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| 00ATHENS1501 | GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...] |
2000-09-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR |
| 00HANOI1299 | VIETNAM'S BANK SYSTEM REFORM PLAN: TIME TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) THE IMF/WORLD BANK ENHANCED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FACILITY (ESAF) AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT CREDIT (SAC) AGREEMENTS FOR VIETNAM HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS DUE TO DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE PACE AND EXTENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM'S (GVN) ECONOMIC REFORMS IN THE AREAS OF [...] |
2000-06-14 00:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID VM FINREF SOE |
| 00HANOI1615 | AVERAGE VIETNAMESE COMMENT ON ECONOMIC CHANGE IN TWO POOR HANOI NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF HANOI ARE ATTRACTING LARGE NUMBERS OF "IMMIGRANTS" FROM DEPRESSED RURAL AREAS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE, THOUGH MISERABLY PAID BY U.S. STANDARDS, NEVERTHELESS PAY FAR MORE THAN THE PEASANT FARMS THEY LEAVE BEHIND. TO GET A FIRST HAND L [...] |
2000-07-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PREL ECON VM |
| 00HANOI2047 | MEETING WITH THICH THAI HOA [...] No summary [...] |
2000-09-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KPAO PREL PGOV VM UNGA HUMANR RELFREE |
| 00HANOI2557 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER BIN ON PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 22 CALLED ON MFA SENIOR VICE MINISTER BIN TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED VISIT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE AMBASSADOR BEGAN BY THANKING THE VIETNAMESE SIDE FOR ITS COOPERATION AND EXPRESSED THE PRESIDENT'S AND THE FIRST LADY'S SATISFACTION WITH THE [...] |
2000-11-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM |
| 00HANOI2560 | AMBASSADOR'S 11/22/00 MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER BIN: LY TONG INCIDENT [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING HIS PRESENTATION OF VIEWS REGARDING THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON (REFTEL), VICE MINISTER BIN EXPRESSED HIS AND HIS GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN OVER THE LY TONG INCIDENT WHICH THE AMBASSADOR HAD RAISED. BIN PICKED UP ON THE AMBASSADOR'S REFERENCE TO TONG AS A [...] |
2000-11-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM |
| 00HANOI2605 | ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY AMERICAN CITIZENS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) DURING RECENT WEEKS, CITIZENS/RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR ACTS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AND CHALLENGE THE CONTROL OF SOVEREIGN STATES -- VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA -- WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE GOAL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THE O [...] |
2000-11-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO CB VM CTERR |
| 00HARARE3504 | COUNTING PROCESS OF ELECTION VOTES IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) PER REFTEL CON, THE FOLLOWING IS THE COUNTING PROCESS FOR VOTES IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE TIME POLLS ARE CLOSED UNTIL THE RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED: -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER SEALS THE WOODEN BOX (ONLY ONE PER POLLING STATION) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST VOTE IS DEPOSITED. THE BOXES ARE SEALED WIT [...] |
2000-06-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ZI |
| 00KINSHASA8562 | CONGOLESE DELEGATION HOPES TO SEE NEW [...] (SBU) As reported (Ref), Presidential Cabinet Director Georges Buse phoned the Ambassador evening of December 26 to inform him that President Kabila had instructed him to lead a Congolese (DRC) government delegation to the US to hold discussions with the administration of President-elect Bush. [...] |
2000-12-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL |
| 00THEHAGUE1650 | THE DUTCH ON EU FOSSIL FUEL GRANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-02 12:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1802 | DUTCH MULLING KOSOVO AID NEEDS, FINALIZING [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF SR NL |
| 01ABUJA1000 | Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...] |
2001-05-04 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CJAN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA1364 | INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Abuja's submission for this year's International Religious Freedom Report. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: ------------------------- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ------------------------- THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OB [...] |
2001-06-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA1376 | INTERIM REPORT ON MAP WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is a brief interim report; comprehensive report to follow. ------------- State of play ------------- 2. (U) At the fifth session of the five-nation Steering Committee of the Millennium Partnership for African Recovery Programme (MAP) held at Pretoria in March it was agre [...] |
2001-06-15 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON NI SF AG OAU |
| 01ABUJA1383 | EUCOM BRIEFS DONORS AND ECOWAS ON ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Peter Chaveas addressed a meeting of Diplomatic Missions in Abuja interested in assisting ECOWAS in its peace-keeping and conflict resolution activities. Ambassador Chaveas briefed the representatives on EUCOM's three pillars for ECOWAS enga [...] |
2001-06-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1446 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO KEBBI STATE FOR OFR [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter met June 19 with Governor Mohammed Aleiro and the Emir of Gwandu, the second-ranking Northern traditional ruler, in the first trip to Kebbi State by an American Ambassador. Governor Aliero said he was pleased that Kebbi State had been chosen as a training site [...] |
2001-06-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA1533 | NIGERIA: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan DeWitt visited Abuja June 11 - 29 as part of an INL-funded U.S. Department of Justice Overseas Prosecution Development and Training (OPDAT) program to work with Nigeria,s fledgling Anti-Corruption Commission and design possible training assistance to this im [...] |
2001-07-02 05:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2106 | NIGERIA: POST RESPONSE TO IRF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [...] Mission strongly disagrees with some of the statements made in the draft IRF Executive Summary on Nigeria emailed to Post. In the interest of accuracy, we suggest replacing the text on pages 12 and 13 with the following: "While the violence of early 2000 was not repeated during the repor [...] |
2001-08-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2187 | REPATRIATION OF DETAINED ALIENS TO NIGERIA [...] Mission shares the concern of Washington agencies that criminal aliens be repatriated without undue delay to their country of nationality. We want to work jointly with all concerned agencies to facilitate and speed repatriation of Nigerian criminal aliens. 2. We would welcome the oppor [...] |
2001-09-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL CVIS CJAN SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2225 | NIGERIA: MISSION VIEWS REGARDING INS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) I want to take this opportunity to re-emphasize the Mission's support for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the GON, which would establish guidelines and a legal basis for a USG presence at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). At the same time, I also want to encourage I [...] |
2001-09-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CVIS KFRD SMIG SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2255 | NIGERIA: RIOTS IN JOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Riots broke out in central Jos afternoon of September 7. Deputy Governor Botmang imposed an 1800 to 0600 curfew, made a statewide broadcast calling for calm, and authorized the police to shoot looters and trouble-makers on sight. Botmang received permission from President Obasanj [...] |
2001-09-07 19:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS CVIS NI |
| 01ABUJA2258 | NIGERIA: RIOTS IN JOS ABATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: While rioting in Jos continued into a second straight day (Saturday), by mid-morning on Sunday, 9 September, AmCits and GON officials were reporting that order had been restored. A 1600 to 0700 curfew governs daily life until further notice, however. Embassy received word that [...] |
2001-09-09 18:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS CVIS NI |
| 01ABUJA2290 | VIOLENCE IN JOS RE-IGNITES, NIGERIA CALM ELSEWHERE [...] The violence in Jos, Plateau State, re-ignited September 12 after a lull of several days. As of mid-afternoon, gunfire had subsided and citizens were obeying a 4:00 p.m. curfew. Information obtained by Post regarding the causes of the flare-up varied dramatically, but it appears that there [...] |
2001-09-12 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS CASC KIRF PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2300 | NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER UPDATE ON OFR AND UNAMSIL [...] (SBU) Army Minister 14 September called PolMilOff on OFR and UNAMSIL issues discussed in recent weeks. Batagarawa stated that he had spoken with Comptroller General of Customs, who had agreed to give his clearance to the container carrying some OFR items from Ghana stuck at the land border. [...] |
2001-09-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2331 | NIGERIA: KEBBI GOVERNOR ON OFR AND TERRORIST [...] (SBU/NF) Alhaji Mohammed Aleiro, Governor of Kebbi State, 15 September returned PolMilOff's call from earlier in the week. PolMilOff noted that in the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, some press reports had indicated that there had been some celebrations of the attacks [...] |
2001-09-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PTER SL NI |
| 01ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA CLOSE TO CONCLUDING BILATERAL DEBT [...] No summary [...] |
2001-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2415 | NIGERIA ON ICAO RESOLUTION AND AVIATION INSURANCE [...] On September 20 and 21, Econoff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and separately to Chief Owodu, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Aviation. Ref C information was delivered Septembe [...] |
2001-09-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ATRN NI |
| 01ABUJA2416 | NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1333 [...] Reftel demarche was delivered September 20 to Central Bank Governor Joseph Sanusi and September 21 to Assistant Director M.K. Ibrahim of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Governor Sanusi, while unaware of the reporting requirements per UNSCR 1333, w [...] |
2001-09-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER NI |
| 01ABUJA2480 | U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuja, Nigeria ended with widespread appreciation for U.S. movement toward African WTO positions on agriculture, intellectual property, the environment, labor iss [...] |
2001-09-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO |
| 01ABUJA2494 | ECOWAS: DES DIARRA ON TERRORISM AND A FEW ECOWAS [...] (SBU) In the absence of ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ambassador Kouyate, CDA Andrews, accompanied by Political Counselor and PolMilOff, 27 September called on General Chieck Diarra, Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense and Security at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja. Andrew [...] |
2001-09-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY NI ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA2539 | ZAMFARA POLITICAL VIOLENCE: AT IT AGAIN [...] (U) APP and PDP supporters clashed violently in the streets of Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, following a PDP rally on October 4. Four persons died, 19 were critically injured and 74 were arrested. Both sides attacked property belonging to the leadership of the other party. APP members [...] |
2001-10-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA2542 | MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2669 | NIGERIA: IMF PROGRAM IS NECESSARY TO KEEP GON IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja supports continued IMF engagement with Nigeria despite the GON's failure to complete the current Stand-by Arrangement. We believe extending the current SBA through December followed by a new SBA is the best option. The extended program could emphasize restraints [...] |
2001-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON NI |
| 01ABUJA2670 | TFUS01: NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON EMIR OF ILORIN [...] (SBU) During a visit to the OFR P3 training site in Ilorin, Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by OSD/ISA Director Theresa Whalen, DATT and PolMilOff, called on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. Expressing his deep condolences for the September 11 attacks on the United States, the E [...] |
2001-10-18 20:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR PINR NI |
| 01ABUJA2701 | NIGERIA: KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING: AMBASSADOR, [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Ambassador discussed with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe security procedures at Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), the requirements that needed to be met before U.S. INS assistance can be reinstated at MMIA, the distribution to Nigerian air carriers o [...] |
2001-10-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC ECON BEXP NI |
| 01ABUJA2709 | DRAFT 2001 COUNTRY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-24 21:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KSEP NI PHUM |
| 01ABUJA2744 | NIGERIA: NDLEA USES PRESS CONFERENCE TO TOUT [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-26 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2989 | NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM), had won the Nig [...] |
2001-11-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA2990 | NIGERIA: ALLEGATIONS OF DOS CONTRACTOR FRAUD FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU/NF) A Pacific Architects and Engineers (PA&E) contract employee has alleged significant contract fraud on the part of PA&E contract employees in Nigeria. PA&E is the Department of State contractor for Operation Focus Relief logist [...] |
2001-11-28 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS ASEC NI |
| 01ABUJA3223 | WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-14 18:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3224 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM BENUE STATE GOVERNOR [...] What follows below is the text of a November 20 letter to the Ambassador received from Benue State Governor George Akume in reaction to the Embassy's press statment regarding events in Benue. Appreciation I write on behalf of the Government and the people of Benue State t [...] |
2001-12-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OPRC NI |
| 01ABUJA3270 | NIGERIA: NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA984 | KADUNA STATE MINERAL RESOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. (4) and (5). 2. (U) During a meeting with Ambassador Jeter on March 28, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi discussed at length his desire to bring in a U.S. company to exploit solid minerals in his state. He claimed that there were squatters [...] |
2001-05-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN BEXP ECON LY |
| 01HANOI1010 | VIETNAM - BURMA'S NEED TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS RAISED THE DIALOGUE WITH BURMA BEFORE, AND INTENDS TO DO SO AGAIN AT THE APRIL 30 ASEAN MINISTERIAL IN RANGOON, BUT "IN OUR OWN WAY." AN MFA OFFICER PRAISED THE "SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS" THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE TALKS ALREADY. OUR POINTS WILL BE PASSED TO FM NIEN, [...] |
2001-04-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KDEM BM VM ASEAN |
| 01HANOI1017 | VIETNAM - U.S. VOTE ON WORLD BANK'S PRSC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EMBASSY URGES WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) PROPOSAL TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BANK'S BOARD IN EARLY MAY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRSC, LIKE THE IMF'S POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRGF) CONSIDERED BY THE IMF BOARD [...] |
2001-04-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI1217 | A/S KELLY DISCUSSION WITH FM NIEN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 18, FOLLOWING ARF MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY MET WITH VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER NIEN AND TOOK THE OCCASION TO VOICE STRONG CONCERNS AT THE REPORTED ARREST ON MAY 17 OF OUTSPOKEN HUE-BASED CATHOLIC PRIEST NGUYEN VAN LY, AND THE REPORTED SUMMONS OF UN [...] |
2001-05-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI1245 | A/S KELLY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE DEPUTY FM BIN: REGIONAL ISSUES, BTA, U.S. ACTIVITIST GROUPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, FOLLOWING ARF SOM MEETINGS IN HANOI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY ENGAGED IN CORDIAL BUT FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DINH BIN ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE CONTINUITY OF U.S. POLICIES IN THE REGION AND U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS. BIN P [...] |
2001-05-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD VM HUMANR CTERR |
| 01HANOI1388 | EMBASSY REPRESENTATIONS ON ACTIONS AGAINST DISSIDENTS; WHAT DRIVES THE GVN? [...] (SBU) REFTEL PROVIDES LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON GVN ACTIONS AGAINST SENIOR MONKS OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). THE AMBASSADOR AND OTHER EMBASSY/CONGEN OFFICIALS HAVE WEIGHED IN AT VARIOUS LEVELS, URGING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION ORDER BE LIFTED FROM THICH QUA [...] |
2001-06-08 04:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI1497 | DONOR/GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM'S 10 YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 14, KICKING OFF A SERIES OF DONOR-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS, UNDP SPONSORED A `HIGH- LEVEL' CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS CONCLUDED IN APRIL. THE DOCUMENT, `THE 10 YEAR SOCIO-EC [...] |
2001-06-22 04:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL VM SOE FINREF CVR |
| 01HANOI2088 | STAFFDEL REES MEETINGS WITH SRV OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS AND MINORITY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOSEPH REES AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN GUNDERSON MET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GVN'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGION AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AUGUST 10, ACCOMPANIED BY [...] |
2001-08-27 06:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2109 | CODEL HOLLINGS' MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SENATOR ERNEST HOLLINGS (D-SC) LED A DELEGATION TO HANOI AUGUST 17-19, INCLUDING MRS. HOLLINGS; LILA HELM, STAFF DIRECTOR, APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE, COMMERCE AND THE JUDICIARY; BETTY PITTERMAN, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT; AND US ARMY ESCORT OFFICER COL. TIM PETERSON. IN [...] |
2001-08-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT VM |
| 01HANOI2197 | INTERROGATIONS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) REFORM ACTIVIST NGUYEN THANH GIANG CONFIRMED TO UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02197 01 OF 02 070126Z POLOFF ON SEPTEMBER 6 THAT POLICE HAD VISITED FELLOW ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM ON SEPTEMBER 5 AT THEIR HOMES. POLI [...] |
2001-09-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV VM HUMANR DPOL |
| 01HANOI2812 | PARTY OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) FOREIGN RELATIONS OFFICIAL, BUI THE GIANG, EMPHASIZED THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02812 260838Z POSITIVE IN THE US-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP IN AN OCTOBER 24 COURTESY CALL WITH CHARGE. HE PREDI [...] |
2001-10-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VM |
| 01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...] |
2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
| 01HANOI2924 | HOA HAO MONK THREATENING IMMOLATION [...] (SBU) ON NOVEMBER 8, CONGEN POLOFF CONTACTED TWO HOA HAO BUDDHIST ELDERS IN HCMC TO CONFIRM DETAILS OF A NOVEMBER 6 PRESS RELEASE BY A U.S.-BASED HOA HAO ORGANIZATION THAT A HOA HAO MONK WAS THREATENING SELF-IMMOLATION. POLOFF CALLED TRAN HUU DUYEN, A HOA HAO ELDER WHO WAS RELEASED FROM PRIS [...] |
2001-11-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2946 | VIETNAM RATES ASEAN MEETINGS "FULLY SUCCESSFUL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM WAS FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02946 130325Z RESULTS OF THE ASEAN SUMMIT, ASEAN+3, AND ASEAN+1 MEETINGS IN BRUNEI NOVEMBER 5-6. MFA OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT PM PHAN VAN KHAI TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN GETTING THE ST [...] |
2001-11-13 03:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VM ASEAN CTERR |
| 01HANOI2967 | VIETNAM-NORTH KOREA: RELATIONS CONTINUE TO THAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE SRV/DPRK JOINT ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MET IN PYONGYANG FROM OCTOBER 15-19 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE VIETNAM OPENED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH SOUTH KOREA IN 1992. WHILE PRESS REPORTS TOUTED THE MEETING AS "HERALDING A COMPLETE REVIVAL OF BILATERAL TR [...] |
2001-11-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD VM KN KS DPRK |
| 01HANOI2980 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS: WHAT'S UP? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE 1992 SRV CONSTITUTION REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC LIFE AND TO ADJUST THE ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH POSSIBLE MORE POWER TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA). EXPECTED APPROVAL OF AT LEAST SOME AMENDMENTS [...] |
2001-11-15 01:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI3054 | VIETNAM: PROGRESS ON REFORM UNDER WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VIETNAM IS GENERALLY MEETING ITS ECONOMIC REFORM OBLIGATIONS UNDER ITS WORLD BANK AND IMF POVERTY REDUCTION LOANS ACCORDING TO HANOI-BASED DONOR REPRESENTATIVES. VIETNAM'S MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS CURRENTLY ON TARGET ALTHOUGH AN EARLIER FAILURE TO AGREE ON CREDIT GROWTH [...] |
2001-11-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI3124 | SLOW BUT STEADY ARGENTINA-VIETNAM RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A RECENT VISIT BY ARGENTINA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE LIMITED ARGENTINA-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. THE VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES AND ALSO INCLUDED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENE [...] |
2001-11-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG VM AR CTERR |
| 01HANOI3290 | MFA REACTS TO SAN FRANCISCO "TERRORIST" INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MFA AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR NGUYEN XUAN PHONG URGED STRONG USG ACTION IN THE WAKE OF WHAT HE TERMED THE "TERRORIST INCIDENT" DIRECTED AGAINST DPM NGUYEN TAN DZUNG DURING HIS VISIT LAST WEEK TO SAN FRANCISCO. IN A DECEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DCM, PHONG STRESSED THAT THIS WOU [...] |
2001-12-20 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV VM CTERR |
| 01HANOI3294 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS CHINA: BOTH SIDES REAFFIRM FRIENDSHIP, CONDEMN TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) GENERAL SECRETARY, VISITED CHINA NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 4. THIS WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHINA SINCE BECOMING GENERAL SECRETARY LAST APRIL, AND WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO ASSUAGE ANY CHINESE FEARS THAT VIETNAM WAS MOVING "TOO CLOSE [...] |
2001-12-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CVR CTERR |
| 01HANOI686 | VIETNAM COMPLETES PRIOR ACTIONS FOR IMF/WORLD BANK STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPRESENTATIVES IN HANOI CONFIRM VIETNAM HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED PRIOR ACTIONS/CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE FUND'S PROPOSED POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY (PRDF) AND THE BANK'S POVERTY REDUCTION SUPPORT CREDIT (PRSC) FOR VIETNAM TO BE SUBMITT [...] |
2001-03-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PREL VM FINREF SOE |
| 01HANOI702 | MFA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHLANDERS IN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAMESE WORKERS IN AMERICAN SAMOA [...] SUMMARY: AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ASKED AMBASSADOR TO MEET AFTERNOON OF MARCH 26 TO RAISE VIETNAMESE CONCERNS ABOUT A GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CAMBODIA AND TO REITERATE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES TO REMOVE ALL VIETNAMESE WORKERS FROM AMERICAN SA [...] |
2001-03-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB CB VM |
| 01HANOI934 | FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES: INFORMATION SHARING WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET WITH LABOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS ON APRIL 18 TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DAEWOOSA CASE AND THOSE FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN THE U.S. THESE OFFICIALS APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS USG EFFORTS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] |
2001-04-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PREF VM LABOR |
| 01HARARE2710 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CONCERNING IFES [...] (SBU) AFTER THE DE FACTO EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (REFTEL), POST SENT THE FOLLOWING DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXPRESSING OUR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTS ITS CO [...] |
2001-09-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ZI |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1040 | BUDDHIST IMMOLATION IN DANANG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PARIS-BASED INFORMATION BUREAU OF THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV) AND SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES REPORTED THAT A UBCV LAY BUDDHIST SUPPORTER COMMITTED SUICIDE BY IMMOLATION IN DANANG ON SEPTEMBER 2 TO PROTEST REPRESSION OF THE BANNED UBCV. BUDDHIST OF [...] |
2001-09-05 09:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1083 | VISIT WITH DISSIDENT TRAN VAN KHUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 11 SEPTEMBER, CONGENOFF MADE AN UNANNOUNCED CALL AT THE RESIDENCE OF MR. TRAN VAN KHUE, THE CO-DRAFTER OF A REQUEST TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH A "PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION" TO HELP FIGHT CORRUPTION. KHUE AND SEVERAL OTHER PERSONS IN HANOI INVOLVED WITH THIS REQUEST [...] |
2001-09-20 00:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1266 | HOA HAO MONK COMES DOWN FROM THE TREE [...] (U) REFTEL REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 6, HOA HAO BUDDHIST MONK NAM LIEM, OF AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE MEKONG DELTA, HAD CLIMBED UP A TREE NEAR HIS PAGODA CARRYING A KNIFE AND A CONTAINER OF GASOLINE. HE WAS THREATENING TO IMMOLATE HIMSELF TO PROTEST LOCAL POLICE ENTERING HIS PAGODA AND MAINTAIN [...] |
2001-11-09 09:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1272 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS AVOID CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE [...] No summary [...] |
2001-11-13 08:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL PINR VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1304 | UPDATE ON HOA HAO MONK WHO CLIMBED THE TREE [...] (U) REF B REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 6, HOA HAO MONK NAM LIEM HAD CLIMBED A TREE IN THE COMPOUND AT HIS PAGODA IN THE MEKONG DELTA CARRYING A CAN OF GASOLINE AND A KNIFE AND THREATENING SUICIDE TO PROTEST LOCAL POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST HIM. REF A REPORTED THAT ON NOVEMBER 9, LIEM CAME DOWN FROM [...] |
2001-11-16 09:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1411 | PROTESTANTS WARNED NOT TO "CAUSE PROBLEMS" AT CHRISTMAS [...] (SBU) SEVERAL HCMC PROTESTANT "HOUSE CHURCH" LEADERS TOLD POLOFF ON DECEMBER 19, THAT LOCAL POLICE HAD CALLED THEM IN INDIVIDUALLY DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01411 211152Z 9, TO WARN THEM NOT TO USE CHRISTMAS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] |
2001-12-21 11:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY603 | UPDATE ON ARREST OF DISSIDENT CATHOLIC PRIEST AND THREATS TO BUDDHIST, HOA HAO DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AS REPORTED REFTEL, POLICE IN THUA-THIEN HUE PROVINCE ARRESTED FATHER LY ON MAY 17. VIETNAM NEWS MEDIA REPORTED THE ARREST, INCLUDING SOME FOOTAGE SHOWN ON A LOCAL PROVINCIAL NEWS CHANNEL. THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PARISHIONERS ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT THE [...] |
2001-05-18 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY632 | PROMINENT BUDDHIST MONK SETS DEADLINE IN SHOWDOWN WITH AUTHORITIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21, THICH QUANG DO SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN HANOI URGING THEM TO ISSUE A DOCUMENT ALLOWING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG TO RETURN TO HCMC. IN THE LETTER, DO SAID THAT IF THE DOCUMENT WAS NOT ISSUED BY JUNE 7, HE WOULD GO TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE (WHERE QUAN [...] |
2001-05-25 02:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY684 | TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN STANDOFF WITH BUDDHISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN HCMC AND HUE AS POLICE MAINTAINED TIGHT SURVEILLANCE OVER SEVERAL PAGODAS WHOSE RESIDENTS INCLUDE MONKS LOYAL TO THE BANNED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). UBCV MONKS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM HAD PLANNED TO CONGREGATE IN CENT [...] |
2001-06-07 09:28:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY688 | UPDATE ON ARREST OF FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A RELIABLE CATHOLIC SOURCE IN HCMC SAID THAT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY BEGAN A HUNGER STRIKE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 17. ON MAY 29 OR MAY 30, POLICE TRANSFERRED HIM FROM JAIL TO A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN HUE. FATHER LY REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS, BUT EVENTUA [...] |
2001-06-08 07:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY699 | BUDDHIST TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] SBU) SUMMARY: REFTELS REPORTED THE HOUSE ARREST OF UBCV BUDDHIST THICH QUANG DO AFTER HE CALLED FOR UBCV BUDDHISTS TO TRAVEL UNAUTHORIZED TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON JUNE 7 WITH THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG FROM CONFINEMENT IN QUANG NGAI TO HCMC. AS MANY AS 100 BUDD [...] |
2001-06-11 03:20:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY734 | UPDATE ON CONTINUING BUDDHIST TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 7, ABOUT 100 MONKS, NUNS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE OUTLAWED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV) ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL TO QUANG NGAI PROVINCE TO MEET WITH UBCV SUPREME PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG AND TAKE HIM TO HCMC. POLICE IN HUE HAD WARNED THEM NOT TO GO, AND MOST OF [...] |
2001-06-15 09:03:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY754 | VIETNAM'S CATHOLIC CO-REDEMPTRIX ORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 23, POLOFF VISITED WITH PRIESTS OF THE VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC ORDER OF CO- REDEMPTION IN HCMC. ALTHOUGH ONLY TWO OF ITS MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY IN PRISON, THE ORDER HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST PERSECUTED OF VIETNAM'S RELIGIOUS GROUPS SINCE 1975. IT STILL OPERATES AN "UNDERGROUN [...] |
2001-06-20 02:22:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01LIMA5083 | SUPREME COURT INDICTS FUJIMORI [...] (U) SUPREME COURT JUDGE JOSE LECAROS INDICTED FORMER PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI SEPTEMBER 13 FOR HIS ALLEGED COMPLICITY IN THE BARRIOS ALTOS (1991) AND LA CANTUTA (1992) KILLINGS AS WELL AS THE 1997 MURDER OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AGENT MARIELLA BARRETO. BEGINNING THE INVESTIGATIVE ( [...] |
2001-09-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PE |
| 01VATICAN1615 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] (U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES POTUS RECIPE FOR KOREA - VATICAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS PAPAL VISIT TO ATHENS - PAPAL SUPPORT FOR ARAB CHRISTIANS - VATICAN ADMITS NUNS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS ----------------- [...] |
2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN2459 | THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...] |
2001-05-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN2955 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...] |
2001-06-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU |
| 01VATICAN3027 | CARDINAL PROTESTS G8, SEEKS [...] (U) THIS IS A REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE, PLEASE SEE PARA FOUR. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03027 060848Z 2. (U) CARDINAL DIONIGI TETTAMANZI OF THE GENOA ARCHDIOCESE IS PLANNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE G8 SUMMIT IN GENOA TO PROMOTE THE VATICAN'S VISION OF [...] |
2001-06-06 08:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PREL PHUM PGOV VT |
| 01VATICAN3552 | USG/VATICAN PROJECTS FOR POTUS POPE MEETING [...] (U) THIS IS A RESPONSE TO REFTELCON REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE USG'S AND EMBASSY VATICAN'S TRACK RECORD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03552 051341Z OF SUPPORT FOR VATICAN-BACKED PROJECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO AND CARITAS. WE UNDERSTAND [...] |
2001-07-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV VT |
| 01VATICAN4202 | VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR [...] (U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERSONS" GROUP OF ADVISORS, SAID THE WCAR MUST BE AWARE OF THE MODERN MANIFESTATIONS OF INEQUALITY. FOLLOWING THE ROUND TABLE TALKS AT THE GENEVA OFFICES OF THE U [...] |
2001-08-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI VT |
| 02ABUJA110 | MOB SETS POLICE POST ABLAZE - ABUJA [...] (U) Summary: On 6 January 2002, a police post located at Apo Village, located approximately 10 kilometers from the Embassy, within the capital city of Abuja was set ablaze by a protesting mob. 2. (U) Details: The local news reported that the mob, numbering approximately 2,000, besiege [...] |
2002-01-15 16:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ALOW |
| 02ABUJA1163 | NIGERIA: GON IMPLEMENTS PROTECTIONIST TARIFF [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On March 6, the Government of Nigeria (GON) approved extensive, apparently politically-motivated tariff amendments largely designed to protect domestic special interests, particularly in agriculture and the processed food sector. Most domestic manufacturers saw [...] |
2002-04-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1171 | ANTI-U.S. DEMONSTRATION IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) Summary: On 12 April 2002, a peaceful anti-American demonstration took place in Abuja following Friday afternoon Jumaat prayers. A group of approximately 1,000 - 2,000 protestors marched throughout central Abuja waiving placards and banners that denounced U.S. support for Israel. The [...] |
2002-04-15 11:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ALOW |
| 02ABUJA122 | NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST), the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...] |
2002-01-16 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI |
| 02ABUJA1327 | NIGERIA: A LOOK AT THE EDO STATE TIP PROBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2002-04-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN NI IT |
| 02ABUJA1404 | NIGERIA: OPERATION AVID RECOVERY MADE A DIFFERENCE [...] (U) I want to express my profound gratitude to our colleagues at EUCOM, the NSC, USAID and State (AF and PM) for their exceptional support for U.S. relief operations in Nigeria since January 27th this year. 2. (SBU) As all of you know, the catastrophic explosions that devastated the Ikej [...] |
2002-05-06 17:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS EAID PINS MARR MOPS NI |
| 02ABUJA1467 | INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROVES POLICE REFORM PROJECT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1592 | NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT EXPEDITES EXTRADITION CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1728 | 2002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-07 17:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM NI |
| 02ABUJA2508 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and include Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment, Finance, African Integration and Energy (Presidential Advisor Rilwanu Lukman). Nigerian contacts [...] |
2002-08-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD |
| 02ABUJA2565 | ECOWAS: LIBERIA CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) I managed to reach ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas before he left Sweden on August 31. Chambas will be traveling in Europe for the rest of this week and returns to Abuja over the weekend. 2. (SBU) The Executive Secretary confirms that ECOWAS is proposing a meeting of th [...] |
2002-09-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XY LI ECOWAS UN |
| 02ABUJA2567 | NIGERIA'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM: STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ECPS ENRG PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2768 | NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...] |
2002-09-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2809 | NIGERIA: RENEWED VIOLENCE IN EASTERN PLATEAU STATE [...] (SBU) At approximately 16:00 on October 8, Conoff received a report from an AmCit in Jos of ethnic fighting in eastern Plateau State. According to the AmCit, the fighting that had flared a few days ago in the Local Government Areas (LGAs)of Langtang and Pankshin had rekindled with greater inten [...] |
2002-10-09 06:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC CASC NI |
| 02ABUJA2865 | NIGERIA: 2002 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA2986 | NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION [...] In addition to reftel's report card, Post wishes to provide the following information on Nigeria's drug control efforts. 2. Major Traffickers: The initial report card submitted by Post (reftel) should be revised to show that Nigeria has arrested and is prosecuting at least one major tra [...] |
2002-11-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA3014 | NIGERIA: DESPITE UNTAPPED DAM, GOMBE STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 4-6 visit to Gombe State, Ambassador Jeter surveyed Gombe's power, water, education and health sectors with Gombe State officials, in the course of a second Ambassadorial foray to the Northeast. With its agricultural potential and good hydroelectric promise, N [...] |
2002-11-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG NI |
| 02ABUJA304 | NIGERIA: GON ASSISTANCE REQUEST IN WAKE OF LAGOS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador Jeter offered condolences to Minister of Defense Danjuma for the loss of life and property following explosions at the Ikeja Cantonment. Danjuma, giving his assessment after a visit to the site [...] |
2002-01-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS EAID PREF SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3100 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL PEER REVIEW ENDORSED AT NEPAD'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a NEPAD Head of State Implementation Committee (HSIC) meeting November 3. Nigeria's NEPAD coordinator, Ambassador Aluko-Olokun, briefed Abuja-resident G-8 diplomats November 4, that the HSIC endorsed voluntary peer review as "critical [...] |
2002-11-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV XA NI |
| 02ABUJA3101 | NIGERIA: "VOLUNTARY" CAP ON INTEREST RATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Most bankers see the October Bankers Committee "voluntary" agreement to cap interest rates at 22.5 percent as neither sustainable nor truly voluntary. Some industry insiders view the move as politically motivated. The Central Bank and the Bankers Committee endorsed the ceilin [...] |
2002-11-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3138 | FATF UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES ON LEGISLATION [...] Ambassador Jeter and RNLEO called on Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chidubom Nwuche (PDP-Rivers State) November 15 to underscore the need for money laundering legislation prior to a December 15 deadline imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 9-11 meeti [...] |
2002-11-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA3185 | NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA32 | NIGERIA: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN KADUNA [...] (U) On January 3, a man recently convicted of the July 2000 murder of a woman and her two children by a Shari'a court in Katsina was hanged in Kaduna. The man, Sani Yakubu Rodi, became the first person to be executed under the criminal Shari'a system. Although the Shari'a Court had determin [...] |
2002-01-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3311 | NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE -- NEW HOPE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA3314 | NIGERIA: LAWS ENACTED BEFORE FATF DEADLINE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA3331 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW S. NATSIOS VISIT [...] (U) Mr. Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, visited Abuja, Nigeria, from November 18-21, 2002. Mr. Natsios was accompanied by Ms. Kate Almquist, Special Assistant and Mr. Greg Loos, Education Team Leader, EGAT. The purpose of the Administrator's visit to Nigeria was to attend the Global Educat [...] |
2002-12-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID |
| 02ABUJA3345 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP DECEMBER 19 [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ECPS NI |
| 02ABUJA3353 | NIGERIA/POLICE REFORM: FIRST QUARTER REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA358 | NIGERIA: ITALY PROVIDES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On January 10, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, presided over a ceremony to mark the formal delivery of USD 2.5 million worth of equipment to the Nigerian Police Force and Immigration Service for the fight against Trafficking in Persons. In the last year, Italy, the la [...] |
2002-02-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EAID PHUM PGOV IT NI |
| 02ABUJA462 | NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 02ABUJA496 | PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN |
| 02ABUJA596 | NIGERIA: FY2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA729 | NIGERIA: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SWORN IN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA820 | NIGERIA: ITALY DEPORTS 152 TIP VICTIMS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM IT NI |
| 02ABUJA830 | NIGERIA: INITIAL TAKE ON NEW POLICE CHIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV ASEC SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA857 | NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is Post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. PARA 23 -- OVERVIEW ------------------- A AND B. IS THE COUNTRY A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TRANSIT OR DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKED MEN, WOM [...] |
2002-03-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM NI |
| 02ADANA417 | OHAL MENTALITY, IF NOT NAME, PERSISTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the GOT lifted the State of Emergency in the Southeast (OHAL) November 30, vestiges of OHAL rule and a siege mentality among security personnel persist. Kurds in the region continue to wait for implementation of promised cultural freedoms, including the right to teach [...] |
2002-12-18 09:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 02AMMAN2363 | JORDAN QIZ UPDATE APRIL 2002 [...] (sbu) QIZ exporters and park managers are cautiously optimistic for a strong 2002 export season. Production is steady throughout the QIZ's, orders are on the rise, and new investment interest is beginning to trickle in once more. With the apparent passing of the immediate crisis in the West [...] |
2002-05-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB JO |
| 02AMMAN2648 | JORDAN: IMF MISSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) The IMF mission is leaving Amman for Washington Thursday (May 23) evening. According to a mission member, they are taking with them a draft "letter of intent" for a new 2-year stand-by program. The letter, however, contains some "empty paragraphs" that need to be filled in by the Jor [...] |
2002-05-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN2652 | JORDAN--FTA ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 5. 2. (SBU) Jordan has made some progress in strengthening its environmental regulatory structure since signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. in October 2000. Specifically, seven new environmental by-laws, drafted by the General Corporati [...] |
2002-05-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD JO PREL SENV |
| 02AMMAN2706 | MICROSOFT EXPANDS INVESTMENT IN JORDAN [...] (U) Estarta Solutions, the result of a merger between two prominent and well-established Jordanian IT companies, represents a significant expansion of Microsoft's investment and presence in Jordan. The new company bills itself as an international IT solutions company and consultant specializ [...] |
2002-05-28 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN2819 | JORDAN ASKS FOR VIEWS ON FTA MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Majed Hammoudeh, the director of the Foreign Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), called to broach the subject of bilateral meetings foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement. ------------------------- Rules of Origin Committee ------------------------- [...] |
2002-05-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN3010 | JORDAN: TREASURY QUESTIONS ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (sbu) In a conversation with Econ Chief, Malakh Ghanem, a senior official in the Central Bank of Jordan banking supervision department (effectively the deputy), and her staff provided orally the following answers to the questions in reftel. The CBJ's answers were developed in consultation w [...] |
2002-06-09 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS JO |
| 02AMMAN3082 | PROGRESS ON JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) The GOJ is moving forward with the privatization of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), Jordan's largest company and the largest, single exporter, with plans to sell a substantial chunk of the firm to a Canadian company. If successful, the transaction could bring in up to USD70 [...] |
2002-06-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EMIN JO |
| 02AMMAN3394 | SYRIAN SOFT DRINKS SWAMP U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) The local subsidiaries of Pepsi and Coca Cola say that their soft drink sales are off by up to 40 percent from 2001 due to a new bilateral trade agreement between Jordan and Syria that has led to an influx of Syrian soft drink products concurrent with the continuing boycott of American [...] |
2002-06-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP JO |
| 02AMMAN3641 | AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM [...] (u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day program in the Special Economic Zone to tout improved port services and to sell the Aqaba International Industrial Estate as an investment option. Participants were pleased with [...] |
2002-07-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3648 | SURF'S UP: THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) While anecdotal evidence suggests that a nationwide boycott of American products has waned for the time being, support at the street level remains strong. Despite GOJ efforts in various fora to discourage the action, boycotters seem to be determined to make a statement by rejecting what [...] |
2002-07-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN3662 | JORDAN: OES-FUNDED CORAL REEFS SYMPOSIUM BRIDGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent international symposium on coral reefs monitoring, partly funded through an OES grant, brought together scientists from Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Iran, among others, to share data and experiences. Despite a tense political climate in th [...] |
2002-07-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ECON JO MEPN |
| 02AMMAN3916 | JORDANIAN YOUTH UNCONVINCED ABOUT THE WAR ON [...] The following cable is a report prepared by a foreign service national and based on extensive contacts in the student community. ------- Summary ------- 2. Through the eyes of most Jordanian young adults, America's war on terrorism is a war on Islam and the Arabs. America's support fo [...] |
2002-07-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN4086 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...] |
2002-07-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4213 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GI'S IN WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Trade Ministry Secretary General Samer Tawil on July 25. Tawil agreed that SIPDIS the EU proposal was unlikely to provide any real trade benefits for Jordan, and said he would consider supporting our position pending a detailed reading of demarche po [...] |
2002-07-30 09:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN4521 | UPDATE ON DOCUMENT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2002-08-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS XF |
| 02AMMAN4648 | JORDAN IPR UPDATE: MIXED OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Jordan's record on enforcement of IPR laws has been improving steadily over the past six months. However, greater awareness of the impact of lax IPR enforcement on Jordanian industries as well as further reform of existing IPR legislation and prosecution is still needed if Jordan is to [...] |
2002-08-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN4841 | JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FLIGHT SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) As per instructions reftel, the following are non-FAA approved flight schools in Jordan. The information was provided to us by Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar: A) Name: Sun Air Aviation Address: PO Box 811573 Amman, Jordan Website: www.sun-a [...] |
2002-08-26 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN4843 | JORDANIAN VIEWS ON ICAO SYG, DESIRE FOR SEAT ON [...] (SBU) Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Hanna Najjar told us August 22 he agrees with the U.S. view that it is appropriate that the ICAO seek new leadership following the expiration of current SYG Renato Costa Pereira's second term in office. Najjar said that while Pe [...] |
2002-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR JO ICAO |
| 02AMMAN4864 | JORDAN'S DIPLOMATS FOCUS ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (sbu) Summary. Reflecting the emphasis he has put on economic and commercial development and the growing private sector export and investment orientation of Jordan's economy, King Abdullah personally launched a four-day USAID-supported economic/commercial training program for Jordanian amba [...] |
2002-08-28 06:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PREL JO |
| 02AMMAN5212 | JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO EMBRACE THE ARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA), WHICH AIMS AT CREATING AN ARAB FREE TRADE AREA BY 2005. INDEED, SINCE ENTERING INTO FORCE, JORDAN HAS [...] |
2002-09-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JO |
| 02AMMAN5331 | PEACE AIRPORT REVIVED? ISRAELI-JORDANIAN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On the heels of an Israeli government decision to prohibit jets from using Eilat Airport, officials from the Jordanian and Israeli Civil Aviation authorities, Israeli Ministry of Transportation, Eilat and Aqaba Airport officials, and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Chi [...] |
2002-09-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ETRD IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5412 | BOEING PRESENTS "AGGRESSIVE" FINAL OFFER TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Boeing Company, which has been in negotiations with Jordanian national carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) for the purchase and leasing short-haul aircaft in competition with Airbus, presented its final offer to the airline September 19. The offer marks the climactic sta [...] |
2002-09-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN5514 | JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) Jordan's number two trade official, Samer Tawil, told econcouns and econoff September 24 that the GOJ has nearly completed drafting its initial entities offer for GPA accession. He said the draft should be completed and delivered to the Prime Ministry for clearance through the cabinet [...] |
2002-09-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID JO WTRO |
| 02AMMAN5994 | JORDAN: AIR MARSHALS PROGRAM, ACTION REQUEST [...] Action Request: Post received via a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following letter regarding new U.S. procedures pertaining to foreign air marshals programs. The note and letter formally request U.S. government permission to allow Royal Jordanian Airlines [...] |
2002-10-16 07:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN6028 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO LIST 18 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has notified us via a diplomatic note that, following a search, no assets of any kind belonging to Saudi citizen Wa'el Julaidan were found in Jordan. GNEHM [...] |
2002-10-17 08:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PINR PTER KVPR JO |
| 02AMMAN6182 | JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD [...] (sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the Embassy they will cooperate fully with a Department of Justice investigation of a telemarketing fraud that used Union Bank as an apparently unwitting channel for transferring fund [...] |
2002-10-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN CJAN JO |
| 02AMMAN6226 | DOPCAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN WILL ALLY ITSELF [...] (SBU) On October 24, PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (DOPCAT) to Samer Naber, the MFA's Legal Advisor. Naber welcomed the points saying that Jordan had its own reservations about the DOPCAT and how it had been han [...] |
2002-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM US JO |
| 02AMMAN6227 | 57TH UNFC: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ'S DEPLETED URANIUM [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN6444 | DELTA DISCUSSES CODESHARING WITH ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A Delta sales executive left Amman this week saying that he was prepared to make a positive presentation to Delta President Fred Reid on codesharing for Royal Jordanian's new non-stop Amman-New York service. He asked RJ to provide detailed projections of passenger and cargo [...] |
2002-11-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AMGT JO |
| 02AMMAN6469 | TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's government and private sector along the lines of reftel recommendations since the inception of the QIZ initiative in 1998. The GOJ in particular is eager to see Jordan's industrial base [...] |
2002-11-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN6586 | JORDAN TELECOM DEBUTS ON AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a well-subscribed initial public offering (IPO), Jordan Telecom (JTC) stock had its first day of public trading on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) November 3. The listing made JTC the largest company on the ASE in terms of operating capital, and placed the Amman bours [...] |
2002-11-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EINV JO |
| 02AMMAN6671 | TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 21) [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us via Diplomatic Note that the Global Relief Foundation has no branches or activities in Jordan. GNEHM [...] |
2002-11-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN |
| 02AMMAN6852 | THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...] |
2002-11-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
| 02AMMAN6937 | AQABA PIZZA HUT FIRE AN ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke to Arab Food Catering Company owner Khaled Dhaleh November 27 to check on press reports about a "suspicious" fire in a Pizza Hut in Aqaba. Dhaleh, whose company owns the Pizza Hut, Burger King, and Popeyes restaurants in Jordan, said the November 25th fire was caused by a [...] |
2002-11-27 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ASEC PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN6989 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2002-12-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO |
| 02AMMAN6993 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOJ ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST [...] (SBU) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered the message in reftel concerning the possibility of forthcoming terrorist attacks in Kenya, Yemen and/or Djibouti to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayad noted that Royal Jordanian flies to Yemen and said the [...] |
2002-12-02 04:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EAIR DJ YM KE JO |
| 02AMMAN7229 | JORDAN: YET ANOTHER DELAY FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Transportation Nader Dahabi informed the Charge that an independent airline consultant has been brought in to analyze Boeing/Airbus offers to sell short-haul jets to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) (REFTEL). The analysis, which will delay yet again a decision by RJ b [...] |
2002-12-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EAIR JO |
| 02AMMAN7434 | JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...] |
2002-12-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN7535 | JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies that played up local connections, and a crackdown by the government on political activities by professional associations blunted the impact of calls for boycotting American product [...] |
2002-12-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 02ANKARA7739 | ELECTION INTERFERENCE FEARS IN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While political leaders acknowledge that the restrictions in expression in Turkey's Southeast have generally loosened, villagers remain concerned that their voices will not be heard in Ankara. Based on conversations with politicians, business leaders, and NGO representatives, [...] |
2002-11-01 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 02ANKARA7757 | DEMARCHE ON TIED AID BANS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On November 1, we shared the U.S. proposal to consolidate and update existing bans on tied aid to CEE and FSU countries with Turkish Treasury Director General for Foreign External Relations Ersen Ekren. Ekren's office generally provides instructions to Turkey's OECD Mission. 2. ( [...] |
2002-11-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EAID TU OECD EXIM |
| 02ANKARA7763 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON POST-ELECTION TASKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a October 30 meeting, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told us he and Treasury U/S Oztrak have prepared a document to give to the election winners which explains in non-technical terms the GOT's commitments to the IMF and why they should be honored. The length of the educa [...] |
2002-11-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7847 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) On November 4, Turkish markets reacted positively to the AK Party's landslide victory in parliamentary elections. The lira strengthened very slightly, closing at TL 1,678,000 to the dollar; the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index closed up 6.1 percent; the benchmark lira T-bills closed uncha [...] |
2002-11-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7925 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY; TREASURY COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The post-election rally in Turkish markets continued on November 5, with trading volumes in both stock and T-bill markets setting records for 2002. T-bill rates dropped about seven percentage points to close at 57.5 percent in annual compounded terms; the stock market is up 17 [...] |
2002-11-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA7973 | FINALIZING THE $200 MILLION GRANT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Embassy is concerned with the delays in implementing the Grant Agreement between Turkey and the United States, signed on September 13, involving nearly $200 million in grant assistance to Turkey. We understand there are technical legal problems between the Federal Reserve Bank of New Y [...] |
2002-11-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8064 | THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence sufficiently to avoid another financial crisis and begin to step away from the financial precipice on which Turkey has been perched for the past two years. Other challenges include: [...] |
2002-11-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8111 | PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...] |
2002-11-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV TU |
| 02ANKARA8112 | IMF AND TURKISH CENTRAL BANK ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE [...] Summary: While the post-election market rally largely continued on November 8, with T-bill rates dropping a further 2.5 percent, there was by the week's end greater press and market attention to the likely policies of the new GOT. IMF resrep reviewed with us the outstanding structural and fi [...] |
2002-11-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8304 | Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...] |
2002-11-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8356 | AK PARTY BEGINS TO ENGAGE ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past week, AK Party moved to inject discipline into its public statements on the economy, initiated contacts with the economic bureaucracy, and reiterated its intention to work with the IMF. AK Economic Coordinator Ali Babacan sought to reassure us that, despite some u [...] |
2002-11-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8369 | TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON EU, CYPRUS NEWS [...] (U) The two-week market rallies continued strongly on the morning of November 18: -- Treasury bill yields dropped 1.5 percentage points. With the benchmark July 2 bill now at 49.5 percent, in compounded terms, rates have dropped over 14 percentage points since the November 3 elections. [...] |
2002-11-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8379 | INCOMING GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic elements of the incoming government's action plan, announced by Party leader Tayyip Erdogan on November 16, reflect AK's efforts to balance its desire to boost the "real economy" and help the poor with its need to reassure markets and maintain fiscal discipline. [...] |
2002-11-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV TU |
| 02ANKARA8454 | TURKISH MARKET RALLIES HALT, AWAIT GOT ACTION; NEW [...] (U) In morning trading November 20, yields on the benchmark lira Treasury bill rose to the 52 percent compounded level, having dropped earlier in the week of 49 percent. The lira depreciated slightly to TL 1,590,000 from yesterday's low of TL 1,580,000. Two days of profit taking in the Ist [...] |
2002-11-20 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8635 | Update on Intellectual Property Protection [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed intellectual property and market access priorities with American pharmaceuticals companies and with the copyright-based industry associations in Istanbul. The drug companies agreed that they need to make the case with the new Turkish Government on data exclusivity. Wi [...] |
2002-11-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TU |
| 02ANKARA8695 | TURKS WILL ATTEND BONN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) Turkey will be represented at the Bonn-Petersberg conference on Afghanistan Reconstruction by Ambassador Aydemir Erman, the MFA Deputy U/S and Coordinator for Afghanistan, and Ambassador Okcun, the MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Embassy provided Ref A talking points on 1 [...] |
2002-11-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AF TU |
| 02ANKARA8790 | Turkish Agriculture, Trade and EU Membership [...] (SBU) Summary. AgCounselor recently met with representatives from International Organizations including the World Bank and FAO as well as with local EU officials to discuss the current state of Turkish agriculture and agricultural trade. These representatives expressed frustration with Tur [...] |
2002-12-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA8797 | TURKEY'S INFLATION/GROWTH OVERPERFORMING; BUT [...] (U) November inflation data, released December 3, were slightly better than market expectations: Wholesale price increase was 1.6 percent (versus market expectations of 1.9 percent); Consumer price increase was 2.9 percent (market average expectation was 3.0 percent). 2. (U) Novembe [...] |
2002-12-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9037 | Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on banana imports in response to a WTO case initiated by the Government of Ecuador. Although the barriers were eliminated, the GOT raised import tariffs by 29% from an already high 120 [...] |
2002-12-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9075 | TURKEY'S ECONOMY: CONCERN WITH GOT INDECISIVENESS [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep briefed us on the results of the ten-day IMF mission which finished December 20. The IMF is concerned with the new GOT's slowness in taking decisions - it has not yet committed to the 6.5 percent of GNP primary budget surplus for 2003 (and the first quarter 20 [...] |
2002-12-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9080 | 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...] |
2002-12-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL TU NATO |
| 02ANKARA9181 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT FULLY RESOLVES CITIBANK TAX [...] (SBU) Citibank General Manager for Turkey Mark Robinson informed us December 23 that Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan reversed a Finance Ministry tax assessment of Citibank and its foreign clients who invest in Turkish T-bills through Citibank. As described reftel, a Finance Ministry [...] |
2002-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA9192 | New Turkish Quarantine Regulations [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey has issued new quarantine regulations governing imports of all plants and plant products that is scheduled to go into effect on January 3, 2003. Turkey did not notify the WTO of the new regulations nor did Turkish officials notify Embassies of these changes. Despite req [...] |
2002-12-31 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9193 | Turkish Foreign Trade Officials Seeking Broader [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, Foreign Trade officials reiterated their desire for a QIZ with fewer sectoral restrictions, contending that, in its current form, the QIZ would have a very limited impact on Turkish exports. They also made contradictory statements on the EU Customs Union an [...] |
2002-12-31 06:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL TU IS USTR |
| 02COLOMBO1448 | ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: In its eight months in power, Sri Lanka's UNF government has made measurable progress on one of its main goals, economic reform, with efforts starting to show real results over a broad range of promised actions. The true tests will be action on pending economic legislation and im [...] |
2002-08-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD CE ECONOMICS |
| 02COLOMBO1626 | SRI LANKA AND ATA TRAINING: A PLEA FOR IT TO [...] (U) I have recently heard that S/CT and DS/ATA no longer consider Sri Lanka a priority country when determining which countries should benifit from the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Training Program. 2. (U) I hope that this is not true. The ATA program has been extremely effective in trai [...] |
2002-09-05 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE KTIA PTER LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1732 | DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST IN SRI LANKA'S [...] (U) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2002, USAID OFFICIALS ATTENDED AN EMERGENCY-PREPAREDNESS MEETING CONVENED BY THE CONSORTIUM OF HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IN COLOMBO. THIS RESULTED IN AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE DROUGHT-LIKE CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN DRY ZONE OF SRI LANKA. THE M [...] |
2002-09-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NONE |
| 02COLOMBO1954 | Maldives: President Goyoom announces cabinet [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) In an October 9 announcement, Maldivian President Maumoon Gayoom announced changes to his cabinet, and appointed new ambassadors to Sri Lanka and the UN. Please see Para four for a complete listing of the ne [...] |
2002-10-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MV UN |
| 02COLOMBO1993 | SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL |
| 02COLOMBO2022 | U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) After approximately seven months of operations, the U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) has wrapped up its work in Sri Lanka. On October 24-25, the QRDF turned over two plots of land clear [...] |
2002-10-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM PREF KPAO EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2046 | Sri Lanka: Muslim-Sinhalese riot in Colombo [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On the afternoon of October 30, a riot erupted in Maligawatte, a northern suburb of Colombo, between Sinhalese and Muslim residents. The initial dispute reportedly began when Sinhalese locals protested ag [...] |
2002-10-31 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC CASC CE |
| 02COLOMBO2204 | Mission team journeys through LTTE controlled [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission team successfully concluded its first journey through the Tiger controlled north since opening of the A-9 road in April 2002. Although the trip was uneventful in terms of LTTE actions, trave [...] |
2002-11-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CE LTTE |
| 02FRANKFURT10187 | FOURTH REPORT ON ISLAMIC TERRORISM TRIAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: This report summarizes the events at the Frankfurt terrorism trial from July to September 2002. Four Algerian and one Moroccan (listed below) are accused of planning an attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market in December 2000 and bomb building materials were found in their F [...] |
2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV AG GM |
| 02FRANKFURT10188 | HESSE SPD CHOOSES GERHARD BOEKEL TO CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hesse SPD voted overwhelmingly on October 19 for Gerhard Boekel to challenge Minister- President Roland Koch (CDU) in the February 2003 state elections. Boekel, a 56-year-old lawyer and former Hesse Interior Minister, is admired for his integrity and his good management a [...] |
2002-11-04 14:46:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 02FRANKFURT10952 | BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG GREEN PARTY EXPRESSES [...] (U) Summary: On November 23, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B- W) Greens held their first state convention since the September national elections to discuss policy. Leading B-W party leaders such as caucus chief Winfried Kretschmann and Freiburg Lord Mayor Dieter Salomon are concerned about the via [...] |
2002-11-26 16:24:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11411 | SAARLAND MINISTER PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, Consul General Peter Bodde met with Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (CDU) in Saarbruecken. Mueller is a moderate, up-and-coming CDU leader, and ally of Angela Merkel. Mueller said the auto industry has replaced coal and steel as the most important indus [...] |
2002-12-10 13:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11732 | FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe declared unconstitutional the government's immigration law, which had been passed by the Bundesrat in March 2002 under controversial circumstances. With this decision, the Court accepted the challenge to the law by six [...] |
2002-12-19 13:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GM |
| 02FRANKFURT11843 | HESSE ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN: CDU CONFIDENT, BUT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Hesse state elections will take place February 2, 2003. The current Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Free Democratic Party (FDP) state coalition government is hoping the current voter mood against the national SPD- Green government will help it win votes. The CDU is optimist [...] |
2002-12-23 09:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GM |
| 02HANOI1124 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AFFIRMS COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AFFIRMED JAPAN'S SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION IN SECURITY AS PART OF AN ENHANCED JAPAN-ASEAN RELATIONSHIP AND OFFERED NON-MILITARY COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM DURING AN APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO HANOI. PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI ASKED F [...] |
2002-05-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM CTERR |
| 02HANOI1181 | GVN PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA (DPRK) PROVIDED ANOTHER AT LEAST COSMETIC INDICATOR OF THE CONTINUING THAW IN BILATERAL RELATIONS. WHILE THE TWO COUNTRIES SIGNED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS, MOST APPEAR TO HAVE LITTLE PRACTICAL APPLICATION. THE PROBABILITY OF ANY [...] |
2002-05-13 07:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PHUM VM KN KS DPRK |
| 02HANOI1222 | RELIGIOUS REGULATION STRUCTURE IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: RELIGIOUS REGULATION IN VIETNAM IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EVOLVING BUREAUCRATIC AND LEGALISTIC APPROACH. WHILE THE SRV CONSTITUTION PROTECTS RELIGIOUS BELIEF (AND NON-BELIEF), THE GVN THOROUGHLY REGULATES RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE UNDER THE PREMISE OF MAINTAINING TH [...] |
2002-05-15 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI1256 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON THE CARDINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN VIETNAM HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT IS SEEKING MORE, ACCORDING TO CARDINAL TUNG, ARCHBISHOP OF HANOI. THE GVN HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR THE CHURCH TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN NEW PRIESTS AND TRANSFER PRIESTS FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BUT [...] |
2002-05-17 07:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 02HANOI1279 | BURMA AND VIETNAM: TRYING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE VISIT BY PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG TO BURMA UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE MODEST TIES BETWEEN THESE TWO FELLOW ASEAN STATES. A MAJOR FOCUS WAS ON THE STILL LIMITED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP; BILATERAL TRADE IS ONLY ABOUT USD 10 MILLION ANNUALLY. NARCOTICS [...] |
2002-05-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ETRD BM VM ASEAN CTERR |
| 02HANOI1379 | VIETNAM AND THE SPRATLYS: STRONG TALK, [...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO TAKE A FIRM LINE CONCERNING VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS OVER THE SPRATLY ISLANDS. PROVINCIAL CLAIMS CONCERNING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SPRATLYS APPEAR EXAGGERATED. VIETNAM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT (REFTEL), AN IM [...] |
2002-05-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM CVR ASEAN |
| 02HANOI1382 | CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA: [...] (SBU) AT A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI TOLD POL/C AND POLOFFS THAT HE RATED AGREEMENT AMONG ASEAN MEMBERS ON THE FINAL LANGUAGE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN TIME FOR THE ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN JULY AS NO BETTER THAN "50-50." (SEPTEL W [...] |
2002-05-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PINR VM ASEAN CVR |
| 02HANOI1400 | VIETNAM POSTIVE ON THE BRUNEI ARF SOM [...] (SBU) DURING A WORKING LUNCH ON MAY 30, MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL PHAM HUU CHI DESCRIBED VIETNAM'S ASSESSMENT OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF) SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "RATHER SATISFIED," RATING HIGHLY ESPECIALLY BRUNEI'S LEADERSHIP AS THE CHAIR. CHI COMMENTE [...] |
2002-05-31 09:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR VM ASEAN CTERR |
| 02HANOI1405 | AA/S WOOD HOLDS WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 20-22 VISIT TO HANOI, IO AA/S WOOD DISCUSSED COUNTERTERRORISM, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC), NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFORM, THE MONTAGNARDS, MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH GVN AND COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) OFFICIALS, STUDENTS FROM THE [...] |
2002-06-03 06:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR DPOL HIV AIDS |
| 02HANOI1485 | TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED OFFICIALS SUSPENDED [...] (U) SUMMARY: TWO HIGH-RANKING GVN OFFICIALS, ONE THE NUMBER TWO PROSECUTOR AND ANOTHER A CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT AND SOME PARTY POSITIONS FOR SUSPECTED COMPLICITY WITH AN ALLEGED MAJOR CRIMINAL FIGURE. THESE MOVES ARE EXPE [...] |
2002-06-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI VM DPOL |
| 02HANOI1502 | UNHCR/VIETNAM RELATIONS: "NEVER SO BAD" [...] (SBU) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE JAHANSHAH ASSADI BRIEFED CHARGE AND POL/C JUNE 10 ABOUT HIS MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE MFA'S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, BUI DINH DINH. ACCORDING TO ASSADI, DINH SPENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI [...] |
2002-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM CB HUMANR |
| 02HANOI1780 | 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENING [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL BEGIN MEETING ON JULY 17, BUT HAS YET NOT SCHEDULED THE VOTES ON THE NEW GVN AND NA LEADERSHIP (REF A). THE NEW NA IS NOT EXPECTED TO PASS ANY NEW LEGISLATION AT THIS INITIAL SESSION OTHER THAN THE BUDGET. IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE CONT [...] |
2002-07-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS VM DPOL |
| 02HANOI2209 | VIETNAM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS ONE OF VIETNAM'S KEY DONORS AND AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNER. HUMAN RIGHTS IS AT THE TOP OF THE EU'S POLITICAL AGENDA, WHILE VIETNAM IS FOCUSED MORE ON INCREASING EXPORTS TO EU MEMBERS AND ENCOURAGING MORE INVESTMENT AND AID FROM THE EU [...] |
2002-09-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON XG XH VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2309 | PRC-VIETNAM BORDER: GVN COUNTERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH ROUND OF BILATERAL BOUNDARY TALKS WITH THE PRC ON AUGUST 23, THE GVN HAS ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS BLITZ, INCLUDING THE APPARENTLY UNPRECEDENTED PUBLICATION OF THE 1999 LAND BORDER TREATY ON THE INTERNET, TO COUNTER PERSISTENT DOMESTIC CRI [...] |
2002-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR |
| 02HANOI2390 | ASEM IV - THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...] (U) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE FOURTH ASIA-EUROPEAN MEETING (ASEM) AS A "SUCCESS." VIETNAM'S MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH ITS EUROPEAN PARTNERS. VIETNAM SUPPORTED THE DECLARATION ON COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BUT LIKELY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED LAN [...] |
2002-10-03 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON VM |
| 02HANOI2493 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS JAPAN: ACCORDING TO SCRIPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV), VISITED JAPAN OCTOBER 2-5. BOTH SIDES PREDICTABLY LABELED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISIT AS A "SUCCESS." IN ADDITION TO "REAFFIRMING THE STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP," TOPICS INCLUDED THE NEED FOR VIETN [...] |
2002-10-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON JA VM |
| 02HANOI2622 | NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV), VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...] |
2002-10-30 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM |
| 02HANOI2709 | VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...] |
2002-11-08 04:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM |
| 02HANOI2738 | GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS' EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A). ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE, FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS REFORMS." OTHE [...] |
2002-11-13 07:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS |
| 02HANOI2865 | RESTRICTIONS ON US NGOS IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS? [...] (SBU) IN A DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 25, PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM UNION OF FRIENDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS (AND DELEGATE TO THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY) VU XUAN HONG DENIED REPORTS THAT HE HAD RECOMMENDED A BAN ON US NGOS AND/OR RELIGIOUS NGOS FROM OPERATING IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. HE D [...] |
2002-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF VM ETMIN |
| 02HANOI2871 | HANOI'S VIEW OF CHINA'S 16TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OBSERVERS IN HANOI ASSESSED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) 16TH PARTY CONGRESS AS "POSITIVE" AND PREDICTED THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S (CPV) LEADERSHIP WOULD CLOSELY STUDY ITS DECISIONS WHILE STEERING ITS OWN COURSE OVER THE NEXT DECADE. CPV OFFICI [...] |
2002-12-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH VM CVR |
| 02HANOI2969 | UPDATE FROM GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON RELIGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED NATIONAL BUDDHIST CONFERENCE WAS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL, BUT ADMITTED THAT THE GVN MUST APPROVE ITS CONVOCATION AND HAD FINAL SAY ON ITS ELECTED NEW LEADERS AND ORDINATIONS (OR PROMOTIONS) OF MONKS AND NUNS [...] |
2002-12-13 06:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VT VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI2975 | WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE ETHNICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM'S MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY REMAINS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02975 01 OF 04 160035Z HEAVILY DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY ETHNIC KINH. ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY MARGINAL PARTS OF VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY THE MOUNTAINOU [...] |
2002-12-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PINS PGOV VM ETMIN |
| 02HANOI3028 | EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE EU, REPRESENTED BY THE TROIKA AMBASSADORS, HELD A HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GVN IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 5 (REF A). MORE THAN A DOZEN GVN OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS), AND M [...] |
2002-12-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF EU VM ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HANOI3055 | THE DILEMMA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY/CONGEN MESSAGE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: THE REAL STORY OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IS A LONG-TERM STRUGGLE FOR MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A REGION DEFINED BY ETHNIC RESENTMENT, ECONOMIC IMBALANCE, POVERTY AND ISOLATION, LAND ISSUES, RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES, INTOLER [...] |
2002-12-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 02HANOI430 | MFA ON ASEAN PHUKET MEETING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM NIEN MADE A STRONG PITCH FOR A "TERRORISM-FREE" ASEAN REGION WITHIN 15 YEARS AT THE RECENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00430 270810Z PHUKET INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE ON STRENGTHENING COUNTER-TERRORISM EFF [...] |
2002-02-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL VM TH ASEAN CTERR |
| 02HANOI614 | JIANG ZEMIN VISITS VIETNAM: FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CHINESE HEAD OF STATE AND PARTY JIANG ZEMIN VISITED VIETNAM FEBRUARY 27 TO MARCH 1 IN HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP OF THE YEAR AND HIS FIRST TO VIETNAM SINCE 1994. WHILE THERE WAS NO FORMAL JOINT COMMUNIQU FROM THE VISIT, A GVN COMMUNIQU CONDEMNED TERRORISM WHILE ODDLY OMITTING A [...] |
2002-03-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR CH TW VM CTERR CVR |
| 02HANOI762 | HELPFUL GVN RESPONSE TO MONTAGNARD RESETTLEMENT: [...] (U) ACCORDING TO THE MFA SPOKESPERSON AND A VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY PRESS ARTICLE, MONTAGNARD "MIGRANTS" NOW IN CAMBODIA CAN "CHOOSE" RESETTLEMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00762 010847Z REPATRIATION. IN HER MARCH 31 STATEMENT, THE MFA S [...] |
2002-04-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HARARE1137 | ASIAN/INDIAN COMMUNITY HAS A MUTED REACTION TO [...] (SBU) On April 24 the government press carried a statement by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran's Association Director for Projects, Andrew Ndlovu, that attacked resident Indians and Asians, accusing them of economic sabotage, looting, and non-support of the Government's indigenization [...] |
2002-05-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1188 | TOBACCO SELLERS GRANTED A SELECTIVE [...] (SBU) On May 16, after two days of boycotts by tobacco farmers of the sales of their crop due to an uneconomic return assured by the official exchange rate, the Finance Minister Simba Makoni announced a special support price for tobacco. The scheme equates to an 82 percent forex devaluation [...] |
2002-05-17 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1221 | POACHING OF WILDLIFE IS RAMPANT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The poaching of wild game, by both commercial and subsistence hunters, has now reached crisis proportions in Zimbabwe. Game is being illegally taken from occupied private reserves and conservancies, national parks, and occupied farms that may or may not border protected game a [...] |
2002-05-21 14:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV ZI |
| 02HARARE1254 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...] |
2002-05-24 05:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE1270 | MAY 23 U.N.-SPONSORED DIALOGUE WITH FINANCE [...] ON MAY 23, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT COORDINATOR (RESREP) J. VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED AN "INFORMAL" MEETING WITH SENIOR-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF MOST RESIDENT MISSIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD [...] |
2002-05-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1291 | DESPITE CORRECT WORDS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTER, [...] (SBU) In a message carried on state television during the Sunday, May 19 evening news, the Minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Made, said all the right things about formalizing the path forward in the land reform and resettlement program. He assured the viewing audi [...] |
2002-05-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE1309 | RESETTLEMENT ON THE FARMS: THE REALITY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to four farms in a prime agricultural area 2 hours from Harare reveals that chaos reigns, and productivity by the new settlers hovers barely above zero. There is no rhyme nor reason to the occupations, and the newly resettled show little desire or ability to carry out e [...] |
2002-05-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE1376 | USG ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Corruption at the official level in Zimbabwe has increased markedly in the last several years as the Government has systematically undermined the rule of law to browbeat political opponents and the ruling party has expanded its already considerable system of patronage. Corruption, once [...] |
2002-06-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KSEP SOCI ZI |
| 02HARARE1377 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: JOINT FFP/OFDA [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable reports findings of joint visit by REDSO/FFP and OFDA/ARO reps to Zimbabwe to review humanitarian crisis, including participation in FAO/WFP crop and food supply crisis will be much worse due to the minimal carryover stocks, the continuing impact of poor economic po [...] |
2002-06-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PREF AORC ZI |
| 02HARARE1406 | THE ZIMDOLLAR PLUMMETS ON THE PARALLEL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: After remaining fairly stable for six months from December 2001 at around Z $320=US $1, the Zimdollar has devalued sharply on the parallel market over the last few weeks, with reports of trades in recent days going off at anywhere between Z $520 and Z $580. This is roughly a 7 [...] |
2002-06-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1455 | Text of Letter from Zimbabwe Opposition Leader to [...] (SBU) On June 19, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) delivered to all G-8 embassies in Harare a letter from its president, Morgan Tsvangirai, to their respective heads of government. Below is the verbatim text of the letter addressed to President Bush. A copy of the origina [...] |
2002-06-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE1581 | NEGATIVE FACTORS COMBINE TO DRASTICALLY DRAG [...] (SBU) A powerful and negative combination of factors is now causing significant damage to Zimbabwe's economy, and the country's political leadership refuses to take steps to address or reverse the crisis. The more-evident ingredients of the disastrous mix are: = an unsustainable government [...] |
2002-07-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE1627 | SEX SCANDAL IN ZIMBABWE REFUGEE CAMP [...] (U) The July 1 edition of the independent "Daily News" revealed that two aid workers in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in southern Zimbabwe had been suspended after refugees lobbed charges of sexual abuse against them. The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), which operates the ca [...] |
2002-07-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ZI |
| 02HARARE1827 | JUSTICE FOR AGRICULTURE -- TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff attended the inaugural meeting of the JAG on Tuesday, August 6. This group was formed by some of the more confrontational members of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) in response to CFU members' perception that the organization was too conciliatory. The initial act of J [...] |
2002-08-09 11:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1830 | FEW COMMERCIAL FARMERS EVICTED AS CFU PERCEIVES [...] (U) Summary. Pursuant to the August 9 deadline for the first wave of commercial farmers to abandon their homesteads, in one region police have confronted farmers on five separate properties, and in a second region another farmer faces forced eviction. Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president [...] |
2002-08-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI |
| 02HARARE1871 | NEW REPORTS OF FARM EVICTIONS [...] (SBU) Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president David Hasluck called on Friday, August 16, to confirm several cases of farm eviction throughout the country. While the overall situation remains tense but superficially calm, there are scattered instances of official response to the farmers' refu [...] |
2002-08-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1934 | DISPLACED FARM WORKERS: UNADDRESSED HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Summary: The arrests and evictions of commercial farmers continue, with most farmers being released on bail with varying conditions. Some farmers are having their Section 8 acquisition orders overturned on technicalities, but this seems to be a temporary reprieve at best. The fate of [...] |
2002-08-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE201 | UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...] |
2002-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE2060 | POLICE, MILITARY ENFORCE NEW, UNOFFICIAL FARM [...] Summary. According to several reports received over the weekend, the GOZ has purportedly issued directives from "the highest levels" to both police and military to finalize the removal of commercial farmers. The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), merely a shadow of its former presence, as well a [...] |
2002-09-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2172 | Zimbabwe's Economy: Hardly a Pulse [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Mugabe's government continues an assault on macroeconomics and private property. Without credible monetary and exchange policy, the country will only plunge more deeply into recession. End Summary. 5 Years of Ruinous Policy ------------------------- 2. (U) Consider [...] |
2002-09-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2192 | ZIMBABWE: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) The US Embassy, HHS/CDC and USAID have had a series of discussions on coordinating the US Government response to the HIV and AIDS crisis in Zimbabwe. One of the current discussions and concerns has been the use of Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) monies in Zimbabwe. 2. (U [...] |
2002-10-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO SOCI PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2214 | MAJOR ISSUES FOR AMBASSADOR TONY HALL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) The US Mission in Zimbabwe welcomes the visit of Ambassador Anthony Hall to Zimbabwe. Ambassador Hall's schedule includes several meetings with donors and NGOs working on the delivery of humanitarian assistance, senior Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officials and civil society leaders. [...] |
2002-10-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE2227 | Zimbabwe remains AGOA ineligible [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-04 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE2246 | ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the GoZ seeks to wean hard currency from a rapidly shrinking economy. End Summary. Scapegoating Suppliers ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In a new twist sin [...] |
2002-10-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2296 | Zimbabwe Exporters May Bear Heavier Burden [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank will soon propose measures that would further punish the country's exporters, increasing an indirect revenue tax from 37 to 47 percent. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has acquired the Reserve Bank's Foreign Exchange Task Force report, the GoZ's lates [...] |
2002-10-17 06:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
| 02HARARE2311 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID SEIZURE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The seizure on Thursday, October 17 of 3 metric tons of food by ZANU-PF activists in Insiza was the first documented incident of international food aid theft and partisan redistribution. The Government has denied the allegations and tried to divert attention from ZANU-PF food aid [...] |
2002-10-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2339 | ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY: PATIENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Sullivan and the economic/commercial section hosted a group of American-connected businessmen for lunch on October 23 as a first step towards resurrecting an American Business Association. Although the mission expected to hear the usual commentary about an economy in [...] |
2002-10-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ZI |
| 02HARARE2360 | Biggest Trucker Expounds on Smuggling, Fuel [...] (SBU) Summary: As some U.S. business reps have pointed out to us (ref a), unrecorded trade transactions now comprise a sizeable chunk of Zimbabwe's economy. In fact, the country's largest trucker has confirmed reports of rampant smuggling, citing sugar, cigarettes and fuel as hot items. His [...] |
2002-10-30 02:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2361 | Business Community Tries to Engage Mugabe [...] (U) Summary: The heads of 8 large corporations in Zimbabwe are banking that their new association can engage the Government of Robert Mugabe in a non-threatening manner and help the country stave off deeper recession. End Summary. Will Mugabe listen? -------------------- 2. (SBU) In fund [...] |
2002-10-30 02:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2374 | ZCTU SECY-GNL'S THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE OF IVP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions SIPDIS (ZCTU), to review any last-minute questions about his upcoming IVP travel to the United States. Mr. Chibebe is prepared and excited, and looks forward to the opportunit [...] |
2002-11-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2397 | Zimbabwe May Scrap Fuel Support [...] (U) Summary: Reportedly smarting from a first-hand encounter with dry fuel pumps, President Mugabe has suggested parastatal NOCZIM may relinquish the job of importing fuel to the private sector, bringing an end to a costly and self-defeating fuel subsidy. This would require huge price increa [...] |
2002-11-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE2445 | OFFICIAL JONGWE AUTOPSY RESULTS IDENTIFY POISONING [...] (U) Learnmore Jongwe, former MDC spokesman and MP from Kuwadzana, died from chloroquine poisoning, according to the state run newspaper, The Herald. Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22 (See Reftel). The police autopsy was performed on October 24. The Jo [...] |
2002-11-08 09:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2446 | NEW GOZ DIRECTIVE ON LAND ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) personnel, laboff received a copy of a GOZ directive targeted at "cleaning up" the chaotic land redistribution exercise. This policy statement is directed to the ad-hoc decisions and dealmaking which have characteri [...] |
2002-11-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2455 | Govt Postpones Tsvangirai Treason Trial [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's High Court has put off the trial of opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of treason until next February. We believe the postponement indicates the GoZ has been unable to build a strong case against its main political foe. E [...] |
2002-11-12 04:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2545 | GOZ TURNS UP HEAT ON NGOS, BANS VISITS OF SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament resumed November 12 after a 3-week adjournment and Government ministers took advantage of the opportunity to turn up the heat on groups it accuses of supporting the opposition, such as Amani Trust and SW Radio Africa. The actions suggest ZANU-PF is forging ahead in its [...] |
2002-11-18 08:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2784 | ZCTU LEADERS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF FIZZLED [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE2809 | Almost No Fuel [...] (U) Summary: Short of foreign exchange and shunned by Libya, this country is virtually running on empty. Doggedly patient Zimbabweans wait days in mile-long fuel lines that meander over and around city blocks. The roads have lost 75 percent of normal traffic, as the Government cannot muster [...] |
2002-12-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI |
| 02HARARE2819 | Business Leader Believes Zimbabwe Must Change [...] (SBU) Summary: Jewel Bank CEO Gideon Gono told us he believes Zimbabwe's macroeconomic imbalances are unsustainable over the next 6 months. Gono's frank appraisal hints that a dose of reality may be seeping through to the country's upper echelon. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador and E [...] |
2002-12-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI |
| 02HARARE928 | PRESIDENT'S 2002 AGOA REPORT, ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Per reftel request we provide the following information: == Zimbabwe is not currently an AGOA beneficiary and government behavior both before and since the recent presidential election continues to drastically reduce the prospect of it qualifying in the near and likely medium term, [...] |
2002-04-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE942 | ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS [...] (SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998), land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...] |
2002-04-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY1123 | VIETNAM'S IPR ENFORCEMENT: MICROSOFT STRIKES BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM RAIDED LOCAL COMPUTER SHOPS ON OCTOBER 17, SEIZING APPROXIMATELY 7000 PIRATED DISKS. THIS ACTION MARKS THE FIRST ILLEGAL SOFTWARE RAID IN VIETNAM. ALTHOUGH MICROSOFT CLAIMED VICTORY, THE RAID [...] |
2002-11-06 04:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ECON ETRD KIPR IPROP |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY1140 | HOA HAO MONK DEFIES GOVERNMENT ORDER AND CLIMBS A [...] (SBU) ON NOVEMBER 7, CONTROVERSIAL HOA HAO MONK NAM UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 01140 110628Z LIEM (VO THANH LIEM) CLIMBED A TREE INSIDE THE COMPOUND OF HIS PRIVATE PAGODA FOR THE THIRD TIME IN EIGHT YEARS (SEE REFTEL), AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES GAVE HIM THREE [...] |
2002-11-11 03:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM FROM IT, IN DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (CRA). IN THESE MEETINGS, CRA OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN [...] |
2002-12-11 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY131 | "DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...] |
2002-02-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY336 | ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING VIETNAM FOR CAMBODIA - LACK OF FARMLAND, AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, RELIGION. ALL SIX OF THE UNHCR RETURNEES WE SPOKE TO ON A RE [...] |
2002-04-06 02:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY39 | CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...] |
2002-01-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY390 | CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...] |
2002-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY394 | EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...] |
2002-04-17 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY400 | ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN VIETNAM: STILL AN "UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE 22,000-STRONG UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00400 01 OF 02 190630Z FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (AOG) IN VIETNAM SAID HE WOULD WELCOME GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF THE GROUP, BUT EXPECTED IT TO REMAIN AN "UNDERGROUND ORGA [...] |
2002-04-19 05:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY759 | PROTESTANT PROBLEMS IN KON TUM PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANT PASTOR AND ONE OF HIS CONGREGATION MEMBERS TRAVELED TO HO CHI MINH CITY TO TELL CONGENOFFS OF AN ASSAULT BY 20-PLUS VILLAGERS IN THAT CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF KON TUM THIS PAST APRIL. THE PASTOR SAID THE VILLAGERS WHO ATTACKED THEM HAD ACTED O [...] |
2002-07-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY785 | THE FREE MARKET PHENOMENON OF ONE VIETNAMESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FOR ONE VIETNAMESE FARMER IN THE MEKONG DELTA, PRODUCTION OF "TRA" AND "BASA" -- THE FISH FORMERLY KNOWN AS "CATFISH" -- IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THE UNFETTERED APPLICATION OF FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES. FIERCE COMPETITION AND SELF-TAUGHT MARKE [...] |
2002-08-01 06:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EAGR ETRD ECON VM |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY934 | VIETNAMESE IPR ENFORCEMENT: HOW NIKE GOT ITS SWOOSH BACK [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-16 10:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | VM ETRD KIPR KTEX IPROP |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY966 | POLICE QUESTION DR. NGUYEN DAN QUE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DR. NGUYEN DAN QUE VERBALLY SPARRED WITH POLICE AND OTHER SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR FOUR HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 20, WHEN THEY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00966 01 OF 02 240817Z APPEARED AT HIS HOME IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING [...] |
2002-09-24 08:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR |
| 02ISTANBUL2101 | Istanbul Anti-War Protest [...] (U) Around 5,000 people in Istanbul protested against a possible U.S.-led operation against Iraq on Sunday. The anti-war demonstration was organized with the participation of more than 170 NGOs, including the country's three big unions: Turk-Is (the Confederation of Turkish Labor Unions), the [...] |
2002-12-03 13:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
| 02ISTANBUL2110 | ISTANBUL'S MINIATURE OECD: ENCOURAGING PRIVATE [...] (U) SENSITIVE-- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials at Istanbul's Center for Private Sector Development, a joint undertaking of the OECD and Turkish International Cooperation Administration (TICA), outlined an ambitious program of seminars and programs for next year [...] |
2002-12-09 06:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID TU |
| 02KATHMANDU1004 | NEPAL POLICE CLAIM VICTORY AGAINST MAOIST VALLEY [...] (SBU) Speaking before a group of Nepal Police officers at an Embassy-sponsored presentation, police chief Rana claimed a victory over Maoist leadership in the Kathmandu Valley, stating police efforts had netted the valley bureau leaders. Afterwards, RSO queried Rana over the veracity of local [...] |
2002-05-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1105 | MAOISTS KILL NGO WORKER; MORE WFP SUSPENSIONS [...] (SBU) The Plan International (PI) representative for western Nepal's Bajhang district, a Nepalese national, was tortured and killed by Maoist rebels May 31, the organization's country director confirmed. Two other men were also killed in related incidents, according to June 3 press reports. [...] |
2002-06-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC EAID ELAB PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1146 | DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED IN SUPREME [...] (SBU) Four cases have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the May 22 dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament (Reftel). The cases will be heard June 19. Two Constitutional experts believe that defendant Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has the stronger case. Both cautioned, ho [...] |
2002-06-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1191 | SECURITY FORCES' PROGRESS AND PITFALLS EAST OF [...] (SBU) Government of Nepal (GON) security forces have made progress against Maoist insurgents over the last few months in the district directly east of Kathmandu, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) and head of the local police. Maoist excesses, along with better cooperation between t [...] |
2002-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1199 | RULING PARTY RUMBLE: NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) As predicted (Ref A), supporters of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have called a General Convention of the Nepali Congress Party with the aim of deposing Party President and former PM Girija Prasad Koirala from his post. The motion to oust Koirala from the party leadership is expect [...] |
2002-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1284 | Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nepal [...] (U) Ref A requested a brief summary of recent and notable anti-corruption efforts in Nepal by the government, civil society and the private sector. 2. (SBU) Corruption is a serious and pervasive problem in Nepal, and is being recognized increasingly by both donors and government leaders as [...] |
2002-07-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1315 | Bomb Explodes at PM's Party Headquarters [...] (U) A bomb exploded July 5 at the newly-opened Kathmandu office of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction of the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) around 10:45 a.m. local time. Police sources confirmed ten people injured and hospitalized. One remains in critical condition. Security forces im [...] |
2002-07-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1336 | PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three tortured, and one reportedly killed. Inaccuracy and partisanship in the press have led to government mistrust and restrictions on publications. Press reacti [...] |
2002-07-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1344 | NEPAL'S FY 03 BUDGET FOCUSES ON SECURITY, CUTS [...] (SBU) On July 8 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba presented a budget that for the first time puts "maintaining peace and security" in the face of the Maoist insurgency ahead of poverty alleviation as an "overriding priority." Introduced by royal ordinance in the absence of Parliament, the FY [...] |
2002-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1348 | NEPAL'S ELECTION COMMISSION REQUESTS DONOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 13. ------------- SUMMARY ------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite growing concern that security considerations and other factors may force the cancellation of national elections planned for November 13 (reftel), the Government of Nepal [...] |
2002-07-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1373 | Maoist Leader Calls September 16 General Strike, [...] (SBU) In a press release dated July 11, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a nation-wide general strike September 16. It would be the first such show of force since late April (Reftel). The release also charges "feudal elements" backed by "foreign imperialist [...] |
2002-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1387 | Nepal's Local Officials Stay Home as PM Allows [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's government allowed the terms of local-level elected officials to lapse on July 16, a move affecting around 200,000 village-, municipality- and district-level politicians. Civil servants reportedly will be tasked with performing their functions. The terms expired after [...] |
2002-07-17 13:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1407 | Press Release Shows Maoists Feeling Heat [...] (SBU) In a July 18 press release, Prachanda, President of Nepal's Maoist Central Committee, called for a political solution to the present conflict in the form of a new interim government and expressed the Maoists' willingness to be flexible. Making what appears to be a pitch to mainstream po [...] |
2002-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1507 | Recent Army Successes Against Maoists [...] (SBU) Summary. Fifteen Maoists were killed in Dolakha district August 3 after security forces, acting on a tip, intercepted them making the rounds of a bazaar to collect "donations," a Home Ministry official confirmed. Twelve others were killed August 1 after authorities learned of their pla [...] |
2002-08-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1515 | Supreme Court Ruling Allows Dissolution of [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, Nepal's Supreme Court threw out four petitions challenging the Prime Minister's May decision to dissolve Parliament. The court's decision cleared the way for national elections to be held later this year. End Summary. Supreme Court Denies Request to Reinstate P [...] |
2002-08-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1532 | Maoist Students Bomb Kathmandu School, Injuring [...] (SBU) Summary. Students shouting Maoist slogans set off a bomb at a private business college in Kathmandu August 8, injuring six. The school occupies a building owned by the King's Press Secretary, who lives next door and was not harmed. The motive for the attack is unclear as no large-scal [...] |
2002-08-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1537 | Maoist Insurgency Exacts Heavy Toll on Food [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgency poses a serious threat to food security in many areas of Nepal, according to UN officials and other experts. The effects of Maoist raids on private food stores and food aid, military efforts to restrict Maoist food supplies, and disruptions in agricultur [...] |
2002-08-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1605 | NEPAL ARMY HOLDS MAIDEN PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) In an apparent effort to burnish its public image and promote public confidence that it is gaining ground against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) held its first-ever press conference in Kathmandu August 15. Speaking to reporters, Col. Deepak Gurung, head of the RNA's Public [...] |
2002-08-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PTER SCUL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1618 | Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrested after the government body charged with investigating corruption raided the homes of 22 revenue officers on August 17. The houses of two joint secretaries were among [...] |
2002-08-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1619 | PROMINENT MAOIST SURRENDERS TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On August 19 Mukti Pradhan, a member of the Maoist Joint Revolutionary Council on the Government of Nepal's most wanted list, surrendered to members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In a press conference at NHRC, Pradhan said he had decided to turn himself in because he w [...] |
2002-08-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1626 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT HANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVER TO [...] (SBU) Having allowed the terms of all locally elected officials to expire as of July 16 (reftel), the Government of Nepal (GON) has announced plans to transfer local bodies' functions and authority to civil servants until elections can be held in April and new representatives installed in Jul [...] |
2002-08-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1674 | BOMB BLAST MARS LAPSE OF EMERGENCY IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) A mid-morning bomb blast in the heart of Kathmandu's commercial center marred the August 28 lapse of the state of national emergency. One person was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been set by Maoist insurgents. The explosion marked the second bombing in Kathmandu in [...] |
2002-08-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1693 | MORE EXPLOSIONS IN KATHMANDU AS STRIKE DATE NEARS [...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their campaign of bombings in urban areas of the Kathmandu Valley throughout a long holiday weekend August 30-September 1. The explosions targeted businesses in the city, although two armed invasions of the homes of prominent politicians were also reported. [...] |
2002-09-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1694 | POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN [...] (U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering and another man for several hours. The celebration, which had been originally scheduled to be held on the grounds of th [...] |
2002-09-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1705 | NEPAL'S PREPARATIONS FOR WTO WORKING PARTY MEETING [...] (SBU) Upcoming general elections on November 13 do not seem to have impeded preparations by the Government of Nepal (GON) for its second Working Party meeting on accession to the WTO September 12. Accession to the WTO has broad, multipartisan support, and the process is unlikely to be negati [...] |
2002-09-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1797 | NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN [...] (U) The general strike, or "bandh," called by Maoist insurgents nationwide for September 16 appeared to have been generally observed in the Kathmandu metropolitan area. Only about five percent of the shops along main thoroughfares in the city opened (although some along less-traveled side st [...] |
2002-09-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1832 | MAOISTS DESTROY MEDEVAC HELO; HOLD PILOT, PASSENGER [...] (U) A commercial helicopter on a mission to medevac a sick Nepali in the remote northeastern district of Solukhumbu has been destroyed by Maoists. According to an employee at Karnali Air, Ltd., the company's helicopter was surrounded by armed Maoists upon landing in the village of Jubu, and i [...] |
2002-09-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR PHUM CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1872 | American Climbers Fired Upon Near Tibetan [...] (SBU) Summary. Two men wearing what appeared to be military uniforms and carrying automatic weapons fired a series of five shots at American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureux in the Upper Solu Khumbu region near Nepal's border with Tibet, Morton reported to Post via e-mail. The incide [...] |
2002-09-26 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1902 | AMCIT CLIMBERS DISCUSS SHOOTING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On September 20, American climbers David Morton and Jeff Lamoureaux were fired upon by two men wearing what they believe were Chinese military uniforms and one of whom stated that he belonged to the Chinese military (ref). Altitude readings taken by the climbers and landmarks near their [...] |
2002-09-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV ASEC NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1932 | NEPAL'S KING ASSUMES EXECUTIVE POWERS, DISMISSES [...] (U) At approximately 11:00 p.m. local time on October 4, King Gyanendra announced on state-run television and radio that he had dismissed the government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba because of its "incompetence" in being unable to hold mid-term elections, scheduled to begin November 1 [...] |
2002-10-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2035 | NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITIES CONTINUE DESPITE NEW [...] (SBU) This message updates Maoist activities since the October 11 appointment of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand. Efforts by Chand's Cabinet to initiate dialogue with the insurgents have so far succeeded in lessening neither the Maoists' violent activities nor their anti-government rh [...] |
2002-10-24 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2052 | KATHMANDU VALLEY STRIKE OBSERVED; MAOISTS CLAIM [...] (SBU) Four people were slightly injured in a series of small explosions in the heart of Kathmandu--including two in or near the Thamel tourist district--October 27. The Maoists' October 28 strike in the Kathmandu Valley and October 27 strike in the southern Terai plains region bordering Indi [...] |
2002-10-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2060 | NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the autonomous constitutional body charged with prosecuting corruption, is continuing to pursue a number of high-profile cases against several former ministers and prominent civ [...] |
2002-10-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2066 | NEPAL: NEW FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES [...] (U) This cable contains business-sensitive information and should be handled accordingly. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (SBU) Summary. On October 25, the Ambassador and USAID Director met with Nepal's newly appointed Finance Minister. The Finance Minister articulated the immediat [...] |
2002-10-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2169 | NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON [...] (U) At about midnight November 15, Maoist insurgents launched an attack on the headquarters in Jumla District in northwestern Nepal. Communications with the headquarters were cut immediately after the attack, and accurate information remains difficult to obtain. Initial reports indicate tha [...] |
2002-11-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2189 | NEPAL: CABINET EXPANSION [...] (SBU) The interim Government of Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand announced an expansion of its 9-member Cabinet to 22 on November 18. The new names included no one from either of the two largest political parties, the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Le [...] |
2002-11-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2228 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21 [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...] |
2002-11-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN |
| 02KATHMANDU2326 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 30-DEC 06 [...] (U) Summary: This week in Nepal, armed assailants attacked a Joint Secretary at a public event in Kathmandu; the army blamed political appointees for poor intelligence capabilities; Maoists destroyed three Village Development Committee buildings in Gulmi district, leaving only seven intact; a [...] |
2002-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2369 | NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 07-13 [...] (U) Summary: While the Government of Nepal explored opportunities for peace talks this week, Maoist attacks on passenger buses, schools and other non-military targets continued to kill and injure civilians. Violence and extortion prompted hundreds of additional Nepalis to join the thousands [...] |
2002-12-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2440 | EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL [...] On 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect), the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purporting to be from the Maoists and "requesting...financial support of" 3 million Nepali Rupees (NRs). Singh stated that he had received the letter several day [...] |
2002-12-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PINS NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2456 | NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENT UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] (U) On December 22 the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students Union - Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) ended its strike against private schools in the Kathmandu Valley after the schools' directors agreed to cut tuition up to 25 percent. The strike, which began on December 9, had f [...] |
2002-12-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU255 | ICRC RESUMES VISITS TO KATHMANDU JAILS [...] (SBU) According to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head Delegate Jean-Jacques Bovay, on January 30 the Government of Nepal (GON) began allowing ICRC access to prisoners for the first time since the November 26 imposition of a state of national emergency. Bovay said that his o [...] |
2002-02-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU278 | MAOISTS KILL 16 POLICE; CALL FOR NATIONWIDE [...] (SBU) Maoist insurgents continued their attacks against police with a deadly assault on a police post in Kavre District the morning of February 5. On February 4 Maoists also attacked an airport and guest house in the popular tourist area of Lukla, Solukhumbu District, causing property damage [...] |
2002-02-05 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PTER PGOV CASC ASEC |
| 02KATHMANDU333 | NEPALI PARLIAMENT CONVENES FOR WINTER SESSION [...] (SBU) The Winter Session of Parliament convened Feb. 10 amid widespread expectations that the Lower House will ratify the state of national emergency declared November 26, allowing its continuation for another three months. A vote on the emergency must take place before Feb. 22. Preoccupati [...] |
2002-02-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NP PGOV SOCI |
| 02KATHMANDU340 | MAOISTS PAMPHLETEER, PREPARE FOR STRIKE IN [...] (U) Maoist insurgents continue to publicize a nationwide strike called for Feb. 22-23 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the insurgency and had some success enforcing a local strike in the mid-western and western regions Feb. 10. Security forces have increased checkpoints along c [...] |
2002-02-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU363 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE MADRASAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A notice from the Home Ministry announcing that private Muslim schools must register with local authorities has drawn criticism from the Muslim community. Some Muslim leaders view the measure as an empty gesture, probably performed at the behest of the Indian government, that [...] |
2002-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU376 | ONE FEARED DEAD IN BOMB EXPLOSION, ARSON AT [...] (U) Suspected Maoists set fire to files and set off a timed explosive device at a Kathmandu Land Revenue Office a little after 10:00 a.m. on February 15. Four people, including a police officer attempting to extinguish the fire were injured. Embassy has heard unconfirmed reports that at lea [...] |
2002-02-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU379 | REVISED CASUALTY ESTIMATES FOR ACHHAM AS [...] (SBU) Revised casualty estimates for the Maoists' Feb. 17 attacks on an airport and district headquarters in Achham indicate that nearly 130 were killed, most of them security forces. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was expected to address Parliament the morning of Feb. 18, beginning debat [...] |
2002-02-18 10:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU390 | NEPAL'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES MERGE, BUT REMAIN [...] (U) Nepal's main opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist and Leninist (UML), merged February 15 with a smaller former offshoot, the Communist Party of Nepal - Marxist-Leninist (ML). (Note: The combined parties will continue to use the UML name. Although communist by na [...] |
2002-02-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU402 | FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Feb. 21 Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya called the Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to appeal directly for immediate assistance in the wake of the Maoist attacks on Achham (Ref B). He said the Ministry hopes to send a delegation, at the secretary level, to Washingt [...] |
2002-02-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV ETRD NP |
| 02KATHMANDU410 | NATIONWIDE STRIKE BRINGS SCATTERED VIOLENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Insurgents attacked a remote police post in Salyan district, killing 34 policemen, on the eve of a strike called by the Maoists for February 22 and 23. Scattered bombings were reported throughout the country in the run-up to the strike, including a fatal incident along a major [...] |
2002-02-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU412 | OPPOSITION SUPPORTS GOVERNMENT IN RATIFYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lower House of Parliament ratified the state of national emergency by well over the two-thirds majority necessary to continue the emergency for another three months. The three largest Opposition parties voted with the ruling Nepali Congress Party for ratification after Co [...] |
2002-02-22 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU425 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME [...] Summary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds that he is not a Nepali citizen, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Named in a complaint filed by a member of a rival refugee group, Pradhan has been [...] |
2002-02-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU446 | TALES FROM TRIBHUVAN HOSPITAL: MAOIST VICTIMS [...] (U) In addition to the 650 policemen and 90 Royal Nepal Army soldiers they have killed, Maoists have beaten, stabbed, shot or burned to death nearly 400 civilians since the insurgency began in 1996--more than 50 of those victims in just the three months since the insurgents unilaterally broke [...] |
2002-02-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU450 | MAOISTS' MINORS: INTERVIEWS WITH CHILD RECRUITS [...] (SBU) Interviews with several Maoist child recruits at the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) division in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj indicate force, fear, and physical assault, rather than ideology, as their primary reasons for joining. At least two girls interviewed reported sexual abuse during [...] |
2002-03-01 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU467 | NEPALI REACTION TO TRADE TREATY RENEWAL WITH INDIA [...] (SBU) Reaction in Kathmandu to the March 2 signing of the revised bilateral trade treaty between Nepal and India in New Delhi has been mixed. The revised treaty terms include value addition requirements on manufactured goods and imposed quota restrictions on four items that together account [...] |
2002-03-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL NP IN |
| 02KATHMANDU481 | MAOIST STUDENTS SHUT DOWN KATHMANDU SCHOOLS FOR [...] (SBU) Facing the threat of violence, most educational institutions in Kathmandu remained closed March 4 and 5 after Maoist-affiliated students called a "school strike." Exceptions included the Embassy-supported Lincoln School, the British school, and a boarding school run by the Royal Nepalese [...] |
2002-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU495 | HEMORRHAGING FROM ON HIGH: COMMISSION RECOMMENDS [...] (SBU) A commission has recommended the partial privatization of the state-owned national air carrier Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) to inject fresh, badly needed capital into the teetering enterprise and to limit the political interference that has bled the once profitable Corporatio [...] |
2002-03-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NP |
| 02KATHMANDU496 | LIVING IN TERROR IN WESTERN NEPAL'S PLAINS [...] (SBU) Summary. Violence increased in two western Nepal districts bordering India following the end of the Maoist- government cease-fire in late November, 2001, but western Nepal's largest city remained calm. Ambassador had visited the area February 22 to 24 and Poloff revisited the region in [...] |
2002-03-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU498 | NATIONAL PARK CLOSED TO ALL BUT TOURISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Deteriorating security conditions have all but closed Royal Bardiya National Park in western Nepal to researchers and conservationists and have disrupted some development projects. Tourists still have access to the park, but the local economy has taken a deep hit from the dras [...] |
2002-03-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC CASC SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU509 | MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after the start of the annual relocation of rhinos from Chitwan to Royal Bardiya National Park. The subsequent army cordoning of the area forced four trucks carryi [...] |
2002-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU520 | TIMBER! TOP BRANCHES OF FORESTRY MINISTRY FELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11 Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Gopal Man Shrestha and Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation Surendra Hamal resigned from their posts after trading charges of corruption and abuse of power. The resignations come less than ten days after Prime [...] |
2002-03-13 01:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU529 | MAOISTS AMBUSH VIP SECURITY DETAIL ON MAJOR [...] (SBU) Maoists ambushed a police security team in Sindupalchowk district March 13, killing six officers and seriously injuring six others, police sources confirmed. Press reports state that the insurgents electronically detonated explosives laid in the road. The attack occurred on the Arniko H [...] |
2002-03-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU537 | NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...] |
2002-03-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM |
| 02KATHMANDU568 | MAOIST STATEMENT THREATENS TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) For the first time, a leader of Nepal's Maoist insurgency has issued explicit threats against Nepal's tourism industry. Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai issued the statement March 15. (Text of statement follows as paragraph 4.) The statement called for the cadres to "smash" hotels and [...] |
2002-03-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER PHUM PREL PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU615 | TERROR, TRADE AND AID: FORSEC VISIT TO DC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya will use his April 2-5 visit to Washington to urge quick delivery of additional security and development aid to Nepal, to discuss cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and to press for more favorable trade terms for Nepali pro [...] |
2002-03-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EAID ETRD PHUM PGOV PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU633 | MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE [...] (U) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY. REPORTS OF THE MAOISTS DECAPITATING VICTIMS OR TORTURING THEM TO DEATH WITH KNIVES IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME A HEART-RENDING CO [...] |
2002-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU657 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY POSTPONE FIVE-DAY STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late in the morning of April 1, the Embassy began to receive reports from usually reliable press and human rights sources that the Maoists have decided to postpone the five-day general strike, or "bandh," called for April 2-6, to April 23-27, in response to broad-based public [...] |
2002-04-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC PTER NP |
| 02KATHMANDU695 | STATE OF EMERGENCY RELAXED; ANTI-TERRORISM BILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's King on April 4 approved five directives from the Cabinet easing restrictions on civil liberties imposed under the state of emergency. The directives allow criticism - so long as it is not "demoralizing" - of the security forces; restore press freedoms, but not in the [...] |
2002-04-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU696 | NEW MAOIST TACTIC: ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an apparent change of tactics, Nepal's Maoist insurgents have begun a systematic campaign of attacks against the kingdom's infrastructure. In recent days the Maoists have hit bridges - including one in the capital - telephone repeater towers, hydropower stations, electricit [...] |
2002-04-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU701 | AMBUSH KILLS FIVE SOLDIERS; ABORTED GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Maoists attacked an army convoy in a remote western district April 6, killing five, including the Major in command of the local detachment. Army personnel immediately launched a counter-attack that reportedly killed thirteen insurgents. The attack occurred less than a mile fr [...] |
2002-04-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU717 | WFP RECEIVES THREAT, HAS FOOD SHIPMENT HIJACKED [...] (SBU) On April 11 the head of security for the UN system in Nepal reported that a World Food Program (WFP) office in Dhamak, Jhapa, in eastern Nepal had a threatening notice, signed by purported Maoists, posted on its door that morning. The translated text of the message follows below: Beg [...] |
2002-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREF ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU747 | MAOIST CASUALTIES IN DANG REPORTEDLY HIGH; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief District Officer (CDO) in Dang told the Embassy that he has seen "hundreds" of bodies of Maoist dead in shallow graves in the vicinity of the April 11 attacks on police and Armed Police Force posts (Ref A). According to local press reports, some of those dead may be [...] |
2002-04-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU751 | MAOISTS REPORTEDLY LINK ATTACK ON COCA-COLA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepali manager of a Coca-cola factory where Maoists set off two bombs the night of April 14 (Ref A) said the armed attackers told Coke employees at the plant their facility was being targeted because of its affiliation with the U.S. and because of USG aid to victims of th [...] |
2002-04-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC BEXP NP |
| 02KATHMANDU771 | TWO DEAD IN RASH OF CAPITAL BOMBINGS; MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A string of seven Maoist attacks across the Kathmandu valley April 17-18 killed two and wounded eight. Maoists attacked three street-side police posts, in one case killing one officer and one civilian by- stander. Attacks on government offices and the home of an advisor to th [...] |
2002-04-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU795 | FIRST DAY OF MAOIST STRIKE QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary: The streets of Kathmandu were comparatively quiet during the first day of the five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. Most city shops remained closed, and public transportation was sparse. Most vehicles on the road bore either diplomatic plates or Go [...] |
2002-04-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU800 | Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...] |
2002-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU804 | MORE TRAFFIC MOVING, BUSINESSES OPEN IN STRIKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: More traffic was moving and shops open on the second day of the general strike called by Maoist insurgents April 23-27. One mini-bus was torched inside Kathmandu after a crowd attacked it; no injuries were reported. In districts outside Kathmandu Maoists hijacked four ambula [...] |
2002-04-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU813 | QUIET REIGNS ON STRIKE'S THIRD DAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The third day of a Maoist-declared general strike passed relatively quietly, with ever more businesses and vehicles daring to risk retaliation from the insurgents. Three bomb blasts were reported in the capital - including a petrol bomb attack on a motorcyclist who broke the s [...] |
2002-04-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU828 | MAOISTS ATTACK CIVILIAN VEHICLES AS COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Kathmandu continued to move toward normalcy on the fourth day of the Maoists' five-day general strike with traffic even heavier than yesterday. A bomb went off April 26 injuring two on a bus about one kilometer from the Embassy, while on April 25 Maoists bombed a private reside [...] |
2002-04-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU838 | NORMALCY RETURNS AFTER FIVE-DAY STRIKE; MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Normalcy returned to Nepal's capital April 28 after a five-day general strike called by Maoist insurgents ended the day before. On the strike's last day scattered violent incidents were reported in the Kathmandu Valley, including the deaths of three Maoists who had tried to st [...] |
2002-04-29 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU871 | LOOTING LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF WFP POVERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint German-WFP food aid program has been suspended in two districts in western Nepal after rice supplies were stolen by suspected Maoist insurgents. A press release announcing the suspension was intended to put the Maoists on notice that food aid would be cut off if such in [...] |
2002-05-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PTER AORC ASEC PHUM NP WFP |
| 02KATHMANDU892 | NEPAL'S ECONOMIC GROWTH: ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE [...] (SBU) The economy of Nepal, already one of the poorest countries in the world, is in crisis, struggling under the combined squeeze of escalating expenditures, primarily related to the six-year-old Maoist insurgency, and plummeting revenues. Government development funds are already being div [...] |
2002-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU906 | MAOISTS ATTACK OUTPOSTS IN ROLPA AND SANKHUWASABHA [...] (SBU) Summary: On the night of May 7 Maoist insurgents attacked a combined Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and police outpost in Gam, Rolpa in western Nepal. The attack in Rolpa follows the RNA's routing of a Maoist camp at another location in the same district (Refs B and C). The RNA has lost cont [...] |
2002-05-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU914 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS DESTROY PEPSI TRUCK [...] (SBU) Suspected Maoist insurgents set fire to a Pepsi-Cola truck making deliveries in Dolakha District, about 70 km east of Kathmandu the evening of May 7. According to Rajiv Sant, Managing Director for the Indian-owned Pepsi franchise in Nepal, three gunmen stopped the truck and ordered th [...] |
2002-05-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC BEXP CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU915 | PRACHANDA DECLARES A CEASEFIRE AFTER ATTACK IN [...] (SBU) An e-mail to evening newspapers purportedly from Maoist supremo Prachanda unilaterally declared a one-month ceasefire starting June 15. There has been no official reaction yet from the Government of Nepal (GON) to the offer. Security forces continue to search for survivors of the May [...] |
2002-05-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU921 | Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] |
2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU924 | Maoist Cease-Fire Claimed as Hoax; All-Party [...] (SBU) Two e-mails sent to local media outlets May 10 claimed that the previous day's announcement (Reftel) of a unilateral cease-fire by Maoist leader "Prachanda" was a hoax. Writing Nepali in the Roman script, the author, self-identified only as "Bikram," said he had intended the hoax to tea [...] |
2002-05-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU933 | Maoists Attack Remote University [...] (U) Approximately 300 Maoist insurgents attacked a university in the remote southwestern district of Dang late on May 11, according to the Chief District Officer (CDO) for the area. The insurgents set fire to offices at Mahendra Sanskrit University, approximately 300 kilometers west of Kathma [...] |
2002-05-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU964 | UPDATE: ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Nearly 4,000 people--civilians, military, police and insurgents--have been killed in Nepal's six-year-old Maoist insurgency to date. According to Ministry of Defense figures, more than 10 percent of that number--572--were killed in the first half of May alone. (Note: MOD figures, espec [...] |
2002-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ECPS ENRG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU968 | Maoist Leader Calls For Talks; King Calls in [...] (SBU) Summary. A Maoist leader sent a letter to Nepal's main political parties May 14 calling for talks with the government. The Prime Minister's political advisor called the offer a ploy to allow the insurgents to regroup. The opposition echoed the same sentiment, adding that the Maoists w [...] |
2002-05-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU977 | Maoists Attack Orphan School [...] (U) Insurgents set off a bomb at a well-known INGO- funded orphanage and boarding school in Surkhet district 400 km west of Kathmandu late on May 17. No one was injured in the blast, caused by a pressure cooker bomb placed in the window of the principal's residence. The event garnered wide p [...] |
2002-05-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU985 | LEFTISTS LAMBASTE MAOIST VIOLENCE; PRACHANDA [...] (SBU) In a joint public statement May 20, nine left-wing opposition parties criticized Maoist tactics and called for the insurgents to "reinstate their credibility" by initiating a unilateral ceasefire. Eight of the parties--only three of which have Members in Parliament--asked Opposition Lea [...] |
2002-05-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV NP |
| 02KUWAIT5179 | (SBU) BANKRUPT BY 2026: KUWAIT'S LOOMING SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Important enough to disrupt the opening of the National Assembly, a draft amendment to the Social Securities law is the subject of hot debate between Government ministers and MPs. Kuwait's liberal retirement policies have created a sense of entitlement which may soon be betrayed [...] |
2002-12-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KU |
| 02KUWAIT5231 | Erroneous GOK Press Statement Reqardinq Accident [...] (SBU) This afternoon the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued a press statement (text in paragraph 3 below) regarding a naval incident that took place near Bubiyan Island this morning in which one American and one Kuwait received minor injuries. The MOI statement contains information that diff [...] |
2002-12-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS US KU |
| 02KUWAIT5257 | AFGHAN ASSISTANCE: KUWAIT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON KU AF |
| 02RANGOON1167 | PATRIOT DAY IN RANGOON [...] (U) Some 325 invited guests, including high-ranking GOB military and civilian officials, Aung San Suu Kyi and the senior NLD leadership, Muslim representatives, ethnic leaders, and about 100 resident American citizens gathered September 11 in downtown Rangoon to observe Patriot Day. COM Marti [...] |
2002-09-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO BM ASSK NLD |
| 02RANGOON1211 | ROHINGYA REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Burma has unofficially told UNHCR that it would accept 5,000 of the remaining 22,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. That would leave a residual 17,000 people in Bangladesh to be locally settled or otherwise accommodated. UNHCR Rohingya repatriation assist [...] |
2002-09-20 00:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BM BG IN UNHCR |
| 02RANGOON1248 | BURMESE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STILL HOSTILE [...] (U) As a companion to the recently submitted Burma investment climate statement, we want to summarize the key problems that plague the country. The full text of the investment climate statement will be posted on the National Trade Data Bank and is available via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov [...] |
2002-09-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD BM |
| 02RANGOON1468 | BURMESE ECONOMY: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS...OR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime's continued mismanagement of the Burmese economy has given another push to its downward slide in recent months. The government's increasing reliance on trade restrictions, rather than fiscal and monetary policy measures, has slashed imports and halted temporarily the [...] |
2002-11-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BM |
| 02RANGOON1585 | KACHIN JADE MINING: THE ROAD TO RICHES AND RUIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jade mining and smuggling are big business in Kachin State. Concession sales provide revenue for both the government and the Kachin ethnic cease-fire groups. However, little trickles down to the average citizen. End summary. Jade Mining Ain't What it Used to Be 2. (SBU) [...] |
2002-12-12 06:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON PHUM BM |
| 02RANGOON1589 | BURMA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS: HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? [...] (U) The full text of the Burma Country Commercial Guide is available on the internet or via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov. The following is a summary. 2. (U) The U.S. Government has an official policy to neither encourage nor discourage trade with Burma. Since May 1997, the U.S. Governm [...] |
2002-12-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BM |
| 02RANGOON1664 | BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER ON GOB COUNTERNARCOTICSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taking the opportunity of remarks before the assembled Rangoon diplomatic corps on New Year's Eve, the Burmese Foreign Minister digressed for ten minutes from his set speech to make very reasoned comments on the GOB's desire to prove the credibility of its efforts against narc [...] |
2002-12-31 09:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR BM |
| 02ROME1405 | BIOTECH: SUGGESTION FOR GETTING ITALY'S ATTENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. POST SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUR AGRICULTURE BIOTECH AGENDA FORWARD BY LINKING IT TO THE GOI HIGH-PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC INDICATOR (GI) AGENDA AND INVITES DEPARTMENT'S THOUGHTS ON SUCH A LINKAGE. THE GOI REGULARLY PREACHES THAT MORE THAN 200 PRODUCTS NAMED A [...] |
2002-03-19 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD IT WTO |
| 02ROME1548 | ITALY ON WASSENAAR HOS: NOT TO WORRY [...] (U) ITALY SEES NO REMAINING SUBSTANTIVE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT HEAD OF SECRETARIAT SUCCESSION ISSUE, MFA'S NONPROLIFERATION COORDINATOR UGO DE MOHR TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 22. ITALY ACCEPTS THAT THE SWEDISH CANDIDATE, AMBASSADOR DANIELSSON, WILL BE THE NEXT HOS, AND DE MOHR SAID ITALY IS FULLY S [...] |
2002-03-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IT KSTC PARM EUN |
| 02ROME1853 | STEEL 201: ITALY NOT EXERCIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE GOI CONTINUES TO SPEAK WITH RESTRAINT ABOUT USG STEEL SAFEGUARDS -- DEFENDING LIMITED EU RESPONSIVE SAFEGUARDS AND LOOKING TO BRUSSELS FOR A LEGAL OPINION ON THE WTO-CONSISTENCY OF RETALIATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME CALLING FOR AVOIDANCE OF A PROTECTIONIST SPIRAL AND FOREGOIN [...] |
2002-04-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME1942 | MISSION-ITALY BIOTECH ACTION PLAN [...] MISSION ITALY'S BIOTECH WORKING GROUP (BWG) HAS MAPPED OUT ITS ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. UNCLASSIFIED IT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF AGR, ECON, SCI, PA, FCS, LABOR, CG-MILAN, CG- NAPLES, AND CG-FLORENCE. BECAUSE MISSION ITALY SHARES MANY CO [...] |
2002-04-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD IT WTO |
| 02ROME2065 | MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...] |
2002-04-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2322 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON THE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: SENIOR ITALIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY AND CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (ENAC) OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS INFORMED SECTOR EXPERTS, AGREE THAT THE BILATERAL U.S.-ITALY OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL A NEW U.S.-EU AGREEMENT IS SIGNED. ITALIAN OFFICIALS EXPECT TO BE INVOLVED I [...] |
2002-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD IT AVIATION FAA |
| 02ROME2694 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES WARNING SIGNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ANTONIO FAZIO HAS HARSHLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILURE TO REIN IN THE PUBLIC DEFICIT, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO NEAR E41 BILLION. THE CRITICISM, THE FIRST OPENLY SOUR NOTE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT, WAS MADE AT THE BANK OF ITALYS ANNUA [...] |
2002-06-04 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IT EUN |
| 02ROME2794 | BERLUSCONI'S FIRST YEAR ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. TWELVE MONTHS AGO, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI TOOK OFFICE WITH A PROMISE TO JUMPSTART THE FALTERING ITALIAN ECONOMY. A MUCH-HERALDED 100-DAY ECONOMIC PLAN WAS DESIGNED AS AN INITIAL STIMULUS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC REFORMS. AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE, THE PRIME MIN [...] |
2002-06-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME2999 | GOOD AND BAD SCIENCE TAKE CENTER STAGE IN BIOTECH [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERTET. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR OES WHICH REQUESTS REPLY TO REF A TRANSMITTED APRIL 22, 2002. ALSO SEE PARA 19. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ITALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] |
2002-06-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TSPL TBIO EAID IT |
| 02ROME3006 | KEY ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EU FINANCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN (FSAP) REPRESENTS A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR EUROPE, ARGUED ALESSANDRO MARIA POGGIALI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, RENATO BRUNETTA. WITH DETAILS OF THIS ACTION EMERGING FR [...] |
2002-06-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU IT |
| 02ROME3008 | CHANGING CHAIRS IN ITALY [...] (U) THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY, SPECIFICALLY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE, RECENTLY CHANGED ITS SENIOR LEADERSHIP IN THREE OF THE CORPORATIONS IN WHICH IT HAS A MAJOR INTEREST: ENI (ITALIAN HYDROCARBON AGENCY), ENEL (NATIONAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 030 [...] |
2002-06-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EAIR PINR IT ITEIND |
| 02ROME3175 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT - ITALY FACTUAL UPDATE [...] (U) PER INSTRUCTIONS (REF A), EMBASSY ROME SUBMITS TWO FACTUAL UPDATES TO ITS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED (REF B) 2002 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (IRF) REPORT. BOTH UPDATES INVOLVE SECTION II ("STATUS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM"), SUBSECTION "LEGAL/POLICY FRAMEWORK." 2. (SBU) 1ST FACTUAL UPDATE: [...] |
2002-06-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF IT EUN |
| 02ROME3213 | "BANANA PEEL POLITICS" IN ITALY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN EMBARRASSING, INDELICATE, AND BADLY-TIMED SLIP, INTERIOR MINISTER SCAJOLA SEEMS TO HAVE CALLED THE RECENTLY MURDERED LABOR MINISTRY ADVISER, MARCO BIAGI, ROUGHLY A "PAIN IN THE ASS." THE REACTION WAS VINTAGE ITALIAN POLITICS -- OPPOSITION CALLS FOR HIS [...] |
2002-07-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3357 | EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...] |
2002-07-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR FAO |
| 02ROME3390 | ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE EU PROPOSALS FOR TRACEABILITY AND LABELING OF GMO EVENTS, AND TO DISCUSS ITALIAN VIEWS TOWARD EU CHEMICALS REFORM. 2. FINDING THE RIGHT GOI MINISTRY WITH [...] |
2002-07-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU EAGR |
| 02ROME3508 | UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...] |
2002-07-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP |
| 02ROME3652 | THE ECB, NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BANK [...] (SBU) THE BANK OF ITALY (BOI), LONG A CORNERSTONE OF THE ITALIAN ECONOMY, FACES CHANGED RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, THE BOI IS ONE OF THIRTEEN NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS WITH A VOICE IN THE SINGLE ECB MONETARY POLICY. THE ECB IS ORGANIZED WITH "CENT [...] |
2002-07-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON IT EUN |
| 02ROME3680 | PM BERLUSCONI WILL ALSO REMAIN FM BERLUSCONI "FOR [...] (SBU) DESPITE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MUSINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE GOI (REPORTED REFTELS), PM BERLUSCONI WILL NOT RELINQUISH HIS POST AS INTERIM FOREIGN MINISTER ANY TIME UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03680 251544Z SOON. REFTELS REPORTED THAT THE PM WAS LIKEL [...] |
2002-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME3954 | AMBASSADOR TALKS TRADE, STEEL AND BIOTECH WITH [...] (U) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE URSO ON AUGUST 8. AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (SEPTEL), THE TWO DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF SEVERAL KEY TRADE ISSUES. 2. (U) FAST TRACK: URSO WAS PLEASED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FAST TRACK LEGISLATION IN TH [...] |
2002-08-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL IT EUN |
| 02ROME4122 | ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...] |
2002-08-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR FORCES IN ITALY |
| 02ROME4495 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SUBSTANTIVE PATENT [...] (U) ECONOFF MET ON 12 SEPTEMBER WITH COUNSELOR GIULIO PRIGIONI, THE NEWLY-APPOINTED ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO WIPO (REF.A) TO DISCUSS REF POINTS (REF. B). 2. (SBU) THE GOI AGREES WITH THE USG POSITION THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED AND PRODUCTIVE, PR [...] |
2002-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EUN |
| 02ROME5131 | OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...] |
2002-10-22 04:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV IT |
| 02ROME5252 | PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-10-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME5540 | WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...] |
2002-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5595 | IMMIGRATION: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2.(U) INTERIOR MINISTERS FOR THE "ADRIATIC-IONIAN" REGION ANNOUNCED A NEW ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY MINISTERIAL IN LECCE NOVEMBER 13. THE ACTION PLAN WAS SIGNED BY MINISTERS FROM ITALY, ALBANIA [...] |
2002-11-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG ELAB PGOV IT |
| 02ROME560 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND [...] (SBU) IN HIS COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY STANCA, THE AMBASSADOR EXPLORED ITALIAN HIGH-TECH, PROMOTED THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AS HONING THE ITALIAN EDGE IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, AND SOUGHT AN ALLY IN THE BIOTECH DEBATES. MINISTER STANCA, CAUTIOUS IN HIS NEWLY ES [...] |
2002-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR PREL AL IT JO MZ TS EUN |
| 02ROME563 | FINANCE MINISTRY ON IDA REPLENISHMENT; GOI [...] ITALIAN OFFICIALS SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN IDA LENDING AS GRANTS RATHER THAN LOANS, BUT STILL ONLY AS MINOR SHARE OF OVERALL LENDING. IN A FEBRUARY 4 MEETING WITH FINMIN OFFICIALS, ECOUN AND ECONOFF PRESENTED PRESIDENT BUSH'S PROPOSAL THAT THE WORLD BANK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT BANKS DRAMATICALLY [...] |
2002-02-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IT IDA |
| 02ROME5750 | FIAT: WORKER PROTESTS CONTINUE; SICILIAN SOLUTION IN SIGHT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FIAT AUTO, TRADE UNIONS AND THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE THEIR POSTURING AROUND THE AUTOMAKER'S PLAN TO CUT COSTS BY IDLING THREE PLANTS AND LAYING OFF OVER 8,000 EMPLOYEES. ALTHOUGH FIAT'S LENDERS APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY ONES CONTENT WITH THE PLAN AS CONCEIVED, WORKER ACTI [...] |
2002-11-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI IT |
| 02ROME586 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS [...] (U) DURING HIS INITIAL MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00586 01 OF 02 061352Z COMMUNICATIONS, THE AMBASSADOR PROMOTED MOTOROLA'S BID FOR THE TENDER FOR A NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY DIGITAL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, SOUGHT FAIR MARKET [...] |
2002-02-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS IT |
| 02ROME5982 | STEEL: ITALY ON UPCOMING OECD HIGH-LEVEL STEEL [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 13, 2002 ECONOFF SPOKE WITH GIUSEPPE LORENZINI, OFFICE III DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS, MINISTRY OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (WHICH INCLUDES THE FOREIGN TRADE SUB-MINISTRY). OFFICE III HAS THE GOI LEAD ON THE ISSUE OF STEEL RESTRUCTURING. 2. (SBU) L [...] |
2002-12-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD IT EUN |
| 02ROME5989 | GOI SELLS REMAINING STAKE IN TELECOM ITALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNEXPECTEDLY, ON DECEMBER 9, THE GOI SOLD ITS RESIDUAL 3.5 PERCENT SHARE IN FORMERLY STATE- OWNED INCUMBENT OPERATOR TELECOM ITALIA. ECONOMIC AANALYSTS AND EMBASSY CONTACTS AGREE THAT THE SALE WAS DICTATED BY BUDGET NEEDS, RATHER THAN BY NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POLICY CONSIDERA [...] |
2002-12-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN ECON KPRV ETRD IT WTRO USTR EUN KRV |
| 02ROME860 | PROPOSED ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL SYSTEM REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IS CONSIDERING DRAFT LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF ITALY'S INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. WHILE ONLY IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES WITHIN THE PARLIAMENT, THE PROPOSAL WOULD TURN THE BANK OF ITALY (ITALY'S CENTRAL BANK) INTO A RESEARCH INSTITUTION [...] |
2002-02-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME894 | COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2001 [...] (SBU) SEVERAL POINTS IN THE ITALY CHAPTER OF THE 2001 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES (HRR) REPRESENT DEPARTURES FROM PREVIOUS PRACTICE. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NATURE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES, WHICH MAY BE PERCEIVED AS SIGNIFICANT IN THE CONTEXT OF DOMESTIC ITALIAN POLITICS, WE EXPECT [...] |
2002-02-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB KSPR IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2494 | Honduras Asks for Help on Paris Club and HIPC [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Honduran government has requested support of the USG (and other donors) to extend to June 2003 in its Paris Club debt service deferral and changes in the methodology used for HIPC and Paris Club debt relief and funding of the GOH's Poverty Reduction Strateg [...] |
2002-09-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EINV ETRD PGOV SENV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2556 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RATES HONDURAS AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29, Transparency International released its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking Honduras 71 of 102 countries analyzed. Honduras scored 2.7 on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being a perfect score) - the same score it received in 2001. The CPI highlighted the fact t [...] |
2002-09-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2600 | HONDURAS TRIES AN END RUN TO NAME CONSUL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post was notified on August 1, that the GOH was attempting to name U.S. legal permanent resident, Elena Maria Diaz Marinakys de Szydel, as Consul General of Honduras in Mobile, Alabama. In addition to the fact that no Honduran Consulate currently exists in Mobile, Post has dero [...] |
2002-09-16 17:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ASEC |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2743 | HONDURAS UNDECIDED ON PROPOSED 2003 SPECIAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-30 17:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2814 | TRADE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Minister of Industry and Trade Juliet Handal resigned on Friday, October 5. In announcing her resignation, Handal mentioned that she was interested in devoting more time to her family and pursuing her business interests. She also pledged support for President Maduro as a private busin [...] |
2002-10-07 23:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2829 | NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST FOR GOH RESOLVE [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...] |
2002-10-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2833 | CORRECTED COPY - NEW LAND CASE IN ROATAN GOOD TEST [...] (SBU) Summary. American citizens Jean and Roger Moore were suddenly and forcefully evicted from their Roatan home in August of this year when the Melvyn McNab family presented (and local judicial officials accepted) unsubstantiated arguments that they had claim to this land. A recently done ca [...] |
2002-10-09 22:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2857 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY FOR AES AS THE DECISION ON THE 210 [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues to advocate strongly for a transparent process that will treat American investors fairly, as the state electricity company ENEE's decision on the winner of the 210MW electricity tender approaches. ENEE's decision, like the bid opening itself (ref b), has been postpo [...] |
2002-10-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2893 | FIDE CHIEF NORMAN GARCIA TO BE NEW TRADE MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Maduro has tapped Norman Garcia, Executive Director of the investment and export promotion NGO, FIDE, to be the new Minister of Industry and Trade, replacing Juliet Handal. He will be sworn in on October 17 by Acting President Vicente Williams. The GOH is also creating a cab [...] |
2002-10-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2897 | AES PROJECT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF 210MW BID WINNER [...] (SBU) Once again, the announcement of the winning bid in the 210MW energy contract has been delayed (bids were presented on July 26). Angelo Botazzi, the general manager of the state-owned electricity company ENEE, now says the decision will be announced sometime before October 23rd. As the [...] |
2002-10-17 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2967 | GOH POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Clear property ownership is important to improving the well-being of the Honduran urban and rural poor, as well as to the resolution of outstanding Amcit investment disputes. Although the GOH has not formed a small Commission to address the outstanding Amcit disputes as Embass [...] |
2002-10-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2972 | HONDURAN-U.S. BILATERAL TRADE AND NON-TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) In response to refs a & b, Post identifies the following outstanding bilateral trade and non-trade issues that could negatively impact perception of a U.S.-Central American free trade agreement in the U.S. private sector and Congress. Agriculture Import Restrictions ------------------- [...] |
2002-10-28 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON ELAB EINV PREL XK HO USTR |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2981 | HONDURAS ISSUES 2001 CENSUS FIGURES; POPULATION [...] (U) On October 18, National Institute of Statistics (INE) Director Magdalena Garcia presented the numbers from the 2001 census to Acting President Vicente Williams. The last census in Honduras was conducted in 1988 and INE utilized the 1988 statistics during the presentation as a reference poi [...] |
2002-10-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2996 | RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals for dollarization in recent weeks. The two bankers argue that replacement of the lempira with the dollar would help increase capital investment and lower in [...] |
2002-10-30 18:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO ETRDECD ETRD |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3004 | GOH Faces Unpalatable Choices on Increasing [...] (SBU) A new IDB-sponsored diagnosis of structural problems in Honduras's tax policy documents the failure of the GOH to raise sufficient revenues to fund vital state functions, resulting in steady growth in the central government's fiscal deficit. The authors recommend an immediate repeal of [...] |
2002-10-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3023 | Upcoming IMF Mission: Civil Service Reform is [...] (SBU) The long awaited IMF mission (originally planned for February 2002 and delayed several times to give the Maduro team time to understand the inherited fiscal problems and develop plans to address them) will arrive on November 4. The mission is scheduled to conduct an Article IV review a [...] |
2002-11-01 19:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3126 | PRESIDENT MADURO RESPONDS TO COMMERCE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) During a November 12 meeting, Honduran President Maduro provided DCM a letter in response to Commerce Secretary Evans' October 22 letter advocating for a fair and SIPDIS transparent process in the 210MW energy bid sent on behalf of AES. The original letter was sent via FedEx 2 day del [...] |
2002-11-14 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG BEXP HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3151 | CELLULAR PROVIDERS PRE-QUALIFIED [...] (SBU) Summary. Bellsouth was one of three firms found to prequalify to participate in the upcoming 25-year wireless telephone service concession on November 7, along with the Chilean company ENTEL and a Swiss-Honduran consortium. Digicel Honduras, a company with partial U.S. ownership, was di [...] |
2002-11-19 21:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV KPRV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3273 | AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufussa the contract for the 210MW bid. AES challenged ENEE's failure to disqualify Lufussa for the lack of inclusion of sufficient transmission facilities in its [...] |
2002-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3276 | LABOR PROBLEMS AT CHIQUITA: MANAGEMENT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiquita and its union have begun case-by-case discussions over the contentious issue of alleged absenteeism by a high percentage of its workforce. EmbOffs recently toured Chiquita's plantation and met with both management and labor. EmbOffs urged them to continue dialogue. B [...] |
2002-12-03 23:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV EAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3321 | HONDURAS: TREASURY FINANCIAL SECTOR-LED GROWTH [...] (U) Post submits the following information on Honduras' financial services sector as requested in ref A. Ref B provided an overview of the banking sector in Honduras. Washington agencies should note that the World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank are currently conducting a comprehensiv [...] |
2002-12-10 15:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3362 | HONDURAS: NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post is submitting an update of the contact information for senior GOH officials: A. Post: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Date of submission: December 13, 2002 B. Head of Government: Ricardo Maduro Joest Title: President of the Republic of Honduras Office telephone num [...] |
2002-12-13 21:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3416 | ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT; [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid for a 210 MW electricity contract. In announcing the annulment, the Board said that the various legal challenges presented by bidders to the decision to award [...] |
2002-12-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3479 | ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES [...] (SBU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electricity starting within three years. The deal came after the ENEE Board of Directors annulled the tender award to Lufussa on December 19. In an emergency meetin [...] |
2002-12-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3491 | BANCO CAPITAL LIQUIDATED; SOGERIN TO BE SOLD [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Banking and Insurance Commission announced on December 20 the forced liquidation of Banco Capital, which had been under government supervision since May 17. Banco Ficohsa acquired the deposits worth approximately USD 43 million. The GOH authorized the transfer of [...] |
2002-12-31 17:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3492 | HONDURAS' PETROLEUM MARKET STABLE FOR NOW, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Econoff approached Texaco Caribbean General Manager Richard Ritter (please protect) on December 30 to discuss the effect of the oil strike in Venezuela on Honduras' petroleum and energy needs. Honduras, which is party to an agreement signed between Venezuela and other countries in the r [...] |
2002-12-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG HO VE |
| 02VATICAN173 | SANT'EGIDIO WANTS VOTE ON ITS ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SANT'EGIDIO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SPECIALIST MARIO GIRO CALLED DCM 01/10 TO SEEK USG SUPPORT IN FORWARDING THE SANT'EGIDIO CANDIDACY TO BE AN OBSERVER NGO AT THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 00173 111447 [...] |
2002-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL VT UN |
| 02VATICAN3633 | WORKING WITH THE HOLY SEE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE ACTIVELY SEEKS TO INFLUENCE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03633 01 OF 03 231457Z THE POLICIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND PARTICIPATES INTENSELY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE TO PROMOTE ITS OWN AGENDA, PARTICU [...] |
2002-07-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC VT UN VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN3634 | POPE CONDEMNS DESECRATION OF JEWISH CEMETARY AND [...] (U) POPE JOHN PAUL II CONDEMNED GROWING ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE AFTER THIRTY-FIVE JEWISH GRAVES IN A ROME CEMETERY WERE DESECRATED JULY 18. IN A TELEGRAM TO ROME'S CHIEF RABBI JULY 19 PUBLISHED ON THE VATICAN'S WEBSITE, THE POPE DESCRIBED THE DESECRATION AS A "DETESTABLE ACT THAT FOLLOWS OTH [...] |
2002-07-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IT VT |
| 02VATICAN3636 | THE LIMITS OF VATICAN PERSUASION ON BISHOPS' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE PERCEPTION OF THE HOLY SEE AS A HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION, IT RARELY GIVES "MARCHING ORDERS" TO CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON SECULAR POLITICAL MATTERS. IN THE RARE CASES WHEN IT DOES DECIDE TO PRESS ITS POLITICAL VIEWS, IT IS LARGELY LIMITED TO THE POWER OF PAPAL PERSUASION [...] |
2002-07-23 15:00:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN3637 | AID AND ADVOCACY FOR NORTH KOREA - VATICAN AGENCY [...] (SBU) CATHOLIC CHURCH AID AGENCY CONFEDERATION CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) REPORTS NORTH KOREA'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CONTINUES WITH MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE FACING ACUTE SHORTAGES OF FOOD, MEDICINES, AND DRINKING WATER (REFTEL). CI IS SEEKING WAYS TO ATTRACT MORE DONORS AS PLEDGES FROM [...] |
2002-07-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KN KS VT |
| 02VATICAN3717 | HOLY SEE SIGNS ACCORD WITH CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE SIGNED A JURIDICAL ACCORD WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC JULY 25 REGULATING THE STATUS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE AGREEMENT, REACHED AFTER THREE YEARS OF OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS, GUARANTEES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FREEDOM TO CONDUCT ITS ACTIVITIES, IN [...] |
2002-07-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL RO LO BU EZ VT |
| 02VATICAN4241 | VATICAN ON CLONING CONVENTION: DON'T MAKE THE IDEAL THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VATICAN DFM MIGLIORE TOLD DCM AUGUST 30 THAT THE HOLY SEE SHARED U.S. GOALS ON THE CLONING CONVENTION AND SUPPORTED USG EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A UN CONVENTION TO BAN ALL FORMS OF HUMAN CLONING. HOWEVER, THE VATICAN FEARED THAT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VA [...] |
2002-09-03 05:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY VT UNGA |
| 02VATICAN4909 | HOLY SEE: FM TAURAN REPLY TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON [...] (SBU) IN HIS REPLY TO SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER REQUESTING A STRONG HOLY SEE STATEMENT REGARDING THE SAFETY OF U.S. BIOTECH FOOD ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (REF B), HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER EQUIVALENT ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE HOLY SEE WOULD OFFER A STRONG [...] |
2002-10-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5138 | THE POPE AND THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCH: REINFORCING [...] (U) IN THE VATICAN, WHERE GESTURES AND SYMBOLS CARRY WEIGHT, POPE JOHN PAUL II PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS DURING ROMANIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH TEOCTIST'S OCTOBER 7-13 VISIT TO VATICAN CITY AND THE CITY OF ROME. IN A SERIES OF EVENTS CULMINATING IN A SPECIAL MASS IN ST. PETER'S, THE PATRIARCH WA [...] |
2002-10-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI RO VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5167 | VATICAN BACKS U.S. BISHOPS' SEXUAL ABUSE POLICY, [...] (U) IN AN OCTOBER 18 LETTER TO THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, THE HOLY SEE CONVEYED ITS SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. BISHOPS' EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ABUSE ISSUES, BUT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05167 01 OF 02 231022Z ALSO INDICATED ITS DESIRE FOR REVISI [...] |
2002-10-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VT |
| 02VATICAN5296 | CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS PREPARES FOR WAR IN IRAQ; [...] (SBU) A CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) DELEGATION LED BY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05296 01 OF 02 291503Z THE DIRECTOR OF CARITAS' BRITISH OFFICE (CAFOD) HAS RETURNED FROM A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO IRAQ TO ASSESS IRAQ'S CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN [...] |
2002-10-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC EAID IZ VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5404 | HOLY SEE NOMINATES NEW VATICAN PERMANENT OBSERVER [...] (U) POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS APPOINTED UNDERSECRETARY FOR RELATIONS WITH STATES (DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER) MONSIGNOR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05404 060634Z CELESTINO MIGLIORE TO BE THE HOLY SEE'S PERMANENT OBSERVER AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK. MIGLIORE R [...] |
2002-11-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR VT UN |
| 02VATICAN5625 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON'S MEETING ON BIOTECH WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HOLY SEE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EQUIVALENT LEONARDO SANDRI NOVEMBER 16 TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF HOLY SEE INVOLVEMENT REGARDING THE GROWING THREAT OF HUNGER AND STARVATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT'S REJECTION [...] |
2002-11-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EAGR SENV SOCI ZA RP VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5714 | SODANO HINTS AT SHIFT IN HOLY SEE UN STATUS; TAKES [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE IS CONSIDERING UPGRADING ITS STATUS AT THE UN FROM PERMANENT OBSERVER TO FULL MEMBER. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CENTRIST ITALIAN DAILY "CORRIERE DELLA SERA" PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 24, VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE (PM EQUIVALENT) CARDINAL ANGELO SODONO SAID THE HOLY SEE WAS [...] |
2002-11-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT |
| 02VATICAN5753 | THE HOLY SEE AND THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) ALTHOUGH THE HOLY SEE IS PRESSING HARD FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTINENT'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, THIS DRIVE IS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO SUGGEST HOLY SEE OPPOSITION TO TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP. ON THE CONTRARY, THIS EFFORT PREDATES THE CURRENT DEBATE OVER TURKEY, AND THE [...] |
2002-11-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PINS EU PGOV VT |
| 02VATICAN5836 | HOLY SEE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SEPARATE OSCE [...] (SBU) POLOFF REVIEWED REFS (A) AND (B) DISCUSSION OF A SPECIAL SESSION ON ANTI-SEMITISM NOVEMBER 16 WITH VATICAN OSCE DIRECTOR MONS. ETTORE BALESTRERO, FOCUSING ON THE NEED FOR A STAND-ALONE MEETING TO DISCUSS ANTI-SEMITISM. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05836 [...] |
2002-12-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT OSCE |
| 02VATICAN76 | ANGELO SCOLA: NEW PATRIARCH AND NOW PAPABILE? [...] (SBU) POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS APPOINTED A NEW PATRIARCH TO LEAD THE CATHOLIC ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION OF VENICE, ITALY. 60 YEAR OLD BISHOP ANGELO SCOLA IS ALREADY BEING TOUTED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT PAPACY. VENICE HAS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 00076 [...] |
2002-01-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR VT |
| 02VATICAN83 | VATICAN PM WANTS HIS MONEY [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. CARDINAL SODANO, VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT, ON 01/08/02 PASSED CHARGE A LETTER VERBALE ADDRESSED TO THE AMBASSADOR (FAXED TO EUR/WE) IN WHICH HE REQUESTED THE INTERVENTION OF THIS EMBASSY TO EXPEDITE THE UNBLOCKING BY OFAC OF VATICAN OFFICIAL FUNDS. THESE FUNDS [...] |
2002-01-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC EFIN VT |
| 03ABUDHABI1027 | UAE PASSES SAUDI ARABIA TO BECOME JAPAN'S TOP OIL [...] (U) According to official figures, UAE oil exports to Japan increased 20.6% in January 2003 from December 2002. The Emirates thus officially became the top oil exporter to Japan, shipping 1.05 million barrels per day (bpd), slightly larger than the 1.02 million bpd sent from Saudi Arabia. Almo [...] |
2003-03-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD JA TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1028 | UAEG WORKING WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES TO STEM [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Summary: According to press reports, several labor camps outside of Abu Dhabi have in the past year become centers for pirated video cassettes; workers from south India record the latest movies on VHS tapes and ren [...] |
2003-03-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIPR ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1090 | UAE LABOR UNIONS WILL BE "FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL" [...] (U) An editorial published on March 3 by a well-regarded economic commentator lauded the recent Ministry of Labour draft proposal to formally establish labor unions (reftel). Salah Al Halyan, managing director of Gulf Insurance Consulting and an editorial columnist for the Gulf News, wrote tha [...] |
2003-03-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1101 | UAE PREPARES FOR IMPACT OF WAR ON STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Local press reported on March 3 that the General Manager of the Stock and Commodity Authority -- the UAE equivalent of the SEC -- Abdullah Al Turifi, told UAE financial institutions that he expects the possible war with Iraq to have long-term impact on UAE stock markets. Nevertheless, the [...] |
2003-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1204 | WILDCAT STRIKE RESOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE [...] (U) Local press prominently reported the resolution of a strike by forty laborers against a contracting firm on March 11. The employees stopped working for a week to protest the decision of the firm to pay them daily instead of monthly (why daily payments were perceived as pernicious by the wor [...] |
2003-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1240 | ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...] (U) Seventy five expatriate workers went on strike and refused to return to work until they were paid, reported the local press on March 13. The laborers accused a contracting firm of failing to pay their salaries for three months. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs investigated the al [...] |
2003-03-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1284 | UAE WOMEN MAY BE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBERS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN WHAT COULD BE A FIRST STEP TO WOMEN IN THE UAE'S PARLIAMENTARY FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC), THE ABU DHABI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HAVE PROPOSED ELECTING BUSINESSWOMEN TO THE BOARD OF THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL- LEVEL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UAE FEDE [...] |
2003-03-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ECON EAID KPAL KWMN KDEM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1285 | PEACEFUL MARCHES IN PROTEST OF THE IMPENDING [...] (U) The local press reported that students at the UAE University in Al-Ain participated in a peaceful anti-war demonstration on March 15. (Note: The UAE University, with some 14,000 students, is the largest in the UAE. End note.) The march was organized by the Emirates National Students' Unio [...] |
2003-03-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1340 | STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOLLOW-UP: OPIC COVERAGE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18, the Ambassador followed-up on the issue of OPIC coverage for the UAE, first raised by the UAEG last Fall in the context of the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washin [...] |
2003-03-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1345 | UAE FEDERAL CUSTOMS AUTHORITY STILL A WORK IN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador discussed the status of the UAE's Federal Customs Authority (FCA) with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18. Dr. Khirbash stated that while the legislation creating the Federal Customs Authority has been passed -- [...] |
2003-03-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1367 | UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UAE [...] (U) Local Arabic language press reported on March 15 that the official unemployment rate in the UAE was 2.6%, the lowest in the Arab world. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs supplied this information to the Arab Labor Force Conference held in Tunisia in early March. The official rate [...] |
2003-03-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1414 | UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...] |
2003-03-24 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 03ABUDHABI1467 | TFIZ01: PUBLIC OPINION WRAP-UP: [...] (U) Six days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, even our closest and most westernized Emirati contacts are disturbed by the coverage they are seeing of the Iraq war. The emotional impact of the images of civilian casualties and the negative spin being imparted by the vast bulk of the Arab media [...] |
2003-03-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1634 | UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...] |
2003-04-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI171 | UNCLASSIFIED REPORT OF THIRD MEETING OF POST'S [...] (U) Post provides the following unclassified version of ref a as requested by CA. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The UAE Mission's HSWG is rapidly developing into a highly useful forum to discuss a broad range of issues which bear on homeland security. The pooling of information and ideas, a [...] |
2003-01-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS PREL AMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1754 | LABOR ATTACHES PAINT A RELATIVELY ROSY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In conversations with the Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Filipino Labor Attaches, Econoff was repeatedly told that the vast majority of labor disputes in the UAE between foreign nationals and Emirati businesses and institutions are generally handled on an inform [...] |
2003-04-13 10:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1794 | UAE INCREASES THE NUMBER OF WORK VISAS [...] (U) Local press reported on April 13 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs issued more than 32,000 employee labor cards and 12,000 work permits to companies last month. Approximately 60% of the cards were new and there was also a "sizeable increase" in the issuance of group visas. T [...] |
2003-04-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1902 | UAE CREATES NEW LABOR INSPECTION PLAN OF [...] (U) Local press reported on April 18 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has developed a new inspection and training plan centered on improving the quality of labor inspection. The objective of the program is to create safer and more secure working conditions by encouraging companie [...] |
2003-04-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1934 | TFIZ01: AMCIT IRAQI DOCTOR IN UAE ORGANIZING [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Amcit Farhan Bakir, a prominent doctor in the UAE (he is the personal physician of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayid Al-Nahyan and served in a similar capacity to a number of Saddam Hussein's predecessor [...] |
2003-04-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1935 | UAE HOPES TO IMPLEMENT LABOR UNION LAW BY [...] (SBU) UAE Labor Minister Matar Al-Tayer informed DCM on April 21 that the final draft of the new UAE labor law which permits the creation of formal labor associations/unions, would be sent to the inter- ministerial review committee by the end of the week. (See reftel). The proposed legislatio [...] |
2003-04-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1960 | FISH STOCKS HEAVILY DEPLETED OFF THE UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: A yearlong study of the UAE's fish and marine resources conducted by Bruce Shallard and Associates of New Zealand for the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), found commercial and non-commercial fish stocks significantly depleted since the last survey [...] |
2003-04-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EINV EIND ETRD ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2083 | ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...] (U) The local press reported that three hundred expatriate workers at an Abu Dhabi-based construction company gathered at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on April 28 to protest their employer's failure to pay salaries for more than three months. The Minister of Labor Matar Humaid Al-T [...] |
2003-04-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2161 | UAEG SIGNS DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS WITH 65 [...] (U) ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON LEGAL AND TAX ISSUES RELATING TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ON 5/4, UAE MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND REVENUE KHALID AL- BUSTANI CONFIRMED THAT THE UAEG HAS SIGNED BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH 65 COUNTRIES ON AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND INCOME TAX. T [...] |
2003-05-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN ELAB ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2175 | UAE EXTENDS AMNESTY [...] (U) The UAEG announced that it has extended the amnesty period for illegal aliens to depart the country without penalty an additional month. (See ref A). The four month amnesty period was scheduled to end on April 30, but officials have given illegal aliens until May 31 to leave the UAE. The [...] |
2003-05-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2196 | WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2274 | (SBU) INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS OF THE UAE [...] (SBU) In a recent address to the Indian Business and Professional Group, UAE Labor Undersecretary Khalid Al-Khazraji said all the right things. First, he confirmed that the UAE will continue to import multiethnic labor, primarily from the Indian subcontinent (something that no doubt went down [...] |
2003-05-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2299 | ABU DHABI'S EXPORTS REMAIN A ONE-TRICK PONY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2323 | LABOR MINISTRY MEDIATES STRIKE IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-12 10:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2351 | REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER TC |
| 03ABUDHABI245 | UAEG'S PLEDGE OF ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN -- THE [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UAEG reports, the UAE pledged $36 million at the Tokyo Conference and has provided additional humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan totalin [...] |
2003-01-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AF TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2488 | UAEG MEDEVACS WOUNDED IRAQIS FOR MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary and comment: The UAE Red Crescent Authority facilitated 5/21 the medical evacuation from Kuwait of more than two dozen wounded and sick Iraqi civilians and their parental guardians. This was the largest medical airlift of its kind of Iraqi wounded, and fulfilled a long-standing p [...] |
2003-05-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2670 | THREE MORE LABOR STRIKES RESOLVED [...] (U) In the last week, the local English dailies reported on three labor strikes, two in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi. All three labor stoppages involved the nonpayment of wages by contracting firms and resulted in the intervention of the UAE Labor Ministry to mediate a resolution between the par [...] |
2003-06-07 05:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2678 | UAE INTERESTED IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Nasser Sweidan, office director for de facto Finance Minister Dr. Khirbash, called A/DCM June 5 to say that he was drafting a letter from MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid to Secretaries Powell and Evans outlining the UAEG's strong interest in pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U [...] |
2003-06-07 09:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN USTR PREL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2892 | UAEG UNDECIDED ABOUT THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 16 to UAE Authority for Standardization & Metrology Deputy General Director Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad. Dr. Ahmad said that his office is responsible for CODEX issues but is unlikely to attend the CODEX Alimentarius Commis [...] |
2003-06-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2943 | ELATED BY TIER 1 RANKING, UAEG PROMISES TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On 11 June, the Ambassador congratulated MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on the UAE's Tier 1 ranking in the 2003 TIP Report, noting that the UAE is the only country to jump tw [...] |
2003-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC |
| 03ABUDHABI2946 | UAE ATTENDANCE AT WEF 6/23 BREAKFAST [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Post delivered 6/14 the Secretary's message regarding the WEF working breakfast (see ref) to de facto UAE Foreign Minister Hamdan bin Zayid. Hamdan's Office Director informed Polchief 6/17 that Dubai Crown Pri [...] |
2003-06-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PGOV JO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2969 | UAE AMNESTY FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAEG's amnesty program failed to significantly reduce the number of illegal laborers in the UAE. Only 60,000 illegals have left the country, far less than the hoped for 250,000-300,000. Though the amnesty may continue on indefinitely, it failed because illegal workers do not [...] |
2003-06-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3195 | UAEG CONSIDERATION OF SIGNING ICOC ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The UAEG is actively considering signing the International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC or "Hague Code"). The MFA Legal Affairs Department has recommended to MFA MinState Hamdan Bin Zayed's Office that the UAEG sign the Hague Code. [...] |
2003-07-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA |
| 03ABUDHABI3200 | UAE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGES [...] (U) In a newspaper interview with a local English daily, the UAE Labor Undersecretary Dr. Khalid Al- Khazraji declared, in response to a question about the legality of strikes in the UAE, "The UAE labour law has not forbidden strikes. It has not mentioned them as it has a system for labourers [...] |
2003-07-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3202 | UAE APPROVES ILO BIO-HAZARD RULES [...] (U) The UAE approved the recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on ccupational health and safety. The ILO agreed, in a conference last month, to new standards for the prevention of biological hazards in the workplace, calling for action to reduce the number of deaths, [...] |
2003-07-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3247 | USGS MISSION IN UAE IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Drilling Company (NDC) hasrequested that the Ground Water Research Project (GWRP) -- the UAE entity with which the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is affiliated -- stop drilling new water wells, downsize its staff and end its research projects in the UAE. NDC would l [...] |
2003-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3272 | UAEG OFFERS TO HOST OCTOBER DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) The UAE representative to the weekly Iraq reconstruction teleconference had provisionally offered to have the UAE host the October donors' conference for Iraq. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Minstate for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed said that the UAEG is formally offering to [...] |
2003-07-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3410 | UAE SUPREME COURT RULES SPONSORS CANNOT [...] (U) Local papers reported on July 17 that the Federal Supreme Court ruled sponsors cannot withhold the passports of their employees -- a common practice among employers in the UAE. The Court held that a passport is a personal document, granted by a government to its citizens to travel. A pas [...] |
2003-07-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3506 | UAE OIL MINISTER SAYS OPEC QUOTAS WILL REMAIN [...] (U) UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL-NASIRI TOLD LOCAL REPORTERS ON JULY 27 THAT HE EXPECTS OPEC'S PRODUCTION QUOTAS TO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT THE CARTEL'S JULY 31 MEETING IN VIENNA. HE SAID THAT OPEC COULD NOT JUSTIFY A PRODUCTION INCREASE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OIL PRICES ARE WITHIN A RA [...] |
2003-07-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV EPET TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3509 | UAE 2003 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified -- entire text. 2. Following is post's submission for the 2003 Religious Freedom Report (1 July 2002 - 30 June 2003) for the United Arab Emirates. Per reftel, our update is keyed to the 2002 final report. A copy of the 2002 Report with tracked changes will als [...] |
2003-07-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3587 | UAEG BLACKLISTS FIRMS FOR VIOLATING LABOR LAWS [...] (U) Local press reported that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs blacklisted 375 companies in Abu Dhabi and 549 in Dubai and the Northern Emirates between January 1 and June 30 for violating labor laws. The Ministry inspected over 10,000 businesses in Dubai and the Northern Emirates dur [...] |
2003-08-02 17:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3680 | AFGHANISTAN -- TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, is currently vacationing at his villa in France near Geneva. We expect him to continue his vacation in Morocco. Our MFA Protocol contacts were not able to pinpoint his date of return to Abu Dhabi. Because of Sh. Zayed's adva [...] |
2003-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA KU QA TC AF |
| 03ABUDHABI3939 | MISSION SEEKS BILATERALS WITH US OFFICIALS ON THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) AS A MAJOR DONOR TO THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND A STEADFAST PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING, THE UAEG HAS DEMONSTRATED IT IS WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICI [...] |
2003-08-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4021 | FALCON SMUGGLING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST UAEG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Dr. David Ellis made explicit allegations against Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al [...] |
2003-09-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4253 | EXPATRIATES TO GET ACCESS TO NATIONAL LABOR [...] (U) Local press reported that the UAE Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has drafted a law that will establish a national labor union which expatriates will have access to via their own representatives. The UAEG will likely enact the law in 2004, after the Federal Cabinet and the President a [...] |
2003-09-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS |
| 03ABUDHABI4426 | UAE CENTRAL BANK ACTIONS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) During the Annual Meetings of the IMF/WB in Dubai, the UAE Central Bank released detailed information on its money laundering investigations over the last two years. According to Assistant Executive Director Abdulrahim Sinkais Al-Awadi (in charge of the Anti Money Laundering and Suspiciou [...] |
2003-10-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4494 | UAEG CLARIFIES GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador expressed USG interest in developing a constructive dialogue on the specificities of the "GCC Conformity and Certification Scheme for Countries Exporting to GCC Member Countries" and forwarded ref A points in a [...] |
2003-10-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO GCC USTR TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4594 | UAE HEALTH MINISTRY STRENGTHENS IPR PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) Summary and comment: The UAE Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a circular this week stating the mechanism of granting exclusive marketing rights in the UAE for all innovative pharmaceutical products [...] |
2003-10-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIPR ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI47 | UAEG ANNOUNCES AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 24 December, the UAEG announced a four month amnesty period for illegal workers to leave the UAE between 1 January 2003 and 30 April 2003. Deportees will be exempt from the payment of fines or other legal liabilities associated with residency and immigration violations. P [...] |
2003-01-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PINS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4748 | UAE AND OPIC -- PERFECT TOGETHER [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Post believes the time is ripe for a dialogue between the UAEG and OPIC about reinstating OPIC programs in the UAE. The suspension of OPIC coverage has become an irritant in the UAE-U.S. Strategic Partnersh [...] |
2003-10-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4794 | UAE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent visit of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps to the UAE gave emboffs and congenoffs a chance to discuss UAE anti-money laundering efforts with a number of different financial sector interlocutors. The overwhelming perception among bankers in the UAE is that the UA [...] |
2003-10-29 04:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4803 | A/S HARTY DISCUSSES VISAS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING HER VISIT TO THE UAE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS MAURA HARTY ENGAGED A VARIETY SIPDIS OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OFFICIALS, MET WITH MISSION STAFF, AND CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ABU DHABI NEWSPAPER OF RECORD AL ITTIHAD. IN A MEETING WITH SENIOR UAE MIN [...] |
2003-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CMGT CVIS CASC KOCI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5031 | ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE. DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED VISA PROCESSING DELAYS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PROCEDURES AT US PORTS OF ENTRY [...] |
2003-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5034 | BIOMETRICS STIR THE POT IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND CONSULAR SECTION IN ABU DHABI HOSTED A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE FINGERPRINTING OF NIV APPLICANTS AT THE US EMBASSY. IN ADDITION, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION (DCM) AND CONSULAR CHIEF BRIEFED THE DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) [...] |
2003-11-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5390 | 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ----------------------------- The UAE in 2003 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common [...] |
2003-12-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP MARR MASS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI889 | UAE REITERATES A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OIL [...] (U) UAE Oil Minister Obaid bin Saif al-Nasseri publicly declared on 2/22, following a meeting with Russian Oil Minister Igor Yusufov, that OPEC is prepared to act decisively to ensure no disruption of oil supplies to world markets. In remarks widely covered by the local and international pres [...] |
2003-02-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TC |
| 03ABUDHABI941 | UAE DRAFTS LABOR UNION REGULATIONS [...] (U) The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs completed the final draft of a proposal permitting the creation of full-fledged labor unions, on 2/24. The plan will be reviewed by the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Awqaf before a final proposal is submitted to [...] |
2003-02-26 08:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC |
| 03ABUJA1088 | NIGERIA: 2003 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NI |
| 03ABUJA1148 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING IN THE DELTA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-01 18:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ASEC PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1314 | NIGERIA: AID ASST. ADMINISTRATOR'S DELTA VISIT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINS EPET PREL PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA1325 | KIDNAPPING OF NIGERIAN CHEVRON WORKER [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PINS PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1328 | RENEWED WARRI VIOLENCE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PINS ASEC PREL PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1330 | NIGERIA "ENGAGING ISLAM IN NIGERIA: THE TWO - [...] (SBU) Summary: In late January an unprecedented forum initiated by the Emir of Kano brought together Embassy officials, American scholars, and Moslem leaders from northern Nigeria to explore perceptions of the US and Islam, U.S. Middle East Policy, the Global War on Terrorism, and economic dev [...] |
2003-08-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA1359 | PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...] |
2003-08-08 18:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI |
| 03ABUJA1468 | NEW INEC COMMISSIONERS [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo submitted names of ten new national Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), along with the names of two currently serving Commissioners and the national Chairman, to the Senate for confirmation. After a walkout by opposition sena [...] |
2003-08-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1473 | FOLLOW-UP ON APRIL 2003 TRANSOCEAN HOSTAGE TAKING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-27 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ASEC PGOV NI PLAB |
| 03ABUJA1496 | BOOK LAUNCH FOR BABANGIDA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) CDA was invited to an August 27 event "launching a book by ex-Minister of the Interior John Shagaya." There was a book, but the affair was clearly more intended to help launch the candidacy of former President Babangida in 2007. 2. (SBU) 2003 and potential 2007 candidate Mohammedu B [...] |
2003-08-29 18:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA1515 | GON REMOVES POLICE PROTECTION FROM OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Inspector General of Police's Office announced August 21 that, on orders from the Presidency, it would greatly reduce the use of police as bodyguards. Bodyguards have been limited to the President, Vice President, Ministers and Ministers of State, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S [...] |
2003-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA152 | NIGERIA: NEW GON COMMERCE MINISTER SUPPORTS STRONG [...] (U) Minister of Commerce Ngelale told the Ambassador in a January 10 meeting that he intends to follow his predecessor as a strong voice for sub-Saharan Africa in the WTO. He also endorsed a constructive relationship between the United States and Nigeria on trade issues. A Ministry of Commerce [...] |
2003-01-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NI WTRO USTR |
| 03ABUJA1557 | DISGRUNTLEMENT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Growing National Assembly discontent over recent moves by President Obasanjo led to a quickly suppressed and publicly denied, August 21 attempt to impeach House Speaker Aminu Bello Masari. Obasanjo had installed Masari and the Senate President, then forced his own selections for committ [...] |
2003-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA16 | NIGERIA: PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION SELECTS OBASANJO [...] (U) In a repeat of the ruling PDP's 1999 convention, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo defeated Alex Ekwueme to become its presidential candidate, receiving 2,642 of an estimated 3,579 votes cast (74 percent) in the first round. The former Vice President came in a distant second with 661 vo [...] |
2003-01-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1613 | NIGERIAN STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU COUP [...] (SBU) ECOWAS sent a fact-finding team to discuss the coup with coup leaders, and the press reports the team returned and sent a report to ECOWAS member states September 16 for their action. The British High Commission tells us Nigerian MFA MinState Samaila went, but they did not know whether h [...] |
2003-09-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |