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07GENEVA2507	WHO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING: USDEL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza John Lange met November 21 with Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari on the margins of the WHO Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and O [...]	2007-11-21 21:25:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAID WHO

07GENEVA2541	UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]	2007-11-30 16:28:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07GEORGETOWN109	RIO GROUP SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH 3 IN [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 Rio Group Summit of Heads of State will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on March 3, preceded by a Foreign Ministers meeting on March 1, and a National Coordinators meeting on February 28. GoG insiders characterize the Summit as unlikely to attract a large turnout and larg [...]	2007-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PINR XM VE GY
07GEORGETOWN141	GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...]	2007-02-07 20:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY
07GEORGETOWN152	JAGDEO HITTING CRITICS WHERE IT HURTS [...] (C) Summary: An escalating conflict between the GOG and the independent Stabroek News over a recent withdrawal of government advertisements (reported reftel) illustrates President Jagdeo's mounting willingness to lash out at critics with more than verbal attacks. As more groups condemn the ad [...]	2007-02-08 18:32:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN207	RIO GROUP SUMMIT RSVPS SLOW IN COMING [...] (C) Summary: With the 19th Rio Group Summit less than a week away, Guyana has only received one definite confirmation of attendance from a head of state. Although President Jagdeo and the local press have touted the Summit as a prestigious event in its own right and an important "dry run" for [...]	2007-02-21 18:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN XM GY
07GEORGETOWN211	MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...]	2007-02-22 16:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN283	JAGDEO ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DRUGS AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Bharrat Jagdeo in his office and at his request on March 15 to discuss the INCSR and Human Rights Report. Jagdeo objected to the methodology and tone of both documents, describing them as on-going irritants, and said he hoped to discuss their o [...]	2007-03-16 20:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PBTS KCRM VE GY
07GEORGETOWN295	EAB REPORT ON 2006 ELECTIONS: FREE AND FAIR, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than six months after election day, the local Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) released its Final Report on Guyana's 2006 National and Regional Elections. The EAB declared the elections "free and fair" and found the Final Declaration of Results was "largely representative o [...]	2007-03-23 12:27:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
07GEORGETOWN363	NEW VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR STILL A NO SHOW [...] (C) Dario Morandy Figuera, publicly announced last month by Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) as the new Ambassador to Guyana, has still not formally arrived in Guyana. Although he did visit Guyana during the recent Rio Group Summit, he had to return to Caracas as the GoG had yet [...]	2007-04-11 20:43:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GY VE
07GEORGETOWN388	GUYANA GOVERNANCE REFORMS: SLOW AND NOT TOO STEADY [...] (C) Summary: The President's Advisor on Governance recently reported some limited progress on constitutional and judicial reform, local government elections, and the appointment of parliamentary committees, but she was skeptical about the GOG's ability to follow through in a timely manner. Gi [...]	2007-04-19 16:59:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN406	CARICOM ON CITIA STATEMENT AND CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered the CITIA demarche to CARICOM A/SG Granderson April 24. In his introductory chatter Granderson noted the difficulty the CARICOM Secretariat has in preparing for the multitude of high-level CARICOM meetings and in following up on action items afterwards. In response to CIT [...]	2007-04-25 20:33:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PARM MASS KSUM CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN407	GUYANA NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 20:57:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GY
07GEORGETOWN445	LOCAL ELECTIONS IN 2007: MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO [...] (U) Summary: Rhetoric about local elections, more than ten years overdue, is heating up. The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) wants them before the end of 2007; the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) wants a new voters list first. In the end, it may come down to what Presi [...]	2007-05-09 16:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GY
07GEORGETOWN501	GUYANA CONCERNED BY THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) DCM delivered demarche on the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship to MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper on May 18. Amb. Harper took particular note of the points on weapons technology cooperation. She said that given the Venezuelan claim on two-thirds of Guyana's territory, Guyana "v [...]	2007-05-18 18:12:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER VE IR GY
07GEORGETOWN59	VAT AND CASINO GAMBLING CAUSE PUBLIC DISCORD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The PPP/C government,s sloppy implementation of VAT and heavy-handed efforts to legalize casino gambling are giving rise to public discontent and fueling internal dissent within the party. End Summary. 2. (U) The difficult introduction of VAT in Guyana was reported reftel. [...]	2007-01-16 19:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR SNAR PGOV GY
07GUANGZHOU1050	Wai Jia Nu: Gender Inequality in the Urban Village [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last several months, equal rights for a group of women in South China who have married outside their home village has become an increasingly sensitive issue. After marriage, these women must tra [...]	2007-09-18 03:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1051	Xiamen Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen's Next [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg, Reason 1.4 (b/d) 2. (C) Summary: A Xiamen-based scholar of cross-Strait relations told Congenoffs that mainland scholars are concerned that Chen Shiu-bian might take more provocative steps after a referendum on UN membership. He questioned [...]	2007-09-18 03:40:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV TW CH
07GUANGZHOU1052	Wai Jia Nu: Women's Residency Rights an [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post has recently noted increasing sensitivity about the issue of land rights for married women. Though affecting only a small percentage of the local population, the "wai jia nu" issue (Reftel) has become [...]	2007-09-18 05:37:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1214	(C) Visit of Comoran President Draws PLA Officers [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (C) At least one People's Liberation Army (PLA) general from the Lanzhou Military Region attended the meeting between Union of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua i [...]	2007-11-14 06:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH CN
07GUANGZHOU1229	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Receives Fine and Jail [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) The trial of democracy activist Guo Feixiong ended November 14 with a conviction for "illegal business practices," resulting in a sentence of five years in prison and a fine of CNY 40,000 (approximately USD 5,387). [...]	2007-11-20 08:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1242	New Guangdong Vice Governor to be Named [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Jieyang Municipality Party Secretary Wan Qinliang will be appointed one of Guangdong's Vice Governors during the Provincial Congress's January 17, 2008 session, according to Jieyang Vice Mayor Lin Lijiao. [...]	2007-11-26 08:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU1287	The World's Factory Floor: A Tough Place to Work [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Migrant workers in Guangdong Province, especially in the Pearl River Delta, continue to confront a variety of work-related issues -- long work hours, low wages combined with inflation, and few opportunit [...]	2007-12-17 07:54:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1301	Making Themselves Heard: South China Christians in [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a few exceptions to the general rule of silence, especially in instances where Christian government and media officials help facilitate access, Christians in south China have recently enjoyed opportunities to talk (openly or obliquely) about their faith, according to Guangdong s [...]	2007-12-27 05:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU1303	Religious Freedom Varies for South China Expats [...] (C) SUMMARY: Control over expatriate churches in south China -- ranging from heavy-handed to laissez-faire -- suggests that local governments have considerable latitude in how to interpret regulations on the practice of religion. Expatriate church members in Guangzhou report strict Religious A [...]	2007-12-28 08:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU147	Nanning Activist Flees to Burma, Appears Safe for [...] (U) Classified by Consular Chief William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On January 29, Nanning-based activist Li Xiaolong called Congenoff. Li, formerly of the Beijing group Empowerment and Rights Institute (reftel),said he had illegally crossed into Northeastern Burma, though the exact [...]	2007-02-02 08:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU174	Rights Protection Conferences are Useful, but [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: South China participants at the December Amnesty International-organized conference for rights activists (held in Hong Kong) called the event useful, but too brief and disorganized. None of the activists t [...]	2007-02-07 07:32:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU175	Civil Society in South China, Part I: Middle [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Urban professionals in Guangdong are becoming more aware of their rights and demanding more independent representation and associations to express their interests. The cities of Guangzhou and [...]	2007-02-07 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU176	Civil Society in South China, Part II: "NGO for [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three-year old NGO Institute for Civil Society (housed under Zhongshan University) was created to research, train, support, and network NGOs in Guangdong province. Started by Hong Kong academics and r [...]	2007-02-07 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU182	DAS Christensen?s Meetings on Cross-Strait [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 09:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU223	DAS Christensen's Meetings on Cross-Strait Issues [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official and academic contacts in Xiamen from the local Taiwan Affairs Office and the University's Taiwan research center told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen February 2 that overall they were cautiously optimistic about the future cross-Strait relations. They pointed to economic ties [...]	2007-02-16 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI CH TW
07GUANGZHOU357	South China Migrant Worker NGO - Compensation, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Migrant worker health and labor rights NGO leader Jing Xiang told Congenoffs on March 2 that his Guangzhou-based group and PAS small grant recipient helps workers obtain work-injury compensation and facilitates legal aid for them in addition to organizing seminars to increase thei [...]	2007-03-20 07:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU458	Guangzhou International Christian Church Faces RAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou International Christian Fellowship (GICF) faces renewed pressure to move its location, but the Religious Authorities Bureau (RAB) has told prospective landlords that the fellowship is composed of troublemakers and advised them not to rent to them. The RAB appears concer [...]	2007-04-13 04:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU505	Guangzhou Police Raid Underground Church, Seek [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a leader of the local Li Jiang Fellowship church, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided her underground church on April 22. PSB officials disrupted the gathering of 100 churchgoers gathering in a local restaurant and warned church leaders to cease holding [...]	2007-04-27 09:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07GUANGZHOU52	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Finally Allowed Legal [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 8, legal activist Guo Feixiong (arrested on September 28) was allowed to retain legal counsel according to fellow rights protection activist Tang Jingling. Tang believes Guo's case, [...]	2007-01-09 09:01:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU526	Xiamen Researchers Say Little Change in Taiwan [...] (C) Summary and comment: Scholars at Xiamen University?s Taiwan Research Institute told the Ambassador April 17 that they believed there would be little change in Taiwan?s policy toward the mainland regardless which party wins the presidential campaign. In their view, it would be neither as [...]	2007-05-09 06:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW
07GUANGZHOU527	Dell China: Expanding Amid Concerns of Growing [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, executives from Dell-China took note of the critical importance of China to Dell?s future operations in the Asia-Pacific region, expressed confidence in their ability to continue building market share and discussed Dell?s expansion plans, especiall [...]	2007-05-09 06:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU58	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Charges to be Dropped [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Arrested legal activist Guo Feixiong could have his charges of "illegal business procedure" dropped, though new more serious charges might be added instead (leading to possible house arrest),according to [...]	2007-01-11 03:19:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU589	Townspeople Riot Over Family Planning Abuses in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of people in Bobai County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, set fire to government buildings and vehicles and attacked family planning officials in response to alleged abuses, according to Hong Kong and foreign media. Some reports state that five people died in the cla [...]	2007-05-22 09:00:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU608	Guangxi Officials Downplay Family Planning Riots [...] (C) Guangxi officials and Mainland media acknowledged the violence in Bobai County almost a week after the incidents occurred, playing down the severity and extent of the riots. On May 24, Yulin Municipal Government spokesman Guo Chengqiu denied reports of fatalities, estimated that the large [...]	2007-05-25 08:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU797	Guo Feixiong's Trial and Current Status [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Democracy activist Guo Feixiong stood trial July 9 on charges of "illegal business activity," but the content and nature of the proceedings belied the political character of his prosecution. Guo [...]	2007-07-13 09:05:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU962	Human Rights: Guo Feixiong May Stand Trial Again; [...] (U) Classified by Acting Principal Officer Mike Jacobsen. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The trial of Guo Feixiong, previously thought to have ended, has been placed on hold to allow investigators additional time to turn up new evidence. A new trial date, if granted, would likely be in lat [...]	2007-08-29 08:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA115	GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER MURDERED [...] (U) Summary: On January 15 unidentified gunmen assassinated Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan Dock Workers Union of Puerto Quetzal (STEPQ),as he was driving home with his children. Zamora was shot 20 times and killed at point-blank range. At the time of his death, Zamora wa [...]	2007-01-19 18:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC EAID GT
07GUATEMALA1802	LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day pre-election trip, poloffs visited 14 municipalities in seven departments throughout western and southwestern Guatemala, including nine municipalities identified as "conflictive areas." TSE delegates expressed confidence in election preparations despite weather [...]	2007-09-07 17:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR KDEM SMIG PHUM ECON SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA1806	COLOM LEADS PEREZ MOLINA IN FIRST-ROUND ELECTION [...] (U) With 92.3% of polling stations reporting, center-left candidate Alvaro Colom of the UNE leads center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Patriot Party. The two now advance to a runoff, to be held Nov. 4. At 0654 on September 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported the fol [...]	2007-09-10 13:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT
07GUATEMALA184	GUATEMALAN LABOR UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS [...] (U) Summary: During a recent outreach visit by embassy officials to Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala, representatives of the local Chamber of Commerce, a Catholic bishop, labor union leaders, and human rights activists described the current situation of human rights and labor conditions. [...]	2007-01-30 22:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
07GUATEMALA185	LOBBYING FOR APPROVAL OF UN-LED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Stein is leading highly visible efforts to obtain Congressional approval of the agreement establishing the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) (reftel). Timing will be critical -- if CICIG is not approved by May at the latest, it [...]	2007-01-31 00:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA1859	ELECTORAL OUTCOMES: WIN, LOSE, AND DRAW [...] (C) As the dust settles from Guatemala's September 9 national elections, clear winners and losers have emerged. For others, the outcome was ambiguous. The greatest success was that of the process itself, which was less violent and better organized than anticipated. Center-left Alvaro Colom [...]	2007-09-14 13:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CVPR ASEC KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA1941	PEREZ MOLINA OUTLINES SECOND-ROUND STRATEGY [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, center-right presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota outlined his strategy for winning the November 4 run-off election with the support of voters of the center-right GANA. Perez Molina said he was "certain" that non [...]	2007-09-25 19:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCRM SNAR PHUM GT
07GUATEMALA1975	GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On October 1, Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade confirmed to Pol/Econ Couns that the Government of Guatemala had established diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sept. 26, 2007, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The formal agreement wa [...]	2007-10-01 20:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KN GT
07GUATEMALA2013	PEREZ MOLINA TAKES THE LEAD IN GUATEMALA'S [...] (C) The latest major poll gives center-right Patriota candidate Perez Molina a nearly nine-point lead over center-left UNE candidate Colom, but the poll likely overstates Perez Molina's support somewhat. Nonetheless, Perez Molina, who finished second in the September 9 first-round election, [...]	2007-10-05 17:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2016	CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...]	2007-10-09 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2017	CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...]	2007-10-09 13:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2070	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OUTLINES FIVE-YEAR [...] (U) Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales highlighted his accomplishments during his first term in office and presented his strategic plan of action and priorities for the next five years to the international donor community at a recent forum. He thanked the community for its support and annou [...]	2007-10-15 16:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2182	SCENESETTER: NOV. 4 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) According to most polls, center-right candidate Otto Perez Molina of the Partido Patriota enjoys a slim advantage coming into the Nov. 4 presidential election, but some polls show Alvaro Colom, of the center-left UNE, to be ahead. In the final stages of the campaign, Colom has come across [...]	2007-11-01 01:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GT
07GUATEMALA2221	COLOM'S VICTORY GIVES RURAL VOTERS A NEW VOICE [...] (C) Alvaro Colom won the November 4 election as rural voters came out in large numbers, and for the first time prevailed over the candidate favored by voters in Guatemala City. The decentralization of voting tables favored Colom's rural voters, and his emphasis on social issues appears to ha [...]	2007-11-09 18:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA2238	VIGILANTE GROUPS FILL PUBLIC SECURITY VOID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vigilante groups reportedly operate in the Santiago Atitlan area, targeting criminals and those suspected of engaging in witchcraft. According to UN representatives, these vigilante groups are not unique to Santiago, but operate in many areas of the country in response to inef [...]	2007-11-14 23:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI KJUS GT
07GUATEMALA2244	FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, [...] (C) Guatemalan Foreign Minister-Designate Haroldo Rodas met November 13 with Ambassador, visiting WHA/CEN Director Feeley, and Pol/Econ Couns. We discussed with Rodas the USG's request to Congress for $50 million to buttress Central American regional security. Rodas conveyed his appreciation [...]	2007-11-16 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GT
07GUATEMALA2271	JOURNALISTS LEVEL DUBIOUS ACCUSATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. One the eve of the November 4 presidential elections, journalists investigating alleged ties between Partido Patriota Presidential candidate Perez Molina and the Mendoza drug trafficking organization claimed to have received death threats and said the editors of their paper "El [...]	2007-11-21 20:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR PINR SOCI GT
07GUATEMALA2358	ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the Department's request for post and host country input regarding priority assistance needs that could be funded as part of the Merida Initiative. We consulted senior Berger Government officials who have only five weeks left in office, as well as represen [...]	2007-12-13 13:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER SNAR GT
07GUATEMALA647	PRESIDENTIAL POLL SHOWS CENTER-LEFT ALVARO COLOM [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate Alvaro Colom of center-left Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) retains the lead with 21.23 percent, 11 points over Partido Patriota (PP) candidate Otto Perez Molina, a proponent of "mano dura," according to a March 9-17 national poll conducted by Vox Lat [...]	2007-04-02 21:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM GT
07HAMBURG24	ISLAMIC CENTER HAMBURG'S AYATOLLAH SHARES INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CG Hamburg and Embassy Berlin Iranwatcher hosted an informal meeting at the CGR with the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (ICH),Ayatollah Seyyed Abbas Hosseini Ghaemmaghami on March 20. Ghaemmaghami, an Iranian national who has served as the ICH director since 2004, discu [...]	2007-03-23 11:12:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GM IR
07HAMBURG29	GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ [...] (C) On May 2, Office Director of the Hamburg Minister of Justice Henning Clasen informed ConGen Hamburg that PKK leader Sakine Cansiz had been released from jail on April 25 and that she had already returned to Paris, France. Cansiz had been arrested in Hamburg on March 19 pursuant to a Turkis [...]	2007-05-04 15:49:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR
07HAMBURG63	THE SPD APPROVES OEF MANDATE, SIGNALS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Overall, foreign policy played a minor role at the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 national convention in Hamburg (reftel). It was, however, the main focus of a pre-convention event October 25 sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and geared mainly tow [...]	2007-10-31 17:16:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KUNR GM AF EU RS TU
07HAMBURG73	HAMBURG VS. SCIENTOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the Working Group on Scientology (AGS) in 1992 within its interior ministry with its firebrand leader, Hamburg has been at sharp odds with the Church of Scientology and more recently has taken a leading role in an attempt to ban the organization. On August 7, Hamb [...]	2007-12-21 16:46:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI GM
07HANOI1055	TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE [...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...]	2007-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM CH
07HANOI1119	CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...]	2007-06-15 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH
07HANOI1283	VIETNAM MFA DISPUTES DETAILS OF ARTICLE ON CLASH [...] (U) A July 19 Straits Times article reported that a group of Vietnamese boats fishing in waters near the Spratlys came "under fire" from Chinese naval vessels on July 9. According to the article Vietnamese "military sources" reported that one fishermen was killed and several others were injure [...]	2007-07-20 17:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PREL VM CN
07HANOI1300	DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...]	2007-07-24 17:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1367	JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS DENIED ACCESS TO [...] (C) On July 18, Embassy PolOffs met together with relatives of jailed human rights lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. Dai and Nhan were tried and sentenced to prison on May 11 for "propaganda against the State." Each has filed a formal appeal, and an appeal trial date is pending. [...]	2007-08-03 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1390	TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]	2007-08-06 15:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1462	"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]	2007-08-14 17:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07HANOI15	BANNED BOOKS REAPPEARING ON THE SHELVES [...] (C) The GVN recently allowed the publication of two previously banned books, and intellectuals credit the Government's "more progressive thinking" for the change. Coming on the heels of a museum exhibition last year that was highly critical of the GVN's past economic policies, the publication [...]	2007-01-04 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1599	SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES [...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...]	2007-09-07 16:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1623	FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]	2007-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1653	CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1683	UNDERGROUND DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SAY PARTY FEELING [...] (C) High-profile political dissidents Dr. Pham Hong Son and Nguyen Vu Binh, both recently released from prison and under house arrest, remain active with the moderate Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) underground pro-democracy group. On September 10, Embassy PolOffs visited separately and wit [...]	2007-09-20 14:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1746	AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD [...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]	2007-10-04 11:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1935	HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT [...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...]	2007-11-14 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI2	HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN POLITBURO'S COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Politburo has recently debated the draft Law on Associations (LOA),the passage of which would lessen GVN control of associations and make it easier for citizens to form new ones. The Politburo's attention to this draft law is an indication of its importance and sensitivity, a [...]	2007-01-02 04:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
07HANOI2029	USCIRF MEETS WITH DISSIDENTS IN HANOI [...] (C) A delegation from the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with Hanoi-based political dissidents, attorney Le Quoc Quan and Dr. Pham Hong Son, on October 22 and 23, respectively. According to both, all un-sanctioned political and religious organizations [...]	2007-12-03 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI210	COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET KICKSTARTS NAVAL [...] (C) During a recent visit to Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Gary Roughead, proposed a range of new initiatives intended to broaden U.S.-Vietnam naval cooperation, including cooperation in the fields of Meteorological-Oceanographic (METOC) predict [...]	2007-01-31 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI374	VIETNAM GVN COMMENTS PUBLICLY ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Both privately and via public statements, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials have reiterated assertions that Vietnam has no current plan to impose capital controls on foreign investors to cool down the country's stock market. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung provided th [...]	2007-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI451	POLITICAL PRISONER PHAN VAN BAN CONFIRMS DESIRE [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador at Nam Ha Prison in Ha Nam Province, south of Hanoi, prisoner of conscience Phan Van Ban expressed his desire to reunite with his family in the United States if released from prison. The Ambassador passed on a letter to Ban from his son and discuss [...]	2007-03-08 10:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI69	POLITBURO COMMISSIONS STUDIES ON POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's 14-member Politburo has tasked a little-known group of intellectuals and former and current Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) leaders to examine Vietnam's (and other countries') political systems and recommend possible political reforms in accordance with Vietnam's "polit [...]	2007-01-11 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VM
07HANOI752	POLICE INTERFERENCE AGAIN MARS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) crackdown on political dissent continues. On April 23, the Ambassador's second attempt at hosting an event at his residence with family members of political dissidents was blocked by the police. Four of the five invitees were either prevented from leavin [...]	2007-04-24 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI898	AMBASSADOR AND VFM BANG DISCUSS TRIET VISIT, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 dinner with Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Le Van Bang and other MFA officials, the Ambassador stressed that time is short for the two sides to reach agreements on potential deliverables to ensure a successful visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet. The two sides discusse [...]	2007-05-16 11:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIRF OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI90	GVN REPORTEDLY DOES NOT WANT U.S. RESETTLEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to UNHCR, the GVN does not object to the third-country resettlement of the 42 Vietnamese Hmong in Thailand. However, the GVN has caveated its position by requesting that UNHCR not resettle the Hmong in the United States for fear of creating a draw for more Hmong to leav [...]	2007-01-16 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA VM
07HARARE1003	ZIMBABWE INFLATION REQHES 60,000 PERCENT [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) put the annual (monthly) rate of increase in the cost of living for low, middle and high-income earners in October at 73,221 percent (181 percent),62,414 percent (123 percent),and 68,609 percent (174 percent) respectively. TM Supermarkets shared its October [...]	2007-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1007	ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS: IDENTIFIERS FOR TARGETED [...] (C) This cable provides unclassified identifier data for the newly proposed Zimbabwe sanctions targets. Note that in each case involving a family relationship, the family ties have been confirmed by Embassy Political/Economic Section contacts or internet sources. Where internet sources are [...]	2007-11-08 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE102	MUGABE RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET--GONO TRIUMPHANT, [...] (U) Summary. In what the MDC spokesperson termed as "rearranging the deck of a sinking Titanic," President Mugabe yesterday carried out a long-expected cabinet reshuffle. With the exception of the sacking of Minister of Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa and the replacement of Minister of Agri [...]	2007-02-07 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE1041	CREDENTIALS PRESENTATION UNEVENTFUL [...] (C) Ambassador presented credentials to GOZ President Robert Mugabe at 10 am on Thursday, November 22. Also presenting on November 22 were Ambassadors from Australia, Russia and Mexico (the latter resident in Pretoria). Over tea following the US presentation, Mugabe recounted his views on th [...]	2007-11-23 07:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
07HARARE1042	CASH SHORTAGE HITS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwe is in the throes of a cash shortage crisis that could threaten the stability of the financial sector. With the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) providing commercial banks with less than half their cash requirement, bank account holders are able to withdraw only a fraction of their [...]	2007-11-23 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1059	OTHER DONORS CAUTOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING [...] (C) On November 26 USAID hosted a meeting with Ambassador, Ambassadors from the UK Australia, the EU, Sweden and the Netherlands a well as aid agency chiefs from Canada and the U, to discuss addressing misunderstandings among poitical leaders and SADC negotiators about donor conditions for ree [...]	2007-11-27 11:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE107	OPPOSITION TO MUGABE,S 2010 EXTENSION WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) According to Embassy interlocutors from a broad spectrum of Zimbabwe's political elite, President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle have encountered stronger than expected resistance in their attempts to extend his term to 2010, including from within Mugabe's own party. Our interlocu [...]	2007-02-08 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE1080	SADC TALKS ENTER FINAL PHASE [...] (SBU) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube told diplomats December 4 that the final phase of SADC-sponsored negotiations will take place in South Africa between December 5 and December 10. Agreement has been reached on a draft constitution, a new electoral law, reform of POSA, and r [...]	2007-12-05 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1106	CIVIC ACTIVISTS KEEP UP STREET PRESSURE [...] (U) In the past week, activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),two local pro-democracy NGOs, staged separate street demonstrations in Harare that resulted in beatings by police and arrests. WOZA and NCA remain the most active civil society grou [...]	2007-12-12 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC WMN
07HARARE1107	SADC TALKS STALL, BUT MDC INTENDS TO CONTEST [...] (C) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador December 11 that MDC negotiators had returned from South Africa without an agreement. Sticking points are MDC insistence on: --implementation of a new constitution before the election; --reconstitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi [...]	2007-12-12 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1118	ZIMBABWE,S MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES, [...] (SBU) Players in Zimbabwe's formal and informal economy primarily use three different exchange rates: a grossly overvalued official rate that is forced on exporters but a source of patronage for the ruling party in selling forex; a parallel rate for cash, which has become extremely scarce rec [...]	2007-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AMGT ZI

07HARARE1125	SADC TALKS CONTINUE; MDC TO PRESENT UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SADC talks, stalemated over MDC demands for implementation of a new constitution and electoral reforms before elections and for an election date later than March, are continuing. The MDC presented its case last weekend to South African president Thabo Mbeki who promised to talk to Zimbab [...]	2007-12-17 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE1130	ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...]	2007-12-19 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SENV ZI
07HARARE1134	GONO DODGES EFFECTIVE REFORM IN SIMPLY ISSUING NEW [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the issuance of new, higher-denominated bearer cheques on December 19, 2007 and the withdrawal of the previously largest note as a move against cash hoarders. He did not remove any zeros from the currency. Two days later, Zimbabwe [...]	2007-12-21 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1137	IMF MISSION CHIEF WARNS THAT ZIMBABWE'S [...] (C) IMF Mission Chief Robert Sharer on December 13 told a gathering of ambassadors from donor countries that Zimbabwe's economic situation was gloomy and worsening. Inflation had begun to grow exponentially and had probably reached 100,000 percent. Real output had probably contracted by about [...]	2007-12-28 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE115	ZANU-PF FLEXES MUSCLES IN UPCOMING BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. ZANU-PF is expected to win the February 17 Chiredzi South by-election, also being contested by candidates from both MDC factions and the United People's Party (UPP),a ZANU-PF off-shoot. The MDC and UPP candidates are from the area and belong to its dominant Shangaan ethnic gr [...]	2007-02-13 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE116	MUGABE'S GRIP LIMITS ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Muyaradzi Kereke, Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, told econoff on February 9 that Gono would seek permission from President Mugabe to allow a devaluation of the currency for the donor community. To make the policy shift palatable to Mugabe, Gono woul [...]	2007-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE130	POLICE ZEALOUSLY CRACK DOWN ON OPPOSITION RALLIES [...] (C) Police and ZANU-PF youth paramilitaries in Harare and Bulawayo violently broke up rallies over the weekend by the two opposition MDC factions. On February 18 in Harare, riot police acting in defiance of a High Court order used water cannons, teargas and batons to prevent an anti-Senate MDC [...]	2007-02-20 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE133	ZANU-PF WINS BY-ELECTION AMID LOW TURNOUT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF retained the Chiredzi South parliamentary seat in the by-election held February 17 with 66.7 percent of the vote. The anti-Senate MDC candidate garnered 21.1 percent of the tally, while the pro-Senate flag bearer came in fourth behind the UPP candidate. Voting day was peaceful, [...]	2007-02-21 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE154	COPING IN ZIMBABWE'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Wilson International, a world class manufacturer of billiard tables and bedroom furniture, has become a low-cost outsourcer for a South African manufacturer and has also "twinned" creatively with Zimbabwean importers on forex deals in order to survive in Zimbabwe's harsh business clima [...]	2007-02-28 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CH
07HARARE183	ZANU-PF GOVERNOR MSIPA ON SUCCESSION, FARM [...] (C) Cephas Msipa, ZANU-PF governor of Midlands Province, despairingly told polecon chief in a March 7 meeting in his Gweru office he believed the present government was betraying the liberation ideals of freedom and an end to poverty. He described President Robert Mugabe as a close friend, b [...]	2007-03-09 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
07HARARE195	POLICE BRUTALLY DISRUPT PRAYER RALLY AND ARREST [...] (C) Security forces on March 11 brutally suppressed a prayer rally planned by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign and arrested more than 100, including MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and other key opposition leaders. Observers SIPDIS report that more than 1,000 police officers were deployed to th [...]	2007-03-12 15:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE198	TSVANGRIRAI AND MISTREATED OPPOSITION DETAINEES [...] (C) A badly beaten MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and fifty members of his party, including senior leaders from both factions, finally appeared in court March 13. No charges were filed with the court appearance turning on access to medical treatment. The Ambassador and other diplomats obse [...]	2007-03-13 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE204	TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS FREED [...] (C) Police late on March 13 released all of the MDC activists arrested on March 11 (Ref B) without filing charges. Eleven of the detainees, including Morgan Tsvangirai, are still being treated at Avenues Hospital. SIPDIS Separately, witnesses claim that Gift Tandare, the MDC youth killed [...]	2007-03-14 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE205	SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...]	2007-03-14 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE213	FUNERAL MARCH DELAYED TO LET LEADERS RECOVER, [...] (C) MDC leaders have been forced to postpone the wake and funerary march for the MDC activist killed by police to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to participate and resolve logistical issues. They hope to finalize plans tomorrow. Tsvangirai remains at Avenues Hospital, where the Ambassador visited h [...]	2007-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE218	OPPOSITION TELLS OF ASSAULT, CHARTS UNITED WAY [...] (C) Key opposition leaders, excluding Morgan Tsvangirai (released from the hospital but recovering at home) held a press conference March 16 during which they recounted the brutal beatings they and other opposition members sustained at the hands of police and security officials. The oppositi [...]	2007-03-16 13:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE227	GOZ PREEMPTS ACTIVIST'S BURIAL, PROMISES MORE [...] (C) President Mugabe on March 16 promised ZANU-PF's youth wing more violence against opposition supporters. GOZ security forces over the weekend severely attacked the MDC spokesman, prevented two opposition leaders from seeking treatment in Johannesburg of their injuries sustained on March 1 [...]	2007-03-19 17:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE239	ZIMBABWE'S CENTRAL BANK DESPERATELY TRYING TO [...] (C) According to a senior official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),Zimbabwe will likely produce less than half the country's maize requirements. South African banks were reluctant to lend to the GOZ the forex needed to finance imports so the RBZ has turned to the street, fuelling rapid [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE241	ZIMBABWE'S INCREASED VIOLENCE A GOZ CREATION [...] (U) While the GOZ has tried to portray the MDC as a purveyor of violence, largely by trumpeting two alleged petrol bomb attacks, there is scant evidence to support their claims. In fact, we hear every day of more and more evidence of government-sponsored violence. On March 22, Save Zimbabwe [...]	2007-03-22 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE246	ACTIVIST'S MEMORIAL SERVICE PROVIDES CALL FOR [...] (U) The Christian Alliance under the auspices of Save Zimbabwe Campaign held a spirited memorial service in Harare on March 27 for the opposition activist, Gift Tandare, killed by police on March 11. A crowd of over 600 attended the service at which MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mu [...]	2007-03-27 16:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE254	POLICE RAID MDC HQ, BRIEFLY DETAIN TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) Scores of riot police cordoned off several blocks around MDC headquarters in downtown Harare on March 28 and invaded MDC offices. The police actions came just before MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was to hold a press conference to address the abductions of several MDC leaders in the pr [...]	2007-03-28 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE270	JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE SUCCESSION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Jonathan Moyo, former Minister of Information and erstwhile Mugabe intimate, told the Ambassador March 30 that Mugabe is aware that there is diminishing support for him within ZANU-PF and around the country. However, if Mugabe decides to run for president again in 2008, Moyo said it is u [...]	2007-03-30 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE274	INSIDE LOOK AT ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEEQ,S [...] (C) According to Embassy contacts, President Robert Mugabe steamrolled the ZANU-PF Central Committee meeting on March 30 and forced himself on the ruling party as its candidate for the presidential election in 2008. However, our sources emphasized that Mugabe's peremptory actions have only g [...]	2007-04-02 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE275	VIOLENCE ANTICIPATED AS LABOR UNION CALLS FOR [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) nationwide stay-away is set for April 3 and 4. The stay-away is ostensibly a protest against dismal wages and worsening economic conditions. However, it comes in the charged atmosphere caused by the government crack down on dissent and is seen [...]	2007-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ASEC ZI
07HARARE284	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE RELEASES HARD-HITTING [...] (C) The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Zimbabwe is releasing April 5 a pastoral letter which blames the suffering of the Zimbabwean people on a small black elite which replaced a small while elite, and has perpetuated colonial-like misrule. The letter refers to the assault, beating, and tor [...]	2007-04-04 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE301	LABOR STAYAWAY PRODUCES MIXED RESULTS [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) two-day nationwide stay-away attracted a mixed response. Many businesses in Harare and other major cities closed or had limited operations at the start of the first day with a greater percentage of workers in the country's depressed industria [...]	2007-04-05 16:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE311	MUTAMBARA BACKS TSVANGIRAI FOR 2008 [...] (C) Arthur Mutambara, leader of the MDC's pro-Senate faction told the Ambassador April 10 that both MDC factions would work together in a coalition, fielding one candidate for president, and that anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai would be that candidate. Mutambara was confident S [...]	2007-04-12 10:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE319	SUBJECT: DIAMONDS: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE,S [...] (C) Zimbabwe is at risk of losing its Kimberley Process Certification as a result of the how the GOZ has handled the discovery of diamond deposits in Eastern Zimbabwe. The state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) seized the deposits from African Consolidated Resources (ACR) [...]	2007-04-13 07:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EMIN ETRD ZI
07HARARE322	ZIMBABWE,S STRUGGLING FERTILIZER INDUSTRY [...] (C) Battered by adversities, fertilizer production in Zimbabwe sunk last year to its lowest level since 1972. Sable Chemical Industries Ltd, the main producer, has been operating at 40-50 percent capacity for the past year due to foreign exchange shortages and price controls. It is also stru [...]	2007-04-13 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ZI
07HARARE331	GOZ'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO CATHOLIC CHURCH'S [...] (SBU) The hard-hitting pastoral letter (Ref) of the Catholic Bishops Conference was made public on April 12 and read by priests in churches throughout the country on Sunday, April 15. We understand that many priests gave copies of the letter to their parishioners to take home and discuss with [...]	2007-04-19 15:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE336	GOZ SETS SIGHTS ON NGOS, CUTS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) The GOZ has turned its attention to NGOs perceived as unfriendly and to be working with the political opposition and Western governments. The USG-funded State University of New York (SUNY) parliamentary support project became the first victim on April 13 when Clerk of Parliament announc [...]	2007-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE341	LOCAL OBSERVERS HIGHLIGHT ROADMAP, PITFALLS TO [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) Chairperson Reginald Matchaba-Hove on April 17 told poloffs that preparatory work needed to begin now to ensure that elections to be held next year will be free and fair. The SADC summit in Tanzania had locked the GOZ into presidential and parli [...]	2007-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE343	WOZA POWER OUTAGE PROTESTS DRAW HARSH POLICE [...] (C) Over 500 Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) supporters on April 19 held simultaneous demonstrations at several government offices in Bulawayo to protest frequent power outages; police arrested more than 80. Approximately 450 WOZA supporters staged a second series of simultaneous protests at [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE344	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH MDC,S TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador April 24 that he would plan to visit Washington the second week of May. The Ambassador urged Tsvangirai during his visit to present a strategic vision of the way forward toward elections next year. On the SADC initiative, Tsvangirai accused [...]	2007-04-24 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SF ZI
07HARARE383	INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH ARREST OF [...] (C) The government on May 4 arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who have been representing 31 opposition officials arrested over the last six weeks. The two lawyers were charged with obstruction of justice. Police subsequently ignored a series of c [...]	2007-05-07 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE394	LAWYER'S MARCH ENDS IN VIOLENCE [...] (U) A May 8 march organized by the Law Society of Zimbabwe to protest the arrest of two human rights lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni (reftel),ended with violence as riot police used batons to disperse and beat a crowd of approximately 40. Police temporarily detained several of the [...]	2007-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE418	MDC CEDES BY-ELECTION TO ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) The two factions of the MDC have decided not to contest the Zaka East Parliamentary By-election on June 9, virtually ensuring victory for the ZANU-PF candidate, retired Colonel Livingstone Chineka, who is part of the Mujuru faction. Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) said it pla [...]	2007-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE42	TSVANGIRAI OPPOSES 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) MDC anti-Senate faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai at a press conference at MDC headquarters vowed to resist a postponement of the 2008 presidential election until 2010. Tsivangirai also said that constitutional reform should SIPDIS precede elections and allowed that negotiations on refor [...]	2007-01-18 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE448	CAMPAIGN 2008: A ROAD TO DISASTER? [...] (C) The ruling ZANU-PF party remains beset with infighting over Robert Mugabe's efforts to hang on to power. Mugabe is likely to secure the ruling party's endorsement as its candidate for next year's presidential lection at an Extraordinary Congress to be held later this year, according to ru [...]	2007-05-21 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE449	GOZ REACTS TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS' PASTORAL LETTER [...] (C) After several weeks of silence, the GOZ, through newspaper interviews with President Robert Mugabe and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development Ignatius Chombo, slammed the pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops' Conference disseminated and read at the beginning o [...]	2007-05-21 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE463	JONATHAN MOYO ON ZANU-PF TURMOIL [...] (C) Former Information Minister and Presidential Spokesman Jonathan Moyo told poleconchief May 24 that President Robert Mugabe continues to face internal ZANU-PF opposition, primarily from the Mujuru faction, both in the GOZ cabinet and in the provinces. There is also a split within Mugabe' [...]	2007-05-24 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE474	MDC TALKS BREAK DOWN [...] (C) MDC Pro-Senate MP David Coltart, who has represented his faction in unity negotiations with the Anti-Senate faction since August, told the Ambassador May 24 that negotiations had ground to a halt. Coltart said that as of last November he became convinced that unity was impossible but tha [...]	2007-05-30 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
07HARARE485	MUJURU LIEUTENANT PITCHES FOR USG SUPPORT [...] (C) David Butau, ZANU-PF MP and member of the faction allied to ex-military commander Solomon Mujuru, told poloff on May 31 that Mujuru had determined that the time to unseat President Robert Mugabe was now. Mujuru had flexed his muscle and wrested control of the party structures in Masvingo [...]	2007-06-01 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE503	WOZA'S SILENT MARCH ATTRACTS HARSH RESPONSE FROM [...] (SBU) Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) supporters staged a "silent march" on June 6 in Bulawayo to demand inclusion in mediation talks between the government and the main opposition party; police used violence to disperse the crowd of 200 and arrested five women. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and [...]	2007-06-07 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE508	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on June 11 that the ZANU-PF position paper submitted to the South African-moderated talks was nothing more than the usual rhetoric, confirming prior suspicion that the GOZ was merely stalling. Unlike the MDC submission that addressed Zi [...]	2007-06-11 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE552	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 18 - ANOTHER GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Parliament is due to debate the proposed Constitutional Amendment 18 when it re-opens in late July. The Amendment Bill has provisions for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2008; it strengthens the Executive's control over Parliament by substantially inc [...]	2007-06-21 14:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SADC KDEM ZI
07HARARE605	GOZ IN DOOMED BID TO END HYPERINFLATION BY FIAT [...] (SBU) On the heels of a sharp spike in inflation, the GOZ on June 25 began a populist campaign to roll retail prices back to their June 18 level. Using thuggery and intimidation, "crack teams" under a newly established Cabinet Task Force descended first on supermarkets then across the retail [...]	2007-07-10 05:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ZI
07HARARE627	THE MDC VIEW OF THE MBEKI TALKS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, secretary-general of the MDC anti-Senate faction, told Poleconchief July 11 that South African mediators were furious that ZANU-PF negotiators had failed to travel to South Africa last week for SADC-sponsored talks under the auspices of South African president Thabo Mbeki. Bi [...]	2007-07-12 12:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE638	The End is Nigh [...] (C) Having said my piece repeatedly over the last three years, I won't offer a lengthy prescription for our Zimbabwe policy. My views can be stated very simply as stay the course and prepare for change. Our policy is working and it's helping to drive change here. What is required is simply [...]	2007-07-13 10:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE656	TREVOR MANHANGA ON MEETINGS WITH MUGABE AND GONO, [...] (C) Summary. Evangelical Bishop Trevor Manhanga, Chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe, spoke with Poleconchief July 18 and recounted a recent meeting with President Mugabe. According to Manhanga, Mugabe is preparing for elections next year and is confident he will wi [...]	2007-07-19 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE657	GOZ CHARTS NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION [...] (U) The GOZ's edict to roll back prices continues to wreak havoc as panic buying and supply chain disruptions have led to widespread shortages of basic commodities. Many Zimbabweans, already struggling to make ends meet, spend hours each day standing in line to buy scarce products or executin [...]	2007-07-19 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC ECON
07HARARE671	POLICE DETAIN AND BEAT HUNDREDS OF PROTESTORS [...] (U) Police severely beat hundreds of demonstrators detained on July 25 after protests calling for a new constitution were held in five major cities throughout the country. The protests, organized by National Constitutional Assembly (NCA),followed the opening of Parliament. In Harare, more t [...]	2007-07-26 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI ASEC
07HARARE680	MANDAZA AND MOYO ON SADC TALKS, MUGABE [...] (C) SADC talks between the GOZ and MDC are unlikely to bear fruit according to Ibbo Mandaza and Jonathan Moyo. Although the MDC has made discussions on a new constitution the cornerstone of the talks, and although the first agenda item agreed to in South Africa in June was constitutional disc [...]	2007-07-31 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE685	WELSHMAN NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, MDC SPLIT [...] (C) Welshman Ncube, MDC pro-Senate faction secretary-general and one of the MDC negotiators in the SIPDIS SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, told us he was "cautiously optimistic" about the talks. Contrary to news reports, ZANU-PF was still engaged and discussions had taken place on a new con [...]	2007-08-02 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE692	MUGABE'S PRIEST, FATHER FIDELIS MUKONORI [...] (C) This message responds to a request for information regarding Father Fidelis Mukonori. The Embassy meets with Fidelis from time to time. We last saw him in July. 2. (C) Father Fidelis has ties with President Mugabe and other senior ZANU-PF figures going back to the liberation struggl [...]	2007-08-03 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE693	FOLLOW-UP ON GRACE MUGABE [...] (C) This message responds to INR/I questions on Grace Mugabe. 2. (C) Grace Mugabe is not active or well-liked within ZANU-PF circles and she has no close relationships with cabinet members. 3. (C) Grace's relationship with President Mugabe appears stable at this time. In the past sh [...]	2007-08-03 09:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ZI
07HARARE712	NGO COMMUNITY TARGET OF GOZ HARASSMENT [...] (C) The GOZ's recent push to strictly enforce price controls and immigration regulations has sent shock waves through the international NGO community. In recent weeks, government officials have inspected NGO warehouses, temporarily impounded relief supplies, scrutinized the use of foreign cur [...]	2007-08-08 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI ASEC
07HARARE736	ZANU-PF OFFICIAL ON CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, GOZ Deputy Minister for Water Resources and Infrastructural Development, told polecon chief that the recent price control policy had been badly mismanaged and that recovery would be difficult. The parlous economic situation was ZANU-PF's greatest enemy in next year's elect [...]	2007-08-17 11:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE75	GOZ CRACKS DOWN ON CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) On January 26, eight pastors of the Christian Alliance (CA) were arrested after a lunch meeting in Kadoma, a medium-sized town roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Harare. According to Ray Motsi, one of the CA leaders, the lunch was the sixth in a series throughout Zimbabwe to publiciz [...]	2007-01-30 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE771	ZANU-PF INSIDER EDDIE ZVOGBO, JR. ON CURRENT [...] (C) ZANU-PF politician and businessman Eddison Zvogbo, Jr. believes President Robert Mugabe is on track to stand for reelection next year. While many in ZANU-PF would like to see Mugabe go sooner rather than later, internal ZANU-PF opponents are afraid to directly challenge him and are focus [...]	2007-08-29 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE772	POULTRY PRODUCTION AND PATRONAGE - COPING DURING [...] (C) Irvine's Day Old Chicks, Zimbabwe's largest poultry and egg producer, has managed to maintain full production and profitability during the GOZ's price control blitz thanks to the combination of a highly cost-efficient, export-oriented operation and cozy relations with top ruling-party offic [...]	2007-08-29 13:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ZI
07HARARE781	TENDAI BITI ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tendai Biti, MDC anti-Senate secretary-general, believes substantial progress has been made in SADC-sponsored negotiations toward a new constitution. Agreement on the constitution, electoral reform, and repeal of repressive legislation, however, is unlikely before March elections. Any ag [...]	2007-09-04 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI
07HARARE795	GONO ON MUGABE'S FUTURE, ECONOMY [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has been urged by those closest to him to leave office, according to Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, in a meeting with Charge on September 1. In particular, Mugabe's personal physician advised him to step down immediately to preserve his hea [...]	2007-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE80	GONO'S LONG-AWAITED MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT - A [...] (C) Presenting his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) to the diplomatic and business community on January 31, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced he would not devalue the currency because only a "holistic package" of reforms that addressed price distortions and achieved stake [...]	2007-02-01 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE82	POLICE SEEK TO ARREST UNION LADER AS TEACHERS [...] (C) Summary. On February 1police conducted an early morning raid on the hoe of Raymond Majongwe, Secretary General of the rogressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),toarrest the outspoken labor leader. According toZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR),Majongwewas not home at the time [...]	2007-02-02 10:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE821	"CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM" ON SADC TALKS [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate secretary-general Welshman Ncube, one of the MDC's lead negotiators in the SADC mediation, told polecon chief on September 10 he is "cautiously optimistic" that an agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on constitutional and electoral reforms will be reached. ZANU-PF is moti [...]	2007-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE822	CABINET PANEL CONCEDES PRICE BLITZ DISASTER, GONO [...] (C) A Cabinet panel reviewing the operation of the Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilization learned on September 5 that the crackdown had had a disastrous effect on the supply of food and goods and was also fomenting unrest across the country, according to Munyaradzi Kereke, Senior Adv [...]	2007-09-10 16:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
07HARARE849	MATABELELAND AND BULAWAYO OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) In addition to severe shortages of goods caused by the GOZ's price control policies, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South are suffering from a critical lack of water. Nevertheless, people are until now coping and there is no evidence of starvation. Although this area of the country is solid [...]	2007-09-17 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE852	JONATHAN MOYO ON MUGABE AND SUCCESSION [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe has throat cancer and has been advised by his physician that campaigning will be dangerous to his health. At this point, Mugabe nevertheless intends to seek endorsement at a ZANU-PF Extraordinary Congress in December and run for election in March. He has stated h [...]	2007-09-18 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE857	LABOR ACTION LOOMS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),the country's largest labor group, is calling for a two-day stay-away on September 19-20 to protest a recent ban on wage increases and worsening socio-economic conditions. During the past week, ZCTU has placed announcements for the stay-away i [...]	2007-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZI
07HARARE858	AMENDMENT 18 [...] (U) In a choreographed parliamentary session on September 18, ZANU-PF and the MDC agreed to the adoption of Amendment 18 to the Constitution which will harmonize presidential and parliamentary elections, expand the size of Parliament, and mandate Parliament to elect the president in the event [...]	2007-09-19 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE870	PRO-DEMOCRCAY GROUPS STILL UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) Zimbabwe security forces have intensified repression against labor and pro-democracy groups despite recent reports that the government has agreed to positive concessions in ongoing SADC mediation talks. Within the last week, security forces arrested labor leaders and intimidated workers, [...]	2007-09-21 10:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB ZI
07HARARE879	SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]	2007-09-28 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE881	IBBO MANDAZA ON MUGABE, ZANU-PF'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ZANU-PF insider and Solomon Mujuru confidante Ibbo Mandaza met with polecon chief on September 25 and discussed President Robert Mugabe's health and the state of ZANU-PF. 2. (C) Confirming Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's comments (Reftel),Mandaza said Mugabe's Malaysian physician [...]	2007-09-28 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ZI
07HARARE882	TSVANGIRAI ON SADC MEDIATION PROCESS [...] (U) In a diplomatic briefing on September 26, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on progress in the SADC-Mbeki mediation and steps ahead. Elements of a new constitution have been agreed upon. The parties are now discussing a new electoral act, security laws, communication laws, and the [...]	2007-09-28 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE906	TEACHERS' PAY INCREASE FALLS SHORT OF DEMANDS [...] (U) On October 4, Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) called off a three-day strike that had brought the country's public school system to a halt. The Civil Service Association Apex Council, which represents all civil servants, including teachers, accepted on October 3 the government's off [...]	2007-10-05 07:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE92	MDC FACTION LEADER ARTHUR MUTAMBARA: MDC UNITY [...] (C) MDC pro-Senate faction leader Arthur Mutambara told the Ambassador February 1 that cooperation between both MDC factions was necessary to defeat Mugabe. Noting that MDC anti-faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai had expressed similar sentiments in an earlier meeting (Ref),the Ambassador urged [...]	2007-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI
07HARARE934	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-16 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE935	BITI AND NCUBE ON SADC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) MDC negotiators Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube expect SADC-sponsored negotiations to end in November with an agreement that includes a new constitution. Elections will likely take place in September or October 2008. The MDC remains skeptical that ZANU-PF will permit an environment condu [...]	2007-10-17 05:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE940	POLICE BEAT PEACEFUL MARCHERS CALLING FOR NEW [...] (U) Riot police used baton sticks to disperse more than 50 NCA activists peacefully marching in Harare on October 16 for a new constitution. Several NCA activists were arrested and released without charge and more than 30 were injured. The assault comes on the heels of the arrest of 75 WOZA m [...]	2007-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE942	FINAL PUSH ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe, led by Minister of State for Security and Minister of Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement Didymus Mutasa, appears intent on evicting the last approximately 350 white farmers (out of approximately 4,500 farmers when land seizures began in 2000). In the past tw [...]	2007-10-18 12:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON EAGR EINV ZI
07HARARE951	WILDLY INFLATIONARY NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono issued a wildly inflationary Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on October 1. With concessional loans at 25 percent interest across industry and agriculture and the promise of hard currency payments to productive grain farmers, Gono is [...]	2007-10-19 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE994	ZIMBABWE'S BREAD SHORTAGE - NO RELIEF IN SIGHT [...] (C) Zimbabwe has been enduring an acute bread shortage since the recent price crackdown began. Although the GOZ subsequently revised the bread price upward, the shortage has persisted due to low wheat production, continued gross price distortion, and a lack of foreign currency to import grain [...]	2007-11-01 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EAGR ZI
07HAVANA1001	FIRST ROUND OF CUBAN ELECTIONS: "IT'S THE PROCESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of elections in Cuba covering only municipalities proceeded uneventfully as expected on October 21. A leading dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was detained in Villa Clara when he attempted to vote (to vote NO in his case). Two election observers, one Czech and [...]	2007-10-22 17:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07HAVANA1005	CUBA DETAINS SOME DIPLOMATIC POUCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For the second time in a month, the Cuban government detained unclassified pouches destined for USINT Havana. Cuban officials claimed that the contents of these rejected pouches may violate the Vienna Convention by including items for personal rather than offi [...]	2007-10-25 11:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA1011	TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]	2007-10-26 07:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1018	CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...]	2007-10-26 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1019	PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...]	2007-10-26 16:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1029	USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS [...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...]	2007-10-31 18:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1036	U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]	2007-11-02 15:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HAVANA1037	CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1038	WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1044	DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...]	2007-11-05 21:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1052	CUBAN NATIONALISM AND THE BOLIVARIAN IDEAL [...] (C) Statements made by FM Perez Roque in a CNN interview at the UN last week that Cuba is "prepared to give up its sovereignty and flag" to become part of a greater Latin America seem to be arousing still further a dormant nationalism among ordinary Cubans. The first hints that Cubans are gr [...]	2007-11-07 15:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA1056	INDEPENDENT ACADEMICS LABEL CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 3 November 72 independent academics from all parts of Cuba attended a conference organized by Roberto de Miranda in his home in central Havana. They discussed all aspects of the state education system. The teachers and professors concluded that despite the government's com [...]	2007-11-08 22:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1057	CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...]	2007-11-08 22:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA106	ANATOMY OF AN INJUSTICE: CUBA'S RENE GOMEZ MANZANO [...] (C) Summary: Cuban political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano, who has spent more than 18 months in prison without charge, is a poster child for legal-system injustice. An attorney disbarred in 1995 for advocating legal reforms, Gomez was nursing a cold at home on July 22, 2005 when five political [...]	2007-01-31 20:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA1068	LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER [...] (C) BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, THANKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR AWARDING HIM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THE NOTE, ROLLED UP LIKE A SMALL STRAW AND TUCKED INSIDE A SANITARY NAPKIN, WAS SNEAKED OU [...]	2007-11-14 21:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM CU
07HAVANA1070	25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]	2007-11-16 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1076	URGING THE SWISS TO PRESSURE THE CUBANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Swiss Ambassador to Havana Bertrand Louis on November 15th met with Teresita Vicente, head of the Cuban Ministry of Exterior Relations (Minrex) Europe division, to request that USINT COM be received to discuss the current unclas [...]	2007-11-16 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU

07HAVANA1077	HAVANA POUCH STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) continues to reject bags from USINT unclassified diplomatic pouch deliveries, though a pattern of objectionable items is not discernable. USINT will implement a strategy with U.S. Despatch Agency Miami to identify types of materials being rejected. [...]	2007-11-16 21:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
07HAVANA1081	DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...]	2007-11-19 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1087	ILL DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ MAY SEEK MEDICAL CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") checked himself out of the hospital in Placetas (Villa Clara). He then traveled to Havana and several prominent dissidents asked GOC state security on 20 November for a commitment to provide quality medica [...]	2007-11-21 21:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1089	BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...]	2007-11-23 16:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1094	CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...]	2007-11-23 23:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1096	CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]	2007-11-27 13:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HAVANA1098	SPAIN/CUBA: DISTINCTIVE POLICY CAN LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA ALONSO ZALDIVAR TOLD US 21 NOVEMBER THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA WOULD PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY 2008, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO "SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." ALONSO EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT THE DROP IN POLITICAL PRISONERS O [...]	2007-11-27 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA1102	CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ WANTS MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") left the Hospital in Havana because he did not want to undergo the exploratory surgery recommended by the doctors. Cuban medical staff did a large number of tests but the results were inconclusive as to id [...]	2007-11-28 21:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1111	CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO'S HEALTH, CRITICS OF HUGO [...] (C) POL officer met with Spanish Embassy Political Counselor on 26 November for an informal discussion re the status of on-island affairs. Spanish POL Counselor noted that he was again hearing vague rumors from his own embassy and the Spanish business community regarding Fidel Castro,s deter [...]	2007-11-30 14:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1115	DISSIDENTS WANT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR POOR CUBANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Todos Unidos, an umbrella organization of several dissident organizations, is entering a totally new field of activity by developing a project to renovate the homes of poor Cubans. They plan to start with 12 homes in the Arroyo Naranjo neighborhood of Havana. USINT believes t [...]	2007-11-30 18:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1121	CUBANS REACT TO VENEZUELAN VOTE WITH MIXTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban dissidents are overjoyed with the defeat of Chavez's proposed constitutional changes. They see this as the end of a messianic campaign of Chavez to be leader of an anti-US bloque. Many also feel that the referendum is a powerful lesson in democracy for the Cuban people. [...]	2007-12-05 14:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1134	POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...]	2007-12-06 21:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1136	POLICE ASSAULT DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 6 December opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") while he planned for a peaceful march of activists in Placetas noticed that police vehicles were surrounding the area. He went to the corner in front of his home where he had planned to meet the 10 other part [...]	2007-12-07 17:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1145	CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...]	2007-12-12 13:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1153	PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS: [...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...]	2007-12-13 22:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
07HAVANA1157	SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A [...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...]	2007-12-14 23:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU US
07HAVANA1170	IS FIDEL DONE? [...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...]	2007-12-18 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1171	DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...]	2007-12-18 22:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1188	COM CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On December 27, COM lunched with Frederic Dore, the new French Ambassador to Havana, as part of our regular contact with the French embassy, but also in anticipation of France taking the EU lead in Cuba for the next year. Slovenia, the next leader of the EU Troika has no representation in [...]	2007-12-28 21:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1190	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28 [...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...]	2007-12-28 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA120	CUBA: 2006 MADRUGA PROTEST EXAMINED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: USINT has reviewed a videotape filmed by a resident of the Havana provincial town of Madruga, which shows a spontaneous neighborhood protest against police seeking to evict a well-respected citizen from his home and extort from him all his valuable property. The even [...]	2007-02-06 14:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV CU
07HAVANA136	CUBAN GOVT RELEASES DETAINEE RENE GOMEZ MANZANO [...] (C) In a surprise move, the Cuban Government released prominent dissident Rene Gomez Manzano on February 8, after holding him without charge (reftel) following a 2005 protest. Gomez left Nieves Morejon prison in Sancti Spiritus province at 11 am and was driven to his Havana home, arriving arou [...]	2007-02-08 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA143	INTELLECTUALS' DEBATE CONTINUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA181	CUBA'S INDEPENDENT LIBRARIANS GATHER, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Despite an aggressive sabotage campaign by Cuban State Security, dozens of dissidents affiliated with Martha Beatriz Roque's organization held a one-day meeting in Havana on February 23 to mark the end of a six-month "Congress" of independent librarians. Around 50 activists took p [...]	2007-02-26 18:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA198	CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW [...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...]	2007-03-01 19:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE CU
07HAVANA210	CUBAN OPPOSITION TO REGIME: THE (ART) SHOW MUST GO [...] (C) Summary: Using detentions, mob actions and other methods, the Cuban Government blocked at least 27 pro-democracy and human rights activists from attending a USINT-facilitated opposition art show on March 2, but at least 70 others managed to participate. State Security focused on youth acti [...]	2007-03-05 19:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA22	POLITICAL PRISONERS DESCRIBE ANGUISH IN CAMAGUEY [...] (C) Summary: In a letter smuggled out of Cuba's infamous Kilo 7 prison in Camaguey, 16 political prisoners have denounced "barbaric" conditions, including violent and humiliating repression, a shortage of food, medical neglect and a visitation system "designed to destroy family ties." The lett [...]	2007-01-08 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA228	WOMEN IN CUBAN OPPOSITION EXPRESS DEFIANCE, HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Women in the Cuban opposition expressed defiance to the regime and hope for the future in a meeting with COM Parmly on March 7, the eve of International Women's Day. Twenty-two women discussed the emergence of the "Ladies in White" as a powerful force within the opposition, as wel [...]	2007-03-08 16:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA239	RENE GOMEZ MANZANO: PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: Recently released political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC) told COM Parmly and Emboff on March 6 that relations between Cuban pro-democracy groups are better than they have been in years. Gomez noted that all key opposition groups are u [...]	2007-03-12 18:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KDEM PHUM SOCI
07HAVANA248	FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN CRACKDOWN DRAWS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: Cuban opposition groups are planning relatively few events to mark the March 18-20 anniversary of the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown, in which the GOC arrested, quickly tried and sentenced 75 peaceful pro-democracy activists to lengthy prison terms. (Fifty-nine of the 75 remain in [...]	2007-03-14 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA252	XXXXXXXXXXXXNEED A MILLION CUBANS IN THE STREETS [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told COM and Pol-Econ Counselor March 14 that she was withdrawing from her day-to-day running of the APCS for health reasons and also to focus on the bigger picture. XXXXXXXXXXXX objective for the next few months is to plan for how to mobilize a million Cubans to take to the s [...]	2007-03-15 19:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA258	CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK? [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]	2007-03-16 18:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA265	PAYA: CUBAN REGIME NERVOUS ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Cuban human rights leader Oswaldo Paya says that although the Cuban Government is projecting an air of confidence, thanks to Venezuelan largesse and expanding business with China, the regime is desperate about the domestic political situation and showing great insecurity. During a [...]	2007-03-19 11:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA271	EMOTIONAL MARCH 18 FOR DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White),spouses/relatives of political prisoners, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown with their trademark appearance at Santa Rita Church and march down Havana's 5th Avenue, followed by an emotional video-conference with form [...]	2007-03-19 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM KPAO CU
07HAVANA272	CUBAN REGIME BLOCKS "LADIES" FROM APPROACHING KEY [...] (C) Summary: Deploying 16 vehicles and dozens of officials, Cuban State Security prevented 20 "Ladies in White" from approaching Revolution Plaza at around 8:30 pm on March 18, the fourth anniversary of the start of the 2003 crackdown. The incident marked the first time in recent memory that [...]	2007-03-19 19:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA285	CUBAN THUGS CONFRONT "LADIES IN WHITE" [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban Government-directed mob of at least 100 communist militants and State Security agents confronted the "Ladies in White" as they marched through Havana on March 20, the last of four days of activities to commemorate the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown. At least three Ladies we [...]	2007-03-21 18:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA298	CUBA/ITALY: WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: Italian Ambassador to Havana Vecchione said Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque's March 15 visit to Rome reached a predictable impasse: Roque wanting to improve relations with Italy, but with conditions unacceptable to the Italians. The Italians, in turn, told Roque to accept the [...]	2007-03-23 18:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU IT EUN
07HAVANA311	WITH NGO BACKING, "LADIES IN WHITE" TO APPEAL TO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" will send a note to the UN's Human Rights Council on March 28, calling on the body to demand that the Cuban Government immediately release its prisoners of conscience. The note, translated unofficially in Paragraph 3, is supported by ten of the country's [...]	2007-03-28 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA315	CUBA: SWEDES GET TASTE OF OUR WORLD [...] (C) Swedish Ambassador Christer Elm on March 29 gave COM and Pol-Econ Counselor an update on the recent diplomatic flap between Sweden and Cuba, beginning with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's March 12 mention of Cuba at the UNHRC as a country of Human Rights concern. The rough sequence of event [...]	2007-03-30 12:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SW CU
07HAVANA317	CUBAN REGIME REMOVES JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (U) Cuban official media announced March 24 that Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo would be replaced by Vice Minister Maria Esther Reus. Additionally, Water Resources Institute Director Jorge Luis Aspiolea would be replaced by his deputy, Rene Mesa. 2. (U) Although the regime's public ann [...]	2007-03-30 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
07HAVANA318	ANOTHER CUBAN GROUP, ANC, SEEKS PRISONERS' RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Seventeen Cuban pro-democracy activists affiliated with the National Constitutionalist Alliance (ANC) gathered in Havana on March 29 and called for the release of political prisoners. State Security did not interfere with the meeting. ANC leader Angel Pablo Polanco told reporter [...]	2007-03-30 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA33	CUBA'S VALDES TAMAYO, FREED 75ER, DIES AT HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activist Miguel Valdes Tamayo died at 50 on January 10 after battling heart problems. Valdes, an executive of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),was among the 75 activists rounded up and sentenced to long terms in March/April of 2003. In June 2004, [...]	2007-01-11 20:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA332	CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...]	2007-04-04 19:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA342	CUBA: TOURISM'S DECLINE MAKES GOC NERVOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban tourism figures for the first trimester of 2007 were dismal: An overall decrease of 15 percent, the worst drop in 15 years. For years the GOC ignored the warnings from foreign hotel companies about addressing weaknesses in the sector. Successful competition from alterna [...]	2007-04-06 14:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PGOV CU
07HAVANA355	GERMANY ON CUBA/EU AFTER MORATINOS VISIT [...] (C) German Charge Michael Klepsch told Pol-Econ Counselor April 11 that EU embassies in Havana this week would be sending in their on-the-ground observations to the EU's COLAT, at which Spain was expected to report on Foreign Minister Moratinos' visit and try to sell a new approach to Cuba. K [...]	2007-04-12 11:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA360	CUBA: INNOVATIVE PUBLICATION SHUTTING DOWN, AT [...] (U) As has been reported widely in the media, the Church-sponsored independent magazine called "Vitral" (stained glass),launched in 1999, is now shutting down. Its editor, Dagoberto Valdes, who had obtained permission and material support from the Bishop of Pinar del Rio to run the magazine, [...]	2007-04-12 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA362	REPRESSION IN CUBA DECLINING? DON'T BELIEVE IT. [...] (C) Summary: In the eight months since Fidel Castro "delegated" power to Raul, the Cuban Government has managed to maintain and even broaden the level of repression against dissidents, while reducing the number of political prisoners. The GOC has succeeded in convincing some observers that r [...]	2007-04-13 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA372	CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...]	2007-04-16 17:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA373	CUBA: MORE ON THE OPPOSITION UNITY DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Counselor followed up April 16 with "All United" leader Vladimiro Roca on next steps for the "Unity for Freedom" document that he and twelve other key dissidents had signed on Friday April 13 and released to the media on Sunday April 15. According to Roca, each of the original [...]	2007-04-16 17:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA386	BISCET, PULIDO SUFFER IN PRISON, AND OTHER ABUSES [...] (SBU) Political Prisoners Wither Away: High-profile political prisoner Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet's wife, Elsa Morejon, visited USINT April 17 and described Biscet's deteriorated physical condition at Combinado del Este prison: Severe bucal sepsis; arterial hypertension; hypercolesterolemia; gas [...]	2007-04-19 13:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA402	CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T [...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]	2007-04-25 10:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU
07HAVANA406	CUBA RELEASES 6 DETAINEES WHO COMPLETED SENTENCES [...] (U) On April 24, the Cuban regime released from detention six of its citizens that it had arrested in July of 2005: Lazaro Alonso Roman, Manuel Perez Soria, Elio Enrique Chavez Ramon, Jose Diaz Silva, Emilio Leyva Perez, and Dulian Ramirez Ballester. The arrests in July 2005 were for peaceful [...]	2007-04-25 18:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA48	UPROAR AMONG CUBAN INTELLECTUALS [...] (C) Summary: The recent reappearance on Cuban state television of three former officials responsible for cultural pogroms in the 1960s and 1970s has set off a firestorm of reaction among prominent Cuban intellectuals. In an email exchange addressed to a &who,s who8 of Cuban literary figures [...]	2007-01-17 19:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA5	CASTRO ALIVE FOR 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Cuban media carried a New Years message from Fidel Castro noting the passing of 48 years since he assumed power, and also announcing that he is still on a slow path to recovery from his medical crisis. XXXXXXXXXXXX still believes Castro is terminally ill, even if the report from [...]	2007-01-03 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CU
07HAVANA503	CUBANS, SPANISH PREPARE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Embassy in Havana says that next week's Spain-Cuba Human Rights consultations will be a step in the right direction, and that all issues are in play. Spanish MFA representative Dezcallar will see GOC officials, but not any dissidents. Spanish Embassy is reaching out t [...]	2007-05-23 18:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA526	CUBA: KEY DISSIDENTS' EXTERNAL NETWORKING [...] (C) Dissident leaders Vladimiro Roca, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),and Oswaldo Paya spoke at length this week to Pol-Econ Counselor about their off-island networking, with most emphasis on Europeans and the exile Cuban community in the USA. Highlights follow: -- Unity for Liberty document: [...]	2007-05-25 19:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA53	YOUNG CUBAN ACTIVISTS CONSIDER HOLDING ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of three influential Cuban opposition youth groups met on January 17 and warmed to the idea of holding an ambitious youth forum, possibly in March. The prospective gathering would bring together perhaps 300 youth activists from across the island. The three leaders -- Nes [...]	2007-01-18 21:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA538	CUBA: BIG BROTHER THREATENS LADY IN WHITE [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) representative Laura Pollan travelled last week from Havana to Manzanillo, on the eastern end of the island, to attend to some family business. While there she also visited a religious shrine in nearby Santiago and was given permission by a priest to make [...]	2007-05-31 18:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA543	CUBA/SPAIN/EU: EMPTY GLASS APPEARS HALF FULL [...] (C) Czech Charge d'Affaires Vitor Korselt told COM June 1st that Spain made some headway with the rest of the Europeans, based on Ambassador Carlos Alonzo Zaldivar's May 31 briefing to EU Chiefs of Mission regarding the May 29-30 Spain/Cuba Human Rights consultations. According to Korselt, th [...]	2007-06-01 18:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP EUN CU
07HAVANA572	CLAIMS OF CUBAN COMMUNIST PERESTROIKA LITE [...] (C) Dissident Economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe handed us an article written by retired GOC diplomat and academician Pedro Campos Santos on the subject of reform of Cuba's economy--written by and for communists as a "food-for-thought" paper. The point of departure for the article was Raul Castro [...]	2007-06-13 08:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM CU
07HAVANA591	RAUL CASTRO'S WIFE VILMA ESPIN DIES [...] (U) The Cuban regime has announced that Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro, died on Monday, June 18. The regime has declared Tuesday, June 18, a day of mourning. Espin is one of the matriarchs and charter members of the Cuban revolution, and without there ever being any public [...]	2007-06-19 09:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA597	CUBA: MORE NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has restructured customs regulations for non-commercial imports and exports. Several regulations that were originally independently introduced for different reasons at different times and by different ministries have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to harmo [...]	2007-06-21 13:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL ETRD CU
07HAVANA610	FERMENT IN CUBAN MASONIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) At the instigation of former Cuban Masonic Grand Master Jose Manuel Collera Vento, the current Cuban Grand Lodge issued a decree recently that dissolves the Masonic Supreme Court, ostensibly for mishandling a misconduct case. Members of at least one regular lodge have formally requested th [...]	2007-06-26 15:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA622	CONSENSO ON-LINE: AN IMPARTIAL FORUM IN CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: REINALDO ESCOBAR AND YOANI SANCHEZ, TWO OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE INNOVATIVE AND INCREASINGLY POPULAR ON-LINE MAGAZINE CONSENSO (CONSENSUS),DISCUSSED ORIGINAL APPROACHES TO CIVIL DIALOGUE IN CUBA WITH COM MICHAEL PARMLY AND A/PAO JOHN VANCE. CONSENSO FOSTERS DISCOURSE FRO [...]	2007-06-28 16:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PROP SCUL
07HAVANA636	ZAPATERO WRITES TO DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (SBU) Spanish leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero wrote a letter to Laura Pollan, representatives of the "Ladies in White" saying that Spain's engagement with the Cuban regime is aimed at raising human rights concerns, including release of the "Ladies'" husbands, who are political prisoners. T [...]	2007-07-03 09:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA646	CUBA: PROBLEMZ IN SKOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of independent teachers discussed with USINT COM and staff the many problems facing Cuba's educational system, making it clear that the Cuban regime's self-promoted reputation as an education success story is propaganda based on only some elements of truth. Main proble [...]	2007-07-05 17:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA657	CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS: NOT A NUMBERS GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The dissident "Cuban Commission on Human Rights," run by Elizardo Sanchez, published a periodic listing of political prisoners July 6, which all international media headlined as "Number of Political Prisoners in Cuba Decreases." The number cited was 246, down from 283 when the r [...]	2007-07-09 13:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA668	CUBA: TWO PATHS TO REGIME CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's two most prominent dissident leaders, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Oswaldo Paya, have described to us their hopes and plans for transforming the Cuban regime, a process that neither of them claims to be able to make happen in the short term. MBR sees her own role as a c [...]	2007-07-12 14:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA677	LATAM BISHOPS OPEN AND CLOSE EYES IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM) met in Havana during the week of July 9-13, addressing matters mostly internal to the Church. They took part in a reception hosted by the Cuban regime, which produced bland statements about Church-State dialog, and also took note of [...]	2007-07-16 16:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA685	CUBA: DISSIDENT DAGOBERTO VALDES REAPPEARS [...] (C) Dissident Church lay leader Dagoberto Valdes appeared out of the blue in Havana July 18, and met with Charge at a Polish Embassy reception. Valdes said he and the staff that worked with him in the Pinar del Rio "Center for Civic and Religious Training" are all no longer involved in any ca [...]	2007-07-19 12:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA733	COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO ARANGUREN [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...]	2007-08-01 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA743	COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...]	2007-08-02 17:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA8	FOR CUBANS, A NOT-SO-MERRY CHRISTMAS [...] (C) Summary: At year's end, USINT delivered a letter from U.S. Congress members to Cuban human rights activists, and in the process learned about the subdued holiday season in Havana. The letter, a reply from December CODEL leaders Reps. Jeff Flake and William Delahunt to a message from activ [...]	2007-01-04 18:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI OREP CU
07HAVANA806	CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CHAVIANO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Released after 13 years in prison, Francisco Chaviano, a prominent Cuban opposition figure, wants to remain in Cuba to continue his work after seeking urgently needed medical care in the U.S. However, Cuban authorities have still not spelled out the conditions of his release. He [...]	2007-08-17 16:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA81	CUBAN DISSIDENTS LIVE UNDER THREAT OF DETENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government continues to use political detentions, and to a lesser extent violence, to punish, intimidate and silence opponents of the regime. On January 22, a youth activist was taken into custody and two other dissidents recovered from street attacks. Meanwhile, the r [...]	2007-01-26 20:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA88	FARINAS: CUBAN GOVT PUNISHING 4 STATE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has punished four State Security officials in the wake of a violent attack that left two Villa Clara dissidents bruised and bloodied, according to human rights activist Guillermo Farinas. Farinas, quoting Interior Ministry sources, says the GOC forced two Stat [...]	2007-01-30 19:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA895	POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 16:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA896	CONVERSATION WITH DAGOBERTO VALDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 5 dinner at the COM Residence, Dagoberto Valdes, former editor-in-chief of Vitral, Pinar del Rio's Catholic review, reflected on life after his resignation from Vitral, the institution of the Church, and his future role as someone who does not want to compete agains [...]	2007-09-11 16:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA897	THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...]	2007-09-11 16:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA904	PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON UNGA TALKS WITH CUBANS [...] (C) PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TO CUBA MARIO GODINHO DE MATOS BRIEFED COM ON 11 SEPTEMBER ON WHAT HE KNOWS OF THE UPCOMING PORTUGUESE/EU TALKS WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. THE EXACT DATES FOR THE TALKS IN NEW YORK, ON THE MARGINS OF UNGA, HAVE NOT YET BEEN SET, BUT THE TARGET IS FOR ONE DAY BETWEEN 2 [...]	2007-09-12 15:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU PO CU
07HAVANA913	CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...]	2007-09-13 15:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA920	MEETING WITH MINREX REGARDING DETAINED DIPLOMATIC POUCHES [...] (C) On 17 SEP 2007 EMBOFFS met with representatives from the Cuban Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Cuban customs, and AeroVaradero Cargo Company to discuss three crates of diplomatic pouch currently held by Cuban customs. This meeting was requested by MINREX through a 14 SEP 2007 dip [...]	2007-09-18 08:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ADPM AMGT KRIM ADCO ASEC CU
07HAVANA930	DISSIDENT SAYS REGIME SEES NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Rene Gomez Manzano believes that Raul Castro has a government team in place that is committed to instituting meaningful economic reforms. He also believes that Fidel is no longer a factor in policy decisions. Gomez thinks Raul and his allies in the governmen [...]	2007-09-21 16:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA965	DISSIDENTS PUSH ENVELOPE WHILE REGIME ADJUSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Martha Beatriz Roque organized a protest on 27 September in front of the Ministry of Justice. She handed to officials a letter for the Minister demanding the release of all political prisoners. Accompanied by eight other dissidents, MBR waited for four hours [...]	2007-10-03 07:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA977	CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...]	2007-10-05 15:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA992	USINT AND CUBINT VEHICLE PURCHASES [...] (C) Action request: Earlier this year, the Department sent a diplomatic note to the Cuban Interests Section in Washington (CUBINT),denying CUBINT's request to purchase four vehicles locally. While we understand and support the Department's use of reciprocity to try to improve our working cond [...]	2007-10-15 14:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA993	PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC [...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...]	2007-10-15 16:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA996	IF YOU INVITE THEM, THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charg d'Affaires hosted an Iftar dinner for the diplomatic community on October 9. The 54 guests in attendance included 11 ambassadors and five charges from 22 countries, most of them with large Muslim populations. The event--the first of its kind offered by USINT--drew [...]	2007-10-16 15:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HELSINKI138	FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed subject demarche with European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Feb. 28. Syrjala thanked us for sharing US viewsand highlighted the following: 2. (C) ISRAEL/PAESTINE: Syrjala said that there is still strong ember-state (MS) consensus around the need for the Nationa Unit [...]	2007-02-28 15:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL IR FI
07HELSINKI140	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...]	2007-03-01 05:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI
07HELSINKI144	FINNISH RESPONSE - RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra on March Â [...]	2007-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ PL FI
07HELSINKI160	MTCR -- FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 09:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA KSCA FI
07HELSINKI187	FINLAND: MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) The public reaction in Finland to US missile defense plans in Eastern Europe and Russian misrepresentations of them have been largely muted. Several editorials and comments from leading politicians appeared in the immediate aftermath of Putin's Munich speech, but very few of these directl [...]	2007-03-15 16:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU FI
07HELSINKI232	DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS -- FINNISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland increasingly expects Russia to block any UNSC action to implement UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's final status recommendations for Kosovo. The Finns are also dismayed by eleventh hour hesitation from some EU member states -- especially Italy, a Contact Group member. No EU co [...]	2007-03-27 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU FI
07HELSINKI234	FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala March 28. Syrjala offered the following comments of interest regarding the March 30-31 GYMNICH: 2. (C) MISSILE DEFENSE: Although a discussion of US plans to place missile defense asset [...]	2007-03-28 10:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI FI
07HELSINKI250	FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI
07HELSINKI322	FINLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED EU RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The escalating dispute between Russia and Estonia over the Bronze Soldier has prompted an unusually strong criticism of Russia's behavior from senior Finnish officials, who are typically known for their caution in dealing with Russia. The President and the FM have issued strong s [...]	2007-05-04 13:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN FI
07HELSINKI333	FINNS VERY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-RUSSIA PCA MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is very pessimistic that the EU will be able to reach consensus on establishing a negotiating mandate for a new EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). Immediately after Poland blocked consensus near the end of the Finnish EU Presidency, the Finns expressed [...]	2007-05-10 09:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EUN RS FI
07HELSINKI351	A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...]	2007-05-14 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI352	NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...]	2007-05-14 14:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI

07HELSINKI381	FINNS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland firmly supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposals for Kosovo's final status and welcomes the draft UNSCR that the US circulated May 11. However, the Finns continue to pick up signals that leave them pessimistic about how Russia will respond. The GOF is engaged in its [...]	2007-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI FI
07HELSINKI394	FINNISH RESPONSE: SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 12:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN FI
07HELSINKI416	SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's stated goal of improving relations with Washington. Finland has a center-right government for the first time since 1995, and the right message from the Secretary will lay out our expectatio [...]	2007-06-01 13:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI
07HELSINKI427	VANHANEN-FRADKOV: A SHARP EXCHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish PM Vanhanen and Russian PM Fradkov met May 29 in Helsinki but were unable to resolve a rapidly emerging dispute over Russian tariffs on wood exports. Vanhanen also raised human rights and sharply criticized Moscow's handling of the Bronze Soldier incident in Estonia. In [...]	2007-06-06 08:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV ECON RS FI
07HELSINKI51	FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...]	2007-01-26 09:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI
07HELSINKI530	GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...]	2007-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF
07HELSINKI545	IRANIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE FALL FLAT IN FINLAND [...] (C) The Finnish Foreign Ministry effectively turned off Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's proposed June visit Helsinki, which apparently was intended as part of an Iranian public relations trip through the Nordics. According to MFA officials and other diplomatic contacts, Mottaki [...]	2007-07-17 05:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FI
07HELSINKI553	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU COMMISSIONER OLLI REHN [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Ambassador Ware that French President Sarkozy's opposition will complicate Turkey's EU accession bid, but does not necessarily need to derail it if the EU manages the process carefully. Rehn was pessimistic about Kosovo, and very disappo [...]	2007-07-20 10:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN UN TU FI YI
07HELSINKI614	FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI
07HELSINKI615	FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO RS FI
07HELSINKI627	FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. Kanerva said that he himself is in frequent contact with President Ahtisaari and that, on the EU level, there is agreement that Ahtisaari's plan "is still the roadmap" to b [...]	2007-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI
07HELSINKI636	CHIEF OF THE FINNISH DEFENSE FORCES MEETING WITH [...] (C) ADM Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces (CHOD),briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip to Russia, where he met with the Russian Army Chief of Staff (and Deputy Defense Minister) Yuri Baluyevsky. Kaskeala and Baluyevsky discussed, inter alia, the US missile defense initi [...]	2007-08-17 13:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GL FI
07HELSINKI639	FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...]	2007-08-20 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI
07HELSINKI675	RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...]	2007-09-05 12:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR
07HELSINKI682	FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish CFSP Director and European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Sept. 5. Mikkola offered the following: FINNISH GYMNICH PRIORITIES: IRAQ AND RUSSIA PCA --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) From the Finnish national perspe [...]	2007-09-06 12:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
07HELSINKI710	FINNLAND SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Mika-Markus Leinonen, Office Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management, Sept. 17. Leinonen welcomed the fact that the US supports a joint EU-Arab border mission for Lebanon and noted that the Finnish Government is very support [...]	2007-09-17 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN FI
07HELSINKI715	FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...]	2007-09-18 13:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI725	PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...]	2007-09-25 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI753	FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...]	2007-10-04 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI
07HELSINKI802	FINLAND: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN EU-ASEAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 09:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM FI
07HELSINKI817	UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to continue internal deliberations regarding Finland's next steps in relation to Afghanistan/ISAF, EU Battlegroups, and the pending EU operation in Chad. Finland appears ready to [...]	2007-11-02 11:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI
07HELSINKI830	FINLAND TO STAND WITH THE U.S. ON IRAN-IAEA WORK [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on to Anssi Leino, Counselor for Iran in the Finnish MFA's Unit for the Middle East and North Africa. Citing the IAEA's Work Plan as the only positive sign on Iran's nuclear program in years, Leino said Finland strongly supports EU and U.S. demands that Ir [...]	2007-11-15 06:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR IAEA AORC FI
07HELSINKI841	FINLAND: SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 09:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FI
07HELSINKI848	FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...]	2007-11-23 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI
07HELSINKI860	AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...]	2007-12-05 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF
07HELSINKI878	FINLAND: VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Balkans Office Director Juha Ottman. Ottman said that the GoF fully shares US views on nearly all points, including the need to return to full implementation of the Ahtisaari proposals in the likely event that Kosovo's final status cannot [...]	2007-12-13 13:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI FI
07HELSINKI88	FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO WTO DEMARCHE: COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EUN WTRO
07HELSINKI897	OSCE KAZAKHSTAN DEMARCHE: FINLAND AGREES AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Ms. Paivi Peltokoski, First Secretary, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force December 20. Peltokoski stated that the GoF agrees with the Kazakhstani commitments and &practically everything8. Peltokoski characterized the delay itself as minimally signif [...]	2007-12-27 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL KZ FI
07HELSINKI94	NIINISTO SEES A TOUGH ROAD FOR THE CONSERVATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party's (CONS) most popular candidate, Sauli Niinisto, told the Ambassador that CONS is likely to remain in opposition following the March parliamentary election. The Finnish Center Party (CEN) will win, he suggested, but the Social Democrats (SDP) -- even if t [...]	2007-02-13 14:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FI
07HILLAH10	"MAYORS' REVOLT" IS HIGHLIGHT OF ATYPICAL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The continuation of an unfinished meeting of the Babil Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) did not check off every agenda item but did yield several unexpected positive developments. Complaints from two mayors about a ke [...]	2007-01-19 16:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM IZ
07HILLAH106	SADRIST UNIVERSITY OPENS IN HILLAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (U) In yet another sign of their burgeoning strength in Babil, the local branch of the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) recently opened the "Sadr Religious University" in Hillah. The institution advertises itself as a religious center for higher learning of [...]	2007-07-15 13:39:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI KISL SCUL IZ IR
07HILLAH108	DISJOINTED POWER "SYSTEM" PLAGUES BABIL PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) Summary: Babil residents suffer from an acute shortage of electricity from the national grid, averaging between four and six hours of electricity per day. Demand for power from neighborhood and (for those who can afford it) personal generato [...]	2007-07-18 14:26:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EIND EPET PGOV SOCI IZ IR
07HILLAH114	BABIL PC REGULATES FUEL SUPPLIES AND LEVIES TAXES FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT Babil recently met with Basem al-Janabi (ISCI),chairman of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) energy committee to discuss the provincial government's efforts to regulate the distribution of fuel supplies in the province. Formed in 2006 with the con [...]	2007-07-28 06:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH128	BABIL PROVINCIAL GOV'T HOLDS FRUITFUL DISCUSSION WITH NAT'L [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) On September 20, representatives from Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh's office travelled to Al-Hillah to meet with Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi, members of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and provincial directors general (DGs [...]	2007-09-22 07:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IZ
07HILLAH13	WORRISOME WARRANTS AND OTHER TALES FROM BABIL [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Two cases involving a total of fifteen warrants issued in Karbala for Sunni citizens of Babil have the provincial police chief and chief justice worried that extradition may serve as cover for nefarious sectarian or anti-Ba'athist ends. One of [...]	2007-01-22 09:44:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PTER KDEM IZ
07HILLAH137	ASSASSINATIONS HALT IN NAJAF [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During the three month period from June 13 - September 14, 2007, Najafis witnessed a sharp increase in the number of targeted assassinations, largely attributed to jaysh al-mahdi (JAM). These killings, predominantly in the form of drive-by sho [...]	2007-10-12 12:59:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
07HILLAH140	NAJAF GOVERNOR SKEPTICAL OF SADRIST COMPLIANCE WITH ISCI [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 16 meeting with 3ID Deputy Division Commander and PRT Najaf Team Leader, the Najaf Governor expressed skepticism that the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr would comply with the October 5, 2007 accord between al-Sadr and Islamic Su [...]	2007-10-17 14:53:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH143	BABIL GOVERNOR FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS OFFICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable 2. (C) Summary: Babil's governor continues to face difficulties in maintaining key political support against efforts to remove him. Crucial ISCI backing within the provincial council appears to be waning. In response, the governor has embarked upon a campa [...]	2007-10-28 14:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
07HILLAH145	KARBALA PROVINCE GOES PIC [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala Cable 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 29, Karbala Province became a Province under Iraqi control (PIC). The arrival of PIC status was celebrated in a three-hour ceremony hosted by Karbala Province and attended by the Prime Minister and Karbala notables, 3ID MG [...]	2007-11-03 06:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR IZ
07HILLAH146	NAJAF DEPUTY GOVERNOR PRAISES USG COLLABORATION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31, 2007 meeting in Najaf with PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Engineer, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South (GRS) Engineers, the Najaf Deputy Governor praised the supportive role the USG is playing in Najaf, while c [...]	2007-11-03 11:50:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IZ
07HILLAH147	IRAQI GENERAL OFFERS UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVED SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi general offers reasonably upbeat assessment on the improving security climate, despite recent violence in the wake of a concentrated sweep through a JAM-controlled area of Diwaniyah City. Local population appears to support increased efforts to rid the area of Jaish al-M [...]	2007-11-04 12:39:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ
07HILLAH150	BABIL: 2007 BUDGET EXECUTION: A WORRISOME UPDATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) Former Babil Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Coordinator Qassem Hamed Abid told PRT that Babil's much-touted budget execution success for 2007 is a fraud (refs A and B). In a one-on-one conversation with the PRT on November 12 [...]	2007-11-12 15:41:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EPET PINR IZ
07HILLAH161	NAJAF'S KUFA UNIVERSITY: DOORS WIDE OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Najaf's Kufa University (Kufa) warmly welcomed the PRT delegation, including Team Leader and PD officer, during a November 21 campus visit. President Razak Al-Essa, who attained his PhD in the U.K., openly discussed his Western-oriented education model with PRT L [...]	2007-11-25 09:29:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OEXC SCUL SOCI IZ
07HILLAH175	DEPUTY GOVERNOR DESCRIBES SOUTH KOREA TRIP, AIRPORT FOLLOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) Deputy Governor Abtan met with PRT Leader and PRToffs at the proposed new location for PRT Najaf at former Camp Endeavor next to the airport on December 18. Abtan described his travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) earlier this month. He noted that t [...]	2007-12-28 11:30:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR IZ PREL
07HILLAH29	BABIL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER AIRS SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Although the intended topic was the Babil governor's attempt to remove the mayor of Al-Hillah, a recent conversation with a Communist member of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) revealed much more, including allegations of bribes to [...]	2007-02-21 14:50:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH36	GEO WARNS OF ELECTORAL WEAKNESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) Summary. In a 24 February meeting, Saad Madhloum Abdullah, the General Electoral Officer (GEO) for Diwaniyah Province under the (soon-to-be-abolished) Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) warned that the Independent Higher Electoral Commi [...]	2007-03-01 12:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
07HILLAH45	BABIL ELECTION OFFICIAL VOTES FOR SWEEPING CHANGE AT THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Babil representative to the Independent Electoral Commission for Iraq (IECI),Assad Abd al-Rudah, recently shared his views with Babil IPAO about methods to reduce electoral fraud and manipulation, including adopting a "one-candidate, one- [...]	2007-03-24 12:17:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
07HILLAH47	BABIL REFORMERS CREATE PROTO-INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the CoR's passage of the investment law, Babil business and political reformers recently formed a "preparatory" provincial investment commission awaiting the creation of the National Commission for Investment. Despite its uno [...]	2007-03-28 17:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ
07HILLAH60	PREACHER URGES SADRIST SELF-RESTRAINT [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) On April 13 at Friday prayers at the Kufa Mosque, Sheik Jawad Al-Rubaiee delivered the sermon. Speaking to some 600-800 congregants, he made the following points of political interest: -- We condemn the military raids and [...]	2007-04-17 15:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SOCI
07HILLAH68	MOSQUES ADDRESS PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL (PIC) [...] (U) This is a Najaf PRT cable. Mark G. Davison, Leader. 2. (C) In our continuing efforts to monitor Friday prayer sermons through our sources on the ground in Najaf Province (see reftel),this past week's efforts provided contrasting views regarding, among other things, the process of P [...]	2007-04-26 14:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SOCI IZ
07HILLAH70	HILLAH MAYOR KABUKI CONTINUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT officers met on May 2 with the full membership of the Hillah District Council (DC) for a discussion of the chain of events described in reftel. Both Aqeel Al-Silawi, who introduced himself as the acting mayor until the Provincial Council (PC) confi [...]	2007-05-04 07:07:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07HILLAH71	POLICE CHALLENGE VBID, EXPLOSION ENSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. VBID EXPLODES IN KUFA 2. (C) Our locally engaged staff in Najaf report that, on May 8, 2007 at approximately 1015, a device identified by Iraqi Security Forces as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBID) detonated near the Sherhistani [...]	2007-05-08 13:06:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI MARR IZ
07HILLAH77	GOVERNOR OF NAJAF CALLS ON MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf/Diwaniyah Cable. SUMMARY 2. (C) The Governor of Najaf traveled to Baghdad on 14 May accompanied by Coalition officers and PRT leader. During his call the Governor gave the Minister a detailed list of weapons and ammunition, as well as a proposed budget, for an [...]	2007-05-20 15:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IZ
07HILLAH78	PART 1 OF A SERIES: FINGER POINTING AND CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable and is the first in a series on the status of budget execution within Babil. 2. (C) Summary: With the Government of Iraq's announcement that reconstruction funding may be rescinded from provinces that do not spend a certain percentage by the end of June, numerou [...]	2007-05-23 11:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
07HILLAH81	INSIDE THE SAUSAGE FACTORY - A VISIT TO THE BABIL PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Babil Provincial Council (PC) meeting on May 29 provided an object lesson on the status of representative governance in the province. While a handful of voices spoke out about things on citizens' minds, such as power shortages and long lines at gas stations, substa [...]	2007-05-29 15:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ
07HILLAH82	GOVERNOR FEELS THE HEAT, AS DOES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: After a local newspaper printed a story claiming that virtually all Babil residents want Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi to step down, the governor pushed back on the airwaves and the pages of his own paper to attempt to discredit his accusers. A few days thereafter he tra [...]	2007-06-01 13:55:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI KDEM IZ IR
07HILLAH84	POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]	2007-06-06 05:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HILLAH95	KARBALA: GOVERNOR PUTS HIS HEART INTO THE TRANSFER OF THE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala classified cable. 2. (U) On June 27, Karbala Governor Aqeel Mahmood al-Khazali met with 3ID Deputy Commanding General (DCG) and PRT representatives at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in al-Hillah. This was the first meeting betwe [...]	2007-06-30 08:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR IZ
07HOCHIMINHCITY143	(C) VIETNAM CONSIDERS CAPITAL CONTROLS TO SLOW SOARING STOCK [...] (C) Summary: The skyrocketing Saigon Stock Exchange has gone ballistic since President Bush visited the trading floor in November. The investment frenzy has boosted the Vietnam Stock Exchange Index by about 80 percent since the President's visit, with 44 percent appreciation since January 1. [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY175	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS ETHNIC MINORITY PASTOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 1, PRM Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey during a visit to Gia Lai Province called on Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) Pastor Siu Y Kim at his house church in Pleiku and later had a private conversation with the pastor. The pastor named FULRO as the sou [...]	2007-02-26 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY205	HUE ARCHBISHOP, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON FATHER LY [...] (C) During a visit to Thua Thien Hue province on March 1 and 2, Hanoi and ConGen PolOffs discussed the case of dissident Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly with provincial government officials and religious leaders. Hue External Relations Office and Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) officials o [...]	2007-03-06 03:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	VM PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY217	UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...]	2007-03-08 07:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY221	UPDATE ON HCMC LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST BUI KIM THANH [...] (C) Summary: The sister-in-law of Bui Kim Thanh -- the HCMC land rights activists involuntarily committed to a mental institution -- was emphatic in a March 8 meeting that Thanh is not/not mentally ill. The sister-in-law's comments reinforce reporting from other ConGen contacts that Thanh has [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY35	TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...]	2007-01-10 09:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY36	TEST OF EACT PSEUDO-HEADER 2 [...] this is a test. l;kjasdhfl;akjdf;askldfjasdkl;fj 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888. 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999. WINNICK [...]	2007-01-10 09:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY365	HCMC DISSIDENT LEADER TRAN KHUE INDICTED [...] (C) On April 2, we spoke with Tran Khue, Deputy General Secretary of the Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) to arrange a SIPDIS meeting for EAP DAS Eric John, implementing Ref A human rights roadmap. Khue welcomed the chance to meet and made no mention of any new harassment (unlike other HCM [...]	2007-04-05 08:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY438	POLICE SCRUTINIZE THE IV PROGRAM [...] (C) Following on the heels of the arrest of Hanoi- based lawyer Nguyen Van Dai (reftel),media controlled by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) linked Dai's dissident activities to "training" he received while in the U.S. as a beneficiary of the International Visitor and Leadership program [...]	2007-04-17 10:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL OEXC VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY489	ARREST AND DEFROCKING OF ETHNIC KHMER BUDDHIST MONKS IN THE [...] (C) Post has confirmed recent incidents of detention and/or defrocking of ethnic Khmer Buddhist monks in two Mekong Delta provinces, despite official denials (Ref B). Venerable Tang No, head monk of Kleang pagoda in Soc Trang (strictly protect),confirmed to us in early May that three monks -- [...]	2007-05-08 07:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY75	DANANG: WANNABE NUMBER ONE IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Danang, a deep-water seaport and largest city in central Vietnam, has nonetheless failed to become the acknowledged leader in that region. In discussing Danang's status with the DCM during his recent visit, People's Committee Chairman Tran Van Minh apparently criticized the appr [...]	2007-01-22 10:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF ECON KIPR ETRD VM
07HONGKONG111	SFI: HKG CONFIRMS JANUARY 25 MEETING [...] (C) During a January 12 meeting with DPO Sakaue, Trade and Industry Department (TID) Director General Joseph Lai (who assumed office on January 5) confirmed that the HKG would host U.S. - Hong Kong discussions on Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) on January 25 (reftel A). Assistant Director Ge [...]	2007-01-12 11:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PREL HK
07HONGKONG1278	LABOR DAY WITH THE PLA - MACAU STYLE [...] (U) Similar to the display on May 1 in Hong Kong (see reftel a),the People's Liberation Army (PLA) held an "open day" in Macau at its compound on Taipa Island. The "Macau Post Daily" reported that 2,500 residents visited the barracks on Labor Day and watched a flag raising ceremony and mili [...]	2007-05-10 09:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1579	HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]	2007-06-13 01:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG1698	HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]	2007-06-25 23:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1832	GOVERNMENT RELEASES GREEN PAPER ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary Henry Tang unveiled the details of the much anticipated "green paper" on constitutional reform, in a presentation to the Legislative Council (Legco) at 3:00 PM today. CS Tang's presentation officially launched a three-month consultation period, lastin [...]	2007-07-11 11:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1853	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF PUBLIC DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government released a "green paper" on July 11 to kick off a three-month public consultation period on the timeframe and roadmap for the implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections. The HKG's propos [...]	2007-07-13 12:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG2055	U.S. CASINO EXECUTIVES NOT PRESSURED TO HIRE LOCAL [...] (SBU) On August 5, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" (SCMP) carried a story and an editorial citing rumors that "senior Macau government officials" have pressured executives in the U.S.-owned Venetian Macau hotel and casino, currently under construction and due to open on August 28, 2007, [...]	2007-08-07 23:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2127	HONG KONG ECONOMISTS: CHINA'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong-based economists believe China,s recently announced Sovereign Wealth Fund will face significant difficulties and is unlikely to achieve positive returns in the near term. Although details of how the fund will be managed have yet to emerge, analysts expect the fund w [...]	2007-08-15 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CH HK
07HONGKONG2143	MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...]	2007-08-16 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2263	BANK OF CHINA TAKES CREDIT FOR TIANJIN/HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The August 20 announcement by the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) that it would allow Chinese investors to open Hong Kong investment accounts through Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin - Binhai branch helped Hong Kong stocks overcome the fallout from the U.S. sub [...]	2007-08-30 09:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2311	MACAU ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Commission Against Corruption (known by its Portuguese acronym CCAC) in Macau reported at a press conference August 31 that the anti-graft body investigated 41 percent fewer cases in the first seven months of 2007 than during the same period last year. When asked the reaso [...]	2007-09-06 07:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2360	MACAU GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Macau government, clearly making good on some of the commitments expressed by Chief Executive (CE) Ho to G/TIP director Ambassador Lagon in June (reftel),gazetted a directive yesterday to set up a "concern committee" on deterring human trafficking. The committee will consist of up t [...]	2007-09-11 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2597	MACAU LABOR SQUEEZE EXACERBATES POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: A bill to overhaul Macau's outdated labor laws remains stalled in the legislative process. Exacerbated by a politically disengaged public and weak political party structure, labor woes are increasingly straining the livelihood of many Macau citizens. Several thousand Macau cit [...]	2007-10-11 10:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2640	MACAU WOMEN'S COMMISSION SEEKS TO ANSWER THE CALL [...] (SBU) Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho chaired a meeting of the Consultative Commission on Women's Affairs (CCWA) on October 10, wherein the Commission briefed the Chief Executive on recent activities, including its meeting in August to study ways to improve efforts to combat trafficking in pe [...]	2007-10-18 07:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG603	HONG KONG'S FIRST TELEVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's first Chief Executive (CE) debate, televised live on March 1, included some unexpectedly lively exchanges over political reform, air pollution, education, and poverty alleviation. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang appeared restrained but also denigrated his opponent's SIPDI [...]	2007-03-02 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07IRANRPODUBAI11	PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 10:29:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI15	GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT? [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:27:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI17	IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 15:08:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI20	RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 14:10:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF
07IRANRPODUBAI28	IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI30	IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 13:42:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI33	IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 15:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI35	AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 16:18:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI43	TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 04:39:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI47	RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 13:16:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KPLS IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48	AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI51	IRANIAN NGOS UNDER PRESSURE, BUT CONTINUE TO OPERATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 13:37:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI54	IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER LEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 15:05:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV SOCI
07IRANRPODUBAI63	ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 12:53:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI64	DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 15:34:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI70	IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START [...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...]	2007-11-27 12:07:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR

07ISLAMABAD1028	FM KASURI'S FEBRUARY 20-21 VISIT TO NEW DELHI [...] (C) Summary: In a March 1 meeting with PolOff, MFA Director-General for South Asian Affairs Jalil Jilani provided a readout of Foreign Minister Kasuri's February 20-21 visit to New Delhi. Jilani previewed the upcoming March 6 anti-terror talks in Islamabad and described the nuclear accord [...]	2007-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1094	PAK MFA SAYS AFGHAN JIRGA COMMISSION COMING MARCH [...] (C//NF) In a March 7 phone call with PolOff, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Afghan jirga commission will visit Islamabad for meetings with the Pakistani jirga commission March 10 or March 11. The Ministry is waiting for confirmation of exact dates from Kabul. Th [...]	2007-03-07 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1103	PAKISTANI QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) PolOff met March 5 with Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Cell, to invite the Government of Pakistan to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Akhtar said that Pakistan supported the initiative in principle but would not sig [...]	2007-03-08 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP PK RS
07ISLAMABAD1124	PAKISTAN'S CHIEF JUSTICE SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on various corruption charges. Chaudhry had developed a reputation for judicial activism during his short time on the bench and ruled against the Government of [...]	2007-03-11 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD113	DOMESTIC TERROR KILLS MORE THAN 900 IN 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: A well-regarded local think tank calculates that more than 900 Pakistanis died from terrorist-related attacks in 2006. In addition, more than 1,500 were wounded. The numbers, broken down by province and nature of the incidents, highlight the difficult domestic environment the gov [...]	2007-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD115	NGO HOSTS POL PARTIES ON THE QT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, The Asia Foundation's Pakistan office convened a multiparty dialogue to discuss how political parties can assist democratic development with the goal of making some concrete recommendations ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. The session was meant to be low [...]	2007-01-09 05:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD119	EMBASSY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON NEW YORK TIMES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1194	AITZAZ AHSAN ON HIS LATEST CLIENT: THE CHIEF [...] (C) On March 13, Aitzaz Ahsan, a lead attorney for now "suspended" Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, told Ambassador that the five-day-old saga of the Chief Justice was "maximum political theater." Seeming to relish his role in the drama (it is hard to turn on the television without [...]	2007-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1234	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CHIEF [...] (C) Fighting broke out between the police and demonstrators in front of Pakistan's Supreme Court the afternoon of March 16, the second day of the Supreme Judicial Council's proceeding against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Demonstrations in other cities around Pakistan were tense [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREF PREL
07ISLAMABAD1267	AS PROTESTS OVER CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Protests over the proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry continued over the weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of 10,000 - 12,000 in Lahore on Saturday. The protests continue to be minimally violent by Pakistani standards. The Chief Justice controversy conti [...]	2007-03-20 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1270	FOREIGN SECRETARY CONVENES AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan convened Ambassador March 19 to discuss the controversy surrounding President Musharraf's decision to make the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "non-functional." Khan stressed that Pakistan was not in a "crisis situation." He admitted that government offic [...]	2007-03-20 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1279	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1280	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: JUSTICES RESIGN, [...] (U) Pakistan's press and elite continue to focus on the controversy over Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension. As of mid-afternoon March 20, the following occurred: - There were no reports of large-scale demonstrations in any of Pakistan's cities on March 20. - On March 20, Naseer [...]	2007-03-21 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1293	LAWYERS, POLITICAL PARTIES PROTEST CHIEF JUSTICE'S [...] (SBU) On March 21, lawyers and political party members took to the streets once again to protest the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Except for a report that police in Quetta injured several demonstrators, protests nationwide were peaceful. Islamabad: A group of 300-400 protes [...]	2007-03-21 12:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1329	WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY IS. . .AND IS [...] (C) Two weeks in -- and occasionally breathless commentary in the international press aside -- observers increasingly believe that President Musharraf's government has not been seriously wounded by the Chief Justice controversy. Barring the outbreak of widespread street violence leading to [...]	2007-03-23 09:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1331	INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 15 and with Ambassador on March 19, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Afthab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed the status of the Pak-Afghan jirga process [...]	2007-03-24 06:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1334	MUSHARAFF TO ATTEND ARAB SUMMIT [...] (U) Most of Pakistan's March 25 papers highlighted Saudi King Abdullah's invitation to President Musharraf to attend the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Riyadh. According to the press, this is the first time the Arab League has invited a Pakistani leader to attend a League summit as a part [...]	2007-03-26 06:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1354	MUSHARRAF ON CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY, FATA, AND JIRGAS [...] (U) Ambassador paid his farewell call on President Musharraf on March 24. The meeting was front-page news in most Pakistani papers, with many articles emphasizing Musharraf's promise to "fight the war on terror to the end." The press coverage highlighted the strength of the U.S.-Pakistan st [...]	2007-03-26 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1377	PAKISTAN WANTS EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION IN P-6 [...] (C) On March 26, Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN Affairs Tariq Osman Hyder. Hyder responded that Pakistan was firm in its opposition to a negotiating mandate for the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty that did not inclu [...]	2007-03-27 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK IN KNNP PREL
07ISLAMABAD1456	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Judicial Council deciding the fate of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is scheduled to meet again on April 3. Islamabad police are planning for a possibly large demonstration that day, but public interest in the Chief Justice controversy has declined markedly during [...]	2007-04-02 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1490	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: THE COURTROOM AND THE STREET [...] (C) The bulk of the April 3 session of the Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry involved a debate over the in camera nature of the Council. (The Chief Justice wants public proceedings; the government wants them closed.) In a conversatio [...]	2007-04-04 15:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1514	PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]	2007-04-05 14:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1516	OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR MANHANDLING CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) On April 3, the Supreme Court indicted seven senior government and police officials on charges of contempt of court for their March 13 manhandling of non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. A three-member bench of Acting Chief Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Jillani, and Justice Mulk [...]	2007-04-06 03:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1570	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS WITH COMMANDER USCENTCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon, met March 31 with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They discussed Musharraf,s participation at the recent Arab League Summit (disappointing),Musharraf's interest in engaging on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts [...]	2007-04-10 08:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1607	INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) During an April 10 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright SIPDIS and the Charge, Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said that the Pak-Afghan Jirga Commission meeting schedul [...]	2007-04-11 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1647	3,000 WOMEN, A MOSQUE, AND GUNS: A STORY ANY [...] (C) Fiery headlines in the Pakistani and international press about Islamabad's Red (Lal) Mosque and the adjacent women's madrassah (seminary) could lead readers to believe that talibanization has spread to Islamabad -- or that extremism has appeared suddenly at the Red Mosque. In reality, [...]	2007-04-13 06:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1659	ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING, ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Judicial Council met again on April 13 to continue hearings on "non-functional" Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Initial media reports indicate the proceedings focused on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council. Media outlets reported Chaudhry's head lawyer, Aitzaz [...]	2007-04-13 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1688	RED MOSQUE UPDATE [...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...]	2007-04-16 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1698	RED MOSQUE CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) On April 16, the administration of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) announced that it would suspend talks with the government, after mosque leaders accused the government of aerial surveillance and spraying unknown gases on the mosque. Red Mosque leader Maulana Ghazi told a news conference that, [...]	2007-04-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1737	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE: ORDERLY PROTESTS, SUPREME [...] (SBU) THE HEARING: The Supreme Judicial Council handling the reference against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry met today (April 18) and, as expected, adjourned without major developments. The next hearings are scheduled for April 24, May 2 and May 3. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Chaudh [...]	2007-04-18 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD1780	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1783	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY: THE SUPREME COURT SET [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting, Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel for non-functioning Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, updated poloffs on the legal proceedings against his client. On April 18, Aitzaz appeared before the Supreme Judicial Council hearing Chaudhry's case and demanded that three justices o [...]	2007-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1786	TENSIONS FLARE OVER FENCING: UPDATE FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C) Pakistan Military contacts confirm that the April 19 Pakistan Military-Afghan National Army confrontation over the location of the Shkin-Angor Adda area fence transpired as reported reftel. Pakistan Military officials were unable to meet with Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan [...]	2007-04-20 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1813	GENERAL PASHA ON FENCE CONFRONTATION [...] (C) MG Helmly, Chief, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, met on April 21 with MG Ahmad Pasha, Pakistan Military Director General of Operations, to discuss the April 19 confrontation between Afghan Army and Pakistan Army troops near Angor Adda and Shkin. MG Helmly complimented Pasha [...]	2007-04-23 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1815	MUSHARRAF OFFERS TO HELP ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) During an April 20 interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, President Musharraf offered to help ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian impasse any way he could. He volunteered to travel to Jerusalem if the parties involved thought it would be helpful. His offer followed months of hi [...]	2007-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1833	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: APRIL 24 [...] (C) Coinciding with the Supreme Judicial Council and Supreme Court hearings in Islamabad, demonstrations occurred around Pakistan on April 24. In a manner that has become routine since the Chief Justice controversy began in March, police established road blocks and barriers on all major avenue [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC
07ISLAMABAD1834	CHIEF JUSTICE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES: THE HEARINGS [...] (U) On April 24, both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial Council considered petitions relating to the presidential reference against the Chief Justice. In the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice Muhammad Raza Khan excused himself from considering the Chief Justice's petition. Khan said h [...]	2007-04-24 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1842	PAKISTAN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS, PART 1: STABILITY [...] (U) Pakistan's upcoming general elections -- expected to occur in late 2007 or early 2008 -- are a topic of frequent conversation and speculation among the country's elite, media, and international community (including recent U.S. Congressional delegations). When Pakistanis go to the polls the [...]	2007-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD1844	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT WORRIED ABOUT PML'S SITUATION [...] (C) Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us April 25 he was worried that the ongoing Chief Justice controversy was harming his party's political situation. He described the opposition's ability to generate excitement over the Chief Justice's plight as a gro [...]	2007-04-25 12:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1846	RED MOSQUE (LAL MASJID) STAND-OFF OFFICIALLY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stand-off between the Government and the Jamia Hafsa women's madrassa officially ended the night of April 24. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain toured the madrassa and confirmed the students there had met all the government's demands. The governmen [...]	2007-04-25 12:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1943	PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ MISSION [...] (C) Post assesses that Pakistan would not be willing to contribute troops or other support to the current Iraq Coalition, nor would it be productive to raise the matter with the Government of Pakistan at this time. 2. (C) Pakistani officials have intimated privately in the past that they w [...]	2007-05-02 04:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PK IZ
07ISLAMABAD1994	MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM [...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...]	2007-05-03 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL AF PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2017	CHIEF JUSTICE UPDATE-- MAY 4 [...] (C) The legal process to decide the fate of Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has split into two concurrent tracks -- one in the Supreme Court and the other in the Supreme Judicial Council. Both bodies resumed hearings May 2 and 3 on the reference against the Chief Justice. Acting C [...]	2007-05-04 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2023	SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...]	2007-05-05 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2033	SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On May 7, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the Supreme Judicial Council (the ad hoc body hearing evidence against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry since March) to suspend proceedings against the Chief Justice. The suspension will stay in force while the Supreme Court considers several peti [...]	2007-05-07 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2129	UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A),saying Pakis [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PK
07ISLAMABAD2157	VIOLENCE IN KARACHI: RUMOR MILL ACTIVE WHILE CITY WAITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2175	MAY 15 KARACHI UPDATE [...] (C) According to Consulate Karachi, as of 1500 Tuesday, April 15 (three days after the outbreak of violence),most Karachi businesses are operating normally and the city, while somber, is returning to normal. Public transportation is operating. The airport and all usual transport routes in Kar [...]	2007-05-15 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2193	ALL QUIET IN KARACHI; NO ONE YET HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2207	GOVERNMENT, CHIEF JUSTICE'S ATTORNEY REFUSE TO [...] (U) Since May 14, Pakistan's Supreme Court has held daily hearings to consider 23 petitions objecting to the filing of a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The Court has issued no opinions since the opening of arguments. Supreme Judicial Council proceedings against th [...]	2007-05-17 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2218	MQM HOLDING EMERGENCY MEETING IN LONDON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2220	PROTESTS AND CLASHES OVER BEGINNING OF CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Government of Pakistan began the process of physically closing two Afghan refugee camps by bulldozing several buildings. At Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan, the action sparked protests and gunfire between the Frontier Corps and locals, resulting in a number o [...]	2007-05-18 02:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2270	RED MOSQUE ISSUE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) In what has become a recurring spectacle in Islamabad, mosque supporters and seminary students-- better known as the Red Mosque brigade-- have again "kidnapped" police to draw attention to their demands. On May 18, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) "brigade" captured four plain-clothes police off [...]	2007-05-21 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2292	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM BORDER [...] (C) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, about 35 miles west [...]	2007-05-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2317	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM [...] (C//REL TO ISAF, NATO) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, a [...]	2007-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD2334	RED MOSQUE RELEASES POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On May 24, the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) brigade released the last two police officers kidnapped on May 18. The other two officers had been released on May 19. (Note. The Red Mosque "brigade" is a group of supporters and madrassa students who are often seen outside the mosque wielding large [...]	2007-05-25 09:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2344	POLITICAL PARTIES WORRIED ABOUT MQM VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-26 07:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2348	ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...]	2007-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2378	DISARMING KARACHI: A WORTHY BUT CURRENTLY UNLIKELY GOAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 11:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2402	PRESS COVERAGE OF BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS MISSES [...] (C) On May 30, the Islamabad district administration issued an official Section 144 order banning "all kinds of gatherings of five or more people" inside Islamabad for two months. Breathless press reports described the order as a new and dangerous decision, but in reality the document merely r [...]	2007-05-31 13:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD2435	SHUJAAT'S HEALTH [...] (C) During a June 1 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told us that, because of the political problems facing Musharraf, the President had insisted Shujaat cancel a recent trip to Germany, where he was to receive his regularly scheduled Botox treatment for his [...]	2007-06-01 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK
07ISLAMABAD2467	MQM FEELING WOUNDED [...] (C) On June 1, Charge met with Minister of Ports and Shipping (and MQM member) Babar Khan Ghauri to discuss the May 11-13 violence in Karachi. Ghauri said the Karachi violence had "killed" the MQM's chances of gaining voters in Punjab province. The party was focusing on repairing its reputation in [...]	2007-06-04 12:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2468	IMAM OF THE KAABA CONDEMNS THE RED MOSQUE'S [...] (C) Background: Reftels describe the situation at Islamabad's Red Mosque, where two imams have for several months been encouraging male and female madrassah students to engage in vigilante justice. The situation at the women's madrassah, which is located in the heart of Islamabad and is hom [...]	2007-06-04 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2469	CHIEF JUSTICE RALLY IN ABBOTTABAD DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] (SBU) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry addressed a large crowd of lawyers and political activists on June 2 in Abbottabad, about 120 miles Northeast of Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province. Reports of crowd numbers ranged from 15,000 to 25,000, and media contacts stated it took the Chi [...]	2007-06-04 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM
07ISLAMABAD2494	GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRICTIONS ON MEDIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2526	WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN? [...] (C) On March 24, President Musharraf told Ambassador Crocker that Musharraf intended to fire the head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Agency (PEMRA),whose heavy handed interventions during the early stages of the Chief Justice controversy had been "unhelpful and wrong" (ref C). I [...]	2007-06-06 14:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2527	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS A CREDIBLE JIRGA [...] (C) On June 6, Charge met with Minister of Culture (and Jirga Commission member) GG Jamal to discuss recent meetings between the Afghan and Pakistani Jirga Commissions. Jamal emphasized the commissions made significant progress, finalizing an agenda for the planned August jirga and bridging [...]	2007-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2544	POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS THROUGHOUT PUNJAB PROVINCE [...] (C) According to media reports, Pakistani police have arrested between 800 and 1,200 people -- mostly political party workers -- throughout Punjab over the last few days. Rahat Quddusi, special advisor to Punjab's Chief Minister, said that the arrests are an effort to maintain law and order, a [...]	2007-06-07 12:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD2546	IMRAN KHAN TAKES ON THE MQM IN THE UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2572	NEW POLL SHOWS WEAK SUPPORT FOR MUSHARRAF IN URBAN [...] (C) On May 15-28, just days after political violence in Karachi left 40 people dead, the International Republican Institute (IRI) polled 1,500 Pakistanis in six cities throughout Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Polling questions, which had been developed weeks earlier with the help [...]	2007-06-08 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD2617	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2648	SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD268	GOVERNMENT HINDERS ACCESS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a mid-December intervention from Ambassador Crocker to senior Pakistani officials, UNICEF reports it is still unable to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Balochistan. End summary. 2. (U) On December 21, the Christian Science Monitor reported that UNICEF had fa [...]	2007-01-17 11:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI PK
07ISLAMABAD2699	CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SUPREME COURT DEFERS RULING [...] BACKGROUND: In early March, President Musharraf presented a reference (charge sheet) to the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The same day, the President ordered the establishment of a "Supreme Judicial Council" to decide the merits of the reference against the Chief Justice and declared the judge [...]	2007-06-18 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD274	BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...]	2007-01-17 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA
07ISLAMABAD277	BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTRY REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher held back-to-back meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Additional Secretary Shahid Kamal. Khan stressed that improved intelligence coopera [...]	2007-01-17 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD2780	BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2782	BOUCHER VISITS BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher made his first visit to Balochistan. Inspector General of Police Tariq Khosa discussed the need for more contacts with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Iran and expressed doubt that Afg [...]	2007-06-22 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2794	F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]	2007-06-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2795	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSITION SUBMITS REFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, opposition National Assembly members submitted a disqualification reference (complaint) against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for financial misconduct. The reference comes on the heels of a similar reference against political leader (and former cricket star) Imran Khan, [...]	2007-06-23 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCRM PK UK
07ISLAMABAD2798	DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...]	2007-06-23 07:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2829	THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...]	2007-06-26 08:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD283	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ RAISES ECONOMIC AND CROSS-BORDER AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed his recent visit to Afghanistan, noting that he had spent over two hours in a one-on-one meeting with Karzai, and that Karzai's [...]	2007-01-18 06:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
07ISLAMABAD2835	PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...]	2007-06-26 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AF
07ISLAMABAD2853	PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF [...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...]	2007-06-28 10:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2856	DEPUTY SECRETARY, GEN HYAT, AND GEN UL-HAQ STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat and then separately with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Ehsan ul-Haq on June 16. Both sides emphasized the importance o [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK MOPS AG
07ISLAMABAD2873	MONITORING PAKISTAN'S COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Post increasingly has engaged the GOP to ensure that Coalition Support Funds (CSF),used to reimburse Pakistan for costs related to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban, are reasonable and credible. We have asked for additional information in order to verify pending Pakistani [...]	2007-07-02 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD29	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR ASKS FOR HELP IN REACHING [...] (C) On December 28, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed told poloffs that his attempts to make progress on starting a regular parliamentary exchange with his Afghan counterparts (as discussed in ref A) are going [...]	2007-01-03 13:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2905	SITREP ISLAMABAD 20:00 LOCAL -- CONFRONTATION AT RED MOSQUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 15:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2907	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2908	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP ISLAMABAD 15:30 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Army has taken command of government forces in the immediate area of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). Approximately 700 people inside the mosque surrendered at the urging of the government; approximately 3,200 remain. Prime Minister Aziz told visiting Codel Davis July [...]	2007-07-04 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2932	RED MOSQUE -- SITREP 16:00 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Lal Masjid leader mullah Abdul Aziz was arrested July 4 while trying to escape disguised as a woman in a burqa. Pakistan Army Rangers estimate close to a thousand people have surrendered from the mosque. Abdur Rashid Ghazi, the remaining mullah in the mosque, reaffirmed his [...]	2007-07-05 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD2944	PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL [...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2950	HIGH-LEVEL APG DELEGATION EXPRESSES CONCERN TO GOP [...] (C) Summary: A high-level delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),a regional subsidiary of FATF, traveled to Pakistan on July 2-3 to gage the country's progress on passing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, and to send a message that quick movement was necessary [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD2954	ATTACK ON MUSHARRAF / RED MOSQUE STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Government sources confidentially confirmed that a rocket was fired at President Musharraf's airplane at Chaklala Air Base this morning; the Pakistan Army continues to publicly deny the attack took place. Security forces and militants at the Red Mosque continue to exchange spora [...]	2007-07-06 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3022	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 11, 1630 LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The military operation launched against the Red Mosque at 0400 on July 10 continued for over 30 hours until 1030 on July 11. As of 1630, security forces continue to do a room-by-room search of the mosque compound but are no longer facing armed resistance. Militant cleric Abdul Rash [...]	2007-07-11 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3028	RED MOSQUE SITREP -- JULY 12, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Security forces continue to sweep the Red Mosque for any remaining weapons, but military operations are complete. The military has still not allowed journalists or other observers to the site of the Red Mosque as of 1300 July 12. The media is reporting 287 people killed in "Oper [...]	2007-07-12 09:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3084	RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]	2007-07-16 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD3111	SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS ISLAMABAD CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: It is still too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the July 18 suicide bombing in Islamabad. The government's challenge will be to provide the increased security that opposition parties and the general public are demanding without imposing a state of emergency. End Summa [...]	2007-07-18 12:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3128	MUSHARRAF TELLS EDITORS: IT IS MODERATES VS. [...] (C) Summary: In a surprisingly wide ranging and confident interview with senior Pakistani editors July 18, President Musharraf flatly stated that Pakistan was in a direct confrontation with extremist forces and the biggest challenge was to stop the spread of Talibanization. To win that fight [...]	2007-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK

07ISLAMABAD3154	SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CHIEF JUSTICE MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that President Musharraf's suspension of the Chief Justice had been unconstitutional. The court's decision was not unexpected, a fact that did not stop the media from turning the day leading up to the announcement into a live-fro [...]	2007-07-20 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3200	PAKISTAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, PART 2: FRACTURED OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Unable to unite at the All Parties Conference (APC) for en masse resignations or mass street protests, Pakistan's severely fractured opposition is unlikely to mount a credible challenge to President Musharraf's bid to seek re-election under the current assemblies. Unsurprisingly the Ju [...]	2007-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3201	GREENING THE RED MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: The government plans to re-open the Red Mosque on July 27 under a newly repainted green dome. The work of bulldozers and painters is so far proving more straightforward than finding partners for President Musharraf's July 12 call to help bring Pakistan's madrassas into the mainstr [...]	2007-07-24 14:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PK
07ISLAMABAD3224	PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]	2007-07-25 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3246	F-16 BASING: REQUEST FOR BASING REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Following Ambassador's July 21 meeting with Pakistan Air Chief Marshall Tanvir, post requests a review of paragraph 9 (basing and personnel restrictions) of the pending security notes for the $3 billion sale of 18 block 52 F-16s to Pakistan before the Congres [...]	2007-07-26 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3291	GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...]	2007-07-30 14:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3374	PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES ENGAGE THE SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the June 20 landmark Supreme Court decision reinstating the Chief Justice, Pakistan's opposition political parties and civil society have hailed what they see as an invigorated and independent judiciary. Both the Chief Justice and President Musharraf have lauded the ne [...]	2007-08-02 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3399	WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR: [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial, hour-long meeting on July 18, Women's Development Minister Sumaira Malik talked to the Ambassador about the after-effects of the Red Mosque operation, internal politics, new draft women's legislation, and her ideas for U.S. assistance programs to assist Pakistan's wo [...]	2007-08-06 03:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PK
07ISLAMABAD3424	PAKISTAN'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: By offering to resign, Pakistan's Attoreny General became the only cabinet member to take the blame for the Chief Justice debacle. But his replacement, Malik Qayyum, has a checkered history and is already proving controversial. Qayyum was the presiding judge in the 1999 convict [...]	2007-08-06 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3434	NEW NATIONWIDE POLL SHOWS DIMINISHED SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The results of a new nationwide poll show a 20 percent drop in support for President Musharraf's job performance since February -- from 54 percent to 34 percent. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Benazir Bhutto's popularity continued to grow steadily, and she emerged as the c [...]	2007-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD3706	PAKISTAN: A DAY AFTER THE NAWAZ VERDICT [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court's August 23 ruling in favor of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been lauded by Nawaz supporters and opposition parties as another sign of an independent judiciary standing up for democratic rights. People celebrated in the streets in Islamabad and in other Punjabi [...]	2007-08-24 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3744	PAKISTAN'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3777	PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 25, the Pakistan Christian National Party (PCNP) filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the requirement that the President of Pakistan be a Muslim. Christian groups and other minorities remain divided on many issues; however, all ha [...]	2007-08-29 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD3779	PAKISTAN SUPREME COURT: INCREASING CHALLENGES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's troubles with the Supreme Court are multiplying even as his negotiations with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto intensify. On August 28, the Court agreed to hear two cases challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. The newly e [...]	2007-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3796	SOUTH WAZIRISTAN'S CONTINUING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with the much-publicized breakdown of the North Waziristan Agreement, the GOP's agreement in South Waziristan has also been faltering. The result has been increasingly brazen militant attacks on security forces, including the recent kidnapping of 19 Frontier Corps (FC [...]	2007-08-30 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3811	CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...]	2007-08-31 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3857	SUICIDE ATTACKS SHAKE RAWALPINDI [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, 31 people were killed and 67 injured in two separate suicide bomb attacks on government targets in Islamabad's neighboring city of Rawalpindi. In the short-term these attacks and the kidnapping (reftel) of Frontier Corps soldiers in Waziristan will undermine public [...]	2007-09-05 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3873	THE NAWAZ FACTOR CONTINUED: RETURN SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary. There are four scenarios regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, which now seems likely September 10. (1) He could postpone his arrival because of Saudi persuasion or cold feet about his prospects. This seems the least likely option. (2) The government could [...]	2007-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3889	PAKISTAN'S SUPREME COURT KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's legal counsel told the Pakistan Supreme Court September 6 that Musharraf's term as President would end on November 15, but he will remain in office until a successor is chosen. The Chief Justice rejected efforts to immediately restrain Musharraf from seeking [...]	2007-09-07 15:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3901	PREPARING FOR NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's government is planning to deport Nawaz Sharif upon his expected arrival September 10, although some of his advisors continue to try to dissaude him of this. Saudi emissary Saad Hariri will be here today (September 8) to talk to Musharraf and reportedly make a [...]	2007-09-08 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3923	NAWAZ DEPORTED ON RETURN TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia within hours of his return to Pakistan on September 10. Security forces kept the capital under tight security. Senior opposition leaders were placed under house arrest, and only small-scale demonstrat [...]	2007-09-10 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3952	NAWAZ: THE DAY AFTER THE DEPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-four hours after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's deportation from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan remains calm. While opposition parties called for nationwide demonstrations, turnout was weak, and many senior opposition leaders remained under house arrest. The gov [...]	2007-09-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3994	PPP ANNOUNCES BENAZIR'S RETURN ON OCTOBER 18 [...] (U) At a press conference September 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced that Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan on October 18, three days after the window for presidential elections closes. Fahim announced that on October 18, Bhutto wi [...]	2007-09-15 09:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4024	PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...]	2007-09-18 14:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4083	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...]	2007-09-21 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4084	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]	2007-09-21 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4085	MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4086	PRIME MINISTER TELLS NEGROPONTE: NO MORE F-16 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 14 meeting with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Prime Minister Shaukat SIPDIS Aziz voiced his government's frustration with what Pakistan perceives as changes in the terms of sale of U.S. F-16s to Pakistan. Aziz said that unless the U.S. changes so [...]	2007-09-21 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4092	BIN LADEN'S CALL TO ARMS FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, al-Qaeda leaders released two new tapes calling for Pakistanis to wage holy war against President Musharraf in retaliation for the Red Mosque operation in July. The government has dismissed the threats and vowed to continue its counter-terrorism strategy. It is to [...]	2007-09-21 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4094	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...]	2007-09-23 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4107	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]	2007-09-24 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4108	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]	2007-09-24 15:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4148	GOP PREPARES FOR A SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear arguments on the bundle of pending cases challenging President Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election. We expect a verdict by the end of the week, and the government remains confident of a pro-Musharraf vote. Musharraf has sign [...]	2007-09-27 02:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4158	MUSHARRAF PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY ARMY SLOTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 09:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4167	PAKISTAN ELECTION COMMISSION CLOSES NOMINATION LIST [...] (U) Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) accepted nominations from forty-one presidential candidates, including President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in-country leader Amin Fahim, by the noon September 27 filing deadline. These 41 included candidates from Islamabad (13),[...]	2007-09-27 11:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4204	SUPREME COURT FREES POLITICAL DETAINEES, OPENS [...] (U) On September 27, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered the release of political party activists arrested over the September 22-23 weekend and the lifting of roadblocks throughout and surrounding the capital. 2. (U) At least 100 opposition political party leaders [...]	2007-09-28 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4206	SUPREME COURT RULES FOR MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: In a complex decision, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled September 28 six to three to dismiss the petitions challenging Musharraf's right to run for re-election while concurrently holding the offices of President and Chief of Army Staff. However, the decision was based on procedural [...]	2007-09-28 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4209	REACTION TO PRO-MUSHARRAF RULING [...] (C) Summary: Musharraf's spokesman lauded the September 28 Supreme Court ruling allowing the President to run for re-election in uniform and called on all sides to respect the rule of law. Musharraf's coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),called on Musharraf to doff his unifor [...]	2007-09-29 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4235	ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers' protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector [...]	2007-10-02 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4271	ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE FOR MUSHARRAF; MASS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed October 2 to begin immediate hearings on petitions filed by two opposition presidential candidates challenging Musharraf's right to seek re-election in uniform. Simultaneously, in an effort to embarrass Musharraf, 86 opposition politicians resigned [...]	2007-10-02 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4273	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4291	RED MOSQUE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING SUPREME COURT [...] (U) A two-member Supreme Court bench ordered October 2 the re-opening of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and two thousand people gathered there today (October 3) for afternoon prayers. The mosque has remained closed since the July military operation against followers of Maulana Abdul Aziz [...]	2007-10-03 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4336	COURT ORDERS VOTER ROLLS POSTED ON THE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered October 4 the country's Election Commission (ECP) to finalize the voter list by October 25 and post it on the ECP's website. The list will be used in the parliamentary elections which are expected in early January 2008. 2. ( [...]	2007-10-05 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4337	MUSHARRAF SIGNS DEAL WITH BHUTTO; COURT DELAYS RELEASE OF OFFICIAL ELECTION TALLY [...] (C) Summary. President Musharraf October 5 signed the "reconciliation package" sealing his agreement with Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the presidential election, scheduled for October 6, can proceed. However, the Court barred the Elec [...]	2007-10-05 13:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4340	MUSHARRAF (UNOFFICIALLY) WINS ANOTHER 5-YEAR TERM [...] (C) Summary: According to unofficial results, President Musharraf has been re-elected by Pakistan's electoral college to another five-year term. An October 5 Supreme Court decision barred Pakistan's Election Commission from announcing the official results until pending court cases against Mus [...]	2007-10-06 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4382	BHUTTO SEEKS TO CLAIM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto has renewed her suit for a National Assembly seat after the National Reconciliation Ordinance voided all corruption charges and convictions against her. The GOP, for its part, continues to fulfill its side of the Musharraf-Bhutto "deal [...]	2007-10-10 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS PK
07ISLAMABAD4426	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE FACES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court again weighed into the political fray, accepting six opposition petitions against Musharraf's October 5 National Reconciliation Ordinance. While the Court will not take up the unified case for weeks, its initial October 12 decision to hear the case halted all o [...]	2007-10-14 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4472	BHUTTO'S HOMECOMING [...] (C) Summary: After over eight years in self-imposed exile, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto returned to Karachi October 18. Hundreds of thousands greeted her at the airport, while thousands of security personnel guarded her against terrorist assassination threats. Bhutto returns [...]	2007-10-18 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4494	FORMER PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER BHUTTO KARACHI [...] (C) Following is a description of the investigation to date provided by the Ministry of Interior to the RSO. 2. (C) RSO met with the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Kamal Shah, the morning of October 19 to discuss the attack in Karachi on the motorcade of former Prime Ministe [...]	2007-10-19 13:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER CASC
07ISLAMABAD4531	BHUTTO ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Consul General Karachi met with Benazir Bhutto and members of her staff October 23 regarding a range of issues, but most urgently about her security. Bhutto requested, in writing, that USG "undertake an evaluation of existing executive security procedures and recommenda [...]	2007-10-23 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD4573	POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...]	2007-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4599	DISCUSSION WITH BHUTTO DESIGNEES REGARDING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: RSO met October 26 with two individuals empowered by Benazir Bhutto to discuss her security. As per reftel, RSO provided names of three security contractors who can provide security assessments and a full range of security services. There has been no reduction in police protection for [...]	2007-10-27 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER CASC PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4625	MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...]	2007-10-29 15:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4652	UK AND US AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: UK and US ambassadors reiterated October 29 the offer of law enforcement assistance to Interior minister Sherpao and MOI secretary (and former Karachi police chief) Kamal Shah. Sherpao said the investigation into the October 18 Karachi bombing was proceeding well. A formal reque [...]	2007-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PINR PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4692	SECURITY STATUS UPDATE - FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) SUMMARY - According to the Sindh Inspector General (IGP) of Police, the suicide bombing attack of October 19 against former PM Bhutto (reftels) was carried out by two persons and was probably made possible due to the thorough advance public revelation of her plans and the snail-paced movement [...]	2007-11-03 16:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PK PGOV
07ISLAMABAD4694	MGPK01: SITREP 02, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. Musharraf defended his decision to suspend the Constitution in an emotional speech aired on Pakistan Television; notably, he did not mention a schedule for elections or his plan to resign as Chief of Army Staff. The government continues to block cable distribution of most intern [...]	2007-11-03 20:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR
07ISLAMABAD4701	HEAVY-HANDED IMPLEMENTATION OF PAKISTAN STATE OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Post is concerned that the Pakistani government has used excessive force and no judgment in its implementation of the state of emergency and the Provision Constitutional Order (PCO). On Monday, November 5, we recommend a call from a seventh floor principal to P [...]	2007-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4728	MUSHARRAF CONVOKES DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: President Pervaiz Musharraf spoke November 5 to the full diplomatic corps. The hour-long monologue was rambling and personalized, focused more on his reasons for the March 12 sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry than for his November 3 suspension of Pakistan's Constitution. [...]	2007-11-05 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK ASEC CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4729	CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL PROCEED [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said that President Musharraf would resign as Chief of Army Staff as promised and would hold parliamentary elections on schedule in January. Shujaat was surprised that earlier in the day President Musharraf had declined [...]	2007-11-05 14:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4776	MGPK01: SITREP 11, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: ISOLATED [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Council is meeting to discuss the current political/security situation. The National Assembly November 7 voted to approve the State of Emergency. In a meeting yesterday with Ambassador, PPP leader Bhutto said she is ready to work with Musharraf if he sched [...]	2007-11-08 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4785	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On November 6, Pakistan's Election Commissioner assured Ambassador that he continued to prepare for parliamentary elections. Legally, only the President has the authority to determine the elections date, and the Commissioner believed the elections would take place in January, m [...]	2007-11-08 10:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4789	BHUTTO SAYS SHE MUST PROTEST STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto told Ambassador Novmeber 7 that "I am ready to continue with the roadmap with Musharraf" but first he has to honor his commitments to schedule elections and announce his resignation from the Army. Without this, Musharraf had left h [...]	2007-11-08 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4791	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) and told DCM November 7 that elections likely would be delayed until March or April. Sherpao gave his personal assurances over the well-being of detained opposition lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan and agreed to l [...]	2007-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4794	PAKISTAN, INDIA APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED ON PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan and Iran are very close to signing a bilateral gas pipeline deal, now that the gas pricing issue is resolved, according to November 8 press reports. Pakistan has also reportedly won the ability to resell Iranian gas to both India and Pakistan. Imported Iranian gas woul [...]	2007-11-08 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD4795	PAKISTAN: RECONSTITUTED SUPREME COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf has reportedly decided that, before he can schedule parliamentary elections, the newly constituted Supreme Court must rule on the pending case challenging his own election. Under Musharraf's November 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO),he fired all Supreme [...]	2007-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4796	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Post has confirmed that Pakistan's National Assembly approved November 7 Musharraf's imposition of emergency. However, contrary to some media reports, Musharraf did not/not commit to holding elections on time when he met with his coalition legislators earlier in the day. Instead [...]	2007-11-08 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4797	MGPK01: SITREP 12, ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY FEB 15; [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf announced today that national elections would take place before February 15 and that he would resign as Chief of Army Staff when the newly constituted Supreme Court rules on his election case. Bhutto exhorted supporters to join a PPP rally in Rawalpindi Novemb [...]	2007-11-08 14:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4811	PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF DUAL OFFICES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) President Pervez Musharraf currently serves as both President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff. This dual office role is permitted under the 17th amendment to the Pakistani Constitution, which specifically allowed Musharraf to hold both offices through Decembe [...]	2007-11-09 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PK
07ISLAMABAD4813	CONVERSATIONS WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Benazir Bhutto November 8 and 9 to express concerns for Bhutto's safety and to urge her to consider the possible effect her rally and arrest might have on polarization and violence in the country. They spoke again mid-day as Bhutto was trying to leave her hous [...]	2007-11-09 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4816	MGPK01: SITREP 16, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP lifted the virtual house arrest on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Ambassador raised Amcit and civil society detainees cases with Interior Minister. Lahore CG met separately with human rights activist Asma Jahangir and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Liaq [...]	2007-11-10 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4817	PAKISTAN: RETHINKING ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf has now set a date for elections and indicated he will resign from the Army. This is an opportunity to re-examine our assistance relationship and consider changes that will enable USG funding to more directly promote a more robust counter-terrorism (CT) and c [...]	2007-11-10 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4821	MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]	2007-11-13 06:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4824	MGPK01: SITREP 19, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The GOP placed PPP leader Bhutto under house arrest and deployed several thousand police in Lahore, who are now (1330 local) clashing with PPP activists staging a "Long March" from Lahore to Islamabad. As Interior Minister promised Ambassador, the GOP last night released Amcit Ha [...]	2007-11-13 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4830	PAKISTAN: NEXT POLITICAL STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 14:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD4833	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI [...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...]	2007-11-14 03:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PK PREL CWC
07ISLAMABAD4869	MGPK01: SITREP 21, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: IMRAN KHAN [...] (C) Summary: CNN, BBC and some local private TV news channels are back on the air. CG Lahore met with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, still under house arrest, in Lahore today. The PPP announced it would try again to launch the "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad; th [...]	2007-11-15 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4876	MGPK01: SITREP 22, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary: The government this morning released PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. Senate Chairman Soomro today was sworn-in as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister. Musharraf amended the Provisional Constitutional Order to give the president and not the Chief [...]	2007-11-16 09:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD494	BOMB EXPLODES IN MARRIOTT HOTEL PARKING LOT [...] (U) On January 26 at approximately 1430, a bomb exploded at the back area of the Islamabad Marriott hotel. According to media reports an hour after the event, two people were killed, and seven injured (two critically so). Initial reports indicate that a suicide bomber detonated himself at the [...]	2007-01-26 12:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PK
07ISLAMABAD4965	AMBASSADOR INVITES PAKISTAN TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) caretaker Foreign Minister (FM) Inamul Haq 21 November to invite him to attend the November 26-27 conference in Washington and Annapolis to advance Arab-Israeli peace. FM Haq pleasantly and courteously said he would need a few [...]	2007-11-21 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4968	MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH [...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...]	2007-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4990	WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COURT CLEARS WAY FOR MUSHARRAF'S [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the final case challenging Musharraf's candidate eligibility, clearing the way for him to re-take the presidential oath of office as a civilian, possibly as early as this weekend. Musharraf issued new constitutional amendments to provide himself legal [...]	2007-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4992	URGING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STAY ENGAGED ON [...] (C) Summary and action request: Led by the European Commission, a growing number of European countries here are questioning their participation in election observer missions. Ambassador briefed her European counterparts November 22 (septel) to urge that they not take pre-emptive decisions th [...]	2007-11-23 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4993	NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...]	2007-11-23 14:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD4994	PAKISTAN: SLOW PROGRESS ON RESTORING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The government of Pakistan is making slow progress on restoring political rights under the still enforced state of emergency. The GOP's apparent "catch and release" policy and the bureaucratic lag between national release announcements and actual action at the local level make it [...]	2007-11-23 15:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4995	MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with several EU ambassadors November 22 to brief them on the Deputy Secretary's recent visit and encourage their nations' continued support for election observer missions. See reftel requesting demarche in Brussels. The group agreed on goals of: (1) on-time electi [...]	2007-11-23 16:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4997	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI [...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...]	2007-11-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
07ISLAMABAD4998	IMPACT OF NAWAZ SHARIF'S RETURN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-25 15:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5018	PAKISTAN: UPDATE ON ATTORNEYS AHSAN AND MALIK [...] (U) Summary. Both the current and former Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association Presidents have been released from jail. Aitzaz Ahsan has been transferred to house arrest in Lahore where he was allowed to file his election nomination papers. Munir Malik was transferred to the Pakistan Inst [...]	2007-11-26 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5037	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH FAZLUR REHMAN [...] (C) Summary. Responding to an invitation, Ambassador met for lunch with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Fazlur Rehman on November 20. Ambassador reiterated that the USG supporting lifting the state of emergency and steps to ensure the elections are free and fair. Rehman agreed, but he affirmed [...]	2007-11-27 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK
07ISLAMABAD5060	GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...]	2007-11-28 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK
07ISLAMABAD5085	MUSHARRAF'S LEGACY AND THE RETURN OF THE TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 12:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5086	Ministerial Meeting on Turkmen- Afghan-Pakistan- India [...] (C) Summary: A Ministerial meeting to further discussions on the Turkmen- Afghan- Pakistan- India(TAPI) pipeline has been postponed. Pakistan media implies that Turkmenistan's gas deals with Russia are the reason for the delay and not Pakistan's state of emergency. Pakistan continues to seek U [...]	2007-11-30 03:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET ELTN PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD5099	PAKISTAN UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26 [...] (C) Summary: Sporadic protests by lawyers, journalists and students continued around the country the week of November 26, and opposition political party leaders continued to debate whether to boycott the January 8 elections. In the wake of Pervez Musharraf's retirement as Chief of Army Staff, [...]	2007-11-30 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5100	IMRAN KHAN STICKS TO HIS PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Summary: With little to lose personally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan is working to convince Pakistan's opposition parties to boycott the January general elections. Khan predicted any coalition government formed after the election would be short-lived and suggested tha [...]	2007-12-01 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5101	AMBASSADOR MEETS CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Ambassador, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro reiterated the government's commitment to facilitate election observers. He promised immediate action to resolve eviction notices and visa problems of the International Republican Institute and T [...]	2007-12-01 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5102	CODEL BENNETT'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO [...] (C) Summary. With Codel Bennett November 30, Benazir Bhutto indicated she will participate in the January 8 general elections but asked for USG assistance in ensuring those elections are free and fair. Codel members expressed support for ensuring the integrity of elections but noted the larger issu [...]	2007-12-01 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5138	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary. During a one and a half hour meeting December 3 with Pakistan Muslim League-N party leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, Ambassador outlined USG support for free and fair elections with the participation of all parties. Nawaz indicated that he would boycott the electio [...]	2007-12-04 15:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5161	BHUTTO CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto called on the Ambassador to thank her for the "critical" USG pressure that pushed Musharraf to resign from the Army and lift the state of emergency. Bhutto shared her concern about the government's ongoing and planned efforts to rig th [...]	2007-12-05 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EAID
07ISLAMABAD5178	PAKISTAN'S ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Pakistan has now issued its Electoral Code of Conduct for the January elections. With no enforcement mechanisms, it will have little impact except to generate political party complaints. On November 27, the Ministry of Interior released further "unoffic [...]	2007-12-06 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5192	GOP STEPS TOWARD NORMALIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's Attorney General outlined to Polcouns several steps in the GOP plan to restore constitutional normalcy. The constitution will be fully restored and the state of emergency will be lifted on December 15; all judges will re-take an oath to uphold the constitution; poli [...]	2007-12-08 07:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK

07ISLAMABAD5193	PAKISTAN: GEO TV UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Sindh High Court denied on technical grounds Geo TV's petitions on December 4 to resume full broadcasting. Geo TV remains the only channel unable to air domestically. Other news stations are allowed to broadcast because they have agreed to a Media Code of Conduct, which allow [...]	2007-12-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD5237	NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...]	2007-12-11 14:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5263	PAKISTAN VOTES FOR ISRAELI-SPONSORED UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. We welcome Pakistan's December 11 UNGA vote in favor of an Israeli-sponsored resolution; however, the MFA was quick to stress privately and publicly that the vote was a reflection of Pakistan's support for the content of the resolution and should in no way be interpreted as a polic [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK IS UNGA PREL
07ISLAMABAD5266	PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION SUPPORT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Funds (CSF). When pending claims are processed, that figure will likely exceed 5.6 billion USD. The CSF authorizi [...]	2007-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5267	GOP URGES U.S. TO BACK OFF PUBLIC CRITICISM [...] (C) On December 5, MFA convoked Polcouns and the Ministry of Information convoked Press Attach to complain about public statements by in-country Mission officials. MFA's Acting Director of Americas Sohail Mahmood told Polcouns that our consuls general were making "inappropriate" "political" [...]	2007-12-14 05:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD528	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]	2007-01-31 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD5288	CORRECTED COPY: PAKISTAN: FIXING COALITION [...] (U) This is an action request, see Para 12. This is a retransmission correcting text in Paragraph 10 of Ref A. Please refer only to this version of the cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Since 2002, the USG has reimbursed Pakistan over 5.3 billion USD for support to U.S. operations using Coalition Support Fu [...]	2007-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD5349	PAKISTAN: INDEPENDENT TESTING CONFIRMS ONE HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Independent testing conducted by microbiologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU3) confirms that one individual who died from respiratory failure tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). NAMRU is unable to obtain viable samples from two other cases, of whic [...]	2007-12-27 02:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5358	SITREP 1: BHUTTO KILLED BY RALLY BOMB BLAST [...] (C) At about 1800 hours (local) December 27, Benazir Bhutto suffered fatal injuries while departing a campaign rally outside of Rawalpindi. Initial reports from the scene stated a suicide bomber, carrying four kilos of explosives, approached Bhutto's vehicle as she was getting in to depart. B [...]	2007-12-27 14:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5359	SITREP 2: BHUTTO, FAMILY TO LARKHANA; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Bhutto's December 27 assassination caused immediate reactions throughout Pakistan: Musharraf addressed the nation calling for calm, while PPP supporters spontaneously rallied, causing damage to cars and select buildings. Bhutto's body will likely be moved to Larkhana (Bhutto's an [...]	2007-12-27 17:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5361	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 meeting with Codel Specter, President Musharraf outlined ongoing Pakistani efforts to fight extremism, expressed support for increased IMET funding, and defended his decision to impose a state of emergency. Senator Specter pressed for Pakistan to capture Usama [...]	2007-12-27 19:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5362	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...]	2007-12-27 19:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER
07ISLAMABAD5383	BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. Benazir Bhutto's family and supporters are consumed with funeral and mourning ceremonies, but the struggle for party leadership between Benazir's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and PPP Vice Chairman Amin Faheem has begun. The USG is perceived as being the power behind Bhutto's retur [...]	2007-12-28 13:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5384	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTTO ASSASSINATION WITH NSA [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met NSA Tariq Aziz December 28 to discuss the GOP's reaction to the assassination of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto. Aziz made the following points: 2. (C) The GOP will defer to the PPP on whether to proceed on schedule with the election. Azi [...]	2007-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5392	INITIAL BHUTTO INVESTIGATION BRIEFED TO DIP CORPS [...] (C) Summary: At a special briefing for the diplomatic corps December 29, Interior Secretary Kamal Shah presented the GOP's "initial findings" from the investigation into the Bhutto assassination. Basing his conclusions primarily on medical reports, Shah stated that Bhutto was killed by the bl [...]	2007-12-29 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER MARR ASEC
07ISLAMABAD5393	MGPK02: SITREP 5: PPP POST-BENAZIR STRATEGY; [...] (C) Summary: Order was being restored in much of Pakistan on the last day of the 3-day mourning period in memory of Benazir Bhutto. In Sindh and its major city of Karachi, violence and casualties continued with widespread property loss. Shops remained closed, but airports and roads reopened [...]	2007-12-30 12:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5395	BHUTTO'S SON (AND HUSBAND) NEW PPP LEADERS; PPP [...] (C) The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen Benazir's son, Bilawal Bhutto, to lead the party, with support from her husband, Asif Ali Zardari as a co-chair. Amin Faheem will continue as Vice Chairman and be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. While Bilawal finishes his degree at Oxf [...]	2007-12-30 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5410	MGPK02: SITREP 6: CALM BEING RESTORED; ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan today slowly returned to life after three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto. Major cities were largely quiet December 31, with most businesses open and public transportation running. Pakistan's Election Commission deferred to tomorrow a decision on whether elections c [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
07ISLAMABAD5411	PAKISTAN: CODEL SPECTER MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 27 meeting with General Tariq Majid, Pakistan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy stressed the importance of U.S.-Pakistan military cooperation, support for Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, and the p [...]	2007-12-31 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD608	INTERIOR MINISTER ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS: [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 5. 2. (C) Introduction: In a February 5 meeting, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told the Ambassador that he has extended an invitation to Afghanistan's jirga planning com [...]	2007-02-06 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER PREF
07ISLAMABAD609	MUSHARRAF'S MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PEACE [...] (C//NF) Summary. In January, President Musharraf energetically renewed his two-year old effort to be a leader of moderate Muslim world with trips to seven Islamic capitals in three weeks; trips to two more capitals--Tehran and Ankara--are scheduled for this week. With a sense of urgency drive [...]	2007-02-06 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER XF
07ISLAMABAD616	LATEST STEPS ON CURRICULUM REFORM IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PTER SCUL SOCI
07ISLAMABAD637	SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING DRAWS LIMITED GOVERNMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 9, 2006, after agitation by human rights organizations and repeated public protests by family members, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Government to locate 41 missing Pakistanis believed to have been arrested by government authorities and subsequently held incommunicado, of [...]	2007-02-08 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM PK
07ISLAMABAD674	G.G. ON JIRGAS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Culture Dr. Ghazi Gulab (G.G.) Jamal, a key member of Pakistan's jirga commission, told us February 7 that, when representatives of the two commissions meet later in February, key topics for discussion will include: to whom to issue jirga invitations; the scope of the [...]	2007-02-12 02:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD709	REFUGEE TRIPARTITE MEETING ANNOUNCES CLOSURES, [...] (U) On February 7, participants of the 12th Refugee Tripartite Commission announced their decision to close four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan in 2007. Scheduled in two phases, the closures will affect over 240,000 of Pakistan's estimated 2.4 million Afghan refugees. The Government of Pakis [...]	2007-02-14 02:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD729	TEST MESSAGE [...] Test message from IPC Islamabad. How are things going? Did I get the classify by reasons wrong? BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 06:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD744	TEST MESSAGE NO. 2 [...] Second test message with SIPDIS caption. BODDE [...]	2007-02-14 11:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ACOA
07ISLAMABAD783	PAKISTAN TRANSIT AGREEMENT AND SOFA UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Office of Defense Representative-Pakistan has checked its files and enquired with its contacts and finds no record of bilateral transit/personnel agreements other than the arrangements described in Ref D. Recipients who would like to receive scanned versions of post's various trans [...]	2007-02-17 05:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PNAT PREL
07ISLAMABAD828	SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATES IN QUETTA COURTROOM: 16 [...] (SBU) On February 17 at approximately 1100, a suicide bomber wearing explosives around his chest entered a courtroom in the Quetta District Court complex and detonated himself, killing 16 people and wounding 40. Among those killed was senior civil judge Abdul Wahid Durrani. 2. (U) The bombe [...]	2007-02-20 13:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD830	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI (MAR [...] American Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment to Pakistan from March 9-March 19. The purpose of visit is to meet with Pakistani officials, politicians, an [...]	2007-02-21 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD895	PAKISTAN PUSHES MIDDLE-EAST PEACE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri convened a meeting in Islamabad of the Foreign Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia. The session was billed as a continuation of President Musharraf's efforts to work with like-minded Mu [...]	2007-02-26 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD896	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD897	MOSQUE DESTRUCTION STANDOFF CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Four weeks in, approximately 200 female students of the Madrassa Hafza continue to occupy a children's library to protest the Islamabad Capital Development Authority's initiative to raze and relocate illegally constructed mosques. Reporters who have visited the girls and women oc [...]	2007-02-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD898	JIRGA INVITATION UPDATE [...] (C) On February 21, Mark Pont, the UNAMA representative in Islamabad, told us he had heard "rumors" that President Karzai had instructed Pir Gilani not to respond to an invitation to visit Islamabad to discuss cross-border or parallel jirgas. Pont, who is friends with some of Gilani's relativ [...]	2007-02-26 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD954	PAKISTAN'S REFUGEE REPATRIATION PLAN WORRIES UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Geneva office met with the DCM on February 19th. The representatives expressed concern that, in Pakistan's desire to close camps and reduce its refugee population, the government might violate UNHCR [...]	2007-02-28 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK PREF
07ISTANBUL1011	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Istanbul follows President Bush's successful November 5 meeting with PM Erdogan in Washington and Secretary Rice's constructive Ankara meetings with Erdogan, President Gul and FM Babacan on November 2. The President and Secretary Rice greatly improved Turkish-Ameri [...]	2007-11-23 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
07ISTANBUL1015	IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...]	2007-11-28 06:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON IR TU
07ISTANBUL1016	IRANIAN CARS HIT TURKISH ROADS: "BUSINESS AS [...] (SBU) According to Turkish press accounts, MYS Otomotive, a Turkish automotive distribution company, has begun to sell Iranian-made cars throughout Turkey. Partnering with Iran's Khodro Company (IKCO),one of the Middle East's largest car companies, MYS Otomotive is selling two Khodro models [...]	2007-11-28 06:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IR TU
07ISTANBUL1017	IRAQI CG IN ISTANBUL ON IRAQ-TURKEY RELATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on Consulate Istanbul CG Wiener on November 27, Iraq,s Consul General in Istanbul, Ambassador Salah Abdulsalam, said his two top priorities here are to rebuild contacts with the Iraqi community in Turkey and to strengthen economic, commercial, and political c [...]	2007-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IQ TU
07ISTANBUL1036	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TOES PARTY LINE WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Istanbul Deputy Governor responsible for minority issues told a small delegation of influential U.S.-based "Archons" of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the vandalism recently conducted by Turkish Forestry Ministry employees on a Greek Orthodox church had been carried out in [...]	2007-12-04 15:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1037	AKP INSIDER COMMENTS ON MISSIONARIES, TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ibrahim Yildirim is a well-connected Justice and Development Party (AK) insider and frequent contact of the consulate, though he holds neither a titled party position nor political office. During an extended conversation, Yildirim said there should be no compulsion [...]	2007-12-05 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU IR SY
07ISTANBUL1046	CODEL SHAYS CONFRONTS SKEPTICAL BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) Summary. Codel Shays' November 29 meetings in Istanbul underlined contrasts in Turkish thinking on Iraq, the PKK and the U.S. image in Turkey. President of Karadeniz Holding Orhan Karadeniz told Congressman Shays Iraq remains a mess, despite military accomplishments. Turkey is very sen [...]	2007-12-11 08:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ISTANBUL1058	ISTANBUL WRITER SAYS TURKISH/U.S. MISUNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary and comment. Many western ideas have not penetrated the Turkish mindset, including some as basic as limited government. This sometimes leads to misunderstandings between Americans and Turkish counterparts. Prevailing non-western ways of thinking often give life to conspiracy the [...]	2007-12-13 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL106	AHMET CALIK ON ASHGABAT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ahmet Calik, Turkish oligarch and longtime Ashgabat insider, shared his views on Turkmen developments February 11 in Istanbul with visiting SCA PDAS Mann. We convey them as an additional window on Turkmen issues. 2. (C) Calik has known interim President Berdimuhammedov since 1997 whe [...]	2007-02-13 07:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV TX
07ISTANBUL1073	CONSUL GENERAL'S CALL ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, His Beatitude Mesrob II, during the Consul General's introductory call, expressed optimism that the government will soon pass a proposed new Law on Foundations. He stressed progress for Armenia depended on reconciliation [...]	2007-12-18 16:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1088	TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...]	2007-12-31 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL110	NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...]	2007-02-14 09:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU AM
07ISTANBUL120	HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR TU
07ISTANBUL136	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]	2007-02-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL137	TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...]	2007-02-23 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL15	DISPARATE ALEVI GROUPS AGREE TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Alevi groups representing different religious ideologies shared with us views about their beliefs and disputes with the Government of Turkey. The Ehl-i-Beyt and Cem Foundations continue to seek legal recognition of their faith and proportional support from the Government, as w [...]	2007-01-12 11:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL150	REP HARMAN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) met February 21 with Turkish PM Erdogan, Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, and reform-minded NGO leaders Can Paker and Etyen Mahcupyan to hear Turkish views on the Armenian genocide resolution pending in the House. PM Erdogan highlighted Turkey,s close work [...]	2007-02-26 12:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL162	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE STRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia summarized Patriarchate grievances against the GOT during SFRC Majority Staff member Tomicah Tillemann's February 22 visit. Meliton was particularly concerned about recent anonymous threats directed aga [...]	2007-02-28 08:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AM TU
07ISTANBUL187	S/P KRASNER DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary. Following policy/planning consultations with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, S/P Director Stephen Krasner met with the secular, nationalist-leaning Marmara group as well as academics in Istanbul on February 23-24. Lecturer and writer Soli Ozel questioned how a revolutio [...]	2007-03-08 08:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL212	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...]	2007-03-15 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU
07ISTANBUL234	AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...]	2007-03-22 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL349	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]	2007-04-25 13:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL353	A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH [...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]	2007-04-27 14:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL406	ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE OUTLOOKS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, an entrepreneur and founding member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP),a representative of Turkish tradesmen and craftsmen, and a Kemalist academic each commented on today's politics; the first resentful of secularist prejudice, the second aggrieved [...]	2007-05-15 12:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL427	FORUM ISTANBUL: DP'S MEHMET AGAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Mehmet Agar, soon-to-be chairman of the new Democrat Party (DP) that will shortly be formed through unification of his own True Path Party (DYP) and the Motherland (ANAP) party, last week called democracy "the most important value in the world today" and the sine qua non for T [...]	2007-05-21 12:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL44	SITREP 3. HRANT DINK MEMORIAL AND FUNERAL [...] (U) Memorial activities for slain Turkish human rights activist Hrant Dink began promptly at 11 a.m. local time in front of the Agos newspaper editorial offices where Dink had been editor-in-chief. A sea of humanity packed the wide boulevard from side to side for a total of perhaps one-half [...]	2007-01-23 12:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL46	TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES POLICY FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Several thousand Istanbul Justice and Development Party (AKP) precinct captains and party faithful jammed an auditorium January 13 to hear Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul acclaim Turkey's foreign policy achievements and goals as the party continues its campaign to energize its coh [...]	2007-01-24 09:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL468	ONE INSIDER'S AKP: MISTAKES, POSSIBILITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Metin Kulunk, an Istanbul-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) founding member and rival to Mehmet Muezzinoglu for AK Party's Istanbul Chairmanship, met with us May 23 to review his recent trip to the U.S. and share views of the AKP heading into parliamentary elections. He [...]	2007-06-01 09:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL475	ZEYNEL ERDEM DISCUSSES GULENIST SCHOOLS [...] (C) Zeynel Erdem, a wealthy local businessman and self-described 'advocate for America' (please protect) used a May 31 appointment with CG to raise two cases of Fetullah Gulen (FG) adherents who'd recently been barred from entering the United States. (See reftel for more detail on Gulen and t [...]	2007-06-04 12:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS TU
07ISTANBUL498	MEETING WITH GENC PARTY ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Soner Cokbilgin, the current Istanbul chairman of the Genc ("Young") Party, discussed Genc Party,s brief history, the July 22 parliamentary elections, and future goals with us on May 23 in Istanbul. Genc Party is a vehicle for the political aspirations of Cem Uzan, a controve [...]	2007-06-08 13:14:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL509	ANAVATAN WITHDRAWS FROM ELECTION, HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary: Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) Istanbul Branch Chairman Sinan Gedik confided his party withdrew on June 8 from upcoming parliamentary elections because it anticipates the elections will result in a three-party parliament unable to elect a president and consequently forced to dissolv [...]	2007-06-13 08:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL517	TURKISH DEMOCRACY: ISOLATION AND TRADITION [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political science professor Ali Carkoglu argued in a recent meeting that traditional Kemalists - the military, the courts, Turkey's bureaucracy - are insulated from normal Turkish society and have no stake in its improvement. A siege mentality and sense of is [...]	2007-06-15 11:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL52	BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...]	2007-01-25 11:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL531	PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...]	2007-06-22 10:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL539	AN EVENING WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I [...] (C) Summary: His All Holiness Bartholomew I used a farewell dinner he hosted in honor of the departing Consul General to express appreciation for the USG's continuing support and for the Consul General's personal interest in the issues affecting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He lamented havi [...]	2007-06-25 12:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL541	DAS BRYZA, AMB DAVUTOGLU DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. During a June 15 meeting in Istanbul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Prime Ministry senior advisor Ahmet Davutoglu discussed ways forward on Cyprus in the run up to the December 2008 EU Commission report on Turkey's accession process. Davutoglu argued that the current government was un [...]	2007-06-26 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU CY EUN
07ISTANBUL542	TUSIAD LUNCHEON WITH COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, joined by Ambassador Wilson and Consul General, met with leaders of the Turkish Industrialists, and Businessmen,s Association (TUSIAD) on June 7 at TUSIAD,s headquarters in Istanbul. The discussion focused on the organization's missi [...]	2007-06-26 09:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL554	YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY'S "DON'T IGNORE, VOTE!" [...] (SBU) Summary. Playing off an American rap star's "Vote or Die" campaign, a group of Turkish students and their professor at Istanbul's Yeditepe University have launched a popular get-out-the-vote initiative called &Koyverme, oy ver!8 (&Don,t ignore, vote!8) to promote voter turnout in the Ju [...]	2007-06-28 06:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL60	THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]	2007-01-26 13:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL61	HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...]	2007-01-26 18:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU AM
07ISTANBUL63	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on December 4 and 5, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey briefed leading Turkish bankers on the risks posed by deceptive Iranian banking practices. U/S Levey noted that Iranian interest in Turkey would likely increase as European banks pull back from their Iran business and ur [...]	2007-01-29 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV TU IR
07ISTANBUL638	YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...]	2007-07-18 11:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL66	HRANT DINK: DISCUSSION WITH USCIRF ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) The tragic murder of Armenian Turkish human rights advocate Hrant Dink on January 19 was a tremendous loss for Turkey (ref A). Embassy and Consulate staff had frequent contact with Dink over the years, most recently on November 14, 2006 when he met with the United States Commission on In [...]	2007-01-30 09:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL664	ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP: YARGITAY'S REJECTION OF [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu described the Yargitay,s recent rejection of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate's ecumenicity as a commentary rather than a binding decision. He stressed GOT policy on this issue remained the same and that it was the g [...]	2007-07-24 06:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL690	AKP MP VAHIT ERDEM ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Vahit Erdem argued that the U.S. offers the only viable strategic partnership for Turkey, but noted that U.S. Iraq policy is an enormous problem and cautioned that only concrete U.S. action against the PKK in Northern Iraq could ease the pr [...]	2007-07-31 06:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL692	TURKEY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ BRIEFS STAFFDEL [...] (C) GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol told staffers that Sunnis in Iraq tell Turkey they feel excluded from decision-making; absent consensus-based decisions in Iraq, the community or communities feeling left out will forcefully resist. He reported great Saudi discomfort wi [...]	2007-07-31 12:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF TU IZ JO SY
07ISTANBUL70	SAKARYA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR: KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary. We met Sakarya Governor Nuri Okutan on a visit to the province's major city, Adapazari, on January 18. What we had anticipated as a 30-minute courtesy call turned into a one-and-a-half hour lecture on Iran's historical influence in Anatolia, Turkish-Iranian relations and current [...]	2007-01-31 07:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ IR
07ISTANBUL83	ECHR RULING SETS PRECEDENT FOR DISPUTED MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on January 10 it had ruled in favor of the Fener Greek Boys' High School Foundation in the latter's application against the GOT regarding the expropriation of two properties. The court ordered Turkey to return the two propertie [...]	2007-02-07 07:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL869	TURKISH JEWISH COMMUNITY ANXIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Jewish community secular leaders expressed their anxiety about the impact of potential constitutional reforms now capturing headlines during the Consul General's September 20 introductory call on Chief Rabbi Haleva. In separate meetings, community representatives had a [...]	2007-09-25 14:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL900	BORDER ISSUES DEBATED BY TURKISH AND ARMENIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish and Armenian academics came together in Istanbul and Ankara in September for coordinated conferences on the Economic and Social Consequences of Opening the Armenia-Turkey Border. The conferences, supported by the Eurasia Foundation with funding from USAID, were a foll [...]	2007-10-04 12:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM ECON ETRD TU
07ISTANBUL922	CORDIAL ISTANBUL GOVERNOR EXTENDS PROMISE OF ANY [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul CG Sharon Wiener requested and received a meeting with the Governor of Istanbul to stress the need for appropriate security measures at the U.S. Consulate in the event the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) passes the full House. The CG also expressed condolences for t [...]	2007-10-15 15:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL928	IFTAR SEASON IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary and comment. Iftar dinners traditionally highlight family, tranquillity and solidarity. While U.S.-Turkey friendship and cooperation were themes at most iftars, guests often noted challenges in the relationship. The Consul General hosted our first Iftar on September 18, in honor [...]	2007-10-16 15:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL942	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton recounted to us His All Holiness Bartholomew's recent calls in Ankara on President Gul and other GOT officials. Gul listened attentively but made no real response to the Patriarch's list of grievances. Government officia [...]	2007-10-23 06:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU GR
07ISTANBUL957	DINK ATTORNEY ON HRANT MURDER TRIAL, ARAT ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary. Attorney Fetiye Cetin updated us on the status of two prominent court cases, in which she is representing the Dink family: the Arat Dink Article 301 case and trial of the accused Hrant Dink murderer. Cetin admitted her skepticism concerning GOT resolve to fully investigate and [...]	2007-10-30 15:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL972	THE PKK, CROSS-BORDER ATTACK, AND A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 23rd, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) hosted a conference on security and human rights. Panelists Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat -- a Justice and Development Party (AKP) vice chair, and Head of the AKP Parliamentary Constitution Commission respon [...]	2007-11-07 11:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL TU
07ISTANBUL977	CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I recounted his most recent round of meetings in Ankara with Turkish government officials during the Consul General's November 6 introductory call. Though he had been well received, he had yet to see results on key issues such as re-opening Halk [...]	2007-11-08 10:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL981	MEETING WITH A TURKISH COMPANY THAT PLANS TO [...] (SBU) Istanbul Pol/Econ officers met November 5 with executives from the Kartet company and its holding company, Karadeniz, to discuss a deal by Kartet to import electricity from Iran. (Our discussion on Kartet,s electricity exports to Iraq is reported septel.) Kartet director Nuray Atacik [...]	2007-11-09 09:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL IR IZ TU
07JAKARTA1005	CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN [...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]	2007-04-10 06:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1011	GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...]	2007-04-11 00:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1024	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We followed up on ref c demarche (reported ref b) in a meeting with Carolina Tinangon in the Department of Foreign Affair's Directorate for International Security and Disarmament on April 11. Noting preparations were underway for a conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Ter [...]	2007-04-11 07:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA1056	REFORMER TAKES HELM OF MIGRANT WORKER PROTECTION [...] Summary. (C) After just a month in office, the head of a newly-formed cabinet-level agency to protect migrant workers is beginning to win the confidence of migrant worker rights activists and to shake up a system notorious for exploiting workers. Jumhur Hidayat, Chairman of the National Agen [...]	2007-04-13 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1057	SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF SUDARSONO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister Dr. Juwono Sudarsono's April 16-18 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to push him on military reform and accountability and explore Jakarta's thinking on Iraq. We expect the key policy issue on Sudarsono's agenda will be Indonesia's progr [...]	2007-04-13 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1059	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]	2007-04-15 23:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA1074	ALWI SHIHAB DISCUSSES IRAQ, UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In an April 13 meeting with the Charge, Indonesian Special Envoy to the Mideast Alwi Shihab outlined the GOI's efforts to promote reconciliation among Iraqi Sunnis and Shia. Following the Bogor reconciliation conference earlier this month (reftel A),Shihab said that GOI figures [...]	2007-04-16 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI IZ IR ID
07JAKARTA1075	INDONESIA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Army Special Operations Forces (KOPASSUS) of Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) remains outside the ambit of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military cooperation. This message reviews its progress on the critical issue of human rights and provides an update on current Mission Jakart [...]	2007-04-16 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM MOPS ID

07JAKARTA1076	UNSC/KOSOVO: GETTING INDONESIA TO YES [...] (C) Summary. In response to Under Secretary Burns' request (ref A),I recommend that the Secretary, and even the President if necessary, contact their Indonesian counterparts to urge support for the Kosovo resolution. I have pressed the case with a former Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the [...]	2007-04-16 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KFLU TBIO YI ID
07JAKARTA1098	CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN [...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]	2007-04-19 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA1107	INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]	2007-04-20 03:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1144	SAMOA: INDONESIAN POSITION [...] We conveyed USG position reftel to Ms. Rosmalawati Chalid, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Economic and Environmental Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs on April 24. Chalid said as far as she was aware Indonesia had not yet taken a position on the question of Samoa, but s [...]	2007-04-24 07:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID ECON UNGA ID
07JAKARTA1150	AHTISAARI MEETINGS IN INDONESIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari told A/DCM April 24 that President Yudhoyono (SBY) said that Indonesia would try to decide on the future of Kosovo rationally. Citing domestic concerns and the need to consult the legislature, SBY did not state a position. The Indonesians seem [...]	2007-04-24 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR ZL ID
07JAKARTA1157	PKS VERSUS THE WORLD IN JAKARTA GOVERNOR'S RACE [...] (C) On August 8, Jakarta will host the first directly contested governor's election in the 500-year history of the city. The election represents arguably the most significant political event in the country between now and the 2009 Presidential elections, and the results will have implications [...]	2007-04-25 06:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA1161	INDONESIAN VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) We discussed reftel nonpaper with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 25. Rachmianto said Indonesia would participate in the Prepcom with an open mind on substance and [...]	2007-04-25 09:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT ID
07JAKARTA1168	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT [...] (C) We conveyed reftel's specific request for Jakarta to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 26. Percaya seemed unfamiliar with the issue but showed interest, and attached particular importance to the fact that the [...]	2007-04-26 06:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SO ID
07JAKARTA1185	PSI: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (C) Officials from the U.S., New Zealand, Canadian, British and Japanese embassies in Jakarta joined Australian DCM and PolCouns for a joint demarche on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreig [...]	2007-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP XC
07JAKARTA1187	UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]	2007-04-27 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07JAKARTA122	NAMRU-2: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREED MOU TEXT [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held on January 9-10 a first round of technical negotiations toward a Memorandum of Understanding for the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Following on the Ambassador's initial presentation of the U.S. position to a more senior gr [...]	2007-01-16 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID
07JAKARTA1227	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIEDNSHIP SESSION II [...] (C) Summary: The last two days of Session II (March 26-30) of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timore Leste was a continued study in contrasts. Prominent Indonesian Generals, active and retired, postulated a description of events that at times almost seemed to mock the intent [...]	2007-05-01 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA1246	EMBASSY POSTPONES JULY JCET WITH KOPASSUS [...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible responses to reports that Tommy Suharto was feted at the 55th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) on DATE. Unless otherwise directed, Embassy intends to postpone indefinitely the Joint Combined Exercise Training [...]	2007-05-02 08:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1266	PAPUA GOVERNOR UPDATES CHARGE ON DEVELOPMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu told Charge on April 23 in Papua that he was making headway in his efforts to heal the rift between Papua and neighboring West Irian Jaya province and to implement his village-based development program. The two provinces' governors signed a miles [...]	2007-05-04 08:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA1276	INDONESIA HOSTS IPU ASSEMBLY AND PUTS THE [...] (C) Summary. On April 29, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono convened the 116th International Parliamentary Union Assembly in Bali, Indonesia. Parliamentarians from 126 of the 140 IPU member countries dispatched representatives to the Assembly, which ended May 4. The opening rema [...]	2007-05-07 04:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA1282	YUDHOYONO'S RESHUFFLED CABINET STRONGER ON GOOD [...] Summary. (U) On May 7, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made much-anticipated changes to his cabinet for the second time since assuming office in 2004. President Yudhoyono said the modifications would increase the cabinet's effectiveness and improve the ministers' ability to work cooperativ [...]	2007-05-07 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1293	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 27 [...] (C) SUMMARY: We hosted a trilateral counterterrorism (CT) meeting on April 27, with Australian and Japanese embassy counterparts. The three delegations agreed that Indonesian CT capacity had improved significantly, though the threat of terrorism would remain for the foreseeable future. Donor [...]	2007-05-08 06:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1306	THE GREENING OF SOCIETY: LOCAL SHARI'A LAWS SHOW [...] (C) Summary. Recent growth in local bylaws based on Islamic law (perda syariah) has been exponential, totaling at least 46 by early 2007. While many refer directly to shari'a and Islamic praxis, most bylaws address issues of morality, allowing their proponents to argue )- however disingenuou [...]	2007-05-09 05:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1319	INDONESIA SENDS AI SAMPLES TO JAPAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO AMED PREL ID
07JAKARTA1330	DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) Summary. Indonesia and Belarus have agreed to vote for each other in the first round of the May 17 UN Human Rights Council elections, according to a well-placed Department of Foreign Affairs contact. The GOI has already instructed its Mission in New York accordingly, despite demarches fr [...]	2007-05-11 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO BK ID
07JAKARTA1332	NEWMONT CASE: GOI TO APPEAL ACQUITTAL [...] Summary: (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) filed a Motion of Appeal on May 7 seeking a reversal of the April 24 acquittal of American citizen Richard Ness and Newmont Mining Corp. subsidiary PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) on all criminal pollution and regulatory permit charges. The Mana [...]	2007-05-11 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN CASC EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1349	REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT REGARDING [...] (C) We discussed reftel concerns with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for WMD issues in the Office of International Security and Disarmament in the Department of Foreign Affairs on May 14. We emphasized that it was incumbent upon all countries to uphold the sanctions imposed through UNSCR 173 [...]	2007-05-14 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IR ID
07JAKARTA138	2002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION [...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]	2007-01-17 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1405	PARLIAMENT VOTES TO INTERPELLATE PRESIDENT OVER [...] (U) Indonesia's controversial vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, which sanctioned Iran over its nuclear program, continues to dog President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) voting on May 14 to interpellate the president about Indonesia's position. Demonst [...]	2007-05-18 04:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA1424	Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...]	2007-05-21 07:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW
07JAKARTA1452	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...]	2007-05-23 07:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1475	COMMISSION OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: The May 2-5 hearings of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) primarily provided opportunities for a series of present and former Indonesian government officials to lay out their theses on the violence of the time. At no time did any official concede [...]	2007-05-24 11:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS TT ID
07JAKARTA1541	13 MARINES DETAINED AFTER EAST JAVA CLASH WITH [...] (C) Summary. On June 1, 13 marines suspected of involvement in the May 30 killing of four civilians in East Java were taken into naval military police custody. Vice President Jusuf Kalla issued an apology on behalf of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and said that "action must be taken ag [...]	2007-06-04 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1560	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE INDONESIAN-MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to the Indonesian town of Entikong on the border with Malaysia, we observed both diligent police interdiction against trafficking in persons as well as possible complicity in corruption by immigration officials. Interviews with Indonesian police and immigra [...]	2007-06-06 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1566	INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...]	2007-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1576	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: EAP A/S Christopher Hill emphasized the need for continued attention to human rights and reform of Indonesia's military during his meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono in Jakarta on May 29. Sudarsono provided examples of officers who had been punished for hum [...]	2007-06-07 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1577	FM WIRAJUDA STILL RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with A/S Christopher Hill on May 29, FM Wirajuda expressed continued reluctance to move forward on a Kosovo final status resolution, suggesting instead that the issue be linked to a timetable for eventual Serbian accession to the EU. On Iran, Wirajuda welcomed the re [...]	2007-06-07 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1580	A/S HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND KOSOVO WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, A/S Hill and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal discussed North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iran, Thailand, the Indonesian mud flow problem, the Newmont case, military cooperation, the Yudhoyono administration, and economic growth. Djalal said if the U.S. is [...]	2007-06-07 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ID KN LE PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1583	A/S HILL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. A/S Hill met on May 29 with parliamentarian Theo L. Sambuaga, chair of the committee responsible for foreign affairs. A/S Hill urged continued progress in improving Indonesia's investment climate and increasing transparency, which he said is crucial to U.S.-Indonesian relations. [...]	2007-06-08 02:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE BM IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1618	E.TIMOR'S PRESIDENT MAKES INDONESIA DESTINATION OF [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos-Horta's June 5 visit to Indonesia was "very, very positive," according to Timorese DCM Roberto Soares. He said that the two presidents discussed bilateral economic and political issues (including border demarcation),and agreed to extend the Commission on Tru [...]	2007-06-11 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS TT ID
07JAKARTA162	East Java NU Leader Mulling Q08 Governor Run [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Maschan Moesa, Chairman of the East Java Chapter of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),recently shared his future political and national NU leadership plans. Moesa expressed his concern over the increasing conservatism and scriptural literalism of East Java NU clerics and its possible im [...]	2007-01-19 07:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
07JAKARTA1625	A/S HILL MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT KALLA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill focused on economic issues in his May meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Hill praised Indonesia for its new investment law, but urged Indonesia to do more to attract foreign investment, as Vietnam is doing. Hill also raised the Newmon [...]	2007-06-12 05:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KTFN PREL PTER EINV ID
07JAKARTA1629	IRAN AND EAST JAVA MUDFLOW: DPR QUERIES YUDHOYONO) [...] (C) Summary. On the heels of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's refusal to appear personally before the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) in a June 5 query over Indonesia's vote in favor of UNSCR 1747, sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program, the DPR is now threatening to "interp [...]	2007-06-12 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UNSC IR ID ENRG EINV KISL
07JAKARTA1640	INDONESIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Dicky Komar, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DEPLU) Human Rights Directorate, and his assistant, Dicky Yunus. Komar, who joined the Directorate two weeks ago following a tour as Indonesia's economic expert at the UN, said that he had j [...]	2007-06-13 06:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA1647	(UN HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR'S VISIT) [...] (SBU) Summary. Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders, was given open access to human rights activists from across the country during her June 5-12 stops in Jakarta, Papua and Aceh. Jilani noted at the end of her visit that while the situatio [...]	2007-06-13 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1656	A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]	2007-06-14 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA167	INDONESIAN NEXT STEPS TO GPOI MILITARY PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Poloff and Defense Cooperation Office (ODC) head met with Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto on December 20 to discuss Indonesia's progress toward a program for training military peacekeepers. Susanto said the Department of Defense (DEPHAN) had the lead within the GOI on p [...]	2007-01-19 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS ID
07JAKARTA168	VISIT OF INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police Chief General Sutanto's January 22-25 visit to Washington provides an excellent opportunity to reiterate U.S. support for his efforts to develop a more professional, effective, and transparent police force and to express appreciation for his close coope [...]	2007-01-19 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS ID
07JAKARTA1697	RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE JULY JCET WITH TNI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission Country Team has determined there is insufficient time to complete human-rights vetting for the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) scheduled to begin July 23 with KOPASSUS, the Indonesian Special Forces. The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) will provide the necessary b [...]	2007-06-19 11:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1718	TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN [...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]	2007-06-21 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1726	NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM [...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...]	2007-06-22 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1733	INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]	2007-06-22 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07JAKARTA1734	SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Embassy Defense Cooperation and Political Officers met with Director General for Defense Strategy MG Dadi Susanto of the Indonesian Department of Defense (DEPHAN) and representatives of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) on May 14 to discuss the Navy's request to delay the FY2007 project in orde [...]	2007-06-22 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ID
07JAKARTA1757	PSI AND LAW OF THE SEA: DISCUSSION WITH HASYIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Charge discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Ambassador (ret.) Hasyim Djalal, Indonesia's foremost authority on maritime law. Djalal advises the GOI on martime matters and his views are widely acknowledged to be a major factor in the GOI's reluct [...]	2007-06-26 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL BEXP UNO ID
07JAKARTA1816	AMBASSADOR HUME'S COURTESY CALL ON FM WIRAJUDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 courtesy call on Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda as part of the process of presenting ambassadorial credentials, Ambassador Hume highlighted common interests of the two countries, pledged to strengthen the bilateral relationship and commended Indonesia for its pr [...]	2007-07-03 10:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1859	NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]	2007-07-09 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1871	GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]	2007-07-10 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1925	REP. FALEOMAVAEGA BRINGS PAPUANS TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: Despite being denied access to Papua during his July 3-6 visit to Indonesia, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega nevertheless succeeded in bringing together senior Papuan officials and civil society leaders in Jakarta for a dialogue on finding common ground to address the region's long-term ne [...]	2007-07-13 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID XB
07JAKARTA1934	POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 00:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1935	POSSIBLE ARREST OF FOUR INDONESIANS ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) Reports that the Indonesian National Police (INP) arrested four suspects over the weekend of July 14 ) 15 linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network remain unconfirmed by INP Counter-Terrorist units (CT). RSO Kevin Whitson, Consulate General Surabaya, received information that the [...]	2007-07-17 00:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA194	CENTRAL SULAWESI: POLICE ATTACK LASKAR MUJAHIDDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over 500 members Qthe Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided the Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) stronghold area of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict, Poso City, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 22, 2007, resulting at the latest count in 16 dead, 18 injured and 24 captured LM mem [...]	2007-01-23 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ID KISL KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT
07JAKARTA1962	REHABBING THE RADICALS? GOI OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. During their June 27-29 visit to Jakarta, S/P Principal Deputy Director Matthew Waxman and S/P member James Green met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) counterterrorism officials to discuss their methods of combating radicalism, and notably Indonesia's deradicalization program. [...]	2007-07-19 08:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1972	ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE MAKES STRIDES IN JAKARTA [...] (C) In what is shaping up to be a closer race for Jakarta governor than initially anticipated, former Jakarta Deputy Police Chief and PKS (the fastest growing Islamist party in Indonesia) candidate Adang Daradjatun has reportedly narrowed the gap on Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo, the coalition party [...]	2007-07-20 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1986	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MEETS GOI ON ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian legislators and senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) officials commented favorably on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP) initiative during July 18 meetings with William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council (NSC). Legislat [...]	2007-07-24 00:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ID KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
07JAKARTA1993	:INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...]	2007-07-24 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER
07JAKARTA2007	TIP REPORT'S POSITIVE IMPACT [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur contributed to this message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has prompted a positive reaction in Indonesia. Local governments have expressed greater willingness to improve protections for migrant workers. The GOI is [...]	2007-07-25 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KWMN PREL ID MY
07JAKARTA201	SBY FIRES BACK AT HIS OPPONENTS [...] (C) Summary. On January 15, Indonesian agitator par excellence Hariman Siregar organized a rally of approximately 1000 people to simultaneously protest the SBY administration and commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Malari incident (Note: The term refers to a historic student protest that [...]	2007-01-24 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2021	IN MESSAGE TO SBY, TWO KEY PARTIES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) On July 25, senior figures from Indonesia's two largest political parties, Golkar and PDI-P, held their second public meeting in little more than a month. The gatherings generated intense speculation about the possibility of a joint Golkar/PDI- ticket in the 2009 presidential election. W [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2033	BILATERAL DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS; HR VETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-Indonesia Bilateral Defense Discussions (USIBDD) in Honolulu July 18-20, USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) approved 132 military-to-military activities for FY2008, agreed on provision of U.S. GPOI assistance for the TNI's planned Peacekeeping Training [...]	2007-07-27 08:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2051	COURT FREES UP POLITICAL SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (C) In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court decided July 23 to allow independent candidates to contest sub-national elections. The decision stemmed from a judicial review of the provision of the 2004 Regional Autonomy Law that stipulated that candidates must be endorsed by political pa [...]	2007-07-30 09:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2072	EMBITTERED EX-OFFICIAL ATTACKS--AND PRESIDENT [...] (C) On July 31, Zaenal Ma'arif was formally relieved of his duties as a parliamentarian and Deputy Speaker, ending a seven-month saga that began when his Reform Star Party (PBR) recalled him from parliament in January (Ref A). President Yudhoyono had sealed Zaenal's fate when he signed a decl [...]	2007-08-01 10:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2101	POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...]	2007-08-03 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2121	JI CO-FOUNDER SUES INDONESIA'S KEY ANTI-TERROR UNIT [...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba,asyir, co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamyah, has filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88 (SD-88). The suit demands the disbanding of SD-88 on the grounds that the unit is anti-Muslim. The [...]	2007-08-06 09:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ID PGOV PHUM PTER
07JAKARTA2161	PSI: FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Mission is in the process of following up with relevant Indonesian officials to discuss the points provided ref a on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Pol/C plans to meet with Director for International Security and Disar [...]	2007-08-09 04:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHSA KTFN ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2166	ISLAMIC PARTY CANDIDATE LOSES, BUT HIS PARTY [...] (C) As reported, Vice Governor Fauzi Bowo defeated Islamic party candidate Adang Daradjatun on August 8 in Jakarta's first directly contested Governor's election. Despite the loss, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) seized on Adang's strong showing as evidence of the party's ascendance. Even [...]	2007-08-09 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2187	EXTREMIST GROUP PLANS HUGE RALLY IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir, an extremist group, is planning a huge rally in Jakarta on August 12. Many Islamic leaders have been invited to speak as have two GOI ministers. The police have reportedly told Abu Bakar Bashir, the JI co-founder, that he cannot speak at the event. Mission has [...]	2007-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR KCSY PTER ID
07JAKARTA2191	VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...]	2007-08-10 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN
07JAKARTA2202	EXTREMIST RALLY DRAWS HUGE CROWD, BUT MANY BIG [...] (C) A rally sponsored by the extremist Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) party on August 12 drew a huge crowd to a Jakarta stadium. Many of the promised big name speakers failed to turn up, however. POL/C expressed concern to officials of Muhammadiyah (one of the largest Islamic organizations i [...]	2007-08-13 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAO PTER ID
07JAKARTA2211	UN ENVOY GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSYG) Ibrahim Gambari visited Indonesia SIPDIS August 10 on a round of regional consultations re the UN SYG's good offices' mandate on Burma. He assured Ambassador Hume that Chinese and Russian officials would push the Burmese [...]	2007-08-14 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2218	REVIEW OF PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE POINTS [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C reviewed latest points concerning the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with key GOI maritime expert Ambassador Hasyim Djalal. Djalal underscored that further review by the GOI was necessary, elaborating that the Yudhoyono administration was concerned that an outright [...]	2007-08-14 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2228	MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN [...] (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group, is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an estimated 35 [...]	2007-08-15 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
07JAKARTA2229	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...]	2007-08-15 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2263	GOI ANNOUCES REMISSIONS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. As many as six convicted terrorists (none of them major figures) may be released in coming days as a result. For the second s [...]	2007-08-20 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2264	INDONESIA AGREES TO ASSIST THAILAND REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: Contacts have confirmed that the Thai government has sought GOI assistance regarding the conflict in southern Thailand. Thai military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin raised the matter during his August 8 visit to Jakarta. Leveraging its experience in ending ethnic conflict, gai [...]	2007-08-20 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ID TH
07JAKARTA2276	INDONESIAN MIDDLE EAST ENVOY PLANS ANOTHER IRAN [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request; Please see Para 4. 2. (C) On August 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Alwi Shihab, who served as Indonesia's foreign minister from 1999-2001 and is currently President Yudhoyono's Special Envoy to the Middle East. Special Envoy Shihab, who [...]	2007-08-21 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ID IR PARM PREL
07JAKARTA229	POSO REMAINS CALM AFTER POLICE RAID [...] (C) Summary. Poso, Central Sulawesi is currently calm several days following the raid by police and Detachment 88 of the Muslim militant stronghold of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict. Reaction from the local and national Muslim community has been muted although even moderate Muslim figures are gene [...]	2007-01-26 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PTER KJUS KPAO KISL
07JAKARTA2295	PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) Visiting ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney passed reftel nonpaper on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on August 14. Percaya remarked that DEPLU's thinking on PSI [...]	2007-08-22 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2296	PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]	2007-08-22 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2298	TORQUING UP PRESSURE ON GOI, LEGISLATURE EMBRACES [...] (C) Summary: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has created an oversight body to monitor the reconstruction and rehabilitation of affected areas, as well as the disbursement of compensation to victims of the East Java mudflow. A move by the DPR to query formally the President ove [...]	2007-08-22 10:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KISL EAID ID
07JAKARTA2299	PAPUANS PROTEST AUTONOMY FAILURES [...] (C) Summary: Papuan students have taken to the streets in peaceful protests, charging that the implementation of the province's Special Autonomy arrangement has failed. Student leaders have called for a referendum on Special Autonomy, a demand that is steadily gathering Papuan support, but wh [...]	2007-08-22 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL HUM ID
07JAKARTA2310	COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT AGAINST KEY GOI ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) Summary: A Jakarta Court dismissed on August 21 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's lawsuit seeking to disband the Indonesian National Police anti-terrorist strike-force, Special Detachment 88. Ba'asyir had claimed the unit acted in an anti-Muslim way and used torture. [...]	2007-08-23 08:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2311	MUNIR CASE: STUNNING REVELATIONS AT HEARING [...] (C) Summary: Witnesses and documentation presented in court August 22 implicated the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors still face an uphill battle in proving their case in the face of witnesses recanting previous statements [...]	2007-08-23 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2321	PM ABE VISIT AMPLIFIES POSITIVE TONE OF [...] (C) Summary: PM Shinzo Abe and President Yudhoyono signed an Economic Partnership Agreement and issued a Joint Statement on Climate Change during Abe's recent visit. Abe appealed unsuccessfully for Yudhoyono's open support of Japan's campaign for a permanent seat on the UNSC and its bid to s [...]	2007-08-24 07:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON UNSC ETRD ID JA
07JAKARTA2329	YOGYAKARTA IN A POST-SULTAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Sultan recently announced that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008. The decision has triggered a scramble to determine his successor, a process complicated by a law that recognizes the area's special status and the Sultan's preeminent role. Prospective laws on [...]	2007-08-24 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2339	FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750). PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and their [...]	2007-08-27 04:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2346	TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO [...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...]	2007-08-27 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2348	ISLAMIC LEADER DESIRES CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume on August 24 paid a courtesy call on Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest mass-Muslim organization. Syamsuddin emphasized his desire for continued dialogue with the USG and outlined his preferred "inclusive8 approach for dealing wi [...]	2007-08-27 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID TH RP
07JAKARTA2349	POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN [...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]	2007-08-27 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2354	PAPUA: NO CORROBORATION OF PURPORTED SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian newspaper has reported the murder of two Papuans in central Papua, purportedly by Indonesian security forces. Our contacts have so far failed to provide any credible evidence of police or military involvement in the slayings. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) The Sunday Age [...]	2007-08-28 06:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2365	ACEH GOVERNOR'S U.S. VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a joint Medan-Jakarta message. 2. (U) Summary: Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf will visit the United States September 9-26. The visit includes stops in multiple cities and meetings with a range of companies and government officials. In Washington, he will also meet with the World [...]	2007-08-28 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2374	KEY GROUP OF MUSLIM CLERICS TRENDS CONSERVATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's Islamic Clerics' Council (MUI) continues to make highly-publicized and intolerant edicts about "moral" issues, including a recent announcement by a regional council condemning a popular form of traditional music. While rejecting violence, MUI nonetheless categoricall [...]	2007-08-29 08:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2376	BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD [...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...]	2007-08-29 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2377	SBY REPLACES AILING HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) On August 28, President Yudhoyono appointed Central Java Governor Mardiyanto to replace Mohamad Ma'ruf as the Minister for Home Affairs. Mardiyanto was sworn in on August 29. Outgoing Minister Ma'ruf suffered a debilitating heart attack in late March, and SBY surprised many observers by [...]	2007-08-29 08:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2392	INDONESIA: DISCUSSIONS ON THE COMPLIMENTARY [...] (C) In response to Reftel A, Mission offers the following list of current and former senior GOI officials who have spoken publicly in support of democracy and the complementary nature of Islam and democracy. (Note: Nearly all prominent Indonesian officials, including President Yudhoyono, fit t [...]	2007-08-30 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2394	INDONESIA-MALAYSIA TIES GET THROWN IN KARATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The alleged beating of an Indonesian karate referee by Malaysian police has stoked demonstrations in Indonesia. The GOI has formally complained about the matter and Indonesian parliamentarians have lashed out at Malaysia. Coming on top of recent cases of alleged abuse of domesti [...]	2007-08-30 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID MY

07JAKARTA2405	NATIONALIST PDI-P PARTY TRIES TO STRENGTHEN ITS [...] (C) The Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) party's nascent Islamic wing, Baitul (House) Muslimin (HM),is just getting off the ground. PDI-P, led by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, is putting a lot of effort into building up the group. The grouping, which is closely linked [...]	2007-08-31 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2408	MUNIR: PROSECUTORS CONTINUE TO PRESSS HARD [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 hearing, prosecutors in the case of murdered human rights activist Munir presented testimony to refute a key witness who had recanted his statement to police. A forensic expert also confirmed the time that police say the alleged murderer, Pollycarpus, poisoned M [...]	2007-08-31 07:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2421	DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...]	2007-09-04 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM CACS ID
07JAKARTA2422	DAS MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF ADVISOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Scot Marciel's meeting with MG Djoko Sutrisno at the Department of Defense highlighted progress in the bilateral defense relationship, challenges of managing it and means of moving it forward. Discussion touched on assistance, exchanges and training, human rights account [...]	2007-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2431	PAPUA: REPORTED INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the Papuan human rights community report increasing threats and surveillance. While the threats are usually anonymous, Papuan activists believe they come from the Indonesian security services. Mission has no specific evidence that any individuals are in immediate da [...]	2007-09-04 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2442	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REVAMPS, AIMS FOR A FRESH [...] (C) Human rights activists say they are hopeful that the new members and new chair of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will pave the way for a more pro-active body. We understand that the new team will lobby for amendments to several of Indonesia's core human righ [...]	2007-09-05 06:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2446	SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON STATE SECRETARY: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on Minister of the State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, who serves as the gatekeeper for nearly every issue that goes before President Yudhoyono. The Minister emphasized his de [...]	2007-09-05 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ENRG PINR ID
07JAKARTA2464	MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE [...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...]	2007-09-06 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2468	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CHAIRMAN OF INDONESIA'S [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Hume's September 5 courtesy call on Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization, Muzadi spoke candidly about his concern over U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized NU's efforts to promote mainstream Islam. The Amb [...]	2007-09-06 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA247	RECREATING THE CALIPHATE: HIZBUT TAHRIR INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) spokesman Ismail Yusanto told us about his organization's ideology, structure and goals, most notably the re-establishment of an Islamic caliphate and imposition of Islamic law. HTI is a hard-line Islamist movement that, while ostensibly non-violen [...]	2007-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA2474	EYES ON THE PRIZE? THE SULTAN AND HIS POLITICAL [...] (C) When Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced earlier this year that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008, he triggered a flurry of speculation about his political plans. Many observers interpreted the Sultan's announcement as a signal that he intended to pursue either the presi [...]	2007-09-07 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2475	PUTIN VISIT -- ARMS, ENERGY AND MINING DEALS [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin visited Jakarta September 6. Russia and the GOI signed several bilateral agreements, including an arms deal worth $1 billion, investment projects in mining and energy worth $4 billion, and an MOU on fighting terrorism. Defense Minister Sudarsono comment [...]	2007-09-07 09:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV MASS PTER ID
07JAKARTA2476	POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT IN HANDLING CASCADE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have repeatedly shown restraint in dealing with large and sometimes volatile crowds in recent months. This trend suggests that the police--including the Mobile Brigade--are developing a level of professionalism that is increasingly in line with internationa [...]	2007-09-07 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA248	GOI GAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POSO ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several days the GOI has done better in publicly justifying its January 22 actions against armed militants in Poso and in gaining the support of some national Muslim leaders in bringing calm to the situation. In particular, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with Musl [...]	2007-01-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2497	REJECTING APPEAL, SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court publicly confirmed September 7 that it has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Amrozi bin Nurhasyim for his role in the terrorist attack in Bali in October 2002. His lawyers say they will appeal the decision despite the fact that all legal remed [...]	2007-09-10 08:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2500	PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT ON BURMA IN UNSC [...] (C) Summary: DCM emphasized reftel points on Burma with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Secretary General, September 7. Pol/C also underlined points at DEPLU office director level. GOI is committed not to praise in any way the regime's so-called "National Convention," but did not [...]	2007-09-10 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2504	STATUS OF INDONESIAN WORKERS REPORTEDLY IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director of Overseas Indonesian Workers Protection September 7, who gave us the names of 72 Indonesians reportedly working in Iraq, asking for consular access and t [...]	2007-09-10 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ID IZ
07JAKARTA2509	ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR FOR PRESIDENT? JI CO-FOUNDER [...] (C) Summary: Radical Muslim cleric and convicted terrorist conspirator Abu Bakar Ba'asyir reportedly plans to run for president in 2009. Rumors about a possible Ba'syir candidacy have circulated periodically since he was first released from prison in June 2006. Regardless of the veracity o [...]	2007-09-11 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2528	MILITARY PROMOTIONS HOLD MIXED IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia recently publicized its military promotion list for 2007. As in past years, the promotions and reassignments represent a cross-section of the Indonesian military, and are a reflection primarily of seniority. Six key appointments have mixed implications for U.S. policy: [...]	2007-09-12 03:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2539	IRAQI OFFICIAL GETS CORDIAL WELCOME, BUT NO SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a just concluded visit to Jakarta, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi made the rounds of high-level GOI officials as he sought Indonesian assistance in law enforcement and counter-terrorism. Abbawi also urged that Indonesia reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. The GOI gave Abbawi a cordial w [...]	2007-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID IZ
07JAKARTA2540	"I AM READY" -- MEGAWATI SAYS SHE IS RUNNING FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 10, former president Megawati announced her intent to run for the office again in 2009. Though the fundamental dynamics that fueled her resounding defeat in 2004 remain unchanged, Mission contacts believe the current dearth of attractive presidential candidates makes [...]	2007-09-12 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2556	INDONESIA'S SHIAS: A SMALL COMMUNITY UNDER SOME [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's low-profile Shia community is believed to be growing, but it is a very small minority in this Sunni-dominated country. Leaders of the only national Shia organization say many Shias hide their faith to avoid discrimination. Violence targeting Shias is rare, but there [...]	2007-09-13 07:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINS PINR PHUM ID IR
07JAKARTA2580	BUSINESSMEN TRAVELING WITH ACEH GOVERNOR ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. The deal was too good to be true. Two businessmen traveling with Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf's delegation to the U.S. were arrested September 11 in New York City after printing a $32 million check from a scam internet site and trying to cash it at Citibank in Manhattan. The two [...]	2007-09-14 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2585	PAPUAN TRIBE DEMANDS "COMPENSATION" FROM FREEPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan tribal activists recently demonstrated in support of their claim to land constituting part of Freeport's Grasberg mine. While the group is unlikely to secure a payoff from Freeport or disrupt the company's operations, the incident demonstrates the problems of poverty and u [...]	2007-09-14 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EMIN ID
07JAKARTA2597	CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: "BACK TO NORMAL" [...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: During Surabaya Principal Officer's recent trip to Central Sulawesi, interlocutors uniformly described the situation in Poso as "good" and "back to normal." Despite continuing concerns that hardliners from outside Poso could [...]	2007-09-17 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2598	CENTRAL SULAWESI - POSO: ECONOMIC RECOVERY KEY TO [...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) Summary: While interlocutors describe the current security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as "good," all agree that economic development is critical to Poso's stability. Extremists continue to eye Central Sulawesi's young and po [...]	2007-09-17 07:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID ID
07JAKARTA2604	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON: INDONESIA TO [...] (C) Pol/C met with Hari Purwanto, Director of the North American Office at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on September 17 to encourage an Indonesian contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). Pol/C noted that the United Nations had established a budget for the Spec [...]	2007-09-17 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC ID LE
07JAKARTA2605	IAEA: IRAN FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) Pol/C met September 17 with Hari Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to review reftel points. Pol/C emphasized the importance of a united front re Iran in order to halt its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. To achieve that go [...]	2007-09-17 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA2626	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: TO CONTINUE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 3. 2. (C) According to our Australian PSI contact, the Indonesian government plans to propose a one-day seminar to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other non-proliferation matters. The seminar, which the GOI would host, would be [...]	2007-09-18 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER ID
07JAKARTA2627	INDONESIANS DEMAND ACTION ON MIGRANT WORKER ABUSE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian activists and officials have reacted furiously to a cascade of apparent cases of abuse of Indonesian migrant workers. They are frustrated over seemingly interminable Malaysian court proceedings against [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA2629	GOI DENIES SBY HAS REFUSED PRESIDENT'S TEXAS [...] (C) The GOI disputes a local news report that Indonesian President Yudhoyono has declined President Bush's invitation for ASEAN leaders to visit Texas to commemorate 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations. At issue is an article in the September 11 edition of the English-language "Jakarta Post" to [...]	2007-09-18 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ID
07JAKARTA2641	INDONESIA RAMPS UP EFFORT TO PROTECT MIGRANT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Summary =-=-=-= 2. (C) Heightened concern over the trafficking of Indonesian workers abroad has sparked the GOI to play a newly aggressive role in the protection of victims. The media has spotlighted numerous cases of abuse of [...]	2007-09-19 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2648	CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...]	2007-09-19 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2658	AFTER LOSING FINAL APPEAL, ANOTHER BALI BOMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A source has confirmed to Poloff that the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of Imam Samudra, a co-conspirator in the October 2002 Bali bombings. Samudra joins Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, another Bali bomber, on death row. One other bomber's case is still und [...]	2007-09-20 06:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2660	HOPES DIM FOR RATIFICATION OF INDONESIA-SINGAPORE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Singapore. 2. (C) Summary: Indonesian officials see chances for ratification of the Indonesia-Singapore Defense Agreement as dimming, five months after its signature. Leading the charge, a key Indonesian legislator has urged the GOI to cancel [...]	2007-09-20 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2674	IMPLICATED IN CORRUPTION CASE, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A special unit within the Attorney General's office has reportedly implicated T.B. Silalahi--an influential adviser to President Yudhoyono--in an ongoing corruption investigation. According to media reports, Silalahi allegedly received a house from a contact. Silalahi has heat [...]	2007-09-21 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2679	INTEREST IN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recently briefed the GOI and a key figure in the Indonesian national legislature re the latest on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative. Interlocutors expressed great interest in the proposal, but were otherwise non-committal. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-09-21 07:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA268	HINDUS LAMENT "ISLAMIZATION" OF INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: Several prominent Hindu leaders of the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) told us the Hindu community faced increasing discrimination at the hands of a rapidly Islamizing Indonesian Muslim community and government. In a January 24 discussion, they claimed that the "Islamizati [...]	2007-02-01 02:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF ID
07JAKARTA2680	AMBASSADOR REASSURES MUNIR'S WIDOW SUCIWATI OF USG [...] (C) Summary: Suciwati, wife of murdered human rights activist Munir, called on the Ambassador September 20, expressing appreciation for U.S. support. The Ambassador emphasized to Suciwati how solving this case is of paramount importance to the USG and how we have expressed these views to th [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2681	PRESSING PARLIAMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C met September 21 with a key parliamentarian and briefed him on the situation in Burma. Pol/C urged that the national legislature take a stand against the Burmese regime, pressing the GOI to be more pro-active. Poloff then spoke with another parliamentarian--the head of th [...]	2007-09-21 08:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2688	"SLIPPERY SLOPE" FOR PRESS FREEDOM? -- COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision awarding former president Suharto USD 106 million in damages from Time Asia has drawn intense criticism. Critics have attacked the legal basis of the decision and warned of its potential impact on press freedom in Indonesia -- one M.P. told Pol/C t [...]	2007-09-24 04:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KPAO PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2693	LEGISLATORS PRESS GOI FOR ACTION ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Responding to Mission outreach, key legislators have urged the Indonesian government to adopt a leadership role regarding the situation in Burma. Theo Sambuaga--Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the DPR (national legislature)--issued a public statement in which he call [...]	2007-09-24 08:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2698	LABOR ACTIVIST CLAIMS POLICE PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An Indonesian labor leader--who was jailed, beaten and allegedly coerced into signing a criminal confession for leading a peaceful May 1 labor rally--told Labatt that he is now being threatened by a prosecutor with additional jail time if he pursues an appeal. This case illustr [...]	2007-09-24 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID
07JAKARTA2708	INDONESIAN POLICEMEN MURDERED IN NORTH MALUKU [...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed media reports state two Indonesian National Police (INP) officers were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Tenate, North Maluku Province. One officer was killed on September 22, and the other on September 24 in a suspected dispute between police and military. [...]	2007-09-25 09:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2723	SOROS' INTEREST IN ACEH SPARKS ANTI-SEMITIC [...] (SBU) Summary. A September 21 statement by Aceh Vice Governor Muhammad Nazar on American financier George Soros' possible plans to invest in palm oil plantations in Aceh sparked an anti-Semitic backlash among national Islamic political party leaders in Jakarta. The alleged plan-reportedly d [...]	2007-09-26 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2725	INDONESIA LOOKING AT TWO LARGE F-16 DEALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is actively pursuing two large orders for new U.S. F-16 planes and parts to refurbish its existing older models. The two deals, a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case and a commercial case, each involving several hundred million dollars, demonstrate that the Indonesian Ai [...]	2007-09-26 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2732	WEST KALIMANTAN: UNDERSCORING THE VITALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C spoke September 26 at a university in West Kalimantan on Borneo island, emphasizing the need for Indonesia to play an enhanced role supporting democracy and human rights, especially in Burma. West Kalimantan--a vast area with a fractious, multi-ethnic population--was focus [...]	2007-09-27 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2737	INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]	2007-09-27 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2748	CALL HIM NOTORIOUS -- EX-GENERAL RELOADS FOR [...] (C) Nearly three years after Indonesian voters delivered ex-General Wiranto a resounding electoral rebuke, the notorious human rights violator is trying to build the foundation for one more long-shot run at the presidency. Wiranto's political party has reportedly established some 400 branch o [...]	2007-09-28 07:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2753	CAUGHT IN THE ACT -- MEMBER OF JUDICIAL ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agents of a key anti-corruption body this week arrested a member of the Judicial Commission on ethics who had apparently just accepted a sizable bribe. The dramatic arrest--which netted substantial media coverage--is an acute embarassment to the Commission, which already has com [...]	2007-09-28 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA2755	PRESSING INDONESIA TO DO MORE TO ISOLATE BURMESE [...] (C) On September 28, CDA spoke to Imron Cotan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) SecGen (second-in-charge of the ministry). CDA expressed appreciation for FM Wirajuda's recent statement urging the regime to exercise restraint (reftel),as well as for the joint ASEAN statement issued on S [...]	2007-09-28 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2769	PAPUA ON LOW BOIL, BUT LITTLE SIGN OF A BLOW UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Jayapura, the capital of Papua, September 17-19. The province remains one of Indonesia's least developed regions and officials are frustrated at the slow pace of fund disbursement under the GOI's Special Autonomy plans. Worries about the role of the military pers [...]	2007-10-01 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2770	TWILIGHT OF THE MORAL VIGILANTES? -- ATTACKS BY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Despite a serious flare-up recently near Jakarta, incidents of hard-line Muslim vigilante groups "sweeping," e.g., closing down entertainment establishments during the fasting month of Ramadan, have dropp [...]	2007-10-01 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2772	INDONESIA -- RAMPING UP THE PRESSURE ON THE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continued a robust outreach campaign to press the Indonesian government and legislature for stronger action on Burma. Indonesian students and NGO activists continued to protest in front of the Bu [...]	2007-10-01 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2776	COUNT HIM IN -- JAKARTA GOVERNOR TAKES THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has formally entered the 2009 presidential hunt. Sutiyoso--who will step down after ten years as governor on October 7--removed what little doubt remained about his big-time ambitions with his long-anticipated announcement. According to Mission contact [...]	2007-10-02 06:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA278	INTERIM BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE EXPANDS [...] (U) Summary: An interim session of the annual U.S.-Indonesian Bilateral Defense Dialogue (BDD) in Jakarta on January 30-31 reached agreement on several important additions to the FY2007 agenda. Those included a multi-tiered set of exercises on humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) [...]	2007-02-01 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL ID
07JAKARTA2783	PAPUA: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO SWIRL AROUND HUGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with poloff, Freeport McMoran officials insist they are doing everything possible to address security and environmental concerns surrounding their massive mine in central Papua. The use of police instead of military for security around the mine has not yet res [...]	2007-10-02 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN SENV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2787	SPOTLIGHT ON ACCOUNTABILITY -- ACTIVISTS FLAG [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Human rights groups are concerned that a group of marines accused in the shooting deaths of four civilians in the so-called "Pasuruan incident" have been released from jail. They are calling for the cases to be hear [...]	2007-10-03 04:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2798	DUE TO INCIDENT IN DARFUR, INDONESIAN POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has been moving forward with plans to deploy a police contingent to Darfur. In light of the recent attack on African Union troops, however, the Indonesian police are communicating with their advance team now in the region. The Indonesian government will make a decision [...]	2007-10-03 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU UN ID
07JAKARTA2799	INDONESIA AND BURMA: PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Charge took our views on Burma directly to the Indonesian public in a television interview. Indonesian legislators, media and civil society continue to focus on Burma and to press the GOI for action. END SUMMARY [...]	2007-10-03 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2819	PAPUA -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TOWARD GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seeking GOI support for planned USG visits to Papua, poloff met October 4 with key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Papua contact. Poloff--more generally--also pressed for greater access for diplomats and foreign media. Contact responded that DEPLU was committed to greater [...]	2007-10-04 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2820	TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA WILL REVIEW [...] (C) In Mission's latest step to curb terrorist financing in coordination with the GOI, poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff informed him that three Saudi individuals will be recommended f [...]	2007-10-04 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA KTFN ID
07JAKARTA2821	BURMA -- MISSION MAKES POINTS, BUT INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Per Ref A, Charge urged a key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contact to support a formal UNSC meeting and a Presidential Statement (PRST) on Burma. Indonesia continues to prefer dealing with Burma in the UN Human Rights Council--not the UNSC--however. Without a very quic [...]	2007-10-04 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2825	MIGRANT WORKER INCIDENT SPARKS ANOTHER DUST-UP [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The alleged gang rape of an Indonesian national working in Malaysia has outraged Indonesians. Police have detained 10 of the suspects--including a police officer--and the victim is now being sheltered by Indonesian [...]	2007-10-05 04:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB SMIG PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2827	IRAQ -- GOI REQUESTS MORE HELP REGARDING WORKERS [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) has asked Labatt for USG assistance in helping 13 Indonesian maids depart Iraqi Kurdistan. DEPLU also thanked Embassy Baghdad for its assistance in gaining consular access to 72 [...]	2007-10-05 06:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ELAB IZ ID
07JAKARTA2828	EAST KALIMANTAN -- ENGAGING STUDENTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 2-4 visit to the resource-rich Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on Borneo island, Mission team held a wide-ranging dialogue with 70 students at a local university. Emboffs used the occasion to underscore the strength and vitality of U.S.-Indonesian relati [...]	2007-10-05 07:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2829	BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY -- As part of Mission's continued public outreach efforts, Charge will appear for a live television interview late October 5 focused on the Burmese situation. In other news, Pol/C thanked Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts for the GOI's support for a formal UNSC meetin [...]	2007-10-05 07:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM UNSC ID BM
07JAKARTA2843	INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...]	2007-10-09 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2846	INDONESIA/BURMA: IN REBUFF TO GOI, LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Escalating their response to the Burmese crackdown, Indonesian legislators have blocked the appointment of a new Indonesian envoy to Burma and put on hold agrement for Burma's new ambassador-designate to Indonesia. The move to block the two appointments may be temporary, but is [...]	2007-10-09 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2852	TRIALS KICK OFF FOR FORMER JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trials of seven defendants linked with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network have begun in Jakarta. Six were operatives of an important Java-based terror cell and the other played a key role in a 2005 Sulawesi bombing. All seven face charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The [...]	2007-10-10 06:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER PINR ID
07JAKARTA2854	BALI AIRPORT COMPLIANCE NOTICE DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) On October 10, 2007, A/DCM met with Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal and delivered Secretary Chertoff,s letter regarding the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finding of compliance with international security standards for Bali,s Ngurah Rai International Airport. [...]	2007-10-10 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2855	INDONESIA/BURMA -- ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REGION-WIDE [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesian civil society activists concerned about Burma met with Emboffs at the DCM's Residence, October 5. A/DCM and Pol/C reviewed USG Burma policy, underscoring our strong support for civil society efforts in favor [...]	2007-10-10 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM EAID PHUM
07JAKARTA2860	ACEH -- ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY ON SECURITY, HUMAN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff held a dialogue on human rights with activists in a former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) stronghold in Aceh, October 3. Poloff emphasized the USG's full support for Aceh's peaceful development under terms of the Hels [...]	2007-10-10 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2869	MUNIR CASE -- NEW CHARGES FURTHER IMPLICATE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Prosecutors have filed charges against two former employees of Garuda Airlines in the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir. The charges--which received widespread media play--further implicate the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 killing. Human rights [...]	2007-10-11 06:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2870	INDONESIA/BURMA -- PRESSING FOR ASEAN LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A demarche with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and also with Gudadi Bambang Sasongko, DEPLU's Deputy Director for East Asian-Pacific Affairs. Pol/C underscored that ASEAN members have a unique obligation [...]	2007-10-11 07:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2878	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- POLICE, MUSLIM GROUPS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--an important national group of Muslim religious leaders--last week urged the government to ban a little-known Islamic sect. Past edicts against groups labeled deviant have prompted [...]	2007-10-11 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2885	ACEH -- GOI REBUFFS MOVE TO REGISTER FREE ACEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a long-anticipated move, the GOI has refused to register the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) as a political party. The decision was based largely on the party's use of the Acehnese flag and GAM name. GAM officials blasted [...]	2007-10-12 03:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2886	GOI CONTINUES REVIEW OF PROPOSED ASIA-PACIFIC [...] (C) Mission has followed up with both the Indonesian President's Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) regarding the GOI's possible participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP). We reviewed with GOI contacts two aspects: possible Indonesian partic [...]	2007-10-12 03:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNGA ID
07JAKARTA2892	GOI--REACTING TO CONCERNS--ADJUSTS REMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to international concerns, the GOI has quietly adjusted its sentence remission policy for those convicted of terrorism-related offenses. Instead of applying the annual holiday-timeframe remissions policy for all prisoners indiscriminately, the GOI will take time to [...]	2007-10-12 06:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2893	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN NAVY CHIEF [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CDA recently discussed the proposed USG 1206 program placement of coastal radars in the Sulawesi Sea area with Hashim Jalal, an influential Indonesian expert on the Law of the Sea. Jalal explained that the top Indonesian [...]	2007-10-12 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA2901	INDONESIAN TIES WITH MALAYSIA FALL VICTIM TO [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The brief detention--on illegal immigration charges--of an Indonesian diplomat's wife based in Malaysia has sparked an uproar in Indonesia. Despite a formal apology, the Indonesian national legislature (DPR) has [...]	2007-10-15 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA2903	THE POLITICS OF RAMADAN IN INDONESIA -- THE GOOD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: October 13 marked the Muslim holiday of Idul Fitri--the end of Ramadan--and the Indonesian political spectrum celebrated in its inimitable fashion. On the positive side, they held multiple ceremonies to give money to the poor. On the negative side, a number of politicos--includ [...]	2007-10-15 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2904	INDONESIA/BURMA: GOI CONTINUES REVIEW OF ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials continue to study the proposed appointment of an ASEAN special envoy to Burma. Indonesia also sent an influential former general and senior diplomat to Rangoon for the funeral of former Burmese PM Soe Win and for meetings with regime and opposition figures, if [...]	2007-10-15 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2916	BOWING TO PRESSURE, GOI ANNOUNCES TOUGHER [...] (C) SUMMARY -- The GOI's formal revision of its criminal sentence remission policy has taken effect. The new regulation makes it more difficult for certain groups of convicts--notably terrorists--to receive the annual sentence reductions traditionally given to most prisoners in Indonesia. Th [...]	2007-10-16 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
07JAKARTA2917	BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT GAMBARI'S [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with GOI officials. They expressed full support for UN Special Envoy Gambari's efforts and said Indonesia is examining steps meant to facilitate his mission. As part of his SE Asia trip, [...]	2007-10-16 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA292	REQUEST APPROVAL TO TRAIN MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL [...] (U) This cable contains an urgent action request (see Para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Recent counterterrorism operations by Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Central Sulawesi highlight a deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. Specifically, the 2003 ban on using Inter [...]	2007-02-02 08:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV PINS KJUS KISL
07JAKARTA2921	IRAQ -- INDONESIAN WORKER BASED IN ARBIL REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Labatt received a long distance telephone call October 16 from an Indonesian maid allegedly trapped in debt bondage in Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. The worker said she and two other maids want to return to Indonesia. These [...]	2007-10-17 09:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ELAB IZ ID
07JAKARTA2923	COMING TO GRIPS WITH "THE YEAR OF LIVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events in the 1965-66 timeframe shook Indonesia to its core: faced with an attempted leftist takeover, the military launched a successful counter-coup. This was followed by widespread massacres as military and conservative Muslim elements killed an unknown number of alleged c [...]	2007-10-17 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA2929	BURMA -- FM WIRAJUDA MEETS GAMBARI; SBY RECEIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Visiting UN Special Envoy Gambari discussed the situation in Burma with Indonesian FM Wirajuda on October 18 and is slated to meet with President Yudhoyono later today. In a brief press conference, Gambari suggested incentives could help lead the Burmese leadership toward chang [...]	2007-10-18 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA293	PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCLES ON BURMA [...] (C) In a relatively rare moment of constructive assertiveness, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) chastised the government of Indonesia for abstaining on the UNSC Burma resolution vote (Ref C). On January 25th, the DPR's Commission I - the Commission for foreign policy and defense [...]	2007-02-02 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA2930	PAPUA -- TURBULENCE IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tribal clash October 16 left eight people dead in the highlands of central Papua in eastern Indonesia. Police reinforcements have rushed to the area, which is near U.S. company Freeport McMoRan's operations. There are differing versions of what sparked the fighting--which invo [...]	2007-10-18 11:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN ID
07JAKARTA2934	RESUMING ENGAGEMENT WITH KOPASSUS, THE ARMY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The time is right to resume gradual engagement with KOPASSUS, the Indonesian Army's elite Special Forces unit. The basis for engagement remains the Secretary's waiver of legislative restrictions on military SIPDIS cooperation with the GOI issued in November 2005, which opened [...]	2007-10-19 05:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ID
07JAKARTA2936	IN VICTORY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS, COURT UPHOLDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court recently upheld the right of a spouse to deny a husband's demand to take on additional wives. The court's ruling upheld a 1974 marriage law that allows polygamy, but restricts its practice. Efforts to tighten the restrictions further have so fa [...]	2007-10-19 06:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KWMN ID
07JAKARTA2939	GOI TO BALI BOMBERS -- MAKE CLEMENCY REQUEST OR [...] (C) SUMMARY -- The Indonesian Attorney General has given the three convicted Bali Bombers one month to request clemency from the President. If they don't--and the three have repeatedly said they won't, they face execution. If they make the clemency request, the process could drag on for some [...]	2007-10-19 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC PTER ID
07JAKARTA2953	INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT -- LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Supreme Court has made progress in implementing reforms designed to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the judiciary. The Court's potential remains unfulfilled, however, largely due its reluctance to tackle the issue of judicial accountability. While movin [...]	2007-10-22 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2956	BURMA -- INDONESIA LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, the Ambassador briefed Secretary General Cotan on the USG's expanded sanctions on SIPDIS Burma and urged the Indonesian government to maintain pressure on the Burmese regime. Indonesia remains frustrated with the lack of progress in Burma, but does not have a cl [...]	2007-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2958	UNGA -- URGING GOI SUPPORT ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Pol/C met Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, October 22, reviewing U.S. views on key UNGA Third Committee issues. Pol/C also reviewed the recent Troika discussions re Kosovo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) THIRD COMMITTEE: Pol/C met with Ramadansyah Hasan of DEPLU's Di [...]	2007-10-23 04:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID KV PHUM
07JAKARTA296	SEPARATIST CLASHES SPARK PANIC, HARDSHIP IN PAPUAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Two months of clashes between separatist guerrillas and police in Papua's Central Highlands has panicked villagers, causing them to abandon their farms and villages and resulting in reports of food shortages. Church sources place the number of displaced persons at about 2,000. [...]	2007-02-02 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
07JAKARTA2967	MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS PRESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah--have recently publicly criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East. In addition to the ritualistic criticism of the USG, the statements--made in advance of Palestinian leader Abbas, visit to J [...]	2007-10-23 11:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID XF
07JAKARTA2968	ABBAS VISIT -- INDONESIA SUPPORTS PEACE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas visited Jakarta October 21-23 for meetings with President Yudhoyono and other senior Indonesian officials. Abbas solicited Indonesian participation at the November peace conference in th [...]	2007-10-23 11:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID XF

07JAKARTA2974	CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...]	2007-10-24 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2980	BURMA -- FORMER GENERAL REVIEWS RECENT VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY -- On October 24, Lt. General (ret,d) Agus Widjojo reviewed with Pol/C his recent visit to Burma for an official funeral. Widjojo--serving as a special Indonesian envoy--said he had met several regime figures on the margins of the trip. Widjojo said he had urged the regime to wor [...]	2007-10-24 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2982	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- PRELIMINARY RESPONSE ON [...] (C) Per Ref A, we conveyed text of revised U.S. proposal for an Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Non-proliferation (Ref B) to Deputy Director for ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Affairs Aji Surya at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 24. Per guidance, we explained U.S. thinking o [...]	2007-10-24 10:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ARF ID
07JAKARTA2988	BURMA/ASEAN -- RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts. They said the GOI was under a great deal of pressure domestically not to treat upcoming ASEAN-related summits as "business as usual." That said, Indonesia and other member-states had not yet decide [...]	2007-10-25 09:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2989	UNGA -- PRESSING FOR A NO VOTE ON CUBAN EMBARGO [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with Trini Gunarti Sualang, Deputy Director of the North America Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),October 25. Pol/C stressed that Indonesia should vote against Cuba,s annual UNGA embargo-related resolution or--at the very least--abstain. Pol/ [...]	2007-10-25 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNGA ETRD UN CU ID
07JAKARTA2990	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relationship has reached an important phase. Both sides need to discuss how they see this relationship developing. The October 29-November 3 CHODS conference in Hawaii provides Admiral Keating with an ideal opportunity to engage Panglima [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2992	CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...]	2007-10-25 11:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2996	FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE ON THE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met former president B.J. Habibie on October 24. Habibie characterized the current political situation in Indonesia as "confused," expressed a desire to collaborate with the Mission on democracy promotion projects, and shared the details of his last conversation [...]	2007-10-26 06:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2998	INDONESIA FAULTS PILOT FOR GARUDA CRASH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Commission said pilot error caused the March 7, 2007 Garuda plane crash in Yogyakarta that killed 21. The report, issued on October 22, 2007, also faulted the airline's training practices, the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) supervision o [...]	2007-10-26 07:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3001	MUNIR UPDATE -- POLICE CONTINUE TO PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder case of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib is moving forward with ongoing police investigations and trials of new suspects. Human rights lawyer Usman Hamid continues to be upbeat about police efforts to pursue current and former Indonesian Intelligence Age [...]	2007-10-26 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3003	PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...]	2007-10-26 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV PINR ID
07JAKARTA3006	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA MIGHT ATTEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is thinking about sending a senior-level representative to participate in the upcoming Community of Democracies meeting in Bamako. Indonesia--at this point--seems disinclined to join the USG's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DepPo [...]	2007-10-26 10:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID ML
07JAKARTA3008	INDONESIA/TIMOR LESTE -- FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Commission on Truth and Friendship Timor-Leste (CTF) recently held its final workshop in Jakarta, prior to deliberating on its final report to be issued in early 2008. Indonesian human rights groups are generally skeptical about what will be in the final report. Some member [...]	2007-10-29 03:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM ID TT
07JAKARTA3015	PAPUA -- ACTIVIST DETAINED; MISSION EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian National Police (INP) have arrested a well-known Papuan human rights activist. The INP claims the activist--who is now in detention in Jakarta after being transferred from Papua--sent "defamatory messages." Pol/C has expressed concern about the case to the GOI. EN [...]	2007-10-29 07:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA3020	INDONESIA'S UNSC PRESIDENCY: PROCESS ABOVE ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is looking forward to assuming the UNSC presidency--a largely procedural position--in November. The GOI agenda is likely to be shaped by Jakarta's preference for consensus-driven multilateral approaches to foreign policy issues. On some key issues--including Iran and B [...]	2007-10-29 09:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID BM IR
07JAKARTA3033	IRAN -- SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on October 30 contacted Diego Alonso Garces of the Argentine Embassy in Jakarta to discuss the request for INTERPOL approval of Red Notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing of 1994. Garces confirmed that the Argentine Embassy had raised [...]	2007-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ID AR IR
07JAKARTA3041	PAPUA -- ACTIVIST STILL IN CUSTODY, DETAILS EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights activist Iwanggin Sabar Olif remains in police custody in Jakarta. His lawyers have visited him in custody and report that is in good condition. It is unclear what the police plan to do with him next. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FURTHER DETAILS RE ARREST [...]	2007-10-31 11:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA3042	INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT AL-QIYADAH FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Al-Qiyadah--a small Islamic sect labeled "deviant" by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--turned himself in to Jakarta police earlier this week. Police have largely managed to prevent vigilante attacks on sect members, despite intense pressure from local MUI branch [...]	2007-10-31 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3044	WAYS FORWARD ON THE BURMA ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dumont Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue offered ideas on moving the Burma situation forward, after discussions with leaders in the region, including Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda. Vatikiotis said it was important that ASEAN unanimously ratif [...]	2007-10-31 11:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3046	GUS DUR ON INDONESIA'S CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Abdurrachman Wahid (aka Gus Dur) underscored to Ambassador Hume that corruption was Indonesia's single biggest impediment to development. Looking and sounding more fragile than in recent memory, Gus Dur welcomed the Ambassador to Indonesia during the Ambassador's [...]	2007-11-01 09:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3047	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO [...] (U) Mission delivered demarche points ref a to Director for Public Diplomacy Umar Hadi and to Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Department of Foreign Relations on October 31 and November 1, respectively. Mission is in regular touch with Hadi on this issue and will conti [...]	2007-11-01 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM UNGA ID
07JAKARTA3058	WEST JAVA -- OUTREACH IN INDONESIA'S MOST POPULACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Bandung, the capital of West Java, October 31 - November 1. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, lively group of university students, who had many questions about U.S. policy in the Middle East [...]	2007-11-02 08:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID BM
07JAKARTA3062	HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI ON DETAINED PAPUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2 conversations with Indonesian government contacts, Pol/C forcefully underscored U.S. concern over the continued detention of Iwanggin--a well-known Papuan human rights activist--and the persecution of Al-Qiyadah, a small Islamic sect. The head of the National Human [...]	2007-11-02 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3063	IRAN -- IAEA REPORT; DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES [...] (U) This message responds to the following two demarche requests: UPCOMING IAEA REPORT 2. (C) Pol Unit Chief discussed ref a issues with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 2. He provided [...]	2007-11-02 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM IAEA EFIN KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA3065	POLITICAL ISLAM -- GAUGING HARD-LINE INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--are reportedly having success in mitigating the influence of hard-line radicals in their ranks. Muhammadiyah is probably the more susceptible of the two organizations to radical infiltratio [...]	2007-11-02 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3069	INDONESIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddiqie--in a meeting with DCM--styled himself a reformer, including in the area of civil liberties. He added, however, that--in his opinion--reform of Indonesia's court system would require at least another decade. Asshiddiqie expres [...]	2007-11-05 06:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL EAID ID
07JAKARTA3070	POLITICAL ISLAM -- MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS CONDEMN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An influential chapter of the group Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) has issued a statement condemning the idea that Muslims must work to create an Islamic "Caliphate." A contact told Pol/C that NU as a whole was moving toward [...]	2007-11-05 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3076	PAPUA -- MORE TRIBAL TURBULENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Timika--a major town in South-central Papua--was paralyzed November 3-4 as crowds barricaded and destroyed a police station. Police agreed to the crowd's demands and the situation is now tense but stable. The unrest forced alterations in the schedule of the Ambassador's Novembe [...]	2007-11-05 11:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3082	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission provided Under Secretary Dobriansky's letter to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 6. DEPLU contacts told Pol/C that the GOI would carefully review the invitation for the November 15 meeting on the proposed Asia Pacific Democracy Partnersh [...]	2007-11-06 05:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNGA ID ML
07JAKARTA3089	NORTH MALUKU -- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MIRED IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 3, North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia conducted its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. According to poloff who was on the scene, voting took place in a peaceful and orderly fashion despi [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3090	NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS -- JOINT USG-INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November 6 opening remarks to a USG-sponsored training workshop on nuclear export controls, Pol/C underscored the regional and global importance of effective nonproliferation safeguards. The Deputy Chair of the Indonesian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BAPATEN) reviewed Indones [...]	2007-11-06 12:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ENRG KNNP ID
07JAKARTA3097	INDONESIA -- GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) While understanding fully the historic importance of its mission and President Theodore Roosevelt's visionary role, Post recommends against a commemorative visit of the Great White Fleet to Indonesia for several reasons. First, Indonesia's colonial past and its policy of non-alignment sin [...]	2007-11-07 10:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS ID
07JAKARTA3101	HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI RE DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to monitor two key human rights cases. Based on Mission information, a Papuan human rights activist detained without formal charge since mid-October remains under detention. In the meantime, a Muslim sect remains under pressure, with the police placing more of [...]	2007-11-07 11:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3105	UNSC -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AND [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),November 8. Pol/C--noting ongoing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea--urged Indonesia to avoid commenting publicly on the substantive merits of any decisi [...]	2007-11-08 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID ER ET
07JAKARTA3109	COUNTER-TERRORISM -- PROSECUTORS PRESS CASE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested 20-year sentences for two alleged terrorists for a string of 2004-05 attacks in the Poso region of Sulawesi. Both men are being tried in Jakarta under the 2003 anti-terrorism law. Proc [...]	2007-11-08 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3117	MUNIR MURDER -- POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) for the first time has publicly acknowledged that it is being investigated by police for the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib. Meanwhile, trials for two suspects continue with witnesses revealing likely intelli [...]	2007-11-08 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3121	NORTH MALUKU -- ELECTION SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia continues to await final results from its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. The local electoral commission has announced that it will not release final results unt [...]	2007-11-09 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3127	PAPUANS SEEING STARS OVER RUSSIA-INDONESIA SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan politicians and civil society leaders have blasted the joint Russian-Indonesian space launch facility slated for construction on Biak Island off central Papua. While public protests against the project have yet to materialize, controversy over the issue is yet one more de [...]	2007-11-09 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV TSPA ECPS ID RS
07JAKARTA3128	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- CHANGE IN NAVY CHIEF COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Admiral Sumardjono has replaced Admiral Slamet Soebijanto as Indonesia's Naval Chief of Staff. Sumardjono--who had been serving as Indonesian Defense Department Inspector General--was sworn in by President Yudhoyono on November 7; the actual change of command will occur Nove [...]	2007-11-09 09:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL ID
07JAKARTA3129	JAYAPURA - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (U) RSO recently accompanied the Ambassador to Jayapura in the province of Papua. The principal reasons for the visit was to meet Government of Indonesia (GOI) Officials and to visit the mining operations of Freeport McMoRan in Timika and BP in Babo (REF A). During the visit, the RSO inquir [...]	2007-11-09 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA313	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...]	2007-02-06 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3143	CT UPDATE -- SBY TOUGH ON BALI BOMBERS; PATROL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counter-terrorism news, President Yudhoyono has asserted that he will not grant the three terrorists convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings clemency (should they request it). The three terrorists remain [...]	2007-11-13 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ID
07JAKARTA3145	INDONESIA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. CAUCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has moved quickly in recent months to invigorate its U.S. Caucus. Membership in the Caucus has swollen to over 50 representatives and contains some of the most influential members of the DPR, including the Speaker. Mission has supp [...]	2007-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3153	POLITICAL ISLAM -- KEY PARTY EYES NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamist-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) emerged as a political force in Indonesia by capturing eight percent of parliamentary seats in 2004. PKS campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but has thus far failed to deliver on its clean governance promise. A 55-per [...]	2007-11-14 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3155	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIA INCREASINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs that the GOI is increasingly interested in purchasing U.S. military equipment as it begins to rebuild its defense capabilities. Two prospective F-16 deals continue to move forward (ref a) and the Indonesian military is considering possible deals for other items. [...]	2007-11-14 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3159	COUNTERNARCOTICS: INDONESIAN POLICE--AIDED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian National Police (INP) drug task force--with intelligence assistance from the USG--raided a methamphetamine laboratory located on an Indonesian island near Singapore, October 20-21. The INP arrested two chemists from Taiwan and four Indonesian nationals. The total s [...]	2007-11-14 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA3160	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. Indonesia has a long history of tension between economic nationalists and those who welcome foreign investment. However, our contacts report no upsurge in resource nationalism-inspired actions. Indeed, the increase in resource nationalism described in ref A has benefited Indone [...]	2007-11-14 10:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3163	SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]	2007-11-15 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3166	MIDDLE EAST -- SPECIAL ENVOY REVIEWS GOI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13 Indonesian Special Envoy for Middle East issues Alwi Shihab told the DCM that Iran was increasingly confident that it could proceed with its nuclear program without serious international action. He also said Indonesia continued to look for ways to support Palestini [...]	2007-11-15 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF
07JAKARTA3173	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...]	2007-11-15 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA3174	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CONTINUED PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of a small Islamic sect--Al-Qiyadah--labeled deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that he has "repented" and returned to mainstream Islam. Police and the MUI continue to investigate Al-Qiyadah and other minority sects, and are actively pressuri [...]	2007-11-15 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA3180	NATIONAL LEGISLATURE FLEXES MUSCLES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national legislature (DPR) is pressing the GOI to explain several of its recent ambassadorial nominees. Legislators are--in particular--criticizing picks for Kuala Lumpur, London and New Delhi, asserting that they are either not competent or are corrupt. The Chair [...]	2007-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA3199	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...]	2007-11-19 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA32	DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. International Security Affairs Director Desra Percaya told us on January 5 that the GOI would neither vote against nor would likely co-sponsor our draft resolution on Burma. The Foreign Minister must decide whether they will abstain, vote in favor or choose to seek a Presidential [...]	2007-01-05 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA3201	ASEAN SUMMIT/BURMA -- INDONESIA MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials support allowing the Burmese regime to sign the ASEAN Charter during the upcoming Summit in Singapore. The GOI continues to support UN Envoy Gambari's mission and believes he could play a role in the East Asia Summit on November 21. The ASEAN Secretariat--w [...]	2007-11-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3204	IAEA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON NEED FOR FULL IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Albert Matondang, a senior official at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Security and Legal Affairs. On November 19, Pol/C also delivered points to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of For [...]	2007-11-20 04:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3214	SULAWESI -- RADICALISM ON THE WANE WITH POLICE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Sulawesi Island, poloff met with various GOI officials, including from the police. There was widespread agreement that radicalism in Sulawesi had been largely contained, while tensions betwee [...]	2007-11-20 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3223	INDONESIA REACTS TO REPORT ON JOURNALIST KILLINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian coroner's report released November 16 accuses the Indonesian Military (TNI) of deliberately "executing" five foreign journalists in East Timor in 1975. An Australian Embassy contact in Jakarta told Pol/C that he has reviewed the conclusions of the report with the [...]	2007-11-21 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	AU ID PGOV PHUM PREL TT
07JAKARTA3224	NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (KPU) has overturned the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia and suspended three members of the local electoral body (KPUD). The loca [...]	2007-11-21 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3230	UNGA -- PRESSING GOI ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),November 23. Pol/C firmly underscored to Andi Rachmianto--the Deputy Director of DEPLU's UN and International Security Affairs Office--that the annual cascade of Israel-related resolutions are thoroughly unbalan [...]	2007-11-23 06:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
07JAKARTA3236	NORTH MALUKU -- WINNER NAMED IN ELECTION; ETHNIC [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three days after overturning the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia, the National Electoral Commission (KPU) handed victory to opposition candidate Abdul Gafu [...]	2007-11-23 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3239	ASEAN SUMMIT/INDONESIA -- A MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore was generally positive, particularly in regard to the Charter and the Economic Blueprint. Reaction--particularly from legislators and the press--regarding the GOI's handling of Burma has been largely critical, [...]	2007-11-23 11:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3245	INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...]	2007-11-26 08:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID AS
07JAKARTA3249	INDONESIAN CIVIL AVIATION CHIEF TALKS REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14, 2007, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Budhi Suyitno emphasized the directorate's newest slogan, 3S plus 1C: safety, security, service and compliance. He told us DCGA's efforts will be comprehensive, focusing on improvements in [...]	2007-11-26 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3250	INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY DITCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--just held its annual conference in Jakarta. The party opted to scrap its presidential selection convention for 2009--a move that clearly benefits Vice President and Golkar Chair Jusuf Kalla--and pledged to support President Yudhoyono [...]	2007-11-26 10:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3256	INDONESIAN LABOR LEADERS TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3257	INDONESIAN LABOR LEADER TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. "Captain Jack Sparrow" of the Indonesian labor movement, Hanafi Rustandi, head of the Seafarers Union, carried out a daring foray into Iran October 7-11, in an attempt to secure medical treatment and freedom for an imprisoned Iranian labor leader, Mansour Osanloo. Nearly detained [...]	2007-11-27 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3259	WEST KALIMANTAN -- DAYAK UNSEATS INCUMBENT MALAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: An indigenous Dayak candidate upset the favored incumbent governor, a Malay, in local elections on November 15 in West Kalimantan Province. Indonesian Democratic Struggle Party (PDI-P) candidate Cornelius Kimha trounced incumbent Usman Jafar by a margin of 12 percent in a come-fr [...]	2007-11-27 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID
07JAKARTA326	MUSHARRAF AND YUDHOYONO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST CRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Indonesian and Pakistani sources in Jakarta provided a detailed readout of the discussion between Pakistani President Musharraf and Indonesian President Yudhoyono on January 31 in Jakarta, where Musharraf presented a plan for a summit, to be held in Saudia Arabia in March [...]	2007-02-07 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KPAL XF ID
07JAKARTA3262	U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- INDONESIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see para 14-15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has provided for U.S. comment a new proposed text of the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2). On balance, the text provides a constructive ba [...]	2007-11-28 03:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
07JAKARTA3273	CENTRAL JAVA -- OUTREACH IN KEY REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Semarang, the capital of Central Java, November 27-28. Pol/C--in a public outreach event--underscored the close links shared by the U.S. and Indonesia to a large, friendly group of university students. Pol/C met Central Java's Governor, who discussed the province' [...]	2007-11-29 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3276	INDONESIA RATIFIES SECURITY ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has ratified a security accord with Australia commonly referred to as the "Lombok Treaty." The treaty enhances security cooperation and consultations between the two countries on a range of issues, including defense technology, law e [...]	2007-11-29 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AS ID
07JAKARTA328	PPP TURNS TO CABINET FOR NEW PARTY CHAIR [...] (C) On February 3rd, the United Development Party (PPP) elected Suryadharma Ali as Party Chairman for the 2007-2012 term. Suryadharma, the Minister for Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, escaped the first round of voting with a narrow victory after receiving 365 of the 1181 overall [...]	2007-02-08 00:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3286	MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new party formed by defectors from former president Megawati's PDI-P party is gaining some traction. The party--which goes by the acronym PDP--could damage PDI-P's chances in the 2009 national elections. Megawati and company--concerned about the future of their party, which ha [...]	2007-11-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3287	MAJOR PARTY CHALLENGED BY SPLINTER GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3289	HOPPING MAD INDONESIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians regularly complain about Malaysia, but emotions have swirled to a new level over claims of infringement of Indonesia's most cherished resource--its culture. Accusing Malaysia of brazenly stealing a traditional East Javan dance, more than a 1,000 demonstrators clamor [...]	2007-11-30 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI ID MY
07JAKARTA3291	ISRAEL'S QUIET OUTREACH TO INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary. Israel's Ambassador to Singapore Ilan Ben-Dov met with Ambassador Hume on November 30 to discuss Israel's desire for more -- though quiet -- economic and political engagement with Indonesia. Ben-Dov was sponsored on a three-day trip to Jakarta by the Indonesian Chamber of Commer [...]	2007-11-30 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD ID IS
07JAKARTA3293	NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES AS ELECTION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has named an interim governor in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku. The move is designed to prevent a vacancy in the province's top position while a heated dispute over the r [...]	2007-11-30 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3297	BURMA -- LEGISLATORS ON ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian legislators told Pol/C that the GOI is urging speedy ratification of the ASEAN Charter. They predict that--despite concerns about Burma--the Charter will be ratified at some point next year. In the meantime, the national legislature (DPR) has approved the government' [...]	2007-12-03 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3306	IRAN -- REVIEWING U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Security Affairs and also with the North America Office. Mission also provided the points to Albert Matondang, a Deputy for international issues in the Coordinating Ministry for Politica [...]	2007-12-04 05:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3312	COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...]	2007-12-04 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3320	ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMPS UP ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a highly positive development, the Attorney General has removed dozens of prosecutors from their positions during his first six months on the job, many for allegedly accepting bribes. These aggressive moves are part of a larger program--which Mission has strongly supported--to [...]	2007-12-05 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EAID ID
07JAKARTA3325	POLITICAL ISLAM -- THE RISE AND FALL OF SHARI'A? [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The number of new Islamically-inspired laws being put on the books by Indonesian municipalities has declined sharply over the past two years. During a visit to key sites in Sumatra, poloffs discussed the situation wit [...]	2007-12-05 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID
07JAKARTA3326	LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...]	2007-12-05 10:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3331	ENGAGING A KEY POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The INL-funded DOJ ICITAP (police training) program is ready to begin to work with the Mobile Brigade in use of force, disaster relief, and critical-incident response. Mobile Brigade is a critical component of the police [...]	2007-12-06 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3334	IRAN -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. FINDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, the Indonesian government does not plan to react publicly at this point to recent U.S. intelligence findings about Iran's nuclear program. The GOI continues to support diplomatic engagement on outstanding nuclear issues. A legislator told us that he welc [...]	2007-12-06 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3335	NEW ARMED FORCES CHIEF: PROFESSIONAL, REFORMER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid some political jousting, Indonesia's legislature confirmed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso as the new Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces on December 5. Santoso--President Yudhoyono's nominee for the position--pledged to work to continue to professionalize the mili [...]	2007-12-06 10:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR ID
07JAKARTA3339	EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...]	2007-12-07 04:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU
07JAKARTA3343	UNGA PLENARY -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed points re upcoming UNGA human rights-related resolutions with GOI contacts. They did not make specific commitments, but noted that the Indonesian Mission in New York will have a great deal of influence on how the GOI ultimately votes. While Mission continues to r [...]	2007-12-07 08:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID BM BO IR KN
07JAKARTA3350	SULAWESI -- SMALL EXPLOSION MARKS LOCAL FESTIVAL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small explosion occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on December 5. There are no reports of casualties or serious damage and a local festival continues. The Provincial Police Chief stated to poloff that th [...]	2007-12-07 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3356	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Indonesian and Australian counterparts. A GOI contact said his government looked at the Indonesian-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to be held on December 12 in Jakarta as a serious opportunity to continue the discussion [...]	2007-12-10 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ID AS
07JAKARTA3358	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- DASD CLAD'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Clad discussed U.S.-Indonesia mil-mil cooperation and East Asian regional security with MinDef Sudarsono on December 5. Sudarsono said Indonesia wanted an effective but low-visibility security relationship with the United States. He said the GOI was focusing its air capaci [...]	2007-12-10 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID IN CH XE
07JAKARTA3362	CENTRAL JAVA -- KEYSTONE COPS MISTAKENLY SHOOT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bizarre incident, an Australian counterterrorism official became the target of gunfire while driving his vehicle in Central Java on November 25. He was not injured. Amid initial fears of a possible terrorist incident or maybe an attempted car-jacking, police now admit that [...]	2007-12-11 07:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3363	INDONESIA -- SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES BURMA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Kerry expressed concern about the Burmese situation in a meeting with President Yudhoyono on December 10. Yudhoyono noted that he was also concerned and had urged the regime to take needed steps, but ASEAN had limited influence and needed U.S. help to push China and Indi [...]	2007-12-11 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM CH IN
07JAKARTA3366	UN SECURITY COUNCIL -- SECURING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to extension of the mandates for the Multinational Force for Iraq, the Development Fund for Iraq, and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. Contacts promised to review the draft UNSCR text, and the Iraqi and USG le [...]	2007-12-11 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IZ UNSC
07JAKARTA3367	BURMA -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO RATIFY ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per Ref A, Mission continues to press key executive and legislative interlocutors--as well as prominent figures outside of government--regarding Burma and the ASEAN Charter. Our contacts generally agree that some members of the legislature are likely to voice strong, public criti [...]	2007-12-11 11:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3370	ETHNIC TENSIONS FLARE IN KALIMANTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tension between the Muslim Malay and Chinese communities has flared in West Kalimantan Province on Borneo Island. Members of the two communities have been pitted against each other in several recent instances. No one has been seriously injured and the GOI has worked to calm th [...]	2007-12-12 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
07JAKARTA3375	COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIA RACKS UP MORE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has handed down guilty verdicts to four more terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Central Sulawesi in 2004-06. The sentences were consistent with those handed out the previous week [...]	2007-12-12 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
07JAKARTA3377	IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- CONTINUING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A points with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on December 12. Pol/C underscored that while Iran may have halted its nuclear weapons design and development activities, it cont [...]	2007-12-12 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ID IR
07JAKARTA3378	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SOLDIERS, LEGISLATORS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December's corruption highlights: 15 soldiers have been convicted of involvement in illegal logging; parliament is investigating bribery allegations involving several members; more allegations of corruption have been levied against Tommy Suharto; and, controversy continues [...]	2007-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID

07JAKARTA3389	PAPUA -- MORE ON DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case of a detained Papuan human rights activist may be headed towards a resolution. December 18 will mark 60 days in custody for the activist--and the date by which authorities are legally expected to decide his fate. Police and prosecutors are reportedly divided, with some [...]	2007-12-13 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID

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