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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05DILI160 |
LETTER ADDRESSED TO SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FROM EAST [...] (U) Post received a letter from President Xanana Gusmao addressed to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on April 7, 2005, who has requested the Embassy's assistance in forwarding it to the Secretary-General through the US Mission to the UN in New York. 2. (U) Following is the text of the letter: [...] |
2005-04-08 01:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT |
| 06DILI101 |
DISTURBING DEVELOPMENTS IN PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTIONS; UNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions with representatives of international election assistance NGOs and via requests for assistance relayed to the UN, senior Government of East Timor (GOET) officials have revealed an outline of their plans for the 2007 legislative and presidential elections. E [...] |
2006-03-07 05:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI112 |
TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU [...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...] |
2006-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT |
| 06DILI135 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO RESPONDS TO DISMISSAL OF STRIKING SOLDIERS [...] (U) On March 16, the Commander of East Timor's Defense Force (FDTL), Brigadier-General Taur Matan Ruak, publicly announced that all striking soldiers were officially dismissed and were considered to have become civilians as of March 1. The dismissed soldiers, numbered at 591, were part of a st [...] |
2006-03-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MARR TT |
| 06DILI144 |
UNREST IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING FDTL DISMISSALS, [...] Summary: Beginning late last week and escalating over the weekend, there have been a number of incidents of unrest around Dili involving intimidation and threats as well as attacks on houses and other property. As of Monday night (March 27), widespread police patrols have resulted in a signifi [...] |
2006-03-29 08:05:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR ASEC TT |
| 06DILI147 |
FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON LOCAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 29 March, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta briefed the diplomatic corps on recent events in Dili, emphasizing that press reports of riots and military strife are exaggerated and that recent disturbances have been neither politically or ethnically motivated nor fatal. Rather [...] |
2006-03-30 03:37:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR TT |
| 06DILI152 |
END OF WEEK UPDATE ON FDTL DISMISSALS AND UNREST IN DILI [...] (U) Summary: As of today, the situation in Dili remains calm and appears to have mostly returned to normal after the spate of incidences reported in Reftel D. Dili residents who had left their homes to stay with relatives or take refuge elsewhere out of fear of escalating violence, a number th [...] |
2006-03-31 09:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR ASEC TT |
| 06DILI161 |
PRIME MINISTER'S AND PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and President Xanana Gusmao on April 4 addressed the annual Timor-Leste Development Partners Meeting. Alkatiri used the forum to announce a new approach to economic growth and poverty reduction. He stated that the "fight against poverty must be seen by al [...] |
2006-04-10 03:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI167 |
AMBASSADOR GUTERRES TO CHALLENGE ALKATIRI FOR FRETILIN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for Fretilin's National Party Congress are well underway. Delegates to the Congress have been elected at district meetings that began in February. Within the party it has long been assumed that Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri would continue in a second term as Secreta [...] |
2006-04-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI18 |
EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER [...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...] |
2006-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID |
| 06DILI192 |
MORE VIOLENCE IN DILI AREA LAST NIGHT, BUT CALM TODAY [...] (U) Summary: There was more rioting yesterday evening in the village of Tasitolu, just west of Dili, and at least three more people died, apparently shot by members of the armed forces (FDTL) who had responded to the Tasitolu riot, in addition to the two who had died earlier in Dili. Although [...] |
2006-04-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI194 |
DILI REMAINS CALM, BUT THOUSANDS STILL DISPLACED AS RUMORS [...] Summary: The situation in Dili was relatively calm last night, but there were still several disturbances reported, including shots fired in two Dili neighborhoods, reported clashes in the hills outside of Dili, and fighting at one of the major markets. There was another fight between groups of [...] |
2006-04-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI200 |
UPDATE ON DILI SECURITY SITUATION: RETURN TO NORMAL IS SLOW [...] Dili remains abnormally quiet following Friday's rioting and the security operations in response. It appears that the armed forces (FDTL) have relinquished law enforcement responsibilities to the national police (PNTL), but they remain involved in patrolling. Currently, there are five confirm [...] |
2006-05-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI203 |
DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...] |
2006-05-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 06DILI210 |
DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...] |
2006-05-04 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 06DILI213 |
EAST TIMOR UPDATE: ARMY RETURNS TO BARRACKS AS GOET URGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy's current assessment is that the potential for politically motivated violence in East Timor in the near future appears to be de-escalating. Although the likelihood of imminent violence appears low, the ongoing political and constitutional crisis caused by Prime Minis [...] |
2006-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI214 |
AMBASSADOR GUTERRES ON POLITICAL/SECURITY SITUATION AND [...] (SBU) Emboff met with East Timor's Ambassador to the U.S. and the United Nations, Jose Luis Guterres, on May 6. Guterres is running against Prime Minister Alkatiri for Secretary General of the ruling Fretilin Party in the party congress scheduled for May 17-20. Ambassador Guterres conveyed st [...] |
2006-05-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
| 06DILI219 |
ALKATIRI, RAMOS-HORTA EXPRESS OPTIMISM, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI220 |
THE VIEW FROM THE WEST: MEETINGS WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the ex-military "petitioners" who led the April demonstration in Dili, there are a number of dissident members of the national police (PNTL) and armed forces (FDTL) who have gone AWOL and are currently located in mountainous areas of western East Timor. Many, alt [...] |
2006-05-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI224 |
FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS: RECENT EVENTS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER [...] (C) Summary. In light of the serious unresolved issues and current potential for unrest, Fretilin party leaders continue to discuss whether the party Congress should go forward as planned in Dili on May 17-19. Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's public popularity, never his strong suit, is at its l [...] |
2006-05-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI226 |
EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] |
2006-05-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI228 |
EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] |
2006-05-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI229 |
RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION [...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...] |
2006-05-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI231 |
FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...] |
2006-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI232 |
FRETILIN PARTY CONGRESS WILL BE "A REAL FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources within and close to the ruling party, the Fretilin Party Congress scheduled to take place in Dili May 17-19, will be "a real fight". The competition will not only be between the two dominant candidates for Secretary General, but also over competing vi [...] |
2006-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI236 |
FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTS PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta reported that significant progress was made over the weekend to ease tensions with the dissident military groups including the group led by Major Reinado and the 591 Petitioners led by Lt. Salsinha. [...] |
2006-05-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC KPKO KDEM TT |
| 06DILI238 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 16, 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Life in Dili -- Fretilin Central committee meeting -- Guterres announces running mate -- Fretilin Congress security update -- Latest from TMR (See septel) -- Ramos-Horta on the campaign trail? -- Status of Other Embassies -- Petitioner Update -- Consular Issues End summa [...] |
2006-05-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PGOV KPKO TT |
| 06DILI239 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 17, 2006 [...] (U) Commercial, transportation, and civic activity in the city are normal. A few roadblocks have been established around the area where the Fretilin Party Congress is taking place. There were 76 seats open on outbound flights. The Australian, British Irish, Korean, New Zealand, Philippines, [...] |
2006-05-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI240 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 18, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. - LIFE IN DILI - FRETILIN CONGRESS DAY 2 - AMERICAN CITIZENS ISSUES - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - SECURITY ASSESSMENT LIFE IN DILI Â [...] |
2006-05-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT |
| 06DILI243 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 19, 2006 [...] (U) The city continues to return to normal and there were several reports of additional refugees returning to Dili Transportation was functioning normally; schools and markets were open. Despite a heavy security presence, restaurants in the immediate area around the party congress were open. [...] |
2006-05-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR KDEM TT |
| 06DILI245 |
CHARGE MEETS WITH STATE MINISTER ANA PESSOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Stein and USAID representative Fuller held a warm meeting with Senior Minister and Minister for State Administration Ana Pessoa on May 22, 2006 to discuss the commission she leads to investigate the grievances of the former FDTL soldiers, the "petitioners" dismissed earlier [...] |
2006-05-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
| 06DILI246 |
DILI SITREP MAY 22 [...] (SBU) The situation was more tense than in recent days as rumors and exaggerations circulated widely. An outbreak of communal violence in Becora (Dili's easternmost suburb), where gangs of eastern and western youth armed with slingshots, knives, and machetes clashed intermittently throughout t [...] |
2006-05-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR KDEM TT |
| 06DILI247 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 23, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS FROM THE GOET POLICE ISSUES IDP CAMPS SITUATION IN DILI End Summary. GOET PROPOSAL FOR TALKS FALTERS AS REINADO AND FDTL CLASH 2. (C) Charge Stein and USDR traveled to [...] |
2006-05-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
| 06DILI252 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #1 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF COMMENCMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENTS - FDTL ACTIVITIES - OTHER VIOLENCE IN DILI - AIR TRAFFIC ISSUES - DISIDENT MILITARY GROUPS - OTHER POLICE ISSUES - IDP CAMPS OVERCROWDED - AMCIT PHOTO JOURNALIST COMES UNDER FIRE IN TASITOLU - AMC [...] |
2006-05-24 07:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CACS TT |
| 06DILI253 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] |
2006-05-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
| 06DILI254 |
EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] |
2006-05-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI255 |
EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006 [...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...] |
2006-05-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ID TT |
| 06DILI258 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] |
2006-05-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
| 06DILI259 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP #2 FOR MAY 24, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION CONTINUED FIGHTING BETWEEN FDTL AND DISSIDENT FORCES UPDATE ON DISSIDENT LEADERS POLICE UPDATE THE SITUATION IN DILI IDP UPDATE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY EVACUATION End summary. GOET REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION 2. (C) At a meetin [...] |
2006-05-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM TT |
| 06DILI261 |
EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING ON MAY 24, 2006 [...] (SBU) On May 24, 2006, the DCM convened a meeting of Embassy Dili's EAC to review the Embassy's contingency planning in light of the deteriorating security environment. The Ambassador, RSO, POL, MGMT, USAID, CONS, and ODC attended the meeting. 2. (C) POL and ODC reported of continued factio [...] |
2006-05-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ID TT |
| 06DILI262 |
EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] |
2006-05-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI263 |
DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES [...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...] |
2006-05-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
| 06DILI268 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 26, 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY -- AUSTRALIAN PATROLS COMMENCE, SOME VIOLENCE CONTINUES -- GOVERNMENT DEFIES PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT INTENDS TO DISMISS THE GOVERNMENT -- FOREIGN MINISTER: PRIME MINISTER SHOULD RESIGN -- SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IMPROVES BUT REMAINS TENSE -- NATIONAL HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR WO [...] |
2006-05-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
| 06DILI274 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...] |
2006-05-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
| 06DILI276 |
EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-30 19:20:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO CASC TT |
| 06DILI279 |
EMBOFFS INTERVIEW NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER IN HIDING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Interior Minister Alcino Barris, Police Commissioner Paulo Martins and dozens of police officers from all branches have reassembled the national police (PNTL) hierarchy at an orphanage in the hills overlooking Dili. The group has been disarmed by the Australian Defense Forces [...] |
2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM TT CU CH |
| 06DILI280 |
EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 30 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
| 06DILI281 |
EAST TIMOR SITUATION REPORT FOR MAY 31 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
| 06DILI291 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-03 19:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO |
| 06DILI293 |
EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006, [...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...] |
2006-06-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT |
| 06DILI296 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...] |
2006-06-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT |
| 06DILI298 |
EAC MEETING: REVERSE TRIPWIRES ESTABLISHED [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 7 June to develop reverse tripwires related to the current political and security situation in East Timor, discuss added security measures at the Embassy, and review the Mission's policy for travel within East Timor. Deputy C [...] |
2006-06-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | AEMR ASEC AMGT TT |
| 06DILI299 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...] |
2006-06-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI300 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...] |
2006-06-08 19:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT |
| 06DILI301 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...] |
2006-06-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI303 |
EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...] |
2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT |
| 06DILI304 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry Commission; Opposition MP Joins Major Reinado to Call for Changes to the Constitution; GNR Cooperates Effectively with JTF; Security environment. End summary. GOET Calls on UN to Establish Independent Special Inquiry [...] |
2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI306 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Alkatiri armed group reported in Los Palos; Ramos-Horta casts doubt on whether UN investigation would include "Fretilin Security Forces"; Fretilin National Planning Committee may meet to discuss current crisis; Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament in protest of a Fretilin r [...] |
2006-06-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI308 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 14, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: President addresses Parliament; Fretilin presents itself as the victim; Ramos-Horta briefs diplomatic corps on GOET requests for post UN-mission; Prime Minister wants Timorese control of police; Security environment; End Summary. President addresses Parliament -------------- [...] |
2006-06-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS |
| 06DILI313 |
EMBASSY DILI VIEWS ON POST-UNOTIL MISSION [...] (U) Summary: This message discusses possible components of a follow-on United Nations mission in East Timor after the expiration of the anticipated two-month extension of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL). Whether or not the mission is conducted under Chapter VII authority and [...] |
2006-06-16 19:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV PHUM AU PO MY TT |
| 06DILI316 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS HE WILL DISMISS PRIME MINISTER THIS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KCRM TT AS |
| 06DILI320 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 20, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: --- President still plans to dismiss Prime Minister after Council of State meeting tomorrow; --- Arrest warrant issued for Lobato; --- Ramos-Horta in Baucau, plans to head further East tomorrow; --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration begins, may grow in coming days; --- Weapons confisca [...] |
2006-06-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT |
| 06DILI322 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRIME MINISTER PERSUADES PRESIDENT TO [...] (U) Summary: --- Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal --- Anti-Alkatiri demonstration continued; --- Lobato's house surrounded; --- Security environment in Dili. End Summary. Prime Minister persuades President to delay dismissal ----------------------------------- (S) A [...] |
2006-06-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KPKO CASC PREF EAID AS TT |
| 06DILI325 |
UPDATE FROM AFP ON INTERNATIONAL POLICING IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: Emboff met yesterday with Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commander Steve Lancaster to review the current status of international policing in Dili. Lancaster reported that the international police have not yet reached full capacity, primarily due to a delay in the arrival of the [...] |
2006-06-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PHUM AU PO NZ TT |
| 06DILI327 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT WILL RESIGN TOMORROW UNLESS [...] (U) Summary: --- President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not; --- Ex-Minister Lobato arrested; --- More anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive in Dili.. End summary. President will resign tomorrow if Prime Minister does not --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...] |
2006-06-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT |
| 06DILI329 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP: ALKATIRI MAY RESIGN TOMORROW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-23 23:04:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO AS TT |
| 06DILI333 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP: PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PRIME MINISTER'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AS TT |
| 06DILI334 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 27 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- President Gusmao will lead interim government for 30 days; --- Alkatiri resisting summons to defend against criminal charges; --- Pro-Alkatiri demonstrators may enter Dili tomorrow; --- Senior Australian official may visit Dili on Thursday; --- Security update. End Summary. [...] |
2006-06-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT |
| 06DILI335 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...] |
2006-06-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT |
| 06DILI341 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 30 JUNE [...] (U) Summary: --- Ramos-Horta to head interim government? --- President may negotiate with Fretilin on new Prime Minister ---- Demonstrators depart after speeches by Gusmao, Alkatiri, Lu'olo; --- Alkatiri claims Parliamentary immunity in arms case; --- Fretilin activists contend their leader [...] |
2006-06-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR PO AS TT |
| 06DILI35 |
RESPONSE TO CRIMINALIZATION OF DEFAMATION IN NEW PENAL CODE [...] (U) Last month the Council of Ministers announced their approval of a new penal code for East Timor. The law is now in the hands of the President either to promulgate or to veto. Although no official copies of the law are available, leaked copies have been circulated among civil society organi [...] |
2006-01-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO TT |
| 06DILI355 |
RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS TT |
| 06DILI356 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador congratulated newly inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau Da Silva and discussed the new Government's priorities. According to Da Silva, who had been the Fretilin leadership's first choice for Prime Minister, the discussions between President Xanana Gusmao [...] |
2006-07-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS EAID KDEM PINR TT |
| 06DILI357 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...] |
2006-07-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT |
| 06DILI358 |
JAPANESE EMBASSY VIEWS NEXT UN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary: A Japanese diplomat meeting with DCM spoke highly of Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Sukehiro Hasegawa and suggested Hasegawa should head the next UN mission in East Timor. Japan will not contribute troops or police to the peacekeeping operation (PKO), b [...] |
2006-07-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO UN TT |
| 06DILI363 |
BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO |
| 06DILI368 |
PRIME MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday, July 14, announced the composition of the government over which he will preside. The new government resembles the previous one led by ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri in most respects, with a few notable changes. The majority of ministe [...] |
2006-07-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TT |
| 06DILI369 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JULY 10-17, 2006 [...] Summary: New government leaves opposition parties cold Prosecutor General sworn in for second four-year term Rai Los hands over his weapons Parliament back to work on electoral law and Alkatiri case Plans for additional demonstrations called off Internally Displaced People (IDPs) beginning to [...] |
2006-07-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
| 06DILI372 |
PRIME MINISTER RAMOS HORTA'S LATEST VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: In several conversations with Ambassador and Emboffs following his swearing in as East Timor's new Prime Minister, Jose Ramos Horta shared his views on some issues facing his government. Among the subjects addressed were: his delicate working relationship with the Fretilin party; [...] |
2006-07-19 00:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO UN PO AU TT |
| 06DILI381 |
CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...] |
2006-07-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT |
| 06DILI387 |
PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...] |
2006-07-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT |
| 06DILI394 |
EAST TIMOR UPDATE JULY 24-31, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Continued repercussions of Reinado arrest Prime Minister presents his Government Program to Parliament Council of State extends the "State of Crisis" through August 20 International Commission of Inquiry: Briefing by the Executive Director End summary. Continued repercussions [...] |
2006-08-01 09:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR UN TT |
| 06DILI404 |
INCREASED GANG ACTIVITY STRETCHES LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a notable increase in disturbances around Dili in recent days, beginning late last week and continuing through today. These have mostly occurred in neighborhoods that have been regular sites of conflict during the last few months. Additionally, there has been a r [...] |
2006-08-08 10:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM ASEC AU TT |
| 06DILI405 |
IDP RETURN PLANS AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires on August 7, Anna Pessoa, the Minister for State Administration, discussed the current state of planning for the return of as many as 150,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) to their homes in Dili. Noting the deteriorated security envi [...] |
2006-08-09 02:49:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC PREF EAID TT |
| 06DILI424 |
REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...] |
2006-08-21 02:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV |
| 06DILI427 |
RAMOS-HORTA WILL REINFORCE SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE DRAFT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPKO TT PO AS CH JA |
| 06DILI428 |
FRETILIN FACTIONS RESPOND TO COURT DECISION AFFIRMING [...] (U) Summary: The Court of Appeals this week issued its official decision rejecting the argument that the re-election of Mari Alkatiri and Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres to the Fretilin party leadership at the party congress in May was illegal. The case was brought by members of Fretilin's interna [...] |
2006-08-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM TT |
| 06DILI429 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO ASKS ANNAN TO RETAIN SRSG HASEGAWA THROUGH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC KPKO TT JA |
| 06DILI439 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO CONCERNED ABOUT CAPE VERDE SRSG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-29 02:56:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | CV PO TT KPKO UN PREL KDEM PHUM |
| 06DILI452 |
MAJORITY OF DILI'S POPULATION STILL DISPLACED [...] (U) Summary: Dili has become a city characterized by a large displaced population residing in over 50 separate camps. Resolving this issue and convincing internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return home is turning out to be a slow and complicated process, partially due to the complexity of th [...] |
2006-09-07 11:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV UN ASEC TT |
| 06DILI455 |
THE VIEW FROM AILIEU: REINADO'S POPULARITY ENDURES, F-FDTL [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs on Wednesday, September 6 traveled to Aileu to look into developments there since dissident Major Alfredo Reinado escaped from prison in Dili last week. Aileu is the location where he established his initial base following his departure from his armed forces (FDTL)post i [...] |
2006-09-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC AU TT |
| 06DILI463 |
DILI SECURITY UPDATE: GANG DISTURBANCES BECOMING ENTRENCHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a spike in gang activity in early August in the period immediately following the arrest of dissident Major Alfredo Reinado, there was a reduction in such incidents later in the month. However, gang incidents have gradually escalated during the ensuing weeks, particular [...] |
2006-09-13 02:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM ASEC CASC PREF AU PO TT |
| 06DILI474 |
06-07 BUDGET USES PETROLEUM FUND TO TARGET POVERTY [...] Summary: Following Parliamentary approval last month, the Government of East Timor (GOET) FY 2006-2007 budget went into effect in early September, two months after the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. At $315.9 million this budget reflects an increase of more than 100 percent over the [...] |
2006-09-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT |
| 06DILI487 |
PREVIEW OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. According to one of its principal authors, the UN Special Commission of Inquiry report pulls no punches in naming the direct perpetrators and assessing responsibilities for the April-May crisis. The report recommends prosecution of former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato and elem [...] |
2006-10-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
| 06DILI491 |
EAST TIMOR'S STRONGEST OPPOSITION PARTY GAINING MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's strongest opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD), held its national congress on September 29 - October 1, reelecting the incumbent leadership. The congress demonstrated that PD has emerged as a well-organized and well-funded party with a strong base among the y [...] |
2006-10-05 05:54:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID TT |
| 06DILI517 |
RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...] |
2006-10-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO ASEC UN AU TT |
| 06DILI518 |
RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...] |
2006-10-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
| 06DILI528 |
UPDATE ON EAST TIMOR ELECTION ISSUES [...] Summary: Representatives of IFES, the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on October 18 briefed Charge d'Affaires on their electoral related programs and the current status of preparations for the 2007 elections. Discussions centered around th [...] |
2006-10-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 06DILI534 |
DETERIORATION IN DILI SECURITY SITUATION, AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) Summary: A significant increase in communal conflict occurred in Dili today, resulting in two confirmed deaths and reports of other casualties as well. The first clashes, beginning early in the morning, involved the area around airport IDP camp where disturbances that began last night esca [...] |
2006-10-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MARR PREF KPKO CASC AU TT |
| 06DILI540 |
UNMIT ADDRESSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT sees ongoing disturbances in Dili becoming more organized and UNPOL notes drug related behavior and evidence that payments are being made to perpetrators. Recognizing the counterproductive effect of freeing most of those of those arrested after only a short period of deten [...] |
2006-10-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MARR ASEC CASC UN TT |
| 06DILI549 |
EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...] |
2006-11-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT |
| 06DILI578 |
MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL), initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...] |
2006-11-29 11:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT |
| 06DILI592 |
UPDATE ON POLICING AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIT reports that the situation in and around Dili IDP camps, which previously have been the main flashpoints for violence, largely has returned to "normal," with only sporadic rock fights and disturbances. However, they remain concerned that government plans to utilize PNTL an [...] |
2006-12-08 03:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO ASEC MARR UN TT |
| 06DILI595 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO AND EX-PM ALKATIRI MEET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gusmao and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri met for the first time in five months on December 8, and both participated in a traditional Timorese peace ceremony on December 10, taking an oath to work together for peace and stability. Their meetings followed followed [...] |
2006-12-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO UN TT |
| 06DILI600 |
UPDATE ON ELECTION ISSUES: STILL NO ELECTORAL LAW [...] Summary: Parliament has made some progress on passing electoral legislation but the overall process remains excruciatingly slow. While a law governing the supervisory body was finally passed on December 6, the review of the legislation on parliamentary elections, begun last week, has made only [...] |
2006-12-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 06DILI604 |
AFTER SLOW START, PARLIAMENT RUSHES THROUGH ELECTION LAW [...] The National Parliament in a press release issued late yesterday announced passage of the draft parliamentary election law drafted by the ruling Fretilin party. In contrast to last week's deliberations (reftel) which addressed the first 16 articles one at a time, the remainder of the legislati [...] |
2006-12-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 06DILI65 |
LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT KAY RALA XANANA [...] Post received a letter addressed to President George W. Bush on February 10, 2006. 2. Following is the text of the letter: Dili, 18 January 2006 Excellency, The Commission For Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) established in 2001, during the transitional administrati [...] |
2006-02-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT TT |
| 06DILI70 |
UPDATE ON JANUARY BORDER INCIDENTS [...] (U) Summary: Two border incidents that occurred in January have caused a spike in tension between East Timor and Indonesia. First, on January 6, three alleged members of 1999-era militias were shot dead by East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU). See Reftel. Then, on January 24, it was reporte [...] |
2006-02-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC TT ID |
| 06DILI84 |
INDONESIAN TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The five Indonesian members of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) arrived in Dili on Sunday to commence a weeklong program. The program is to include meetings with high-level Government officials, site visits, meetings with victims of violence in 1999, and a fo [...] |
2006-02-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
| 07DILI101 |
AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...] |
2007-03-12 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ |
| 07DILI106 |
CONTINUED SYMPATHY FOR REINADO IN WESTERN DISTRICTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 11-13 visit to East Timor's western districts Emboffs and US Defense Representative found that dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado retains strong backing across the region, though it remains unclear if his supporters would be willing to go beyond their cur [...] |
2007-03-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU TT |
| 07DILI11 |
NEW ELECTORAL LAWS GO INTO EFFECT, BUT MANY ISSUES [...] Summary: The three main laws that will govern East Timor's presidential and parliamentary elections this year were finally promulgated last month. While the final versions do contain a few compromises of note, the overall process resulted in laws that fall significantly short of reflecting a n [...] |
2007-01-15 09:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI110 |
AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE INTERESTS CONVERGE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate discussions, the Portuguese and Australian ambassadors downplayed concerns about support for military dissident Major Alfredo Reinado in the western districts. Their views converge on one matter, that Alfredo is a fugitive from justice who should surrender or be ca [...] |
2007-03-15 02:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI115 |
RAMOS-HORTA CONCERNED BUT ANA PESSOA DISMISSIVE OF ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta complained to a gathering of diplomats March 21 that the elections law amendment passed by Parliament that same day includes a provision allowing political party symbols on presidential election ballots. The decision, which Ramos-Horta said viola [...] |
2007-03-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI119 |
SECURITY SECTOR CONCERNS INTENSIFY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent decisions made by both the Government of East Timor (GOET) and the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste (UNMIT) have possibly made the security environment in Dili more problematic in advance of national elections next month. Dili is now a city where armed [...] |
2007-03-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO AU UN TT |
| 07DILI120 |
SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...] |
2007-03-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
| 07DILI121 |
ELECTION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Our overarching policy continues to be focused on supporting a credible elections process that expresses the will of the Timorese people. The UN Elections Certification Team (UNECT) continues to provide detailed analysis of the many metrics that can be measured in making this de [...] |
2007-03-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI124 |
PRESIDENT SIGNS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENT, BUT TIME RUNNING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Xanana Gusmao March 26 signed into law the controversial election law amendment, paving the way for ballot printing to start later this week. The amendment addressed several key legislative problems identified by the UN Election Certification Team (UNECT) and had thre [...] |
2007-03-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI129 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO ESTABLISHES NEW PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of preparation accompanied by widespread speculation, President Xanana Gusmao formally announced the establishment of his new party, currently known as the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). Gusmao's hope is that with his name and reputatio [...] |
2007-03-29 10:39:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI131 |
PRIMER ON APRIL 9 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (U) Summary: On April 9 Timorese citizens are scheduled to go to the polls to select from eight candidates who they want to serve as their next president, replacing the iconic Xanana Gusmao. Most observers believe that the election will go to a run off, as the winner must win by a margin of ov [...] |
2007-03-30 10:55:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI132 |
SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...] |
2007-03-31 08:41:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
| 07DILI136 |
ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: The United Nation's Electoral Certification Team (ECT) has published its Fifth report dated 16 March 2007 regarding the 2007 parliamentary and presidential elections in East Timor. While the comprehensive report by the independent body concluded that major corrective steps in the [...] |
2007-04-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL UN TT |
| 07DILI14 |
SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...] |
2007-01-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT |
| 07DILI141 |
THREE FRONTRUNNERS FOR EAST TIMOR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: As the East Timorese presidential campaign wraps up, opposition candidate Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo has emerged alongside establishment candidates Jose Ramos-Horta and Francisco "Lu'Olo" Gutterres as a serious contender in the 9 April presidential election. While current Prime M [...] |
2007-04-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI143 |
ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...] |
2007-04-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT |
| 07DILI148 |
INITIAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT DISPUTES LOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst emerging disputes over the counting of votes after a calm and smooth election day, East Timor's National Election Commission (CNE) today announced provisional results for the first round of the presidential elections, indicating Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterr [...] |
2007-04-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TT |
| 07DILI15 |
PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...] |
2007-01-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
| 07DILI150 |
ELECTION COUNT INCOMPLETE, BUT PREPARATIONS FOR RUNOFF [...] (C) Summary: The National Election Commission (CNE) yesterday, April 12, began the national tabulation of votes for Monday's presidential election poll. According to IFES representatives working closely with the CNE on this process, there are a number of problems with the district tabulation, [...] |
2007-04-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI151 |
COUNTING PROBLEMS DELAY OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Electoral Commission (CNE) has delayed the originally scheduled announcement of the provisional national results for the April 9 presidential elections due to multiple problems with the tabulation and documentation of votes. According to its interpretation of the la [...] |
2007-04-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI154 |
EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...] |
2007-04-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
| 07DILI156 |
CNE CONFIRMS LUOLO VERSUS RAMOS-HORTA RUNOFF [...] Summary: Defying worries that the national tabulation might stretch on for days, the National Election Commission today, April 18, announced at a late afternoon press conference that it had completed the tabulation and announced the provisional national results, reaffirming that Francisco "Lu'o [...] |
2007-04-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI158 |
GUSMAO DISCUSSES ELECTION RESULTS AND CNRT STRATEGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an April 18 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, President Xanana Gusmao described the results of the April 9 first round of the presidential elections as essentially a loss for the ruling Fretilin party with its candidates' performance reflecting a broad based desire for change. He [...] |
2007-04-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MAAR KDEM AU TT |
| 07DILI164 |
SECURITY OUTLOOK IN ADVANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF [...] (C/NF) Summary. With the start of the campaign period for the second round of the presidential election, East Timor for the most part remains calm. Within this context, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with International Stabilization Force (ISF) commander Brigadier Mal Rerden April 23 to discu [...] |
2007-04-25 08:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
| 07DILI166 |
NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND [...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...] |
2007-04-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT |
| 07DILI173 |
RESISTANCE ALUMNI TURN OUT FOR CNRT'S FIRST NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) held its first national congress April 28-30, under the slogan "The land has been liberated, it's time to liberate the people!" Delegates elected President Xanana Gusmao as the party president and Dionisio Babo Soares as its [...] |
2007-05-02 14:46:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI176 |
EAST TIMOR WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS CANDIDACY AT UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TT |
| 07DILI182 |
FRETILIN UNDER FIRE FOR CAMPAIGN IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has come under increasing scrutiny in relation to allegations of illegal campaign activities in advance of the May 9 presidential runoff. While some are likely exaggerated for the purpose of campaign rhetoric, others appear to be much more solidl [...] |
2007-05-08 04:35:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI185 |
LOWER TURNOUT BUT TECHNICALLY IMPROVED ROUND TWO VOTING [...] Summary: The second round of East Timor's presidential election concluded May 9 without incident. There were visible improvements compared to the first round with regard to logistical preparations. The Embassy will urge all parties to use established legal mechanisms for filing complaints, t [...] |
2007-05-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV ASEC UN TT |
| 07DILI189 |
LANDSLIDE RAMOS-HORTA VICTORY GIVES OPPOSITION MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is now a virtual certainty that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has won the May 9 runoff in a landslide, having picked up the vast majority of votes previously cast for the losing candidates of round one, while ruling Fretilin party candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres gaine [...] |
2007-05-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI19 |
PRESIDENT GUSMAO DECLINES TO MEET ON JOINT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. President Gusmao has declined to meet the Australian, Japanese, Portuguese, and U.S. chiefs of mission to receive the Ref B joint demarche previously delivered to former Prime Minister Alkatiri (Ref A). Through his Chief of Staff the President conveyed that he was well aware of th [...] |
2007-01-17 11:39:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AS JA MZ PO TT |
| 07DILI197 |
ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the victory of Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in the presidential race now officially confirmed by the Court of Appeals, plans are in place for his inauguration on May 20. Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva will assume the Prime Ministership until June 30, while the [...] |
2007-05-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TT |
| 07DILI204 |
MANAGING PORTUGESE AND LUSOPHONE INTERESTS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the international community grapples with how best to assist East Timor in re-establishing security, strengthening the public sector, and stimulating economic growth, one of the most delicate issues confronting the major players is how to manage Portuguese, Brazilian and ot [...] |
2007-05-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID TT PO |
| 07DILI218 |
EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START [...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...] |
2007-06-05 06:20:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT |
| 07DILI219 |
POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] |
2007-06-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
| 07DILI220 |
POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] |
2007-06-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
| 07DILI223 |
CNRT LEADER XANANA GUSMAO ON ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Charge and Poloff, a relaxed and confident Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, former President and currently leader of the National Council of Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), which hopes to oust the ruling Fretilin Party in East Timor's parliamentary elections on June [...] |
2007-06-06 10:42:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TT |
| 07DILI230 |
FRETILIN REASSESSES, PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE OPPOSITION ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The results of East Timor's April-May 2007 presidential elections clearly demonstrated ruling party Fretilin's weakness heading into the June 30 parliamentary elections. Fretilin, which has dominated East Timor's politics since independence, was caught by surprise by the extent to [...] |
2007-06-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI232 |
PROMULGATION OF PROBLEMATIC AMNESTY LAW UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The National Parliament on June 4 approved a Law on Truth and Measures for Clemency for Various Infractions, stipulating that amnesty be provided for a wide array of offenses so long as they were committed between April 20, 2006 and April 30, 2007. If promulgated, the law would ha [...] |
2007-06-20 10:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS TT |
| 07DILI234 |
EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...] |
2007-06-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT |
| 07DILI239 |
UPDATE ON USAID/OFDA-FUNDED ACTIVITIES IN EAST TIMOR [...] USAID/OFDA Bangkok-based Regional Advisor for Asia and the Pacific (RA) traveled to East Timor June 4 - 7, 2007 to monitor ongoing USAID/OFDA-funded emergency and mitigation programs, and assess the humanitarian situation in Dili. Outbreaks of violence continue to be a part of daily life in Di [...] |
2007-06-26 07:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TT |
| 07DILI241 |
EAST TIMOR'S OPPOSITION PARTIES PREPARE TO GOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: With East Timor's ruling FRETILIN likely to lose its parliamentary majority following the June 30 elections, the four main opposition parties are looking at the very real possibility of being in a position to form the next government. These include: former president Xanana Gusmao [...] |
2007-06-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI243 |
EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 28 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC), chaired by Ambassador, convened at 1030 June 28 to assess the security environment in preparation for post's participation in observing national elections throughout East Timor on June 30. Regional Security Officer (RSO) noted that in meeti [...] |
2007-06-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR CASC KDEM TT |
| 07DILI247 |
FRETILIN, CNRT LEAD AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: East Timor's parliamentary elections went remarkably smoothly despite last minute logistical challenges brought on by an unseasonable period of heavy rains in the days leading up the June 30 poll. International observers, including US mission teams present in almost all district [...] |
2007-07-02 10:46:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI251 |
AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, DISCUSSES ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hans Klemm presented his letter of credence to President Jose Ramos-Horta on July 4 in a ceremony hosted at the President's office. In a meeting following the ceremony, both vowed to strengthen bilateral relations. Ramos-Horta expressed his appreciation for U.S. suppo [...] |
2007-07-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM TT |
| 07DILI252 |
GOVERNING COALITION AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW, GUSMAO [...] (SBU) The last ballot from the June 30 election was counted at the Dili district counting center at mid-day day July 5; results of the completed count are reported in paragraph 2. At approximately 8:00pm local time the same day, we learned that former President Xanana Gusmao's party, the Natio [...] |
2007-07-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI255 |
ELECTION RESULTS GIVE WAY TO RENEWED POWER STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the announcement of the validated election results are still pending, East Timor's electorate and parties have virtually without exception already accepted the results announced at the end of the counting process on July 5. The question that all are now grappling with is [...] |
2007-07-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI258 |
EAST TIMOR'S GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The mutually exclusive positions of FRETILIN and the Alliance of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), the Social Democratic Association of Timor and the Social Democratic Party (ASDT/PSD) coalition, and the Democratic Party (PD) described in reftel appear to r [...] |
2007-07-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI264 |
USG ENGAGEMENT WITH TAUR MATAN RUAK [...] (C) In October 2006, a UN commission of inquiry recommended that the Timor Leste judicial authorities prosecute Brigadier General Ruak, chief of the local defense force, as a result of his actions during the spring 2006 crisis. The Timor Leste prosecutors reportedly began an investigation, but [...] |
2007-07-23 07:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT |
| 07DILI274 |
PRESIDENT TO ASK GUSMAO-LED COALITION TO FORM COALITION [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta told the ambassador on July 31 that he will ask this afternoon the CNRT-led coalition to select a prime minister as the initial step towards forming a new government. The widespread expectation is former president Xanana Gusmao will be the new prime min [...] |
2007-07-31 06:33:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM TT |
| 07DILI281 |
BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION WILL LIKELY HAMPER NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday, August 8 formally swore in the new government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP), with former President Xanana Gusmao stepping into the role of Prime Minister. With a new government in place, the country may be able [...] |
2007-08-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TT |
| 07DILI285 |
TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly appointed PM Xanana Gusmao laid out an ambitious program for the government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) in his August 8 inaugural speech. Effective implementation will be challenged by difficult relations with the outgoing ruling party FRETIL [...] |
2007-08-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI3 |
LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...] |
2007-01-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC TT |
| 07DILI306 |
THE STATE OF FRETILIN [...] (C) Summary: In the days immediately following the August 5 announcement of the new government, led by the four-party Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP), supporters of the previous ruling party FRETILIN launched a campaign of violence and intimidation primarily concentrated in the thr [...] |
2007-08-31 09:53:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TT |
| 07DILI310 |
AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL BRING AID TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID TT PO AS |
| 07DILI313 |
TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: Following Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's initial appointments to Timor Leste's new Cabinet (reftel), President Ramos Horta swore in additional members on August 31. In a move that grants him authority over the National Police (PNTL) and Defense Forces (F-FDTL), PM Gusmao assumed t [...] |
2007-09-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI318 |
PRESIDENT'S UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Timor-Leste is a newly emerging democracy, independent since 2002. Its new government, freely elected in June 2007, is fully committed to safeguarding human rights and promoting democracy. It is constrained, however, by a lingering culture of political violence and low capacity on the pa [...] |
2007-09-13 08:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM TT |
| 07DILI327 |
PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...] |
2007-09-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT |
| 07DILI330 |
DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON RAPE - DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) We met on September 28 with Joao Camara, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Francisco Cepeda, Director of Multilateral Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste support our draft UNGA resolution condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy. Drawing o [...] |
2007-09-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA AORC KWMN TT |
| 07DILI338 |
COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
| 07DILI348 |
DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IAAC CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA UN TT |
| 07DILI351 |
TIMOR-LESTE TO PRESS FOR ASEAN ENGAGEMENT ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador met October 26 with Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano Da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste, as a candidate for accession to ASEAN, explore ways to press Burma. We stressed the importance of the issue to the United States, and expressed our appreciation for [...] |
2007-10-26 09:39:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEAN PO SG TT BM |
| 07DILI352 |
TIMOR-LESTE WILL VOTE FOR RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CUBA [...] (SBU) Ambassador met October 26 with Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste vote against Cuba's UNGA resolution condemning the U.S. embargo (reftel A). Citing the President's recent speech (reftel B), we said that the Castro regime is continuing its longstanding prac [...] |
2007-10-26 09:46:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU TT |
| 07DILI358 |
EMBASSY DILI RESPONSE ON GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is strongly engaged with USPACOM in developing a robust schedule of ship visits to Timor-Leste. In conversation with Ambassador, GOTL leaders have recalled U.S. ship visits in the pre-independence era, and have requested our help in reviving Dili's status as a regular port [...] |
2007-11-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO MARR MASS TT |
| 07DILI359 |
CHALLENGES IMMENSE AS GOVERNMENT PASSES THREE MONTH MARK [...] (SBU) Three months after taking office, Prime Minister Gusmao can tally several accomplishments: selecting some energetic and skilled ministers, a couple of key legislative victories and the proper identification of policy priorities all linked to resolving causes or consequences of the 2006 c [...] |
2007-11-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TT |
| 07DILI362 |
PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...] |
2007-11-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT |
| 07DILI370 |
REBEL REINADO HANGS TOUGH IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During November, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao suffered setbacks in his efforts to rein in fugitive rebel Major Alfredo Reinado and his supporters - a group consisting primarily of several hundred "petitioners" dismissed from the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in 2006. Gus [...] |
2007-11-26 11:42:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 07DILI379 |
TIMOR-LESTE: FRETILIN SETTLES INTO OPPOSITION ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FRETILIN's leaders remain optimistic that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's government will be short-lived. FRETILIN is confident that it can undermine Gusmao's coalition by frustrating the realization of the government's policy objectives and highlighting its lack of governing exp [...] |
2007-12-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TT |
| 07DILI385 |
TIMOR-LESTE: REINADO ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 07DILI395 |
USS PORT ROYAL CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO DILI [...] (SBU) Summary. The USS Port Royal visited Dili on December 10-12, a visit that all of Post's contacts characterized as extremely successful. The ship's engagements with the host nation, the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste, and the Australian-led International Stabilization [...] |
2007-12-28 05:28:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL TT |
| 07DILI61 |
RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR [...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...] |
2007-02-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT |
| 07DILI66 |
RAMOS-HORTA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN CONTEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, a political independent, officially announced his candidacy for president on February 25 in the eastern town of Laga. Ramos-Horta is widely known to be the candidate supported by President Xanana Gusmao and his newly established political party, [...] |
2007-02-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TT |
| 07DILI7 |
MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...] |
2007-01-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT |
| 07DILI70 |
REINADO'S LAST STAND: REBEL LEADER SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary: As of 9 p.m. local time February 27, a large contingent of the mainly Australian International Security Forces (ISF) in a western East Timor town had cordoned off escape routes for dissident F-FDTL Major Alfredo Reinado and his group, who on February 25 seized 15-25 assault rifles [...] |
2007-02-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR KPKO UN AU TT |
| 07DILI8 |
EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...] |
2007-01-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
| 07DILI83 |
UPDATE ON REINADO STANDOFF AND SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: At day's end March 2, there had been no significant change to the situation on the ground in Same, where dissident military leader Alfredo Reinado remains surrounded by Australian Defense Force (ADF) soldiers. ADF reinforcements have arrived in East Timor, but there are indica [...] |
2007-03-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC CASC KPKO UN AU TT |
| 07DILI89 |
TURMOIL IN DILI AS REINADO HUNT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Dili remained calm but very tense March 6 as the unresolved Reinado operation and the expected March 7 Roserio Lobato court verdict kept the population on edge. No serious injuries or deaths were reported although there were widespread disturbances the night of March 5, continu [...] |
2007-03-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT |
| 07DILI92 |
EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW [...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...] |
2007-03-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT |
| 07DILI93 |
EAST TIMOR ELECTION HICCUPS PERSIST - CORRECTED COPY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent briefing for the Embassy, USAID contractors and grantees working with East Timor's electoral process expressed an array of concerns about the election process, especially over the ineffective role of UN advisors to the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the State [...] |
2007-03-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UN TT |
| 07DILI94 |
EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...] |
2007-03-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT |
| 07DILI95 |
GUSMAO EXPOUNDS ON REINADO, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Xanana Gusmao told Charge d'Affaires (CDA) he will no longer talk directly with Major Alfredo Reinado because of Reinado's history of stubbornness and duplicity in the President's direct negotiations with the rebel soldier. The strategy remains for [...] |
2007-03-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MAAR KDEM KJUS KPKO UN AU TT |
| 07DILI96 |
DILI BISHOP SYMPATHIZES WITH REINADO [...] (C) Summary: Bishop of Dili Alberto Ricardo da Silva told us in a March 9 meeting that he was reluctant to get involved in convincing dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado to surrender because he feared for the safety of Reinado if he surrenders to GOET authorities, and that the Cath [...] |
2007-03-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS UN AU VT TT |
| 08DILI107 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S APRIL 6 - 7 VISIT TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 6-7 visit to Timor-Leste, EAP Assistant Secretary Hill emphasized continuing U.S. support in the wake of the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. He urged the GOTL to move forward on strengthening the judiciary system and reso [...] |
2008-04-15 03:57:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TT |
| 08DILI113 |
PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA RETURNS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C) Summary. Two months after being severely injured in an assassination attempt, Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta received a warm welcome upon his return to Dili on April 17, with crowds lining the route of his motorcade. He gave a brief address to Parliament in which he repeated his call f [...] |
2008-04-17 11:21:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TT |
| 08DILI118 |
PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ANNOUNCES PARDONS, CALLS FOR PETROLEUM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TT |
| 08DILI12 |
BAR RAIDS POINT TO CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (U) Summary: In the first week of January, Timor-Leste's National Police, with the support of U.N. police advisors, have raided seven Dili bars. All evidence points to Chinese prostitution rings having made inroads into the country. Small amounts of ecstasy and drug paraphernalia were also s [...] |
2008-01-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SMIG SNAR PREL KPKO ID CH TT |
| 08DILI121 |
SALSINHA REPORTEDLY SURRENDERS [...] (SBU) On the morning of Friday, April 25 Lieutenant Gastao Salsinha, surviving leader of the perpetrators of the February 11 assassination attempts against Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, reportedly turned himself into authorities in the village of Lauana, Er [...] |
2008-04-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI122 |
TIMOR-LESTE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT APDP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-29 03:26:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL TT |
| 08DILI124 |
FEBRUARY 11 ATTACKERS IN CUSTODY [...] (U) Following a weekend of negotiation in Ermera District, Lieutenant Gastao Salsinha, surviving leader of the perpetrators of the February 11 attacks against Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, arrived in Dili on Tuesday, April 29 with twelve of his followers to [...] |
2008-04-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI126 |
HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER TIMOR-LESTE'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Although the Government of Timor-Leste publicly directed the security forces to respect human rights during the State of Emergency imposed following the attacks on the President and Prime Minister on February 11, the Office of the Ombudsman (Provedor) has reported 17 instances of [...] |
2008-04-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI128 |
IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES ON TIMOR-LESTE [...] Summary. While an estimated two-thirds of Timor-Leste's population is food insecure or vulnerable to food insecurity, the worldwide increase in food and commodity prices has not yet led to social or political unrest in Timor-Leste. The increase in the price of food in the first quarter of 20 [...] |
2008-05-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON TT |
| 08DILI133 |
BURMA: DEMARCHES TO TIMOR LESTE ON REFERENDUM, CYCLONE [...] CYCLONE NARGIS RESPONSE: Per reftels, DCM met May 9 with Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Vicky Tchong and Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs Magdalena Alves to discuss Burma. On Cyclone Nargis, we outlined our efforts to provide humanitarian relief and urged that [...] |
2008-05-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM TT |
| 08DILI134 |
DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 01:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR TT |
| 08DILI138 |
DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (U) DCM met May 9 with Celio Moniz, Acting Director of Multilateral Affairs at Timor-Leste's Foreign Ministry. Drawing on reftel a, we urged that Timor-Leste co-sponsor the draft Declaration on Prisoners of Conscience. We stressed that it was not a country-specific measure, and that it affir [...] |
2008-05-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA TT |
| 08DILI139 |
TIMOR-LESTE COALITION STABLE DESPITE STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. A May 1 joint declaration between Timor-Leste's opposition FRETILIN party and the leader of a member party of the governing Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) does not portend a collapse of the government. The immediate cause of this maneuver was patronage: one of the coalit [...] |
2008-05-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI142 |
TIMOR-LESTE PARTICIPATION IN JUNE LAUNCH EVENTS [...] (U) On May 15 we met with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to invite Timor-Leste to send two participants to the upcoming Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership electoral observation mission and meeting to be held in Mongolia from June 25 and July 2 (ref [...] |
2008-05-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM TT |
| 08DILI151 |
STABILITY RETURNS TO TIMOR-LESTE'S EASTERN DISTRICTS [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Poloff traveled to the eastern districts of Viqueque and Baucau from May 27 - 28 to meet with local officials and members of civil society. These districts were the focal points of political violence during and after national elections in 2007. Despite lingering t [...] |
2008-06-01 03:22:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI159 |
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ASSESSMENT OF TIMOR-LESTE [...] Summary: A senior team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Timor-Leste from 18 to 22 May 2008. The team met with a wide range of stakeholders during its visit, outlining the steps necessary for Timor-Leste to obtain compact assistance. Because Timor-Leste is currently under- [...] |
2008-06-04 08:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV TT |
| 08DILI17 |
TIMOR-LESTE'S NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Timor-Leste's National Parliament is still grappling with language issues, low capacity, staffing shortages, and poor communication with voters. It continues to rely heavily on Portuguese-speaking foreign staff financed by the UNDP. Despite this, the four-party government coalition has [...] |
2008-01-25 10:43:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TT |
| 08DILI172 |
NO CHANGE IN TIMOR-LESTE POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-02 09:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PGOV YI KV TT |
| 08DILI183 |
JOSE RAMOS-HORTA PREVIEWS CTF REPORT [...] (C) President Jose Ramos-Horta called the Ambassador into his office July 14 to preview his government's reaction to the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report to be released on July 15. President Ramos Horta described the report as "quite good," while acknowledging that senior office [...] |
2008-07-14 09:29:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TT |
| 08DILI184 |
MAJOR CHANGES IN TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL POLICY [...] Action requested - see para 13 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Timor-Leste National Parliament will begin debate this week on a massive supplementary budget that marks a departure from the country's historically conservative fiscal policy. If enacted and fully implemented, the government [...] |
2008-07-14 10:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TT |
| 08DILI188 |
TIMOR-LESTE CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR JULY 24, 2008 PRISONER OF [...] (SBU) Poloff met July 18 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), to seek support for a prisoners of conscience event to be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York during the final week of the UN Economic and Social Council. Ms. Tchong said [...] |
2008-07-18 09:11:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | TT |
| 08DILI201 |
TIMOR-LESTE: PROPOSED AMNESTY STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Following his commutation in May of the sentences of 94 criminals including former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta proposed on June 30 a law that would extend amnesty to figures implicated by the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI) in ac [...] |
2008-08-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS TT |
| 08DILI208 |
TIMOR-LESTE: BORDER CHALLENGES REMAIN IN OECUSSI [...] From August 11 - 13, Poloff traveled to the enclave district of Oecussi, located within the boundaries of Indonesia's West Timor province, to attend a cultural festival and to assess border conditions in Timor-Leste's westernmost district. Travel to Oecussi is hampered by requirements for Indo [...] |
2008-08-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC UN ID TT |
| 08DILI214 |
REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED VETTING FOR TIMOR-LESTE DEFENSE AND [...] (SBU) POST PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TIMOR-LESTE DEFENSE FORCE MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN ODC COORDINATED SECURITY COLLABORATION WORSHOP FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND UNDER THE ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL INITIATIVE, COMMENCE ON 9-12 SEPT [...] |
2008-08-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID TT |
| 08DILI216 |
MISSION DILI COMMENTS ON UNFPA CPD FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] In response to reftel, US Mission Dili offers the following comments on UNFPA's Country Program Document for Timor-Leste for 2009-13. 2. General: In general, the proposed Country Program Document (CPD) is analytical, well written and reality/evidence based. The document aptly incorporate [...] |
2008-08-28 09:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SOCI TT |
| 08DILI225 |
VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - AUGUST 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 08DILI229 |
LET'S LIFT THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dili believes that conditions in Timor-Leste now warrant revocation of the Department's Travel Warning, last revised in July. Over the course of 2008, immediate threats to political and social stability have been eliminated or reduced. There have been no major instances o [...] |
2008-09-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PO AS TT |
| 08DILI231 |
SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONAIRE (SEPQ) FOR FALL [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE N [...] |
2008-09-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PTER TT |
| 08DILI239 |
RECENT U.S. SUPPORT FOR REFORMING TIMOR-LESTE'S SECURITY [...] The Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) convened a workshop September 8-12 to assist the development of Timor-Leste's first national security policy. The workshop brought to Hawaii seventeen Timorese leaders and stakeholders, including the vice prime minister and parliamentarians [...] |
2008-09-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PMIL MARR TT |
| 08DILI251 |
SECURITY ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TIMOR-LESTE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE N [...] |
2008-10-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC TT |
| 08DILI252 |
URGENT REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CONSULAR COMMISSION FOR TDY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-03 03:47:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER CASC TT |
| 08DILI256 |
TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] Per reftel, DCM met with Roberto Soares, Director for External Affairs at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to explain our position on the upcoming UNGA vote on referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. 2. Soares thanked us, saying tha [...] |
2008-10-08 03:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UN TT KV |
| 08DILI261 |
PM GUSMAO ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an extended meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, PM Gusmao shared the economic policy woes his government has faced in 2008 and prescriptions for 2009, his plan to appoint a very senior Timorese politician as a second Vice Prime Minister in charge of improving government [...] |
2008-10-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MASS EAID MCC TT PREL OTRA PGOV MCAP |
| 08DILI262 |
PM GUSMAO ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an extended meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, PM Gusmao shared the economic policy woes his government has faced in 2008 and prescriptions for 2009, his plan to appoint a very senior Timorese politician as a second Vice Prime Minister in charge of improving government [...] |
2008-10-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MASS EAID MCC TT PREL OTRA PGOV MCAP |
| 08DILI273 |
PRESIDENT HORTA TO VISIT WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2008 [...] Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta told the Ambassador on October 24 that he intends to travel to Washington in early December 2008. The purpose of the President's visit is to consult with administration officials, Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) directors, and members of congress [...] |
2008-10-27 06:18:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCA TT |
| 08DILI275 |
EMBASSY DILI NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili is proud to nominate Sister Guilhermina Marcal as an International Woman of Courage. Sister Guilhermina is the manager of Canossa Balide camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). When Timor-Leste erupted in crisis May 2006, hundreds of residents of the Balide neighborhood [...] |
2008-10-28 03:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PHUM TT |
| 08DILI279 |
REQUEST FOR UASID MISSION DIRECTOR REPRESENTATIVE MARK A. [...] USAID Mission Representative Mark Anthony White requests permission to depart post on November 4, 2008, for Annual Leave. 2. Mr. White will return to post on November 13, 2008. 3. During his absence, Executive Officer Mr. Peter Cloutier will assume charge. 4. Please advise approva [...] |
2008-11-03 05:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID TT |
| 08DILI280 |
THANK YOU FOR TDY OF RSO JESSICA MOORE [...] Embassy Dili extends its warm thanks to ConGen Chiang Mai for the September 30 - October 28 TDY of RSO Jessica Moore. Jessica served very ably as lone RSO for almost a month at this small, 35 percent hardship post. During this time, she ably dispatched the full range of security duties, inclu [...] |
2008-11-04 01:34:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC TH TT |
| 08DILI281 |
MCC ELIGIBILITY: THE CASE FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] Timor-Leste is Asia's poorest country and ranks among the most impoverished nations of the world in terms of illiteracy, maternal and child mortality, malnutrition, low income and other indices of human development. Its infrastructure is shockingly poor, from roads to schools, to telecommunic [...] |
2008-11-04 07:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
| 08DILI282 |
SECURITY FOR EMBASSY DILI ELECTION EVENT [...] (SBU) Following arrival in-country of TDY RSO on November 4, Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to review security arrangements for our November 5 election day event (ref A). Participants included DCM, RSO, Acting USAID Director, MGT Officer,and POL officer. 2. (U) [...] |
2008-11-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT TT |
| 08DILI283 |
VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI, TIMOR-LESTE -- OCTOBER 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 08DILI285 |
CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PRESIDENT OF [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Fernando La Sama de Araujo, President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste. Original will be pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text of English translation: Senator Barack Obama, On your election as President of [...] |
2008-11-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TT |
| 08DILI286 |
DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, DCM met November 7 with Roberto Soares, Director of Interregional Cooperation at Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge that Timor-Leste vote against "no-action" UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea. We noted that while Timor-Leste has [...] |
2008-11-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA TT |
| 08DILI287 |
CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM TIMOR-LESTE PRIME [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations to the President-elect from Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Original has been pouched to EAP/MTS. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. President-elect, Allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to exten [...] |
2008-11-07 09:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP TT |
| 08DILI288 |
TIMOR-LESTE: IDP REINTEGRATION ON TRACK DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Since April 2008, the Government of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has closed 33 of 54 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps erected after over 100,000 people fled their homes during the 2006 political-military crisis. The GOTL and NGOs estimate that over 50,000 I [...] |
2008-11-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI TT |
| 08DILI289 |
STATEMENT BY TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA ON U.S. [...] On November 4, the Office of Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta released the following statement on the U.S. Presidential elections. 2. Begin text: President of the Republic and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Josi Ramos-Horta, congratulated today the president-elect of the United States, B [...] |
2008-11-09 04:56:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TT |
| 08DILI294 |
TIMOR-LESTE: COURT OF APPEALS FINDS BUDGET ALLOCATION [...] (U) Summary. Timor-Leste's Court of Appeals ruled on October 27 that the Government's allocation of monies from the Petroleum Fund into a newly-created Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) violates the Constitution's provisions against secret budgets. The Court also found that any transfers from [...] |
2008-11-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON TT |
| 08DILI297 |
U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND U.S. MARINE FORCES PACIFIC EXPLORE [...] (C) Summary. Teams from both U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) concluded an assessment trip to Timor-Leste on November 22 designed to determine how they can provide additional assistance to Timor-Leste's security sector. In doing so, members met with a [...] |
2008-11-25 07:04:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR EAID TT |
| 08DILI298 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TT |
| 08DILI300 |
VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-02 04:29:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 08DILI308 |
TIMOR-LESTE LEADERS REACT TO MCC DECISION [...] On December 12, the Ambassador briefed Finance Minister Pires, Foreign Minister da Costa, Vice Prime Minister Guterres, Acting Speaker of Parliament Guterres, the head of Timor's MCC team, and President Jose Ramos Horta on the MCC Board's decision to not reselect Timor-Leste as Compact eligibl [...] |
2008-12-15 23:38:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
| 08DILI311 |
THANK YOU FOR TDY OF ARSO PHIL SIMS [...] Embassy Dili extends its sincere thanks to Embassy Manila for the November 4 - December 13 TDY of ASRO Phil Sims. He ably managed the heavy routine workload of our one-man RSO shop, which includes managing our 74-man local guard force and extensive coordination and information-sharing with the [...] |
2008-12-16 04:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT TT |
| 08DILI313 |
SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU IMPROVED FROM 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...] |
2008-12-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TT |
| 08DILI316 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 04:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | TT |
| 08DILI320 |
CORRECTED COPY: SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...] |
2008-12-24 01:14:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON TT |
| 08DILI323 |
MAJOR PROJECTS AND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) The poorest country in Asia, Timor-Leste faces large gaps in public infrastructure, from roads to ports, electricity, schools and hospitals. Early decisions after independence in 2002 to eschew international debt and to conserve most of the country's future petroleum wealth constrained [...] |
2008-12-31 08:59:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MCC ECON EFIN TT |
| 08DILI39 |
EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 11 FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (SBU) Charge convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 1300 hours on Monday, February 11 in response to the shooting earlier that morning of President Jose Ramos-Horta and attempted shooting of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao by the group of fugitive military dissidents associated with [...] |
2008-02-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC TT |
| 08DILI40 |
REBELS ATTACK TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On the morning of February 11, a small group of rebels affiliated with fugitive military dissident Alfredo Reinado mounted coordinated attacks on Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Ramos-Horta was seriously injured and has been flown to Darw [...] |
2008-02-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC AS TT |
| 08DILI41 |
TIMOR-LESTE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary. Child labor in Timor-Leste is pervasive but difficult to quantify. Hard data is largely unavailable. All stakeholders agree that it is a problem, but the GOTL, preoccupied with the fundamental tasks of preserving public order, has not yet had sufficient means, capacity, or stabilit [...] |
2008-02-12 04:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TT |
| 08DILI42 |
EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC), Acting USAID Mission Director, [...] |
2008-02-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC TT |
| 08DILI45 |
TIMOR-LESTE CALM FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT, PM [...] (SBU) Summary. In sharp contrast to the violence and chaos that surrounded the crisis of April - May 2006, Timor-Leste is calm and its institutions are functioning normally on the day following the shooting of President Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. Although a fo [...] |
2008-02-12 11:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT |
| 08DILI46 |
EMBASSY DILI EAC MEETING, 12 FEBUARY 2008 [...] (U) In response to yesterday's attacks on Timor-Leste President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Ambassador convened Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee at 16:00 on February 12. Participants included DCM, RSO, Management Officer, MilRep (ODC), Acting USAID Mission Director, [...] |
2008-02-13 01:27:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC TT |
| 08DILI47 |
DILI CALM, ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR ATTACKERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In Timor-Leste, the government is functioning normally and Dili remains calm two days after the shooting of President Jose Ramos-Horta and the attack on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. The GOTL has officially extended the 48-hour state of emergency for seven more days. The bodie [...] |
2008-02-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC AS TT |
| 08DILI48 |
TIMOR-LESTE INCLINED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Per reftels A - C, DCM met February 13 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS to urge that Timor-Leste promptly recognize an independent Kosovo following its secession from Serbia. Tchong expressed broad agreement with our position, but [...] |
2008-02-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UMIK EU YI TT |
| 08DILI49 |
TIMOR-LESTE ACTING PRESIDENT REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR INQUIRY [...] (C) Action requested -- see Para 6 below. 2. (C) The Ambassador met Friday 14 with the Speaker of the National Parliament and Acting President Fernando LaSama de Araujo. Lasama, who had just returned February 13 from Portugal due to the tragic events of February 11 in Dili, told the Ambas [...] |
2008-02-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM ASEC PREL |
| 08DILI50 |
TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: GOTL WELCOMES U.S. OFFER OF HELP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 15, the GOTL welcomed our offer of assistance with the criminal investigation into the February 11 attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (reftel A). Dili remains calm and secure. The International Stabilization Force (ISF) has been a [...] |
2008-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM ASEC AS TT |
| 08DILI51 |
USG ASSISTANCE TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ATTEMPTED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-16 03:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCRM ASEC PREL TT |
| 08DILI54 |
TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE LEAD IN [...] (C) Summary. Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers has instructed the Armed Forces (F-FDTL) and National Police (PNTL) to direct all security operations in the wake the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. This is at variance with the agreement between th [...] |
2008-02-19 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC TT |
| 08DILI56 |
CHINESE INROADS INTO TIMOR-LESTE: HIGH VISIBILITY, LOW COST, [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daiwe's January 29 - 31 visit to Timor-Leste highlights China's relatively high-profile engagement here. Although Chinese diplomats in Dili maintain that Timor-Leste is strategically unimportant to Beijing, the PRC is nevertheless cultivating goodwill and [...] |
2008-02-20 05:48:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EMIN EINV SMIG CH TT |
| 08DILI59 |
TIMOR-LESTE -- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL SMIG ID |
| 08DILI6 |
THE RAMOS-HORTA ROAD SHOW -- BRINGING THE STATE TO THE [...] (U) On January 7 - 9, PolOff accompanied President Jose Ramos-Horta on a government goodwill mission to two remote eastern towns to build support for his Anti-Poverty Task Force and outline the government's top priorities for 2008: resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), reaching [...] |
2008-01-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MASS ID TT |
| 08DILI60 |
PRESSING FAVORABLY INCLINED STATES FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT |
| 08DILI61 |
TIMOR-LESTE 2/11: FOURTEEN DAYS LATER [...] (SBU) Two weeks after the shooting of President Ramos Horta and the apparent attempted assassination of Prime Minister Gusmao, Timor-Leste remains calm but fragile. In contrast to past political crises, Timor's governing institutions have functioned well in meticulous observance of the constit [...] |
2008-02-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TT |
| 08DILI65 |
SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI' S RECENT PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Serious missteps by the Timorese security forces, both the national police and the military, have dented the government's performance in recent days. UNMIT has reported several credible reports of human rights violations of varying severity by the police since February 11, including th [...] |
2008-02-28 09:52:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TT |
| 08DILI66 |
SECURITY MISSTEPS DAMAGE DILI'S RECENT PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. We traveled to Gleno February 28 to assess how events in the capital are playing in a district west of Dili. Gleno was calm, markets were bustling, and its citizens share the same surrounding the February 11 attacks on the President and Prime Minister. Possible F-FDTL operat [...] |
2008-02-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TT |
| 08DILI67 |
TIMOR-LESTE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Dili's submission in preparation for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Timor-Leste is a destination country for trafficking victims. Nearly a [...] |
2008-03-01 03:31:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL SMIG ID |
| 08DILI70 |
WHEELS UP FOR TIMOR-LESTE CUBAN MEDICS [...] (C) Summary. On February 24, the government of Timor-Leste facilitated the departure of four Cuban doctors to the U.S. under the Special Public Benefit Parole Program (SBPB). Timor-Leste appreciates the support of the Cuban medical mission's 200-plus doctors and nurses operating in the country [...] |
2008-03-04 03:53:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CU ID TT |
| 08DILI72 |
TIMOR-LESTE FISCAL TRANSPARENCY FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on fiscal transparency and accountability of countries receiving USG assistance. Transparency of National Budget ------------------------------- 2. (U) Once approved by the National Parliament and promulgated by the President, the G [...] |
2008-03-04 23:49:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV ID |
| 08DILI74 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM TT |
| 08DILI75 |
TIMOR-LESTE RECOGNIZES KOSOVO; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT |
| 08DILI79 |
TIMOR-LESTE: LEVERAGING USG EFFORTS IN AGRICULTURE [...] Classifying Timor-Leste as a Priority Country under USDA's Food for Progress (FFP) program would directly and strongly support U.S. foreign policy objectives to support Timor-Leste's efforts to build a stable, secure, prosperous, and democratic future for its citizens. The country meets the q [...] |
2008-03-11 05:11:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL TT |
| 08DILI82 |
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES - TIMOR LESTE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER TT |
| 08DILI89 |
TIMOR-LESTE LAUNCHES ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING [...] On March 13 - 14, two major NGOS in Timor-Leste held an anti-trafficking workshop, "Halt Exploitation, Learn to Prosecute (HELP)", for over 68 members of government agencies and NGOs. The GOTL signaled its strong support by having Foreign Minister Da Costa serve as the keynote speaker in the [...] |
2008-03-20 03:12:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM PGOV KJUS TT |
| 08DILI91 |
TIMOR-LESTE PRESIDENT RECALLS FEBRUARY 11; PLANS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta warmly thanks President and Mrs. Bush for their recent statement of support. During a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador in a Darwin hospital, Timor's President, critically wounded during a February 11 assassination attempt, said he was unable to expla [...] |
2008-03-20 09:53:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TT |
| 08DILI92 |
TIMORESE PARTIES EXPECT DURATION OF AMP COALITION THROUGH [...] (C) A survey of leaders of Timor-Leste's political parties has found broad agreement that the current Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) Cabinet is likely to serve its full term of office, barring unforeseen circumstances. However, the February 11 attacks on President and Prime Minis [...] |
2008-03-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TT |
| 08DILI94 |
TIMOR-LESTE EAGER TO BEGIN WORK ON MCC COMPACT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Dili welcomes and is ready to support the initiation on March 25 of discussions between MCC Vice President John Hewko and his team, and senior members of the government of Timor-Leste (GOTL) on a potential MCC Compact as well as Timor's remediation process. The March 25 teleconf [...] |
2008-03-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA TT |
| 08DILI95 |
JAPAN'S PLANS FOR MARITIME SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting Japan ministry of foreign affairs official briefed us on Japan's plans for providing maritime security assistance to Timor-Leste, possibly in partnership with Australia and the United States. A full government of Japan interagency assessment team will visit Dili i [...] |
2008-03-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 09DILI100 |
VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 03:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 09DILI101 |
DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR KLEMM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA TT |
| 09DILI103 |
TIMOR-LESTE SECURITY FORCE VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Timor-Leste National Police member for Department clearance for participation in PACOM-coordinated Title X-funded training. This training involves attendance at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies where the individual will attend the Comprehensive Se [...] |
2009-04-08 03:43:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MOPS MARR TT |
| 09DILI104 |
TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...] |
2009-04-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT |
| 09DILI108 |
TIMOR-LESTE: US ASSISTANCE AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] Keyed to questions contained in reftel para 3, please find Embassy Dili's responses with regard to U.S. assistance and budget transparency on the part of the Governmment of Timor-Leste. 2. Q1: IS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE OR IS IT ALREADY RECEIVING U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTA [...] |
2009-04-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL TT |
| 09DILI109 |
TIMOR-LESTE: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 09:54:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TT |
| 09DILI110 |
RETURN OF AMBASSADOR KLEMM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 05:41:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA TT |
| 09DILI115 |
MGSF01: TIMOR-LESTE RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (U) Post medical officer was briefed April 29 by the Ministry of Heath's Director of Infectious Diseases on the Government of Timor-Leste's response to the outbreaks of H1N1 in the U.S. and Mexico. She reported that on the morning of the 29th, the Minister for Health and Special Secretary of [...] |
2009-04-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU PREL TBIO CASC TT |
| 09DILI117 |
MGSF01: EMBASSY DILI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON [...] (U) Embassy Dili Emergency Action Committee (EAC), chaired by Deputy Chief of Mission, convened to determine post response to outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. EAC participants included Ambassador, Management Officer, POL/CONS officer, MilRep, Regional Security Officer, Medical Officer, and Communi [...] |
2009-05-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC TBIO AMGT TT |
| 09DILI118 |
TIMOR-LESTE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING [...] Summary: The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) held its annual international donor development assistance meeting April 2-4, 2009, with delegations from over 32 countries and 350 participants attending. The Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister chaired the Timor Leste Development Pa [...] |
2009-05-01 15:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN SOCI TT |
| 09DILI120 |
VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DILI - APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 09DILI123 |
F-FDTL'S MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING PLAN: STEPPING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will soon move forward with a recruit training plan which promises to nearly double the size of the force by early 2010. The plan has potentially serious flaws, including the use of newly minted and under-trained officers and NCOs as train [...] |
2009-05-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL |