DCM,s introductory [...] | 2008-10-14 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY EG |
08CAIRO2197 | SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG |
08CAIRO2198 | COURT FINES JOURNALISTS FOR INSULTING AL-AZHAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2199 | DECISION IN FOUR EDITORS' APPEAL EXPECTED DECEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2205 | INVITATION TO MRS. BUSH FROM EGYPTIAN MFA AND THE [...] This is an action request; please see para 2. 2. Post received para 3 letter October 9th via dipnote. We respectfully request that the Department pass the invitation to the Office of the First Lady. 3. The text of the invitation reads as follows (informal Embassy translation). Original [...] | 2008-10-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI |
08CAIRO2209 | EGYPTIAN COPTIC PRIEST JAILED IN LEGAL DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KIRF EG |
08CAIRO2210 | FM ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 16:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG |
08CAIRO2221 | IS THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT READY FOR A GLOBAL SLOWDOWN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's stock market, like nearly all globally, has been significantly down this year and the global financial crisis has only accelerated that decline. The index is down 50 percent from its April historic highs, and in October, the most intense period of global financial crisi [...] | 2008-10-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2224 | GAMAL MUBARAK ON ECONOMIC ISSUES AND THE BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO2246 | EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES WILL NOT CLEAR R/V OCEANUS IN [...] (U) SEE ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite repeated approaches over several months, the Ministry of Defense has not made a decision regarding the research vessel Oceanus' request to enter Egyptian waters in order to conduct meteorological and geological research in th [...] | 2008-10-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV PREL EG |
08CAIRO2251 | A FIRST IN EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES SEXUAL ASSAULT [...] (C) Summary and comment: On October 21, for the first time in Egyptian history, a Cairo court heard a sexual assault case, and sentenced truck driver Sherif Gomaa Gibrial to three years in prison for groping 27-year-old female film director Noha Rushdie in June 2008. Rushdie told us that the [...] | 2008-10-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG |
08CAIRO2255 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FIELD MARSHAL TANTAWI [...] (S) Summary: On October 21, Assistant Secretary David Welch and Ambassador met with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi to discuss the bilateral security relationship, supporting the Iraqi government, and containing Iran. A/S Welch noted that the security relationship remained strong, but enc [...] | 2008-10-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR IZ IR EG |
08CAIRO2256 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH SYG MOUSSA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO2257 | UPDATE ON EGYPT'S NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt is moving quickly to upgrade and expand its natural gas network and distribution systems across the country and plans to add one liquefied natural gas (LNG) train at Damietta in the near future. Construction is underway on a pipeline [...] | 2008-10-27 05:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IR EG |
08CAIRO2260 | NEW NGO FORMED TO ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Ihab Youssef, Secretary-General of the new NGO "Police and People for Egypt," told us October 16 that he recently founded the NGO to improve relations between the police and the public following recurring incidents of police brutality and torture. The NGO, establ [...] | 2008-10-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2262 | NOMINATION OF NEHAD ABOUL KOMSAN FOR THE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt in an often hostile public environment. Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Boar [...] | 2008-10-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO KWMN EG |
08CAIRO2264 | ARAB LEAGUE HAPPY WITH "QATARI INITIATIVE," EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League Advisor told us that the Government of Sudan (GOS) supports the Qatari initiative as a way to end the crisis in Darfur, and sees it as an accompaniment to the recently announced Sudan People's Initiative. However, Sudanese oppositionists in Cairo said Darfuri lead [...] | 2008-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PHUM KPKO SU QA EG |
08CAIRO2266 | THE VIEW FROM THE AHWA: THE TALK OF TOWN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ubiquitous complaining about life's difficulties, and justified laments about pervasive corruption and the widely loathed Mubarak government, the denizens of Cairo's famed coffeehouses seem satisfied merely to grouse about their grievances, with no thought of taking any [...] | 2008-10-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM KISL EG |
08CAIRO2271 | REFUGEE PROTESTS OUTSIDE UNHCR CAIRO OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Regional Representative told us October 27 that recent refugee protests, outside the Cairo UNHCR office have grown and become more vocal. Refugees and asylum seekers are upset by the lack of resettlement options and the insufficiency of UNHCR's financial and healthca [...] | 2008-10-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SU SO EG |
08CAIRO2275 | MFA ADVISOR AND PDAS FELTMAN DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Feltman and MFA Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the global financial crisis, and Iraqi debt relief during an October 26 meeting in Cairo. Zaki said that recording progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is [...] | 2008-10-30 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KPAL IZ IS SY IR EG LE |
08CAIRO2277 | PA ENVOY SHAATH ON INTRA-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Nabil Shaath, leader of the Fatah delegation to the intra-Palestinian talks in Cairo, briefed the Ambassador on progress in an October 28 courtesy call. He reported that the Egyptians have moved the planned Palestinian reconciliation meeting from November 9 to November 10 in order to acco [...] | 2008-10-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY IR TC JO EG |
08CAIRO2279 | EGYPT TRIES TO GET SMARTER IN DELIVERING FOOD [...] (U) Summary: The Egyptian government has expanded its smart card pilot for the delivery of subsidized food products. According to the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS),which is responsible for the delivery of subsidies, it has expanded its pilot smart card program, which was first piloted [...] | 2008-10-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG PGOV |
08CAIRO2280 | COURT FINES MEDIA COMPANY FOLLOWING BROADCAST OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: On October 26, a court fined the owner of the Cairo News Company (CNC) media transmission firm 150,000 Egyptian pounds (about USD 27,000) and confiscated some of its equipment for operating without licenses. The GOE had shut CNC down shortly after the company provided [...] | 2008-10-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2291 | UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting on the margins of the 6th International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly reviewed for U/S Paula Dobriansky his support for an international agreement to coordinate efforts for influenza [...] | 2008-11-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EG KFLU PREL TBIO WHO |
08CAIRO2293 | SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PANDEMIC THREAT, [...] SUMMARY: The October 25-26 Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in cooperation with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),succeeded in maintaining global focus on the spread of avian influenza and t [...] | 2008-11-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR EG |
08CAIRO2297 | ACTIVISTS PRESENT DIFFERING VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman met October 26 with political activists to discuss the current state of reform in Egypt, and opportunities for the U.S. to promote democracy. The activists mostly agreed that the current climate in Egypt is disappointing, citing income dispariti [...] | 2008-11-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2301 | UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. On October 25, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met with U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, to discuss the strategic relationship between Egypt and the United States, the significance of Africa in the spread of avian influenza (AI),and the way forward for [...] | 2008-11-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EG KFLU TBIO WHO |
08CAIRO2310 | NO SURPRISES AT RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 1-3, nearly three thousand delegates participated in the annual conference of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP.) Convened under the banner "New Thinking for Our Country's Future," the conference heard a robust-looking President Mubarak pledge to continue w [...] | 2008-11-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EG |
08CAIRO2316 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the global financial crisis during an October 26 meeting with visiting NEA PDAS Feltman and the Ambassador. Moussa said that the situation in Lebanon has improved markedly [...] | 2008-11-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL LE SY IZ EG |
08CAIRO2319 | EGYPT ORGANIZING REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PBTS EWWT MOPS SU SO ER SA JO DJ |
08CAIRO2320 | EGIS CHIEF "NOT OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador that he was "not optimistic" about prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, due to continuing differences between Hamas and Fatah and the difficulty in maintaining the continuing "calm" between minimalist Hamas a [...] | 2008-11-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO2339 | OPPOSITION AL-GHAD PARTY HEADQUARTERS TORCHED [...] (C) Summary: What had been a legal dispute between rival factions of opposition Al Ghad ("Tomorrow") party founded by imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour, turned violent when supporters of a pro-government wing of the party marched on the party's headquarters, controlled by Nour supporter [...] | 2008-11-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO234 | CHAD: EGYPTIAN LEADERS SAY CHAD, SUDAN EQUALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 07:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2340 | ELECTORAL EUPHORIA IN EGYPT [...] (U) Summary and comment: Both publicly and privately, Egyptians are over the moon with the results of the U.S. presidential election. From the front pages of daily newspapers to popular TV shows to smiling people in the street, the excitement is palpable. The peaceful transfer of power was [...] | 2008-11-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2341 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PASSING THE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR BM KN EG |
08CAIRO2343 | THE ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) Advisor on Africa Affairs said the AL is pleased with the progress that the Government of Sudan (GoS) has made on the AL's Solution Package, based on his meetings with numerous Sudanese leaders in November (reftel A). He highlighted Sudan's improved relations [...] | 2008-11-12 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU EG |
08CAIRO2349 | EGYPT'S BAHA'I: FAVORABLE RULINGS BUT NO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2350 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TORCHING OF OPPOSITION AL-GHAD [...] (C) On November 12, we demarched MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd on the November 6 torching of Al-Ghad party headquarters (ref A). We expressed particular concern that the headquarters of an opposition party was destroyed, and that according to some reports, the [...] | 2008-11-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2371 | REQUESTING DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE TO RESTORE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Prominent Egyptian blogger, human rights activist and winner of the 2007 Knight-Ridder International Journalism Award, Wael Abbas, contacted us November 17 to report that YouTube removed from his website two videos exposing police a [...] | 2008-11-18 10:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2373 | EGYPTIAN COURT SEEKS TO END NATURAL GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) The Administrative Court of Cairo ruled on November 18 that ongoing natural gas exports to Israel should be halted because the export agreement between Egypt and Israel violates article 123 of the Egyptian constitution, pertaining to the protection and use of natural resources. The court [...] | 2008-11-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON IS EG |
08CAIRO2376 | SENIOR MOD ADVISOR ON MILITARY COOPERATION, [...] (C) On November 17, visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine met with Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohammed Al-Assar to discuss military cooperation and regional security. Shampaine encouraged Egypt to take advantage of a new American administration and Congress by exploring way [...] | 2008-11-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR IS IZ IR EG |
08CAIRO2382 | EGYPT'S SECOND EVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE: ONE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On November 17, in Egypt's second ever sexual assault case, a Cairo court convicted and sentenced a 19 year-old man to one year in prison on charges of sexual assault for the highly publicized October 2 attempted rape and groping of three women in front of a large cro [...] | 2008-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG |
08CAIRO2384 | EGYPT'S VIEWS ON BORDER SHOOTINGS AND REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Egyptian MFA's Refugee Office, Tarek el-Maaty, told us on November 13 that he was frustrated with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning Egypt for the shooting of migrants on the Egypt-Israel border. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for asking Egypt to secu [...] | 2008-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER SO EG |
08CAIRO2395 | TREASURY DAS MENDELSOHN DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn met with Ashraf Mohsen, counter terrorism coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and State Security Brigadier General Hisham Abda on November 13. Also accompanying were Eugene Oleynikov from Treasury's Office [...] | 2008-11-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG PGOV PREL PTER |
08CAIRO2402 | NO EVIDENCE OF UP-FRONT RESIGNATIONS IN EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite concerns expressed by international workers' rights organizations that factories in Egypt's Special Export Zones (SEZ) require workers to submit undated resignations as a pre-condition of employment, NGOs report that this practice is not prevalent in Egypt's Qualifying [...] | 2008-11-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM ETRD EG IS |
08CAIRO2404 | NEA/ELA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES QIZ EXPANSION WITH [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with NEA/ELA Director Nicole Shampaine, officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry expressed their frustration with what they felt was excessive delay in United States Trade Representative's (USTR's) consideration and approval of a 2007 request to expa [...] | 2008-11-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2405 | AFTER A THAW, DECREASING GOE TOLERANCE FOR PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary and comment: The consensus among observers of press freedom in Egypt is that following a high-water mark for openness in 2005, the GOE has been tightening its grip on the press, particularly over the past year through court cases, detentions and the revocation of licenses. With sever [...] | 2008-11-24 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2406 | AMBASSADOR RAISES COKE, NIKE COMPLAINTS WITH TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met November 23 with Minister of Trade Rachid Rachid to discuss two ongoing complaints by US firms, Coca Cola and Nike. In Coke case, which Rachid described as a commercial dispute rather than a trade mark issue, he gave his assurances that his ministry would not i [...] | 2008-11-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EG |
08CAIRO2408 | EGYPT ANNOUNCES MASS PRIVATIZATION SCHEME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 10, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin announced a new privatization scheme whereby the GOE will transfer shares in 45 state-owned companies to 41 million Egyptian citizens within the next 12-14 months. The plan requires parliamentary approval, which he expect [...] | 2008-11-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2409 | TRADE OFFICIAL ON GOE ECONONIC REFORM, TRADE STRATEGY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with Commerce DAS for Services Mark Brady, Ministry of Trade and Investment First Advisor Samiha Fawzy said that Egyptian was not interested in a new bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the U.S., and that Egypt must "maintain the FTA as an overall ob [...] | 2008-11-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAGR PREL EG |
08CAIRO2410 | READOUT FROM THE 15TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee held its quarterly meeting in Cairo on November 24. The Egyptians requested a reduction in Israeli inputs, citing insufficient supply, and the Israelis agreed to work with companies in both sides to help them meet the existing [...] | 2008-11-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2419 | HEALTH MINISTER READIES NEW DRUG REGISTRATION RULES, PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On November 23, newly appointed Ministry of Health Assistant Minister for Pharmaceutical Affairs Kamal Sabra told FCS and Econ counselor that the MOH would soon put drug registration on-line and that the new drug registration rules are almost finished. The department's new faci [...] | 2008-11-25 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL KIPR EG |
08CAIRO2420 | OPPOSITION AL-GHAD PARTY VP PROVIDES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: On November 16, Al-Ghad party Vice-President Wael Nawara described for visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine the November 6 torching of the party's headquarters in greater detail than his initial account (ref B). Nawara displayed newspaper photos that sho [...] | 2008-11-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2424 | WAFD PARTY LEADERS U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IS [...] (C) A November 20 meeting with 15 leaders o the liberal opposition party Al Wafd began withWafd members questioning Ambassador Scobey extenively about President-elect Obama's foreign polic plans, particularly relating to the Israeli-Palstinian conflict, and lauding the U.S. electionsas a democr [...] | 2008-11-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EAID EG PGOV PREL |
08CAIRO2428 | SECTARIAN ATTACK ON CHURCH NEAR CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG |
08CAIRO2429 | EGYPT PREPARES FOR GAZAN HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Palestinian Affairs Barakat Leithy told us November 26 that the Egyptians are preparing for approximately 3200 Hajj pilgrims to transit Egypt from Gaza en route Saudi Arabia. This is an increase of approximately 1000 from last year. Leithy said that GOE policy is [...] | 2008-11-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO2430 | ANGER BOILS OVER IN ASWAN [...] (U) On November 22, police in the Upper Egypt city of Aswan shot and killed Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek at his home while searching for a suspected drug dealer. According to press reports, police officials said Razek fired at officers who then shot and killed him. In a November 25 public stateme [...] | 2008-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2431 | APRIL 6 ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOE HARASSMENT, [...] (S) Summary and comment: "Youth Movement for Change" activist Ahmed Saleh, who advocates replacing the current Egyptian regime with a parliamentary democracy, called on us November 25. He described the harassment he and his colleagues face from Egyptian State Security as a "siege" that compe [...] | 2008-11-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2435 | EGYPT ANXIOUS TO ENGAGE ON PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's point man on Somalia told us on November 24 that Egypt wants to collaborate with the USG to address the growing piracy issue in the region. Egypt is looking for direction from the U.S. on areas for potential cooperation and prefers that Saudi Arabia be included [...] | 2008-11-30 12:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM EWWT SO SA ER EG |
08CAIRO2436 | Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO2438 | ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTS ABBAS; DOES NOT CONDEMN HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. The Arab League Ministerial meeting of November 26 resulted in explicit support for PA President Abbas to remain in office until the intra-Palestinian conflict is resolved and parliamentary and presidential elections are able to be held. There was no explicit reference to Hamas [...] | 2008-11-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY EG |
08CAIRO244 | EGYPTIAN HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Egypt's Supreme Court of Administrative Justice ruled in a case brought by Christian "re-converts" that the government must issue identification documents listing their religion as Christianity. The ruling reversed an April 2007 decision by the Cairo Court of A [...] | 2008-02-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2442 | ABOUL GHEIT CALLS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit gave Ambassador his assessment of the recent Arab League ministerial on Palestinian reconciliation. Aboul Gheit stated that overall it was successful, particularly in getting the AL ministers to endorse the view that Abu Mazen's pres [...] | 2008-12-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KPAL EG |
08CAIRO2445 | BIRD FLU IN EGYPT: ALL QUIET ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In July 2008, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) declared the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus to be endemic in Egyptian poultry. Now, just four months later, some Egyptians are wondering why. Seven months have passed since the Ministry of Health and Popul [...] | 2008-12-01 14:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG |
08CAIRO2450 | OPEC EMERGENCY MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2452 | JOURNALISTS FACE TRIAL FOR VIOLATING GAG ORDER ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two editors and three journalists from independent newspapers are expected to go on trial December 4 for violating a November 16 gag order on publishing details of the current public court case against regime insider Hisham Talaat Mustafa for allegedly ordering the mu [...] | 2008-12-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2453 | UPDATE ON DEPORTATION REQUEST: CASE OF IYAD AHMAD [...] (SBU) Econ-Political MinCouns has raised the case of Mr. Badawi with Egyptian Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Amin Meleika on three occasions: November 13, November 23, and November 30. On November 13, MinCouns orally explained the background of the case and asked if Egypt would allow Mr. [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL CVIS PTER EG IS |
08CAIRO2454 | GOE PREVENTS ACTIVIST FROM TRAVELING TO THE YOUTH [...] (C) On December 2, Egyptian State Security briefly detained Al-Ghad opposition party member and activist Ahmed Nassar at the Cairo airport before releasing him, and specifically banned him from traveling to the December 3-5 Alliance for Youth Movements Summit in New York. Nassar told us that [...] | 2008-12-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EG |
08CAIRO2457 | JOINT DEMARCHES ON INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE [...] On December 2 DCM joined with UK, German, French and Italian counterparts to deliver reftel Iran demarches to MFA Deputy Minister Wafa Bassim. By prior agreement, UK DCM took the lead in presenting the non-paper and talking points on financial pressure on Iran (ref A) and Italian DCM presente [...] | 2008-12-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KNOP MNUC IR EG |
08CAIRO246 | AMBASSADOR WISNER ASKS ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPT TO [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner asked Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 6 for the League and its member states to support an independent Kosovo when Kosovo declares its independence in the coming weeks. Ambassador Wisner emphas [...] | 2008-02-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI |
08CAIRO2460 | ARAB LEAGUE TOYING WITH IDEA OF A JOINT ARAB FORCE [...] (C) Zeid al-Sabban, Advisor to the Arab League (AL) SYG, told us on December 1 that the AL is thinking about creating a ""joint Arab force,"" which could be deployed in places of conflict similar to United Nations and African Union forces. He said that this idea arose after the December 20 conf [...] | 2008-12-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT AL EG |
08CAIRO2461 | ARAB LEAGUE FOCUSING ON ICC CASE, OUT OF THE LOOP [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) SYG's advisor on African Affairs recently returned from The Hague, where he discussed the ICC indictment against Sudanese President Bashir. The AL feels it is important to enact Article 16 of the Rome Statue, before the ICC judges reach a decision, to preserve [...] | 2008-12-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM AL SU QA EG |
08CAIRO2462 | GOE APPARENTLY ALLOWS SECOND ACTIVIST TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: April 6 Movement activist Ahmed Saleh (reftels) told us the morning of December 3 that GOE security officials allowed him to proceed to his Egypt Air flight to New York after they briefly pulled him out of the departure lounge to hold his passport and search his bags. [...] | 2008-12-03 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EG |
08CAIRO247 | A/S WELCH'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH AMRE MOUSSA [...] (C) Summary. NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met Feb 6 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. Moussa said that the Arab League and the U.S. "are in the same boat" in Iraq, and argued against a precipitous troop withdrawal. On Lebanon, Moussa will continue to push for implementati [...] | 2008-02-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS IZ EG |
08CAIRO2475 | EGYPT UNHAPPY WITH ITS ROLE IN RESOLVING SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's cabinet advisor for African Affairs, Ahmed Abu Zeid, told us the Government of Egypt (GOE) sent a letter to UN SYG Ban expressing its dissatisfaction with the work of UN Special Envoy for Darfur Yipene Bassole. Egypt is unhappy that Bassole and the Qatari Govern [...] | 2008-12-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SU EG |
08CAIRO2476 | HAJ PILGRIMS IN GAZA; GOE AWAITING HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. The GOE has opened Rafah crossing for approximately 3100 inbound Haj pilgrims (reftel a),but the MFA reports that Hamas continues to block movement of the pilgrims inside Gaza, and that so far none have crossed into Egypt. The GOE is increasing public criticism of Hamas over th [...] | 2008-12-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS QA EG |
08CAIRO2478 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR'S REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Saad Al Attar, UNHCR's Regional Representative in Cairo on November 25. Al Attar told the Ambassador about UNHCR's challenges to meet its responsibilities given a lack of funding, the situation of Iraqi refugees in Egypt, and UNHCR's dealings with the Gove [...] | 2008-12-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER IZ EG |
08CAIRO2479 | KOSOVO'S REPRESENTATIVE IN EGYPT FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (C) Summary: Beqir Ismaili, the Government of Kosovo's (GOK) spokesman in Islamic countries, told us on November 30 that he was frustrated with officials from both the Government of Egypt (GOE) and his own GOK. He said that Egyptian MFA officials still had not responded to his mid-November re [...] | 2008-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KO EG |
08CAIRO2481 | AMBASSADOR AND MOD DISCUSS IRAQ, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 6 meeting, Ambassador and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi discussed regional security issues, including the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement, Iran, combating piracy, Palestinian reconciliation, and the upcoming Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) mee [...] | 2008-12-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS IZ IR IS KPAL SO EG |
08CAIRO2484 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings at the Egyptian People's Assembly with parliamentary speaker Fathi Surour and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Mustafa el Fekki, the parliamentarians previewed Egypt's legislative priorities for the new parliamentary session (which began mid-November),[...] | 2008-12-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PTER KDEM IZ EG |
08CAIRO2485 | SCENESETTER FOR US-EGYPT MCC [...] (S/NF) Summary: This year's U.S. - Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC),being held in Washington December 16 - 17, will be an opportunity to confirm the mutual benefits of our bilateral security relationship and engage the GOE on transforming our relationship to counter current threats [...] | 2008-12-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2491 | ANTI-CORRUPTION NGO FILES THREE LAWSUITS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Engi El-Haddad, Director of the Egyptian Accountability Center (EAC),an NGO that focuses on fighting corruption, told us December 11 that her organization has filed three lawsuits against the government to coincide with United Nations Anti-Corruption Day on December [...] | 2008-12-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2492 | EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twenty-four (24) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will [...] | 2008-12-11 17:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO2497 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC EG |
08CAIRO2502 | MFA ON GAZA, HAMAS, AND RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israel-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hamshari told us December 15 that Egyptian embassies worldwide had recently faced demonstrations criticizing the GOE over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The protests appear to be in response to blockage of Hamas-sponso [...] | 2008-12-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PINR IR IS EG |
08CAIRO2503 | QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...] | 2008-12-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF |
08CAIRO2505 | EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT [...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...] | 2008-12-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG |
08CAIRO2507 | MOVING FORWARD ON QIZ EXPANSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (SBU) On December 14, econcouns met with Ali Awni, chief of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Unit of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Awni stated that he hoped further consideration of the proposed QIZ expansion to Up [...] | 2008-12-16 07:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO2508 | GOE LOOKS AT RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR [...] (SBU) FCS and Econ counselors met recently with the Minister of Trade and Industry's newly hired advisor for internal markets, Sahar El Salab. El Salab was until recently a vice president of CIB, Egypt's largest private bank. In her new role, she is charged with reforming Egypt's internal ma [...] | 2008-12-16 09:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO2515 | COPTS ON SECTARIAN STRIFE IN UPPER EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV ECON KIRF KISL SOCI EG |
08CAIRO2525 | EGYPT TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS AND COMBAT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, visited Egypt on November 14-17 and met with numerous Egyptian government officials, UN organizations, representatives, and NGO leaders involved in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP [...] | 2008-12-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB PREL |
08CAIRO2527 | EGYPTIAN STATE SECURITY COURT CONVICTS MAHALLA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM ELAB EG |
08CAIRO2528 | NO EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE USE OR ABUSE OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) In recent visits to Egyptian factories participating in the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) program, we saw no evidence of the extensive or abusive use of foreign workers. On November 19, we visited two large QIZ factories located in the Tenth of Ramadan Special Economic Zone (SEZ); t [...] | 2008-12-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV EG IS JO |
08CAIRO2541 | EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...] | 2008-12-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
08CAIRO2542 | ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE THE GOE, CALL FOR NEW U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, civil society activists and a political oppositionist discussed with Codel Dorgan Egypt's current political and economic problems, and the future of U.S. policy toward Egypt. Former independent parliamentarian Anwar Essmat El-Sadat asserted that U.S. aid to the GO [...] | 2008-12-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2543 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: General Petraeus, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, I hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with Egyptian leaders who view the U.S.-Egyptian security partnership as the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship. This visit provid [...] | 2008-12-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS MOPS EG |
08CAIRO2545 | FOUR EGYPTIAN COMPANIES LOSE QIZ ELIGIBILITY [...] (U) The Government of Egypt has publicly announced that four Egyptian companies have had their eligibility to export under the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) protocol suspended. The companies suspended are The Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, The International Textile Hou [...] | 2008-12-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS |
08CAIRO255 | DEFMIN TANTAWI SAYS EGYPT READY TO MEET ISRAEL AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Tantawi told A/S Welch February 7 that he would welcome a visit by Israeli Defense Minister Barak or Amos Gilad to discuss moving forward with solving the Gaza border crisis. Tantawi said that he personally would not object to four-way talks involving the PA, [...] | 2008-02-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO2557 | EGYPT DELAYS SALE OF SECOND TRANCHE OF TELECOM EGYPT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of EgyptQs planned sale of 20% of Telecom Egypt, the countryQs sole fixed-line provider, has been put off indefinitely. Citing unfavorable market conditions and worries over the global economic crisis, the Ministry announced that it was scuttling the offering orig [...] | 2008-12-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2558 | MFA CONFIRMS HAMAS ACCEPTANCE OF 24-HOUR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Palestinian Affairs Barakat Leithy confirmed December 23 that Hamas had accepted a 24 hour "ceasefire" that went into effect the evening of December 22. Leithy said that Hamas and most other Palestinian factions had agreed to cease rocket fire into Israel, but that [...] | 2008-12-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO256 | EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST CONVERT [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court denied the petition of Mohamed Hegazy, a Muslim-born convert to Christianity, to change the religious affiliation on his national identification card from Islam to Christianity. While Hegazy has the right to appeal the decision, he will prob [...] | 2008-02-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO2562 | UPDATE ON BABY TRAFFICKING NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable updates ref (A) which reported ongoing investigation into child trafficking in Egypt. Another Egyptian doctor and couple have been arrested by Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) for their involvement in the baby trafficking network uncovered by th [...] | 2008-12-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD KPAO EG AESC CASC CMGT CVIS KIRF KOCI PHUM SMIG |
08CAIRO2570 | CAIRO CORE EAC MEETING 12/28/2008 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 12/28/2008, DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Israel Military Operations into the Gaza Strip. The EAC agreed that there are no known specific threats directed at the Embassy or private Americans. DCM instructed RSO and CONS to is [...] | 2008-12-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER CASC EG |
08CAIRO2571 | EGYPTIANS ON GAZA [...] (S) Summary: During General Petraeus, December 27-28 visit, Egyptian leaders expressed deep concern with the escalating violence in Gaza, particularly as it exposed Egypt to torrents of both domestic and regional criticism for its alleged complicity in Israeli actions. Foreign Minister Abou [...] | 2008-12-29 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM IS KPAL EG |
08CAIRO2572 | APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME [...] (C) Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 "Alliance of Youth Movements Summit," and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Se [...] | 2008-12-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2576 | EGYPT TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On December 28, Assistant Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim "officially" informed the Ambassador that Egypt will join the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). The Egyptian decision followed our demarche delivered on December 23 to Abdelhammed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Minister for South and [...] | 2008-12-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT PGOV USUN SO EG |
08CAIRO2577 | MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS ON [...] (C) In a cordial December 23 meeting, Minister of State for Parliamentary and Judicial Affairs Mufeed Shehab previewed Egypt's 2008-2009 legislative agenda for the Ambassador. Shehab confirmed that the Political Rights Law will be amended to add 56 new seats (2 per province) in the People's A [...] | 2008-12-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KDEM EG |
08CAIRO2578 | CODEL HASTINGS' CAIRO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In December 6 meetings, senior Egyptian government officials told Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) that the incoming U.S. administration should focus on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process "from day one." FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Hastings that the Barcelona Process has been completely dis [...] | 2008-12-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS OSCE PHUM KCRM OREP EUN PREF |
08CAIRO2580 | STATUS OF CONTAINER SECURITY PROGRAMS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Implementation of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program at the Port of Alexandria has been stalled since June 2008. The U.S. and GOE agreed to pursue a CSI program in Alexandria in a memorandum of understanding known [...] | 2008-12-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER EG |
08CAIRO2581 | FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBES EGYPTIAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Just prior to CODEL Dorgan's meeting with President Mubarak on December 14 (septel),Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in response to a question from Senator Dorgan, said that the situation in Zimbabwe was dire, especially with the outbreak of cholera there, and that Egypt was sending em [...] | 2008-12-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV EG ZM |
08CAIRO2583 | EMBASSY TRYING TQLT EGYPTIAN REFOULEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo is engaging with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egyptian State Security (SSIS),and UNHCR to halt the Government of Egypt's (GOE) forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants. On December 23, the Ambassador asked the MFA to give UNHCR access to the Eritr [...] | 2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ER EG |
08CAIRO2584 | UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni's candidacy to be Director General of UNESCO will likely create a serious irritant in our bilateral relationship with the Egyptians, as well as a public diplomacy challenge here and in other Arab states. We have made clear our position an [...] | 2008-12-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG |
08CAIRO2585 | EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP FOR DECEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) On December 28, an estimated 100 Palestinians entered Egypt through a breach along the Egypt-Gaza border. Egyptian forces repelled the crowds, but at least one Egyptian security officer and several Palestinians were killed. The border is reportedly quiet today and breaches have been r [...] | 2008-12-30 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO2589 | Four Egyptian Companies suspended for Violating QIZ [...] Four Egyptian companies were suspended earlier this month by the Joint Egyptian Q Israeli committee for a period of thee months for violating Qualifying Industrial Zones regulations. Ali Awni, QIZ unit chief, stated that three companies, Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, I [...] | 2008-12-31 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON IS EG |
08CAIRO268 | WTO DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ENVIRONMENTAL, TAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and econoff delivered demarches on the US/EC proposals on labeling for textile, apparel, footware, and travel (TAFT) goods (ref A) and environmental goods and services (ref B) to Walid el-Nozahay, head of the WTO department at the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and I [...] | 2008-02-12 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO SENV EG |
08CAIRO270 | CAIRO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2008 TIP SOLICITATION [...] We have reviewed three anti trafficking-in-persons project proposals in response to reftel request for our recommendations for FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Summary evaluations are below. We have forwarded full proposals to G/TIP and NEA POCs per reftel instructions. 2. We endor [...] | 2008-02-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG EG |
08CAIRO272 | A/S WELCH'S FEB 7 MEETING WITH FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. A/S Welch met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit February 7. The two agreed that a breakthrough in Lebanon was unlikely, and that the Lebanese government and institutions needed to be supported by the international community. Aboul Gheit reported that the GOE was sealing [...] | 2008-02-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS LE EG |
08CAIRO278 | OPIC CONSIDERING LOW COST MORTGAGE PROGRAM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) OPIC has been trying for several years to provide financing to Egypt's mortgage market. As part of that effort, OPIC VP Robert Drumheller visited Cairo February 5-6 to discuss an OPIC proposal to guarantee a loan to a local bank to provide low cost mortgages to Egypt's nascent mortgage [...] | 2008-02-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO281 | EGYPT DENIES REFOULEMENT OF SUDANESE RETURNED FROM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty told us on February 12 that in late December 2007, Egypt had released the group of 48 African migrants that Israel had returned to Egypt in August 2007 after they illegally crossed the Sinai border into Israel, and that none [...] | 2008-02-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU |
08CAIRO282 | INFLATION RISES AGAIN [...] (U) Inflation increased to 10.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January, up from 6.9% y-o-y in December. The Central Bank responded by raising interest rates 25 basis points (bp) on February 7, defying expectations that rates would remain unchanged in order not to slow economic growth. The Central [...] | 2008-02-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO31 | EGYPT'S COURTS CONTINUE TO CONVICT POLICE IN ABUSE [...] (U) On January 4, an Alexandria court reportedly convicted a police major and two junior policemen of abusing a detainee in April 2007. The major reportedly ordered his men to beat the detainee and then force him to appear publicly in women's clothes. The court sentenced the major to five y [...] | 2008-01-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO32 | MUBARAK ON PEACE, TUNNELING, AND ISRAELI POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that President Bush should focus on the Palestinian problem during his upcoming visit to the region, and put pressure on both sides to find a solution, including pressuring Israel to [...] | 2008-01-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KPAL EG IS XF |
08CAIRO323 | EGYPTIAN POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS' SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 12:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO325 | EGYPT "WAITING AND SEEING" ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on February 17 to reiterate our position that Egypt should quickly recognize Kosovo, as Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner had conveyed to Aboul Gheit in their February 7 meeting (ref B) [...] | 2008-02-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI |
08CAIRO330 | Subsidy bill squeezes national budget [...] On January 31 Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) approved a bill adding LE 4.7 billion ($840 million) to the FY 2007/2008 budget to cover the rising cost of subsidies on imported food commodities. High international prices are driving Egypt's 10% inflation rate, and high wheat prices in particular [...] | 2008-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EG |
08CAIRO34 | MUBARAK WARNS AGAINST DEPARTURE OF U.S. FORCES [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that withdrawing American forces from Iraq now would be a "big, big mistake." Separately, visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari -- leaving his own, earlier meeting with Mubarak -- [...] | 2008-01-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
08CAIRO346 | NOUR'S ASSETS REPORTEDLY TO BE TURNED OVER TO [...] (SBU) Egypt's Political Parties Committee (PPC),chaired by ruling party head and Shoura Council speaker Safwat El Sherif, on February 19 reportedly issued a decision turning various assets of Ayman Nour (the imprisoned former presidential candidate and leader of the opposition Ghad party) ove [...] | 2008-02-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO348 | 2008 Special 301 Review: Egypt [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt has made incremental progress in the protection of Intellectual Property Rights during the last three years. The GOE has worked with the private sector and USG to improve its system for granting pharmaceutical patents and increase enforcement against copyright pirates, w [...] | 2008-02-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EG |
08CAIRO354 | AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...] | 2008-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO357 | ARAB LEAGUE ON LEBANON, KOSOVO, IRAQ [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us February 24 that Secretary General Moussa will lead an Arab League delegation to Beirut later in the day as a "last ditch effort" to secure an agreement prior to the next scheduled Lebanese parliamentary session on February 26. Yousef said [...] | 2008-02-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR UNMIK YI LE IZ EG |
08CAIRO359 | AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...] | 2008-02-25 10:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO36 | (C) MUBARAK CALLS AHMEDINEJAD "EXTREMIST," SAYS NO [...] (S) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that Iranian president Ahmedinejad is an "extremist," who does not think rationally, but who will nevertheless be re-elected. Egypt will not normalize diplomatic relations with Iran a [...] | 2008-01-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EG IR |
08CAIRO361 | QIZ EXPORT DROP REINFORCES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KTEX IS EG |
08CAIRO362 | ENCOURAGING EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EG |
08CAIRO364 | QIZ EXPORT DROP REINFORCES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI EXPANSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As we prepare for high-level visits to the region surrounding the 60th anniversary of Israel and the World Economic Forum in Egypt, Post recommends strong consideration of a joint Egyptian-Israeli request to expand the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) into Upper Egypt. Expand [...] | 2008-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KTEX IS EG |
08CAIRO37 | MUBARAK PUSHES ARAB LEAGUE AND SYRIA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that he was waiting to see reactions to the recent Arab League call for immediate Lebanese presidential elections. Mubarak said he has been telling AL SecGen Amre Moussa for some time that "we [...] | 2008-01-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EG SY |
08CAIRO373 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EG |
08CAIRO38 | EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES DETENTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER CVIS EG |
08CAIRO382 | SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE ON CONTACT GROUP, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League and Egypt are supportive of ref A proposal for restructuring the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG). However, the Arab League wants to see better planning to make the group more effective, and Egypt wants to ensure that there will be strong coordination [...] | 2008-02-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV KCRM UNSC EG SO |
08CAIRO389 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS PRIMER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Egypt will hold its first Local Council Elections (LCE) in six years. Polls will be held nationwide, with an estimated 50,000-52,000 seats up for grabs. The National Democratic Party (NDP),which is currently conducting its first-ever "primaries" to select [...] | 2008-02-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO390 | SUDAN: NEW ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY DESCRIBES HIS MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: Recently-appointed Arab League Special Envoy for Sudan Salah Halima told us February 26 that his primary mission is to focus on humanitarian assistance and development in Darfur. Halima advised the USG to "respect Sudanese sovereignty," in order to improve the USG-GOS relationsh [...] | 2008-02-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO396 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL PRESSES CHARGES AGAINST CEMENT [...] (U) The trial of 12 cement companies accused of collusion under Egypt's 2005 Competition Law begins this week, amidst calls for prosecution of steel manufacturers under the same law. As reported in reftel, in October 2007 the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) announced that its 14-month in [...] | 2008-02-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV EG |
08CAIRO397 | IMPACT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEDIA PROJECT UNCLEAR, BUT [...] (C) Summary. It is unclear how the Arab League "Media Project," adopted February 11 at a conference of Arab League Information Ministers, will affect media in Egypt and the region, but it could serve as a basis for governments, including the GOE, to impose media restrictions. An Arab League [...] | 2008-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO399 | ADDRESSING MIC´S OBJECTIONS TO D&G FUNDING FOR "UNREGISTERED" NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 17, we received a letter from Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga directing USAID to cease funding four American and six Egyptian organizations. These groups received democracy and governance (D&G) grants under USAID´s direct grants program in the last [...] | 2008-02-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO408 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO41 | EGYPT: DARFUR TROOP DEPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS INTENT [...] (SBU) Egypt is beginning to deploy its almost 700 signals, transport, and engineering troops to Darfur as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on January 6 that the necessary equipment f [...] | 2008-01-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC EG SU |
08CAIRO410 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO411 | SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON ASKS EGYPT TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Meeting on February 24, Special Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson asked Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to press the GOS to drop its obstruction to UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment. Aboul Gheit said that the GOE shares the USG's interest in stabilizing Darf [...] | 2008-03-02 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO413 | EGYPT AVIAN INFLUENZA: FIRST CASE OF 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt has confirmed its first Human Avian Influenza (AI) case in 2008: a four-year-old girl from the Minya governorate who is currently hospitalized in Cairo. Reacting rapidly and thoroughly, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) disp [...] | 2008-03-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG |
08CAIRO419 | EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL: STILL IN TESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The El Arish - Ashkelon gas pipeline is still in the testing phase, but should be ready for full-scale exports "very soon." Continued violence in Gaza will increase the opposition's calls to scrap gas exports to Israel, as well as increasing the issue's resonance amon [...] | 2008-03-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL EG IS |
08CAIRO423 | BG EGYPT ON GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A senior British Gas Egypt (BG) official confirmed that BG-Israeli talks on the development of the Gaza Marine offshore gas field have "completely broken down" and opied that the current political climate precludes a viable, near-term Egyptian alternative to Ashkelo. While no [...] | 2008-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON PREL KPAL EG IS |
08CAIRO429 | EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ANTI ISLAM VIDEO (C-DI8-00223) [...] (C) Per reftel request, we detail below various Egyptian reactions to the anticipated upcoming release of Dutch MP Geert Wilder's short film: - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: On February 22, MFA spokesman Hossam Zaki released a statement noting that, "Egypt is closely following all relevant de [...] | 2008-03-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KISL EG |
08CAIRO435 | ARAB LEAGUE RESPONSE ON RESTRUCTURING SOMALIA CONTACT [...] (SBU) Arab League Office of African Affairs Director Samir Hosni provided on March 4 the non-paper below detailing the Arab League's suggestions for restructuring the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia. The non-paper echoes points Hosni made verbally (ref A),emphasizing that interna [...] | 2008-03-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV EG SO |
08CAIRO439 | EGYPT CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, SOLIDARITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC EAID KISL PGOV EG KV YI |
08CAIRO448 | MASS ARRESTS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS IN [...] (SBU) In the lead-up to Egypt's April 8 local council elections (reftel),dozens of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) activists are being arrested daily. An estimated 420-500 MB members have been detained in the past four weeks alone, mainly from cities across Egypt's Nile Delta, where popular support [...] | 2008-03-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO45 | EGYPT: CODEL JOHNSON DISCUSSES WATER WITH MINISTER OF WATER [...] (SBU) Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zeid briefed the DCM and a CODEL led by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) on January 6 on the challenges Egypt faces regarding water and its cooperation with the other nine Nile Basin states. The CODEL consisted of Represent [...] | 2008-01-13 11:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EWWT EAGR EG |
08CAIRO450 | AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO AMBASSADOR: I WANT AN [...] (C) Summary: In a verbose six-page handwritten Arabic letter to the Ambassador, delivered to the Embassy late on March 3, imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour makes clear his preference that, "if there has been no specific and serious talk" from the GOE about his being released, t [...] | 2008-03-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO452 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE: NO CHANGE IN BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Military sources told us March 4 that the February 26 media coverage sourced to Israeli officials that Egypt had doubled its Border Guard Force (BGF) numbers along the Egypt-Gaza border is completely innaccurate. The sources told us that the Egyptians have not increased their BGF numbers, [...] | 2008-03-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO464 | EGYPT BANS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MOSQUES AND CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, Egypt's lower house of Parliament, the Peoples' Assembly, passed a law banning demonstrations "inside or around places of worship." Although the law prohibits demonstrations in both churches and mosques, the law appears specifically to target the Muslim Brotherh [...] | 2008-03-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM PHUM EG |
08CAIRO465 | EGYPT'S DELEGATION TO THE OIC SUMMIT IN DAKAR, [...] (U) Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Egypt will participate in the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit in Dakar from March 13-14. The Egyptian delegation's point of contact for meeting requests is Mohamed Hilal, Office of the Cabinet of the Foreign Ministe [...] | 2008-03-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SG OIC KISL EG |
08CAIRO466 | A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH OMANI FM YUSUF BIN [...] (S) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi told A/S Welch during their March 6 meeting that the Israelis and Palestinians must "solve their own problems." The U.S. is not to blame ) "you have tried your hardest" ) but Israel has been given chance after chance and squan [...] | 2008-03-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KPAL PTER EG IS XF OM |
08CAIRO467 | A/S WELCH, MINDEF TANTAWI DISCUSS GOE ACTION ON [...] (S) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, A/S Welch encouraged Mindef Tantawi to work with the U.S. and Israel to achieve calm in Gaza, help restart Israeli-PA negotiations, and to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian people on the.[\is no rocket fire into Israel, the GOI would have no rea [...] | 2008-03-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM KPAL MASS IS EG |
08CAIRO47 | EGYPT: FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUL GHEIT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit highlighted Egypt's "energetic" Africa policy in a January 6 meeting with the DCM and a CODEL led by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). Both Aboul Gheit and the CODEL confirmed the importance of a good U.S.-Egypt bilateral r [...] | 2008-01-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS EG |
08CAIRO479 | EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...] | 2008-03-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU |
08CAIRO480 | COURTROOM ENCOUNTER WITH AYMAN NOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a chance encounter on the sidelines of a March 10 court hearing, poloff had a brief conversation with jailed former opposition leader Ayman Nour. Nour, looking pale but generally healthy, said he was "extremely grateful" for all of the USG's efforts on his behalf: "I cannot [...] | 2008-03-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO481 | A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S) Summary. A/S Welch discussed Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian situation with FM Aboul Gheit on March 6. Aboul Gheit expressed frustration over the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza. A/S Welch outlined our strategy to maintain momentum on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The [...] | 2008-03-10 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IS EG |
08CAIRO484 | EGYPT WELCOMES AFRICOM [...] (C) AFRICOM Commander General William Ward met Egyptian Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohamed El-Assar on at the Ministry of Defense on February 17. During the hour-long meeting, which included DASD Whelan, OMC Chief, and ECPO minister counselor, GEN Ward e [...] | 2008-03-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EG |
08CAIRO486 | PUBLIC FEARS OVER DIESEL, GASOLINE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Recent reported shortages of diesel fuel and low-grade gasoline throughout Egypt are prompting press and public speculation over a looming fuel crisis, although the GOE has assured the public that no such emergency is impending. Shortages of low-grade gasoline are likely a function of t [...] | 2008-03-11 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EG |
08CAIRO488 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE: TUNNELS, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. Egyptian security sources told us March 10 that on March 9 the Egyptians destroyed the openings of three smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border. The sources said that also on March 9, Egypt allowed 49 injured Palestinians to cross Rafah en route to hospitals in [...] | 2008-03-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO489 | CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON RECENT DETENTIONS OF MB [...] (C) DCM raised the recent arrests of approximately 450-700 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) affiliated Egyptians with MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Hatem Saif el Nasser on March 11. During a courtesy call for visiting NEA PDAS Jeff Feltman, we told Nasser that the timing of the arrests, [...] | 2008-03-12 08:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG |
08CAIRO494 | EGYPTIAN ASPIRATIONS FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE HUMAN [...] (C) DCM (joined by visiting NEA PDAS Feltman) raised reftel points with MFA Assistant Minister Hatem Seif al Nasser on March 11 (Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit was on travel). Nasser confirmed that the Egyptians were interested in the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council, but had no detail [...] | 2008-03-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EG |
08CAIRO495 | LOCAL ELECTIONS LEAD-UP: ARRESTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to Egypt's April 8 local council elections, dozens of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) campaign workers and candidates continue to be arrested daily. An estimated 400-700 MB members have been detained in the past five weeks. On March 10, the MB announced that it had aimed [...] | 2008-03-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO500 | FOREIGN FIGHTERS DISCUSSION: EGYPT'S INTERIOR [...] (S) Summary: Dell Dailey, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by the Ambassador, met on February 25 with Egypt's Minister of Interior Habib El Adly. Dailey briefed Adly on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and asked Egypt to press for Syrian cooperation in closing [...] | 2008-03-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM EAIR SY EG |
08CAIRO505 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT UPDATE [...] (C) The expected number of Arab heads of state at the March 28-30 Arab League Summit in Damascus may be increasing. MFA Cabinet Advisor Nazih Neggary told us March 13 that the Egyptian Embassy in Damascus had reported that the Syrian MFA had very recently briefed Arab ambassadors in Damascus o [...] | 2008-03-13 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY EG |
08CAIRO507 | ASD MCHALE'S DISCUSSIONS ON CIVIL DEFENSE WITH THE [...] (S) Summary. On February 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and American Security Affairs Paul McHale briefed the Ambassador on his February 27 meetings with Egyptian military officials. ASD McHale noted that he wants to increase USG engagement with Egypt on involving th [...] | 2008-03-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MASS PTER EG |
08CAIRO52 | CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Aboul Gheit told visiting Codel Price January 6 that the GOE recognizes that the Administration is trying to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, but warned that continuing Israeli settlement activity would scuttle progress. He urged that USG security measures not d [...] | 2008-01-13 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IZ EG |
08CAIRO524 | SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF TANTAWI’S VISIT TO THE U.S. MARCH 24-28REF: A. CAIRO 452 B. CAIRO 488 C. CAIRO 507CAIRO 00000524 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi will travel to Washington, Tampa, and Chicago March 24-28. He will meet senior officials in Washington and at USCENTCOM HQ in Tampa, and view U.S. civil defense arrangements in Chicago. Mrs. Tantawi and as many as five senior generals will [...] | 2008-03-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MASS MARR PTER IS EG XF |
08CAIRO528 | MIC RESPONDS TO U/S FORE LETTER; COMMENTS FURTHER [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On March 13, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Administrator's Special Advisor for the Middle East George Laudato, USAID's David McCloud, USAID Mission director and econ counselor (notetaker) met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. Dis [...] | 2008-03-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO53 | EGYPT'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL ORDERS RELEASE IN [...] (SBU) According to her lawyer, Egypt's Office of the Prosecutor General ordered the release on January 13 of Shadia Nagui Ibrahim, who was convicted of fraud on November 21, 2007, in connection with her father's brief conversion in the early 1960s from Christianity to Islam (ref A). Ibrahim, [...] | 2008-01-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO530 | INFLATION REACHES 12.1% IN FEBRUARY [...] (U) Inflation surged to 12.1% year-on-year (y-on-y) in February, up from 10.5% y-o-y in January. Food prices led the rise, reflecting rising global food prices. Local analysts believe the Central Bank will raise interest rates again this month, but predict that greater exchange rate flexibil [...] | 2008-03-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO534 | EGYPTIAN MFA RECEIVES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND [...] (SBU) We met on March 12 with Wael Aboul Magd, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, and delivered a copy of the 2007 Human Rights Report for Egypt. He had not yet seen the report. He told us he will review the report and get back to us with informal comments, which he s [...] | 2008-03-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER KISL EG |
08CAIRO542 | MOD CONTINUES TO RESIST PERMITTING COAST GUARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL PTER |
08CAIRO555 | O TV: A RISING STAR IN THE ARAB MEDIA MARKET [...] (U) Summary: On March 16, A/IO met with Yasmine Abdullah Attia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Egyptian youth entertainment channel O TV, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on January 31, 2008. In slightly more than one year, O TV has rocketed into the top 10 most watched ente [...] | 2008-03-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECPS KPAO XF EG |
08CAIRO560 | MUBARAK SPEECH: SLIGHT INCREASE OF PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's March 18 Moulid el Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet) speech focused in large part on Islamic values, which Mubarak asserted were under attack both from non-Muslims (i.e. the "blasphemous cartoonists") as well as from radical Muslims who "give a reason for others to accus [...] | 2008-03-19 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE EG |
08CAIRO561 | GAZA BORDER UPDATE: FIRST STAGE OF WALL [...] (S) Summary: Egyptian security sources told us March 17 that on March 16 Egypt completed the first phase of the Gaza border wall between the Mediterranean coast and Rafah. Building began March 17 on the second phase of the wall from Rafah to Kerem Shalom. Egypt facilitated humanitarian shipm [...] | 2008-03-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM IS EG |
08CAIRO562 | THE SCHIZOPHRENIA OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing debate over the draft party platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has exposed in an unprecedented manner the cross-cutting fault lines within the 80-year old Islamist organization. The dichotomy within the MB's leadership - highlighted by contradictory sta [...] | 2008-03-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KDEM EG |
08CAIRO563 | EGYPTIANS DEMAND A NEW MINIMUM WAGE [...] (U) Demonstrations over rising prices have turned into calls for a new minimum monthly wage for public sector employees. The current minimum wage of LE 40 ($7.20)/month for unskilled workers has not changed since the 1980s. University professors and doctors have joined the call for a new pay [...] | 2008-03-23 07:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO567 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON U.S. VISIT, AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Fathi Surour, highlighted his satisfaction with his early March visit to Washington. He complained about Congressional focus on imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and deta [...] | 2008-03-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO569 | ARAB LEAGUE'S HISHAM YOUSEF ON SUMMIT AND "YEMENI [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us March 23 that the number of heads of state to attend the Arab League Summit in Damascus is not yet final, and he expects it will be in play up until the day of the summit (i.e. March 29). Yousef said that planning for this year's summit "was [...] | 2008-03-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE IS EG |
08CAIRO57 | MUBARAK DISCUSSES BACK SURGERY, GAMAL AS [...] (S/NF) During his January 6 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY),President Mubarak described his June 2004 back surgery in Germany to repair a slipped disc (he stressed it was not a herniated disc). Mubarak said that the opening made in his back was "very [...] | 2008-01-14 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL EG |
08CAIRO574 | EGYPT NUCLEAR POWER UPDATE: CONSULTANT [...] (C) Bids for an international consultant to advise Egypt's civilian nuclear power program are due on May 15, and the GOE expects its draft nuclear legislation, which is currently under review by the IAEA, to reach the floor of parliament in March or April. The MFA told us that Egypt will not f [...] | 2008-03-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP ECON PREL EG |
08CAIRO579 | EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI |
08CAIRO58 | LATEST MUBARAK COMMENTS AND EGYPTQN MFA THINKING [...] (U) President Mubarak, touring Upper Egypt on January 13, demanded implementation of the steps delineated in the Arab League statement of January 6. He called upon the Lebanese people to end their disagreements for the sake of their country. He said that if the current crisis continues that [...] | 2008-01-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY EG |
08CAIRO581 | U.S. NAVAL SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR THE SUEZ CANAL; [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Global Patriot, a cargo ship on short-term charter to the U.S. Navy that was staged to enter the southern end of the Suez Canal for transit to the Mediterranean, reported that it fired warning shots in the direction of three unidentified [...] | 2008-03-25 17:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
08CAIRO587 | MUBARAK ORDERS MILITARY TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING "BREAD [...] (U) Summary: In apparent reaction to what the media is characterizing as a "bread crisis" - shortages of subsidized bread and rising prices for unsubsidized bread -President Mubarak has ordered the military to assist civilian agencies in ensuring availability of subsidized bread. According t [...] | 2008-03-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EG |
08CAIRO595 | EGYPTIAN COURT CONVICTS EDITOR BUT SUSPENDS JAIL [...] (SBU) On March 26, a Cairo court convicted Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent newspaper Al-Dustour, of spreading false information in connection with the newspaper's August 2007 publication of stories reporting rumors then circulating that President Mubarak was in poor health. The cou [...] | 2008-03-26 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO EG |
08CAIRO596 | IRAQI REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR FOLEY ASKS ARAB LEAGUE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley pressed Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on March 24 for Arab League member states to pledge financial commitments for Iraqi refugees at the March 29 Arab League Summit in Damascus. He noted that refugees, particul [...] | 2008-03-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EG IR |
08CAIRO602 | UPDATE ON U.S. NAVY INCIDENT AT SUEZ (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: On March 25 our NCIS officer witnessed the autopsy of the apparent victim in the March 24 incident at Suez involving a U.S. Navy-chartered vessel. The wounds appear consistent with the 50-caliber warning shots fired from the "Global Patriot" (ref B). NAVCENT NCIS will send a te [...] | 2008-03-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV EG |
08CAIRO607 | DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED REBELS ON NATIONAL CENSUS [...] (SBU) In a March 26 meeting, we asked Alaa El Din Ibrahim and Abdallah Ali, Political and Media Secretaries of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) Abdulwahid Nur faction, respectively, to encourage Nur supporters in Darfur, and particularly in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp [...] | 2008-03-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI UNSC KDEM EG SU |
08CAIRO609 | SUEZ UPDATE: INVESTIGATION, COMPENSATION AND [...] (C) Summary: As of March 27, embassy NCIS officer is conducting an investigation in Egypt. The MOD has agreed to provide autopsy results, but refused to provide the bullet fragments from the deceased's body. FM Aboul-Gheit publicly criticized the U.S. over the incident March 27, and complai [...] | 2008-03-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
08CAIRO610 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche March 27 to MFA Counselor for Arms Control and Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and passed non-paper points. Youssef said he would pass the message to other concerned GOE agencies, but cautioned us "not to be optimistic" that Egypt would be able to endorse PSI withi [...] | 2008-03-27 16:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XI EG |
08CAIRO611 | POSSIBLE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIES AMONG [...] (U) Summary: On March 15, we accompanied a DRL Program Officer on a monitoring visit to a DRL-funded governance project in Minya, a city in Upper Egypt. The project, implemented by the US-based NGO "Street Law International" and its local partner, the Assiut Human Rights Association (AHRA),[...] | 2008-03-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO612 | ARCENT COMMANDER LOVELACE DISCUSSES BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary. On March 9, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) Commanding General LTG James Lovelace made his introductory calls on MOD Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and MOD Training Division Chief Major General Mohammed Hisham. LTG Enan said that the size of the joint U.S.-Egyptian BRIGHT STAR e [...] | 2008-03-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR PREL MASS EG |
08CAIRO621 | EGYPTIANS GLOOMY AND RESTIVE BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rising food prices, long bread lines, working-class economic woes and a daily dose of bad news are contributing to a sense among Egyptians that their country is in trouble. Whether they blame their government, the United States or even at times themselves, Egyptians are unhappy [...] | 2008-03-31 08:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON KDEM MARR PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
08CAIRO623 | SUEZ INCIDENT: PM NAZIF ON POTUS CALL, [...] (S) Summary: On March 27 Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told us that President Bush's condolence phone call to President Mubarak had helped calm a "fiery" cabinet meeting. He said that the GOE's investigation into the Suez incident is aimed at preventing the possibility of a recurrence. PM Nazif sa [...] | 2008-03-31 08:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO641 | ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING ON DAMASCUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef briefed diplomats on the Arab League Summit (held in Damascus March 29-30) on March 31. Yousef said that the tone of the summit was "conciliatory," but acknowledged that Arab-to-Arab relations have become frayed on a number of fronts and [...] | 2008-03-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY IS EG XF |
08CAIRO667 | MFA RESPONSE TO EXTENSION OF MFO DG LAROCCO [...] (U) On April 1 we received a fax signed by Ambassador Mohamed Mustafa Kamal, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Legal, Treaty and Counterterrorism Affairs, confirming the GOE's agreement to the extension of MFO Director-General James LaRocco's term until June 30, 2009. [...] | 2008-04-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMFO IS IT EG |
08CAIRO677 | LOCAL ELECTIONS LEAD-UP: RULING PARTY DOMINATES [...] (C) Summary: We do not expect any surprises from Egypt's April 8 local elections. Due to the government's widespread blocking of oppositionists from registering as candidates, only a total of 962 opposition candidates, including just 20 from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),have made it onto the [...] | 2008-04-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO678 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON BASRAH, EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki told Minister Counselor April 3 that the Foreign Ministry decided not to issue a statement concerning events in Basrah since it involved "Shia on Shia fighting." MinCouns noted that Maliki had used ISF, not sectarian forces, to take on the Sadri [...] | 2008-04-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
08CAIRO679 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a disappointing Arab League summit, Hossam Zaki said that Egypt is urging Syria to behave more responsibly in solving intra-Arab problems. He reported that Syrian president al-Assad told the summit that Syria will not address the "Lebanon problem" until a "legitima [...] | 2008-04-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG LE SY XF |
08CAIRO680 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON MUBARAK MEETING WITH ABBAS, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG JO XF |
08CAIRO690 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FORD'S CAIRO MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford discussed the upcoming April-May Nonproliferation Treaty PrepCom with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim and Arab League Director for Multilateral Affairs Wael Al-As [...] | 2008-04-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNPP AORC PARM PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO691 | EGYPTIANS IN GAZA CROSS BACK INTO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty told us April 6 that 150-200 Egyptians crossed Rafah from Gaza into Egypt April 1-2, as a "one time event." Badr said that these Egyptians, many of whom reside in Al-Arish and have relatives in Gaza, were in Gaza since the January border [...] | 2008-04-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO693 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF LOCAL [...] (SBU) On April 7, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),which up until now had urged Egyptians to participate in the April 8 local council elections, called on voters to boycott. The full text of the MB's statement is posted on the organization's website (translated text at para 3). The MB's Deputy S [...] | 2008-04-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO697 | DAY OF PROTESTS LARGELY QUIET, BUT VIOLENT CLASH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG |
08CAIRO698 | ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON SYG MOUSSA'S VIENNA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 3 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa plans to visit Vienna April 16 and 17 to discuss the Arab Group's draft IAEA General Conference "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) resolution, and would be interested in meeting [...] | 2008-04-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA MNUC PARM KNNP PREL IS IR EG |
08CAIRO699 | EGYPT'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES NO APPEAL IN [...] (C) According to media reports, Egypt's Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced that the government will not appeal the January 24 Cairo Administrative Court ruling granting three members of Egypt's Baha,i minority the right to obtain government identification documents (ref B). According to th [...] | 2008-04-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF EG |
08CAIRO7 | EGYPTIAN COURT REJECTS LEGAL ATTACK ON BLOGS [...] (U) On December 29, the Cairo Administrative Judicial Court dismissed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down 51 websites belonging to Egyptian human rights organizations, opposition groups and individual bloggers. As a legal basis for its ruling, the Cairo court cited Article 19 of the Universal D [...] | 2008-01-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM PGOV EG |
08CAIRO701 | NEA DAS BUTLER DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Butler discussed Iraq issues with Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef April 6. DAS Butler gave an overview of the current situation, including in Basrah, where the GOI had managed an overall gain of territorial control. Yousef claimed that Arab states are willing to [...] | 2008-04-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SY KV EG |
08CAIRO702 | EGYPT MFA SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH DAS BUTLER [...] (C) Visiting DAS Lawrence Butler discussed Iraq with MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki on April 6. Zaki confirmed that Egypt plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad, but only after President Mubarak is convinced that Maliki is serious about reaching out to the Arabs, and is satisfied [...] | 2008-04-08 06:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
08CAIRO712 | MFA READOUT OF PM SINIORA VISIT [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora, touring the region to maintain Arab support for his government, updated President Mubarak, PM Nazif, and FM Aboul Gheit April 6 and 7 on the situation in Lebanon. MFA Cabinet Advisor Nazih Neggary told us April 7 that Siniora was concerned that the Arab Lea [...] | 2008-04-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY EG |
08CAIRO714 | RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS PROMPT GOE ACTION [...] (U) In late March the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) announced a six-month ban on cement exports, beginning April 1. The ban is the latest in a series of steps by MOTI to control rising construction prices. Industry analysts predict the ban will not bring cement prices down, as demand [...] | 2008-04-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV EG |
08CAIRO715 | SECOND NIGHT OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NILE DELTA TOWN [...] (SBU) Violent clashes between police and protestors reignited April 7 on the streets of the Nile Delta textile mill town of Mehalla el Kubra. The flashpoint of the protests centered on the Mehalla police station, where protesters gathered to demand the release of those detained the previous d [...] | 2008-04-08 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG |
08CAIRO72 | Updating Information for Terrorism Finance Coordination [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN EG |
08CAIRO720 | LOCAL ELECTIONS MARKED BY LOW TURNOUT, RULING [...] (C) Summary: The April 8 elections for 52,000 local council seats were marked by dramatically low turnout, a result of the usual apathy of the Egyptian electorate combined with the call for a boycott by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Embassy officers observing the elections nationwide saw numer [...] | 2008-04-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO721 | MUBARAK'S NUCLEAR PROTOCOL WITH RUSSIA: [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the GOE and Egyptian academia have described President Mubarak's late March visit to Russia as "routine," including the Egyptian-Russian nuclear energy protocol signed during the visit. While the nuclear energy protocol and other agreements for Egyptian-Russian cooper [...] | 2008-04-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KNNP EG RU |
08CAIRO724 | NILE DELTA TOWN LARGELY CALM APRIL 8-9; PM [...] (SBU) Even after the parade of Egyptian cabinet ministers and attendant security had long returned to Cairo, the streets of Mehalla el Kubra remained relatively calm the evening of April 8 and early April 9. Earlier on April 8, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif joined the three ministers of Manpower [...] | 2008-04-09 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG |
08CAIRO730 | EGYPT: LEADING KEFAYA ACTIVIST DETAINED [...] (SBU) On the evening of April 9, Egyptian police detained George Ishaaq, a founder and leading member of the opposition "Kefaya" (Enough) movement (also known as the "Egyptian Movement for Change"),and are currently holding him in the Tagammu al Khamis State Security Prosecutor's facility. No [...] | 2008-04-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR EG |
08CAIRO735 | RUMORS OF CABINET SHUFFLE ABOUND [...] (C) Amidst growing popular and media agitation against rising prices and occasional shortages of bread and fuel, rumors have started again (ref) in Cairo that a cabinet shuffle will occur roughly two weeks after the April 8 local elections. During the Ambassador's April 6 farewell call, Prim [...] | 2008-04-10 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EG |
08CAIRO737 | DIMMING PUBLIC FOCUS ON SUEZ INCIDENT; UPDATE ON [...] (C) The March 24 Suez incident that resulted in the death of Mohammed Fouad Affifi has generally been supplanted in the Egyptian press and the public's awareness by more pressing domestic concerns, such as the violent clashes between police and protestors April 6-7 in Mehalla that resulted in a [...] | 2008-04-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PGOV PREL EG |
08CAIRO738 | GOE ANXIETY OVER THE GAZA BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO739 | EGYPT'S HIV ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS [...] (U) According to media reports, on April 9 five HIV positive Egyptian men were convicted of "the habitual practice of debauchery" andsentenced to three years in prison. The debauchey charges stem from alleged homosexual conduct. awyers for the men intend to appeal the conviction but are not op [...] | 2008-04-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KHIV EG |
08CAIRO741 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 2000 [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 2,000 TOW-2A missiles. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: a. Egypt has an immediate need to replenish its TOW missile inventory. The shelf-life of all of Egypt's 17,346 Basic TOW, ITOW, a [...] | 2008-04-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO742 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...] | 2008-04-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO749 | OMAR SOLIMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ APRIL 12 [...] (S/NF) Ambassador raised Iraq, and urged that Egypt do more to support the GOI, in an April 12 meeting with EGIS Chief Omar Soliman. The recent Iraqi military operation was clear evidence that PM Maliki was operating on a national rather than sectarian basis in confronting rebel groups. This [...] | 2008-04-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ EG |
08CAIRO758 | RELATIVE CALM ON THE GAZA BORDER FOLLOWING GOE [...] (S) Summary: LAWIO Deputy Chief BG Osama Abd El-Azziz and MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty both told us April 13 that the Gaza border is calmer than it had been following Hamas' April 8 threat to breach the border. BG Osama said that the GOE has reinforced its Border Guard For [...] | 2008-04-14 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO759 | AMBASSADOR BLOOMFIELD, A/MINISTER BASSIM DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., U.S. Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction met April 2 with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim, Cabinet Director for Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and Disarmament Director [...] | 2008-04-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | MARR PREL PARM EG |
08CAIRO760 | BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050073373 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EG |
08CAIRO762 | NOTE VERBALE ASKING U.S. TO DISSUADE ISRAEL FROM [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki gave DCM para 2 English language note verbale April 14. Zaki said the note is from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for the Secretary. We are e-mailing a scanned copy to NEA/ELA, the NEA/FO and the Operations Center. 2. (C) Begin note verbal text [...] | 2008-04-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO77 | EGYPT UNDECIDED ABOUT SUPPORTING KOSOVAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 11:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI |
08CAIRO776 | GOE HAS NO OBJECTION TO FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) MFA Lebanon Director Nazih El-Negary told us April 15 that FM Aboul Gheit has no objection to a French proposal to organize an April 22 meeting on Lebanon on the margins of the Iraq neighbors conference in Kuwait. The French are planning to invite the U.S., Egypt, the Arab League, Saudi Ar [...] | 2008-04-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE FR EG |
08CAIRO777 | GAZA BORDER: MFA DOWNPLAYS REPORTED HAMAS ATTACK [...] (U) Pro-government Al-Ahram reported April 15 that Hamas has completed preparations for a potential three-pronged attack against Egyptian security forces on the Gaza border. According to Al-Ahram, the attack would take the form of small arms and mortar fire against Egyptian forces, exploding t [...] | 2008-04-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IS EG |
08CAIRO779 | INFLATION REACHES 14.4% IN MARCH [...] (U) Egypt's inflation rate continued to climb in March, reaching 14.4% year-on-year (yoy) in March, a three-year high, up from 12.1% in February (ref A). Food inflation led the way, rising 20.5% yoy in March, up from 16.8% in February. Bread and grain prices increased 48.1% yoy and food oil [...] | 2008-04-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG |
08CAIRO783 | MAHALLA RIOTS: ISOLATED INCIDENT OR TIP OF AN [...] (C) Summary: Egyptians are uneasy about the April 6 and 7 anti-government riots in Mahalla, which featured thousands of unemployed youth battling riot police in the streets of the Nile Delta mill-town (refs B-D). The violent demonstrations followed on an opposition-organized general strike on A [...] | 2008-04-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
08CAIRO784 | BIRD FLU KILLS SECOND EGYPTIAN THIS MONTH [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: On April 11, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) confirmed its sixth Human avian influenza (AI) case this year, the 49th overall, and the second in less than a week: a 30-year old woman from Al-Matarya in the Cairo Governorate. The woman's death, which made her the 2 [...] | 2008-04-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG |
08CAIRO785 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MILITARY TRIBUNAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest installment of the GOE's ongoing crackdown against the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB),the military tribunal against forty MB members issued verdicts on April 15, nearly one year after the trial started in April 2007. Fifteen defendants were acquitted, but the ot [...] | 2008-04-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL EG |
08CAIRO786 | EGYPT BALANCING EMPLOYMENT, ILLEGAL MIGRATION WITH WORKERS [...] (U) This is a joint US Embassy Cairo-US Embassy Tripoli message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptians have long sought economic betterment by working - usually illegally - in Libya. Although constantly changing Libyan labor restrictions resulted in the return of some Egyptian workers to Egypt in [...] | 2008-04-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ECON EG LY |
08CAIRO792 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON MAHALLA RIOTS, DETENTIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 farewell call with Interior Minister Habib El Adly, the Ambassador raised USG concern about the recent detentions of opposition activists, as well as the tough sentences handed down that day against 25 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by a military trib [...] | 2008-04-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL EG |
08CAIRO796 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSFER OF (112) [...] (C) Description: In Ref A and B, the GOE requests 112 AN/PVS-7B NVG and 30 Spare Image Intensifier Tubes to support Border Guard Force operations. The spare Image Intensifier Tubes will allow the Ministry of Defense to maintain NVGs in their inventory. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires [...] | 2008-04-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO8 | ARAB LEAGUE LEBANON MTG: EGYPT SEEKS TO RAISE [...] (C) The Arab League confirmed to us January 2 that Syria will attend the January 6 extraordinary ministerial session to be held in Cairo on Lebanon. Hisham Yousef, Chief of Staff to Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, had been scheduled to travel to Beirut December 31, but told us he ha [...] | 2008-01-02 17:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY EG |
08CAIRO808 | U.S.-EGYPT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KISL AG MO SO PK AF LY SU |
08CAIRO824 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSFER OF (112) [...] (C) Description: In Ref A and B, the GOE requests 112 AN/PVS-7B NVG and 30 Spare Image Intensifier Tubes to support Border Guard Force operations. The spare Image Intensifier Tubes will allow the Ministry of Defense to maintain NVGs in their inventory. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires [...] | 2008-04-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PASS MARR EG |
08CAIRO833 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS [...] (SBU) To date, no official nationwide results have been announced in Egypt's April 8 local council elections. Reportedly, results are being released governorate by governorate, and will be finalized nationally next week. With only 962 opposition candidates on the ballot country-wide, out of th [...] | 2008-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
08CAIRO839 | EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ |
08CAIRO84 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) Egypt is addressing the mushrooming energy demands of its growing economy and population, but tackling the problem will require aggressive action on energy subsidies, increased conservation, and maximization of finite hydrocarbon reserves. In addition to its plans for civilian nuclear pow [...] | 2008-01-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECPO KNNP PREL EG |
08CAIRO842 | EGYPTIAN NPT PREPCOM POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Disarmament Director Aly Sirry told us April 22 that Egypt wants the April 28-May 9 Geneva Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom proceedings to make progress toward recognizing concerns regarding Israel's nuclear program. Sirry said that Egypt would view such progress as a s [...] | 2008-04-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR IS EG |
08CAIRO843 | EGYPT'S MFA ON APRIL 6 DETAINEES, BAHA'IS, CT LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER KISL EG |
08CAIRO844 | GRIM BIRD FLU MILESTONE: EGYPT'S 50TH CASE [...] (SBU) On April 16, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) confirmed its seventh human avian influenza (AI) case this year: a 2-year-old boy from the Sharqia Governorate north of Cairo. This marks Egypt's 50th confirmed AI case overall, and the third in the month of April. The [...] | 2008-04-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO ECON PGOV EG |
08CAIRO85 | DEFMIN TANTAWI WARNS THAT CONDITIONING FMF WILL [...] (C) On December 31, 2007, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi told the Ambassador and visiting CODEL Voinovich that conditioning U.S. military assistance to Egypt would harm bilateral relations, and would not be understood by members of military or the average Egyptian. Egypt has [...] | 2008-01-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER KPAL IR IZ IS EG |
08CAIRO856 | EGYPT AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Per reftel inquiry, Egypt's overriding security equity in a Palestinian state is a secure and stable border with Gaza. Egypt is interested in opening the Gaza border to humanitarian shipments and trade through a mechanism similar to the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access in o [...] | 2008-04-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO858 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA EG |
08CAIRO859 | SOMALIA: EGYPT CAUTIOUS ON ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, [...] (U) Per reftel demarche, we notified Arab League African Affairs Department Director Samir Hosni on April 22 that the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) plans to chair the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia after the next ICG meeting in Oslo, with the discretio [...] | 2008-04-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV EG SO |
08CAIRO860 | DARFUR: EGYPT URGES RE-ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSIVITY ON [...] (SBU) The GOE seeks to re-invigorate the idea that UN and AU Darfur envoys Jan Elaisson and Selim Ahmed Selim engage in "shuttle diplomacy" between the rebel groups and GOS to bring them to a comprehensive political solution, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on Apr [...] | 2008-04-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
08CAIRO861 | MFA ON TAHDIYA EFFORTS; AHLC MEETING [...] (S/NF) MFA Director for Palestinian Affairs Badr Abelatty updated us April 24 on Egyptian tahdiya ("calming") efforts. Abdelatty said that talks were presently underway between a visiting Hamas delegation led by deposed FM Zahar and EGIS officials. He said the GOE is seeking an "unconditional" [...] | 2008-04-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG |
08CAIRO862 | FACEBOOK ACTIVIST RELEASED [...] (SBU) Israa Abdel Fattah, a young Ghad party member detained since April 6 for allegedly inciting a general strike on the same day, was released the evening of April 23. Abdel Fattah was reportedly ordered released on April 14 by the Public Prosecutor, but was kept in "protective custody" by [...] | 2008-04-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO863 | ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPTIAN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 21 that AL SYG Moussa's April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte in Vienna (reftel) was "very good, open and frank." He said that after an AL draft resolution for the fall IAEA GC is circulated shortly, the Arab [...] | 2008-04-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IAEA IS EG |
08CAIRO866 | BLUE LANTERN DDTC CASE NUMBER 05-050091422 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS EG |
08CAIRO87 | EGYPT: PARLIAMENT APPROVES HARMONIZATION OF [...] Egypt's upper parliamentary chamber, the Shura Council, has ratified the government's decision to join the "International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures" (Kyoto Convention) to reduce barriers to Egypt's international trade. Under the convention, Egyp [...] | 2008-01-21 09:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EG |
08CAIRO886 | EGYPT "DISAPPOINTED" WITH INTERIM TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On April 23, Amira Fahmy of the MFA Human Rights office told us that the GOE was "disappointed" that the interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Egypt states that Egypt has only made "minimal progress" on combating TIP during the reporting period. Fahmy said that the National Coord [...] | 2008-04-29 06:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM EG |
08CAIRO9 | CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] (S) Summary. EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador and a visiting Codel led by Senator George Voinovich December 31 that he is optimistic progress will be made on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, Soliman was concerned with continuing Israeli criticism of Egyptian anti-smuggling e [...] | 2008-01-02 18:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IS IZ SY EG |
08CAIRO90 | CENTRAL AUDITING AGENCY CRITICIZES GOE BUDGET MANAGEMENT [...] (U) Parliament witnessed heated debates on January 10 over the Central Auditing Agency's (CAA) report on the FY 2005-06 and 2006-07 budgets. Gawdat El Malt, head of the CAA, lauded the Nazif government's success in spurring economic growth and attracting investment, but noted the oft-repeated [...] | 2008-01-21 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
08CAIRO902 | USAID DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS: THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL EG |
08CAIRO91 | EGYPT: IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Hany Dimitri of the MFA International Organizations office on January 21, emphasizing Ambassador Swing's qualifications for the IOM Director General position and explaining the U.S. position against the incumbent. Dimitri said that the GOE would study the IOM c [...] | 2008-01-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG EG |
08CAIRO913 | EGYPTIAN COURT DISMISSES LAWSUITS AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
08CAIRO920 | NAZIF DISCUSSES D&G FUNDING, REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador made an introductor call on Prime Minister Nazif on April 29, accompanied by econ counselor (notetaker). The two discussed the need to continue an economic dialogue, as well as continued US support for democracy in Egypt, Egyptian political reform, US funding for ci [...] | 2008-05-05 09:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KIPR KDEM EG |
08CAIRO921 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI OUTREACH WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EG |
08CAIRO930 | MAY 4 STRIKE FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The general strike called for May 4 to protest rocketing inflation and low wages was largely a non-event. Activists from Kefaya ("The Egyptian Movement for Change") and virtual oppositionists using the social networking site Facebook called for the strike (scheduled purposefully [...] | 2008-05-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EG |
08CAIRO931 | MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RENEWS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 16 for action requested. 2. (C) SUMMARY; The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Abulnaga on May 4, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and Econ Counselor (notetaker). During the meeting t [...] | 2008-05-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG KDEM EG |
08CAIRO932 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - EGYPT [...] (SBU) Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt's poor hard and are the major contributor to stubbornly high inflation (14.4% y-o-y in March). Past episodes of rising food prices (e.g., 2003-05) pushed Egypt's poverty rate up, and some fear this is happening again now. Almost every interna [...] | 2008-05-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV EG |
08CAIRO938 | PM NAZIF, CODEL TIERNEY DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met March 24 with Representatives John Tierney (D-MA),James Moran (D-VA),Maurice Hinchey (D-NY),Betty McCollum (D-MN),Keith Ellison (D-MN),Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and then-Ambassador Ricciardone. PM Nazif praised President Bush's efforts to achieve [...] | 2008-05-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS EG |
08CAIRO941 | OUTREACH TO EGYPTIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Cairo continues to actively support and promote the President's Freedom Agenda. We are in close contact with the wide range of Egypt's political oppositionists, democracy and human rights activists, and journalists from independent and opposition newspapers, as well as bloggers wh [...] | 2008-05-07 08:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
08CAIRO959 | GOE RAISES FUEL PRICES TO OFFSET SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Parliament passed a series of revenue generating measures to offset the cost to the budget of the 30% wage increase announced by President Mubarak on April 30 (reftel). The measures include fuel and cigarette price increases, higher automobile registration fees, and imposition of some n [...] | 2008-05-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV EG |
08CAIRO964 | NEW AIR MARSHAL: GENERAL REDDA HAFEZ [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 1, the Egyptian press announced the appointment of fifty-six year old General Redda Hafez as the country's new air marshal. Intelligent and fiercely loyal to the regime, General Redda has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the air force hierarchy within the past year to [...] | 2008-05-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PINR MARR MASS EG |
08CAIRO965 | ADDRESSING AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: GOE interlocutors provide a varied and contradictory explanation of when force can be used against migrants seeking to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel, but all say that GOE security personnel use deadly force due to the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and ter [...] | 2008-05-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER IS SU |
08CAIRO968 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON COUNTER-TERROR LAW, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Habib Al Adly offered no indication as to whether the Egyptian government will enact new counter-terror legislation by May 31, or instead simply re-extend the existing Emergency Law, in force since 1981. Adly i [...] | 2008-05-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PGOV PREF EG |
08CAIRO970 | MFA ON TEMPORARY RAFAH OPENING, SOLIMAN VISIT TO [...] (C) MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty confirmed May 12 that, in consultation with Israel, the GOE opened the Rafah border crossing temporarily between May 10-12 to allow several hundred injured and sick Palestinians into Egypt for medical treatment, and to permit Palestinian stud [...] | 2008-05-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAL IS EG |
08CAIRO971 | STATE OF PLAY REGARDING EGYPT'S PLANNED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PINS PTER EG |
08CAIRO975 | SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR DISCUSSES COUNTERING EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KISL KPAO KIRF EG |
08CAIRO976 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 introductory call with the Ambassador, Speaker of the People's Assembly Fathi Surour complained about imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour's "continuous criticism" of the Egyptian government, alleging that it did not allow for the "correct atmosphere" to be [...] | 2008-05-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG |
08CAIRO977 | EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS JEM IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Egypt has deported several Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudanese Liberation Army Abdulwahid Nour faction (SLA/Nour) after the unsuccessful JEM raid on Khartoum (reftel),according to contacts in Darfur rebel groups in Cairo. Osama Mohamed El Hassan, S [...] | 2008-05-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU |
08CAIRO982 | CHANGE IN EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ |
08CAIRO983 | MFA OFFICIALS ON AL LEBANON DELEGATION, AL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings May 13, MFA Senior Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki and MFA Cabinet Director for Lebanon Nazih El-Negary briefed us on current plans for the Qatari-led Arab League (AL) Delegation to Beirut, and the dynamics at the May 11 AL Ministerial. Zaki said that the A [...] | 2008-05-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER LEB EG |
08CAIRO986 | MFA SENIOR ADVISOR ON SOLIMAN TALKS IN ISRAEL [...] (S/NF) MFA Senior Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki told us May 13 that EGIS Chief Omar Soliman's May 12 talks in Israel were "not very good." He said that Prime Minister Olmert and Israeli Defense Minister Barak told Soliman that Israel is willing to agree to a partial tahdiya ("calming") wh [...] | 2008-05-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG |
08CAIRO99 | FOLLOW-UP MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Following a week of negative media coverage, from government, opposition and independent newspapers alike, in the lead up to President Bush's January 16 visit to Egypt, all Egyptian TV channels - government and satellite - carried the joint POTUS-Mubarak press conference live and provide [...] | 2008-01-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO EG |
08CAIRO995 | S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOE ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Summary: S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, the Ambassador, and a team of Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I and Washington experts briefed FM Aboul Gheit and EGIS Chief Soliman May 11 on developments in Iraq, with a focus on Iraqi PM Maliki's efforts to consolidate state authority and work to reconci [...] | 2008-05-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS IR IZ EG |
08CAIRO996 | CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT WARNS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel, Post delivered non-paper to relevant Egyptian authorities regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1803 regarding Iran, the FATF advisory on Iran, and we urged Egyptian authorities to warn their financial institutions to step up vigilance on all activities with any bank domicile [...] | 2008-05-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EG ETRD IR PGOV EINV |
08CAIRO997 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN EG |
08CAIRO999 | ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON NPT PREPCOM, PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us that the NPT Geneva PrepCom that ended May 9 did not make any progress on steps toward implementing the 1995 NPT Review Conference Middle East Resolution. He said that the Arab League would like to see p [...] | 2008-05-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNPP IS EG |
08CANBERRA1003 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA ECONOMY - MORE THAN ROCKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canberra-based econoff visited Perth, Western Australia (WA) September 18-19 for meetings with local government and business figures. On this trip, econoff hoped to meet with people to discuss topics OTHER than Western Australia's booming resources sector, which includes nicke [...] | 2008-10-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG AS |
08CANBERRA1004 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON WHALING, CHINA AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Takaaki Kojima told Ambassador McCallum that Japan was not going to reduce or cancel the upcoming whaling season, as Australia hoped (ref B),because it had already made a concession last year to drop the planned killing of 50 humpback whales in an effort [...] | 2008-10-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASJA PREL |
08CANBERRA1005 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON REVISED CIV-MIL CELL FOR [...] (C) Australia is broadly supportive of the revised Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell concept but will not be ready to deploy staff by the November 1 target. In other comments on the revised concept paper, the GOA acknowledged the requirement for flexibility in the role and responsi [...] | 2008-10-02 09:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF AS |
08CANBERRA1010 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES OFFICIAL BANK RATE [...] (U) Summary: Australia slashed its official cash rate by 100 basis points on Tuesday, based on fears that the economy will slow down and on concerns about international financial markets. Initial reactions have been positive, with Australia share prices rising on Tuesday. End summary. 2. [...] | 2008-10-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1012 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS PARTNERS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) DCM delivered reftel points to Annabelle Anderson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Anderson replied that the GOA will vote "no" on the Kosovo ICJ UNGA resolution, [...] | 2008-10-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA102 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...] | 2008-02-07 01:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1020 | TOUGH WEEK FOR AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: This was a bad week for Australia's economy, primarily because of the effects of the global financial crisis. Stocks down 16%. Australian dollar down over 10%. Commodities softening, confidence down, unemployment up. Rudd is making reassuring statements and announced a new b [...] | 2008-10-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1025 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I [...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...] | 2008-10-14 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA1026 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART II [...] (SBU) This is Part II of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Persian Gulf security (Iran),Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Regional Architecture, China and India. Part I (reft [...] | 2008-10-14 06:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA1027 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART III [...] (SBU) This is Part III of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Southeast Asia, Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, Pacific Islands, Defence White Paper, Enhanced Defense Cooperation, a [...] | 2008-10-14 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA1028 | TURNBULL OFF TO A GOOD START AS OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first Newspoll that measured Malcolm Turnbull's performance as Opposition Leader, voters gave him a satisfaction rating of 50 percent, 10 points higher than former Leader Brendan Nelson's top of 40 percent and nine points better than Kevin Rudd when he first became Opposit [...] | 2008-10-14 07:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA103 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE TEAM TO VISIT U.S. RE IRAQ [...] (C) David Hallett, Director for Iraq, International Policy Division, Australian Department of Defense, outlined GOA thinking about the nature of arrangements Australia will need to govern deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq when the current r [...] | 2008-02-07 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA AS |
08CANBERRA1037 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN; [...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...] | 2008-10-15 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1039 | AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 00:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS |
08CANBERRA104 | UNIONS KEY FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Unions provided the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with a significant financial advantage during last year's election campaign. In the year to June 30 2007, the ALP raised A$66 million (USD 60 million) - almost 20 percent more than the Liberal and National Coalition - with unions [...] | 2008-02-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
08CANBERRA1048 | AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV EAID PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1053 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff passed reftel data on ISN/WMDT and DTRA plans to launch a second generation GI Information Portal (GIIP),along with a request to update contact information, to Mohan Mathews, Australia's principal Global Initiative Point of Contact, on October 15. Mr. Mathews, who is the Executive Of [...] | 2008-10-20 00:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL MCAP PINR AS |
08CANBERRA1054 | PUBLIC SUPPORTS RUDD BUT PUNISHES LABOR IN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a new A.C. Nielsen poll, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's approval rating has increased by 10 points to 71 percent, the highest rating he has ever recorded. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed supported Rudd's handling of the economic crisis and his economic package, [...] | 2008-10-20 06:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1064 | GOA UPDATES SANCTIONS LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced October 22 that Australia had added new members of the Burmese regime who are subject to government of Australia (GOA) financial sanctions, bringing the total to 463. (Note. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) signaled to post in Jul [...] | 2008-10-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM AS |
08CANBERRA1073 | TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...] | 2008-10-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1074 | FORMER HOWARD ADVISOR ON RUDD'S STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A former adviser to John Howard says the Rudd Government likely made a purely political decision rather than a carefully thought out economic one when it decided on the size of the A$10.4 billion stimulus plan (reftel). New Liberal Party MP Jamie Briggs, who won the seat of [...] | 2008-10-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1075 | NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP [...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...] | 2008-10-24 07:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC PREL KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA1079 | AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TAKES A DIVE [...] (SBU) Buffeted by falling commodity prices, fear of global economic recession, and dropping domestic interest rates, the Australian dollar has lost 37% of its value against the U.S. dollar, falling faster since July than even the Icelandic krona. The Aussie dollar has lost 27% of its trade-wei [...] | 2008-10-27 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1080 | AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME [...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...] | 2008-10-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1081 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. Poloff presented the fact sheet (inadvertently marked as a "White Paper" in reftel) on the November 13 Workshop on Excercise Design and Planning and the November 14 Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism [...] | 2008-10-27 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PTER PREL AORC MCAP PINR AS |
08CANBERRA1086 | AUSTRALIAN WHALING OPTIONS DWINDLING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Whaling Envoy Sandy Hollway is returning to Japan NLT October 30, despite Japanese signals that no deal is possible this year. Hollway hopes to secure some agreement from Japan to reduce the number of whales taken in the upcoming Japanese scientific whaling season [...] | 2008-10-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS SENV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1097 | G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM [...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...] | 2008-10-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1098 | G-20 SUMMIT: BACKGROUND ON AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The following is keyed to State 114420. AUSTRALIAN G-20 SUMMIT KEY OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (C/NF) Australia has three key objectives: -- To ensure that any reforms to global financial mechanisms do not threaten the effect [...] | 2008-10-30 23:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA11 | REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 05:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS CH MARR MNUC PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA1101 | AUSTRALIA DELAYS FUNDING DECISION ON AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (C/NF) Australia has postponed until early 2009 a decision on the U.S. request to provide US$85 million per year from 2010 to 2014 to fund the expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Jon Merrill, Director, Afghanistan [...] | 2008-10-31 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL AF AS |
08CANBERRA1102 | AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AS |
08CANBERRA1105 | DEMARCHE RE IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA1106 | NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...] | 2008-10-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA1107 | AUSTRALIA 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] Embassy Canberra is pleased to nominate June Oscar for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In response to hard-hitting reports of abuse in Aboriginal communities in Australia, Ms. Oscar successfully campaigned for a controversial six-month ban on take-away alcohol [...] | 2008-10-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO AS |
08CANBERRA1111 | DAUSTR BELL'S AUSTRALIA MEETINGS: TPP, WTO, AND [...] (C) Summary. DAUSTR Doug Bell visited Canberra October 19-21 for meetings with Australian trade officials and to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Australia has begun its internal processes to gain formal approval for joining the TPP, which should be concluded by the end of the ye [...] | 2008-11-03 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
08CANBERRA1112 | AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR GRANTS LIMITED ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian regulators on October 31 announced new procedures to grant limited access for investors to their frozen mortgage funds. Funds faced problems before GOA announced bank guarantees, but the guarantees made their situation more uncertain. Financial industry response to [...] | 2008-11-03 04:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1114 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES INTEREST RATES - [...] (U) Summary. On November 4 the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) slashed the official cash rate by 75 basis points, to 5.25%. Again, the cut was greater than expected, showing the RBA has placed protecting growth ahead of restraining inflation. This comes in the wake of a whole series of unif [...] | 2008-11-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1119 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIA AND FATF IRAN STATEMENT [...] (U) This message replaces Canberra 1117. 2. (SBU) In response to points raised in reftel, DFAT International Legal Branch Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott told us on November 5 that Australia, a member of FATF, has issued a circular on the Australian Transac [...] | 2008-11-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1121 | AUSTRALIAN MID-YEAR ECONOMIC UPDATE - GROWTH, SURPLUSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2008-09, the annual update to the Australian Government's budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. The update lowered the estimated growth rate from 2.75 [...] | 2008-11-06 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1131 | INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL LEVEL [...] Greg Wilcock of the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of Australia's invitation to the National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09). Wilcock told PolOff November 10 that the Minister's office will contact post with information regarding attendees to NLE 09 as soon as there [...] | 2008-11-10 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL OPDC |
08CANBERRA1134 | NEW AUSTRALIAN CAR PLAN ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary. On November 10, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Industry Minister Kim Carr released the GOA's response to the Bracks Review of the car industry. The 'New Car Plan for a Greener Future' aims to make the car industry more responsive to changing consumer demand, environmental policy an [...] | 2008-11-12 04:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1136 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...] | 2008-11-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1137 | AUSTRALIAN AID TO PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL BELT [...] (C/REL AUS) Lisa Rice Madan, Assistant Secretary, Southwest Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's continued support for health and education programs in Pakistan's border regions ref B. In addition, Australia started an AUD $250K (USD $175K) coun [...] | 2008-11-12 05:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ECON EAID AS |
08CANBERRA1138 | DEMARCHE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RETURN [...] (U) Jon Merrill, Director of the Afghanistan section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told PolOff November 12 that Australia stands shoulder to shoulder with USG on the International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees. He said that Australia is [...] | 2008-11-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF |
08CANBERRA114 | NEW PARLIAMENT TO MEET: LEADERS FACE SCRUTINY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The ALP and Coalition will be under the media spotlight next week when the new Parliament sits for the first time. In Question Time, the Opposition will seek to put the Rudd Government on the defensive, particularly on the key issue of the economy. The performance of Liberal [...] | 2008-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
08CANBERRA1140 | TRIAL COMMENCES FOR FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING [...] (U) The trial of five Sydney men accused of conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts began November 11 in Parramatta, a New South Wales suburb of Sydney. The men, Khaled Cheikho, 35, Moustafa Cheikho, 31, Mohamed Ali Elomar, 43, Abdul Rakib Hasan, 39 and Mohammed Omar Jamal, 24 were foun [...] | 2008-11-12 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA1141 | INTERVENTION REVIEW FUELS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: Sixteen months after the Australian government mounted a controversial intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to combat reported widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children, a review panel has concluded that the emergency remains acute and has endors [...] | 2008-11-13 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PGOV PHUM SOCI |
08CANBERRA1151 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT US EMBASSY CANBERRA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 04:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
08CANBERRA1155 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...] | 2008-11-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS |
08CANBERRA1157 | 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...] | 2008-11-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1159 | CORRECTED COPY: 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...] | 2008-11-17 01:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1163 | AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY CONDUCTING SURVEY IN IRAQ RE [...] (SBU) Lloyd Brodrick, Iraq Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),advised poloff November 17 that a representative from AusAID, the Australian government's overseas aid agency, is currently in the middle of a two-week fact-finding mission to Iraq to study possible Australia [...] | 2008-11-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1166 | AUSTRALIA APPROVES TPP PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 22:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1172 | AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has directed that Australia's Defense White Paper be completed no later than April 2009, despite internal pressures to delay its release owing to the global financial crisis, according to the senior Department of Defence official heading the White Paper [...] | 2008-11-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1180 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...] | 2008-11-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA1191 | AUSTRALIA DELEGATION TO DOHA CONFERENCE ON FFD [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Treasury, AusAID, and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Vanessa Hegarty of AusAID noted they were working with State on a joint "statement by international development assistance donors on the impact of the current financial crisis on donor comm [...] | 2008-11-26 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA1192 | AN OPENING ON AUSSIE QUARANTINE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian quarantine regulator has ruled that Philippine bananas can be imported into Australia. The Deputy Prime Minister publicly asserted the agency's independence and implicitly defended the decision. This could be an indication of a changing direction in Australian [...] | 2008-11-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1194 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post Economic and Agriculture officers met with officials from Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF),Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),and AusAID to discuss the Global Partnership on Agriculture and Food (GPAF). The GOA expressed s [...] | 2008-11-26 06:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1196 | RUDD GOVERNMENT - ONE YEAR REPORT [...] (C/NF) The Rudd government has generally been competent and centrist during its first 12 months, notwithstanding some significant foreign policy blunders, and criticism over Rudd's media-focused management style. The Government is unified, has avoided scandal, kept its major election promises [...] | 2008-11-28 01:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1197 | FILM/TV INDUSTRY FILES COPYRIGHT CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: On November 20 several media companies filed legal action against Australia's #3 internet service provider (ISP) iiNet, seeking a ruling that iiNet has infringed copyright by not taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized use of films and TV programs by its customers. This i [...] | 2008-11-30 23:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECPS ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1199 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) The following is the written response to ref A demarche on behalf of the GOA, provided to Embassy by AusAID following our November 26 meeting (ref B). Begin text of GOA response: "1. The Australian Government is generally supportive of improved coordination and increased transparenc [...] | 2008-12-01 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA PREPARES TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Foreign Minister Smith will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo this week. He advised that the Australian Department of Defence and Attor [...] | 2008-12-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL NATO AS |
08CANBERRA1202 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...] | 2008-12-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1205 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...] | 2008-12-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK |
08CANBERRA1207 | AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...] | 2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS |
08CANBERRA1208 | AUSSIE RESERVE BANK AGAIN SLASHES INTEREST RATES [...] (U) Summary. On December 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a 100 basis points reduction in the cash rate to a record low of 4.25 per cent. RBA continues to prioritize demand ahead of inflation. End summary. RBA SLASHES RATES AGAIN 2. (U) The RBA today slashed the officia [...] | 2008-12-02 20:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1215 | AUSTRALIA BARELY AVOIDS NEGATIVE GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's economy grew by less than 0.1% in the September quarter; excluding farms, the economy contracted 0.3%. Despite the fiscal stimulus package and aggressive interest rate cuts, contraction in the current quarter and recession in 2009 seem likely. End summary. LATES [...] | 2008-12-03 23:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1222 | GOVERNMENT PROPOSES REVISED LABOR LAWS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor unions are generally happy with the Rudd Government's major industrial relations bill, introduced on November 25. This bill proposes a new labor relations scheme for Australia, providing stronger collective bargaining rights, easier worksite access for union officials, th [...] | 2008-12-04 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
08CANBERRA1230 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DUNCAN LEWIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the appointment of Duncan Lewis to the newly-created post of National Security Advisor (NSA). The creation of the position of NSA is the first step in the formation of the Rudd Government's new national security structure. The NSA will be resp [...] | 2008-12-05 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AS |
08CANBERRA1231 | GOA REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD WITH IRAQ [...] (S) The Australian government, while pessimistic about achieving a legally binding SOFA with Iraq, is actively exploring options for the continued employment of imbedded Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving in MNF-I, particularly those whose missions keep them within the confines [...] | 2008-12-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN |
08CANBERRA1232 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...] | 2008-12-08 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
08CANBERRA1238 | SURGE IN BOAT PEOPLE BECOMES POLITICAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition is blaming a surge in the number of illegal boat people on the Rudd Government's relaxation of the former Howard Government's border protection policies. Since the policy toward illegal refugees was changed in August, six people-smuggling boats traveling from Ind [...] | 2008-12-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SMIG PREF AS |
08CANBERRA1241 | AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C/NF) Australia viewed the approval by IAEA's Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee of Syria's project SYR/0/020 as a compromise outcome according to Chris King, Executive Officer, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. King in [...] | 2008-12-09 03:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA1244 | POLLING GETS WORSE FOR LIBERAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Newspoll released December 9 indicates that the Opposition is going backwards since it switched leaders to Malcolm Turnbull in September. Support for the Coalition is at its lowest level since June. Since the last Newspoll two weeks ago, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has in [...] | 2008-12-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA1246 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...] | 2008-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA125 | TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...] | 2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT |
08CANBERRA1250 | AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS MAKE QUICK TRIP TO BEIJING TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Treasurer Swan and Trade Minister Crean made a weekend visit to China to push on bilateral FTA talks and on Doha, at PM Rudd's instruction. GOA trade officials hope that China's interest in easier terms for its state owned enterprises to invest in Australia will give some leve [...] | 2008-12-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD EINV PREL AS CH |
08CANBERRA1252 | Pressure on Australia's Current Account Deficit? [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's current account deficit (CAD) fell sharply to its lowest level in six years from almost A$20 billion in the March quarter (7 per cent of GDP) to A$9.8 billion in the June quarter (3.2 per cent of GDP) due to a boost to export prices (especially coal and iron ore) and [...] | 2008-12-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1258 | SOFA UNLIKELY FOR AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY It is highly unlikely that Australia will negotiate a SOFA with the Iraqi government before the end of the year. The Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) is developing an alternative plan where personnel who work at the Australian Embassy or Camp Victory will remain in place [...] | 2008-12-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AS IZ ES EN RO |
08CANBERRA1259 | AUSTRALIA OUTLINES SPECIAL OPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Australian Special Operations Commander, Major General Tim McOwan, held a special media briefing on Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) activities in Oruzgan Province on December 11. He highlighted the effectiveness of SOTG efforts to create an improved security environment [...] | 2008-12-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA126 | RUDD SAYS "SORRY" TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The House of Representatives passed a motion February 13 apologizing for the treatment of indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" - which refers to the Aboriginal children who were taken from their families by white Australia between 1910 and 1970. Prime Mi [...] | 2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI AS |
08CANBERRA1265 | AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] | 2008-12-12 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1266 | AUSTRALIA TACKLES EXECUTIVE PAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Rudd has been outspoken on the need for reform of executive pay to better balance compensation with risk management. Australian regulators are working on high-level general principles on executive pay with an eye on what emerges as the international consensus. T [...] | 2008-12-12 04:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1269 | THE TSD HA/DR OFFICIAL MEETING IN CANBERRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese delegation, the American delegation and Australian hosts agreed upon a set of Australian written guidelines for the Trilateral Security Dialog's work in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR),but the task of the coming year will be the editing and [...] | 2008-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF JA AS |
08CANBERRA1270 | AUSTRALIA UNDECIDED ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) GOA remains uncertain whether it will be able to attend a Pakistan donors conference at the Foreign Minister level, and on what sort of commitment it could make. DFAT Pakistan Director Lisa Rice-Madan reiterated that the uncertainty about the details of the conference (now including its [...] | 2008-12-12 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
08CANBERRA1271 | AUSTRALIAN REQUIRES IMMEDIATE HELP WITH IRAQ SOFA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Smith has told Ambassador McCallum that Australia needs immediate help from the United States in order to keep its remaining troops in Iraq. The FM noted that GOA was requested by the US to defer its negotiation with the GOI so as not to complicate US negotiat [...] | 2008-12-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ AS |
08CANBERRA1277 | TELSTRA OUT OF BROADBAND BIDDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA confirmed December 15 that Telstra has been excluded from the National Broadband Network bidding process because its bid failed to conform to bid guidelines on SMEs. Telstra's chairman criticized the decision over a "trivial" point. Minister Conroy was caught in a diff [...] | 2008-12-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1278 | CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] | 2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1279 | CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] | 2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
08CANBERRA128 | U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MOPS PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA1281 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told DCM on December 16 that Australia is very conscious of the importance of suppoQing the Afghan elections. The request for election support for [...] | 2008-12-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
08CANBERRA1282 | AUSTRALIAN REPLY ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 02:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO AS |
08CANBERRA1285 | AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SANCTIONS TO ADDITIONAL MUGABE [...] (SBU) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Embassy December 17 that the GOA has announced it will extend sanctions against 75 more supporters of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, and against four extra companies. DFAT Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes Peter [...] | 2008-12-17 06:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AS ZI |
08CANBERRA1290 | AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES CLUSTER MUNITIONS ISSUES FOR [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's interpretation of Article 21 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in a follow-up meeting held December 17. McGuire advised that Austral [...] | 2008-12-18 02:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1291 | BROADBAND ALLEGATIONS - CHINESE TELCOM [...] (C/NF) Summary. A major Australian daily ran an article today reporting that Optus was believed to have included China's Huawei Technologies as a vendor in its bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and claiming it could threaten Optus' bid. The GOA is conducting a review of all NBN bi [...] | 2008-12-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS AS |
08CANBERRA1292 | AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...] | 2008-12-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO |
08CANBERRA1298 | NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...] | 2008-12-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
08CANBERRA1299 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER [...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...] | 2008-12-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1302 | AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT FURTHER STIMULUS [...] (SBU) The Australian Government announced a $4.7 billion (USD 3.2 billion) nation building package, on 12 December 2008, with the aim of strengthening the economy and creating up to 32,000 jobs. The package provides new funds for rail investment, brings forward road spending, allocates funds [...] | 2008-12-19 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1307 | BILL OF RIGHTS FOR AUSTRALIA? [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Government announced it would establish a consultation process on how best to protect and promote human rights in Australia. A committee will canvass public opinion on whether human rights need any addition [...] | 2008-12-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA1308 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...] | 2008-12-22 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
08CANBERRA1314 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 21:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR AS |
08CANBERRA1316 | GOA SUPPORTS NEW GM/HOLDEN SMALL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 22 December, Prime Minister Rudd announced an agreement with GM Holden and the South Australian Government to support production of a new, fuel-efficient, low-emission small car in Australia. The agreement provides A$179 million (US$122 million) over 3-4 years to Holden under [...] | 2008-12-23 23:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON AS |
08CANBERRA1324 | HANEEF INQUIRY RECOMMENDS REVIEW OF CT LAWS AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: A judicial inquiry into the collapsed prosecution of former terrorism suspect Dr Mohammed Haneef, which occurred during the Howard Government in July 2007 (reftel),found no evidence connecting Haneef to terrorist activities. It recommended an independent review of counter-terror [...] | 2008-12-29 05:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER AS |
08CANBERRA1326 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO BURMESE AND DONOR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS |
08CANBERRA133 | SCENE SETTER FOR AUSMIN 2008 [...] (SBU) AUSMIN 2008 takes place just three months after the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Kevin Rudd swept to power, decisively defeating John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition after eleven years in office. While domestic issues such as workers' rights, climate change, healt [...] | 2008-02-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR OTRA AS |
08CANBERRA1335 | AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ [...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...] | 2008-12-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS |
08CANBERRA1336 | MAY 2009 PSI OEG MEETING: NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRALIA [...] On December 29, we delivered the notice of the May 12-14, 2009, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2008-12-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA140 | RUDD HAS A VERY GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd burnished his leadership image this week by issuing an emotional apology to indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" and by coolly managing his first foreign crisis, the attack on East Timorese President Ramos-Horta. By closing the apology issue [...] | 2008-02-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA150 | AUSTRALIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The GOA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced at mid-day on February 19 that it formally recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an Independent State. The announcement noted that both the United States and the U.K. had issued their recognitions (earlier in the day a DFAT offic [...] | 2008-02-19 03:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PREL YI UN |
08CANBERRA178 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST) [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...] | 2008-02-25 04:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN PGOV |
08CANBERRA179 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION III (TURKEY, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The third session of the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations included a brief update from the U.S. on the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq and the status of prospects for further progre [...] | 2008-02-25 04:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN PARM |
08CANBERRA180 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION IV: ALLIANCE AND DEFENSE [...] (U) February 23, 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon led the fourth and last U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) session, which focused on bilateral alliance issues, prima [...] | 2008-02-25 04:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN MARR |
08CANBERRA181 | ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CU EU PGOV PREL |
08CANBERRA185 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...] | 2008-02-25 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN MOPS |
08CANBERRA186 | AUSMIN 2008: JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND MEDIA EVENTS [...] (U) The Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Canberra on February 23 reflected a reaffirmation of the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance, and a reiteration by both countries of their commitment to work together to [...] | 2008-02-25 20:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL AS |
08CANBERRA198 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND [...] (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27. (The delay in delivery of [...] | 2008-02-27 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA199 | WELLINGTON CLUSTER MUNITIONS MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (C/NOFORN) The meeting in Wellington of the Oslo Process on cluster munitions was fraught with drama, Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of DFAT's International Security Division reported to Poloff on February 27th. Nevertheless, progress was mad [...] | 2008-02-27 21:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA209 | AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON SOMALIAN PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 05:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KCRM AS PREL |
08CANBERRA220 | RUDD SHINES IN FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first several months, the Rudd Government has made a smooth transition to Government, enjoying a continuing honeymoon with the media and the public. To mark 100 days in office, the Prime Minister issued a report card outlining the Rudd Government's achievements and imple [...] | 2008-03-04 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AS |
08CANBERRA222 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...] | 2008-03-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA225 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 03:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL KCRM AS |
08CANBERRA230 | AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...] | 2008-03-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
08CANBERRA234 | AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] Embassy delivered Acting Under Secretary Rood's invitation to attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary events, along with the logistical information and proposed agendas, to Mr. David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 11, 2008. 2. Mr. Michael Ko [...] | 2008-03-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL KSTC AS |
08CANBERRA237 | AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UNSYG SPECIAL [...] Coincident with the receipt of the demarche request contained in reftel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media statement on March 12 welcoming the appointment of Ambassador Kai Eide as the UNSYG's Special Representative for Afghanistan, calling it an important step forward in strength [...] | 2008-03-12 02:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP AS |
08CANBERRA240 | SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...] | 2008-03-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS |
08CANBERRA246 | UNIONS ASK FOR THE SPOILS OF VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jeff Lawrence, the new Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU),the unions' national umbrella organization, said in a speech March 12 that organized labor would lobby for real wage increases for low-paid workers, higher retirement contributions from employers, [...] | 2008-03-17 04:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
08CANBERRA247 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ACQUISITION CHIEF REASSURES [...] (C/NOFORN) In a meeting with Ambassador McCallum and other Embassy staff on March 17, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Mr. Greg Combet, indicated that the GOA will probably not abandon any U.S. defense contracts, other than the recently terminated contract with Kaman Corporation [...] | 2008-03-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP AS |
08CANBERRA258 | AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...] | 2008-03-18 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA262 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...] | 2008-03-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS |
08CANBERRA267 | SCENESETTER: PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming to Washington with a message that Australia will continue its friendship and close cooperation with the United States across a wide spectrum of issues, from non-proliferation and counterterrorism to climate change and trade liberalization. Rudd, a form [...] | 2008-03-19 22:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS OVIP PREL US |
08CANBERRA276 | ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Poloff met with Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Andrew Goledzinowski March 20 to deliver the non-paper and points in Ref A. Goledzinowski, who will shortly transfer to New York to take up his new posting as Deputy Permrep, was joined by Evan Gallagher, Secretary-Genera [...] | 2008-03-20 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA277 | URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY KEY ASIAN STATES: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA278 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: REQUEST FOR SUMMARY OF U.S. [...] (U) This message contains an action request for ISN/CB -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered the U.S. proposal to redefine the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) on the AG's animal pathogen common control list (reftel) to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proli [...] | 2008-03-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA287 | RUDD HONEYMOON MEETS BUDGET REALITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 7-12, the dominant political issue was speculation over whether the Rudd Government would axe budget allocations for carers (family members who care for invalids) and seniors in his fight against inflation. With Rudd overseas for most of this period, the Government di [...] | 2008-03-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AS |
08CANBERRA298 | INTERIM AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On March 26, poloff spoke with Evan Gallagher of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) International Organizations Branch, who has been designated the action officer of the Asia Pacific Democracy [...] | 2008-03-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA299 | AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO RESULTS ORIENTED PIF [...] (SBU) A representative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Section confirmed Australia is hopeful of a results-oriented outcome to the March 26 Pacific Island Forum Ministerial on Fiji. A meeting of Australian and New Zealand Foreign Ministers preceded the FFAM [...] | 2008-03-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FJ UN AS |
08CANBERRA30 | KOSOVO: AUSTRALIA RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW US, EU [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will recommend recognition of Kosovo in the early stages, but only "in good company", that is, after the US, most of the EU and Canada. The issue will be put f [...] | 2008-01-14 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08CANBERRA301 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...] | 2008-03-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS |
08CANBERRA302 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUAL USE ITEM [...] (SBU) We presented Ref A demarche and non-paper to Valerie Grey, Director for Arms Control, and Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 25. 2. (C) Our GOA interlocutors welcomed the points and non-paper. Grey assured [...] | 2008-03-27 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA303 | ADVANCING AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL INTERESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his first foreign policy address as Prime Minister, and before leaving for the United States, Europe and China on March 27, Kevin Rudd said that the challenges Australia faces in areas like climate change, terrorism and the development of the Pacific Islands will require it to b [...] | 2008-03-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SENV AS |
08CANBERRA310 | RUDD MOVES TO OVERHAUL FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since becoming Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader, Rudd has spoken repeatedly about "ending the blame game" between the federal and state governments. At the heart of the "blame game" is the funding imbalance between the federal and state governments. The federal government r [...] | 2008-03-28 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
08CANBERRA322 | POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...] | 2008-04-02 04:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS |
08CANBERRA332 | AUSTRALIA FOLLOW-UP ON PIF MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Stephen Henningham, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Fiji Task Force confirmed the responses given by DFAT Pacific Regional Section (reftel Canberra 299) immediately following the 26 March FFAM in an April 2 meeting with Poloff. Australia fully supports the PIF [...] | 2008-04-03 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XV AS |
08CANBERRA337 | AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Poloff presented Ref A points and a request for the status of Australia's implementation of travel-related provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, International Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on April [...] | 2008-04-04 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR AS |
08CANBERRA357 | AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Mil Officer met with Erika Thompson, Executive Officer for Afghanistan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on April 8 to obtain information on Australia's participation in the Paris Conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Thompson confirmed that Australia will be represented at [...] | 2008-04-08 22:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AS |
08CANBERRA370 | CONSERVATIVE PARTIES PONDER A MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November election loss has created unprecedented momentum for a merger between the Liberal and National parties (who are in coalition at the federal level). The departure of former Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader John Howard, who opposed a merger, and the situation [...] | 2008-04-10 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA374 | AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) confirmed plans to double assistance to Pakistan through 2010. GOA aid is expected to increase from approximately US $23M to US $46M. This growth continues a [...] | 2008-04-11 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AS |
08CANBERRA375 | RURAL INTERNET BROADBAND SCHEME NIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The former Howard Government's rural broadband scheme was jettisoned by Communications Minister Conroy, who was critical of its technology and inadequate coverage. The main reason for the decision is simple: it duplicates in part the ALP national broadband initiative. End sum [...] | 2008-04-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
08CANBERRA392 | AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE INFO ON U.S. WTO REMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is not at the moment in a position to agree to cosponsor the US WTO remanufacturing initiative text, but does not rule it out. The Australians suggest a dialogue on this issue, preferably in Geneva. End summary. 2. (SBU) Deputy Econcouns met with Department of Fo [...] | 2008-04-16 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON AS |
08CANBERRA394 | ERITREAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BORDER DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Eritrean Ambassador Andeab Ghebremeskel told the Ambassador on April 15 that the border situation between his country and Ethiopia is at an "impasse." Ghebremeskel complained that Ethiopia has reneged on the legal decision on the boundary demarcation made by the Eritrea-Ethiopia [...] | 2008-04-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ER ET PREL |
08CANBERRA4 | U/S BURNS AT 12/5 TSD SOM - AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L,Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka December 4-5, 2007 in [...] | 2008-01-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AF IN PK AS |
08CANBERRA400 | AUSTRALIA AGREES ZIMBABWE NOT APPROPRIATE AS [...] United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed on April 18 that Australia had reached the same conclusions as the U.S. regarding the inappropriateness of Zimbabwe's chairmanship of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). They [...] | 2008-04-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC PREL EAGR EAID ECON |
08CANBERRA403 | RUDD HOLDS SUMMIT OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd convened a summit of 1000 of Australia's "brightest and best" on the weekend of April 19-20 to discuss ways of addressing long-term challenges facing Australia. The high-profile summit, "Australia 2020," produced a number of proposals, many of which we [...] | 2008-04-21 23:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AS |
08CANBERRA416 | TORCH RELAY PROCEEDS WITH LITTLE INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Rudd, GOA officials and Chinese Embassy diplomats here are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Olympic torch relay ended late April 24 morning with no major incidents, despite the presence of thousands of pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters. Two Chines [...] | 2008-04-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CH AS |
08CANBERRA423 | AUSTRALIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Poloff met April 28 with Evan Gallagher and Nicole Forrester of the International Organizations Branch, and Berenice Owens-Jones of the United States Political and Strategic Section, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to present USG responses to the questions posed by [...] | 2008-04-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM AS |
08CANBERRA439 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GERMAN OBSTINACY ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Reftel demarche was delivered on April 30 to Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She advised that the GOA shares the U.S. frustration and concern with Germany's obstinacy over its prop [...] | 2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA44 | WHALES: GOA CONSIDERING OPTIONS, NO PRECIPITATE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese whaling has been a major public issue in Australia over the past three days, with considerable media coverage of the January 15 detention of two Sea Shepherd Conservation Organization activists on a Japanese whaling vessel they had boarded. The media also highlighted [...] | 2008-01-17 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS AS JA |
08CANBERRA443 | AUSTRALIA ASSAILS BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (U) In a May 1 media statement, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith charged that Burma,s "deeply flawed" constitution was only intended to entrench the military,s grip on power. He criticized the constitution as having b [...] | 2008-05-01 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM AS BM |
08CANBERRA456 | DESPITE INFLATION, INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED FOR NOW [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not raise the official cash rate; it remains at 7.25%. Despite higher than expected inflation (reftel),the RBA noted that the substantial tightening since mid-2007 and "difficult" conditions in international financial markets were acting to restrai [...] | 2008-05-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA459 | READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND [...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...] | 2008-05-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OTRA AS |
08CANBERRA461 | RUDD ANGERS LEFT ON GAY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government, exercising the Federal Government's power to override territory laws, has forced the left-leaning Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to abandon plans to allow "civil unions" for same-sex couples. The Rudd govern [...] | 2008-05-07 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI AS |
08CANBERRA462 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES AID PACKAGE FOR BURMA [...] (U) Foreign Minister Smith announced May 7 that Australia would provide AUD 3 million (USD 2.84 million) in humanitarian aid to Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. The package includes up to AUD 1 million (USD 0.94 million) for Australian NGOs with capacity on the ground to provide immediate e [...] | 2008-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID CASC PHUM PGOV BM AS |
08CANBERRA469 | AUSTRALIA ON WIPO D-G ELECTION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Nicholas Rodgers, Director for International Intellectual Property at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade May 9. IP Australia, preparing for the long trip to Geneva, was unable to attend, but DFAT has been in close consultation with them and bot [...] | 2008-05-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AS |
08CANBERRA474 | UNIONS THREATEN RUDD'S INFLATION FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are signs that labor unions in Australia are becoming impatient with the wall-to-wall Federal and state Australian Labor Party (ALP) governments. While the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and some of the larger unions have tried to work with the Rudd Government a [...] | 2008-05-12 00:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ILAB AS |
08CANBERRA490 | RUDD DELIVERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's first budget has slowed the growth of government spending and hit "the rich" to combat inflation, while delivering its election promises and looking after Rudd's "working families." There is means testing of family benefits, tax cuts, spending on the ALP's [...] | 2008-05-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SENV AS |
08CANBERRA502 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO BUILD ON ARAB [...] (SBU) Charge and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Stokes advised that the GOA would look closely at the refte [...] | 2008-05-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA507 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4, below. 2. (U) As instructed Ref A, poloff reapproached Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Global Initiative (GI) point of contact, Mohan Mathews, Executive Officer, Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Section, on May 16 to urge [...] | 2008-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL AS |
08CANBERRA508 | MARKING MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (SBU) Further to Ref E, and as requested Ref A, U.S. Mission Australia has developed additional activities to help mark May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, as outlined in para 2, below. (We assume Ref B notification of a possible call by Deputy Assistant to the President Julie C [...] | 2008-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS |
08CANBERRA518 | LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF [...] (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the [...] | 2008-05-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BUSH LAURA REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS |
08CANBERRA520 | RUDD TO BOOST SKILLED IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government plans to significantly boost Australia's migration program to address labor shortages in the Australian economy. The Skilled Migration Program will be expanded by 30 percent. The Government is also considering boosting unskilled migration, including a labor s [...] | 2008-05-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREF ELAB SMIG AS |
08CANBERRA521 | BUDGET RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS AS LIBERALS SQUABBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two national polls released May 20 indicate the Rudd government's popularity has not been affected by last week's budget. Both polls, taken after the budget was announced, have the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leading the Coalition 57 percent to 43 with Kevin Rudd thrashing Bren [...] | 2008-05-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA53 | THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING BEGIN FOR PM RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Rudd Government will face several challenges during its first term, including rising inflation and interest rates, a Senate without an Australian Labor Party (ALP) majority, an assertive union movement and an ALP left-wing eager to undermine the cultural and social legacy [...] | 2008-01-18 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB ECON AS |
08CANBERRA530 | FORMER FM DOWNER MULLING ROLE AS UN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The press carried reports on May 22 that former foreign minister Alexander Downer has been offered the job of UN Special Envoy for Cyprus. UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe reportedly made the offer through Australia's UN Ambassador Robert Hill. Accordi [...] | 2008-05-22 02:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS CY PINR PREL |
08CANBERRA531 | FOOD EXPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) The GOA has taken no steps to restrict agricultural exports from Australia, nor does post expect any such moves in Australia, which exports on average two-thirds of its agricultural production. 2. (SBU) Bruce Bowan, Acting Director for International Affairs at the Department of Agricul [...] | 2008-05-22 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO AS |
08CANBERRA532 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Summary: The rise of food and agricultural commodity prices has had very limited impact in Australia. A major agricultural exporter, Australia even stands to benefit. Rising food prices have caused no significant economic, political, or environmental problems in Australia. Post has no reco [...] | 2008-05-22 07:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AS |
08CANBERRA535 | AUSTRALIA: REPORT ON MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY [...] (U) As requested Ref B, post hereby furnishes the following report on activities undertaken by the U.S. Mission to observe May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary Outreach: Michael Danby, a prominent Member of Parliament, distributed the following statement [...] | 2008-05-22 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS |
08CANBERRA538 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND [...] (U) Post shared reftel demarche with Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Technical Market Access at Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In response, Morris provided the following paper laying out the GOA,s views. 2. (SBU) DAFF Comments on US Food Cable The Austra [...] | 2008-05-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AS |
08CANBERRA540 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...] | 2008-05-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS |
08CANBERRA542 | HIGH COURT HEARS CASE ON SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 the High Court of Australia heard an appeal of a brothel owner who was convicted for enslaving five Thai prostitutes who had incurred a debt of A$45,000 when they were recruited to work in a brothel in Melbourne. The brothel had been raided in 2003 and the owner, Wei Tang [...] | 2008-05-27 04:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN AS |
08CANBERRA544 | AUSTRALIA CRITICAL OF US FARM BILL [...] Summary: (U) The Australian Government has been openly critical of the just-passed US Farm Bill. Following the final passage of the Farm Bill, Trade Minister Simon Crean and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke issued a joint press statement on May 23 which criticized the action by Congress for c [...] | 2008-05-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA545 | 2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE [...] Mission Australia would be pleased to present AMVER awards on behalf of the US Coast Guard to Australian recipients. We will decide on the best arrangements for presenting the award(s) based on where the recipient is located - likely through one of our Consulates-General in Melbourne, Perth, [...] | 2008-05-28 03:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL AS |
08CANBERRA549 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...] | 2008-05-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS |
08CANBERRA554 | AUSTRALIA AND CHILE CONCLUDE FTA [...] (U) Summary: Australia and Chile have concluded negotiations for an FTA. It is expected to be signed in July. This is the first FTA to be concluded by the Rudd Government; negotiations began under the previous Howard government. End summary. 2. (U) On May 27 Trade Minister Simon Crean [...] | 2008-05-29 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AS CI |
08CANBERRA555 | AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] On May 28, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media release marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GOA statement, which reaffirmed Australia's commitment to cooperating through PSI to halt the trade in illicit weapons of mass destruction, followed ref [...] | 2008-05-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA558 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS US ICAO PROPOSAL ON ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AFIN AORC ICAO AS |
08CANBERRA565 | IAEA/IRAN: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA [...] Poloff delivered demarche non-paper, received late on Friday, May 30, to Damien Hickey, Desk Officer in the Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, urging that Australia make a strong statement at the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting supporting the IAEA's investigation, highl [...] | 2008-06-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM IAEA KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA570 | AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WILL ATTEND APDP LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 3 to Evan Gallagher, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) action officer on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),regarding reftel request for participants for a meeting and election-observation mission in Ulaanbaatar. Gallagher said that DFAT would [...] | 2008-06-03 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA573 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA579 | AUSTRALIAN FUNDING FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4 below. 2. (U) Poloff conveyed reftel request for the GOA to submit its letter of commitment for its planned contribution to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistant to Evan Gallagher, International Organizations Branch, Department of Foreig [...] | 2008-06-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA585 | RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...] | 2008-06-06 07:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS AORC AS |
08CANBERRA586 | GOA IS SATISFIED WITH PACE OF SOFA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Australia (GOA) is satisfied with the pace of U.S. negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) and has no timeline beyond that laid out by the United States, according to Director of the Iraq Task Force, Greg Wilcock. W [...] | 2008-06-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR IZ AS |
08CANBERRA59 | RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...] | 2008-01-22 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS |
08CANBERRA590 | AUSTRALIA PROPOSES PEACEKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The Prime Minister's office announced on June 8 that Australia will join the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has proposed sending nine officers to join the international force working to restore stability in Sudan. They would work [...] | 2008-06-10 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA591 | AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia (GOA) expressed its disappointment that the USG will no longer participate in Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions or activities. Poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Director of Human Rights Section Colin Milner who said Australia shares the [...] | 2008-06-11 03:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA595 | RUDD ESTABLISHES NEW NPT/DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) During a June 9 speech in Japan, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of a new international commission to advance the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The new body -- the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- would st [...] | 2008-06-11 22:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC PREL AS |
08CANBERRA609 | DEPUTY PM JULIA GILLARD STAR IN RUDD GOVERNMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Two stars have emerged in the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Rudd himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard (who will be Washington for the June 23-25 American Australian Leadership Dialogue). Gillard became Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aft [...] | 2008-06-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR AS |
08CANBERRA61 | AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE [...] We presented reftel points to Gerry McGuire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 23. McGuire conveyed GOA appreciation for the U.S. response, including support for the name change, draft "awareness raising" [...] | 2008-01-23 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA620 | CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIA EMBRACING CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) Summary. At a recent "Chatham House Rules" seminar for Australian government and academic thinkers on emissions trading, Ross Garnaut, the Australian National University Professor who is heading the climate change review commissioned by the Federal and the State and Territory Governmen [...] | 2008-06-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ETRD PREL AS |
08CANBERRA621 | RUDD POPULARITY UNDIMINISHED DESPITE CRITICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government has extended its lead in the polls, despite rising fuel prices, alleged inappropriate conduct by one of its MPs, and criticism of Rudd's approach to economics and foreign affairs. Previous polls had the Coalition trailing badly but closing the gap, which pro [...] | 2008-06-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA623 | BABCOCK & BROWN'S SHAREPRICE MELTDOWN [...] (U) Summary: Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown (B&B) lost over half its share value in the week of June 9 over concerns it could not manage its debt load. B&B stock has been recovering this week. The Australian Securities Exchange has said there is no sign of market manipulation; r [...] | 2008-06-18 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
08CANBERRA625 | DRIED-UP RIVER SYSTEM THREATENS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A report presented to the Murray-Darling Ministerial Committee, which was leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on June 18, says that the critically-stressed river system (the largest in Australia) has only months to go before salinity and acidification of the lower [...] | 2008-06-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AS |
08CANBERRA627 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INTERSESSIONAL MEETING AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for ISN/CB - please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) 2008 Intersessional Implementation Meeting: During a June 20 meeting, Alexandra Jones, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised us that the dates for [...] | 2008-06-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
08CANBERRA630 | AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-6 [...] (C/NF) The National Party's federal director, Brad Henderson (protect),told us today that the June 28 by-election for the federal parliamentary seat of Gippsland, in Victoria, is "high stakes stuff" for the Liberal-National Coalition. A bad result for the Coalition would further destabilize [...] | 2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA631 | POST WELCOME STAFFDEL WILLIAMS [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Canberra, with concurrence of Consulate-General Sydney welcomes STAFFDEL Williams and delegation for travel to Sydney, Canberra, and Cairns, Australia from June 26-July 6, 2008. The purpose of the travel is to discuss US-Australia trade, climate change and aboriginal issues. [...] | 2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
08CANBERRA640 | COALITION POISED TO WIN FIRST BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Party candidate appears poised to win a June 28 by-election that has been billed by the media as a major test of Brendan Nelson's leadership and, to a lesser extent, as a bellwether signaling the end of the Rudd Government's honeymoon. Most observers expect The Nat [...] | 2008-06-26 05:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA644 | FORMER HOWARD MINISTER ON RUDD, POLITICS, AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Former Howard Government Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, who has just been elected president of the Liberal Party in Queensland, told the Ambassador June 25 that complaints of overcentralization in the Prime Minister's office reflected the natural tendency of fellow Que [...] | 2008-06-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM AS |
08CANBERRA647 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS EXPANDED [...] (C/NF) Poloff confirmed Australia's support for current and incremental Japanese engagement in Afghanistan in the reftel demarche with Paul Robilliard, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). Robilliard stated that the GOA welcomes and supports [...] | 2008-06-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA648 | AUSTRALIAN WELCOMES DPRK DECLARATION [...] Emboffs furnished reftel points announcing actions on Six-Party Talks Second Phase commitments to Hugh Borrowman, First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Thomas Conner, Assistant Secretary for North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affair [...] | 2008-06-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA653 | BY-ELECTION RESULT A WARNING FOR RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As predicted (see ref A),the National Party retained the rural Victorian seat of Gippsland at a by-election on June 28, although the 6.4 percent swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was greater than expected. Most observers are attributing the larger than expected sw [...] | 2008-06-30 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA657 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WILL STAY LOW KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO AS |
08CANBERRA660 | END OF RUDD HONEYMOON DOES NOT HELP NELSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) loss in the Gippsland by-election (reftel),support in the polls for the ALP and Rudd has slumped to its lowest level since the election. The ALP's lead over the Coalition has fallen eight points to 55-45 and Rudd's satisfaction [...] | 2008-07-01 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV AS |
08CANBERRA670 | FORMER FM DOWNER NEW UN ENVOY ON CYPRUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alexander Downer, former foreign minister under John Howard and Australia's longest serving Foreign Minister, told an Australian newspaper June 30 that he would announce his retirement from politics when he returned to Australia from Europe at the end of the week. He will work [...] | 2008-07-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR CY AS |
08CANBERRA671 | ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...] | 2008-07-02 22:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS |
08CANBERRA674 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Polcouns and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Craig Chittick, Assistant Secretary, United States Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Chittick said the decision of the Australian Government - taken by the Cabinet after advice from all relevant government agenci [...] | 2008-07-03 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS |
08CANBERRA679 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy provided a document with a detailed response to U.S. questions about about shipping transiting the Torres Strait during a July 3 meeting with Econcouns (reftel). The Australian [...] | 2008-07-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV AS |
08CANBERRA682 | AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 05:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA683 | AUSTRALIA ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF CCW CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Australia's commitment to the CCW negotiations on cluster munitions was reaffirmed in a July 7 meeting with Dr. Ada Cheung, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr. Cheung indicated that GOA officials met recently with repre [...] | 2008-07-07 07:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS AS |
08CANBERRA684 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B),she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A),including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...] | 2008-07-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA685 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...] | 2008-07-07 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA687 | UPU CONGRESS DEMARCHE: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ intern met with Richard Desmond, acting Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection and Australia Post for the Department of Broadband, Communication, and Digital Economy (DBCDE) to review U.S. concerns for the UPU (Universal Postal Union) Congress in Geneva, S [...] | 2008-07-07 23:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AS |
08CANBERRA69 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: DRAFT POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) We furnished demarche points (reftel) to Tim Bryson, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 25. In recounting to Bryson that the U.S. had circulated a draft of the edited policy s [...] | 2008-01-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PARM TRGY KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA696 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...] | 2008-07-09 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA697 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C/NF) Australian officials welcomed the U.S. DOD's new cluster munitions policy, which was delivered in reftel demarche to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his staff on July 10. In addition to advising FM Smith, Mr. McGuire [...] | 2008-07-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS NATO AS |
08CANBERRA704 | DELAYS IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Progress on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been slower than expected. The original deadline (July 25) for bids will slip, primarily due to Telstra's delay in providing network information to the GOA for other bidders. We expect an announcement that this information h [...] | 2008-07-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
08CANBERRA708 | GOA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARF CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 04:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM EAID KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA709 | AUSTRALIA AVIATION - EU OPEN SKIES AND RISING FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: As Australia and the EU prepare to begin Open Skies talks in September, environmental issues such as emissions will be the hardest point to resolve. Qantas expects to increase its European operations under an Open Skies deal. Qantas and Virgin Blue are both coping reasonably [...] | 2008-07-15 03:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
08CANBERRA71 | AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD AS |
08CANBERRA712 | AUSTRALIA STUDYING NTI FUEL BANK PROPOSAL [...] Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),responded in writing on July 15 to Embassy's June 26 demarche urging the GOA to consider contributing funds to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) proposal for an IAEA-administered nuclear [...] | 2008-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG AS |
08CANBERRA713 | AUSTRALIA KEEPING ITS COUNSEL ON INDIA-IAEA [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Ian Biggs told us July 15 that Foreign Minister Smith and Prime Minister Rudd are currently reviewing a recommendation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Australian position on the Indian nuclear safeguards [...] | 2008-07-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC IN AS |
08CANBERRA720 | PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM AS |
08CANBERRA721 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PERTH, [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007, as the first Australian Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United St [...] | 2008-07-17 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA723 | DOMESTIC POLITICAL WEEK IN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The Liberal Party will hold a candidate pre-election on Sunday July 20 to choose its candidate for a by-election caused by the resignation of former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Nine candidates and a preferential voting system make the outcome extremely unpredictable. Most obse [...] | 2008-07-18 02:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
08CANBERRA726 | AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL [...] Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17. 2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are pa [...] | 2008-07-20 22:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MNUC AS |
08CANBERRA737 | NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN: [...] (U) Andrew Goledzinowski (go-LED-zin-OV-ski),who was most recently Assistant Secretary of the International Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will take up his new post as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York beginning June 28. A brief [...] | 2008-07-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL OFDP AS |
08CANBERRA740 | DFAT OFFICIALS COMMENT ON BAINIMARAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: DFAT Fiji Section officials told Polcouns and Poloff on July 22 that in their view Commodore Frank Bainimarama's postponement of elections until at least 2010 will further alienate him from most Fijians and exacerbate chances of political clashes on the island. PNG and Fiji Se [...] | 2008-07-23 01:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS FJ PREL |
08CANBERRA747 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: RUDD FIRM ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) The Israeli Ambassador believes PM Rudd is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear program and firm in his desire to do whatever possible to signal Australia's opposition to Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Rudd is worried that the window for a "diplomatic solution" is closing and that lac [...] | 2008-07-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KINP IR IS AS |
08CANBERRA755 | CHINESE DISSIDENT CHEN ZIMING CALLS ON DCM [...] (C/NF) During a call on the DCM on July 23, Chinese dissident Chen Ziming said that while the economic situation of ordinary Chinese is improving, the democratic rights situation is not. Chen, who has been visiting Australia for the past two weeks and has spent a week in New Zealand, noted [...] | 2008-07-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH PHUM PINR PREL |
08CANBERRA757 | CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION TRADING PAPER REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 16 release of the Rudd government's Green Paper setting up the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) emissions trading system has laid out the banquet for an escalating round of maneuvering by industry, government and the Opposition. The details provided in the 532- [...] | 2008-07-25 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG AS |
08CANBERRA760 | AUSTRALIA SET FOR FIRST URANIUM SHIPMENT TO PRC [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, press reports on July 26 indicate that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA),which is controlled by Rio Tinto (68 percent ownership) has reached agreement with an unspecified utility in China to sell uranium oxide from the Ranger mine in the Northern Territory [...] | 2008-07-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY AS |
08CANBERRA767 | ISN LETTERS OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN PSI PRESENTERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA773 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...] | 2008-07-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV |
08CANBERRA775 | COALITION RELEASES EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coalition has decided to support an emissions trading scheme (ETS) "probably" by 2012, defying leader Brendan Nelson who wanted to make the introduction of an ETS conditional on the actions of other countries. This is a victory for Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull, and moder [...] | 2008-08-01 04:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV SENV |
08CANBERRA788 | APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS: AUSTRALIA [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, we provided information on the Food Defence Pilot Program to Amy Crago in the Reform, Ecotech and Human Security Section of the APEC Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Crago told us t [...] | 2008-08-06 06:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO EAGR AS |
08CANBERRA790 | FORMER ALP PM KEATING WHACKS RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former ALP Prime Minister Paul Keating has criticized the Rudd government for lacking an "overall narrative"; warned Rudd about the pitfalls of "micro-managing and "running at the behest of little press secretaries"; and suggested the Rudd government is taking the wrong approach [...] | 2008-08-07 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PGOV |
08CANBERRA792 | EXPERTS DISCUSS AUSTRALIA-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus among several of the leading Australian economic thinkers in Canberra is that the commodities boom will begin to cool off, but that Chinese and other developing market economic growth will continue to prop up Australian export strength over the long run. Australi [...] | 2008-08-08 01:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL AS |
08CANBERRA8 | CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER RUDD [...] Summary: (C/NF) On January 6, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) had an extraordinarily friendly and wide-ranging discussion with Prime Minister Rudd at his Sydney residence, Kirribilli House. Topics include [...] | 2008-01-07 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AS CH IZ MOPS PREL SENV |
08CANBERRA819 | LNG INDUSTRY REACTION TO GREEN PAPER ON EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's extensive and growing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry is up in arms about the Government's plan to create an emissions trading scheme (ETS) because the Government's discussion paper (aka green paper) on emissions trading (reftel A) failed to indicate whether LNG [...] | 2008-08-17 22:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD SENV AS |
08CANBERRA824 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME -- NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA826 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTS NSG EXEMPTION FOR INDIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Smith emphasized to the Ambassador on August 18 that the GOA would support a positive outcome regarding an exception for India in the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary. The GOA does not need further information and will not require any co [...] | 2008-08-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC AS ETTC PARM PREL |
08CANBERRA845 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES NONPAPER ON PREVENTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 02:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA846 | AUSTRALIA ADVISED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 02:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
08CANBERRA864 | MIXED RESULTS FOR OPPOSITION IN WEEKEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By-elections in two federal parliamentary seats, caused by the resignation of former foreign minister Alexander Downer and former leader of the National Party Mark Vaile, will be held on Saturday September 6. The Liberal Party is expected to comfortably retain Downer's seat of [...] | 2008-09-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA871 | AUSTRALIA CONTEMPLATES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION FOR [...] (C/NF) POLOffs delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on September 5. Australia is reviewing the implications of Serbia's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) review of Kosovo's independence, according to Glenn White, Director, Southern Eur [...] | 2008-09-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA873 | AUSTRALIA REVIEWS PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA886 | AMBASSADOR MCCALLUM CALL ON INDUSTRY MINISTER CARR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr wants the Rudd government to set up a 10-year plan to address key innovation needs, which would include funding of A$1.5 billion per year to improve research training and infrastructure and changes to the tax treat [...] | 2008-09-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ESTH EIND AS |
08CANBERRA887 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS INCREASE IN AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) The GOA is broadly supportive of the proposal to increase the Afghan National Army (ANA),according to Shane Flanagan, Executive Officer, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Asia Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Flanagan expressed the appreciation o [...] | 2008-09-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA892 | IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 02:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS |
08CANBERRA896 | IS THE TIDE SHIFTING AGAINST STATE LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent swings against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Western Australian (WA) and Northern Territory (NT) state elections may indicate that voters are tiring of long-serving Labor governments around Australia. On August 9, in NT, there was a nine percent swing against th [...] | 2008-09-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA898 | AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...] | 2008-09-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA899 | PM RUDD OFFERS LONG-TERM STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) In a September 9 speech to a national veterans organization, Prime Minister Rudd provided a long-range forecast of key developments and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region through the middle of the 21st century on which Australian security strategy and defense capabilities and force s [...] | 2008-09-10 08:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL AS |
08CANBERRA90 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON OSLO [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at DFAT, told Poloff on January 30 he was not sanguine that much progress would be achieved at the upcoming Oslo meeting in New Zealand. Discussions to date have not produced any changes in language on Australia's 3 [...] | 2008-02-04 04:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
08CANBERRA901 | COSTELLO DECLARES NO INTEREST IN LIBERAL LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an interview published September 11, former Howard Government Treasurer Peter Costello ended months of speculation by declaring that he would not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party. Recent media commentary that Costello would contest the leadership of his party has bee [...] | 2008-09-11 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA902 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNFCCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Climate Change (DCC) Secretary Martin Parkinson, who is in charge of developing Australia's emissions trading plan, highlighted the challenges of dealing with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries and the importance of the U.S. role in international [...] | 2008-09-12 04:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
08CANBERRA903 | AUSTRALIA-NZ-ASEAN FTA: ANNOUNCED, BUT AUTOS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Ministers announced the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement on August 28, slated to be signed in December. However, Australia is still negotiating on autos and auto parts with Malaysia and Indonesia. The Australians see this as a quality FTA, with each country com [...] | 2008-09-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
08CANBERRA904 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
08CANBERRA906 | AUSTRALIA REACTION TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE [...] (S/REL AUS) Australia welcomes the GOI's decision to limit the coalition presence in Iraq after 2008 as evidence of improving conditions and Iraqi willingness to take on greater responsibility, and believes the decision will help free up resources that can be devoted to Afghanistan. Two key is [...] | 2008-09-12 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | MOPS MARR IZ AS |
08CANBERRA909 | BENBRIKA PLUS 5 OTHERS GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES [...] (SBU) A Victoria State Supreme court jury announced on September 15 that Abdul Benbrika and five co-defendants were found guilty under Australia's recent anti-terrorism legislation. Four of Benbrika's accomplices were acquitted and the verdicts of two others have yet to be announced. Local au [...] | 2008-09-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA915 | MALCOLM TURNBULL NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a leadership vote by the Liberal Party federal caucus on September 16, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull beat incumbent Liberal Party Leader Brendan Nelson 45-41. He is now the head of the Liberal Party and Opposition Leader in the Parliament. After former Treasurer Peter C [...] | 2008-09-16 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA921 | AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...] | 2008-09-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS GG AS |
08CANBERRA926 | AUSTRALIA:INTERIM REPLY ON ENGAGING CHINA RE [...] (S) In accepting Ref A demarche points on September 17, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan told us that Australia took very seriously the issue of Chinese proliferation trade with Iran, particularly if military or dual-use items were transferred for us [...] | 2008-09-17 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM KNNP PTER PINR ETRD MOPS MCAP CH IR AS |
08CANBERRA927 | AUSTRALIA EXPLORING ADDITIONAL STEPS IN RESPONSE [...] (U) In remarks to the Australian Parliament September 17 that were picked up by local media, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was considering additional measures it might take within the international community to respond to Iran's failure to halt its uranium enrichment program. S [...] | 2008-09-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IAEA PREL IR AS |
08CANBERRA946 | FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ECON PGOV PK PREL |
08CANBERRA947 | AUSTRALIA TO INVESTIGATE SHOOTING OF AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) The Australian government maintains that responsibility for the death of Chora District Governor Rozi Khan, killed during a September 18 shooting incident that involved Australian Special Forces in southern Afghanistan, has not yet been determined. The GOA announced it is cooperating wi [...] | 2008-09-19 08:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF AS |
08CANBERRA948 | 63RD UNFC: AUSTRALIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION [...] Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),contacted poloff September 19 to advise that the text of the U.S. draft resolution, "Compliance with Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agreements" appeared acceptable to Australia and th [...] | 2008-09-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA AS |
08CANBERRA956 | TURNBULL GIVES LIBERALS A BOOST IN THE POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opinion polls released September 22 suggest the Liberal Party made the right decision installing Malcolm Turnbull as leader. Although the Australian Labor Party (ALP) remains well in front, one poll has the ALP's support at its lowest since November 2006, and the other has [...] | 2008-09-22 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA979 | AUSTRALIA TO SUPPORT SIDIBE FOR UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Nicole Forrester, Executive Officer for the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, advised poloff on September 26 that Australia would support Malian candidate Michel Sidibe as its top priority candidate for the UNAIDS Executive Director position, followed by Debrework Zewdie of Ethiopi [...] | 2008-09-26 03:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA EAID KHIV ML AS |
08CANBERRA983 | AUSTRALIAN WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-7 [...] (C/NF) The most recent quarterly Newspolls suggest Australian Labor Party (ALP) state governments in Queensland and South Australia are in trouble. After preferences, the ALP leads the Liberal National Party (LNP) 51-49 in Queensland in the first Newspoll taken since the Queensland Liberals a [...] | 2008-09-26 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
08CANBERRA988 | EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT [...] (SBU) On Monday, September 29, 2008, an email threat was received in the US Embassy Canberra Public Affairs Office general email (usraustralia@state.gov). The write in threat was titled "Your Embassy Will Be Attack". Text of the email is as follows; "We are from Al Qaeda, this email is to in [...] | 2008-09-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
08CANBERRA99 | AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REQUEST FOR MORE NSG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL AS |
08CANBERRA995 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...] | 2008-09-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS |
08CANBERRA998 | POLL: AUSTRALIANS MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S., WARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the 2008 annual poll by the Lowy Institute in Sydney, support among Australians for the United States has risen, while the public has become increasingly wary of China. Support for Australia's security alliance with the United States has reached its highest level sinc [...] | 2008-09-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SENV SCUL CH AS |
08CAPETOWN210 | THE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS: INSTRUCTING AND COURTING ANC [...] (SBU) Patricia DeLille, out-spoken leader of the Independent Democrats (ID) -- the third largest party in the Western Cape and the fourth in South Africa -- is doing double duty as some ruling African National Congress (ANC) member's contemplate leaving their party. In a recent article publishe [...] | 2008-10-17 09:34:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
08CAPETOWN212 | WESTERN CAPE ANC SPLIT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The African National Congress (ANC) is facing its worst political crisis since the end of apartheid 14 years ago. Supporters of former President, Thabo Mbeki, who was deposed last month by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC),are threatening to break away from the ANC an [...] | 2008-10-23 06:33:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
08CAPETOWN217 | SCORPIONS TO BE DISMANTLED [...] (SBU) On October 20, the African National Congress (ANC) pushed through legislation to dissolve the Directorate of Public Prosecutions and amend the South African Police Services Bill. The October 20 meeting of Parliament's safety and security and justice committees was a joint meeting of the [...] | 2008-10-29 08:25:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
08CAPETOWN223 | CAPE TOWN'S PREPARATIONS FOR 2010: EFFORTS [...] Summary: The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Provincial Government showcased their plans and preparations for the FIFA 2010 World Cup at separate events during the last two weeks. The first event, hosted by the City of Cape Town and the German Konrad-Stiftung NGO, included a lively p [...] | 2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND SOCI SA |
08CAPETOWN224 | ANC PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ADDRESSES PRESS CLUB [...] (U) African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma addressed the Cape Town Press Club at a breakfast meeting on Friday November 7, 2008. Mr. Zuma opened his address by referring to the U.S. elections and reflecting on his recent visit to the United States. He highlighted the importance of [...] | 2008-11-10 14:46:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN227 | CG DISCUSSES FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH SAG MP SKOSANA [...] (SBU) On November 12, 2008 the CG, PolOff and PolAsst met with Moleeane Skosana, a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP),and one of three House Chairpersons of the National Assembly as well as a member of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Skosana has had a long [...] | 2008-11-14 14:03:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN230 | FREEDOM FRONT MP BEMOANS LACK OF ELECTION RESOURCES [...] (C) Summary: Freedom Front Plus (FF ) Member of Parliament Pieter Groenewald on November 19 told PolOffs that while he thought the party would make strides in next year's national election, possibly doubling its five-member parliamentary delegation, he was pessimistic about the party's ability [...] | 2008-11-24 13:09:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN232 | U.S. ELECTION RESULTS COULD BRING NEW ERA TO USG-SAG [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, 2008 the Consul general hosted an election party at her residence. After the confirmation of Barrack Obama as President Elect, Professor Ben Turok, an ANC MP who was imprisoned with Mandela strolled into the CGR with a pronouncement that ANC Parliamentary members [...] | 2008-11-25 07:26:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN233 | METHAMPHETAMINE-A GROWING PROBLEM IN CAPE TOWN [...] (U) An article in the November 17 2008 edition of the Cape Times reported that, according to the Medical Research Council (MRC),Cape Town has become the methamphetamine capital of South Africa, with 98 percent of patients seen across the provinces coming from this city. 2. (U) Methampheta [...] | 2008-11-25 07:26:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV SF |
08CAPETOWN234 | HUGE TURNOUT IN SA VOTER REGISTRATION-OBAMA'S VICTORY A [...] (U) The South Africa Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) organized a voters registration drive during the weekend of November 8 and 9, 2008, in an effort to energize the younger citizens to participate in the 2009 election. From all accounts the campaign was a success. According to the IEC [...] | 2008-11-25 07:27:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN235 | CAPE TOWN TO LAUNCH ITS CARNIVAL IN 2010 [...] (U) While some are asking the question will South Africa be ready to host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup; the Best Mayor in the World is displaying a "bring 'em on" attitude. On a windy, chilly evening, Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille, leader of the newly re-launched Democratic Alliance, hosted a [...] | 2008-11-25 07:28:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SF |
08CAPETOWN236 | OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA-WILL IT STAY OR WILL IT GO? [...] (U) Summary. An article appearing in the November 14 edition of the Cape Times asserts that the end may be near for South Africa's 12-year experiment with Outcomes-Based Education (OBE),a controversial pedagogical model adopted by the ANC Government in the mid-90s in the wake of the demise o [...] | 2008-11-25 07:34:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | NOTAG |
08CAPETOWN243 | WESTERN CAPE BY-ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The ordeals of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape do not appear to be abating. As rumors of defections from within the ANC abound and deadlines to contest the local by-elections are missed, the party is now plagued by calls to disband its Western Cape Executi [...] | 2008-12-11 15:39:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN245 | CAPE TOWN MAYOR DISCUSSES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) On December 12, Cape Town CG, Poloff and Polasst met with City of Cape Town Mayor and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. Mayor Zille was enthusiastic about the strong gains the DA made in the recent by-elections, particularly in the Western Cape. She said that although the resu [...] | 2008-12-18 09:45:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN247 | ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REIGNS IN ITS WESTERN CAPE [...] (U) On December 17 and 18, the ANC National Executive Council (NEC) met to discuss its roadmap for the upcoming months, in particular with regards to the ANC provincial leadership in the Western Cape. The Western Cape Provincial leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) is again under [...] | 2008-12-19 14:18:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN248 | ALLAN BOESAK JOINS COPE [...] (U) On December 16, former anti-apartheid cleric Allan Boesak joined the Congress of the People (COPE) at its founding conference in Bloemfontein. Boesak, who was at the forefront of peaceful resistance to apartheid, has had a colorful career. He first rose to prominence in the 1980's as a cle [...] | 2008-12-19 15:02:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN251 | CAMPAIGN FINANCE: VIEW FROM THE WESTERN CAPE [...] (C) Summary: South African political parties are in full fundraising mode as next year's national election nears, and Western Cape campaign finance watchers and insiders see little change from past elections, at least for established parties. The ruling African National Congress (ANC),already [...] | 2008-12-22 13:25:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | SF PGOV PHUM ECON |
08CAPETOWN255 | A TRIP TO THE EASTERN CAPE: POSITIVE STEPS [...] Summary: The Eastern Cape has the dubious reputation of being the most poorly managed province in South Africa. Nevertheless, Cape Town Consul General and Econoff found a variety of organizations and individuals in business, civil society and the government who are developing or implementing [...] | 2008-12-23 08:00:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI SA |
08CAPETOWN258 | OUSTED EASTERN CAPE MAYOR DISCUSSES POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, Cape Town CG, Poloff, Econoff, PAO, and FCS met with Ntombentle Cordelia Peter, the former Mayor of Buffalo City (East London) in the Eastern Cape when she came to the Consulate to pick her visa for her forthcoming IV program. Peter discussed a range of issues, [...] | 2008-12-31 09:38:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN36 | SOUTH AFRICA'S 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. South Africa Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel delivered his annual Budget Speech before Parliament on February 20, 2008. According to Manuel, South Africa continues to have a positive fiscal outlook despite global economic turmoil. GDP growth was projected at 4 percent with [...] | 2008-02-21 14:27:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN ENRG BEXP KTDB SF |
08CAPETOWN47 | ID LEADER DE LILLE BELIEVES ZUMA GOING TO JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition leader Patricia de Lille believes ANC President Jacob Zuma will likely be convicted on fraud and corruption charges. De Lille doubts Zuma's trial, scheduled to begin in August, will be complete before the national parliamentary elections in March/April 2009 [...] | 2008-03-07 09:27:00 | Consulate Cape Town | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
08CAPETOWN52 | TRANSNET RESTRUCTURING AND CAPE TOWN PORT EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Transport Officer and Special Agent for Department of Defense Force Protection met with Transnet and maritime industry officials in Cape Town to discuss Transnet restructuring, port expansion projects, and investments to increase port security. The National Port Authority (NPA) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:38:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ELTN EIND EINV SF |
08CARACAS1000 | OPPOSITION STILL DIVIDED ON MOST STATE AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. Mainstream opposition parties announced consensus candidates for only seven of 22 gubernatorial races in November in a July 15 press conference. While predicting they would announce many more consensus gubernatorial and mayoral candidates before registration begins August 5, opp [...] | 2008-07-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS102 | AD-HOC BRV CONFISCATIONS FURTHER THREATEN FOOD [...] (C) Summary: During the period of January 21 - 23, the Venezuelan National Guard seized more than 500 tons of food produced by Polar, Venezuela's largest food processing company, claiming that the food was being smuggled illegally to Colombia or "hoarded." According to Polar representatives, [...] | 2008-01-25 19:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR VE |
08CARACAS1024 | CHAVEZ BUYS ARMS AND INVITES RUSSIAN NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Communications Minister Andres Izarra on July 22 denied local media reports that President Hugo Chavez offered to base Russian troops at a military facility in Venezuela and that Chavez' arms deal with Russia has swollen to almost USD 30 billion. [...] | 2008-07-23 22:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PREL RU VE |
08CARACAS1042 | STRUCTURED NOTES RESOLUTIONS: TARGETED AT VARGAS? [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts point to Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) president Victor Vargas as the primary target of recent BRV resolutions ordering banks to divest themselves of structured notes within 90 days (ref A). They claim the regulatory action was taken following a business dispu [...] | 2008-07-28 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1058 | DRUG SUMMIT AND GO-IT-ALONE DRUG RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice Ramon Rodriguez Chacin will represent the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) at an August 1 regional drug summit in Cartagena hosted by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. According to sources at the Colombian Embassy, the BRV ignored the invita [...] | 2008-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VE CO |
08CARACAS1059 | FARC EXTORTION IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Gustavo Sposito, (strictly protect throughout) the incoming president of the Tachira State Cattlemen Association, met July 29 with embassy and defense attachQ staff to discuss FARC and ELN criminal operations in Venezuela. Sposito explained how lawlessness along the permeable border with [...] | 2008-07-31 18:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
08CARACAS1060 | INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES MOUNTS ON BRV TO DECIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is growing increasingly defensive as international bodies are calling for it to rule on the constitutionality of disqualifying 272 candidates from running for public office in the November state and local elections. The Inter-American Co [...] | 2008-07-31 22:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
08CARACAS1061 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO NATIONALIZE BANCO DE [...] (SBU) President Chavez announced on July 31 his intention to nationalize Banco de Venezuela, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, currently owned by the Spanish Grupo Santander. According to press reports, Chavez suggested three reasons for this move: first, the government "could use a ba [...] | 2008-07-31 22:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1062 | PRO-CHAVEZ FORCES STILL DIVIDED (NOT JUST THE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have been publicly feuding with small pro-government parties, such as Patria Para Todos (PPT) and the Communist Party (PCV),over the selection of consensus candidates for the November state and local elections. [...] | 2008-08-01 11:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1078 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI AND NUEVA ESPARTA [...] (C) Summary. During a July 25 - 29 visit to Anzoategui and Nueva Esparta, the Ambassador met with local political leaders and media. Almost all interlocutors were in agreement that pro-opposition Nueva Esparta Governor Morel Rodriguez was a near lock to be re-elected in November's gubernato [...] | 2008-08-01 19:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ECON SNAR KPAO VE NL TD |
08CARACAS1079 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXPECTED DELEGATION FROM [...] (SBU) Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials reported to us that President Chavez' attendance at the United Nations General Assembley is as yet undetermined. The Venezuelan delegation will likely include Foreign Minister Maduro and Vice Foreign Minister for North America and M [...] | 2008-08-01 20:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA VE |
08CARACAS108 | PDVSA WAKES UP TO ITS PRODUCTION PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's volume committee, which normally works on production planning, is aggressively pressuring joint venture partners and service companies to increase crude oil production. In order to facilitate production increases, the BRV is attempting to streamline administrative proced [...] | 2008-01-28 21:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1080 | BRV DEPORTS FARC GUERRILLA [...] (C) FARC chief of borders and finance, Gabriel Culma Ortiz A.K.A. "Guillermo" was turned over to Colombian authorities at the Tachira - Santander border on the evening of July 31. According to Colombia, Ortiz was a member of the unit responsible for the loss of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other [...] | 2008-08-01 20:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
08CARACAS1081 | VENEZUELAN MARKET INTERFERENCE LEADS TO BOTH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although local headlines on July 31 reporting 60 tons of rotten chicken in a city dump proved to be exaggerated, the incident drew attention to continuing distortions in the Venezuelan food supply. While the dairy and poultry industries have successfully lobbied for a temporary [...] | 2008-08-01 21:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD |
08CARACAS1089 | STUDENT LEADER BECOMES CABINET MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Chavez announced Sunday the appointment of pro-government student leader Hector Rodriguez as Minister of Popular Power for the Office of the President. Rodriguez replaces Jesse Chacon, who is the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV's) candidate for mayor of the Sucre bo [...] | 2008-08-04 21:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR |
08CARACAS1090 | ENABLING LAW ENDS WITH A BANG OF UNKNOWN [...] (U) Under the broad powers of an enabling law ("Ley Habilitante") that expired July 31 (or August 1, depending on one's interpretation),President Chavez has decreed 26 new laws. The titles of these laws were published in the official Gazette dated July 31 and available August 1. The text o [...] | 2008-08-04 21:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1093 | VISIT OF SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Robinson visited Caracas July 21-25. Editor Teodoro Petkoff, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, and third-country Ambassadors told him separately that they believed President Chavez's recent public overture to the USG on counter-narcotics cooperation w [...] | 2008-08-05 22:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1094 | CHAVEZ THREATENS FOURTH FLEET - AGAIN [...] (C) During the August 3 broadcast of his "Alo, Presidente" talk show, President Chavez accused the U.S. FOURTH FLEET of having a riverine capability in order invade Venezuela. The Venezuelan Commander-in-Chief promised that any U.S. brown water ships entering Venezuelan waters would soon be [...] | 2008-08-06 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1095 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS COMPTROLLER'S INELIGIBLES [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court ruled August 5 that the Comptroller may declare persons ineligible to run for office based on administrative sanctions. The ruling essentially ends the opposition's effort to obtain collective judicial relief from a government measure that disproportionately af [...] | 2008-08-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
08CARACAS1099 | BRV DEFENSIVE ABOUT MERCOSUR HUMAN RIGHTS VISIT [...] (SBU) Uruguayan congressional deputy and president of the MERCOSUR parliament's Human Rights Commission, Adriana Pena arrived on August 6 in Caracas. All local media covered her arrival at the airport. Members of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA),Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and othe [...] | 2008-08-07 21:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1100 | UPDATE ON CONOCOPHILLIPS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an August 4 meeting with members of the BRV negotiating team, ConocoPhillips (CP) is less optimistic about the outcome of the compensation negotiations for its expropriated assets in Venezuela. Senior BRV officials indicated that, after review of CP's proposed valuation of [...] | 2008-08-07 21:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1103 | STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834 [...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...] | 2008-08-07 22:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IS VE |
08CARACAS1111 | VENEZUELA FORMALLY REJECTS TSA AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since late 2006, Post has attempted to obtain an official response to TSA's request for airport inspections in Venezuela. Following four diplomatic notes, a letter from the current Ambassador, and multiple meetings over the years, the response finally arrived on August 7. Post re [...] | 2008-08-08 20:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC |
08CARACAS1114 | INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...] | 2008-08-08 22:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
08CARACAS1127 | CHAVEZ' ECONOMIC DECREES STRENGTHEN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: The laws decreed by President Chavez July 31 further consolidate executive control over the economy. In the specific area of food supply and the more general area of consumer protection, they give the Executive broad command and control powers and greater expropriation authoritie [...] | 2008-08-12 21:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1135 | BANCO DE VENEZUELA EXECUTIVE EXPECTS RAPID CLOSE [...] (C) Banco de Venezuela (BdV) Vicepresident and Chief Economist Milton Guzman (strictly protect throughout) shared with EconCouns on August 12 his expectation that the BRV's nationalization of BdV, announced by President Chavez July 31 (ref A),would be completed in three to six weeks. "The g [...] | 2008-08-13 20:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1142 | CHAVEZ REJECTS ANTI-SEMITISM CHARGE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation of Jewish leaders, led by World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder, visited Venezuela August 12 - 13 and met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. According to the President of the Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela (CAIV),Chavez reje [...] | 2008-08-14 22:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF VE |
08CARACAS1143 | PUBLIC ADMIN DECREE ALLOWS CHAVEZ TO APPOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Organic Decree on Public Administration, one of the 26 laws promulgated by President Chavez on the last day of the now-expired Enabling Law, allows him to appoint like-minded regional leaders. It is widely believed the decree will be used selectively to neutralize opposition [...] | 2008-08-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1146 | VENEZUELAN ECONOMY FALTERING AS ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's economy appears increasingly fragile as campaigning begins to heat up for regional elections in November. The feeling of boom times has worn off in the face of increasing inflation, slower growth, tighter credit, and slowing consumption. The BRV has focused economi [...] | 2008-08-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1152 | VENEZUELA INCREASES REGULATED FOOD PRICES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) freed prices for a number of price-controlled food products and raised maximum prices for several others. Press reports indicate the BRV has increased regulated food prices over thirty times since October 2007. Although t [...] | 2008-08-15 20:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV VE ECON ETRD |
08CARACAS1155 | PRO-GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ACHIEVE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition reached agreement on consensus gubernatorial candidates in 19 of 22 races by August 12, the last day for the registration of gubernatorial and mayoral candidates. Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) enjoys the consensus support of smaller pro-gover [...] | 2008-08-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1160 | BRV BLAMES U.S. FOR GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) The BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an August 14 press release asserting that the United States "planned, prepared, and ordered" the Georgian military offensive against the break-away region of South Ossetia. The statement continued, "The international community was once again w [...] | 2008-08-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS GG VE |
08CARACAS1170 | VENEZUELA OFFERED CEMEX A LOWER PRICE THAN ITS [...] (C) On August 19 Venezuelan Vice President Carrizalez announced that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) had successfully negotiated the purchase of cement companies Lafarge and Holcim but had failed to reach an agreement with Mexico's Cemex. National Guard troops took possession of Ce [...] | 2008-08-19 22:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1177 | GM FACES CONTINUED LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its intention to re-open its assembly plant on August 18, General Motors (GM) de Venezuela remains closed in the face of a plant takeover by radical workers who have refused to accede to either a court order ordering them to grant the company access or to pressure from th [...] | 2008-08-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELAB PGOV VE |
08CARACAS118 | NOT MUCH SUBSTANCE AT THE VI ALBA SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela hosted the VI Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA) summit January 24-26, 2008 in Caracas. While little substantive occurred at the summit, it provided Hugo Chavez a platform to rail against capitalism and the United States. Three of the four [...] | 2008-01-30 18:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV VE |
08CARACAS119 | CNE REJECTS OPPOSITION REQUEST TO HOLD AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena rejected an opposition request to convoke a referendum on an alternative amnesty bill proposed by civil society groups. Lucena said the authority to issue amnesty decrees had been delegated to President Chavez under the E [...] | 2008-01-30 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1191 | CHAVEZ ACCUSES PRESIDENT BUSH OF BEING INTOXICATED [...] (SBU) President Chavez called President Bush, "the face of the Venezuelan opposition," and said he deserved a "gold medal for drunkenness" during an August 21 interview with a Venezuelan state television talk show. During the live coverage, Chavez presented still photos of President Bush view [...] | 2008-08-22 23:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1192 | SEN. SPECTER URGES BRV TO INCREASE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his August 22 meeting with Foreign Minister Maduro, Senator Specter urged the BRV to tone down its rhetoric against the United States and increase bilateral communication and cooperation on issues of mutual concern, such as counternarcotics. The Senator urged the Ministe [...] | 2008-08-22 23:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1197 | BRV SEEKS NULLIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers associated with the government filed a brief on June 12 before the Supreme Court seeking nullification of a key clause in Venezuela's Investment Law as well as a reinterpretation of the Constitution. Article 22 of Venezuela's Investment Law is currently interpreted to [...] | 2008-08-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1200 | VENEZUELAN CEMENT NATIONALIZATIONS DESIGNED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior executive from the Swiss cement company Holcim, nationalized by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) as of August 18, suggested that the BRV had rushed to nationalize the cement sector after months of relative inactivity out of a desire to claim ownership of a key [...] | 2008-08-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1206 | PPT AND CHAVEZ: A TENUOUS ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly Second Vice President and Patria Para Todos Secretary General Jose Albornoz told PolCouns August 19 that he expects President Chavez to initiate "an opening" with the USG after the U.S. presidential election and Venezuela's November state and local elections. A [...] | 2008-08-27 18:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1207 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REJECTION OF RECOGNITION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered talking points in reftel to Foreign Ministry Affairs Director for North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha. No response is expected from the MFA. 2. (SBU) The Venezuelan government has so far refrained from recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, however President Ch [...] | 2008-08-27 21:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1209 | VENEZUELA'S HOUSING CRISIS - SOCIALISM THE ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An estimated 2 million unit housing shortage is complicating Chavez' chances for success in the November state and local elections. In an effort to improve one of the worst housing construction records of any recent administration, Chavez has nationalized companies providing c [...] | 2008-08-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE SOCI |
08CARACAS1210 | SENATOR SPECTER ENGAGES A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. During his August 19-23 visit to Caracas, Senator Arlen Specter engaged leaders from religious, business, cultural, political and official government circles. A central theme for Venezuelans in all discussions was the importance of the upcoming November 23 elections in determ [...] | 2008-08-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP VE |
08CARACAS1215 | VENEZUELA MEDIA UPDATE: PROPOSED MEDIA LAW, OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) continues to undermine independent media. A telecommunications bill is rumored to be in the works that will severely curtail free press in Venezuela, giving the executive branch the ability to control the flow of radio, TV, internet, an [...] | 2008-08-28 20:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1217 | ARAGUA GOVERNOR: OPPOSITION MUST STRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Aragua Governor Didalco Bolivar, of the formerly pro-Chavez party Podemos, told the Ambassador August 22 that he expects the opposition to win five or six governorships and over 130 mayorships in November. Bolivar stressed that such electoral gains should be considered a signifi [...] | 2008-08-28 22:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP VE |
08CARACAS1224 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS IN COLONIA TOVAR AND VALENCIA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador traveled August 29-30 to Colonia Tovar and Valencia. Aragua State Governor Didalco Bolivar and Colonia Tovar Mayor Esteban Bocaranda underscored that tourist town Colonia Tovar's economic success is due to private sector dynamism, not the small amount of government [...] | 2008-09-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1225 | BRV DEFENDS COUNTERDRUG EFFORTS; CHAVEZ THREATENS [...] (C) Summary. Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials are vigorously defending the BRV's counter-drug efforts and accusing the USG of being complicit in the international drug trade. During his August 31 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called ONDC [...] | 2008-09-02 20:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1228 | VENEZUELAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN CRISIS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A power blackout that affected half of the country on September 1 illustrates the fragility of Venezuela's electrical power sector. The consequences of the government's failure to invest in the sector are now clear from insufficient generation to dilapidated distributions infr [...] | 2008-09-02 22:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1231 | CHAVEZ OUTFLANKS CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (LOFAB) was among the 26 decrees enacted into law by President Hugo Chavez on July 31 the last day of his special powers to rule by presidential fiat under the Enabling Law. In addition to resurrecting defeated constitution [...] | 2008-09-03 17:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1237 | VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...] | 2008-09-04 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR |
08CARACAS124 | CHAVEZ PREPARING FOR STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is urging his supporters to unite in preparation for gubernatorial elections in 22 states and mayoral elections in over 300 municipalities in late 2008. However, during his January 27 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, Chavez threatened to expel any of his supporters [...] | 2008-01-30 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1245 | BRV ENACTS CREDIT CARD LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Legislation approved by the National Assembly on September 4, (posited as necessary for public order and social interest) codifies existing regulations and promulgates new ones for the credit card industry in Venezuela. Among its most significant clauses, the law prohibits ba [...] | 2008-09-05 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1246 | VENEZUELA: CONOCOPHILLIPS NEGOTIATIONS STALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips Latin America President Roy Lyons met with EconCouns September 5 to report that, following a September 4 meeting with the Venezuelan Government (BRV) negotiating team, negotiations on compensation for its expropriated assets in Venezuela have broken down and no futu [...] | 2008-09-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1256 | JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTER CHACIN RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Justice and Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin resigned September 8, leaving Tarek el Aissami as Acting Minister. This was the embattled Chacin's second stint as Minister, serving first in 2002 and then again from January - September 2008. Chacin told the local media that he was [...] | 2008-09-08 21:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PINR VE |
08CARACAS1263 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES NAVAL EXERCISE WITH RUSSIA - MAYBE [...] (SBU). President Hugo Chavez hedged regarding a possible joint Naval exercises in November with visiting Russian vessels. During the September 7 episode of his Sunday television show "Alo Presidente," Chavez admitted Venezuela "was not ready" to host a port visit and exercise in September o [...] | 2008-09-09 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL RU VE |
08CARACAS1266 | VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES CUTS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10 Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) informed the three U.S. carriers with operations in Venezuela that INAC would cut an undetermined number of their flights to and from the United States in retaliation for the September 8 Transportation Security Administra [...] | 2008-09-10 22:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC |
08CARACAS1269 | RUSSIAN BOMBERS LAND IN MARACAY [...] (SBU) Two Russian Tu-160 BLACKJACK supersonic bombers arrived in the early afternoon of September 10 at the Libertador airbase in Maracay, Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez revealed the arrival of the aircraft during a nation-wide broadcast inaugurating nine new medical clinics. Chavez was han [...] | 2008-09-11 19:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RU VE |
08CARACAS1271 | CHAVEZ CLAIMS ANOTHER U.S. COUP PLOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1272 | OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND CARACAS MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties named Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) leader Antonio Ledezma September 9 their consensus candidate for the Caracas mayorship. Ledezma also picked up the personal endorsement of Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, who had led early polls in the same race, but whom the Comp [...] | 2008-09-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1274 | CHAVEZ EXPELS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced the expulsion of the Ambassador and recall of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington during two televised political rallies the evening of September 11 (Ref A). Chavez said he was expelling the "Yankee Ambassador" to show solidarity with the Bolivian [...] | 2008-09-12 16:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1276 | VENEZUELA: EMBASSY DISCUSSES TSA NOTICE WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, Emboffs discussed the September 8 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Public Notice with representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Emboffs urged that the BRV not proceed with threatened flight redu [...] | 2008-09-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1278 | ACCUSATIONS FLY, ARRESTS BEGIN, INVESTIGATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: As President Hugo Chavez accused businessmen, media outlets, opposition leaders, active duty and retired military of conspiring in a U.S. backed coup plot the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) confirmed the arrest of four persons for "inciting rebellion." National Assem [...] | 2008-09-12 21:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1279 | FM MADURO: BRV WILL REEVALUATE RELATIONS WITH USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a short televised September 12 press conference Foreign Minster Nicolas Maduro read from a communique saying the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) will submit the U.S.-Venezuela bilateral relationship to "an intense process of reevaluation." The communique also include [...] | 2008-09-12 21:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1283 | CHAVEZ RATCHETS BACK ATTACKS ON USG; CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Summary. After reaching a fever pitch when he expelled Ambassador Duddy, President Chavez has toned down his anti-U.S. rhetoric over the past 72 hours. Chavez and his followers have said that relations with the United States would not be broken, although political relations were at a low [...] | 2008-09-15 19:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1284 | BRV OFAC DESIGNATIONS OVERSHADOWED BY EXPULSIONS, [...] (SBU) The designations of three BRV officials as FARC supporters by the Office of Foreign Assets Control have been largely overshadowed by President Chavez's bellicose rumblings about support for Bolivian President Morales. Chavez made a series of statements on state media September 12 - 14 d [...] | 2008-09-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL CO VE |
08CARACAS129 | SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SHOULD SERVE THE REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At the opening of the 2008 Supreme Court session on January 28, the two senior justices who addressed the crowd made it clear that the Venezuelan courts exist to serve the Bolivarian revolution. While not chanting "Uh, Ah Chavez No Se Va!" (Chavez Don't Leave!) as the justices did at the [...] | 2008-01-31 21:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1293 | VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD HARASSES DELTA FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, Delta Airlines Corporate Security contacted the Embassy to report that Delta crew members going through security for their September 13 flight felt threatened by Venezuelan National Guard comments to the point that the captain ordered a second, precautionary secur [...] | 2008-09-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1298 | CHAVEZ UNSHAKEN AS COUP ACCUSATIONS BROADEN AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite his earlier bluster of U.S. F-16's coming to bomb the presidential palace, President Hugo Chavez told supporters on September 14 that the coup attempt "revealed" three days prior was "no threat," to him. A National Assembly (AN) Deputy claimed several prominent business [...] | 2008-09-17 19:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PREL VE |
08CARACAS1299 | REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...] | 2008-09-17 20:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1304 | VENEZUELA'S PARALLEL EXCHANGE RATE RESUMES ITS RISE [...] (U) After remaining largely stable since March, Venezuela's parallel exchange rate has jumped by more than 40 percent over the past month, from 3.4 bolivars (Bs) to the dollar on August 14, to 4.8 Bs/USD as of September 15. The BRV has been regularly intervening in the parallel market since [...] | 2008-09-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1307 | BRV "REJECTS" USG DESIGNATION OF BRV AS MAJOR DRUG [...] (C) Summary: Senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials publicly "rejected" the USG designation of the BRV as one of the countries that failed to carry out its international counternarcotics obligations. Minister of Justice and Interior Tarek al Aissami and National Anti-Drug Age [...] | 2008-09-18 22:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1312 | BRV EXPELS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of September 18, the BRV expelled Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Americas Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW),on the grounds of allegedly involving himself illegally in the internal affairs of Venezuela, attacking its democratic institutions, and violating the Venez [...] | 2008-09-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
08CARACAS1316 | REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...] | 2008-09-19 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1320 | VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION BELIEVES GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, the Executive Director of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (Ceveta) William Bracho told Econoffs he does not believe the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) will follow through on its threat to cut U.S. carrier flights as market demand is extremely high [...] | 2008-09-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1324 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATION WITH BRV [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met September 19 with Rene Arreaza, an unofficial high-level contact of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),to discuss bilateral relations. The Charge urged the BRV to work more closely with the Embassy to resolve pending and future operational issues including vi [...] | 2008-09-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1328 | INVESTIGATION INTO FINANCIAL FRAUD SHOWS BRV'S [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has opened an investigation into financial fraud associated with four bond issuances in late 2006 and 2007. This investigation included a public, high-profile raid of one of Venezuela's largest brokerage houses in July 2008 during whic [...] | 2008-09-22 19:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1332 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Charge met September 19 with MFA Director for Multilateral and North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha to discuss bilateral relations. This was the Charge's first meeting with MFA officials, and it followed President Chavez's expulsion of the Ambassador on September 11. Arocha [...] | 2008-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1333 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1334 | FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...] | 2008-09-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1337 | ANNUAL INFLATION NEARS 35 PERCENT [...] (U) According to figures recently released by the Central Bank (BCV) and the National Statistics Institute, annual (August 08/August 07) inflation in metropolitan Caracas has reached 34.5 percent, the highest in Latin American and up from 32.2 percent through June (ref A). Some local economi [...] | 2008-09-23 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON VE |
08CARACAS1338 | BRV NOT IMMUNE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) has not escaped recent problems in the US financial sector unscathed. The government holds about USD 300 million and private banks an additional USD 400 million in structured debt notes issued by the bankrupt Lehman Brothers. The fi [...] | 2008-09-23 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1340 | BRV DOING DAMAGE CONTROL WITH USG [...] (C) Summary. Prior to departing September 21 for Cuba, Portugal, France, Russia, and China, President Chavez continued to temper his anti-U.S. rhetoric (Ref A). The BRV reportedly moved a signing ceremony involving Chevron up to September 19, presumably to underscore continuity in the U.S.-V [...] | 2008-09-23 21:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1341 | VENEZUELA: CHEVRON SIGNS LNG FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chevron will participate in the planned development of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains planned by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). The company will have a 10 percent share in the joint venture formed to develop the first train; the gas will come f [...] | 2008-09-23 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1351 | DIVISIONS WITHIN CHAVEZ'S "PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Several former and current members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have broken ranks with the party to pursue their own political ambitions in the November 23 gubernatorial and municipal elections. Moreover, small pro-Chavez parties, such as Patria Para Todos (P [...] | 2008-09-25 22:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1352 | DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY CARACAS [...] (SBU) On 09/23/2008, a group of approximately 50 demonstrators gathered outside the main entrance of Embassy Caracas. Post officials received advance notice of the protest and in light of increased anti-U.S. rhetoric from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),decided it was prudent to c [...] | 2008-09-25 22:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS PREL VE |
08CARACAS136 | REVISED INDEX SHOWS CONTINUED HIGH INFLATION IN [...] (SBU) According to the newly revised official consumer price index (CPI),inflation rose to 3.4 percent in January 2008. This figure, which works out to 50 percent on an annual basis, is slightly higher than the 3.3 percent inflation figure from December 2007, and will put additional pressu [...] | 2008-02-01 20:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1364 | VENEZUELA REFUSES USG REQUEST FOR AVIATION [...] (U) On September 16 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) both acknowledged receipt of the Embassy's diplomatic note requesting consultations under the authority of the 1953 bilateral aviation agreement with Venezuela. That note cit [...] | 2008-09-26 22:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1365 | STRUCTURED NOTE DEADLINE PASSES, ISSUE FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24 the deadline for Venezuelan banks to sell their holdings of bolivar-denominated structured notes passed with little apparent effect on the banking sector. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) showed an unusual amount of flexibility in its implementation o [...] | 2008-09-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1374 | CHURCH CALLS FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS; CLASHES WITH BRV [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church is increasingly taking an active role in defense of democracy and human rights. In a September 24 press conference, Catholic Church leaders publicly urged all political actors to avoid any actions that might allow for the postponement of the November 23 state a [...] | 2008-09-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT VE |
08CARACAS1375 | CHAVEZ SUPPORTERS ERECT STATUE OF FARC LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Radical Chavistas unveiled a bust of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) founder Manuel Marulanda in an poor eastern Caracas neighborhood on September 26. The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) was the principal force behind the public ceremony honoring Marulanda, alth [...] | 2008-09-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE CO |
08CARACAS1380 | OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA [...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...] | 2008-09-30 20:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1381 | NOVEMBER STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan voters are slated to elect 22 governors, state legislative assemblies, and 328 mayors on November 23. These state and local elections will be a key indicator of the future of Venezuela's fragile democracy, and the Embassy is actively promoting free and fair elections [...] | 2008-09-30 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SNAR VE |
08CARACAS1382 | AS ELECTION APPROACHES, WHERE'S THE SPENDING? [...] (C) Summary: An anticipated jump in spending prior to the November 23 state and local elections by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) does not appear to have materialized. Local analysts primarily attribute this surprising failure to boost spending significantly to increasing incomp [...] | 2008-09-30 20:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1383 | IMMIGRATION, DISIP OFFICIALS STEP-UP HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is stepping up its harassment of outspoken as well as perceived critics of the regime. In September, four persons reported being pressured by immigration and intelligence police (DISIP) officials at the Caracas airport to surrender thei [...] | 2008-09-30 22:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1388 | COMMUNAL ECONOMY CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary. EmbOffs visited a newly inaugurated communal economic center near Caracas. The center, extremely modern by Venezuelan standards, offers a space for communal cooperatives to sell local goods. However, many of the cooperatives did not sell locally produced goods or sold cheap [...] | 2008-10-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1390 | VENEZUELA: AMERICAN AIRLINES CREW DETAINED AT [...] (C) The evening of September 30, American Airlines Country Manager Omar Nottaro (strictly protect throughout) called Econoff to report that the captain and crew of American Airlines flight 903 were being held at the airport. He explained that upon landing a crew member said "Welcome to Venezuela. L [...] | 2008-10-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR VE |
08CARACAS1393 | VENEZUELAN CEMENT PRODUCTION DROPPING FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexican Ambassador to Venezuela Mario Chacon informed Econoffs that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has not budged from its initial, USD 500 million offer for Mexico's Cemex that, in effect, represents an expropriation of Cemex assets in Venezuela. Chacon believes the [...] | 2008-10-01 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EIND PGOV VE |
08CARACAS14 | CHAVEZ RESHUFFLES CABINET BUT KEEPS LOYALISTS CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. During a call-in to Venezolana de Television (VTV) on January 3 President Chavez announced the first of a series of thirteen cabinet changes. Chavez replaced former Vice President Jorge Rodriguez, Telecommunications Minister Jesse Chacon, and Communications Minister William Lara w [...] | 2008-01-04 20:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1404 | ZULIA STUDENT LEADER MURDERED IN HAIL OF BULLETS [...] (C) Unknown gunmen shot and killed Julian Soto, a 31-year old undergraduate and president of the Federation of University Centers (FCU) for the autonomous University of Zulia (LUZ) on October 1 as he drove to lunch. The University Centers are influential student bodies in Venezuela's five au [...] | 2008-10-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
08CARACAS1405 | EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FROM BRV PARLIAMENT FOR FIVE [...] (SBU) The Embassy received an official statement of support from the National Assembly (NA) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) for five Cuban citizens held in the United States on spying charges. The expression of support, passed by the NA on September 23, 2008, condemns the case [...] | 2008-10-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1406 | WARNING: VENEZUELA'S NEW LABELING LAW HAZARDOUS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's new food labeling law requires that original food product packaging be printed in Spanish, and prohibits the use of add-on Spanish-language stickers for imported goods. This requirement is contained in the set of 26 new decrees issued at the end of July, and came as [...] | 2008-10-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1413 | GENERAL ARRESTED IN ANOTHER ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mario Isea, president of the National Assembly special committee investigating the attempt to overthrow/assassinate President Hugo Chavez, announced the arrest of Air Force Inspector General Jose Felix Caraballo Gomez on September 26. The arrest is based on a tape recording bet [...] | 2008-10-03 21:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
08CARACAS1414 | EARLY ELECTORAL POLLS: CHAVEZ STILL STRONG BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to recent independent polls shared with the Embassy, Venezuelans are chiefly concerned with the rise in crime, and secondarily by inflation, unemployment, and traffic. The scarcity of basic goods is much less of an issue than it was in the run-up to the December 2007 fa [...] | 2008-10-03 21:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1422 | GENERAL BADUEL ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Agents of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM),on October 3 unceremoniously pulled former Defense Minister General Raul Baduel off of the city streets of Maracay. General Ernesto Cedeno of the Judge Advocate General told the press that Baduel had to account for 31 billion Bs [...] | 2008-10-07 22:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE |
08CARACAS1427 | IPR CHANGES FOR PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) agency responsible for intellectual property protection issued a press release resurrecting the Industrial Property Law of 1955, which expressly prohibits intellectual property rights for pharmaceuticals and other produc [...] | 2008-10-08 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1428 | FALLING OIL PRICES: CLEAR BUT NOT PRESENT DANGER [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's economic model is dependent on ever-rising oil prices. As such, the economy is clearly vulnerable to reduced global demand for oil, an increasingly likely consequence of the current global financial crisis. With oil prices already down 25 percent from their historic [...] | 2008-10-08 21:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET VE |
08CARACAS1434 | STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...] | 2008-10-09 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1435 | CHAVEZ THREATENS TO DENY OPPOSITION STATES [...] (C) Summary. At an October 6 political rally, President Chavez threatened to deny future development funds to state and municipalities run by opposition politicians after the November 23 state and local elections. Chavez said he did not want to give the opposition resources to "steal and con [...] | 2008-10-09 21:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1436 | BOLIVARIAN INSIDER CLAIMS FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bolivarian contact Rene Arreaza expressed to ChargQ his frustration with the failure of his Foreign Ministry to end harassment of Embassy Caracas' operations and offered to make another attempt to overcome these "bureaucratic" problems. His comments revealed GBRV infigh [...] | 2008-10-09 21:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1440 | UNEVEN ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVISMO [...] (C) Summary: A number of opposition and even pro-government dissident candidates have complained to the National Electoral Council (CNE) about the PSUV enjoying an unfair advantage as state resources are being used in its favor. The government-owned media outlets are blatant in their support [...] | 2008-10-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1443 | VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST CONTINUES AT COCA-COLA [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola has taken control of most of its installations this week following the 4th labor blockade of 2008. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the company, earlier this year, radical National Assembly members have continued to push the claims of ex-company contractors. [...] | 2008-10-10 20:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1444 | VENEZUELA: BRV SHUTS MACDONALD'S FOR TWO DAYS [...] (SBU) The 115 MacDonald's restaurants in Venezuela were closed for 48 hours on October 9 following an inspection by the tax authority, Seniat. According to a Seniat press release, Seniat fined as many as 16 of the MacDonald's restaurants 1,150 BsF ($535 at the official exchange rate) because [...] | 2008-10-10 22:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1449 | CHAVEZ BLASTS POLITICAL ALLIES AND ZULIA OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: During campaign stops in three states October 11-13, President Chavez vociferously attacked both key opposition leaders and two pro-government allied parties. Despite his pledge not to air his weekly "Alo, Presidente" TV show, he used an obligatory two-hour "cadena" broadcast o [...] | 2008-10-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1453 | BRV DEVELOPS PUBLIC FINANCE TOOLS TO SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) public finance system has undergone a series of important changes since 2005 that give the Executive the tools to limit significantly the resources available to state and municipal governments. These governments receive the vast ma [...] | 2008-10-16 19:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1455 | BRV SUBMITS 2009 BUDGET, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH [...] (U) Press reports indicate that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has submitted the 2009 budget to the National Assembly (AN),though it has not yet been formally presented by the Minister of Finance as is the custom. According to these reports, which cite AN deputy and president of [...] | 2008-10-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1456 | GBRV SQUEEZING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) are stepping up pressure on the opposition and civil society. Specifically, the GBRV is harassing opponents and the independent media, manufacturing coup plot agitprop, and disqualifying key oppos [...] | 2008-10-16 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS146 | CHAVEZ MARKS ANNIVERSARIES WITH THREATS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez delivered combative televised speeches February 2 and 4 to commemorate his ninth anniversary in the presidency and the sixteenth anniversary of his unsuccessful coup. On February 2, Chavez accused Colombia of preparing a conflict with Venezuela, adding that the [...] | 2008-02-07 15:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO VE |
08CARACAS1463 | TAX AUTHORITY RAMPS UP TAX ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, through its tax agency, has ramped up enforcement of Plan Zero Evasion (Evasion Cero) first announced in 2005. The Plan involves audits of company accounting procedures and violations include fines, closures and "voluntary payments" of ta [...] | 2008-10-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1464 | CHAVEZ SOFTENS TONE ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During televised remarks to the nation on October 16, Chavez made several seemingly conciliatory remarks regarding bilateral ties in response to the U.S. presidential candidates' comments on the need to achieve energy independence from Venezuela and the Middle East. Chavez spec [...] | 2008-10-17 21:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1476 | OPPOSITION CONFIDENT IN ZULIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The four major opposition parties are confident of maintaining control of the Zulia governorship, regaining control of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city, as well as 17 of the 19 municipalities up for election. Outgoing governor Manuel Rosales is widely believed to be s [...] | 2008-10-21 22:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1477 | 2009 VENEZUELAN BUDGET: OPTIMISM FADES [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 21, Minister of Finance Ali Rodriguez formally presented the 2009 budget to the National Assembly. The budget continues to use unrealistic economic assumptions, such as a low inflation rate and overstatement of oil production and related revenue. Whereas the pres [...] | 2008-10-22 21:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS149 | AMBASSADOR VISITS BARQUISIMETO AND LARA STATE [...] (C) Ambassador and Mrs. Duddy visited Barquisimeto and Lara state January 30 - February 1. During the visit, the Ambassador met with local church and business leaders and civil society, all of whom agreed that support for Chavez was being affected by food shortages and a general lack of perso [...] | 2008-02-07 16:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1495 | GBRV STILL IGNORING EU AND OAS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to ignore key recommendations issued by previous European Union (EU) and Organization of American States (OAS) election observation missions, thus skewing the electoral playing field to the GBRV's advantage. [...] | 2008-10-24 19:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1496 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS UPDATE--FOUR WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez is campaigning hard for his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates in the run-up to the November 23 state and local elections. Chavez is conceding no electoral races, even in opposition strongholds, and is equating votes for PSUV candidates with a [...] | 2008-10-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1497 | VENEZUELA (OVER)REACTS TO EP CRITICISM, BLAMES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) strongly rejected the October 23 passage of an European Parliament (EP) resolution condemning political rights abuses in the country. Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly accused the United St [...] | 2008-10-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
08CARACAS15 | MEDIA REACTION: FARC FALLS FROM FRONT PAGE AS [...] (SBU) Days before Christmas Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated that a mission to liberate three FARC-held hostages ("Operation Emmanuel") would commence December 28th. As of January 4, the hostages remain captive, international observers have left Colombia accusations of blame are flying [...] | 2008-01-04 22:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VE CO |
08CARACAS1506 | CHAVEZ ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November 23 state and local elections, Chavez has relied on his colloquial style and infamously colorful language to attack both the Venezuelan opposition and the United States. He has sought to depict the traditional political opposition as foolish and co [...] | 2008-10-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1507 | VENEZUELA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) On October 17, the Venezuelan Supreme Court (Court) upheld the constitutional viability of international arbitration. The decision interpreted Article 258 of the Constitution, which states "The law shall promote arbitration, conciliation, mediation and any other means of alternative d [...] | 2008-10-30 20:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1513 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINES ADMIT THEIR OWN CONCERN WITH [...] (C) On October 28, Emboffs met with 13 members of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (CEVETA),one of whom raised serious concerns with Venezuelan airport security and spoke out in favor of immediate TSA security assessments. The association, which represents Venezuelan passenger and cargo [...] | 2008-10-31 17:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1518 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- THREE WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With three weeks until state and local elections on November 23, President Chavez has focused his attention on attacking the opposition in Zulia State. Chavez may be preparing the ground to declare Zulia State Governor Manuel Rosales ineligible to run for the Maracaibo mayorshi [...] | 2008-10-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS152 | CHAVEZ THREATENS TO EXPROPRIATE LARGE FOOD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified, Please Treat Accordingly. 2. (SBU) During a February 4 speech celebrating the 16th anniversary of his attempted 1992 coup (Septel),Chavez threatened to expropriate large food distributors and producers. Chavez said, "I have ordered Mr. Vice- [...] | 2008-02-07 20:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1522 | OPEN UP AND SAY AHHHH: VENEZUELA'S HEALTH CARE [...] (C) Summary. Conditions in public hospitals continue to deteriorate and private hospitals face a growing threat of nationalization. Despite multiple 2008 budgetary authorizations for increases in health care worker salaries, labor actions continue by health care workers. One public health [...] | 2008-11-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1525 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONDUCTS RAID ON [...] (U) According to media reports, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) officials raided offices of Stanford Bank in Caracas on Friday October 31. (Note: Stanford Bank, an affiliate of the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, is one of two U.S. banks operating in Venezuela. It is a sm [...] | 2008-11-04 18:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1526 | GBRV DISQUALIFIES AT LEAST ONE MORE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, the Supreme Court disqualified another opposition contender for the state and local elections on November 23 -- Yaracuy gubernatorial candidate and political exile Eduardo Lappi. The Supreme Court is also considering whether or not to declare another leading opp [...] | 2008-11-04 20:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1537 | CHAVEZ OBSCURES MIAMI VERDICT, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Hugo Chavez took over the airwaves in an obligatory national "cadena" broadcast on November 3, squashing early news reports of Franklin Duran's guilt in the Miami "suitcase" trial. Venezuelan law requires free-to-air broadcasters to carry presidential "cadena" broadcasts in t [...] | 2008-11-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1545 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Venezuelan airline Aeropostal, which halted its flights to the U.S. earlier this year, has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume its U.S. routes. Given that the new owners of Aeropostal, the Makled family, are Venezuela's preeminent drug traff [...] | 2008-11-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR SNAR PREL CVIS |
08CARACAS1546 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG WARNING ON PORT [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not responded to two diplomatic notes and multiple Embassy requests for a meeting to discuss U.S. Coast Guard efforts dating back to 2006 to arrange port visits. Embassy maritime contacts believe that Venezuelan ports would not pas [...] | 2008-11-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD KHLS |
08CARACAS1554 | THE 64 BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: HOW MUCH CASH [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez has argued that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) can endure a period of low oil prices by drawing down his government's savings. While no one disputes the BRV Government (GBRV) has accumulated financial assets during the oil bonanza, the value and liqu [...] | 2008-11-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1555 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- TWO WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over two weeks until state and local elections, the opposition remains relatively disorganized, divided in some races, and increasingly pessimistic about its election prospects. Moreover, there appears to be more electoral fatigue than excitement in most races. The GB [...] | 2008-11-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1556 | GBRV REACTION TO OBAMA WIN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: Official reaction to President-elect Obama's victory following the U.S. election continues to be optimistic, yet tempered. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro sent positive signals November 5 about establishing new ties with Washington, although he added that the GBRV is neither "hur [...] | 2008-11-10 10:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1559 | GBRV IMPEDES VISIT OF LECH WALESA [...] (C) Summary. The GBRV discouraged the visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland Lech Walesa to Venezuela on November 2, citing security concerns. Walesa, a prominent pro-democracy figure, has at times been critical of President Chavez. The government reportedly notifie [...] | 2008-11-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PL EZ VE |
08CARACAS1562 | GBRV ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF JOINT DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced November 8 that Russia and Venezuela had agreed to create a binational bank and that Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez would travel to Russia the following week to finalize details. Rodriguez and an official from Russia [...] | 2008-11-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1568 | CHAVEZ THREATENS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez ratcheted up his threats against the opposition on November 8 and 9 while stumping for his candidates in Carabobo, Sucre, and Zulia States, states where opposition gubernatorial candidates are running strong. The Venezuelan president ordered a nearby garrison t [...] | 2008-11-10 22:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1570 | VENEZUELA: GM, FORD AND CHRYSLER ONCE AGAIN HALT [...] (C) Summary: GM, Ford and Chrysler, the three U.S. car manufacturers in Venezuela, are once again shut down due to a labor action against a parts supplier. The industry faces on-going, severe labor problems, power outages averaging once every three days, and a dramatically reduced 2008 vehicl [...] | 2008-11-12 20:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRAD PTER VE |
08CARACAS1572 | STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan university student activists appear interested in using their widely-respected legitimacy to safeguard the transparency of the state and local elections on November 23. Their efforts, however, have been undermined by lack of coordination and socioeconomic tensions be [...] | 2008-11-12 21:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1573 | VENEZUELAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF FOURTH FLEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to the combined efforts of the USS Kearsarge, SouthCom, and the U.S. Embassies in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, Venezuelans received a thorough and accurate look into the humanitarian work of the Navy's newly-reactivated Fourth Fleet. Reporters from two major Venez [...] | 2008-11-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1576 | BRV DEPORTS TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO U.S. [...] (SBU) The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) turned over Colombian drug traffickers Henry Fortich Coneo and Wilmer Villadiego Coneo to the Drug Enforcement Administration for transport to the United States. National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) Director Nestor Reverol told th [...] | 2008-11-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE |
08CARACAS1580 | VENEZUELA RESPONDS TO USG REQUEST FOR PORT VISITS [...] (SBU) Post has received a Diplomatic Note dated November 13 responding to the Embassy's October 6 Diplomatic Note, which stated that the GBRV must set a port visit date within 30 days of the Diplomatic Note's receipt, or the Coast Guard would impose "conditions of entry". An unofficial transl [...] | 2008-11-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER |
08CARACAS1582 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 10 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week until the November 23 state and local elections, President Chavez is vigorously supporting his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates. He is simultaneously calling for arrests of opposition figures and pledging to make campaign stops in ele [...] | 2008-11-14 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1583 | BNP PARIBAS REPRESENTATIVE SEES FEW PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) BNP Paribas country representative in Venezuela Gregorio Toulemonde (strictly protect throughout) said he was "very worried" about the overall economic situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV). He predicted a difficult 2009, with the BRV government (GBRV) "desperately see [...] | 2008-11-14 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET VE |
08CARACAS1584 | VENEZUELA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 20:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1590 | GBRV ARRESTS MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER/MAYORAL [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary. GBRV authorities arrested three members of the powerful Makled family, one of Venezuela's most notorious drug trafficking families, following a November 13 raid of Walid Makled's farm that reportedly netted 392 kilos of cocaine. With November 23 state and local elections [...] | 2008-11-17 21:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR ECON EAIR PREL VE |
08CARACAS1595 | NOVEMBER 23 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: BY THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1599 | CHAVEZ FIRES UP THE BASE [...] (C) Summary: During visits to Anzoategui, Barinas, and Zulia States from November 14 to 16, Chavez renewed his threats to arrest Zulia governor and Maracaibo mayoral candidate Manuel Rosales. He also told supporters to "stay in the streets" following the vote and "stay alert" against alleg [...] | 2008-11-18 20:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1607 | VENEZUELAN PORTS IN CHAOS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Industry sources report that Venezuelan ports are in a "state of chaos" with long lines of ships waiting to dock, and numerous instances of ships diverted to other countries to unload cargo after failing to dock in Venezuela. Port authorities have reportedly advised shipping compa [...] | 2008-11-19 20:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER |
08CARACAS1613 | BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGED U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Banesco President Juan Carlos Escotet visited the Charge November 18 to express his concern about an alleged investigation of Banesco by the USG. (Note: Banesco is by most measures Venezuela's largest bank, holding 12 percent [...] | 2008-11-20 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1615 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: NINE STORIES TO WATCH [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez will retain full control over the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) no matter what the results of the November 23 state and local elections. Nevertheless, these elections may influence the extent to which Chavez can accelerate his Bolivar [...] | 2008-11-21 18:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1619 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 48 HOURS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: To the end, Chavez has campaigned hard on behalf of his PSUV candidates in swing states before the November 23 state and local elections. The campaigns officially closed November 20 in the midst of torrential rains that have caused a dozen deaths and are forecasted to last thr [...] | 2008-11-21 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1620 | LEADING VENEZUELAN FOOD PROCESSING COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-placed source within Alfonso Rivas and Co., Venezuela's second leading food processing company, has informed AgAttache that official government stores will not purchase food products from this firm. According to their Government Relations officer, the reason is that a le [...] | 2008-11-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV ETRD VE |
08CARACAS1621 | HIGH CRIME EFFECTS VOTERS BUT SPARES CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Venezuela's spiraling crime has resulted in weekends with a homicide every hour in Caracas and earned the nation the unflattering title of violent crime capital of the world. Recent polling by Alfredo Keller showed 78% of respondents thought crime was worse this year and 67% opined tha [...] | 2008-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1622 | OPPOSITION CARVES OUT A NEW SPACE FOR ITSELF, [...] (C) Summary: By winning five of the most populous and resource rich states in the country, the opposition opened up new political space in Venezuela. The percentage of Venezuelans with an opposition governor increased from 25 to 40 percent and voter turnout was 65 percent, well above the h [...] | 2008-11-24 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1625 | CHAVEZ SPINS ELECTORAL RESULTS UNDERSCORING THE [...] (C) Summary: Chavez is seeking to spin the electoral results of the November 23 state and local elections to his favor. In a nationally-televised, five-hour long November 24 press conference with international journalists, the Venezuelan president blasted media reporting that his United So [...] | 2008-11-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1626 | CHAVEZ'S FIRST SALVO AT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (SBU) In a rambling nationally televised November 24 press conference following Venezuelan state and local elections, President Hugo Chavez labeled president-elect Obama's response to a congratulatory letter by Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad "disrespectful and a bad sign." Chavez stated [...] | 2008-11-25 21:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE IR |
08CARACAS1627 | IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The USDEL to the tenth session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and adjacent regions (IOCARIBE, 22-26 October in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela) met its primary objectives: the US was reelected as Vice Chairman for IOCARIBE; NOAA's [...] | 2008-11-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MARR PGOV EWWT AORC ICES KRVC SENV TPHY |
08CARACAS1628 | VENEZUELA: POINTS DELIVERED ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food to the Ministries of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry and Commerce. Post will report a response if received, however, based on past experience, no reply is anti [...] | 2008-11-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EAGR PREL ETRD VE |
08CARACAS1629 | VENEZUELA OFFERS MEETING ON PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor was contacted November 26 by Nelson Dominguez of Venezuela's National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA). Dominguez identified himself as the head of INEA's maritime security unit and said he had been tasked by the President of INEA to meet with the Embassy to discuss [...] | 2008-11-26 20:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER VE |
08CARACAS1633 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS: WINNERS AND LOSERS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez emerges as both a loser and winner from the November 23 state and local elections. He must contend with more opposition governors in key states, as well as opposition mayors in important cities. Several opposition parties can point to somewhat encouraging elect [...] | 2008-11-28 19:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1635 | OPPOSITION GOVERNOR PROFILES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition won five of 22 governorships in the November 23 state and local elections and will govern approximately 40 percent of Venezuelans. Four of the five opposition governors are political veterans with extensive administrative experience. Morel Rodriguez, the re-e [...] | 2008-12-01 21:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS1636 | CHAVEZ SEEKS RE-ELECTION/GRABS POWERS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez is on the political offensive after the opposition scored some noteworthy gains in the November 23 state and local elections. In a nationally-televised November 30 speech, President Chavez urged his supporters to launch a signature drive that would force a new re [...] | 2008-12-01 22:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1637 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES FEBRUARY 2009 COAST [...] (C) On December 1 Emboffs met with the President of the Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA) and representatives of the Ministries of Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs (MRE) to discuss the US Coast Guard's repeated requests for port inspections (ref A). The head of INEA Port Security, Nelson D [...] | 2008-12-02 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD EWWT VE |
08CARACAS1638 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS THE COMBO MEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan consumer protection law, passed July 2008, requires the government to approve all sales promotions with an eye to curtailing "excessive consumption" and punishing "capitalist impresarios" while also seeking to eliminate hoarding and speculation, particularly with fo [...] | 2008-12-02 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR VE |
08CARACAS1640 | PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE: GLOBOVISION ON THE HOOK [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is hardening its position against the remaining independent media outlets following the November 23 state and local elections. The government's telecommunication's agency (Conatel) is investigating Globovision, the cri [...] | 2008-12-02 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1661 | ALBA SUMMIT: THE USUAL RHETORIC AND A NEW PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) hosted on November 26 the third extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) - trade pact for the peoples. In attendance were the following representatives of ALBA coun [...] | 2008-12-03 20:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL VE |
08CARACAS1664 | CHAVEZ MOVING FORWARD TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS [...] (C) Summary: Chavez announced December 1 that his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) would begin preparing a constitutional amendment to allow indefinite presidential reelection. Chavez said he hopes his supporters would send the proposed amendment to the National Electoral Counci [...] | 2008-12-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1668 | STATE AND LOCAL VOTING MOSTLY FREE AND FAIR ON [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas deployed informal, unaccredited observation teams throughout Caracas and to six states during the November 23 balloting for state and local elections. They and other electoral observers confirmed scattered irregularities, such as late openings and closings of t [...] | 2008-12-05 18:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1669 | VENEZUELA: TAX AUTHORITY SURPASSES 2008 REVENUE [...] (U) Summary. The tax authority of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) announced December 2 it had already reached its tax revenue goal for budget year 2008. Tax officials predict record tax revenues for budget year 2009 and continue to find creative methods to increase compliance with [...] | 2008-12-05 18:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1670 | CHAVEZ STEERING AN EVEN MORE AUTHORITARIAN COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez usually calibrates his efforts to concentrate power based on public opinion. But after losing the constitutional referendum in December 2007 and ceding more ground to the opposition in the November 23 state and local elections, the Venezuelan president appears to [...] | 2008-12-05 19:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1676 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RELEASES FLIMSY REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) released a report calling on the Attorney General's Office (AG) to investigate retired military personnel, independent media owners, and businessmen for their supposed involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate President Chavez. It accused the USG of pr [...] | 2008-12-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
08CARACAS1677 | VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN EXERCISE WAS NO WORKOUT [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Despite the heavy media attention, the Venezuelan-Russian naval exercise was a rudimentary affair, and Russian efforts to down play its importance were very clear. The BRV hoped to use the fact the exercise took place at the same time as a state visit by Russian President M [...] | 2008-12-05 21:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP PGOV PREL RU VE |
08CARACAS168 | EXXONMOBIL MOVES TO FREEZE PDVSA'S WORLDWIDE ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan press reported on February 6-7 the attachment of a bank account in New York and an English court's freezing of USD 12 billion in PDVSA assets worldwide. Initial press reports in Venezuela were exaggerated in both tone and content. ExxonMobil (XM) filed a request fo [...] | 2008-02-11 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1685 | CHAVEZ DUAL TRACKS RE-ELECTION INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Chavez announced that the process to amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits will be initiated by both seeking to acquire 15 percent of registered voters' signatures and the support of 30 percent of the deputies in the National Assembly. He did not explain his [...] | 2008-12-08 21:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS1690 | NATIONALIZATIONS WITHOUT COMPENSATION AS GBRV [...] (C) Summary: In 2008 the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has announced but not finalized a growing number of nationalizations. To the best of our knowledge, deals or payments are still pending for three multinational cement companies (Cemex, Holcim, and LaFarge),s [...] | 2008-12-09 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND VE |
08CARACAS1693 | NEW PSUV GOVERNORS REFLECT PREFERENCE FOR LOYALTY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the new PSUV governors have served previously in local or national political office, and many of them have longstanding ties to Chavez personally or left-wing credentials. The incoming governors from Anzoategui, Barinas, Guarico, and Trujillo States are tried and true [...] | 2008-12-09 21:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS1696 | VENEZUELA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A questions follow. 2. (C) Has the host country, in post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post sees no evidence that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has undertaken policies or [...] | 2008-12-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL VE |
08CARACAS1700 | CHAVEZ'S BAND OF BROTHERS [...] (C) Six of the seventeen PSUV governors elected to office on November 23 were either co-conspirators in Chavez's 1992 coup attempt or his military contemporaries. Personal loyalty, reliability and the ethos of a military fraternity reflected in many of Chavez's ministerial appointments and w [...] | 2008-12-10 21:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1702 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO ASSUME PERMANENT CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aeropostal president Dr. Mustafa Flores reports he expects the government to take permanent control of the airline by December 12 and will then bankrupt it. He, along with all but two of the Aeropostal board of directors, plan to resign as they fear they will ultimately be blamed. [...] | 2008-12-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD |
08CARACAS1704 | VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS INTEREST IN HEAVY OIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS1711 | PDVSA FORCING JOINT VENTURES TO CUT BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Shell Venezuela executives said PDVSA had mandated a 25 percent production cut in its joint venture with PDVSA as a result of OPEC-mandated production cuts; other joint ventures were also subject to cuts. They confirmed Shell's purchase of the data pack for the Carabobo blocks [...] | 2008-12-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
08CARACAS1712 | VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS INTEREST IN HEAVY OIL [...] (C) Economic Counselor met briefly December 4 with Chevron President for Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Ali Moshiri. Moshiri was accompanied by Wes Lohec, Managing Director of Chevron's Latin America Business Unit. Moshiri first underlined that Venezuela continues to be i [...] | 2008-12-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |
08CARACAS172 | BRV WARNS GLOBOVISION OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) harassment of Globovision, Venezuela's only independent all-news television network, is intensifying. The BRV appears to be laying the groundwork for the network's possible closure in the near future. Citing "public pressure," the BR [...] | 2008-02-12 23:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL VE |
08CARACAS1721 | CHAVEZ PERSONALIZING AMENDMENT PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Chavez initiated the drive to collect signatures December 11 in support of a constitutional amendment to allow for indefinite reelection, and continues to reiterate that the referendum must be held by February. He has framed the amendment as a minor legal tweak and personalized [...] | 2008-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS1724 | PSUV STALWARTS RETAIN CONTROL IN SEVEN STATES [...] (C) Summary: The incoming United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governors of Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas and Sucre States face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their relatively poor, sparsely-populated regions. The new PSUV governor of Merida will have to bal [...] | 2008-12-16 21:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS1725 | CHAVEZ WARMLY WELCOMES RAUL CASTRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban president Raul Castro and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez signed or renewed in Caracas a myriad of bilateral agreements valued at USD 2.1 billion on December 13, during Castro's first post-succession trip abroad. Under tight security, Castro laid a wreath at the tomb of Simon [...] | 2008-12-16 21:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL CU VE |
08CARACAS1738 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST NEW TRIBES MISSION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court of Venezuela ruled November 4 that the rights of the New Tribes Mission (NTM) had not been violated when it was required in 2005 to remove its personnel from all indigenous areas in the country. Over the past three years the NTM had argued before the court that they had [...] | 2008-12-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
08CARACAS1739 | SUPREME COURT BLESSES AMENDMENT, PSUV GEARS UP THE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court appears poised to remove any potential legal obstacles to Chavez's constitutional amendment proposal to remove presidential term limits, paving the way for his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to begin both its signature drive and discussions within t [...] | 2008-12-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE KDEM |
08CARACAS174 | CHAVEZ REPEATS THREATS TO PRIVATE SECTOR IN EFFORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, the BRV published a decree reforming the "Law Against Speculation and Hoarding," a 2007 decree that criminalized the hoarding and speculation of regulated goods, reduced the legal barriers for expropriations, and established harsh fines and jail time for violators [...] | 2008-02-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1747 | VENEZUELAN CEMENT INDUSTRY HEADED TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cement companies Holcim and Lafarge are expected to soon join Cemex at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after giving up hope of compensation for their nationalized operations in Venezuela. According to a Holcim executive, the company was rel [...] | 2008-12-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD KHLS PTER VE |
08CARACAS1748 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 21:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN VE |
08CARACAS175 | PDVSA ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In the evening of February 12, PDVSA issued a press release announcing that it would "suspend commercial relations and the supply of crude and products" to ExxonMobil in light of ExxonMobil's "unnecessary, intimidating, and hostile" legal actions (reftel). PDVSA promised to "fully honor [...] | 2008-02-13 21:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET VE |
08CARACAS1751 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER VALERO - [...] (C) Summary. Charge met December 19 with MFA Vice Minister Jorge Valero to press the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) to resolve ongoing reciprocity issues and to sound out the GBRV's possible interest in a confidence-building dialogue on defense issues. Charge argu [...] | 2008-12-19 21:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MCAP AMGT VE |
08CARACAS1753 | CHAVEZ'S FEBRUARY REFERENDUM DATE A LEGAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: Chavez continues to move forward on his amendment proposal, apparently with the hope of holding a referendum before the end of February. The National Assembly (AN) concluded its first debate December 18 in favor of the amendment and has another debate scheduled for the second [...] | 2008-12-19 22:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1754 | VENEZUELAN CABINET RESHUFFLE MAY AFFECT PORTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chavez appointed Diosdado Cabello Rondon, the person most frequently mentioned as a possible successor, as the new Minister of Infrastructure (Minfra) on December 6. Cabello lost his re-election bid for the governorship of Miranda State in the November 23 election. We have already [...] | 2008-12-19 22:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD |
08CARACAS1757 | WOOD GROUP VICE PRESIDENT SAYS PDVSA "TECHNICALLY [...] (C) Summary: According to a Wood Group executive, PDVSA is "technically bankrupt," owing up to USD 7 billion to its suppliers in Venezuela. The situation is particularly critical at smaller oilfield service companies, which are finding credit drying up as banks refuse to grant them new loan [...] | 2008-12-22 18:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN VE |
08CARACAS1758 | CADIVI AUTHORIZATIONS SHARPLY DOWN [...] According to statistics published December 22, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) foreign exchange authority, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, sharply reduced its foreign currency authorizations over the first three weeks of December. While in past years Dece [...] | 2008-12-22 18:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON VE |
08CARACAS1760 | VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 19:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER VE |
08CARACAS1765 | CHAVEZ ORDERS THE EXPROPRIATION OF JEWISH-OWNED [...] (U) On December 21, during the last "Alo, Presidente" broadcast of 2008, President Chavez ordered the mayor of Libertador Borough of Caracas Jorge Rodriguez to expropriate a large commercial center in the final stages of construction. In his latest tirade against the private sector, Chavez r [...] | 2008-12-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV KIRF VE |
08CARACAS1774 | VENEZUELA: CHEVRON CONFIRMS OPEC QUOTA CUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Chevron executive confirmed that PDVSA is aggressively enforcing OPEC-mandated quota cuts in the hope that the cuts will turn around the slump in oil prices. So far, the cuts have been levied on joint ventures based on the price per barrel received for the crude sales. [...] | 2008-12-23 20:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
08CARACAS1777 | CHAVEZ'S PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Since taking office in 1999, President Chavez has engaged in frequent, polarizing electoral campaigns to both burnish his democratic credentials and accumulate personal power. The Venezuelan president's electoral focus has hindered his government's ability to address pressing [...] | 2008-12-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE |
08CARACAS1783 | CHAVEZ LASHES OUT AT CARDINAL FOR CRITICIZING [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez reacted harshly to Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa's December 25 criticism of a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate presidential term limits. Phoning in to a state media talk show on December 26, Chavez called Cardinal Urosa "immoral" and [...] | 2008-12-29 20:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM VT VE |
08CARACAS1784 | CHAVEZ BLAMES USG FOR ISRAEL'S AIR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to assert a singularly radical foreign policy out of step with most of the international community. The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued December 18 and 27 communiques that criticized un [...] | 2008-12-29 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF VE IS ZI |
08CARACAS18 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES HE WILL SLOW DOWN THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. During his January 6 "Alo, Presidente" broadcast, President Chavez said he plans to apply the brakes to his Bolivarian revolution after the defeat of his proposed changes to the 1999 Constitution. He and his new cabinet will not change ideology, but will "review, rectify, and re [...] | 2008-01-07 21:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
08CARACAS186 | BANCO MERCANTIL PRESENTS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, senior economists of Banco Mercantil, one of Venezuela's four largest banks, argued that President Chavez was facing simultaneous adverse political and economic shocks following the December 2 referendum. Given his current vulnerabil [...] | 2008-02-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV VE |
08CARACAS188 | AMBASSADOR VISITS MARACAIBO AND ZULIA STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Duddy visited Maracaibo in Zulia state February 7-9, 2008 meeting with American & local business leaders, students, news media, opposition party mayors and the state Governor of Zulia. All groups encouraged increased interaction with the USG. Crime, and particularl [...] | 2008-02-15 16:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SENV VE |
08CARACAS190 | BRV QUIETLY SELLS "STRUCTURED NOTES" [...] (SBU) According to press reports this week, over the past several weeks the BRV has sold "structured notes" to selected banks for a total sale of between USD 100 and 270 million dollars. Structured notes in this context are products that combine Argentine, Ecuadorian, and/or Colombian debt ac [...] | 2008-02-15 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN VE |
08CARACAS193 | PDVSA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ARBITRATION PROCESS WITH [...] (U) BRV Energy Minister and PDVSA President, Rafael Ramirez, in a Thursday, February 14, speech before the National Assembly on the ExxonMobil (XM) dispute stated: "We cannot refuse to address the agreements that the previous congress and PDVSA administration made....PDVSA is disposed to com [...] | 2008-02-15 22:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL VE |
08CARACAS197 | VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL [...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...] | 2008-02-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN |
08CARACAS204 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CREATION OF BINATIONAL [...] (U) On February 14 the National Assembly approved three laws ratifying agreements with Iran and five ratifying agreements with Belarus. The Iranian agreements include a pact to create the Iranian-Venezuelan Binational Bank that was signed in Tehran on November 19, 2007; a binational developm [...] | 2008-02-19 20:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM IR BO VE |
08CARACAS206 | FM MADURO BLAMES USG FOR OIL DISPUTE, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted to local media February 13 that the USG is behind ExxonMobil's dispute with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). He also reiterated long-standing BRV accusations that the USG is working with the opposition and local media to destabi [...] | 2008-02-19 21:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGR SNAR VE |
08CARACAS21 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SWEARS-IN NEW LEADERSHIP, FLORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly (NA) swore-in its new leadership team January 6. Cilia Flores, the current NA president, will serve out another term. Roberto Hernandez of the pro-government Communist Party (PCV) replaces Desiree Santos Amaral as First Vice President, while Jose Albornoz, [...] | 2008-01-08 17:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE |
08CARACAS213 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PODEMOS LEADERS - FEB 19 [...] (C) Summary. Podemos leaders told the Ambassador February 19 that their break with President Chavez is permanent. They now believe Chavez has abandoned principle in favor of perpetuating himself in power. They hope to make political gains by focusing on pressing national issues and capitali [...] | 2008-02-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ENGR CO VE |
08CARACAS219 | VENEZUELA AND BRV REACT TO CASTRO'S RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) The February 19 announcement by Fidel Castro that he will step down as President and Commander-in-Chief after next Sunday's election was received by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) with a mixture of hero worship and denial. President Hugo Chavez told the local media, "What res [...] | 2008-02-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU VE |
08CARACAS223 | EMERGING STUDENT LEADERS OUTLINE FUTURE STRATEGIES [...] (C) Summary. USAID Officer met February 9 with a dozen up-and-coming student leaders from western Venezuela. The students, primarily from the Law School Students' Association (Fedeve),were in the university town of Merida to prepare strategies for upcoming student elections. They were also [...] | 2008-02-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM VE |
08CARACAS227 | PSUV FOUNDING CONGRESS: DELAYS AND AN EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez publicly declared after his constitutional referendum defeat that shoring up his political base will be one of his highest priorities. Since then, he has focused considerable personal attention on launching his proposed single, pro-government party, the United S [...] | 2008-02-22 17:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
08CARACAS232 | 2008 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The BRV's protection and enforcement of IPR continues to deteriorate. The market for legitimate music CDs is eclipsed by piracy, with piracy rates for CDs, DVDs, and business software hovering above 80 percent. SAPI, the agency that oversees IPR enforcement and issues patents, [...] | 2008-02-22 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR VE |
08CARACAS233 | NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 21:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU |
08CARACAS238 | CHAVEZ: THE BEST PRESS IS A STATE-CONTROLLED PRESS [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez forced national electronic media February 21 to carry a 3-hour diatribe against the media and the "lies" they purvey, adding fuel to concerns that he is setting the stage to curtail what little free press remains in Venezuela. The ostensible reason for Chavez' speec [...] | 2008-02-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL |
08CARACAS245 | OPPOSITION PARTY COPEI IS CONFIDENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Christian Democratic Party (COPEI) leader Luis Ignacio Planas called on the Ambassador on February 21 to discuss political developments in Venezuela and the opposition's expectations for the November 2008 state and local elections. The 35-year-old Secretary General is putting th [...] | 2008-02-26 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL VE |
08CARACAS25 | SAME FACES, DIFFERENT PLACES: BIOS ON CHAVEZ' NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, President Chavez announced changes in eight key economic portfolios: the Ministry of Finance, Telecommunications, Planning and Development, Housing, Basic Industry and Mining, Light Industry and Trade, Food, Housing, and Social Development and Popular Participation [...] | 2008-01-09 19:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV VE |
08CARACAS26 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEEK TO REVIVE "BOSTON [...] (C) Summary: Five members of the National Assembly (NA) are seeking to establish an Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group with U.S. congresspersons, akin to the congressional relations they had cultivated via the informal "Boston Group." Foreign Policy Commission Chairman Saul Ortega and three [...] | 2008-01-09 21:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
08CARACAS264 | STATOIL: MIXED VIEWS ON INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 18:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE |