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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN149	BRUNEI MAY HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO DROP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) As discussed Ref C, Brunei is still likely to support Belarus in at least the first round of UNHRC voting. At this late stage, drawing on Ref C paragraph 3 points, USUN may still be able to help move Brunei to abstain on Belarus in subsequent rounds now that we understand Bosnia has announ [...]	2007-05-18 04:34:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BX

07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN160	BRUNEI DEFENSE WHITE PAPER FURTHER ALIGNS GOB WITH [...] (C) Brunei's newly updated Defense White Paper promises to further transform Brunei's military capabilities to enable Brunei to play a wider role in regional security initiatives and disaster response. We have advocated that the GoB take just these kinds of steps to counter current regional s [...]	2007-06-07 03:17:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN161	BRUNEI: WHY WE CARE, HOW WE'RE DOING [...] (C) A mid-fiscal year stocktaking confirms that Brunei's significance for the U.S. continues to be summarized in three words: oil, religion, and location. The following developments have occurred in each of these areas so far during FY-07: -- Increased oil and gas exports helped reduce mark [...]	2007-06-07 04:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SENV BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN194	BRUNEI-MALAYSIA OFFSHORE OIL DISPUTE -- RESOLUTION [...] (C) In recent weeks we have picked up a number of hints that the long-running dispute between Brunei and Malaysia over delineation of offshore oil exploration zones may finally be nearing a compromise settlement. There has been no exploration activity in the zones, designated as Blocks "J" [...]	2007-07-09 08:22:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BX MY PREL
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN203	BRUNEI (ALMOST) READY TO SIGN TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (C) The GoB is ready to sign an HSPD-6 Memorandum of Understanding to share terrorist screening information with the USG. The Foreign Ministry is looking to a high level meeting as a hook to push the Brunei bureaucracy to give approval to the text as it currently stands. The GoB says it is s [...]	2007-07-17 02:17:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT CPAS KFRD PREL PINR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN206	HEART OF BORNEO: BRUNEI WILL OFFER TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) intends to push for a quick decision on establishment of a professional secretariat to help implement the Heart of Borneo (HOB) SIPDIS tropical forest conservation initiative when it meets with Malaysia and Indonesia at the forthcoming HOB trilat [...]	2007-07-17 09:05:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID BX ID MY SENV
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN229	BRUNEI TO REVIEW SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND MANAGEMENT [...] (C) The visit of U.S. Treasury experts to initiate a dialogue on sovereign wealth fund management practices succeeded in raising the issue at senior levels of the GoB. Brunei sees itself as a small player in global wealth management. The Brunei Investment Agency declined to disclose details [...]	2007-08-03 05:34:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN240	JAPAN BIGGER WINNER IN TRADE DEAL WITH BRUNEI [...] (C) Japan appears to be the bigger winner in the bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement it signed with Brunei June 18. Japan secured easing of tariffs on automobiles and other manufactured goods, while Brunei gained a dispute settlement dialogue should Japan seek to back out of long term ene [...]	2007-08-09 01:55:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL JA BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN246	BRUNEI AND MALAYSIA CLOSER TO RESOLVING OFFSHORE [...] (C) At the annual Malaysia-Brunei Leaders Consultations, Prime Minister Abdullah and Sultan Bolkiah made progress toward resolving a maritime border dispute that has prevented exploration of potentially large offshore oil and gas fields located in areas claimed by both countries. Officials hop [...]	2007-08-16 07:49:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MY BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN252	BRUNEI TO EXTEND PARTICIPATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Deputy Defense Minister Pehin Yasmin told Ambassador that Brunei had decided to extend its participation in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in the southern Philippines for another year in response to Manila's request. Brunei's current ten-person contingent attached to the Malaysia [...]	2007-08-21 05:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RP BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN258	BRUNEI - DEMARCHE ON ENSURING ROBUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is still working on the implementation reports to the UNSC Sanctions Committee called for in UNSCR's 1737 and 1747. Its discussions with other agencies of Brunei's government have so far turned up no prohibited activities, but the MF [...]	2007-08-27 00:12:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN288	BRUNEI SUPPORTS UNPRECEDENTED ASEAN ACTION TO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche separately to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) Permanent Secretaries Dato Shofry Ghafor and Pengiran Dato Osman Patra SIPDIS on October 2. Both indicated that Brunei fully supported the ASEAN position on Burma, noting that ASEAN had [...]	2007-10-03 07:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN293	BRUNEI RELEASES ISD DETAINEE; CONDITIONS DETAILED [...] (C) On September 28, the Internal Security Department (ISD) released the last of four persons detained for selling and leaking state secrets, bringing the total still held by the ISD under the Internal Security Act (ISA) down to five persons. A former detainee told us that conditions of deten [...]	2007-10-05 00:08:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN317	BRUNEI DEFENSE PROCUREMENT: PERSONNEL CHANGES [...] (C) Brunei's Defense White Paper update of May gives new urgency to procuring systems to fill critical gaps in Brunei's surveillance and C4I capabilities. However, turnover at the top of the Ministry of Defense and realignment of procurement responsibilities continue to slow movement on long- [...]	2007-10-23 07:43:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN320	ABBAS VISIT TO BRUNEI [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas paid a low-key visit to Brunei to brief Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on preparations for the proposed Annapolis international meeting. He outlined plans for over 30 countries to attend and sketched out a pathway for negotiations leading to Palestinia [...]	2007-10-25 05:43:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN322	BRUNEI FAVORS UN LEAD ON BURMA [...] (C) The GoB believes that the efforts of UN Special Representative Gambari are and should continue to be central to the international community's attempt to bring Burma toward dialogue and national reconciliation. China's leverage is probably overrated, in the GoB view. While the Bruneians b [...]	2007-10-26 07:40:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN332	AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: BRUNEI SUSPENDS POLITICAL [...] (C) In mid September, the GoB suspended one of Brunei's two remaining political parties, the PPKB for failing to file annual reports with the Registrar of Societies (ROS). PPKB President Abdul Latiff Chuchu readily admits his predecessor failed to file the mandatory reports, but asserts that t [...]	2007-11-06 06:45:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN347	IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BRUNEI [...] (C) On December 5 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche regarding the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program to Dato Shofry bin Abd Ghafor, who is dual-hatted as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and as Director of the External Research Bur [...]	2007-12-05 02:38:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN348	BRUNEI UNDECIDED ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Following receipt of reftel on December 5, Ambassador consulted with French Ambassador Bonneville re invitation for Government of Brunei (GOB) to attend Paris donors conference. Bonneville confirmed that Foreign Minister Kouchner had issued a written invitation to GOB Foreign Minister [...]	2007-12-07 04:18:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL XF BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN50	BRUNEI SEES P4 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AS POSSIBLE [...] (C) Brunei likes the flexibility of the P4 Free Trade Agreement and sees it as a potential framework for a broader Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific. However, GoB officials believe that some ASEAN nations may continue to prefer ASEAN-style, positive, sector-by sector opt-in trade agreements [...]	2007-02-09 08:16:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL APECO XB BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN51	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN BRUNEI: HOW ST. ANDREW GOT [...] (C) The Anglican Parish of St. Andrew,s has finally received a permit to resume rebuilding its church in Bandar Seri Begawan, the first major construction project on a non-Muslim house of worship to be approved in Brunei in decades. This follows several months in which the congregation was i [...]	2007-02-09 08:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN64	BRUNEI VIEWS ON ASEAN CHARTER, REGIONAL [...] (C) The Government of Brunei (GOB) views the progress made toward an ASEAN Charter as the most important outcome of the Cebu ASEAN Summit, since it believes further ASEAN integration is necessary for Southeast Asia to keep pace with the growing influence of China and India. The Brunieans see [...]	2007-02-21 07:45:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN XE BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN72	BRUNEI VIEWS ON MIDEAST ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) appears to be viewing Mideast issues increasingly through the prism of a broader Sunni-Shia divide. Over the course of a long conversation with Dato Shofry, the Acting Head of the GOB external intelligence service, Shofry expressed concern about i [...]	2007-02-27 03:41:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BX IR IZ
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN88	BRUNEI WAITING FOR NEXT STEPS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on March 7. Following on Ambassador's exchange with Senior MOFAT Officials (ref B) on Iran and Middle East issues, Charge urged the GoB to con [...]	2007-03-09 06:55:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ARF PARM IR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN90	BRUNEI WANTS SOLID UN BURMA REPLACEMENT FOR GAMBARI [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on March 7. Chong said that the GoB had welcomed UN U/S Gambari's efforts in Burma and hoped that the gap between Gambari and his replacement [...]	2007-03-09 08:10:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM BX
07BANGKOK1034	THAI RAK THAI LEADER DEFIES RESTRICTIONS ON PARTY [...] (C) Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng defied the government's ban on political party activities by holding public gatherings in Thailand's Northeast February 18-19. It is unclear whether he will face sanctions as a result. His activities come as Council for National Security [...]	2007-02-21 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1036	THAT WAS FAST: SOMKID RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After less than a week, former Thaksin economic czar Somkid has resigned from his post in the current government. Somkid had volunteered to assist the Surayud administration and help stem the loss of international confidence by explaining the "sufficiency economy" policies adop [...]	2007-02-21 23:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1081	NEW THAI POLICE CHIEF SHAKING THINGS UP, BUT [...] (C) Summary. New Royal Thai Police (RTP) Commissioner General Sereepisuth Taeneeyaves has stepped into the top cop job with a bang, calling on his senior leaders to "get serious" and do their jobs. With less than a month on the job, Sereepisuth--who has long cultivated the image of a tough, [...]	2007-02-22 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK110	CONSTITUTION ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT FORESEES FAST [...] (U) Thailand's Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) convened for the first time on January 8. This meeting marked the beginning of a 180-day time frame provided by the interim constitution. The CDA thus has until July 7 to complete "drafting and consideration" of a new constitution. The gove [...]	2007-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK111	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CNS SECRETARY GENERAL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with General Winai Phattiyakul, Secretary General of the Council for National Security (CNS),SIPDIS at a gathering in honor of Privy Councilor Siddhi Saveysila on January 7. Pulling Winai aside, the Ambassador conveyed increasing concern over the persistence of mar [...]	2007-01-08 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK113	UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA: THAIS CONSIDERING DRAFT [...] (C) Responding to reftel instructions, the Ambassador on January 8 called MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn and requested that the RTG express support for the draft UNSC resolution on Burma to UNSC member states. Krit replied that he had read the draft resolution, which we had f [...]	2007-01-09 00:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM TH
07BANGKOK1151	READOUT: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) In a February 12-13 visit to Bangkok, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, raised concern about refugees and respect for human rights with Thai MFA officials. The MFA Director General for American Affairs called Burma "Thailand's Mexico" in response to [...]	2007-02-26 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH TH
07BANGKOK1152	READOUT: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES [...] (C) In a February 12-13 visit to Bangkok, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees raised concern about Burma's human rights record with the Prime Minister's Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Surapong Jayanama. Surapong offered a frank a [...]	2007-02-26 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK1187	AMBASSADOR AND CNS GENERAL WINAI DISCUSS POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ambassador cautioned the Council for National Security (CNS) against responding harshly to political activities by the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party leader. In a February 26 lunch with CNS Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul, the Ambassador also expressed USG interest in the CNS lifting r [...]	2007-02-27 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1188	CONSTITUTION DRAFTER REPORTS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first draft of the constitution should be ready for review by government agencies by mid April, according to Constitution Drafting Committee deputy Chair Charan Pakditanakul. EAP/MLS Director Rapson underscored the USG's interest in Thailand's quick return to full democracy [...]	2007-02-27 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1205	THAI MINISTER DISAVOWS IRANIAN CLAIM HE SUPPORTED [...] (C) Sittichai Pokai-udom, Minister of Information and Communications Technology, contacted the Ambassador on February 28 in response to a Tehran Fars News Agency article (reftel) that claimed he had "voiced his country's full support for the Islamic Republic's peaceful nuclear plans." (Note: T [...]	2007-02-28 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR TH
07BANGKOK1239	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR LIU BAOSHUN AND WIFE GAO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Post is referring Chinese citizens, Mr. Liu Baoshun and his wife Gao Jinying, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Liu Baoshu D/POB: Februa [...]	2007-03-01 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BMGT
07BANGKOK1249	THAI RAK THAI LEADER ADDRESSES THREAT OF [...] (C) Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng said the authorities' decision to prosecute him for political activities was unwarranted and generated extra publicity for his views. In remarks before a packed house at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on February 28, Chaturon [...]	2007-03-01 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1311	RAMKHAMHAENG RECTOR ON SECURITY AND POLITICAL [...] (C) The Acting Rector of Ramkhamhaeng University told us he saw no grounds for RTG officials' public concerns that some of his students might be tied to southern militant activity. In a February 28, Political Science Faculty Dean Wutisak Lapcharoensap told us he had provided information on hi [...]	2007-03-06 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1349	THAILAND: TRILATERAL CT DIALOGUE WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (C) Summary. In support of the upcoming trilateral CT dialogue in Canberra, the Australian Embassy in Bangkok hosted a meeting among Japanese, U.S. and Australian officials focused on counterterrorism capacity building in Thailand. Participants agreed to explore possible collaboration in i [...]	2007-03-08 02:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK1385	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MARCH 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. A closer look at three cases of violence in the restive southern provinces during the week of February 25-March 3 highlights several key dynamics in the conflict. The most prominent incident--the deaths of five suspected separatists in a clash with an Army unit on March 2--may als [...]	2007-03-08 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR TH
07BANGKOK1390	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UPDATED VIOLENCE STATISTICS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The number of separatist-related incidents in southern Thailand did not dramatically increase in 2006, as some press accounts have suggested, but the attacks appear to have been more brutal and lethal. According to newly available statistics, there were slightly fewer attacks in [...]	2007-03-08 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1391	RTG VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with outgoing MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn, who offered no substantive response. However, in meetings at the working level, MFA Director of East Asian Division II Kallayana Vipattipumiprates suggested former President of the Philippines [...]	2007-03-08 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK1397	RAMKHAMHAENG STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS [...] (SBU) The tens of thousands of students at Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng University have the potential to be a powerful political force, especially as ongoing constitution drafting shapes Thailand's political system. Student groups have attracted attention recently over concerns that political parti [...]	2007-03-09 01:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL TH
07BANGKOK1419	JOINT PSI DEMARCHE - THAILAND STILL RELUCTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy joined in the Australian-led demarche on PSI on March 8. The MFA now recognizes that PSI is consistent with international law, but still raised a series of objections to Thailand's endorsement. These included concerns that endorsing PSI could inflame the insurgency in t [...]	2007-03-09 12:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP TH
07BANGKOK1465	FORMER PM CHUAN REVIEWS POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai told the Ambassador Thais are increasingly dismayed with the current leadership and have lost much of their initial enthusiasm for the September coup d'etat. Chuan, who remains highly influential in the Democrat Party (DP),discussed potential constitut [...]	2007-03-13 04:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC KISL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1492	THAKSIN REPORTEDLY BIDING HIS TIME [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has canceled some media interviews and wants to lower his profile, according to Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin's lawyer and spokesman. Noppadol told us Thaksin wanted to signal his commitment to quit politics, in order to boost the chances that he and [...]	2007-03-13 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK15	THAI GOVERNMENT ASCRIBES BOMBINGS TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Thailand's Prime Minister said publicly on January 1 that political opponents linked to deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely carried out the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok. Other credible theories exist, however, and the physical evidence does not yet implicate a particular [...]	2007-01-03 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS KISL ASEC TH
07BANGKOK151	SENIOR LEGISLATOR ON POLITICS, SECURITY, AND THE [...] (C) Senior legislator Prasong Soonsiri told the Ambassador he believed political opponents of the Surayud administration, working with disgruntled policemen, carried out the December 31 bombings. Prasong admitted he lacked evidence to support this theory, however, and he acknowledged the expe [...]	2007-01-09 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1538	THAI RAK THAI LEADER WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE [...] (C) Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng fears the coup leaders will not allow a free election if that would result in a TRT victory. In a March 13 meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Chaturon said the Army's own polling showed high popular support for TRT; TRT's continuing p [...]	2007-03-15 04:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK1556	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COUNTERINSURGENCY PAST AND [...] (C) On February 26-27, the Strategic Society Club (SSC),Strategic Research and Development Department, Institute of Advanced Military Studies, Royal Thai Army (RTA),conducted a symposium "Counterinsurgency (COIN) Past and Present" with the RTA War College, Command and General Staff College, a [...]	2007-03-15 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1572	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SECTARIAN PASSIONS RISING [...] (C) Summary. A series of high-profile incidents in southern Thailand since March 11 is inspiring growing concern among South-watchers that the prospect for violent, sectarian clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in that troubled region is increasing. These incidents are provoking public outr [...]	2007-03-15 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1575	VISIT OF SENK SENIOR ADVISOR CHRISTIAN WHITON [...] (C) Summary. Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea (SENK),explained to Thai government and UNHCR officials the objectives the SENK was pursuing related to refugees, North Korean human rights, and political change in North Korea. He expressed a [...]	2007-03-16 03:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH KS KN
07BANGKOK1586	IF THAI POLITICIANS WERE EXPIRED FOODS... [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a candid meeting, civil activist Rosana Tositurakul likened Thai politicians to "products with a short shelf life" when exposed to the culture of corruption. She urged the international community to focus on counter-corruption and transparency measures in Thailand instead of [...]	2007-03-16 07:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1587	OUTSPOKEN ACADEMIC ON ANTI-COUP PROTESTS [...] (C) Outspoken academic Giles Ungpakorn told us he suspected many anti-coup activist groups had ties to the Thai Rak Thai party, while independent intellectuals and civil society groups were not significantly energized against the government. Although Ungpakorn has vocally criticized the coup [...]	2007-03-16 07:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1597	CONSTITUTION: DEBATE HEATS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to many contacts, there is a real danger that the constitution will not pass the required referendum, but a good draft still has a pretty good chanc of success. This week, debate focused on a possible provision to allow a "non-elected PM," an idea which seems to be pop [...]	2007-03-16 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1598	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. Prasong Sunsiri, head of the 35-member constitution drafting body, provided me with an update on the draft charter on March 16. His group will likely propose a bi-cameral legislature, but the new upper-house would be appointed and have less power than under the 1997 charter. Un [...]	2007-03-16 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK16	THAI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BOMBINGS [...] (C) Thai Foreign Minister Nitya "Nit" Pibulsonggram told the Ambassador the cabinet was consumed with speculation about the New Year's Eve bombings and believed former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to be involved. Nit expressed low confidence that the RTG could build a case against the [...]	2007-01-03 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS KISL KJUS KCRM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1630	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FORMER PM BANHARN SILAPA-ARCHA [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa told the Ambassador that the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) had lost most of its influence, and fair elections would show a sharp decline in support for TRT. Banharn foresaw moderate growth for his own Chart Thai Party. He staunchly opposed a propose [...]	2007-03-19 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1652	RTG RESPONSE TO BUILDING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomwit Jarnson, Director of the Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He expressed RTG concerns with the ongoing situation in Zimbabwe, but said no official statement had been issued at this point. Jarnson said he would discuss possible support [...]	2007-03-20 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI TH
07BANGKOK1658	THAILAND'S REPORT CARD, SIX MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a TV broadcast on March 20, RTG agencies and the coup council gave their assessments of their progress since the September 19 coup d'etat. Representatives of the Council for National Security and several government agencies assured the public that they supported democracy, th [...]	2007-03-20 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1675	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE RISING USE OF PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Summary. With the potential for sectarian strife in the deep South increasing, both RTG leaders and private citizens in the South are working to boost security through the expansion of non-traditional security units ranging from irregular paramilitaries to private militias. While increa [...]	2007-03-21 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1676	THAILAND: MARITIME SECURITY RULES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY ------------ Â [...]	2007-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SCNV TH
07BANGKOK1690	THAILAND: WHO NEEDS A COAST GUARD? [...] (C) The lack of a single organization that represents the Coast Guard mission hinders Thailand's ability to safeguard its coastline and collaborate with other countries. Factors impeding the development of a Thai Coast Guard with effective interagency coordination include stove-pipes, "rice bo [...]	2007-03-22 03:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SCNV TH
07BANGKOK1715	THAI PM SURAYUD ON RESTORING CIVIL LIBERTIES [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador the RTG would lift restrictions on political party activity in April, after the completion of the first draft of the Constitution -- but we are not convinced the RTG will follow through. In a March 22 phone call, Surayud said the RTG wo [...]	2007-03-22 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1752	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) met with Ambassador Boyce to exchange views on Burma. Indonesian parliamentarian Djoko Susilo noted the Indonesian legislature was pressing its Foreign Ministry to take a stronger line on Burma, and he welcomed the U.S. Emba [...]	2007-03-23 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KDEM BM TH
07BANGKOK1754	THAILAND'S NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE: BETTER LIVING [...] (C) Summary. Since taking power in September 2006, the Army-dominated interim government has publicly moved to re-engineer the old, communist-era Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) into the key internal security coordinating mechanism for the Thai government. While the exact nature [...]	2007-03-23 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK179	PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud told the Ambassador he remained committed to lifting martial law in the near future. However, technical issues had delayed the issuance of a royal command that would rescind martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces. The Ambassador reiterated strong USG inte [...]	2007-01-10 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ECON EINV MOPS ASEC
07BANGKOK1845	GENERAL SONTHI ASKS FOR EMERGENCY POWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coup council head General Sonthi has said publicly that he has requested emergency powers to preserve security in Bangkok. The military is concerned that anti-government demonstrations, spearheaded by Thaksin loyalists, could snowball and provoke "chaos." Prime Minister Surayu [...]	2007-03-28 12:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1869	OUR LATEST CHALLENGE: INTRODUCTION OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge urged the foreign minister and the coup council Secretary-General not to invoke emergency rule in Bangkok. GEN Winai explained that the government needed the additional measures, which fell short of reinstituting martial law, to prevent further destabilizing efforts from [...]	2007-03-29 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1875	WILL HE OR WON'T HE?: BACKGROUND TO DEBATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: According to breaking news reports, Prime Minister Surayud announced this evening that he would not agree to institute emergency measures in Bangkok in advance of a demonstration to be held tomorrow. The PM was responding to a request from GEN Sonthi, head of t [...]	2007-03-29 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1891	PRM DAS RYAN'S MARCH 23-26 VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a March 23-26 visit, RTG officials told PRM DAS Kelly Ryan that the Lao Hmong issue, including the group in detention in Nong Khai, was deadlocked. The issue was complicated by a number of factors, and the RTG needed additional time to talk with the Lao government. The T [...]	2007-03-30 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH LA BM
07BANGKOK1894	PRM DAS RYAN VISIT TO THAILAND: NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. During a March 23-26 visit to Bangkok, PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kelly Ryan observed extremely overcrowded conditions for North Koreans in the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center (IDC). She interviewed restless North Korean refugees who have expressed interest in [...]	2007-03-30 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH KN KS
07BANGKOK1899	PRIME MINISTER REAFFIRMS ELECTION TIMETABLE [...] (U) Prime Minister Surayud yesterday reaffirmed the government's commitment to hold elections before the end of the year. He told the press on March 29 that the cabinet had agreed the elections should be held on December 16 or 23, with the referendum on the constitution in September. 2. (C [...]	2007-03-30 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1904	THAILAND REACTION TO UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretaries Nuchjaree Klongsungsorn, Pimpiree Pyramarn and SIPDIS Chakkrid Krachaiwong from the Departments of International Organizations, Middle East, and North America Affairs, respectively, on March 29. Nuchjaree confirmed that the Royal [...]	2007-04-02 02:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK1914	THAILAND: MARCH 30 ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. The anti-government protests in Bangkok that inspired proposals by some RTG leaders to declare a "state of emergency" went off peacefully on the evening of March 30. Polcouns and poloff joined an estimated 2000 people gathered in front of City Hall to hear People's Television (PTV [...]	2007-04-02 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1957	RTG APPROACH TO DRAFTING THE ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) The RTG will not support a change from consensus-based decision-making in ASEAN, and the Thais have demonstrated little interest in creating ASEAN mechanisms for sanctioning member states. As the RTG participates in deliberations on the ASEAN Charter, the legislature has solicited views [...]	2007-04-04 05:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SENV ASEAN XC BMGT TH
07BANGKOK1973	VIEWS ON ASEAN CHARTER, US-ASEAN RELATIONS, TAC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of other discussions, a couple of post interlocutors have briefly raised issues connected to the ASEAN charter drafting and US-ASEAN relations. On the charter, civil society is trying to play a role, and Burma is not (yet) blocking some controversial provisions, b [...]	2007-04-04 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH
07BANGKOK1991	BURMESE EXILE COMMUNITY AGREES ON UNITY IN [...] (C) A group of 60 Burmese exile community leaders recently attended a Strategy Coordinating Committee (SCC) meeting in the border area to hash out a consolidated approach toward supporting the pro-democracy movement in Burma. Informally shooting down an idea to form a unity government, some [...]	2007-04-05 06:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK2006	BANGKOK BOMB SUSPECTS RELEASED, INVESTIGATION BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Police (RTP) have released the only two suspects charged in the New Year's Eve Bangkok bomb attacks, with a senior police official publicly stating that the investigation would have to "start over." The story behind the misidentification of these two suspects and p [...]	2007-04-05 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2072	PRIME MINISTER HEALTH CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has canceled his appointments this week and checked into the hospital. Officials have told the press that the PM is just getting a routine physical exam, However, we have heard from Council for National Security (CNS) contacts that the PM felt unwell fo [...]	2007-04-10 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07BANGKOK2073	COMMITTEE SHAPING DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) met on April 10 to adopt a position on some controversial provisions proposed for a draft version of the constitution. The most controversial proposal would allow persons other than elected legislators to become Prime Minister; this idea faces wid [...]	2007-04-10 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2074	THAILAND VS. YOUTUBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the name of national security and preventing lese majeste, the interim Thai government began in the past few weeks to block several pro-Thaksin and/or anti-coup websites. But what began as a simple ban on a few sites has now turned into a confrontation between the Thai govern [...]	2007-04-10 23:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TH
07BANGKOK2137	RTG MFA REACTION TO SKIRMISHES ON THE THAI-BURMA [...] (C) On April 12, MFA Director of the East Asian Division II Kallayana Vipattipumiprates said the Thai were closely monitoring recent skirmishes on the border between the Karen National Union (KNU),the collective forces of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),the Democratic Karen Bu [...]	2007-04-12 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS PHUM BH TH
07BANGKOK2247	REACTIONS TO PRESS REPORT ON US TRAINING FOR THAI [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called Ambassador on April 20 to discuss the recent press report quoting MGEN Fridovich on possible USG training assistance for Thai military operations in the South. The Permsec noted that this report was being used for political purposes by a f [...]	2007-04-20 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TH
07BANGKOK2280	AMBASSADOR AND CNS GENERAL WINAI DISCUSS POLITICAL [...] (C) A top military officer expressed concern that opposition politicians are fomenting trouble, including by manipulating opposition to the draft Constitution. In an April 20 meeting, Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador that SIPDIS de [...]	2007-04-23 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2302	GENERAL PREM ON THE KING, THAKSIN, AND THE [...] (C) Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda gave the Ambassador an upbeat assessment of political conditions, claiming the King remained in good health, elections would take place as anticipated, and PM Surayud enjoyed good relations with the Council for National Security. In an April 23 lu [...]	2007-04-24 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2304	DEMOCRAT OFFICIAL WARNS OF SONTHI'S AMBITIONS, [...] (C) There is mounting evidence of serious rifts between PM Surayud and junta leader General Sonthi. An experienced politician told us on April 23 that Sonthi has at least considered replacing Surayud. Democrat Party (DP) Secretary General Suthep Thaugsuban recounted a discussion in early Apr [...]	2007-04-24 10:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK231	GENERAL WINAI PROMISES AMBASSADOR HELP ON MARTIAL [...] (C) In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Council for National Security Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul, I pushed for a quick recision of martial law. Using maps to graphically illustrate our concerns, I emphasized it was important to go beyond the planned partial lifting and return Thailand t [...]	2007-01-11 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK232	THAI UPDATE: COUP LEADERS TAKE STRONGER LINE [...] (C) General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the Chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS),has publicly said the military may use martial law powers for searches, seizures, and other ends. The Ambassador has requested a meeting with Sonthi and will express our strong opposition to this prospe [...]	2007-01-11 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2327	PRASONG EXPANDS ON SURAYUD-SONTHI RIFT, DENIES [...] (C) Summary. Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) Chairman and longtime political insider Prasong Soonsiri offered new details on the rumored rift between Prime Minister Surayud and Army Chief Sonthi in a meeting with the Ambassador on April 24. Prasong relayed discussions between himself a [...]	2007-04-25 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK233	ASEAN SUPPORT FOR BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to MFA permanent secretary Krit Garnjana-Gooncharn on January 11. Permsec SIPDIS Krit conferred with his ministry's delegation in Cebu; he subsequently called to tell us that the Thai delegation did not anticipate any ASEAN statement opposing the UNSC [...]	2007-01-11 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC TH BM
07BANGKOK235	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEATH OF TEACHER FOCUSES PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. The death of a public school teacher working in the South on January 8 has prompted emotional press coverage and may be focusing wider national attention on the violence in the southern provinces. Along with substantial press reporting, the death of Juling Pangamoon has also draw [...]	2007-01-11 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KHUM TH
07BANGKOK2364	THAI PRO-BUDDHISM PROTEST WILTS IN THE HEAT [...] (SBU) Approximately 2,000 monks and laypersons demanding the constitutional designation of Buddhism as Thailand's state religion protested peacefully on April 25 and 26 in front of parliament. The fact that the protests did not draw as large a crowd as expected indicates that, at least so far, [...]	2007-04-26 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK2387	THAILAND: IRAQ COALITION SUPPORT [...] (C) Given the September 19 coup in Thailand and our sanctions against Thailand that have curtailed many of our mil-mil programs, Post believes it is inappropriate at this time to ask the Royal Thai Government to consider another deployment to OIF. Were we to ask the Thai to provide another [...]	2007-04-27 07:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
07BANGKOK2405	EVIDENCE OF MISREPRESENTATION BY PERSONS SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary. Recent events have revealed evidence of misrepresentation of nationality by persons seeking U.S. resettlement as North Korean refugees. At least six persons, and possibly more, of North Korean origin who are waiting for [...]	2007-04-27 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH KN KS
07BANGKOK2423	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: CABINET ADDITIONS, [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has appointed three new Deputy Ministers to his cabinet, but this move seems unlikely to end public criticism of his administration's relative ineffectiveness. An April 27 rally by some Thai Rak Thai members had a pro-Thaksin theme and drew approximately 1 [...]	2007-04-30 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2424	PAD LEADER OPPOSES DECEMBER ELECTIONS, INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the most prominent leaders of the anti-Thaksin "People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)," whose massive rallies paved the way for the ouster of PM Thaksin, said he opposed holding elections in December. Media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul complained that here has been no politica [...]	2007-04-30 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2498	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BGEN JOHN TOOLAN [...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, get a sense of Thai-Burmese relations and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]	2007-05-03 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TH

07BANGKOK2503	THAILAND: GEN SONTHI VOWS TO KEEP TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin assured the Ambassador that, despite frustrations with PM Surayud Chulanont's indecisiveness, he would not oust the Prime Minister, that neither Sonthi nor any other member of the CNS would become Prime Minis [...]	2007-05-03 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK2534	U.S. - JAPAN - AUSTRALIA CT DIALOGUE: MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. As part of our local trilateral CT dialogue (reftel),representatives from the U.S., Japanese and Australian Missions in Bangkok agreed to explore holding a joint training event at either the Bangkok airport or seaport to enhance Thai capabilities. Japan appears willing to exp [...]	2007-05-04 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MASS PTER TH
07BANGKOK2536	SURAYUD DOWN IN THE DUMPS [...] (C) During a telephone conversation on May 4, PM Surayud replied to the Ambassador's question of "how are you doing" by saying "you should pity me." While the PM did not explain the reasons for his low spirits, the Ambassador noted that the PM was not well-served by his ministers. Surayud agree [...]	2007-05-04 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TH
07BANGKOK2565	PREPARING FOR THE REFERENDUM IN NORTHEASTERN [...] (C) Summary. While the Bangkok elite are heavily focused on the draft constitution and preparations for the September referendum, voters in the poor, rural northeast are not. Indeed, while some local officials are attempting to build public support for the draft charter in the countryside, th [...]	2007-05-08 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2580	LEGISLATURE PRESIDENT ON CONSTITUTION, FOREIGN [...] (C) Legislature President Meechai Ruchupan told the Ambassador that the public held valid concerns about provisions of the draft constitution. The legislature would soon produce its official comments on the draft. Regardless of the content, the draft's fate in the upcoming referendum would l [...]	2007-05-09 04:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2642	DEMOCRACY ALIVE AND WELL IN THAILAND,S NORTHEAST [...] (C) Local elections in Thailand,s provinces continue apace even though the promulgation of a new constitution has delayed parliamentary elections on a national level. In influential Ubon Ratchatani -- Thailand,s fourth populous province and the host of a recent visit by Prime Minister Surayu [...]	2007-05-11 01:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USARPAC COMMANDER LTG [...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise and assess the current political situation. It will also allow you to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and h [...]	2007-05-11 02:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK2644	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM J5 RADM MIKE [...] (C) Summary. Mike, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, represent PACOM interests in Thailand and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]	2007-05-11 02:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK270	HMONG REFUGEE DEMARCHE RESPONSES [...] (C) Post has drawn on reftel demarche to press RTG officials on the pending Hmong deportations. Post has raised these concerns regularly with MFA and security force officials involved in this issue, and continues to do so. In addition, following the receipt of reftel, Charge d'Affaires wrote [...]	2007-01-12 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA
07BANGKOK273	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON BURMA: BURMESE [...] (C) Exile community members are supportive of the draft resolution on Burma, but view China as key to resolving the current political stalemate. The release of five 88 Generation student leaders only served to reinforce the idea that the draft resolution generated pressure on the junta to show [...]	2007-01-12 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH TH
07BANGKOK2780	CHASING SURAYUD IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Surayud's late April visit to the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchatani received mixed marks from voters who met with him. Most of our contacts characterized local interest in national politics as low, and denied the presence of "undercurrents" or mass movements [...]	2007-05-17 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2854	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOD PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 meeting with Thai Ministry of Defense Permanent Secretary GEN Winai Phattiyakul, A/S Hill urged the Royal Thai Government to fulfill its commitment to hold elections by year's end and return to parliamentary democracy. Winai, who is also Secretary General of the ru [...]	2007-05-23 04:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK2855	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on May 22, EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill welcomed advances to date in Thailand's return to democracy and underscored the importance of continued progress ahead of the September U.S-ASEAN summit in Singapore. PM [...]	2007-05-23 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2875	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER NITYA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2927	OSD/ISA BGEN TOOLAN'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. May 13-18 Brigadier General John Toolan, Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia, met with USG officers, Thai defense officials and scholars to assess the current political situation, road to elections, relations with Burma and the southern insurgency. Thai officials [...]	2007-05-25 09:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK2956	THAILAND'S UPCOMING PARTY DISSOLUTION RULINGS [...] (C) The Constitution Tribunal on May 30 will announce its decision in cases involving alleged "undemocratic acts" committed in 2006 by Thailand's two largest political parties. The Tribunal has the authority to dissolve the parties and may ban their executive board members from politics. Imp [...]	2007-05-29 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2994	TRIBUNAL DISSOLVES THAI RAK THAI, STRIPS [...] (C) The Constitutional Tribunal on May 30 ruled that the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party committed undemocratic acts in the April 2006 election; the Tribunal ordered the party's dissolution and stripped all members of the executive board of their political rights for five years. Leading TRT figures [...]	2007-05-31 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BANGKOK BOMBINGS WITH GENERAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on the afternoon of January 1 phoned General Winai Phattiyakul, Secretary General of the Council for National Security (CNS),to discuss the string of bombings in Bangkok the night before. Citing discussions at a CNS meeting earlier in the day, Winai said he and his colleag [...]	2007-01-02 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS KISL ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3058	AMNESTY FOR THAI RAK THAI? TRIAL BALLOON POPS [...] (U) In public remarks on the evening of June 1, Council for National Security (CNS) Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin expressed support for the idea of an amnesty for some Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party executives who lost their political rights as a result of the May 30 Constitutional Tribunal [...]	2007-06-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3091	DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THAI TRIBUNAL DECISION [...] (SBU) In a briefing for the diplomatic corps on June 5, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasak Futrakul affirmed that Thailand "is a nation of laws" and that the recent (ref B) Constitutional Tribunal case dissolving ousted PM Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party and bann [...]	2007-06-05 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3092	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PATTANI CENTRAL MOSQUE PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. In one of the largest protests since the surge in separatist violence in 2004, several thousand Malay-Muslims peacefully gathered in Pattani province's central mosque from May 31 to June 4. The protestors--including students from Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng and Pattani's Prince of So [...]	2007-06-05 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TH
07BANGKOK311	COUPMAKERS' HAUNTED DREAMS: BANGKOK INSIDER GIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: One of Thailand's most respected jurists, with close ties to both the Thaksin administration and the current leadership, expressed serious concerns about the ability of the interim government to hold together and complete the transition to democracy according to [...]	2007-01-16 23:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3166	FORMER TRT LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng told the Ambassador he aimed to re-register the dissolved TRT party before the next elections. At least one sizeable group of his colleagues, however, appears likely to throw its lot in with the Council for National Security (CNS). [...]	2007-06-07 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3176	(C) INTERPRETERS FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PROCESSING [...] (C) Ref emails discussed planning for creation of a pool of Korean language interpreters to handle future North Korean refugee processing in the region. The Embassy spouse who has been interpreting for DHS interviews in Thailand and other regional countries will depart post at the end of June. [...]	2007-06-08 01:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KN KS
07BANGKOK3186	THAILAND'S ROAD TO ELECTIONS: YOU ARE HERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thailand is still proceeding toward the goal of a constitutional referendum by August/September, and elections by December. We believe that we narrowly dodged a bullet earlier this year, when it appears that elements of the Council for National Security (CNS) considered scrappin [...]	2007-06-08 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3191	GENERAL WINAI: TRT THREAT DIMINISHED, ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador the CNS had accomplished its main objectives; with Thaksin deposed and his party weakened, the CNS would readily leave power and restore democratic governance. In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassad [...]	2007-06-08 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON EINV ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3207	THAILAND DEPORTS ANOTHER GROUP OF HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary. Thai police on June 9 deported 161 Hmong from four jails in Petchaboon Province to Laos. It is unclear what degree of force may have been used during this action. Embassy has requested the RTG to look into an NGO report [...]	2007-06-11 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK3210	THAI ROUND-UP JUNE 11: DEMOS AND DOLLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Assets Examination Commission announced on June 11 that it would freeze the assets of former Prime Minister Thaksin, based on accusations of corruption and misconduct. Pro-Thaksin demonstrators marched Saturday on the Army Headquarters; a prominent anti-Thaksin activist was [...]	2007-06-11 12:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3238	THAILAND'S DRAFT CONSTITUTION NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) Thailand took one step closer to finalizing its new constitution on June 11 when the Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC) submitted their final revisions to the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA). Although the CDA can still make several changes prior to voting in early July on whe [...]	2007-06-12 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK3278	PLANS FOR RALLY, THAKSIN RETURN, UNCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pro-Thaksin groups are threatening to bring supporters from outside Bangkok to swell the numbers at the anti-junta protests this weekend. They are likely to march again, perhaps on Army HQ or the house of Thaksin nemesis Privy Councillor Prem. This threat, combined with the an [...]	2007-06-13 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK329	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Constitution Drafting Assembly Chairman Noranit Setabutr expanded on ref comments on the timeline for drafting a new constitution, saying "we cannot shorten the process." Drafting the charter will likely take the full four months, fol [...]	2007-01-17 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM TH
07BANGKOK3354	BANGKOK HEATS UP -- PRO-THAKSIN PROTESTERS [...] (C) Bangkok's Pro-Thaksin rallies are expected to reach a new high this weekend as protesters plan to march on Army HQ and perhaps Privy Councilor Prem Tinsulanonda's residence on Saturday. Thaksin abandoned plans to return home, citing safety concerns, but plans to address supporters via vide [...]	2007-06-15 11:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3378	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW VIOLENCE STATISTICS; MORE [...] (C) Summary. While the number of violent attacks and deaths in Thailand's southernmost provinces have not dramatically risen in 2007, the casualty rate through April has increased, suggesting a qualitative shift in the violence. Indeed, the insurgents appear to be more confident in their att [...]	2007-06-18 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR KHUM TH
07BANGKOK3380	THAIS UNENTHUSIASTIC ON ZIMBABWE TRAVEL [...] (C) On June 18 Poloff and representatives from the Australian, UK, Canadian, and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to the Thai MFA and urged the RTG to implement travel restrictions against some Zimbabwean officials. At a meeting attended by Ministry of Foreign Affairs South Asi [...]	2007-06-18 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI TH
07BANGKOK3387	PRO-THAKSIN DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO GAIN STEAM [...] (C) Demonstrations of support for deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have drawn large crowds to Bangkok's Royal Grounds (Sanam Luang),but have yet to acquire momentum akin to that of the 2006 rallies that helped pave the way for Thaksin's ouster. Political officers and local staff obs [...]	2007-06-18 23:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3398	REQUEST TO PROCESS 24 NORTH KOREANS IN BANGKOK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On Thursday, June 14, 2007, Thai Immigration Commissioner gave Embassy Bangkok the green light to process 24 North Koreans currently under U.S. refugee resettlment program consideration. Embassy will shortly initiate fingerprints o [...]	2007-06-19 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KN KS
07BANGKOK3402	DOUBLE SECRET LEGISLATION: THAI SECURITY ACT [...] (C) As of close of business on June 19, RTG officials were expected to announce that a draft Internal Security Act had been presented to the cabinet for debate. Speculation over the proposed bill has ebbed and flowed for months. Local press reported on June 17 that PM Surayud had instructed t [...]	2007-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3442	THE POST-THAI RAK THAI POLITICAL MAP [...] (C) It remains unclear which party or figure will fill the void left by the dissolution of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. The Democrat Party (DP) currently appears unlikely to draw power brokers from TRT strongholds, but the DP seems to have laid the foundation for [...]	2007-06-21 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3445	EARLIER ELECTION POSSIBLE; DIMINISHED THREAT FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Momentum is building for elections to be held November 25, about a month earlier than previously announced. The promise of earlier elections could help blunt calls for the interim government and junta to step down. Members of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party are waiting for th [...]	2007-06-21 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON TH
07BANGKOK3499	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 22 DISCUSSION WITH PM SURAYUD [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud appears confident that Thailand is on track for elections in late November. In a June 22 discussion as I accompanied him to Nakorn Si Thammarat province, Surayud told me he believes the constitution's second draft will address public criticisms directed at the first [...]	2007-06-25 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ECON EINV ETRD LA TH
07BANGKOK3501	WEEKEND PROTESTS IN BANGKOK FIZZLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The anti-government Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD) organized more protests in Bangkok June 22-24, but failed to attract their goal of 100,000 protesters for their march on Army headquarters on June 23. Approximately 15,000 protesters braved heavy rains to join t [...]	2007-06-25 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3502	SUMMARY OF DRAFT THAI SECURITY LAW [...] (C) Summary. The draft Internal Security Act approved by the cabinet on June 19 would significantly expand the powers of the military through its proxy, the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC). Under this new law, the Army commander would serve as Director, ISOC, and have the authori [...]	2007-06-25 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3503	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH THAI POLICE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 21, National Police Commissioner Sereepisuth acknowledged the difficulty of the southern situation, dismissed radical reform ideas for the police and judged anti-government protests as "finished." Sereepisuth welcomed new bilateral traini [...]	2007-06-25 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3528	THAI ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE DRAFT SECURITY LAW [...] (SBU) Thai Human rights groups, democracy activists and academics have sharply criticized the draft Internal Security Act approved by the cabinet on June 19, decrying the expanded powers the legislation would give the Army Commander-in-Chief to restrict civil liberties and the potential expande [...]	2007-06-26 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3530	THAKSIN TO REMAIN ABROAD, FIGHT EXTRADITION [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra intends to remain abroad, based in the United Kingdom, and fight any upcoming extradition request. According to his lawwyer, Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin, who faces corruption charges and investigation for other offenses, cannot receive a fair trial [...]	2007-06-26 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH UK
07BANGKOK358	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF OSD PRINCIPAL [...] (C) Summary. General Toolan, your visit to Bangkok will be the first by a senior Pentagon official since the September 19 coup in Thailand and will provide an excellent opportunity to press Thai officials to rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and hold [...]	2007-01-18 09:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK3593	RTG SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) We recently spoke with Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament division at MFA, about RTG support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Charn told us that a mid-June RTG interagency meeting had produced a decision to recommend that the cabinet form [...]	2007-06-29 03:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ENRG KGIC TH
07BANGKOK360	CONTINUING DEADLOCK ON PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest and threatened deportation to Laos by the RTG of 152 Lao-Hmong is a reflection of the larger, and so far intractable Petchaboon Hmong situation. A sizeable majority of the approximately 7,500 Hmong at Petchaboon are likely from Laos. Most have gone to the Petc [...]	2007-01-18 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK3609	RTG SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) We recently spoke with Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament division at MFA, about RTG support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Charn told us that a mid-June RTG interagency meeting had produced a decision to recommend that the cabinet form [...]	2007-06-29 04:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ENRG KGIC TH
07BANGKOK3625	BACKGROUND ON GENERAL PALLOP PINMANEE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Controversial retired general Pallop Pinmanee has a very limited role as an advisor in the Internal Security Operations Command. This message provides background on the general in response to incorrect press reporting which identified him as a "top security advi [...]	2007-06-29 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK3648	THAI TROOPS FOR DARFUR: AWAITING UN RESPONSE, THEN [...] (C) The Thai military hopes to provide an engineering company of 315 troops for peacekeeping under UN auspices in Darfur, according to Colonel Nattapol Saeksaan of the Royal Thai Supreme Command (RTSC) center for peacekeeping operations. Drawing on ref A, we inquired whether these troops were [...]	2007-07-03 00:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TH
07BANGKOK368	ACTIVIST DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly told us that a vigorous outreach program to promote public participation and support for the new constitution would be necessary to ensure that the final product was good and would pass in the referendum to be held by August. He com [...]	2007-01-18 13:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3755	EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH RTG ON HMONG AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 2 discussion with MFA PermSec, Ambassador encouraged RTG establishment of a screening mechanism for all Lao Hmong asylum seekers and movement of the Nong Khai Hmong to a more suitable location. The PermSec responded that the RTG was in a standoff with the Lao gover [...]	2007-07-09 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH LA KS KN
07BANGKOK3764	CNS LEGAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES CONSTITUTION, POLITICS [...] (C) A leading jurist told the Ambassador that the constitution appeared likely to pass in the upcoming referendum, despite efforts to mobilize opposition by associates of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. During a July 6 dinner in honor of visiting Senator Webb, leading legislator Bor [...]	2007-07-09 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK377	NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN PHNOM [...] (C) Per reftel, Refcoord contacted UNHCR on January 19 to encourage it to instruct UNHCR Phnom Penh to interview expeditiously the four North Koreans who have expressed interest in U.S. resettlement. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe De Vincentis responded that UNHCR expected to [...]	2007-01-19 02:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CB KN
07BANGKOK3784	LEADING THAI POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORT NEW [...] (C) Thailand's largest political parties have publicly expressed support for the constitution, viewing it as imperfect but conducive to the fastest possible return to democratic governance. A group of former Thai Rak Thai figures has publicly announced its opposition to the constitution, but [...]	2007-07-10 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK3802	EMBASSY REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR MIN HTIKE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy is referring Burmese citizen, Min Htike, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Min Htike DOB: July 25, 1974 Nationality: Burme [...]	2007-07-11 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK3813	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SECURITY FORCES MOVING FORWARD, [...] (C) Summary. A series of raids and arrests in Thailand's troubled South may signify better local cooperation, improved intelligence and a more aggressive posture by security officials. While these arrests may have been too broad, several "big fish" in the local separatist movement appear to [...]	2007-07-11 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3885	SCENESETTER FOR SOCPAC COMMANDER CAMBRIA [...] (C) Summary. GEN Cambria, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for voting on a new constitu [...]	2007-07-16 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3898	DRAFT THAI SECURITY LAW FOUNDERING? [...] (C) Passage of the draft security law expanding the power of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) is looking less and less certain. Criticism of the draft bill has grown in recent weeks, with human rights activists, editorialists and commentators taking aim at the legislation as an [...]	2007-07-17 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3978	THAI COUP LEADER CONSIDERING MOVE TO POLITICAL [...] (C) The leader of the September 19 coup d'etat is considering whether to run for elected office after his retirement from the Army this fall. Many Thais believe that General Sonthi Boonyaratglin hopes to become Prime Minister, although he currently appears to be a long shot candidate for this [...]	2007-07-20 08:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3985	MOD PERMSEC DISCUSSES THAI POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Junta member GEN Winai predicted that Army chief GEN Sonthi would run for political office after he retires in September. Winai himself denied having any political plans, and said he plans to remain as MOD Permsec. He predicted that the constitution would pass the August refe [...]	2007-07-20 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK400	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM ON THE CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Privy Councilor General Prem Tinsulanonda believes that the Council for National Security (CNS) is being "too gentlemanly" by not working harder to make a corruption and malfeasance case against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Prem shares our concern that recent miss [...]	2007-01-19 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4003	VIOLENCE AT ANTI-PREM DEMONSTRATION IN BANGKOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes broke out late Sunday between police and several thousand anti-coup demonstrators at the Bangkok home of Privy Council President Prem. Although the confrontation lasted several hours, there were few injuries. Neither side appeared intent on inflicting serious harm. Police [...]	2007-07-23 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4027	OFFICIALS PREDICT PASSAGE OF REFERENDUM IN [...] (C) Summary. Government and NGO contacts in the upper provinces of the rural Northeast uniformly predict that voters will support the draft constitution in the August 19 referendum. Although concerned that voter turnout will not be high in this non-compulsory balloting, and admitting that mo [...]	2007-07-24 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4042	THAI RAK THAI PLANS TO RISE FROM THE ASHES [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) figures will soon try to register a new political party to compete in this year's elections. The new Party Leader has not yet emerged but may be a close associate of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin, although a contact told us Thaksin will not publicly endorse the [...]	2007-07-25 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4090	EMBASSY SUPPORTS M16A4 SALE [...] (SBU) Post understands that there may be some uncertainty about embassy position on the FY07 requested M16A4 sale to Thailand. Embassy Country Team expressed its support for the sale in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy still supports the sale. This purchase is part of a basic equipment modernizati [...]	2007-07-27 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TH
07BANGKOK4127	SENATOR WEBB MEETS WITH THAI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY Senator James Webb underscored his support for strong U.S.-Thai relations in a meeting with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on July 6. He expressed his confidence that the Thai people would solve the problems the country was facing and would return to democratic, elected govern [...]	2007-07-31 02:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR TH
07BANGKOK4168	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LEADING ACADEMIC EXPERT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Noted southern scholar Dr. Srisomphop Chiphiromsi believes that Army-led arrests of suspected insurgents has led to fewer attacks in the troubled southern provinces and that the overall situation is "more stable." Srisomphop is not yet sure whether this is a short term developmen [...]	2007-08-01 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4201	SIGNS OF SOUTHERN HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS, BUT [...] (C) During the most recent Poloff travel to the South, many academics and civil society leaders indicated the southern human rights picture has improved since the September 2006 coup. Several human rights NGOs allege, however, that some military and police officials are still arbitrarily arre [...]	2007-08-02 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4214	THAKSIN LOYALISTS FROM THAI RAK THAI TAKE OVER THE [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) politicians who appear to remain loyal to Thaksin have joined en masse the previously obscure People's Power Party (PPP). This move appears intended to assuage concerns that the delays involved in registering a new party could lead to many of these politicians b [...]	2007-08-03 07:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4217	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOOD POLICY POORLY IMPLEMENTED [...] (C) Summary. A range of government and NGO contacts in Pattani and Yala expressed guarded optimism during late July poloff travel to the South that the recent arrest of suspected insurgents in that region had led to decreased violence. Several interlocutors criticized the sweeping nature of [...]	2007-08-03 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC PHUM TH
07BANGKOK430	JANUARY 22 UPDATE: THAKSIN ACTS - GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interviews by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin in Singapore received wide newspaper coverage in Thailand (despite the fact that the broadcasts were blocked locally) leading to criticism of government censorship while feeding local animosity towards Singapore. Separately [...]	2007-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4323	THAI CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM APPROACHES [...] (SBU) On July 6, Thailand's Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) voted to approve a slightly modified version of the new constitution which expanded the size of the House of Representatives, endorsed improved civil rights protections, imposed additional penalties for political fraud, and dec [...]	2007-08-09 07:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK4393	SEND LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY: THAILAND REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the August 19 referendum is in full swing. There are reports of some clearly illegal campaign activities, such as vote-buying by opponents of the draft. The government side has also clearly exceeded the law in at least one case in which soldiers seized (although [...]	2007-08-14 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4464	THAILAND CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM UPDATE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things appear on track for a reasonably orderly referendum process on August 19, although anti-charter protests could lead to isolated incidents at polling stations. Allegations of vote-buying to secure a "no' vote and government officials advocating for a "yes" vote continue, [...]	2007-08-20 00:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4478	THAI VOTERS APPROVE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Thai voters endorsed a new constitution by a margin of 57%-41% in an August 19 referendum that saw a higher-than-expected turnout. Anti-charter activists, many of whom support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, appear to have successfully mobilized a strong "no" vote in most of the [...]	2007-08-20 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4641	DAS MARCIEL URGES RAPID RESTORATION OF DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP/DAS Scot Marciel met with MFA, MOD, and Justice Ministry permanent secretaries on August 22-23 to urge Thailand's return to democratically-elected government. DAS Marciel also expressed concern about continuing violence in the troubled South, human rights issues, and the tre [...]	2007-08-28 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4642	SUPPORT FOR THAI PARTICIPATION IN CHOD [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok Country Team supports an invitation from PACOM to Royal Thai Supreme Commander General Boonsrang Niumpradit for this year's PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference. Not to invite General Boonsrang would be counterproductive given his long-standing support for [...]	2007-08-28 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TH
07BANGKOK4644	THAILAND REPORTS PROGRESS ON ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Marciel underscored the US interest in ASEAN during meetings August 22 and 23 with MFA ASEAN officials and MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrukul. ASEAN DDG Manasvi regretted the cancellation of the Secretary's trip to Manila for the ARF, and the delay in the SIPDIS 30 [...]	2007-08-29 01:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4649	THAI CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TELL DAS MARCIEL THAT [...] (C) Summary. In meetings August 22-23, Thai civil society leaders told visiting DAS Scot Marciel that Thai voters are overwhelmingly focused on coming elections and the formation of a new government. Two contacts warned that the biggest threat to the coming vote would likely be vote-buying b [...]	2007-08-29 04:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4653	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary. A better understanding of the insurgency behind the nearly three year spate of violence in southern Thailand is emerging, but this village-based, horizontal network of cells defies neat characterization. There is no single label, or hierarchy behind the violence, and divisions b [...]	2007-08-29 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4687	THAIS SET DECEMBER 23 ELECTION DATE AMID EU [...] (SBU) On August 27 Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont officially announced a December 23 date for Thailand's general elections, pending the King's endorsement of a formal election decree. The government had repeatedly targeted December 23 as the most suitable date, although election officials h [...]	2007-08-30 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4733	CHOOSING UP TEAMS: NEW POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGING [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Now that the referendum is passed, Thailand's political class is preparing itself for the December elections. This message details the current estimates of the relative strength of the emerging parties, as well as looking at the electoral chances for established [...]	2007-08-31 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4734	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY: A WARY FRONTRUNNER [...] (C) The People's Power Party (PPP),a pro-Thaksin grouping of former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) figures, has a good chance of winning a plurality in the next elections, according to the current conventional wisdom in Bangkok. PPP's emerging status as the frontrunner is based partly on the results of [...]	2007-08-31 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4793	PRE-ELECTION ROUND-UP: THAIS TO RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) This month, Thai authorities announce two important sets of personnel decisions. The Ministry of Interior each September announces the transfer of governors (who are appointed MOI officials, not elected) and other local administration officials. There were rumors that governors in prov [...]	2007-09-05 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4891	THAILAND SUPPORTS GAMBARI MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche, MFA acting Permsec told DCM that Thailand fully supports the Gambari mission. Thailand continues to argue for a "soft approach" on Burma, however, encouraging the use of incentives to influence the SPDC. MFA said they have agreed their Defense Min [...]	2007-09-11 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BU TH
07BANGKOK4905	PRE-ELECTION UPDATE: EX-TRT FIGURES FORM PARTY, [...] (C) Many top former Thai Rak Thai officials have agreed to work together to form a new political party; this group contains many important figures, but its strength in the coming election is hard to assess because the most important of these politicians are ineligible to run for office. The g [...]	2007-09-12 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4981	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER PM BANHARN [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa predicted that loyalists of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin would not be able to form a government after the next elections unless they were to win an absolute majority. Banharn cited assurances he had [...]	2007-09-17 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4996	THAI DEMOCRAT PARTY ELECTION OUTLOOK, RELATIONS [...] (C) A leading Democrat Party official projected that the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) had a strong lead over all rivals as of mid-September. In a September 13 meeting, Democrat Party (DP) Deputy Leader Niphon Promphan told us the Democrats appeared likely to come in second; separatel [...]	2007-09-18 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK502	VISIT TO THAILAND OF OSD ASIA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. During his meetings with Thai officials, OSD Asia Director Brigadier General Toolan provided Thai military and civilian officials with Washington's perspective on the September 19 coup, underscoring our desire that Thailand rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafti [...]	2007-01-24 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PTER TH
07BANGKOK5036	THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, UNGA, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Thai FM Nitya Pibulsonggram spoke favorably of recent U.S.-Thai interactions at the APEC summit and previewed some RTG plans for the upcoming UNGA session. He said he would welcome the opportunity to meet with U/S Burns on the margins of UNGA, and indicated that he would make a side trip t [...]	2007-09-20 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO MASS UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5041	PRE-ELECTION ROUND-UP: ELECTION LAWS, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Army Chief will be GEN Anupong Paochinda, as widely anticipated. Current Army Chief Sonthi told the Ambassador he was not planning to run for Parliament, but would seek a political position in the new government to protect himself from those with "tremendous assets." T [...]	2007-09-20 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
07BANGKOK505	THAI MFA READOUT OF ASEAN AND EAST ASIA SUMMITS IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED. Please see para three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Thai MFA officials maintain the concept of the East Asia Summit remains in flux, and they requestedQSG views on how we might participate in future EAS meetings. In a January 19 briefing for the diplomatic corps on the [...]	2007-01-24 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON BM TH
07BANGKOK5076	FORMER THAI RAK THAI CARETAKER SEES GOOD PROSPECTS [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai caretaker Chaturon Chaiseng told the Ambassador that the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) was on track to win a plurality in coming elections -- 200 or more of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives. Chaturon said the military, which in recent months has b [...]	2007-09-24 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5077	CABINET RESIGNATIONS MAY LEAD TO THAI COUP [...] (U) On September 20, an official of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) reported publicly that three cabinet members held significant stakes in private companies. Following the disclosure, Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pokai-udom and Deputy Commerc [...]	2007-09-24 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5106	MFA PERMSEC UPDATES THAI VIEW ON BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador called Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on September 26 and expressed concern about indications (reftel) of RTG reluctance to press the Burmese government for a peaceful outcome to the ongoing crisis. Virasakdi said the MFA had released a brief public stateme [...]	2007-09-26 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5107	ENGAGING ASEAN AND OTHERS ON BURMA [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok stands ready to continue to urge the Thai government to press the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners and engage in genuine dialogue to pave the way for a transition to a civilian, democratic government. Septel will report the Ambassador's latest conversatio [...]	2007-09-26 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM RP SN IN CH
07BANGKOK5108	THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) On September 26, subsequent to the conversation in reftel, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called the Ambassador. He said he had heard from the Thai Ambassador in Rangoon that the commander of Rangoon-based military forces had said that he would not "fire upon the people." The [...]	2007-09-26 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5126	AMBASSADOR PRESSES THAI FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador called MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on September 27 to express concern about current RTG policy toward Burma. The Ambassador cited reports that Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, in New York for the UNGA, had sought to discourage Prime Minister Surayud from [...]	2007-09-27 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM

07BANGKOK5127	U.S., BRITISH AMBASSADORS PRESS GENERAL SONTHI ON [...] (C) Summary. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin told the Ambassador that he hopes that the confrontation in Burma would be resolved by peaceful means but the situation could result in further bloodshed if the Burmese military does not refuse orders from the regime. Sonthi explained that his commen [...]	2007-09-27 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDM TH BM
07BANGKOK5151	UPDATE ON BURMA, AS SEEN FROM THAILAND [...] (C) The RTG appears not to have made preparations for a possible influx of Burmese refugees; we are discussing the matter with our contacts. The RTG is engaged in evacuation contingency planning. A Burmese exile in Thailand said monks were protesting in large numbers in Mandalay, and he share [...]	2007-09-28 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5182	CABINET SHUFFLE EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further resignations will force Prime Minister Surayud to make changes in his cabinet. The new line-up should be announced within a few days. Retiring Army commander GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin is widely expected to be named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs, but [...]	2007-10-01 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5224	NCUB LEADER TAKES CREDIT FOR ORGANIZING BURMESE [...] (C) A member of a leading Burmese dissident organization told us his group was masterminding the protests that broke out recently in Burma. On October 1, we met with Soe Aung, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Policy Board of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB),who s [...]	2007-10-03 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5225	DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER ON ELECTION, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told the Ambassador that his party had a good chance of placing first in the December election. In an October 2 lunch, Abhisit said he believed recent turmoil in the government appeared designed to delay the election, but he believed it would take p [...]	2007-10-03 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5234	THAI MFA ON BURMA, CHINA VIEWS [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel points to MFA Permsec Virasakdi Futrukul on October 3. Permsec Virsakdi took note of the points but offered no direct response. 2. (C) Virsakdi told the Ambassador that he had spoken to a Chinese diplomat recently, who had said that "there was evidence the US is [...]	2007-10-04 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK524	FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, MARTIAL LAW, THAKSIN, [...] (C) The Ambassador provided Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram with background on the USG's new strategy in Iraq. In a one-hour January 25 call on Nitya at MFA, he urged the Foreign Minister to ensure the RTG lifts martial law as soon as possible; Nitya said the RTG intended to do so, but t [...]	2007-01-25 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM ECON ETRD EINV IZ
07BANGKOK5267	THAI ENERGY IN BURMA: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Despite the turmoil of the past two weeks, Thai energy executives do not foresee any significant impact on their activities in Burma, which supplies 25 percent of Thailand's natural gas. Executives from the government's huge oil conglomerate PTT told econoff that the unrest in Burma will [...]	2007-10-05 07:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET BM TH IR
07BANGKOK5284	THAILAND CABINET CRISIS: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister has made minimal changes to his cabinet in response to a string of ministerial resignations. He will do double duty as interior minister, and retired GEN Sonthi has left the Council for National Security to serve as Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security [...]	2007-10-05 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5314	BURMESE EXILES IN THAILAND CONFIDENT THAT PROTESTS [...] (C) Despite international press headlines declaring that a sense of normalcy has returned to Rangoon, Burmese exiles based in Thailand claim that the uprising is just beginning. In meetings and communications with us, prominent activists were quick to insist that the Burmese are united in their [...]	2007-10-09 11:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5315	BANGKOK-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE ON NEED TO KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a group of like-minded ambassadors on October 8 to discuss Burma issues. The group agreed that: -- We should not accept the view that UNSC special envoy Gambari is the "only game in town." -- Gambari should not wait until mid-November to return to Burma. - [...]	2007-10-09 11:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5332	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: ELECTION CLOCK TICKING [...] (C) Publication of key laws sets a January 2008 drop-dead date for the House elections, while Election Commission officials maintain the election will be on December 23.... A debate on ethics in the legislature focuses on alleged improprieties by Prime Minister Surayud.... Most new political [...]	2007-10-10 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5374	PUTTING BURMA IN THE FOREFRONT OF THAI [...] (C) In an effort to boost Thailand's awareness and consideration of current events in Burma, Embassy Bangkok has coordinated public outreach efforts, held meetings with key RTG officials and third country diplomats, as well as continued contact with various Thailand-based Burmese exiles workin [...]	2007-10-11 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5392	THAI MFA FOCUSING ON PROSPECTS OF DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Thailand views the GOB offer to open a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as a promising avenue to begin reconciliation in Burma, but prefers to follow the lead of the UN according to an MFA working-level official. Moreover, he believes that ASEAN and Thailand's relationship with the G [...]	2007-10-12 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5406	GAMBARI SEEKS THAI HELP WITH BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Burma Envoy Gambari is seeking Thai assistance to convince the SPDC to allow him to enter Burma sooner; stay longer; and facilitate a dialog with all stakeholders. The Thai are committed to conveying these points to Burma, but they are not certain how best to do it. The Chin [...]	2007-10-15 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5407	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Summary. The National Security Council October 12 proposed to lift martial law in eleven provinces and to impose martial law in three provinces. The Thai cabinet is expected to approve proposal October 16. The Ambassador called Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi [...]	2007-10-15 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5408	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Summary. The National Security Council October 12 proposed to lift martial law in eleven provinces and to impose martial law in three provinces. The Thai cabinet is expected to approve proposal October 16. The Ambassador called Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi [...]	2007-10-15 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5410	GAMBARI SEEKS THAI HELP WITH BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Burma Envoy Gambari is seeking Thai assistance to convince the SPDC to allow him to enter Burma sooner; stay longer; and facilitate a dialog with all stakeholders. The Thai are committed to conveying these points to Burma, but they are not certain how best to do it. The Chin [...]	2007-10-16 02:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5437	THAI KING HOSPITALIZED AFTER STROKE; CONDITION [...] (C) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej was hospitalized on October 13 after what the Palace described publicly as inadequate blood flow to his left cerebral cortex, resulting in weakness on the right side of his body. Privately, Arsa Sarasin, the King's Principal Private Secretary, told the Ambassa [...]	2007-10-16 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TH
07BANGKOK545	JANUARY 26 UPDATE: MARTIAL LAW, CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) The MFA Permsec reports that the King has signed the decree on the partial lifting of martial law. The Constitution Drafting Committee elected one of the figures who helped engineer the September 19 coup d'etat as its chairman, in a move that will likely dismay liberal elements of civil [...]	2007-01-26 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5455	THAIS OFFER UPDATE ON STATUS OF ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) Thailand anticipates that the ASEAN charter will be ready to sign at November's summit in Singapore, stated a working level contact at the Thai MFA. He cautioned that the ASEAN members were still deliberating bracketed portions of the text. He emphasized that not all ASEAN members shared [...]	2007-10-17 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BM
07BANGKOK5482	THAI ELECTION DECREE ADVANCES AMID CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On October 16, the Thai cabinet approved a decree scheduling a December 23 general election for an expected royal endorsement. The Election Commission has ruled that a banned politician acted legally when he campaigned for the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP),opening the door to ca [...]	2007-10-18 11:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5499	EMBASSY REFERRAL FOR THAN U WIN, A.K.A AUNG WAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (C) Embassy is referring dissident Burmese citizen, Than U Win, a.k.a. Aung Way, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biograpical information follows: Name: Than U Win, a.k.a. Aung Way [...]	2007-10-19 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK5503	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5504	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5520	THAILAND URGES BURMA TO COOPERATE WITH UN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel A Burma demarche to MFA Permsec October 22. For the second time this month, the Thai PM sent a strongly-worded letter to Than Shwe urging the Burmese to cooperate with UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari. The Thais are waiting for a response from GOB. MFA Permsec [...]	2007-10-22 11:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5521	REGIONAL UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE BRIEFS WESTERN [...] (C) The regional UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) in Bangkok is focused on gathering information about what happened during September's protests and subsequent crackdown by the Burmese junta, as well as pushing the UN to incorporate human rights in its response, stated representatives from OHCHR [...]	2007-10-22 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5551	CORRECTED DOBS FOR PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) Post noted inaccuracies in Dates of Birth (DOB) of 24 North Korean refugees that the Department previously authorized to process in Reftel (A). Correct DOBs were uploaded into WRAPS after authorization, so SAO processing should not [...]	2007-10-25 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KN KS
07BANGKOK5555	NO PLANS FOR COMPREHENSIVE THAI ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) The decision by a prominent Thai poll monitoring organization and the European Union to not deploy observers for Thailand's upcoming December 23 general elections leaves a dearth of objective election monitors for Thailand's first election following the September 2006 coup d'etat. While th [...]	2007-10-25 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5557	BURMESE DISSIDENTS EXPRESS INCREASED FEAR OF ARREST [...] (C) Burmese dissidents, including media organizations, reported to us that they received information Thai police and military escalated scrutiny of the activists' operations in Thailand. One prominent activist warned of impending arrests by the Thai authorities. Embassy RTG contacts told us t [...]	2007-10-25 12:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5567	THAI CABINET BLOCKS MARTIAL LAW PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. The Thai Cabinet October 22 rejected a recommendation by the Thai National Security Council (NSC) that would have left martial law in place in many areas of the country. In response, the NSC is reportedly preparing a revised proposal that is expected to lift martial law in many [...]	2007-10-26 11:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5568	BURMESE ALLEGE US SUPPORT FOR VIOLENT ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese MFA strongly criticized the Thai position on Burma, and alleged US support for armed violence against Burma by the Karen National Union. The accusations were made in a recent meeting between the Burmese deputy foreign minister U Maung Myint and the Thai ambassador, a [...]	2007-10-26 11:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK5569	BURMA SUMMIT PARTICIPATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Permsec Virasakdi Futrukul on October 26. (Foreign Minister was unavailable due to impending travel.) Virsaksi had no immediate official reaction. Speaking personally, however, he cautioned that this ASEAN-wide demarche could elicit an adverse [...]	2007-10-28 23:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK5570	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE CLIMATE [...] Summary: Discussions with public administrators and civil society leaders in the deep south revealed recurring themes of continued fear, ambivalence about the effectiveness of the security forces aggressive arrest tactics, and the need for political space to resolve the conflict. Several conta [...]	2007-10-28 23:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5585	PRC POLITICAL OFFICER IN BANGKOK DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) A Chinese diplomat posted in Bangkok viewed Singapore's strong public line on Burma as unwise and doubted that Burma would be marginalized at the upcoming ASEAN Summit. He saw little possibility that Indonesia could exert meaningful influence on the Burmese regime. The diplomat suggested [...]	2007-10-30 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH BM
07BANGKOK5593	THAI ARMY BARS SOUTHERN DETAINEES FROM RETURNING [...] (C) Thai NGOs are concerned about a July 22 military order, based on martial law, that prohibits 384 named detainees from traveling to their homes in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces. Most of these detainees appear to be ethnic-Malay Muslims who have been compelled to particip [...]	2007-10-30 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK56	CONSTITUTION DRAFTING ASSEMBLY FORMED [...] (U) On January 1, a royal command appointing the 100 members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) came into force. The 100 members, selected by the Council for National Security (CNS) from a field of 200 short-listed by the National People's Assembly (reftel),will have 180 days from t [...]	2007-01-04 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5600	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CHAIRMAN CHARGES MILITARY [...] (C) The leader of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has alleged a military plot to diminish voter support for the PPP. The PPP leader substantiated his claim by releasing purported internal documents from the Council for National Security (CNS). A pro-Thaksin contact also provided c [...]	2007-10-30 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5620	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER PROPOSES THAIS, ASEAN PUSH [...] (C) During meetings this week with the Thai Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner encouraged Thailand to work with ASEAN to push Burma towards democratic change. Kouchner made a similar statement to the Singaporeans two days ago and according to French [...]	2007-10-31 11:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM FR
07BANGKOK5646	DEFENSE MINISTER PLEDGES NO INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told the Ambassador that the Thai military is committed to not interfering in the coming political campaign and that the Council for National Security could dissolve as it has no role to play at this point. Boonrawd stated his hope that the Burm [...]	2007-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MCAP TH BM
07BANGKOK5647	COURTS FREE SOUTHERN THAILAND DETAINEES, BUT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: A mixed October 30 ruling by Thai provincial courts, observed by Embassy political officers, compels the military to release 97 detainees from southern Thailand participating in an army-run "reeducation" training program. The ruling appears to allow the program to continue, althou [...]	2007-11-01 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5666	UN IAAC ELECTION: THAILAND TO SUPPORT SPANISH [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, we spoke on November 2 with Adisorndej Sukhasvasti, Director of the MFA International Organizations Division. Citing our earlier conversation (ref B) and subsequent discussions in New York (ref A),we urged that MFA instruct its UN mission to vote for David Walker i [...]	2007-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5689	SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government th [...]	2007-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5694	NEW COMMANDER PLEGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]	2007-11-06 11:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5695	NEXT ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN's incoming Secretary General, Surin Pitsuwan, stated that a regional approach was the best option to resolve the current crisis in Burma. During a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secretary Silverberg and the Ambassador, Surin proposed that ASEAN, China, India, and Jap [...]	2007-11-06 11:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
07BANGKOK5696	NEW COMMANDER PLEDGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]	2007-11-06 11:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK57	AMBASSADOR PRESSES SENIOR RTA, MFA OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) On the sidelines of the January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps on the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok (septel),the Ambassador separately pressed both Royal Thai Army (RTA) Assistant CINC Anupong Paojinda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn [...]	2007-01-04 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5718	THAI KING LEAVES HOSPITAL; SUCCESSION MECHANICS [...] (C) Thai King Bhumibol left the hospital under his own power on November 7. His return to the Palace enables many Thais to put aside for the moment anxiety about the transformation of Thai society that will take place when he leaves the scene. The Constitution and the 1924 Palace Law on Succ [...]	2007-11-07 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK573	JANUARY 29 UPDATE: MARTIAL LAW FORMALLY LIFTED IN [...] (C) A royal command lifting martial law in most of Thailand's provinces has now taken effect. The police have released all suspects detained in connection with the December 31 bombings. Acts of violence continue in Thailand's southern border provinces, with a roadside bomb exploding after th [...]	2007-01-29 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5731	LOCAL NGOS TELL A/S SILVERBERG THEY SUPPORT USG [...] (C) Five prominent organizations working on Burma-related issues in Thailand expressed their support for USG policy on Burma and offered ideas for next steps during a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secretary Silverberg and the Ambassador. Overall, the group felt that targeted sanctions [...]	2007-11-08 06:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5732	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES BURMA, DARFUR WITH THAI [...] (C) The Burmese junta has clearly demonstrated a willingness to engage only with the UN and not with ASEAN, in discussions relating to international concerns over Burmese repression, according to MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul. During a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secret [...]	2007-11-08 06:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO TH BM SU
07BANGKOK5736	CONFIDANT DESCRIBES STEPS FORWARD FOR BURMA [...] (C) Leon de Riedmatten, former liaison between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and the Burmese junta, recently discussed with UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari proposals to increase the effectiveness of Gambari's November mission to Burma. De Riedmatten told us that Gambari was more resolved to achieve [...]	2007-11-08 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5739	THAI ELECTION MONITORING: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) A new organization with an apparently pro-Thaksin leaning, founded by a group of Thai academics, plans to field thousands of election observers and conduct pre-election polling in advance of Thailand's December 23 general election. The organization expects to join a growing pantheon of 19 [...]	2007-11-08 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5741	COURTING THE VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a trip to the Northeastern stronghold of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in early November, we heard varying views of what may motivate the voters of this poor, rural region that will elect almost one-third of the members of the next House of Representatives. If [...]	2007-11-08 23:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5745	THAILAND: REACTION TO FATF GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (U) Econoff met on November 6-8 with RTG officials to deliver points on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) actions to underscore the threat posed by Iran to the international financial system. The officials met were: Maj. Gen. Termchai Srivixien Assistant Director, National Coordinating Ce [...]	2007-11-09 06:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC EFIN TH
07BANGKOK5765	AMBASSADOR RAISES KEY ISSUES IN FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed concern about the draft Internal Security Act in a November 9 farewell call on Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjittha. The Ambassador encouraged fair treatment for residents of southern Thailand detained by the Army, conveyed concern for an intimidated Australian [...]	2007-11-13 07:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5798	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with updated information associated with the United Nations General Assembly resolution on "Eliminating the Use of Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence as Instruments to Achieve Political [...]	2007-11-14 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5801	THAIS PREPARED TO SIGN CHARTER, DISCUSS BURMA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) cleared the way for Prime Minister Surayud to sign the ASEAN Charter at the ASEAN Summit scheduled for November 18-22 in Singapore. While the Charter passed on the first reading, the NLA did not approve the blueprint f [...]	2007-11-14 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
07BANGKOK5802	NLA MOVING QUICKLY ON WIDE-RANGING INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government is pushing ahead with the Internal Security Act with the National Legislative Assembly which passed the first reading by a wide margin on November 8. The Internal Security Act would provide the military, through its role in the Internal Security Operations Com [...]	2007-11-14 23:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5806	MATCHIMA PARTY LEADER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Matchima Thippathai Party Leader Prachai Leophairatana told the Ambassador he aims for Thailand to implement numerous "welfare state" policies. In a November 13 lunch, Prachai advocated free medical care, free education through college, and a debt moratorium. Still smarting from the loss [...]	2007-11-15 04:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON TH
07BANGKOK5824	FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON THAI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Most financial liberalization legislation should be completed before the December 23 elections, the Finance Minister told the Ambassador. The interim government is seeking &fast track8 trade agreement negotiating authority under a new constitutional requirement that requires parliamenta [...]	2007-11-15 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TH
07BANGKOK5827	SOUTHERN THAILAND: DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: In early November, poloff attended a dinner with senior Thai military and police officials involved in security operations in Thailand's deep south. The officials were remarkably candid about some of their shortcomings for dealing with the South, including real coordination betw [...]	2007-11-16 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK5839	CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES MONARCHY, POLITICS IN [...] (C) I paid a farewell call on Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on November 13. He appeared pleased with the news that his father had been able to jam two days earlier for two hours with the visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He said in general terms that the institution of the monarchy had help [...]	2007-11-16 06:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5849	PINHEIRO: BURMESE JUNTA WANTS RETURN TO STATUS QUO [...] (C) Professor Paulo Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, told us he planned to tell the UN that he did not see any indication that Burma's military junta wanted anything but to return to the status quo. Prior to a general briefing to Western diplomats [...]	2007-11-16 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 16 drew from reftel points to urge MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul to ensure RTG support for UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Belarus, Burma, and North Korea. In response, Virasakdi said the MFA headquarters in Bangkok was still in consultations [...]	2007-11-19 05:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5880	PINHEIRO TELLS DIPLOMATS IN BANGKOK TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) UN Special Rapporteur Paulo Pinheiro explained to Bangkok-based Western diplomats on November 16 that his recent trip to Burma had been "worthwhile." He described his interviews with five detained political prisoners as revealing and stressed his efforts to encourage GOB officials to perm [...]	2007-11-20 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5882	SOUTHERN THAILAND: SOUTHERN DETAINEES RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: On 15 November the Thai 4th Army lifted its ban on 384 suspected militants detained in the army's "vocational training camps" from returning to their homes in Thailand's deep south. This is a clear victory for human rights advocates and the rule of law, and is an example of the [...]	2007-11-20 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK59	JANUARY 4 DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THE BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn reiterated Prime Minister Surayud's public comments laying blame for the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok on "people who lost their political benefit [...]	2007-01-04 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PTER PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK592	BANGKOK'S DON MUANG AIRPORT TO REOPEN FOR SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Thai Ministry of Transportation announced plans to reopen Bangkok's old Don Muang airport for commercial traffic. Airlines operating domestic flights will be invited to move operations back to Don Muang on a voluntary basis. The new policy will result in onl [...]	2007-01-30 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR TH
07BANGKOK5927	THAI GEM INDUSTRY BELIEVES ANTI-BURMA LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK5932	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with a diplomatic note concerning the election for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and a copy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's curriculum vitae, we [...]	2007-11-26 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA
07BANGKOK5934	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) We called on Counselor of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division of the Department of International Organizations, Pattarat Hongtong, on November 26 and made the points outlined in reftel. 2. (C) Pattarat advised that Thailand planned to wait until it had a chance to hear all of [...]	2007-11-26 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS TH
07BANGKOK5935	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with a diplomatic note concerning the election for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and a copy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's curriculum vitae, we [...]	2007-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5939	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY'S VIEW OF UPCOMING ELECTION [...] (C) Top officials of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) anticipate winning over 200 seats in the December 23 election but remain concerned about bias from the Election Commission and the military's Internal Security Operations Command. In separate meetings with us on November 20-21, P [...]	2007-11-26 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5949	TRAVELS IN ISAAN - LOOKING TO PPP TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary. Contacts in three northeastern Thailand provinces told us that voters in the poor, rural area are likely to vote for the People's Power Party and the Motherland Party as these parties are the inheritors of former Prime Minister Thaksin's legacy. Networks of local officials and v [...]	2007-11-27 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK596	THAI MOVE TO DEPORT HMONG LAO FROM NONG KHAI BUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. On January 30, the RTG attempted to refoule the 156 Lao Hmong at the Nong Khai detention facility. The male members of the group resisted deportation and a stand-off ensued that lasted most of the day. The Embassy, as w [...]	2007-01-30 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK5967	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON BURMA [...] (C) During his farewell call on Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, the Ambassador pressed the issue of Burma from several angles, but received the same watered down responses the RTG has been delivering for the past two months. Nitya believed that Thailand and ASEAN had no choice but to en [...]	2007-11-28 11:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5975	UPSTART PARTY WINNING THAI ELECTION TV COVERAGE WAR [...] (C) Summary: A poll agency's November 9 - 20 analysis of television news coverage ahead of Thailand's December 23 election indicates that the upstart Motherland (Puea Paendin) party and its candidates received a disproportionately large share of news coverage compared to other, ostensibly more [...]	2007-11-29 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5991	SOUTHERN THAILAND: A TRIP TO THE QUEEN'S PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to southern Thailand Poloff and Army Attache saw two villages in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces the Queen's project is building in an attempt to provide family members of victims of the southern violence and teachers in the South with safe places to live. [...]	2007-11-29 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6011	SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEAF [...] (C) Summary. General Leaf, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government thr [...]	2007-11-30 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6029	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (C) Thailand is working to resolve the issue of airline safety highlighted by the FAA in an assessment last July, Transport Minister Thira told the Ambassador during a farewell call November 29. The Transport Ministry is also committed to keeping the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport ope [...]	2007-12-04 02:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD TH
07BANGKOK6058	JUDGING THE THAI ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Thai elections for members of Parliament are on track for December 23. Despite efforts by hard-line opponents of former PM Thaksin to delay or derail the election process, the campaign is in full swing. Our steady message advocating for elections this year helped to influence this v [...]	2007-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6069	MATCHIMA PARTY'S PROSPECTS DIM AS BUMBLING LEADER [...] (C) The Matchima Thippathai Party faces an uphill struggle for relevance after the conviction of Party Leader Prachai Leophairatana for financial improprieties. This conviction marks the most recent of several setbacks for Matchima, a collection of avaricious politicians from the Northeast who [...]	2007-12-07 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6106	THAILAND SUPPORTS EARLY RATIFICATION OF ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche, an MFA ASEAN Department official argued in favor of the quick ratification of the Charter. Deputy Director General Manasvri reasoned that it was better to have Burma be a party to a binding agreement, and look for ways to use the mechanisms of th [...]	2007-12-13 05:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6133	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The RTG has called for Iran to cooperate further with the IAEA, although Thailand appears unlikely to complain strongly and publicly about the extent of Iran's cooperation. A working level MFA contact told us Thailand would abide by any UNSC resolutions ordering sanctions against [...]	2007-12-13 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC TH
07BANGKOK6155	RTG REMAINS HOPEFUL ABOUT ROLE FOR ASEAN IN BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA working level contacts continued to view ASEAN as having the potential to successfully steer the Burmese junta towards political and economic reform. The organization's midnight statement on November 19th, essentially enshrining its long-standing policy of non-interference in [...]	2007-12-14 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK6157	ALCOHOL-FREE ADVANCED VOTING AS THAI ELECTION NEARS [...] (C) Officials indicate they are ready to manage a record number of absentee and advanced voters who will cast their ballots on December 15-16, ahead of scheduled December 23 elections. The Supreme Court convicted a Democrat candidate of buying votes during the 2001 elections, thus ending his [...]	2007-12-14 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6158	PM SURAYUD DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, BURMA, BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 13 farewell call, Surayud shared the Ambassador's hopes for a smooth election but did not offer predictions for how this would proceed Surayud indicated he sympathized with USG concerns about the draft Internal Security Act and amendments to the Foreign Busines [...]	2007-12-14 11:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC MOPS TH BM
07BANGKOK6159	ELECTION COMMISSION FOCUSING ON PRO-THAKSIN PARTY [...] (C) The Election Commission (EC) has begun investigating two high-profile complaints about acts of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The investigations will take weeks, and a top PPP lawyer assured us PPP could not be found to be at fault. He also told us PPP remains on track to win [...]	2007-12-14 12:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK6170	LEADER OF ANTI-THAKSIN CAMP EQUALLY SCATHING ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, staunch anti-Thaksin NLA member Prasong Soonsiri said that the Thai election will likely result in a dilemma for the military because the pro-Thaksin PPP party will be in position to form the next government. On the other hand, if PP [...]	2007-12-17 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK6182	RECORD-SETTING ADVANCE VOTING AHEAD OF THAI [...] (C) Officials announced that a record-breaking three million absentee and advance voters cast their ballots December 15-16, ahead of scheduled December 23 elections. Observers lodged some procedural complaints, but international election monitors said the vote was conducted in a "competent ma [...]	2007-12-18 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6226	TOP FIVE THINGS THAT MAY (OR MAY NOT) HAPPEN AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Despite all the polls and predictions, no one is sure how the epic struggle between supporters of former PM Thaksin and his equally-determined opponents will turn out. Sunday's election so far appears to be a genuine horserace, with vigorous campaigning underway [...]	2007-12-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK624	HOW THE THAI FORMULATE POLICY TOWARD BURMA [...] (C) The Thai MFA has a lead role in drafting policy toward Burma and normally clears its drafts through an interagency body that includes the National Security Council (NSC) and the Army. When the RTG formulated its position on the UNSC resolution on Burma, however, the MFA had full control of [...]	2007-02-01 00:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK6243	OBSERVERS, OFFICIALS READY FOR UNPREDICTABLE THAI [...] (C) International observers, from this Embassy, ConGen Chiang Mai, other diplomatic missions, and international organizations are preparing to deploy over 100 foreign observers to monitor the December 23 Thai general elections. One international observer group remains concerned that procedural [...]	2007-12-21 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6244	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-21 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6247	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-24 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK6248	THAI ELECTIONS: PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CLOSE, BUT NO [...] (C) Unofficial results following Thailand's December 23 election indicate that the Pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has won 227 seats in the 480-seat parliament, but not enough for an absolute majority. (We note that this is not yet a final result.) It remains unclear if the PPP will en [...]	2007-12-24 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6280	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY TRYING TO ASSEMBLE COALITION [...] (C) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) is working to draw sufficient support from other parties to form a government. There are enough small and medium size political parties that none of them can assert it holds the definitive swing vote. We have not yet seen any strong indication th [...]	2007-12-27 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6294	SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government's effort to quell the insurgency in the south through the administration of justice is abysmal. Since 2004, it has successfully prosecuted only a handful of cases while the security forces maintain they are aware of thousands of suspects. Corrupt police and a [...]	2007-12-29 08:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK680	CHINA ON THAILAND, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND EAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese diplomats confirmed that Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont will visit China in April, and shared that the Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has delayed his planned trip in a snit. The Chinese stated that CNS Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin's recent trip to Bei [...]	2007-02-02 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS CH TH ASEAN SN JA

07BANGKOK712	CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME? [...] (C) Summary: The current leadership has so far been unable to deliver what it promised with the September 19 coup: accountability from Thaksin for his alleged corruption and hijacking of democracy, and sound leadership to reunify the country during the transition back to democratically-ele [...]	2007-02-05 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK728	BURMESE EXILE COMMUNITY STILL SEARCHING FOR A [...] (C) In the aftermath of a failed UN Security Council resolution, members of the Burmese exile community are advocating a variety of strategies, including enhanced USG engagement with China to encourage inclusion of NLD and ethnic groups in the final phase of Burma's National Convention, establ [...]	2007-02-06 08:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NSC BH TH
07BANGKOK740	THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COBRA GOLD [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold is America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia. Much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand, it is a projection of American power and engagement in Asia. Cobra Gold is vital to advancing our strategic interests in Asia, including advancing regional securi [...]	2007-02-07 01:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK744	THAILAND TRANSITION - ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: As Washington agencies consider whether to proceed with Cobra Gold, we offer our assessment of progress to date on the transition back to democratically-elected government. CNS chief GEN Sonthi and PM Surayud have both publicly committed to elections before the end of the year, p [...]	2007-02-07 04:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK756	THAILAND: GEN SONTHI DISCUSSES CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin admitted to the Ambassador on Feb 6 his frustration with Cabinet members, especially Finance Minister Pridyathorn Devakula, who have their own agendas. Sonthi is confident that a new Constitution will be dra [...]	2007-02-07 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK80	THAKSIN CALLS AMBASSADOR, DISCUSSES BOMBINGS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin phoned on January 5, wishing me a happy New Year. I remarked that I had returned to Thailand from the U.S. only two days before the December 31 bombings. Thaksin asked inquisitively whether we knew who had carried out the attacks. I said we did not. He said [...]	2007-01-05 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ASEC CVIS TH
07BANGKOK816	UPDATE ON HMONG REFUGEES AT NONG KHAI [...] (C) There has been no RTG movement on the 153 Lao Hmong refugees currently in detention in Nong Khai after the refugees' own resistance and international opposition stopped their deportation to Laos on January 30. The RTG has not indicated whether it will allow those Hmong already approved fo [...]	2007-02-09 07:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK883	FOREIGN MISSIONS RESPOND TO THE FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) As instructed in reftel A, on February 12 we delivered a diplomatic note expressing USG concerns about the RTG's proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA) to Ms. Vilawan Mangkklatanakul, Counselor to the MFA Department of International Economic Affairs. Our action followed th [...]	2007-02-13 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK939	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) Chairman expressed concern to the Ambassador about voter education in the run-up to the referendum on Thailand's next constitution. In a courtesy call on the Ambassador after attending an Embassy-organized digital video conference with an [...]	2007-02-15 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OIIP KPAO TH
07BANGKOK940	FORMER PM ANAND DOWNBEAT ON ADMINISTRATION BUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun told the Ambassador he was concerned by the Surayud administration's lack of competence. In a February 14 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, Anand suggested the cabinet should be reshuffled. He did not object to the current political role played by th [...]	2007-02-15 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK964	SURAYUD APPOINTS A FORMER THAI RAK THAI DEPUTY [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud on February 16 appointed Thaksin-era Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak to head an economic commission. This dramatic and unexpected move appears to put Somkid -- who also was a Deputy Leader of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party -- solidly in the government [...]	2007-02-16 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
07BANJUL100	THE GAMBIA: GOTG DEFENDS ITS RECORD FOLLOWING MCA [...] (SBU) On February 23, the Embassy received a letter, dated February 13, addressed to Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Danilovich from the Gambian President's senior adviser, Secretary General Elizabeth Harding. In the letter, Ms. Harding asserts that the GOTG is "perplexed" over the M [...]	2007-02-26 16:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMCA PGOV EAID PHUM GA
07BANJUL103	THE GAMBIA: RECENT GOTG PERSONNEL CHANGES [...] (C) Indicative of President Jammeh's penchant for abrupt cabinet changes, a long-serving member was recently sacked, along with her protege, the number-two at the Foreign Affairs Department. The GOTG's veteran UN Permrep in New York was appointed to the newly established cabinet portfolio for [...]	2007-02-27 17:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GA
07BANJUL11	THE GAMBIA: AN IRASCIBLE PRESIDENT JAMMEH IN [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, an irascible President Jammeh delivered a familiar diatribe against Western donors while also taking a swipe at Senegal. His derisive remarks about the opposition are hardly encouraging in the runup to the National Assembly elections January 25. END SUM [...]	2007-01-09 16:53:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMCA SG GA
07BANJUL120	THE GAMBIA: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO DARFUR, [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. READINESS TO INCREASE DARFUR CONTINGENT ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) In March 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD) Colonel Lang Tombong Tamba stated that the GOTG was prepared to increase its AMIS troop co [...]	2007-03-05 12:32:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS AU GA
07BANJUL124	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S HEALING [...] (C) There are signs that President Yahya Jammeh may be easing up on his personal treatment of HIV/AIDS and asthma patients (ref a). Recent days have witnessed a reduction in local media coverage of Jammeh's treatment program, which he began in mid-January. The Banjul rumor mill has it that at [...]	2007-03-08 16:56:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI GA
07BANJUL126	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S SPEECH TO NATIONAL [...] (C) An unusually subdued President Jammeh delivered his annual address March 2 marking the National Assembly's opening session for 2007. Providing a broad overview of GOTG actions in 2006 and plans for 2007, he highlighted the GOTG's getting back on track with the IMF, while omitting any menti [...]	2007-03-09 17:06:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KMCA EPET GA
07BANJUL134	THE GAMBIA: ARREST OF SENEGALESE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (C) The local media have reported Gambian authorities' early February arrest and ongoing trial of five Senegalese customs officials, allegedly picked up in Gambian territorial waters. In recent conversation with Ambassador, the prominent Gambian attorney representing the Senegalese defendants, [...]	2007-03-14 17:24:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA SG
07BANJUL147	THE GAMBIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Finance and Economy Minister Bala Gaye and Central Bank Governor Jatta were predictably upbeat on the GOTG's success in getting back on track with the IMF and were optimistic that The Gambia would perform satisfactorily under the new PRGF so as to qualify for debt relief as early as mid-20 [...]	2007-03-20 08:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD EFIN PREL KMCA PTER IMF GA
07BANJUL154	THE GAMBIA: MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR? [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 15:54:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS AU UN GA SU
07BANJUL167	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (C) In recent discussions on the negative human rights trend here, our contacts were downbeat on prospects for early improvement. A reform-minded Muslim cleric, Imam Baba Leigh, portrayed a cowed and co-opted Islamic relgious establishment as unwilling to confront President Jammeh over the GOT [...]	2007-04-02 11:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMCA KISL GA
07BANJUL173	THE GAMBIA: THE SAGA OF FATOU JAW MANNEH [...] (C) Reftel reports authorities' March 28 detention of a U.S-based Gambian (and U.S. legal permanent resident) journalist and fervent opposition supporter, Fatou Jaw Manneh. Manneh, resident in the U.S. for over ten years since she was granted political asylum in 1994, was picked up by officer [...]	2007-04-04 16:47:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMCA GA
07BANJUL175	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S HEALING POWERS [...] (U) President Yahya Jammeh has announced the expansion of his medical treatment program to include diabetes patients. In an April 3 GOTG cabinet meeting, according to the local press, Jammeh revealed to his ministers that, in addition to his current treatment program for HIV/AIDS and asthma pa [...]	2007-04-05 15:00:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI GA
07BANJUL180	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON CASE OF FATOU JAW MANNEH [...] (C) Reftels report the March 28 detention and subsequent trial of U.S.-based Gambian journalist and opposition supporter Fatou Jaw Manneh. She is currently free on bail after pleading not guilty, and her trial resumes April 11; emboffs plan to attend the session. There is the possibility tha [...]	2007-04-10 14:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMCA GA
07BANJUL19	THE GAMBIA: TIDBITS ON IRANIAN TIES [...] (U) The local media reported Iranian President Ahmadinejad's 90-minute stopover in Banjul January 13 en route to Venezuela, followed by another, equally brief stopover here January 16 en route back to Tehran. On both occasions, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh met with Ahmadinejad at Banjul's a [...]	2007-01-16 17:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS GA IR
07BANJUL207	THE GAMBIA: FATOU JAW MANNEH'S TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (U) The trial of U.S.-based journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh, accused of sedition, resumed on April 20 with a closed court session, during which an officer of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) continued his testimony from April 13. Journalistic accounts of the session report that the witness [...]	2007-04-23 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMCA KDEM GA
07BANJUL212	THE GAMBIA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 10:52:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GA
07BANJUL217	THE GAMBIA: TOP POLICE OFFICER FIRED [...] (C) On April 25, the GOTG announced the dismissal of the country's senior police officer, Inspector General of Police Musa Mboob and the selection of his deputy, Benedict Jammeh, as his successor. The announcement omitted any mention of the reasons for Mboob's removal, but a knowledgeable journ [...]	2007-04-27 11:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC GA
07BANJUL234	THE GAMBIA: THE MILITARY GETS ITS FIRST GENERAL [...] (C) The GOTG announced May 2 President Yahya Jammeh's decision to promote Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD) Lang Tombong Tamba from the rank of Colonel to that of Brigadier General. Tamba thus becomes the first Gambian military officer to achieve the rank of General. The appointment occurred amid [...]	2007-05-03 15:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PHUM GA
07BANJUL24	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE TO POTENTIAL SOMALIA TROOP [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador made ref a demarche to Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa, urging the GOTG to consider contributing troops to an African Union (AU) Peace Support Operation (PSO) for Somalia. Jahumpa took the Ambassador's presentation on board and undertook to discuss it with Pr [...]	2007-01-18 17:54:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO GA
07BANJUL240	THE GAMBIA: CIVILIAN DEFENDANT IN TREASON TRIAL [...] (C) Ref a reported the April 19 conviction of ten military personnel for involvement in the abortive coup plot of March 2006. The separate trial of four civilian defendants -- among them dual (U.S.-Gambian) citizen Tamsir Jasseh -- continues. At the May 2 trial session, according to media r [...]	2007-05-07 13:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMCA KDEM GA
07BANJUL243	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall asserted that heightened strains in the Senegalese/Gambian relationship persisted and cited the ongoing trial here of five Senegalese customs officials as a case in point (ref a). It was clear, Fall asserted, that [...]	2007-05-08 14:58:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL245	THE GAMBIA: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) Per ref a, on May 10, Ambassador made follow-up demarche on the May 17 UN Human Rights Council election to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Mawdo Touray (President and Foreign Secretary are travelling),urging the GOTG to support the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia and oppose that of [...]	2007-05-10 14:53:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC GA
07BANJUL250	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER STRAINS IN TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In May 15 conversation with Ambassador, knowledgeable journalistic source spoke of growing strains in Senegalese/Gambian ties, saying a senior Gambian official, the National Intelligence Agency's head, had recently expressed concern to him privately that the GOS might close Senegal's borde [...]	2007-05-15 13:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL251	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA [...] (C) Gambian President Jammeh came away from his recent trip to Venezuela with a grant of $30 million and an unknown amount of oil-related assistance, according to our source. We are told that Jammeh, in his aid pitch to Venezuelan leader Chavez, claimed that the U.S. had "abandoned" him -- cit [...]	2007-05-15 18:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA EPET GA VE CU
07BANJUL257	THE GAMBIA: MEDIA ATTACK ON SENEGAL, CONVICTION OF [...] (C) A pro-GOTG daily led May 17 with report of recent meeting of Gambian dissidents and GOS Interior Ministry officials in Dakar as part of anti-GOTG plotting; a reported participant denied the report. On the previous day, May 16, the trial of five Senegalese customs officials ended with thei [...]	2007-05-17 12:29:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL258	THE GAMBIA: A GESTURE TO SENEGAL [...] (C) Reftel reports the Gambian court's May 16 conviction and sentencing to 18-month prison sentences of five Senegalese customs officials. The following day, May 17, the GOTG announced President Yayha Jammeh's decision to pardon the five, who were immediately released and handed over to the S [...]	2007-05-18 10:34:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV POINS SG GA
07BANJUL283	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL, [...] (C) An online "journal" reported May 28 the arrest of Senegal-based Gambian "rebels" entering The Gambia as part of preparations, with GOS complicity, for a renewed coup attempt. A knowledgeable source was not able to confirm the report, but said GOS had angrily denied a recent local media re [...]	2007-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL285	THE GAMBIA: INFLUENCE OF SENEGALESE ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 16:20:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SG GA
07BANJUL29	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH AS TRADITIONAL HEALER [...] (U) In recent days, President Jammeh has assumed the role of traditional healer, following in the footsteps of his father and other family members. Claiming healing powers, he paid well-publicized, televised visits to Banjul's principal hospital, visiting patients in their beds, holding the Q [...]	2007-01-19 12:22:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GA
07BANJUL301	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER MEDIA ATTACK AGAINST SENEGAL [...] (SBU) Following its May 17 article alleging GOS collusion in Gambian dissidents' anti-GOTG plotting (ref A),the pro-government "Daily Observer" led June 11 with further allegations of GOS support for destabilization efforts here. Under the headline "Senegal Continues to Destabilize Gambia," [...]	2007-06-11 16:36:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL325	THE GAMBIA: CASAMANCE VIOLENCE, SENEGALESE [...] (C) On June 22, the Inspector General of Police (IGP),claimed to RSO that on June 18 a "major battle" had erupted between Senegalese military forces and Casamance rebels near the Gambian border town of Sibanor. He said that the fighting had resulted in "substantial losses" to the Senegalese [...]	2007-06-22 13:39:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL332	THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING [...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...]	2007-06-25 15:41:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD
07BANJUL34	THE GAMBIA: JOURNALIST ON U.S, IRANIAN TIES [...] (C) President Jammeh remains deeply resentful over the suspension of MCA eligibility and holds Ambassador personally responsible, but advisers are quietly warning Jammeh to avoid going too far in antagonizing the U.S., according to well-informed journalist and Embassy contact. He said Jammeh h [...]	2007-01-22 11:16:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS KMCA GA IR
07BANJUL348	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador made ref a demarche to the Foreign Affairs Permananent Secretary (Deputy Formin equivalent),emphasizing the urgent need to find qualified peacekeeping forces for the Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Ambassador urged the GOTG to commit to expanding its current Darfur contingent of [...]	2007-07-02 13:58:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU GA
07BANJUL40	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche January 23 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin equivalent),registering our concern over the negative repercussions of a decision to give Sudanese President Bashir the AU Chairmanship at the upcoming AU summit. 2. (C) Joof f [...]	2007-01-23 12:35:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU GA
07BANJUL5	THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER THE [...] (C) On January 3, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall called on Ambassador to register concern over what he portrayed as the GOTG's continued meddling in the Casamance dossier. Fall claimed that three leading MFDC figures cooperating in GOS peace efforts -- Alexandre Djibba, Magne Dieme, and K [...]	2007-01-04 15:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG GA
07BANJUL64	THE GAMBIA: APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Following the ruling APRC party's overwhelming victory in the January 25 National Assembly elections for 48 of 53 seats (reftel),President Yahya Jammeh has selected members for the Assembly's five Presidentially-appointed seats. The five include an incumbent appointed member, Fatoumatta [...]	2007-02-05 16:16:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GA
07BANJUL7	THE GAMBIA: POSSIBLE TCC FOR AU PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 11:47:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU GA SO
07BANJUL76	THE GAMBIA: TERRORIST FINANCE:USG CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof, emphasizing need for redoubled efforts by the international community to prevent illicit cash smuggling used to finance terrorism and other illegal activity. Providing non-paper, Ambassador urged the GO [...]	2007-02-12 15:07:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER GA
07BANJUL78	CRITIC EXERCISE REPORT FOR EMBASSY BANJUL [...] DCM/Administrative Officer delivered reftel to the IMO at 13/0940Z February 2007. 2. IMO processed the CRITIC EXERCISE message in accordance with established procedures. The CRITIC EXERCISE message was transmitted at 13/0941Z February 2007. 3. The exercise took only one minute. The o [...]	2007-02-13 12:12:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT GA
07BANJUL81	THE GAMBIA AND IRAN REPORTEDLY TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) Well-informed journalistic source told Ambassador February 14 that The Gambia and Iran would soon establish embassies, headed by Ambassadors, in the respective capitals. Our contact said an Iranian delegation was currently in Banjul to identify a suitable embassy site. He added that the G [...]	2007-02-14 18:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA IR
07BANJUL83	THE GAMBIA: NO CHANGE IN UNHELPFUL POSTURE ON THE [...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's Casamance posture in separate discussions February 14 with Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall and Pap Saine, the well-connected chief editor of the daily, "The Point." Both asserted that President Jammeh's meddling in the Casamance was continuing, claiming tha [...]	2007-02-15 17:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS SG GA
07BANJUL9	THE GAMBIA: EMBASSY CABLE ABOUT BOGUS CONGRESSMAN [...] (U) Reftel -- text contained in para 4 -- reported the June 2004 visit to The Gambia by a private American business consultant, Richard T. Hines, who evidently passed himself off to the GOTG as a member of the U.S. Congress. Reftel also reported Embassy's efforts to clarify Hines' status with t [...]	2007-01-09 14:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA
07BANJUL95	THE GAMBIA: ONGOING CONTROVERSY OVER PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) Since mid-January, President Jammeh has maintained his weekly treatment program for HIV/AIDS and asthma patients (see refs a and b for background). The treatment program continues to receive lavish media attention, receiving top billing in the evening televised news broadcasts and in the [...]	2007-02-23 16:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI GA
07BANJUL98	KEY OPPOSITION MEMBER'S POLITICAL INSIGHTS [...] (C) Omar Jallow, commonly known as "O.J.," a prominent figure in the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) coalition, met with Ambassador and Poloff to discuss his view of the Gambian political scene. He blamed the divided opposition for their poor showing in both [...]	2007-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GA
07BASRAH101	MAFIA-STYLE NETWORKS STIFLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah's infrastructure remains decrepit four and a half years after Coalition forces liberated the province. Mafia-style networks comprised of public officials and their associated political parties, militias, and corrupt contractors exploit weak governmental institutions and unde [...]	2007-10-30 17:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KCOR IZ
07BASRAH102	ISF-JAM CLASHES PREVIEW BASRAH PIC [...] (C/REL MNF-I) Summary: On October 26, Police Chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil provided Regional Embassy officers (REO) with an account of the recent clashes between Iraqi security forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters (JAM). (Ref. A) While the Iraqis were able to resolve the confli [...]	2007-11-01 16:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR IZ
07BASRAH106	SECURITY FOR SUNNIS REMAINS TENUOUS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Sheikh Abd al-Karim al-Dosari, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Basrah, called the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on the evening of November 5, to report a spate of violence against Sunnis that day: -Around 1230, the head of the Abu al-Khasib Municipal Council and thre [...]	2007-11-13 07:14:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM IZ
07BASRAH109	IRAN AND OIL IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: TAKING NOT GIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah governor Wa'eli (Fadhila) told REO Basrah on November 19 that virtually no imports of oil or derivatives from Iran enter southern Iraq. Rather Iran needs derivative imports. Oil smuggling to Iran is rampant. Wa'eli claimed that PM Maliki was allowing Iran to unfairly ben [...]	2007-11-19 16:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG ECON PGOV IR IZ
07BASRAH110	APPEAL OF GOVERNOR'S CASE IMPEDES RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (C/Rel MNCI) SUMMARY: Basrah's Badr leader, Hasan al-Rashid, expressed optimism that increased dialogue among local political parties was improving the political environment. He characterized the Sadrists' recent engagement with the [...]	2007-11-19 18:22:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH116	SAYID AL-SHUHADA LEADER DENIES IRANIAN TETHERS [...] (C/REL AUS/CAN/UK) SUMMARY: Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS) Secretary General Sayid Dagher al-Musawi visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on December 13, 2007. SAS is believed to be an Iranian front organization, but Dagher denied he is controlled by Iranians. Rather, he claimed SAS is a legitim [...]	2007-12-15 15:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH12	REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 01/24/2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: REO Basrah's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 01/23/07 to address the recent Indirect Fire (IDF) attacks, morale, and the general security environment in Basrah. The EAC agreed to limit time spent in residential trailers to one hour, continue the restriction on non-eme [...]	2007-01-28 13:48:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT IZ
07BASRAH17	SECURITY - COALITION URGES TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and British diplomats and the commander of British forces in southern Iraq met on February 21 with 25 sheikhs from the Basrah Tribal Council to encourage them their role in the security process. The sheikhs and the Coalition exhorted each other to take the lead in fighting t [...]	2007-02-28 08:57:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR UK KCOR
07BASRAH27	ABU HATEM URGES U.S. TALK WITH IRAN, SYRIA [...] (C) Maysan's legendary resistance leader Abu Hatem (Abdul Kareem Mahod) met with the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah Louis Bono April 8 and urged the U.S. government to open talks with Iran and Syria. "There can be no stability in Iraq without dialogue with Iran and Syria [...]	2007-04-12 19:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH28	FADILLAH EMISSARIES SEEK CLOSER TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Two senior figures in Fadillah, Sheikh Abbas al-Zaydi from al-Kut Province, and Ismail al-Wa'eli, the younger brother of Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director April 12. Sheikh Abbas said that Fadillah is interested in impr [...]	2007-04-15 13:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH31	2,500 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE AGAINST BASRAH GOVERNOR [...] (C) About 2500 people marched peacefully on the office of Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli April 16 and delivered a letter of grievances. The demonstrators departed from the Great Mosque of Basrah at 09:00 and marched 1.8 kilometers to the government complex housing the governor's office an [...]	2007-04-16 13:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
07BASRAH35	IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE [...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...]	2007-04-30 11:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH37	BUSINESSMAN URGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The head of the Basrah Business Center, Abdul Hafiz al-Ati, met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah director April 26 and urged the United States to "take a small step" to attract foreign investment in Basrah's crippled economy. He said business develo [...]	2007-05-06 10:05:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EIND EINV IR IZ
07BASRAH39	STUDENT TAKES RISK TO DISCUSS LIFE IN BASRAH [...] (C) A Basrah Student Union leader met the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 7, to talk about Basrah University and life in general for the educated and moderate citizens of Basrah. The director noted the risk involved in visiting the REO and asked the student why he came in. The s [...]	2007-05-13 11:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON PHUM PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH41	BASRAH CLERIC FEARS CIVIL WAR [...] (C) Summary. A respected Basrah cleric (name protected) visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah May 19 and predicted that civil war could engulf Iraq's oil-rich southernmost province after Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) is implemented. He added that the political parties and securit [...]	2007-05-21 06:36:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
07BASRAH44	GOVERNOR, POLICE CHIEF REPORTED TO BE SACKED [...] (C) Rumors abound in Basrah May 24 that Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli and Basrah Chief of Police Mohammed Hammadi al-Musawi are about to be sacked. According to former Basrah Governor Hasan al-Rashid and other sources, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has decided to remove the governor fr [...]	2007-05-24 13:21:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINS IZ
07BASRAH45	LOCAL POLITICIAN ON SECURITY, PIC [...] (C) Iraqi National Dialogue Front (IDNF) Southern Director Awad al-Abdany met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 22 to discuss security and plans to handover provincial Iraqi control (PIC). Awad said the Basrah police are divided between factions. He said "the security forc [...]	2007-05-25 13:44:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL IZ
07BASRAH66	GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGES END IS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, Basrah Governor Mohammad Wa'eli received an order from the Council of Ministers directing him to step down from office. Wa'eli insists the order is unconstitutional but says he will abide by the decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal Court, which has the matter before it. [...]	2007-08-07 22:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR
07BASRAH69	BANI MALIK TRIBE STRIKES MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bani Malik tribe demonstrated they were a force to be reckoned with August 10, following the murder of the tribal leader's son. The Bani Malik assumed Badr Corps was responsible and attacked a Badr office, killing one Badr member. The tribe also attacked the offices of severa [...]	2007-08-13 12:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR IZ
07BASRAH70	CENTRAL BANK MANAGER ON BASRAH PROBLEMS: SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zuhair Ali Akbair, General Manager for the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI),Basrah Branch met with Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on August 11. Zuhair listed lack of electricity and security as the two main impediments to Basrah's development, but Zuhair showed no con [...]	2007-08-18 15:50:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ECON EAGR PGOV PTER IZ
07BASRAH71	BASRAH GOVERNOR LIKELY TO REMAIN IN OFFICE [...] (C) Regional Embassy Office contacts predict Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) will remain in his position despite the Provincial Council's no confidence vote against him. The sudden shift towards Wa'eli stems from reports that the Iraqi High Tribunal Court will decide in favor of Wa'eli. Fa [...]	2007-08-18 15:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH86	BASRAH POLICE CHIEF ON IRAN & SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Basrah Police Chief, Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil, told Regional Embassy Officers September 18 that Iran is training a Hezbollah-like force in reaction to rumors of a U.S. deployment to Basrah following a British withdrawal. Jalil expressed concern that Iraqi Prime Minister [...]	2007-09-23 05:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07BASRAH9	CAN GOVERNOR WA'ELI LEAD BASRAH AFTER PIC? [...] (C) Summary. On January 11, 2007, the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah and Basrah Provincial Governor Mohammad al-Wa'eli held a meeting that dealt with the need for strong leaders to take charge of security after Basrah goes to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC). The REO dire [...]	2007-01-22 15:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
07BASRAH90	AMIDEAST CONTINUES DESPITE BASRAH'S DANGERS [...] (SBU) The Basrah representative for the NGO AMIDEAST, Nezar Abbas (please protect),described the extremely difficult conditions of implementing Department-funded cultural exchange programs to REO IPAO on September 25. Nezar told us that AMIDEAST was currently promoting the Iraqi Young Leaders [...]	2007-09-28 07:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KLSO SOCI SCUL PHUM IZ
07BASRAH91	TENSIONS RISE AND ABATE BETWEEN BASRAH'S PC AND ISF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Basrah's Provincial Council (PC),led by the Fadhila Party, attempted to "vote out" Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) commander LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad and Provincial Director of Police (PDOP) MG Jalil Khalaf Shueil at a September 22 "emergency session." Both officers left bef [...]	2007-10-03 07:26:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
07BASRAH92	BADR LEADER EXPRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Basrah Governor and Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) told REO Director October 4 that Basrah's security has worsened. Unfortunately, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have done little to respond, and he accused Security Chief Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith F [...]	2007-10-08 15:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ
07BASRAH97	GOVERNOR'S RIVAL DELIVERS IRANIAN COMPLAINT, ASSESSES BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) advised Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on October 18 that the Iranian Consul General, Hamid Baghnan, visited him to protest the presence of British forces at the al-Shalamja crossing on the Iraq-Iran border. Bag [...]	2007-10-21 12:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS IZ IR UK
07BASRAH99	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND JAM CLASH IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: The tentative truce between the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) in Basrah was broken October 23 when fighting broke out throughout the city. Following a shooting of an alleged Organization of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) member at a police checkpoint, JAM forces laun [...]	2007-10-23 22:04:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR IZ
07BEIJING1	TAO VICE MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHEN [...] (C) China is concerned about Chen Shui-bian's "dangerous" plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform and expects Chen to emphasize this theme in his New Year speech, Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Administrative Vice Minister Zheng Lizhong told the Charge Decem [...]	2007-01-01 01:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
07BEIJING1065	REINCARNATE LAMA DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to a well-respected reincarnate lama from Gansu Province, the Chinese government has a secret plan to select the next reincarnation of the Dalai SIPDIS Lama, but cautioned that people would not respect a Government choice. The Rinpoche said the Chinese Government a [...]	2007-02-14 23:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH
07BEIJING1103	REFORMERS SHRUG OFF SHRILL LEADERSHIP SPEECH ON [...] (C) Several academic and media contacts assessed that the recent rule of law speech given by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan and reprinted in a Party journal (reftel) does not represent new trends in the thinking of the Central Government. The speech generally reflects concerns ab [...]	2007-02-15 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1154	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO INTERCEDE WITH COURT [...] (C) China is dissatisfied with the United States Government's inaction in preventing the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York from entering a default judgment in the Falun Gong case against China Central Television, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge F [...]	2007-02-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
07BEIJING1156	LUNAR NEW YEAR: CHINA'S MAD DASH HOME FOR THE [...] (C) China's annual rush home for the Lunar New Year, a holiday that stresses family unity, hit its peak February 15-16, with throngs of travelers flooding bus and train stations in big cities around the country. More than 100 million migrant workers are set to return to their hometowns. Des [...]	2007-02-16 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1158	CHARGE REQUESTS CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT THE XINHUA [...] (C) The Charge raised United States Government concerns about Xinhua News Agency's recent actions that linked renewal of foreign financial information distributors' annual licenses to the September 2006 media regulations with Xinhua News Agency's Vice President Lu Wei on February 14. Vice Pre [...]	2007-02-16 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO KIPR ECPS PREK ABLD CH
07BEIJING116	AFM HE URGES UNITED STATES TO "PREVENT" CHEN [...] (C) China urges the United States to take steps to prevent Chen Shui-bian from transiting the United States en route to Nicaragua next week, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge d'Affaires January 5. Claiming that the transit stops violate the United States' one-China policy a [...]	2007-01-05 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING117	PRC/BURMA: MESSAGE ON UNSC RESOLUTION DELIVERED; [...] (C) The PRC is prepared to block a UN Security Council resolution on Burma but appears confident there will not be enough support to bring such a resolution to a vote, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Cong Jun. MFA Director General for International Organizations tol [...]	2007-01-05 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
07BEIJING119	BURMA NEEDS A GOVERNMENT THAT REPRESENTS ITS [...] (C) Burma needs a government that represents the Burmese people and that provides more freedom to its citizens, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Hu Zhengyue told visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen on December 21. Hu said that China has been "working on" Bur [...]	2007-01-05 14:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM JP
07BEIJING120	CHINA'S EXPORTCONTROLS - THE SYSTEM AND ITS [...] (C) Although China's export controls are a work in progress that continue to undergo periodic revision since first promulgated in the 1990s, enforcement is opaque and considered the weakest link in the export control system. Despite official pronouncements that the PRC has prosecuted "scores o [...]	2007-01-05 14:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC ETTC BEXP ETRD CH
07BEIJING1223	DG LIU JIEYI WARNS AGAINST CHEN SHUI-BIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Washington should be vigilant about the risk that Chen Shui-bian will push for de jure independence in the run-up to Taiwan's 2008 election, stated MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi on February 12. The MFA is also concerned that the State Department's official website refers to Chen [...]	2007-02-26 08:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH TW
07BEIJING1238	CHINA'S BLOGS: NATIONALISM, SEX AND ONLINE [...] (C) The blossoming world of blogs, ranging from patriotic to religious to racy, is captivating China's surging population of Internet users, with some unexpected results. -- A blog petition launched by a popular television anchor calling for the Forbidden City Palace Museum to boot Starbuc [...]	2007-02-26 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1268	PRC-BURMA: MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) An MFA International Organizations Department official told us that State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Beijing's ideas about Burma's political situation during his visit to Burma that ended February 27. Responding to reftel demarche on next steps for the international community regard [...]	2007-02-27 11:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ELAB BM CH
07BEIJING1269	CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...]	2007-02-27 13:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
07BEIJING1314	CHINA AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR ARF NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) China has agreed to the United States' proposal (reftels) to hold an intersessional meeting on nonproliferation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF),Asia Department Deputy Director Tan Qinsheng said. China increasingly values ARF as the pre-eminent organization for discussing security issu [...]	2007-02-28 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING1320	LITERARY THRILLER: CHINESE AUTHOR PLANS TO SUE [...] (C) A controversial author's preparations to sue China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) for banning her book about early 20th Century Beijing opera stars has created a stir in Beijing's literary world. The book, by Zhang Yihe, is one of eight that were blacklisted at [...]	2007-02-28 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH

07BEIJING1322	TWO FORMER PRISONERS DESCRIBE PRISON LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Two former prison inmates recently discussed their prison labor experiences with Laboff. Although at completely different prisons, their accounts were similar. Both reported that labor was involuntary, and consisted of light industrial work for private companies that made outso [...]	2007-03-01 02:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS ELAB PGOV ETRD CH
07BEIJING1361	IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING1402	MFA EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER [...] (C) MFA North American Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi called in the DCM on March 2 to express China's "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to the announcement of planned U.S. sales of AMRAAM and Maverick missiles to Taiwan. Speaking from prepared points and with a high level of [...]	2007-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING1403	LEGISLATING HARMONY? CHINA'S ANNUAL POLITICAL [...] (C) China's annual legislative confab will soon get under way, with the national legislature convening on March 5 and the top advisory body opening on March 3. Although few surprises are expected at this highly scripted event, the public and media scrutiny of delegates and discussions will re [...]	2007-03-02 16:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1438	NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG GUOBAO: CHAMPION OF [...] (C) Summary. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao outlined China's growth in energy consumption and plans for expansion of production of a variety of energy sources at a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador on February 8. Zhang expressed his bureaucratic [...]	2007-03-05 08:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PGOV CH IR
07BEIJING1444	HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT REBIYA [...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Xu Jing on March 5 over reports that Rebiya Kadeer's son Ablikim, who awaits sentencing in Xinjiang Province on charges of subverting state power and ethnic separatism, is in critically poor health and urgently needs medical treatment. [...]	2007-03-05 10:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH
07BEIJING1482	PREMIER STAYS THE COURSE ON REFORM, DOLES OUT PORK [...] (C) In China's version of the State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized continued economic reform, balanced growth and social justice in remarks to open the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5. Wen promised to open state coffers to fund a number of social programs to a [...]	2007-03-06 14:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1484	AFM CUI TIANKAI ATTEMPTS TO BROKER BETTER TIES [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan February 6-9 in an effort to broker better relations between the two countries in light of recent tensions, according to an MFA official. While in Afghanistan, Cui negotiated an agreement to improve the security s [...]	2007-03-07 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING1505	LABRANG MONASTERY: CENTER OF BUDDHIST SCHOLARSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province is one of the six major Glug monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism. Historiclly, it maintained relationships with over 130 branch monasteries, and today still draws monks from around China. The monastery is home to 2,000 registered and 1,500 "unregi [...]	2007-03-07 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID SOCI SCUL CH
07BEIJING1508	PRC/NEPAL: MFA THINKING ON FUTURE DEALINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. China considers the Maoists to have joined the political mainstream in Nepal, despite the ongoing struggle between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance to strike a power sharing arrangement, MFA Asian Department India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Division officer Zhi Luying st [...]	2007-03-07 23:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP CH
07BEIJING1518	DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, VIETNAM AND JOINT [...] (C) Chinese scholars of Southeast Asian affairs told EAP DAS Eric John that Burma presents a major challenge and opportunity for United States-China relations following China's veto blocking a Burma resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The academics said China wants to cooperate wit [...]	2007-03-08 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UNSC CH BM VN XC
07BEIJING152	CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO BAR MEDIA, PUBLIC [...] (C) China urges the United States to prevent Chen Shui-bian from conducting public or media events during his upcoming transit stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Charge January 8. Expressing China's strong dissatisfaction over and continued o [...]	2007-01-08 07:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING1528	NDRC CHAIRMAN: SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON [...] (C) National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai said at a press conference on March 7 that the Central Government's macroeconomic control measures aim to send a clear message to the provinces to develop in a responsible way. Emphasizing the quality of development over th [...]	2007-03-08 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1590	PREMIER'S WORK REPORT: SICHUAN AND SHANGHAI [...] (C) Provincial leaders alternatively stressed parochial interests and fealty to the center's objectives when discussing Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 7. Zhou Yongkang, former Sichuan Party Secretary and current Mini [...]	2007-03-09 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING1591	NPC PREPARES TO ENDORSE PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW, [...] (C) The revised version of China's oft-delayed and highly controversial "Property Rights Law," currently under discussion at the annual National People's Congress (NPC),contains new language designed to defuse criticism that the party is abandoning socialist principles. However, it also tak [...]	2007-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING1596	BEIJING LEADERSHIP AND REFORMERS BOTH KEEP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. Despite another round of warnings from National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on "ensuring a smooth election" for Hong Kong Chief Executive on March 25, Beijing-based reformers continue to watch the Hong Kong process with an eye toward implications for China's own p [...]	2007-03-09 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH HK
07BEIJING1615	RURAL POLICY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AT NPC, [...] (C) Government leaders have once again made rural policy a focus of the "Two Meetings," as they attempt to address concerns about the growing urban-rural income gap and the lack of social services in the countryside. Premier Wen Jiabao, in his March 5 speech, devoted considerable attention to [...]	2007-03-12 08:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV CH
07BEIJING1627	MFA PREPARING FOR PM WEN'S VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) China and Japan hope to clarify and expand on the nature of their "strategic, mutually supportive partnership" during Premier Wen's planned mid-April visit to Tokyo, Asia Department DDG Qiu Guohong told Polmincouns March 12. Premier Wen's visit will be the first visit to Japan by a Chines [...]	2007-03-12 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA CH
07BEIJING1668	WU YI INTERVENES AS DR. GAO CASE LAYS BARE [...] (C) Vice Premier Wu Yi personally intervened in the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie in order to break an impasse between the Central Government and Henan Province authorities, xxxxx unusually candid comments, along with other observations from MFA staffers, reveal a glimpse into central-local dissonance and [...]	2007-03-13 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING1672	LI YUANCHAO DISCUSSES REFORM, PROPERTY LAW AT [...] (C) Pressing ahead with political and economic reform poses the biggest challenge for Jiangsu, provincial Party Secretary Li Yuanchao said at a dinner hosted by the Ambassador March 8. Interest groups that are unwilling to compromise, especially on issues such as health care, are slowing pos [...]	2007-03-13 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1679	PRC-RUSSIA: SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS AS HU JINTAO [...] (C) Hu Jintao will visit Moscow later this month at a time when many Chinese analysts believe the China-Russia relationship is at an all-time high, according to a leading Chinese academic on Russia. Hu's visit will kick off the Year of China in Russia and will serve as an opportunity for him [...]	2007-03-14 03:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MARR RU CH
07BEIJING1690	KEY CHINESE ACADEMIC SEES CROSS-STRAIT TIES [...] (C) A leading Chinese commentator on foreign affairs disagreed with China's standard line on Taiwan and told visiting EAP/CM Director John Norris that from his perspective Chen Shui-bian is a diminishing threat to Beijing. After other scholars offered familiar points about the danger of Chen [...]	2007-03-14 07:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW JA
07BEIJING1691	CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI- [...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...]	2007-03-14 07:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR JA AS CH
07BEIJING1697	SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...]	2007-03-14 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH
07BEIJING1698	FARE HIKES SPARK HUNAN RIOTS, CROWDS TURN ON POLICE [...] (C) A Hunan security officia confirmed a Xinhua News Service report that the March 9-10 violent protests over bus fare hikes in Yongzhou have tapered off. He denied foreign and Hong Kong news reports that a sudent was killed in the tumult. Security officials are now engaged in two investiga [...]	2007-03-14 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING1760	FIFTH GENERATION STAR LI KEQIANG DISCUSSES [...] (C) Liaoning Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to President Hu Jintao in 2012, described the challenges he faces as a provincial leader to the Ambassador over dinner on March 12. Engaging and well-informed, Li related that de [...]	2007-03-15 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1776	TWO CPPCC DEPUTIES SAY DEMOCRACY IS ON THE WAY [...] (C) Two Delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) predicted to Econoff that China will be more democratic within a generation with or without the support of the Communist Party. Businessman Wang Chaobin said his positive experience in the CPPCC with offering [...]	2007-03-16 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PREL CH
07BEIJING1790	ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONCLUDES WITH PASSAGE [...] (C) China's controversial Property Law passed with 97 percent of the vote at the March 16 closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC). As is the case every year, all 11 items on the docket at the final session were approved handily, though NPC deputies seemed genuinely surprised by [...]	2007-03-16 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1792	QINGHAI GOVERNOR EMPHASIZES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) China's only female governor, Song Xiuyan of Qinghai Province, emphasized the need for balanced development that promotes rapid economic growth and raises living standards while also protecting the environment during a March 11 lunch with the Ambassador. Protecting Qinghai's environment b [...]	2007-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING1815	FOR QINGDAO, INNOVATION MEANS MONEY [...] (SBU) Qingdao is a young and growing port city, with economic and science & technology (S&T) planners brimming with optimism. Local officials are promoting innovation, research and high tech development at every turn, with the primary goal being economic development rather than meeting all p [...]	2007-03-19 07:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL ECON PARM EINV CH
07BEIJING1838	PRC-ZIMBABWE: CHINA UNLIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI CH
07BEIJING1839	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SANCTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CG XA CH
07BEIJING1840	ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY TOUTS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary. Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, a contender to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2012/2013, describes Zhejiang as a driving force behind national economic growth. Zhejiang ranks high for income, low for income disparities, and makes substantial contributions to mig [...]	2007-03-19 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL ELAB SOCI CH
07BEIJING1841	PRC-JAPAN HISTORY DIALOGUE: COMFORT WOMEN ISSUE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese historians meet in Tokyo March 19-20 to conduct the second round of a dialogue on modern history intended to calm tensions in both countries, scholars and officials involved with the project told us. Officials say press reports that Premier Wen will cut short his April [...]	2007-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI JA CH
07BEIJING188	SECURITY FORCES RAID PURPORTED XINJIANG TERRORIST [...] (C) Local Xinjiang security forces raided a suspected terrorist camp in a mountainous region of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region near the Pakistan border on January 5, killing 18 and arresting 17 suspects, according to Chinese media and officials. According to Xinjiang public security officia [...]	2007-01-09 12:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CH
07BEIJING1882	DAUSTR BHATIA DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Although the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) will be an important legacy of the United States-China bilateral relationship, it is essential that the SED produce positive, practical results, Deputy United States Trade Representative Karan Bhatia told Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Ma [...]	2007-03-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
07BEIJING1884	INTERNET ADDICTION SCARE IN CHINA REVEALS DEEPER [...] (C) The perils of "Internet addiction" have been a hot human interest story in Mainland media in recent weeks, as newspapers and (of course) Internet news sites run a steady diet of cautionary tales about youths losing their way thanks to too much time online. The Ministry of Culture has ann [...]	2007-03-20 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING1886	CO-SPONSORHIP OF ARF INTERSESSIONAL SIGNALS [...] (C) China's agreement to co-sponsor with the United States an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation exemplifies China's desire to increase its emphasis on security cooperation through ARF, rather than APEC, MFA Asia Department Regional Security Division D [...]	2007-03-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF APEC CH
07BEIJING1895	BISHKEK IN AUGUST: SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 04:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KG ZK RU CH
07BEIJING1936	HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE [...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING1937	CHINA SEEKING SOLUTION AGREEABLE TO ALL ON UNESCO [...] (C) China will try to find a solution to the proposal for a UNESCO special session on the Old City of Jerusalem that satisfies all parties, MFA International Organizations Counselor Jiang Qin told PolMinCouns in response to reftel demarche. The Chinese Chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board wil [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNESCO CH IS
07BEIJING1960	KOSOVO: CHINESE MFA SEES POSITIONS HARDENING [...] (C) China sees positions concerning Kosovo as hardening, both between Serbs and Kosovars and among some UNSC members, the Deputy Director for MFA's Balkans Division told poloff. China supports Special Envoy Ahtisaari's efforts, but Beijing's position that it will only back a result agreed to b [...]	2007-03-22 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZL CH RS SR
07BEIJING1963	HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINA CHRISTIAN COUNCIL LEADER GAO [...] (C) Exchanges with United States religious institutions are extremely valuable for Chinese Protestants, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary Vice President and China Christian Council (CCC) Standing Committee member Gao Ying told Poloff during a March 15 meeting. Now is an especially opportune [...]	2007-03-22 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING1986	DARFUR: CHINA SEEKS CONSENSUS RESOLUTION IN HUMAN [...] (C) China believes the Human Rights Council should address the issue of Darfur and is urging the European Union and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to find a consensus text on a resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua told polof [...]	2007-03-23 06:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHCR CH SU
07BEIJING2009	AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES XINHUA REGULATIONS WITH [...] (C) On March 14, AUSTR for China and Mongolia Affairs Tim Stratford raised with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei WTO concerns over the September 2006 regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with Xinhua's wholly-owned distributor. AUSTR Stratfo [...]	2007-03-23 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR PREL CH
07BEIJING2016	CHONGQING LEADER WANG YANG SAYS "THE WORLD IS [...] (C) Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang, one of China's youngest regional leaders, told the Ambassador that continued good United States-China relations will depend on continued growth in bilateral economic ties. Wang frankly discussed the challenges he faces in Chongqing, but insisted that [...]	2007-03-26 03:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
07BEIJING2042	CHINA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING2043	UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK [...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...]	2007-03-26 14:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UK CH IR
07BEIJING2060	"NAIL HOUSE" ROCK: PROPERTY PROTEST STIRS [...] (C) A Chongqing family's refusal to abandon a building in the face of developers' bulldozers has captured the attention of Chinese media, scholars and netizens over the past week. The media have dubbed the building "the Nail House," referring to a Chinese term describing a person who refuses [...]	2007-03-27 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2073	CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]	2007-03-28 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING2130	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2138	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-04-02 01:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2139	EMBASSY RAISES FALUN GONG REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (C) Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Human Rights division March 30 to inquire about the reported unlawful repatriation from Russia March 28 of refugees Ma Hui, a Falun Gong practitioner, and her daughter Ma Ding (ref). Xu Jing, an offi [...]	2007-04-02 01:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CH RS
07BEIJING2188	17TH PARTY CONGRESS TO BOOST HU JINTAO'S [...] (C) Embassy contacts uniformly predict that the 17th Party Congress scheduled for this fall will boost Party chief Hu Jintao's ideological authority by listing his doctrinal slogans together with those of his predecessors. The relative weight that will be given to Hu's various ideological sl [...]	2007-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING2190	17TH PARTY CONGRESS: PERSONNEL RUMORS HINT AT [...] (C) This fall's 17th Party Congress provides Hu Jintao with the opportunity to consolidate his power and leave a long-lasting imprint on the Party, both in terms of policy and in the selection of China's next generation of leaders. In terms of personnel, nothing is guaranteed, beyond Hu Jintao [...]	2007-04-03 23:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING2217	KOSOVO: CHINA FEARS PRECEDENT SET BY INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) China fears the precedent that could be set by UN action granting supervised independence to Kosovo, according to Chinese scholars from a Ministry of State Security-affiliated think tank. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence without Serbian consent could someday [...]	2007-04-04 07:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK CH YI RS
07BEIJING2251	PRC/RUSSIA: MFA ADDS DETAILS ON SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) Personal friendship between Presidents Hu and Putin contributed to the success of Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia, according to an MFA official who accompanied Hu on the trip. The MFA readout emphasized cultural and trade activities associated with opening of the China Year in Rus [...]	2007-04-05 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG RS CH
07BEIJING2261	HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES TREATMENT OF KADEER [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING2321	CHINA "HAS NO PLANS" TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PARM IR CH
07BEIJING2338	COOKED STATS, RAW NERVES: UPBEAT PROTEST NUMBERS [...] (C) China's Ministry of Public Security has made a point in the early part of 2007 of publicizing statistics showing that "mass incidents" across China are on the wane, particularly in rural areas. MPS Vice Minister Liu Jinguo announced in January that the number of "mass incidents," which h [...]	2007-04-10 02:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2435	CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED IN [...] (C) No Chinese officials participated in the April 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Department's Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei during an April 12 meeting. Xu stated that China is well aware of its international obligations, [...]	2007-04-12 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA PARM CH IR
07BEIJING2436	ILSA: CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OIL DEAL IN THE WORKS [...] (C) China understands the United States' concerns about sending the "wrong signal" to Iran and is well aware of its obligations under UN resolutions, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Affairs Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei. During an April 12 meeting, Xu said China's representative to th [...]	2007-04-12 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING2459	RESIDENCE PERMIT REFORM: "OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE" [...] (C) An official announcement that residence permits in 12 provinces and regions will no longer classify citizens as rural or non-rural has pushed debate over China's household registration system back to the fore in media and academic circles. But as with previous declarations of reform, the [...]	2007-04-13 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
07BEIJING2471	AMBASSADOR RAISES VOA BROADCASTS, INTERNET [...] (C) China's blocking of Voice of America radio and television broadcasts and censorship of United States Government Internet sites undermines the kinds of exchanges China itself wants to foster, the Ambassador told State Council Information Office Director Cai Wu on April 9. The programs and [...]	2007-04-13 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING2481	PREMIER WEN'S VISIT TO JAPAN DOMINATES NEWS CYCLE [...] (C) Mainland media has presented saturation coverage of Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Japan this week as print, online and broadcast media have given the visit top billing. With few exceptions, the treatment has been straightforward and upbeat. The official and popular press has emphasized P [...]	2007-04-13 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH JA
07BEIJING2482	PROMOTING TIBETAN EDUCATION HELPS QUELL SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan monks from Qinghai and Gansu Provinces recently described efforts to reintegrate traditional cultural and religious elements into the curricula of two privately funded schools for underprivileged nomadic Tibetans in Qinghai's Golok Prefecture. Resettled Tibetan nomads a [...]	2007-04-13 13:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07BEIJING2484	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...]	2007-04-14 06:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING255	PRC/FRANCE: SEGOLENE ROYAL VISITS BEIJING [...] (C) Segolene Royal, the head of the French Socialist Party who hopes to become France's first female President in elections in April and May, had a positive visit to China, according to French Embassy Political Counselor Erkki Maillard. During her four-day trip to Beijing ending of January 9 [...]	2007-01-11 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CH FR
07BEIJING2599	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS DIALOGUES, [...] (C) Beijing-based human rights watchers reported that: -- Chinese officials referred to the Nangpa La Pass shooting incident on the Nepal border as "an accident" during the recent UK-China human rights dialogue. -- Germany will host the 23rd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue in mid-May in [...]	2007-04-18 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07BEIJING2631	PRC/INDIA: 10TH ROUND OF BORDER TALKS TO TAKE [...] (C) Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo will arrive in New Delhi April 20 to conduct the tenth round of China-India border negotiations, stated MFA Asia Department officer Xu Liyi. On April 19, Xu told poloff that EVFM Dai, who also holds the title of China's Special Representative to [...]	2007-04-19 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING266	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...]	2007-01-11 13:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING267	CHINESE OPPOSITION TO BURMA RESOLUTION UNCHANGED; [...] (C) Calling the Charge to a 9:00 pm "urgent meeting," Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said China has "clearly" told the United States that Burma is a matter of national security for China, that there is no present threat from Burma to regional peace and security, that none of Burma's ne [...]	2007-01-11 14:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
07BEIJING2670	CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...]	2007-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF
07BEIJING2711	PARTY SCHOOL CONTACTS ON COMING LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (C) Two Central Party School (CPS) scholars predicted that there will be only a few changes in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at this fall's 17th Party Congress, but that the Politburo is in for substantial changes and maybe even an expansion. In discussing the impetus for and limits [...]	2007-04-23 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING2802	PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER AZIZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (C) Prime Minister Aziz's April 16-20 visit to China focused on promoting economic cooperation, stated MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming. China and Pakistan signed several agreements that were "firsts" for China including the China-Pakistan Joi [...]	2007-04-26 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF PK CH
07BEIJING284	STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...]	2007-01-12 03:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH
07BEIJING2896	NORINCO CLAIMS TO BE FORGOING SALES TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The United States decision to permanently waive missile proliferation sanctions against NORINCO (reftel) confirmed for company officials that they had made the right decision to forgo sales to Iran, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association Secretary General Li Genxin told Po [...]	2007-04-30 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING2903	CICIR, PARTY SCHOOL SCHOLARS ASSESS TOP LEADERS [...] (C) China's top leadership approved in general terms the testing of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) technology, but they most likely were unaware in advance of the details of the January test, including the precise date, scholars from the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes of Contemp [...]	2007-04-30 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR CH
07BEIJING2949	MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH [...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...]	2007-05-04 08:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3060	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT [...] (C) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat political staff member Li Yan confirmed to poloff May 8 that invitations for the August 15-16, 2007 summit meeting of SCO heads of state in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have not yet been issued. Separately, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director [...]	2007-05-08 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF ZK KG CH
07BEIJING3078	KEY ECONOMIC ADVISORS ON FINANCIAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) The NDRC Director General for Fiscal and Financial Affairs said that Chinese monetary officials are &doing the best they can8 managing the increasingly difficult policy challenge of maintaining price and financial stability while facing a flood of liquidity in the financial system due to a [...]	2007-05-09 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
07BEIJING3085	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO 2007: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY [...] (C) Government officials and businessmen descended on Zhengzhou April 26-28 for the second Central China Expo. The Expo, a featured part of the Central Government's six-province "Central China Rising" strategy, was well attended despite the poor organization of volunteers who were ill-prepare [...]	2007-05-09 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV ENRG CH HK
07BEIJING3107	ANALYST DISCUSSES ANTI-JAPANESE SENTIMENT, [...] (C) A visiting American analyst of Asian regional affairs discussed Sino-Japanese relations with four scholars from three different Chinese government think-tanks during his mid-April visit to Beijing, soon after Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Japan. Scholars felt that key points in the often [...]	2007-05-10 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEAN CH JA
07BEIJING315	PM OLMERT'S CHINA VISIT [...] (C) The January 9-11 China visit by PM Olmert, the first visit to China by an Israeli Prime Minister in nine years, was very good with regard to atmospherics, with the Chinese accentuating the positive on areas of Israel-China policy agreement on Iran and the Middle East, although there were n [...]	2007-01-12 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH IS
07BEIJING3169	VFM ZHANG YESUI TAKES U.S. AFFAIRS ROLE, WILL [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has been made the VFM-level supervisor of the North American and Oceanian Affairs Department, though MFA contacts say that Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei will continue to supervise the Department on a day-to-day basis. Zhang, not Foreign Minister Yan [...]	2007-05-11 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH
07BEIJING3171	PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS [...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...]	2007-05-11 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH NP
07BEIJING3172	SHANGRI LA CONFERENCE: EVFM DAI BINGGUO WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING3173	PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY [...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BEIJING318	FOREIGN JOURNALISTS TEST CHINA'S RELAXED MEDIA [...] (C) Foreign journalists have had mixed results in testing China's newly relaxed travel and interview rules (reftel). Several dissidents and controversial figures have given interviews to foreign media outlets with no official interference or repercussions, our contacts told us. Nonetheless, [...]	2007-01-12 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING3232	NEW PROPAGANDA BLITZ ON MODEL TEACHER AIMED AT [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, a major propaganda campaign launched in April to celebrate the character and achievements of a PLA Navy political theory professor is the Party's latest effort to narrow the ideological chasm between official Party doctrines and the personal beliefs of cadres [...]	2007-05-14 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING3234	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA'S NEW SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFRICAN [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan shortly, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Deputy Division Director Weng Meihui said, adding that his division is working on the logistics of the trip. Weng echoed the MFA's public line that Liu wi [...]	2007-05-14 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN CH SU
07BEIJING3239	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST CONSULTATIONS IN BEIJING [...] (C) China has the capability to be a vital contributor and partner in global reconstruction and stabilization (R/S) efforts, Ambassador John Herbst told officials from the Ministries of Foreign and Civil Affairs and representatives from Chinese think tanks April 27-28. In the meetings, Ambas [...]	2007-05-15 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRS CH
07BEIJING3245	ARF: CHINA SUPPORTS MOST U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] (C) China's Foreign Ministry will consider carefully the United States' proposals for the May 25 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila, Asia Department Regional Security Division official Yang Shichao told poloff May 14 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. [...]	2007-05-15 08:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING3259	CHINESE POP PHILOSOPHER SPARKS CONFUCIAN SENSATION [...] (C) The sudden spectacular popularity of Yu Dan, a media professor whose televised lectures on Confucianism have broken ratings records, has set Beijing's chattering classes buzzing about ideology, Yu's integrity and China's spiritual needs. Telegenic and plainspoken, Yu has inspired compari [...]	2007-05-15 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3260	PRC/AFRICA: PRC NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Newly appointed PRC Special Representative for Sudan/Africa Liu Guijin will travel to Sudan from May 18-24 to meet with Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and other senior leaders, Liu told Polmincouns. A stop in Darfur is not currently scheduled. Liu looks forward to working [...]	2007-05-15 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH SU UN
07BEIJING3274	OBSERVERS MAY BE INVITED TO SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Observers from the defense attache corps in Moscow, including from the United States, will probably be invited to observe this summer's "Peace Mission 2007" military exercise conducted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Russia, MFA Director General for Eurasia Chen Guoping to [...]	2007-05-16 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU ZK CH
07BEIJING3292	PRC/ETHIOPIA: MFA DETAILS PRC RESPONSE TO APRIL 24 [...] (C) China was shocked "top to bottom" by the April 24 dawn attack by some 200 Ogden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels o a Chinese oil facility near the Somali border in the Ogaden region, MFA Deputy Division Director Zhou Haihong told us on May 16. Describing the incident as "totally un [...]	2007-05-16 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PREF CH ET
07BEIJING3311	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON WEN VISIT, YASUKUNI SHRINE [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese leaders made calculated decisions that allowed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan to succeed, Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto told the Ambassador in a May 9 meeting. Japanese PM Abe judged that a successful Wen visit would help his domestic [...]	2007-05-17 08:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD JA CH
07BEIJING3322	COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE LEADER HU CHUNHUA [...] (C) Communist Youth League First Secretary Hu Chunhua told the Ambassador that 70-80 percent of China's rural youth seek work in urban areas and this sort of social change, plus the unprecedented number of university graduates seeking jobs, presents serious challenges. Scrutiny of new appli [...]	2007-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3411	ILSA: CHINA: MFA CHARACTERIZES YADAVARAN OIL DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR

07BEIJING3416	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER TECRO WASHINGTON EVENT [...] (C) MFA DDG for North America Xie Feng called in Polmincouns on May 21 to express Beijing's concern over a May 9 TECRO-hosted event in Washington at which TECRO representatives reportedly flew the "so-called" Republic of China (ROC) flag, played the ROC national anthem and made remarks emphasi [...]	2007-05-21 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING3450	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS OF SODIUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message encouraging Chinese officials to investigate past and future shipments of sodium perchlorate to entities in Iran designated in the Annexes to UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Third Secretary [...]	2007-05-22 06:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING3462	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]	2007-05-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3503	CORRUPTION TALES: WHEN THE DOG BARKS, BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Former head of China's General Administration for Press and Publications (GAPP) Long Xinmin, recently replaced by Liu Binjie, was sidelined over corruption charges, according to an American academic who knows Long well. Beijing real estate developer Liu Jun, charged with bribery and implic [...]	2007-05-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
07BEIJING3512	CHINA/ILSA: SINOPEC REITERATES YADAVARAN DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL CH IR
07BEIJING3648	PRC-JAPAN: EAST CHINA SEA TALKS, LEE TENG-HUI [...] (C) The first round of East China Sea talks following Premier Wen's landmark visit to Tokyo clearly outlined the difficulty of bridging gaps between Beijing and Tokyo and moving toward joint exploitation of East China Sea resources, according to MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun. To [...]	2007-05-31 08:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH KS
07BEIJING3658	SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) China does not favor expanding sanctions on Sudan and seeks more time for diplomacy, PRC Special Representative for Africa/Darfur Liu Guijin said in response to Polmincouns' delivery of Ref A message on the President's announcement of United States' sanctions on Sudan over lack of progress [...]	2007-05-31 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3706	THAI PM MEETS CHINESE LEADERS AND SIGNS FIVE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot visited Beijing and Kunming May 28-29, meeting with President Hu, Premier Wen and State Councilor Tang. The PM was accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister, who met separately with PRC Defense Minister Cao and state-run arms procurement [...]	2007-06-01 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CH TH
07BEIJING371	PRC SUGGESTS LIMITS ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] (C) China believes the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) should be extended for only six more months, that the February extension should be MINUSTAH's final extension and that the scope of the mission should be reduced to the size it was when the mission was first establ [...]	2007-01-16 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
07BEIJING3724	DISSIDENTS HOLD VIRTUAL RALLY AS TIGHT SECURITY [...] (C) The eighteenth anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square passed without incident in Beijing. Security presence in the Square was more visible and aggressive than last year, but in a break from past precedent, only a handful of activists were detained in advance of the [...]	2007-06-04 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3725	DEATH OF VICE PREMIER HUANG JU TO HAVE LITTLE [...] (C) The death of Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju on June 2 is unlikely to have an impact on Chinese policymaking, given that he had long been suffering from cancer and already had ceased playing an active role in Chinese politics. Nor should his death greatly upset personnel arrangements for th [...]	2007-06-04 23:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CH
07BEIJING3770	NE ASIAN TRILATERAL DISCUSSES DPRK, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) The June 3 Northeast Asian Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting focused on discussion of the North Korean nuclear issue, regional cooperation and policies towards Central Asia and the Middle East, MFA Asia Department Multilateral Affairs Division Deputy Director He Xiangqi told poloff. T [...]	2007-06-05 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA KN KS CH ZK XF
07BEIJING3771	CHINA/SUDAN: BEIJING OPPOSES CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposes two proposed Congressional resolutions related to China's role in Darfur, Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the Charg on June 5. Liu contended "Darfur is moving in the direction of being resolved" and th [...]	2007-06-05 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD UN CH SU AU
07BEIJING3884	CHINA'S DRAFT CHARITY LAW [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has obtained a copy of China's draft "Charity Law" (para. 5). The Law would create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China for the first time, but whether it will serve as a stimulus to the development of Chinese civil society, or as a means for the [...]	2007-06-08 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KOLY ELAB CH
07BEIJING3895	CONTACTS CITE LEADERSHIP CONCERNS OVER FUTURE [...] (C) While Chinese across the country continue to obsess over the latest moves of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses (reftel),Beijing contacts caution that frenzied stock market investment (over 100 million Chinese hold shares as of early June) is an increasing concern for Beijing's leaders. [...]	2007-06-08 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON CH
07BEIJING3896	STUDENTS RIOT IN ZHENGZHOU OVER BEATING OF [...] (U) More than 1,000 students rioted in Zhengzhou, Henan Province on the evening of June 6 over the beating by city inspectors of a female vendor who was a student at a local university, according to international and Chinese media reports on June 8 (see Ref A). The situation spiraled out of c [...]	2007-06-08 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07BEIJING398	EAP PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES KOREA WITH CCID [...] (C) Resumption of the Six-Party Talks in December 2006 was highly significant and no easy task, Miao Weicheng, Acting Director General for Asia at the International Department of the Communist Party Central Committee (CCID),told visiting EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens on January 16. Financial issues [...]	2007-01-17 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
07BEIJING399	MILITARY THINK TANKERS STRESS TAIWAN CONCERNS TO [...] (C) Academics from military-related think tanks stressed to EAP PDAS Kathleen Stephens that Taiwan remains the most important security issue in the U.S.-China relationship. Following an overwhelming stress on Taiwan, they also noted North Korea, security for the Olympics and potential differen [...]	2007-01-17 13:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KOLY CH TW KN JA KS
07BEIJING4048	CHINESE MFA ON BURMESE JUNTA'S CALL TO RECONVENE [...] (C) MFA Burma Desk officer Liang Jianjun told poloff June 14 that the Burmese regime's recent announcement that it will reconvene the National Convention July 18 was no surprise. Liang said the regime's leaders told Chinese officials they aim to finish a statement of principles for drafting a n [...]	2007-06-15 08:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING4075	SMALL PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER LEE [...] (SBU) Chinese authorities allowed a small group of approximately 20 protestors to stage a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy on the morning of June 18 over the recently completed visit of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan. Emboff observed the demonstrators, who claimed to be pa [...]	2007-06-18 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
07BEIJING4084	CHINESE INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 [...] (C) Poloff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi on May 18 of six new Iranian entities designated under Executive Order 13382 for activities supporting Iran's nuclear program. Poloff emphasized that such designations are part of our efforts [...]	2007-06-18 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KN IR EUN CH
07BEIJING410	PRC UNDERLINES URGENCY OF CONCERNS ABOUT HAITI, [...] (C) China feels a strong sense of urgency regarding its concerns about Haiti and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu stressed to Polmincouns on the evening of January 17 follow a conversation on an unrelated subject [...]	2007-01-18 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO CH HA TA
07BEIJING4107	TAIWAN SCHOLARS CITE DANGERS OF DETERRENT [...] (C) In a series of recent meetings, Beijing-based Taiwan experts acknowledged that the Chinese Government believes the next year is a "period of high danger" in cross-Strait relations and warned that Chen Shui-bian may resort to extreme measures to assure a DPP electoral victory. They express [...]	2007-06-19 05:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI CH TW
07BEIJING411	CHINESE OFFICIAL POLLING: SURVEY SAYS, YOU'RE [...] (C) The Chinese Government at various levels is increasingly turning to opinion polling to measure public satisfaction with officials' performances and with provision of social services. The Ministry of Supervision (the Government analog to the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commissio [...]	2007-01-18 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING4133	BEIJING SCHOLAR DESCRIBES SHIFT IN CHINA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) A number of "exceptional" events over the past year demonstrate a subtle shift underway in Chinese foreign policy, according to well-known Beijing academic Jin Canrong (strictly protect). Last year's "unprecedented" Foreign Affairs Work Conference, chaired by President Hu Jintao, highligh [...]	2007-06-19 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4234	AUSTR STRATFORD PRESENTS WHITE PAPER ON XINHUA WTO [...] (C) AUSTR for China Tim Stratford met with Xinhua News Vice President Lu Wei for the second time on April 20 to discuss Xinhua regulations requiring foreign financial information providers to sign a service contract with a Xinhua agent company. As a follow-up to a commitment he made in the [...]	2007-06-22 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PREL CH
07BEIJING4237	AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM XINJIANG FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (C) A number of American citizens either resident in or visiting Xinjiang were expelled from China between February and June 2007, apparently because of their involvement in Christian religious activities. Xinjiang security officials reportedly questioned these persons about their religious a [...]	2007-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC PREL KIRF OLY CH
07BEIJING4269	MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, [...] (C) MFA North America Director General Liu Jieyi called on the United States to stop all arms sales to Taiwan and to "explicitly oppose and curb" the attempts of the "Chen Shui-bian authorities" to achieve de jure independence during a June 25 meeting with DCM Piccuta. Liu expressed China's " [...]	2007-06-25 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING4325	CHINA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SA AF IBRD CH
07BEIJING4401	JUNE 12-13 DISCUSSIONS OF CHINA'S PROPOSED CHARITY [...] (C) Summary: Reftel provided the text of a draft of China's proposed Charity Law, which would, for the first time, create a legal means to register non-profit organizations in China. A participant in a June 12-13 conference on the Charity Law, sponsored by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs [...]	2007-07-02 02:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH
07BEIJING4420	HU JINTAO SPEECH SETS TONE FOR FALL PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) In a June 25 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao provided a preview of the key themes likely to set the tone for the 17th Party Congress this fall. While the speech breaks little new ground and lacks sufficient detail to know how it might translate into concrete actio [...]	2007-07-02 17:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING4460	CHINA CELEBRATES HONG KONG REVERSION ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) China celebrated the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reversion on July 1 amid an all-out media blitz, with official press providing round-the-clock coverage of President Hu Jintao's travel to Hong Kong for the official commemoration ceremonies. PRC media lauded the success of the one coun [...]	2007-07-03 17:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4508	PRC TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR TELLS EAP DAS [...] (C) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's planned referendum on joining the UN under the name of Taiwan is a poorly disguised means of achieving Taiwan independence, may threaten the peace and security of the entire Asia-Pacific region, and must be stopped, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Dire [...]	2007-07-06 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING4521	EAP DAS TOM CHRISTENSEN WITH MFA NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (C) China will press Sudan to accept a peacekeeping force in Darfur under UN command and control and welcomes bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, MFA North America and Oceania Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen on July 5 [...]	2007-07-06 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC
07BEIJING459	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINA RESPONSE ON PLAN OF WORK [...] (C) China has no current plans to host activities to implement the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism but will actively participate in activities hosted by others, MFA Arms Control Department official Yang Yi told poloff. China has a generally positive attitude about the activities, [...]	2007-01-19 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07BEIJING4718	MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI PROTESTS POTENTIAL [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about U.S. planned arms sales to Taiwan during this "very sensitive and dangerous time," MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi told the DCM July 17. Liu warned that such sales "could seriously harm overall U.S.- China bi [...]	2007-07-17 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TW CH
07BEIJING4740	CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH [...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...]	2007-07-18 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH
07BEIJING4799	CLOSURE OF NGO "CHINA DEVELOPMENT BRIEF" CAUSE FOR [...] (C) The recent decision by Beijing City authorities to shut down the China Development Brief (CDB) newsletter has caused concern, but not alarm, among local NGOs and foreign foundation representatives. Embassy contacts were unsure precisely why the organization, which served as an information [...]	2007-07-20 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING4801	EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR, [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...]	2007-07-20 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4826	AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]	2007-07-23 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4827	AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]	2007-07-23 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4844	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI: [...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]	2007-07-24 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4871	XINJIANG: AMCIT REPORTS HAJJ RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on Xinjiang's Uighur population by collecting Uighurs' passports to prevent unauthorized Hajj travel, according to an American citizen businessman in Xinjiang and other Embassy contacts. A low-ranking PLA officer reportedly told the businessma [...]	2007-07-25 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIF KISL SOCI CASC CH PK SA
07BEIJING4898	CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...]	2007-07-26 07:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
07BEIJING4899	PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM [...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]	2007-07-26 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING4901	VIOLENCE AGAINST REPORTERS, SIDE EFFECT OF GROWING [...] (C) Since the January death of a reporter at an illegal coal mine in Shanxi, China's media is becoming more aggressive in publicizing attacks against journalists, according to Embassy contacts. The July 4 beating of a reporter by county-level officials in Xiji, Ningxia has generated interest [...]	2007-07-26 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING4925	POSSIBLE DETENTION OF AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN, [...] (C) American citizen Meg Davis (protect),of the NGO Asia Catalyst, told Poloff on July 27 that Beijing-based AIDS activist Li Dan has been missing since 9:30 p.m., July 26, and Li's family believes he may have been detained by Chinese security authorities. Davis said Li disappeared on July 2 [...]	2007-07-27 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING4926	PDAS STEPHENS' DISCUSSIONS ON NEAPSM WITH [...] (C) Summary: China sees a Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism (NEAPSM) as the "logical outcome" of Six-Party Talks, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP PDAS Stephens July 26. AFM Cui finds U.S. thinking on core principles for the regional peace mechanism to be "useful" bu [...]	2007-07-28 07:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA KN KS RU
07BEIJING4959	AIDS ACTIVIST LI DAN RELEASED, WARNED AGAINST [...] (C) AIDS activist Li Dan was released late Friday, July 27, after spending 24 hours in detention, according to Meg Davis (protect),the American citizen founder of the NGO Asia Catalyst. Per reftel, Davis had reported on July 27 that Li Dan had gone missing on July 26. Davis told Poloff she [...]	2007-07-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING501	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL DEFENDS JUDICIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing defended the Chinese Government's handling of Gao Zhisheng's case (reftel) during a January 22 meeting, claiming that Gao Zhisheng's legal rights were protected and that he received a "light sentence." Xu Jing said she will inquire about the Chinese Gover [...]	2007-01-23 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING5064	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...]	2007-08-03 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN
07BEIJING5069	PRC GOVERNMENT POUNCES ON RARE "GOOD NEWS" MEDIA [...] (C) Relieved to have good news to report, China's media gave heavy coverage to the successful rescue of 69 miners from a flooded mine in Henan Province August 1-2. China Central Television (CCTV) pushed back coverage of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army to b [...]	2007-08-03 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING5113	CHINA PROTESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN LEGAL [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei called the Ambassador August 4 to deliver an "urgent" demarche regarding (Taiwan President) Chen Shui-bian's recent letter to the UN seeking to apply for UN membership under the name "Taiwan." AFM He complained that a USUN official on August 3 suggested [...]	2007-08-06 22:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07BEIJING5139	HU JINTAO ATTENDING BEIDAIHE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS [...] (C) President Hu Jintao will attend, or may have already attended, meetings at the resort town of Beidaihe to discuss leadership personnel arrangements in advance of the 17th Party Congress, according to two Embassy contacts. President Hu previously had "quietly" attended Beidaihe meetings at [...]	2007-08-07 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5140	AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...]	2007-08-07 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA
07BEIJING5186	MFA PROVIDES "TRANSPARENCY" ON SCO SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA Officials called in the DCM to tell him the SCO Summit will cover economic development, counterterrorism (CT) and regional stability, with joint military exercises in Urumqi, China and Chelyabinsk, Russia to follow. The SCO heads of state, along with the Presidents of Afghani [...]	2007-08-08 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ZK XD CH
07BEIJING5187	CHINESE ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS CALL FOR "HUMANE" [...] (C) In an indication of the domestic public relations and policy challenges China will increasingly have to grapple with in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, 39 mainland Chinese activists, lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists have signed an "open letter" calling on PRC leader [...]	2007-08-08 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING523	A/S HILL MEETS WITH HE YAFEI, RAISES BILATERAL, [...] (C) Relations between the United States and China advanced significantly in 2006 and both sides should work together to take advantage of more challenges and opportunities in 2007, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill January 21. On th [...]	2007-01-24 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAGR CH BM HA IR KS KN
07BEIJING5232	MFA CALLS IN GERMANS ON TAIWAN LEGAL STATUS [...] (C) German Charge d'Affaires Aristide Fenster briefed DCM Dan Piccuta August 7 on a Chinese "urgent demarche" delivered to the Germans on Sunday, August 6. He characterized the demarche as "aggressive" and said it was given in "not a good atmosphere." The demarche concerned Taiwan and the sta [...]	2007-08-09 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN CH
07BEIJING5233	CHINA KICKS OFF ONE-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPICS [...] (C) China kicked off the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games with an impressive ceremony in front of Chairman Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square August 8. Politburo Standing Committee Member Wu Bangguo gave the keynote address, reiterating Beijing's commitment to conduct a "humane" [...]	2007-08-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOLY PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING5234	MFA DG LIU PROTESTS NEWS REPORT OF HARPOON MISSILE [...] (C) Citing an Agence France Press news report that the United States planned to sell sixty Harpoon missiles to Taiwan, Director General Liu Jie Yi of the Chinese MFA,s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs reiterated China,s opposition to U.S. military weapons sales to Taiwan duri [...]	2007-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR PGOV PREL TW
07BEIJING5266	AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HEATED [...] (C) Australian Embassy Human Rights Officer Aviva Gulley described the July 30 Australia-China Human Rights dialogue as a mostly cordial exchange during which the Chinese side gave little ground and stuck to boilerplate responses. The Chinese delegation leader, Assistant Foreign Minister He Y [...]	2007-08-10 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CN AS
07BEIJING5295	REP. HASTERT ENCOURAGES U.S.-PRC ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (C) Visiting House of Representatives members Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and John Shadegg (R-AZ),accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged greater U.S.-China cooperation in developing clean coal and nuclear technology in an August 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. FM Yang said the UN [...]	2007-08-13 13:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG CH
07BEIJING5307	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON [...] (C) Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) urged Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui to "do everything possible" to stop the Iranian supply of weapons, particularly Chinese-made weapons, to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Lieberman advised Zhang to take Congressional bills on trade with C [...]	2007-08-14 03:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IN IR TW CH
07BEIJING5323	SENATOR LIEBERMAN ON FOOD SAFETY, DARFUR, IRAN, [...] (C) China has been unfairly vilified over recent product safety scandals in U.S. media, National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu told visiting Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) August 6. China is taking action to identify and shut down unlicensed, non-compliant [...]	2007-08-14 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PMUC PTER PHUM IZ IR KN TC TW CH
07BEIJING5326	TAIWAN: CHINESE CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Beijing continues to hope that Washington can block Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on membership in the UN under the name "Taiwan." In an August 7 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressman, the Chairman f the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Com [...]	2007-08-14 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING533	ANTI-CORRUPTION ENFORCER DISCUSSES PARTY'S FIGHT [...] (C) China's leaders continue to trumpet the Party's crackdown on corruption, with its Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) supplying the shock troops for the fight. CDIC staff recently told poloffs that the past year has been an exceptionally busy one because of the large number of [...]	2007-01-24 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5387	EAP A/S HILL'S AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH AFM HE [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill raised U.S. concerns on Iran and Darfur with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei on August 14. AFM He stated that although our approaches often differ, China wants to cooperate with the United States on both issues. AFM He conveyed China's concern ove [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ETRD CH IR SU TW
07BEIJING5496	CHINA TERMS SCO SUMMIT "GREAT SUCCESS" [...] (C) MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo told the DCM on August 18 that the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek laid the basis for future expansion. The SCO members (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and [...]	2007-08-20 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CH RS ZK IR
07BEIJING5497	PRC PRESIDENT TELLS IRANIAN COUNTERPART TO WORK [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran should "answer all the concerns of the international community" over its nuclear program. According to MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo, President Hu, in an August 15 [...]	2007-08-20 08:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC PARM IR CH ZK
07BEIJING550	HONG KONG: CG CUNNINGHAM'S MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (C) The Mainland's chief objective for Hong Kong is maintaining long-term political and economic stability, Government officials and scholars told Consul General James Cunningham during discussions in Beijing January 18-19. Hong Kong has seen significant positive development since the end of [...]	2007-01-25 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV CH
07BEIJING5560	A/S HILL DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SIX-PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Liaoning Province Party Secretary Li Keqiang, a front runner for elevation to the Politburo this fall and potential successor to PRC leader Hu Jintao in 2012, told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill on August 16 that he has personally followed the Six-Party Talks because o [...]	2007-08-22 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH KN
07BEIJING5579	UNSC RESOLUTION 1540: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Pooff delivered reftel demarche to He Yi of the MA Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division on August 23, emphasizing the importance of transparency to the effectiveness of the UNSCR 1540 Committee's efforts. He Yi said he would pass the information to his supervisors and to the Chinese [...]	2007-08-23 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP CH SF ID
07BEIJING5584	PARTY ENACTS "SAFE" POLITICAL REFORM BY [...] (C) The Chinese media has trumpeted nationwide, local-level reorganization of Communist Party committees over the past year as an example of political reform desiged to increase efficiency and "inner-Party deocracy." The most visible change has been reduction of the number of local Deputy Par [...]	2007-08-23 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5608	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM YANG ON IRAN, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Pressed to work more effectively with the United States on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions and destabilizing behavior, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told the Ambassador that China shares U.S. goals vis- a-vis Iran and has pressed Iran to "take stock of the current situation" and "adopt fle [...]	2007-08-27 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP ETRD MARR MNUC CH TW IR KN
07BEIJING5640	CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL [...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]	2007-08-28 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5652	CODEL SKELTON-FORBES MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI [...] (C) CODEL Skelton cited strong constituent concern in urging Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on August 27 to cooperate with efforts to solve the Iran nuclear issue, take steps to alleviate the American public's worries over the safety of Chinese exports and the U.S.-China trade deficit and d [...]	2007-08-29 02:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV PMUC PTER IR SU KN CH
07BEIJING5705	BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...]	2007-08-30 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH
07BEIJING5706	PARTY CONGRESS TO OPEN OCTOBER 15; PERSONNEL [...] (C) The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC),which will determine China's new Party leadership lineup and policy direction for the next five years, will open October 15 in Beijing, official media announced August 28. No ed date for the Congress was given, though the e [...]	2007-08-30 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING5707	CHINA NUCLEAR FORCE COMMANDER REITERATES "NO FIRST [...] (C) China's strategic nuclear and conventional missile force commander General Jing Zhiyuan told CODEL Skelton August 27 that China's "no first use" policy remains unchanged and will "never change." He stressed that China's strategic missile force is solely for self defense. On force moderni [...]	2007-08-30 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MNUC PARM CH TW
07BEIJING5757	PRC DEFENSE MINISTER STRESSES CHINA'S PEACEFUL RISE [...] (SBU) In a public address in Tokyo August 30, PRC Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan countered arguments that China poses a threat to the region and underscored China's increasing defense transparency. The Minister stated that the PRC has no military allies and its defense policy will not change, [...]	2007-08-31 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING5776	CHINESE CENTAL ASIA WATCHERS UPBEAT ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) Summary: Three Chinese observers of Central Asian affairs lauded the mid-August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, citing counter-terrorism cooperation, military exercises, trade and energy. The scholars told us China is increasingly looking to its SCO partners for resources [...]	2007-09-04 08:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING5794	HUMAN RIGHTS: YUAN WEIJING PREVENTED FROM [...] (C) On August 31 Yuan Weijing, wife of imprisoned legal activist Chen Guangcheng (reftel),was prevented from traveling to Beijing, where she planned to campaign for her husband's release, and was forcibly returned to her home in Shandong Province, according to Jiang Tianyong (protect),one of [...]	2007-09-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING5820	HUMAN RIGHTS: DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG'S ARREST [...] (C) On August 27 more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists issued an open letter addressed to President Hu Jintao and delegates to the 17th Party Congress calling for the release of Zhejiang dissident writer Lu Gengsong and other jailed activists nationwide. According to lawyer Li J [...]	2007-09-05 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KOLY CH
07BEIJING5836	CODEL LARSEN-KIRK DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, TRADE, [...] (SBU) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) strongly urged China to address U.S. concerns about the safety of Chinese products and the RMB exchange rate in an August 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei. Representative Kirk encouraged China's cooperation [...]	2007-09-06 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV PTER ETRD IR TW AF CH
07BEIJING5888	TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM REMAINS SERIOUS CONCERN, [...] (C) Current tensions over Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's UN referendum, while serious, have not yet become a crisis, in part because of careful management by Washington and Beijing, in part because Chen has yet to cross China's "red line" of de jure independence, Embassy contacts commented [...]	2007-09-07 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING5898	XINJIANG POLICE: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM THREATENS [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) visited Urumqi, Kashi and China's border with Kyrgyzstan during an August 29-31 trip to the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Public Security Bureau officials simultaneously touted the success of anti-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang w [...]	2007-09-09 22:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER OREP SNAR PREL PRGOV TI PK KG AF CH
07BEIJING5902	CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...]	2007-09-10 00:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING5918	CHINA TO CONSIDER FORMAL UNSC BRIEFING ON BURMA, [...] (C) Summary: China will consider supporting a formal briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by Special Envoy Gambari (reftel),MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 10. Liang said the MFA had conveyed to the Burmese gov [...]	2007-09-10 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING592	THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES, [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...]	2007-01-26 07:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TH
07BEIJING5943	DPRK TO STAFFDEL: WE WANT TO DEEPEN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: DPRK officials lamented the technical difficulty of the denuclearization process and indicated a desire to continue deepening relations with the United States during StaffDel Baron's visit to Pyongyang August 28 to September 1. The DPRK officials expressed frustration that the U [...]	2007-09-11 07:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC EAID KN KS CH
07BEIJING5969	CHINA URGES UNITED STATES TO OPPOSE INDIA'S UNSC [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) MFA Inernational Organizations Department United Naions Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun expressed to poloff September 12 China's concern over an Indian proposal in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concerning UN Security Coun [...]	2007-09-12 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA UN IN CH
07BEIJING5976	EX-SOLDIERS RIOT OVER FEES AT RAILWAY VOCATIONAL [...] (C) Around 2,000 ex-soldiers rioted at three separate railway vocational schools in Baotou in Inner Mongolia, Baoji in Shaanxi Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province on September 3, wire services reported September 11, citing the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MARR CH
07BEIJING5977	DESPITE POTENTIAL HICCUPS, PRC PUSHES FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) In the wake of Japanese PM Abe's September 12 resignation, his earlier cabinet reshuffle, landmark August visit to India and multilateral naval exercises, Embassy contacts underscored China's continued desire to improve China-Japan relations. Neither Abe's resignation nor his recent cabin [...]	2007-09-12 12:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING598	LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...]	2007-01-26 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH VN PF
07BEIJING6042	FM YANG: "NEED TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE BEST WAY [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting requested by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on other subjects (see septels),the Ambassador, drawing from talking points contained in ref e-mail, stressed our joint commitment to a two-track resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. In addition to the IAEA effort, w [...]	2007-09-14 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6045	CHINESE MFA PROTESTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALES OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui both protested to the Ambassador the recent announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying that such actions "send the wrong signal" to Taiwan and embolden Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's independence efforts. VFM Zha [...]	2007-09-14 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MARR CH TW
07BEIJING6075	BURMESE FM WELCOMES GAMBARI IN MID-NOVEMBER; READY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Liang Jianjun told us September 17 that during a September 13-14 visit to China, FM Nyan Win explained to PRC State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and FM Yang Jiechi the Burmese government's perspective on the recent turmoil [...]	2007-09-17 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM

07BEIJING6076	PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...]	2007-09-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6114	ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADARAVAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff conveyed U.S. concerns about new reports that Sinopec plans to sign an agreement to develop the Yadavaran oil fields in Iran to Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Iran and Turkey Division on September 18. Xu r [...]	2007-09-18 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR NL CH
07BEIJING6157	REVISION OF PARTY CONSTITUTION: "BEGINNING OF HU [...] (C) This week's announcement that the Chinese Communist Party Constitution will be revised at the October Party Congress, apparently to incorporate key concepts associated with General Secretary Hu Jintao, signals a clear advance in Hu's consolidation of power and marks the "beginning of the H [...]	2007-09-19 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6159	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: CHINESE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: China's aid policy toward Zimbabwe has not changed, and the current spate of reports regarding Chinese aid to Zimbabwe are all the result of a misunderstanding, MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Wang Xiao told PolOff September 19. The rumors re-ignited following a September 18 press conf [...]	2007-09-19 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI XA
07BEIJING617	A/S SILVERBERG AND AFM CUI DISCUSS BURMA, HAITI, [...] (C) United Nations successes in 2006 benefited from P-5 cooperation, especially between the United States and China, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (IO) Affairs Kristen Silverberg told Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. U.S.-China cooperation resulted in the selecti [...]	2007-01-26 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH BM IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING619	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETINGS WITH FM LI, IO DG WU AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told A/S Silverberg Beijing hopes U.S.-China cooperation on international organizations issues will continue in 2007, with the United States and China addressing problems arising in various hotspots based on a constructive, cooperative, win-win approach. FM L [...]	2007-01-26 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH IR KS KN SU
07BEIJING620	"DEMOCRACY IS A GOOD THING" ARTICLE IGNITES DEBATE [...] (C) An article in the influential weekly Study Times strongly endorsing democracy as "the best" political system has stimulated sharp discussion in Chinese media and intellectual circles. Our contacts speculated that "Democracy Is a Good Thing," by progressive scholar and author Yu Keping, i [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING621	HUMAN RIGHTS: AMCIT NASDAQ REP DETAINED THEN [...] (C) Chinese security officials detained and questioned AmCit Lawrence Pan, NASDAQ's chief representative in China, on the morning of January 26 in connection with NASDAQ's alleged "support" for Falun Gong activities in the United States. He was released the same afternoon, Hong Kong-based NA [...]	2007-01-26 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CASC CH
07BEIJING622	XINHUA RENEWS PRESSURE ON FOREIGN MEDIA PROVIDERS [...] (C) Representatives of the Associated Press (AP),Reuters, and Dow Jones (DJ) recently told emboffs that Xinhua is using the occasion of foreign financial wire services renewing their annual licenses to require them to sign distribution agreements with China Economic Information Service (CEIS [...]	2007-01-26 12:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KPAO KIPR ECPS CH
07BEIJING6233	CHINESE TERRORISM EXPERT CALLS HIZB UT-TAHRIR A [...] (C) Ma Pinyan, a terrorism expert at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, told Poloff September 1 that while violent terrorism is on the decline, Xinjiang authorities are concerned by the growth of non-violent fundamentalist movements like Hizb ut- Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Libera [...]	2007-09-21 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING6234	BEIJING LEGAL SCHOLAR ALLEGES DPP UN REFERENDUM [...] (C) A Chinese legal scholar and National People's Congress (NPC) adviser specializing in Chinese constitutional issues, Wang Zhenmin (protect),alleged that passage of a Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) referendum endorsing UN membership "in the name of Taiwan" would be legally equiva [...]	2007-09-21 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW CH
07BEIJING6266	CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...]	2007-09-24 22:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH
07BEIJING6267	CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...]	2007-09-24 22:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH
07BEIJING6338	CHINA TELLS BURMA TO RECEIVE GAMBARI QUICKLY, [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador per ref A urging China to press the Burmese regime to exercise restraint, begin an inclusive dialogue on democracy, and accept a visit of UN Special Envoy Gambari immediately, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei stressed in a meeting on Septem [...]	2007-09-27 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6342	AFM HE YAFEI ON IRAN: CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSC [...] (C) Summary: China supports a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran when appropriate, but a new resolution should not hurt either the Iranian people or the legitimate economic and energy interests of China or other countries, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador [...]	2007-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6376	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...]	2007-09-28 08:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING6394	DEMARCHE ON REDUCTION OF IRAQI DEBT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN IZ CH
07BEIJING6395	CHINESE MFA SAYS ONGOING CRISIS IN BURMA STILL NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Western Embassy officials on September 28, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi delivered now familiar points on China's position on the crisis in Burma: China is concerned and supports UN efforts; the Burmese government should "properly handle" [...]	2007-09-28 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6396	ALL BUBBLES, NO BATH: HUNAN'S APPAREL FESTIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's attendance at a recent apparel festival as part of a larger trip to Hunan province highlighted the provincial Party leadership's desire to attract foreign interest and investment, but exposed their limited understanding of how to actually do so. Despite flying in parti [...]	2007-09-28 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BTIO EINV ECON CH
07BEIJING6402	AMBASSADOR URGES IMPROVED PRC COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral issues (septel),the Ambassador urged improved Chinese cooperation on Burma, Iran and other international issues and pressed for General Jing Zhiyuan of the PLA Second Artillery to accept STRATCOM's inv [...]	2007-09-28 14:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM MARR MNUC CH BM IR SU
07BEIJING6403	SCO SECRETARIAT, PRC SCHOLARS DISAGREE ON SCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Asian staff at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) secretariat and Chinese scholars offered clashing views on the SCO's mission, reflecting differences between China and other member states. Umad Azizov, an Uzbek at the SCO Secretariat, stressed the SCO's role in [...]	2007-09-28 14:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG MARR ZK XD CH RS
07BEIJING6458	CHINA "CAUTIOUS" ON FORMAL UNSC MEETING, BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: In response to points in reftels, Chinese MFA officials referred to MFA press statements noting China's "positive appraisal" of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's just completed mission to Burma. MFA officials advised caution on proceeding with a formal meeting of the UNSC on Bur [...]	2007-10-04 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6498	DISH DIFFUSION: PIRATE SATELLITE TV THRIVES IN [...] (C) China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) has been cracking down on illegal satellite television since July 2007, according to news reports. While police in several cities are confiscating illicit receivers, enforcement of China's long-standing ban on private sat [...]	2007-10-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PHUM SOCI KCUL KIPR CH TW HK JA RP
07BEIJING6501	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top sec ret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" o [...]	2007-10-05 12:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6503	LEADERSHIP RUMORS IN ADVANCE OF THE PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Contacts continue to speculate on impending high-level personnel changes as Beijing prepares for the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress on October 15. Decisions have reportedly "largely" been made but remain "top secret," with last-minute changes still a possibility. A "core" of [...]	2007-10-08 22:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6535	CHINESE MFA ON MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 07:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UNSC HA CH
07BEIJING6539	PARTY SEVENTH PLENUM OPENS; FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Final, formal preparations for the October 15 Party Congress began today with the announcement that the Seventh plenary session (plenum) of the 16th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee opened the morning of October 9 in Beijing, as expected (Ref D). According to the Xinhua Ne [...]	2007-10-09 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6579	CHARGE PRESSES AFM HE TO BE FLEXIBLE ON P5-PLUS-1 [...] (C) Drawing on points in ref (A),Charge urged Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei on October 10 to remain constructively engaged on the P5-plus-1 process for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, and to attend the next Political Directors meeting. He also suggested that Beijing consider [...]	2007-10-10 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6580	ILSA: IRAN-CHINA YADAVARAN OIL FIELD AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR CH
07BEIJING6581	CHINA "STRONGLY DISSATISFIED" WITH LATEST UNSC [...] (C) Summary: Chinese AFM He Yafei called in the Charge on October 10 to deliver a message describing China's efforts to improve the situation in Burma and to express the Chinese government's "disappointment and dissatisfaction" that the latest U.S.-circulated UNSC Presidential draft statement d [...]	2007-10-10 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6596	CHINA MFA SIGNALS POSSIBLE WILLINGNESS TO APPROACH [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points and concept paper on the "Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on the Spread of WMD in the ASEAN Regional Forum" in separate meetings with MFA Asian Affairs Department Regional Security Division Director Ma Jia and Arms Control and Disarmament Department Conventional [...]	2007-10-11 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ARF CH
07BEIJING6606	CHINA TIGHTENS MEDIA CONTROLS AS PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) As the 17th Party Congress rapidly approaches, propaganda officials are telling Chinese news outlets to avoid "negative" reporting, according to numerous media contacts. News of accidents and disasters, especially mining accidents, will be tightly controlled. Media speculation about Part [...]	2007-10-11 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING6637	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON BURMA, THE [...] (C) At the October 12 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, UK Ambassador William Ehrman said that China's concerns in Burma are driven by the long common border, the 2.5 million ethnic Chinese in Burma, the 150,000 PRC citizens living there and the 3,000 Chinese companies active in the c [...]	2007-10-12 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING6638	CHINESE IRAN EXPERT SAYS PRC SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 11 People's Daily report, China's former ambassador to Iran suggested the Six-Party Talks model could be applied to the Iran nuclear issue but that the United States would have to negotiate directly with Iran. A Chinese researcher claimed to PolOff that Beijing is [...]	2007-10-12 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING6641	ROUNDUP OF DISSIDENTS, UNDESIRABLES AS BEIJING [...] (C) Security authorities appear to be rounding up a large number of petitioners, dissidents and other "undesirables" in advance of the 17th Communist Party Congress, which opens October 15. Police are detaining petitioners in Beijing and forcibly returning them to their home towns, contacts r [...]	2007-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6671	CHARGE PRESSES MFA ON WSJ REPORTER'S VISA [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A, the Charge d'Affaires met with the MFA Information Department DG October 12 to press him to issue a residency permit to a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal correspondent. The DG, Liu Jianchao, stressed that the visa denial for journalist Ian Johnson was due to [...]	2007-10-15 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH
07BEIJING6689	CHINA DEFERS TO GAMBARI ON TIMING OF RETURN VISIT [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points October 16 to United Nations Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun. Yao said China supports UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's returning quickly to Burma, but "respects the judgment" of the UN Secretary-General and Special Envoy Gambari with regard to [...]	2007-10-16 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6716	GERMAN EMBOFF CONFIRMS CHINA CANCELLED RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH GM
07BEIJING6720	PARTY BUOYED BY GOOD SOCIAL STABILITY, BUT [...] (C) China's leadership is holding its 17th Party Congress amid a backdrop of high economic growth and rising living standards that is keeping societal unrest in check, according to sociologists and mid- level government officials with whom we recently spoke. Most contacts say that the current [...]	2007-10-17 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6730	CHINESE MFA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Poloff on October 18 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Director Dong Zhihua reftel points soliciting support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assem [...]	2007-10-18 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA CH
07BEIJING6733	FM YANG "STRONGLY PROTESTS" DALAI LAMA'S U.S. [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi expressed China's "strong opposition and indignation" to October 17 activities in connection with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama. FM Yang said that the United States' actions will have "severe adverse consequences for bilateral relatio [...]	2007-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH IN
07BEIJING6777	HU JINTAO EMERGES FROM PARTY CONGRESS STRONGER, [...] (C) Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao has emerged from the 17th Party Congress stronger than before, but China's new leadership lineup revealed today indicates that he must continue to accommodate other interests within the Party. Hu Jintao was "reelected" to the top positions of Pa [...]	2007-10-22 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING6809	BURMA POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6839	CHINA MFA ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU CH
07BEIJING6845	CHIA TO SEND DG TO P5-PLUS-1 MEETING, SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that he was unavailable to attend the P5-plus-1 Political Directors meeting on the Iran nuclear issue proposed for November 2 in London. Instead, China would send MFA Arms Control Department Director General [...]	2007-10-25 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TBIO MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6849	AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S. [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...]	2007-10-25 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO
07BEIJING6850	AFM HE: PRC STUDYING UNAMID HELICOPTER REQUEST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that the PRC was studying the request for helicopters in support of UNAMID deployment (reftels),but opined that Chinese helicopters "may not be up to the task." He alleged that the United States has influe [...]	2007-10-25 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING6851	GAMBARI TO PUSH DIALOGUE IN BURMA; CHINA STILL [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari October 25 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of November." In addition to praising Chinese efforts on his behalf, G [...]	2007-10-25 23:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6857	ECONOMIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE 17TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) The outcomes of the 17th Party Congress indicate agreement among China's top leaders that economic policy should continue to promote rapid growth but at the same time shift the forces behind that growth away from investment and towards domestic consumption. As such, future policies will l [...]	2007-10-26 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
07BEIJING6859	RISING PRICES, RAPID GROWTH REMAIN ECONOMIC FOCUS [...] (C) China's most recent macroeconomic indicators showed inflation falling slightly, economic growth continuing to surge and asset prices spiraling upwards as the 17th Party Congress closed this week. Macroeconomic experts uniformly stated that recent food price pressure on the Consumer Price [...]	2007-10-26 06:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING6863	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy on October 25 notified MFA in advance of the designation of Iranian entities. 2. (C) DCM Daniel Piccuta emphasized to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi October 26 that the new measures announced by Secretaries Ric [...]	2007-10-26 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING6864	PRC LIMITS COVERAGE OF BURMA "DISTURBANCE," [...] (C) Despite having taken a largely hands off approach to managing coverage of Burma by relying on editors to engage in "self-censorship," Chinese authorities nevertheless have required reporters to restrict their description of events in Burma to words like "disturbance," so as not to legitimi [...]	2007-10-26 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH BM
07BEIJING6873	CHINA REGRETS IT WILL NOT SUPPORT DAVID WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 05:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07BEIJING6895	MFA SAYS GAMBARI TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese Government has agreed to a November 5 visit by UN Special Envoy Gambari, and during that visit Gambari hopes to push for dialogue between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, a more inclusive constitutional process and measures to improve economic development, an MFA Inte [...]	2007-10-30 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING6935	CHINA AND SINGAPORE SUPPORT AN "INCLUSIVE [...] (C) Summary: Singapore and China expressed support for a more inclusive national reconciliation process in Burma during the October 26 visit of Singapore FM George Yeo to China, though neither Yeo nor Chinese FM Yang Jiechi articulated the elements of that process, according to MFA Asia Depar [...]	2007-11-01 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM SN
07BEIJING6938	PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]	2007-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6939	A/S HILL-VFM ZHANG BILATERAL MEETING, OCTOBER 31, [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui urged the United States to be cautious on the Taiwan issue during this sensitive period, expressed opposition to "protectionist" U.S. Congressional resolutions an [...]	2007-11-01 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD CVIS MASS CH TW KN XV
07BEIJING6971	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON FRENCH FM [...] (C) At the November 2 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French FM Bernard Kouchner's visit to China was "extremely successful," with discussions on Burma, North Korea, foreign aid, the environment, human rights and Taiwan. Chief Iranian N [...]	2007-11-05 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR GM JA UK BM IR
07BEIJING6974	A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH MFA IO DG WU HAILONG [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, A/S Silverberg disagreed with her MFA counterpart's positive assessment of the situation in Burma; when MFA International Organizations Director General Wu Hailong called for the international community's patience, A/S Silverberg laid out specific steps the Burmes [...]	2007-11-05 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SY LE BM YI IR IZ KN
07BEIJING6975	CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...]	2007-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK
07BEIJING6976	CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]	2007-11-05 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BEIJING6977	ARGENTINA DEMARCHES CHINA ON INTERPOL RED NOTICES, [...] (C) Poloff contacted the Argentine Embassy in Beijing regarding Argentina's effort to have INTERPOL issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national indicted by Argentine courts for their alleged roles in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mut [...]	2007-11-05 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AR CH
07BEIJING7004	CONTACTS ASSESS HU JINTAOÂ´S STRENGTH AFTER THE [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao succeeded in further elevating his authority at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress, most Embassy contacts believe, though they differ to what extent. A minority of observers, however, argue he fell short of his goals. Despite HuÂ´s apparent gains, [...]	2007-11-07 05:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7005	MFA: CHINA AND U.S. BOTH "GOOD INFLUENCES" FOR [...] (C) In the wake of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's October visit to the United States and signing of the USD 285 million Millennium Challenge Account aid package, Chinese and Mongolian officials underscored the "special" nature of Sino-Mongolian relations, but differed on China's view [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH MG
07BEIJING7035	OPEN BUT NOT TRANSPARENT: LOCAL REPORTERS [...] (C) Although the Communist Party employed a more sophisticated media strategy during the 17th Communist Party Congress October 15-21, local contacts tell us they were disappointed with the Party's tight regulation of domestic coverage while the Congress was in session. Press controls inside China [...]	2007-11-08 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7064	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC [...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...]	2007-11-09 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BEIJING7069	CHINA: GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) Post recommends against commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Great White Fleet's visit to China. Although the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet was a significant moment in American naval history, Post believes that, in China, commemorating this first display of U.S. globa [...]	2007-11-13 00:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS CH
07BEIJING7098	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON CHINA-JAPAN TIES DESPITE LACK [...] (C) Chinese and Japanese contacts were cautiously optimistic about Japanese PM Fukuda's impact on China- Japan relations, highlighting his "balanced" approach, but they were hesitant to predict any significant developments in the near term. The October round of talks on joint energy explorati [...]	2007-11-14 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN IN
07BEIJING7105	S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...]	2007-11-14 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR
07BEIJING7107	CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the CongressÂ´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]	2007-11-14 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7126	CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN ASEAN MEETINGS: TWO [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei and MFA Asian Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Yang Yanli separately previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus 3 meeting and other ASEAN-related events November 18-22. AFM He said [...]	2007-11-15 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH BM
07BEIJING7128	PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF FM YANG'S TEHRAN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA readout, in meetings with President Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki, and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that after five years of addressing the nuclear issue, "there is currently no re [...]	2007-11-15 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7137	DG LIU JIEYI WARNS CDA ON SERIOUSNESS OF ANN DAUB [...] (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi presented the same points to CDA as in DCM Zheng Zeguang's November 15 demarche to DAS Christensen (see ref) regarding the escalation of the Ann C. Daub Case. DG Liu emphasized that it is the responsibility of the United S [...]	2007-11-16 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN CH
07BEIJING7153	ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF [...] (C) Poloff on November 19 conveyed to the MFA ref a points urging China to support U.S. candidate Pierre-Richard Prosper's reelection to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee). Guo Xiaomei of MFA's Treaty and Law Department, alluding to the P-5 "Gentleman's Agre [...]	2007-11-19 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CH
07BEIJING7155	IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN AND NEXT [...] (C) Drawing upon reftel points, PolMinCouns in a November 19 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy Director General Wu Haitao urged China to support adoption of a new UNSC sanctions resolution in response to Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations. [...]	2007-11-19 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR CH
07BEIJING7173	XINJIANG: CONTACT SAYS DEMONSTRATION, ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day protest in Xinjiang in September highlighted the presence in China of Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (the Islamic Party of Liberation),according to a well-connected Muslim contact. The protest was especially significant because it occurred in the more ethnically Han northe [...]	2007-11-20 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER OREP CASC PGOV KIRF PK KG AF KZ CH TI
07BEIJING7175	MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS DELAYED BY LOGISTICS, UN [...] (C) Poloff on November 20 urged the MFA to speed deployment of the Chinese engineering force to Sudan and inquired about the reasons for the delay. Poloff noted that the delay in deploying the Chinese engineers is affecting follow-on deployments. MFA International Organizations and Conferenc [...]	2007-11-20 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7197	VFM WANG YI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BURMA VISIT; [...] (C) Summary: Briefing the Ambassador on his recent trip to Burma, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the ongoing "political reconciliation and democratic process" are the domestic affairs of Burma and should therefore be addressed by the Burmese Government and people themselves. The internat [...]	2007-11-21 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING721	THE TROUBLE WITH KIDS: 20-40 GENERATION GAP [...] (C) It is fashionable among Chinese elites who were born in the 1960s or before to criticize current Chinese college students and recent graduates as self- absorbed and materialistic. Scholars and journalists have told us that in their view, a "20-40" generation gap is emerging between youn [...]	2007-01-30 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCUL SOCI CH
07BEIJING7210	CHINA'S TAIWAN CONNECTION IN OPPOSING KOSOVO [...] (C) While denying that Kosovo independence would set any precedent for Taiwan, Chinese experts acknowledge that China's concerns over its own "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" mean that China will be reluctant to support Kosovo's independence over the objections of Serbia. Views vary [...]	2007-11-23 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CH TW YI
07BEIJING7213	PRC/MEPP: PRC SUPPORTS ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's decision to send Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the November 26-27 Annapolis conference on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) demonstrates China's firm support for the international meeting, according to an MFA contact. Chinese public statements have played up the int [...]	2007-11-23 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PTER MEPP CH IS
07BEIJING7226	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SARKOZY [...] (C) At the November 23 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will discuss with Chinese leaders the sale of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactors, an investment protection agr [...]	2007-11-27 00:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH FR GM JA UK
07BEIJING723	CPA'S LIU BAINIAN SAYS CHINA HAS TRIED TO EASE [...] (C) Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian said China sought to ease tensions with the Vatican in the lead-up to Gan Junqiu's ordination as bishop of Guangzhou Diocese. Liu says China informed the Vatican of the pending nomination and has postponed appointment of [...]	2007-01-30 12:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
07BEIJING7253	BEIJING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS ENGAGE S/P DIRECTOR [...] (C) Meeting with prominent Beijing scholars, Policy Planning Director David Gordon discussed U.S.-China strategic policy issues, Taiwan, democracy and U.S. alliances in Asia. His Chinese interlocutors questioned whether the United States views China as a threat and noted the contradictions bet [...]	2007-11-28 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MASS CH TW KS KN JA
07BEIJING7262	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND [...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]	2007-11-29 04:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIJING7270	DARFUR: THREATS TO CHINESE ENGINEERS WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7271	CHINA SUPPORTS BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS IF BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA BM CH
07BEIJING7272	SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: FRENCH PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7274	(CORRECTED COPY) SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...]	2007-11-29 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR
07BEIJING7284	(C) WHITHER NDRC? POST-PARTY CONGRESS RUMORS [...] (C) Post-Party Congress rumors and speculation by Embassy contacts indicate that the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),China's top economic policymaking body, may soon undergo significant structural changes in the run-up to the March 2008 session of the National People's Congress [...]	2007-11-30 02:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7295	CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...]	2007-11-30 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK
07BEIJING7299	PRC PREMIER WEN JIABAO AT ASEAN SUMMIT MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's participation in the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore provided an opportunity for China to promote its vision of East Asia regional integration, according to MFA Asia Department ASEAN Division Deputy Director He Wei. Deputy Director He and Chinese s [...]	2007-11-30 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH ASEAN
07BEIJING7329	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS, [...] (C) Government controls on Islam such as Hajj restrictions, training of imams and guidelines on mosque operations, persist in northwest China's Qinghai Province. During a September 14-19 visit, PolOff read a sign in one mosque in rural Haidong Prefecture that warns worshippers that religion m [...]	2007-12-04 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER CH PK SA
07BEIJING7330	QINGHAI MUSLIMS, PART 2: FOREIGN LINKS GROW [...] (C) Ties between Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province and those in the Middle East are on the rise because of widespread satellite TV use and an increasingly mobile populace. Qinghai contacts told PolOff September 14-19 (ref A) that many Muslim communities are trying to embrace more [...]	2007-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PK CH SA
07BEIJING7331	XI JINPING SLATED FOR PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts have told PolOffs that newly-promoted Politburo Standing Committee Member Xi Jinping will soon be appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),replacing former Politburo Standing Committee Member Zeng Qinghong, who retired at the mid-October 17th Party [...]	2007-12-04 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING7362	CHINESE STEEL FIRM MAY BID $200 BILLION FOR MINING [...] (C) China's top steel maker, Baosteel, is considering a $200 billion bid for Rio Tinto, the UK-based mining giant currently targeted in a $134 billion offer from Australian mining firm BHP Billiton. Rio is among a handful of Western firms that dominate trade in the increasingly expensive iron [...]	2007-12-05 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN PREL CH
07BEIJING7363	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...]	2007-12-05 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH
07BEIJING7364	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...]	2007-12-05 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA
07BEIJING7384	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7385	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Drawing upon Ref A talking points, the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei urged China to press the Burmese regime to engage in an authentic dialogue with the opposition and include the opposition in efforts to draft a constitution. Drawing upon Ref [...]	2007-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM CH BM

07BEIJING7386	EAP A/S HILL'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG: [...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill, accompanied by the Ambassador, raised U.S. concerns on Iran, Darfur, North Korean refugees, human rights and Burma with PRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on December 6. A/S Hill pressed the PRC to prevent further transfers of conventional weapons to Iran [...]	2007-12-06 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU
07BEIJING7388	PRC-IRAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MFA ON NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei December 6 that the recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program indicates the continued need for IAEA and Security Council action on Iran's nuclear program. AFM He said China is st [...]	2007-12-06 22:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7405	PRC/MEPP: CHINA TO ATTEND PARIS CONFERENCE, LIKELY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points urging China to attend the donors' conference in support of the Palestinians to be held in Paris December 17 to MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Levant Division Deputy Director Xu Chen. 2. (C) Xu said that China will attend the conference [...]	2007-12-07 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER MEPP CH FR IS
07BEIJING7409	CHINA'S "INDEPENDENT" PRESS: ECONOMIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Managers and journalists from the Economic Observer, China's only "private" (non-Party- affiliated) newspaper, which was launched as a nation- wide, weekly paper in 2001 and is owned by a commercial provincial holding company, told PolOffs recently that the Observer is alive and well and [...]	2007-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP CH
07BEIJING7434	CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]	2007-12-11 03:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7435	CHINA/IRAN: $2 BILLION YADAVARAN OIL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed media reports that China state-owned energy giant Sinopec sealed a deal with Iran to develop the Yadavaran oil field in Southwestern Iran. Media reports, some quoting officials at the signing ceremony that took place December 9, describe a s [...]	2007-12-11 04:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR
07BEIJING7455	CHINA TO SUPPORT DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ CH
07BEIJING7457	CHINA HOPES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) PolOff on December 12 queried Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on China's reaction to the Troika's December 10 report on Kosovo. Yao said China appreciates the Troika's efforts to reach a solution acceptable to a [...]	2007-12-12 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC TW YI CH
07BEIJING7462	MIGRANT MOTHER'S DEATH PROVOKES DEBATE ON [...] (C) The death of a desperately poor migrant worker and her unborn child at a Beijing hospital has generated public uproar and a wave of social criticism by intellectuals. The migrant, 22-year-old Li Liyun, died November 21 when her common-law husband refused to sign a permission form to allow [...]	2007-12-12 11:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
07BEIJING7474	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH CSRC CHAIRMAN SHANG [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Secretary Paulsn met with CSRC Chairman Shang Fulin in conjunction with the SED in Beijing on December 11. Shang briefed Paulson on recent progress in raising the quota for foreign investors in Chinese capital markets to USD 30 billion. He also emphasized plans to resu [...]	2007-12-13 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN
07BEIJING7476	XI JINPING APPOINTED PARTY SCHOOL PRESIDENT [...] (C) Xi Jinping, promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee at the mid-October Party Congress, has been appointed president of the Central Party School (CPS),according to University of Denver China scholar Zhao Suisheng (please protect). In a meeting with PolOff on December 11, Zhao (who is [...]	2007-12-13 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7487	MFA: CHINESE ENGINEERS TO DEPLOY BY JANUARY, NOT [...] (C) China anticipates that the remaining engineers being provided to Darfur as China's contribution to the Heavy Support Package will deploy by the end of January, Diao Junshu, the MFA International Organizations Department UN Division officer responsible for Sudan, told PolOff December 14. [...]	2007-12-14 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
07BEIJING7518	XINJIANG: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES, EXPORTS UIGHUR [...] (C) Officials in the cities of Kashgar and Urumqi in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) told Poloffs that XUAR authorities created programs to move Uighur laborers from rural Xinjiang to China's booming coastal cities to boost incomes for young workers from southern Xinjiang and "change [...]	2007-12-17 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN CH
07BEIJING7550	XINJIANG AUTHORITIES BLOCK UNSANCTIONED HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed contact told Poloff December 3 that Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) officials seek to eliminate all Hajj pilgrimages other than those arranged by the Islamic Association of China (IAC). The contact said that Saudi Arabia requested China to prohibit Chinese M [...]	2007-12-19 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
07BEIJING7573	CHINA'S CASTE SYSTEM: GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOWLY TO [...] (C) China's leaders, several contacts tell us, are increasingly concerned by the social inequalities created by China's household registration system ("hukou"),a legacy of the Mao era that prevents migrants from enjoying many of the social services available to native urban dwellers. China's [...]	2007-12-20 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7575	PM FUKUDA,S VISIT TO CHINA STILL IN THE PLANNING [...] (C) Preparations for Japan Prime Minister Fukuda's upcoming official visit to Japan are underway even though the dates of the visit and the agenda have yet to be agreed, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told Poloff on December 19. Lu said the notional agen [...]	2007-12-20 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JN
07BEIJING7576	LANZHOU: ISLAMIC LINKS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in western China, told EmbOffs that Gansu sees things differently from Beijing on a range of issues. They stressed that western provinces now believe it is their turn to enjoy the fruits of China's rapid economic development and exp [...]	2007-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EINV CH TW
07BEIJING7591	SURPRISINGLY SMALL INCREASE IN CHINESE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: Saudi Arabian Consul Majed Alshammary (protect) told Poloff December 13 that Saudi Arabia would admit 20,000 Chinese Hajj pilgrims annually if China permitted it, although China has stated it will allow 10,700 Hajj pilgrims in 2007. Alshammary said he is surprised that China did [...]	2007-12-21 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK MY SA CH
07BEIJING7654	PRC/PAKISTAN: CHINA CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Beijing condemns the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as a terrorist act, MFA Asia Department Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Zhang Yiming told PolOff December 28. China has sent condolences to Bhutto's family as well as the families of the [...]	2007-12-28 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH PK
07BEIJING7657	CHINESE DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION "TURMOIL" [...] (C) MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director for Burma Chen Chen delivered the following "unofficial demarche" to PolOff December 29: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL DEMARCHE: - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has heard that a "Myanmar opposition clique" is "considering turmoil" against the Myanm [...]	2007-12-29 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING769	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER SONG VISIT TO EIJING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon discussed bilateral relations with high-level Chinese officials and raised growing concerns about the treatment of North Koreans in China in a day-long series of meetings with ROK consular officers in the PRC on his recent visit to Beijing. Our PRC and ROK E [...]	2007-02-01 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT CH KS KN
07BEIJING770	FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES: PROBABLE INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Top officials from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a January 25 meeting with Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Monetary Affairs Mark Sobel, Finatt Loevinger, and Econoffs, as well as a January 23 meeting that took place before Sobe [...]	2007-02-01 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV CH HK
07BEIJING773	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTED U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) MFA North Americas Director General Liu Jieyi expressed concern to the DCM over Taiwan media reports alleging U.S. support for Taiwan's development of long-range attack capabilities. DG Liu cited reports of U.S. civilian companies' plans to sell equipment for Taiwan's Xiong Feng long-ran [...]	2007-02-01 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
07BEIJING830	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES CASE OF CANADIAN CITIZEN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message concerning detained Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 1, underlining that Chinese authorities should inform Celil's family of his whereabouts and all [...]	2007-02-02 08:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CA
07BEIJING837	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZHAO YAN RELEASE BEFORE FEBRUARY 18? [...] (C) Zhao Yan will "definitely" be released before Chinese New Year (which starts February 18),an unnamed Chinese government official told a Reporters Without Borders delegation visiting Beijing, according to New York Times Bureau Chief Joe Kahn. Kahn told Poloff on February 2 that Reporters [...]	2007-02-02 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING860	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO YAOJIE BLOCKED FROM TRAVELING TO [...] (C) Local authorities have blocked Dr. Gao Yaojie, a well-know AIDS advocate from Henan province, from traveling to Beijing February 5 to complete visa processing for an upcoming trip to the United States, post has confirmed. Police continue toprevent Gao from leaing her home, Guo Tufei prot [...]	2007-02-05 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING861	MFA CONSIDERING PROPOSAL TO CO-HOST ARF [...] (C) The MFA will consider carefully the United States' proposals (reftel) that China co-sponsor, co- chair and join in the announcement of an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting on Non- proliferation, according to MFA officials from the Asia and Arms Control Departments. Poloff [...]	2007-02-05 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ARF CH
07BEIJING886	HUMAN RIGHTS: DAS CHRISTENSEN RAISES GAO YAOJIE [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen expressed deep concern about the detention of AIDS activist Dr. Gao Yaojie to MFA Director General for North American Affairs Liu Jieyi on February 6. Local authorities have prevented Dr. Gao, who exposed the widespread AIDS infections ca [...]	2007-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING887	MFA ON JAPANESE RESEARCH VESSEL DISPUTE [...] (C) The Chinese ship Dongfanghong, which was the subject of a February 5 Japanese diplomatic protest, is a civilian ship conducting normal scientific survey research, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff February 6. Beijing had notified Tokyo in 2006 of the ship's research [...]	2007-02-06 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH JA
07BEIJING888	DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES BURMA WITH MFA ASIAN [...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen underscored the need for continued international attention to Burma in a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue on February 6. The United States was disappointed by China's veto of the Security Council resolution on Burma. China should fin [...]	2007-02-06 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH BM AF
07BEIJING917	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH DG LIU JIEYI [...] (C) EVFM Dai Bingguo will represent China in the next Senior Dialogue following the expected confirmation of Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte, MFA North American Affairs DG Liu Jieyi told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen. China is prepared to hold subdialogue talks on the Middle East, Africa, [...]	2007-02-07 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP CH SU IR
07BEIJING921	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST RAISES EXECUTION CASE OF UIGHUR [...] (C) Post contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Human Rights officer Xu Jing February 8 to urge that China stay the execution of Uighur rights activist Ismail Semed, citing problems of due process and the requirement under Chinese law for a Supreme Court [...]	2007-02-08 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
07BEIJING925	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETING WITH BEIJING [...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen expressed concern to leading Beijing University scholars about the implications of China's anti-satellite (ASAT) test. Dean of Beijing University's School of International Studies Wang Jisi (strictly protect) blamed "communication failure" within the Chinese Gov [...]	2007-02-08 08:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC TSPA PGOV CH SU BM IR
07BEIJING935	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST AGAIN RAISES CASE OF DR. GAO [...] (C) The MFA is continuing to look into the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Chen Xu stated in response to Polmincouns' delivery February 8 of a demarche (ref A) urging that China let Dr. Gao travel to Washington to be honored at the Vi [...]	2007-02-08 09:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIJING938	BEIJING WILL DECIDE POSITION ON MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) Beijing will decide its position on the length of mandate extension for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) after President Hu returns from Africa on February 12, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said. Chen was responding to a demarc [...]	2007-02-08 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
07BEIJING972	DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS [...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...]	2007-02-09 12:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH VN
07BEIJING976	HUMAN RIGHTS: POST DELIVERS SENATOR CLINTON LETTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-10 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
07BEIRUT1000	LEBANON: BERRI ADMITS SCUTTLING THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a 7/5 meeting, Speaker Berri gave his version of the demise of the Arab league initiative that collapsed in late June. While he tried to lay the blame on March 14th, it was clear that Berri had received instructions from Damascus to focus strictly on the "national unity government" -- [...]	2007-07-06 07:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1006	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES SECOND GOVERNMENT AVERTED, [...] (C) Samir Geagea received the Ambassador on July 6 in his recently completed home and Lebanese Forces office in Maarab. Other than the French initiative, the political situation is on hold, Geagea observed. The opposition is not currently working toward a second government, but President Laho [...]	2007-07-06 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1018	LEBANON: BERRI OFFERS GUARANTEE NOT TO TOPPLE [...] (C) According to a new proposal presented by a close aide of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the opposition finally will provide March 14 with the long sought-after guarantee not to resign from a national unity government. In return, the opposition wants its say in who will be Lebanon's next [...]	2007-07-09 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT102	LEBANON: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Embassy Beirut has completed a coordinated review of its Fiscal Year 2007 Section 1206 funding request for military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). All elements of the Embassy support this funding request. 2. (C) The Section 1206 request for Lebanon reflects a carefu [...]	2007-01-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1047	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]	2007-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1056	LEBANON: NAHR AL-BARID: BIG STEP FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) As the Lebanese Armed Forces' eight week old confrontation with Fatah al-Islam nears its end, one thing is certain: after years of Syrian domination and internal passivity, the LAF has surprised most observers by showing that it can stand on its own two feet. Despite suffering what for L [...]	2007-07-16 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1074	LEBANON: PM SINIORA LAMENTS BETRAYAL OF MARONITE [...] (C) A visibly upset PM Siniora told the Ambassador July 17 he was flabbergasted by what he saw as Maronite Patriarch Sfeir's ongoing attacks against GOL alleged efforts to marginalize Lebanon's Christian population. Stressing the GOL's policy of accommodating Christians was one of "conviction [...]	2007-07-19 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT108	LEBANON: PM SINIORA EXPECTS STRIKE ACTIVITY; [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora interpreted Friday night's televised interview by Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah as a clear indication that the anti-government March 8th coalition is not yet ready to negotiate a resolution to the current impasse. Siniora believes the disappointing turnouts of the [...]	2007-01-22 06:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1081	LEBANON: KARAMEH WILL NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SECOND [...] (C) A supporter of former PM Omar Karameh and Karameh's son Faisal told Poloff that Karameh, notwithstanding his rejection of the Siniora government, would not participate in a second government, discounting rumors that he would head such a government. The two stressed the elder Karameh's des [...]	2007-07-20 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1082	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANESE DIALOGUE AT LA [...] (C) In a 7/19 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie noted that France's "extremely modest expectations" for the La Celle-St. Cloud talks "were not exceeded." But, in Emie's calculation, the "chemistry worked," breaking the ice between Lebanese participants who in some [...]	2007-07-20 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1083	AOUN SURVEYS POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, HIS ROLE AFTER [...] (C) In a July 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun was mildly positive about the recent Paris talks, noting that his "team" had played a constructive role. He expressed his willingness to be a facilitator in any future efforts to solve Lebanon's po [...]	2007-07-20 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1087	DISMAYED BY THE MARONITE PATRIACH, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Christians supporting the GOL are dismayed by what they see as a drift, if not shift, in the attitude of 87-year-old Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, away from March 14 values toward "neutral" positions that in practice benefit pro-Syrian forces. When the Patriarch came out recently in favor o [...]	2007-07-23 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1088	LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]	2007-07-23 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1094	COUSSERON ON LEBANON DIALOGUE INITIATIVE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/24, French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran discussed follow-on to the dialogue in La Celle-St. Cloud and his regional visits. He said that, although he heard "nothing new" after a day in Beirut, he favored trying to keep a French-sponsored process al [...]	2007-07-24 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1095	LEBANON: HARIRI WARNS OF LONG-TERM IRANIAN [...] (C) March 14 and Sunni leader Saad Hariri, back from an extended stay abroad, expressed his concerns about the new French government's Lebanon policy, Iran's long-term intentions in Lebanon (with General Michel Aoun's active participation),and the need for a tougher US policy on Syria. Hari [...]	2007-07-24 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1096	GEMAYEL UPBEAT ABOUT BY-ELECTION, ANXIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Amine Gemayel was confident he would win his murdered son Pierre's parliamentary seat in the Metn district by-election scheduled for August 5. Noting the polls gave him the advantage, he said his opponent, Free Patriotic Movement [...]	2007-07-24 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1100	DESPITE MARCH 14 CONCESSIONS, HIZBALLAH REFUSES TO [...] (C) Despite what sound to be far-reaching concessions on the part of March 14 and GOL leaders, Hizballah rejected French Special Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran's pitch to focus feuding Lebanese politicians on a package of initiatives. Hizballah also rejected renewal of the high-level National D [...]	2007-07-25 07:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1122	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS VIEWS LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) National Liberal Party leader Dory Chamoun sees a two-year presidency under Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman as the only realistic option for resolving Lebanon's political crisis, and believes establishing the Special Tribunal before voting day will have a significan [...]	2007-07-26 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1123	LEBANON'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON VATICAN TRIP [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 7/25, Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, just back from Rome, said that he found Vatican officials generally willing to push Christian MPs to participate in the Parliament session to elect Lebanon's next president. But while on board philosophically, the [...]	2007-07-26 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1132	LEBANON: BEIRUT ARCHBISHOP'S ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and Special Assistant on July 27, Archbishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite archbishop of Beirut, shared his evaluation of the upcoming parliamentary by-elections in the predominantly Christian Metn district. Matar believes General Aoun's candidate wi [...]	2007-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1134	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP DEPLORES SYRIAN INTERFERENCE [...] (C) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and PolOff, Bishop Elias Audi, Metropolitan for the Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut, asserted that Syria wanted to reestablish its presence in Lebanon, or barring that, control the country through proxies. According to Audi, the discord among Christ [...]	2007-07-27 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1135	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: HARBINGER OF [...] (C) Lebanon's upcoming parliamentary by-elections are a critical precursor to the upcoming battle over the presidency. Not only do they represent an opportunity to boost March 14's dwindling (whether due to political assassinations or other intimidation) numbers, but the Metn race may well ma [...]	2007-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1136	LEBANON: GOL OUTLINES PLAN FOR REBUILDING NAHR [...] (C) The government official responsible for the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, outlined the GOL's plan to deal with the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp once the Lebanese Armed Forces' battle against Fatah al-Islam militants is over. Makkawi is aware of the po [...]	2007-07-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1138	DISGRUNTLED SWISS ENVOY TRASHES FRENCH DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a 7/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss envoy Didier Pfirter projected both sour grapes and some reasonable-sounding analysis in trashing the French dialogue initiative. While smarting from being upstaged by the French diplomacy (with French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran refusing to [...]	2007-07-29 08:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1139	LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN ON THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In a 7/27 meeting with the Ambassador and DATT that concentrated mostly on the fighting in Nahr al-Barid (septel),Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman also spoke briefly of Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. The Ambassador raised concerns that remarks attributed to Sle [...]	2007-07-30 04:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1142	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER NOW UPBEAT ON TELECOM [...] (C) Following a recent internal review of telecommunications privatization, Economy Minister Haddad was pleased with progress and hopeful that the sale of the two mobile licenses could be concluded by year-end. To complete the fixed-line sale, the GOL must sell 33 percent of the shares publi [...]	2007-07-30 04:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1143	LEBANON: POWER PRIVATIZATION MEETING MILESTONES, [...] (SBU) Acting Minister of Energy and Water Safadi says the GOL is committed to and is moving as scheduled on power sector reform. He is focused on quickly fixing Electricite du Liban's management and making the company viable for privatization. The GOL has started building financial accounts, [...]	2007-07-30 04:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1144	MARCH 14 CONCENTRATES ON NASSIB LAHOUD AND BOUTROS [...] (C) While presidential politics are in suspended animation pending the outcome of the Metn elections on August 5, three options look increasingly likely as the 11/24 end of President Emile Lahoud's extended term approaches: 1) Parliament fails to achieve a two-thirds quorum, leaving either [...]	2007-07-30 05:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1145	KOUCHNER'S TRIP: LITTLE TO SHOW, BUT KOUCHNER TO [...] (C) Although MP Boutros Harb perhaps best summed up current French diplomacy as "wishful thinking politics," French Ambassador Bernard Emie provided the Ambassador a relatively upbeat description of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's July 27-29 Lebanon visit. Emie said that getting togethe [...]	2007-07-30 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1153	BERRI READY TO START DEALING ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Yanking the Ambassador into a private room on the margins of a larger 7/30 meeting (septel),Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, his voice lowered to a whisper, urged that the USG help to select acceptable candidates for Lebanon's presidential elections. On/about August 20, Berri will start [...]	2007-07-31 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1156	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS MARCH 14 SCUTTLED FRENCH [...] (C) French efforts produced nothing, Speaker Berri told the Ambassador, thanks to March 14's refusal to discuss Berri's latest initiative. To avoid a divided Lebanon the country needs a consensus president, Berri argued, and the opposition won't agree on a compromise candidate until it is par [...]	2007-08-01 06:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1163	SURPRISING MESSAGE FROM THE PRO-SYRIAN CAMP: [...] (C) In a 8/1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister Wadih al-Khazen -- close to both Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- insisted that Emile Lahoud will leave the presidency on schedule on November 24. Khazen also made a surprising proposition: if the USG [...]	2007-08-02 11:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1165	LEBANON: RELIEF FOLLOWED BY DISMAY OVER MORATINOS' [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on 7/31, PM Siniora expressed relief that, in his view, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who had visited Lebanon earlier in the week, was finally waking up to the mischief and havoc Syria was foisting onto Lebanon. He expressed satisf [...]	2007-08-02 12:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SP
07BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: HARIRI PREOCCUPIED BY ELECTIONS, SYRIA, [...] (C) A somewhat subdued Saad Hariri told the Ambassador the polls looked good for March 14's Beirut by-election candidate Mohamed Itani in the Beirut by-election. His assessment of former president and March 14 ally Amine Gemayel chances in the Metn by-election was restrained. Hariri eagerly [...]	2007-08-02 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1176	LEBANON: MP BOULOS SEES AOUN STRATEGY AT ST. CLOUD [...] (C) Maronite MP Jawad Boulos outlined for the Ambassador what he saw as three different positions shared at La Celle-St. Cloud, talks in which he represented the Christian majority. March 14 will consider a package, of national unity government with a president. Rejecting the package approa [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1177	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1178	LEBANON: GEAGEA OUTLINES MARCH 14 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea outlined to Ambassador on August 2 the presidential election strategy he claims he and his March 14 allies have agreed on. He urged that USG treat all declared candidates, including Michel Aoun of March 8, equally in public so as to be seen as supportin [...]	2007-08-06 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT118	LEBANON: BERRI BACKS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY; [...] (C) In a 1/22 meeting, Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed estimates heard in other quarters that Hassan Nasrallah and Michel Aoun are out to prove a point in the 1/23 demonstrations and intend to use every means available to portray the general strike as effective and broadly supported. Declarin [...]	2007-01-23 06:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1186	LEBANON'S METN BY-ELECTIONS: DID EVERYONE LOSE [...] (C) While the pro-independence March 14 majority and the Hizballah-Aoun opposition each picked up one seat in the parliamentary by-elections held 8/5 (reftel),the Hizballah-Aoun forces claim the bigger victory: before the two assassinations (of Pierre Gemayel and Walid Eido) that created t [...]	2007-08-06 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1199	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS ACTING FM - OR DID THEY? [...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Shays's brief meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri, the group discussed the August 6 re-appearance of Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh in his official office and his decision to resume "management" of foreign relations for the first time since submitting hi [...]	2007-08-08 05:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1208	LEBANON: CBL GOVERNOR SALAMEH PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh says the GOL barely met its Emergency Post Conflict Assistance program targets, is not making satisfactory progress on reform, will have a hard time meeting further benchmarks, and could not meet the higher standards required for a formal IMF program. Salameh [...]	2007-08-09 06:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT121	LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH SEES CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met January 23 with Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who expressed his concern that Lebanese Christians are fighting each other and did not appear engaged in trying to de-escalate the nationwide strike. The Patriarch agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that ex [...]	2007-01-23 17:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1217	LEBANON: SINIORA SEES GOVERNMENT AS VICTOR IN [...] (C) A proud and upbeat Prime Minister Siniora told CODEL Shays that the GOL is the real winner in the parliamentary by-elections: the government held free and safe elections; opposition participation signaled government legitimacy; and Michel Aoun lost his mandate to speak for the majority of t [...]	2007-08-09 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF LE
07BEIRUT1218	AOUNIST MP STRUGGLING TO PULL HIS BOSS BACK FROM [...] (C) On 8/8, Aoun bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan pleaded with the Ambassador for the USG to lighten up on Michel Aoun and also to help forge a genuine partnership between Aoun and the Hariri bloc. Aoun, who should be the best friend of America and the leader who can save Lebanon, risks being exploite [...]	2007-08-09 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1220	LEBANON: BRIEFING PM AND DEFMIN ON USG BILATERAL [...] (C) Ambassador and EmbOffs gave a comprehensive briefing of USG bilateral military assistance for Lebanon to PM Siniora and DPM and Defense Minister Murr. This briefing highlighted the dramatic growth of grant assistance from FY 05 to FY 07 in response to Lebanon's recent emergency requests. [...]	2007-08-09 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1221	LEBANON: PM SINIORA COMMENTS ON EU BORDER [...] (C) On the margins of a briefing on USG bilateral military aid (reftel),Prime Minister Siniora shared his concern that EU initiatives to protect the border with Syria could produce more harm than good. He is concerned that the Syrians will get credit for participating in an international i [...]	2007-08-10 05:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1222	LEBANON: CONGRESSMAN SHAYS HEARS VIEWS ON THE [...] (SBU) Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) made his third visit to Beirut August 6-7, where he held meetings with PM Siniora, Acting FM Tarek Mitri (septels) and political figures Minister Mohamed Safadi, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, and March 14 MP Robert Ghannem. The visit occurred in the [...]	2007-08-10 05:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1253	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES FOR INOPPORTUNE [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman denied that his recent marks were an accusation against the US of providing insufficient military assistance, reaffirming instead Lebanon's deep appreciation for the USG's essential role in helping the army battle Fatah al-Islam extremi [...]	2007-08-16 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1255	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: as the first CENTCOM Commander to visit Lebanon, your visit provides us an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for Lebanon. Your visit comes during a critical period leading up to presidential elections this autumn, when the Lebanese are [...]	2007-08-16 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1258	LEBANON: TELEPHONE PRIVATIZATION SET TO GO [...] (C) Key players in the GOL program to privatize the telecommunications sector, including Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, met with the DCM and EconOff to review the status of the program. All are in agreement that the plan can proceed on time if PM Siniora and the Higher Counc [...]	2007-08-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1272	LEBANON: MOVING TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF THE GERMAN [...] (C) The German Border Security Pilot Program (BSPP) has made some strides and will "technically" be able to launch as scheduled on September 1. However, most of the equipment and capabilities will not be functional until approximately October 15. There are still unmet equipment needs and Ger [...]	2007-08-21 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1284	LEBANON: PLO REPRESENTATIVE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Abbas Zaki, the PLO Representative in Lebanon, told the Charge on 8/21 that he has faith in the GOL's promise to rebuild the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp on its original site. Lebanese politicians, though divided on domestic issues, are united in their desire to help the Palestinian refugees [...]	2007-08-22 14:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH TELEPHONE NETWORK 'DISCOVERED' [...] (C) The Ministry of Telecommunications announced it had found an illegal telecom network established and operated by Hizballah in the parts of Lebanon Hizballah controls. Minister of Telecom Marwan Hamadeh initially said the GOL would react "fiercely" to what he portrayed as a surprising disc [...]	2007-08-24 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECONEGE EFIN LE
07BEIRUT1320	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A [...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]	2007-08-28 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1332	LAF COMMANDER WON'T BE PRESIDENT, SAY MURR AND [...] (C) In separate 8/28 meetings with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr and March 14 presidential candidate Nassib Lahoud offered -- despite their deep political and personal differences -- surprisingly similar advice: the USG should not oppose the presidential ambitions of LAF [...]	2007-08-30 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1333	LEBANON: ACTING FM ON VATICAN RELATIONS AND THE [...] (C) On August 30, Culture and Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri told the Ambassador that Vatican officials were pleased to have recently spoken with the Secretary about the upcoming elections in Lebanon. The Vatican finds itself in agreement with the U.S. on the need for Lebanon to elect a [...]	2007-08-30 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY VT
07BEIRUT1334	LEBANON: BERRI: FUTURE OF LEBANON DEPENDS ON [...] (C) Speaker Berri continues to insist on a two-thirds parliamentary quorum to hold a vote on the presidency, though he acknowledged that the constitution permits the vote to take place during the last ten days prior to the expiration of the current president's mandate with only a simple majori [...]	2007-08-30 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1342	LEBANON: GEAGEA CHARTS MARCH 14 ELECTION COURSE, [...] (C) A thoughtful and deliberate Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea outlined March 14's presidential election strategy and the opposition's efforts to scuttle or otherwise disrupt the election. Geagea stressed that the U.S. could best serve itself and Lebanon in the period before the el [...]	2007-08-31 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1343	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLANS FOR COUNTERING BERRI'S [...] (C) During a productive Saturday at the Serail, the Ambassador met on 9/1 with the Prime Minister, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh, and Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The March 14 members were all discussing Speaker Berri's proposal announced to great fanfare the prev [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1345	LEBANON: GEMAYEL: OPPOSITION ARMING, MARCH 14 TO [...] (C) On August 31, former President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador that Hizballah and Michel Aoun are arming their followers, constituting a growing military and security threat. He believes the opposition is intimidating March 14, and Hizballah-Aoun forces will act before the country can [...]	2007-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT135	LEBANON: EAC DISCUSSES 1/25 VIOLENCE; AGREES TO [...] (C) At 1800 hours on January 25 DCM chaired a full meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the day's events and consider measures in response to the violence in Beirut and elsewhere on January 23, 24, and 25. The EAC made the following observations: (a) Leban [...]	2007-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KPAL LE
07BEIRUT1355	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI: PRESIDENTAL ELECTION [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati believes it is now possible, although difficult, for Lebanon to hold a presidential election on time. Popular sentiment demands an election, and any party seen as preventing an election will pay. To that end, Speaker Nabih Berri is working with whom Mi [...]	2007-09-05 09:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1360	LEBANON: ITALIAN AMBASSADOR URGES URGENT US [...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Checchia, accompanied by Second Secretary Carlo Jacobucci, met with the Ambassador September 5 to provide a readout of EU High Representative Javier Solana's September 6 visit to Beirut (Italy was acting on behalf of the EU presidency in the absence o [...]	2007-09-05 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE

07BEIRUT1361	LEBANON: NAZEM KHOURY PLUGS FOR A SLEIMAN [...] (C) Former MP Nazem Khoury spoke glowingly of the Lebanese Armed Forces's (LAF) achievement at Nahr al-Barid and of LAF commander General Michel Sleiman's heroic role in the victory. Khoury discounted doubts about Sleiman's political allegiance; he was a man one could judge by his actions. [...]	2007-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1366	LEBANON: VATICAN SENDING RIGHT MESSAGE, BUT IS [...] (C) Vatican officials will send visiting Lebanese Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir all the right messages concerning Lebanon's sovereignty and the upcoming presidential election, according to a March 14 contact who just returned from his own trip to the Holy See. It remains to be seen, however, whet [...]	2007-09-06 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1377	LAHOUD'S LEGAL ADVISOR: MILITARY "SOLUTION" IF NO [...] (C) In a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Selim Jeressaiti, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud's legal advisor, stated that Lahoud's thinking regarding the presidential transition has evolved. Even if there is no consensus presidential successor, Lahoud will leave Baabda Palace at the end of h [...]	2007-09-10 05:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1384	LEBANON: USG RESPONDS TO PM'S APPEAL TO REBUILD [...] (SBU) At a widely attended international donors conference on September 10, Prime Minister Siniora formally launched the appeal to rebuild the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and to assist Lebanese citizens in the surrounding area who had been impacted by the 105-day armed conflict. UNRWA Commissi [...]	2007-09-10 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER KPAO LE
07BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRESS FOR [...] (C) Sheikh Salim Soussan, the Sunni Mufti of Sidon, and Sayyed Ali al-Amin, the independent minded Shi'a Mufti of Tyre, both conveyed messages of goodwill toward the US in September 10 meetings with Embassy staff. However, while Soussan focused on the volatile national and regional political s [...]	2007-09-13 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1407	JUMBLATT WORRIED SAAD HARIRI IS DRIFTING TO [...] (C) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 9/13, Druse leader and MP Walid Jumblatt expressed concern about Saad Hariri's thinking. The March 14 meeting the previous evening was difficult, Jumblatt said, because Hariri, Boutros Harb, and Mohammed Safadi were too ready to give in to Parliam [...]	2007-09-13 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV LE SY SA
07BEIRUT1408	LEBANON: SINIORA: ELECTIONS PARAMOUNT, WITHOUT [...] (C) PM Siniora seemed surprisingly optimistic about the prospects for selecting a credible compromise presidential candidate in a September 12 meeting with visiting EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble. He reiterated his opposition to amending the constitution and stressed the election must be held wit [...]	2007-09-13 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT141	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER INSISTS AOUN MARCHES [...] (C) On January 25, just as serious unrest at Beirut Arab University was beginning, Minister of Interior Hassan Saba told the Ambassador that the LAF would exercise more decisive control of the situation if further violence occurs. Minister Saba, whose ministry controls the ISF which has been [...]	2007-01-26 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT142	LEBANON: NEW FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Ambassador Hicham Dimachkieh, the new Secretary General in the Foreign Ministry, discussed the factors which complicate Lebanon's relationship with its powerful and often obtuse neighbor. Exhibiting the caution of a diplomat who worked for many years in Syrian-dominate [...]	2007-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT1422	SAAD HARIRI ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on 9/15, MP Saad Hariri portrayed none of the proclivity to compromise on Lebanon's presidency that Walid Jumblatt darkly suspected only a few days earlier (ref a). Calling Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "a liar," Hariri said that he was prepared to "go all th [...]	2007-09-16 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1423	LEBANON: AMAL AND AOUN IN GAME OF BRINKSMANSHIP [...] (C) Both Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) continue to dig in their heels in their efforts to determine Lebanon's next president. While Amal's strategy focuses on the constitution (which it interprets to require a two-thirds quorum to elect president) to ensure a candidate of its lik [...]	2007-09-16 11:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT143	LEBANON: FORMER MINISTER EDDE SEES CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and Poloff met over lunch on January 24 with former Minister of Culture and the current President of the Maronite League, Michel Edde. He expressed his deep concerns for the future of Lebanon after the previous day's general strike and was especially troubled by scenes of L [...]	2007-01-26 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1436	LEBANON: READY TO MAKE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Finance Minister Azour told the Ambassador on September 12 that, in addition to the $5 million the GOL plans to commit later this month to the account for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, taken from GOL contingency accounts, he [...]	2007-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT144	LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER ON SYRIAN, IRANIAN, [...] (C) In a 1/26 meeting, Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi (Druse, allied with Walid Jumblatt) provided details on Syrian, Iranian, and Saudi diplomacy in recent days. Based on what he claims to know, Aridi was pessimistic that the 1/25 riots marked the end to the violence. Syria, he insis [...]	2007-01-26 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT1441	LEBANON: FINNISH DIPLOMAT OFFERS VIEWS ON SYRIAN [...] (C) A visiting Finnish diplomat from Damascus sees Syria as pursuing a policy of "constructive chaos" in Lebanon, and views its motives for supporting an EU-proposed border mission as suspect. He perceives cracks in the Syrian regime that suggest its lifespan is limited, and advocated targeted [...]	2007-09-19 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1442	LEBANON: ANOTHER MP ASSASSINATED, ANOTHER BLOW TO [...] (C) March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem was killed September 19 in what appears to have been a targeted attack in Beirut's eastern suburb. Ghanem, a close ally of Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel, was a fervent critic of Syria. Ghanem's assassination comes at an especiall [...]	2007-09-19 17:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1446	LEBANON: PDAS DIBBLE'S VISIT REVEALS A FULL AGENDA [...] (C) During a September 12-14 visit, EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met with GOL officials, bankers, and World Bank economists, who agreed on just two issues: continued U.S. support for Lebanon is essential during the upcoming presidential election period, and Lebanon has a lot to discuss at the upc [...]	2007-09-20 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT145	CHATAH GRATEFUL TO USG FOR PARIS III SUCCESS [...] (C) Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Siniora, gushed exuberantly about U.S. leadership in achieving a successful Paris III conference. He expressed delight as well with the CEO Partnership event, saying that the GOL would now hire someone to serve as permanent liaison with t [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID LE SY
07BEIRUT1451	LEBANON: PATRIARCH URGES CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir told the Ambassador on 9/20 that he continues to believe in the need for a consensus presidential candidate as the only way to avoid a divided Lebanon. He agrees, however, with the need to stick to the principles outlined in the annual Bishops' statement, [...]	2007-09-21 12:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1454	LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 13:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT146	LEBANON: AOUN ADVISOR ADMITS ERRORS; CLAIMS THE [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, a senior Aounist advisor, admitted to emboff that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) made serious errors of judgment on January 23, the date of a violent general strike in Beirut that resulted in three deaths and numerous casualties. K [...]	2007-01-29 06:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1461	LEBANON: BERRI'S LATEST TWIST: A DISGUISED [...] (C) Following a lengthy discussion between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's senior advisor and Pol/Econ Chief, Berri, in the latest twist in the opposition's tireless efforts to gain control of the presidency, is proposing a one-month trial period for his initiative to seek a consensus candida [...]	2007-09-24 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1469	LEBANON: IS SLEIMAN THE ACE UP BERRI'S SLEEVE? [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again gone on the offensive, this time postponing parliament's presidential election for one month to allow time for March 14 and March 8 to reach a consensus candidate. In a move in which Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel appears to be the unwitting a [...]	2007-09-25 08:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT147	BERRI OFFERS TO REMOVE TENTS, RESTART DIALOGUE -- [...] (C) Since Friday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has sent, successively, his brother Mahmoud, his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, and (resigned) Amal-aligned Minister of Health Mohammed Khalifeh to see the Ambassador. Their message: that the Speaker is ready to use his influence to calm [...]	2007-01-29 06:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1482	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: CABINET REAFFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (C) Although details of the meeting make the LAF-GOL discussions sound tense, Prime Minister Siniora described as "very good" the seven-hour cabinet meeting on 9/24. The meeting focused, the PM reported, on stopping groups from across the political spectrum from rearming and tightening cabin [...]	2007-09-26 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER LE
07BEIRUT1483	LEBANON: BERRI INITIATIVE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) As he promised he would, Speaker Berri called MPs to parliament on September 25 to begin the process of electing Lebanon's next president. Because only 74 MPs showed up, 12 short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president on the first round, the session was adjourned without a [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1504	LEBANON: LAUNCH OF GERMAN BORDER PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: At the weekly donors meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP) on September 26, Detlef Karioth, Coordinator of the NBPP, announced that the operational launch date had been delayed for another four weeks until November 15. There are a number of reasons for this [...]	2007-09-28 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1510	LEBANON: IRANIAN GOLD FOR SALE? [...] (C) Iraqi businessman Dr. Sabah Hashem Allawi, brother of former Iraqi Prime Minister and current Iraqi MP Iyad Allawi, told DCM and Econoff on 9/11 that he had been asked to broker a sale of gold that he later learned was registered to Iran. Emboffs met Allawi at a lunch in Beirut arranged by [...]	2007-09-28 13:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENIV ETRD PGOV PREL PTER IR LE
07BEIRUT1511	LEBANON: TACTICAL FLIRTATION (BUT NO STRATEGIC [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri appears, inadvertently, to be a miraculous match-maker: after years of political warfare, March 14 leaders and Michel Aoun's bloc are now gingerly exchanging tender glances, tentatively discovering beauties in each other that neither perceived before. Mar [...]	2007-09-28 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1512	LEBANON: GEAGEA: WHAT IS HARIRI COOKING UP? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes accepting Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun's offers of detente is the best way to coopt Aoun's presidential ambitions. He dismissed concerns that March 14's support could boomerang by increasing prospects for Aoun's candidacy, [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1513	LEBANON: ON EVE OF U.S. TRIP, HARIRI LOOKS AT [...] (C) On 9/28, MP Saad Hariri said he would have four requests for USG officials during his upcoming Washington consultations: first, accelerated support for the Lebanese army and police, including highly visible equipment to put Hizballah off balance; second, immediate embrace of Lebanon's n [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1514	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOPS CALL FOR SOVEREIGN, [...] (C) In what many view as their clearest and most political statement ever, Lebanon's Maronite bishops issued their eighth annual "call" on September 19, a beacon of light on a day of tragic juxtaposition; just hours later a massive car bomb killed March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem, bringing to six the [...]	2007-09-30 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1534	LEBANON: A KINDER, GENTLER AOUN DISTANCES HIMSELF [...] (C) In a surprise change of heart, General Michel Aoun told the Ambassador he would not support a second government and hinted at a willingness to dissolve his 2006 MOU with Hizballah if he receives a better offer. Aoun, who has been reaching out to March 14 leaders in the past ten days, appe [...]	2007-10-02 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1539	LEBANON: "SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM" TO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA LE
07BEIRUT1540	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI BELIEVES UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri does not believe the election of a new Lebanese president would necessarily fulfill the requirements of UNSCR 1559, as Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is now claiming so as to be able to assert that 1559 will no longer be needed after elections. On the [...]	2007-10-03 08:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT1544	LEBANON: LEBANESE BANKS IN PLAY? [...] (C) Recent Rumors of the sale of BLOM Bank, to either Arab Bank or Audi Bank, were persistent enough to cause BLOM to issue a disclaimer. However, both BLOM and Audi tacitly admit unconsummated deals. Some regional player, almost certainly the Arab Bank, also tried to make a deal with one of [...]	2007-10-03 14:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1545	LEBANON: TELECOM SECTOR -- AS CONFUSING AS EVER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1546	LEBANON: TELECOM SECTOR -- AS CONFUSING AS EVER [...] (C) Both Telecom Minister Hamadeh and Transportation Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Shehadi are optimistic about the launch of the mobile telecom sale, but Shehadi appears to be struggling to get the TRA up and running. In earlier meetings with USG officials, Hamadeh appeared to support [...]	2007-10-04 08:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT156	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOESN'T SEE A NEAR TERM [...] (C) While warmly praising the U.S. and international support for Lebanon expressed at Paris III, Prime Minister Siniora was less hopeful regarding a near-term solution to his country's current political crisis. Siniora said that upon his return, he had reached out to Amal leader Nabih Berri [...]	2007-01-30 07:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1563	LEBANON: RETICENT PATRIARCH HINTS AT STRONG [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir continues to receive a flurry of key visitors attempting to plead their interests, get his blessing, and squeeze out information from the tight-lipped yet influential cleric. While he offered little of his own thinking, he did inquire about MP Hariri's visit to W [...]	2007-10-05 15:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1565	LEBANON: DELAYS WITH GERMAN BORDER PILOT ENHANCE [...] (C) Summary: At the October 4 weekly meeting for the German Northern Border Pilot Program (NBPP),donors listened to the long list of continuing delays affecting the launch date of the NBPP. During the meeting the proposed ESDP mission to the eastern border was raised, but the EU representati [...]	2007-10-05 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1574	LEBANON: PAPAL NUNCIO GLOOMY ABOUT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) The Papal Nuncio in Lebanon exhibited a general disdain for Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, the Maronite Christians, and the greater Lebanese Christian community regarding their disorganized, ineffective role in Lebanese politics today, calling the Maronite church a "grande folie." He stressed [...]	2007-10-09 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1575	LEBANON: NASRALLAH DWELLS ON ELECTION; [...] (C) Hizballah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah in his annual al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day speech proposed three scenarios for solving Lebanon's political crisis, including a plan to hold a direct presidential election. PM Siniora and others interpreted Nasrallah's remarks as an effort to distor [...]	2007-10-09 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1582	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES TELECOM SALE [...] (C) Summary: The GOL cabinet approved the sale of two mobile telephone licenses, with a call for bids this year and a final sale in early 2008. The cabinet also approved hiring of staff by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) with temporary exemption from GOL administrative proces [...]	2007-10-10 14:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SUPPORTS CONINUED NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) During an October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his desire to continue discussions on the EU proposal for enhanced security on the eastern border with Syria. During Siniora's recent visits to regional capitals, he found, to his surprise, that the Emir of [...]	2007-10-11 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1585	LEBANON: SUNNI MUFTI DEFENDS CHRISTIAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Sunni Grand Mufti Qabbani, stressing the Christian contribution to Lebanon's unique identity, asserts that the Sunnis are committed to the 1989 Ta'if Accord's 50-50 power-sharing arrangement between Christians and Muslims. Even if the Christian population dwindles, he said, this relationsh [...]	2007-10-11 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1597	LEBANON: ALTERNATIVE SHI'A ADVOCATES NOT UNITED [...] (C) Over the past few months a number of prominent Shi'a, including academics, journalists, and businessmen, have launched initiatives aiming to break what they believe is an Iran-funded Hizballah/Amal monopoly on Lebanese Shi'a political support. While these different Shi'a groups have held [...]	2007-10-11 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1598	LEBANON: FRENCH, SPANISH, ITALIAN FMS TO MAKE [...] (C) The French, Spanish, and Italian Foreign Ministers are planning a joint visit to Lebanon October 19-20 to meet with UNIFIL commanders and their national troop contingents in UNIFIL and aleo meet with key political leaders in Beirut. French Embassy DCM and poloffs told us that the French hop [...]	2007-10-11 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1600	LEBANON: PM SINIORA COMMENTS ON THE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) During a October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his dismay at some March 14 allies' willingness to give in so quickly to demands from the March 8 opposition that a consensus candidate for president be chosen. Siniora also stated his firm objection to a co [...]	2007-10-12 07:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1602	LEBANON: SHIA MUFTI URGES U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) On October 11, Acting Chairman of the Higher Islamic Council Sayyed Abed al-Amir Qabalan was jovial as usual, but adopted a more aggressive tone than in previous meetings with the Ambassador. He urged the US to engage with Hizballah, and stressed Hizballah's allegedly peaceful intentions [...]	2007-10-12 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1604	LEBANON: LEBANESE RESIDENTS NEAR NAHR-AL BARID [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Emboffs met with mayors of municipalities located near the Nahr-Al Barid Palestinian refugee camp (NAB) during a trip to Tripoli October 9. The mayors praised the USG for its assistance to the local areas that were negatively affected by the 15-week battle at the camp, ad [...]	2007-10-14 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREF PREL PTER
07BEIRUT1610	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS SAY WITHOUT A MARCH [...] (C) March 14 Christian leaders Nassib Lahoud, Boutros Harb, and Nayla Mouawad are focused on obtaining a March 14 presidency, without which they say the coalition's ideals and accomplishments will be lost. All three leaders -- all of whom consider themselves presidential candidates -- noted [...]	2007-10-15 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1612	LEBANON: A PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM BENEFITS SYRIAN [...] (C) Former President Amine Gemayel expressed grave concern over the possibility of a vacuum in Lebanon's president. In his view, a vacuum would lead to a weakening of the March 14 majority and would enable Syria to manipulate the constitutional system in its favor. Gemayel is worried about a [...]	2007-10-15 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1616	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1623	LEBANON: "CHANGE AOUN" URGES GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi is worried about March 8 and March 14's inability to date to find a solution to the presidential election impasse. He believes the key to a solution lies in a shift in General Michel Aoun's thinking, which begs the question, who is most suitable to infl [...]	2007-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1633	LEBANON: ON BORDER PROJECT, GERMANS LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) A businessman whose firm is the logistical consultant for the German Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) told Poloff in an October 17 meeting that the NBPP continued to face serious delays and would not be fully operational by mid-February, rather than the target December 1 final deadline [...]	2007-10-18 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PG PGOV PREL SY
07BEIRUT1639	LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOP ON PATRIARCHS' SEPARATE [...] (C) A hopeful yet concerned Boulos Matar -- the Maronite Bishop of Beirut -- reported on Patriarch Sfeir's efforts to prevent a presidential vacuum. Matar said the Patriarch is working with General Michel Aoun to move him from "king to kingmaker," and communicating with Hizballah to deliver th [...]	2007-10-19 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1640	LEBANON: IS AOUN'S ATTITUDE CHANGING? [...] (SBU) Some members of General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement suggested to embassy contacts that Aoun is accepting that he cannot be elected president and is willing to support a consensus candidate elected by a two-thirds quorum. These members also report he opposes oppose a two-governm [...]	2007-10-21 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1644	LEBANON: SWISS ENVOY SEES INITIATIVE STALLED DUE [...] (C) During an October 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Swiss Special Envoy to Lebanon Didier Pfirter said it was "unlikely" that a November meeting to further the Swiss initiative to resolve Lebanon's political crisis would take place. The main reason for the lack of optimism was the uncertain [...]	2007-10-22 05:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1650	LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) With one month remaining before the end of President Lahoud's mandate on November 23, the opposing parties are no closer to reaching consensus on his successor or on the correct procedure for choosing one. Speaker Berri has again postponed the parliamentary voting session, this time until [...]	2007-10-22 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1652	LEBANON: OPPOSING THE "STATUS QUO" DELAY OF [...] (C) Reftel discusses possible scenarios for Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. But increasing evidence suggests that -- if the pro-Syrians can't impose their own candidate through pressure for "consensus" -- the "second government" option is no longer the pro-Syrians' weapon of choic [...]	2007-10-22 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1659	LEBANON: A QUICK GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) The list of candidates to be Lebanon's president, by tradition a Maronite Christian, is growing longer as the end of current President Emile Lahoud's term on November 23 grows nearer. With its October 23 session now cancelled, parliament is scheduled to convene on November 12 in a second [...]	2007-10-23 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT166	LEBANON: RIAD SALAMEH: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR [...] (C) Ministers Haddad and Azour shared with Ambassador some insight into the Central Bank (CBL) and its governor Riad Salameh, but stopped short of accusing him outright of malfeasance. However, they referred to the GOL/banking relationship as a "mess" and indicated that there are people who [...]	2007-01-31 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1661	LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO [...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1665	LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLEASED WITH EUROPEAN VISIT, [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the October 20 Lebanese political leaders' meeting with visiting French, Italian and Spanish foreign ministers as positive, especially on UNIFIL, and denied reports the Europeans are pushing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as a [...]	2007-10-24 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1670	LEBANON: NEW CAMOUFLAGE FOR SLEIMAN [...] (C) Amal (and by extension, Syria) continues to appear to be seeking a presidential nomination for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman. Amal claims not to be pushing its own candidate, insisting the ball is now in the hands of the Christian leaders and the Patriarch. Once th [...]	2007-10-26 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATEGY [...] (C) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections, first held during the Ottoman rule Empire in 1854. The landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta,if Accord. Throughout Lebanon,s history democr [...]	2007-10-26 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1678	LEBANON: AOUN, CLAIMING THE ABILITY TO BOSS [...] (C) If Michel Aoun is thinking of realistic fall-back options to his presidential options as some of his advisors insist, he draws a line at discussing them. Yet his unusually passionless presentation differed from his sharp words, making us wonder -- especially when he threatened (or, some [...]	2007-10-26 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1680	LEBANON: EUROPEANS SEE PROGRESS ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, reporting on the October 19-20 visit of the French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers to Lebanon, noted progress in Speaker Berri's efforts to reach a consensus candidate and more conciliatory tones on the part of both Berri and PM Siniora. Despite r [...]	2007-10-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1703	LEBANON: TELECOM PRIVATIZATON LABOR WOES MAY [...] (C) Two well-placed telecom officials say the progress of the sale of the two initial mobile licenses is going well. Both view privatization of the fixed line company, Ogero, with dissatisfaction, due in large part to their negative feelings regarding the Ministry of Telecommunications's Direc [...]	2007-10-31 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1713	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS USD FOUR [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is preparing for possible financial chaos, if the political situation deteriorates. He is prepared to run a "legitimate" bank from anywhere, and can support the Lebanese pound for the short term. In the event of political instability, he believes it is [...]	2007-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1717	LEBANON: A SHIA CRITIC OF TELECOM PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Yassin Jabir, a Shia MP close to Speaker Berri, raised concerns about privatization of Lebanon's mobile telecom businesses, saying he is not opposed to privatization, only the GOL methodology. He advocates for a slower process, with more government control, to promote three objectives: le [...]	2007-11-02 09:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1725	LEBANON WILL NOT ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL [...] (C) No one from the Lebanese Government will attend the upcoming meeting of the Arab League boycott in Damascus, Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told Ambassador and Econoff on November 1, 2007. During the meeting, he called the GOL's Israeli Boycott Office in his Ministry to verify [...]	2007-11-05 04:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	AL ECON ETRD IS KBCT LE PREL SY
07BEIRUT1728	LEBANON: PREVIEWING U.S. RESPONSE TO AN ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the opposition, predictably, protested what they view as U.S. interference in internal Lebanese affairs in response to Ref A demarche regarding economic and travel ramifications for those who participate in an unconstitutional government in Lebanon. Many view [...]	2007-11-05 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1729	LEBANON: MESSAGE TO USG: BERRI WANTS A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Resigned Minister of Health Mohammed Khalifeh, close to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, delivered a surprising message to the Ambassador in a November 2 meeting: Berri really wants a president to be elected by the midnight November 23 deadline. This goes against speculation that Berri, b [...]	2007-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1734	LEBANON: ADMIN ISSUES PLAGUE UNIIIC STAFF [...] (C) Senior officials of UNIIIC report that the 40-plus staff of investigators are unhappy with the uncertainty they face regarding employment with the Special Tribunal, which has yet to open, and that this dissatisfaction is affecting productivity and willingness to staying on to work for the [...]	2007-11-06 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1736	LEBANON: BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK ON AOUN [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the absence of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri from Lebanon, which he said prevented efforts to reach a consensus presidential candidate on time. If no consensus candidate is named before November 12, Berri said he would set a new date for [...]	2007-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1737	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE ADVOCATES TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant reported that French officials delivered tough messages to their Syrian counterparts during their November 3-4 meetings in Istanbul, warning that France would hold Syria responsible if Lebanon is unable to elect a president by November 24. Locally, a stronger Ch [...]	2007-11-06 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747	LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH [...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]	2007-11-07 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS OF DANGEROUS GAMES, AND IS [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea does not support France's efforts to convince the Patriarch to provide names of presidential candidates, fearing that, without an adequate safety net, this would lead to a weak president susceptible to Syrian and Hizballah influence. Citing Nassib Lahoud [...]	2007-11-09 14:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1762	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOWNPLAYS SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) PM Siniora confirmed that, in the event parliament fails to elect a president and his cabinet temporarily takes on presidential powers, he would move immediately to appoint new Shia ministers to replace the six opposition members who submitted their resignations one year ago. He claimed to [...]	2007-11-09 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1764	LEBANON: AOUN CLAIMS TO DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) With the petulance of a sullen teenager who didn't get his way and whose unique genius is underappreciated, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun says he is bowing out of the presidential race, although he has yet (as of 11/9) to make an official announcement. He reportedly told his M [...]	2007-11-10 10:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1769	LEBANON: FM MITRI BELIEVES PATRIARCH COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri reported that the Patriarch is committed to carrying out the French initiative and elucidated on how it would work. Mitri said the Patriarch intends to solicit names from four Maronite leaders (two March 14 and two from March 8-Aoun) and will then come [...]	2007-11-13 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1777	LEBANON: AOUN DOWN ON THE FRENCH INITIATIVE [...] (C) General Michel Aoun remains as gloomy and dejected as he was during the last meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). While the French initiative seems to have picked up momentum elsewhere in Beirut in the last few days, Aoun shot down hope for the initiative, saying that he would not particip [...]	2007-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1781	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANXIOUS, CONFUSED AFTER STRATEGY [...] (C) An anxious Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad on November 13 described a divided March 14 coalition strategy meeting the night before. While Christian leaders urged a half-plus-one presidential election (should no presidential solution be found before the expiration of Emile Lahoud [...]	2007-11-15 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC LE FR SY
07BEIRUT1787	LEBANON: FORMER PM SAYS IT'S A CRIME NOT TO ELECT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, claiming, like many others, to have insider information on the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, lamented the fact that the best candidate, Nassib Lahoud, would not be elected. He believed President Emile Lahoud would defy Hizballah's demand [...]	2007-11-15 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1788	LEBANON: PM SAYS FRENCH INITIATIVE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his thoughts on how March 14 could out-maneuver the opposition and ultimately choose a strong consensus candidate by supporting the French initiative. Siniora said that Patriarch Sfeir,s list is the key to [...]	2007-11-15 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1799	LEBANON: AOUN PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to believe that he and only he deserves the presidency, and will not participate in any efforts, including the French initiative, to find a consensus, according to his advisor and son-in-law, Gebran Bassil. Bassil envisioned two scenario [...]	2007-11-16 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT181	LEBANON: PARIS III RESULTS PHENOMENAL, BUT LOTS [...] (C) Ministers Jihad Azour and Sami Haddad, clearly excited by the successful outcome of the Paris III Donor's Conference, want to make sure that the money pledged will be tied to reforms and spent with discipline. Chatting about the event, they are ready to tackle banking reform and to take [...]	2007-02-02 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
07BEIRUT1810	LEBANON: SHIA POLITICIAN ON ELECTION, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Mohamed Beydoun, a Shia and former Amal MP, was pessimistic about the likelhood of the presidential election actually taking place by the midnight November 23 deadline. Beydoun said Syria is betting on an impasse following the failure of majority leader Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker N [...]	2007-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1819	LEBANON: MICHEL EDDE ON HIS POSSIBLE ELECTION FOR [...] (C ) Former Maronite League president Michel Edde claimed to DCM and poloff over dinner on November 19 that in a meeting earlier in the day, Michel Aoun had given approval for an Edde "transitional" presidency, on a vague understanding that Edde will not serve a full six year term but resign a [...]	2007-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR SY LE
07BEIRUT1824	LEBANON: SHIA LAWYER ON ELECTION; SHIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) Prominent Shia lawyer Mohamed Matar believes Lebanon's real problem is not election of a president, but rather formation of a viable, effective government. Matar does not think the majority and opposition will resolve the deadlock by the November 23 deadline, a situation Syria would welco [...]	2007-11-21 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1827	LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS INVITATION DELIVERED TO ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT1829	LEBANON: GOL UPDATE ON NAHR AL-BARID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, head of the GOL's Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Commission, expressed concern about the pace of reconstruction efforts in the Nahr al-Barid (NAB) Palestinian refugee camp. With the arrival of winter weather, many families are suffering in their less than [...]	2007-11-21 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS LE
07BEIRUT1830	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG PREDICTS EDDE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa does not support the theory that chaos will result if no president is elected by the midnight November 23 expiration of President Lahoud's mandate. He believes either Michel Edde will be selected as the consensus candidate, or discussions will continue, [...]	2007-11-21 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1832	LEBANON: HARIRI HOLDING FIRM, KEEPING "PLAN B" IN [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri remains firm in his opposition to Michel Edde as president. Acknowledging that March 14 risked being blamed for blocking consensus, Hariri refuses to let the minority (with Syrian support) dictate Lebanon's next president to the majority. Having already conced [...]	2007-11-23 04:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1834	LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED [...] (C) MFA protocol chief Georges Siam told DCM on November 23 that Lebanon's Annapolis delegation will be the Charge D'Affaires to the U.S., Antoine Chedid, and Charge d'Affairs to the UN, Nawaf Salam. This proposal, initially made by Acting FM Tareq Mitri, was recently confirmed by resigned yet [...]	2007-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE
07BEIRUT184	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI SURPRISINGLY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a 2/2 meeting, Speaker Berri told the Ambassador that despite recent unproductive discussions between Saudi Arabia and Iran regarding Lebanon, he believes options now exist to escape from the current impasse. Specifically, he listed three ways to establish the "critical" Special Trib [...]	2007-02-02 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1849	LEBANON: EMILE LAHOUD STILL INTENDING TO STEP [...] (C) Selim Jeressaiti, Emile Lahoud's legal advisor, told the Ambassador mid-morning today (11/23) that Lahoud will end his extended term as Lebanon's president as scheduled at midnight tonight. Jeressaiti said that Lahoud, despite tremendous pressure from Hizballah and Syria, will not appoi [...]	2007-11-23 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1850	LEBANON: BERRI ACCUSES HARIRI OF BLOCKING [...] (C) Speaker Berri continues his assertions that he is doing his best to reach a consensus president. All of Lebanon favored Michel Edde, he claimed, with the exception of majority leader Saad Hariri, who was blocking consensus. If no agreement is reached, Berri would postpone the November 23 [...]	2007-11-23 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE

07BEIRUT1852	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN WANTS NEW [...] (C) In a 11/24 one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman said all the right things: he and the army would respect and recognize the Siniora cabinet until Lebanon's next president is chosen, the army would strive to maintain security and stability, [...]	2007-11-24 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT1855	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S STRONG CRITICISM OF ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) During a round of meetings the Ambassador had on November 23 and 24 focused on the presidency crisis, a number of Lebanese interlocutors expressed surprise about Hizballah's November 23 statement which carried particularly pointed criticism of the Annapolis Conference and Lebanese partici [...]	2007-11-24 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1856	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS CONTEMPLATING HALF [...] (C) March 14 Christians, following what the view as the failure of the French initiative and worried that the Siniora government will come under mounting attack if a president is not elected soon, are engaging the Maronite church in an attempt to revive support for a half plus one vote. Convin [...]	2007-11-26 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1857	LEBANON: MARADA FAVORS EDDE OR SLEIMAN [...] (C) Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh supports Michel Edde as president, but stresses the need to get Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on board and to find a candidate who can safeguard Hizballah's interests. He suggests that, if a consensus is not reached, Lebanese Armed Forces Comma [...]	2007-11-26 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1863	LEBANON: PM SINIORA NOT WILD ABOUT SLEIMAN, BUT [...] (C) PM Siniora blasted the French for mismanaging its failed initiative to find a consensus president and humiliating the Patriarch in the process, during a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador. An otherwise relaxed Siniora bristled at each mention of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel [...]	2007-11-26 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1864	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUPPORTS ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr reported on November 24 that the army's deployment in downtown Beirut was proceeding smoothly, and he expected the situation to remain calm for the next few days (which it did). He fully supports Saad Hariri's "Plan B" to elect Lebanese Armed Force [...]	2007-11-26 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1865	LEBANON: GEAGEA AGAINST LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN FOR [...] (C) March 14 leaders are back at the drawing board brainstorming how to break the political impasse over the presidency. In an 11/25 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea rejected Saad Hariri's plan to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman (reft [...]	2007-11-26 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY FR PTER LE
07BEIRUT1875	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER OPPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh fears electing Lebanese Armed Force Commander Michel Sleiman president would repeat mistakes of the past, mistakes that led to the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. Hamadeh proposed instead that March 14 build on the positive momentum generated by Pr [...]	2007-11-27 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1876	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL OPEN TO ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In a November 27 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 member and former president Amine Gemayel did not altogether rule out the possibility of electing a strong March 14 president by a half plus one majority, but gave the impression he is gradually (if sullenly) accepting the candidacy o [...]	2007-11-27 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1879	LEBANON: BERRI PUTS BALL IN MARCH 14'S COURT [...] (C) Speaker Berri, still blaming others for failed efforts to reach a consensus president, now insists it is up to March 14 to make the next move, according to an advisor. Refusing to convene parliament absent a consensus, the Speaker continues to reject the possibility of a half plus one or [...]	2007-11-27 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1890	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WEIGHING PROS AND CONS OF [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri, for lack of a better solution, is still intent on electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president just two days from now. He claims to have received assurances from Sleiman on issues of key importance to the U.S. and believes he will [...]	2007-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1894	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO [...] (C) PM Siniora, downplaying threats of violence, is ready to take the first steps toward amending the constitution to allow Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman to be elected president, once all of the March 14 leaders are on board. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, calling [...]	2007-11-29 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1897	LEBANON: GEAGEA PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SLEIMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, critical of majority leader Saad Hariri's attempts to force the presidency of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman on his March 14 allies, is not "adamantly against" the idea. However, he conditions his support on an LF say in the [...]	2007-11-30 07:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1898	LEBANON: MARONITE LEAGUE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SLEIMAN [...] (C) The president of the Maronite League, Joseph Torbey, and fellow prominent Maronite leaders enthusiastically expressed their support for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Citing the problems the next president will face as "Lebanese problems, not Maronite p [...]	2007-11-30 11:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1904	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR ANNOYED AT AOUN, PREFERS [...] (C) In a 11/29 meeting with the Ambassador, a glum Maronite Patriarch Sfeir groused about Michel Aoun and complained that the French, in forcing him to give a list of presidential candidates, had promised him that one of those named on the list would be elected by the parliament. Why, Sfeir [...]	2007-11-30 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1908	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADER DECRIES PARTY'S [...] (C) National Bloc leader Carlos Edde expressed strong opposition and concerns regarding his March 14 allies' decision to back Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman for president. Edde's "gut feeling" was that Sleiman was Syria's choice for president, and that, by electing him, [...]	2007-12-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1917	POLITICAL CONSENSUS KEY TO OVERCOMING LEGAL [...] (SBU) With momentum for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's presidential candidacy growing, attention is focused on the procedures for amending the constitution to allow a sitting high-level government official to run. March 14 announced on December 2 that Sleiman was its c [...]	2007-12-04 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1919	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER REVEALS "PLAN C" IF [...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr believes the opposition's efforts to reach a "package" deal on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's presidency will delay the election until next week. Murr agrees that such a package weakened the role of the president and, by imp [...]	2007-12-05 10:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT192	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AGGRESSIVELY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Econoff met with Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh on February 1. Salameh was quick to emphasize his essential role in planning Paris III and in taking action to decrease the national debt now that Paris III is over. He expressed dismay at the smaller-than-e [...]	2007-02-05 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1925	LEBANON: ACTING FM MITRI CREDITS SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, who represented Lebanon in Annapolis, expressed satisfaction with the conference and hope for future steps, attributing his hope to the sincere dedication he sees in Secretary Rice. He explained to the Ambassador on December 6 that his own speech at t [...]	2007-12-07 11:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS PHUM FR SY PREF KPAL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT1928	LEBANON: MICHEL SLEIMAN ANNOYED AT AOUN [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 12/6, LAF Commander Michel Sleiman expressed considerable annoyance with MP Michel Aoun, seeing Aoun as the primary obstacle preventing his election as Lebanon's next president. In a "who-does-he-think-he-is" sense of exasperation, Sleiman [...]	2007-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY FR
07BEIRUT1931	LEBANON: BERRI DEMANDING CONSENSUS ON HOW TO [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri insists on amending the constitution to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president via methods that bypass the Siniora government. Blaming, as usual, everyone but himself for the ongoing impasse, Berri cites Free Patriotic Movemen [...]	2007-12-10 05:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1936	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: OPPOSITION DOESN'T WANT [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri believes that the opposition's continuing efforts to block the election of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman reflect Syria's desire to maintain a presidential vacuum. Still disillusioned with the French and expressing frustration with US poli [...]	2007-12-11 08:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1943	LEBANON: DELEGATION FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL AMGT KWBG LE
07BEIRUT1945	LEBANON: PM SINIORA BLAMES REGIONAL ISSUES FOR [...] (C) PM Siniora believes Syria's attempt to use Lebanon as a pawn in its efforts to secure regional recognition is the primary reason for the opposition's obstacles to electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Urging strong international support for Lebanon, h [...]	2007-12-11 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1950	LEBANON: MILITARY TARGETTED IN LATEST [...] (C) A car bomb killed Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Operations Director General Francois al-Hajj at approximately 7 a.m. on December 12, the second anniversary of March 14 MP Gebran Tueni,s assassination. The explosion occurred near LAF headquarters and the General's home in Baabda. The motive [...]	2007-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1958	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS BG HAJJ [...] (C) The Charge met separately on December 13 with three Christian leaders, former president and Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and head of National Liberal party Dory Chamoun, to discuss Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj's assassination (Ref A) and the [...]	2007-12-14 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1960	LEBANON: A/S WELCH TELLS BERRI NO MORE DELAYS FOR [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on December 15 the time had come for Lebanon to elect a president. Now that the difficult work of finding a consensus candidate had been done, there were no more excuses for holding the election. In a clear warning t [...]	2007-12-16 18:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1969	LEBANON: ELECTION POSTPONED FOR THE NINTH TIME [...] (C) Despite an apparent agreement between majority leader Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on how to circumvent the constitutional obstacle to Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's election as president, Berri once again postponed the parliamentary vote on Decemb [...]	2007-12-17 17:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
07BEIRUT1971	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, GEAGEA PRESSES HALF PLUS [...] (C) Visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch delivered three messages to Lebanese Forces head and March 14 leader Samir Geagea on December 15: one, the time has come to elect a new president; two, those in charge should take responsibility for solving the impasse, and if they don't, the U [...]	2007-12-17 18:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT1973	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) During his December 15 meeting with Prime Minister Siniora at the Grand Serail, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pledged continued U.S. support for the March 14 majority and democracy in Lebanon. He assured the PM that the USG would make no deal with Syria or others at the expense of L [...]	2007-12-17 18:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1974	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TELL A/S WELCH MARCH 14 MORE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch assured Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and other senior Druse officials of unwavering U.S. support for March 14 during his December 15-16 visit to Lebanon. Stressing the need for March 14 to remain united, he said the U.S. would support whichever course th [...]	2007-12-18 08:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1978	LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS URGE [...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel hosted a December 19 luncheon for visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams, attended by a strong showing of March 14 Christian [...]	2007-12-20 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY LE
07BEIRUT1981	LEBANON: WITH A/S WELCH, HARIRI STEADFAST; WANTS [...] (C) During December 15, 18, and 19 meetings with majority leader Saad Hariri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams (at the 18th and 19th meetings) reiterated U.S. support for March 14's resistance to the opposition's attempts to force concessions from the majority bef [...]	2007-12-21 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1982	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS WITH PM [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams updated PM Siniora on December 18 on the December 17 Paris meetings regarding the Palestinians and on Lebanon. A/S Welch informed Siniora about a potential Arab L [...]	2007-12-21 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1984	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS A/S WELCH "I CANNOT DO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora was grateful to receive a debrief on NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's return visit to Lebanon. Speaking during the evening of December 19, A/S Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams reiterated U.S. support for March 14 and the democratic processes in Lebanon. They ad [...]	2007-12-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1985	LEBANON: A/S WELCH WARNS BERRI TO HOLD ELECTION [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) for Global Democracy Strategy Elliot Abrams discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election. 2. [...]	2007-12-21 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1986	LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE [...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]	2007-12-21 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1987	LEBANON: FORMER AMAL PARTY INSIDER SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) Former Amal member Mohamed Obeid believes the pro-government March 14 bloc has thus far mishandled the presidential election crisis. He claims the matter is now hinging on secret talks between Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Parliament Speaker Berri, who would have to get Hizballah appro [...]	2007-12-21 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT1997	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) Embassy contacts argue that Hizballah has no economic program because its goals are predominantly military and political. The group has, however, over the past fifteen years been forced to respond to domestic policy issues; since it joined goverment two years ago it has been forced to co [...]	2007-12-27 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL ECON EFIN PGOV LE
07BEIRUT200	LEBANON: SINIORA RECOMMENDS DUAL TRACK: [...] (C) In a 2/5 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora interpreted Nabih Berri's support for a cross-confessional "tribunal document study committee" (reftel) as a Syrian ploy to avoid the fait accompli of a Chapter VII decision. Siniora maintained that Berri is clearly carrying out Syrian ord [...]	2007-02-06 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT2007	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TURNS DOWN LATEST FRENCH EFFORT [...] (C) Parliament Majority Leader Saad Hariri's advisor Ghattas Khoury, explained to CDA and Poloff that the latest French proposal on solving the political crisis in Lebanon -- based on a 15-13-2 cabinet -- would be rejected by the majority. Khoury referred to the initiative as a Syrian proposa [...]	2007-12-28 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR LE QA SY UNSC
07BEIRUT2008	LEBANON: HOW TO HELP LEBANON FINANCIALLY NOW [...] (C) According to Finance Minister Jihad Azour, Lebanon's deficit situation is under control because tax revenues are up, but that the GOL faces problems paying its foreign currency debt in the first quarter of 2008. Contriubuting to Lebanon's first quarter debt crunch are the problems of red [...]	2007-12-31 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV LE PGOV PREL PTER
07BEIRUT2009	LEBANON: NEW YEAR'S EVE "YEAR IN REVIEW" WITH PM [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora conducted an informal "Year in Review" session with the Ambassador during a meeting on December 31, repeating some previously reported points about the threat to Lebanon's sovereignty in recent months. The Prime Minister also expressed surprising optimism about the [...]	2007-12-31 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE
07BEIRUT207	LEBANON: LAWYER FOR JAILED GENERAL JAMIL AS-SAYED [...] (C) Akram Azoury, attorney for the jailed former head of Lebanon's Surete Generale, Jamil as-Sayed, met with DCM February 5 to present the case for as-Sayed's release from prison. Azoury, a respected human rights lawyer, said that the only basis for the Lebanese government's incarceration of [...]	2007-02-08 09:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER SHUM LE SY
07BEIRUT213	HARIRI CALLS BERRI; EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO BE [...] (C) As a follow up to what Saudi Ambassador Khoja described as a "Berri initiative" earlier in the day (reftel),MP Saad Hariri, still in Riyadh, called Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday evening (2/7),in the first direct communication between Hariri and Berri since November. The [...]	2007-02-08 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT219	LEBANON: MODERATE SHIA LEADER DISCUSSES STATUS OF [...] (C) In a 2/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Dureid Yaghi, a moderate, secular Shia who is Deputy Secretary of Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in the Hizballah-stronghold of Baalbek, confirmed other reporting sources that Hizballah has re-established itself as the de facto go [...]	2007-02-09 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CASC LE SY IR
07BEIRUT22	MARONITE PATRIARCH SFEIR ANNOYED AT LAHOUD, AOUN [...] (C) In a 1/2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, in an unusually grouchy mood, was sharply critical of President Emile Lahoud and MP Michel Aoun. In Sfeir's view, Lahoud should follow the Patriarch's advice to step down; Aoun should yank his followers from the downtown si [...]	2007-01-04 13:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT221	HARIRI'S ADVISOR CLAIMS BERRI NOT YET SERIOUS [...] (C) In a 2/10 meeting and lunch with the Ambassador, ex-MP Ghattas Khoury (accompanied by Nadar Hariri, cousin of Saad) expressed pessimism about the committee on which he serves that was set up as a result of a phone call between Saad Hariri and Nabih Berri (reftel). The March 8 representa [...]	2007-02-12 06:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IR SA
07BEIRUT229	LEBANON: LEBANESE FORCES' GEAGEA BELIEVES CIVIL [...] (C) In a 2/9 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF),Dr. Samir Geagea, stated that civil war is inevitable and there is no choice but to make appropriate preparations. He said U.S. help to the LF is the same as help to the Lebanese state, given that the [...]	2007-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT231	LEBANON: HARIRI BELIEVES ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL [...] (C) In a 2/12 meeting, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri said that despite premature reports of its demise, the Saudi initiative remains alive, even though the Iranian regime may be trying to back out of its previous commitments. In essence, the resolution is comprised of three parts: expe [...]	2007-02-13 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT238	LEBANON: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 2/13, Acting FM Mitri accepted three U.S. demarches: a request that Arab League members take a measured approach to the newly-formed Palestinian National Unity Government; a request to order partly GOL-owned Arabsat television to cease broadcasting an [...]	2007-02-14 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT240	UNIFIL SAYS ISRAEL CROSSED BLUE LINE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIFIL Force Commander Claudio Graziano, in a hastily arranged 2/13 briefing for P-5 and UNIFIL-contributing country COMs, criticized both the Lebanese and Israelis regarding the 2/5 and 2/7 Blue Line incide [...]	2007-02-14 14:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE IS
07BEIRUT251	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER READY TO WORK ON [...] (C) Lebanon has reached a crossroads, Justice Minister Rizk told Ambassador Feltman, NEA/ELA Office Director Abercrombie-Winstanley, and Econoff on February 15. The March 14 coalition can now block political progress and let Hizballah take the blame, or restore national unity through the leg [...]	2007-02-15 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER SY LE
07BEIRUT252	LEBANON: BANKS COMMISSIONER WORRIED ABOUT BANKS, [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the DCM and visiting NEA/ELA Office Director, the head of Lebanon's Banking Control Commission, Walid Alameddine, expressed concern about the effect of the summer war on banking sector stability. Alameddine believes the GOL should not expect a large contribut [...]	2007-02-15 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT253	LEBANON: CITIBANK LEBANON DIRECTOR ANXIOUS FOR [...] (U) This message may contain proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a February 13 meeting with the DCM and NEA/ELA Office Director, Citibank Lebanon's Director Walter Siouffi appeared shaken by the morning's bus bombings in Bikfaya, and viewe [...]	2007-02-15 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM PTER LE
07BEIRUT260	LEBANON: PM SINIORA SEES PAUSE WHILE PARTIES [...] (C) In a 2/15 meeting, PM Siniora indicated only slight progress toward resolution of the country's political impasse. On the negative side, the Saudis "have stepped back," the Iranians are being opaque, Amre Moussa does not plan to return to Beirut anytime soon, and Speaker Berri will prob [...]	2007-02-16 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT265	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SEES URGENT NEED FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes that Lebanon's political situation is so polarized between pro-government and opposition forces that unless some "bold initiative" is taken to change the current course of events, the outcome will be civi [...]	2007-02-19 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF LE
07BEIRUT269	LEBANON: INDEPENENT SHIA ORGANIZING SLOWLY, [...] (C) Several Shia leaders in late January and early February described to Econoff their desire to organize larger groups to express their frustration with the current Shia parties as well as the March 14 and March 8 coalitions. Kafaat Movement leader Ahmed Al-Assad is increasingly visible in th [...]	2007-02-20 10:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT280	LEBANON: SHIA POLITICIAN REPORTS ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a follow-up communication to a meeting held on 2/7, a moderate, non-Hizballah Shia political leader from Baalbek informed the Embassy that Hizballah has transferred "most" of its missile inventory from south Lebanon to the Baalbek district, where they exercise near complete control. D [...]	2007-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT281	LEBANON: UNIIIC ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE WORK BY [...] (C) In a 2/20 meeting, Peter Nicholson, chief investigator for UNIIIC, informed emboff that Commissioner Brammertz has instructed his staff to accelerate their pace in an effort to complete the investigation by the June 15 mandate expiration. Although Brammertz believes it is now likely tha [...]	2007-02-21 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT284	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...] (C) One month after Lebanon held a successful Paris III donor conference, Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad heads to Washington from February 25-28. Haddad is a pro-reform, nationalist technocrat seeking change and a broader leadership role, but he has no independent political [...]	2007-02-22 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT309	LEBANON: ACTING FM DISCUSSES CLUSTER BOMBS, [...] (C) On February 27 Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri raised Lebanese concerns on cluster munitions, support for the Palestinian government, and most significantly, how to address Hizballah arms smuggling across the Syrian-Lebanese border. Mitri set forth standard positions on cluster bombs [...]	2007-02-27 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR KPAL LE SY IS
07BEIRUT31	LEBANON: ZAHLE MP DISSATISFIED WITH AOUN AND [...] (C) Zahle Member of Parliament Illy Skaff (allied with Michel Aoun) in early January shared with Ambassador Feltman and emboff his disatisfaction from Aoun amidst continued frustration with the Hariris. Yet, asked about Hizballah, Skaff stated that Christian fears of Sunni fundamentalism and [...]	2007-01-05 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM LE SY
07BEIRUT314	LEBANON: GERMAN INITIATIVE FOR NORTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Despite considerable planning and effort by German Federal Police officials who have been assigned to Beirut, it appears the German Pilot Border Project will not actually be implemented until sometime this summer. According to German representatives in Beirut, PM Siniora has given them v [...]	2007-02-28 16:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
07BEIRUT32	LEBANON: MARCH 8-AOUN FORCES SUSPICIOUS OF ARAB [...] (SBU) Polchief called on Lebanese Ambassador to the Arab League Abdel Rahman Solh at his home in Ras Beirut January 4. Well into his 70's, Solh had a number of diplomatic postings when active in the Lebanese diplomatic service and also served as Assistant Secretary-General of the League before [...]	2007-01-08 06:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT326	LEBANON: POSITIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Polchief delivered ref (A) demarche to Oussama Khacchab, Americas Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khacchab pointed out that Lebanon did not receive the agenda for the Foreign Ministers Meeting until late on March 1, and that its positions on several key positions remain u [...]	2007-03-02 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IR SU IN PA
07BEIRUT337	LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR BORDER [...] (C) In a 3/2 meeting, the Border Security sub-group, a working-level unit of the larger International Security Assistance Donors Group that meets monthly in Beirut, discussed the current status of Lebanon's border security effort. Although the Siniora government wants the German-led Norther [...]	2007-03-05 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ARRMZY SY LE IS
07BEIRUT348	LEBANON: MINISTER HAMADEH DISCUSSES HIS UN [...] (C) In a 3/5 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 leaders Marwan Hamadeh and Ghattas Khoury described their recent meeting with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon in New York during which they argued that Chapter VII action may be the only realistic way to establish the Special Tribunal. They promised the [...]	2007-03-06 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT349	LEBANON: BERRI DESCRIBES NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri described a "new" plan as the last opportunity for Lebanon to avoid serious civil disobedience. He said that all sides (except possibly Michel Aoun) would emerge with their non-negotiable objectives intact. Under the Berri plan, the pro-government March 14 and opposition Mar [...]	2007-03-06 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY SA
07BEIRUT352	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE [...] (C) Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, in late February for the first time publicly expressed his interest in the Presidency. Salameh has issued veiled criticism of the GOL economic reform program, demonstrating his differing policy priorities and personal views from the current l [...]	2007-03-07 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT37	UPDATE ON TRIBUNAL: DOCUMENTS SIGNED, GOL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 12:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT371	LEBANON: MP CLAIMS AOUN READY FOR RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Michel Aoun is embarked on a program to distance himself from the Hizballah-led opposition, according Aoun Bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan. Aoun's public statements at variance with Hizballah positions, his courting of the international community, his support for the international tribunal, his de [...]	2007-03-09 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT383	LEBANON: GENERAL AOUN HOSTS AMBASSADOR IN [...] (C) Michel Aoun is seeking to portray himself to the USG (and possibly to Lebanon) in a new light -- not so close to Hizballah after all, skeptical of Syrian intentions and of President Lahoud, dismissive of Amal, and supportive of the international tribunal. He puts forth a vision of a nonco [...]	2007-03-13 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT384	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA HOLDS SCANT HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a 3/12 meeting, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea supported the current Berri-Hariri talks aimed at solving Lebanon's political crisis as a "useful" endeavor, but was also certain they would ultimately fail. No matter how reasonable or constructive Berri appears, he cannot compromi [...]	2007-03-13 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT387	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DESCRIBES [...] (C) Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) are proceeding, but some of the IMF's conditions are unacceptable, Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Salameh told the Ambassador and Econoff in mid-March. Several of the IMF's conditions [...]	2007-03-14 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT395	LEBANON: SENIOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CAUTIONS [...] (C) Senior MP Robert Ghanem, a moderate Maronite member of the March 14 movement and chairman of parliament's influential Judiciary Committee, told emboff on 3/14 that for the first time in months, he sees tentativeness in the actions of March 8th opposition forces. He said that Hizballah m [...]	2007-03-15 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT397	UN ENVOY PEDERSEN DEFENDS 1701 REPORT [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador met with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen to review the Secretary General's report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. The Ambassador noted changes made in the report subsequent to the widely circulated March 8 draft. Objecting to areas where [...]	2007-03-16 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT403	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT GOL [...] (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour reported to us that none of the money pledged at Paris III has yet arrived, and Lebanon's short term financial situation is difficult but still manageable. The real problem is that continued political uncertainty is derailing Lebanon's anticipated cycle of ec [...]	2007-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT407	LEBANON: HADDAD UPBEAT ON WTO ACCESSION, [...] (C) Following his recent Washington trip, Economy Minister Haddad expressed regret that he had not seen more members of Congress, but he was optimistic about the aid promised at the Paris III donor conference. He understands USG wishes about debt reduction, and expects to discuss this again [...]	2007-03-19 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD LE
07BEIRUT408	LEBANON: BANKS COMMISSIONER FRUSTRATED WITH GOL [...] (C) Banking Control Commissioner Walid Alameddine in early March expressed his concern that the GOL is not doing enough to promote financial stability. He argued that Lebanon urgently needs a more proactive government, and argued that that if the present stalemate is allowed to continue, fin [...]	2007-03-19 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN LE
07BEIRUT414	LEBANON: UNIIIC SENIOR INVESTIGATOR SAYS STEADY [...] (C) In a 3/19 meeting, UNIIIC chief investigator Peter Nicholson and senior investigator Rosemary Nidiry informed emboff that the Commission is now proceeding on the assumption that their mandate will be extended by the Security Council. Nicholson stated that the investigation has considera [...]	2007-03-21 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
07BEIRUT416	LEBANON: TOP SHIA CLERIC URGES USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) In the course of a friendly 3/20 meeting, Lebanon's top official Shia religious cleric urged the USG to take an active and direct role in Lebanon's political crisis, as the Lebanese parties have reached an impasse they cannot overcome. This role could consist of pressuring the Lebanese pa [...]	2007-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT423	SAUDI AMBASSADOR BLAMES JUMBLATT FOR IMPASSE, AS [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja used a 3/21 meeting with Ambassador Feltman to blast Walid Jumblatt. Had it not been for Jumblatt's objections, Khoja said, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri would be able to conclude a "declaration of intent" of how to end Lebanon's poli [...]	2007-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SA
07BEIRUT426	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) In a 3/22 meeting with the Ambassador, French Ambassador Bernard Emie expressed concern that, with the departure of French President Jacques Chirac, France will lose its only strong advocate for Chapter VII approval of the Special Tribunal. The "entire French bureaucracy" is against pro [...]	2007-03-22 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA FR
07BEIRUT427	LEBANON: AOUN SKEPTICS ON HIZBALLAH, POLITICAL [...] (C) Some of Michel Aoun's closest friends and MPs are unsure about the soundness of his arrangement with Hizballah and his fitness for the office of President. At a 3/21 dinner, they also observed that Hizballah's influence from abroad is incontestable, and that Iran has more control over it [...]	2007-03-22 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT43	LEBANON: MICHEL "THE COOK" MURR HAS RECIPES FOR [...] (C) Veteran politician, MP and Michel Aoun ally Michel Murr is working on a solution to the Metn by-election controversy that would bypass President Lahoud and install Amine Gemayel in the parliamentary seat left vacant by the assassination of his son. Murr also has a formula for the resoluti [...]	2007-01-08 17:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT430	LEBANON: SINIORA DETAILS TRIBUNAL STRATEGY [...] (C) In a 3/23 meeting, PM Siniora explained that he intends to take advantage of a flurry of diplomatic activity -- the upcoming visits to Beirut of Chancellor Angela Merkel, UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, and U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as next week's Arab Summit -- to try to force the opposition [...]	2007-03-23 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM LE SY IS
07BEIRUT44	LEBANON: TASHNAQ MPS DISTANCE SELVES FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and Emboff met with Tashnaq Secretary General Hovig Mukhtarian and Members of Parliament SIPDIS Hagop Pakradunian and George Kassarji in early January. Tashnaq politicians distanced their party from the rest of the opposition, emphasizing their relative neutrality, ma [...]	2007-01-08 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY LE
07BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SUNNI MUFTI SEES CRISIS OF IRANIAN, [...] (C) Lebanon's highest Sunni spiritual leader sees the country passing through its worst crisis ever, and lays the blame on a regional Shia resurgence powered by Syria and Iran. The Lebanese issues of the tribunal and cabinet expansion are mere pretexts for Hizballah and Amal to cripple Lebano [...]	2007-03-26 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT446	NON-PAPER ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED [...] (C) On 3/26, the Ambassador met Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to PM Fouad Siniora, to discuss UNSCR 1747 and deliver reftel's non-paper on the importance of the resolution. Chatah, who acknowledged that neither he nor Siniora had as yet read the resolution's text, was intrigued by the lang [...]	2007-03-27 12:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM LE IR SY
07BEIRUT450	LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH ADOPTS SOME [...] (C) In a 3/26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Maronite Patriarch conveyed some surprisingly unhelpful positions regarding Lebanon's political impasse. Patriarch Sfeir, perhaps in an effort to appear strictly neutral to Lebanon's warring political factions, has apparently adopted some convi [...]	2007-03-27 13:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT465	LEBANON: FRANJIEH ADMITS OPPOSITION HOLDING [...] (C) On March 23, Suleiman Franjieh treated the Ambassador to a full menu of the opposition leader's controversial positions on Lebanon's political crisis. Franjieh expressed general support for the international tribunal, but warned that the opposition would use it as a bargaining chip to obt [...]	2007-03-29 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT471	LEBANON: HARIRI ENCOURAGED BY SUMMIT; SEEKS HELP [...] (C) Mustaqbal Party leader Saad Hariri believes statements made at the Arab Summit on the opening day of March 28 were helpful to the March 14 cause, as were private discussions between the Saudis and Syrian President Asad. Hariri was unaware of the applicability of UNSCR 1747 on Lebanon, but [...]	2007-03-30 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT472	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS OFFER IS STILL ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT473	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS OFFER IS STILL ON THE [...] (C) In a 3/30 meeting, Speaker Berri conveyed to the Ambassador his conviction that time is running out for a solution to Lebanon's crisis. If the current stalemate persists into the autumn, the Speaker predicts the emergence of competing national governments and serious instability. He urg [...]	2007-03-30 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT477	LEBANON: SPEAKER PELOSI MEETS WITH MP SAAD HARIRI [...] (SBU) Saad Hariri told CODEL Pelosi that progress in the region, and particularly in Lebanon, requires that the international community take a firm and united stand on Syria and Iran. The Syrian regime only understands force, and is becoming emboldened by the increased number of visitors to S [...]	2007-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT482	LEBANON: CODEL PEOSI MEETS SPEAKER NABIH BERRI [...] (C) Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri tld CODEL Pelosi on April 2 that it is the lack o Shia representation in the cabinet, and not theinternational tribunal, that is the real crux ofthe Lebanese political crisis. Berri refuses toconvene a formal session of Parliament or work wih the [...]	2007-04-03 14:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT483	LEBANON: CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (U) April 2, 2007 meeting in Beirut between CODEL Pelosi and Prime Minister Siniora. Lebanese Attendees: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ambassador Antoine Chedid, Lebano [...]	2007-04-03 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT514	LEBANON: GOL REACTION TO USG PROPOSAL FOR CASH [...] (C) The GOL has reviewed U.S. proposals for conditionality on the USD 250 million cash transfer discussed at the Paris III Donors' Conference for Lebanon. The GOL response does not contain any surprises, and has the Lebanese most concerned about an increase in the gasoline tax. Arab donors h [...]	2007-04-13 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN LE

07BEIRUT524	LEBANON: MODERATE REFORM MP BELIEVES CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In a 4/12 meeting with emboff, pro-reform MP Robert Ghanem suggested that Hizballah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, acting under Syrian/Iranian orders, has altered his strategy following the collapse of the erratic Berri-Hariri talks. Ghanem maintained that once it became clear th [...]	2007-04-16 12:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY

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