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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05RABAT1809	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]	2005-08-26 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO

05RABAT1810	GOM EXPLORES USG INTEREST IN NATO DOCUMENTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On the margins of a meeting with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim on August 26, and drawing on Reftel, Poloffs inquired about Morocco's stated offer to establish a NATO documentation center in Rabat. Halim said that he was aware [...]	2005-08-26 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL XF MR MO NATO
05RABAT1821	DRAMA IN AGADIR: RECAPPING THE POW RELEASE [...] (C) The two US charter aircraft carrying the final 404 Moroccan POWs held by the Polisario touched down at Agadir Airport shortly after 7:30 pm local time on August 18. Arrayed at the bottom of the stairs to greet the POWs as they came off the aircraft were Foreign Minister Benaissa, Minister [...]	2005-08-29 17:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1842	THE KING'S ROYAL FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN MOROCCAN POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace's royal foundations occupy a unique position in Morocco's political landscape. Headed by a member of the royal family (often the King),they are autonomous from the government, which allows them freedom of action and funding, but have the ability to closely partner w [...]	2005-09-01 15:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID KMCA KMPI MO
05RABAT1853	DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE: ITALIAN NGO SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Alison Smith, representatives of the Italian NGO "No Peace without Justice" (NPWJ),briefed Poloffs on preparations for the upcoming Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) to be held in Morocco on October 1-3. While Figa-Talamanca and Smi [...]	2005-09-02 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM MO
05RABAT2008	WESTERN SAHARA: EMBASSY RABAT VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The August 18 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs from Tindouf closed an important humanitarian file in the Western Sahara conflict. In Morocco, the United States gained considerable goodwill from our involvement in the effort; in fact, we believe this is certainly one of the most [...]	2005-09-23 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2015	SAHRAWI PRISONERS: SEPTEMBER 23 UPDATE [...] (C) On September 23, Poloff contacted Assia El Ouadia, member of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) and the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Integration of Former Prisoners. Ouadia accompanied Chawki Benyoub, who heads the CCDH committee on "Control of Violations in Moroccan Pris [...]	2005-09-23 17:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS PREL MO
05RABAT2032	SAHRAWI PRISONERS: THE MFA RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of September 23, the MFA passed us the following document concerning the status of the Sahrawi prisoners discussed reftel. The document is entitled "Elements of Information Relating to the Campaign Orchestrated by Algeria and the Polisario on the Cond [...]	2005-09-26 16:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2192	QADHAFI WOOS THE LIBYAN EX-PM [...] (C) Former Libyan PM Mohammed Otman Assed, in exile in Rabat since 1969, told Polcouns on October 7 that he continued to receive visits and phone calls from Libyan regime insiders encouraging him to drop his opposition to Qadhafi and move back to Libya. Assed said that in July he received a [...]	2005-10-21 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	LY MO PGOV PREL PTER
05RABAT2199	MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...]	2005-10-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PK MO
05RABAT2200	MOROCCO: ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST [...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director for UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss support for the UNGA resolution on the Holocaust Remembrance. Bourita said that Morocco will indeed vote for the resolution as the GOM considers it a "follow-up" action to the 28th Special S [...]	2005-10-24 16:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS MO
05RABAT2201	MOROCCO: 60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to seek GOM support and cosponsorship for the U.S. UNGA First Committee (UNFC) resolution on compliance. A/Pol/C left behind a copy of the draft resolution with Bourita per reftel instructions. Bourita [...]	2005-10-24 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CDG PARM PREL UNGA MO
05RABAT2203	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MISSING IN IRAQ [...] (C) DCM called MFA Secretary General Omar Hilali October 24 regarding the Moroccan employees reported to Embassy Amman as missing in Iraq. The DCM expressed concern for the missing individuals and assured Hilali of U.S. desire to cooperate to the extent possible on this matter. Hilali said [...]	2005-10-25 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO MO MOPS PTER
05RABAT2227	EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER),on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...]	2005-10-28 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PBTS MO
05RABAT2231	ICRC BRIEFS ON LATEST HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) Summary: ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle met with Poloffs October 27 to review humanitarian issues concerning the Western Sahara and to update us on ICRC activities in Morocco. Pfefferle said the ICRC was somewhat put off by Moroccan insistence, conveyed in a meeting between MF [...]	2005-10-31 11:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS
05RABAT2265	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...]	2005-11-03 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR MO
05RABAT2295	MOROCCO: COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: Combatting extremism is not a new priority in Morocco, but it has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of the suicide bombings on May 16, 2003 in Casablanca and the March 11, 2004 subway attacks in Madrid, acts of international terrorism in which Moroccans -- whether sons of the [...]	2005-11-09 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05RABAT2296	MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco respects the Security Council resolution and would never tak [...]	2005-11-10 13:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO SY
05RABAT2389	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...]	2005-11-28 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2436	PALACE ADVISOR AZOULAY DISCUSSES ISRAEL-MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to King Mohammed VI and a prominent Jewish Moroccan, on December 2 to discuss Azoulay,s early November visit to Israel, which included meetings with the senior Israeli and Palestinian leaderships and a stop in the Gaza Strip. Azoul [...]	2005-12-06 12:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
05RABAT2466	FTA LEGISLATION MOVING THROUGH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) FTA-related copyright legislation was unanimously approved by the upper house committee on Education, Cultural and Social Affairs on Dec. 9. It will be voted in upper house plenary on Monday, Dec. 12. The bill is scheduled to be seen in the lower chamber committee on Dec. 13, and we expe [...]	2005-12-11 17:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR MO
05RABAT2467	POST-PARLIAMENTARY STEPS FOR FTA LEGISLATION [...] (C) Two pieces of FTA-related Copyright and Patent/Trademark legislation are currently moving through Moroccan parliament (Ref A). According to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Communications and Commerce and Industry, both pieces of legislation should be approved by parliament by December [...]	2005-12-11 17:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON MO
05RABAT2472	FTA LAS PASS FIRST HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT [...] FTA-related copyright legislation was approved easilyby the Chamber of Councillor (upper house) plenary on Dec. 12 with several astentions but no votes against. This completes he upper house deliberations for the copyright bll. On Dec. 13 the bill will be seen in the Chamber of Representati [...]	2005-12-12 17:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR MO
05RABAT2475	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...]	2005-12-13 10:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2481	THE KING IN JAPAN: MOROCCO CROSSES THE ASIAN [...] Summary: King Mohammed VI traveled to Japan from November 27-30, his first trip to Japan since assuming the throne in 1999. During the visit, the King emphasized the warm relations between the two countries, called on business communities to boost investment, and highlighted Japan's active [...]	2005-12-13 13:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL
05RABAT2487	FTA LAWS ON THE MOVE AGAIN [...] (C) FTA-related patent/trademark legislation was approved by the lower chamber plenary on Dec. 13, completing lower house deliberations of this bill. The legislation passed immediately to the upper house, where it is scheduled to be seen in a special after-hours session of the committee on Ec [...]	2005-12-13 17:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR MO
05RABAT2500	DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...]	2005-12-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY
05RABAT2504	MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION [...] (C) Copyright legislation was approved by the lower house plenary on Dec. 15, completing all parliamentary passage of FTA-related intellectual property legislation. The newly approved Copyright and Patent/Trademark bills (Ref A) now pass to the Secretariat General of the Government (SGG),whe [...]	2005-12-15 15:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT2511	DEPUTY FM ON VISIT OF MAURITANIAN JUNTA LEADER FAL [...] (C) During a wide-ranging meeting on December 1 (Refs A and B),Ambassador asked Deputy FM Fassi Fihri for a read-out of Mauritanian junta leader Fal's November 20-21 visit to Morocco. Colonel Fal met with King Mohammed in Marrakech on November 21, and the visit was widely covered in the Moro [...]	2005-12-16 13:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL
05RABAT2513	FTA: EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON DATA PROTECTION [...] (C) Post performed an exchange of letters in English and French with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dec. 16 per instructions in Refs B and C. The signatory for the GOM was Minister of Health Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah. Charge d'Affaires Wayne Bush signed on behalf of the United States. Ori [...]	2005-12-16 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT2532	AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE: MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Post committee on Avian and Pandemic Influenza met Dec. 1 to discuss the Government of Morocco's National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan and to assess the Government's general level of preparedness. The GOM's National Plan is of high quality and is backed at th [...]	2005-12-19 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL MO
05RABAT2605	PARLIAMENT: SOME MP'S GROUSE ABOUT PRESSURE TO [...] (C) While the U.S. Mission is extremely pleased with the December 16 passage by the Moroccan parliament of the remaining provisions of FTA-related legislation (reftels),several members of the Moroccan Parliament's (MP) lower house (Chamber of Representatives) have expressed privately their [...]	2005-12-30 16:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT850	MOROCCO STATE OF PLAY ON MCA [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with GOM officials, from working-level contacts to Ministers, reveal that Morocco is moving forward on developing its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact and has instituted a formalized coordinating structure. According to these contacts, the GOM will focus [...]	2005-04-25 12:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KMCA KMPI PGOV MO
05RABAT896	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...]	2005-04-29 17:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT991	MARRAKECH BRAVES CONTROVERSY TO ROCK TO CHRISTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Moroccans rocked to the music of seven American Christian bands and nine Moroccan groups at a well-organized outdoor concert, dubbed the Friendship Fest, that took place in Marrakech without incident on May 6-8. The event's American and Moroccan organizers viewed the [...]	2005-05-13 16:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PHUM PREL SCUL
05RANGOON1015	BURMA: THAI FM FINDS GOOD HEALTH, GOOD VIBES AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai FM Kantathi Suphamongkhon made a 24-hour visit to Rangoon August 31-September 1, his first to Burma as Foreign Minister. The highlight of the trip was a bilateral meeting with State Peace and Development (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe, joined by Vice Chairman Maung Aye and oth [...]	2005-09-02 05:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1036	BURMA: HOST COUNTRY AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains responses to questions sent to post (ref A) on the level of preparedness of the Government of Burma (GOB) for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza. Official GOB data is difficult to obtain and is often not reliable. Our responses are based on the best inf [...]	2005-09-08 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM
05RANGOON104	BURMA: U.S. BILATERAL INITIATIVES VICTIM OF [...] (C) Summary: The GOB's new intelligence chief has considerably less political stature and experience than ousted Prime Minister and Military Intelligence Czar Khin Nyunt and oversees a military intelligence apparatus with a reduced mandate and less authority. It is unclear whether the new ap [...]	2005-01-14 22:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MOPS KCRM BM
05RANGOON1046	NLD UNDER RENEWED HARASSMENT, URGES U.S. PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders told the Charge during a September 12 introductory call that GOB authorities had recently increased pressure on senior party officials, leading the NLD to actively avoid giving the SPDC any pretext to crack down on upcoming party events. At the same time, the GOB has [...]	2005-09-12 11:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM NLD
05RANGOON105	BURMA: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF SENIOR SPDC AIDE SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: The mysterious death on January 21 of SPDC Vice Chairman Maung Aye's personal assistant sparked rumors of a senior regime power struggle, but as of COB January 25 the SPDC is carrying on with business as usual and nothing appears to be amiss in Rangoon. Sources are inconsistent on [...]	2005-01-25 08:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR BM
05RANGOON1053	BURMA: ASEAN PERSPECTIVES - PART I [...] (C) Summary: Charge's courtesy calls on four ASEAN Ambassadors revealed differing, but in the end negative, views on Burma's future. While the departing Malaysian and Bruneian ambassadors were blunt in their negative assessments of the current conditions, the relatively new Singaporean ambass [...]	2005-09-14 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV BM RP SN MY BX
05RANGOON1054	AUSTRALIA SEES GRIM BURMA GETTING GRIMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Ambassador Bob Davis painted a bleak picture of life in Burma today during Charge's initial call on him on September 13. His outlook matched the pessimistic perspectives of Malaysia's and Brunei's Ambassadors on September 12 (ref A). Davis said that Burma in 2005 i [...]	2005-09-14 10:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM AU
05RANGOON1059	ASEAN TO EU: "NO BURMA, NO ASEAN" [...] (C) Summary: In a show of unity, ASEAN countries have agreed to pull out of a September 16-17 ASEM Economic Ministerial Meeting. This follows a decision by the Dutch government, in accordance with the EU's Common Position on Burma, to deny a visa to the senior Burmese delegate. According to R [...]	2005-09-16 06:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM NL
05RANGOON107	KACHIN CEASE-FIRE LEADERS GEAR UP FOR THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders, meeting with Emboff to gauge current U.S. policy toward the GOB ahead of the upcoming National Convention session, view their relationship with the GOB as basically unchanged following former PM Khin Nyunt's ouster. The KIO consid [...]	2005-01-24 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM BM
05RANGOON1073	BURMA SQUEEZES INFORMAL TRADE TO PRODUCE REVENUE [...] (C) Summary: GOB officials refuse to commit their new trade regulations to paper, and business reps are too mistrustful to place orders based on unwritten rules. Recent announcements of new regulations designed to bring more trade into the formal sector and increase revenues appear unlikely t [...]	2005-09-22 06:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON1094	COMMERCE AND LABOR MINISTERS PAINT A ROSY PICTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate introductory calls on the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Charge heard different but equally unrealistic views on Burma's economy and the country's labor situation. The Commerce Minister advanced the traditional GOB argument that forced labor is "an accepted part [...]	2005-09-27 09:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1095	NLD CRITICIZES REGIME'S SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Observing that Burma "cannot stand or live in isolation in today's world," Burma's leading opposition political party, the National League for Democracy, commemorated its 17th anniversary by roundly criticizing the military regime for refusing to cooperate with the United Nations [...]	2005-09-27 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
05RANGOON11	BURMA: TALKING DRUGS WITH THE NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The new Home Affairs Minister, Maj Gen Maung Oo, Burma's top counterdrug official, took our recent drug certification demarche in stride, blaming ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt for not sharing counterdrug intelligence. He said the GOB now must "start from zero" in combating mo [...]	2005-01-03 11:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PINR EFIN BM
05RANGOON1108	A CHINESE FLY-ON-THE-WALL VIEW OF THE BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: A courtesy call on the departing Chinese Ambassador to Burma, who has the greatest access among the diplomatic corps to senior GOB officials, gave us unique insight into the mind set of the regime's top generals. Although his views reveal little common ground between China and th [...]	2005-09-30 04:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM CM BM
05RANGOON1121	ENERGY MINISTER: EXPORT RECEIPTS TRUMP POWER NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: A courtesy call on Burma's Minister of Energy, Brig Gen Lun Thi, revealed GOB confidence that it can generate increased revenues through natural gas exports while meeting domestic energy needs with new hydropower projects. Lun Thi, one of the GOB cabinet's longest-serving members, [...]	2005-10-04 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PINR ECON BM
05RANGOON1128	RUSSIAN ARMS TRADER TO OPEN BURMA OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: A Russian diplomat in Rangoon says that a major state-owned Russian arms dealer, Rosoboronexport State Corporation, will open an office in Burma as "a natural presence to support Russia's growing commercial military relationship" with the SPDC military regime. The diplomat also [...]	2005-10-05 10:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS PREL BM RS
05RANGOON1129	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SEES A DIFFERENT BURMA [...] (C) Summary: the Charge,s initial courtesy call on Russian Ambassador Oleg Kabanov on September 27 revealed that U.S. policy and Russian policy toward Burma remain poles apart. Amb. Kabanov echoed the Burmese regime,s assertions that only the military can maintain order in the country and th [...]	2005-10-06 00:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM RS
05RANGOON1157	BURMA ILL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] (C) Summary: Representatives in Burma of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assess that the GOB is aware of a potential Avian Influenza threat in Burma and has some sort of a national preparedness plan. The WHO and FAO representatives note, ho [...]	2005-10-12 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM
05RANGOON1177	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES: BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The promotion of democracy in Burma is this mission's top priority as reflected in our Mission Program Plan. Our support for promoting democracy and respect for human rights has been long-standing and requires perseverence. Although this strong support for democracy has severel [...]	2005-10-17 01:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BM
05RANGOON1179	BURMA: BAD YEAR FOR MANDALAY BUSINESSES [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 08:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
05RANGOON1185	ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND REBELS - A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rangoon Poloff traveled to Bangladesh in mid September to visit Rohingya refugee camps and to meet agencies that assist the refugees. Despite living in refugee camps for over a decade amid squalid conditions and sometimes suffering violence and intimidation, very few refugees ind [...]	2005-09-29 02:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINS PTER BM
05RANGOON1186	MANDALAY ACTIVISTS MANAGE TO PERSEVERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met in Mandalay on October 7 with NLD senior organizer Win Mya Mya, the leadership of YMCA, and toured the Phaung Daw Oo Monastery high school. These activists report that the government has made it increasingly difficult to operate within Mandalay and the surrounding [...]	2005-10-19 07:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
05RANGOON1198	ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...]	2005-10-21 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN
05RANGOON1199	SOUTH ASIAN VIEWS ON BURMA: ENGAGE THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has generally looked North and East (China and ASEAN) for its foreign political relationships and to China and Thailand for its primary economic ties to the outside world. India's two-year old policy of sustained engagement with the current SPDC regime, howeve [...]	2005-10-21 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM IN PK CE NP BG
05RANGOON1203	BURMA'S SOARING FUEL PRICES HIT THE POOREST FIRST [...] (C) Summary: Without prior or public notice, the GOB decreased its significant fuel subsidies on October 20, boosting diesel prices by a whopping 750 percent overnight. Consumers at the pumps will now pay $1.20/gal. and be held to an existing 60/gal. per month limit, with many expected to sel [...]	2005-10-24 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC BM
05RANGOON121	IS THE BURMESE REGIME COMING UNGLUED? [...] (C) Summary: At the end of a week of wild rumors and speculation involving the fate of the SPDC's top three leaders, there are no signs of unusual activity and by all appearances the Burmese regime is conducting business as usual. We don't rule out that something could be amiss. Former PM Kh [...]	2005-01-28 06:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BM
05RANGOON1215	ILO WILL ANNOUNCE BURMA'S INTENTION TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) Summary: The International Labor Organization (ILO) will issue on October 28 what its representative in Burma calls an "explosive" report that reveals the GOB's intention to withdraw from the organization, only the second time in recent decades that a member state has quit the ILO over la [...]	2005-10-27 13:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM BM
05RANGOON1234	EASTERN SHAN STATE: BURMA'S NON-BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Rangoon PolEcon Officer and FSN Political Specialist recently traveled throughout eastern Shan State, visiting the trading crossroads of Tachileik (on the border with Thailand) and Mongla (on the border with China),as well as the regional capital, Kenteng. Falling under the in [...]	2005-11-02 04:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ECON BM CM TH
05RANGOON1235	ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...]	2005-11-02 05:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM
05RANGOON1236	BURMA: TIP NGOS WORKING WITH TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of international NGOs and UN agencies working on Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) projects told Mark Taylor, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator, about the difficulties they face in Burma, including expired MOUs with the government, restricted travel for expatriate staff, and p [...]	2005-11-02 07:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV EAID BM NGO
05RANGOON1248	BURMA AND CHINA MAKE ECONOMIC DEALS AT NANNING EXPO [...] (C) Summary: At the second China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit and Expo in Nanning on October 18-20, 2005, the governments of Burma and China signed a framework agreement for a concessional 1 billion yuan ($124 million) loan to finance a fertilizer plant near Rangoon. The Myanmar Chamb [...]	2005-11-03 10:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN BM CM
05RANGOON1256	BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: COUPS, TEAK, AND CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: On a recent trip to Kachin State in Burma's far north, Emboff gained insight into a failed coup attempt within an ethnic cease-fire group, the NDA-K. The outfit, once one of the region's most significant insurgent groups, is now little more than a business organization that reaps [...]	2005-11-04 06:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS MARR SENV SNAR BM CM
05RANGOON1265	LEAVING ON A JET PLANE: GOB BEGINS CAPITAL MOVE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB announced on November 7 that it had commenced an operation to move its "seat of administration" to the remote rural town of Pyinmana in central Burma, 243 miles north of Rangoon. Civil servants from at least nine of the GOB's 30 ministries began moving on November 6, unde [...]	2005-11-07 11:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON1276	NLD VIEWS ON CAPITAL RELOCATION [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange of views on November 8 with NLD leaders, party Secretary U Lwin expressed befuddlement over the regime's relocation of Burma's capital to remote Pyinmana. He revealed, however, his own participation in military exercises under a former Burmese dictator that had con [...]	2005-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1281	BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: RESOURCES CAN'T BUY PEACE [...] (C) Summary: An uneasy peace presides over remote Kachin State in Burma's extreme north, a region long associated with conflict. On a recent trip, Emboff learned that local democracy activists are active, though severely hampered by GOB harassment; natural resources remain abundant, but poor [...]	2005-11-10 03:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
05RANGOON1294	CHARGE MEETS WITH RANGOON MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Burma's Chief of Military Affairs Security and Rangoon Military Commander Lt. Gen. Myint Swe on November 9 to discuss security issues affecting the U.S. Embassy. Charge outlined specific ways in which security could be improved around our Embassy, noting that th [...]	2005-11-10 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CMGT PGOV PREL PTER BM
05RANGOON1295	BURMESE GOVERNMENT HEADS FOR THE HILLS [...] (C) Summary: As the first week of the GOB's relocation of the capital to remote Pyinmana comes to a close, it appears the move will encompass a more significant portion of the government than most observers initially expected. Up to a dozen ministries are already on the move, with more office [...]	2005-11-10 11:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1298	BURMA: THE MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM [...] (U) Reftel requested quotes from individuals around the world on the meaning of human rights and freedom. Burma is a source of great inspiration in this regard, given the courage of its many activists and pro-democracy supporters who have struggled for years to overcome the tyranny and repress [...]	2005-11-14 13:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BM
05RANGOON1307	JAPAN IN BURMA: PROFILE IN COWARDICE [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Burma said he used recent meetings with senior GOB officials to pursue GOJ objectives on democratization, human rights, and economic reform. He believes he succeeded in convincing Burma to reconsider its ILO withdrawal, but indicated that he did not ra [...]	2005-11-17 11:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BM JA
05RANGOON1321	SHAN LEADERS TRANSFERRED TO NORTHERN PRISONS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy sources report that GOB authorities recently transferred Shan leaders, including ethnic pro-democracy leader Hkun Htun Oo, from Insein Prison in Rangoon to remote detention facilities in northern Burma. This will make it more difficult for family members to offer them vita [...]	2005-11-22 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1325	CAPITAL MOVE UPDATE: ON A ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] (C) Summary: The regime's absurd relocation of Burma's capital to remote Pyinmana continues apace, three weeks into "Phase I" of the move. Evidence that the GOB has constructed a massive capital complex belies foreign press speculation that Pyinmana is a mere village. The new capital city, [...]	2005-11-23 11:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1326	GOB RESPONDS TO HAVEL-TUTU UNSC EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese Government has distributed to diplomatic missions "an analytical review," authored by unidentified Rangoon University academics, as a rebuttal to the so-called Havel-Tutu report that made a case for the UN Security Council to address the Burma crisis. The "review" ec [...]	2005-11-23 11:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM UNSC
05RANGOON1333	BURMA: DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION SHOWS UNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Burma's democratic opposition groups gathered in Rangoon to mark the country's National Day on November 25. Veteran politicians spoke with candor about the lack of basic freedoms, the deteriorating economic situation, and the continued detention of leading political prisoners. Th [...]	2005-11-28 11:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BM NLD
05RANGOON1345	BURMA: DIPLOMATS BRIEFED ON NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOB held a briefing on December 1 for diplomats to share plans for the National Convention (NC),scheduled to reconvene on December 5. The GOB blamed the NLD and its supporters in the West for the delay in the NC, originally convened in 1993, from completing its long-awaited [...]	2005-12-01 11:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
05RANGOON1346	BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers, making an unannounced (and unwelcome) visit to the Burmese regime's new capital in Pyinmana, observed a massive, though largely unfinished, project to construct a new city from scratch. A nearby military zone, inaccessible to Emboffs, is even more substantial a [...]	2005-12-02 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SNAR MARR BM
05RANGOON1351	ILO REP DISAPPOINTED BY UNCHANGED BURMA POSTURE [...] (C) ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey returned to Rangoon on November 28 after a one month absence. Horsey told poloff that he met soon after returning with Minister of Labor U Thaung, who assured Horsey that his personal security would be safeguarded and stressed the GOB's commitment to inv [...]	2005-12-05 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1352	BURMA: MEDIA BRIEFING ON NATIONAL CONVENTION PLANS [...] (U) Following the Burmese government's briefing for diplomats on December 1 (ref A),the GOB held two briefings on December 3 for local and international media. The first briefing was conducted in Burmese and the second in English for foreign media, granted special journalist visas to cover t [...]	2005-12-05 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1355	TOURISM IN BURMA DOWN THIS SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Projected tourist arrivals for Burma's November-March high season have dropped from last year. Despite the regime's and the tourism industry's efforts to make vacationing in Burma more attractive and less bureaucratic, overseas campaigns by exiles to discourage travel to Burma, [...]	2005-12-06 06:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV SENV BM CACS
05RANGOON1361	THEY'RE BACK: REGIME RECONVENES NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime reconvened the third session of its National Convention (NC) on December 5 with diatribes against its foreign and domestic critics and instructions that its 1,000-plus hand-picked delegates toe the party line. The regime clearly views the NC charade as an inde [...]	2005-12-07 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON138	UWSA DRUG INDICTMENTS: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has yet to go public with a reaction to the January 24 indictments against seven top UWSA leaders, although sources claim the GOB (and the Wa) are preparing to hold press conferences. UNODC staff and NGO partners, convinced that all is quiet and normal in Wa territory, ar [...]	2005-02-01 11:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON1387	BURMA'S PRIVATE BANKS WAITING IN THE WINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma's six private banks, while offering an alternative to its highly inefficient state financial institutions, continue to suffer from the country's 2003 banking crisis. Operating under onerous restrictions, arbitrary interventions and a bleak investment climate results in sl [...]	2005-12-15 01:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BM
05RANGOON1413	UNHCR ON DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN RAKHINE STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described its relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to northern Rakhine State and to the eastern border with Thailand (septel). UNHCR works primarily with the Ministry of Immigration and military commanders in Ra [...]	2005-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM
05RANGOON1420	BURMA'S ILO REP READY FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Burma's ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey received further assurances from the Labor Minister, both about his personal security and about the regime's willingness to engage on forced labor. He will raise the cases of Burmese villagers who have been charged by authorities with re [...]	2005-12-20 10:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON1421	PYINMANA: THE HOUSE THAT THREATS BUILT [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has used a variety of incentives, including political pressure, forced donations, promises of in-kind payments, cash advances and "free" construction materials, to induce Burmese companies to build the extensive government and military facilities in the regime's new admini [...]	2005-12-20 10:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON1423	UNHCR AWAITS APPROVAL TO WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described the UNHCR's relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to the southeastern border region with Thailand. The UNHCR has informal support to do needs assessments, but still lacks an MOU to officially work in th [...]	2005-12-21 02:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM NGO
05RANGOON143	CONSERVATION, ECO-TOURISM GET FOOTHOLD IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Local NGOs have created small-scale but real success stories in a remote corner of Burma's southern Chin State. Conservation and eco-tourism projects are helping to slow the deterioration of the under-funded, decade-old, Natmataung National Park. While the successes are encour [...]	2005-02-04 02:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON PGOV BM NGO
05RANGOON1440	FAMILIES VISIT SHAN POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Family members of imprisoned Shan political and military leaders managed to visit the detainees for the first time since the GOB relocated them to remote prisons. Although several of the political prisoners signed documents with their attorneys that will facilitate legal appeals, w [...]	2005-12-23 05:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1448	AN UNEASY AND UNCERTAIN PEACE IN KACHIN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a rocky year in Kachin State, marked by renewed tension among and within former insurgent groups, an uneasy though uncertain peace has settled in this northern border region. The Burmese regime has released the leaders of a failed September coup within one former insurgent g [...]	2005-12-28 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SNAR BM
05RANGOON1449	REGIME'S DESTRUCTIVE ATTEMPTS TO CORRUPT YOUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Dec. 22, Charge Villarosa hosted a small gathering of high-level NLD women (including four MPs) representing Rangoon, Mandalay and Mogok cities, Bago Division, Karen State, Shan State, and Mon State. The Charge arranged the meeting to gather information on the situation outs [...]	2005-12-29 03:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM NLD
05RANGOON146	NEW GAS IN BURMA: PIPE DREAMS? [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government is salivating over prospects that a tri-nation (Burma-Bangladesh-India) pipeline will be constructed to carry Burmese natural gas to India. Though the developers of the new gas fields and the three governments are full of good news at the moment, outside obs [...]	2005-02-04 04:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON BM
05RANGOON148	BURMA: UNODC REACTS TO WITHDRAWAL OF USG FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: UNODC's Burma representative was disappointed, but not surprised, to learn of a February 1 decision by INL to withdraw funding from UNODC's supply reduction Wa Project. Having been previously briefed on UWSA indictments, he was aware that U.S. funding for the program was in jeopa [...]	2005-02-04 05:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM EAID BM
05RANGOON178	HAS BURMA TURNED THE CORNER ON FORCED LABOR? [...] (U) Summary: A Burma court has set a landmark precedent by sentencing four local government officials to jail terms for using forced labor. This action could scare local authorities and encourage other citizens to file similar charges. Also, two persons who were initially sentenced to death [...]	2005-02-10 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON190	BURMA'S GARMENT SECTOR: SAVED BY THE TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: All but in the grave, Burma's garment sector has been kept alive -- barely -- by China's decision to impose an export tax on its garments. Though no new hires or re-opened factories are likely, the manufacturers expect to maintain the status quo in the short term thanks to order [...]	2005-02-14 04:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KTEX PREL BM
05RANGOON196	BURMA: NLD DISTANCES ITSELF FROM TALK OF PARALLEL [...] (C) Summary: The NLD hosted a commemoration of Union Day on February 12, but deferred to ethnic political parties to chair the event and deliver speeches. Representatives of the SNLD, whose leaders were arrested just two days prior to Union Day, were absent, although several hundred pro-demo [...]	2005-02-14 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD

05RANGOON20	OPPOSITION CALLS FOR "CLEAN SLATE," SPDC THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Democratic opposition groups held their annual January 4th Independence Day celebrations despite a negative SPDC response to a December demand for dialogue before the holiday. The observances were well attended and seem to indicate a unity of purpose among the different groups. [...]	2005-01-05 06:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON201	SHAN CEASE-FIRE GROUPS THREATEN CONVENTION BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: Two Shan cease-fire groups, the Shan State Army North and the Shan State National Army, threaten to boycott the National Convention (NC) if their political leader, detained since February 7, is not released. Seven other cease-fire groups appear to support the Shan effort. In a se [...]	2005-02-15 09:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON220	GAMBLING IN BURMA: ILLEGAL, BUT INEVITABLE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is in response to tasking in ref A. Gambling has been illegal in Burma for 106 years; however, it occurs with impunity across the country. Most of the gambling is surreptitious -- illegal lotteries in particular -- though some is in garish casinos on the Thai and Chi [...]	2005-02-18 05:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV BM
05RANGOON224	BURMA: A TOUGH WEEK AND A MISERABLE YEAR FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: It's been a long week for the democratic opposition: Burma's most influential pro-democracy ethnic leader is behind bars; the regime put NLD leader U Tin Oo on notice that he, like Aung San Suu Kyi, will likely spend a third consecutive year in detention; the NLD, possibly to fo [...]	2005-02-18 06:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD
05RANGOON248	BURMA'S NLD CONTINUES TO SHED ITS MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: This week the National League for Democracy expelled three more members from its ranks. They are youthful party activists who appear to be tired of the "wait and see" mentality of the octogenarian leadership of the NLD's Central Executive Committee. The NLD leadership seems dete [...]	2005-02-24 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
05RANGOON266	BURMA: PM SOE WIN GETS BLUNT ADVICE FROM FILIPINO [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's new Prime Minister, Soe Win, recently visited Manila and, as we've heard it, received a friendly though fairly blunt message from President Arroyo: the international community expects a timetable for the regime's road map; the process will not be accepted wit [...]	2005-03-02 06:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RP
05RANGOON273	BURMA: GOB "REJECTS" HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Calling our human rights report "nothing more than a catalogue of unsubstantiated allegations," the GOB says the United States "does not have the moral authority" to pass judgment on Burma and failed to take into account "major progress and positive developments" such as new infr [...]	2005-03-03 13:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BM
05RANGOON296	BURMA: ASEAN AMBASSADORS RESPOND TO RAZALI CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) met separately with the Singaporean, Indonesian, and Malaysian ambassadors in Rangoon to hear their views on Burma's ASEAN chairmanship in 2006. They dismissed the idea that their governments were prepared to be more activist on the issue of the Burmese [...]	2005-03-08 10:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM
05RANGOON327	BURMA: GOVERNMENT STYMIES EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AGING [...] (C) Summary: Burma's onshore oil fields are decrepit, old, and produce very little. Western oil companies decided 10 years ago that new onshore prospects were not promising. Nonetheless, high world oil prices have created a wave of new foreign investment in onshore development and exploration. [...]	2005-03-16 09:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON332	BURMA: TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR HKUN HTUN OO AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial of leading pro-democracy ethnic leader Hkun Htun Oo, and three other members of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD),is underway. The GOB has rejected family-appointed lawyers and instead assigned government attorneys to defend them. Family members have [...]	2005-03-16 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
05RANGOON333	MANDALAY: SERVING BURMA'S COMMERCIAL NEEDS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Mandalay's status as a commercial hub has not saved it from the economic malaise gripping all of Burma. The usual culprits are to blame -- government mismanagement of the economy, a moribund banking system, and low consumer purchasing power -- and no fix is in sight. The hangover [...]	2005-03-17 05:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON351	BURMESE ARMY PREPARES TO THROW A PARTY - FOR ITSELF [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is undertaking extensive preparations to commemorate the country's 60th Armed Forces Day (March 27),in more grandiose fashion than ever, with a traditional military parade and associated events, to which the general public is denied any access. This year, in a [...]	2005-03-22 11:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS MOPS ASEC BM
05RANGOON358	DFM TANAKA'S BURMA VISIT: READ-OUT FROM THE [...] (C) On March 25, Japanese Embassy political counselor Ichiro Maruyama provided a full read-out on Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka's March 22-24 visit to Rangoon, his fourth visit to Burma spanning the past three decades. Maruyama's brief on Tanaka's meeting with Prime Minister Soe Win g [...]	2005-03-25 07:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM JA
05RANGOON372	BURMA'S INFORMAL ECONOMY: COMMODITY TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted in ref B, the gray and black markets help keep the Burmese people and government afloat in the rough seas of chronic economic mismanagement. However, little is clearly known about the size of these markets except for unsubstantiated assumptions that they are perhaps ev [...]	2005-03-30 03:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ENRG ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON379	ALL SMILES: INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The latest in a string of high-profile regional visitors to Rangoon (ref C),Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh conducted a bilateral trip to Burma March 24-27. Although the visit was characterized as ""not substantive,"" Singh achieved dual objectives of maintaining dialogue with [...]	2005-03-30 11:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BM IN
05RANGOON380	NATIONAL CONVENTION RECESSES FOR BURMESE NEW YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The National Convention is scheduled to recess on March 31. Some ethnic cease-fire group delegates have already departed to "come clean" with their unregistered vehicles by the March 31 deadline. This session "discussed" nearly half of the agenda items. Some cease-fire groups ar [...]	2005-03-31 05:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON BM
05RANGOON390	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROMOTES INTER-ETHNIC [...] (U) This cable includes an Action Request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. As the "Global English" Program completes its fifth month, enthusiasm for the course remains high among the 23 enrolled participants representing nine ethnic democratic political parties. Despite some obst [...]	2005-04-01 04:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO EAID PREL BM
05RANGOON400	SINGAPORE PM LEE'S BURMA VISIT: BEATING AROUND THE [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Prime Minister Lee visited Burma on March 30 and, contrary to international press reports and a preview by his foreign minister of an anticipated tough approach (ref A),he apparently did not directly urge Burma to give up its turn to chair ASEAN in 2006. However, we're [...]	2005-04-04 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BM SN
05RANGOON401	BURMA'S "ABSCONDING" WASHINGTON EMBASSY STAFF [...] (U) The New Light of Myanmar, the Burmese regime's official English language daily, carried on April 3 a 2-paragraph article about a diplomatic official who "absconded" from the Burmese embassy in Washington on April Â [...]	2005-04-04 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
05RANGOON402	BURMA: GOB SHUTS MONEY LAUNDERING BANKS [...] (C) Summary: After an opaque 16-month investigation, the GOB revoked the banking licenses of Asia Wealth Bank and Myanmar Mayflower Bank. The two banks had clear ties to narco-traffickers and money laundering; however, the GOB has made no public statement that the banks were closed for either [...]	2005-04-04 11:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV SNAR BM
05RANGOON426	SENTENCING BEGINS FOR KHIN NYUNT'S MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Military Intelligence officials who were arrested along with former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt are beginning to receive prison sentences. Some reported sentences appear to be exaggerated, but the officials are being charged for violations with penalties ranging from 5 years to lif [...]	2005-04-11 08:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BM
05RANGOON440	BURMA "RECALLS" UNREGISTERED VEHICLES [...] (U) Summary: On a recent visit to Karen State, Emboffs saw hundreds of impounded vehicles. Many people lost the savings they invested in cars and their depression was palpable. They fear the loss will have a negative long-term economic and social impact on the region. Yet, some unregistered [...]	2005-04-12 08:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
05RANGOON457	HOW WILL CHEVRONTEXACO HANDLE BURMA? [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of ChevronTexaco's pending purchase of Unocal has sparked speculation that the energy giant will sell its Burma acquisitions. Though there are strong incentives to do so, especially the possibility of a consumer boycott and other exile-led pressures, there are ma [...]	2005-04-19 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON460	SHAN EXILES GET A RISE OUT OF BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to a recent exile-based declaration of independence for the "Federated Shan States," the SPDC on April 19 declared a host of unnamed groups as "unlawful associations," which could expose those who support democracy and human rights in Shan State to jail terms of up to 13 [...]	2005-04-20 11:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD
05RANGOON462	BURMA: MONEY LAUNDERING LAW NOT BEING USED TO SHUT [...] (C) Summary: Three weeks after the GOB's closure of two banks suspected of money laundering, there is still no official indication of whether the banks were shut due to money laundering offenses. Indeed, the GOB's public posture, and the opinion of the banking community, indicate that the law [...]	2005-04-21 07:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON469	STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: SPDC AND NLD COMMUNE ON SHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a highly unusual gesture, the GOB reached out to the NLD leadership on April 21 to request permission to publish the party's recent statement on its policy toward ethnic nationalities and secessionist movements. The party not only agreed, but was buoyed by a first-ever encount [...]	2005-04-22 06:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
05RANGOON481	BURMA: BEYOND THE ASEAN CHAIR ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to considerable regional commentary focused on the scheduled rotation in 2006 of the ASEAN chair to Burma, the military regime's top generals have been silent. Than Shwe and Maung Aye will be extremely reluctant to miss out on the "glory" and legitimacy afforded by h [...]	2005-04-26 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
05RANGOON507	SPDC TO SHAN SECESSIONIST: SEE YOU IN COURT, BUDDY! [...] (C) Summary: Embassy sources say that the GOB has lodged a case against the exile leaders of the self-proclaimed Federated Shan States. The GOB will likely confiscate any property the exiles hold in Burma, revoke their citizenship, and ultimately sentence them to death, although in this case [...]	2005-05-02 07:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON518	BURMESE GOVERNMENT ANGLING TO (RE-)MONOPOLIZE THE [...] (C) Summary: There is mounting circumstantial evidence that the GOB is seeking to assert full control over Burma's still developing Internet and IT sectors. Declining fortunes of the country's once high-flying private Internet service provider, rumors of expanded influence and aspirations of t [...]	2005-05-03 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS TSPL PGOV SCUL ECON BM
05RANGOON549	RANGOON TRIPLE BOMBINGS: MAY 9 SITREP [...] (C) Summary: Two days following the May 7 triple bombing, Rangoon is quiet, but city residents are in a state of shock over the carefully coordinated explosions that targeted crowded areas frequented by affluent Burmese as well as by foreign residents. The GOB has not altered its casualty fi [...]	2005-05-09 10:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CASC BM
05RANGOON573	BOMBINGS: REGIME REACTION SURREAL BUT PREDICTABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is treating the shocking May 7 triple bombings as a non-event; there are few signs of enhanced security and control of information has been heavy-handed. Over 90 wounded victims remain hospitalized and the death toll has reportedly approached 30 persons, altho [...]	2005-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC ECON BM
05RANGOON579	NLD CHAIRMAN ON USG DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: NLD Chairman Aung Shwe is taking an increasingly assertive position within the party as Aung San Suu Kyi remains isolated under strict house arrest. Aung Shwe endorsed opening a branch American Center in Mandalay to support democracy training beyond Rangoon and said he would soo [...]	2005-05-16 02:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAO KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON58	BURMA: VICIOUS CYCLE OF ECONOMIC DESPONDENCY [...] (C) Summary: One year after the GOB allowed most private banks to resume operations, the banking situation has improved little. Stringent regulations cap deposits at unreasonably low levels, Burma's chilly economic situation has dried up demand for loans, and the GOB still refuses to implemen [...]	2005-01-13 08:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON590	BOMBINGS: GOB BLAMES "SUPERPOWER NATION" (UNITED [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, in a bizarre May 15 press conference that attempted to connect an array of alleged anti-Government conspiracy plots, concluded "it is crystal clear" that "a world famous organization" (read: the CIA) trained and supported the perpetrators behind the May 7 triple bombing. [...]	2005-05-16 11:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC BM
05RANGOON60	NLD: "WE HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH ASSK" [...] (C) Summary: As a result of the regime's increasing restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD party leaders report they now have "absolutely no contact" with the detained democracy leader. Nothing would indicate ASSK is facing imminent danger. However, the NLD's information is troubling in that [...]	2005-01-13 09:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK
05RANGOON62	BURMA: IMPLICATIONS OF OPERATION WARLORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Imminent U.S. Attorney indictments of UWSA leaders, seven of which are scheduled to be unsealed in New York on January 24, are the product of a DEA-led law enforcement investigation ("Operation Warlord") that will disrupt drug activities of key traffickers and producers. Unseali [...]	2005-01-14 07:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC BM
05RANGOON639	BURMA: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AMONG SHAN ARMIES [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has successfully pressured elements of ethnic cease-fire groups in Shan State to surrender their weapons. These groups comprise former rebels seeking autonomy or independence from Rangoon who were allowed to retain their arms as part of an agreement to give up [...]	2005-05-24 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON646	BURMA: NLD PLANS NEW PETITION DRIVE [...] (C) On May 26 NLD Chairman U Aung Shwe and Secretary U Lwin requested a meeting with P/E chief and poloff to inform the Embassy that the party plans to launch a petition drive on May 27, coinciding with an NLD 15th anniversary commemoration of the 1990 legislative election. The new petition d [...]	2005-05-26 09:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON66	BURMA: GOB CANCELS UNODC TRIP TO WA TERRITORY [...] (SBU) UNODC country representative Jean-Luc Lemahieu informed us on January 18 that the Government of Burma had canceled an annual counternarcotics visit to Wa territory for members of the diplomatic corps. The trip had been scheduled to get underway on January 24, coinciding with the planned [...]	2005-01-18 08:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC BM
05RANGOON682	BURMA: REAL POLITICAL REFORM NEEDS A STRONG, [...] (C) Summary: Burma's lack of a strong independent civil society and progressive middle class are fundamental obstacles to the ultimate success of any democracy movement. The SPDC's patronage system and a lack of good education opportunities make it difficult for the business community to devel [...]	2005-06-07 04:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM BM
05RANGOON692	BURMA'S RELENTLESS CRACKDOWN CONTINUES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Events in past weeks demonstrate that the GOB's appetite for pursuing pro-democracy opponents has not abated. Detentions, interrogations, harsh jail sentences, intimidation, and even a custodial death litter the landscape. End Summary. 2. (C) Aung Hlaing Win, a youth member o [...]	2005-06-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
05RANGOON729	BURMA: FIVE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS RECEIVE LIFE [...] (C) Summary: Five political activists were sentenced to life imprisonment on June 13. They were among a group of six activists arrested in December and included four former members of the National League for Democracy (NLD). The NLD leadership had previously suspended the four and expressed [...]	2005-06-16 10:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
05RANGOON749	BURMA: UNHCR AND WORLD VISION ASKED TO CURTAIL [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Burma to curtail its activities on the eastern border with Thailand. UNHCR is not sure why. The Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) told UNHCR that in the future the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas a [...]	2005-06-21 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
05RANGOON76	BURMA'S IT SECTOR LOSES ITS CHAMPION [...] (C) Summary: Since former PM, and IT champion, Khin Nyunt was ousted in October 2004, the computer industry has faced a rapid decline in government support. It is also coming to terms with the reality of Burma's human resources shortcomings. The situation is in flux at the moment, but ultima [...]	2005-01-19 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS TSPL PGOV SCUL ECON BM
05RANGOON763	SPDC GETS SERIOUS ABOUT A NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Amidst a swirl of rumors, evidence is emerging that the SPDC truly plans to move at least some portion of the government 250 miles northward to Pyinmana. The GOB has not publicized the decision or the alleged order that will have several ministries on the move by July 1st. Similar [...]	2005-06-28 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MCAP BM
05RANGOON77	BURMA: INPUT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS ON NORTH [...] (U) NORTH KOREANS ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE PROTECTION IN BURMA: Burma is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees and cannot be considered as hospitable for any individuals seeking refugee protection. To the contrary, the regime's egregious human rights practices, militar [...]	2005-01-19 11:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KN BM
05RANGOON820	NLD DECLARATION CALLS FOR ASSK RELEASE, DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On July 5 the Embassy received a request from the National League for Democracy to deliver to U.S. Congressional leaders a declaration signed by 114 Members-elect of Parliament calling for the unconditional release of all democracy activists (including Aung San Suu Kyi and U Tin Oo); a m [...]	2005-07-12 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM ASSK NLD
05RANGOON825	BURMA HOLDS IT CARDS ON ASEAN CHAIR ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: According to senior GOB officials, Burma will not announce a decision on the 2006 ASEAN chair issue in Vientiane and will approach the annual ASEAN meetings with an "ambiguous" position, apparently intent to keep open its options and kick the can further down the road until at lea [...]	2005-07-13 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BM
05RANGOON861	GOB OFFICIAL: FREEDOM FOR ASSK "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official told Emboffs it is "inevitable" that the SPDC generals will release ASSK in order to include her in the national reconciliation process and achieve a durable solution to the country's political crisis. However, while the official's observations are logical, [...]	2005-07-25 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM ASSK
05RANGOON871	SPDC SILENT ON ASEAN CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement in Vientiane that Burma would relinquish its rotation to the ASEAN chair apparently came as a complete surprise to many GOB officials and diplomats in Rangoon. Official state media has thus far ignored the development entirely and GOB officials refuse to comment [...]	2005-07-27 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON873	NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Burma's leading pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy (NLD),as part of a petition campaign launched on May 27 (ref C),provided Emboffs on July 27 with a list of foreign embassies to which it has delivered copies of its declaration, signed by 114 Members-elect of Parliame [...]	2005-07-28 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON877	CHINESE FM LI CALLS ON THE BURMESE GENERALS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM CH
05RANGOON88	GOB, UNODC TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, as well as the UNODC, has undertaken efforts to clear Wa territory in northern Shan State of all UN and NGO expatriate staff in anticipation of an international law enforcement operation o/a January 24 targeting UWSA leaders. We continue to have no expectation that GOB [...]	2005-01-21 05:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON887	GOB FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES FORGOING ASEAN CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC on August 1 finally acknowledged the Vientiane communique of one week ago announcing that Burma would forgo the 2006 ASEAN Chair. One senior GOB official claimed to us that the SPDC generals, if Burma hosted ASEAN, would have been forced to make democracy and human rights [...]	2005-08-02 07:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
05RANGOON893	SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS ADDRESS SUNDRY BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: At an August 1 farewell event, the COM pressed Deputy FM Maung Myint and the GOB to release ASSK and other political prisoners and allow their participation in the political process; urged the GOB to forget asking for "patience" and to make fundamental changes now; and requested [...]	2005-08-02 11:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC BM TT
05RANGOON896	COM'S FAREWELL CALL AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 3 farewell call on the Deputy Foreign Minister, the COM pressed for the release of ASSK and other opposition leaders and appealed for a more regular dialogue between GOB officials and Embassy officers. The COM also addressed several Amcit cases, gaining consular a [...]	2005-08-03 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC BM
05RANGOON901	PARTING THOUGHTS ON BURMA [...] (C) After three years as Chief of Mission in Rangoon, I offer a few parting perspectives on the feared and reclusive generals who rule Burma; our continuing efforts to mitigate the threats posed by the military regime to our national interests, to regional stability, and to the people of Burma; [...]	2005-08-04 08:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SNAR BM
05RANGOON908	KNU LETTER TO SPDC APPEALS FOR PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The President of the Karen National Union (KNU) recently wrote a letter to SPDC Senior General Than Shwe proposing peace talks and a political, vice military, solution to their conflict. The KNU views the 2004 "gentlemen's agreement" cease-fire, brokered by KNU General Bo Mya and [...]	2005-08-05 06:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
05RANGOON909	WFP CHIEF REVEALS GOB SKIMMING DURING BURMA VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: WFP Executive Director James Morris, the UN's most senior visitor to Burma in over a year, told Rangoon donor missions that, unbeknownst to WFP, the GOB has been levying a 10% "export tax" on all commodities that WFP purchases in country for its feeding programs. Morris was angry [...]	2005-08-08 00:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EAGR BM NGO
05RANGOON924	THE STATE TAKES OVER ANOTHER PRIVATE BANK IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: An apparent GoB takeover of Myanmar Universal Bank (MUB),Burma's sixth largest bank (measured by deposits),triggered increased withdrawals from MUB and a few other banks and has reduced fragile public confidence in the banking sector. The GoB has not announced reasons for the a [...]	2005-08-10 10:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SNAR BM
05RANGOON951	GOB SHARES INFORMATION ON FOUR SUSPICIOUS MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Burmese security officials recently shared with Emboffs biographic data for four Muslim Indian nationals of "Pakistani origin," whom the GOB had deported in June for "suspicious behavior." The GOB did not provide any direct evidence of terrorist activities by the four, and Burma h [...]	2005-08-16 03:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV BM
05RANGOON973	SPDC TO ALITAS: REFORM OKAY AT THE UN, NOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: Former Indonesian FM Ali Alitas made a three-day visit to Burma August 18-20 as a UN special envoy on United Nations reforms. His primary objectives, however, were to gain rare UN entree to top regime officials, to press for broader UN access to Burma, and to deliver a letter fro [...]	2005-08-22 11:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON974	UNDP CHIEF IN BURMA CALLS GLOBAL FUND'S DEMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP's Burma chief, the senior UN official in country, briefed donors on August 22 on the recent decision by the Global Fund (GF) to terminate it program in Burma. He said the GF was never truly workable in Burma and he is relieved it was canceled before substantial commitments we [...]	2005-08-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM BM NGO
05RANGOON979	BURMA: THAN SHWE HEALTH ISSUES FUEL POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: Heightened activity on August 23-24 at a Rangoon military hospital, including visits by senior-level officials, are the source of rumors that the leader of Burma's military regime, Senior General Than Shwe, has fallen seriously ill. It is possible that Than Shwe checked into the [...]	2005-08-24 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ASEC BM
05RANGOON989	BURMA: RUMORS PERSIST THAT SOMETHING'S AMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: August 25 was yet another day of unsubstantiated rumors in Rangoon involving speculation that State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe has suffered a medical setback and/or that senior regime generals are involved in a power struggle. If nothing unusual has [...]	2005-08-25 11:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ASEC BM
05RIYADH3517	KING FAHD HEALTH CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: As of Saturday, May 28, King Fahd remains in King Faisal Specialist Hospital, undergoing unspecified "medical tests," according to statements released by the Saudi press agency and sourced to the Royal Court and "official sources." The mood in Riyadh is quiet and normal, although [...]	2005-05-28 10:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH5352	SAUDI KING FAHD DIES, ABDULLAH ASCENDS THE THRONE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador James Oberwetter. Reason 1.4 (B and D). 2. (C) The Royal Diwan announced on August 1 that Saudi King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud has died. The announcement was read on Saudi state television at 10:00 AM Riyadh time. According to our sources in the Royal Diwan [...]	2005-08-01 08:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH5371	THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]	2005-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH9116	A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY FOR SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The events of 9/11 profoundly affected the U.S.-Saudi relationship, forcing a rethinking of diplomacy as well as public diplomacy on both sides. This rethinking found positive expression in the joint statements issued in Crawford following the April 2005 visit o [...]	2005-12-12 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR ECON SA
05RIYADH9142	SHI'ITE COUNCIL MEMBER PREDICTS SACKING OF SAUDI [...] (C) Shi'a activist Jafar Al-Shayeb described efforts to oust Abdullah Al-Khunaizi, Qatif's Shi'a judge, saying that he was not effective as a representative of the community given "new social forces" gaining strength in Qatif. He said that the Shi'a were pleased with the signals from King Ab [...]	2005-12-13 06:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KIRF SA
05RIYADH9252	KSA SUPPORT FOR IRAQI VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA IZ
05RIYADH9303	MUNICIPAL COUNCILS UPDATE: REMAINING HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Saudi press announced that King Abdullah had completed the long delayed process of forming the country's 178 municipal councils. Half of the councils' members, totaling 592 officials in all, were chosen last spring in the Kingdom's first democratic, albeit [...]	2005-12-15 14:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9341	DELIVERY OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC [...] (C) A/DCM conveyed ref message to the Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister. The Director provided no substantive response, but said the message would be forwarded to the Foreign Minister in advance of the GCC Summit. GFOELLER [...]	2005-12-18 06:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH9342	CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]	2005-12-18 09:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05RIYADH9366	EP BUSINESSWOMEN TAKE FIRST LOOK AT NEW [...] (U) Summary: Following the trend in Jeddah and Riyadh, the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce elections in early February will be open to women, both as voters and as candidates. As of December 17, out of a total of 44 candidates five are women. December 18th is the last day to register. T [...]	2005-12-18 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SCUL KMPI SA
05RIYADH9396	SAG REPLACES SHI'ITE JUDGE IN QATIF [...] (U) EP daily Al-Youm reported on December 18 that a new Shi'ite judge, Sheikh Ghalib Al-Hamad, has succeeded Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khunaizi as Shi'ite judge in Qatif. According to the report, Al-Hamad had been appointed by royal decree two weeks earlier to fill the position that Al-Khunaizi had [...]	2005-12-20 07:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF SA
05RIYADH9401	MAYOR PREVIEWS (LIMITED) SCOPE OF QATIF'S [...] (C) In a meeting with the CG, Khalid Al-Dossari, Mayor of Qatif, said that the primary problem facing his municipality was haphazard development. Qatif, an oasis once composed of close-knit villages and date palm groves, is changing rapidly as the population grows and date farmers sell their [...]	2005-12-20 13:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9402	SAG OFFSETS SHI'A STRENGTH IN ITS APPOINTMENTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The SAG announced its appointments to municipal councils nationwide, including those of the Eastern Province (EP),on December 14. As expected by many observers, the government used the appointments to balance the Shi'a presence on the councils in Qatif and Al-Hasa: elected mem [...]	2005-12-20 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05RIYADH9434	EP TRIBAL FAMILY FLEXES ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Four brothers from the Al-Dossari family outlined to the CG and Consulate staff their family's business and political enterprises. Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossari, together with two other brothers, run a company that has expanded from supplying auto parts to managing int [...]	2005-12-21 09:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9435	SAUDI DISSIDENT TURKI AL-HAMAD SHARES PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a meeting with CG and PolOff December 19 over coffee at the Gulf Meridian Hotel in Khobar, Saudi dissident and writer Turki Al-Hamad discussed his three priorities for reform: "We need reform of the judicial system, public freedoms, and public rights." He argued that political reform [...]	2005-12-21 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05RIYADH9469	HEAD OF TOP SAUDI UNIVERSITY LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: CG John Kincannon and consulate staff met with Dr. Khaled S. Al Sultan, Rector and CEO of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) on December 17th 2005. Al Sultan discussed current challenges facing the university, the importance of educational exchange, and KFUPM' [...]	2005-12-21 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KMPI PINR SA
05RIYADH9474	THE SAUDI STOCK MARKET: VIGNETTES FROM THE EP [...] (SBU) Mohammed Al-Jassim, a prosperous Dammam businessman whose main commercial interest is as a wholesale trader in air-conditioning products, chooses stocks in the same way that many Saudis do: by buzz. "If someone calls me up and says, 'Hey, have you heard about this stock, it's definitel [...]	2005-12-24 09:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SA
05RIYADH9488	FORMER ARAMCO EXECUTIVE OFFERS HIS VIEWS ON OIL [...] (C) Over lunch at the CG's residence on December 21, 2005, Sadad Al-Husseini, who retired from Aramco in 2004 after serving twelve years as Executive President for Exploration & Producing, shared his views on global oil supply and demand with CG, EconOff, and PAO. Al-Husseini, who is now a c [...]	2005-12-26 06:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL SA OIL
05RIYADH9531	NEW PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE, [...] (U) Summary: A new private university in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province is scheduled to open to 600 men and women in the fall of 2006. Funded by donations from private investors, Prince Mohammed University's curriculum, faculty recruitment, and administrative system have been designed and will [...]	2005-12-27 09:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KMPI SA
05ROME1005	ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...]	2005-03-23 16:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1012	SOMALIA - ITALY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON SITUATION; [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. According to the MFA, U.S. and international concerns regarding frontline state participation in IGASOM (ref A) had been heeded by IGAD. An unofficial draft report (paragraph 7) on the March 22 core group [...]	2005-03-24 12:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO IT
05ROME1023	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...]	2005-03-24 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1058	ITALY'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS: THE LAUNCH OF THE [...] (C) Italians will vote April 3-4 to elect new governments in 14 of Italy's 20 regions. Most polls suggest that PM Berlusconi's center-right coalition will lose in at least two of these regions. These elections are not direct predictors for next spring's national elections for Parliament a [...]	2005-03-29 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME1125	ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...]	2005-04-01 17:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1222	NATO-AFGHANISTAN:ITALY WILL CONSIDER DROPPING [...] (C) On April 12, PolMilOff conveyed Reftel points requesting that Italy lift its ISAF caveat to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi and to MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Brauzzi, who has the lead on NATO issues, immediately asked the Italian military Joint Operational Command (C [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1291	ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...]	2005-04-15 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME1385	ITALIAN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM ON REFUGEE TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary. In the face of criticism by UNHCR, the European Parliament and center-left politicians, the Italian Government continues to defend its policy of quickly returning illegal immigrants to Libya. Ministry of Interior officials insist the immigrants are being properly processed for [...]	2005-04-22 14:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG IT UNHCR
05ROME1390	ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...]	2005-04-22 16:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN
05ROME1391	ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...]	2005-04-22 16:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1450	SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...]	2005-04-28 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1465	REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT [...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome seconds Embassy Paris' recommendation (reftel) that it would be helpful to have President Bush send an advocacy letter to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in addition to French President Jacques Chirac, in support of General Electric's bid to provide t [...]	2005-04-29 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP PREL IT FR
05ROME1484	IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES' [...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...]	2005-05-02 11:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1509	OHR CANDIDATE MIRACHIAN - A GOOD CHOICE FOR [...] (C) As stated ref A, Embassy Rome considers Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian a good choice to take over as HiRep when Paddy Ashdown steps down next year. Our experience with her goes back to her time as DAS equivalent for Balkans issues in the run-up to and during the military action in Kosov [...]	2005-05-03 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO IT
05ROME1529	ITALIAN VIEWS ON "POST-STANDARDS" KOSOVO; SUPPORT [...] (C) EUR DAS Kathy Stephens, in town on April 29 for the Aspen Institute's rollout of the International Commission on the Balkans report on "The Balkans in Europe's Future" (copy emailed to EUR/SCE),discussed briefly with MFA EUR DG Giovanni Caracciolo and Deputy PolDir Claudio Bisognero Itali [...]	2005-05-04 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT SR EUN OSCE KFOR
05ROME1623	ITALY,S PASSIVE APPROACH TO TRADE POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Italy defers to other EU member states, especially France and Germany, in setting the direction of EU trade policy, despite the size of the Italian economy and the importance of trade to the country's prosperity. Italian trade officials generally support U.S. views on many issues, [...]	2005-05-11 09:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAIR PREL IT EUN

05ROME1635	IRAQ/ITALY:MORE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following Berlusconi's recent statements on future troop withdrawals in Iraq (Ref A),both DefMin Martino and FM Fini have made statements in the past week suggesting that Italy will begin a major drawdown after the end of the year. Post views these statements, in the run-up to na [...]	2005-05-12 07:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1732	ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...]	2005-05-19 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN
05ROME1734	ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...]	2005-05-19 15:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN
05ROME1766	(C) REQUEST FOR SECDEF ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT [...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome agrees with Embassy Paris (ref A) that letters that we delivered from Secretaries Rice and Gutierrez to their Italian counterparts were helpful indications of high-level USG interest in General Electric's bid to provide gas tubines for the joint French-Italian [...]	2005-05-23 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD PREL IT
05ROME178	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY ON PRT/FSB RECCE TRIP - [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1785	ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...]	2005-05-25 12:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1824	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...]	2005-05-27 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1966	A/S FRIED'S CONSULTATIONS WITH ITALIAN U/S TERZI [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Italian MFA U/S Giulio Terzi June 7 to discuss Italian reaction to the French and Dutch "no" votes on the EU Constitution (see septel). With Russian FM Lavrov and Serbian PM Kostunica due in Rome, Terzi also reviewed with Fried our policies towards Kosovo, Bos [...]	2005-06-09 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
05ROME1979	EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...]	2005-06-10 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IT NATO
05ROME1980	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA IN ROME; TAKES A [...] (C) As reported ref a, on June 7, in anticipation of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's visit to Rome later the same day, EUR A/S Fried provided MFA POLDIR Terzi with an overview of the U.S. position on Kosovo. Fried asked that Italy try to persuade him to accept a definition of "less than in [...]	2005-06-10 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SR IT KOC UN NATO
05ROME1981	ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE 13 GAERC AGENDA; ITALY WILL [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that since this is the first GAERC after the French and Dutch "no" on the Constitution, FMs will discuss, over dinner Sunday evening June 12, alternatives on the way forward for ratification and the implications of freezing the process fo [...]	2005-06-10 13:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL CM IR EUN
05ROME2011	ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...]	2005-06-13 18:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT OECD
05ROME2046	DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS [...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...]	2005-06-15 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO
05ROME2080	NSC CUBA REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: There have been no dramatic changes in Italy's approach to Cuba in the last six months. Italy continues to support the common European Union position and has also resisted changes to liberalize it in Havana's favor. Italy supported the U.S. position and played a role in helping [...]	2005-06-16 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
05ROME2089	ITALY'S FAILED FERTILITY REFERENDUM [...] (U) This is a joint U.S. Embassy Rome-U.S. Embassy Vatican cable. 2. (C) Summary. Although touted as Italy's biggest values vote since the approval of divorce and abortion, the June 12-13 referendums on embryo research and assisted fertility was a dud. Most (74 percent) Italians opted to a [...]	2005-06-17 14:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV IT HUMAN RIGHTS FAO
05ROME211	AFGHANISTAN: PRT/FSB -- ITALY URGENTLY SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action cable. See Paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is firm in its commitment and poised to deploy a PRT and FSB to Herat before Afghan parliamentary elections (Reftel A). However, after receiving recent U.S. demarches on Stage II requirements, the Italians are having [...]	2005-01-21 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2148	FRUSTRATED ITALIAN UNIONS TO SEEK MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Italian unions representing civilians who work for the U.S. military on Italian bases expressed to Embassy Labor Counselor extreme frustration over the inability to conclude a Conditions of Employment agreement for the l [...]	2005-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ELAB IT
05ROME2179	ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL [...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...]	2005-06-27 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME2183	REFORMING THE UN: UNSC REMAINS ITALY'S TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Italian interest in UN reform centers on the Human Rights Council, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism. In general, they will follow the EU lead but will press for a reform consensus that does not create more problems than it solves. Whil [...]	2005-06-27 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC IT UNSC
05ROME2296	G-4 UNSC RESOLUTION: ITALY AGREES ON IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to Giacomo Sanfelice de Monteforte, MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs (DG Giulio Terzi is still at the G-8 Summit in Gleneagles) and Alessandro Busacca, Director of the MFA UN Office, emphasizing Secretary Rice's view that we consider it impo [...]	2005-07-08 17:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT UNSC
05ROME2310	ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 13:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE
05ROME2349	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...]	2005-07-14 06:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2372	ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...]	2005-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN
05ROME2413	SOMALIA: ITALY REQUESTS CLOSER CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although we may differ on what should be addressed first--nation-building or local assistance that supports peaceful development of a national government--Italy supports U.S. goals for Somalia. In Italy's view the greatest threat Somalia faces is not renewed fighting by warlor [...]	2005-07-20 06:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SO ET IT YE
05ROME2456	ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...]	2005-07-22 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT
05ROME249	IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...]	2005-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME2569	IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...]	2005-08-02 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2625	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES ADDITIONAL MILLION [...] (C) Italy will provide an extra 1,000,000 euros to the UN for Afghanistan's National Assembly elections, scheduled for September 18. Italian Special Envoy on Afghanistan Anna della Croce told polmiloff that DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini pledged the extra million euros to Afghan President Karzai on A [...]	2005-08-05 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT UNDP AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2679	ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...]	2005-08-11 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR XA IT FAO
05ROME2720	ITALY MAINTAINS STRONG SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi's government continues to steadfastly support Turkey in the run-up to the expected start of EU negotiations October 3, although Italian officials acknowledge that the talks will be lengthy and difficult. Italian officials concede that EU membership for [...]	2005-08-17 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME2734	ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE [...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...]	2005-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
05ROME2874	ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...]	2005-08-29 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TU IT EUN
05ROME29	IRAQ: ITALY NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Iraq officer Daniano Francovigh (speaking on behalf of Iraq Office Director and Task Force Director Luigi Maccotta) on January 4 regarding Ref A demarche. Francovigh said that because of time and financial restraints, Italy will not be able to support the IMIE for Ir [...]	2005-01-05 09:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PHUM IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME2919	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...]	2005-09-01 16:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME2922	BOSSI-FINI IMMIGRATION REFORM: THE RESULTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary. Italian efforts to manage legal immigration and limit illegal immigration have met with mixed success. The Bossi-Fini law of 2002 produced a limited regularization of illegal workers but failed to establish viable long-term procedures to either encourage the legal immigration Ital [...]	2005-09-02 09:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME2937	IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B),MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...]	2005-09-02 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2953	ZIMBABWE IMF: ITALY LEANING AGAINST EXPULSION IN [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is leaning towards giving Zimbabwe additional time in light of the GOZ's recent partial payment of its arrears. End summary. 2. (C) Economic Counselor and Econoff delivered reftel points August 30 to Ignazio Angeloni, Director General for International Affairs at the [...]	2005-09-06 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ZI IT IMF
05ROME2997	BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...]	2005-09-09 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BK IT EUN PREL
05ROME3068	EUR P/DAS VOLKER'S ROME CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During his visit to Rome, EUR P/DAS Volker discussed the Fund and Foundation for the Future, NATO and EU expansion, NATO/EU cooperation, Russia, and Latin America. Overall, the GOI shares our optimism that Europe will recover from the EU constitution debacle and that Turkish [...]	2005-09-15 06:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ IR IT NATO
05ROME3080	PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...]	2005-09-15 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN
05ROME3081	THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition),poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...]	2005-09-15 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3178	ITALY AND NATO ENLARGEMENT: MFA NATO DESK [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to the Rome visit of EUR P/DAS Volker and discussions at NATO on the US two-summit strategy to advance NATO's strategic direction (reftels),Italy's new MFA NATO Director Gianni Bardini told PolMil officers on September 15 that, in his personal opinion, NATO should not [...]	2005-09-23 10:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO
05ROME3179	ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...]	2005-09-23 11:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3195	ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY PREDECESSOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy PM Giulio Tremonti was named Italy's Finance Minister on September 22 after Domenico Siniscalco resigned in protest over the government's lack of action against embattled Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio. This is Tremonti's second term as Finance Minister since 2001, hi [...]	2005-09-23 16:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3204	ITALY: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to strengthen programs to combat extremism, and we believe European posts have an important role to play in reaching out to Muslim audiences. To accomplish this long-term objective, we propose an outreach program aimed at Italian citizens and immi [...]	2005-09-26 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05ROME3226	IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...]	2005-09-27 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3227	BERLUSCONI ACQUITTED YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, a Milan court acquitted Italian PM Berlusconi of charges of false accounting dating back to 1999 charges that his financial company Finivest engaged in false bookkeeping from 1989-95. The acquittal was based on a ruling that the statute of limitations had expi [...]	2005-09-27 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IT KCRIM ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3257	ITALY AND THE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Massimo Leggeri, MFA Deputy-Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, called Econcounselor September 23 to ask that she convey to Washington and USOECD, Italy's continuing interest in the Vice-chair position of the OECD Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in [...]	2005-09-29 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT OECD
05ROME3276	ITALY: SENATE PRESIDENT PERA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with Senate President Marcello Pera at Pera's request. Pera was pessimistic about PM Silvio Berlusconi's ability to win next year's general elections, but believes there "is still time" to pull off a victory. He criticized Berlusconi's failure to [...]	2005-09-30 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3290	ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...]	2005-09-30 16:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3442	ITALY: CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PASSES ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Berlusconi's Center-Right coalition moved an electoral reform bill through the important Chamber of Deputies on October 13 in a vote that ended in an opposition walkout and mass abstention. The bill is widely expected to pass the Senate next week and become law. The change her [...]	2005-10-14 12:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3467	ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...]	2005-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3547	ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...]	2005-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN
05ROME3585	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...]	2005-10-26 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3591	ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE [...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...]	2005-10-26 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME3597	UN REFORM, IRAN: VISIT OF IO A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials told visiting A/S Silverberg they would look at any UNSC reform proposal except national permanent seats, such as the G4 proposal. They agree on the importance of moving forward before the end of the year on UN Secretariat reform, the Peace Building Commission, [...]	2005-10-26 16:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR XF IT UNSC
05ROME3600	SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MINETA'S [...] (C) Summary. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in Iraq, the largest contributor to NATO Balkans operations, and commands international security assistance forces (ISAF) and a Provincial Reconstruction T [...]	2005-10-27 10:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT IT OTRA OVIP AVIATION
05ROME3609	ITALY SEEKS "PARALLELISM" TO BREAK DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rome has met with senior officials in the Vice Ministry of Trade and Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs to urge the GOI to support EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on a new EU proposal on agricultural market access within the "negotiating zone" of the USG an [...]	2005-10-28 04:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT EU WTO
05ROME3631	IRAN: ITALY SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi publicly condemned the statements made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The MFA also immediately phoned the Iranian Ambassador in Rome to protest upon hearing Ahmadinejad's remarks, following up with a short public statement on its web site. The Mayor [...]	2005-10-28 17:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3640	CHAVEZ STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT AS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi delivered our message on consolidating democracy and ensuring respect for human rights to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during their meeting October 17 in Milan. Chavez was in Italy for the October 17 UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 60th Ann [...]	2005-10-31 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM XL IT HUMAN RIGHTS
05ROME3669	ITALY DEFERS TO EU ON ALEMAN, BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Italy will defer to EU policies on denying safe haven to Jose Aleman (reftel A),and endorsing the Bolivia Support Group message (reftel B),according to MFA officials. Italy shares U.S. concerns about the political developments in Nicaragua, but is encouraged by what it sees as [...]	2005-11-03 16:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM BL IT EUN
05ROME3671	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]	2005-11-03 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3697	ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED [...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...]	2005-11-04 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3729	SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...]	2005-11-09 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO
05ROME3758	GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...]	2005-01-14 17:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3765	ITALY ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA U/S Mantica will travel to Sudan November 16-21, making stops in Khartoum, Darfur, and Juba. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will be at the top of the agenda. Italy is pleased with its seat on the Sudanese Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...]	2005-11-15 10:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
05ROME3767	SCENESETTER FOR DHHS SECRETARY MICHAEL LEAVITT'S [...] (C) Ambassador Spogli and Minister of Health Francesco Storace warmly welcome your visit to Italy to further our already excellent relations in health cooperation. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in [...]	2005-11-15 12:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT OTRA OVIP PREL SOCI TBIO FAO
05ROME3774	GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...]	2005-11-15 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT
05ROME3796	ITALY SEES NO POSSIBILITY TO DEPLOY EGF FOR [...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref demarche to MFA Central America and the Caribbean Office Director Paolo Miraglia and to Major Fabio Cairo, who handles European Gendarme Force policy for Carabinieri HQ Rome. Poloffs urged consideration of early European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment, but both M [...]	2005-11-17 12:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN
05ROME3827	ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...]	2005-11-21 07:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IT EUN
05ROME3828	MOI PISANU NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SAUDIS TRAINING [...] (C) Minister of Interior Pisanu told the Ambassador during the Ambassador's introductory call in late September that he had been developing a close working relationship with his Saudi Arabian counterpart (REFTEL). Pisanu spoke positively about a Saudi offer of assistance training imams operati [...]	2005-11-21 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3845	WITH COMPROMISE, GOI SEES HOPE FOR SUCCESSFUL HONG [...] (U) Summary: On November 8, Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, laid out for Acting EcMin the recipe for a successful Hong Kong Ministerial: (i) U.S. and EU compromise on key issues, (ii) collaborative work to build momentum in the negotiations, [...]	2005-11-22 09:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EU IT UN
05ROME3868	ITALY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PUBLICLY CRITICIZES [...] (SBU) On November 22, Minister of Justice Roberto Castelli took the unusual step of publicly criticizing a member of Italy's highly independent magistracy over his ability to properly handle a particular case. Castelli called Armando Spataro a "militant," meaning a communist. On November 12, [...]	2005-11-23 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3880	OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 17:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME3882	ITALIAN-YEMENI COOPERATION ON BORDER CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 5. 2. (C) Italian Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu visited Sanaa last week for talks with his Yemeni counterpart. According to Pisanu's Diplomatic Advisor, Ambassador Guido Lenzi, the most urgent bilateral issue discussed was Yemen's re [...]	2005-11-23 18:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IT YE
05ROME3885	OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 08:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME3936	ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...]	2005-11-30 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3957	ITALY WANTS BROADER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Asia Claudio Pacifico told the DCM on November 29 that Italy wants to play a larger role in Afghanistan and made an appeal for closer cooperation on policy with the U.S. He noted that the GOI was reassessing its participation in Afghanistan with an eye t [...]	2005-12-01 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME3961	ITALY INSISTS IT IS FIRM ON PRESSURING RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary. On December 1, Poloff met with Dr. Susanna Schlien of the OSCE office of the Italian MFA to discuss the US position on a possible ministerial declaration during the OSCE Ljubljana summit. Poloff noted that the USG believed that no ministerial message might be better than one whic [...]	2005-12-01 17:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME3998	ADVISOR ON HOMELAND SECURITY TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings with law enforcement and intelligence officials, Advisor to the President for Homeland Security Townsend delivered a consistent message on security for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We respect Italian capabilities and appreciate the cooperation [...]	2005-12-06 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PTER OVIP IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME4023	INTERIOR MINISTER ON OLYMPICS SECURITY, MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Interior and Chief of Police DeGennaro December 6 expressed readiness to cooperate fully with the USG on Olympics security issues. Besides the Olympics, Italian security authorities had identified 13,000 potential targets around the country and instituted measures [...]	2005-12-07 17:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER EFIN PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME4052	ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...]	2005-12-13 15:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME4060	MOI EXPELS MOHAMMED DAKI: ITALY'S 13 IN 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu expelled Moroccan national and suspect terrorist Daki Mohamed on December 10, returning him to Morocco. Tunisian national and terrorist suspect Gharsellaoui Mohamed Akremi was also expelled December 10. In a December 11 press release, Pisanu [...]	2005-12-14 16:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME4064	PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...]	2005-12-15 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4083	AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT PRODUCES IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary. Amb. Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on UN Reform, had meetings with Italian FM Gianfranco Fini, senior MFA officials, and senior officials in PM Berlusconi's office December 12 and 13. Amb. Tahir-Kheli highlighted U.S. reform priorities, stressed the [...]	2005-12-19 14:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR IT UNGA
05ROME4155	WITH A WARY EYE ON RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy's Productive Activities Minister says Italy and the EU are too dependent on Russian energy, and that truly developed countries should be self-sufficient in energy. Italy is actively pursuing alternative energy sources, such as biomass fuel, hydrogen energy, and solar p [...]	2005-12-27 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL KDEM SA IR IS IT IQ RU
05ROME4186	GOI CHARTS THE WAY FORWARD AFTER WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, views the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial as an overall success and especially as "a win" for Brazil. Teti praised Pascal Lamy's leadership of the WTO, and predicted an agreement on the Doha Development [...]	2005-12-30 10:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON IT EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME702	ITALY AGREES WITH PUBLIC STATEMENT; BELIEVES [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-02 15:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO IT
05ROME746	MFA ON FINI'S BALKANS VISIT; DAS STEPHENS ROME [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that FM Fini's February 23-25 Balkans visit had been"constructive," and that Fini reassured his interlocutors that Italy would "maintain maximum attention" to the region. In Belgrade he pointed out that ICTY cooperation remains crucial for the region's advancemen [...]	2005-03-04 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR IT KI EUN
05ROME747	UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: ITALIAN CANDIDATE [...] (U) Italian Radical Party leader Emma Bonino came to Embassy Rome March 4 to meet NEA DAS Carpenter. Bonino's NGO "No Peace without Justice" is managing an aspect of the USG-GOI funded "Democracy Assistance Dialogue" under the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative. 2. (C) Aft [...]	2005-03-04 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IO IT PREF ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME857	DEPARTING IRANIAN AMBASSADOR MAY SEEK SENIOR FAO [...] (SBU) Mohammad Saeid Noori-Naeni, who has served as Iran's Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome since 1994, returns to his academic roots in Iran this month to become Rector of the University of Tehran. Indications are that the Iranian diplomat, who is popular in Rome, may be contemplati [...]	2005-03-14 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR KUNR PINR PREL IR FAO
05ROME861	ITALY ON GAERC AGENDA: NO CONSENSUS FOR CROATIA [...] (C) MFA EU-CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that no Member States expect Ministers to approve a start date for Croatian accession talks at the March 16 GAERC. He predicted Ministers would urge completion of the EU's own bureaucratic preparations for negotiations to start, while underli [...]	2005-03-14 17:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
05ROME878	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...]	2005-03-15 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME886	IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN [...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...]	2005-03-16 11:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME897	ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN SHARES INSIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Ambassador to Iran believes that most Iranians favor better relations with the United States, but at the same time support Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear capabilities. The upcoming Presidential elections could help resolve this dilemma by offering prospects, if Rafsanjan [...]	2005-03-16 15:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR IT IAEA
05ROME902	IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...]	2005-03-17 05:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME905	ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...]	2005-03-17 08:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME917	UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...]	2005-03-17 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT UNHRC
05ROME919	IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...]	2005-03-17 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME921	ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON [...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...]	2005-03-17 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE

05ROME950	SOMALIA - ITALIANS SHARE CONCERNS OVER IGAD TROOP [...] (C) On March 18, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Stefano Dejak told PolOff that Italy shares U.S. concerns expressed reftel over possible IGAD troop deployment in Somalia. Italy has been speaking at length at high levels to the Ethiopian government, which is looking to IGAD protection of its own b [...]	2005-03-21 10:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO IT
05ROME976	SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...]	2005-03-22 11:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME987	ITALY'S FOREIGN AID: LATE PAYMENTS, TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Italian parliament passed a special appropriation to: 1) allow Italy to make up its missed 2004 euro 100 million payment (euro=$1.33) to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 2) fund a euro 70 million appropriation for tsunami-related aid; [...]	2005-03-22 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IT
05ROME989	US-ITALIAN GOALS FOR BALKANS: "PLAYING THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with MFA Political Director Terzi and European Affairs Director-General Caracciolo, DAS Stephens heard a strong Italian pledge of continued participation and cooperation with the US in the Balkans. Terzi said that Italy was focusing on a number of important issues, fr [...]	2005-03-22 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL SR BS EUN HZ
05SANAA1037	AL-HOUTHI LEADERS FLEE YEMEN, REBELLION NEAR END [...] (C) Summary. The level of conflict between government and rebel forces in the Sa'ada region seems to be decreasing, but clashes continue in isolated areas. The leaders of the uprising are rumored to have fled the country, perhaps under a negotiated agreement. There is considerable risk that [...]	2005-04-25 14:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1039	SHRD REPORT DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff delivered "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005" to Nasser Arrabyee, Special Assistant to the Minister of Human Rights on April 24. Arabyee promised to pass the report to Minister Soswa and to report back should she have any comments. Poloff also provi [...]	2005-04-26 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO OIIP ELAB KDEM KSPR DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1054	DRAFT PRESS LAW CONCERNS JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Summary. On April 25 the ROYG's draft of a proposed new press law was leaked to the Yemen press. Journalists, citing more restrictions than in the old law and the lack of ROYG consultations with the Syndicate in drafting the law, are disappointed. Minister of Information, Hussein al-Awadi [...]	2005-04-29 09:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA106	ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan announced that Prime Minister Ba Jammal "in the interest of promoting the widest competition" rejected the Rotterdam Management Group's (RMG) recommendation to [...]	2005-01-17 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
05SANAA1222	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELEHSSAN TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8. Qirbi said that he had not heard of the organization and that Palestinian Islamic Jihad were not active in Yemen. 2. (C) The FM took the opportunity to comment on the State Department's Report on Intern [...]	2005-05-08 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KSEP KVPR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA1244	YEMEN GRAPPLES WITH POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF A MINOR [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, President Saleh suspended the death sentence of murder defendant Amina Ali Abdallah al-Tuhaif. The suspension was a direct result of international and local pressure to revisit the case due to questions on whether or not Al-Tuhaif committed murder when she was a minor. [...]	2005-05-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM
05SANAA1282	YEMEN HUNT LOOKING FOR DEAL ON BLOCK 18 EXTENSION, [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, Ambassador met with representatives of Yemen Hunt to discuss developments in the ongoing drama of the Block 18 extension (reftel). The ROYG officially confirmed the cancellation of its agreement with Hunt, endorsing Parliament's decision to explore a more profitable ar [...]	2005-05-14 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1316	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SOSWA ON THE AMINA CASE, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 15 meeting with Ambassador, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim Soswa discussed the death penalty case of Amina al-Tuhaif (ref A),the draft press law (ref B) and the recent allegations of Koran desecration at GTMO. End Summary. --------------------------- The Saga of A [...]	2005-05-17 12:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL YM KMCC
05SANAA1317	SHAKEDOWN AT THE ADEN PORT: SHIPS DETAINED BY [...] (C) Summary. Commercial maritime traffic to the Port of Aden, already far below the port's potential, may decrease further due to exaggerated insurance claims and an unusual practice of detaining ships in Yemen. Several worldwide insurance clubs have met in the last month to discuss these pr [...]	2005-05-17 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT YM COM
05SANAA1331	NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT [...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...]	2005-05-18 11:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1338	ADEN CONTAINER TERMINAL TENDER: ROYG ANGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary. The tendering process for the Aden Container Terminal was delayed this month when the ROYG,s High Tendering Committee decided not to award the tender at the self-imposed deadline. The Committee believed that the proposals did not apportion a high enough share of ROYG revenue, an [...]	2005-05-21 11:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT EINV YM COM
05SANAA1346	FM DISCUSSES KORAN DESECRATION, PRESS LAW, SALEH [...] (C) Summary. On May 18 Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. Discussions centered on the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A),ROYG response to Koran desecration allegations, Ambassador's canceled meeting with Yemeni journalists, and Saleh's proposed visit to Washi [...]	2005-05-23 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC PHUM KMPI ECON
05SANAA1359	NOTIFICATION OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered reftels on Guantanamo Adminstrative Review Board Proceedings to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. FM accepted the information without comment. Krajeski [...]	2005-05-24 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1360	SHURA LEADER ON HUNT OIL EXTENSION, AL-HOUTHI AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 17 Ambassador met with Shura Council Chairman Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani. Discussions centered on the canceled Hunt Oil extension for Block 18, ongoing violence in Saada, and the controversial draft press law. On the Hunt extension (ref A),Ghani expressed optimism that a deal [...]	2005-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM ENERGY
05SANAA1361	AGRICULTURAL BANK ABANDONS CORRUPT PAST, LOOKS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Yemen Cooperative and Agricultural Credit Bank (CACB) is moving away from a history of corruption and poor banking practices and positioning itself as a viable commercial bank. The MEPI-funded Financial Services Volunteer Corps worked with the bank May 14-18 to craft a pro [...]	2005-05-24 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA1376	SALEH CELEBRATES UNIFICATION DAY ALA KIM JUNG IL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador along with twenty-five other foreign Ambassadors and thousands of other invited guests attended the 15th commemoration of Yemen's unification on May 22. In what turned out to be a remarkable and contentious decision, President Saleh held this year's festivities in the [...]	2005-05-25 14:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1377	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SALIF PORT YCG STATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. After touring Yemen Hunt's Safir oil platform and the Yemen Coast Guard Command at nearby Salif Port and hearing briefings from Hunt security and the YCG Salif Port Commander, Ambassador raised the issue of maritime security and the vulnerability of the Safir with the Governor of [...]	2005-05-25 14:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM ECON YM COM ENERGY MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA144	RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA [...] (U) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta against supporters of rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi (reftel) than as a serious effort to reform Yemen's weak judiciary. What is required, they note, is a po [...]	2005-01-25 11:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1511	SEARCH FOR BLOCK 18 SOLUTION: HUNT ASKS AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 3 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. Tensions continue to mount over Block 18 and Yemen Hunt's future in Yemen. On May 24 Ambassador met a group of Hunt executives preparing to litigate in international court for ROYG breach of contract (ref A). [...]	2005-06-05 08:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1516	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP, GTMO, ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on June 1 on the Yemen Trafficking in Persons report, return of Yemenis from Guantanamo, and Arab League support for the Arab-Israeli peace process. The FM also discussed details of his recent trip to Ira [...]	2005-06-05 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC PHUM SMIG PREL PARM KCRM KWMN KBCT YM KNP DEMARCHE TRAFFICKING PERSONS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1529	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF SWISS CIRCULAR ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1532	ROYG SAYS IT LACKS CERTAINTY ON NATIONALITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 05:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1549	OPERATION TATTERED CARPET: LAST JEWS OF YEMEN [...] (C) Summary. Yemeni Jews are one of the oldest and most culturally distinct diaspora communities in the world. Since the mass migration of Yemeni Jews to Israel in 1949-50, only a few isolated families have remained in Yemen where they attempt to preserve their traditional customs. In recen [...]	2005-06-08 08:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
05SANAA1571	SALEH ON HUNT OIL DISPUTE, 2006 ELECTIONS, VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on June 9 to encourage the ROYG to resolve its dispute with Hunt Oil. He highlighted for the President the many potential negative effects for Yemen if the headline American company in the country took the ROYG to the International Public Court [...]	2005-06-11 14:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1578	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-13 12:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1589	GOOD NEWS FOR YEMEN'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE: DUBAI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On June 8 the ROYG announced Dubai Ports International (DPI) the winner of a 35-year concession to operate and develop the Aden Port and Aden Container Terminal (ACT). DPI is the world's fifth largest port operator, managing 18 international ports and terminals worldwide [...]	2005-06-14 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA1597	HUNT OIL READY TO SUE ROYG IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. Neither side is backing down in the dispute between headline American company Hunt Oil and the ROYG over the cancellation of Hunt's five-year extension to operate lucrative block 18 in Maarib. Ambassador briefed Yemen Hunt head Wyndell Caveness following his meeting with Presiden [...]	2005-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EPET KMCA KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1688	VADM NICHOLS MEETS WITH ROYG DEFENSE, INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Nichols met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior and the Commander of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) on June 12, 2005. All three ROYG officials expressed their gratitude to the USG for its assistance in establishing and training th [...]	2005-06-18 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM MASS MCAP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA1696	SALEH SHARES HIS PLAN FOR IRAQ AND PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador June 19 to pass his advice to the U.S. on how to solve the insurgency in Iraq and advance the Middle East peace process. As the U.S. will not be able to send a Washington envoy to Sanaa for the June 28-30 Organization of the Islamic Conference [...]	2005-06-19 15:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS IZ YM OVIP
05SANAA1723	SAADA REBELLION FOCUSES ATTENTION ON YEMEN'S ZAYDI [...] (C) Summary. The on-going Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth) rebellion against the Yemeni regime has brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi Shia population. The line between Sunni and Shia is blurred in Yemen; Sunnis and Shiites pray in the same mosques, and identity is derived f [...]	2005-06-21 14:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM
05SANAA1730	2003 GUN REGULATION LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Summary: A 2003 law to regulate gun ownership and trade in Yemen, one of the world's most heavily armed countries, continues to languish in Parliament. The ROYG blames opposition party Islah, but, the legislation also faces stiff opposition from members of the ruling elite, many of whom b [...]	2005-06-22 06:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PARM KMPI YM
05SANAA175	ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RULE ON PROSECUTION OF [...] (C) In a meeting between Legatt, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf ad-Din Mahbashi and Prosecutor Sa'id al-Aqel, AAG announced that his office had a list of 25 suspects handed to the Attorney General,s (AG) office by the Political Security Office (PSO) for possible criminal prosecution. [...]	2005-01-31 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1770	ROYG SAYS THIRD PROTOCOL CONFERENCE NOT ON OIC [...] (C) On June 26 Charge delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman requesting Yemen not to support OIC attempts to block the convening of a Conference on the Third Protocol this fall. Earlier in June, in response to ref B demarche, Noman said the ROYG had not yet formulat [...]	2005-06-26 13:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC AUNR KISL YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1771	CDA DELIVERS UN REFORM PRIORITIES DEMARCHE TO [...] (U) Charge delivered refs A and B requesting ROYG support for U.S. United Nations reform priorities, and ref C on UNHCR reform to Depduty Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on June 26. Noman promised to get back to Charge on the ROYG position. 2. (C) Noman noted that the possibility of an OIC se [...]	2005-06-26 13:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC KISL YM AUNR DEMARCHE
05SANAA1772	NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-26 13:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1782	PARLIAMENTARIANS SEEK TO LIMIT EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary. On June 11 the Yemeni Parliament passed new by-laws aimed at reforming its infrastructure. Among other reforms, the bill would reduce the Speaker of Parliament's term from six years to two. Ambassador discussed the new bill with several reformist MPs on June 14. The legislators [...]	2005-06-27 13:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA180	WITH CHALLENGES AHEAD, YEMENI NGOS LOOK FOR [...] (U) Summary. Yemen has a developing cadre of local NGOs focused on developing civil society and democracy in the country. Leaders of these organizations report that the local NGO community is highly motivated to affect change, but that they are severely lacking in capacity. Skills training, [...]	2005-02-01 05:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMPI YM KHUM KMCC DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1817	ZAYDIS PERCEIVE PERSECUTION AS ROYG CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. With the second Saada conflict in a year between the ROYG and the "Shabab al-Moumineen" (Believing Youth),continuing to simmer in its third month, President Saleh is reportedly increasing efforts to silence prominent opposition parties and critics. Recently these actions targete [...]	2005-07-02 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1820	OPPOSITION COALITION PREPARES FOR 2006 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks Sanaa has been abuzz with rumors that the opposition party coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) plans to nominate a challenger to President Saleh in 2006. In late May, members of the JMP central committee, comprised of one designated representative from eac [...]	2005-07-03 05:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1833	DPM SOFAN ON CORRUPTION, USDA FOOD AID, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ahmed Sofan, on July 2 to discuss USDA food aid program implementation, corruption, and Yemen's Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold plans. Sofan agreed with the DCM [...]	2005-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EAID YM COM
05SANAA185	GTMO NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED TO ROYG [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 06:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1854	MOD ALEWA ON USG ASSISTANCE, IRAQ AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Minister of Defense Ali Abdullah Alewa, the Minister discussed the need for increased USG military support, suggested a general amnesty in Iraq and asked for increased USG assistan [...]	2005-07-06 15:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1868	PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-10 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PINR PREL YE
05SANAA1875	YEMENI RIYAL SHOWS SIGNS OF INSTABILITY [...] (U) Summary. The Yemeni Riyal has fluctuated dramatically in recent months, and the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) intervened on at least two occasions to combat devaluation. Despite these efforts, for the first time in three years a black market has emerged for buying foreign currency, and the [...]	2005-07-11 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV YM COM
05SANAA1877	JEFFREY SACHS VISITS SANAA, WARNS OF ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project, projected a bleak future for Yemen without dramatic policy changes and a significant increase in foreign assistance during a visit to Sanaa, July 1-4. In Sachs's view, poor economic performance, declining natural resources, a [...]	2005-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SANAA1884	MISREPORTED COMMENTS ON RISKS TO AMERICANS IN THE [...] (C) On June 29, CDA gave a wide ranging press interview in Arabic to a local website on bilateral U.S.-Yemeni relations, during the course of which he was asked if we thought Americans were at risk in Yemen. CDA responded that Americans were at risk throughout the region, from Yemen to Morocco, [...]	2005-07-12 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MO YE
05SANAA1905	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-17 14:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1908	CDA DELIVERS SECURITY COUNCIL ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE [...] (C) CDA delivered ref A demarche on Security Council enlargement to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on July 13. CDA stressed that successful UN reform depended on building consensus on a wide variety of issues, rather than focusing too much energy on a potentially divisive topic such as UNSC [...]	2005-07-17 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
05SANAA1909	ROYG SAYS YEMEN HAS NO PLANS TO SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman assured CDA on July 16 that there is no truth to Somali President Yusef's claim that Yemen plans to deploy forces to Somalia to help "protect government institutions," (ref A). 2. (C) Other ROYG officials of late have raised the issue of stability i [...]	2005-07-17 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SO ET IT YM
05SANAA1910	SALEH CELEBRATES HIS 27TH WITH PANACHE AND SAYS HE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-17 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1919	SALEH PURSUES TRIBAL APPROACH TO ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Yemen's Parliament approved a general sales tax law in early July, which met with fierce protest from business leaders. After hearing their complaints regarding the potential for abuse and corruption, President Saleh locked business leaders in a room with ROYG officials and de [...]	2005-07-18 11:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA1959	SALEH AUTHORIZES ECONOMIC REFORMS: ROYG BRACES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, President Saleh approved long-delayed portions of the economic reform package. A reduction or elimination of the fuel subsidy is likely to accompany this decision, and some fear it will lead to civil unrest. Several reports indicate that the security forces will emp [...]	2005-07-19 15:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA196	YEMEN GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CAPTURE TELCOM MARKET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh's initiative to provide rural phone access through the use of CDMA technology expanded in 2004 to offer mobile phone service in Yemen. Yemen Mobile, though promoted as part of the rural access program, may serve to squeeze out its private sector GSM competitors, S [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI ECON COM
05SANAA1976	REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDIES SPARKS RAPID INFLATION, [...] (C) Summary. On July 23, Rioting and unrest had abated, following a weekend of explosive demonstrations against the lifting of fuel subsidies. On July 23, the ROYG confirmed 22 people killed, but the number is reportedly closer to 40. Demonstrators lashed out against the ruling elite across [...]	2005-07-23 15:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA202	DFM NOMAN'S REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed the results of the Iraqi election with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief on February 1. Noman shared his personal feelings on the election process, calling it a "great success." In previous conversations, Noman had expressed his p [...]	2005-02-02 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM IZ YM
05SANAA2022	MAREB ROAD TEMPORARILY CLEARED FOR FUEL DELIVERIES [...] (C) Summary. July 24 at 19:30, armed members of the Al-Jaden tribe clashed with ROYG security forces approximately 30 miles west of Mareb City. According to Hunt Oil Security Chief Ralph Gonzales there were several casualties. The show of military force convinced the tribesmen to lift their [...]	2005-07-25 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR ECON ENRG EINV ASEC YM COM ENERGY DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2032	SALEH'S WITHDRAWAL: TO RUN OR NOT TO RUN? [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh shocked many with his July 17 announcement that he would not be a candidate for reelection in 2006. His statement came days before the ROYG's decision to implement unpopular economic reforms resulting in hikes in oil and gas prices of over fifty percent. While rec [...]	2005-07-26 13:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2033	ISLAH ON RECENT RIOTING AND ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On July 23, in the wake of a recent rioting across the country (ref. A),CDA met with opposition Islah party leaders Abdelwahab al-Anisi, Mohammed Qahtan and Mohammed al-Saidi to urge peaceful and constructive opposition vice support for street demonstrations. Anisi, Islah Assis [...]	2005-07-26 15:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2062	SALEH "RESCUES" YEMEN FROM PRICE HIKES [...] (C) Summary. Following a week of protests against the ROYG's decision to partially lift fuel subsidies, on July 25 President Saleh ordered the Cabinet to reduce prices by seven to 22 percent. The President reached his decision after consulting with tribal leaders, who in return agreed to lift [...]	2005-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI KMCA YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2095	SALEH ON TERRORISM, IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, AND REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on August 1 to deliver ref A demarche for Arab League Capitals and discuss his November meeting with President Bush. Discussions focused on combating terrorism, the situation in Iraq, economic and democratic reforms, and Saleh's trip. News of K [...]	2005-08-01 15:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER KDEM KMCA KMPI KPAL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2122	ROYG SUPPORTS G-4 RESOLUTION ON UNSC EXPANSION, FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-02 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP KUNR YM UNGA
05SANAA2129	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary. On August 3 Ambassador discussed the aftermath of the oil price hikes and next steps for ROYG economic reform and anti-corruption with Foreign Minister Qirbi. Discussions also focused on the return of Yemeni detainees from GTMO and Saleh's November meeting with President Bush. [...]	2005-08-03 13:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KMPI YM KMCC KWAC ECON COM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2151	YEMEN FIGHTS TERRORIST FINANCING WITH LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. Yemen has a strong legal framework and considerable political will to combat terrorist financing, but is hampered by insufficient resources and a poorly organized banking sector. Although the volume of transactions is low, terrorists take advantage of the largely unregulated Yem [...]	2005-08-06 14:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA2162	HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW CHIEF OF YEMENI [...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst calls of "Enough corruption! Enough plundering!" and "Let's put unity back on track," the Yemen Socialist Party (YSP),Yemen's third most influential political party, concluded its Fifth Annual Conference on July 31. The conference wrapped up with the election of a new s [...]	2005-08-07 12:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI KWMN YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2206	TERROR TRIAL UPDATE: SIX AQ DEFENDANTS SENTENCED [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Sanaa Special Penal Court concluded the trial of eight suspected Al-Qaeda members for planning an attack on the Italian and British embassies as well as the Sanaa French Cultural Center (reftel). Five of the eight defendants were found guilty of "conspiracy to [...]	2005-08-10 13:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2317	EXBS ADVISOR VISIT AND PROGRAM STRATEGY JULY, 2005 [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the period July 9-19, 2005, Export Controls and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor met with Yemeni officials and principal Embassy staff to discuss the current state of EXBS in Yemen. Advisor met with senior representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Yemen and A [...]	2005-08-14 07:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2376	MOD ON CONTROLLING SMALL ARMS AND EUCS [...] (C) Summary. On August 13, Ambassador introduced the new Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief during a meeting with Minister of Defense MG Abdallah Ali Aleiwa. Ambassador used the opportunity to discuss the importance of providing a long-range strategic security plan in order to more ef [...]	2005-08-16 08:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS YM
05SANAA2377	DFM DISCUSSES SALEH VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi and Ambassador discussed cooperation ahead of President Saleh's scheduled visit to Washington in November and current ROYG efforts to combat corruption. End Summary. ------------------------------ Saleh's Visit: What Ca [...]	2005-08-16 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM
05SANAA2412	MHR SOSWA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNDP NOMINATION [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on August 17, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim Soswa asked the USG to support her nomination to the United Nations Development Program Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS). She also briefed Ambassador on a ROYG initiative to increase women in gove [...]	2005-08-21 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2426	YEMEN'S THIRD GSM TENDER: CHINESE MAKE AN OFFER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met August 17 with Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Abdulmalik al-Moalimi to discuss the status of a third tender for a GSM mobile phone operator. Post is advocating for Millicom, which has a vending agreement with Motorola. On August 2, the [...]	2005-08-22 13:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA2461	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel notification of six Yemenis scheduled to go before the Administrative Review Board to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on August 27. Noman accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]	2005-08-29 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2464	SALAMI TAKES HIGH ROAD ON GSM TENDER, CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, the tender for a new mobile phone operator in Yemen was at the top of the agenda when Ambassador met Minister of Finance Salami. Ambassador offered the merits of Millicom's bid, stressing the importance of American investment in Yemen, and raised questions about th [...]	2005-08-29 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA2465	CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS MOD AND MOI [...] (C) Summary. On August 23 Ambassador and visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commanding General, Major General (MGen) Timothy Ghormley met separately with Minister of Defense, Ali Abdullah Alewa, and Minister of Interior, Rashad al-Alimi. Both ministers commended the [...]	2005-08-29 14:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2487	MOD DEMONSTRATES NEW FOUND COOPERATIVE SPIRIT IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief met with Minister of Defense MG Abdallah Ali Aleiwa, Director of Military Intelligence BG Ali Ahmed Al-Sayyani, and Commander of the Yemen Special Operations Forces (YSOF) Colonel Ahmed Saleh. At the behest of President Sa [...]	2005-08-31 11:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2528	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On September 7, poloff delivered ref A notification to DFM Mustafa Noman on the pending transfer of one Yemeni detainee determined to no longer pose a threat. Noman anticipated that the ROYG would accept his return without issue as with the previous transferee (ref C),but would forward [...]	2005-09-07 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2531	DCM VISITS MUKALLA, ENCOURAGES SUPPORT FOR COAST [...] (C) On August 30, DCM visited the eastern port city of Mukalla to encourage regional support for the planned expansion of the Yemeni Coast Guard (YCG). In meetings with the Hadramaut governor, MOI Chief of Security, and Eastern Military Region Deputy Commander, DCM stressed the importance of [...]	2005-09-07 14:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS ENRG YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2556	PM BAJAMMAL ON GSM TENDER: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY [...] (C) Summary. On September 5, Ambassador discussed the status of Yemen's GSM mobile phone tender with PM Bajammal. He emphasized the importance of a transparent tendering process for attracting American business and for the country's overall investment climate. Bajammal responded directly tha [...]	2005-09-10 13:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI CH YM ECON COM
05SANAA2580	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATIONS [...] (C) On September 11, poloff delivered ref A notification on the continued detention of two Yemenis and ref B and C notifications on four Yemenis scheduled to go before the Administrative Review Board to DFM Mustafa Noman. Noman accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]	2005-09-12 11:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA264	FM QIRBI TALKS ABOUT IRAQI ELECTIONS, MCC, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador discussed the Iraqi Elections, Yemen's MCC Threshold concept paper, and deterioration of Press Freedoms in Yemen. End Summary. --------------- Iraqi Elections --------------- 2. (C) Qirbi called the Iraqi elections an important first step, commenting that "Yem [...]	2005-02-08 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM KMPI IZ YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA276	HARSHER SENTENCES AWARDED AND APPEALS REJECTED IN [...] (U) In the Yemeni legal system, both defense and prosecution can appeal a ruling. On February 6 a Sanaa Appellate Court resentenced one defendant to death (from a ten year sentence),awarded harsher sentences for two defendants and upheld the sentences of the remaining defendants in the group [...]	2005-02-12 06:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2764	GTMO NOTIFICATION DELIVERED, ROYG STILL UNSURE OF [...] (C) On September 13, DCM delivered notification on the continued detention of three Yemenis (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman. Noman accepted the names without comment. 2. (C) DCM also inquired on ROYG acceptance of an additional no-longer enemy combatant (ref B). Noman sai [...]	2005-09-17 11:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2767	DFM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER KIDNAPPING OF [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, DFM Mustafa Noman briefed DCM on the recent kidnapping and assault of his close friend, journalist Jamal Amer. Noman also shared his concerns that his perceived support for Amer angered President Saleh, who reportedly encouraged Zindani to publicly attack Noman. [...]	2005-09-17 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA277	DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production reached a high of 490,000 bpd in 2003.) Mismanagement of existing oil fields accelerates production and could serve to reduce long-term yields. Current explor [...]	2005-02-12 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA2796	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MUKALLA SPARKS REQUESTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, Ambassador visited the Hadramaut governorate capital and port city of Mukalla. In meetings with the Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military Region, university faculty, NGO activists and political and business leaders, Ambassador was repeatedly urged to increa [...]	2005-09-21 10:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS ENRG KMPI YM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2820	DCM HOSTS SMALL GROUP OF YEMENI JOURNALISTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on September 20 with seven journalists, the DCM, two emboffs, and representatives of three European donor states at the home of the DCM to listen to members of the Yemeni press corps give voice to concerns in the wake of the recent incidents involving kidnapping, [...]	2005-09-24 14:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2822	ROYG PRESENTS DRAFT MEMORANDUM ON BI-LATERAL [...] (C) Summary: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi presented a draft "Memorandum of Intention" establishing a framework for future US-Yemen cooperation (reftel). The memorandum outlines broad guidelines for cooperation on counter-terrorism, political i [...]	2005-09-24 15:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM
05SANAA2844	SHOW ME THE MONEY: CHINESE WIN YEMEN'S GSM TENDER, [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, Yemen's Cabinet officially awarded the third GSM license to Chinese-owned Unitel for its bid of USD 149 million. The decision came as no surprise; ROYG officials had made clear that the financial offer outweighed all other considerations. Many doubts remain, ho [...]	2005-09-27 07:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA2848	SALEH PARDONS AL-HOUTHI SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary. On the anniversary of Yemen's revolution against the Imam, President Saleh announced a surprise amnesty for supporters of the slain radical cleric Hussein al-Houthi. Saleh also promised compensation to the family of the royal family, deposed in 1962. The decisions were linked b [...]	2005-09-27 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2880	YEMENIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Interior have made clear in recent meetings that the ROYG will not accept repatriation of detainees from Guantanamo Bay who are designated as "enemy combatants." Yemeni officials have stated that the ROYG has enough probl [...]	2005-10-03 10:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2897	YEMEN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Yemen (ROYG) considers extremism a serious threat to the country's security and stability. Security and intelligence agencies routinely monitor mosques and religious institutions for extremist views. The ROYG regularly closes unlicensed religi [...]	2005-10-05 09:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2912	MOI ALIMI DISCUSSES OIL TERMINAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: In a October 3 meeting with Ambassador and Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief, Interior Minister Rashad Alimi discussed security arrangements for the Safer oil terminal and the transfer of protection duties to the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). Alimi stated that the YCG, a M [...]	2005-10-09 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS YM MARITIME SECURITY ENERGY
05SANAA2920	PARLIAMENT FLEXES MUSCLES, CHALLENGES ROYG ON [...] (C) Summary. In its last session, Yemen's Parliament asserted its constitutional authority in unprecedented fashion, summoning ministers for questioning, challenging ROYG corruption, and even passing original legislation. Parliamentarians also took aim at the Speaker, Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar [...]	2005-10-10 12:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2945	FM QIRBI SAYS SALEH MAY "CHANGE HIS MIND" ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting to review logistical arrangements for President Saleh's November visit to Washington, FonMin Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that Saleh was "nervous" about how a reversal of his announcement that he would not run for re-election in 2006 would be p [...]	2005-10-11 14:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM YE DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2956	CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS ADEN [...] (U) Summary. On October 1, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander MG Timothy Ghormley and Ambassador traveled to Aden for meetings with the Governor of Aden, Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and regional military commanders. MG Ghormley and Ambassador also participate [...]	2005-10-12 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PARM YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2957	RECORD OIL REVENUES FOR YEMEN -- WHERE HAS THE [...] (C) Summary. In September, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) submitted a record supplementary budget to Parliament for approval, totaling 50 percent of the original 2005 budget. As a result of higher than expected oil revenues and the lifting of fuel subsidies, Yemen is showing a revenue surplus [...]	2005-10-12 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2962	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAQI CONSTITUTION DEMARCHE TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 09:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM IZ DEMARCHE

05SANAA2988	YEMEN-IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE OF AN EXTRADITION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 05:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CJAN IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3018	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR YEMEN -- QUARTERLY [...] (C) Summary: Post implemented the initial phase of Yemen's Democratic Reform Strategy with mixed results. (Ref A) This quarterly report demonstrates progress for women in political participation, and in the role of Parliament providing a check on the executive. (Ref B) The ROYG's Threshold Pr [...]	2005-10-18 12:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3027	AMBASSADOR UPDATES MOI ON PISCES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador informed MinInt Rashad al-Alimi on October 17 that a team from Washington would visit Yemen in the next few weeks to update the ROYG's PISCES system, and that an FBI team would come to provide training and equipment for a national fingerprint database in the next sever [...]	2005-10-19 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ACOA KHLS YM
05SANAA3032	BOEING VS. AIRBUS: YEMENIA ATTRACTS SUITORS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Captain Abdulhamid AlQadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen, on October 16 to discuss a 10-plane purchase they are planning. Both Airbus and Boeing have demonstrated significant outreach to Yemenia management for the [...]	2005-10-19 12:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3093	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on the continued detention of eleven Yemenis. Al-Dhabi accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]	2005-10-24 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3136	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in Washington looking for increased military support and economic deliverables for Yemen, while at home he has shown little willingness to make the tough decisions necessary for the future of his country. Yemen remains an important regional [...]	2005-10-26 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM ECON EAID MASS MARR PINS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3137	SALEH ACCEPTS GTMO DETAINEES, DOES NOT BACK DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told Ambassador on October 25 that his government would accept all Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay, provided the USG passes all relevant information on their cases so that they can be charged and tried in local courts, as appropriate. Saleh agreed to crimin [...]	2005-10-26 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3160	DEMOCRACY CENTRAL THEME AT LATE NIGHT RAMADAN SOCIAL GATHERINGS [...] (U) Summary. DCM and Poloffs attended Ramadan late night social sessions during which party hacks, sheikhs, journalists and academics spanning the Yemeni political spectrum voiced strong opinions on the problems with democratization in Yemen and how the U.S. could help. Participants from all p [...]	2005-10-30 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM PTER
05SANAA3170	FONMIN "SURPRISED" AT IRANIAN COMMENTS; SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador on October 30 that the ROYG was "surprised" by Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments regarding Israel. Qirbi said they were likely meant to score domestic political points in what has become a "popularity contest" between the Pr [...]	2005-10-31 11:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OVIP IR YM
05SANAA3171	REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE [...] (U) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafiq Hariri. While op-eds in the official press took no stance on the report, t [...]	2005-10-31 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO YM SY UNSC
05SANAA3185	EXIT HUNT: YEMEN MOVES TO NATIONALIZE OIL [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, Yemen's Cabinet announced that it would not renew Hunt's contract for oil production in Block 18, and would instead award it to the Yemeni-owned Safer Company. Hunt intends to sue the ROYG for violation of contract, and will likely announce legal action to coincide [...]	2005-11-01 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET YM ENERGY COM
05SANAA3187	ASSAULT ON TWO JOURNALISTS: NEWEST CASE IN SPATE [...] (U) Summary: On October 29, Moujeeb Sweileh, a cameraman with the "Al-Arabiya" news channel, and Najib Al-Sharai, from "Al-Akhbariya," were assaulted by ROYG security forces while attempting to cover a strike at a textile factory in Sanaa. The attack is just one of a long string of physical and [...]	2005-11-01 12:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3198	ROUND 2: BOEING VS. AIRBUS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Director of President Saleh's Office, Ali Al-Anssi, on October 29 to discuss the upcoming 10-plane purchase by Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen. As President Saleh's chief of staff, Al-Anssi is considered an influence broker with the President. [...]	2005-11-02 09:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3232	CDA DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF YEMENI [...] (C) On November 14, CDA delivered ref A points to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on seeking an exchange of diplomatic notes between the USG and the ROYG to ensure that Yemeni detainees eligible for transfer will not pose a continuing threat to the interests of either government. C [...]	2005-11-14 13:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3233	SCENESETTER FOR LTG WHITCOMB'S VISIT TO SANAA [...] (C) Welcome to Sanaa. We have requested meetings for you with Minister of Defense MG Abdullah Ali Aliwa, Minister of Interior Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, and Commander of the Yemeni Special Operations Forces (YSOF) Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh. Chief of Staff MG Mohammed al-Qassemi is currently in [...]	2005-11-14 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3256	ROYG CLOSES DOWN HUNT OFFICES, AMERICANS TO LEAVE [...] (C) Summery: Early in the morning on November 15, representatives of the Ministry of Oil took over the Sanaa offices of Hunt Oil accompanied with security forces. Hunt responded by relocating employees from its Block 18 facility in Mareb to Sanaa, and is in the process of removing most of it [...]	2005-11-16 12:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET YM ENERGY COM
05SANAA3257	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador raised reftel points with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen al Dhabi. Al Dhabi said he would discuss the points with the Foreign Minister, who had just returned from a two week visit to Japan, US, and France and was not available, and would pass any reaction d [...]	2005-11-16 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA328	POWERFUL FINANCE MINISTER AL-SALAMI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Time may be up for Finance Minister al-Salami. Rumors are spreading throughout Sanaa that President Saleh will remove the Minister from office in an upcoming cabinet shuffle. A number of small but significant political losses for Salami appear to give teeth to this rumor. Sal [...]	2005-02-16 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3287	DFM SHARES VIEWS ON SALEH VISIT, FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with DCM, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi shared his views on President Saleh's visit to Washington and the recent Forum for the Future conference in Bahrain. Al-Dhabi was optimistic about Saleh's meetings with President Bush and others, saying the [...]	2005-11-22 06:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM YM
05SANAA3290	YEMEN INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: This cable describes ROYG preparations and capabilities in the event of an avian influenza pandemic; responses are keyed to reftel questions. End Summary. 2. Preparedness/Communication -- Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from bec [...]	2005-11-22 06:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL YM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA3349	MOD SHOWS INTEREST IN WEAPONS INVENTORY CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting, Office of Military Cooperation Chief and DATT briefed Minister of Defense MG Abdullah Ali Aliwa on a proposed weapons inventory control system. OMC Chief explained the basic concept of the system and reiterated USG willingness to assist in its imple [...]	2005-11-26 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3364	PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...]	2005-11-27 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3423	ROUND 3: BOEING VS. AIRBUS: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES A [...] (C) Summary: On December 4, the Ambassador met with Captain Abdulhamid AlQadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines to discuss the 10-plane purchase that the company is in the midst of completing. AlQadi said that the company will make a decision in the near future, possibly by the end of Jan [...]	2005-12-07 06:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3430	LTG WHITCOMB DISCUSSES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C). Summary. Visiting U.S. ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior on November 29. Both Ministers expressed their gratitude for USG assistance in strengthening Yemen's ability to combat terrorism. LTG Whitcomb thanked the ROYG for its support in the GW [...]	2005-12-10 07:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3441	DCM REGISTERS CONCERN ABOUT ZINDANI TRAVEL AND [...] (C) In a December 11 meeting, DCM told Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi that the USG is very concerned that Abdul Majid al-Zindani had traveled outside of Yemen, in an apparent contravention of sanctions placed on him by the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee. DCM said that Embassy and W [...]	2005-12-12 04:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA3460	SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...]	2005-12-12 14:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM YM SO GTIP
05SANAA347	FM ON ARAB LEAGUE AND REFORMS: CHALLENGE IS TO GET [...] (C) Although the GOE has postponed the planned March 3 Arab League - G-8 Ministerial, Ambassador asked FM Qirbi for his views on the meeting and Arab League attitudes on BMENA (reftel). Qirbi said he believed the agenda for the March 3 meeting (now expected to occur following the March 22-23 A [...]	2005-02-21 10:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM YM
05SANAA3470	RESTORING ESF FUNDS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE GWOT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: If current budget allocations hold, Yemen will lose all but its military assistance funding for FY06. Economic Support Funds (ESF) have been reduced to zero, and Yemen's participation in the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold Program was suspended. In addition, Yemen w [...]	2005-12-13 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA348	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) On February 21 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi, stressing that he hoped the ROYG would move quickly and vocally to support the new government and the constitutional process. Qirbi replied that a February 20 ruling GPC party communique states "the ROYG hopes [...]	2005-02-21 10:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3532	CDA VISITS ADEN ON THE EVE OF THE GPC CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-16, CDA visited an Aden saturated with political activists and senior ROYG officials in town for the seventh General People's Congress (GPC) convention. Before attending the ruling party convention, CDA participated in a local media conference on Arab-European dial [...]	2005-12-19 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KPAO CASC YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3533	CHARGE DREYER: YEMEN WILL RECEIVE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary. During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador, European Commission (EC) CDA to Yemen, Ralph Dreyer, revealed that the EC intends to implement democracy and human rights programming in Yemen starting in 2007. Dreyer also informed Ambassador that the EC and other European missions hav [...]	2005-12-19 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KMPI YM EU HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA3534	GPC CONVENTION: POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING [...] (C) To fluttering banners, flying doves, sound effects reminiscent of Space Odyssey 2000 (with added neighing horses to symbolize the GPC mascot),President Saleh marched into the Aden football stadium on December 15 to officially launch the proceedings of the ruling party's seventh annual con [...]	2005-12-19 14:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3560	AL-HETAR OFFERS CANDID ASSESSMENT OF EXTREMIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with pdoff and poloff, Judge Hamoud Al-Hetar provided a more candid and straightforward assessment of the efficacy of his rehabilitation program than previously heard. While defending the overall merits of his attempts to convince young radicals of the error of their [...]	2005-12-21 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KMPI PGOV PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3588	ESTABLISHING A SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICER IN YEMEN [...] (C) Department of Defense (DOD) personnel posted in Yemen have been instrumental in supporting both the Department and post's goals of improving Yemen's capacity to combat terrorism. The combined use of diplomacy and military cooperation is a cornerstone of our engagement policy. Through the [...]	2005-12-27 10:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MASS YM
05SANAA3591	UNITEL SIGNS CONTRACT FOR YEMEN'S THIRD GSM [...] (C) SUMMARY. After winning Yemen's third GSM license under a dubious tendering process with a staggering bid of USD 149 billion, Unitel has now failed to pay. Initially billed by the Ministry of Telecommunications as a Chinese company, Unitel now appears to have no Chinese investors at all. [...]	2005-12-27 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI KMCA YM ECON COM
05SANAA37	ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the building while he was trying to give a speech promoting the government's 2005 budget. Attached to the budget are much needed economic reforms including reduction o [...]	2005-01-06 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA419	YEMEN TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: COLE DEATH SENTENCE [...] (C) Summary. On 2/26 the Sanaa Appellate Court commuted the death sentence of U.S.S. Cole defendant Jamal Badawi to 15 years in prison and upheld the death sentence for Abd al-Rahim Nashiri (ref a). On 2/27 Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi along with Lead Prosecutor Saeed [...]	2005-02-28 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA421	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-01 04:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA426	SALEH - AL-AHMAR TENSIONS PORTEND THE LAUNCH OF A [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-01 09:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA433	DEMARCHE ON SCHROEDER VISIT TO YEMEN DELIVERED TO [...] (C) Ambassador met with German Ambassador to Yemen, Frank Marcus Mann, on February 27 to discuss the upcoming visit of German Chancellor Schroeder. The German Ambassador shared the main issues Schroeder will focus on, encouraging continued ROYG CT efforts and supporting democratization effor [...]	2005-03-02 05:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA460	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 24 for Yemen's partnership in the GWOT. Praising Yemen's strong CT cooperation, U/S called on the ROYG to be more forthcoming on intelligence sharing. Discussions [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI PTER PINR EAID ECON YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA461	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. On February 24, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky urged Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan to use the MCC threshold process to Yemen's full advantage and implement serious anti-corruption measures. Sofan repl [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM EAID ECON EFIN YM COM
05SANAA462	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On February 24 Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi for Yemen's partnership in the Global War on Terrorism and encouraged the ROYG to expand intelligence sharing cooperation with the USG. In response to the FM's complaint [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON KMPI KDEM PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA477	SALEH TELLS SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS [...] (U) President Saleh telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the evening of March 4, advising him to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord. This move followed Foreign Minister Qirbi's statement at the March 3 Arab League Ministerial declaring confiden [...]	2005-03-06 05:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE YE
05SANAA545	ISLAH: IN FOR A PEACEFUL STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with Islah (Reform) party senior officials, Ambassador and DCM discussed economic reform, corruption, and the need for dialogue with the West. Islah General Secretary Mohammed Abdullah al-Yadoumi, Deputy General Secretary Abdul Wahab al-Anisi, Head of the P [...]	2005-03-08 10:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA612	FINANCE MINISTER SALAMI PUTS A GOOD SPIN ON HIS [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, Ambassador highlighted U.S. efforts to support decentralization, urged the ROYG to take serious anti-corruption and transparency efforts and encouraged Yemen t [...]	2005-03-16 11:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON YM KMCC COM
05SANAA695	SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Many small business owners across Yemen closed their shops and took to the streets, March 13-18, in protest of ROYG plans to implement a general sales tax as part of its economic reform package. Demonstrations occurred in the cities of Hodeidah, Taiz, Sanaa and Aden, with a few d [...]	2005-03-23 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM YM ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA696	KHAIWANI RELEASED VIA PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY [...] (U) On March 22, the Sanaa Appellate Court upheld the September 6 conviction of "as-Shura" opposition newspaper editor-in-chief, Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani (reftel). Khaiwani was sentenced to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law for "supporting" the al-Houthi rebellion, "publishing [...]	2005-03-23 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
05SANAA697	SHORT OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IS SAADA [...] (U) Fighting broke out between ROYG security forces and members of the "Believing Youth" (Shabab al-Moumin) in the northern city of Saada March 19. Four supporters of the late anti-American Shi'ite Cleric al-Houthi were reportedly killed while attempting to flee police after a shoot out at the [...]	2005-03-23 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA73	COMMERCIAL BANKS IN YEMEN: WHOM CAN THEY LEND TO? [...] (U) Summary. Commercial banks are underutilized in Yemen, slowing the flow of capital and preventing investment in domestic development. Few Yemenis deposit their savings with banks, and loans are available only to an elite few. The lack of lending stems from a weak judicial system, poorly [...]	2005-01-10 11:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KMPI YM COM
05SANAA873	2004 CENSUS RESULTS: FIVE MILLION MISSING YEMENIS? [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On March 16, the Yemen Central Statistics Organization (CSO) surprised the donor community in Sanaa, along with many ROYG officials, by announcing a 2004 Census result of 19.7 million Yemenis, an apparent drop from an estimated 22 million. Earlier that day, two senior [...]	2005-04-06 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI KWMN KMPI KMCA KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM
05SANAA892	EB ECT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S YEMENI TELECOM [...] (C) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross's March 24-26 visit to Yemen came at a crucial juncture for the development of information and communications technology (ICT). With the introduction of GSM technology four years ago, the ROYG opened the wireless sector to private investment. M [...]	2005-04-10 12:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA893	EB ICT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S MEETINGS WITH ROYG [...] (U) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross raised the prospect of an independent telecom regulator and advanced AID proposals for rural internet development with ROYG officials on March 26. His discussions with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MOTIT) and the [...]	2005-04-10 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PGOV PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA903	SOSWA MEETS DCM ON THE 2004 HRR [...] (C) Summary: Amidst heavy ROYG criticism of the 2004 U.S. Human Rights Report, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim al-Soswa delivered a 49-page ROYG response to the report to DCM April Soswa took the opportunity to express her own less critical feelings on the report, and share her Ministry's [...]	2005-04-11 13:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI YM KMCC DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA905	YEMEMI DOCTORS STRIKE, ACCUSE ROYG OF DOING HARM [...] (C) Summary. Yemeni doctors recently suspended a strike against the ROYG. In a rare nation-wide organized strike in modern Yemeni history, the physicians demanded higher wages and a return of seized assets. None of the issues have been resolved, and it appears likely the doctors will strike [...]	2005-04-12 04:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SANAA906	GRENADE ATTACKS IN SANAA PERSIST AMID SAADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Saada, six grenade attacks against military personnel were reported in downtown Sanaa in the past ten days. Accounts of the attacks, which are sporadic and sometimes conflicting, indicate that this violence is Saada related, perpetrated [...]	2005-04-12 04:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA926	NOTICE OF GTMO ARB PROCEEDING DELIVERED TO ROYG. [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 11:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA93	DEAL CUT ON YEMEN'S BUDGET -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a rare roll-call vote on January 5, Parliament approved Yemen's 2005 budget while striking a deal with the Government that postpones the lifting of oil and gas subsidies pending the Government's implementation of several wide-reaching economic reforms demanded by Parliament. W [...]	2005-01-15 05:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KMPI YM KGOR COM
05SANAA966	ROYG REJECTS BLOCK 18 EXTENSION: HUNT CONTEMPLATES [...] (C) Summary. On April 13, Ambassador met with Wyndell Caviness, Vice President and General Manager of Yemen Hunt Oil to discuss the ROYG's rejection of the Block 18 extension. It appears certain that there are no further negotiating options for Hunt and that they have decided to pursue litig [...]	2005-04-18 07:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA972	NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA974	NATEC'S BAHRAN: WE NEED USG SUPPORT, INVITE TO US [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador, Director of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),Dr. Moustafa Bahran, asked for USG assistance to train NATEC staff and pushed for Yemen's acquisition of radioactive detection equipment. Bahran also invited Under Secretary ( [...]	2005-04-19 04:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KNNP YM IAEA NPT COUNTER TERRORISM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA997	IRYANI RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY CHARTER [...] (C) Summary. On April 18 Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Presidential Counselor, former Prime Minister Dr. Abdul Karim al-Iryani, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mustapha Noman. Iryani also briefly discussed the recent ROYG rejection of the Hunt Oil drilling rights extension (ref. b). En [...]	2005-04-20 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM ENERGY
05SANJOSE1746	BORDER DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA THREATENS TO FLARE [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting with Charge and acting DCM, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar said that the dispute over the navigational rights of Costa Rican police on the San Juan River threatens again to disrupt relations between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Tovar noted that the three-year "truce" o [...]	2005-08-04 14:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2020	CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN COSTA RICA [...] (C) Summary. Costa Rica officially established diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1959 and is one of only 26 countries to officially recognize Taiwan. Costa Rica has no official diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (China or PRC). (Note: Post will follow WTO naming convent [...]	2005-08-26 22:27:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH CS ESENV
05SANJOSE2051	SECURITY OFFICIALS' CONFIDENCE GROWING AS CAFTA-DR [...] (C) During an official call August 31 on President Pacheco by General Craddock of U.S. Southern Command, the head of Costa Rica's national police said that as a result of growing public support for the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),police officials a [...]	2005-09-01 20:26:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2105	COSTA RICA: SIGNALS OF MORE FLEXIBILITY ON CAFTA-DR [...] (C) Summary. After attending a meeting on September 8, 2005 with various business representatives who are in favor of the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),President Pacheco and Minister of Foreign Trade (COMEX) Manuel Gonzalez have alluded to [...]	2005-09-09 23:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2106	ARTICLE 98 WORRIES REKINDLED IN COSTA RICA [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tovar told Charge that an Article 98 agreement would not be approved in Costa Rica. He was concerned, however, about the impact of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA) and the Nethercutt Amendment on important U.S. assistance that Costa Rica had been receivi [...]	2005-09-09 23:40:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS CS KICC
05SANJOSE2131	COSTA RICA TO ATTEMPT TWO-YEAR STOPGAP ACCORD ON [...] (C) As the clock ticks down on a three-year "truce" on the San Juan River dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar on September 8 told Charge that he will propose a new two-year stopgap agreement. He said Costa Rica, however, will demand in the new agreement so [...]	2005-09-12 23:11:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2227	FINANCE MINISTER WANTS PRESIDENT PACHECO TO SUBMIT [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, 2005, Charge met with GOCR Finance Minister Federico Carrillo, in part, to discuss the status of the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Carrillo was buoyed by the Commission of Eminent Persons' report on CAFTA-DR [...]	2005-09-23 20:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2249	COSTA RICA'S POSITION PAPER ON THE BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) While Costa Rican Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera met in San Jose September 27 to discuss the San Juan River border dispute, the Costa Rican MFA sent the following position paper to the U.S. and British (as current EU president) embassies. The [...]	2005-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2265	FOREIGN MINISTER TOVAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minsiter Tovar told diplomats in San Jose that Costa Rica had no alternative to filing a case in the ICJ to vindicate its rights to free navigation on the San Juan River. He said that going to the court was not a hostile or unfriendly act and that retaliation on the part o [...]	2005-09-29 23:21:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2410	REFUGEE REFERRAL: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) Post wishes to refer Cuban national Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX for consideration under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Bio data based on Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX passport is as follows: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX, born in Granma, Cuba, on XXXXXXXXXXXX [...]	2005-10-14 22:07:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF CVIS CS CU
05SANJOSE2601	MEETING WITH COSTA RICAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 26, 2005, Charge met with Minister of Economy, Industry, and Commerce Gilberto Barrantes. Minister Barrantes commented on the status of the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and related legislation including the propose [...]	2005-11-07 23:10:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2717	COSTS OF NOT HAVING AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ARE [...] (C) The GOCR, though not philosophically opposed to providing the United States with the protections contained in an Article 98 agreement, faces serious political and constitutional impediments, which have for the last two and a half years prevented an agreement from being concluded. Meanwhile [...]	2005-11-23 22:18:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
05SANJOSE2850	SCENESETTER: CODEL BLUNT IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Blunt on its December 19 ) 20 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]	2005-12-14 00:02:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ECON ETRD CS
05SANJOSE2882	AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM: SAN JOSE [...] (C) Relations between the United States and Costa Rica are very friendly. Our countries share a strong commitment to democracy and human rights. Costa Rica is the longest continuous democracy in Latin America and serves as an important example of how a long-term commitment to democracy benef [...]	2005-12-16 23:52:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG AMGT CS
05SANJOSE2909	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR ARIAS CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Presidential candidate Oscar Arias told Ambassador that he (Arias) was "an idiot" to run again for president but that he was under a lot of pressure to come back. Arias said that Costa Rica, which has been neglecting education, infrastructure, and economic development, "cannot afford to w [...]	2005-12-22 10:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL CS
05SANJOSE2930	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OTTON SOLIS RUNNING AGAINST [...] (C) Presidential candidate Otton Solis told Ambassador that CAFTA-DR "would place Costa Rica in the hands of the multinationals." He said the treaty was one-sided, opening the Costa Rican market to U.S. industrial power, against which Costa Rica cannot hope to compete, and in return providing [...]	2005-12-27 19:38:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
05SANJOSE2931	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OTTO GUEVARA WILL [...] (C) Presidential candidate Otto Guevara, though rising in the polls, does not expect to be elected. He does expect, however, that his Libertarian Movement Party will be a major force in the next Legislative Assembly. He told Ambassador that he has already discussed with the frontrunner Oscar [...]	2005-12-27 19:39:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
05SANJOSE2932	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANTONIO ALVAREZ DESANTI [...] (C) Presidential candidate Antonio Alvarez Desanti promised, if elected, to bring strong leadership to Costa Rica, focused first on education, health, infrastructure, security, and housing (areas of broad agreement),and then on the more controversial issue of dismantling state monopolies "by [...]	2005-12-27 19:40:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
05SANSALVADOR2060	EL SALVADOR: POORLY-ATTENDED FMLN "PRIMARIES" [...] (C) Although FMLN leaders were hesitant to provide exact numbers of voters at each polling place, it appeared that only about one-third of eligible party activists bothered to participate in Sunday's primaries for March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections. In San Salvador, it wa [...]	2005-07-19 20:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2126	EL SALVADORS'S EVOLVING FOREIGN POLICY - ARAB [...] (C) Summary: Following a July 20 visit by Morocco's Health Minister, leading daily "La Prensa Grafica" led July 25 with a 3-page spread detailing El Salvador's evolving political strategy and rapprochement with the Middle East. The article discussed El Salvador's hopes of gaining an ECOSOC, o [...]	2005-07-27 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MO QA BA ES UNGA
05SANSALVADOR2144	EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY APPROVES IRAQ DEPLOYMENT EXTENSION [...] (SBU) El Salvador's Legislative Assembly voted late July 28 to extend troop deployment to Iraq for an additional year. The vote provides the legal basis for the planned August 11 departure of the fifth contingent of 380 troops, and would cover a sixth contingent, should President Saca decide to ke [...]	2005-07-29 15:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IZ ES
05SANSALVADOR2220	EL SALVADOR: GITMO DETAINEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-10 11:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PREL ES
05SANSALVADOR2357	WIRE TRANSFER COMPANIES USED IN MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On August 17, 2005, the Salvadoran police (PNC) arrested Panamanian national Luis Pinto for allegedly laundering US$75,000 a day through Salvadoran wire transfer companies since March of 2004. Participants in the scheme, using false identities, wired money from the United States to fictit [...]	2005-08-24 11:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
05SANSALVADOR2391	EL SALVADOR: RETURNING TROOPS RELATE POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been relieved by a fifth rotationof troops deployed to Iraq in support of coalition forces, El Salvador's fourth contingent returned to El Salvador August 24-25. Notwithstanding the loss of one of their comrades in a non-combat-related incident, the troops related general [...]	2005-08-26 20:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES IZ MARR PGOV PREL
05SANSALVADOR2392	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ CONTINGENT, COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 courtesy call on President Saca, the Ambassador praised Saca's commitment to the Iraq effort by sending a fifth Salvadoran contingent, announced that Commerce Secretary Gutierrez would be coming to El Salvador October 21-22, and offered Embassy assistance to the G [...]	2005-08-26 20:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA EAID ES
05SANSALVADOR2415	EL SALVADOR COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF SUPPORT BY [...] (C) During an August 29 meeting with Polcouns, GOES Vice-Foreign Minister Eduardo Calix expressed frustration with his Central American counterparts for their unwillingness to confront anti-U.S. positions at the August 25-26 Rio Group Meeting in Bariloche. Calix said that "the usual group" o [...]	2005-08-29 21:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES
05SANSALVADOR2425	CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 21:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM SOCI ES
05SANSALVADOR2475	ACTING DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH GOES [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, Acting DHS U/S Beardsworth and Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa met to discuss border and migration issues. The meeting focused on violent (mostly gang members) and non-violent (mostly immigration violators) deportees. GOES officials demanded more background [...]	2005-09-07 15:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER SOCI KCRM KJUS ES
05SANSALVADOR2488	GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR REITERATES KATRINA [...] (C) GOES Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez called CDA on September 7 at at President Saca's request. Saca had been informed that Mexican troops had entered the U.S. to participate in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, and he wanted to remind us that Salvadoran troops are ready [...]	2005-09-08 13:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR CASC EAID ES MARR PGOV PINS PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA
05SANSALVADOR2507	EL SALVADOR: SIX MONTHS FROM ELECTIONS, ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months away from March 12, 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections and fifteen months into his five-year term, President Saca continues to enjoy high approval ratings unprecedented in El Salvador's postwar history. Recent polls rate Saca highest in infrastructure- [...]	2005-09-09 15:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2542	EL SALVADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSWOMAN ACCUSED OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ombudswoman for Human Rights (PDDH) Beatrice Carrillo stands accused of misspending up to US$26,000 of public funds. Carillo's eccentric history of inept leadership and alleged instances of malfeasance lend credibility to the accusations. There is little hope for improved [...]	2005-09-13 22:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ES
05SANSALVADOR2636	AMBASSADOR, INL DAS FARRAR DISCUSS CRIME AND [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the Ambassador and INL DAS Jonathan Farrar discussed the relationship between crime and economic development with Vice President Ana Vilma de Escobar. Vice President Escobar outlined the government's efforts to promote investment and economic growth, emphasizin [...]	2005-09-22 21:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ES KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL INL
05SANSALVADOR2680	INCENTIVES FOR GOES COOPERATION AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Officials at the highest levels of the Government of El Salvador have, thus far, responded positively (ref. b) to Post demarche on DHS's Secure Border Initiative (SBI),and seem to fully grasp the fact that the USG intends to move very quickly to implement an accelerated deportations prog [...]	2005-09-27 20:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ASEC KFRD ES
05SANSALVADOR2771	GOES, EMBASSY HOLD FIRST DEPORTATION WORKING GROUP [...] (C) On October 6, the joint Embassy-GOES Working Group on Accelerated Deportations held its first meeting at the Ministry of Government (Gobernacion). The GOES delegation was headed by Vice-Government Minister Rodrigo Avila, and included MinGob Executive officer (and former Migration Directo [...]	2005-10-07 20:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ASEC ES
05SANSALVADOR2811	EL SALVADOR HOMICIDES EQUAL 2004 FIGURES/ FINGER POINTING AMONG JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 14, the Salvadoran National Police released its September monthly homicide report, reflecting that El Salvador had, through the first nine months of this year, nearly equaled total homicide figures for 2004. The report also reflected that September was the second most viole [...]	2005-10-14 21:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR EL
05SANSALVADOR2853	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOES FOMIN LAINEZ ON [...] (C) During a 45 minute conversation with Ambassador on October 18, Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (strictly protect) recounted his efforts to avert approval of an Ibero-American Summit resolution calling for an end of the U.S. "blockade" against Cuba. Lainez, who had just return [...]	2005-10-19 15:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
05SANSALVADOR2904	SECOND DEPORTATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the joint Embassy-GOES Deportations Working Group met to review issues to be raised by a GOES delegation traveling to Washington to discuss accelerated deportations the week of October 24. The delegation will consist of Governance Vice-Minister Rodrigo Avila, Vice [...]	2005-10-25 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ES
05SANSALVADOR2913	AMBASSADOR SEEKS SALVADORAN SUPPORT FOR USG SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez on October 24 to enlist Salvadoran support for concluding an acceptable draft Declaration and Plan of Action for the Summit of the Americas. Ambassador also expressed disappointment over El Salvador's support for the Salaman [...]	2005-10-26 14:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KSUM CU ES

05SANSALVADOR2929	ARENA'S SAN SALVADOR MAYORAL CANDIDATE LEADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With little more than four months to go until the March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party is making a serious effort at regaining the San Salvador mayoralty, held by the left for nearly a decade. A San Salvador [...]	2005-10-27 19:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2930	EL SALVADOR'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, A WEAK [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's supreme audit institution is the Comptroller,s Office (Corte de Cuentas). It is a nominally-independent body charged with reviewing fiscal spending by the public sector, and has been at the center of recent political scandals. The National Conciliation Party (PCN [...]	2005-10-27 20:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ES
05SANSALVADOR2940	EL SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT MOVES TOWARD RATIFYING ILO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longstanding international pressure on El Salvador to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 (freedom of association and protection of right to organize) and 98 (right to organize and collective bargaining) appears to have borne fruit; on October 25 Preside [...]	2005-10-28 22:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL
05SANSALVADOR2964	AMBASSADOR RAISES SUMMIT, ETHICS DECREE, FDR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with President Saca to review GOES support at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the controversy regarding certification of the moderate left FDR Party, rumors of a new government ethics decree, and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez recent visit [...]	2005-11-01 18:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR EINV ETRD ES
05SANSALVADOR2978	SALVADOR HOMICIDE RATE CONTINUES OUT OF CONTROL [...] (U) Local San Salvador press reported on November 1 that the National Police(PNC) recorded 335 homicides in the month of October 2005. Thus far during the calendar year, 3,115 individuals have been murdered in El Salvador, as violent deaths have increased by thirty-nine percent over 2004. Alt [...]	2005-11-01 22:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ES
05SANSALVADOR3034	SALVADORAN FOMIN DEBRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SUMMIT [...] (C) On November 7, Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (protect) briefed the Ambassador on events surrounding the Mar del Plata summit. According to Lainez, the Argentine government was prejudiced against the U.S. from the outset, and proof positive was that the GOA allowed Hugo Chave [...]	2005-11-08 22:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM ES UNSC UNGA
05SANSALVADOR3215	EL SALVADOR: FDR LOSES BATTLE FOR OFFICIAL STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Council (TSE) threw out some 12,000 invalid signatures out of approximately 49,000 total signatures obtained by the moderate FMLN splinter group Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR) in its efforts to obtain legal recognition as a pa [...]	2005-11-14 23:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL KCOR ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR3225	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN (EL [...] (C) On November 9, 2005, PolOff delivered unclassified Reftel talking points to Jorge Santibanez, GOES Director of Migration. Santibanez relayed that the Minister of Governance would have to declare Aleman and his family members as persona non grata in order to deny the Aleman family physical [...]	2005-11-15 20:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ES SAFE HEAVEN
05SANSALVADOR3229	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOES FOMIN ON SUMMIT, [...] (C) On November 14, the Ambassador met with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (strictly protect) at the Ambassador's request to discuss Summit of the Americas issues and Salvadoran domestic politics, inter alia. Regarding the Mar del Plata Summit, Lainez said that Saca had been very [...]	2005-11-15 22:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ES
05SANSALVADOR3396	EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS MAY NOT INITIALLY DISSUADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expedited deportations may not initially dissuade illegal immigration from El Salvador. Approximately half of all illegal entry attempts are successful, which provides sufficient incentive for Salvadorans to make attempts and reattempts. In addition, many Salvadorans must secur [...]	2005-12-02 19:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KCRM PINS SOCI ES
05SANSALVADOR3439	CAFTA-DR ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (C) I think it is critical that El Salvador's successful efforts to meet CAFTA-DR requirements be recognized by entry-into-force of the agreement on January 1. Observing this deadline will acknowledge the efforts of the Saca Government (as well as neighboring governments who cross the finish [...]	2005-12-08 19:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES ETRD PREL CAFTA
05SANSALVADOR3544	APPEALS COURT AWARDS FORMER MCDONALD'S FRANCHISEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unexpected twist in McDonald's ten-year legal battle with former franchisee Servipronto, the Second Court of Appeals ruled on December 7, 2005, that the U.S. fast-food giant had illegally terminated its franchising agreement with Servipronto on July 1, 1996, and therefore [...]	2005-12-21 20:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV ECON ES
05SANTIAGO100	AMBASSADOR EXPLORES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENDA WITH GOC [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador explored post's law enforcement agenda with Chile's Head of Intelligence and Chiefs of the uniformed police force and investigative police force on January 6. GOC authorities maintained that terrorist activity, including terrorism financing, is hard to confirm in Chile, [...]	2005-01-14 16:24:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PHUM PREL CI
05SANTIAGO1107	FORMER DICTATOR PINOCHET SUFFERS STROKE, REGAINS [...] (C) The Chilean press reported that former dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke and was transported by helicoptor to the intensive care unit at Santiago Military Hospital shortly before 1:00 a.m. EST on May 19. News outlets report that Pinochet was transported unconcious from his home [...]	2005-05-19 21:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CI
05SANTIAGO1547	NATIONAL RENEWAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PINERA [...] (U) Summary: National Renewal presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera claimed, before a largely receptive crowd in late June, that the administration that succeeds President Lagos must address deficiencies in economic growth, education, and health care in order for Chile to become a developed [...]	2005-07-19 15:32:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL CI
05SANTIAGO1551	CHILE AND PERU RENEW "2 PLUS 2" TALKS [...] (SBU) On July 6 Chilean and Peruvian Defense and Foreign Ministers met for the second time in the "2 plus 2" process meant to build mutual confidence and military cooperation between the two countries. Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was visibly supportive of the process, receiving the f [...]	2005-07-19 15:55:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PE CI
05SANTIAGO1559	CHILE TO STUDY BLOCKAGE OF WMD PROLIFERATORS' [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Special Policies Francisco Bernales and North America Desk Officer Falastin Shaktur on July 14. Bernales, who is in charge of proliferation issues for the MFA, said that he would ensure wide distributio [...]	2005-07-19 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC CI
05SANTIAGO1677	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR ON PROSPECTS FOR LONG-TERM SOFA [...] (C) On August 4, E/POL Counselor spoke one-on-one with Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Claudio Troncoso to follow up on our request for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),and to explore whether the GOC was ready to discuss specifics. Troncoso reiterated cautions we had heard before from MFA: a [...]	2005-08-09 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL CI SOFA
05SANTIAGO1799	CHILE: CODEL COLEMAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: SFRC Western Hemisphere Chairman Senator Coleman, Senator Martinez and Congressman Miller met with Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker in his office for approximately thirty minutes on Thursday, August 25 to discuss a wide range of regional and bilateral issues. The FM stressed the [...]	2005-08-29 21:03:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON HA CI CODEL
05SANTIAGO1884	CREATING TROIKA FOR UN DEMOCRACY CAUCUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 21:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM CI ML UNGA
05SANTIAGO1885	IN COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT, A/S OF VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the ongoing Compliance Diplomacy initiative, A/S of Verification and Compliance (VC) Paula A. DeSutter emphasized the importance of Chile as a strategic partner with the capacity to influence key organizations and countries on current topics in arms control and nonpr [...]	2005-09-13 13:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PINS PREL KNNP CI
05SANTIAGO1886	A/S GLASER TALKS MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Department of Treasury A/S Glaser and a five-member delegation met with key Chilean counterparts in the financial sector to discuss terrorist finance and money laundering. A/S Glaser noted during his meetings that while Chile is a few steps ahead of its regional neighbors, Chile's [...]	2005-09-13 14:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV EFIN PTER CI TERRORISM
05SANTIAGO1887	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES CHILE TO ENGAGE MORE AT THE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on September 8. After expressing our appreciation for Chile's support for USG positions, the Ambassador encouraged Chile to engage more forcefully at the United Nations, and mak [...]	2005-09-13 16:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI UNGA UN
05SANTIAGO2323	CHILE'S ELECTIONS: BACHELET SLIP IN POLLS [...] (C) Summary: Concertacion presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet's recent slip in the polls to 40 percent increases the likelihood that no candidate will win more than 50 percent on December 11 and a run-off election will be required. Bachelet's two main rivals -- the Independent Democratic Unio [...]	2005-11-14 21:13:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI
05SANTIAGO2324	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CANDIDACY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche November 14 to Ximena Verdugo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Candidacies office. Verduga said that Chile's votes at the IMO are coordinated through Veronica Rocha at the Chilean Embassy in London. Verdugo noted it should be possible to arr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KTIA AORC US CI IMO
05SANTIAGO2328	CORRECTED COPY: CLASSIFICATION UPGRADE: CHILE ANNOUNCES FTA WITH CHINA: A FIRST LOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4, Carlos Furche, Director General of Economic Relations at the Chilean MFA, made the first public presentation of the just-announced Chile-China Free Trade Agreement. Furche explained that Chile's interest in the FTA was based on the expectation of continued strong Chin [...]	2005-11-15 16:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL CI
05SANTIAGO2331	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ENVISIONS PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: Newly appointed Constitutional Court President Jose Luis Cea Egana called on the Ambassador on November 9. Cea expressed deep admiration and affection for the U.S. and said he would like to explore ways the Constitutional Court could work with the Embassy to promote democracy, f [...]	2005-11-15 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SCUL KBIO ETRD MARR CI
05SANTIAGO2345	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REITERATES THAT "ICC [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales on November 16, in part to follow up on a November 10 meeting with Foreign Minister Walker regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Article 98 (reftel). The Ambassador asked Portales [...]	2005-11-16 18:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL CI
05SANTIAGO2350	MISSION PROMOTION OF IPR PROTECTION IN CHILE [...] (SBU) Summary. One of the Mission's top priorities in 2005 has been to focus attention in Chile on the continuing failure to implement full protection of intellectual property. The overall U.S.-Chile relationship, including the bilateral trade relationship, is better than ever, and the U.S.- [...]	2005-11-16 20:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR CI
05SANTIAGO2351	CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD [...] (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador expressed appreciat [...]	2005-11-16 20:17:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI
05SANTIAGO2352	CHILE LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS MISSION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for the OAS Mission in Colombia to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number 3 in the MFA) on November 16. The Ambassador noted the OAS Mission was playing an essential role in the peace process, [...]	2005-11-16 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER OAS PREL CO CI
05SANTIAGO2368	CHILE'S ELECTIONS: FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Chile's four presidential candidates participated in an uneventful and final televised debate on November 17, one day after the release of a poll showing that support for Concertacion candidate and front-runner Michelle Bachelet has dropped below 40 percent. National Renewal (RN) [...]	2005-11-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID CI PE
05SANTIAGO2426	NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING [...] (C) Post provides the information below in response to ref A request for updated information on Chile-Cuba relations during the six-month period from May to November 2005. Ref B is Post's response to the Department's request for information prior to May 2005. 2. (C) MFA North American Affa [...]	2005-11-28 16:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CI
05SANTIAGO2469	CHILE AND MEXICO TO SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Deputy Director Alex Geiger told poloff December 5 that Chile and Mexico would sign "a strategic partnership agreement" during Mexican President Fox's visit to Chile in January 2006. Geiger noted the GOC and GOM made significant progress towards an a [...]	2005-12-06 22:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI ME
05SANTIAGO2476	MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 21:34:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI
05SANTIAGO2479	CHILE STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Directorate and Special Policies Directorate on December 5. Deputy Director of Special Policies Francisco Bernales told Poloff December 7 that Chile strongly supported the U.S. Compliance Resolution, and wo [...]	2005-12-09 13:32:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA PREL MNUC CI
05SANTIAGO2526	CHILE NOT BUYING BRAHMOS MISSILES; DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Post delivered ref A demarche to Claudio Ortiz, advisor to the Minister of Defense, and to Francisco Bernales, Deputy Director Special Policies Directorate at the MFA, on December 15. Both reiterated the GOC's earlier assurances that the GOC and Chilean military do not intend to procure [...]	2005-12-18 10:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCR ETTC IN CI
05SANTIAGO2540	INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, CRIMINAL [...] In a December 19 meeting with Consul General to discuss the investigation of the 1985 disappearance of U.S. citizen Boris Weisfeiler, Judge Jorge Zepeda shared information about the broader aspects of his investigation of human rights abuses and criminal activity at the German religous colony [...]	2005-12-20 20:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PHUM CI
05SANTIAGO2541	CHILE'S ELECTIONS: BACHELET AND PINERA CLOSE [...] (C) National Renewal candidate Sebastian Pinera scored an early victory over Concertacion candidate Michelle Bachelet during the first week of campaigning for the presidential run-off election, which will take place on January 15. Pinera persuaded former Independent Democratic Union (UDI) presiden [...]	2005-12-20 21:58:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI
05SANTIAGO2558	CHILE TEMPORARILY TO INCREASE OIL IMPORTS FROM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Cristian Barros told the Ambassador on December 21 that Chile would temporarily increase its oil imports from Venezuela until other options became available. Barros explained that Chile's state-owned oil production and refinery company (ENAP) would extract the oil, [...]	2005-12-22 16:02:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON
05SANTIAGO2560	NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING [...] Post provides the following additional information in response to ref B request. Ref A is Post's response for the six-month period from May to November 2005. 2. Deputy Foreign Minister Cristian Barros told the Ambassador on December 21 he had traveled to Cuba in late November to meet with [...]	2005-12-22 16:23:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CI
05SANTIAGO2572	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DECLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO FUJIMORI FOR POSSIBLE USE IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Human Rights Watch (HRW) Americas Division Director Jose Miguel Vivanco called on the Ambassador on December 23 to discuss HRW's December 2005 report on the evidence implicating former Peruvian President Fujimori. In summarizing the findings of the report (""Probable Cause: Evidence implicat [...]	2005-12-23 18:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS CI PE
05SANTIAGO2573	PRESIDENT LAGOS ASKS U.S AND CHILE TO EXPEDITE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Walker conveyed to the Ambassador on December 23 President Lagos' desire for the U.S. and Chile to find a satisfactory solution that would avoid a cut-off of aid under ASPA when Chile ratifies the ICC. Walker sai [...]	2005-12-23 18:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV CI
05SANTIAGO2574	AMBASSADOR REITERATES USG REQUEST FOR CHILE TO [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated the USG request (refs b-c) to resettle in Chile protected migrants from the Guantanamo Naval Base during a December 23meeting with Foreign Minister Walker. The Ambassador noted the Embassy had conveyed the requests to the Foreign Ministry in May (ref d) and again [...]	2005-12-27 14:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG CU CI
05SANTODOMINGO1147	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT APPROVES PROVIDING STAFF [...] (C) On Tuesday, February 17 President Leonel Fernandez accepted a proposal from Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Perez to send Dominican officers to help staff operations in Iraq and to provide support for the Iraqi Area of Operations at Central Command in Tampa, Florida. There will be no [...]	2005-03-02 13:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR DR
05SANTODOMINGO1366	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-Sun Chen visited the Dominican Republic February 24-25 to shore up bilateral relations in response to several recent visits by PRC officials. President Fernandez announced that he would visit Taiwan in April, signalling that he intends to maintain r [...]	2005-03-09 20:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW HA
05SANTODOMINGO1562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ STRESSES DANGER OF [...] (U) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was host and keynote speaker for a high-level discussion of "The World After Terrorism" on March 14-15. This 12th periodic Plenary Seminar of the Circle of Montevideo, an informal gathering of Latin American former heads of state, was held at Fernand [...]	2005-03-18 18:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO1603	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE [...] (U) The Dominican Republic has not frozen or seized any assets under UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373. 2. (C) The Superintendent of Banks heads the government,s efforts to ensure that searches of banks are conducted in a timely manner. However, weak information systems and the high degree o [...]	2005-03-22 13:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1771	DOMINICAN FONMIN REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT MEETING [...] (SBU) This message includes an ACTION REQUEST for a meeting with the Secretary and with WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega on April 6-7. 2. (C) On March 30 when the Ambassador raised with Dominican President Fernandez the Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission, Fernandez said that t [...]	2005-03-31 19:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ETRD MARR CU DR
05SANTODOMINGO2058	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CHR-61: EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador approached both the French and the British ambassadors here about helping convince President Fernandez to cast the Dominican vote in favor of the draft resolution on Cuba in CHR-61. The Ambassador noted that, despite his repeated and extensive conversations with F [...]	2005-04-13 17:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2080	CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered demarche (paras 5-6 Ref A) to MFA UN/OAS Division Chief Michelle Cohen on April 13, having received telephonic instructions (Ref B) that Santo Domingo had been inadvertently omitted from Ref A addressees. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano informed us the same day [...]	2005-04-14 00:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2209	THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have close historical ties; during Trujillo's dictatorship, many Dominicans got help from Venezuela or lived there in political exile. Hugo Chavez has been in active contact with the Dominican Republic, agreeing to concessional financing for [...]	2005-04-20 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2576	POLICY POINTS; WASHINGTON VISIT OF DOMINICAN [...] (C) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez travels May 11-12 to Washington for the first time since his August 2004 inauguration. The USG and regional focus of the event is the CAFTA free trade agreement now under consideration in the U.S. Congress. For Fernandez, however, the visit is much more: [...]	2005-05-06 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) The DCM and econ officer called on Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano in her office, May 23 and discussed the selection of a Deputy Secretary General at the Organization of American States SIPDIS (OAS),repatriations of Haitians, anti-terrorism conventions, racial discrimination [...]	2005-06-01 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV DR PTER HA OAS
05SANTODOMINGO3177	DOMINICANS KEYED UP ABOUT QUIRINO NARCOTRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) The following report was posted on our SIPRNET site on June 13. QUIRINO - THE CASE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (SBU) The two Assistant U.S. Attorneys prosecuting the Quirino Paulino Castillo (Quirino) narcotics trafficking case in the Southern District of New York spent two and a half da [...]	2005-06-14 15:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PGOV KCRM SNAR DR
05SANTODOMINGO3199	AMBASSADOR BRINGS TOGETHER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND [...] (SBU) At the Ambassador's initiative, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez convened a meeting at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening, June 14, with the presidents of the Dominican Senate and House, mediator Monsignor. Agripino Nunez of the Catholic PUCMM university, the Ambassador and [...]	2005-06-15 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EFIN DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO3370	U.S. TAXPAYERS WILL LOSE MONEY IN DOMINICAN AFPS [...] (SBU) The USG should not invest in Dominican pension funds (AFPs - Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones) because the likelihood of losing the funds due to fraud and corruption is extremely high. Based on the current state of affairs in the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo strongl [...]	2005-06-27 11:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KJUS PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3443	DOMINICANS PLAY PETROCARIBE FOR MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez came home from the "Petrocaribe" summit of June 27-28 with Venezuelan promises of more than USD 100 million cash financing for rural infrastructure projects, terms for oil financing more favorable that last November's "Caracas Accord," and [...]	2005-07-01 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR ENRG EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO3576	G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 15:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3890	SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] The Ambassador communicated reftel points to Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on August 3. The Foreign Minister expressed support for the USG view. HERTELL [...]	2005-08-04 19:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3929	(C) DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Taiwan's ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Feng welcomes informal contact and has readily commented to us upon various visits of PRC officials during the first year of the Fernandez administration. This cordial arrangement works well for us and we see no need to make it more formal [...]	2005-08-08 19:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4104	SANTO DOMINGO: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 13:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH
05SANTODOMINGO4224	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CENTRAL BANK SAYS NO PRC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 11:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EFIN XM DR
05SANTODOMINGO4267	UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 22:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4269	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOINS PETROCARIBE [...] (C) Summary: A senior Dominican cabinet official says that President Leonel Fernandez and his team resisted pressures from Venezuelan Vice President Vicente Rangel and from Cuba's President Castro and nevertheless secured the generous PETROCARIBE financing deal from Venezuelan President Cha [...]	2005-09-12 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET DR VE PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4387	DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda is undermining the authority of recently named police chief Gen. Rafael Santana Perez. Guzman warned of problems in the chain of command. Guzma [...]	2005-09-23 11:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4481	TWO CHINAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 11:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR TW CH PREL ETRD EINV
05SANTODOMINGO4496	CHALLENGING CUBA'S CANDIDACY ON ECOSOC - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche para 4 reftel to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on September 28, urging the Dominican Republic to become a candidate for election to ECOSOC in October. Morales said that the Dominican Republic has registered to run for ECOSOC membership in 2007. Thi [...]	2005-10-03 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CU DR PREL PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO4497	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DECLARATION - DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM DR ECON PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4690	MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO471	DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...]	2005-02-01 18:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR
05SANTODOMINGO4891	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DICUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 17, 2005, FBI Director Mueller made a series of courtesy calls on senior Dominican justice and intelligence officials, several of whom participated in a same-day working lunch hosted by President Fernandez (SEPTEL). Attorney General Dominguez Brito, Chief of the Natio [...]	2005-11-03 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KPAO PINR PREL SNAR DR CU
05SANTODOMINGO4979	DOMINICAN BANKING #12: MORE BANK FRAUD, THIS TIME [...] (U) This is number 12 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. More Bank Fraud, This Time at Progreso - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Another Dominican bank has turned up a potentially huge and probably fraudulent hole in its balance sheet, despite the IMF-manda [...]	2005-11-10 11:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5038	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...]	2005-11-15 17:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO
05SANTODOMINGO5102	IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE: DOMINICAN [...] (C) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel demarche to Dominicn Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasizing the importance of voting against a no-action motion and in favor of the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. Morales said the Dominican Republic would vote wit [...]	2005-11-18 18:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
05SANTODOMINGO5113	UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Embassy on November 8 delivered Ref A para 5 talking points on U.S. voting priorities in the UN Third Committee to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen as a non-paper, and emphasized in conversation with her that approval of the Iran resolution was our top priority and that the Dominican [...]	2005-11-18 21:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5202	DOMINICAN BANKING #13: MORE FRAUD FOUND AT PROGRESO [...] (U) This is number 13 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. (C) Summary. Investigators have discovered a new additional hole of 7 billion pesos ($220 million) in phony assets at Banco de Progreso, in addition to the 8 billion peso unfunded liability for commercial paper at [...]	2005-11-30 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO5339	ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA South America director Juany Mejia de Gil, requesting the Dominican Republic's collaboration with the international effort to ensure free and fair elections in Bolivia and democratic stability for that nation. 2. (C) On Decemb [...]	2005-12-10 18:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PGOV PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5410	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...]	2005-12-16 23:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PGOV HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO542	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez confirmed to the Ambassador on January 27 that he had been helping mediate between the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, and he found both interested in lowering tensions. He remained concerned that the candidacy for OAS SYGEN Francisco [...]	2005-02-04 12:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO556	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OUTLINES TO DAS SHAPIRO [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez spoke at length with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on January 14 on Dominican concerns about Haiti, Haitian reconstruction, and cross-border security issues. Fernandez and his administration will engage closely with t [...]	2005-02-04 19:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN BEXP ENRG PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO579	PRC PRESSES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Chinese Communist Party delegation met with members of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and other Dominican political parties from January 24-27, seeking to strengthen ties to the Dominican Republic and pressing for formal diplomatic recognition. The delegation call [...]	2005-02-07 21:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW
05SANTODOMINGO614	DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...]	2005-02-09 18:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO799	DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO971	DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...]	2005-02-24 15:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM
05SAOPAULO1158	CONVERSATION WITH JOSE DIRCEU, OCTOBER 9, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: While transiting through Sao Paulo, Brasilia TDY poloff attended an October 9 lunch with friends at which Federal Deputy and former Lula Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu was present. During their 30-minute conversation, Dirceu shared his views on the political crisis, the future of the [...]	2005-10-13 19:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV BR
05SAOPAULO1372	ELDER STATESMAN DELFIM NETTO DISCUSSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: PMDB Congressman and elder statesman Antonio Delfim Netto told CG that while President Lula remains personally popular, he needs to start courting the PMDB and the smaller &left light8 parties if he hopes to get re-elected in next October,s elections. Netto said the PSDB/PFL elec [...]	2005-12-15 13:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR
05SINGAPORE1178	"SINGAPORE REBEL" DOWN FOR THE COUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: The withdrawal under government pressure last month of the film "Singapore Rebel" from the Singapore International Film Festival has brought its subject, opposition figure Dr. Chee Soon Juan, once more into the local headlines. This may be one of Chee's last curtain calls now t [...]	2005-04-15 09:14:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
05SINGAPORE178	SFA: AMB LAVIN CALLS ON DEFENSE MINISTER TEO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Lavin reviewed with Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean progress to date in negotiations on the U.S.-Singapore Strategic Framework Agreement, in a meeting December 30. The Ambassador expressed the frustration the U.S. government felt at the current stage of discussions, in [...]	2005-01-19 10:04:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS SN
05SINGAPORE1788	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 12:30PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Chris Kava [...]	2005-06-07 08:35:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SN
05SINGAPORE1789	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 5:00PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin E/P Counselor Laurent Charbonnet (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- [...]	2005-06-07 08:37:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON KNNP ETTC CH TW KS IN IZ
05SINGAPORE1790	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 11:30AM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Secretary Ross Wilson Deputy Spo [...]	2005-06-07 08:39:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN
05SINGAPORE1986	PROMOTING MAINSTREAM ISLAM: THE SINGAPORE MODEL [...] (C) Summary. Concerned about the potential threat of Islamic extremism to Singapore's multi-religious, secular society, the government of Singapore (GOS) is promoting its brand of "mainstream" Islam and a Singaporean Muslim identity. Using its standard tools of incentives, co-optation, and c [...]	2005-06-27 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SN
05SINGAPORE2023	AMBASSADOR BOYCE'S JUNE 27 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce and Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, exchanged perspectives on Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's leadership style, prospects for a peaceful resolution to Thailand's problems in the South, Thaila [...]	2005-07-01 02:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN
05SINGAPORE2058	SINGAPORE POLITICS: OPENING WINDOWS, SWATTING FLIES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Technology, social change, and hopes for creativity-driven economic growth engines have pushed Singapore's government to adapt its style, but little has fundamentally changed. From a well-publicized debate on whether to allow casinos to essays calling for political li [...]	2005-07-06 01:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
05SINGAPORE2073	VISIT BY SEN. CLINTON TO SINGAPORE (JULY 5-7) [...] (C) Summary: Singapore's senior leadership discussed the challenges of combating Islamic terrorism, the need for moderate Muslims to speak out, and the importance of success in Iraq in meetings with visiting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). GOS leaders told the Senator that cross-Strait re [...]	2005-07-06 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SN
05SINGAPORE2155	SINGAPORE CITES OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. Singapore's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the Suspicious Transaction Reports Office (STRO),told its U.S. FinCEN FIU counterpart that it was willing to share financial crimes-related information, but that it would be unable to do so unless such information were traceable to [...]	2005-07-14 01:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR SN
05SINGAPORE2420	SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore next week. My staff and I are working to ensure a very positive and productive visit. Your visit comes at an ideal time to: -- thank Singapore for its strong commitment to the Proliferation Security Initiative and global counterproliferation [...]	2005-08-11 07:29:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ETTC PREL OTRA SN
05SINGAPORE2456	SINGAPORE ELECTS, UM, SELECTS ITS PRESIDENT [...] (U) Singapore's Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) announced August 13 that it had certified incumbent President S.R. Nathan, alone among four applicants, as eligible to contest this year's presidential election. Only Nathan, 81, will participate in the Nomination Day ceremony August 17, [...]	2005-08-16 07:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
05SINGAPORE2501	UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH PRESSES SINGAPORE ON [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph visited Singapore August 15 and 16 to attend the opening ceremony of the Singapore-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative exercise, Deep Sabre. The Under Secretary engaged his hosts in bilateral discussio [...]	2005-08-19 08:47:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC KNNP MNUC KN IR MTCRE

05SINGAPORE2609	POLICE CONTINUE TO HARASS INDEPENDENT FILM MAKER [...] (SBU) The Singapore Police continue to harass independent film maker Martyn See, who made a 26 minute documentary on opposition politician Dr. Chee Soon Juan (Reftel). Under government pressure, See was forced to withdraw his "Singapore Rebel" film from the Singapore International Film Festiv [...]	2005-08-30 09:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SN
05SINGAPORE3017	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S OCTOBER 12 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky focused on Singapore's influenza preparedness, its leadership role in the region on this emerging disease, and the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) during a busy half-day visit to Si [...]	2005-10-14 07:25:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TBIO KHIV EAGR ECON SN
05SINGAPORE312	MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 1 OF 2 [...] (C) Summary: Concerned about preventing racial and religious conflict in Singapore, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) actively co-opts talented Muslims, especially potential critics. In addition to holding a modest number of senior positions in the government, representatives from Singap [...]	2005-02-03 01:09:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SN SOCI
05SINGAPORE3147	GOS HOLDS THE LINE ON FREE SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: The GOS continues to narrowly define the parameters of free speech in Singapore -- extending into the internet -- and constraints on public protest remain firmly in place. The convictions of three Singaporeans for racist comments made on the internet are the latest indication tha [...]	2005-10-27 10:28:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
05SINGAPORE3352	ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...]	2005-11-23 07:22:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP
05SINGAPORE343	MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 2 OF 2 [...] (U) This cable completes the biographic reporting on Singapore's 12 Muslim MPs. Reftel covered five of them and reviewed the role they play in Singapore and how they are perceived by the Muslim community. The biographies are designed to be stand-alone documents, so acronyms and organizations [...]	2005-02-07 06:31:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SN SOCI
05SINGAPORE3489	NO MIRANDA IN SINGAPORE: RIGHT TO COUNSEL [...] (U) Summary: While Singapore is proud of its tough, law-and-order reputation, legal circles are actively discussing liberalizing a criminal defendant's right to counsel and the government-linked media is covering the debate. Under current practice, the police may detain a person for two weeks [...]	2005-12-13 06:02:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SN
05SINGAPORE3518	MLAT NEGOTIATING DYNAMICS [...] (C) Singapore wants to sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the United States, but doesn't want it to serve as a model for a Singapore-Indonesia MLAT, MFA Americas Directorate Director Simon Wong told L/LEI's David Buchholz December 8, during a read-out on the MLAT negotiations of [...]	2005-12-15 10:00:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN
05SINGAPORE721	MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...]	2005-03-11 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID
05SINGAPORE760	TERRORIST FINANCE: SINGAPORE'S ABILITY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A's questions concerning Singapore's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (U) AMOUNT OF ASSETS FROZEN, FORFEITED OR SEIZED: To date, Singapore has not identified any assets in Singapore of persons pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and [...]	2005-03-15 08:35:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS SN
05SINGAPORE820	SINGAPORE TIP UPDATE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (C) On March 16, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs provided us with full-year 2004 numbers on detentions, arrests, and prosecutions for offenses related to sex-trafficking, as well as additional information on Singapore's law enforcement efforts. Please note that the MHA provided this in [...]	2005-03-17 09:08:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05SINGAPORE887	SINGAPORE'S OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: For the past year, the Singapore government has talked up a campaign to expand the country's economic and political ties with the Middle East. On the economic front, the GOS wants to expand trade and investment beyond its traditional partners. Politically, Singapore seeks to div [...]	2005-03-23 03:49:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV KTFN PREL PTER SN XD XF XI
05SINGAPORE910	SINGAPORE'S ASIA-MIDDLE EAST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: As part of its effort to be a bridge between the Middle East and Asia, Singapore is sponsoring an Asia-Middle East dialogue (AMED) in June. AMED is intended to promote economic interaction between Asia and the Middle East, and to provide a platform for "moderate" Muslims from bot [...]	2005-03-24 09:58:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SN XD XF XI
05SOFIA1031	BULGARIAN REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) The GOB has not adopted any special decisions on the Ethiopian elections and will follow the EU's position on the issue, according to a nonpaper delivered to us on June 6 from the MFA Africa Directorate. The MFA did not address directly the questions in reftel, but has pledged itself to su [...]	2005-06-09 07:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM ET BU
05SOFIA1032	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT TO STAY ENGAGED ON BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Purvanov met Ambassador on June 8 to discuss his recent trip to Libya to pursue the release of the Bulgarian medics. Purvanov said Qadhafi recognizes the seriousness of the problem of the medics, would like to find a solution, but does not seem to have a plan. He thanke [...]	2005-06-09 08:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LY BU
05SOFIA1110	BULGARIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN SETTING UP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) Bulgaria's Ambassador designate to Iraq, Col. Valeri Rachev, requested USG assistance in securing an office in the Green Zone for a temporary Bulgarian Embassy to Iraq during a meeting with Ambassador on June 21. Rachev said the GOB [...]	2005-06-22 13:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ BU
05SOFIA1144	SOCIALIST LEADER FAVORS LARGE COALITION; SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador on June 27, a confident Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader, laid out his party's views on a future government in anticipation of negotiations to form a coalition. At this point, Stanishev favors a large coalition, inc [...]	2005-06-28 04:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
05SOFIA1207	(U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, connections are largely based on information from operational contacts and open-source publications. ----------------------- OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES [...]	2005-07-07 07:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU
05SOFIA124	DEFENSE MINISTER PLEADS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Svinarov called the Charge to his office January 19 to repeat a now- familiar refrain: the current government must demonstrate to its electorate that there are tangible benefits to its deployment of troops in Iraq. The alternative, according to Svinarov, will b [...]	2005-01-20 15:42:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ BU
05SOFIA1325	COALITION TALKS FAIL: SOCIALISTS PREPARE WEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. High-stakes coalition talks between the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and that of outgoing PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha collapsed July 22 with the Simeon Movement (NMSS) announcing it would not participate in a BSP-led government. The Socialists, who won a small plurality in th [...]	2005-07-22 15:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
05SOFIA1363	BULGARIA: AS SOCIALISTS FAIL AMID POLITICAL CHAOS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A hostile opposition rejected the minority government of Socialist PM-designate Sergei Stanishev in a dramatic 117 to 118 vote shortly before midnight July 27. The Socialists, who overplayed their hand with an elaborate scheme to secure votes for their proposed minority governm [...]	2005-07-28 13:50:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
05SOFIA137	O/I DAVIES Q KUNEVA TALKING POINTS [...] (C) The following text is sent as an O/I to EUR/SCE because Embassy Sofia's classified e-mail system is not working. DAS Glyn Davies meeting with Bulgarian Minister for European Affairs Meglena Kuneva on Jan 24 CONTEXT Bulgaria's next step in the process towards EU accession (planned for [...]	2005-01-21 16:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT BU
05SOFIA1477	NEW BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin told Charge' August 22 that Bulgaria would not follow the "Spanish model" in its withdrawal from Iraq. Instead, the Bulgarian departure, planned to take place before the end of the year, will be done in close consultation with the U.S. and other Coa [...]	2005-08-23 15:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EINV ETTC OVIP LY IZ BG
05SOFIA1548	BULGARIAN PM CONFIRMS INTENTION TO REMAIN ENGAGED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a weekly parliamentary question and answer session, Prime Minister Stanishev confirmed his government's intention to remain engaged in Iraq despite the withdrawal of its military contingent by the end of 2005. Stanishev added that an interagency commission will suggest possible [...]	2005-09-02 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ BU
05SOFIA1554	BULGARIANS FOCUSING ON IRAQI FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In their Sept. 7 introductory meeting, new Bulgarian FM Kalfin told Ambassador Beyrle that Bulgaria considers it very important to be "loyal, predictable and remain involved in Iraq," and hopes to have its position regarding follow-on Iraqi military participation ready for disc [...]	2005-09-07 13:26:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1561	SENATOR HAGEL MEETS NEW BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Hagel was the first Washington official to meet the new government after the June elections. He stressed energy and investment issues, Bulgaria's strategic importance as an ally in the region that extends eastward, and Bulgaria's need to improve its investment climate by [...]	2005-09-08 16:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OVIP PREL OREP ENRG MARR EINV LY BU
05SOFIA1597	ECONOMY MINISTER: BULGARIA TO STAY THE MACRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Beyrle made an introductory call on Roumen Ovcharov, the new Minister of Economy and Energy, on September 12. He stressed USG support for Bulgaria's EU accession in January 2007, as well as continued close cooperation on economic and commercial issues. In the ensuing [...]	2005-09-15 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KIPR ENRG EFIN ETTC PREL BU EUN
05SOFIA1639	BULGARIANS REACT TO IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary. A Washington engagement team presented Bulgarian security officials September 21 with three possible follow-on missions in Iraq. The expert-level Bulgarian interagency group was receptive and positive, but repeatedly noted the difficult political decision that awaits the governme [...]	2005-09-21 17:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1675	BULGARIA PUSHING TO RESOLVE IRAQ & SHARED BASES [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Kalfin told Amb. Beyrle September 28 that Bulgaria intends to have selected a follow-on mission in Iraq prior to the October 17 Bush-Purvanov meeting in Washington. He said that Bulgaria wishes to focus on the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement during next week [...]	2005-09-29 16:09:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL BG IZ LY
05SOFIA1704	BULGARIAN TROOPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN IRAQ THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Stanishev told Ambassador October 5 that Bulgaria will likely maintain its contingent in Iraq through the December 15 elections. The decision regarding a follow-on military activity is still under discussion and will next be considered in the coalition government,s [...]	2005-10-05 15:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1715	BULGARIA SUPPORTS SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BU NATO BULGARIA ENDURING FREEDOM
05SOFIA1741	BULGARIAN PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 17 WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Beyrle met the evening of October 10 with President Purvanov at the President's request to discuss Purvanov's upcoming visit to Washington. Purvanov provided a non paper outlining "key points" for his meeting with President Bush (ref A and para 4 below). He confirmed [...]	2005-10-12 11:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR MOPS EINV OVIP IZ LY BG
05SOFIA1765	BULGARIA AGREES TO DEFER IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Based on ref A demarche, the Bulgarian government agreed to postpone decision regarding its Iraqi follow-on mission until after President Purvanov,s meeting with President Bush. Rayko Raychev, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Kalfin told DCM that the Council of Ministers, which had bee [...]	2005-10-13 11:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1785	BULGARIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC - PERHAPS OVERLY SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All eyes are on Brussels on the eve of the October 25 European Commission (EC) progress report on Bulgaria's EU accession. The government is engaged in a complex strategy of playing down the public's expectations, encouraging parliament to pass the necessary legislation - partic [...]	2005-10-14 15:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU EUN
05SOFIA1796	PROGRESS ON U.S. MILITARY ACCESS, BUT TOUGH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made significant progress toward concluding a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia October 6-7. Significant work remains to be done, however, in the areas of freedom of movement and c [...]	2005-10-17 14:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL BU
05SOFIA1858	BULGARIA NARROWS ITS MILITARY PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MOD has finally managed to narrow from eleven to three its list of top-priority modernization projects. Multi-role fighters are not among them. The decision reflects belated acceptance by the MOD of the Finance Minister's argument that there is not enough money in next year' [...]	2005-10-28 14:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BU NATO
05SOFIA1860	BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINSTER DISCUSSES LIBYA, IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador October 27 that Bulgaria would be ready "soon" to continue discussions regarding a follow-on mission for Bulgarian soldiers in Iraq. We will follow up with the MFA the week of October 31. On the fate of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced t [...]	2005-10-28 15:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KCRM LY IZ BU
05SOFIA187	BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Minister Svinarov signed January 28 a deal worth up to USD 400 million for the purchase of 18 Cougar and Panther helicopters from EADS. Sikorsky Helicopter was [...]	2005-01-31 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO
05SOFIA1882	BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized crime, including the arrest of two notorious crime figures. It is not yet clear whether this is a genuine effort to deal with the problem of organized crime or [...]	2005-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU
05SOFIA1902	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT SIGNALS A MEK DECISION IS CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Parvanov mirrored the General Staff's forward-leaning position on Bulgaria's follow-on activities in Iraq, indicating the government is now leaning toward the MEK mission at Camp Ashraf. He also expressed his optimism for a p [...]	2005-11-08 15:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KCRM IZ BU
05SOFIA1945	BULGARIA SEEKS BALANCED APPROACH TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria supports a balanced approached to negotiations over Kosovo's future status and believes that all options should be considered. Sofia sees the prospect of EU integration for Kosovo, and other West Balkan countries, as the key factor in bringing stability and development to [...]	2005-11-18 12:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BU
05SOFIA1971	MOVING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON U.S. MILITARY ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia on November 16-17. The U.S. and GOB reached agreement in principle on mos [...]	2005-11-25 10:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL BU
05SOFIA2054	BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: The Bulgarian government has little to show for its effort to crack down on organized crime six weeks after the killing of controversial banker Emil Kyulev. The police and Interior Ministry have yet to conduct a thorough investigation of the murder, possibly out of concern about r [...]	2005-12-14 11:51:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON KCOR KCRM BU
05SOFIA2063	RUSSIA PLAYING ENERGY HARDBALL WITH BULGARIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Stanishev's Foreign Policy Advisor, Valentin Radomirski, told the Ambassador December 12 that a Gazprom representative gave Stanishev "an ultimatum" to either renegotiate the current agreement on the purchase of natural gas or face a cutoff. In face-to-face meeti [...]	2005-12-15 15:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MARR BU RU
05SOFIA2123	BULGARIA: BASING PROSPECTS ON TRACK DESPITE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-30 10:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU RU
05SOFIA217	BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT IN SHOCK AS UNITED [...] (C) Summary. The government is in shock at the rapid escalation of the political crisis that began earlier this week with the collapse of the BulgarTabak privatization deal (reftel),with the Prime Minister telling the Ambassador this evening that he is "very worried." The turmoil gained mom [...]	2005-02-03 17:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
05SOFIA228	BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT FIRES SPEAKER: DEATH KNELL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Parliamentary speaker was ousted February 4 in the opposition's first step in a march to bring down the government. Debate on a motion of no confidence is scheduled to begin February 9, when the opposition will have to muster at least 2 more votes to achieve success. A key Pa [...]	2005-02-04 15:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
05SOFIA27	BULGARIA PUSHES FOR MILITARY SALES TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another sign that Bulgarian political leaders are agressively looking for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Lydia Shuleva met with Ambassador and the Iraqi Ambassador to Bulgaria, Hayder Al Barrack, on Jan [...]	2005-01-05 15:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU
05SOFIA302	BULGARIA: STAYING COMMITTED IN IRAQ IN 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador's discussions with Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov and Foreign Minister Solomon Passy indicate that Bulgaria does not plan any dramatic shift in its Iraq troop commitments through 2005. Passy and Svinarov recommend that the future of Bulgarian troop commitme [...]	2005-02-15 14:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ BU
05SOFIA35	PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON IRAQ, SUPPORT FOR IMPRISONED MEDICS IN LIBYA [...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...]	2005-02-25 15:36:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR
05SOFIA358	PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON IRAQ, SUPPORT FOR IMPRISONED MEDICS IN LIBYA [...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...]	2005-02-25 15:36:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR
05SOFIA436	BULGARIAN LEADERS ASSERT SOLDIER KILLED BY U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and President Georgi Purvanov called the Ambassador to their offices March 7 to assert that the Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq on March 4 died as a result of friendly fire by U.S. forces. In separate, back-to- [...]	2005-03-07 13:13:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
05SOFIA524	BULGARIA/IRAQ: POLITICS FORCING MOVE TOWARD EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Svinarov's public statement that Bulgaria may pull its troops out of Iraq by year-end is strong evidence that election-year politics are forcing the government to move rapidly toward an exit strategy. Despite Svinarov's comments, no such decision has in fact been [...]	2005-03-18 13:55:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA557	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visit to Sofia comes in the midst of a highly politicized review of Bulgaria's military participation in Iraq. With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June, the government has clearly decided that an Iraq exit strategy must be announced before the campaign season begins. [...]	2005-03-24 10:48:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON LY IZ BU
05SOFIA604	BULGARIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONSIDERS DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) is considering a proposal on March 31 to withdraw its troops from Iraq on 31 December 2005 in accordance with the GOB's understanding of UNSCR 1546. During a meeting with Foreign Minister Solomon Passy on March 30, Passy informed Deputy Sec [...]	2005-03-31 13:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA616	BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT SENDS IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Council of Ministers (CM) approved and sent to Parliament on March 31 a proposal to set 31 December 2005 as the deadline for the end of Bulgaria's military participation in the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The CM also asked Parliament to reduce the country [...]	2005-04-01 13:33:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA677	BULGARIA OFFERS TO PROVIDE DEFENSE ARTICLES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Bulgarian political leaders have aggressively looked for concrete benefits from their military participation in Iraq. Most recently, the Prime Minister raised the issue with Deputy Secretary Zoellick (ref A). Post has noted that contracts and subcontracts awarded [...]	2005-04-08 14:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV PL IZ BU
05SOFIA74	BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PURVANOV REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) The Chief of Staff to President Purvanov, Andrei Karaslavov, called on the Ambassador to request a meeting between the two presidents. Purvanov prefers the first half of this year. 2. (SBU) Karaslavov noted that Bulgaria has been the most stalwart coalition ally in Iraq, but is the on [...]	2005-01-11 12:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
05SOFIA808	BULGARIA'S SOCIALIST PARTY: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS OR [...] (C) SUMMARY. If opinion polls are correct, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is likely to play a leading role in the next government. Street protests drove the last BSP government from power in 1997 amid hyper-inflation and the collapse of the banking system. More than eight years later, [...]	2005-04-29 13:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR IZ BU
05SOFIA922	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PURVANOV CONFIRMS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: President Georgi Purvanov will travel to Libya later this month to raise the case of the Bulgarian medics. According to his staff, the President has tentatively scheduled the trip for May 27-28. During the visit, Purvanov plans to meet with Qadhafi and the medics in Tripoli [...]	2005-05-20 12:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU LY OPDC PREL EUN
05SOFIA924	U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A negotiating team led by Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress in concluding a supplemental SOFA with the GOB during talks in Sofia May 16-17. Amb. Loftis also presented the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and identified the military facilities of interest [...]	2005-05-20 14:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV BU
05SOFIA931	THE "KING'S MOVEMENT": BULGARIA'S BEST HOPE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Though current polls show it lagging behind the Socialists in the June 25 elections, the ruling National Movement Simeon II (NMSS) may play an important role in the next Bulgarian government -- either as the junior partner in a Socialist-led government or the core of a disparate [...]	2005-05-25 11:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU PGOV PREL
05SOFIA933	TOP GENERAL DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD FOR BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his renewed mandate, Bulgarian Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) General Nikolai Kolev gave us an overview of the direction of the Bulgarian Armed Forces for the next calendar year during a meeting on May 16. Kolev sees Bulgaria as a strategic partner of the U.S., wi [...]	2005-05-25 13:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS BU
05SOFIA999	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: BULGARIA WILL NOT LIFT ISAF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BU NATO
05STATE200834	THE SECRETARY'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang exchanged views on the importance of democratic reform during their October 28 meeting. The Secretary said that the United States understood that Beijing placed constraints on Hong Kong but observed that people come naturall [...]	2005-11-01 01:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV HK CH
05TAIPEI1026	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIAL BUDGET: PREPPING FOR [...] (C) Summary. The revised Defense Procurement Special Budget is still under discussion within the Executive Yuan (EY) in preparation for formal submission to the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Special Budget proposal that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) sent to the EY in February reduced [...]	2005-03-09 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS TW
05TAIPEI1027	TAIWAN ON EXBS TRAINING [...] (U) Action Request para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: AIT met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Director Peter Ho on March 8, 2005 to discuss arrangements for the March 22-25 EXBS Training on export control laws and regulations. Ho expressed eagerness for the training and hoped that it will go [...]	2005-03-09 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ECON PREL TW
05TAIPEI1070	TAIWAN'S SPLIT PERSONALITY ON TRADE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan displays a split personality when it comes to trade policy. Open trade is desirable for the manufacturing and industrial sectors, but on agriculture, Taiwan takes a decidedly protectionist approach. Despite a dramatically improved environment in bilateral trade over the [...]	2005-03-11 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1072	TAIWAN'S "GREEN" PARTY PICKS ECONOMICS OVER THE [...] (C) Summary. The Kyoto Protocol coming into force on February 16th has led Taiwan's policy makers to espouse a renewed commitment to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions within Taiwan. However, the Kyoto Protocol is not driving changes in Taiwan's environmental policies. Taiwan has fa [...]	2005-03-13 22:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1080	CROSS-STRAIT - UNILATERAL ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION [...] (C) In the positive atmosphere following the Lunar New Year charter flights, recent moves by the Taiwan government have suggested that it was on the verge of further liberalization across a range of cross-Strait economic policy areas. These include the creation of an offshore dollar-denominat [...]	2005-03-14 04:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN TW CH
05TAIPEI1085	TAIWAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan issued a strong formal reaction to the PRC National People's Congress (NPC) March 14 passage of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu, speaking for the government, condemned the PRC move as "provocative" and in violation of the will of th [...]	2005-03-14 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1086	TAIWAN SEEKING CLOSER TIES TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is seeking closer political, economic, and security ties with Israel. Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials are accelerating their campaign to use NGOs and think-tanks to promote Taipei's interests in Israel. Despite Israel's one-China policy, Tel Aviv perm [...]	2005-03-14 22:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TW IS
05TAIPEI1091	ECONOMICS COULD DIMINISH PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) The next Chairman of the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) believes that Chinese airlines are not interested in cross-Strait charter cargo flights because they don't have the capacity to compete with China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Air. He says that CAL has unrealistic expectations of the lo [...]	2005-03-15 01:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI1112	SPECIAL BUDGET POLITICS: NO PLAN TO SPLIT PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) officials denied March 11 press reports that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) is preparing to remove PAC-III anti-air systems from the special defense procurement budget package awaiting approval by the Legislative Yuan (LY). The Chen adminis [...]	2005-03-15 12:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1125	NEW KAOHSIUNG MAYOR ON CROSS-STRAIT AND OTHER [...] (C) In an initial call by AIT/K Branch Chief on newly appointed Kaohsiung Acting Mayor Chen Chi-Mai, Chen described himself as a DPP moderate who sees expanded cross-Strait economic ties as the best way to build confidence across the Strait. Widely seen as a protege of President Chen, Mayor [...]	2005-03-16 08:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI1145	TAIWAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OFFICE DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The appointment of Yao Wen-chi (aka Pasuya Yao) to be Taiwan,s new Government Information Office (GIO) Director represents another move by Premier Frank Hsieh to position his long-time aides in key EY positions. Yao is a long-time AIT/K contact and previously served as Kaohsiung [...]	2005-03-16 08:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI1151	PREMIER CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSE AIDES TO KEY [...] (C) Summary. According to long-time allies of Premier Frank Hsieh, Hsieh will continue to move key staff from the Kaohsiung City Administration to the Executive Yuan. However, political considerations are forcing a slow pace in the announcements. Sources told AIT/K that former Kaohsiung Cit [...]	2005-03-16 08:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1153	PRESIDENT CHEN COMMENTS ON ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used a March 16 speech to an overseas Taiwanese group to make his first public comments on the Anti-Secession Law since its passage on March 14. Declaring the PRC legislation an "invasion law," Chen provided a six point position that highlighted Taiwan ob [...]	2005-03-16 11:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1173	ANTI-SECESSION LAW: TAIWAN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Taipei is aggressively courting international support in its opposition to Beijing's Anti-Secession Law. Taiwan diplomats and representatives abroad have been tasked with lobbying host governments, and President Chen has given interviews to the foreign media. On March 15, Mini [...]	2005-03-17 09:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
05TAIPEI118	LIEN CHAN ON SPECIAL BUDGET, CROSS-STRAIT, AND PFP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan told AIT Director on December 12 that the KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) caucus intends to pass half (approximately USD nine billion) of the USD 18 billion as soon as the legislation is resubmitted in the next LY session, beginning February 1. On the cross-Strai [...]	2005-01-13 06:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1183	LY PRESIDENT WANG JOINS KMT CHAIRMAN RACE [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng declared his candidacy for the KMT Chairman race on March 17. Wang's long-expected announcement came a day after the KMT formally decided to postpone the election date from May 28 to July 16. Wang's opponent, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying [...]	2005-03-18 06:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1187	ANNIVERSARY PROTEST OF MARCH 19 SHOOTING LARGELY [...] (C) Summary: Pan-Blue officials have told AIT that the planned March 19 rally to protest the one-year anniversary of the shooting of President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu is primarily to placate KMT Chairman Lien Chan. Though there are widespread doubts among Pan-Blue -- and n [...]	2005-03-18 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI1201	SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET FACING POLITICAL MINEFIELD [...] (C) Summary: A Pan-Blue leadership vacuum, political posturing by key legislators, and a hostile media environment may pose major barriers to early legislative action on the government's proposed special defense procurement budget. The Executive Yuan (EY) on March 16 slashed the funding reques [...]	2005-03-21 10:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR CH TW
05TAIPEI1225	TAIPEI WELCOMES SECRETARY'S PUBLIC REMARKS IN [...] (C) Taiwan officials have expressed appreciation for Secretary Rice's public remarks on the Anti-Secession Law and SIPDIS Taiwan Relations Act during her March 20-21 visit to Beijing. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Joseph Wu told AIT the Secretary's statements were "wonderful" and [...]	2005-03-22 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1229	MARCH 19 RALLY ATTACKS CHEN, SOONG, AND MA [...] (C) Summary: The KMT's March 19 rally was more significant for the drama behind the scenes than what unfolded on stage. Although originally organized to protest the DPP government's handling of last year's election eve shooting of President Chen and VP Lu, the rally deteriorated into a pair [...]	2005-03-22 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI130	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. According to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Beijing this afternoon, January 13, accepted Taiwan's proposed delegation to participate in negotiations on direct cross-Strait charter flights around the Chinese New Year. At this still early point in the negotiation proces [...]	2005-01-13 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI1343	TAIWAN POLITICS AND EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) The State NP EXBS (Export Control and Border Security) training on Export Control Laws and Regulations began on March 22 with 38 participants representing 16 different Taiwan Executive Branch agencies, one Legislative Yuan (LY) Member, and one LY staffer. After official opening remarks [...]	2005-03-23 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI136	STEEL AND CEMENT - DEEPENING CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Taiwan,s steel industry is exporting a large portion of its output to the PRC, accounting for as much as 50 percent of Taiwan,s steel exports. As is the case for many other Taiwan exports to the Mainland, Taiwan steel is mainly used to manufacture consumer goods for re-export to markets i [...]	2005-01-14 01:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI1376	CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION ON HOLD UNTIL MAY [...] (C) Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Department of Economic Director Fu Don-cheng confirmed that cross-Strait economic liberalization and government-sponsored exchanges are on hold until at least May. He said that the recent goodwill measures offered by the PRC on passenger charter flights, agr [...]	2005-03-25 04:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAIR ETTC EFIN CH TW
05TAIPEI1402	UMC ANNOUNCES DEAL WITH PRC'S HE JIAN [...] (C) Semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) announced a deal whereby it would receive 15 percent of He Jian Technology Co. It is not yet clear whether this deal will help UMC resolve accusations that it illegally provided assistance to the PRC competitor in violation of [...]	2005-03-25 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETTC TW CH
05TAIPEI1403	3/26 RALLY AIMS TO CONTAIN ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced on March 24 that he would participate, but not speak at, the March 26 "Use Peace and Democracy to Protect Taiwan" rally in Taipei. Presidential aides say the rally is aimed at releasing public anger over the PRC's March 14 enactment of the Anti-Se [...]	2005-03-25 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI1404	WHERE HAVE ALL THE BUSES GONE? -- THE 326 PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) plans for a one-million-person rally on March 26 to protest China's Anti-Secession Law are running into logistical problems. While Southern Taiwan DPP offices and officials have found no shortage of supporters willing to participate, they fear a [...]	2005-03-26 01:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1407	CHEN SHUI-BIAN: RESILIENT, IN CONTROL, BUT BOXED IN [...] (C) Summary. In the three months since he led his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) into its December legislative election setback, President Chen Shui-bian has stepped back from the confrontational public rhetoric he brought to both the presidential and legislative campaigns last year. His [...]	2005-03-28 06:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1421	PROCUREMENT STILL A CHALLENGE IN TAIWAN [...] (U) Summary: The public procurement process in Taiwan remains a longstanding irritant for US firms. Several recent cases of US firms running into problems with the procurement process, including allegations of improper political influence in the tendering process, indicate that this issue s [...]	2005-03-28 07:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD TW
05TAIPEI1436	MARCH 26 RALLY CONCLUDES PEACEFULLY, ROCKY ROAD [...] (C) Summary: The March 26 "Love Peace, Protect Taiwan" rally organized to protest the PRC's Anti-Secession Law (ASL) proceeded peacefully. The Pan-Green claimed it mobilized almost one million people, but actual numbers are difficult to determine and subject to an ongoing partisan debate. Pr [...]	2005-03-28 12:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI1437	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WARNS OF DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General James Huang told AIT on March 28 that Taipei will need some time before returning to the path of engagement with the PRC. Huang said that the government has concluded that Beijing timed the release of the Hsu Wen-lung letter (Septel) an [...]	2005-03-28 12:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1511	TAIWAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALREADY PREPARED FOR PRC [...] (C) Taiwan's business community agrees that Chi-mei's Hsu Wen-lung issued his pro-"one China" statement March 26 due entirely to PRC pressure. However, it also agrees that the statement will not affect the level or growth of Taiwan investment in the Mainland. Taiwan investors had already lea [...]	2005-03-29 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV TW CH
05TAIPEI1514	SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET REMAINS STUCK IN PROCEDURE [...] (C) Summary: The KMT and People First Party (PFP) rejected the government's request to place the special defense procurement budget on the Legislative Yuan (LY) calendar during a March 29 meeting of the Procedure Committee. This was the second week in a row that the committee refused to place [...]	2005-03-29 11:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1525	SOONG'S WEAKENING GRIP OVER THE PFP [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong's attempts to carve out an independent political niche for himself in Taiwan may be under threat from growing disunity within his party. The February 24 meeting between Soong and President Chen Shui-bian may have prolonged Soong's political survival but t [...]	2005-03-30 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI1571	TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICE [...] (C) AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan hosted officials from Taiwan's new Counterterrorism Office (CTO) to lunch on March 29 in order to learn the function of the office and how AIT might interface with it. Taiwan participants included National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General (Ste [...]	2005-03-31 09:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW

05TAIPEI1572	CHEN ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCES KMT-CCP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials denounced a 10-point joint statement worked out in Beijing March 30 between KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang and PRC Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin. Pan-Blue officials hailed the KMT-CCP meeting as the start of a new offensive to wrest [...]	2005-03-31 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1575	TAIWAN LACKS DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO COUNTER BEIJING [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan lacks a viable foreign policy strategy to counter Beijing's growing international clout and global campaign to isolate Taipei. Taiwan foreign policy experts anticipate that a domestic crisis could be brewing as Taipei becomes diplomatically marginalized around the world a [...]	2005-04-01 03:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1594	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE - TAIWAN'S SURPLUS GROWS, [...] (C) Taiwan's exports to the PRC grew by 27.2 percent in 2004 as its imports from the Mainland grew even more rapidly at 52.2 percent. Components shipped to Taiwan firms assembling electronic consumer goods in the PRC dominated Taiwan's exports at 57 percent, but similar products also made up [...]	2005-04-04 03:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV TW CH
05TAIPEI1625	POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES OVER KMT-CCP ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration has heightened its criticism over the KMT's recent rapprochement with Beijing, accusing the opposition party of undermining national sovereignty and warning of legal sanctions. KMT officials tell AIT they will not be deterred in their effort to overturn wh [...]	2005-04-04 11:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1626	CHEN ADMINISTRATION ISSUES SEVEN POINT STATEMENT [...] (C) Taiwan National Security Advisor Chiou I-jen contacted AIT Director by phone on April 5 to inform him that President Chen Shui-bian had just concluded a meeting to discuss how to respond to the recent contacts between the KMT and Beijing, especially the recent trip of KMT Vice Chairman Chia [...]	2005-04-05 14:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW US
05TAIPEI1640	TAIWAN'S FOURTH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - HURDLES [...] (C) Summary. While the chances of completing the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) have improved under the second Chen Administration (refs a and b),serious challenges remain. Contractors for the project describe its management as beset by mass confusion and poor planning. While the Chen A [...]	2005-04-06 05:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1671	FM CHEN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR VATICAN VISIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mark Chen contacted AIT on April 6 to ask for USG assistance with President Chen Shui-bian's planned trip to the Vatican on April 8 to attend memorial services for Pope John Paul II. FM Chen said that the Holy See has received approval from the Italian government to grant [...]	2005-04-06 23:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI168	REALITY CHECK ON DPP-PFP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong is struggling to recover from a political setback and is using everything within his means. Soong has fueled rumors of a DPP-PFP alliance and is hoping to use a visit to Washington to sanction his role as a national leader in Taiwan. The DPP, having fal [...]	2005-01-14 10:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1684	CHEN ADMINISTRATION WARNS KMT, BEIJING OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration's April 5 "Seven Point" statement was aimed at laying down a marker for both Beijing and the KMT ahead of a proposed meeting between PRC President Hu Jintao and KMT Chairman Lien Chan, according to a readout provided to AIT on April 6. Taiwan officials said [...]	2005-04-07 11:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1690	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRENDS GIVE PRC [...] (C) In recent reporting, AIT/T has identified three important trends in cross-Strait trade and investment. First, even as the PRC becomes an ever more important trading partner for Taiwan, Taiwan's relative importance as a trading partner and source of investment for the PRC is diminishing. Se [...]	2005-04-08 05:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TW CH
05TAIPEI1691	MORE "EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT" COULD AFFECT [...] (C) After the April 5 meeting of senior Chen administration and DPP officials on cross-Strait relations, the Taiwan government has announced a new emphasis on the "effective management" portion of its "active opening, effective management policy" (ref B). "Difficult to manage" policies will b [...]	2005-04-08 05:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV TW CH
05TAIPEI1706	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: AIT/T Acting Director Keegan delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen and to Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh in separate meetings on April 7. Both Ministers expressed Taiwan's strong commitment to strengthen Taiwan's export controls. Minister M [...]	2005-04-08 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1708	USTR CALLS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: The USTR Director for Taiwan and Hong Kong met with government officials and US business representatives in Taipei to discuss ongoing bilateral trade concerns and the delay of proposed meetings under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Eliminating barriers to ag [...]	2005-04-08 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR TW IPR
05TAIPEI1709	KMT DEFENDS RAPPROCHEMENT WITH CCP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT that the KMT and PRC are building a cooperative relationship that is based on their shared opposition to Taiwan independence. Chang stated that the KMT and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have a tacit agreement not to discuss [...]	2005-04-08 11:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1724	KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG SEEKS USG HELP IN FORGING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang urged the USG to intervene in public and private to urge the Chen administration and KMT leadership to cooperate on cross-Strait policy. Chiang, who provided the Director a readout of his recent trip to the Mainland, expressed concern that mounting d [...]	2005-04-11 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1750	KMT VICE CHAIR CHIANG PROVIDES READOUT OF BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: KMT Vice Chairman P.K. Chiang provided the AIT Director a readout April 11 of his late March visit to the Mainland. Chiang said that he was not involved in the planning for the visit and only learned about arrangements for senior level meetings with PRC officials in Beijing just [...]	2005-04-12 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1752	PRC MEDIA BAN: MAC ADMITS MISTAKE BUT POLICY STANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are trying to contain negative political and media fallout from an April 10 announcement that Taipei would ban journalists from PRC-owned Xinhua and the People's Daily in retaliation for Beijing's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC [...]	2005-04-12 10:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH TW TIP
05TAIPEI1753	CHINA WATCHERS' VIEWS ON KMT-CCP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Senior China Watchers and former Taiwan government officials met with AIT on April 8 to discuss the late March KMT-CCP meeting and "Ten-point consensus." Despite the range of political views held by the academics -- from deep blue to medium green -- the China Watchers agreed that [...]	2005-04-12 10:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1780	TAIWAN'S INADEQUATE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: On April 8 Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) gave AIT a report on its investigations into the She Hong Company and Eumatech Company machine tool shipments to Syria, as we had requested in refs C and D. The results of the BOFT investigations, while welcome, suggest that the [...]	2005-04-14 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1781	CHI MEI FOUNDER STATEMENT DICTATED BY BEIJING [...] (C) Chi Mei Group senior executives confirmed to AIT/K that the text of Chi Mei Founder Hsu Wen-lung's March 26 statement in support of "one China" had been dictated in full by Beijing authorities and Hsu had not requested nor negotiated any changes to the text. They said Mainland authoritie [...]	2005-04-14 22:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD CH TW
05TAIPEI1796	TAIWAN NEGLECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is neglecting Central and Eastern Europe in favor of traditional European Union (EU) members in the west. Despite substantial efforts by Central and Eastern European governments to promote ties with Taipei, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told AIT that [...]	2005-04-15 05:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1797	VICE PREMIER URGES U.S. TO STUDY FTA WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting, Taiwan's Vice Premier Wu Rong-I told AIT/T Econ Section Chief that Premier Frank Hsieh would maintain most of the economic policies of his predecessor. He also outlined the government goals for financial reform, which focus on bank consolidation, and fiscal policy [...]	2005-04-15 06:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI1803	SPECIAL BUDGET REMAINS IN POLITICAL LIMBO [...] (C) Summary. Rising political discord among Taiwan political parties is complicating prospects for passage of the Defense Procurement Special Budget in the Legislative Yuan (LY). The political parties are largely focused inward on the domestic political debate and jockeying for short-term p [...]	2005-04-15 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR TW
05TAIPEI1826	CHEN SHUI-BIAN: SURPRISES AHEAD? [...] (C) Summary. The moderate "presidential" persona that President Chen Shui-bian has cultivated for the past four months masks a hard driving political tactician who continues to work backstage to destroy the opposition Pan-Blue majority coalition. The &reconciliation8 agenda of this moderate [...]	2005-04-18 10:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1827	MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE AHEAD OF LIEN [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian and KMT Chairman Lien Chan used public fora in Taipei and Singapore to trade another round of public accusations. During an April 16 speech, President Chen asked mockingly if the KMT's upcoming talks with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were aimed at lo [...]	2005-04-18 10:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1828	PFP LEGISLATOR EMBRACES KMT BANNER [...] (C) Summary: Popular People First Party (PFP) Legislator Chou Hsi-wei announced April 13 that he is rejoining the KMT and intends to participate in the KMT Taipei County Magistrate primary race. The PFP responded by announcing it would expel Chou. While Chou did not specify why he was leavi [...]	2005-04-18 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1841	VATICAN ASKS TAIWAN NOT TO SEND SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor Lin Jin-chang told AIT April 19 that the Vatican Foreign Ministry has requested that Taiwan not send any ranking official to ceremonies to inaugurate the next Pope. Lin said the Vatican's list of "ranking officials" includes the President, Vi [...]	2005-04-19 22:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW VT
05TAIPEI1849	SOONG ON SPECIAL BUDGET AND UPCOMING PRC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the AIT Director, People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong said his party would allow the USD 18 billion Special Defense Budget to pass at the end of the current Legislative Yuan session in late May/early June despite lingering doubts over portion [...]	2005-04-20 08:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1851	LOBBYING FOR BEEF: TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND [...] (C) Summary. The fifteen-month odyssey to end the Taiwan ban on U.S. beef imports concluded April 16, with the formal announcement that the ban was lifted. The first beef shipments are expected to arrive in Taiwan by the end of April. Even at the last moment, when the battle appeared won, [...]	2005-04-20 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1853	TAIWAN'S REVISED TECH PROTECTION BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: At a Cabinet meeting on April 13, Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) passed a "Sensitive Technology Protection" bill that is a more comprehensive, tougher version of the "Technology Protection Bill" that has been stalled in the Legislative Yuan (LY) for over two years. Whi [...]	2005-04-20 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1867	CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS AND TAIWAN'S POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian had hoped to use passage of the Anti-Secession Law to convince the Taiwan public of Beijing's unalterable animosity and to delay discussion of any cross-Strait initiatives until after the May 14 National Assembly elections or perhaps much longer. While Che [...]	2005-04-21 06:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1871	CHEN ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO PFP TO STEAL KMT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisors assert that Beijing's April 18 invitation to People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong was a vindication of the government's hard-line stance towards the KMT's attempts to open a separate dialogue with the PRC. Presidential Office Deputy Secretary Genera [...]	2005-04-21 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1872	KMT CHAIRMAN ON SPECIAL BUDGET AND PRC TRIP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the AIT Director on April 21 that the KMT's support for passage of the Special Defense Budget at a reduced funding level remained unchanged from what he pledged to the Director during their January 12 meeting. Lien said, however, that all negotiations [...]	2005-04-21 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI1878	BABY STEPS TOWARD TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on April 19 of a merger plan approved by the boards of both Shinkong Financial Holding Corporation and Macoto Bank is a small step toward much needed bank consolidation in Taiwan, and one that government and investment bankers alike hope will serve as a catalys [...]	2005-04-22 06:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR TW
05TAIPEI1881	TAIWAN'S NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE: TUNING UP A [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing a severe budget shortfall for 2005 that is projected to increase dramatically in coming years, the Taiwan Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) and the Department of Health in April began to implement several measures designed to increase revenue and cut expenses. [...]	2005-04-22 08:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI1892	KMT MAINLAND AFFAIRS CHIEF ON LIEN'S PRC TRIP [...] (C) Summary: KMT Mainland Affairs Director Chang Jung-kung told AIT on April 21 that the primary purpose of KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming PRC visit was to reach a cross-Strait peace consensus rather than to talk about trade liberalization. Chang pointed out that economic issues had alrea [...]	2005-04-22 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI1893	CHEN ENDORSES KMT VISIT, LIEN TO CALL CHEN BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Office Spokesman announced on April 21 that President Chen Shui-bian endorses KMT Chairman Lien Chan's upcoming visit to Mainland China. The statement came hours after Presidential Office Secretary General Yu Shyi-kun and his KMT counterpart, Lin Fong-cheng, agre [...]	2005-04-22 10:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI19	POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DPP DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: In the December legislative elections in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gained both seats and vote share and remains the largest party in the Legislative Yuan (LY). Nonetheless, almost all media accounts described it as a "defeat" for the DPP, and almost all side [...]	2005-01-04 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI1923	UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...]	2005-04-26 08:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV CH TW
05TAIPEI1924	UMC CHAIRMAN FINED, INVESTIGATION CONTINUE [...] (U) Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced on April 20 that it would fine United Microelectronics Co. (UMC) Chairman Robert Tsao NT$ 3 million (USD 95,000) for two separate violations of failure to disclose important information to stockholders. The information concerned UM [...]	2005-04-26 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV CH TW
05TAIPEI1925	LIEN DEPARTS AFTER FRIENDLY CALL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Lien Chan departed Taipei for the Mainland April 26, a day after he spoke by phone with President Chen Shui-bian about his controversial trip. Lien told the President that he would not do anything to infringe on the government's authority and promised to convey any s [...]	2005-04-26 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1968	LIEN IN BEIJING: CHEN TO OFFER LOW-KEY RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The Chen administration plans a low-key reaction to KMT Chairman Lien Chan's Friday meeting with PRC President Hu Jintao in order to keep open options for a inter-party summit after Lien's return. Officials are generally relieved that Lien received no substantive "deliverables" d [...]	2005-04-29 12:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1969	DPP FACTION EMBARKS ON CROSS-STRAIT INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Away from the media glare given to the recent Pan-Blue cross-Strait initiatives, the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) moderate New Tide faction has opened talks with PRC authorities about establishing a cross-Strait cooperation mechanism to tackle financial crimes. New Tide el [...]	2005-04-29 13:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI1977	PRESIDENT MOVES TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian moved on May 1 to regain control over the cross-Strait agenda in the wake of the Lien Chan visit to Beijing. Chen announced that he will use the upcoming visit of People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong to convey a message to PRC President Hu Jintao, [...]	2005-05-02 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI20	CHEN CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: In his New Year's Speech, Chen Shui-bian called for reconciliation and cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties in order to stabilize domestic politics and promote cross-Strait peace. Chen suggested that the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue start dialogue on the areas on whic [...]	2005-01-04 08:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2001	SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET: MOVEMENT IN MID-MAY? [...] (C) Summary: Ruling and opposition party officials express cautious optimism that the Legislative Yuan (LY) will take action on Special Defense Procurement Budget shortly after the May 14 National Assembly election. President Chen Shui-bian will try to meet with the two Pan-Blue leaders, eit [...]	2005-05-03 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2004	SOONG CONFIDANTE ON UPCOMING PRC VISIT [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong is reportedly under pressure from Chen Shui-bian's recent "revelations" of their private conversations and from KMT efforts to portray KMT Chairman Lien Chan's visit to the PRC as enjoying the backing of the United States. While Soong is personally comfor [...]	2005-05-03 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2011	(U) TAIWAN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MAINLAND [...] (C) AIT/Taipei offers the following information in response to ref C regarding PRC pressure on Taiwan businesses operating in the Mainland. We have highlighted four examples of such pressure -- Chi Mei, Acer, Quanta, and Evergreen. We also note that many firms report the same kind of difficu [...]	2005-05-03 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR EINV PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2025	TAIWAN PROPOSAL ON EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with AIT on April 29, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) presented an outline proposal for parameters of the new export control procedures and the "rapid evaluation mechanism" for end-user checks (ref A). BOFT said it would greatly increase the scope of its export [...]	2005-05-04 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2039	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) AIT Econoff met May 4, 2005 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),APEC Task Force Chief Lisa Li-hsin Chuang to deliver reftel demarche requesting that Chinese-Taipei support the U.S. radioactive sources initiative at the Sen [...]	2005-05-05 05:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN
05TAIPEI2063	KMT CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON HIS HU JINTAO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting, KMT Chairman Lien Chan told the AIT Director that he met with PRC President Hu Jintao four times during his April 29 visit to Beijing. Lien said that he and Hu talked at length at two of the four meetings. At a closed door meeting between Lien and Hu along w [...]	2005-05-06 12:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2066	PRIMER ON MAY 14 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Taiwan public and media remain largely disengaged over the upcoming National Assembly (NA) election despite the fact that there are only eight days left, in part because Taiwan's political parties have ran a very low-key campaign. This, the final NA, is being elected to vote [...]	2005-05-09 00:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2076	PRESIDENT CHEN TRIES TO BALANCE CONFLICTING [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend, President Chen Shui-bian moved dramatically to address discontent within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) base over his stance on recent Pan-Blue contacts with Beijing. DPP anger is not limited to Chen's endorsement of Lien Chan's recent visit, but is also [...]	2005-05-09 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2077	CHEN SCORES SMALL VICTORY WITH FIJI VISIT [...] (C) President Chen Shui-bian achieved a small symbolic victory when he made an unannounced visit on May 4 to Fiji, which officially recognizes the PRC. Following his scheduled three stop South Pacific island tour to visit Taiwan diplomatic partners Kiribati, the Marshal Islands, and Tuvalu, P [...]	2005-05-09 22:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2078	PHARMACEUTICAL VALIDATION: A METHOD? OR MORE [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from PhRMA accompanied AIT to meetings with Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) officials to discuss pharmaceutical validation issues on April 28. AIT intervention salvaged a heated exchange between PhRMA, Taiwan,s Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis (BFDA) and local [...]	2005-05-09 22:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI2085	CHUNGHWA TELECOM PRIVATIZATION WITHIN SIGHT [...] (U) Summary: Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced April 25 that it will accept applications until May 17, 2005 from firms interested in facilitating placement of government-owned shares in the New York Stock Exchange. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC),CHT,s biggest shareh [...]	2005-05-10 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON TW
05TAIPEI2114	CHEN CAMPAIGN OFFENSIVE DRAWS CRITICISM FROM ALL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian has continued to lash out at his political opponents in an effort to retake the agenda in the lead-up to the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. On May 9, Chen singled out former President Lee Teng-hui for criticism, accusing Lee of hypocrisy for dema [...]	2005-05-10 10:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2125	TAIWAN'S PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. AIT's Deputy Director met with John Chen, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Organizations Director General, to discuss issues related to Taiwan, the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the World Health Assembly (WHA). Chen and a delegation will tra [...]	2005-05-11 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2126	CHEN ENDORSES SOONG QINGHUA SPEECH, PREPARES FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian welcomed People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong's references to Taiwan in Soong's May 11 speech to Beijing's Qinghua University. Chen used a significantly milder tone than other ruling party officials, who criticized Soong's assertion that independen [...]	2005-05-11 10:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2127	TAIWAN CONCERNED OVER PRC-JAPAN FRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Taipei remains optimistic over current trends in Japan-Taiwan relations, but officials express concern that Beijing may demand concessions over Taiwan as a condition to reducing short-term frictions between Tokyo and Beijing. Taiwan officials note that Beijing has shifted the focus [...]	2005-05-11 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2133	BAD NEWS FOR TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On May 6 Taiwan,s Chang Hwa Commercial Bank announced it had failed to bridge differences with foreign bidders for a controlling stake in the bank, and would indefinitely postpone attempts to sell equity through issuing Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). This failure represents a [...]	2005-05-12 00:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR TW
05TAIPEI2135	MA YING-JEOU FORESEES CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 10 meeting with the AIT Director, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said he was confident that President Chen Shui-bian's recent attacks on Pan-Blue leaders were merely pre-National Assembly (NA) election rhetoric and that Chen would tack back to the center afterward. Ma al [...]	2005-05-12 03:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI2143	COUNTERFEIT PHARMA NOT A PRIORITY FOR TAIWAN DOH [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 2004 passage of amendments to Taiwan's Pharmaceutical Law that increased penalties for trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals, Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) is now beginning to look for ways to address concerns about pharmaceutical piracy and the [...]	2005-05-12 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR TW ETRD IPR
05TAIPEI2144	COMING WEEKS OFFER KEY OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS [...] (C) Summary: The period following the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election is expected to offer a critical window for movement on both domestic and cross-Strait policy. President Chen Shui-bian plans to renew his push to create a cross-party consensus behind greater cross-Strait economic, an [...]	2005-05-12 11:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2163	ENSURING TAIWAN INSURANCE [...] (C) Summary: The challenges facing Taiwan's insurance sector include high guaranteed benefits, low earnings on investments, and intense competition. Downward pressure on the Taiwan insurance sector's overall capital position is made more worrisome by the lack of a market exit mechanism and i [...]	2005-05-13 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR TW
05TAIPEI2164	CHEN ADMINISTRATION DISAPPOINTED BY SOONG-HU [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian publicly rejected People First Party (PFP) James Soong's "two sides, one China" formulation, announced following Soong's May 12 meeting with PRC leader Hu Jintao. National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen told the AIT Director on May 13 [...]	2005-05-13 10:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2165	TAIWAN MOFA CRITICISES PRC POSITION AT WHA [...] (C) Victor Chin, Director General of North American Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forwarded to AIT late on May 12 a press release in Chinese that, he said, had been issued earlier in the day. 2. (C) The press release responds to the PRC diplomatic note that has been c [...]	2005-05-13 11:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI2166	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: On election eve, the National Assembly (NA) election remains largely overshadowed by media focus on cross-Strait relations, Soong's PRC visit, and President Chen's relations with other political leaders. Nevertheless the major parties have launched a last minute effort to mobili [...]	2005-05-13 12:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2167	WANG ON SPECIAL DEFENSE BUDGET, PRC CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the AIT Director, Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng said that the KMT is committed to early action on the Special Defense Budget, but warned that James Soong and the PFP may continue to block the budget. Wang said he has secured support from KMT Ch [...]	2005-05-13 12:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2183	DPP PREVAILS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) surpassed expectations, securing 127 seats (43 percent) in the May 14 National Assembly (NA) election. The KMT failed to achieve its goal of emerging as the largest party, winning 117 seats (39 percent). The DPP-KMT's combined 83 perc [...]	2005-05-14 12:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2187	TAIWAN DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE WHO-PRC MOU [...] (C) Summary. AIT conveyed to Taiwan NSC and MOFA (per ref telcon) concern that Taiwan might make public the WHO-PRC MOU on Taiwan's participation in the International Health Regulations. Vice Foreign Minister Kau called AIT from Geneva to assure AIT that they did not have a copy of the MOU and [...]	2005-05-16 00:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EU PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI2202	LIEN, SOONG VISITS - TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Few Taiwan business leaders have reacted publicly to the visits of opposition party leaders Lien Chan and James Soong to the PRC. In private, their reaction has varied broadly from enthusiastic optimism to frustrated skepticism. The Taiwan Stock Market has shown some gains recently tha [...]	2005-05-16 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2212	REVERBERATIONS FROM MAY 14 ELECTION: CONFIDENCE [...] (C) A DPP riven by internal bickering one week ago has emerged from its May 14 National Assembly election plurality more confident -- in some cases, overconfident. In the latter category, Vice President Annette Lu claimed May 14 was a decisive victory for Taiwan sovereignty, a rejection of th [...]	2005-05-17 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2213	TAIWAN SCHOLARS URGE CAUTION OVER EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan cross-Strait specialists warn that there could be a domestic backlash in both the PRC and Taiwan if the two sides do not manage expectations for a cross-Strait political breakthrough in the wake of recent opposition visits to the Mainland. During a May 16 closed door meeti [...]	2005-05-17 11:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2214	PFP HARDLINERS RESIST COOPERATION WITH DPP [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the People First Party's (PFP) devastating showing in the May 14 National Assembly election, party hardliners tell AIT they intend to challenge Chairman James Soong over the PFP's recent alliance with President Chen Shui-bian. Several PFP legislators, including Ch [...]	2005-05-17 11:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI222	TAIWAN WORKING OUT CHARTER FLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Taiwan authorities and airlines are moving quickly to implement the agreement reached by Taiwan and PRC negotiators January 15 on cross-Strait Lunar New Year charter flights. Only Taiwan investors in the PRC, their families and Taiwan employees will be able to buy tickets, despite protests [...]	2005-01-19 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2229	POST-PRC SOONG ON SPECIAL BUDGET, CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 17 meeting with the AIT Director, People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong stated that his party will continue to block the Special Defense Procurement Budget and all other proposals initiated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) until Chen Shui-bian pub [...]	2005-05-18 10:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2243	PRC'S CROSS-STRAIT AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVE - [...] (C) The PRC has offered to eliminate tariffs on ten of the twelve categories of fruit that can be legally imported from Taiwan to the PRC. In addition, Beijing announced it will expand the number of permitted import categories to 18. The Taiwan government is insisting that government-to- go [...]	2005-05-20 07:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2281	TSAI YING-WEN ON STATUS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Tsai Ying-wen told the AIT Deputy Director that Taiwan-PRC relations are once again back where they were before the PRC Anti-Secession Law derailed earlier progress. President Chen's harsh criticisms of Pan-Blue opposition leaders over the [...]	2005-05-24 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2310	NO PROGRESS ON CROSS-PARTY RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng told AIT on May 25 that he has seen no improvement on the state of cross-party relations since his May 13 meeting with the AIT Director. Wang said that he has met with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong since the latter re [...]	2005-05-25 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2311	BOEING ASKS CHINA AIRLINES TO LAUNCH 747 ADVANCED [...] (C) Summary: Boeing executives are optimistic that China Airlines will accept its invitation to be a launch customer for the new 747 Advanced model. The proposed package would include CAL's purchase of as many as 24 747 aircraft and the Boeing purchase of much of CAL's Airbus fleet. Recent p [...]	2005-05-26 03:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD TW
05TAIPEI2335	TAIWAN: GETTING PAST THE ANTI-SECESSION LAW? [...] (C) Meeting with the AIT Director May 27, Executive Yuan Secretary General Lee Ying-yuan said that the DPP leadership SIPDIS recognizes the current opportunity presented by the slight softening of the Chinese position on cross-Strait contacts and will move to take advantage of the chance to [...]	2005-05-27 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2337	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SET TO APPROVE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) will convene in Taipei on May 30 to consider a package of constitutional reforms that leaders in both the DPP and KMT hope will encourage development of a two-party political system and discourage radical amendments to the constitution. The high ratif [...]	2005-05-27 12:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2421	DPP CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS OWN FUTURE [...] (C) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang plans to start distancing himself from President SIPDIS Chen Shui-bian, according to a senior aide. DPP Deputy Secretary General Yen Wan-ching said that Su, who plans to SIPDIS depart for first visit to the U.S. as party chai [...]	2005-06-03 02:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI2433	COAST GUARD ASKS FOR USG INTERVENTION OVER SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: TAIWAN COAST GUARD MINISTER SYU HUEI-YOU MET WITH AIT DIRECTOR JUNE 3 TO REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE OVER RECENT SUSPECTED PRC INCURSIONS AROUND THE DISPUTED PRATAS ISLAND, CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY TAIWAN. SYU PROVIDED BACKGROUND ON THE RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING TAIWAN COAST GUARD VESSEL [...]	2005-06-03 13:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH TW
05TAIPEI246	TECRO HQS GETTING DOWNSIZED [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) has slashed Taipei's Coordination Council for North American Affairs TECRO Headquarters (HQS) budget and approved a plan to reassign almost all TECRO personnel and responsibilities to other government ministries. Taiwan officials assert that the mo [...]	2005-01-20 22:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI2475	TAIWAN TO REQUIRE EXPORT LICENSES FOR MACHINE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan plans to impose a positive requirement that Taiwan firms obtain an export license before shipping machine tools, including reexports, to North Korea. Board of Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Wu provided a [...]	2005-06-06 10:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL PTER PINR TW
05TAIPEI2476	MA TAKES EARLY LEAD IN KMT RACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite attempts by KMT elders to draft Lien Chan for a third term, the two candidates for the KMT chairmanship, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and Legislative Yuan (LY) President Wang Jin-pyng, have begun their official campaigns in earnest. While Lien is not expected to formally ann [...]	2005-06-06 10:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI2477	TAIWAN'S FOREIGN POLICY ALIENATING SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's relationship with Southeast Asia has deteriorated as Taipei's foreign policy has alienated some governments and allowed Beijing to increase its leverage. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is trying to encourage closer economic and political ties to Southeast Asi [...]	2005-06-06 10:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2479	TAIWAN STONEWALLS PRC TOURISTS, PANDAS AND FRUIT [...] (C) Summary. Taipei continues to hold at arm's length Beijing's offers of accommodation conveyed during the Lien and Soong visits. Taipei officials insist that offers of tourism, pandas, and fruit be handled via government-to- government, or even virtual state-to-state (i.e., WTO),negotiat [...]	2005-06-07 03:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2521	CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT - STILL WAITING FOR THE [...] (C) Taiwan government plans to liberalize regulations on investment in the Mainland continue to suffer delay. Despite the recent announcement that Taiwan would modestly relax investment capital ceilings, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commissi [...]	2005-06-09 01:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL ETTC CH TW
05TAIPEI2530	TAIWAN/JAPAN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE IN FISHING GROUNDS [...] (C) Summary. On June 8, five Taiwan fishing vessels fishing in the Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands area were expelled by Japanese patrol ships. In response to the Japanese action, Taiwanese fishermen staged a protest sending a fleet of 40 fishing vessels to the region. The Taiwan Coast Guard inter [...]	2005-06-10 01:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS TW PREL ESTH
05TAIPEI2565	CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - INDUSTRY HAS HIGH [...] (C) The PRC has announced plans to allow the general public to visit Taiwan as tourists. The reaction in Taiwan's tourism industry has been enthusiastic, with Taiwan's tourism stock index increasing 37 percent since late April. A mixed Taiwan government reaction has delayed rapid implementat [...]	2005-06-10 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI2566	PREMIER TO SPEAK ON CROSS-STRAITS [...] (C) Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu called AIT Deputy Director at about Friday, June 10, to say that Premier Hsieh Chang-ting will be in Taichung Monday to celebrate the Dragoon Boat Festival. He will give a speech that express Taiwan's willingness to move forward on three issu [...]	2005-06-10 10:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ETRD PREL TW
05TAIPEI2574	TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Regional Security Officer (RSO) met with a member of Taiwan's newly formed Counter-Terrorism Office (CTO) to discuss potential training and program participation on counter-terrorism initiatives. The structure and function of the Counter- [...]	2005-06-13 03:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER TW
05TAIPEI2595	PREMIER HSIEH SPEAKS ON CROSS-STRAIT OPENING. [...] (C) MAC chairman Joseph Wu sent us Sunday his proposed text for the Premier's remarks reported reftel. After opening with a recitation of all the difficulties that the PRC has posed for cross-Strait contacts, the speech then says that Taiwan is ready to move forward on cross-Strait charter ca [...]	2005-06-13 10:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TW CH
05TAIPEI2599	REGIONAL ECONOMIES MIXED VIEWS ON TAIWAN FTA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials agree that a Free Trade Agreement with the United States would have only a small economic impact for Taiwan, but believe that such an agreement will open the door to other, more economically meaningful trade agreements. However, representatives from trade office [...]	2005-06-13 23:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TW
05TAIPEI2601	TAIWAN STILL ANTI NUCLEAR POWER [...] (c) Summary. In the run up to Taiwan,s June 20-21 National Energy Conference, anti-nuclear forces within the Executive Yuan are standing their ground. Many energy experts within and without the government were hoping that the Conference would result in the ruling DPP party rethinking its ant [...]	2005-06-14 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2626	DOH DODGES A POTENTIAL TRADE/HEALTHCARE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: With the June 21 medical device registration deadline fast approaching, Taiwan,s Department of Health (DOH) still has thousands of applications pending but has issued just over 200 licenses. Without licenses, manufacturers feared they would be prohibited from importing products [...]	2005-06-15 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI2638	"THREE-IN-ONE" ELECTION: TAIWAN PARES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Prompted by voter weariness over Taiwan's plethora of elections, the Executive Yuan (EY) announced that the December city/county magistrate election will be combined with two other local elections. These elections should indicate where Taiwan's fragmented political party syste [...]	2005-06-15 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW

05TAIPEI2654	CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS: TESTING THE WATERS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are cautiously optimistic over the PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) response to Premier Frank Hsieh's June 13 offer to designate non-governmental bodies to start talks on cross-Strait economic links. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) issued a statem [...]	2005-06-16 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW
05TAIPEI2655	PRATAS ISLAND: TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC WEAKEST LINK? [...] (C) Summary: The May 27 confrontation between Taiwan Coast Guard vessels and a suspected PRC research ship off the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island has focused minds in the Taiwan government on the strategic risks associated with the disputed South China Sea island. Given its location between [...]	2005-06-16 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2672	(C) TAIWAN REPORTS ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS WILLING [...] (C) On June 20, AIT/T Economic Section Chief met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Chief Secretary Peter Ho to discuss the disposal of 39,500 kg of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) seized by Taiwan authorities in August 2003. AIT/T had delivered information on how to destroy the chemical to [...]	2005-06-20 07:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP PARM PREL ECON TW
05TAIPEI2673	TAIWAN'S STRAITS EXCHANGE FOUNDATION: NEW [...] (C) Summary. Taipei has portrayed the selection of former Premier Chang Chun-hsiung to be Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chair as an effort to restore SEF as a major player in cross-Strait relations. In his June 13 speech proposing to move forward cross-Strait dialogue, however, Premier [...]	2005-06-20 07:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2682	TAIWAN WANTS TO DO EXPORT CONTROLS RIGHT [...] (C) AIT/T believes that Taiwan wishes to move forward in implementing an effective export control regime, largely due to sustained US interest in this topic. On April 7, when AIT/T Deputy Director demarched the Ministers of Foreign and Economic Affairs regarding export controls, both Minister [...]	2005-06-20 08:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2689	MA CAMPAIGN FALTERING [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's campaign for the KMT Chairmanship appears to be faltering, despite Ma's continued lead in the polls. Early optimism within Ma's camp has evaporated as the KMT machine, backed by Lien Chan and his advisors, has mobilized behind Legislative Yuan (LY) Spe [...]	2005-06-20 09:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI2704	TAIPEI SEEKS TO DEFUSE FISHING DISPUTE WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is seeking to quickly settle a recent row with Japan over a disputed fishing zone in waters between Taiwan and Japan. Taipei says that the two sides are likely to hold a round of talks in late June/early July to agree on an expanded joint fisheries area that should mitigate [...]	2005-06-21 22:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2732	CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS - INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) On June 13, Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh announced that the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TaiTRA) could lead delegations on behalf of the Taiwan government in cross- Strait negotiations on direct charter flights and fruit trade, respecti [...]	2005-06-23 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2743	IC PACKAGING AND TESTING - PRESSURE BUILDING TO [...] (C) Integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing is a key component in Taiwan's semiconductor economy with approximately USD 5 billion in revenue in 2004. Despite industry pressure, the Taiwan government still prohibits packaging and testing firms from investing in the PRC because it fears s [...]	2005-06-24 01:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETTC CH TW
05TAIPEI2745	PRESIDENT PLANS TO ISSUE NATIONAL SECURITY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen announced on June 17 that President Chen Shui-bian would release the first annual National Security Report later in the summer. Chiou told AIT that the report would be prepared by the NSC and cover foreign policy, defe [...]	2005-06-24 06:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2747	TAIWAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CURRENT MINISTER OF EDUCATION TU SHENG-CHENG IS CURRENTLY VISITING THE U.S. AND PLANS TO MEET THE U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION NEXT WEEK. FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL MINISTER AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULT ISSUES HE HAS FACED, INCLUDING A PROGRAM OF EDUCATIONAL [...]	2005-06-24 06:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2750	TAIWAN ASSERTS VATICAN SUBTLY SIGNALING BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials contend that the Holy See and Pope Benedict XVI are subtly encouraging Beijing to resume an official dialogue, which was suspended by the PRC in 2000. While there has been no progress in the deadlock over Beijing's refusal to allow the Vatican complete jurisdicti [...]	2005-06-24 07:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI2769	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM, ROUND II: CONSOLIDATING [...] (C) President Chen announced constitutional reform "Round Two" just hours after the National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment package on June 7. This further constitutional "re-engineering" is intended to create a "timely, relevant and viable" constitution by 2008, when Chen steps [...]	2005-06-24 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI278	ACTION REQUEST - U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission Deputy Executive Secretary Emile Chang asked AIT to provide information on U.S. export regulations for semiconductor manufacturing equipment sold to entities in the PRC. [...]	2005-01-24 08:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV ETRD ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI2786	PREMIER HSIEH FRUSTRATED OVER FAILURE OF [...] (C) Summary: A longtime aide to Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT that Hsieh is increasingly frustrated by the partisan gridlock in Taiwan politics. Corey Chen, a close political advisor to the Premier, told AIT that Hsieh is now convinced that opposition leaders will not cease their obstructionism [...]	2005-06-27 22:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI280	TAIWAN CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS AFTER CHINESE NEW [...] (C) Summary. With the Taiwan public,s largely enthusiastic reception of the January 15 Chinese New Year cross-Strait charter flight agreement, ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) have each sought to claim credit for the &breakthrough8 and belittle the ot [...]	2005-01-24 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI2822	CHUNGHWA TELECOM POSTPONES PRIVATIZATION PLANS [...] (U) Summary: Chairman Ho-chen Tan told a Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) shareholders meeting on June 21 that continued concerns over employee benefits would delay until August the planned privatization of CHT through the sale of 17% of CHT shares. However, Ho-chen insisted that CHT remains committed [...]	2005-06-28 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ECPS ELAB TW
05TAIPEI2839	REDRAWING THE LINES: THE STRUGGLE OVER NEW [...] (U) Summary: On June 7, Taiwan's ad hoc National Assembly approved a constitutional revision package which, as part of a broad package of reforms, will reduce the number of representatives from 225 to 113, and will increase the number of legislative districts from 29 to 73. The debate has jus [...]	2005-06-30 07:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI2881	PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS ON CROSS-STRAIT POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Two close confidantes of President Chen Shui-bian told AIT that the President is comfortable with the current state of cross-Strait relations. In separate conversations, Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General Ma Yung-cheng and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor [...]	2005-07-04 23:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI2887	PRESIDENT ENDORSES INCREASE IN DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian endorsed a proposal to move Taiwan's defense spending towards 3.0 percent of GDP during a closed-door June 29 National Security Council (NSC) meeting attended by the Premier and other senior Executive Yuan (EY) officials. NSC officials who proposed the inc [...]	2005-07-05 07:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
05TAIPEI2929	TAIWAN SEES RED OVER WTO BLUE BOOK [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials publicly claimed to be surprised by World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretary General Supachai's decision to release the long delayed "Blue Book" directory of WTO Permanent Representatives without listing diplomatic titles of Chinese Taipei staff. However, MOFA [...]	2005-07-06 23:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI2950	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - SECOND QUARTER [...] (U) During the second quarter of 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),which is under investigation for its affiliation with PRC semiconductor firm He Jian, called on the government to speed up its investigation into the case. The Taiwan Provincial [...]	2005-07-08 07:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL TW
05TAIPEI2968	PAN-BLUES RETURN TO BEIJING TO CONTINUE PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, a joint delegation of KMT and PFP representatives began a two-day trip to Beijing to continue talks aimed at allowing Taiwan fruit growers to export duty-free into the PRC market. The PRC continues to snub the official Taiwan government entity responsible for negotiatin [...]	2005-07-10 23:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI2974	TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5 [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...]	2005-07-11 07:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT
05TAIPEI2983	TAIWAN SEEKS COMMENT ON EXPORT APPLICATION [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On July 8, AIT/T received a request from Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) for U.S. comment on an export license application for 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide ordered by a manufacturer in Iran. We will forward by cl [...]	2005-07-11 10:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI2984	TRADING SCANDAL DAMAGES TAIWAN'S FSC [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Taiwan High Court Prosecutors' Office is currently probing Lee Chin-cheng, Director of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Examination Bureau (EB),on his possible connection to an illegal insider trading operation involving other government officials, and [...]	2005-07-11 22:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI2989	SENATOR ROCKEFELLER'S TRIP TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: During his May 28-30 visit to Taiwan, Senate Finance and Intelligence Committee Member John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) met with President Chen Shui-bian, Premier Frank Hsieh, and Foreign Minister Mark Chen. In these meetings and in his public speech to an economic think-tank, Senator [...]	2005-07-12 07:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI3007	KMT MACHINE VS. GRASS-ROOTS: MA LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Summary: The July 16 Chairmanship election marks the first time in the KMT's 110-year history that its highest position will be put to a popular vote. This election also marks the first time that a former KMT Chairman, Lien Chan, could remain active in the party, albeit behind the scenes. [...]	2005-07-13 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3008	CHAIRMAN MA COULD BRING CHANGE, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Lien Chan is slated to step down as KMT Chairman following the outcome of the July 16 contest between Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and KMT Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng. If Lien continues to control KMT finances after he steps down, as many within the KMT expect, he wil [...]	2005-07-13 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3018	EU MISSIONS IN TAIWAN ENCOURAGING MODERATE STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of EU member states in Taipei have begun to coordinate their efforts to convince EU and home country officials that Europe must look beyond economics in its ties with the PRC, particularly with regards to the arms embargo. Beginning in 2004, EU missions in Taipei s [...]	2005-07-14 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3030	NSC OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY "OFFENSIVE WEAPONS" IN [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials dismissed recent press reporting that the upcoming National Security Report (see Ref A) will include references to "offensive weapons." They did, however, acknowledge that the report will very likely include a passing reference to [...]	2005-07-15 05:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3048	TAIWAN IT INDUSTRY DISCUSSES STANDARDS WITH PRC [...] (C) A delegation led by opposition politicians but composed mainly of Taiwan information technology (IT) manufacturing executives visited Beijing July 5-6 to discuss industry standards with PRC officials and executives. The discussions yielded few concrete results. However, Taiwan firms agree [...]	2005-07-15 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV ETRD PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI3058	NEW KMT CHAIR MA YING-JEOU FACES CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide election as the next Kuomintang Chair, winning 72 percent of the vote to Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's 28 percent. Though Ma publicly agreed with Wang's statement that the Chair race and the 2008 presidential race are separate issues, most o [...]	2005-07-19 23:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AA
05TAIPEI3095	TAIWAN REJECTS EU PROSPOSAL FOR GPA ACCESSION [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On July 19, AIT passed USTR-provided copies of the latest EU proposed language designed to allow Chinese Taipei's accession to the WTO Committee on Government Procurement (GPA) to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade and to the Nation [...]	2005-07-21 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI3096	RAISING TAIWAN UTILITY PRICES: IF NOT NOW, THEN [...] (C) Summary. Problems in Taiwan,s water and power infrastructures abound. Water prices in Taiwan are lower than in Malawi and impede Taiwan from improving its extremely low sewage treatment rate of about 8 percent; if new power plants are not built by 2010, Taiwan will again face power short [...]	2005-07-21 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3097	MA SEEKS REFORM; WANG WITHHOLDS COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: On July 20 and 21, AIT Director Paal met with both the winner and the loser of the July 16 election for KMT Chair. Taipei Mayor and KMT Chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reforming the KMT, and for hammering out a working agreement with LY Pr [...]	2005-07-21 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3098	BEIJING PRESSING TAIWAN IN CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary. Central American Ambassadors in Taipei tell AIT that it is increasingly difficult for their countries to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to Beijing's campaign to exert economic and political pressure in the region. The PRC is offering lucrative economic incentives, spons [...]	2005-07-21 10:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3100	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC INITIATIVES STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) Taiwan National Security Council Senior Advisor Chen Chung-shin told econoff July 20 that progress on cross- Strait economic initiatives was unlikely until late August or into the fall. On prospects for cross-Strait charter flight discussions, Chen said that Taiwan and PRC authorities had [...]	2005-07-22 03:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI3105	USTR TOURS THE HORIZON WITH TAIWAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed USTR Taiwan Director Tim Wineland, accompanied by AIT/T and AIT/W, met with the full range of Taiwan's trade policy players during his first visit to Taipei July 11 and 12. Discussions touched on agricultural trade policy, prospects for passage of telecommunicatio [...]	2005-07-22 06:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI3117	MIXED RESULTS FOR TAIWAN FSC'S FIRST YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The first anniversary of the establishment of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in July coincided with the removal of Lee Chin-chen as head of its investigative unit because of his suspected involvement in an insider trading scheme (ref a). During a lunch with AIT o [...]	2005-07-22 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI312	FRANK HSIEH APPOINTED PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian announced January 25 the appointment of Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (Changting) to head the Executive Yuan (EY). Chen said that Hsieh's cabinet would bring stability to Taiwan's political scene by emphasizing cross-partisan consultations. Hsieh echoed thi [...]	2005-01-25 09:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3122	TAIWAN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY EAGER TO GET [...] (C) Taiwan's petrochemical industry is increasingly focused on cross-Strait trade and investment, with exports to the PRC accounting for up to 50 percent of total output. However, Taiwan's prohibition against investment in the PRC in naptha crackers is holding back even more high-value upstre [...]	2005-07-25 01:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EPET CH TW
05TAIPEI314	PFP POLITICAL PROSPECTS AWAIT SOONG'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary: PFP Chairman James Soong delayed his rumored January 21 return to Taiwan, generating further questions about his intentions and leaving unresolved PFP prospects in the Legislative Yuan session beginning February 1. PFP Vice Chairman Chang Chao-hsiung announced that PFP officials w [...]	2005-01-25 10:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI3141	DOD CHINA MILITARY REPORT DEMARCHE TO TAIWAN NSC [...] (C) AIT presented the DOD China Military Report demarche to National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-Jen and Vice Minister of National Defense (VMND) Michael Tsai (Ming-hsien). Both expressed appreciation for and SIPDIS concurrence with the report, and both said they are w [...]	2005-07-25 23:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI315	TAIWAN LOSING CARIBBEAN TO PRC CHECK BOOK DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Beijing's efforts in the Caribbean resulted in another victory in the check-book diplomacy battle on Thursday January 20, when the PRC announced it had established diplomatic relations with Grenada. While Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials say they have not offi [...]	2005-01-25 23:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3154	CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT 1ST HALF OF 2005 - MOVING [...] (C) Taiwan government data on Taiwan investment in the PRC showed that the total value of investment for the first six months of 2005 fell by 22 percent. While investment fell substantially in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas and Fujian Province, which have been the destinations of the vast [...]	2005-07-26 08:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV TW CH
05TAIPEI3160	TAIWAN-JAPAN FISHING DISPUTE NOT HINDERING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan and Japanese officials insist that their fishing dispute will not affect Tokyo-Taipei security ties or their bilateral relationship. Both sides are preparing for another round of talks in Tokyo on July 29, but neither is optimistic there will be a breakthrough because sign [...]	2005-07-27 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3179	WANG JIN-PYNG CUTS OFF FROM NEW KMT CHAIR MA [...] (C) Summary. Following his crushing defeat by Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou in the July 16 KMT Chair election, embittered Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng has cut contact and cooperation with Ma. Wang, however, still holds out hope that he can win the KMT 2008 presidential nomination [...]	2005-07-28 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3180	KMT IN "WAIT AND SEE" MODE PENDING LIEN CHAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Since Ma Ying-jeou's KMT Chair election victory on July 16, there has not yet been any noticeable shift in the direction of the party. Ma, who does not assume office until August 19, has begun to travel around the island to thank supporters, to build KMT momentum for the December [...]	2005-07-28 09:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3182	GROWING TAIWAN IDENTITY AFFECTS DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. The growing "Taiwanese" identity has important implications for cross-Strait relations and for the future of Taiwan's political system. Over the past fifteen years, the number of people identifying themselves as &Taiwanese8 has nearly tripled to around 45 percent, while those w [...]	2005-07-29 00:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI3193	REDISTRICTING: SOMEBODY HAS TO DO TO IT [...] (U) Summary: The constitutional reform package passed by the National Assembly on June 7 requires Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) electoral districts to be redrawn. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is presently managing the task, which by law must be completed one year before the Decembe [...]	2005-08-01 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3240	PRESIDENT CHEN REITERATES "REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, in extemporaneous comments to a pro-independence visiting delegation on August 2, reiterated publicly the phrase "the Republic of China (ROC) is Taiwan," a statement first presented in his Double Ten speech last year. Presidential insiders insis [...]	2005-08-04 00:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3261	WHO GUIDELINES ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION [...] (c) Summary. Taiwan Center for Disease Control (TCDC) has received a letter outlining terms for Taiwan's participation in WHO activities. Terms include: Taiwan participation be on a case-by-case basis determined by written invitation by WHO, that "experts" participate in their personal cap [...]	2005-08-07 23:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3262	CHINA OUTMANEUVERING TAIWAN IN AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC is promoting an economic and political campaign in Africa to expand its regional influence, secure natural resources, and pressure Taiwan's diplomatic partners. Taiwan officials and African diplomats resident in Taipei state Beijing is offering economic incentives to gove [...]	2005-08-08 01:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3283	BLAME GAME IMMOBILIZES KMT ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: KMT legislator and KMT Chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou advisor Su Chi told AIT that no compromise is possible on the Defense Procurement Special Budget until President Chen Shui-bian and his government make meaningful concessions. Su acknowledged that Taiwan needs to improve its def [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3284	COULD 2004 REFERENDUM HINDER MISSILE-DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The March 20, 2004 referendum on improving Taiwan's missile defenses is still causing repercussions within the Taiwan political community. KMT legislator Su Chi told AIT that many within the KMT see the failure of the referendum as the public's rejection of increased missile-def [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3286	PREMIER HSIEH AND CHAIRMAN SU MANEUVER FOR 2008 [...] (C) Summary: There are early signs of tension emerging between Premier Frank Hsieh and DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang as they begin to jockey for the party,s presidential nomination in 2008. The outcome of the local elections in December may help determine which of the two frontrunners will b [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3287	RENEWED HOPE FOR TAIWAN BANK CONSOLIDATION [...] (C) Summary: On July 22 Taishin Financial Holding Company (Taishin) won a 22.5% of equity in the state-owned Changhwa Commercial Bank (CCB) with a bid price 46% higher than the floor price set by CCB and twice the value foreign investors had assigned to CCB shares in May of this year (ref A). [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI3289	TAIWAN ECONOMIC BRIEF JULY 2005 [...] (U) This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Economic Growth -- Tax Reform -- China's Lenovo Breaks Taiwan Barrier -- High-speed Rail -- Boeing Delivers New Aircraft to EVA Think Tanks Lower Economic Growth Estimated for 2005 ------------- [...]	2005-08-08 18:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI3290	TAIWAN SOLIDARITY UNION CELEBRATES FOURTH [...] (U) Summary: The fourth anniversary of the fiercely pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) brought President Chen Shui-bian and his "deep-Green" critic, former President Lee Teng-hui, on stage together for the first time in several months. While the two men were outwardly cordial to [...]	2005-08-08 18:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI332	NEW PM HSIEH CHANG-TING: THE VIEW FROM KAOHSIUNG [...] (C) Begin Summary. The January 25 appointment of Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) as Taiwan's new Premier was long-rumored, but still surprised some in the South who saw Hsieh as one of President Chen's chief competitors. The move was a natural step for Hsieh, however, who had served [...]	2005-01-26 22:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI3344	TAIWAN'S GIO DEFENDS BROADCAST LICENSING POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Government Information Office insists its July 31 decision not to renew seven television broadcast licenses was justified by these broadcasters violations of licensing terms spelled out in the 1999 Satellite Broadcasting Law. GIO dismissed allegations that the decision [...]	2005-08-11 08:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PGOV PHUM TW TIP
05TAIPEI3345	SCT TALKS: NOTHING SPECIAL ON SPECIAL BUDGET [...] (C) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) presentation to the formal opening round of U.S. Security Cooperation Talks (SCT) in Taipei on August 9, 2005, stated that Taiwan plans to increase its national defense spending to 3 percent of GDP, an annual increase of 50 billion NTD (USD 1.7 billi [...]	2005-08-11 08:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
05TAIPEI3346	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OFFICE OPENS: EXERCISE IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, President Chen Shui-bian inaugurated a Constitutional Reform Office (CRO) in the Office of the President. This is to be the first step in his "second stage" of constitutional reforms, following on the heels of the constitutional revision package enacted in early Jun [...]	2005-08-11 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3347	EARLY ASSESSMENT OF DPP STRATEGY AND CHANCES IN [...] (U) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) views Taipei County as its pivotal battleground in the December city/county chief elections. Even though public opinion polls show, and most political leaders expect, the election will be extremely close, nevertheless, the DPP has e [...]	2005-08-11 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI343	SEMICONDUCTORS - TAIWAN FIRMS FACING CHINA,S [...] (C) With a market downturn expected to continue in 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturers will be increasingly concerned about competing in the PRC chip market with local firms. Relatively new PRC firms like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporations (SMIC) and Grace Semiconduct [...]	2005-01-27 09:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ECON EINV ETRD CH TW
05TAIPEI344	DPP'S SOONG STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials say they will continue contacts with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong as part of an effort to divide and demoralize the Pan-Blue coalition. DPP strategists believe that the DPP and Soong share a number of short-term [...]	2005-01-27 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3496	MA TAKES THE REINS [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in as the Chairman of the KMT. His predecessor, Lien Chan, was designated as "Honorary Chairman." The National Congress approved a measure allowing its 1,600 members to directly elect the members of the Central Standing Committee (CSC). The [...]	2005-08-22 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3551	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIAL BUDGET: A PRIMER ON [...] (C) Summary. A reduced and reconfigured Defense Procurement Special Budget will be re-introduced in the regular Legislative Yuan (LY) session that begins September 13. The Presidential office informed AIT yesterday, August 24, that President Chen personally was responsible for the decision [...]	2005-08-25 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW
05TAIPEI3571	POLITICAL JUJITSU: CAN PFP LEVERAGE KMT IMAGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Ma Ying-jeou immediately reached out after his August 19 inauguration as KMT Chairman to urge PFP Chairman James Soong and other former KMT members to come back to the party. At Ma's insistence the KMT removed the party rules barring disciplined or expelled members from serving a [...]	2005-08-26 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3580	FACTIONS IN TAIWAN'S RULING DPP -- AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) comprises four factions. This report gives an overview of the characteristics, functions and current status of each faction. Information is drawn from published materials, internal DPP documents, and interviews with contacts both in [...]	2005-08-29 07:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3600	TAIWAN WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE SUSPECT EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 26. AIT also delivered and explained the AIT-developed license template. BOFT said it will further investigate the cases mentioned in the talking points. BOFT praised the template's "s [...]	2005-08-30 03:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI362	TAIPEI AGONIZES OVER RESPONSE TO ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] (C) Summary: Chen administration officials say they fear that action on the proposed Anti-Secession Law will deal a major blow to the government's diplomatic, cross-Strait, and domestic political interests. Concern over the PRC law is fueled by an internal assessment that the PRC law will cri [...]	2005-01-28 06:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3623	TAIWAN MINIMUM TAX: FICTION TRUER THAN FACT [...] (C) Summary: Corning, the largest U.S. investor in Taiwan, privately denied press reports that it would shift planned investment to South Korea over pending tax changes. Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) and Legislative Yuan (LY) DPP caucus held on August 29 reached a compromise on the tax bill t [...]	2005-08-31 07:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR PREL TW
05TAIPEI3661	NO REAL PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Unofficial exchanges continue between Taiwan and China over economic initiatives launched in the wake of China visits by KMT and PFP leaders in May. Progress, however, remains slow as Taiwan continues to hold out for discussions between officials from Taiwan and China to finaliz [...]	2005-09-02 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV EAGR PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI3663	CHEN SHUI-BIAN VERSUS MA YING-JEOU, AND TAIWAN'S [...] SUMMARY. Over the next several months President Chen Shui-bian and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou will compete to shape Taiwan's future. Each has chosen a strategy, and the victor will be determined by whose party wins two critical elections in December 2005 and Mar [...]	2005-09-03 01:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW US
05TAIPEI3675	PAN-BLUE DIVERSIFIES CROSS-STRAIT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Hoping to continue the momentum established by his May 2005 "five point consensus" with Beijing, and only two days before stepping down as KMT Chairman, Lien Chan announced a KMT plan to send local KMT officials to meet with their Chinese Communist Party (CCP) counterparts. Lien [...]	2005-09-06 10:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3712	RESPONDING TO CHINESE BAN ON TAIWAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) AIT Taipei received word from Taiwan Ministry of Justice on September 6 that the application for a Hong Kong visa for Prosecutor Sun Chih-yuan had been denied by the Hong Kong authorities. The MOJ requested assistance from AIT. Shortly thereafter, we received word from the Taiwan Intelle [...]	2005-09-08 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR TW IPR
05TAIPEI3714	TAIWAN EXPORTS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on September 6. BOFT provided results of its preliminary investigation in Eumatech and a copy of its SHTC exporter watch list (para 5). AIT received information in a letter from BOFT on its furt [...]	2005-09-09 01:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI372	TAIWAN USING NGOS FOR IRAQI HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan has been active since 2003 providing Iraq humanitarian assistance and educational training through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in cooperation with the NGO Mercy Corps. Taipei is eager to become more involved politically and economically in Iraq, but has been for [...]	2005-01-29 06:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3742	TAIWAN AFFIRMS PREPARING FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA A TOP [...] (U) Following up on delivery of ref A demarche, AIT Acting Director also delivered the demarche to Executive Yuan (EY) Secretary General Lee Ying-yuan and National Security Council SIPDIS (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen on September 2. ADIR thanked Lee and Chiou for making Avian Influen [...]	2005-09-09 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI3776	TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL QUICK RESPONSE TIMES [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI3778	TAIWAN'S DEFENSE SPECIAL BUDGET: MOVEMENT EVERY [...] (C) Summary. Taipei's decision to shift PAC-III missiles from the Defense Procurement Special Budget into the regular defense budget was intended to enhance prospects for legislative passage of both the Patriots and the reduced Special Budget package of P-3C's and submarines. This appeared [...]	2005-09-12 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
05TAIPEI3779	TAIWAN,S HIGH-SPEED RAIL DELAYED ONE YEAR [...] (C) Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) announced September 8 that the inauguration of the high-speed rail will be delayed exactly one year to October 31, 2006. Reports indicated that delays in construction of the signal and communications components of the core electrical machinery ( [...]	2005-09-13 01:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON TW
05TAIPEI3796	PRC-VATICAN RELATIONS: TAIWAN ON THE SIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been relegated to an observer as the Vatican and the PRC gradually improve ties and slowly work towards diplomatic relations. Taipei's relationship with the Holy See has the full attention of Taiwan government officials, and President Chen Shui-bian has directed the Mi [...]	2005-09-13 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SCUL TW
05TAIPEI3799	EVOLVING TAIWAN ROLE IN GREATER CHINA ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: A number of forward-looking Taiwan business people see that Taiwan's economy is in the midst of another major shift in its evolution from manufacturing toward a service and knowledge-based economy. While other Pacific Rim economies are becoming big players in venture capital in [...]	2005-09-13 22:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN
05TAIPEI3804	TAICHUNG CAMPAIGN TRAIL: KMT LOSING ITS GRIP? [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Deputy Director Keegan traveled to Taichung City to meet with incumbent Taichung City Mayor Jason Hu, his DPP opponent Lin Chia-lung, and DPP candidate for Taichung County Commissioner Chiu Tai-san. Taichung City and County have traditionally been KMT territory, but [...]	2005-09-14 09:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3805	KMT INSIDERS WATCH MA START AND STUMBLE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Deputy Director on August 24 (reported septel),Taichung Mayor Jason Hu said the recent KMT 17th National Congress was poorly organized, and blamed senior KMT holdovers from Lien's chairmanship for failing to prepare for the procedural and logistics challenges created [...]	2005-09-14 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3808	FOREIGN POLICY DISCOMFORTS; DPP DISCOMFORTS [...] (C) Former Taiwan Foreign Minister Tien Hung-mao told AIT earlier this week that he has become increasingly uncomfortable with the &green8 tilt of MOFA and its diplomatic representation abroad since he left office in February 2002. More and more, he complained, Taiwan,s representatives and a [...]	2005-09-14 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI385	US-CHINA TRADE IMBALANCE (C-AL5-00044) [...] (U) Taiwan export manufacturing firms have made massive investments in the PRC, with especially strong 50 percent growth in investment during 2004. In the key industries of electronics and information technology products manufacturing, a pattern of triangular trade has emerged. Taiwan firms e [...]	2005-01-31 08:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON ETRD EINV CH TW
05TAIPEI3854	MAC DENIES REPORT ON CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER [...] (U) The September 16 edition of Taiwan,s United Daily News carried a front page story citing an unnamed source who claimed that Taiwan would soon announce progress on cross-Strait charter flights, including an informal agreement with the Mainland to implement charter cargo flights first and th [...]	2005-09-16 10:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI3867	TAIWAN MONEY BROKERS USE BANCO DELTA ASIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 07:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR KCRM KTFN TW HK
05TAIPEI3880	PFP LEGISLATOR LIU YI-JU PUSHES CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: People's First Party (PFP) Legislator Christina Liu (Yi-ju) is a harsh critic of the Chen Administration's economic policies and believes that better cross-Strait relations are an urgent economic priority for Taiwan. At the same time, although she belongs to the same party as p [...]	2005-09-20 22:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR PREL TW CN
05TAIPEI3891	THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE -- LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SEPTEMBER 15TH ARRIVAL OF KAOHSIUNG'S NEW ACTING MAYOR YEH CHU-LAN, SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND FORMER VICE-PREMIER, HAS FUELED LOCAL SPECULATION ON THE 2006 KAOHSIUNG MAYORAL RACE. LOCAL KAOHSIUNG POLITICIANS REACTED TO YEH'S APPOINTMENT WITH EVERYTHING FROM SURPRISE TO [...]	2005-09-21 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI3931	TAIWAN'S FREE TRADE ZONES - WAITING FOR TENANTS [...] (C) Since establishing its first free trade zone (FTZ) in Keelung Harbor in October 2004, Taiwan has added four more FTZs in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taipei, as well as Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. Many businesses have expressed interest in the zones, but relativ [...]	2005-09-23 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL CH CT
05TAIPEI3947	SEPTEMBER 25 RALLY IN TAIPEI TO DEFEND TAIWAN, [...] (C) Summary. A group of pro-independence organizations plan a march and rally on Sunday, September 25, to "Strengthen National Defense and Defend Taiwan." The stated purpose of the rally is to demand the Legislative Yuan (LY) pass the long-delayed Defense Procurement Special Budget. In the [...]	2005-09-26 03:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
05TAIPEI3951	TAIWAN'S ICRT STRUGGLING TO KEEP ITS FREQUENCY AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 04:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KMDR KPAO OPRC TW
05TAIPEI3952	RULING DPP PESSIMISTIC ON DECEMBER ELECTIONS: [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have been expressing pessimism about the party's prospects in Taiwan's December local elections. KMT operatives, on the other hand, have let it be known they are confident the party will do well in December. Though DPP le [...]	2005-09-26 06:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI3962	SEPTEMBER 25 RALLIES FOR AND AGAINST DEFENSE [...] (C) On Sunday, September 25, 20,000-40,000 people marched in support of the USD 11.6 million Defense Procurement Special Budget. The march and rally following were organized by the "Hand-in-Hand to Protect Taiwan Grand Alliance," the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),and several pro [...]	2005-09-26 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI3982	TAIWAN CUSTOMS SLOW TO CHANGE THERMISTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tyco thermistor case remains unresolved. In making a revised proposal to Customs September 20, Tyco reps discovered that Customs has already forwarded the bulk of pending cases to the court system, making a negotiated settlement more difficult. The Ministries of Finance [...]	2005-09-28 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD TW

05TAIPEI4040	TAIWAN MAY DELAY BEEF IMPORT DECISION [...] (C) Summary. AIT/T has heard disturbing reports that Taiwan may be contemplating delaying a decision on reopening its market to beef imports because of upcoming elections. The October 3-4 visit of Ron DeHaven, Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would be a [...]	2005-09-30 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP TW
05TAIPEI4043	THE DPP ON THE DEFENSIVE NINE WEEKS BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: With just nine weeks remaining before Taiwan's December 3 county magistrate/city mayor elections, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is on the defensive because of criticism over scandals and lackluster government performance. DPP candidates are trying to compensate [...]	2005-09-30 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4060	TAIWAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings on September 28-30, AIT briefed senior Taiwan officials from the National Security Council (NSC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Department of Health (DOH) on the U.S. initiative to establish the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Inf [...]	2005-10-03 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAGR ECON PREL TW KSTH WHO
05TAIPEI4071	TAIWAN'S SCIENCE PARKS - REACHING THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) With the continuing success of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) and lack of available real estate for its further expansion, the Taiwan government's National Science Council, which oversees HSP, has built two completely new science parks and ten satellite campuses. The new science parks [...]	2005-10-04 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN TW
05TAIPEI4089	TAIWAN THREATENED BY THE PRC'S QUEST FOR OIL [...] (C) Summary: Some Taiwan government officials feel "threatened" by the PRC's proactive campaign in Africa and the Middle East to secure petroleum resources and are seeking to develop a new energy policy to counter Beijing. In recent months, Taipei has sought to sign energy deals in Africa and [...]	2005-10-05 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TW
05TAIPEI4124	TAIWAN ASSERTS IT HAS NO PLANS TO ENGAGE SUDAN [...] (C) In light of the PRC's efforts to expand business ties and promote energy deals in Sudan, AIT consulted Taiwan National Security Council (NSC),Presidential Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) officials about Taipei's own policies and activiti [...]	2005-10-07 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4125	TAIWAN GOVERNMENT BAILS OUT HIGH-SPEED RAIL AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan has leaned on government entities to bail out the financially strapped Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC). The China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF),the major shareholder of China Airlines, and the CTCI Foundation, both Taiwan government entities, will [...]	2005-10-07 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON TW
05TAIPEI414	CHEN OFFERS MIXED MESSAGES ON CROSS-STRAIT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian delivered contradictory messages on his cross-Strait policy agenda during a January 31 meeting with AIT Board Director David Brown in Guam. Chen characterized the recent charter flight agreement as a "new beginning" in cross-Strait relations and praised B [...]	2005-02-01 07:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4144	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: PINGTUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PINGTUNG, IN TAIWAN'S SOUTHEAST CORNER, IS SET FOR A THREE-WAY BATTLE DOMINATED BY AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ON A SPENDING SPREE AND BY THE INVISIBLE FORCE OF KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU. IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE THAT SPURRED AN EARLY BEGINNING TO THE RACE, PRO-KMT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE [...]	2005-10-11 23:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4145	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAINAN CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH A TWO-TIME KMT LOSER HEADING THE MAYORAL TICKET, THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE BELEAGUERED CANDIDATE IS THE RECENT ENTRY OF A TSU CANDIDATE WHO COULD SPLIT THE PAN-GREEN CAMP. HOWEVER, THE DPP INCUMBENT IS SWEATING LESS OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE KMT COMING FROM BEHIND TO GRAB A [...]	2005-10-11 23:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4147	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: KAOHSIUNG COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WITH AN AIR OF EXUBERANT CONFIDENCE POURING FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS IN KAOHSIUNG COUNTY, THE DPP BELIEVES THE COUNTY MAGISTRATE ELECTION IS ALREADY SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED. THE INCUMBENT HAS A NEAR 70% APPROVAL RATING AND AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT. AT THE SA [...]	2005-10-12 01:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4159	PAN-BLUE OPPOSITION TO DEFENSE SPENDING: A [...] (C) Summary. The long-stalled Defense Procurement Special Budget has become increasingly identified in Taiwan domestic politics with the "Pan-Green" agenda of maintaining distance from the PRC and relying on the U.S. to protect Taiwan. At the same time, the opposition "Pan-Blue" coalition, [...]	2005-10-12 10:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4160	TAIWAN MAY PRODUCE OSELTAMAVIR IF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (C) Reftel reported on indications from senior officials that Taiwan may be capable of and intending to develop the ability to produce the anti-viral drug oseltamavir (trade name tamiflu),with or without permission from the patent holder, in the event of a breakout in Taiwan of human to huma [...]	2005-10-12 22:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED EIND TBIO TW
05TAIPEI4161	TAIWAN'S AIR CARGO MARKET LOSING ALTITUDE [...] (U) Taiwan's international air cargo volume grew by a minuscule 0.7 percent in the first half of 2005 after a decade of nearly uninterrupted strong growth. Although transit cargo increased, exports and imports both declined. July monthly figures showed declines across all three categories. [...]	2005-10-12 22:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD CH TW
05TAIPEI4176	CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN OECD EXPORT CREDIT TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 09:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINR TW CH EXIM
05TAIPEI4187	TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM BECOMES POLITICAL CONTEST [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's second stage financial reforms have become the subject of a heated political contest and media debate. Opposition parties have been able to capitalize on misgivings raised by labor union opposition to privatization and an opaque bidding process as an effective way to cas [...]	2005-10-14 08:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PINR TW
05TAIPEI4190	TAIWAN'S APEC DIPLOMACY: ROUND TWO [...] (C) Summary. For the second time in as many months, Taiwan launched an APEC initiative that met quick refusal in Beijing. First, it was President Chen Shui-bian's July 22 announcement that he intended to personally represent Taiwan at the November APEC leaders' meeting in Pusan, which Beijin [...]	2005-10-14 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TW APEC
05TAIPEI4200	TAIWAN STRUGGLING WITH BEEF ISSUE [...] (C) AIT Director and Deputy Director raised the beef import issue with Premier Frank Hsieh (Chang-ting) at dinner on October 11. AIT/T emphasized the need for Taiwan to follow a rigorous science-based review of its current ban on imports of U.S. beef and not to allow political considerations [...]	2005-10-16 22:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP TW
05TAIPEI4210	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS AND TOURISM - [...] (C) Taipei Airlines Association Chairman Tony Fan told AIT/T that he has met at least twice with PRC aviation counterparts in Macau and has contact with them regularly by phone, e-mail and fax. However, the two sides remain divided on several issues. The PRC has been reluctant to give Taiwan [...]	2005-10-17 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4225	TAIWAN CLAIMS VENEZUELA AND CUBA SUPPORTING [...] (C) Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials assert, based on information from Central American leaders, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro are covertly funding opposition parties in El Salvador and Nicaragua in hopes of replacing pro-USG administ [...]	2005-10-18 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4230	TAIWAN RETAILERS FOCUSED ON PRC MARKET [...] (C) Taiwan's economic ties with the PRC increasingly extend beyond manufacturing, and Taiwan retail activity in the Mainland is growing rapidly. The members of Taiwan's Association for Chain Store and Franchise Promotion (ACFP) count 26,000 stores, restaurants, entertainment facilities and ot [...]	2005-10-19 00:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV CH TW
05TAIPEI4246	AIT VISITS TAIWAN'S NUCLEAR SAFETY OPS CENTER [...] (C) Summary: AIT ECONOFF met with officials from Taiwan,s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) to discuss arrangements for the upcoming 2005 AIT/TECRO Joint Standing Committee on Civil Nuclear Cooperation. AEC officials provided a surprise tour of the new Nuclear Safety Duty Center (NSDC). A 24 hour [...]	2005-10-19 08:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PARM KNNP TW IAEA
05TAIPEI4249	CAL PASSES AGAIN ON BOEING LAUNCH CUSTOMER DEAL [...] (C) China Airlines has deferred decision on Boeing's offer to sell it up to 24 of its new 747 Advanced model under special terms as a launch customer. Boeing's Taiwan representative blamed lack of focus among the members of the Board of Directors and lack of support from the board's Chairman. [...]	2005-10-19 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD TW
05TAIPEI4250	FORMER PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) In response to reftel request, AIT is providing the following background notes on the visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to the U.S., and events leading up to it. 2. (C) The Director met with former President Lee on August 30 to discuss Lee's planned U.S. visit. At that ti [...]	2005-10-19 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4251	OPPOSITION TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: President Chen, under pressure over charges of corruption and cronyism, has shifted to full campaign mode, accusing the opposition of being co-opted by Beijing. During a television interview on October 17, Chen termed the People First Party (PFP) "Cross-Strait Peace Promotion Bil [...]	2005-10-19 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI429	NEW TAIWAN PREMIER BRINGS STAFF FROM KAOHSIUNG [...] (C) Aides to newly-appointed Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh told AIT/K Hsieh will move slowly and with caution in making cabinet changes as well as in assembling personal staff. Hsieh has, however, already named several aides from the Kaohsiung City Government to new positions on his personal staf [...]	2005-02-02 23:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4292	TAIWAN WOOING LATIN AMERICA ALLIES WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity Project" is a new foreign policy strategy aimed at bolstering Taiwan's standing with its diplomatic partners in Latin America and countering Beijing's growing economic ties. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials explain that the initi [...]	2005-10-21 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
05TAIPEI43	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - STILL TAXIING, [...] (C) Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) asked Taiwan airlines to conduct cross-Strait Lunar New Year charter flights and authorized the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) to negotiate arrangements for such flights with the PRC. MAC is prepared to arrange a TAA-led delegation to travel to th [...]	2005-01-06 10:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4309	PROSPECTS DIM FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRC TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung, told the Director on October 20 that the SEF welcomes a visit by PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin and hopes that Chen will meet not just with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) but also with government author [...]	2005-10-25 01:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4310	MAC OFFICIAL WELCOMES PRC HIGH-LEVEL VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Mainland Affairs Council Economics Division Director Fu Don-cheng called the scheduled October 28 arrival of the PRC's China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Director General Shao Qiwei "ministerial level," and the highest level visit of a PRC official to Taiwan. MAC has pu [...]	2005-10-25 01:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4316	PROSPECTS DIM FOR POSSIBLE VISIT BY PRC TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung, told the Director on October 20 that the SEF welcomes a visit by PRC Taiwan Affairs Office Director Chen Yunlin and hopes that Chen will meet not just with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) but also with government author [...]	2005-10-25 02:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4331	TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...]	2005-10-25 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW
05TAIPEI4336	TAIWAN DPP LEGISLATORS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: At an AIT-hosted lunch on October 20, two DPP Legislators criticized the "arbitrary" deadlines and cuts in the number of financial institutions the Chen Administration has called for in Taiwan's second stage of financial reform, but they strongly supported the overall goals of en [...]	2005-10-26 01:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL KCRM TW
05TAIPEI4341	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: PENGHU COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE PENGHU'S LONG-STANDING REPUTATION AS SOLIDLY BLUE, OBSERVERS CALL THIS A NECK-AND-NECK RACE. THE GREGARIOUS DPP CANDIDATE CHEN KUANG-FU STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THIS ELECTION RIGHT AFTER LOSING THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION AND BY BUILDING UP HIS GRASSROOTS BASE IN PENGHU [...]	2005-10-26 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4356	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: CHIAYI COUNTY [...] (U) IN CHIAYI COUNTY FACTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN STRONGER THAN PARTIES. SINCE THE LAST MAGISTERIAL ELECTION IN 2001, HOWEVER, THE DPP HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL INROADS IN THE COUNTY. INCUMBENT MAGISTRATE CHEN MING-WEN, FORMER KMT -- NOW DPP MEMBER, SUCCEEDED IN THE 2001 ELECTION THROUGH THE PERSONA [...]	2005-10-27 01:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4357	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: CHIAYI CITY [...] SUMMARY. (C) CHIAYI CITY IS MORE THAN JUST ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED THESE DAYS. A FUNEREAL GLOOM LOOMS OVER THE DPP'S TINY CITY OFFICE, AND THE MERE SUGGESTION THAT PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MIGHT BE BROUGHT INTO TO ROUSE THE PARTY FAITHFUL ON BEHALF OF MAYORAL CANDIDATE CHEN LI-CHEN SENDS GHOST [...]	2005-10-27 01:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4381	TAIWAN'S PEOPLE'S FIRST PARTY: SNAPSHOT OF A PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE WEAKENED AND DEMORALIZED PEOPLE'S FIRST PARTY (PFP) APPEARS SET TO SLIP FURTHER IN POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN THE UPCOMING DECEMBER LOCAL ELECTIONS. WITH JUST ONE LIKELY AND ONE POSSIBLE ELECTION VICTORY, THE PFP WILL BE FURTHER MARGINALIZED AND ITS FUTURE FURTHER CLOUDED. CHAI [...]	2005-10-28 06:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4395	CROSS-STRAIT ENTRY PERMITS - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (Amcham) has been taking concrete steps to work with Taiwan authorities to improve the system for approval of entry permits for Mainland employees of firms located in Taiwan. Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development has taken the lea [...]	2005-10-28 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB CH TW
05TAIPEI4396	MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRATIONS FACE DECEMBER DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Medical device manufacturers continue to face administrative difficulties in securing registration documents from the Department of Health (DOH),but are optimistic that registration will be completed for almost all products by the December 20 deadline. DOH has a timeline for [...]	2005-10-28 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TW
05TAIPEI4403	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAIPEI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) both view Taipei County as the most important contest in the December 3 local elections and a key indicator of relative party strength following the KMT's election of Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou as i [...]	2005-10-31 10:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4404	TAIWAN VACCINE DIPLOMACY OVERRATED [...] (C) As reported in Ref A, on Oct. 17, 2005, Michael Kao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that Taiwan was preparing to propose at next month's APEC summit in Busan, South Korea to produce and distribute avian flu vaccine to APEC countries. This is part of a series of moves by Taiwan [...]	2005-10-31 23:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED SENV CASC ECON TW WHO
05TAIPEI4423	NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BILL PASSES, [...] (C) Summary: A bill to create a National Communications Commission (NCC) was approved by Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) on October 25. The bill establishes a two-step process to select 13 commissioners who will have oversight for Taiwan's telecommunications and broadcasting policy. What was [...]	2005-11-01 23:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI4439	THE KAOHSIUNG METRO SCANDAL: HOW HIGH WILL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SCANDAL OVER THE KAOHSIUNG METRO THAT BEGAN WITH A RIOT BY THAI LABORERS HAS LASTED FAR LONGER THAN THE NORMAL TAIWAN MEDIA CYCLE OF 72 HOURS. SOME ARE BEGINNING TO SPECULATE IT MAY EVEN FORCE THE RESIGNATION OF TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT. CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AND DAILY REVELATION [...]	2005-11-02 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4440	CAMPAIGNING ON CROSS-STRAIT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH US
05TAIPEI4441	TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE ROK TIES [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are frustrated by the Republic of Korea's (ROK) close ties to the PRC. They assert that Taipei's efforts to engage Seoul have been spurned because of PRC pressure and the ROK's goal of rapprochement with Pyongyang. ROK diplomats in Taipei complain that Taiwan Pr [...]	2005-11-02 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI4469	WITH ONE MONTH TO GO, TAIWAN'S PAN-BLUE PARTIES [...] (U) Summary. With one month to go, several analyses of public opinion polls indicate Pan-Blue parties Kuomintang (KMT) and People First Party (PFP) have a substantial lead in the run up to December 3 local elections. The DPP informed the press that its own public opinion polls show DPP leadi [...]	2005-11-04 06:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4470	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: KEELUNG CITY, A [...] (U) Summary: The race for Keelung City Mayor is largely an internecine Pan-Blue fight between Kuomintang (KMT) incumbent Mayor Hsu Tsai-li and People First Party (PFP) legislator Liu Wen-hsiung. While Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Wang Tuo withdrew from the race and endorsed [...]	2005-11-04 06:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4477	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: TAITUNG COUNTY/THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. TAITUNG COUNTY IS HAVING THE ULTIMATE LOCAL TAIWAN ELECTION (REFTEL). NEITHER CANDIDATE IS ENDORSED BY A MAJOR PARTY. BOTH ARE BEDEVILED BY ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION. NOTHING COULD HAVE SEEMED MORE NATURAL TO LOCALS. WHILE THE KMT HAS A STRONG HOLD IN TAITUNG, PARTY-AFFILIAT [...]	2005-11-04 08:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4480	TAIWAN BOFT: G10 WANTS TOUGHER AGR PROTECTIONS [...] (C) BOFT Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs Jack Hsiao spoke with AIT about Taiwan's response to the US request for additional pressure on the EU to improve their agriculture offer at the WTO on November 2. Hsiao appreciated the US position but noted that Taiwan and the rest of the G- [...]	2005-11-04 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TW WTO
05TAIPEI4482	TVBS DRAWS GOVERNMENT'S FIRE [...] (C) Summary: In what many hear interpret as a politically motivated attempt to quiet allegations of ruling party corruption, the Government Information Office has alleged that television station TVBS has violated Taiwan law restricting foreign ownership of satellite broadcasters to less than [...]	2005-11-04 09:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW KCPS
05TAIPEI4484	MAC GIVES POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PRC CHARTER [...] (C) Summary: Pu Zhao-zhou, Director of the China Civil Aviation Administration's (CCAA) Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau Affairs Office, sent a letter to Tony C.C. Fan (Zhi- qiang),Chairman of the Taipei Airlines Association (TAA) proposing that if Taiwan and PRC cannot reach an agreement to proc [...]	2005-11-06 23:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI45	TAIWAN LY SPEAKER ON CROSS-STRAIT PROPOSAL, [...] (C) January 2 Taiwan Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng told AIT/K Branch Chief that he saw little hope for his proposal to lead a LY delegation to Beijing, as he expected it to be blocked by President Chen. Wang had announced December 31 that, if he were re-elected Speaker, he woul [...]	2005-01-06 22:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4508	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: ILAN COUNTY [...] (C) Summary. The race for Ilan County Magistrate is one of the tightest of the December 3 city/county elections and is being closely watched as an indicator of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) staying power in northern Taiwan vs. the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) growing momentum. D [...]	2005-11-08 08:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4550	TAIWAN CONTINUES EFFORTS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's government is continuing efforts to enhance Taiwan-Japan-US cooperation and views the rise in Tokyo-Beijing tensions as an opportunity to strengthen ties with Japan and the US in order to counter the PRC. AIT attended a recent Taiwan government s [...]	2005-11-10 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4552	TAIWAN'S RULING DPP: DIFFICULT TIMES AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Many local observers expect the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) to make significant gains in the December 3 local elections at the expense of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Several DPP contacts, moreover, have expressed pessimism to AIT about the party's prospects o [...]	2005-11-10 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4553	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: HSINCHU CITY AND [...] (U) Summary: The Kuomintang (KMT) candidates for Hsinchu City Mayor and Hsinchu County Magistrate, both of whom are incumbents, lead their Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) challengers by wide margins. The election atmosphere in Hsinchu City is not very competitive or intense, and the KMT sh [...]	2005-11-10 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4572	TAIWAN PRAISES PRC TOURISM VISIT [...] (SBU) Shao Qi-wei, Director of the PRC's China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) wrapped up a ten- day trip to Taiwan on November 6. The Taiwan government took every effort to make Shao's visit a success, including removing items labeled "Republic of China" from sites visited and express [...]	2005-11-14 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4573	CHINA AIRLINES PRESIDENT WEI BECOMES CHAIRMAN [...] (C) China Airlines (CAL) President Philip Wei was named the airline's next Chairman on November 11, and press reports indicate he will be replaced as president by Mandarin Airlines President Ringo K.S. Chao. Boeing's office in Taipei told AIT that the firm is pleased by Wei's appointment. Th [...]	2005-11-15 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON TW
05TAIPEI4586	PRE-ELECTION SCENESETTER: MIAOLI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: In the complicated race for Miaoli County Magistrate, Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Liu Cheng-hung, a Taiwanese, faces two main Hakka opponents: DPP candidate Chiu Ping-kun and People First Party (PFP) Legislator Hsu Yao-chang, who is running as an independent. While all polls sho [...]	2005-11-15 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4598	TAIWAN'S DEFENSE BUDGET AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. The cancellation last week of funding for PAC-III missiles and of preparatory funds for the Defense Special Budget was in part a product of the increasingly contentious political campaign for Taiwan's December 3 elections. There is still scattered talk of possible forward movem [...]	2005-11-16 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS TW
05TAIPEI4599	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAICHUNG CITY AND [...] (U) Summary: Kuomintang (KMT) candidates for Taichung City Mayor and Taichung County Magistrate, both incumbents, are comfortably ahead of their challengers according to published public opinion polls. In Taichung City, the campaign atmosphere is muted with little visible election competiti [...]	2005-11-16 23:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4602	IS IT VOTE-BUYING OR VOTE-SELLING IN CHIAYI COUNTY? [...] (C) EVEN KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE ON NOVEMBER 12, WHEN 10,000 KMT SUPPORTERS ARRIVED TO HELP HIM INAUGURATE THE CHIAYI COUNTY KMT MAGISTERIAL CANDIDATE'S OFFICE. TO DATE, THIS IS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT FOR ANY KMT ELECTION RALLY DURING THE 3 IN 1 ELECTIO [...]	2005-11-16 23:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4624	RECHI CASE DRAWS ATTENTION TO LIMITS ON PRC [...] (C) Investigations of possible illegal investment transactions by Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., the world's third largest manufacturer of compressors for refrigerators and air conditioners, have attracted attention to Taiwan's regulations that limit investment in the PRC to a percentage of net wo [...]	2005-11-18 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4632	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAINAN COUNTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S HOME COUNTY IS VIEWED BY BOTH THE KMT AND THE DPP IN THE SOUTH AS AN "INDEX" ELECTION. IF DPP CANDIDATES CANNOT WIN EASILY WHERE THE DEEPEST GREENS FLOURISH, SOME BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NO HOPE OF WINNING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. RECENT [...]	2005-11-20 23:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
05TAIPEI4646	KMT SPOKESWOMAN OUTLINES PARTY'S PRE AND POST [...] (SBU) AIT's Public Affairs Section (PAS) is looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. This is the first in a series and will be followed by a snapshot of the DPP. During a November 18 meeting with AIT at oppo [...]	2005-11-21 08:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI4667	KMT SPOKESWOMAN OUTLINES PARTY'S PRE AND POST [...] (SBU) AIT's Public Affairs Section (PAS) is looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. This is the first in a series and will be followed by a snapshot of the DPP. During a November 18 meeting with AIT at oppo [...]	2005-11-23 01:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI467	SEF-ARATS DISCUSS "ONE CHINA" DEADLOCK [...] (C) Summary: PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Deputy Director Sun Yafu urged Taiwan officials to accept Beijing's offer to use the "1992 consensus" as a basis for renewed dialogue. Sun made the appeal during a one-hour meeting on February 2 with Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) [...]	2005-02-03 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4675	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: YUNLIN, NANTOU AND [...] (U) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Kuomintang (KMT) candidates for county magistrate in Yunlin, Nantou, and Changhua counties are engaged in highly competitive races. In Yunlin County, where factions are still influential, both DPP and KMT candidates are energized and hopefu [...]	2005-11-23 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4686	MOEA DM CHEN RESPONDS TO DOHA DEMARCHE, BEEF, TYCO [...] (C) Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Steve Chen (Ruey-long). He took the occassion to raise Taiwan's continued ban on U.S. beef, the status of Tyco thermistor cases, Taiwan's opening to some types of chocolate imports from China and proposed [...]	2005-11-23 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TW
05TAIPEI4715	DPP SPOKESMAN: DPP STILL HAS PUBLIC SUPPORT, BACK [...] (SBU) AIT's Public Affairs Section (PAS) is looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. This is the second in a series and follows an earlier report on a meeting with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) spokeswoman [...]	2005-11-25 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI4718	CROSS-STRAIT HEM AND HAW: THE GOOD NEWS, THE BAD [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's back-to-back announcement of a new round of Chinese New Year cross-Strait charter flights and rejection of a high-level PRC delegation visit to Taiwan was intended to strike a domestic political balance two weeks before the December 3 elections. President Chen's governm [...]	2005-11-25 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI4719	LAPTOP PCS - MADE IN TAIWAN NO LONGER [...] (SBU) Taiwan firms had a 72.4 percent share of global laptop manufacturing in 2004, but more than 90 percent of their laptop output was assembled in the PRC. The rapid transfer of laptop PC assembly from Taiwan to the Mainland has been driven by the movement of component suppliers and custome [...]	2005-11-28 02:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV CH TW
05TAIPEI4721	2006 LUNAR NEW YEAR CHARTER FLIGHTS - PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Taiwan officials and airlines will have more time to prepare for 2006 Lunar New Year charter flights than a year ago. Preparations will also be easier due to previous experience with 2003 and 2005 Lunar New Year charters. Airlines are pleased that the flights will be available to anyone w [...]	2005-11-28 05:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI473	CHEN USING BUSH SPEECH TO PROMOTE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian is actively touting President Bush's inaugural call to spread freedom and democracy as a validation of his efforts to push forward with constitutional reform. During a January 31 speech in Guam, President Chen characterized Taiwan as a key ally in Preside [...]	2005-02-03 23:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4742	SENATOR ALLEN'S MEETINGS IN TAIPEI [...] (U) Summary: On November 26, Senator George Allen discussed U.S.-Taiwan relations with President Chen Shui-bian. The Senator and his staff also met with Taiwan Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) President Rick Tsai and Chief Legal Counsel Dick Thurston, and representatives from Cornin [...]	2005-11-29 07:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP TW ECON PREL IPR
05TAIPEI4747	PFP SPOKESMAN SAYS PARTY'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: This is our third cable looking at media strategies and public platforms of Taiwan's main political parties in the run-up to the December 3 elections. The opposition People First Party (PFP) is competing in 4 out of 23 races in the upcoming elections, but their inability to co [...]	2005-11-29 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR TW
05TAIPEI4748	TAIWAN'S DECEMBER 3 LOCAL ELECTIONS: THEMES AND [...] (C) Summary: Following highly negative campaigns by both major parties, Taiwan voters go to the polls Saturday December 3 to elect magistrates and mayors in 23 counties and cities. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has capitalized on a series of corruption scandals surrounding President Chen an [...]	2005-11-29 10:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4775	THE GRAND PRIZE ELECTION - TAIPEI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: The Taipei County magistrate contest remains too close to call, but AIT's contacts, local observers, and media and political party polls consistently indicate that opposition Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Chou Hsi-wei enjoys a slight lead over ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP [...]	2005-12-01 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4778	CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS: TAIWAN ELECTION WILL OR [...] (C) Summary. Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou November 28 predicted that a big DPP defeat in the December 3 elections would cause President Chen Shui-bian to be less confrontational in his cross-Strait policy. Chen countered that a KMT victory would make the PRC less willing to improve [...]	2005-12-02 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4786	PRE-ELECTION SCENE SETTER: TAOYUAN COUNTY, KMT [...] (C) Summary: Incumbent Kuomintang (KMT) Taoyuan County Magistrate Eric Chu (Li-lun) continues to coast toward reelection in Taoyuan despite the publicity given to a controversial, politically motivated "extraordinary video" that accuses Chu of official and personal misconduct. The Democratic [...]	2005-12-02 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4800	MA YING-JEOU AND CORRUPTION DEFEAT RULING DPP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) scored a landslide victory over the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) in Taiwan's December 3 island-wide local elections. The KMT victory was made possible by intense public anger at DPP corruption and dissatisfaction over the DPP's inability [...]	2005-12-05 11:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4818	VICE PRESIDENT LU HSIU-LIEN NAMED ACTING DPP PARTY [...] (U) Immediately following the December 7 meeting of the DPP Central Standing Committee (CSC),a beaming Vice President Lu Hsiu-lien announced to the media that the CSC had unexpectedly selected her by consensus to serve as Acting DPP Party Chairman to fill temporarily the vacancy left by Su T [...]	2005-12-07 10:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4840	THE DPP TORTURED IN DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary: While President Chen remains largely silent and out of the public view, others within the DPP are speculating on the future course of the president and the party and doing what they can to influence the outcome. Two moderate DPP figures, Hong Chi-chang and Wu Hsiang-jung, told A [...]	2005-12-09 10:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI4850	FROM COALITION TO PARTY: IN ELECTION AFTERMATH, [...] (C) Summary. As KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou and PFP chairman James Soong meet to discuss party merger the evening of December 12, the death of the PFP seems inevitable, the only question is when. The People First Party (PFP) lost the December 3 local elections with a humiliating one percent of [...]	2005-12-12 22:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4851	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION - THE WAY [...] (C) Over the past two decades, Taiwan has gradually lifted many restrictions on cross-Strait economic relations resulting in the PRC becoming Taiwan's largest trade partner and top investment destination. However, many restrictions remain, and many liberalization proposals continue to languis [...]	2005-12-12 22:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAIR EWWT EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4852	TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ON WHO, AVIAN FLU AND [...] (U) Summary: Steve Kuo, Director General of Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control, met with AIT/T on December 1 and discussed aspects of Taiwan,s participation in the WHO, particularly those areas related to infectious disease control, Taiwan,s plans to construct a level 4 research laboratory, [...]	2005-12-12 22:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4870	TSAI ING-WEN COMMENTS ON DPP TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Lu Hsiu-lien suddenly resigned as acting chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) December 12. Lu may hope that will help her chances to win the DPP 2008 presidential nomination, DPP Legislator Tsai Ing-wen told AIT, but added that Lu is unlikely [...]	2005-12-13 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4871	MA AND SOONG MEET: KMT-PFP MERGER NO TIME SOON [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-Jeou met with PFP Chairman James Soong to discuss the possibility of merging the two parties following the KMT's watershed victory (and the PFP's embarrassing defeat) in the December 3 "three-in-one" elections. Contrary to the hopes of some Pa [...]	2005-12-13 10:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4881	LU HSIU-LIEN NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE [...] (C) A week ago, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Central Standing Committee (CSC),which does not include President Chen Shui-bian, shocked all observers by selecting Vice President Lu Hsiu-lien as its interim chairman (Ref C). On Monday December 12 Lu shocked observers again by abruptly [...]	2005-12-14 11:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI490	HIGH SPEED RAIL - EXPOSING PITFALLS OF BOT FINANCE [...] (SBU) Despite cost overruns and technical problems, Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) insists that Taiwan's first high-speed railway, which will run the length of Taiwan's west coast, will open on schedule in October 2005. However, financial problems continue to plague THSRC forcing i [...]	2005-02-04 01:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON TW
05TAIPEI4903	TAIWAN CDC DIRECTOR ON WHO, AVIAN FLU AND [...] (U) Summary: Steve Kuo, Director General of Taiwan,s Center for Disease Control, met with AIT/T on December 1 and discussed aspects of Taiwan,s participation in the WHO, particularly those areas related to infectious disease control, Taiwan,s plans to construct a level 4 research laboratory, [...]	2005-12-19 01:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4920	TAIWAN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AFTER THE KMT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the landslide KMT victory in local elections on December 3, tentative efforts have emerged to move forward Taiwan's long-stalled Defense Special Budget. Some KMT legislators have indicated a willingness to reconsider the Special Budget weapons systems (P-3C s [...]	2005-12-20 03:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PINR TW
05TAIPEI4922	CAL DISAPPOINTS BOEING AGAIN ON 747-ADVANCED [...] (C) Summary: China Airlines (CAL) surprised Boeing by failing to move forward on a proposal to purchase at least ten planes as a launch customer for the 747-Advanced aircraft during a visit by a senior Boeing executive, which Boeing expected to culminate with the signing of a contract. Boeing [...]	2005-12-20 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD BEXP TW
05TAIPEI4926	SURPRISE DPP LEGISLATIVE ATTACK MOVES DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took advantage of a temporary majority in the Legislative Yuan (LY) on December 20 to put the Defense Procurement Special Budget on the LY agenda after sixteen months of gridlock. Opposition Pan-Blue parties reacted in shock and ang [...]	2005-12-20 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TW
05TAIPEI4928	LAST MINUTE ENTRY BRINGS THREE-WAY RACE FOR DPP [...] (C) Following days of intense political maneuvering and speculation about possible candidates for the January 15 party election for chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),in the end three persons registered to run in the contest: Yu Shyi-kun, who announced his resignation as Pre [...]	2005-12-20 10:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI4938	CROSS-STRAIT BANKING - RESTRICTING COMPETITVENESS [...] (C) The Taiwan government continues to maintain restrictions that prevent Taiwan banks from expanding their operations in the PRC and forbid PRC banks from establishing any presence in Taiwan. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) stands ready to implement liberalization measures, b [...]	2005-12-22 01:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4941	TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING: A FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is increasingly active in providing humanitarian assistance through government and NGO institutions to countries around the world. In addition, Taiwan is trying to convert its own recent democratization achievements to assist other countries with democracy building, part [...]	2005-12-22 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID TW
05TAIPEI4954	DOES KMT CHAIRMAN MA HAVE AN INNER CIRCLE? [...] (C) Summary. Only five months after being overwhelmingly elected KMT Chairman, Ma Ying-jeou, also Mayor of Taipei, has emerged as the presumptive KMT nominee for president in 2008. As the KMT's prospective presidential candidate, Ma will need to take positions on cross-Strait policy, defense [...]	2005-12-22 08:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TW
05TAIPEI4955	EXPERT TEAM REVIEWS TAIWAN'S 1540 REPORT AND [...] (C) Summary: An EXBS-sponsored team of two non-proliferation experts spent December 11-18 in Taiwan evaluating Taiwan's export control regime. Highlights included a December 12 presentation to an interagency group reviewing Taiwan's UNSCR 1540 report. After conducting several interviews w [...]	2005-12-22 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TW
05TAIPEI4960	MA-SOONG DYNAMIC IMPROVES WITH SECOND MEETING [...] (U) Summary: On December 22, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou and PFP Chairman James Soong met for a second time, to coordinate the Pan-Blue position on the Defense Procurement Special Budget, Control Yuan composition, and a possible coalition Cabinet with President Chen's DPP government. During th [...]	2005-12-23 07:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW

05TAIPEI4961	STATUS QUO ANTE: TAIWAN LEGISLATURE RETURNS [...] (C) Summary. In a straight Blue-Green coalition vote on December 23, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) returned the Defense Procurement Special Budget to the LY Procedure Committee where it had languished for the preceding sixteen months. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has indicated wi [...]	2005-12-23 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR TW

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