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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 00ABUDHABI5893 | SULTAN BIN ZAYID: "MUST THE U.S. BE TOUGHER THAN THE ISRAELIS ON PALESTINE?" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THEODORE H. KATTOUF, AMBASSADOR, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A FRIENDLY BUT CLEARLY FRUSTRATED SULTAN BIN ZAYID, UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND SECOND SON OF PRESIDENT ZAYID BIN SULTAN, CONVEYED TO AMBASSADOR IN FRANK, DELIBERATE TERMS OCTOBER 29 HIS OWN "AND [...] |
2000-10-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF TC |
| 00ATHENS1917 | ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...] |
2000-04-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ZL GR |
| 00ATHENS1937 | PRESS SUPPLEMENT ON THE 25-YEAR HISTORY OF 17 NOVEMBER [...] (U) THE ATHENS DAILY, "ELEFTHEROTYPIA," PUBLISHED A DETAILED 23-PAGE SUPPLEMENT TO ITS APRIL 15 EDITION, ENTITLED "25 YEARS OF 17N." AT FIRST BLUSH, THE SUPPLEMENT SEEMED TO BE A TYPE OF EXPOSE ON 17 NOVEMBER. ON CLOSER READING, THE COVERAGE'S MESSAGE IS NOT HARD-HITTING. INDEED, THE SUPPLE [...] |
2000-04-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER GR |
| 00BEIRUT1411 | ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...] |
2000-04-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL LE |
| 00BEIRUT4016 | SLOUCHING TOWARD THE GRAND SERAIL (II) -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PM HARIRI IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED VERY SHORTLY AS LEBANON'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, WITH A NEW CABINET PRESENTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL WITHIN THE WEEK. THE GREEN LIGHT FOR HARIRI'S APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN BY SYRIA FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS IN CAIRO AND HERE OVER T [...] |
2000-10-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 00BOGOTA3734 | FARC INAUGURATES CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) AMIDST GREAT FANFARE AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS, THE FARC ANNOUNCED APRIL 29 ITS "CLANDESTINE POLITICAL PARTY," THE "BOLIVARIAN MOVEMENT." FARC CHIEF MARULANDA SAID THE CLANDESTINE CHARACTER OF THE PARTY WAS INTENDED TO PROTECT ITS MEMBERS FROM A SYSTEMATIC MURDER CAMPAIGN SUCH AS [...] |
2000-05-03 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER MASS PINR PHUM CO |
| 00BOGOTA6096 | COLOMBIAN TERRORISM - DEFENSE OFFICIALS PAINT [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR CURTIS W. KAMMAN. REASON 1.5(B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MIKE SHEEHAN AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SOLIC) BRIAN SHERIDAN MET WITH COLOMBIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE LUIS RAMIREZ, THE COMMANDER OF MILITARY FORCES FERNANDO TAPIAS, AND [...] |
2000-07-13 22:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CO PINS |
| 00DAMASCUS2976 | ASAD SITREP 01: PRESIDENT ASAD HAS DIED; [...] (C) SYRIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION AT 1800 BROADCAST THE OFFICIAL SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TO PARLIAMENT THAT PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD HAD DIED. THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT ABD AL-QADIR QADDURA ANNOUNCED A FEW MINUTES LATER THAT A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO DISCUSS [...] |
2000-06-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY IS |
| 00DAMASCUS2985 | ASAD SITREP 03: BASHAR PROMOTED TO COMMANDER- [...] (U) SYRIAN TELEVISION REPORTED THE AFTERNOON OF 6/11 THAT VICE PRESIDENT KHADDAM HAD SIGNED DECREE NUMBERS 9 AND 10, PROMOTING COLONEL BASHAR AL-ASAD TO THE RANK OF GENERAL AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES. 2. (C) THE MOST OBVIOUS EFFECT OF THIS IS THAT BASHAR HAS NOW OFFICIALLY A [...] |
2000-06-11 16:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
| 00DAMASCUS3013 | ASAD LAID TO REST, BASHAR ERA BEGINNING, SYRIANS ADJUST TO NEW REALITY [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-13 18:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SY |
| 00DAMASCUS3050 | SYRIAN MEDIA SAYS BASHAR CONTINUES HAFIZ AL- [...] (C) SUMMARY. SYRIAN PRESS JUNE 14-15 EMPHASIZED UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR BASHAR AL-ASAD UNDER THE BANNER OF CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. PRINT FEATURES INCLUDED FAVORABLE COMMENTS BY THE SYRIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN DELEGATIONS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO COMMENTS BY ARAB LEADER [...] |
2000-06-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC PROP KPAO KMDR LE SY |
| 00GABORONE5265 | BREAKTHROUGH FOR SADC ON REFORMING POLITICAL [...] (C) SADC FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS HAVE REACHED CONSENSUS ON REFORMING THE LONG-MORIBUND SADC ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE AND SECURITY, FM MERAFHE TOLD US. THE ORGAN HAS BEEN LARGELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1996, DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER LINES OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN IT AND SADC PRO [...] |
2000-11-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL MARR MCAP ZU |
| 00HANOI1160 | A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...] |
2000-05-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI1316 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS RELATIONS WITH FM NIEN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DENNIS HARTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D) 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: AMB. PETERSON CALLED ON FM NGUYEN DY NIEN JUNE 9 PRIOR TO THE FORMER'S DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON. NIEN HOPED THAT JACKSON-VANIK WAIVERS WOULD NO LONGER BE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE AND THAT T [...] |
2000-06-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD VM US |
| 00HANOI1318 | MFA OFFICIAL ON STRAINS IN U.S.-SRV RELATIONS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DENNIS HARTER. REASONS: 1.5 (B) (D). 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA AMERICAS DEPT HEAD NGUYEN MANH HUNG RECENTLY LAMENTED TO THE AMBASSADOR STRAINS THAT HAVE ENTERED U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, THE GVN HAS TAKEN EXCEPTION TO SEVERAL NON-BINDING [...] |
2000-06-15 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VM US |
| 00HANOI1493 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE BLESSES KEY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REPORTS AFTER DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TENTH COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM, WHICH CONCLUDED JULY 4, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FINALIZING KEY POLICY DOCUMENTS FOR THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS NEXT MARCH. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AGREED ON DRAFT TEXTS OF THE [...] |
2000-07-10 11:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL VM |
| 00HANOI1671 | DISSIDENT HA SY PHU CONTINUES TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE, ISOLATED FROM SUPPORTERS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DISSIDENT WRITER HA SY PHU REMAINS IN HIS HOME IN DALAT SUBJECT TO REGULAR QUESTIONING BY POLICE, MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER POLICE THREATENED TO CHARGE HIM WITH TREASON FOR HIS PRO-DEMOCRACY ESSAYS. AN INV [...] |
2000-08-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR VM HUMANR |
| 00HANOI2084 | VIETNAM'S DISSIDENTS: IRREPRESSIBLE IN FACE OF OFFICIAL HARASSMENT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: MISSION OFFICERS RECENTLY CALLED ON SEVERAL LEADING DISSIDENTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR VIEWS ON VIETNAM'S FUTURE. ALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO ONGOING OFFICIAL MONITORING AND HARASSMENT, ALBEIT UNEVENLY APPLIED. INTERESTINGLY, SECURITY AUTHORITIES, IN MOS [...] |
2000-09-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR VM HUMANR |
| 00HANOI2480 | VIETNAM WARILY LOOKS TO CHINA AS A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A STEADY STREAM OF VIETNAMESE LEADERS VISITING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 HANOI 02480 01 OF 06 100541Z CHINA, MOST RECENTLY PRIME MINISTER KHAI AND THE ARMY CHI [...] |
2000-11-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR VM CM CVR |
| 00HANOI2667 | THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF FREE TRADE AND FREE IDEAS REVERBERATES AFTER HIS VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VIETNAM ELECTRIFIED THE VIETNAMESE PUBLIC -- AND SURPRISED THE COMMUNIST PARTY LEADERSHIP. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND LINED THE STREETS TO GREET THE PRESIDENT AND F [...] |
2000-12-08 13:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI2777 | BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM: PROFOUND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE "TWO VIETNAMS" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S WOMEN'S FORUM REVEALS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AND MEN IN VIETNAM TODAY. OVER LUNCH BEFORE THE EVENT, IN CANDID DISC [...] |
2000-12-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI686 | VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION [...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...] |
2000-04-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI765 | NOTES FROM SECDEF VISIT TO VIETNAM: PM KHAI TENSE, ANXIOUS TO DELIVER MESSAGE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) REFTELS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE COHEN TO VIETNAM, WHICH PROVIDED A SIPDIS STRONG BOOST TO BILATERAL RELATIONS. ONE INTERESTING SIDEBAR TO HIS VISIT WAS THE ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN MEE [...] |
2000-04-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI839 | PLANNING MINISTER AND HANO MAYOR REPRIMANDED BY VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTE [...] (U) CLASIFIED BY DCM DENNIS HARTER; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THREE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEBERS -- MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT GIA, ANOI PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN NGHIEN, AND BIN THUAN PROVINCIAL PARTY CHIEF TRUNG -- WERE CENSRED FOR MISMANAGEMENT AT THE 10-DAY PLENUM [...] |
2000-04-20 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL VM TRD DPOL |
| 00HARARE1842 | MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODING POPULARITY. AS THREATS ISSUED BY ZANU-PF ESCALATE, SO DO INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND MAYHEM AND THE DANGER THAT LESS STABLE ELEMENTS IN ZANU-PF WILL INTERP [...] |
2000-04-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI |
| 00HARARE1914 | PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL, AMENDING THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION FOR THE 16TH TIME, TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR RESETTLEMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT COMPENSATION (REFTEL A). THE VOTE FOLLOWED SOME ARM- TWISTING BY PRESIDENT MUGABE, WHO [...] |
2000-04-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE1969 | AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD HAD A CORDIAL, BUT SPIRITED, 1 1/2-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL HOUSING AND ZANU-PF PARTY CHAIRMAN, JOHN NKOMO, ON APRIL 7 DURING A FLIGHT BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE VIOLENCE [...] |
2000-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE1970 | MDC TO OFFER AMNESTY TO KEY MILITARY FIGURES [...] (C) A SMALL DEPUTATION OF MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MEMBERS LED BY HARARE BUSINESSMAN CLIVE PUZEY CALLED ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD APRIL 10 TO INFORM HIM OF A PLAN TO OFFER AN AMNESTY DEAL TO APPROXIMATELY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01970 121839Z TE [...] |
2000-04-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE2081 | ZIMBABWE'S 2000 BUDGET AND GDP OUTLOOK IS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ZIMBABWE'S BUDGET AND GDP OUTLOOK LOOKS TO FALL FAR SHORT OF THE PROJECTIONS MADE IN THE "MILLENIUM BUDGET," RELEASED LATE LAST YEAR. AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS MADE PUBLIC, BOTH WE AND LOCAL ANALYSTS ASSERTED THAT ITS PREDICTION [...] |
2000-04-14 08:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2100 | ZIMBABWE ON KAMPALA TALKS, DROC PROCESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. OCM THANKED ZIMBABWEAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE FOR HELPFUL ZIMBABWEAN ACTIONS IN KAMPALA. OURING THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION, THE MFA REPRESENTATIVE MADE HELPFUL NOISES ABOUT FACILITATING THE UPCOMING VISIT OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WOLPE, BUT WAS OUT OF [...] |
2000-04-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2101 | MNANGAGWA SAYS FOREIGN ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD CALLED ON MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON APRIL 14 TO ASK WHETHER FOREIGN OBSERVERS WOULD BE WELCOME DURING THE GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME DESENTING VOICES, FO [...] |
2000-04-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI CG |
| 00HARARE2102 | MPINGA: MNANGAGWA PLAYS BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE [...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA TOLD ME APRIL 14 THAT HE HAS KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN/CONGOLESE BUSINESSMAN KALAA MPINGA FOR FOUR YEARS. MPINGA, WHOSE AGE HE GUESSED TO BE 38- 40, IS THE NEPHEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO'S MINISTER OF STATE [...] |
2000-04-15 10:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ZI CG |
| 00HARARE2120 | WEEKEND VIOLENCE NOTCHES UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS WEEKEND SAW THREE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITY, APPARENTLY THE START OF WHAT MANY OBSERVERS THINK WILL BE A SEASON OF ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE FOR ZIMBABWE. PRESIDENT MUGABE REMAINS INTRANSIGENT IN DEFYING THE COURTS OVER ONGOING FARM OCCUPATIONS, AND APPEAR [...] |
2000-04-17 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2164 | MUGABE'S SCRIPT DISAPPOINTS, BUT LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON INDEPENDENCE DAY WAS DISAPPOINTINGLY LACKING IN INDICATING ANY WAY OUT OF THE CURRENT CYCLE OF FARM OCCUPATIONS AND VIOLENCE. HE ALSO WAS SILENT ON THE TIMING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. SUBSTITUTING BANAL WORDS ABOUT PROGRESS S [...] |
2000-04-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2197 | MUGABE MEETS PROTAGONISTS IN ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE RECENTLY HAS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AND THE WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION THAT IS SPEARHEADING THE OCCUPATIONS OF FARMS, BOTH SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER. AS OF APRIL 20 IN HARARE, THE GENERAL SENSE IS THAT THE MEETINGS HAVE SOM [...] |
2000-04-20 16:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2198 | S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...] |
2000-04-21 19:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI |
| 00HARARE2199 | EARLY WEEKEND UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) AS OF THE MORNING OF APRIL 22--ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE LONG EASTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND - THE SITUATION IN HARARE IS FAIRLY QUIET, WITH SOME SIGNS OF LESSENING TENSIONS. HARARE IS FINE AND ROADS ARE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MOST NOTABLY, A PEACE MARCH IN DOWNTOWN HARARE ON APRIL 21, [...] |
2000-04-22 08:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2200 | S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...] |
2000-04-22 19:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI |
| 00HARARE2203 | APRIL 24 HARARE UPDATE [...] (U) AS OF THE MORNING OF APRIL 24 HARARE IS QUIET. THE WEEKEND BOMBING IN THE CITY CENTER (REFTEL) RAISED FEARS AMONG CITY DWELLERS, BUT THE GENERALLY LESSENING TENSION ON THE FARMS APPEARS TO HAVE MORE THAN OFFSET THIS AS ZIMBABWE PREPARES TO RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW AFTER A FOUR-DAY EASTER [...] |
2000-04-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2204 | PROPOSAL FOR POTUS TO ENGAGE MUGABE BY [...] (C) RECENT, PRESIDENTIALLY DIRECTED EVENTS HAVE TAKEN ZIMBABWE TO THE VERGE OF CRISIS. WE BELIEVE A STRONG AND HIGH-LEVEL MESSAGE APPEALING FOR CALM, RESTRAINT AND A RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS CRITICAL. IN THIS CONNECTION, I STRONGLY URGE THAT PR [...] |
2000-04-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI US SF WA MZ ZA PGOV |
| 00HARARE2205 | THE GUERILLA WAR FOR LAND IN ZIMABABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A THREE HOUR MEETING NEARLY HALF OF WHICH WAS SPENT ON LANO, PRESIDENT MUGABE TOLD US THAT LANO ACQUISITION WAS AN OVERDUE MATTER OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE AND ESCAPING FROM UNOER THE YOKE OF COLONIALISM THAT THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE NOW OEMANO. THE WAR VET'S OCCUPATIONS, WHICH HE [...] |
2000-04-24 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE2206 | SUBJECT: WOLPE/MUGABE TETE-A-TETE [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS FOUR AND TWENTY EIGHT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN A FORTY FIVE MINUTE TETE-A-TETE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MUGABE AND I HAD A CORDIAL BUT FRANK EXCHANGE ON ZIMBABWE'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL CRISIS. I TOLD THE ZIMBABWEAN PRES [...] |
2000-04-24 13:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG PREL PHUM PINS ZI EAGR EAID |
| 00HARARE2221 | MUGABE USES THE LAND ISSUE AS A SMOKESCREEN [...] (C) AS CURRENTLY INVOKED BY PRESIDENT MUGABE AND SENIOR RULING ZANU-PF PARTY OFFICIALS, THE LAND REFORM ISSUE IS A CANARD. IN OUR JUDGMENT, THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT AND PARTY DO NOT WANT A NEAR TERM RESOLUTION TO THE LAND QUESTION, BUT RATHER WANT TO KEEP THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND UNSETTLE [...] |
2000-04-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE2222 | S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...] |
2000-04-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG ZI |
| 00HARARE2230 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON MUGABE'S STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN AN APRIL 24 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, GERMAN AMBASSADOR FRITZ FLIMM PASSED INFORMATION ABOUT AN ONGOING FARM OCCUPATION THAT HAD SEEN UPWARDS OF A THOUSAND SO-CALLED "WAR VETERANS" THREATEN A GERMAN NATIONAL AND OTHER FARM RESIDENTS WHILE OCCUPYING A LARGE: COMMERCIAL [...] |
2000-04-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2236 | PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF ZIMBABWE ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. WE HAVE BEGUN AN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE RESULTS IN THE COMING ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION BASED ON A DATABASE OF VOTING DISTRICTS. IN A ROUGH FIRST CUT, LOOKING ONLY AT THE IMPORTANT URBAN-RURAL SPLIT IN CONSTITUENCIES, WE BELIEVE THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHAN [...] |
2000-04-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2237 | AMBASSADOR/TSVANGIRAI MEETING: MDC URGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN THE RUN-UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE MDC IS CONFRONTING INCREASING POLITICAL VIOLENCE FROM ZANU-PF, WHICH HAS LEFT FIVE OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S SUPPORTERS DEAD AND HUNDREDS OF RURAL AND URBAN BACKERS INJURED. NEVERTHELESS, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI BELIEVES T [...] |
2000-04-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM PINS ZI |
| 00HARARE2297 | AMBASSADOR PUTS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER ON NOTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 26 THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS REPEATED THE PARTY LINE TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMS IS A "POLITICAL ISSUE" WITH WHICH NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE MAY INTERFERE, AS LONG AS THE TAKEOVERS ARE PEACEFUL. DABENGWA MAINTAINS THAT THE POLIC [...] |
2000-04-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE2515 | "RED GUARDS" AND SQUATTERS: MUGABE'S [...] (C) THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS BEING VITIATED IN ZIMBABWE. IN ORDER TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE DATE OF WHICH IS STILL NOT FIXED, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS UNLEASHED A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, COMPARABLE IN PURPOSE TO CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. HIS TRUSTED AGENTS ARE T [...] |
2000-05-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE2684 | BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS [...] (C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...] |
2000-05-19 05:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE2734 | MDC STILL LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE A STATE-SPONSORED CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE, AND THE RULING PARTY'S CONTROL OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) STILL IS LIKELY TO WIN AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF THE 150 PARLIAMENTARY SEAT TOTAL (OR 30 SEATS) IN THE ELECTIONS NOW SCHE [...] |
2000-05-23 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINR ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE2810 | THE MORNING AFTER: ZIMBABWE'S POST-ELECTION [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED DURING THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN; PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS DONE A BRILLIANT JOB MAKING LAND REDISTRIBUTION THE PRINCIPAL AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE. WE SEE THREE POSSIBLE ELECTION SCENARIOS UNFOLDING IN THE NEXT MONTH: 1. A MORE OR LESS EVEN SPLI [...] |
2000-05-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE2865 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION SEEKS [...] (C) ON MAY 30 AMBASSADOR, DCM, POL AND ECON OFFICERS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES (FORMER CFU PRESIDENT NICK SWANEPOEL, AND FARMERS JOHN HAINES AND PETER HENDERSON) OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) WHO GAVE A READOUT ON RECENT CONFIDENTIAL CFU/GOZ DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON LAND INVASI [...] |
2000-05-30 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2894 | ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...] |
2000-05-31 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL |
| 00HARARE2895 | ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE WORLD BANK [...] (C) ECON OFFICER RECENTLY LEARNED FROM THE WORLD BANK'S RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE IBRD AS OF MAY 29 TOTALED APPROXIMATELY U.S.$18 MILLION. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BANK ARE DUE FORTNIGHTLY, AND ARE USUALLY IN THE U.S. $4 TO $5 MILLION RANGE, THO [...] |
2000-06-01 07:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2952 | BARCLAYS BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 1 AMBASSADOR AND ECONOFF MET WITH ISAAC TAKAWIRA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BARCLAYS BANK, AND WHOM WE REGARD AS AN EXCELLENT, WELL CONNECTED AND INFORMED INTERLOCUTOR, TO DISCUSS ZIMBABWE'S SITUATION AND OUTLOOK. THE BANKER OPENED HIS SERIOUS DIALOGUE BY STATING HOW WORRIED HE WAS AB [...] |
2000-06-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE2953 | MINISTER OF STATE TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIGENIZATION (BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT), CEPHAS MSIPA, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 1 THAT ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STRATEGY IS TO USE THE "WAR VETERANS" TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC INTO SUPPORTING THE RUL [...] |
2000-06-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE2961 | GOVERNMENT GAZETTES LIST OF 804 FARMS FOR [...] (U) ON JUNE 2 THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE PLACED A NOTICE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE," ANNOUNCING ITS INTENTION TO ACQUIRE COMPULSORILY 804 FARMS FOR RESETTLEMENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISED FARMERS WISHING TO CONTEST THE ACQUISITIONS TO LODGE THEIR OBJECTIONS IN WRI [...] |
2000-06-05 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE3029 | INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS REPORT "SYSTEMATIC" TORTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD DIPLOMATS JUNE 5, FOLLOWING A FACT-FINDING MISSION, THAT THEY HAD FOUND "CLEAR OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMATIC TORTURE" IN ZIMBABWE THAT IS ELECTION-RELATED. AFTER EXAMINING TEN PURPORTED VICTIMS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTU [...] |
2000-06-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EU ZI |
| 00HARARE3078 | POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE: SHOCKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: SEVERAL WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 5 OF THE CONTINUING POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THEIR OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, DURING PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. A BLACK MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...] |
2000-06-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3084 | DETENTION OF CUBAN DEFECTORS BY ZIMBABWE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TELEPHONED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE OFFICIAL, TO REGISTER THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE W [...] |
2000-06-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3094 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STATE-SPONSORED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A SERIES OF CALLS BEING MADE ON SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR AND ECONOFF MET WITH SIMON K. MOYO, MINISTER OF MINES, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM, TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS IN ZIMBABWE RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS, AND OUR ABHORRENCE OF THE STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE AND [...] |
2000-06-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE3096 | ZIMBABWE MAKES NO DECISION ON REFUGEE STATUS, [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR CARLOS LOPES INFORMED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD LATE ON JUNE 8 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REFUGEE COMMITTEE HAD DELIBERATED ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ FOR THREE HOURS AND TOOK NO FORMAL DECISION. INST [...] |
2000-06-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3098 | ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION MONITORS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION THAT UN ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS WILL BE APPROVED BY AN INTER-MINISTERI AL GOVERNMENT BODY, RATHER THAN BY THE ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC), AS HAS BEEN T [...] |
2000-06-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI PREL KDEM EAID EU |
| 00HARARE3105 | CUBANS STILL IN JAIL, INS OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA TO REITERATE OUR DESIRE TO SOLVE QUICKLY THE REFUGEE CASE OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ. THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED THE PERMANENT SECRETARY THAT [...] |
2000-06-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3106 | EDUCATION MINISTER DECLINES TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PRE-ELECTION ISSUES, ON JUNE 7 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, GABRIEL MACHINGA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S CONDEMNATION OF THE TARGETING OF TEACHERS FOR POLITICAL [...] |
2000-06-09 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3112 | CUBAN DOCTORS TO FLY TO NAIROBI TO COMPLETE [...] (SBU) REGIONAL INS OFFICER SANJEETA VARSANI ARRIVED IN HARARE FROM NAIROBI THE MORNING OF JUNE 9 AND WAS MET BY CONSUL. THE PAIR WENT DIRECTLY TO UNCHR. JOHN ADU, WHO INFORMED THEM THAT THE GOZ HAD NOT YET AUTHORIZED THE MEETING WITH THE CUBANS, GREETED CONSUL AND VARSANI. ADU THEN IMMEDIAT [...] |
2000-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CU ZI |
| 00HARARE3160 | ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...] |
2000-06-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3162 | KENYANS REFUSE TO ISSUE TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN [...] (C) ON JUNE 13, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH AMBASSADOR DR. HUKKA WARIO, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF KENYA TO ZIMBABWE, TO SECURE THE LATTER'S ASSISTANCE IN ISSUING TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. OVER THE JUNE 10-11 WEEKEND HIGH COMMISS [...] |
2000-06-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU KE |
| 00HARARE3164 | UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR [...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...] |
2000-06-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3166 | UN PULLS OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN ANNOUNCED AT A DONORS' MEETING JUNE 9 THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS ELECTORAL SUPPORT UNIT. THE UN CITED THREE REASONS: CHANGES IN ELECTORAL REGULATIONS GIVING A GOZ BODY CONTROL OVER ACCREDITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, WHICH THE UN HAD PLANNED TO COORDINATE; A NOTE [...] |
2000-06-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI EU |
| 00HARARE3168 | IRI AND NDI OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FACE [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST; SEE PARAS 8-10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) ARE FACING BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT SO FAR HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM RECEIVING ACCREDITATION FROM [...] |
2000-06-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE3231 | UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 14 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] |
2000-06-14 17:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3263 | UNHCR: PRESIDENT MUGABE TO MAKE DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 15 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] |
2000-06-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3264 | ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MAKES NO DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 16 UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NO INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ON A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL DECISION TO RELEASE CUBANS DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNHCR. UNHCR REGIONAL REP [...] |
2000-06-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3277 | CUBAN DOCTORS SHUFFLED TO ANOTHER IMMIGRATION [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 17 THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM GOROMONZI REMAND CENTER TO ANOTHER, UNDISCLOSED (TO US) LOCATION WITHIN HARARE, STILL UNDER THE CONTROL [...] |
2000-06-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3323 | HANDING OVER CUBAN DOCTORS' PASSPORTS TO UNHCR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) DCM AND CONSUL MET WITH UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS THE MORNING OF JUNE 20 IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST THAT THE PASSPORTS OF CUBAN DOCTORS' LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ BE GIVEN TO U [...] |
2000-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3344 | UNHCR TO PROPOSE RESETTLING CUBAN DOCTORS IN [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON JUNE 20 THAT HE WOULD BE DELIVERING THAT DAY A LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN TO ZIMBABWEAN VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR [...] |
2000-06-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3349 | THE UNHCR EFFORT TO FREE THE CUBAN DOCTORS [...] (C) UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS INFORMED CONSUL ON JUNE 21 THAT DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ NOW HAVE VISAS STAMPED IN THEIR CUBAN PASSPORTS ALLOWING TRAVEL TO THE UNSPECIFIED COUNTRY WILLING TO RECEIVE THEM. HE SAID THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ATTEMP [...] |
2000-06-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3448 | POLICE CLOSE DOWN MASIRE'S KINSHASA OFFICE [...] (C) ON JUNE 23 DCM DELIVERED A DEMARCHE TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 03448 230924Z HAMADZIRIPI PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION. DCM ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER CONTAINING POINTS IN PARAS 1 AND 3 FOR HIS CONSID [...] |
2000-06-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3460 | DESPITE STIFF COMPETITION, POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, THIS CABLE OFFERS POST'S PREDICTIONS FOR HOTSPOTS AND TOUGH RACES AMONG CONSTITUENCIES IN ZIMBABWE'S TEN PROVINCES. THE MDC IS EXPECTED TO FARE VERY WELL IN MOST PROVINCES, WITH ITS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE COMING FROM THE TRADITIONA [...] |
2000-06-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3465 | MINI SUMMIT IN HARARE PRESSURES KABILA TO ACCEPT MASIRE AS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG |
| 00HARARE3485 | CUBAN DOCTORS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 26 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD CONSUL THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE STILL AT THE RHODESVILLE REMAND CENTER, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED THEM ON JUNE 17. HE THOUGHT THAT THE CUBANS WOULD BE RETURNED T [...] |
2000-06-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3489 | NEXT STEPS ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) ON JUNE 26 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AS THE SIPDIS CONVERSATION EVOLVED IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE DEMARCHE WAS A NON-STARTER. MAPURANGA REPORTED THAT DURING A MINI SUMMIT IN HA [...] |
2000-06-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3490 | GOZ BEGINS ANNOUNCING RESULTS; [...] (C) INITIAL RESULTS OF THE JUNE 24-25 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 03490 261725Z PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WERE ANNOUNCED AT 1830 LOCAL TIME BY REGISTRAR GENERAL TOBIWA MUDEDE. THE THREE CONSTITUENCIES ANNOUNCED, ALL IN MATABELELAND PROVINCE, VOTED OVERWHELMIN [...] |
2000-06-26 17:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ZI |
| 00HARARE3521 | THE NEW ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT: THE GLOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE HAS CHANGED FOREVER AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THAT BROADENED PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN THE COUNTRY. THE "LOSERS" IN THIS ELECTION, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), WILL TAKE THEIR ELECTORAL GRIEVANCES TO COURT, NOT THE STREET, [...] |
2000-06-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL ZI US |
| 00HARARE3545 | OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING ZIMBABWE'S JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES HERE HAVE STATED THEIR INTENTION TO REACH OUT TO BOTH ZANU-PF AND THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AND URGE BOTH SIDES TO WORK TOWARD NATIONAL RECONCILIATION. PARTICIPAN [...] |
2000-06-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI SF |
| 00HARARE3563 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFER [...] (C) IN INTRODUCING CONSUL TO DOMINIC BARTSCH, UNHCR SENIOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS OFFICER (THE UN OFFICER REPLACING ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS), UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE SAID THAT MOVEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS HAD GROUND TO A HALT. HE TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN [...] |
2000-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3616 | FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTS ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) ON JULY 3 FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE GRANTED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD AN AUDIENCE TO REGISTER HIS CONCERN ABOUT PASSAGE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT IN THE SENATE. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE MINISTER SAID HE WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT THE FLURRY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TA [...] |
2000-07-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI US |
| 00HARARE3629 | MUGABE AND MNANGAGWA TO GO TO CONGO TO DISCUSS [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD CALLED MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 4 TO LEARN WHERE ZIMBABWE STANDS ON THE QUESTION OF FORMER BOTSWANA PRESIDENT SIR KETUMILE MASIRE REMAINING AS THE NATIONAL OIALOGUE FACILITATOR IN THE CONGO. NOT ANSW [...] |
2000-07-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3634 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SENDS SIGNALS OF [...] (C) THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAS FINALLY FOCUSED ON THE USG'S CRITICAL WORDS AND ACTIONS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND HAS BEGUN SENDING SIGNALS OF ITS DISPLEASURE. THESE INCLUDE NOT ACCREDITING THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) AS ELECTION [...] |
2000-07-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI US |
| 00HARARE3637 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER MURERWA AND HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 3 MEETING WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, MURERWA TOLD US THAT HALTING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC TAILSPIN WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IN PART AS A RESPONSE TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HE COULD NOT PROVIDE US SPECIFIC [...] |
2000-07-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3652 | DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TIGHT-LIPPED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NICHOLAS GOCHE WAS TIGHT-LIPPED OVER POSSIBLE CABINET CHANGES IN A JULY 3 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR. GOCHE, HOWEVER, NOTED THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO REAPPOINT THOSE MEMBERS WHOM THE PUBLIC REJECTED IN THE RECENT PARLI [...] |
2000-07-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE3674 | CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR [...] (C) ON JULY 6 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE, SPEAKING FROM LUSAKA, INFORMED DCM THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR ON JULY 5. BAJULAIYE SAID THAT ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID SO QUIETLY [...] |
2000-07-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE3680 | SUSPECTED CIO MOLE RENDERS ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISADORE ZINDOGA, WHO WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY PROMOTED TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) IN APRIL AFTER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE POSITION TO LEAD THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), IS WIDELY ACCUSED BY MANY UNIONISTS [...] |
2000-07-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PINR PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE3682 | MUGABE SCHEDULED TO GO TO CONGO WEEK OF JULY 10 [...] No summary [...] |
2000-07-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3683 | MUGABE SCHEDULED TO GO TO CONGO WEEK OF JULY 10 [...] No summary [...] |
2000-07-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3759 | INTIMIDATION AGAINST FARMERS AND MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FEARS OF A SPIKE IN VIOLENCE TO APRIL-MAY LEVELS FOLLOWING THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HAVE SO FAR PROVEN UNFOUNDED, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTURBING SIGNS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ZANU-PF ARE CONTINUING THEIR PRE-ELECTION POLICY OF SPONSORING VIOL [...] |
2000-07-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE3771 | MUGABE TO DEPART FOR CONGO AFTERNOON OF JULY [...] (C) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NICHOLAS GOCHE TOLD AMBASSADOR JULY 12 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS PLANNING TO DEPART FOR LUBUMBASHI THAT AFTERNOON TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT KABILA. HE IS LIKELY TO RETURN ON JULY 13. ACCORDING TO GOCHE, MUGABE PROBABLY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DEFENSE MINISTER MOVEN M [...] |
2000-07-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3772 | MUGABE REPORTEDLY SET TO NAME CABINET AS EARLY [...] No summary [...] |
2000-07-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG ZI |
| 00HARARE3779 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MDC LEADER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 10 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND MDC PARLIAMENTARY LEADER GIBSON SIBANDA OUTLINED THE PARTY'S PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES LAND REFORM, THE ECONOMY, AND THE CREATION OF MECHANISMS FOR HOLDING THE [...] |
2000-07-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE3910 | ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...] |
2000-07-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE3941 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON DRC WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AGREED WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S ASSESSMENT THAT NOTHING WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LUSAKA PROCESS THAN ACQUIESCENCE TO KABILA'S REJECTION OF DRC FACILITATOR SIR KETUMILE MASIRE. ZUMA REVIEWED KABILA' [...] |
2000-07-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CF SF |
| 00HARARE3942 | S/E WOLPE'S MEETING WITH SAG DDG FOR AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO SAG DDG FOR AFRICA WELILE NHLAPO, CNDD/FDD REBEL LEADER JEAN BOSCO NDAYIKENGURUKIYE AND FNL REBEL LEADER KOSSAN KABURA NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS. WHILE SAG OFFICIALS AND FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA DOUBT BOTH KOSSAN'S INTENT AND LEADERSHIP ABI [...] |
2000-07-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY CF SF TZ |
| 00HARARE3959 | FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON BURUNDI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE SHARED WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA JULY 17 USG CONCERNS ABOUT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN BURUNDI. HE RELATED THE CONTENT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN CAPE TOWN WITH FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA AND HIS WORD OF CAUTION TO M [...] |
2000-07-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY TX SF |
| 00HARARE3963 | SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...] |
2000-07-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BY SF |
| 00HARARE4039 | WILL NEW FINANCE MINISTER BE ABLE TO STAND UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE APPOINTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED, ALL EYES ARE ON FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI, A TALENTED TECHNOCRAT WHO MANY BELIEVE IS THE CABINET'S MOST IMPORTANT MINISTER, WHILE INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO ARGUABLY HAS C [...] |
2000-07-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4061 | S/E WOLPE MEETS WITH FM MUDENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GREAT LAKES HOWARD WOLPE, ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR JOHN PRENDERGAST AND POLOFFS, MET WITH NEWLY REAPPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE AND UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON 19 JULY. WOLPE AND PRENDERGAST EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS ABOU [...] |
2000-07-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4062 | S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MNANGAGWA ON DRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 17 MEETING WITH EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, MUGABE'S CONFIDANTE IN CHARGE OF SENSITIVE MISSIONS RELATING TO THE CONGO, GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT DRC PRESIDENT KABILA'S PUSH FOR THE REMOVAL OF SIR KETUMILE MASIRE AS FACILITATOR IN THE CONGO [...] |
2000-07-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG ZI |
| 00HARARE4064 | AJELLO TRYING TO SELL NON-CONGOLESE [...] (C) EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO IS IN HARARE FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT DURING WHICH HE HOPES TO SELL THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ON A SUMMIT OF NON-CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS, AS DESCRIBED IN REFTELS. AJELLO, WHO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FOR 24 HOURS AND HAD MET ONLY WITH CO [...] |
2000-07-25 07:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG MZ |
| 00HARARE4083 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS POLITICAL [...] (C) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD CHARGE JULY 25 THAT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN LUSAKA ON JULY 28 (REFTEL), AND THAT HE AND HIS MINISTER PLANNED TO ATTEND. AFTER INQUIRING ABOUT KABILA'S RECENT THREAT TO PULL THE PLUG ON MONUC, THE Z [...] |
2000-07-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4088 | S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MFA U/S HAMADZIRIPI [...] (C) SUMMARY: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE MET WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI JULY 19 ON THE SITUATION IN THE CONGO. WOLPE EXPRESSED US CONCERN THAT THE LUSAKA ACCORDS WERE ABOUT TO UNRAVEL, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF KABILA'S CONTINUING RESISTANCE TO MASIRE'S R [...] |
2000-07-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG ZI |
| 00HARARE4145 | EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE [...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL SHARED HIS REPORT ON EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ALDO AJELLO'S VISIT TO HARARE ON JULY 25-26, WHICH WE REPRODUCE HERE IN FULL. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT. THE EU PRESIDENCY (FRANCE) ARRANGED A BRIEFING FOR EU MISSIONS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV [...] |
2000-07-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CG ZI |
| 00HARARE4147 | ZIMBABWE TAKES ITS CASE AGAIQ THE ZIMBABWE [...] (U) ON THE MORNING OF JULY 27 FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED THE AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS FROM THE NONALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN HARARE FOR A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY ACT AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. ACCORDING [...] |
2000-07-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ZI US |
| 00HARARE4207 | ZIMBABWE'S IMF RESREP ON THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING ON JULY 28 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, PROVIDED ECONOFF WITH INFORMATION ON UPCOMING IMF ACTIONS ON ZIMBABWE. FRANCO ALSO SHARED HIS BLEAK OUTLOOK ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY. FOREMOST ON HIS LIST OF CONCERNS WAS: THE GOZ'S VERY POOR BUDGET PERFORMANCE; [...] |
2000-07-31 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4216 | ZCTU CALLS FOR STAYAWAY AUGUST 2-4 TO PROTEST [...] No summary [...] |
2000-07-31 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS ZI |
| 00HARARE4306 | ZUMA SETS UP WOLPE/MANDELA MEETING [...] (C) IN A 8/3 TELCON, SOUTH AFRICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA DEBRIEFED SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE ON HER 8/1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA. SHE INDICATED SHE TOLD MANDELA THAT SHE FELT IT WAS HER DUTY TO RAISE WITH MANDELA THE VARIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE BURUNDI PROCESS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO HER ATTE [...] |
2000-08-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BY ZI |
| 00HARARE4309 | EXTERNAL SIGNATORIES STRATEGY FOR THE CONGO [...] (C) THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE FURTHER ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE AND SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST REGARDING THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS FOR THE CONGO. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN TANDEM WITH LUSAKA 3426. 2. (C) AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK TOWARDS THE UN [...] |
2000-08-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG |
| 00HARARE4311 | S/E WOLPE BRIEFS MNANGAGWA ON LUANDA MEETINGS [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE AND AF SPECIAL ASSISTANT JOHN PRENDERGAST MET BRIEFLY WITH ZIMBABWE'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN THE LATTER'S OFFICE. MNANGAGWA REMAINS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ENVOY FOR SENSITIVE MISSIONS VIS-A-VIS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. WOL [...] |
2000-08-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG ZI |
| 00HARARE4318 | RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE [...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...] |
2000-08-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI |
| 00HARARE4319 | ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AUGUST 2 ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA REGULAR BIANNUAL SUMMIT FOCUSED LARGELY ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES, MBEKI'S AFRICAN RENAISSANCE PLAN AND ISSUES OF LAND AND LAWLESSNESS. THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE WAR VETERANS' ACTIONS CONSTITUTED A DEMONSTRATION, BUT OCCUPI [...] |
2000-08-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI PGOV EAGR |
| 00HARARE4362 | WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN 2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR HIS LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF THE BLACK ZIMBABWEAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE WORLD TO RETURN THE LAND TO HIS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE COUNTRY AND [...] |
2000-08-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4389 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES MOSTLY UNABATED [...] (C) THE AMANI TRUST, A RESPECTED HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING ORGANIZATION IN ZIMBABWE, RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE CONTINUED VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE TRUST PUTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSAULTED OR OTHERWISE VICTIMS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE POST- [...] |
2000-08-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4479 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION MAKES A [...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) DELIVERED A PROPOSAL TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA (IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LAND ACQUISITION COMMITTEE), LAYING OUT A COUNTEROFFER TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED PLANS TO GAZETTE OVER 3000 FARMS FOR IMMEDIATE SEIZURE AN [...] |
2000-08-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4492 | WINDOW DRESSING OR REFORM? FOR NOW AT LEAST, [...] (C) AFTER ONLY FOUR MEETINGS, ZIMBABWE'S CABINET APPEARS TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN FACTIONS: ONE LED BY INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO AND THE OTHER LED BY FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI AND INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO. THESE LAT [...] |
2000-08-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4536 | HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON LUSAKA SUMMIT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO ZIMBABWE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON AUGUST 15 ABOUT HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCEEDINGS AND OUTCOME OF THE LUSAKA DROC SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM LUSAKA, WHERE HE WAS STAFFING PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER S [...] |
2000-08-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4611 | NEW TRADE MINISTER MOYO IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR [...] (C) NEW INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AUGUST 15 THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS DETERMINED TO SEIZE 3,000 FARMS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PROVIDING COMPENSATION. MOYO CLAIMED THAT MOST CABINET MEMBERS WERE IN FAVOR OF A FAIR, TRANSPARENT LAND REFORM EFFOR [...] |
2000-08-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PINR PHUM ZI EFIN EAGR |
| 00HARARE4627 | NEW HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER IS STILL FIGHTING [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 16, NEW HOME AFFARIS MINISTER -- AND ZANU-PF CHAIRMAN -- JOHN NKOMO PROVIDED A CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEPS ON LAND REFORM. HIS COMMENTS CONFIRMED THE CLEAR ABSENCE OF ANY SYSTEMATIC RESETTLEMENT PL [...] |
2000-08-21 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE4662 | FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION OF RULE OF LAW? [...] (C) IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON AUGUST 21, POLICE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A COMMERCIAL FARM ON THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF HARARE AND ARRESTED 13 WAR VETERANS WHO HAD BARRICADED A ROAD EAST OF THE CAPITAL. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, POLICE TOLD THE WAR VETERANS TO LEAVE BECAUSE THE FARM THEY HAD OC [...] |
2000-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4692 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AMBASSADOR, ECON AND NEW POL OFFICER MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SIMBA MAKONI, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTER ON AUGUST 22. MAKONI (WHOM THE EMBASSY KNOWS WELL) SHARED WITH US HIS DETERMINATION TO BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND PAINTED A NEW PICTURE OF THE POST- [...] |
2000-08-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE4695 | WAR VETERANS REACT TO LAND EVICTIONS [...] (C) POLICE HAVE EVICTED WAR VETERANS FROM A NUMBER OF FARMS THIS WEEK, PROMPTING TWO DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE VETERANS THROUGH DOWNTOWN HARARE. EVICTIONS WERE CONTINUING ON AUGUST 24, DESPITE AN UNCONFIRMED PRESS REPORT THAT THE CABINET HAD CALLED A HALT TO THE POLICE ACTIONS. THE COMMERCIAL F [...] |
2000-08-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4749 | VIEW FROM ZIMBABWE ON DROC ISSUES DISCUSSED IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO FORMER INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE MINISTER NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA ABOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S CONGOLESE DISCUSSIONS WITH REGIONAL LEADERS IN MAPUTO AUGUST 20-23. SHAMUYARIRA, WHO EARLIER IN HIS CAREER WAS FOREIGN MINISTER AND IS STILL IN CLOSE COUNSEL WITH MUGABE, PROVID [...] |
2000-08-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4750 | VP MSIKA: BLAMES OTHERS FOR VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED STRONG U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS AND CONTINUING RURAL VIOLENCE TO VICE PRESIDENT MSIKA ON AUGUST 25. MSIKA BLAMED COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND THE OPPOSITION MDC FOR INCITING MUCH OF THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND INSISTED TH [...] |
2000-08-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM ZI EAGR |
| 00HARARE4753 | ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON MARGINS [...] (C) PER REF A INSTRUCTION, POLOFF SPOKE ON AUGUST 28 WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TO SOLICIT THE GOZ'S VIEWS ON A POSSIBLE DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON THE MARGINS OF THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI WAS UNAWARE OF PRESIDENT CHILUBA'S CURRENT EFFORTS BUT SAID THE GOZ WOULD [...] |
2000-08-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG AO BY UG WA ZI |
| 00HARARE4767 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 24, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD PAID AN INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO NEW MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM FRANCIS NHEMA, WHO IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF THE NEW CABINET. HAVING SPENT MOST OF THE LAST 11 YEARS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, NHEMA GENERALLY SEES THE U.S.-ZIMBABWE R [...] |
2000-08-29 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SENV EIND EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE4818 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) THREE COMMERCIAL FARMERS, ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL AND AN MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON AUGUST 28 THAT PHYSICAL INTIMIDATION OF FARMERS HAD MOSTLY STOPPED. NOW, THE GOVERNMENT WAS ENCOURAGING SQUATTERS TO BUILD HOUSES ON OCCUPIED LAND. THEY EXPRESSED CO [...] |
2000-08-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE4821 | A U.S. COMPANY HELPS THE RESERVE BANK FINANCE AND MANAGE ITS GOLD SALES [...] No summary [...] |
2000-08-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ZI EMIN ECON |
| 00HARARE4849 | DROC FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DROC FOREIGN MINISTER YERODIA PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE ON AUGUST 29 TO ASSUAGE HARARE'S CONCERNS AFTER PRESIDENT KABILA SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO REVISE THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT. AMBASSADOR MCDONALD OBTAINED A READOUT ON YERODIA'S VISIT FOM NEW MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY AND THE UND [...] |
2000-08-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE4883 | IMF BRIEFS US AT START OF ZIMBABWE VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 29 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, AND THE VISITING IMF ARTICLE IV REVIEW TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR, USAID DIRECTOR, AND ECON AND POLOFF TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC AND POLITCAL CONDITIONS IN ZIMBABWE, POST ELECTION POLICIES AND LEADERSHIP, AND SHARE IN [...] |
2000-09-01 10:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4884 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (C) AS PART OF A SERIES OF CALLS BEING MADE ON THE NEWLY APPOINTED CABINET, ON AUGUST 30 AMBASSADOR, ECONOFF AND USAID OFFICER MET WITH DR. JOSEPH MADE, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 04884 01 OF 02 011043Z MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS AND DI [...] |
2000-09-01 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4941 | MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA PROVIDED A SHORT READOUT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28. ACCORDING TO SHAMUYARIRA (WHO WAS PART OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATIO [...] |
2000-09-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON ZI |
| 00HARARE4979 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS DECIDE TO GO [...] (U) AT THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU) ANNUAL CONGRESS THAT BEGAN SEPTEMBER 6, CFU PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD ANNOUNCED IN HIS OPENING SPEECH THAT THE CFU WOULD REFILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT, WITHDRAWN A MONTH AGO (REF B), TO CHALLENGE THE LAW GOVERNING THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RESE [...] |
2000-09-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE4987 | PRESIDENT MUGABE'S HEALTH [...] (U) WE HAVE HEARD RECENT RUMORS CIRCULATING IN HARARE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE COLLAPSED -- IN PRIVATE -- THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS -- ONCE IN MAPUTO AND TWICE MORE IN TRIPOLI WHILE EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK FOR THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. PRESS REPORTS, CITING ANONYMOUS SOURCES IN THE PRESI [...] |
2000-09-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE4999 | NEW TALE OF CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S ENERGY [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ATTENDED A DINNER SEPTEMBER 7 WITH A VARIETY OF RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND A FEW ZIMBABWEANS, DURING WHICH GIDEON GONO (PROTECT), MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ), REPORTED A CREDIBLE STORY ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT MALFEASANCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. BEF [...] |
2000-09-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00HARARE5003 | NEW ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT STILL FEELING ITS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SINCE ITS JULY 20 OPENING (REFTEL), ZIMBABWE'S NEW PARLIAMENT HAS FALLEN INTO RAUCOUS DEBATE AND POLITICAL SPARRING THAT HAS YIELDED FEW CONCRETE RESULTS. ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OUT OF 150 MEMBERS ARE NEW TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE LOW QUALITY OF DEBAT [...] |
2000-09-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ZI CG |
| 00HARARE5051 | ZIMBABWE LAND REFORM ASSISTANCE UPDATE - [...] FROM AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TO AF DAS SCHNEIDMAN, AND AF/S DIRECTOR RENDER: I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05051 01 OF 02 111542Z YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ISSUE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. WE NEED TO COME TO SOME CONSENSUS QUICKLY ON [...] |
2000-09-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE5052 | CIVIL SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE [...] (U) THE FILING OF A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05052 111737Z LAST WEEK IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT PRESS. THE MEDIA FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE BASIS FOR THE LAWSUIT -- HUMAN [...] |
2000-09-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5072 | IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 12 THE IMF RESREP, ROBERT FRANCO, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, PROVIDED THE DONOR COMMUNITY WITH AN HOUR- LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE COMPLETED 2 1/2 WEEK-LONG ARTICLE IV REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS AN [...] |
2000-09-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE5137 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON SEPTEMBER 11, NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS STILL A KEY PLAYER ON DRC POLICY, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL SOON TO KINSHASA, AT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S REQUEST, TO LEARN KABILA'S LATEST THINKING ON LU [...] |
2000-09-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE5187 | RAID ON MDC HEADQUARTERS; ZIMBABWE POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN OPPOSITION ADVISOR AND RELIABLE EMBASSY CONTACT REPORTED TO THE AMBASSADOR SEPTEMBER 14 AN UPSURGE IN POLICE HARASSMENT OF THE OPPOSITION. AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS A RAID ON THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HEADQUARTERS TODAY AND AN ATTEMPT TO ARREST TWO SENIOR MDC [...] |
2000-09-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5214 | RAID ON MDC PARTY HEADQUARTERS CONTINUES ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) AFTER SEARCHING THE MDC HEADQUARTERS ON SEPTEMBER 14 (REFTEL), HEAVILY ARMED POLICE EXPANDED THEIR SEARCH TO TWO OTHER MDC OFFICES, ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 14, INCLUDING THE ONE CONTAINING THE OFFICE OF PARTY PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. MDC LAWYE [...] |
2000-09-15 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE5270 | GOVERNMENT RESORTS TO HAM-FISTED INTIMIDATION [...] (C) IN THEIR TWO-DAY RAID ON MDC OFFICES, POLICE AND CIO AGENTS SEIZED PAPER FILES AND DISKETTES, AND DOWNLOADED COMPUTER FILES. SEIZED DOCUMENTS INCLUDED THE MDC'S MEMBERSHIP LISTS, FUNDING SOURCES, STRATEGIES FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND EV [...] |
2000-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5302 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER'S STATEMENT PRELUDE TO MORE [...] (C) IN A PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ATTENDED BY POLOFF, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO READ A BRIEF GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE POLICE RAIDS AGAINST THE MDC LAST WEEK (REFS B AND C). AFTER READING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A POLICE REPORT ON THE BOMBING OF THE MDC HEADQUARTERS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE RAIDS [...] |
2000-09-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5337 | COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION FILES BROAD LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) FILED A BROAD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON SEPTEMBER 18 WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER THE BREAKDOWN IN LAW AND ORDER AND CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOZ'S FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EFFORT. THE LAWSUIT CITES PRESID [...] |
2000-09-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5346 | FORMER ARMY COMMANDER REPORTEDLY APPROACHES MDC [...] (C) SOLOMON MUJURU, RETIRED COMMANDER OF THE ARMY, RECENTLY SENT AN EMISSARY TO THE MDC, WITHOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC OFFICIAL. THE EMISSARY INFORMED THE MDC OF THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PROVOKE VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS NATIONWIDE AS A PRETEXT FOR CRACKING DOWN [...] |
2000-09-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5350 | GOVERNMENT CONTINUES STOPGAP FUEL ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SIGNED A ZIM$2.5 BILLION (APPROXIMATELY USD 50 MILLION) LINE OF CREDIT WITH PRETRONAS, THE MALAYSIAN OIL COMPANY. MOTOR FUELS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE COUNTRY OVERLAND, BY RAIL AND ROAD, BY ENGEN. THE MALAYSIAN COMPANY, WHICH HAS [...] |
2000-09-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EIND PGOV AMGT ZI |
| 00HARARE5352 | ZANU-PF MODERATE WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 21, DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDERE. THE DEPUTY MINISTER, A RELIABLE EMBASSY INTERLOCUTOR IN HIS EARLIER POSITIONS, WAS CHARACTERISTICALLY FRANK IN HIS DISCUSSION OF ZANU-PF POLITICS AND H [...] |
2000-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5362 | MFA INQUIRES ABOUT AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET FOR HALF AN HOUR WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE AT THE LATTER'S CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05362 251504Z REQUEST SEPTEMBER 25. WUTAWUNASHE GOT TO THE POINT QUICKL [...] |
2000-09-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIIP US ZI |
| 00HARARE5397 | ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ), SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...] |
2000-09-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA |
| 00HARARE5398 | ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE U.S.-SADC JOINT [...] (C) DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ZIMBABWE'S MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SEPTEMBER 26. HAMADZIRIPI, WHO STATED HE HAD SOME FAMILIARITY WITH CONVENTIONAL ARMS ISSUES, SAID ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE THE JOINT U.S.-SADC DECLARATION BUT WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE DRAFT L [...] |
2000-09-26 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5460 | MORGAN TSVANGIRAI INFORMS BRITISH HIGH [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 27 THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION HERE SHARED WITH US THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, CLASSIFIED "CONFIDENTIAL" AND SENT SEPTEMBER 22, CONCERNING MDC- SPONSORED MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE. PLEASE PROTECT THE SOURCE. MARK LYALL GRANT, REFERRED TO IN PARA. 2, IS A SENIOR OFFICER IN THE FOREI [...] |
2000-09-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINS ZI |
| 00HARARE5461 | ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC [...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMB [...] |
2000-09-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5464 | ZIMBABWE CLOSER TO PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM DROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AT A SEPTEMBER 26 FAREWELL LUNCH WITH THE DCM, THE MFA'S UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE IS CLOSE TO WITHDRAWING UP TO HALF ITS TROOPS FROM THE DROC. HAMADZIRIPI DESCRIBED KABILA'S BRIEF TRIP TO LUANDA ON SEPTEMBER 24 AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO [...] |
2000-09-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI |
| 00HARARE5469 | SUPREME COURT GRANTS INTERIM RULING ON [...] (U) IN AN INTERIM RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT FILED RECENTLY BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU), THE SUPREME COURT ON SEPTEMBER 26 RULED THAT FARMERS MUST BE NOTIFIED 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR EVICTIONS FROM ACQUIRED FARMS. IN ADDITION, THE COURT ALSO SCHEDULED A FULL HEARING OF THE SUIT FOR NOVE [...] |
2000-09-28 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5514 | UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP [...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...] |
2000-09-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5515 | COMMERCIAL FARMER SEVERELY INJURED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMER WAS ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE BY A WAR VETERAN ON SEPTEMBER 26 AFTER THE VETERAN TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM PLANTING TOBACCO. THE FARMER SUFFERED A DEEP GASH ACROSS HIS FACE AND NOSE, AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS RECOVERING FOLLOWING SURGERY. TH [...] |
2000-09-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5579 | MNANGAGWA ON KABILA'S VISIT TO HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD VISITED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND DROC INTERLOCUTOR EMMERSON MNANGAGWA SEPTEMBER 29 TO TRY TO GET A READOUT OF KABILA'S BRIEF HARARE VISIT THE PREVIOUS DAY. ALTHOUGH MNANGAGWA DID NOT SIT IN ON KABILA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE (HE IS TRYING TO "PHASE OUT [...] |
2000-09-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE5581 | MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CALLED THE BOMBING OF MDC HEADQUARTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RAIDS ON ITS OFFICES "AMATEURISH." THE GOZ HAS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MDC LEADERSHIP BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY TO PAINT THE PARTY AS A SUBVERVISE ORGANIZA [...] |
2000-09-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5585 | PEACEFUL MDC RALLY, BUT CONTROVERSY OVER TSVANGIRAI'S [...] (C) APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED A PEACEFUL RALLY HELD BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) ON SEPTEMBER 30 TO CELEBRATE THE PARTY'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TENDAI BITI TOLD POLOFF THAT POLICE HARASSMENT HAD NOT BEEN AS BAD AS HE EXPECTED. HIS [...] |
2000-10-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE5602 | MBEKI TO CONVENE MEETING OF EXTERNAL [...] (C) AMBASSADOR REACHED FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BY PHONE ON OCTOBER 2 TO FOLLOW UP ON REF A DEMARCHE. MUDENGE HAD BEEN UNAVAILABLE WHEN DEMARCHE WAS DELIVERED TO MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SEPTEMBER 29 (REF B). AMBASSADOR URGED MUDENGE TO USE ZIMBABWE'S INFLU [...] |
2000-10-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA |
| 00HARARE5608 | UN/UNDP MISSION MEMBERS SEEK EMBASSY VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR'S MEETING OCTOBER 2 THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN/UNDP MISSION SEARCHED FOR AN OPENING IN OUR POSITION ON THE CURRENT LAND REFORM IMPASSE TO REKINDLE DONOR DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION THE AMBASSADOR AND EMBASSY OFFICERS STRESSED [...] |
2000-10-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5629 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SAYS MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 4, AMBASSADOR, R/P OFFICER, AND POLOFF (NOTETAKER) CALLED ON MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, WHO OVERSEES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). IN A ONE-ON- ONE MEETING, AMBASSADOR URGED GOCHE TO USE RESTRAINT IN DEALING WITH MDC LEADER [...] |
2000-10-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG |
| 00HARARE5651 | GOVERNMENT FLOUTS LAW AND SHUTS DOWN NEW RADIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WILLFULLY IGNORED A COURT ORDER AND SHUT DOWN THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED PRIVATE BROADCASTER CAPITAL RADIO. HEAVILY ARMED POLICE (SEVERAL WERE CARRYING AK47 ASSAULT RIFLES) APPEARED AT THE RADIO'S MAKESHIFT STUDIO IN THE 5- [...] |
2000-10-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECPS ZI |
| 00HARARE5666 | AMBASSADOR WARNS MDC NOT TO USE VIOLENT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD DELIVERED REF A DEMARCHE TO MDC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ISAAC MATONGO, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S POLITICAL ADVISOR AND RIGHT-HAND MAN, GANDI MUDZINGWA, IN THE ABSENCE OF MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, WHO IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. WE DO NOT EXPECT H [...] |
2000-10-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI MDC |
| 00HARARE5675 | CAPITAL RADIO CASE CONFOUNDS COURTS [...] (C) THE CAPITAL RADIO CASE HAS GENERATED A FLURRY OF CONFLICTING COURT RULINGS AND ORDERS, PRECIPITATED BY THE SUPREME COURT'S SEPTEMBER 22 RULING THAT DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE GOVERNMENT'S BROADCASTING MONOPOLY. AFTER CAPITAL RADIO'S OPERATION WAS SHUT DOWN, THE INFORMATION AND HOME AFF [...] |
2000-10-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECPS ZI |
| 00HARARE5677 | BLEAK WORLD BANK ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESK OFFICER, IN HARARE ON AN ORIENTATION TRIP, AND ECONOFF MET WITH ROGIER VAN DEN BRINK, WORLD BANK DEPUTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND SENIOR ECONOMIST IN HARARE ON OCTOBER 5 TO OBTAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE. VAN DEN BRINK MADE CLEAR DURING THE M [...] |
2000-10-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5692 | MUGABE PARDONS PERPETRATORS OF POLITICAL [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (U) IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 6, PRESIDENT MUGABE GRANTED A PARDON "TO EVERY PERSON LIABLE TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR ANY POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED CRIME" COMMITTED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND JULY 31, 2000. THE PARDON SPEC [...] |
2000-10-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE5728 | TSVANGIRAI QUESTIONED AND RELEASED BY POLICE [...] (U) AT THE REQUEST OF POLICE, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SPENT TWO HOURS ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE CRIMINAL SIPDIS INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION (CID) ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH HIS STATEMENT AT A POLITICAL RALLY ON SEPTEMBER 30. AS REPORTED REF B, TSVANGIRAI SAID AT THE RALLY THAT [...] |
2000-10-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE5731 | THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE: MFA [...] (C) DURING A ONE AND A HALF HOUR BRIEFING OF SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION OCTOBER 11, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR DONORS ON QUESTION ON LAND REFORM, WILLARD CHIWEWE, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO CHOIC [...] |
2000-10-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5829 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IGNORING CLAMOR FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLITICAL PUNDITS AND WOULD-BE REFORMERS ARE AGAIN RAISING THEIR HOPES THAT THE ZANU-PF EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS DUE TO BE HELD BY THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RESULT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO MUGABE AND A REJUVENATION OF THE PARTY. THE POPULATION AT LARGE, VICTIMIZED BY T [...] |
2000-10-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE5834 | UN/UNDP TEAM GIVES OUTBRIEF: RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A BIZARRE OUTBRIEF ON OCTOBER 12, THE UN/UNDP TEAM SENT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN DONORS AND GOVERNMENT ON LAND REFORM MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO "IMPROVE" THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM. THE TEAM STRESSED THAT THEIR MANDATE WAS TECHNICAL -- NOT POLITICAL. DONOR [...] |
2000-10-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5838 | TENSIONS ON COMMERCIAL FARMS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SITUATION ON COMMERCIAL FARMS REMAINS TENSE, WITH NEW OCCUPATIONS AND FEW EVICTIONS OF LONG-STANDING SQUATTERS BEING CARRIED OUT. THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) AND THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) CONTINUE TO BE INCONSISTENT AND INCOHERENT. COMMERCIAL FAR [...] |
2000-10-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE5943 | CHARGE REGISTERS U.S. CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 20, CHARGE MET DEPUTY HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER RUGARE GUMBO, IN THE ABSENCE OF MINISTER JOHN NKOMO, TO REGISTER U.S. CONCERN OVER THIS WEEK'S UNREST AND THE GOZ'S RESPONSE. CHARGE MADE THE POINTS THAT WE BELIEVE THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) RESPONDED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE, A [...] |
2000-10-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5951 | IMPEACHMENT OF MUGABE LOOMING [...] (C) IN A MEETING OCTOBER 23, MDC MP FOR HARARE CENTRAL MICHAEL AURET INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE MDC PLANS TO GIVE NOTICE OCTOBER 24 IN PARLIAMENT THAT IT WILL TABLE A MOTION FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. AURET CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS COMPILED "OVERWHELMING" EVIDE [...] |
2000-10-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5969 | ZIMBABWE LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CUBA'S UN [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 24 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05969 241346Z SENIOR MFA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND ACTING AMERICA'S DESK OFFICER ARTHUR CHINGONO IN THE ABSENCE OF MORE SENIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING PO [...] |
2000-10-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE6032 | ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMEN [...] |
2000-10-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA |
| 00HARARE6082 | PROCESS TO IMPEACH ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE OPPOSITION MDC TABLED A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT OCTOBER 25 THAT BEGINS THE PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT MUGABE'S IMPEACHMENT. THE DOCUMENT CITED IN DETAIL "VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION" AND "GROSS MISCONDUCT" RELATED TO THE PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS THE GROUNDS F [...] |
2000-10-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6086 | SENIOR ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIAL ETENDS A PEACE [...] (C) BRITISH DEUTY HIQH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL INFORMEDDCM OCTOBER 26 THAT MINISTRY OF FOREIQN AFFAIRS ERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE HAD SUMMONED RITISH HIQH COMMISSIONER PETER LONQWORTH SUDDENLYON OCTOBER 16. LONQWORTH ASSUMED THE SUBJECT OFTHEIR CONVERSATION WOULD BE AN ARTICLE [...] |
2000-10-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE6111 | MAPUTO FOLLOW-UP: KATANGA OFFENSIVE MUST CEASE [...] (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, IN THE ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE, OCTOBER 30, AND MADE THE POINTS IN PARA 1. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER WITH THE POINTS FOR CHIWEWE'S CONSIDERATION. [...] |
2000-10-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ZI |
| 00HARARE6120 | A ZANU-PF DEPUTY MINISTER AND MP'S INSIDER VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEPUTY MINISTER (ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM) AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT EDWARD CHINDORI- CHININGA PAID A CALL ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON OCTOBER 30 TO UPDATE HIM ON HIS MINISTRY'S LATEST ACTIVITIES. CHINDORI-CHININGA, WHO IS PART OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF ZANU-PF POLITICIANS, [...] |
2000-10-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE6126 | DEPUTY ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM MINISTER BRIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EDWARD CHINDORI-CHININGA, DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, PAID A CALL ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON OCTOBER 30 TO INFORM HIM OF HIS MINISTRY'S PLANS TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE, RESOLVE THE OCCUPATIONS OF CONSERVANCY LANDS, AND REACH [...] |
2000-10-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SENV PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6175 | ZIMBABWE LOOKING INTO KATANGA CLASHES [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF (NOTETAKER), MET SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA NOVEMBER 1 TO CONVEY USG CONCERN OVER RECENT REPORTS OF ZIMBABWEAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEW FIGHTING IN THE DRC. MNANGAGWA, WHO IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANAGING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL A [...] |
2000-11-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG |
| 00HARARE6189 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF MET WITH NEW ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SAVIOUR "TYSON" KASUKUWERE TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN HIS PARTY. KASUKUWERE, A YOUNGISH BUSINESSMAN WITH STRONG PARTY TIES, SAID THAT THE LAND ISSUE HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT O [...] |
2000-11-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6190 | VIOLENCE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINS ON OCTOBER 27, VIOLENCE ON COMMERCIAL FARMS HAS INCREASED AS THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ACCELERATES ITS FAST-TRACK LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM TO BEAT THE ONSET OF THE PLANTING SEASON. THE RESULT HAS BEEN DISORDER AND CONFUSION ON OC [...] |
2000-11-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE6191 | PROMINENT ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESS LEADERS TRYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CEO OF A MAJOR ZIMBABWEAN CORPORATION TOLD AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 2 THAT HE AND OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ARE ARRANGING A PRIVATE CREDIT FACILITY TO PURCHASE 300 TO 400 COMMERCIAL FARMS TO HELP BREAK THE LOGJAM ON LAND REFORM. THE CEO ALSO STATED THAT HE AND OTHER BUSINESS L [...] |
2000-11-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6219 | SENIOR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL [...] (C) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE REQUESTED THAT AMBASSADOR SIPDIS MCDONALD COME TO THE MFA ON NOVEMBER 3 TO RECEIVE THE TEXT OF A DIPLOMATIC NOTE, WHEREIN THE GOZ ASKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERVENTION TO PREVENT A CIVIL SUIT FILED AGAINST PRESIDENT [...] |
2000-11-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6229 | ZIMBABWE OPENS AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) EGYPTIAN EMBASSY COUNSELLOR (DCM) KADRI ABDEL- MOTTALEB TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 4 THAT ZIMBABWE HAS OPENED AN EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI. THE AMBASSADOR, JOHN MVUNDURA, LEFT IN EARLY OCTOBER TO ASSUME CHARGE. THE REMAINING 2-3 MEMBERS OF THE EMBASSY STAFF FLEW TO TRIPOLI VIA CAIRO TWO WEEKS LATER, CI [...] |
2000-11-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI LY |
| 00HARARE6281 | UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ANGELO SHARES HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON RECENTLY ARRIVED UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE (RES REP) VICTOR ANGELO TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE. THE RES REP TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT WHILE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DI [...] |
2000-11-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6282 | UNDP LAND REFORM INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO DEBRIEFED DONORS ON NOVEMBER 1 ON THE UNDP TEAM'S REPORT ON THE "LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE". THE RESREP OPENED THE MEETING BY STATING THAT THE REPORT WAS A DRAFT, WORKING DOCUMENT, COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT MISSION, WHICH, THUS REFLECTS THE TEAM'S [...] |
2000-11-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE6283 | THE AMBASSADOR CALLS ON A MUGABE LOYALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON OLIVIA MUCHENA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND A MEMBER OF THE ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEE. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO GAUGE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT [...] |
2000-11-07 16:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6297 | ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION INCREASINGLY DIVIDED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE NOVEMBER 7 TO PRESS HOME THE NEED FOR ZIMBABWE'S POLITICAL PARTIES TO UNDERTAKE DIALOGUE AND DEFLATE TENSIONS. NCUBE ASSERTED THAT THERE ARE MANY PARTY STALWARTS WILLING TO TALK WITH [...] |
2000-11-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6317 | DANISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MINISTER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGES TO ZIMBABWE ON FAST TRACK LAND EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] |
2000-11-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6318 | SYMBOLIC MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SUPPORTED A DINNER HOSTED BY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE NKOSANA MOYO NOVEMBER 7 AIMED AT GETTING ZANU-PF AND MDC PARLIAMENTARIANS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE TWO MDC AND TWO ZANU-PF MPS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CORDIAL AND BOTH [...] |
2000-11-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6321 | UNDP RESREP AND AMBASSADOR CONSULT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, VICTOR ANGELO, AND DCM (NOTE TAKER) CALLED ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE ON NOVEMBER 8 TO EXPLORE WAYS THE DONOR COMMUNITY COULD ASSIST IN DEFUSING TENSIONS I [...] |
2000-11-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6330 | SUPREME COURT ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO HALT FAST- [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A UNANIMOUS CONSENT ORDER ON NOVEMBER 10 REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO HALT ALL FARM OCCUPATIONS AND RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS UNTIL IT COMPLIES WITH ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAND ACQUISITION ACT (LAA). THE CONSENT ORDER GAVE T [...] |
2000-11-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6388 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE ONLY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION THAT STILL RETAINS SOME INDEPENDENCE FROM THE RULING PARTY. SO FAR, THE THREATS ARE RHETORICAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND DIRECT. [...] |
2000-11-15 05:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE6423 | UNDP HOLDS FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THE DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN HARARE, VICTOR ANGELO, HOSTED A FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE LOCAL DONOR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 9. THE PURPOSE WAS TO ALLOW THE DONOR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE DRAFT UNDP MISSION REPORT ON THE LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE, AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS HOW [...] |
2000-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6455 | TSVANGIRAI APOLOGIZES TO AMBASSADOR FOR MDC [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI CAME TO THE CHANCERY ON NOVEMBER 20 AND APOLOGIZED TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD FOR A PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 16. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PRESS RELEASE CLAIMS THAT TSVANGIRAI AND AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY RICE DISCUSSED "HOW TO [...] |
2000-11-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OPRC ZI |
| 00HARARE6459 | TSVANGIRAI SAYS NO EARLY DECISION LIKELY ON [...] (C) DURING THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION ON ANOTHER MATTER NOVEMBER 20, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HIS PARTY HAD MADE NO DECISION REGARDING PLANS FOR MASS ACTION IN DECEMBER. HE SAID THAT THE PARTY'S EXECUTIVE WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET [...] |
2000-11-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6547 | HIGH COURT (APPARENTLY) TRUMPS SUPREME COURT ON [...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT-INFLUENCED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER'S NOVEMBER 21 EDITION REPORTED THAT HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT JUSTICE GODFREY CHIDYASIKU ISSUED A PROVISIONAL ORDER IN CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 20 WHICH SOUGHT TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT FROM EXPELLING "RESETTLED FARMERS," IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SUP [...] |
2000-11-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6564 | TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 21, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, PRESIDENT OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), BRIEFED THE HARARE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON THE MDC VIEW OF THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EU-SADC CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BOTSWANA NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 1. TSVANGIR [...] |
2000-11-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6566 | ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET; A REALISTIC, AND TOO [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 16 ZIMBABWE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SIMBA MAKONI, ANNOUNCED ZIMBABWE'S 2001 BUDGET IN A READING BEFORE PARLIAMENT. IN OUR OPINION THE BUDGET HONESTLY DEPICTS THE SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS THE NATION IS TRAPPED IN, IS CREATIVE IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS PRO [...] |
2000-11-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BEXP ZI |
| 00HARARE6578 | WAR VETERANS INVADE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY TOLD USAID HARARE DIRECTOR DEPP THAT AT 11:00 AM NOVEMBER 24 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION BROKE INTO THE SUPREME COURT'S HEARING CHAMBER AND STAGED AN UNRULY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE COURT. THE JUSTICES WE [...] |
2000-11-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6584 | ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION CANCELS PLANS FOR MASS [...] (U) THE MDC'S NATIONAL COUNCIL DECIDED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING NOVEMBER 24 (REFTEL) TO CANCEL PLANS FOR MASS ACTION. THE NOVEMBER 25 "THE HERALD" QUOTED MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AS SAYING MASS ACTION HAD BEEN "DEFERRED INDEFINITELY." TSVANGIRAI ALSO STATED THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES [...] |
2000-11-27 13:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE6643 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE NOVEMBER 15, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE REPORTED THAT THE MAPUTO II SUMMIT, RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 27, WAS EXPECTED TO FORMALIZE THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRIPOLI TO SEND AN AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE DRC. THE DEFENS [...] |
2000-11-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6644 | FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNALS POSSIBLE SHIFT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE, FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE SIPDIS SIGNALED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS READY TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 1998 DONORS CONFERENCE AGREEMENT ON LAND REFORM. THE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MIS [...] |
2000-11-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6658 | ZANU-PF WINS MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION; LOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING PARTY ZANU-PF CANDIDATE WON THE BY-ELECTION FOR THE MARONDERA WEST PARLIAMENTARY SEAT HELD NOVEMBER 25 AND 26. VOTING WAS PEACEFUL, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS LOW - JUST UNDER A THIRD OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS. DISTRICT RESIDENTS TOLD EMBASSY AND NGO PERSONNEL ON NOVEMBER 25 [...] |
2000-11-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6660 | ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT OVERRULES HIGH COURT ON [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 24, ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE NOVEMBER 20 HIGH COURT DECISION TO GIVE "INTERIM RELIEF" TO FARM SQUATTERS FACING EVICTION FROM OCCUPIED FARMS. IN RESPONDING TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF RURAL PEASANT FARMERS (REF B), THE HIGH COURT'S JUDGE PRESIDENT, GOD [...] |
2000-11-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6661 | MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ASKS FOR USG GESTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN HOUR AND A HALF MEETING NOVEMBER 28 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE SOUGHT AMBASSADOR MCDONALD'S SIPDIS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE WAS A SUCCESS. THE PERMANENT SECRE [...] |
2000-11-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6663 | A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER), MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...] |
2000-11-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6677 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE MET MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ON NOVEMBER 16. TSVANGIRAI OFFERED FOUR SIPDIS SCENARIOS UNDER WHICH THE CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS COULD UNFOLD. HE BELIEVES A TRANSITIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST WAY OUT OF THE [...] |
2000-11-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI SA |
| 00HARARE6801 | ZIMBABWE: IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CEPHAS TSOKODAYI IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SIPDIS DECEMBER 1. IN A FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATION DECEMBER 4, TSOKODAYI HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE REMARKS ON THE IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESO [...] |
2000-12-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6803 | SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSIONER A.J.D. NDOU TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD AT LUNCH ON DECEMBER 2 THAT, WHILE HE HAD WORKED ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE MEETING AMONG PRESIDENTS MBEKI, OBASANJO AND MUGABE, HE HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR NOVEMBER 30 MEETING. ACCORDING TO GODFRE [...] |
2000-12-05 06:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV ECON ENRG ZI |
| 00HARARE6907 | SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 7 DCM HAD BREAKFAST WITH A VERY TIRED DAVID HAMADZIRIPI, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CURRENTLY POSTED IN KINSHASA. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT, WHO ATTENDED THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT MEETING IN HARARE, REPORTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THE SIGNING CEREMON [...] |
2000-12-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS CG ZI |
| 00HARARE6910 | COMMERCIAL FARMER ABDUCTED BY WAR VETERANS AND [...] (U) THE DECEMBER 7 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "THE DAILY NEWS" CARRIED A FRONT PAGE STORY THAT A COMMERCIAL FARMER, LANCE KENNEDY, HAD BEEN FORCIBLY ABDUCTED BY A GROUP OF TWENTY WAR VETERANS WHO WERE OCCUPYING HIS SIGARO FARM, AND FORCED TO DRIVE SOME OF HIS ABDUCTORS INTO HARARE TO [...] |
2000-12-07 16:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE6916 | ZIMBABWE LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG ON UN SCALES OF [...] (C) IN THE COURSE OF A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION ON ANOTHER MATTER DECEMBER 7 WITH THE ZIMBABWEAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS, TICHAONA JOKONYA, I LEARNED THAT ZIMBABWE WOULD SUPPORT THE USG POSITION ON UN SCALES OF REFORM. THE SENIOR ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT CLAIMED THAT HE HAD A [...] |
2000-12-08 07:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6956 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT RATIFIES OTTAWA CONVENTION [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (PROHIBITION) BILL, WHICH RATIFIES THE OTTAWA CONVENTION BANNING ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES. PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING, STOCKPILING, TRANSFERRING, AND PRODUCING ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES. ON NOVEMBER [...] |
2000-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE6993 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL: MUGABE STILL BITTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE RECEIVED ME DECEMBER 13 FOR A ONE HALF-HOUR FAREWELL CALL. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERICS OF THE MEETING WERE GOOD AND LIGHT, I DID MANAGE TO INTERRUPT THE START OF A TIRADE AGAINST THE BRITISH BY ADVANCING THE ARGUMENT THAT MUGABE SHOULD TO GIVE UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH- [...] |
2000-12-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EAGR ZI US |
| 00HARARE7086 | ZIMBABWE'S POSITION ON UN SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 12, POLOFF SPOKE TO CEPHAS TSOKODAYI, UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATIONS IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S POSITION ON UN SCALES OF ASSESSMENT REFORM. HE STATED THAT FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE IS SENDING A LETTER ADDRESS [...] |
2000-12-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE7159 | INYIKA TRUST, A NEW PLAYER ON THE LAND ISSUE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 5, TERENCE HUSSEIN, AN ATTORNEY AFFILIATED WITH INYIKA TRUST, MET WITH ECONOFF AT THE EMBASSY. INYIKA TRUST IS A NEWLY REGISTERED NGO IN ZIMBABWE WHOSE STATED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO COMMUNAL FARMERS AND LANDLESS BLACK ZIMBABWEANS. [...] |
2000-12-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL PHUM PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE7163 | UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE SEES POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION AND SELECTED AID DIRECTORS DECEMBER 19 ON THE CONTENTS OF ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE. HE TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HE HAD DETECTED [...] |
2000-12-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE7164 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY CRANKS UP INTIMIDATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IS CRANKING ITS VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION MACHINE INTO HIGH GEAR FOR THE BIKITA WEST BY-ELECTION NOW SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 13-14, 2001. THE BY-ELECTION IS BEING HELD TO REPLACE THE MDC MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHO DIED OF AN ILLNESS IN NOVEMBER. YOUTH DEVE [...] |
2000-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE7213 | MORE ON ZIMBABWE'S POSITION ON UN SCALES OF [...] (C) POST DELIVERED REF A NON-PAPER TO ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON DECEMBER 19. ON DECEMBER 20, POLOFF SPOKE TO ISIDORE FUNGAI, ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MFA TO OBTAIN ZIMBABWE'S REACTION TO THE NON-PAPER. FUNGAI STATED THAT THE AGREEMENT EMERG [...] |
2000-12-21 11:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 00HARARE7263 | LAND TASK FORCE TRIES TO PUT BEST FACE ON [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 21 FOR SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S LAND TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING IGNATIUS [...] |
2000-12-28 10:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE7266 | NEW ZIMBABWE POLITBURO STRENGTHENS MNANGAGWA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NEW ZANU-PF POLITBURO, APPOINTED DECEMBER 15 AT THE SPECIAL PARTY CONGRESS (REF B), STRENGTHENS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA'S POSITION IN THE PARTY AND COULD SIGNAL MUGABE'S INTENTION TO MAKE MNANGAGWA HIS SUCCESSOR. SINCE JUNE'S PARLIAMENTARY ELE [...] |
2000-12-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE7271 | SIZEABLE SHORTFALL IN MAIZE PRODUCTION IN 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE LATEST MAIZE SEED SALES DATA INDICATE THAT NATIONAL MAIZE PLANTING IS DOWN 25 PERCENT FROM NORMAL LEVELS. THE ZIMBABWE GRAIN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION (ZPGA), REPRESENTING LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL MAIZE PRODUCERS, PUBLISHED A STATEMENT ON DECEMBER 20 APPEALING FOR ITS MEMBERS T [...] |
2000-12-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE7273 | A VISIT TO MR. MUGABE'S PLANET: THE [...] (C) IN HIS HOUR-LONG END OF YEAR MESSAGE DECEMBER 27, PRESIDENT MUGABE GAVE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR 2000. HE ATTRIBUTED THE COUNTRY'S DIFFICULT ECONOMIC PATCH TO FALLING COMMODITY AND RISING INPUT PRICES AS WELL AS RESERVE BANK MONETARY POLICY. HE REHEARSED THE REASONS FOR THE FAS [...] |
2000-12-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI UK |
| 00HARARE7285 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT DILUTES INDEPENDENCE OF HIGH [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 21, PRESIDENT MUGABE EXPANDED THE ZIMBABWE HIGH COURT BY SWEARING IN FOUR NEW JUSTICES. THREE OF THE NEW JUSTICES HAVE CLEAR TIES TO THE RULING ZANU-PF. RITA MAKARAU IS A FORMER NON-CONSTITUENCY MP APPOINTED BY MUGABE AND SERVED IN THE LAST PARLIAMENT. SHE WAS ALSO APPOINTED [...] |
2000-12-29 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE7286 | SUPREME COURT RULES ON CFU LAND CASE, DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 21 THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS RULING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE BROAD LAWSUIT FILED BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) (REFTEL E). THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT TWO OF THE DECLARATIONS (CHARG [...] |
2000-12-29 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EAGR EAID ZI |
| 00HELSINKI2613 | FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S JUNE 7 [...] (C) FINNISH PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN TRAVELED TO MOSCOW JUNE 7 FOR THE FINLAND-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND HER FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO PROVIDE THE LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIZE EACH OTHER UP. OVERALL THE FINNS WERE IMPRESSED WITH PUTIN'S GRAS [...] |
2000-06-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI EUN RU |
| 00JAKARTA4700 | SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...] |
2000-09-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID |
| 00KINSHASA8362 | FOOD SUPPLIES ADEQUATE BUT EXPENSIVE AT YEAR END [...] (C) Summary: Food supplies in Kinshasa's markets are adequate as we approach the end of the year, and last year's experience of short supplies and price gouging will not be repeated. Most basic foods are imported because of low yields and transportation difficulties for local crops. Importers [...] |
2000-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8363 | LOCAL IMPORTER SUSPECTED OF CRIMINALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Many long-standing Kinshasa businesses are complaining about Congo Futur, an importer that has expanded rapidly since it started operations less than three years ago and is now the largest food supplier in Kinshasa. Established businesses accuse Congo Futur of various illegaliti [...] |
2000-12-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SOCI CG |
| 00KINSHASA8364 | LEADERS TO MEET IN LIBREVILLE TO DISCUSS CONGO/K [...] (C) Embassy appreciates Libreville's detailed report on preparations for a second meeting at Libreville this weekend which would follow up the October 28 meeting held at Kinshasa. 2. (C) While there has been a good deal of local media speculation about a Libreville summit, with widely vary [...] |
2000-12-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GB CG ZF |
| 00KINSHASA8381 | KABILA'S "SELF-DEFENSE FORCES" [...] (U) IN A MOVE THAT MAKES KINSHASA RESIDENTS NERVOUS, PRESIDENT KABILA HAS APPARENTLY DECIDED TO REVIVE THE "PEOPLE'S SELF-DEFENSE FORCES" (FAP), THE ARMED WING OF THE PEOPLE'S POWER COMMITTEES (CPP). KABILA FIRST AIRED THE IDEA OF ARMING NEIGHBORHOOD MILITIAS ONE YEAR AGO (REFTEL), BUT HAS NO [...] |
2000-12-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8382 | OPPOSITION SAYS IT WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE [...] (C) MOST MAJOR OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WON'T GO TO LIBREVILLE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT KABILA ON DECEMBER 21, AND CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT ALL INITIATIVES FOR THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE SHOULD BE PURSUED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LUSAKA ACCORDS. 2. (C) DURING A MEETING WIT [...] |
2000-12-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8413 | REFUGEE ISSUES IN GOMA [...] (C) Summary: During her Nov. 26-Dec 1 visit to Goma, Econoff discussed refugee issues with Eddie O'Dwyer, UNHCR's Acting Head of Field Office in Goma, and with Kasuku, a member of a Congolese NGO involved in repatriating Congolese Tutsis. O'Dwyer said that UNHCR and the Governor of North Kivu [...] |
2000-12-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID CG UNHCR |
| 00KINSHASA8417 | GDRC ANNOUNCES LIBREVILLE PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) WITH BOLD HEADLINES, KINSHASA NEWSPAPERS ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 19 THE GDRC LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE "PRE-DIALOGUE" IN LIBREVILLE, PROVIDING THE STRONGEST SIGNAL YET THAT THE KABILA GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND THE DECEMBER 21 MEETING IN GABON. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "LA REFERENCE PLUS" CALLED T [...] |
2000-12-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8505 | IS MASASU DEAD OR ALIVE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: EVER SINCE "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU'S ARREST OCTOBER 31, THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT SPECULATION AS TO HIS HEALTH AND WHEREABOUTS. THE RUMOR MILL PEAKED RECENTLY WHEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO "ASADHO" PUBLISHED A REPORT ALLEGING THAT MASASU, ALONG WITH FAC FOLLOWERS FROM THE KIVUS, HA [...] |
2000-12-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CG |
| 00KINSHASA8515 | REPORTED KABILA REQUEST FOR INAUGURAL INVITATION [...] (C) Retired Haitian General Herard Abraham phoned Ambassador Swing on December 21 to report the following: 2. (C) Abraham said that a friend of his named Beaulieu had contacted him from Brussels seeking Abraham's support with regard to what his friend described as a desire by Congolese (D [...] |
2000-12-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8532 | KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) The following two-part series reports on Embassy staff member's recent visit to Kisangani, capitol of Oriental Province. Part one addresses the military and security situation, and Part two the political and economic issues facing Kisangani and the province. 2. (C) Summary: During vi [...] |
2000-12-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PINS PREL ECON PGOV |
| 00KINSHASA8538 | KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II) [...] (C) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This message covers the political and economic situation in Kisangani. 2. (C) Political Situation Emboff accompanied a Human Rights Law Group represe [...] |
2000-12-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ECON PGOV PINS PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8554 | VIEWS OF GOMA UN WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies in Goma believe the international community in general and the UN in particular are overly focused on the Congo war instead of on the deeper rooted problems of the Congo. While their analysis may in part reflect their own tunnel vision, it strongly [...] |
2000-12-26 14:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8561 | GOMA POLITICAL NOTES [...] (C) Goma is not a very political town, despite its status as administrative headquarters for the RCD. While numerous general strikes (villes mortes) closed down Bukavu for days at a time over the last year, in Goma only one part of the city shut down and that for only one day. Residents of Go [...] |
2000-12-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM CG |
| 00KINSHASA8579 | AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON MASASU AND THREE OTHER [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 27 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHE OKITUNDU (SEPTEL), AMBASSADOR SWING REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS, AS WELL AS "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU. THE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTED THAT THEIR RELEASE AS A NEW YEAR'S GESTURE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE RELEASE OF HUN [...] |
2000-12-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8621 | DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...] |
2000-12-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8622 | MONUC FORCE COMMANDER ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY On December 28, Ambassador Swing met with MONUC Force Commander Mountaga Diallo, acting in absence of SRSG Kamel Morjane, and SRSG Chief of Staff Sow, to review developments in the Congo war in general and his visit to Zambia from which he had just returned the evening before. [...] |
2000-12-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 00KINSHASA8647 | FINANCE MINISTER PLANS REFORMS, BUT CAN HE DELIVER? [...] (C) Summary: On December 28 Finance Minister Amisi told the Ambassador that he hopes to have Presidential approval for both an interim economic reform program and a new budget by mid-January. He said his program would include market liberalization, deficit reduction and policies to encourage [...] |
2000-12-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
| 00KINSHASA8650 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Swing met with President Kabila for an hour at latter's Marble Palace Office on December 29. In response to concerns expressed about the renewed fighting in Katanga and Equateur Provinces, Kabila defended his actions as defensive moves in retaliation for Rwandan offens [...] |
2000-12-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL |
| 00PRETORIA2660 | MORE ON SADC REFORM [...] (C) ALONG WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE REFORM OF SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY (REF A), SOUTH AFRICA IS A KEY PLAYER IN THE OVERALL REFORM OF SADC AS AN INSTITUTION. AS A MEMBER OF THE "TROIKA PLUS ONE" (SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA, ZIMBABWE, AND MOZAMBIQUE) REFORM COMMITTEE, SOUTH [...] |
2000-04-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SADC SF |
| 00PRETORIA3416 | PRESIDENT MBEKI "SEIZES THE MOMENT" IN STATE VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR LEWIS, PRESIDENT MBEKI DESCRIBED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO TACKLE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT PLAGUE SOUTH AFRICA. HE SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS A MEANS TO POVERTY AL [...] |
2000-05-04 09:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF |
| 00SANAA5396 | SALEH'S RHETORIC OVER THE TOP, BUT POLICY UNCHANGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BA JAMMAL NOVEMBER 20, THE AMBASSADOR CONVEYED U.S. CONCERNS THAT PRESIDENT SALEH'S RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AT SUCH A TENSE TIME, THE ROYG SHOULD BE PUBLICLY URGING BOTH SIDES TO RETURN TO TH [...] |
2000-11-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPP YM |
| 00SANAA5449 | SALEH CITES USN CULPABILITY IN THE USS COLE ATTACK [...] (C) IN HIS MBC INTERVIEW EARLIER THIS WEEK, YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH STATED THAT "THE AMERICANS MADE A GROSS MISTAKE WHEN THEY MOVED SUCH A HUGE SHIP (THE USS COLE) INTO ADEN HARBOR WITHOUT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT PROTECTION....WITHOUT (YEMENI) PROTECTIVE VESSELS GOING IN WITH IT. THEY DID NOT AS [...] |
2000-11-26 04:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL YM |
| 00TASHKENT4223 | KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...] |
2000-11-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RU AF UZ |
| 00TELAVIV4462 | BIN LADIN CONNECTION IN GAZA FOUND PUZZLING; CONNECTION TO HAMAS QUESTIONED [...] No summary [...] |
2000-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PGOV PREL PTER |
| 00THEHAGUE1664 | ICTY: ICTY COMMENTS ON USG PROPOSAL FOR WITNESS [...] (U) Begin Summary: As a follow-up to Ambassador Scheffer's 28 March letter to the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) regarding possible relocation of Tribunal witnesses to the United States (Ref A), Embassy legaloffs had discussions with represe [...] |
2000-06-05 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NL ICTY ICTR |
| 00THEHAGUE1665 | DEMARCHE ON PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) WE SHARED REFTEL POINTS JUNE 5 WITH ROELAND VAN DE GEER, A/S EQUIVALENT FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IN THE MFA. VAN DE GEER EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THE EU HAD NOT YET ISSUED A STATEMENT SINCE THE SECOND ROUND OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS. HE SAID THE DUTCH PUSHED FOR A STRONG EU STATEMEN [...] |
2000-06-05 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PE NL |
| 00THEHAGUE1673 | DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-06 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO ETTC IZ CY UK NL UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1674 | DUTCH ON F-16 (MNFP)--REVISED SIGNING CEREMONY [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-06 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP NL NATO DCI |
| 00THEHAGUE1678 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SOESTERBERG [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-06 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NL NATO |
| 00THEHAGUE1679 | ICTY: JORDA PROPOSES "AD LITEM" JUDGES TO SPEED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B), (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: JUDGE CLAUDE JORDA, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY), VISITED AMBASSADOR ON TUESDAY, MAY 30, TO PREVIEW PROPOSALS HE INTENDS TO MAKE BEFORE TH [...] |
2000-06-06 16:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HR SR NL ICTY ICTR |
| 00THEHAGUE1693 | DUTCH DISCOURAGED ABOUT EU EFFORT TO DEFINE FRY [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-07 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ETRD SR NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1738 | DUTCH READY FOR POST-ELECTION SUPPORT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-09 16:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM MW NL |
| 00THEHAGUE1779 | DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...] |
2000-06-15 11:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1797 | DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO |
| 00THEHAGUE1801 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK MAY RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1850 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-21 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1863 | READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...] |
2000-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE |
| 00THEHAGUE1873 | DUTCH ON IRAN: SHIRAZ DEFENDENTS, AG MINISTER VISIT [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-22 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAGR ETRD IR NL |
| 00THEHAGUE1879 | FRY RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE UNSC: DUTCH WILL ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-23 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR NL UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1926 | SUDAN/UNSC: DUTCH BELIEVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-27 09:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC SU NL UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1929 | SHIRBRIG SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA PEACE: DUTCH [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-27 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MARR ER ET NL UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1940 | DUTCH THOUGHTS ON RS WALKOUT OF SRCC, SERB [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-27 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID PREL MARR BK SR HR NL OSCE |
| 00THEHAGUE1950 | DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-28 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1952 | GEORGIA: UNOMIG MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-28 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL GG RS UNSC |
| 00THEHAGUE1976 | UNCC: DUTCH CHAIRMAN WITH US [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-29 12:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNC NL |
| 00THEHAGUE2000 | URGENT ACTION REQUEST ON FRY ANTI-TERRORISM LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-30 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SR NL EUN |
| 01ABUJA1006 | Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...] |
2001-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1011 | OBASANJO ON NIGERIA'S ROLE IN AFRICA [...] (C) Nigeria's President Obasanjo will visit Washington May 10-12, 2001. Over breakfast on May 5, Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter that he knew he was in many respects representing Africa on the visit. This was a heavy responsibility that he took seriously. Obasanjo commented that he planned [...] |
2001-05-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OVIP NI XA |
| 01ABUJA1046 | SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...] |
2001-05-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL |
| 01ABUJA1048 | OBASANJO ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS, CONTE AND THE RUF [...] (C) President Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter May 5 that he was increasingly optimistic that the GOSL and the RUF could reach an accommodation. At the conclusion of their visit to Abuja (reftel), the two sides had decided to return to Sierra Leone on the same aircraft. Obasanjo opined that t [...] |
2001-05-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI |
| 01ABUJA1072 | BIG PROJECT, BIG PROBLEMS? [...] (C) The Senate Public Accounts Committee Chairman plans public hearings on the massive sports stadium now under construction on the edge of Abuja. Unbudgeted by the National Assembly, but (for now) privately financed by contractors eager to please the Obasanjo government (with a government l [...] |
2001-05-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA1128 | WHO DEMARCHE/LOSS OF CHR SEAT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Nonye C. ("Joel") Udegbunam, Minister Counselor in the Second U.N. Division at the MFA. Udegbunam said that as a member of the Fifth Committee, he had personally worked on the negotiating the reduction in the UN scales of assessment, and said [...] |
2001-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM NI UNCHR WHO |
| 01ABUJA1133 | KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...] (C) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor law by sending the Deputy Governor, accompanied by Hisbah members (Shari'a enforcers) to five hotels to enforce a ban on the sale or purchase of alcohol by Mus [...] |
2001-05-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC |
| 01ABUJA1155 | PROGRESS ON OFR BASING ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA Bittrick, DATT and PolMilOff called on Minister of Army Batagarawa May 16. Batagarawa was pleased to hear about the improved levels of cooperation from the Nigerian military on OFR and MPRI. He thought basing alternatives for the 65th and 73rd battalions could be found, an [...] |
2001-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA1156 | NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO WCAR DEMARCHE (ROUND TWO) [...] (SBU) In the absence of the Charge from Abuja, Acting Polcouns delivered the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) demarche on the proposed language on the Middle East for the WCAR Declaration. A/Polcouns spoke with Olusegun Akinsanya, Director of the UN 2nd Unit (which among other matters, [...] |
2001-05-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI NI UNHRC |
| 01ABUJA1192 | POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani and large immigrant Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal relations there [...] |
2001-05-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA1244 | In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...] |
2001-06-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA1249 | NIGERIA: ECOWAS MORATORIUM ON SMALL ARMS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-06-01 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOWAS NI PARM |
| 01ABUJA1264 | NIGERIAN DEMARCHE ON UNGASS RESOLUTION ON HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Cuba trade embargo language in the HIV/AIDS draft resolution the morning of June 1. Minister-Counsellor Katherine Jackden, UN 2nd Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is handling UNGASS preparations, received the demarche. Ms. Jackden ag [...] |
2001-06-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IO TBIO NI UNGA |
| 01ABUJA1276 | RULING PARTY EXPELS DISSIDENT POLITICIANS [...] (U) The ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP) on May 31 expelled five dissident members of its Board of Trustees, and three elected party officers, for "anti-party activities." Membership in or open support for newly founded political "formations" formed the dissidents' offense. The rise of [...] |
2001-06-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA1306 | NIGERIA: DEALING WITH UN MISSION DEBT [...] (C) During the course of a June 1 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary (Ambassador) T.D. Hart, Ambassador Jeter presented a letter describing the need for the GON to address immediately the potentially embarrassing issue of the Nigerian UN Mission's outstanding debt to ConEdison. The Ambassa [...] |
2001-06-09 06:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT OFDP KREC NI |
| 01ABUJA1312 | NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...] |
2001-06-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI |
| 01ABUJA1365 | OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...] (C) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the changes in terms of "accountability, performance, and integrity." So far, three replacements have been named for the Ministers, none for the Advisors. It appe [...] |
2001-06-14 18:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1366 | NIGERIA: POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE IN KANO RISING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings held in Kano May 10-12, Government officials, religious leaders, academics and journalists repeatedly stressed to Poloff the "dangerous" level of tension between Kano's Hausa-Fulani "indigenes" and large "immigrant" Igbo and Yoruba population. Communal r [...] |
2001-06-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA1375 | NIGERIA: DEBT NEGOTIATIONS STALL; PLANS FOR [...] (C) At meetings in Abuja June 11 and 12, senior GON economic policy-makers were thoroughly pessimistic regarding near term prospects for achieving consensus on the U.S.-Nigeria Bilateral Debt Agreement required to implement the December 2000 Paris Club rescheduling. A.S. Arikawe, Debt Manage [...] |
2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1380 | NIGERIA: VISA FRAUD ON LAGOS/NYC FLIGHT--MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe and Minister of Internal Affairs Afolabi during the week of June 11 to discuss the problem of fraudulent U.S. visas and other travel documentation on the direct Lagos-New York flight, and to discuss solutions. The Ambassado [...] |
2001-06-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR CVIS PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA1431 | NIGERIA: SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid a courtesy call on Secretary to Government for the Federation (SGF) Ufot Ekaette SIPDIS on June 15. Ekaette described the role of the SGF in civilian government as a cross between Chief of Staff and "super-Minister." In a meeting that ranged widely over [...] |
2001-06-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1436 | NIGERIAN ARMY MINISTER ON OFR, MPRI ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for the Army Lawal Batagarawa on June 18 agreed to account for the two missing trucks from the previous OFR training in Nigeria, expressed some misgivings about the "Serti" base location for OFR Phase III given its close proximity to the border with Cameroon, a [...] |
2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1437 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE ASKS ADVICE ON TAYLOR -- ANY GOOD [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate invited Ambassador to his office June 18 to discuss President Taylor of Liberia and the regional response to Taylor's government. Kouyate suggested either an attempt at an "internal dial [...] |
2001-06-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI SL LI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1439 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S OAU CANDIDACY (ROUND TWO) [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate on June 18. Regional issues, particularly Liberia, were the focus of their exchange (septel). Kouyate, in a private sidebar, also asked once again for USG support for his candidacy for Secretary General of the OAU, as [...] |
2001-06-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS OAU |
| 01ABUJA1448 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE: [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa highlight long-standing and bitter disputes over land and community status. "Settlers" and indigenes trade reprisal raids, burning homes, seizing property, and taking lives. The State Government struggles to effect dialogue b [...] |
2001-06-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA1449 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...] (U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Bafarawa, Sultan of Sokoto Maccido and Brigade One Commander General Emejuru. The Ambassador thanked the officials for their support for Operation Focus Relief P [...] |
2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
| 01ABUJA1461 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES IN NASARAWA STATE CONTINUE [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa continue sporadically. Frightened citizens have fled the areas of conflict in the southeastern corner of the state, but the numbers are uncertain, and press reports may be inflated. Isolated fighting in the village of Tudun-A [...] |
2001-06-27 05:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA1529 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...] |
2001-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL |
| 01ABUJA1531 | NIGERIA: ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NASARAWA PEACEFUL NOW, [...] (U) Summary. Ethnic clashes in the Middle-Belt State of Nasarawa appear to have halted for the moment, although tension throughout the state is running high. The federal government has sent additional security forces into troubled areas. Approximately 40,000 displaced persons, mainly Tivs, [...] |
2001-06-29 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA1587 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...] |
2001-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA1614 | MORE ETHNIC CLASHES IN NIGERIAN MIDDLE-BELT [...] (U) Summary. Inter-ethnic clashes have occurred in the Middle-Belt States of Bauchi and Taraba, in incidents not apparently connected to the several weeks-long turmoil in neighboring Nasarawa State. In Bauchi, in a predominately Christian area, the majority Siyawa people have fought Hausa-F [...] |
2001-07-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA1624 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard Jeter for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor Brodman, and Econoff Flook (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. During t [...] |
2001-07-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1679 | NIGERIA: MOTOROLA'S BID FOR GSM EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following up from his meeting with Motorola representatives on July 9 (following septel from Lagos), Ambassador Jeter met the Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye, on July 10 and with Vice President Atiku Abubakar on July 11. The Vice President confirmed [...] |
2001-07-16 16:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL ETRD BEXP ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA1841 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CHIEF OF AIR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, Ambassador Jeter met with the new Chief of Air Staff (COAS), Air Vice Marshall Jonah Wuyep. Wuyep was strongly supportive of the MPRI program. He and his staff emphasized the need for undergraduate pilot training and a domestic capability to carry out periodic depot m [...] |
2001-07-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA1861 | NIGERIA: CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Canadian High Commissioner Ian Ferguson called the Ambassador on July 26 to fill him in on information he had picked up during the High Commissioner's farewell calls, including on President Obasanjo. Ferguson said he thought the U.S. would be particularly interested in what he had learn [...] |
2001-07-28 04:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS ZI CA UK SF NI |
| 01ABUJA1919 | NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...] |
2001-08-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA1921 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO IS READY TO WORK WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Per Ref A request, Ambassador met with President Olusegun Obasanjo on July 31 to discuss the WCAR. Other issues raised were Nigeria's role in Zimbabwe and post-JEPC bilateral engagement, both covered in septels. This cable reports on the WCAR discussion. 2. Ambassador Jeter expresse [...] |
2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI WCAR |
| 01ABUJA1922 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting scheduled to discuss other issues (septel), Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by EconOff (notetaker), raised with President Obasanjo, as promised in reftelcon, Nigeria's continuing role in addressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Obasanjo was very forthcoming as [...] |
2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ZI |
| 01ABUJA1925 | KOUYATE ON U.S. ACCREDITATION TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that SIPDIS accreditation of the American Ambassador to the ECOWAS Secretariat should be easily accomplished by the Mediation SIPDIS and Security Council, and could occur during its schedu [...] |
2001-08-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1926 | KOUYATE ON LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate on July 27. Kouyate indicated that the SIPDIS effort to organize Liberian opposition and civil society leaders continues, and is intended as a precursor to a meeting with Charles Taylor. Careful steps need to be taken t [...] |
2001-08-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LI SL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1927 | KOUYATE ON OAU ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2001-08-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI OAU ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1932 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO VISIT CHINA [...] (C) Mission has learned that the much-discussed but never-before-scheduled State Visit to China of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is now slated for late August. President Obasanjo plans to leave Nigeria on August 25, and depart China on August 29, arriving in Nigeria on August 30. 2 [...] |
2001-08-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD NI PREL MASS CH |
| 01ABUJA1935 | POLICY CHANGE ON WCAR KNOWN AT FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Acting Polcouns met August 3 with Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division (SUND) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Ibrahim, in the absence of Director Akinsanya, now in Geneva. SUND has primary action for the WCAR within the Ministry. Ibrahim said that SUND and [...] |
2001-08-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NI WCAR |
| 01ABUJA2026 | NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...] |
2001-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA2036 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel), Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army), Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...] |
2001-08-16 05:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS CM NI |
| 01ABUJA2072 | NIGERIA: SECURITY ASSISTANCE MEETING CHAIRED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 13, Ambassador Jeter accompanied by DATT, Acting ODC Chief and PolMilOff met with Acting Minister of Defense Lawal Batagarawa and other Ministry officials to discuss security assistance programs. Ambassador Jeter explained that he had requested the meeting due to slow p [...] |
2001-08-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NI MAS |
| 01ABUJA2074 | THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG [...] No summary [...] |
2001-08-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NI PGOV SNAR |
| 01ABUJA2113 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...] |
2001-08-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI |
| 01ABUJA2115 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...] |
2001-08-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR |
| 01ABUJA2116 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON OFR AND SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to a discussion of GON efforts in a number of African hot-spots, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels), the Ambassador and NSA also d [...] |
2001-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO PINR PREL NI SL |
| 01ABUJA2118 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...] |
2001-08-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2151 | NIGERIA: GOVERNOR OF KEBBI'S THOUGHTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kebbi, Mohammed Aleiro, called on Ambassador Jeter on August 26. Aleiro was in Abuja prior to his trip with President Obasanjo to China. In addition to a discussion of Kebbi-specific issues, Aleiro stated that he did not believe Babangida would run against Obasan [...] |
2001-08-29 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR NI |
| 01ABUJA2152 | NIGERIA: LAFIAJI ON NDLEA EFFORTS [...] (C) NDLEA Chairman Alhaji Bello Lafiaji called on Ambassador Jeter on August 27. The Ambassador informed Lafiaji that he had shared the non-paper on certification benchmarks with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and President Obasanjo. The President had informed the Ambassador that 2 [...] |
2001-08-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2172 | NIGERIA: UNAMSIL MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (C) PolMilOff spoke with Director of American and Caribbean Affairs (and former Deputy Director of West African Affairs) Basil Ukpong of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 27. After a friendly exchange of compliments on the efforts of both the U.S. and Nigeria to bring peace to Sierra [...] |
2001-08-30 14:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2179 | NIGERIA: U.S. PRESENCE AT DURBAN [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart shortly before 0700 EDT on SIPDIS Friday, August 31. Hart was aware that the Secretary would not attend; he had seen the Secretary on CNN earlier. Hart regretted that the U.S. might not participate at all and [...] |
2001-08-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PHUM PREL |
| 01ABUJA2218 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON OFR ISSUES AND UNAMSIL [...] (U) CDA, accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff, called on Army Minister Batagarawa 4 September to discuss OFR issues and Ref A points on UNAMSIL rotations. 2. (C) Batagarawa said he would meet with his Joint and Legal Staff and promised to provide an answer on the Memorandum of Intent this we [...] |
2001-09-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR KPKO NI |
| 01ABUJA2226 | STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...] |
2001-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2253 | NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abuja Ministerial on Zimbabwe September 6. The UK agreed to a "significant financial contribution" to land reform but views that commitment as contingent upon the [...] |
2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
| 01ABUJA2256 | NIGERIA: CONFLICT RESOLUTION - "AFRICAN-STYLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on the Special Presidential Envoy for Conflict Resolution, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, to discuss Sudan developments (Refs A and B). Uwechue welcomed the appointment of Senator Danforth as a signal of U.S. interest in Sudan and Africa. He descri [...] |
2001-09-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU SL ZI PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA2263 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...] |
2001-09-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI |
| 01ABUJA2289 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F), and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...] |
2001-09-12 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL |
| 01ABUJA2297 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OFFERS CONDOLENCES - [...] (C) CDA Andrews and PolMilOff 13 September called on Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa at the Minister's request. Batagarawa expressed his condolences for the attacks against the United States. He also stated that he had spoken to the Director General of the State Security Service, Kayode Are, w [...] |
2001-09-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA2301 | (C) NIGERIA'S IMF STAND-BY MAY NOT STAND [...] (C) EconOff met 14 September with IMF team leader Hiroshi Hino to discuss progress on the mission's review of Nigeria's Stand-by Arrangement. According to Hino, the mission's "job is very difficult," adding "I will not be recommending an extension of the SBA nor a staff monitoring program to t [...] |
2001-09-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2302 | TFUS01: END OF DAY FOUR SITREP (NIGERIA) [...] (U) NIGERIA: Oodua People's Congress (OPC) members rioted in Oshodi in Lagos on 14 September, temporarily closing routes from the Consulate General to the airport. EmbOffs, accompanied by diplomats from the British High Commission and Dutch Embassy, traveled to Jos to meet with fellow citizen [...] |
2001-09-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2330 | NIGERIA: REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY [...] On September 15 Mission received the following letter from Ambassador Femi George, Director of African Affairs for the GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. I acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter dated 6 September 2001 on the appointment of former Senator John C. Danfort [...] |
2001-09-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NI |
| 01ABUJA2347 | JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14, to meet with their nationals and to assess the situation there following the ethnic and religious conflict that began on September 7. It appears that over [...] |
2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2404 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be ar risk. [...] |
2001-09-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2405 | NIGERIA -- RESPONSE TO OIC DEMARCHE [...] (C) CDA 19 September delivered reftel demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart. Hart said that Nigeria was not a member of the OIC but attended meetings as an observer with a ceremonial rather than substantive delegation. The delegation head (usually a senior Islamic figure, [...] |
2001-09-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF PROV OIC |
| 01ABUJA2421 | NIGERIA SECURITY AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The likelihood of ethnic or religious unrest in Nigeria in the wake of an eventual U.S. response to the September 11 acts of terror is high. Such unrest would not necessarily be targeted at American individuals or institutions, but American lives and property could be at risk. [...] |
2001-09-22 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER XA |
| 01ABUJA2451 | NIGERIA: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON UNAMSIL ROTATIONS, [...] (C) CDA Andrews, accompanied by DATT, called on Minister of Defense Danjuma 25 September. After the Minister offered his personal condolences on the attacks against the U.S., and CDA offered his condolences for the victims of the Jos riot, he raised the USG request that Nigeria adjust its troo [...] |
2001-09-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2491 | NIGERIA: PRE-DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Embassy received Ref A request for pre-deployment assessment on 26 September. By this date, deployments for Operation Focus Relief trainers were already well underway, and training had already begun at Birnin-Kebbi (training in Ilorin and Serti is scheduled to begin on 8 October). Additio [...] |
2001-09-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA2510 | NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna--the security situation in their respective states. Presently army troops are responsible for order in Kaduna, Jos, and Tafawa Balewa [...] |
2001-10-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2511 | OBASANJO TO RELEASE 1.2 BILLION EXCESS CRUDE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 26 Council of State meeting, President Obasanjo and state governors resolved their highly publicized squabble over the fate of excess oil revenues. In exchange for the governors accepting a partial allocation of 1.2 billion USD, Obasanjo agreed to eliminate t [...] |
2001-10-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN |
| 01ABUJA2518 | NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON PROSPECTS FOR A RENEWED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In an October 2 telcon with Debt Management Office Director-General Akin Arikawe, EconOff learned that, from recent meetings with the IMF and USG officials in Washington, the GON is cautiously optimistic of a [...] |
2001-10-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2560 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...] |
2001-10-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2562 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...] |
2001-10-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI |
| 01ABUJA2591 | TFUS01: CALL TO PRESIDENT OBASANJO REGARDING AIR [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2606 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2622 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN KANO, ELSWHERE CALM [...] (C) Summary: Violence erupted in Kano over the October 12-14 weekend for a multiplicity of reasons, chiefly criminal opportunism and internal political rivalries but also including anti-U.S. sentiment over air strikes against the Taliban and bin Laden. Twenty-five people were killed, over [...] |
2001-10-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2645 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR EAGER [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met the President's Chief Economic Advisor Magnus Kpakol October 11 to discuss a range of bilateral economic issues, including the structure of the successor to the Joint Economic Partnership Committee (JEPC) and possible actions for Nigeria to crack-down on the [...] |
2001-10-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2653 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: DANJUMA'S CONDOLENCES, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by DATT, PolMilOff and DOD Colonel Terry Tidler called on Defense Minister Danjuma October 10 (COL I.D. Pennap, Personal Staff Officer to the Minister, also attended). Offering his condolences on September 11, Danjuma revealed that he had instructed [...] |
2001-10-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR CG BY NI |
| 01ABUJA2665 | NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2667 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...] |
2001-10-18 20:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA2668 | NIGERIA: MPRI IPR - WILL THE PROGRAM CONTINUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A mostly positive In-Progress-Review of the MPRI program was followed by a discussion of MPRI funding issues for 2002. Claiming the GON was unaware that the program required an annual commitment of $3.5m, Defense Minister Danjuma suggested a new arrangement with a significantly s [...] |
2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA2684 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) On October 18, Ambassador Jeter met briefly with President Obasanjo and NSA Mohammed to discuss Obasanjo's upcoming "working visit" to the United States. Obasanjo said the trip would have to be short -- he could not arrive any earlier than the morning of November 2 and had to return to N [...] |
2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2686 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: EU TROIKA'S CALL ON THE [...] (C) On October 16, the EU Troika (the Belgian and Spanish Ambassadors, and Head of the European Commission Delegation), called on Ambassador Jeter to discuss ongoing events in Nigeria in light of September 11 and the coalition response in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Belgian Ambassador Jozef Smets [...] |
2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP ASEC EU NI |
| 01ABUJA2687 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED [...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...] |
2001-10-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU CG XA NI |
| 01ABUJA2700 | STONING SENTENCES IN KEBBI, SOKOTO; GON BEGINS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2707 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO VISIT TO WASHINGTON ON NOV 2 [...] (C) On October 24, I orally delivered President Bush's formal invitation to President Obasanjo to visit Washington on November 2. Obasanjo accepted the invitation with pleasure, and said a written acceptance would follow the next day. I also told President Obasanjo that a meeting with Secret [...] |
2001-10-24 20:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2710 | NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...] |
2001-10-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2750 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE [...] (C) accounts by press and diplomatic personnel, often sourced to credible eyewitnesses, basically corroborate reftel account. The destruction appears to be more widespread than was initially reported. British High Commission personnel evacuated DFID staff from Makurdi yesterday. One DFID s [...] |
2001-10-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2759 | NIGERIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR BUGAJE HOLDS HIGH [...] (C) Summary: During a brief October 22 meeting, Presidential Special Advisor Usman Bugaje said the November 12-17 conference on Sudan was on track. He described the "3-in-1" conference where the Southern and Northern groups would first meet separately, then join in an all parties session. H [...] |
2001-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU XA NI IGAD |
| 01ABUJA2786 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA: THE LATEST IN THE IMF SAGA [...] Classified by Charge d'Affairs Timothy D. Andrews for Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) EconOff spoke October 31 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank, to discuss the IMF program. Ebi confirmed that the IMF had decided not to extend the SBA and tha [...] |
2001-11-01 04:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ABUJA2793 | NEW FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION TO TAKE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2001-11-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2832 | GOVERNOR THINKS NIGERIA HAS HIT A CRUCIAL PERIOD [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi cited recent civil disturbances as very disquieting. In order to prevent further political turbulance, the Governors were assembling in Abuja that day to discuss means to cool down the inter [...] |
2001-11-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS NI |
| 01ABUJA2866 | LIFE AFTER THE SBA -- IMF SUGGESTS VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Summary: Visiting IMF team leader Hiroyuki Hino told diplomats November 8 that the SBA had expired because the GON had failed to reach critical benchmarks. In place of a formal program, the IMF and GON were negotiating a voluntary policy framework for the six-month period of October 2001- [...] |
2001-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA2878 | 2001 PDP CONVENTION: THE THRILL WAS GONE [...] (C) Summary: The 2001 Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) elected an unopposed slate of national party leaders November 10. Yielding an outwardly harmonious convention, there was little sign of the wrangling and division that characterized the preceding four weeks of party congr [...] |
2001-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA2881 | PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH [...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...] |
2001-11-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA2938 | NIGERIA: TRYING TIMES [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria has entered a period of unease. During the past several months, the country's political elite has been more attentive to political intrigue than the demands of responsible governance. As a result, civilian government faces multiple challenges. Communal clashes have engende [...] |
2001-11-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2973 | NIGERIA: OPUTA PANEL WRAPS UP HEARINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oputa Panel held its final session on October 19, and has begun to draft its findings, due by year's end. While Panel proceedings kept Nigerians glued to their televisions, many came away feeling the Panel did not delve far enough into the death of Abiola. Nor was the Panel [...] |
2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2974 | NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A [...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...] |
2001-11-24 06:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI |
| 01ABUJA2982 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DROC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on Nigeria's foreign affairs efforts. 2. (C) SUMMARY CO [...] |
2001-11-26 17:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CG SU BY NI |
| 01ABUJA2984 | NIGERIA: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS - NIGERIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting from "The Guardian" newspaper on November 21, repeated in para 2, indicates that Nigeria and South Africa will sign a military pact. The pact apparently will focus on naval cooperation, primarily training, maintenance and joint exercises, and joint patrol of the S [...] |
2001-11-26 19:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SF NI |
| 01ABUJA2985 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator on Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on recent events in Benue. 2. (C) SUMMARY CONTINUED: Def [...] |
2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA2986 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISCUSSES PKO PLANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 22 meeting with PolCouns and PolmilOff, Army Minister Batagarawa confirmed that Nigeria was planning to send an OFR Phase III battalion to Burundi. He also reported that Ghana probably would seek U.S. equipment support for its Burundi-bound battalion. Batagarawa [...] |
2001-11-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS SL BU NI |
| 01ABUJA2987 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON BIAFRA HOUSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 11 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed urged the United States to stop a U.S.-based organization from calling itself the "Embassy of Biafra," and from broadcasting the "Voice of Biafra" to N [...] |
2001-11-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC NI |
| 01ABUJA3016 | NIGERIA: NO CWC OR BWC LEGISLATION YET [...] (C) PolMilOff November 28 spoke to Stella Aburime at the Nigerian Justice Ministry. Aburime said that Nigeria had not yet developed domestic legislation on chemical or biological weapons. Aburime, who works on the Ministry Committee charged with drafting the legislation to internalize the CWC [...] |
2001-11-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NI |
| 01ABUJA3039 | NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA3081 | NIGERIA: OFR P3 ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of illnesses and accidents have left two OFR trainers dead, and seven afflicted by malaria (one soldier with malaria subsequently died, but from a condition not necessarily connected with the malaria). The Forward Surgical Team, under the direction of the Battalion Comman [...] |
2001-12-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA3082 | NIGERIA: NEW DEFENSE ADVISOR APPOINTED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Mission received Note S1540/2001 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated November 12. The text of the note is below. Please advise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria presents its complime [...] |
2001-12-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NI OFPD |
| 01ABUJA3093 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE AND DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with recently appointed Nigerian Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Earnest Shonekan, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel talking points while also leaving a nonpaper and a copy of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election norms. Pleased to hear our views, Shonekan s [...] |
2001-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA3200 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER OF STATE ON BENUE: [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Army Lawal Batagarawa departed Nigeria on December 8 on his way to Washington to explain developments in Benue and neighboring states. In Washington, Batagarawa told us that the Nigerian Embassy has arranged several meetings on the Hill beginning December [...] |
2001-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA3201 | NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...] |
2001-12-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET SENV PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA3207 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S FUTURE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) During a December 7 meeting (septel), ECOWAS Executive Secretary Kouyate told Ambassador Jeter that he would not SIPDIS seek a one-year extension as Executive Secretary. Kouyate thought it was time to go and did not want to stand in [...] |
2001-12-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ECOWAS UN |
| 01ABUJA3219 | ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...] |
2001-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA3227 | NIGERIA: U.S.-U.K. TEAM RAISES VOLUNTARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: A joint delegation from the British Foreign Office and the State Department met Nigerian government officials and oil company representatives from November 26-28 in Lagos and Abuja to discuss implementa [...] |
2001-12-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EPET PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3228 | NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...] |
2001-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3237 | NIGERIA: PARIS CLUB BILATERALS NOT READY BY XMAS: [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) has not concluded any of its 15 pending Paris Club bilateral agreements. The DMO has creatively used the comparability clause in the 2000 Agreed Minute to play cr [...] |
2001-12-19 19:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA3239 | NIGERIA: SSS DG ARE ON BENUE CONFLICT [...] (C) Aware of the international attention to the conflict in Benue, State Security Service (SSS) Director General Kayode Are briefly gave his insights into the Tiv-Jukun inter-communal conflict to Ambassador Jeter on December 11. Explaining that the SSS was seen as an impartial party by all sid [...] |
2001-12-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA3273 | NIGERIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ASSASSINATED [...] (U) 71-year-old Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated in his Ibadan (Oyo State) home on 23 December around 2100. According to press reports, Ige had just released his security detail so they could get something to eat. Four or five individuals entered the [...] |
2001-12-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS OIIP NI |
| 01ABUJA3280 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW ELECTORAL ACT [...] (U) The Nigerian House of Representatives may cut short its holiday recess (through January 22) to the first week of January to review the electoral act signed by President Obasanjo on December 6. Speaker of the House Ghali Umar Na'Abba said that a committee created at his discretion had alre [...] |
2001-12-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3288 | NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL LAW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo denies having added an unpopular clause to the Election Law, asserting that some legislators inserted the language after he had noted its absence. A senior legislator privately conceded the point, commenting that the legislators had grossly exceeded their man [...] |
2001-12-31 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA873 | Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...] |
2001-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR NI SL |
| 01ABUJA884 | Crime and Punishment in the Nigerian Senate [...] (C) Summary. The Nigerian Senate leadership faces a bitter rearguard struggle from deposed leaders, led by former Senate President Chuba Okadigbo and former Deputy Senate President Haruna Abubakar, both anxious to revive their own fortunes and to punish their successors. Allegations of corrup [...] |
2001-04-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA954 | POST OFR ROUND-TABLE MEETING WITH NSA MOHAMMED [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 19 post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting, Nigeria,s National Security Advisor told us that the Nigerian civilian government has complete control of the military. The NSA was pleased that the OFR meeting had been positive, but deep frustration that [...] |
2001-05-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NI PREL |
| 01ABUJA957 | NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NSA ALIYU MOHAMMED -- A [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a post-Operation FOCUS RELIEF (OFR) round-table meeting with the Nigerian National Security Advisor (ref C), NSA Aliyu Mohammed also discussed continental issues and President Obasanjo,s travel schedule. He said President Obasanjo would travel to Asia in late May, and woul [...] |
2001-05-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID OVIP JA LY NG CF IR NI |
| 01ABUJA959 | Agreement on Strengthened Cease-fire in Sierra [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2 the ECOWAS Committee of Six, the UN, and the Sierra Leone Government reached a reaffirmation of the November 10, 2000 cease-fire agreement in Sierra Leone with RUF representatives lead by Omrie Golley. According to sources at ECOWAS, The RUF committed itself to the di [...] |
2001-05-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA962 | COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN SSS CHIEF ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on the Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS), Kayode Are, on April 23 at SSS Headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Embassy Counselor for Regional Affairs. Afas Gadzama, the SSS Deputy Director for Intelligence, also parti [...] |
2001-05-04 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA964 | NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...] |
2001-05-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA993 | NIGERIA: OBASANJO REPLACES SERVICE CHIEFS [...] (U) President Obasanjo on April 24 abruptly retired Chief of Army Staff LTG Victor Malu, Chief of Naval Staff VADM V.K. Ombu and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Isaac Alfa. MG A.O. Ogomudia will replace Malu, and RADM S.I. Afolayan and AVM J.D. Wuyep will replace, respectively, Ombu and Alfa. [...] |
2001-05-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA999 | NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIA'S UNCHR VOTES [...] (C) During a discussion with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed on President Obasanjo,s visit to the United States (Ref C), Ambassador Jeter raised Nigeria,s voting record in the UNCHR (Ref A). The Ambassador expressed deep disappointment in Nigeria,s voting record, especially after the [...] |
2001-05-04 19:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NI UNHRC |
| 01ANKARA3476 | NORTHERN IRAQ: ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY FORMED AFTER [...] (C) ACCORDING TO PATRIOTIC UNION XXXXXXXXXXXXI, ON MAY 30 A SPLIT IN THE ISLAMIC UNION MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN (IUMK) RESULTED IN MULLAH ALI BAPIR FOUNDING HIS OWN GROUP WHICH HE HAS NAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD PARTY. BAPIR IS A RIVAL OF IUKM LEADER MULLAH ALI ABDULAZIZ. BOTH LEADERS ARE BASED IN T [...] |
2001-05-31 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER MARR ETTC UNSC IZ TU |
| 01ANKARA6815 | IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...] |
2001-10-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU IR |
| 01ASHGABAT1049 | BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...] |
2001-07-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
| 01BANJUL327 | THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...] |
2001-05-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA |
| 01BEIJING10339 | PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
| 01BEIJING12362 | HU JINTAO: TAKING SHAPE AS CHINA´S LEADER [...] (C) MOST CHINESE HAVE LITTLE IDEA OF HEIR-APPARENT HU JINTAO´S PERSONAL VIEWS, BUT INSIDERS DESCRIBE HU AS A TALENTED BUREAUCRATIC PLAYER WITH SOLID CREDENTIALS TO SUCCEED JIANG ZEMIN. THEY REPORT THAT HU HAS STAKED OUT A MULTI-FACETED AND SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ROLE IN IMPORTANT AREAS OF PARTY AND [...] |
2001-12-27 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CH |
| 01BEIRUT1018 | KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...] |
2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT1935 | ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...] |
2001-08-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT2254 | TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...] |
2001-09-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 01BEIRUT3057 | BERRI ON HIZBALLAH, THE REGION AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN DISCUSSING HIZBALLAH'S SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR DECEMBER 7, SPEAKER BERRI SAID THAT AMAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL "ACTIONS" PRIOR TO ISRAEL'S 1984 WITHDRAWAL FROM BEIRUT. HE PREDICTED THAT HIZBALLAH WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PE [...] |
2001-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON LE IR SY |
| 01BEIRUT758 | HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...] |
2001-03-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IR LE |
| 01BOGOTA10584 | FARC RESISTS RE-STARTING TALKS/SLAMS U.N. [...] No summary [...] |
2001-11-27 22:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CO |
| 01BOGOTA500 | LATEST MASSACRE PART OF ON-GOING PARA OFFENSIVE [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 17, SOME 26 RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY NEAR THE TOWN OF OVEJAS IN NORTHERN SUCRE DEPARTMENT WERE MASSACRED, APPARENTLY BY PARAMILITARIES BELONGING TO THE NORTHERN BLOCK OF SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OPERATING [...] |
2001-01-19 22:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM CO |
| 01BOGOTA5460 | COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT/FARC BEGIN HUMANITARIAN [...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ANNE W. PATTERSON. REASONS: 1.5(C,D). 2. (U) ON JUNE 16, THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE FARC BEGAN THE PLANNED EXCHANGE OF CAPTURED SOLDIERS AND POLICEMEN FOR IMPRISONED FARC GUERRILLAS WITH THE FARC RELEASE OF 29 POLICEMEN AND SOLDIERS AND THE GOC RELEASE OF 11 [...] |
2001-06-18 18:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL PINS MARR CO |
| 01BOGOTA5539 | FARC ANNOUNCE INTENTION TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL 250 [...] No summary [...] |
2001-06-19 23:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL CO |
| 01BOGOTA7805 | UPDATE ON OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST [...] (C) AS REPORTED REFTEL, ON AUGUST 17 THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY LAUNCHED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION TO DESTROY MOBILE FARC UNITS SEEKING TO ATTACK MILITARY TARGETS IN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS. ON AUGUST 27, FARC SUPREME MILITARY COMMANDER "MONO JOJOY" PUBLICLY ACKNOWLE [...] |
2001-08-29 00:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
| 01BOGOTA8352 | OPERATION SEVENTH OF AUGUST WINDS DOWN [...] (C) THE COLOMBIAN MILITARY'S (COLMIL) "SEVENTH OF AUGUST" OPERATION, LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 17 AGAINST A 1,300 STRONG FARC FORCE IN THE EASTERN COLOMBIAN DEPARTMENTS OF GUAVIARE AND META IS WINDING DOWN. THE JOINT ARMY/AIR FORCE OPERATION WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLY STAGES, [...] |
2001-09-14 17:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PGOV PREL CO |
| 01CAIRO3303 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 | EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO7997 | EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE), IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...] |
2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
| 01CARACAS182 | CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA: IT WON'T GET BETTER [...] (C) THE RIVALRY BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING, WITH ROOTS REACHING BACK AS FAR AS THE BREAK- UP OF GRAN COLOMBIA INTO SEPARATE STATES. OVER THE YEARS, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES - AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE MILITARIES - MANIFESTED ITSELF AS A PER [...] |
2001-01-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE CO |
| 01DAKAR2990 | PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...] |
2001-09-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SG |
| 01DUBAI1141 | POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...] |
2001-09-15 08:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC |
| 01GABORONE3343 | TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...] |
2001-10-12 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BC |
| 01GABORONE3435 | TFUS01: BOTSWANA MUSLIM ATTITUDES [...] (C) POST HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOTSWANA TO GAUGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS U.S. ACTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS AND FOLLOWING COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN (REFS B, C). MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE DELAYED MEETI [...] |
2001-10-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER BC |
| 01GABORONE3732 | MOGAE ON MUGABE: HE WILL STAY IN POWER "BY [...] (C) PRESIDENT FESTUS MOGAE (PROTECT) BELIEVES THERE IS NO CHANCE TO INFLUENCE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO HOLD FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BY MARCH. HE SAID MUGABE IS ACTING LIKE A "WOUNDED BUFFALO" AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO LESSEN THE HARM [...] |
2001-12-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC ZI |
| 01HANOI1020 | GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO FOLLOW SHAKE-UP IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAY 21 OR 22 WILL UNVEIL A NEW ASSEMBLY CHAIRPERSON, LIKELY CPV ORGANIZATIONAL CHIEF AN. IT MAY ALSO GIVE CLUES AS TO THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF RISING [...] |
2001-04-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI1026 | SOME HILL STAFFERS PUT HIGH PRIORITY ON WORKERS RIGHTS DURING RECENT VISITS TO VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO VIETNAM GAVE HIGH PRIORITY TO LABOR ISSUES. IN MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS AND THE ILO, THE VISITORS HEARD WHAT VIETNAM IS DOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN WORKERS R [...] |
2001-05-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI1308 | ROLE OF VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE STAFF WORK, THE NEW PARTY SECRETARIAT IS IN FACT A DECISION-MAKING BODY WHICH SIPDIS WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY. IT DOES NOT SIMPLY PROVIDE POLICY STUDIES AND PAPER [...] |
2001-05-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI1882 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: EAP A/S KELLY BILATERAL WITH INDONESIAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 3. ON JULY 26, ON THE MARGINS OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES KELLY MET WITH DR. N. HASSAN WIRAJUDA, SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. WI [...] |
2001-08-07 02:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID ASEAN |
| 01HANOI2114 | VIETNAM PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DENNIS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02114 281005Z HARTER, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D) 2. (C) PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA RECEIVED EXTENSIVE AND USUALLY FRONT PAGE COVERAGE IN THE VIETNAM PRESS, [...] |
2001-08-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KS VM ASEAN |
| 01HANOI2136 | STAFFDEL REES VISIT TO CATHOLIC CHARITY IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02136 01 OF 02 300933Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH STAFFDEL AT A SHELTER FOR GIRLS IN HCMC, A CATHOLIC NUN DESCRIBED A GRADUAL TENDENCY ON THE PA [...] |
2001-08-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2139 | ARAFAT RECEIVES SRV SUPPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A BRIEF VISIT TO HANOI BY YASSER ARAFAT ON AUGUST 24 WAS APPARENTLY AIMED AT SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN POSITIONS IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. VIETNAM REAFFIRMED ITS [...] |
2001-08-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPAL IS VM |
| 01HANOI2150 | STAFFDEL MEETING AND ATTEMPTED MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 14, STAFFDEL REES MET IN HCMC WITH HOA HAO RELIGIOUS ELDER TRAN HUU DUYEN WHO PASSED A LIST OF 20 HOA HAO PRISONERS, SOME OF WHOM MISSION PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN UNAWARE. ON THE SAME DAY, THE [...] |
2001-08-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2151 | STAFFDEL HEARS VOICES OF REFORM FROM WITHIN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02151 01 OF 03 310844Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: STAFFDEL REES AND GUNDERSON MET SEPARATELY ON AUGUST 10 AND AUGUST 14 WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE FA [...] |
2001-08-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM VM SOE FINREF DPOL |
| 01HANOI2152 | STAFFDEL MEETING WITH ETHNIC MINORITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ETHNIC MINORITY STUDENTS DESCRIBED TO STAFFDEL REES THE FEBRUARY/MARCH UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN CAMBODIA, NOTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO SOLVE [...] |
2001-08-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2175 | QFOREIGN MINISTRY OBJECTS TO VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND US POSTAL SERVICE ACTION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE DQAFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, JR. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, MR. NGUYEN XUAN PHONG, CALLED IN THE CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 5 TO REAFFIRM THE GVN'S POSITION ON "CERTAIN ISSUES WHICH RECENTLY HAVE NEGATIVELY AF [...] |
2001-09-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS US VM HUMANR PREL |
| 01HANOI2210 | CONTINUED PRESSURE ON REFORM ACTIVISTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM DAVID MONK, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. NO ADDITIONAL NEWS IS AVAILABLE ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02210 01 OF 02 071103Z THE STATUS OF REFORM ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG (REFTEL) EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE BE [...] |
2001-09-07 10:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV VM DPOL HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2227 | MFA PROTESTS VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, JR. REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. ( C ) SUMMARY: AN MFA DEMARCHE TO CHARGE ON SEPTEMBER 10 CHARACTERIZED THE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT (VHRA) AS THE MOST SERIOUS STEP SINCE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS AND WARNED OF UNPREDICTA [...] |
2001-09-10 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VM HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2591 | IMPACT OF VHRA DEBATE ON PROTESTANTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. REACTION IN VIETNAM TO THE VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT MAY HAVE CREATED A NEW OBSTACLE FOR POSSIBLE LEGAL RECOGNITION OF AN UNDERGROUND BAPTIST GROUP. THE ATMOSPHERE ALSO APPARENTLY REMAINS TOO "SENSITIVE" [...] |
2001-10-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2740 | POTUS VISIT AND BTA STIMULATED PROTESTANT [...] (U) CLASSFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR SCOTT D. BELLARD, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C ) THEN-PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO VIETNAM IN NOVEMBER 200 CAUSED THE SRV TO FACILITATE PROTESTANT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02740 190724Z CHURCH EFFORTS TO REGISTER, ACCORDI [...] |
2001-10-19 07:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN BTA |
| 01HANOI2789 | FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY: WHY AND WHAT NEXT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. FATHER LY'S HARSH SENTENCE STEMS FROM THE VERY DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS THE VIETNAMESE HAVE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02789 01 OF 02 241032Z ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE BOUNDARIES [...] |
2001-10-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2884 | GVN'S REACTION TO FATHER LY AND TRAN KHUE [...] CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT D. BELLARD, REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (U) SUMMARY: THE GVN EXPLAINS ITS STERN TREATMENT OF THOSE IT DEEMS "POLITICAL" ACTIVISTS SUCH AS FATHER LY AND TRAN KHUE IN TERMS OF DEFENDING NATIONAL UNITY. THE GVN SEEMS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO ITS OWN CITIZENS' CRITIQUES WH [...] |
2001-11-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2885 | SPOUTING THE PARTY LINE ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE EXPRESSED TO POL/C THEIR CONDOLENCES ON THE 9/11 TRAGEDIES AND OPPOSITION TO TERRORISM, SATISFACTION OVER THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, AND DEEP OPPOSITION TO THE DRAFT VIETNAM H [...] |
2001-11-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD VM CTERR BTA HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2949 | CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES ALONG ROUTE ONE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. EVIDENCE OF CATHOLIC LIFE ALONG ROUTE ONE BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI IS ABUNDANT IN MANY SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOCATIONS BUT TENDS TO DIMINISH FARTHER NORTH. BISHOPS AND PRIESTS REPOR [...] |
2001-11-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI2963 | PROVINCIAL EDUCATION: DOING THEIR BEST BUT. . . [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. PROVINCES BETWEEN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HANOI CLEARLY HAVE DEVOTED STAFF AND GOOD INTENTIONS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, BUT AN ENDEMIC LACK OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...] |
2001-11-14 01:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV VM |
| 01HANOI2964 | THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE GVN IS EMBARKED UPON A COURSE TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02964 01 OF 03 140146Z STRENGTHEN THE POWERS OF LOCAL LEGISLATURES BUT IS HAMPERED BY ITS OW [...] |
2001-11-14 01:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI3019 | 10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03019 01 OF 03 160922Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE UPCOMING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) SESSION WILL CONVENE ON NOVEMBER 20. ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE US WILL BE PRIMARILY [...] |
2001-11-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ETRD VM HUMANR DPOL BTA |
| 01HANOI3049 | TIME REPORTER ON FREE VIETNAM MOVEMENT [...] CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, JR., CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) A TIME MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT INFORMED CHARGE ON NOVEMBER 19 THAT SHE RECENTLY INTERVIEWED BOTH VO VAN DUC AND NGUYEN HUU CHANH. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEWS, BOTH MEN REPORTEDLY DISCUSSED THE OB [...] |
2001-11-20 09:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CB VM |
| 01HANOI313 | LARGE-SCALE PROTESTS END IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, 20 DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK SUGGEST LARGE-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ENDED FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF AT LEAST 20 PROTESTERS. THOUSANDS OF VIETNAM'S ETHNIC MINORITIES PRO [...] |
2001-02-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI3273 | QNEW CHALLENGES FOR THE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED PROTESTANTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/C SCOTT D. BELLARD, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03273 01 OF 02 171030Z REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO CREDIBLE SOURCES, SINCE OFFICIAL GVN RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN APRIL, [...] |
2001-12-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS VM KRIF HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI396 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS APPEAR CALM; VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MONITORING CLOSELY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ROBERT DRY; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO KEY CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES OF GIA LAI AND DAKLAK HAVE STABILIZED, WITH NO MORE DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF FEB. 10- 11. POLICE AND MILITARY PRESENCE REMAINS HEAVY IN THE [...] |
2001-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI496 | DISSIDENT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY AT HIS CHURCH UNDER VIRTUAL HOUSE ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: DISSIDENT CATHOLIC PRIEST NGUYEN VAN LY IS UNABLE TO LEAVE HIS CHURCH COMPOUND IN HUE UNDER CONDITIONS RESEMBLING HOUSE ARREST. A PARISH PRIEST IN HO CHI MINH CITY TOLD VISITING REP. SENSENBRENNER FEBRUARY 24 THAT FATHER LY HAS BEEN HELD UNDER "HOUSE ARREST" SINCE HE SUBMITTED WR [...] |
2001-03-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI598 | DIFFERENT VIEW OF HIGHLAND EVENTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DENNIS G. HARTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASONS: 1.5 B AND D. 2. (C) SWEDISH DCM TOLD CHARGE SHE BELIEVED THE REPORTS OF UNREST IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EXAGGERATED AND BELIEVES FIRST DEMONSTRATIONS OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY WELL BEFORE PUBLICITY OF FEBRUARY [...] |
2001-03-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI638 | LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...] |
2001-03-19 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI762 | USG OBJECTIVES IN THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. IT FOCUSES ON THE BACKGROUND OF "NORMALIZATION" AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED TO MEET USG AS WELL AS VIETNAMESE INTERESTS. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND MESSAGE THAT DELINEATES A SIGN [...] |
2001-04-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL VM |
| 01HANOI905 | CENTRAL COMMITTEE PRESSURES GENERAL SECRETARY TO STEP DOWN; ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MANH APPARENT SUCCESSOR [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID YOUNG; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ONLY DAYS BEFORE THE NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS APRIL 19, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS DEALT GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU A SEVERE BLOW BY REFUSING TO RECOMMEND HIM FOR ANOTHER TERM. A PREFERENCE B [...] |
2001-04-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI919 | LEANER POLITBURO AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO BE UNVEILED AT WEEKEND COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOUR NEW POLITBURO MEMBERS -- REPORTEDLY INCLUDING MASS MOBILIZATION HEAD DUOC AND FORMER LABOR MINISTER HOAN -- ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A SLIMMED-DOWN, 15- MEMBER LEADERSHIP TO BE UNVEILED AT THE NINTH [...] |
2001-04-18 11:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI952 | ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...] |
2001-04-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI965 | NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...] |
2001-04-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI985 | POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...] |
2001-04-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HARARE1016 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE RESPONSES TO MALLOCH- [...] (U) THE MARCH 14 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT ON MARCH 13 THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STAINSLAUS MUDENGE, HANDED TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO THE LETTER CONTAINING THE GOZ [...] |
2001-03-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE1018 | ZIMBABWE: CHIDYAUSIKU SWORN IN AS ACTING CHIEF [...] (U) IN A LONG-EXPECTED MOVE, PRESIDENT MUGABE SWORE IN HIGH COURT JUDGE PRESIDENT GODFREY CHIDYAUSIKU AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 13. CHIDYAUSIKU WILL SERVE IN AN ACTING CAPACITY AT LEAST UNTIL THE FORMAL RETIREMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY, CURRENT [...] |
2001-03-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1019 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...] |
2001-03-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
| 01HARARE1021 | ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CFU PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) ON MARCH 13, CHARGE EARL IRVING AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) PRESIDENT TIM HENWOOD AND DIRECTOR DAVID HASLUCK AT THEIR REQUEST TO DISCUSS THE USG'S POSITION ON LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. HENWOOD ASKED THE CHARGE ABOUT THE MARCH 11 ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN [...] |
2001-03-15 05:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1023 | AF A/PDAS BELLAMY HEARS DEFIANCE, VILIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 8 AND 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARK BELLAMY MET WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER JOHN NKOMO. BELLAMY REITERATED U.S. CONCERN [...] |
2001-03-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1026 | ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED [...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...] |
2001-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1028 | ZIMBABWE WILL ADHERE TO DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS [...] (C) ON MARCH 15, POST DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. POLOFF STATED USG CONCERNS THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR THE BELLIGERENTS TO AVOID CONFLICT WHILE THE DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES BEGINS AND [...] |
2001-03-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
| 01HARARE1030 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE BRIEFED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROPOSED AFRICAN UNION, CHANGES MADE TO SADC STRUCTURES IN WINDHOEK ON MARCH 9, AND THE STATUS OF LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE. MUDENGE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORT [...] |
2001-03-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1048 | ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE [...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...] |
2001-03-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI |
| 01HARARE1051 | CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO [...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...] |
2001-03-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA |
| 01HARARE1054 | NEW ELECTIONS FOR ZIMBABWE'S UMBRELLA LABOR [...] (SBU) THE MARCH 18 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ)-CONTROLLED "THE SUNDAY MAIL" RAN A FRONT- PAGE STORY STATING THAT THE JUST-ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF THE ZIMBABWE CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU), ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT UMBRELLA LABOR ORGANIZATION, WAS BEING PRESSURED TO HOLD NEW [...] |
2001-03-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR |
| 01HARARE1055 | INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT [...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...] |
2001-03-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1066 | IMF REVIEW TEAM PROVIDES A BLEAK OUTBRIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 20 THE IMF RESREP, GERRY JOHNSON, AND THE IMF TEAM LEADER, PAULO NEUHAUS, GAVE THE DONOR COMMUNITY AN HOUR-LONG OUTBRIEF ON THE RESULS OF ITS 12 DAY VISIT TO ZIMBABWE. NEUHAUS PROVIDED NO NEW SURPRISES OR BOMBSHELLS, BUT DID REVEAL, AS ANTICIPATED, THAT "THE CURRENT ECO [...] |
2001-03-21 05:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE1079 | ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT [...] (U) IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AS REPORTED REFTEL, TWO OF ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS HAVE DEVOTED PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE MARCH 8 INTRODUCTION IN THE U.S. SENATE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). ALTHOUGH THE ACCOUNTS IN BOTH PAPERS WERE GENERALLY FACTUAL, TH [...] |
2001-03-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI US |
| 01HARARE1082 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS [...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...] |
2001-03-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO |
| 01HARARE1096 | ZIMBABWE'S NEW LABOR LEADERS PURSUE TRADITIONAL [...] (C) ON MARCH 21, LABOFF MET WITH THE NEW SECRETARY- GENERAL OF THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU), WELLINGTON CHIBHEBHE, AND THE NEW PRESIDENT, LOVEMORE MATOMBO, BOTH EXPERIENCED AND ARTICULATE LABOR ORGANIZERS, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO AGGRESSIVELY ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF [...] |
2001-03-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1102 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS AGREE AT CONGRESS [...] (C) ON MARCH 22, ECONOFF MET WITH COLLIN CLOETE, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMODITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU), TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE CFU SPECIAL CONGRESS HELD THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ISSUE OF REPLACING THE CURRENT CFU LEADERSHIP (REFS A, B AND C) WAS NOT RAISED AT THE CONGRESS, [...] |
2001-03-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1123 | MDC LOSES FIRST ELECTORAL CHALLENGE [...] (U) ON MARCH 23, HIGH COURT JUDGE VERNANDA ZIYAMBI DISMISSED A PETITION BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SEEKING NULLIFICATION OF ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY LAST JUNE IN THE ZVISHAVANE CONSTITUENCY. ZIYAMBI'S JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST TO BE HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COU [...] |
2001-03-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1124 | INDUSTRY PERMSEC BRIEFS US ON A RANGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 26 CHARGE AND ECONOFF MET WITH STEWART COMBERBACH, PERMANENT SECRETARY AT THE MINNISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AN INFORMAL MEETING TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE PERMSEC, WITH WHOM WE ENJOY FRANK AND HONEST DIALOGUE TOUCHED, UNPROMPTED, [...] |
2001-03-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE114 | REJUVENATION OF ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY UNLIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU-PF HAS REENERGIZED ITSELF AND WRESTED SOME OF THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM FROM THE OPPOSITION MDC, BUT IT FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN MAINTAINING ITS MOMENTUM THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN EARLY 2002. ZANU-PF'S VICTORY IN THE MARONDERA WEST BY-ELECTION, TH [...] |
2001-01-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1168 | KABILA'S BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE FOCUSES ON DRC [...] (C) ON MARCH 28, POLOFF OBTAINED A READOUT ON DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE FROM THE MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) ON THE DRC, MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO. REGARDING KABILA'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT (REFTEL), THE PAO NOTED THAT KABILA IS "PREPARED TO GO THE FULL [...] |
2001-03-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
| 01HARARE1169 | UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO CONVENED A MEETING OF DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION MARCH 28 TO DISCUSS THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE MALLOCH-BROWN LETTER (REFTEL). MOST OF THE DIPLOMATS SAID THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNME [...] |
2001-03-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE1177 | FIRED GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER EDITOR DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MARCH 27 MEETING, THE RECENTLY FIRED EDITOR OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF THE PAPER AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL. FORMER "HERALD" EDITOR RAY MUNGOSHI (35) (PROTECT) TOLD EMBOFF ABOUT DAILY HARASSMENT FROM INFORMATIO [...] |
2001-03-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP PHUM KPAO PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1178 | ZIMBABWE: HOW PRESIDENT MUGABE WILL HANG ON TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS GEARING UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ELECTION OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. MUGABE WILL USE ALL THE RESOURCES OF HIS OFFICE, THE RULING PARTY, AND THE STATE TO WIN RE- ELECTION AND DENY THE OPPOSITION MDC THE PRESIDENCY. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE A W [...] |
2001-03-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS MCAP ZI ZANU PF |
| 01HARARE1201 | ZIMBABWE POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN MARCH KILLING [...] (U) THE MARCH 31 EDITIONS OF BOTH THE GOZ-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THAT THE ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF GLORIA OLDS. OLDS, A 72-YEAR- OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE I [...] |
2001-04-02 15:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAGR PGOV PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1209 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES DEFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT'S RESETTLEMENT COMMITTEE TABLED A REPORT IN FEBRUARY THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE AS LACKING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE REPORT ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM "IN A TRANSPA [...] |
2001-04-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1210 | ZANU-PF INSIOER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENQEQWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATINQ UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REQIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEINQ BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...] |
2001-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1217 | DRC POLITICAL COMMITTEE TAKING PLACE IN HARARE [...] (C) THE DRC JOINT POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE IN HARARE TODAY, APRIL 4, ACCORDING TO BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. AMONG THE ATTENDEES ARE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE AND ZIMBABWE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE DRC DAVID H [...] |
2001-04-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG |
| 01HARARE1222 | ZIMBABWE'S CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED THAT [...] (C) ON MARCH 30, LABOFF MET WITH CHARLES CHIVIRU, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ZIMBABWE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (PSA), TO DISCUSS THE LABOR RELATIONS AMENDMENT (LRA) BILL THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY PARLIAMENT. CHIVIRU IS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WILL ATT [...] |
2001-04-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1247 | ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT BECOMES RULING PARTY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING ZANU-PF IS TAKING A DIFFERENT TACK IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE OPPOSITION BY FORCING THROUGH PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO RESTRICT OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON APRIL 3-4, ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS SUSPENDED THE LEGISLATURE'S OWN [...] |
2001-04-05 17:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE125 | ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH [...] (C) IN RECENT WEEKS, THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS CRITICIZED THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FOR FUMBLING ALONG WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR DIRECTION. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHQ NCUBQTRONGLY REJECTED THE CRITICISM, SAYING SOME WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DE [...] |
2001-01-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE1257 | ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...] |
2001-04-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1259 | ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER THREATENS STATE OF [...] (U) FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, IN AN ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT ON APRIL 4, THREATENED THAT THE GOZ COULD DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON ZIMBABWE, ACCORDING TO BOTH OF HARARE'S DAILY NEWSPAPERS ON APRIL 6. MUDENGE REPORTEDLY STATED THAT "IN MOST [...] |
2001-04-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1275 | ZANU-PF INSIDER: THE COUNTRY IS UNDER [...] (C) AN ACADEMIC WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO ZANU-PF LEADERSHIP CIRCLES, CLEVER MUMBENGEGWI, TOLD US APRIL 2 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT IS OPERATING UNDER AN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT PERCEIVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS BEING BIASED IN FAVOR OF T [...] |
2001-04-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1276 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS QUIETLY WORKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CFU AND THE GOZ ARE QUIETLY MEETING TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT TO END THE STAND-OFF OVER LAND. THE CFU IS PITCHING A PROPOSAL TO THE GOZ WHEREBY IT WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF FARMS TOTALING FIVE MILLION HECTARES THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESETTLEMENT, A PORTION OF THEM [...] |
2001-04-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1293 | ZIMBABWE'S COMMERCIAL FARMERS MEET WITH GOZ [...] (C) ON APRIL 10 EDGAR GUNDRY, CHAIRMAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) REGION OF MASHONALAND WEST-SOUTH, TOLD ECONOFF THAT A GROUP OF CFU OFFICIALS MET ON APRIL 9 WITH ZIMBABWE'S FIVE SECURITY SERVICES. THESE SERVICES, ACCORDING TO GUNDRY, ARE THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, THE CENTRAL INTELLI [...] |
2001-04-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1306 | ZIMBABWEAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) ON APRIL 11, A ZIMBABWEAN EMPLOYEE OF THE EMBASSY MET ALONE WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI, A LONGTIME CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AT MAHACHI'S REQUEST. IN THE MEETING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, MAHACHI SOLICITED THE INFORMAL LEGAL ADVICE OF OUR EMPLOYEE --A LAWYER BY TRAINING -- R [...] |
2001-04-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1354 | MUGABE ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID AND LASHES OUT [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE, IN A ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) TELEVISION INTERVIEW THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17, AND THEN AGAIN IN HIS SPEECH AT THE OFFICIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN HARARE ON APRIL 18, REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED BRITAIN AND WHITE ZIMBABWEANS FOR BEING THE PRINCIPLE CAUSES OF [...] |
2001-04-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI UK |
| 01HARARE1419 | MUGABE PUTS ON THE DOG FOR MOGAE [...] (SBU) BOTSWANA'S PRESIDENT, FESTUS MOGAE, ARRIVED IN HARARE ON APRIL 25 FOR A FOUR-DAY STATE VISIT, THE STATED PURPOSE OF WHICH IS FOR THE BOTSWANA CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO OPEN THE ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN BULAWAYO. THIS IS MOGAE'S SECOND WORKING VISIT IN 8 MONTHS; HE WAS LAST HERE IN [...] |
2001-04-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR ZI BC |
| 01HARARE1453 | MDC WINS TWO PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) IN A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), HIGH COURT JUDGE JAMES DEVITTIE ON APRIL 26 NULLIFIED ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORIES IN TWO CONSTITUENCIES LAST JUNE -- BUHERA NORTH IN MANICALAND AND HURUNGWE EAST IN MASHONALAND WEST -- AND DECLARE [...] |
2001-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1470 | ZIMBABWE CABINET MINISTER KILLED IN CAR [...] (U) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION MINISTER BORDER GEZI WAS KILLED IN AN APRIL 28 CAR ACCIDENT ON THE HARARE-MASVINGO ROAD. GEZI'S DRIVER WAS ALSO KILLED, AND HIS AIDE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. A TIRE BLOWOUT APPARENTLY CAUSED GEZI'S OFFICIAL MERCEDES TO SWERVE OFF THE HIGHW [...] |
2001-04-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1492 | AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABEWE'S "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...] (C) THE QUIET ATTEMPT BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON LAND REFORM (REFTEL) HAS REACHED AN IMPASSE. THE GOZ IS INSISTING AS A PRECONDITION FOR FURTHER TALKS THAT THE CFU WITHDRAW ITS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF "FAST- [...] |
2001-05-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1495 | MDC CAMPAIGNING ACTIVELY BUT QUIETLY FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT [...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS STRENGTHENED ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND PUT IN PLACE A RIGOROUS POLICY-VETTING PROCESS. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO POSE A PROBLEM, EXACERBATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO GIVE THE MDC FUNDS TO WHICH IT [...] |
2001-05-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1515 | ZIMBABWE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION DISRUPTED BY WAR [...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS (ZCTU) MAY DAY CELEBRATION HELD AT RUFARO STADIUM IN HARARE ON MAY 1, WITH A CROWD ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 6,000 WORKERS, WAS DISRUPTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF WAR VETERANS AND RULING PARTY SUPPORTERS SHORTLY AFTER THE ZCTU SECRETARY- GENERAL, WELLINGTON CHIBHEBH [...] |
2001-05-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1536 | CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI REFERRED [...] (U) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI APPEARED BEFORE HIGH COURT JUDGE MOSES CHINHENGO ON SIPDIS MAY 7 TO FACE CHARGES -- UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT -- OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE AND OF INCITING PUBLIC VIOLENCE. AS REPORTED REFTEL, TH [...] |
2001-05-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1572 | RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE [...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...] |
2001-05-10 16:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI RW CG |
| 01HARARE1583 | ZIMBABWE MINISTER ANNOUNCES START OF NEW "ULTRA [...] (SBU) IN AN INTERVIEW IN THE MAY 4-10 ISSUE OF THE PRO-RULING PARTY NEWSPAPER "THE ZIMBABWE MIRROR", THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING, IGNATIUS CHOMBO, ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAD RECENTLY INITIATED A NEW PHASE OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND [...] |
2001-05-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PHUM PINR PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1584 | MASVINGO TENSE AS CITY BRACES FOR MAYORAL [...] (C) THE VIOLENCE REPORTED REFTEL HAS CONTINUED UNABATED IN MASVINGO TOWN IN THE RUNUP TO THE MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13, WITH CONTINUING SKIRMISHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE RULING ZANU-PF AND THOSE OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NE [...] |
2001-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1585 | ZIMBABWE'S INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION (C-NA1- [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REF A TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) IT IS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE IS NO LONGER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING A DEAL WITH THE OPPOSITION MDC THAT WOULD INCLUDE HIS EARLY RETIREMENT. (REF D SUGGESTED THAT LATE LAST YEAR MUGABE PUT OUT FEELERS TO [...] |
2001-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1596 | MAPURANGA TO BE ZIMBABWE'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO [...] (U) ACCORDING TO,THE MAY 12 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THE FORMER PERMANENT SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. MACHIVENYIKA TOBIAS MAPURANQA, TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01596 140854Z BE ZIMB [...] |
2001-05-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ZI GH |
| 01HARARE1620 | OPPOSITION WINS MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) THE CANDIDATE FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) OVERCAME A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN EFFORT BY THE RULING ZANU-PF, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION (REFTELS), TO WIN THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13. THE MDC'S ALOIS CHAIMITI, A RETIRED ENGIN [...] |
2001-05-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1632 | FOREIGN MINISTER INFORMS WESTERN [...] (C) CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER JAMES WALL TOLD CHARGE ON MAY 16 THAT FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE HAD SUMMONED HIM, THE GERMAN AND DANISH AMBASSADORS EARLIER THAT DAY TO COMMUNICATE CABINET'S DECISION TO PUT AN END TO PELL-MELL INVASIONS OF URBAN FIRMS BY OSTENSIBLE WAR VETERANS SEEKIN [...] |
2001-05-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ETRD ZI CA DA |
| 01HARARE1672 | RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE UNDERMINE RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERMINE A ZANU-PF THAT HAD BEEN INFUSED WITH NEW CONFIDENCE SINCE ITS DECEMBER 2000 CONGRESS. THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PARTY COMMISSAR BORDER GEZI, THE RESIGNATION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER NKOSANA MOYO, THE LOSS OF THE [...] |
2001-05-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1727 | DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI DIES SUDDENLY [...] (C) ADRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTING OF THE DEATH MAY 26 OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI. MAHACHI WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A HEAVILY LOADED LAND ROVER DISCOVERY THAT WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A CAR WHOSE DRIVER WAS REPORTEDLY DRUNK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE MINISTER'S VEHICLE TO ROLL AND [...] |
2001-05-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1730 | ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS [...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...] |
2001-05-30 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO |
| 01HARARE1751 | ZIMBABWE COUP PLOT REPORT TOUCHES A RAW NERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS VIGOROUSLY DISPUTED A MAY 29 ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH "GUARDIAN" NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY OFFICERS ARE PLANNING A COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CORROBORATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT. THE GOZ'S INITIAL [...] |
2001-05-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR SOCI PHUM PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE1784 | ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS LEADER HUNZVI IS DEAD [...] (C) ACCORDING TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT AND RELIABLE SOURCES, ZIMBABWE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN AND ZANU-PF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CHENJERAI "HITLER" HUNZVI DIED IN HOSPITAL ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 3. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON OFFICIAL BROADCAST MEDIA EARLY ON THE AFTERNOO [...] |
2001-06-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1798 | MDC LEADER DISCUSSES ZANU-PF STRATEGY, SOUTH AFRICA, THE [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD CHARGE ON JUNE 4 THAT THE DEATHS THE PAST MONTH SIPDIS OF THREE ZANU-PF STALWARTS, THE LOSS OF THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION, AND THE BACKLASH FROM THE WAR VETERANS' "LABOR DISPUTE" CAMPAIGN MIGHT LEAD THE RULING PART [...] |
2001-06-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE181 | VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION CONTINUE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN BIKITA WEST-- WHERE A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD JANUARY 13-14 TO FILL A SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT--HAS CONTINUED IN RECENT WEEKS AS ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS STEP UP THEIR INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN. WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF [...] |
2001-01-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1815 | ANDREW YOUNG VISITS ZIMBABWE, DEFENDS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S [...] (U) FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS ANDREW YOUNG PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE JUNE 4-6, 2001, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ON JUNE 5. AFTER MEETING PRESIDENT MUGABE, FORMER AMBASSADOR YOUNG GRANTED A LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED ZIMBAB [...] |
2001-06-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 01HARARE1836 | MORE ON ZIMBABWE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' PROPOSAL [...] (C) MALCOLM VOWLES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU), ELABORATED TO POLOFF ON JUNE 6 ON THE CFU'S NEW PROPOSAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) TO RESOLVE THEIR LONG-SIMMERING IMPASSE ON LAND REFORM (SEE REF A FOR DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL). VOWLES STATED THAT BOTH THE [...] |
2001-06-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI |
| 01HARARE1914 | READOUT ON SADC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN HARARE [...] (C) SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) MINISTERS MET IN HARARE ON JUNE 11 TO APPROVE A PROTOCOL THAT WILL RESTRUCTURE SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01914 171453Z AND SECURITY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF "DISCREPANCIES" IN [...] |
2001-06-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI AO |
| 01HARARE1955 | LETTER FROM ZIMBABWEAN FM MUDENGE TO SECRETARY [...] (U) ON JUNE 19, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE SIPDIS CONVOKED POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF TO DELIVER A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO SECRETARY POWELL. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL HAS BEEN POUCHED TO AF/S. THE TEXT OF THE LE [...] |
2001-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC ZI |
| 01HARARE197 | DISTURBANCE IN ZIMBABWE TOWN INVITES POLICE [...] (U) THE JANUARY 11 EDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT DISTURBANCES ERUPTED IN KADOMA TOWN--ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARARE--ON JANUARY 10. THE NEWSPAPER SAID THE "RIOT" BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE TOWN COUNCIL'S FAILURE TO CONSULT LOCAL R [...] |
2001-01-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1999 | EU FRUSTRATED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) THE SWEDES, AS EU PRESIDENT, HAVE LED THE EU TROIKA'S DISCUSSIONS IN HARARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT, WHICH BEGAN EARLY THIS YEAR. THE TROIKA'S EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE GOZ IN SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ITS RANGE OF CONCERNS, HOWEVER, HAVE G [...] |
2001-06-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2012 | AJELLO IN HARARE TO DELIVER EU ULTIMATUM ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) AMBASSADOR HOOKS ATTENDED A DINNER ON JUNE 26 HOSTED BY HIS SWEDISH COUNTERPART, LENNARTH HJELMAKER, IN HONOR OF VISITING EU GREAT LAKES ENVOY ALDO AJELLO. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO AND THE CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND CAN [...] |
2001-06-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2042 | THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TIGHTENS THE POLITICAL NOOSE [...] (U) ON JUNE 25, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WILL SOON PROHIBIT NGOS, CHURCHES, AND AID AGENCIES FROM CONDUCTING VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. ACCORDING TO MOYO, THE GOZ IS DEVISING A POLICY THAT WILL PERMIT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED ELECTORAL [...] |
2001-06-29 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE2091 | DRC/RWANDA: NEED TO REDUCE TENSIONS [...] (C) THE CHARGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A JULY 3 MEETING ON ANOTHER TOPIC WITH MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE TO DELIVER REFTEL TALKING POINTS. CHARGE EXPRESSED STRONG USG CONCERN OVER APPARENT SUPPORT BY THE GDRC FOR EX- FAR/INTERAHAMWE ATTACKS ON RWANDA. THE CHARGE [...] |
2001-07-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2171 | ZIMBABWE SLIDING OMINOUSLY TOWARD A POLICE STATE [...] (C) ZANU-PF HAS ESCALATED ITS INTIMIDATION OF OPPOSITION MDC LEADERS AND SUPPORTERS, AND IS MOVING TO ELIMINATE MANEUVERING ROOM FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT THREATEN THE RULING PARTY'S CONTINUED HOLD ON POWER. IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, ZANU-PF OR THOSE ACTING ON ITS [...] |
2001-07-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2173 | ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERS DECISION IN [...] (U) THE ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT DEFERRED INDEFINITELY A DECISION IN OPPOSITION MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S CHALLENGE OF SECTIONS OF THE LAW AND ORDER SIPDIS MAINTENANCE ACT (LOMA) AFTER HEARING ARGUMENTS FROM TSVANGIRAI'S AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTORNEYS ON JULY 12. SIPDIS THE GOVERN [...] |
2001-07-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2311 | ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY HANDILY WINS KEY BY- [...] (C) RULING PARTY CANDIDATE AND MASHONALAND CENTRAL GOVERNOR ELLIOT MANYIKA SOUNDLY DEFEATED OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ELLIOT PFEBVE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION HELD JULY 28-29 IN BINDURA DISTRICT. THE RULING ZANU-PF WIDENED ITS MARGIN OF VICTORY CONSIDERABLY OVER LAST JUNE'S PARLIAMENTARY EL [...] |
2001-08-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2322 | OPPOSITION LEADER TSVANGIRAI ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) IN A JULY 31 LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE HOOKS, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE USG'S APPROACH TOWARD ZIMBABWE AND WITH HIS RECEPTION BY U.S. OFFICIALS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. HE EXPECTS ZANU- PF TO INTENSIFY THE VIOLENCE IN TH [...] |
2001-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS ZI |
| 01HARARE2364 | ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) INDEPENDENT PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS RESHUFFLED HIS CABINET TO FILL THREE POSITIONS LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATHS OF TWO MINISTERS AND THE RESIGNATION OF ANOTHER. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON STATE RADIO TODAY (AUGUST 9) AFTER THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT STAT [...] |
2001-08-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2365 | A ZAMBIAN TAKE ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM PAID A COURTESY CALL ON ZAMBIAN COUNTERPART BEN SHAWA ON AUGUST 9. THE EXCHANGE WAS SURPRISINGLY FRANK AND PRODUCTIVE, WITH SHAWA CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02365 01 OF 02 091356Z PROVIDING HIS TAKE ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, SADC ELECTORAL [...] |
2001-08-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2379 | ZIMBABWE: GRIGSBY STAFFDEL MEETS WITH ZIMBABWE [...] (U) ON AUGUST 6, SENATE STAFFDEL, LED BY GARRETT GRIGSBY, MET WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02379 01 OF 02 101014Z SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN HIS SIPDIS PARLIAMENT OFFICES. MNANGAGWA WAS JOINED [...] |
2001-08-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ZI |