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04DUBLIN1057	IRISH RESPOND POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR CONTINUED [...] Summary. Irish officials Don Sexton and Pat Kelly responded positively to the request for European support for deployment of an African Union (AU) protection force. Both stressed Ireland's interest in African affairs, especially regarding humanitarian aid. Ireland has given nearly three mi [...]	2004-07-15 14:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID

04DUBLIN1063	IRELAND WILL ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE BUT [...] Emboff, drawing on reftels a and b, spoke on July 15 with Don Sexton, First Secretary in the Development Cooperation Division at the DFA. As Foreign Minister Brian Cowen is unavailable and Minister of State for Development Tom Kitt is currently in Darfur, Sexton stated the GOI plans to send a [...]	2004-07-15 14:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL
04DUBLIN1079	ECOSOC: IRISH WILL OPPOSE CUBAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 15:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1093	MTCR PAPERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-22 13:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA MTCRE
04DUBLIN1101	NORTHERN IRELAND - IRISH PM TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss met on June 30 in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Ahern and Foreign Minister Brian Cowen to review Irish/British efforts to lay the ground work for another effort at restoring devolved government in NI. Ahern confirmed that he and [...]	2004-07-26 07:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK EUN NIPP
04DUBLIN1103	TERRORIST FINANCING: POST DELIVERED INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 10:39:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN ECON PREL ETTC
04DUBLIN1104	BURMA/ASEM: IRISH FAVOR LOWER-LEVEL BURMA [...] Emboff delivered reftel points on July 22 to Niall Brady, Deputy Head of the Asia Division at DFA. Brady's remarks mirrored those of DFA's Deputy Political Director Paul Kavanagh as reported in reftel b. While Brady reiterated the EU position will likely not be reached until the September G [...]	2004-07-26 11:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
04DUBLIN1135	IRISH RESPONSE TO OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP - THANKS, BUT [...] (C)During a farewell call on July 28 to DFA Secretary General Dermott Gallagher, DCM raised reftel points regarding GOI's possible bid for the OSCE Chairmanship in 2007. Gallagher stated the GOI seriously considered becoming a candidate, but decided against it primarily due to the general ele [...]	2004-07-29 14:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
04DUBLIN1156	IRISH RESPONSE TO SYRIA-IRAQ BORDER DEMARCHE [...] (S)Emboff, drawing on reftel points, on August 3 spoke to Brendan Ward, Deputy Director of the Middle East Section at DFA. Ward stated that the GOI fully supports efforts to help restore stability in Iraq and believes Syria must honor pledges it made July 21 in Cairo. However, Ward also str [...]	2004-08-04 14:24:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL PTER IE
04DUBLIN1160	KFOR: IRELAND UNLIKELY TO REMOVE CAVEAT [...] (C)Emboff delivered reftel points on July 29 to Michael Gaffey, Director South East Europe division. Gaffey informed Emboff that the one caveat Ireland placed on its troops prevents the use of lethal force to prevent attacks on KFOR property unless there's an immediate threat to life or seri [...]	2004-08-05 07:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO
04DUBLIN1181	FAHIM REMOVAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 14:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
04DUBLIN1186	IRISH TO COMMUNICATE SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN FROM [...] In follow-up to reftel B, Emboff spoke on August 9 to Niall Brady, Deputy Director Asia Oceania Division at DFA. Brady stated that the GOI supports reftel points, and will continue to advocate Afghanistan's move towards stability and democracy from within the EU. Brady stated this is Ireland' [...]	2004-08-10 08:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
04DUBLIN1199	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA DEMARCHE [...] On August 11, Post delivered ref A's requested demarche to Jane Connelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Eastern Europe (who noted that more senior SIPDIS officers were on leave). Connelly said that Ireland shared EU concerns about rising tensions in Moldova/Transn [...]	2004-08-11 17:10:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS
04DUBLIN1200	IRELAND SUPPORTS EU ON VENEZUELA REFERENDUM [...] On August 11, Post delivered reftel's requested demarche to Brian Muldoon, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean. Muldoon noted SIPDIS that Ireland had participated in extensive EU consultations on Venezuela and endorsed the August 3 EU dec [...]	2004-08-11 17:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO
04DUBLIN1213	IRELAND HAILS MCCREEVY'S COMMISSION APPOINTMENT [...] Irish political and business circles hailed Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy's August 12 appointment as EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, one of the Commission's premier economic portfolios. The post is widely viewed as a reward for Ireland's successful turn in the EU Pr [...]	2004-08-13 15:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN EUN
04DUBLIN1218	IRELAND'S RESPONSE ON WEOG ROTATION FOR UNCHR [...] On August 13, Post delivered reftel's requested demarche on the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) scheme for membership rotation in the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) to Eamon McKay, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Councilor for Human Rights. McKay said that Ireland would f [...]	2004-08-16 15:05:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1222	IRELAND WILL DISCUSS PROTECTION FORCE WITH EU [...] (S)In regards to the UN protection force, Emboff delivered reftel talking points A on August 5 to Brendan Ward, Deputy Director of the Middle East Section at DFA. Ward responded that he had been in touch with counterparts in other European capitals, and agreement was reached to discuss this i [...]	2004-08-18 07:19:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS MARR UN
04DUBLIN1244	IRELAND SUPPORTS OCVR IN IRAN AND WILL PUSH FOR [...] Emboff, delivering reftel points A and B, spoke on August 23 to Cliona Manahan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director of the Asia and Pacific Section. Regarding Out of Country Voting and Registration (OCVR) for the Afghan presidential elections (reftel A),Manahan stated the GOI had s [...]	2004-08-24 14:19:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL
04DUBLIN1248	IRELAND UNDECIDED, BUT LIKELY TO ATTEND ASEM [...] (U) Summary. On August 23, Emboff, drawing on reftel points A, spoke to Ms. Cliona Manahan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for Asia and the Pacific. Ireland has yet to decide on participation in the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit October 8-9 in Hanoi, but will likely send a delegat [...]	2004-08-25 10:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM
04DUBLIN1258	IRISH VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL [...] On August 27, Post delivered reftel talking points to Therese Healy, Third Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section. Healy said that Ireland backs the UK/Austrian proposal to make the Additional Protocol (AP) a Condition of Supply (COS) fo [...]	2004-08-27 14:37:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA
04DUBLIN1260	IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNHELPFUL ODA [...] Summary: Ireland is skeptical of innovative financing mechanisms for Official Development Assistance (ODA),such as the International Financing Facility and global taxation schemes. The Irish Government, however, has not been public about its skepticism, due to diverse opinions among EU Membe [...]	2004-08-27 14:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON EINV PREL
04DUBLIN1281	FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS BOOKS, MEETS PM [...] Summary: Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton paid a private visit to Dublin August 24 - 26. While the main purpose of Clinton's trip was to promote his new book, he and the Senator also met with PM Ahern over dinner and a reception that included other ministers. Clint [...]	2004-08-31 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA PREL EAID
04DUBLIN1286	IRISH REACTION TO U.S. UNGA INITIATIVES [...] On August 31, Post delivered ref A talking points on U.S. initiatives for the 59th UN General Assembly to John Deady and Julian Clare, Director and First Secretary, respectively, of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN Section. ---------------- Economic Freedom ---------------- 2 [...]	2004-09-01 10:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC UNGA UN
04DUBLIN1292	IRELAND NOT TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 2 to First Secretary, UN Section at the DFA Julian Clare. Clare stated that Ireland will not send a high-level delegation to the Sept. 13-14 OSCE conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination. Ireland strongly supports such conferenc [...]	2004-09-02 11:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE
04DUBLIN1300	IRELAND BROADLY AGREES WITH US RESPONSE ON UNGA [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 2 to First Secretary, UN Section at the DFA Julian Clare. Clare stated that Ireland's response to Resolution 58/41 is included in the common reply that the EU sent. Clare said that Ireland has strong national views on nuclear disarmament a [...]	2004-09-02 15:54:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG UNDC UNGA UN
04DUBLIN1330	IRELAND AND ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM [...] Emboff delivered reftel points on September 9, 2004 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for UN, Terrorism, and Narcotics John Deady. Deady said that the Foreign Minister will be outlining Irish policy against terror in his speech to the UN on September 23rd. Considering the recent even [...]	2004-09-09 16:18:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL
04DUBLIN1331	EU/IRELAND: FORMER IRISH PM BRUTON APPOINTED NEXT [...] On September 9, Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and current member of the Irish Parliament John Bruton was appointed EU Ambassador to the US. He is the first EU ambassador to the US to be chosen since the European Commission's decision to give the appointment to a political heavyweight in [...]	2004-09-09 16:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU PINR
04DUBLIN1385	IRISH RESPONSE TO EUROFAB DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 17, DCM and French Charge d'Affaires, Luc Serot Almeras, jointly delivered reftel talking points to James MacIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Division Counsellor, and Joseph Mooney, Department of the Environment Assistant Principal Officer for Nuclear Safety. Almeras [...]	2004-09-17 15:17:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL
04DUBLIN1403	IRELAND NOT TO ATTEND IRAQ TOKYO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 21 to First Secretary Aine Hearns at the DFA's Development Cooperation Ireland office. Hearns stated that the GOI will not be sending anyone to the Tokyo Donors' Conference in October due to shortage of staff. The GOI pledged 3 million eu [...]	2004-09-22 06:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL
04DUBLIN1443	IRELAND'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Per Reftel, post provides names of Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and deputy. (a) TFCO: Jonathan Benton, DCM, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2302, BentonJS@state.gov. Deputy TFCO: Thomas Rosenberger, poloff, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2330, rosenbergertm@state.gov (b) TFCO will chair Law Enfor [...]	2004-09-29 07:02:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
04DUBLIN1450	IRISH RESPONSE ON LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE [...] On September 28, Post delivered reftel talking points to Paul Gunning, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East. Gunning said that the EU SIPDIS decision to lift completely its 1986 arms embargo against Libya was a "done deal" that could not be reversed befor [...]	2004-09-29 17:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EUN
04DUBLIN1466	IRISH VIEWS ON THE EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) On September 28, DCM reinforced with David Cooney, Poltical Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),reftel talking points and aide-memoire. Cooney said that the GOI, while fully aware of the U.S. position, could not commit to opposing the lifting of the China arms embargo wit [...]	2004-09-30 15:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN1470	IRISH PRIME MINISTER PICKS HIS NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On September 29, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern announced a cabinet shuffle, anticipated since early summer. The shuffle saw eight ministers switch portfolios, three members retain their positions, and four lower ranking officials join the Cabinet. Ahe [...]	2004-10-01 12:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EFIN PINR PREL SENV
04DUBLIN1475	PRENOTIFICATION OF JAMA'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 11:44:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN LVPR
04DUBLIN1477	IRISH PRESIDENT MCALEESE DECLARED ELECTED FOR 2ND [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, October 1, incumbent Irish President Mary McAleese was constitutionally elected to office unopposed for a second term of seven years. Her inauguration is scheduled to take place on November 11, 2004. President McAleese told Ambassador Kenny that her primary motivat [...]	2004-10-05 07:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL SENV
04DUBLIN1488	IRELAND AND THE US DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL CDG UNGA
04DUBLIN1493	EU/IRELAND: AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE BRUTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Kenny, EU Ambassador-designate to the United States John Bruton noted his plans to work with Congress and through public diplomacy to strengthen U.S.-EU relations. Bruton said he would aim to underscore the policy objectives that both side [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG ETTC MASS PARM PHUM SENV
04DUBLIN1494	CONTINUED IRISH ATTENTION TO THE EUROFAB SHIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent days, the Irish media have continued to focus on the U.S.-France Eurofab plutonium shipment, highlighting opposition by Greenpeace and Irish activists. In reply, the Irish Government has claimed to have received assurances that the shipment will not harm Irish interest [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP ENRG PREL
04DUBLIN1517	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO ISG REPORT ON IRAQ WMD [...] (C) On October 7, Post delivered reftel talking points to Paul Gunning, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Regional Director for the Gulf and North America, after having discussed the ISG Report over the phone with him on October 6. Gunning said that the report reinforced the GOI's lo [...]	2004-10-08 09:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPDD
04DUBLIN1525	IRISH RESPONSES TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRAQ, [...] (U) On October 7, Post delivered ref A talking points on Libya, China, Cyprus, Sudan, and Iraq to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent. ---- Libya ----- 2. (C) Keown affirmed that the October 11 GAERC would ratify the September 22 COREPER decision t [...]	2004-10-08 13:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1535	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO BANGLADESH DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-12 14:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON
04DUBLIN1542	UKRAINE: IRELAND TO SEND ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 12:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
04DUBLIN1550	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ERATH, O'SULLIVAN, CASHMAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to PM/DTCP Deputy Director John F. Erath, DRL/PHD Senior Advisor for Asia Susan O'Sullivan, and CMDR. Edward Cashman of the Joint Staff J-5 to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from October 18 to October 20, 2004. Purpose of visit is to consult with Irish [...]	2004-10-14 09:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM PREL
04DUBLIN1566	(C) NORTHERN IRELAND: UK AND IRISH TO HOLD TALKS [...] (C) The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs confirms that proximity talks with the DUP and Sinn Fein will begin Friday October 15 in London. Senior officials from the two governments will shuttle between Sinn Fein and DUP representatives. The Irish government wants to keep this out of the [...]	2004-10-14 16:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PGOV PREL EI UK NIPP
04DUBLIN1579	IRELAND/EU: UNSYG ANNAN RENEWS CALL FOR UN-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 speech in Dublin, UNSYG Kofi Annan called for effective multilateralism to address global challenges and, in particular, increased UN-EU cooperation on crisis management. He welcomed the EU battlegroup initiative as a potential model for UN-EU collaboration on c [...]	2004-10-19 06:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL UN
04DUBLIN1582	IRISH PARTICIPANTS IN EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE [...] Irish participants in the November 8-10 Export Control Conference in London will be: Michael Greene, Head of the Export Licensing Unit, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment Celyna Coughlin, Senior Licensing Officer, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. Greene tol [...]	2004-10-19 15:42:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL PARM KSTC MASS
04DUBLIN1598	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS, JTJ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 15:09:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR
04DUBLIN1606	IRELAND EXPANDS LINKS THROUGH PM AHERN'S ASIA TRIP [...] (SBU) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern's October 7-16 visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bahrain was an opportunity to pursue new diplomatic, commercial, and humanitarian links for Ireland in the region, according to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials who spoke [...]	2004-10-22 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV PHUM
04DUBLIN1609	VENEZUELA: IRISH CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Emboffs, drawing on reftel points, spoke on October 22 to First Secretary Sean O'Regan, Deputy Director for Human Rights at the DFA and, separately, to Margaret Stanley, desk officer for the Americas. Stanley said that the EU had discussed Venezuela at the experts level this week, without [...]	2004-10-22 15:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM
04DUBLIN1610	IRISH LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 15:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNGA
04DUBLIN1611	IRELAND IN LINE WITH USG OBJECTIVES ON LIBYA [...] (C) On October 22, Post delivered reftel talking points on Libya to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East, and Paul Barnwell, DFA First Secretary for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Dawson said that Ireland shared USG interest in monitoring [...]	2004-10-22 16:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1632	IRISH RESPONSES ON PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On October 28, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European correspondent. ---- Iraq ---- 2. (C) Keown noted that Member States' foreign ministers were preparing for November 2 discussions in Brussels on measures to support [...]	2004-10-29 14:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1633	IRISH/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: NOT RIPE TO LIFT YET [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a delegation comprised of State DRL and PM and DoD J-5 visited members of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Parliament, and Amnesty International-Irish Section, to argue against the EU lifting its arms embargo against China. Until recently, Irish offi [...]	2004-10-29 16:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PINR PREL
04DUBLIN1634	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (C) Emboff raised points in reftels with contacts in the Justice Ministry and Department of Foreign Affairs. Both ministries greatly appreciated the information in Ref B. Regarding Ref A, both ministries confirmed that there are no legal grounds under which they can prevent Buisir's travel at [...]	2004-10-29 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN CVIS PREL PTER LVPR
04DUBLIN1635	MARY KELLY CONVICTED FOR DAMAGING U.S. MILITARY [...] On October 28, anti-war activist Mary Kelly was convicted by a jury at Ennis Circuit Court of criminal damage without lawful excuse of a 737 U.S. navy plane at Shannon Airport on January 29, 2003. The jury found Kelly guilty of causing damage of USD 1.5 million after she took an axe to the a [...]	2004-10-29 16:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR
04DUBLIN1644	IRELAND SUPPORTS EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 16:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU
04DUBLIN1646	IRISH POSITIVE ON BELARUS RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 16:31:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1667	IRELAND SUPPORTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1672	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Irish Government and Embassy Dublin warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Dublin. Past and present Irish policy-makers look forward to substantive discussion with you on the dramatic transformation of Ireland's economy. I am planning a dinner in your honor that will inclu [...]	2004-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1686	PEACE PROCESS: IRELAND/UK TO SET NOVEMBER 24 [...] (C) On November 14, Michael Collins, advisor to PM Ahern, told Amb Kenny that Ireland and the UK had just agreed a timetable for the Northern Ireland peace process. On Wednesday, November 17, the governments will present papers to the parties (the Irish will present to Sinn Fein and the Bri [...]	2004-11-15 07:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EI NIPP
04DUBLIN1695	PEACEKEEPING IN CYPRUS, IRELAND IN WAIT AND SEE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on November 15 to UN Desk Officer at the DFA, Eoin Duggan. Duggan said that Ireland will not initially look to contribute additional funds or personnel to UNFICYP. He said that Ireland has a strong record of support for peacekeeping efforts, dating back [...]	2004-11-17 17:50:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL UNFICYP
04DUBLIN1696	ROUND TWO: IRELAND TO MONITOR UKRAINIAN ELECTION [...] (C) On November 16, Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke to Austin Gormley, the DFA's Deputy Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Gormley, who was on the ground personally during the first Ukrainian election, stated that the GOI would be actively monitoring the second roun [...]	2004-11-18 13:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE
04DUBLIN1697	IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]	2004-11-18 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1700	CHINESE VICE-PREMIER'S VISIT SPARKS MINOR [...] (U) Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju's November 16-18 visit to Dublin was a minor source of controversy in Ireland, with media complaints about a press blackout as well as calls by Falun Gong practitioners for Huang's arrest. During his stay, Huang met with President McAleese, Prime Minister Ah [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC EUN
04DUBLIN1713	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: IRELAND TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS [...] (C) On November 23, Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke to Niall Brady, the DFA's Deputy Director for Asia-Pacific Affairs. Brady stated that while Ireland remains concerned about human rights and regional stability, it would not block EU consensus, either on a decision to lift the embarg [...]	2004-11-24 14:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN1717	SECRETARY SNOW,S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER AHERN [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow met with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern. PM Ahern: -- Urged U.S. reengagement in the Middle East Peace Process, which Europe viewed as the world,s most pressing issue; -- Expressed concern about the ability of t [...]	2004-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1719	SECRETARY SNOW,S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTS [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-15 visit of U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow was an opportunity for discussion on SIPDIS the "secrets" of Ireland,s success with policy-makers and businessmen who were the architects of Ireland,s Celtic Tiger economy. These key figures noted that while the [...]	2004-11-24 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1720	IRELAND: ITER UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 17:00:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	TNGD TRGY TSPL ENRG PREL
04DUBLIN1721	SCENESETTER FOR SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM'S [...] (SBU) A background paper follows, describing key political concerns. We would also note that the Northern Ireland peace process is at a critical juncture, and the final results of the process begun at Leeds Castle might be announced during your visit. -------------------- Political Backgr [...]	2004-11-24 17:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS EAIR ETRD MARR OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EUN
04DUBLIN1728	IRELAND: NO CHANGE FOR TITLE III/LIBERTAD [...] (C) On November 24, Emboff discussed reftel with Margaret Stanley, Desk Officer on the Americas Desk at the DFA. According to Stanley, the GOI has taken no specific actions to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba in the last six months. Ireland is credited to Cuba [...]	2004-11-30 10:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL
04DUBLIN1735	IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Martina Feeney, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Division First Secretary for European Affairs. Feeney said Ireland expected that the December 17 EU Council decision on Croatia would be consistent with the conclusion rea [...]	2004-12-01 11:19:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY
04DUBLIN1739	SHANNON: GOI UNDER PRESSURE BUT NO CHANGE IN [...] (S) DCM met with Keith McBean, DFA's Chief of International Security Policy. McBean's office has the lead in the Irish government for issues surrounding U.S. use of Shannon airport. McBean noted that while there always has been an element of Irish society that objects to the U.S. military's [...]	2004-12-02 12:41:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	MOPS PINR PREL
04DUBLIN1749	MARY KELLY GETS A SUSPENDED SENTENCE [...] Mary Kelly, who was convicted on October 28 of causing $1.5 million of damage to a US military aircraft, was given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Carroll Moran at Limerick Circuit Court. Kelly was spared a custodial sentence and given four years probation on the condition that she co [...]	2004-12-03 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR EI
04DUBLIN1770	SHANNON/IMMIGRATION: PM EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with the Ambassador and Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, the Irish Prime Minister raised his concerns about two separate issues: the U.S. military's use of Shannon and the immigration bill pending in Congress. He also updated the Senators on the Nort [...]	2004-12-08 16:38:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	MOPS PREL SMIG SOCI
04DUBLIN1783	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On December 9, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. ------- Ukraine ------- 2. (C) The common line taken by the EU and United States regarding the Ukrainian crisis had been immensely constructive, said Keown. [...]	2004-12-10 17:47:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAL EUN
04DUBLIN1803	TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH, BATTERJEE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 16:58:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN LVPR
04DUBLIN1811	Ireland/Terrorism: Bill Passes in Lower [...] Summary: On December 14, 2004, the Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) Bill 2002, was passed by Dail Eireann (Lower House). The Seanad Eireann (Senate) is expected to approve the bill in February 2005, after which it can be enacted into Irish Law. This legislation will significantly stren [...]	2004-12-17 17:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER KTFN PHUM PINS
04DUBLIN1817	IRELAND SUPPORTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1825	IRISH RESPONSE TO ITER DEMARCHE [...] On December 20, Post delivered reftel talking points and DOE Deputy Secretary McSlarrow's letter to Eamon Hickey, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for European Union Affairs. Hickey noted that the November 25-26 EU Competitiveness Council meeting had not shed light on the Commi [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TRGY EUN
04DUBLIN1827	NORTHERN IRELAND: REISS CONSULTS WITH IRISH ON [...] (C) The President's Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Mitchell B. Reiss, traveled to Dublin on December 16 to discuss next steps in the peace process with Irish officials. Brendan Scannell, DFA Director of the Anglo-Irish Division, expressed views similar to those heard in London (reftel). [...]	2004-12-21 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EI NIPP
04DUBLIN1831	IRELAND PASSES TWO CONVENTIONS; FOUR MORE TO GO [...] On December 21, Emboff delivered reftel points to First Secretary, Maurice Biggar, UN Desk, at the DFA. On December SIPDIS 9, Ireland became party to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawf [...]	2004-12-22 09:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KTFN
04DUBLIN1836	IRISH RESPONSE TO YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ AUCTION DEMARCHE [...] (C) On December 20, Post delivered reftel talking points to Austin Gormley, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Bilateral Economic Relations. Gormley said SIPDIS that the GOI did not plan to raise the Yuganskneftegaz auction bilaterally with the Russian Government. He [...]	2004-12-22 15:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO
04DUBLIN1841	THE AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 22 DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a free-flowing December 22 meeting, the Ambassador and Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern agreed that President Bush's planned February visit to Europe presented an opportunity to reenergize trans-Atlantic ties. Ahern noted a "huge willingness" among his counterparts within t [...]	2004-12-23 10:55:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR CPAS CVIS MASS PINR PINS EAID PGOV
04DUBLIN1848	TFX001: ASIAN TSUNAMI: IRELAND INFORMATION [...] Two Irish citizens are presumed dead in Thailand (Phuket and Phi Phi),and roughly 50 Irish who were believed to be in the areas affected by the December 26 Asian tsunami are unaccounted for, according to Thomas Brady, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Principal Officer for Consular Operati [...]	2004-12-29 16:03:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL AEMR CASC
04DUBLIN1854	OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: IRELAND [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 14:41:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ICTY
04DUBLIN347	TRIAL OF USMIL PLANE ATTACKERS: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 7. 2. ( C ) Embassy Dublin has received a request from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to release to the defense the text of a diplomatic note in the case of "DPP v. Clancy (and others)." This case refers to the Irish Government,s [...]	2004-03-08 11:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EI
04DUBLIN749	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: IRELAND EARMARKS 1 MILLION EURO [...] Ireland and UNDP have exchanged administration contracts for Ireland's one million Euro contribution to the International Reconstruction Trust Fund Facility for Iraq (IRGFFI). In response to reftel demarche, Aine Hearns, Assistant Principal in the Development Cooperation Directorate, Rehabil [...]	2004-05-17 14:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL
04DUBLIN760	IRISH REMAIN CONFIDENT ON EU CONSTITUTION, DESPITE [...] SUMMARY. DURING A MAY 19 DEBRIEF OF THE MAY 17-18 GAERC, IRISH EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CONMY AND IGC NEGOTIATOR BOB PATTERSON STRESSED THAT IRELAND REMAINS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING THE NEW EU CONSTITUTION BY THE JUNE 17-18 EUROPEAN COUNCIL. THEY DISMISSED RECENT PESSIMISTIC [...]	2004-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EUN
04DUBLIN765	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT - ESTABLISHING A NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING THE EU'S OWN ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND THE APRIL 27 AGREEMENT ON THE EXTENSION OF THE PCA, DFA'S RUSSIAN DIVISION HEAD, BARBARA JONES, IS HOPEFUL THAT THE MAY 21 EU-RUSSIAN SUMMIT WILL HELP ESTABLISH A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE EU- [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN770	MAY 27 NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP PLENARY [...] (C) EMBOFF HAS PASSED TALKING POINTS IN REFTELS RELATED TO THE MAY 27 NSG PLENARY IN GOTEBORG TO OFFICIALS IN THE DFA DISARMAMENT AND NONPROLIFERATION DIVISION, AND ENCOURAGED SENIOR-LEVEL PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING. THE IRISH WILL SEND ADRIAN MCDAID, THE HEAD OF THE DFA DISARMAMENT DIVISION [...]	2004-05-20 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
04DUBLIN774	SCENE SETTER FOR EU-LATIN AMERICAN AND CARRIBBEAN [...] (SBU) The EU-Latin American and Caribbean Summit convenes in Guadalajara, Mexico, May 27 - 29. 15 EU Heads of Government plan to attend a meeting the Irish hope will commit countries in the region to further social, economic and political development leading to expanded trade and better rel [...]	2004-05-21 11:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EUN
04DUBLIN780	SAID THE TIGER TO THE DRAGON: READOUT OF [...] (C) Visiting Ireland May 11-12, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Irish President Mary McAleese, Dail (Parliament) Speaker Rory O'Hanlon, and Chairman of the Senate Rory Kiely before extended, substantive discussions with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern. Wen then visited Iona Techn [...]	2004-05-21 15:16:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN784	IRELAND WILL ATTEND MAY 25 LIBERIA SSR MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 17:15:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MASS PREL
04DUBLIN811	Despite the Rumors, Irish PM Ahern Not [...] (SBU) Summary: European and Irish media have labeled Irish PM Ahern a front runner for the EU Commission president. Ahern, one of the EU's longest serving PMs, has won wide approval for his management thus far of the EU Presidency, and his profile in Europe has never been higher. However, [...]	2004-05-28 16:56:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN
04DUBLIN826	ANTI-WAR ELEMENTS PRESSURING GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Some Irish opposition politicians are teaming up with anti-war organizations to protest President Bush,s visit to Ireland June 25-26. Sinn Fein, the Greens, and Labour have announced their support for mass demonstrations, while various Parliamentary deputies have called on the [...]	2004-06-02 07:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EUN
04DUBLIN837	URGENT REQUEST FOR USG WITNESSES FOR JUNE 16 TRIAL [...] This is an urgent action request. See para 5. 2. Embassy received diplomatic note from Irish Department of Foreign Affairs on June 1, relaying a request from the Irish police (Garda Siochana) for USG witnesses to testify at the June 16 re-trial of Irish citizen Mary Kelly, charged with [...]	2004-06-02 12:34:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KJUS EI
04DUBLIN850	DARFUR: IRISH EU PRESIDENCY STRONGLY ENGAGED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Don Sexton, of the Emergency and Recovery Unit in the DFA's Development Cooperation Division, on June 3. Sexton said Ireland agreed with the urgency of the situation and was participating in the Donor's Consultative Meeting on Darfur in Geneva today in both [...]	2004-06-03 14:35:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM PROV
04DUBLIN852	IRELAND TO EXTEND ISAF MISSION [...] (SBU) Poloff was informed today by Irish DFA UN Division Chief John Deady that the Irish Government had taken a decision "at the highest political level" to extend their peacekeepers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The troops had been scheduled to withdraw this summer, and will now stay [...]	2004-06-04 08:06:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL UN
04DUBLIN867	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Irish President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are looking forward to welcoming the President to Dromoland Castle in the west of Ireland for the U.S.-EU Summit June 26. Ahern can be justly proud of his management of the EU Presidency to date, including his lead [...]	2004-06-08 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ETRD EAIR MASS MARR CASC CVIS EUN

04DUBLIN868	Local and European Elections in Ireland: [...] (SBU) Summary: Local and European Parliament elections on June 11 will be a referendum on Irish PM Ahern's Fianna Fail-led coalition government, as voters have their first say since returning the government to office in 2002. Ahern's FF party is expected to take sizeable hits for failure to [...]	2004-06-08 16:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN883	BURMA PRESENTS UNITY CHALLENGE TO EU 25 [...] (C) Irish government concerns about the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and the lack of participation by pro-democracy groups at the constitutional convention will not result in public statements soon. Ireland continues to work indirectly through its Asian partners. Upcoming Asia-E [...]	2004-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASEAN
04DUBLIN884	GAERC AND EUROPEAN COUNCIL DEMARCHE - IGC AND [...] (C) DCM AND EMBOFFS PASSED REFTEL POINTS JUNE 9 TO DFA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CONMY AND DFA EXTERNAL RELATIONS CHIEF KEVIN DOWLING. BOTH NOTED THAT MUCH OF THE JUNE 14-15 GAERC AND THE JUNE 17-18 EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE DEVOTED TO DISCUSSION OF THE EU CONSTITUTION AND THE CHOI [...]	2004-06-09 16:31:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN885	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel points, names, and background paper on June 9 to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent Kevin Conmy and DFA EU External Relations Director Kevin Dowling. The DFA officials undertook to circulate U.S. designation requests/papers to other appropriate [...]	2004-06-09 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER
04DUBLIN903	EU WORKING ON A COMMON APPROACH TO STABILITY PACT [...] (C) EMBOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON MOLDOVAN STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE JUNE 14 WITH DFA MOLDOVAN DESK OFFICER PETER MCIVOR, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM PARTICIPATING IN LAST WEEK'S OSCE HEADS OF MISSION FACT-FINDING MISSION. MCIVOR SAID HE WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT THE STABILITY PACT DID [...]	2004-06-14 15:47:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL
04DUBLIN911	Local and European Elections in Ireland: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Irish PM Bertie Ahern will be recovering from a major political setback when he meets President Bush on June 26. His Fianna Fail party turned in its worst performance since the 1920s in local and European Parliament (EP) elections June 11. The big winners were opposition pa [...]	2004-06-16 10:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL POGV EUN
04DUBLIN926	HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT - IRISH RESPONSE [...] (U) We shared reftel points with Jonathan Conlon, in the DFA's Latin American and Caribbean office, and Bronagh Carr, development specialist at the DFA's Development Cooperation Ireland office. Conlon said that Ireland had already contributed EUR 500,000 to Haiti through UNICEF, OCHA, and t [...]	2004-06-17 10:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL
04DUBLIN928	59TH UNGA: IRELAND HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] Tentative responses to REFTEL Paragraph 8: A. Head of state Mary McAleese will not be attending. B. Head of government Bertie Ahern will not be attending. C. Foreign minister will be attending. -- Foreign Minister Brian Cowen, TD -- Arrival and Departure TBD, presence at Genera [...]	2004-06-17 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
04DUBLIN944	THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH IRISH PRESIDENT MARY [...] (U) This message provides information for the President's meeting with Irish President Mary McAleese at Dromoland Castle on June 26, prior to the start of the U.S.-EU Summit. The Role of Irish President --------------------------- 2. (U) President McAleese became the eighth Irish [...]	2004-06-23 12:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
04DUBLIN945	NO IMMIGRANTS NEED APPLY? IRISH OVERWHELMINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 11th, 2004, the Irish electorate overwhelmingly approved a referendum that eliminated the automatic right of Irish citizenship to all children born on the island of Ireland. While many referendum opponents claimed the voters were motivated by xenophobia, a more balance [...]	2004-06-24 08:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN
04DUBLIN959	IRELAND'S CUBA POLICY: RESPONSE TO TITLE III [...] (C) Per ref A, Ireland has used its January-June 2004 EU Presidency to maintain a tougher EU line on Cuba in support of democracy and human rights. During its Presidency, Ireland led the annual re-evaluation of the Common Position. which renewed the criticisms of the Castro regime from the [...]	2004-06-28 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC EUN
04DUBLIN974	IRISH DO NOT FAVOR EXPANDING UNEP MANDATE [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel message to Irish DFA officials covering international organizations. The GOI agrees with our position and does not favor expanding the UNEP's mandate to allow it to direct the work of other UN agencies. While the GOI feels that UNEP should work in close concer [...]	2004-07-01 16:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SENV
04DUBLIN975	IRISH SUPPORTIVE OF TECHNICAL CHANGE TO CWC [...] Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sarah McGrath, Deputy Director of Disarmanent and Non-Proliferation at the DFA. McGrath informed emboff that the GOI will likely support the technical change, and noted that she saw "nothing immediately problematic" about the amendment. While the GoI [...]	2004-07-01 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04DUBLIN985	GOI HOPES BLANKET SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 14:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL
04DUSHANBE170	TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED [...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...]	2004-02-01 05:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI
04FRANKFURT1495	Rheinland-Pfalz Lobbies for U.S. Troops to Stay [...] (SBU) Concerned over the USG Global Posture Review (ref A),the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) is fighting hard to hang on to the approximately 24,000 active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed within the state. Home to US Air Force Europe (USAFE) headquarters at Ramstein Airbase as well as the airba [...]	2004-02-25 09:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT2778	Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...]	2004-04-05 07:04:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT3507	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state authorities stand by their designation of the Church of Scientology (CoS) as an extremist sect and will continue official surveillance of CoS activities for the time being. State government representatives are still considering our request (per ref A [...]	2004-04-22 14:28:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV GM
04FRANKFURT39	Protests Target Koch, Poor University Conditions [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: University strikes and protests in Hesse during recent weeks continue to target Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU). University leaders and students say funding cuts and fee hikes violate prior agreements and will endanger Hesse's leading position in science and research. Pr [...]	2004-01-05 13:23:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT462	GERMANY'S LIBERAL PARTY HITS THE MARK IN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In strong recent performances at the FDP (Free Democrat) national convention in Stuttgart January 6-7 and European election kick-off in Saarbruecken Jan. 17, party head Guido Westerwelle called for less government and more private initiative, starting with radical tax reform. Party [...]	2004-01-20 16:03:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5072	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG REJECTS SCIENTOLOGIST REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 letter to Church of Scientology (CoS) President Helmuth Bloebaum, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) State Secretary Rudolf Boehmler refused CoS Germany's request for dialogue with B-W state authorities (reftels),listing "widespread parliamentary opposition" as a primary concer [...]	2004-06-16 08:03:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
04FRANKFURT5543	Local Elections: SPD Struggles, CDU Stays Strong [...] SUMMARY: Voters in June 13 communal elections in SW Germany followed the nation-wide pattern of punishing SPD candidates in a protest vote against the SPD national government. The SPD fared poorly in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz, and turned in a weak performance that nonetheless ex [...]	2004-06-28 07:20:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5676	Hesse Hosts Large Event for OIF/OEF Military [...] SUMMARY: The state of Hesse recently hosted a day of appreciation for 2200 U.S. military and family members -- in particular families of those deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan -- in the most recent expression of Hesse's desire to be a good host for U.S. forces. END SUMMARY. 2. On June 24 [...]	2004-07-01 10:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV GM
04FRANKFURT5692	Saarland SPD Leaders Air Dirty Laundry, Embrace [...] SUMMARY: In a nationally-publicized showdown, former finance minister/Social Democratic (SPD) chairman Oskar Lafontaine used the Saarland SPD's June 20 convention to issue a blistering critique of Chancellor Schroeder's national government and its Agenda 2010 reform program. With national SP [...]	2004-07-01 12:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5840	Baden-Wuerttemberg hosts Large July 4 Event [...] SUMMARY: Continuing an annual tradition, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the German-American Institute in cooperation with ConGen Frankfurt held a high-profile Independence Day reception in Stuttgart for three hundred German guests. END SUMMARY. 2. On July 1, the James F. Byrnes Ger [...]	2004-07-07 14:42:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR GM
04FRANKFURT5846	RHEINLAND-PFALZ PROPOSES JOINT TRAINING FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government has proposed converting Baumholder (a 29,158 acre army training facility supporting around 13,000 U.S. soldiers and family members) into a multi-purpose facility for humanitarian intervention and civil defense training. This "Joint Trai [...]	2004-07-08 07:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5927	Saarland Leader Mueller Lauds Own State as [...] SUMMARY: Saarland Minister-President Peter Mueller (Christian Democrat-CDU) used the state's June 30 "Empower Germany" conference to call for greater innovation and cited his own state's comprehensive economic development strategy as a model for Germany. Mueller's American-style manifesto in [...]	2004-07-12 05:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT7642	Christian Democrats Likely to Win Absolute Majority [...] (SBU) Bolstered by the popularity of Minister-President Peter Mueller, the Saarland CDU (Christian Democrats) likely will retain its majority in September 5 state elections and improve on the party's 1999 result, when they won 45 percent of the vote. Opposition Social Democrats (SPD) could se [...]	2004-09-02 13:39:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT7903	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS RETAIN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY IN [...] (U) Led by popular Minister-President Peter Mueller, Saarland Christian Democrats (CDU) netted an impressive 47.5% of the vote in September 5 elections and defended their absolute majority in the state assembly. Damaged by public disenchantment with Hartz IV reforms (Ref A),Social Democrats [...]	2004-09-10 14:52:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT8667	Schroeder Calls for More Arab Support for Iraq [...] SUMMARY: In widely-publicized remarks at the Frankfurt Book Fair -- dedicated this year to the Arab world -- German Chancellor Schroeder reiterated German support for the war on terror and for stability in Iraq, calling on Arab states (specifically the Arab League) to take a more active role in [...]	2004-10-06 16:23:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PTER GM IZ
04FRANKFURT9143	RHEINLAND-PFALZ MINISTER-PRESIDENT BECK ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) reiterated the state's support for U.S. troops based there and asked that the USG back efforts to minimize damage from the Global Defense Posture Review, particu [...]	2004-10-22 16:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GM
04GABORONE2017	REGIONAL CONFERENCE DELIBERATES ENHANCED [...] (C> SUMMARY: Victory in the war on terrorism requires a multilateral approach, an appreciation of the "root causes" of terrorism, and a response that engages rather than alienates communities, President Mogae told a November 22-24 conference on terrorism in southern Africa. Despite Mogae's p [...]	2004-12-09 11:35:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BC
04GABORONE2026	HIGH COURTCASE DEVELOPMENTS: FIRST PEOPLE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: First People of the Kalahari's (FPK) High Court case against the Government of Botswana made slow progress during the month of November. Developments outside the court room, including the FPK leader Roy Sesana's trip to the U.S. and U.K., the increasing involvement of Survival [...]	2004-12-10 11:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC SAN CKGR
04GABORONE2027	DOMESTIC CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE SIMMERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The perception of adverse impact on Botswana of the situation in neighboring Zimbabwe is steadily growing. Debate over what the Government should do to mitigate the costs to the country continues to simmer. During National Assembly debates following President Mogae's November 8 [...]	2004-12-10 11:12:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC
04GUATEMALA1007	PRESS CRITICISM OF FM BRIZ COULD HURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Signaling the end of the honeymoon for at least one member of the Berger Administration, a major national daily has attacked the performance of Jorge Briz Abularach's Foreign Ministry. While the motives for the attack are still unclear, Briz confided to the Ambassador he is se [...]	2004-04-26 21:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1055	(C) GUATEMALA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge Bruce Wharton and Foreign Minister Jorge Briz signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28, 2004, bringing two years of negotiations to a successful conclusion. The terms of the agreement require Congressional approval and a Presidential signature to enter into force. 2. (C) The [...]	2004-04-29 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA1058	GUATEMALA ON UNGA PALESTINIAN OBSERVER MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 17:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA108	ARTICLE 98 LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL FROM [...] Outgoing Foreign Minister Gutierrez sent a letter, dated January 13 (his last day in office),to Secretary Powell stating his understanding that Guatemala is exempt from the restrictions on U.S. military aid under the Servicemember's Protection Act of 2001 (SPA),due to the fact that Guatemala [...]	2004-01-17 13:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR KTIA MASS GT ICC
04GUATEMALA1081	BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...]	2004-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1103	GUATEMALAN EMBASSY IN CARACAS TO OBSERVE APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 18:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM VE GT
04GUATEMALA1112	GUATEMALA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR OPPOSE UNGA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the Palestinian resolution with Foreign Minister Briz on May 5, urging Guatemala to oppose the UNGA resolution on Palestine. Briz said it was the first he had heard of the issue, and asked his staff to "look into it." PolOff also delivered the demarche to Carla Rodri [...]	2004-05-05 23:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA1292	GUATEMALA INTERESTED IN SECURITY RESOLUTION FOR [...] Poloffs discussed reftel points and proposed resolution with Marco Tulio Chicas, Director for Integration at the Foreign Ministry, on May 20. Chicas said Guatemala shared the goals outlined in the resolution and said he would immediately consult with Guatemala's mission to the OAS, which he [...]	2004-05-24 21:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM GT
04GUATEMALA1328	TENTATIVE GOG SUPPORT FOR PEREZ IAJC CANDIDACY [...] In the absence of Foreign Minister Jorge Briz (in Guadalajara for Ibero-American Summit),Ambassador Hamilton discussed reftel talking points with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre on May 28. Altolaguirre expressed tentative GOG support for Antonio Perez's candidacy to the [...]	2004-05-28 16:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM GT
04GUATEMALA1361	(C) DIFFICULT POLITICS OF ARTICLE 98 PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary. As reported reftel, the GOG signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28 but requested that we keep the agreement confidential while it devises a strategy to gain Congressional approval. MFA Vice Minister Skinner-Klee told DCM on May 25 that the GOG remains absolutely committed t [...]	2004-06-02 14:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1397	GUATEMALA WILL EXPRESS SUPPORT OF INTERIM IRAQUI [...] On June 4, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Briz and Interior Minister Arturo Soto. The Ambassador urged the GOG to express support for the Interim Iraqi Government (IIG) bilaterally in a diplomatic note and in coordination with other Central American countrie [...]	2004-06-04 18:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM GT
04GUATEMALA1477	TFUS01: REAGAN CONDOLENCES [...] Summary: The Embassy received condolence letters addressed to the Ambassador from President Oscar Berger Perdomo and former President (1986-90) and sitting Congressional Deputy Vinicio Cerezo regarding the passing of former President Reagan. The President, the Vice President, the Foreign Mi [...]	2004-06-15 20:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	GT PGOV PREL US
04GUATEMALA1550	GOG RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 15:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN HA PREL GT XLUM
04GUATEMALA1635	POST SUGGESTS POSTPONING PROPOSED VISIT ON PSI [...] (C) While Post fully supports the establishment of a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ship boarding agreement with Guatemala, we wish to avoid overloading the MFA and Congress while other sensitive bilateral issues are on the boiler. The MFA has recently indicated that pushing a PSI s [...]	2004-07-01 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1718	SECSTATE 150754 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-12 22:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1742	GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO ICJ ADVISORY ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 22:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS GT ICJ UNGA
04GUATEMALA1743	59TH UNGA - GUATEMALA ATTENDANCE STILL UNDETERMINED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 22:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA1757	GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE ECOSOC CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 22:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA1758	GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-15 22:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT
04GUATEMALA178	SMALL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO 4TH CICTE IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 20:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER GT OAS
04GUATEMALA1811	GUATEMALA UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR ASSISTANCE ON CUBA [...] (C) The Berger Administration is unlikely to push actively or publicly for democratic reform in Cuba. Its primary focus is on internal reform and housecleaning. Its roots are conservative, but it is trying to be seen as non-ideological, bringing business leaders and human rights activists s [...]	2004-07-21 21:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU GT
04GUATEMALA182	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING THE GRULAC TO SELECT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 21:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CT UNGA CDG
04GUATEMALA2114	STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...]	2004-08-20 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
04GUATEMALA2163	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PLANS PROGRESSING [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Minister is now persuaded that moving ahead quickly on Article 98 ratification makes better sense than leaving it to an end-of-legislative session rush. The Ambassador's consultations with the FRG and Patriotic Party appear to have lined up their support. If procedur [...]	2004-08-26 14:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA2201	GUATEMALAN VP STEIN MEETS WITH SFRC STAFFER SIMON [...] Summary and introduction: Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein received Jennifer Simon, visiting professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the presidential palace August 24. Stein outlined GOG plans for salvaging CICIACS, explained the GOG's position on comp [...]	2004-08-27 20:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA223	SCENE SETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Guatemala comes as President Berger and his team are anxious to demonstrate publicly that bilateral relations have improved and that we have a shared agenda on trade and investment, fighting domestic corruption and transnational crime, and the 1996 Peace Accords. As he did w [...]	2004-01-29 21:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MASS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA233	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S [...] On January 30, the Embassy received a letter from Foreign Minister Jorge Briz (dated January 23) responding to the Secretary's letter congratulating Briz on being named Foreign SIPDIS Minister. The original letter is being pouched to WHA/CEN. Following is an Embassy translation of Foreign M [...]	2004-01-30 18:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL GT
04GUATEMALA2351	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE ON ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Embassy Guatemala polcouns delivered reftel points to Ambassador Anamaria Dieguez, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations, asking that the GOG elevate the terrorism issue to the top of its bilateral agenda with the states listed. 2. (C) Dieguez said the GOG does not have a substan [...]	2004-09-14 16:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL GT
04GUATEMALA2391	GUATEMALA ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] (U) The Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting with Guatemalan FM Briz to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) The Ambassador reviewed the USG's commitment to fighting hunger and alleviating poverty, noting that President Bush had already increased ODA by 50 percent. He stre [...]	2004-09-17 18:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON PREL GT
04GUATEMALA2406	GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-20 22:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KHDP GT
04GUATEMALA2416	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 20:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GT DR XK
04GUATEMALA2429	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 21:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL DR XK GT
04GUATEMALA25	EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY PLAN: FIRST QUARTER 2004 [...] (C) Oscar Berger's assumption of power on January 14 opens the door to an improved bilateral relationship and increased GOG cooperation with us in a wide range of areas. Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the first quarter of 2004 will be to establish a positive, solid working rel [...]	2004-01-08 20:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2563	59TH UNGA: GUATEMALA AND U.S. DRAFT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 22:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL GT CDG UNGA
04GUATEMALA2578	GUATEMALA: NEXT STEPS ON PSI [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Following up on U/S Bolton's discussion with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Briz (ref A),the Ambassador raised the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Briz on September 29. Briz expressed support for the PSI in principle. He said th [...]	2004-10-12 14:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA258	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4-6 NODEL VISIT OF [...] Summary: Your visit, only three weeks after Oscar Berger assumed the presidency, will draw fresh attention to the emotional issue of international adoptions in Guatemala. Your Guatemalan interlocutors will also be anxious to discuss unrelated issues such as the rapidly evolving trade relatio [...]	2004-02-03 21:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL OVIP PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA26	NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE CESAR MENDEZ: BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Cesar Augusto MENDEZ Pinelo (53) was named to be the next Minister of Defense by President-elect Berger on January 7. Mendez is a protege of former General Otto Perez Molina, a ranking member of Berger's GANA coalition. Embassy databases contain no derogatory i [...]	2004-01-08 22:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS MARR GT
04GUATEMALA2636	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 18:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM CU GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2716	EMBASSY GUATEMALA SUPPORTS APPLICATIONS FOR [...] Eleven members of the Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza Family have applied for humanitarian parole in the United States. Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza is a witness to the 1992 detention and torture of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez by Guatemalan military authorities. In 1997 Mr. De la Roca Mendez sought and [...]	2004-10-27 00:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA2726	GUATEMALA'S NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR OAS SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy has received Diplomatic Note No. 3922 dated October 22, 2004, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presenting the candidacy of Dr. Gert Rosenthal, former Guatemalan Ambassador to the United Nations, for the Secretary General position of the OAS. Post will send by fax SIPDIS c [...]	2004-10-27 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PREL GT
04GUATEMALA29	CICIACS: PENDING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Government of Guatemala and the UN signed an agreement to establish a Commission on the Investigation of Illegal Bodies and Clandestine Apparatuses (CICIACS) at the UN Headquarters in New York. Foreign Minister Gutierrez represented the GOG at the signing cerem [...]	2004-01-09 17:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN
04GUATEMALA2941	GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...]	2004-11-19 19:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2945	GUATEMALA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 17:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2948	GUATEMALA ON HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 18:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA GT
04GUATEMALA2964	GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS /// [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...]	2004-11-24 16:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2985	UN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA SPURS ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala sent UN SYG Kofi Annan a letter reaffirming its commitment to CICIACS and outlining interim measures it is taking to pave the way for CICIACS. The letter was prompted by the visit to Guatemala of UN U/S for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast to Guat [...]	2004-11-29 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA30	BERGER NAMES PROFESSIONAL, EXPERIENCED CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: On January 7, President-elect Oscar Berger announced the members of his cabinet. He also named eight "policy coordinators" (super-ministers) to head functional areas. It is not clear what their relationship will be to the ministers, but Berger has described th [...]	2004-01-09 17:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA3071	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) This is the first of a series of biweekly cables with which, in a more discursive style than the standard telegram, the Embassy intends to report on newsworthy political and economic developments and provide some context to Guatemalan policy-making. ---------------------- Cabinet Change [...]	2004-12-01 23:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON GT
04GUATEMALA3161	GUATEMALAN OHCHR OFFICE NEGOTIATIONS AT DELICATE [...] (C) Summary: The DCM and Polcouns met with Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs, on December 9 to discuss the state of play of negotiations between the GOG and UN to establish a local Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Following divided [...]	2004-12-10 18:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN
04GUATEMALA3162	GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, to express appreciation for Guatemala's vote in 3rd Committee on the Turkmenistan resolution, but again note disappointment about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution. Poloff asked [...]	2004-12-10 18:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GT IR UNGA
04GUATEMALA3163	GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...]	2004-12-10 18:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN
04GUATEMALA317	WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...]	2004-02-10 17:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA3211	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT
04GUATEMALA3262	SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 18:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL GT
04GUATEMALA3270	GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER ISSUES, STAFFDEL MEACHAM [...] Summary: SFRC Staffdel Meacham visited Guatemala to discuss a broader North American security architecture and Guatemala's role as the southern border state of that area. Based on meetings with the country team, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Migration, and the Ministry of Defense, Staffdel M [...]	2004-12-27 16:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OREP PREL SMIG CVIS MASS GT MX CA
04GUATEMALA3272	GUATEMALA'S WISH LIST FOR MIGRANTS [...] Summary: Guatemala's MFA sent the Embassy its latest proposal for the U.S. Government to extend legal status to its large population of undocumented migrants resident in the U.S. While we have repeatedly advised the GOG that many of these proposals are politically or legally untenable, we be [...]	2004-12-27 18:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ASEC PHUM PREL CVIS SNAR EAID GT
04GUATEMALA3288	GUATEMALA ACCEPTS OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: The GOG and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have agreed to establish an OHCHR Resident Office in Guatemala. We believe the agreement, although later than desired, reflects well on the GOG and will help secure advances in human rights. The final [...]	2004-12-29 21:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN
04GUATEMALA355	GUATEMALA ON CUBA UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, called a meeting with Poloffs on February 11 to discuss the Cuba Resolution at the 60th CHR. This is the first time in our collective memory that the GOG has reached out to us on the Cuba resolu [...]	2004-02-13 17:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU GT CHR
04GUATEMALA356	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 17:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA360	GUATEMALA EXTENDS AUTHORIZATION FOR US MILITARY CD [...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a two-thirds majority and as a matter of national urgency, on February 12 the Guatemalan Congress approved a two-year extension of Central Skies/Mayan Jaguar authority to conduct joint counternarcotics exercises. Extensive lobbying on the part of WHA A/S Noriega [...]	2004-02-13 18:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR SNAR PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA362	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: Few of the G-8 diplomatic missions to Guatemala have counter-terrorism (CT) programs, and we detected no overlap among them. None of the other missions have conducted formal assessments of Guatemala's CT needs. However, there is a consensus that Guatemala's greatest CT weakness i [...]	2004-02-13 18:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL GT
04GUATEMALA392	AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE [...] On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well and favorabl [...]	2004-02-18 22:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GT AGR
04GUATEMALA406	GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WHO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-20 16:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL GT
04GUATEMALA412	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS OAS PROCESS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Ambassador Hamilton raised reftel talking points with Foreign Minister Jorge Briz on February 19. Briz responded that he has personally always been supportive of real democracy in Venezuela, adding that until recently, as a member of the private sector, he had maintained close contact wit [...]	2004-02-20 18:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE GT
04GUATEMALA466	PRESIDENT BERGER FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL, [...] (U) Summary: President Berger announced on February 24 that he had fired Attorney General Carlos De Leon. The Constitutional Court has twice issued temporary rulings upholding Berger, but its final rulings could yet reinstate De Leon and deal a severe blow to Berger's legal reform efforts. [...]	2004-02-26 16:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GT

04GUATEMALA496	UNDC DEMARCHE RESULTS: GUATEMALA TO FOLLOW NAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-27 18:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM GT UNDC
04GUATEMALA504	SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...]	2004-03-01 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA531	THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...]	2004-03-03 20:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA58	NEW GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The incoming GANA government reached agreement on January 12 with the UNE and PAN delegations in Congress to elect the congressional leadership board and to support a progressive legislative agenda. The agreement gives the center-left UNE party of Alvaro Colom the Presidency of C [...]	2004-01-13 15:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT
04GUATEMALA583	GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...]	2004-03-09 15:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04GUATEMALA584	BERGER ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO PLAN RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by military foot-dragging, President Oscar Berger has formally requested US assistance with developing a plan to shrink his military. We have mapped out a process of engagement using E-IMET funds to contract specialized expertise at the Center for Civil Military Relat [...]	2004-03-09 17:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GT
04GUATEMALA624	GUATEMALA CURRENTLY UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID HA GT
04GUATEMALA737	GOG TO IMPROVE INFORMAL TIES WITH BELIZE [...] (C) Summary: At our request, Foreign Minister Jorge Briz discussed the border dispute with Ambassador Hamilton and British Ambassador Richard Lavers on March 17. Briz said that the Berger Administration wants to develop close, informal ties with its Belizean counterpart and to engage in as ma [...]	2004-03-24 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GT BH
04GUATEMALA747	GUATEMALA SUPPORT LIKELY ON CUBA AND CHINA IN UNCHR [...] (C) On March 25, in response to reftel demarches, MFA Vice Minister Jorge Skinner-Klee told DCM and PolOff that the GOG will support the Honduran resolution on Cuba, but is undecided on whether to co-sponsor. DCM forcefully argued for co-sponsorship and co-tabling on the merits, using reftel [...]	2004-03-25 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04GUATEMALA771	GOG ACCORD ON DEEP MILITARY REDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Oscar Berger told the Ambassador on March 27 that he had achieved a "political understanding" with his Minister of Defense to reduce military strength to 15,500 officers and men, and to sharply reduce the military budget to .33 % of GDP (down from the Peace Accords limi [...]	2004-03-30 13:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GT
04GUATEMALA8	PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-06 15:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA821	BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...]	2004-04-02 17:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA842	GUATEMALA UNDECIDED ON CO-SPONSORSHIP, OPPOSES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 1, and followed up with Vice President Stein on April 2. Both Officials told the Ambassador that the decision to co-sponsor was still being debated. On April 5, the Ambassador again pressed Briz for Guatemala's posi [...]	2004-04-06 17:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNCHR
04GUATEMALA89	VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...]	2004-01-15 22:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT
04GUATEMALA909	GUATEMALA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT BUT NOT CO-SPONSORSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GT UNCHR
04GUATEMALA921	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CHR-60 COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) Guatemala will vote in support of all the country-specific resolutions listed reftels (Belarus, China, Cuba, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe) according to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Rodriguez also repeated Guatemala's principled po [...]	2004-04-14 20:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA944	GUATEMALA COOLS RHETORIC ON BELIZE SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary: GOG officials are ratcheting down what had been a war of words over the April 7 shooting of a Guatemalan peasant by Belize Defense Forces. On April 15, President Berger called the incident "isolated" and said he would not send troops to the border area. Foreign Minister Briz con [...]	2004-04-16 18:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM BH GT
04GUATEMALA962	GUATEMALA TO VOTE AGAINST GITMO RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref B points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 16 and secured a commitment from Briz to vote against Cuba's resolution. President Berger was subsequently quoted in several newspapers stating that Guatemala would "support human rights no matter who it affects." [...]	2004-04-20 18:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA97	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR CHR 60 CHAIR [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 16:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GT OIC UNHRC
04GUATEMALA973	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP GT UNSC
04GUATEMALA985	ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...]	2004-04-22 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT
04GUAYAQUIL1120	NO SURPRISES IN GUAYAS AND GUAYAQUIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral assessment of Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil and the surrounding province of Guayas suggests that the incumbent Social Christian Party (PSC) mayor and provincial prefect are likely to be re- elected in local elections on October 17. Any result short of a PS [...]	2004-10-07 17:29:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
04GUAYAQUIL1223	GUAYAS ELECTIONS AND BEYOND - PSC ROLLS ON [...] Summary: As expected, the Social Christian Party (PSC) dominated election results in its heartland of Guayas province and the city of Guayaquil. Jaime Nebot easily won reelection as mayor of Guayaquil and the incumbent PSC prefect, Nicolas Lapentti, turned back his challenger and won a fou [...]	2004-10-22 12:55:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
04HALIFAX10	HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...]	2004-01-14 15:35:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV CA
04HALIFAX12	CAMPOBELLO ISLAND RESIDENTS FEELING CUT OFF [...] Regional press and politicians have begun to focus attention on the plight of the 1450 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This small a small Island in the Bay of Fundy is, from September to July, accessible from Canada only via a bridge to Lubec, Maine. During the summer a privat [...]	2004-01-20 16:54:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA
04HALIFAX188	U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...]	2004-07-20 19:24:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA
04HALIFAX191	MARITIME HELICOPTER ANNOUNCEMENT NEARLY OVERSHADOWS HMCS [...] SUMMARY: The new Defense Minister hit the ground running by announcing a decision in favor of Sikorsky on the long-delayed maritime helicopter replacement program. He also welcomed home HMCS Toronto, which returned to a tumultuous welcome in Halifax after a six-month deployment with a U.S. s [...]	2004-07-23 17:37:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PTER ETRD CA
04HALIFAX199	ATLANTIC CANADA: TWO LNG PROJECTS EYE NEW ENGLAND MARKET [...] SUMMARY: The conditional approval of two LNG projects in Atlantic Canada, could substantially increase gas supplies in the U.S. northeast. Irving Oil and Access Northeast both say when their respective projects become operational in 2007, they will produce as much as two billion cubic feet pe [...]	2004-08-12 15:10:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG SENV PGOV PREL CA US
04HALIFAX210	ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...]	2004-09-14 15:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO
04HALIFAX223	BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE: BADLY NEEDED NEW ENGLAND-ATLANTIC [...] As debates about new border infrastructure continue, a coalition of local, state, provincial and federal officials in the U.S. and Canada have been quietly pushing for a new crossing to replace the inadequate two-lane bridge between Calais, ME and St. Stephen, NB. The eighth-busiest border cr [...]	2004-09-29 20:11:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ETRD PREL CA US
04HALIFAX242	HALIFAX PRECLEARANCE: BANGOR WITHDRAWS OBJECTIONS [...] The City Council of Bangor, Maine, unanimously approved late October 25 a resolution to withdraw opposition to Halifax International Airport's (HIA) application for preclearance. The Council also authorized the City Manager and Airport Director to sign an agreement with HIA on joint marketing [...]	2004-10-26 13:16:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL ASEC BEXP CA
04HALIFAX259	ATLANTIC CANADA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MODERATE GROWTH FOR 2005 [...] SUMMARY: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council's annual business outlook briefing predicts moderating growth for Canada's four eastern provinces. Softening global demand and prices for commodities and forest products, low or no growth in tourism, a cooling housing market and declines in consum [...]	2004-11-17 15:15:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EPET CA
04HALIFAX7	HMCS TORONTO DEPLOYS [...] HMCS Toronto left Halifax January 14 for a six-month deployment with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. In a gesture of support that seemed well-received by both the crew of Toronto and their families, Minister of National Defense David Pratt and his Parliamentary Secretary David [...]	2004-01-14 15:35:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV CA
04HANOI1007	GVN "CLOSES" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TO FOREIGNERS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen officers, who had been told the Central Highlands were "closed" to foreigners after demonstrations there turned violent, were stopped by police from traveling to the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot, in the province of Dak Lak, on April 10. Police sto [...]	2004-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1023	Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...]	2004-04-14 01:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI1076	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: BLAME UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN officially blames UNHCR for having caused the April 10-11 demonstrations in the Central Highlands by "organizing" illegal crossings of Montagnards and granting them asylum. Ambassador sharply criticized this "farfetched" notion, stressing the local conditions in the [...]	2004-04-15 00:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1081	LATEST FROM COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) has sent its own officials to investigate recent unrest in the Central Highlands, which it believes stemmed mostly from land issues. UNHCR was also blamed for encouraging Montagnards to flee into Cambodia. "Most" Protestant congregat [...]	2004-04-15 06:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1094	Ha Giang remains sore spot for Protestants [...] (U) A leader of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam-North has provided additional details about three Protestant figures in Ha Giang province in the Northwest Highlands who had been arrested (reftel) as well as information about an additional arrest, as follow: -- Ly Sin Quang, 28 years old, [...]	2004-04-16 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1113	MFA "EXPLAINS" CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SITUATION [...] (U) The MFA invited diplomatic missions to an April 19 briefing by Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung on the situation in the Central Highlands (text of statement in para 4). Ambassador and poloff attended and met afterwards separately with VFM Phung to deliver reftel demarche and discuss [...]	2004-04-19 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL PINS VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1193	COUNTERNARCOTICS LOA: NOW IN EFFECT [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated April 26, the MFA officially informed Embassy that the Counternarcotics Letter of Agreement signed in English in December 2003 and in Vietnamese in February 2004 is now in effect. (Text in para 3.) 2. (U) Embassy will now work with the Standing Office of [...]	2004-04-27 03:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI1224	VIETNAM AND UNHCR -- STORM CLOUDS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN continues to blame UNHCR for a role at least in encouraging flights by Montagnards from the Central Highland and insists that the UNHCR staff in Cambodia is "anti-Vietnam." The MFA has yet to agree to an expected visit next week by senior UNHCR officials. While the [...]	2004-04-28 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI1239	GVN APPRECIATES RECENT POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 29, Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with DCM to convey messages on six issues relating to the bilateral relationship. These issues included the political dialogue in May, the extradition of suspected t [...]	2004-04-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID PTER VM HUMANR CTERR
04HANOI1267	NGUYEN VU BINH'S SENTENCE UPHELD ON APPEAL [...] (U) The Appeals Court of Hanoi upheld activist Nguyen Vu Binh's sentence of seven years imprisonment and three years administrative detention at home during a May 5 hearing, according to press reports and family friends. Court and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials refused to confirm the [...]	2004-05-04 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
04HANOI1268	MISSION TEAM VISITS GIA LAI IN WAKE OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Gia Lai province April 27-29 downplayed reports of violence connected to the April 10 events in the province, telling Mission poloffs that protests had taken place in nine locations, had involved a total of no more 1000-3000 demonstrators, and were quickly contained [...]	2004-05-04 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1321	POROUS BORDERS, LOW ANTI-DRUG CAPACITY IN [...] (U) Summary: Authorities in central Vietnam appear enthusiastic about supporting the national anti-drug policy, but have limited capacity and training. The land border with Laos is porous and difficult to control, making this a likely route for narcotics traffickers and a possible route for t [...]	2004-05-09 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID PTER VM CNARC
04HANOI1421	ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM: PREVENTING ABUSES [...] (U) Summary: As we wait for the GVN to make written revisions to the draft text left with them at the conclusion of the first round of adoption negotiations in March, we wish to take this opportunity to once again raise our concerns about the implementation of any agreement we eventually rea [...]	2004-05-19 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI1442	U.S. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-funded VVAF survey project is underway, though it has also lost its project manager and will not be complete by September 30. U.S.-funded demining- related NGOs are operating successfully in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and have generated goodwill towards the U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV EAID VM
04HANOI155	CODEL BROWNBACK: FOCUS ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: In a series of official meetings in Hanoi on January 8, Senator Samuel Brownback expressed concerns about continuing, and perhaps increasingly severe, measures to restrict religious freedom in Vietnam. He urged the Government of Vietnam to act quickly to end these restrictions, s [...]	2004-01-16 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI158	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...]	2004-01-16 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1587	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...]	2004-06-03 03:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI1604	REVIEWING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3, Ambassador urged Vietnam to take steps on human rights and religious freedom, inter alia, that would create a good environment for high level visits from Vietnam. Dung acknowledged problems in implementation of "clear" [...]	2004-06-04 06:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM IZ VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1613	RAISING COMMERCIAL/ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3 promised Ambassador to invite Lockheed Martin for negotiations on Vinasat, "took note" of a request to look into a decision on MWH's bid for a program management contract for the Son La dam project, predicted licenses for US insurance compan [...]	2004-06-04 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV VM WTO BTA
04HANOI1676	GVN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GVN is seeking USG support to deny consultative status to two NGOs at the upcoming ECOSOC session in New York. The GVN considers the Free Vietnam Alliance and the Transnational Radical Party to be terrorist organizations with the aim of either forcibly overthrowing the GVN [...]	2004-06-10 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER VM UN ECOSOC ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI1677	GVN FRUSTRATED WITH BURMA, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam shares U.S. concerns about the Constitutional Convention in Burma, and is further worried about the impact of continuing political problems on the Hanoi-hosted ASEM 5 summit. At the same time, Vietnam feels that too much pressure on the Burmese will drive them into Chin [...]	2004-06-10 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BM VM ASEAN
04HANOI1699	EARLY RELEASE OF LE CHI QUANG [...] (SBU) A reliable activist source has confirmed the early release on June 12 of Le Chi Quang, who had been sentenced by the Hanoi People's Court on November 8, 2002 to a four year sentence (refs b and c) for alleged "acts of propaganda" against the State. According to Vietnamese media accoun [...]	2004-06-15 06:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
04HANOI1727	FURTHER REDUCTION IN FATHER LY'S SENTENCE [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry on July 17 confirmed media reports that the Nam Ha Provincial Court had further reduced by five years the sentence of Father Thadaeus Nguyen Van Ly in tribute to his satisfactory compliance with the regulations of the Nam Ha prison. Father Ly had originally been sen [...]	2004-06-17 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI1729	DASD JENNINGS' MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with a range of GVN leaders in Hanoi and HCMC, DASD Jennings and staff reached agreement on the archival research initiative; assessed positively the utility of continuing the wartime leaders interview initiative; reiterated USG priority for underwater recovery oper [...]	2004-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR VM
04HANOI1766	JAPAN LAUNCHES NEW COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Japan used the launch of its new Country Assistance Program to raise concerns about a variety of issues related to Vietnam's economic and political reform process, at least in principle including human rights. The new program was also touted as a model because of the increased [...]	2004-06-22 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL JA VM
04HANOI1837	Vietnam - DCM Meeting with Consular Department [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC KOCI PREL PTER VM CTERR HUMANR
04HANOI1871	VIETNAMESE ACADEMICS RETAIN SUSPICIONS OF THE U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: At least some Vietnamese think tankers continue to view the United States with suspicion, both regarding our international strategy in general and actions more specifically toward Vietnam. Much of the domestic sensitivities by these academics nowadays relate to efforts by "hos [...]	2004-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM ETMIN RELFREE CTERR
04HANOI2010	DPM DUNG DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 15, Ambassador Burghardt and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung discussed human rights issues including several specific cases of Vietnamese human rights activists as well as the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2004. DPM Dung offered to allow Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, [...]	2004-07-19 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VM HUMANR
04HANOI2205	DEATH SENTENCE CASE OF JOHN NHU HUNG NGUYEN [...] (U) Summary. AmCit John Nguyen has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Post believes that this penalty is disproportionate to his crime, and given the state of Vietnam's judicial system, requests clearance on talking points supporting Mr. Nguyen's request for leniency. End Summary [...]	2004-08-10 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI2208	GVN PROVIDES AUSTRALIA UPDATES ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) During its annual human rights dialogue with the Government of Australia (Ref. A),the GVN provided information and case details about every individual on a list of prisoners of concern previously delivered by the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. An Australian diplomat recently provided a c [...]	2004-08-11 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV AS VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2220	Vietnam Adoptions - DCM Meeting With Vu Duc Long [...] (U) Summary. On August 9, 2004 Deputy Chief of Mission John Boardman met with Mr. Vu Duc Long of the Department of International Adoptions at the Ministry of Justice to further clarify the content of the diplomatic note ref A. Director Long explained that because adoptions concern fundamenta [...]	2004-08-12 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL VM
04HANOI2406	Ambassador's August 26 Farewell Call on President [...] (SBU) Summary: During a farewell call on President Tran Duc Luong, Ambassador Burghardt noted the great progress in bilateral relations in the past 10 years, in particular the expansion of normal relations in a number of new areas during the past three years. Nevertheless, many tasks remaine [...]	2004-08-31 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM WTO APEC ASEAN BTA HUMANR
04HANOI2435	Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...]	2004-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC
04HANOI2438	FINAL THOUGHTS FROM HANOI [...] An American who knows Vietnam very well related to me soon after my arrival in Hanoi how he had briefed President Clinton just before Clinton's November 2000 visit to Vietnam: He had explained that the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) makes its most important decisions in re [...]	2004-09-04 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD VM DPOL
04HANOI2440	Ambassador's September 1 Farewell Call on [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 1 farewell call on Politburo member Phan Dien, the Ambassador underlined the importance of 2005 in U.S.-Vietnam relations and, although there had been good progress over the past three years, stressed that much work remained in bilateral relations, such as [...]	2004-09-06 23:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR VM DPOL
04HANOI2449	Ambassador's September 3 Farewell Call on General [...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 3 farewell call on General Vo Nguyen Giap, the Ambassador said that, although much progress had been made over the past three years, much still remained to be done to normalize fully bilateral ties. General Giap urged the United States and Vietnam to avoid [...]	2004-09-07 08:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR VM
04HANOI2506	MFA: DON'T DESIGNATE VIETNAM CPC [...] (U) Summary: The GVN characterizes the release of nine prisoners of concern under the National Day amnesty, the recognition of 25 evangelical protestant churches in the Central Highlands, the pending recognition of five more by the end of the year, and the accommodating treatment of SFRC staff [...]	2004-09-13 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2595	Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...]	2004-09-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2603	GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES [...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...]	2004-09-17 07:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI2608	"BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...]	2004-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN
04HANOI2609	Ambassador's September 17 Meeting with Vice [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ABLD AMGT VM
04HANOI2655	Governor of Washington Meets with Prime Minister, [...] (U) Summary: Governor of Washington Gary Locke and delegation met September 22 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien. He also met earlier in the day with Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Duyen, Minister of Planning & Investment Vo Hong Phuc and Vice Minister of F [...]	2004-09-23 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV VM
04HANOI2692	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador presented his credentials to Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong on September 27. Both agreed that there had been much progress in the nine years since relations had been reestablished, but there was a need to continue to broaden and deepen the relationship. President [...]	2004-09-28 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM APEC HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI2708	Vietnam Adoptions: Meeting With Deputy Director of [...] (U) Summary: During two recent meetings with Post's Consular Section Chief, Nguyen Cong Khanh, Deputy Director of Vietnam's Department of International Adoptions, repeated the GVN position that under Vietnamese law any adoption agreement must meet the definition of a "treaty." He went on to n [...]	2004-09-30 08:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI2742	CORRESPONDENCE FROM GVN'S COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS [...] Embassy received October 4 identical letters from the Government of Vietnam's Commission on Religious Affairs addressed to the "Department of State," DRL/IRF Ambassador Hanford and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Embassy pouched the letters to EAP/BCLTV, Registration [...]	2004-10-05 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2745	VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...]	2004-10-06 02:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR
04HANOI2757	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...]	2004-10-07 07:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS
04HANOI2795	BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...]	2004-10-13 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF
04HANOI2809	Ambassador's October 13 Dinner with Vice Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner October 13 for Vice Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Binh, who, in his capacity as head of the MFA's Committee on Overseas Vietnamese, will soon travel to the United States to discuss Viet Kieu issues. Binh said Vietnam desired improved relations with [...]	2004-10-15 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CH VM CVR HUMANR ASEAN WTO
04HANOI2855	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Summary: National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vu Mao told the Ambassador that he wants improved relations between the National Assembly (NA) and U.S. Congress and hopes to arrange an official visit to Washington by NA Chairman Nguyen Van An. The Foreign Relations Commit [...]	2004-10-21 04:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR
04HANOI2857	PRC PM WEN'S VISIT TO HANOI: TRADE TAKES THE FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first official visit to Vietnam yielded a number of agreements in the trade and development areas and a renewed commitment to make progress in demarcating the two countries' land border. Considerable daylight still remains between the two sides on t [...]	2004-10-21 06:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH VM CVR WTO
04HANOI2860	VIETNAM: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) As a follow-up to the meeting described in ref A, Hanoi's full TFC team met on October 7, 2004 to clarify and coordinate Post's position on terrorist financing. While terrorist financing and money laundering are similar, these two issues are treated separately by the Government of Vietnam. [...]	2004-10-21 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR
04HANOI2863	VIETNAM SECURITY MINISTER PROMISES COORDINATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh told the Ambassador October 20 that he is pleased with the developing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and is "absolutely committed" to ensuring the safety and security not only of USG facilities and personnel, but also of Americans traveling to [...]	2004-10-21 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC CVIS CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI2864	13 Montagnards Return to Vietnam [...] (SBU) UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son reported to us October 18 that the 13 Montagnards who had originally sought resettlement from Cambodia but ultimately decided to return to Vietnam -- with or without UNHCR's assistance -- had indeed returned to Vietnam. According to Son, t [...]	2004-10-21 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI2870	EAP DAS Huhtala's October 21 Meeting with Senior [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Marie Huhtala underlined the need for Vietnam to SIPDIS take concrete steps to improve its religious freedom situation, particularly in the run-up to next year's event [...]	2004-10-22 04:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR BTA WTRO APEC CTERR
04HANOI2878	AMBASSADOR, CA A/S HARTY DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Uong Chu Luu identified for the Ambassador and Consular Affairs A/S Harty a number of areas where he thought the Vietnamese legal system needs reform, most notably in commercial law. Minister Luu also spoke very highly of [...]	2004-10-25 01:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS VM
04HANOI2879	EAP DAS Marie Huhtala's October 22 Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Communist Party External Affairs Commission (Western Europe and North America) Director Pham Tien Nhien, EAP DAS Marie Huhtala expressed U.S. support for Vietnam's WTO accession, urged Vietnam to engage in greater operational law enforcement co [...]	2004-10-25 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE BTA
04HANOI2901	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS POW/MIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam Defense Minister confirmed in his introductory meeting with the Ambassador October 26 that underwater POW/MIA recovery operations can be conducted on a Vietnamese Navy vessel, a civilian vessel or not at all. English language training for military officers remains a [...]	2004-10-27 06:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS KPOW VM
04HANOI291	SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-03 06:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM VM ETMIN HUMANR LABOR RELFREE TIP
04HANOI2946	The Ambassador's October 28 Call on Prime Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time October 28, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai spent over an hour discussing the overall bilateral relationship, trade and commercial matters, health cooperation, religious freedom and human rights issues, Montagnards in the Ce [...]	2004-11-01 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE ETMIN HIV AIDS WTO
04HANOI2960	HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...]	2004-11-02 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI2998	VIETNAM: PROBABLY NOT VOTING FOR THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and draft resolutions November 5 to Tran Viet Hoang, Desk Officer in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Hoang pledged to pass the documents to senior MFA leaders for review and said that the Vietnamese delegation in New York would re [...]	2004-11-05 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VM UNGA HUMANR
04HANOI3047	DCM MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) On November 8, the DCM met with Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Chairman Ngo Yen Thi to deliver Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's response to Thi's letter complaining about Vietnam's designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (ref A). [...]	2004-11-10 04:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI3069	GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...]	2004-11-12 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3092	VIETNAM'S AVIATION INDUSTRY TAKES OFF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vietnam's aviation industry is seeking to catch up with those of other countries in the region. The government has dramatically changed its approach to the industry by allowing foreign carriers to increase their share of the market, but the change is unlikely to harm its domestic [...]	2004-11-17 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL VM
04HANOI3215	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...]	2004-11-29 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN

04HANOI3218	DAS DUGAN MEETS WITH PARTY, PRACTITIONERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 23 meetings in Hanoi, a Communist Party official told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that the Party upholds freedom of religion in Vietnam and stressed that the country's thriving religious life is proof of this. However, the official said that Protestantism has been v [...]	2004-11-30 07:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3246	AMBASSADOR VISITS VIETNAM'S SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the south-central coast of Vietnam and found economic development plans in their infancy. Senior officials called for U.S. investment and humanitarian assistance. The Ambassador raised religious freedom, HIV/AIDS, and educational and cultural exchanges an [...]	2004-12-03 11:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS
04HANOI3257	NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS LONG AWAITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) held its first National Congress in 20 years December 1-2. The meeting allowed the Church to name a new leadership board, appoint two new pastors and make progress on rewriting the ECVN's charter. The new leadership indicated tha [...]	2004-12-06 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3301	Congressman Chabot Meets with Foreign Ministry, [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblyman Vu Xuan Hong. Representative Chabot thanked Vietnam for its efforts in the fullest possible accounting of MIA's and urged the GVN to take further steps to advanc [...]	2004-12-13 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ETRD EINV OTRA VM HUMANR IPROP RELFREE
04HANOI3313	Congressman Chabot Meets with Ministries of Trade, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Hanoi, Congressman Steve Chabot met separately December 13 and 14 with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat and Vice Minister of Finance Le Thi Bang Tam. DCM accompanied the Congressman to the Ministry [...]	2004-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV OTRA PREL VM WTO IPROP
04HANOI3331	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...]	2004-12-17 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO
04HANOI3335	VIETNAM: INSCR RESPONSE PART II, MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Although the government monitors international financial transactions in Vietnam closely, it is not clear whether the procedures are adequate to preclude money laundering or terrorism financing. Some branches of the government are more cooperative than others in trying to addres [...]	2004-12-20 04:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL VM EUN CTERR CNARC FINREF
04HANOI3341	Charge Meets with UNHCR Regional Representative [...] (SBU) The Charge met December 17 with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and UNHCR Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son. According to Utkan, he had had a productive meeting earlier in the day with MFA Director General for Consular Affairs Bui Dinh Dinh and had focused on three iss [...]	2004-12-20 07:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI3392	GVN Warns of Christmas Unrest in the Central [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Foreign Minister and Americas Department Director General Nguyen Duc Hung called in the Charge December 24 to warn of a "plot" to cause unrest in the Central Highlands -- specifically the provinces of Dak Lak, Kon Tum and Gia Lai -- and encourage ethnic minorities to [...]	2004-12-24 04:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF VM CB CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3417	VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...]	2004-12-29 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3424	MINISTRY OF SECURITY NEWSPAPER ACCUSES UNHCR OF [...] (SBU) An Ninh The Gioi (World Security),a newspaper published by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),printed a long article (excerpted below) on December 29 accusing two UNHCR employees - Westerner Katy Grant and ethnic Vietnamese Y Xuan - of having links with separatist groups and attemp [...]	2004-12-30 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI377	MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...]	2004-02-11 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN
04HANOI383	MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...]	2004-02-12 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI391	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP INPUT FOR VIETNAM [...] Summary: According to CTAG members (and representatives from Switzerland, Spain, and Australia) at Hanoi-based Embassies, Vietnam receives little attention and less assistance, especially compared to high-threat Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. Some members -- notably Australia, [...]	2004-02-12 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI405	ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...]	2004-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR
04HANOI447	ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...]	2004-02-18 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP
04HANOI48	Vietnam: Moving Ahead Towards an Adoptions [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting with Consul, Mr. Long, the Acting Director of the new Department of International Adoptions (DIA) in the Ministry of Justice identified the issue of "state vs "government" as the GVN's most significant issue regarding completion of the draft Protocol on adoptions. [...]	2004-01-08 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI517	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON CPV ECONOMIC CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, CPV economic czar Truong Tan Sang underscored the importance of the private sector and SOE reform in maintaining high growth rates and employment generation. He promised to privatize parts of Vietnam Airlines and to strengthen IPR enforcement. T [...]	2004-02-23 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EFIN PREL PINR VM IPROP FINREF SOE WTO BTA
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI555	OPEN 2003 LETTER FROM FATHER LY TO US CONGRESS [...] (U) In a January 8 meeting in Hanoi, Vice Minister of Public Security Le Van Huong gave Senator Samuel Brownback a copy of an open letter in Vietnamese to the US Congress dated June 27, 2003 by imprisoned Catholic Priest Nguyen Van Ly (Ref A). The letter, the text of which follows in para 3, [...]	2004-02-26 07:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL OREP VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI558	VIETNAM AND CHINA SIGN PRELUDE TO FISHING PROTOCOL [...] (U) Summary: At the conclusion of ministerial talks in Hanoi February 24, Vietnam and the PRC signed an agreement on the basic contents of a future protocol for fishing cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin, expected to be signed later this year in Beijing. Vietnam views this protocol as essen [...]	2004-02-26 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIS CH VM PTBS CVR
04HANOI636	VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...]	2004-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL
04HANOI693	February 24 Repatriation Discussions [...] (U) Summary. A joint DOS/DHS delegation proffered a new approach to resolving the issue of the acceptance by Vietnam (GVN) of its nationals, based on the successful arrangement now in place with the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC). GVN officials agreed to review the new approach, but held t [...]	2004-03-09 05:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KJUS PREL CASC VM
04HANOI700	CODEL COLLINS' FRANK AND FINAL MEETINGS ON POW/MIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On his last day of meetings in Hanoi February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R-GA) met senior GVN leaders and reviewed progress on POW/MIA issues during his trip. Conversations focused on the GVN's current efforts and what the USG and the GVN agree that the GVN should do in the f [...]	2004-03-09 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL KPOW VM
04HANOI710	GVN UPDATES ON SITUATION FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent meetings in Hanoi with DRL/IRF's Dr. Will Inboden, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials reiterated firmly that religious freedom already exists in Vietnam, but also noted progress on a new ordinance for religion, as well as new training classes on religion for loc [...]	2004-03-10 04:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI711	POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR NORTHERN PROTESTANT CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation for the Evangelical Church of Vietnam: North (ECVN) continues slowly to improve, with the long-delayed appointment of an ethnic minority preacher in Lang Son province as well as concrete steps towards holding a general congress soon. The meeting, which would be th [...]	2004-03-10 05:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI712	GVN CONFIRMS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DECREE ON CHURCHES [...] (U) Summary: The Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) envisions its December 2003 decree on relations with the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) as reestablishing a "normal" situation for the Protestants in the Central Highlands. The CRA sees the approval of ten new con [...]	2004-03-10 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI713	SALVAGE TALKS IN HCMC - NO U.S. SHIP, BUT PROGRESS [...] Summary. In expert-level U.S.-Vietnam talks regarding options for underwater recovery of Vietnam War-era MIAs, the GVN agreed "in principle" to U.S. technical suggestions, but stressed that underwater search and recovery operations would continue to be carried out on Vietnamese vessels only. [...]	2004-03-10 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KPOW VM
04HANOI722	"TERRORIST" CASES OF LY TONG AND VO VAN DUC [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (U) Following up on Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung's verbal request to Charge on March 4, the MFA formally provided via diplomatic note a request for firm punishment against convicted hijacker Ly Tong or his extradition to Viet [...]	2004-03-10 10:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
04HANOI729	NORTHERN CATHOLICS RELY ON TIES SOUTH, ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Church remains strong in the northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh, the historic heartland of Catholicism in Vietnam. With government acceptance, the Church is expanding the number of clergy, renovating colonial-era churches, and planning new charitable pro [...]	2004-03-12 01:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI752	CONVICTION OF PHAM VAN TUONG AKA THICH TRI LUC [...] (U) In a brief trial on March 12, former Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) monk Pham Van Tuong (better known by his earlier religious name of Thich Tri Luc) was sentenced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court to twenty months' imprisonment for "fleeing abroad with a view to opposing [...]	2004-03-15 07:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL CB VM
04HANOI891	Vietnam: Negotiations with the GVN on an Adoptions [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations on an adoptions Protocol on March 11 and 12 made progress, but final agreement was not reached. Despite repeated USG assertions prior to the talks that the USG would not negotiate a new treaty, the largest sticking point for the GVN was their insistence on a tre [...]	2004-03-30 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL VM
04HANOI916	HUE POLICE RUN INTERFERENCE IN MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A political reporting trip to Hue by Embassy poloff and congenoff was marred by police obstruction of attempted meetings with non-recognized religious figures. These unfortunately successful attempts at blocking access are more damaging to GVN credibility on religious freedom [...]	2004-04-01 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI920	U.S.-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION COULD STRENGTHEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: GVN Defense and Public Security Ministries, as well as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),are "eager" to work on implementation of the new bilateral counternarcotics letter of agreement. Training and infrastructural assistance are high GVN priorities; all are interested i [...]	2004-04-02 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR EAID PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI923	JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Embassy recommends that the USG Agent Orange/Dioxin Interagency Working Group meet to review and discuss the contents of this cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: More than two years after the March 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address joint r [...]	2004-04-02 01:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL TBIO VM
04HANOI962	VFM BANG ON UPCOMING VISITS, HUMAN RIGHTS, SHIPS [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-06 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP PHUM MARR VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI980	Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Obligation [...] (U) Summary: The GVN has taken significant steps toward implementing the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise, according to GATT standards. At this time, the GVN is applying t [...]	2004-04-08 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM BTA
04HANOI998	LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...]	2004-04-09 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HARARE1018	POLITBURO MEMBER ON RULING PARTY INTENTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Central Committee member Simba Makoni told the Ambassador on June 17 that GOZ efforts to reach out to the international community, including international financial institutions, were not a compelling priority for the ruling party. The party leadership would not accept [...]	2004-06-18 10:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1067	COSMETIC ELECTORAL REFORMS EMERGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electoral law changes proposed by the ruling party last week appear to be attempts to project a more level political playing field without jeopardizing the party's absolute grip on power in the run-up to next March's scheduled parliamentary elections. The proposals provide for [...]	2004-06-29 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1139	HOLDING ZIMBABWE ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE1180	MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS GLOBAL FUND; HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim losing out on HIV/Aids global fund," the July 18 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried the following editorial on page 8: 2. ". . .Although the war on HIV/AIDS is being fought on many fronts. . .there is no doubt that this diseas [...]	2004-07-19 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
04HARARE1205	TREASON VERDICT REPORTEDLY DEFERRED [...] (SBU) MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers informed the Embassy July 20 that the High Court had advised them that day that judgment in Tsvangirai's treason trial would not be rendered July 29, as earlier expected. The court did not indicate a new date for the judgment's release or a reas [...]	2004-07-21 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE122	LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...]	2004-01-22 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE1224	LAWYERS ELABORATE ON TSVANGIRAI CASE [...] (C) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's lawyers told the Embassy on July 22 that the court advised them that announcement of the verdict had been postponed until August, date to be determined. The reason given was that the assessors had requested full transcripts of the trial for further r [...]	2004-07-23 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE1250	CRACKDOWN ON NGOS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe is putting the squeeze on non-governmental organizations. GOZ officials have said NGOs will be required to operate with the permission of provincial governments and in accordance with conditions set out in a proposed restrictive new NGO bill. The draft bi [...]	2004-07-26 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ZI
04HARARE128	DAILY NEWS BACK ON STREETS [...] (U) High Court Judge Tendai Uchena on January 21 again ordered the police to vacate the premises of The Daily News (TDN) following an admission in court by the Attorney General's office that there was no legal basis for police occupation of the premises. After receiving a call on January 21 [...]	2004-01-22 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PREL SA ZI
04HARARE1280	CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS [...] On July 2nd, Congressional Professional Staffers Joan Condon and Pearl Alice Marsh, House International Relations Committee, and USAID Congressional Liaison Officer, Susan Williams, were joined by Acting USAID Director, Michael Foster, and Econ Opportunities Team Leader, Sarah Bishop, on [...]	2004-07-27 13:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI VIP
04HARARE1313	ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...]	2004-07-30 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1335	REGIONAL ELECTION CONFERENCE CHALLENGES GOZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an NGO-sponsored conference on regional electoral reforms, senior ruling party officials sounded familiar election-related themes to a critical audience of domestic and regional parliamentarians, regional election commissioners and administrators, and NGO representatives. They [...]	2004-08-06 08:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1354	Zimbabwe Unqualified for AGOA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1360	UN VISITOR TESTS WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy August 6, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh solicited the Ambassador's assessment of the Zimbabwean political and humanitarian situations. He advised that his five-day visit to Zimbabwe was "private" but [...]	2004-08-12 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE1416	CONTROVERSIAL NGO BILL GAZETTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe gazetted its proposed NGO legislation Friday, August 20. The bill gazetted is substantively the same as draft proposed legislation (see reftel). Under the bill, all NGOs would be required to register with the government, open their financial books to the [...]	2004-08-23 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ZI
04HARARE1423	A FEW FINAL REFLECTIONS [...] (C) Rather than reiterate previous analyses, I shall offer a few closing reflections in shorthand form. -- The situation in Zimbabwe today is best defined as a "FROZEN TRANSITION," a political crisis whose lack of resolution affects and deepens all of Zimbabwe's other crises, economic, soci [...]	2004-08-24 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
04HARARE1434	BISHOPS STILL TRYING TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Two of the three Mutare Bishops, Sebastian Bakare (Anglican Church) and Trevor Manhanga (Evangelical Fellowship) updated the Ambassador August 24 on their efforts to mediate a resolution of Zimbabawe,s crisis. Bakare said Tanzanian President Mkapa had assured them that he would remain en [...]	2004-08-26 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE1444	OPPOSITION REITERATES TENTATIVE BOYCOTT OF [...] (U) The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) announced August 25 that the party,s National Executive had decided to suspend participation in elections. In a briefing to the diplomatic corps the same day, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the GOZ,s proposed election reforms were n [...]	2004-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE1492	MERCENARY LEADER CONVICTED, OTHERS RELEASED [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper announced on August 28 that Simon Francis Mann was convicted August 27 of violating the Firearms Act. Laurens Jacobus Horne and Jacobus Herminus Carlse were exonerated of related charges and released, while 66 others remained incarcerated after pleadin [...]	2004-08-31 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
04HARARE1505	MUGABE ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS - OFFERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on September 2 accepted Ambassador Dell's credentials during a longer than scheduled 90-minute session at State House. Mugabe opened with a lengthy historical diatribe that criticized USG policy, primarily for following the U.K.,s lead. Mugabe stressed that his [...]	2004-09-07 16:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE1520	ZANU-PF WINS SEKE BY-ELECTION THE EASY WAY -- [...] (U) ZANU-PF candidate Phineas Chihota was declared the winner of the Seke parliamentary by-election on September 3 when no other candidate filed for the seat by that day,s deadline. The seat had become vacant following the death of MDC MP Bennie Tumbare-Mutasa in July. ZANU-PF now has 67 sea [...]	2004-09-09 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1587	MDC READOUT OF MBEKI MEETING [...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 21 with Gandhi Mudzingwa, Director of Presidential Affairs for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Mudzingwa confirmed that the MDC had met over the weekend with President Mbeki, who had asked what, short of pressure, he could do to help manage Zimbabwe,s [...]	2004-09-23 08:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE1593	MDC HEAD DISMISSES GOZ MOVES; CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met September 17 with Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who said that the GOZ was making cosmetic changes in the face of internal and external pressure but that the situation on the ground had yet to change and until it did the [...]	2004-09-23 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE1595	TOBACCO: PRODUCTIVITY OR POLITICS - CHOICE IS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met September 13 with James de la LaFargue and Andrew Ferreira, President and Vice-President respectively of the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association. De la Fargue said tobacco could again become a major export earner but for that to happen the government had to re [...]	2004-09-23 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON PREL ZI
04HARARE1636	IS GOZ PLANNING TO DOUBLE MAIZE PRODUCTION [...] For the 2004/2005 agricultural season the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) seems to be planning for a substantial increase in maize (corn) production above its claimed 2.4 million MT for the recent harvest. Seed companies reported to USAID General Development Officer that the Government requested [...]	2004-09-29 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE1688	ZIMBABWE'S APPLICATION OF GUIDANCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS
04HARARE170	Rising Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe [...] The number of vulnerable households in Zimbabwe continues to rise as food staples become more expensive. Seed prices have risen beyond affordable levels for most ordinary farmers and the outlook for this year's agricultural season is not yet clear. Continuing economic deterioration, disruptio [...]	2004-01-29 08:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE171	RULING PARTY PROTESTS TRAVEL ADVISORY, RAISES [...] (C) Deputy Director of ZANU-PF's Bureau of External Relations Itai Mach called poloff on January 27 to protest the text of the travel advisory issued by the Department on January 22 (ref A). He charged that it was a politically motivated effort to disrupt Zimbabwe's "recovering" economy with [...]	2004-01-29 09:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC PGOV ZI
04HARARE1791	Zimbabwe Emergency: Ambassador's Declaration [...] The Ambassador has determined that the complex political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis facing Zimbabwe is of sufficient magnitude to warrant continued USG emergency assistance, and therefore requests continued assistance through USAID, including USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Dis [...]	2004-10-29 10:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE1829	GROWING FOOD INSECURITY IN [...] There is still great uncertainty about both the quantity of maize (corn) produced in Zimbabwe during the past season and the magnitude of imports by the GOZ. Regardless of the quantities, however, re-distribution of in-country stocks from surplus to deficit rural areas is an immediate prob [...]	2004-11-05 08:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE1842	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...]	2004-11-08 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE187	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Since its disputed victory in Zimbabwe's 2002 parliamentary and presidential elections, the ruling ZANU-PF party has pursued a concerted campaign to shrink individual liberties and democratic space in this constitutional republic. The government's human rights record remained poor, altho [...]	2004-02-02 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP ZI
04HARARE1878	INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WATCHLIST [...] (SBU) The GOZ is collaborating with Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa on a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings scheduled to take place in Harare November 29-30. Sources at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) indicated that they would share with us material o [...]	2004-11-15 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL ZI TIP
04HARARE188	MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...]	2004-02-03 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC
04HARARE1913	GOZ SEEKING THAW WITH USG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Bush on his re-election (ref A) is the latest among several indications that the GOZ is prepared to seek some degree of rapprochement with the USG. Exchanges with senior Reserve Bank officials, a businessman well-connected wi [...]	2004-11-23 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE1914	JOYCE MUJURU SLATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling ZANU-PF party has probably temporarily deferred succession tensions within its ranks by tapping Minister of Water Resources and Infrastructural Development Joyce Mujuru as its second Vice-President at party provincial meetings on November 21. Provincial executives lef [...]	2004-11-23 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE1963	ZIMBABWE'S CRICKET DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit by England's cricket team is exposing conflicts inside the ruling party and may evidence further impetus within the GOZ to moderate its anti-Western posture. The GOZ's decision to admit 13 originally barred journalists to cover the tour suggests the waning influence of [...]	2004-12-03 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE1970	HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...]	2004-12-06 12:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP
04HARARE2001	PARTY CONGRESS EXPOSES ZANU-PF DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF's Fourth Party Congress reinforced Robert Mugabe's unassailable authority atop a ruling party suffering from roiling ethnic and generational tensions. Recent personnel changes adjustments to the party leadership suggest the ascendancy of Mugabe's Zezuru faction and a vict [...]	2004-12-10 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE2003	NGO AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION BILLS PASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following President Mugabe,s state of the nation address on December 9 (septel),Parliament met in an unusual and unexpected extended session and passed two controversial bills: the NGO Bill and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Bill. The bills still await the signature o [...]	2004-12-13 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE2009	CHISSANO BOOSTS MUGABE AT ZANU-PF PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In an address to the ruling ZANU-PF,s Fourth Party Congress that was broadcast live on Zimbabwe state radio on December 3, Mozambican President Chissano recounted at length the close historical ties between his Frelimo party and ZANU-PF, and stressed in particular Mozambique's support for [...]	2004-12-13 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE2015	JUSTICE MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa on December 10 updated the Ambassador on issues associated with the scheduled March parliamentary elections. During the sometimes testy exchange, the Minister did not address the election environment's most [...]	2004-12-14 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE2026	MUGABE TONES DOWN RHETORIC IN STATE OF THE NATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his State of the Nation speech to Parliament December 9, Mugabe avoided direct attacks on the U.S., U.K., and other western critics of his government, lauded the supposed economic rebound, and said upcoming Parliamentary elections would be nonviolent and meet SADC principles. [...]	2004-12-14 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON TSPL ZI
04HARARE2036	MDC OFFICIALS ON ELECTION PLANS, INTER-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lunch at the Residence on December 8, MDC National Campaign Coordinator Ian Makoni and MDC MP (Mutare) Innocent Gonese updated the Ambassador on MDC election plans and inter-party relations. They reported that the MDC was better organized than it had been in previous el [...]	2004-12-15 10:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE2046	GOZ REACTS STRONGLY TO US STATEMENT ON NGO BILL [...] (U) On December 14, the government-run Herald newspaper prominently featured an op-ed piece, "US hypocrisy laid bare," attacking the USG for official statements on the NGO bill recently passed in Parliament (reftel). The feature asserted that the USG reaction was consistent with its &hard and [...]	2004-12-16 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE2049	MDC ON MARCH ELECTIONS; FUTURE EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner on December 8, Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC leadership laid out their plans for contesting the March parliamentary elections, should they decide to participate. The Ambassador said the SADC countries appeared ready to bless the March elections regardless; Tsvangirai a [...]	2004-12-16 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
04HARARE2053	SECOND ELECTORAL BILL PASSES ZIM PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, Parliament passed the Electoral Bill, the second of the electoral reform bills (reftel). The bill incorporated amendments proposed by both parties, (though not all the MDC's proposals) and was not rejected by the MDC-dominated Parliamentary Legal Committee. If [...]	2004-12-17 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE2060	HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE - [...] AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ADVISORS FROM USAID/OFDA/PRETORIA AND USAID/OFDA/W VISITED ZIMBABWE FROM OCTOBER 23 - 29, 2004 TO MONITOR USAID/OFDA- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CURRENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN COUNTRY. 2. BASED ON FIELD VISITS AND CONVERSATION [...]	2004-12-21 06:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE2062	MDC DEFERS BOYCOTT DECISION, PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In a circular distributed to the diplomatic community on December 20, the MDC announced that it would defer until January a decision on whether to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. The missive reported that the party would continue to canvass its membership [...]	2004-12-21 08:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE2063	MUGABE, OLD GUARD ASCENDANT IN NEW POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on December 17 announced a new 50-member Politburo. The new membership confirms the decline in influence of Speaker of the Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as the fall from grace of hard-liners Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and Minister of Justice Patr [...]	2004-12-21 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE2071	MDC OFFICIAL ON POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa on December 15 updated poloff on MDC priorities and activities in the run-up to the March parliamentary elections. He identified steps ZANU-PF had taken that were leading to a more open political environment, but said the p [...]	2004-12-23 13:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE2090	RULING PARTY SETS DATE FOR PRIMARIES AMIDST MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF announced that it will conduct its primaries for the March national parliamentary elections on January 15. Intra-party violence has already begun to rise. Fights between supporters of two sitting ZANU-PF MPs and the supporters of their party rivals in two hotly-contested [...]	2004-12-30 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE223	SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS AIPPA'S CONSTITUTIONALITY, [...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 5 upheld the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). In a long-running case brought by the Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (IJAZ) filed soon after AIPPA was enacted, the ruled that AIPPA sections [...]	2004-02-05 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL ZI
04HARARE268	CONVERSATION WITH MDC'S MORGAN TSVANGIRAI AND [...] (c) Summary. Ambassador and DCM dined with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on February 12. The MDC leaders commented on Tsvangirai's ongoing treason trial. Ncube and Tsvangirai both confirmed that putative talks with ZANU-PF are going nowhere despite wh [...]	2004-02-13 07:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE279	Input for President's 2004 AGOA Report on [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-17 08:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ZI
04HARARE298	GOZ SETS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR MARCH AS [...] SUMMARY: The GOZ's February 19 announcement that parliamentary elections would be conducted in March 2004 follows a series of setbacks to prospects that their conduct would be free and fair. During the past week, the GOZ withdrew its request for UN involvement in elections; extended the perm [...]	2004-02-19 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE315	DAILY NEWS FIRES STAFF [...] (C) The Daily News (TDN) editor Sam Nkomo and assistant editor Bill Saidi told the Ambassador over lunch on February 22 that the paper had fired 250 reporters and staff after they barricaded Nkomo in his office on February 19 to address various work-related issues (reftel). According to Nkomo [...]	2004-02-23 13:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE334	TSVANGIRAI TREASON TRIAL NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the State concluded its case in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The Defense was expected to complete its concluding arguments on February 26, but we would not expect a decision from the judge for some time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Febru [...]	2004-02-25 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC
04HARARE349	CHANGING HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] As Zimbabwe enters its third year of international humanitarian relief, there has been a shift in the thinking of the major donors and international development agencies with regard to how best to address the crisis. Most donors and NGOs have been responding to the immediate humanitarian need [...]	2004-02-27 04:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE351	MUGABE CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a long, rambling birthday interview with a slavish Zimbabwe Broadcast Corporation Newsnet interviewer, President Mugabe all but ruled out dialogue with the MDC and clumsily sought to divide the MDC from its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe criticized many African leaders, including [...]	2004-02-27 04:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZI

04HARARE397	OPPOSITION LEADER ON TALKS STALEMATE, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador on March 2 that MDC and ZANU-PF delegations in South Africa March 1 each rebuffed South African government efforts to convene a meeting between the two. He was encouraged by President Mbeki's meeting with the MDC delegatio [...]	2004-03-04 08:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE401	MDC PRESIDENT APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed some 30 Harare-based diplomats on the MDC's perception of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the status of interparty talks, and the party's strategy for upcoming elections. He appealed to the international community to continue pressure [...]	2004-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC EAID ZI MDC
04HARARE41	SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR HOPES FOR EARLY PROGRESS [...] Summary: South African Ambassador Ndou presented a positive description of possibilities for progress toward resolution of Zimbabwe's political crisis based on President Mbeki's Dec 18 visit. Ndou believed the next steps were for ZANU/PF and MDC negotiators to finalize their discussions on t [...]	2004-01-08 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
04HARARE435	FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE FULMINATES ON THE BBC, [...] (sbu) Summary. Foreign Minister Stanislaus Mudenge convened the diplomatic corps on short notice March 10, with the press in attendance. Mudenge's presentation began with a scathing attack on the BBC for a recent Panorama program, then moved on to the detention of a planeload of mercenaries, [...]	2004-03-10 16:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAIR ZI EG
04HARARE445	SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON THWARTED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (c) Ambassador and DCM met with South African Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou on March 11 to exchange perspectives on the detention of 70 purported mercenaries in Harare on March 7. Ndou provided a list of names, nationalities and passport numbers and confirmed that all 70 had been resident in South [...]	2004-03-11 14:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINS ASEC ZI EK
04HARARE47	OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT ON 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With qualified optimism, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai offered an assessment of Zimbabwe's political landscape to Ambassador Sullivan during lunch on January 7 at the Residence. Tsvangirai identified mobilization of membership, coordination with civil society, and improving th [...]	2004-01-08 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC
04HARARE495	"DELIVER US FROM EVIL": NATIONAL PRAYER EVENT SET [...] (U) Involving broad participation from leading clerics around the country, an ecumenical day of prayer is being planned for March 27. Under a banner "Deliver Us From Evil" in a March 21 advertisement in the independent weekly Standard, the Zimbabwe National Pastors Conference and Christians [...]	2004-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZI
04HARARE501	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...]	2004-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI
04HARARE530	HOTLY CONTESTED URBAN CONSTITUENCY UP FOR GRABS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence and intimidation has characterized the campaign period in an important parliamentary by-election to be held in Zengeza (a high-density suburb of Harare) March 27-28. The opposition MDC selected a candidate rumored not to be the choice of the MDC membership in Ze [...]	2004-03-26 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE540	MINISTER REPORTEDLY SHOOTS OPPOSITION MEMBER AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two eyewitnesses identified Minister without portfolio Elliott Manyika as a shooter in an incident on the second day of voting in Zengeza that left one dead and 11 injured. Emboffs observed several instances of voting irregularities during the voting days: double voting lines, as [...]	2004-03-29 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC
04HARARE541	REENERGIZING SADC AND SOUTH AFRICA ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) We endorse the well-considered and timely proposal of Embassy Pretoria in reftel to make an urgent effort to reenergize SADC and South Africa on Zimbabwe. Such an effort, particularly if we can find a way to engage the EU, SADC and, most importantly, South Africa could help unlock an incre [...]	2004-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
04HARARE553	VIOLENT RULING PARTY VICTORY SETS TONE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demoralizing blow to the opposition, ZANU-PF took an MDC stronghold in the March 27 - 28 by-election in the urban high-density constituency of Zengeza. The government press reported that Minister Elliott Manyika, rumored to be involved in the shooting of an MDC youth (Ref),[...]	2004-03-30 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE580	WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH SENIOR MDC OFFICIALS [...] (c) Comment. On April 2, the Ambassador and DCM met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi to discuss, inter alia, South African President Mbeki's effort to broker interparty talks between the MDC and ZANU-PF. Ncube detailed March 1 meetings with Mbe [...]	2004-04-05 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE691	TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...]	2004-04-22 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP
04HARARE726	PRESS UNDER FIRE AGAIN IN ZIMBABWE [...] We have recently noticed a new and more dangerous attack on the press in Zimbabwe. On Monday April 26, 2004 an editorial entitled "Time to deal with traitors" appeared in the government owned newspaper "The Herald." The editorial was at best threatening and at worst [...]	2004-04-29 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
04HARARE751	ZIMBABWE'S GROWING REGIONAL ENEMIES LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Soaked in anti-imperialist rhetoric and conspiracy theories, Zimbabwe's official press continues to view other nations exclusively through the prism of the ruling party's "with-us-or-against-us" framework. On the enemies list, the West has been joined by Botswana, Nigeria and [...]	2004-05-05 08:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ZI
04HARARE752	WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...]	2004-05-05 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE765	MDC MP JOB SIKHALA DENIES SPLINTER PARTY PLOT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, maverick MDC MP Job Sikhala denied rumors that he planned to create a splinter party with other high-level MDC officials. Whether or not that rumor is true, Sikhala and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai currently appear to be at odds -- yet another example of internal conf [...]	2004-05-07 09:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SF ZI MDC
04HARARE768	GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE CANCELS CRITICALLY [...] Summary. Less than a week after it started, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) canceled the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization's FAO) long-awaited crop and food supply assessment mission (CFSAM),which was expected to provide the most authoritative estimates to d [...]	2004-05-07 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE790	VIOLENCE LOWER IN RUN-UP TO RURAL BY-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10 the Ambassador met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesperson Paul SIPDIS Themba-Nyathi. Ncube commented on lower levels of violence in the pre-election period in Lupane, sympathetic meetings with South African officials, and an internal MDC confli [...]	2004-05-11 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC ZI
04HARARE801	AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MEETING WITH MINISTER JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 10, 2004, Ambassador Sullivan met with John Nkomo, Minister of Special Affairs in the President,s Office (Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement). The Ambassador raised the status of the Government of Zimbabwe,s (GOZ) land reform program with respect to conservancies, t [...]	2004-05-13 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV US ZI
04HARARE84	UN CONSIDERING ZIMBABWE'S REQUEST FOR ELECTION [...] (C) UN Resrep Victor Angelo told us over lunch Jan 14 that in response to a written, formal GOZ request for UN assistance in organizing the 2005 parliamentary elections, the UN Mission in Zimbabwe has engaged in a series of consultations with GOZ officials and the opposition MDC. Angelo said t [...]	2004-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE843	ZANU-PF WRESTS MP SEAT FROM MDC IN RURAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with Harare based diplomats from ten other countries, Poloff observed a May 15 - 16 parliamentary by-election in the rural Matabeleland North district of Lupane -- a traditional MDC stronghold. ZANU-PF narrowly won the seat by a margin of over 800 votes in an election chara [...]	2004-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE882	MUGABE VISIBLY AGITATED DURING SKY NEWS INTERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Controversy has swirled around President Mugabe's May 22 interview with Sky News. The fallout might result in some turmoil within the higher echelons of ZANU-PF, and some discomfort for Mbeki, but it is unlikely to affect Mugabe's domestic political fortune. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...]	2004-05-27 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON KPAO ZI
04HARARE931	CONSOLIDATION OF MUGABE REGIME REPRESSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 08:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
04HARARE944	ZIMBABWE MAIZE PRODUCTION 2004, FEAST OR FAMINE [...] In recent weeks, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officially proclaimed maize production of about 2.4 million metric tons (MT) and firmly stated that it will not need food aid. The GOZ withdrew from the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Assessment by ordering its staff back from the field, thus scuttli [...]	2004-06-07 11:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HELSINKI1006	FINLAND: BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND [...] (C) As reported in Ref C, almost all official contact between Finland and Cuba has ceased, and Finland does not maintain an embassy in Havana. 2. (C) We are not aware of any current activity by the Finnish Government, or by Finnish NGOs, to support elements of Cuban civil society and encour [...]	2004-08-03 10:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB CU FI ILO
04HELSINKI1010	FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 08:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY FI
04HELSINKI1023	FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY [...] (C) This message contains an action request from the Government of Finland for additional information. See para 6. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 3 to Leena Riitola, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department for Africa and Middle-East Affairs. Riitola agreed that [...]	2004-08-06 05:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI IQ
04HELSINKI1024	FINLAND: NO INTEREST IN CAMP ASHRAF MEK DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 05:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER IR FI IQ
04HELSINKI1025	KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...]	2004-08-06 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI FI NATO
04HELSINKI1132	E-PINE: FINLAND COMMITS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Pol Chief and Poloff demarched Tuula Yrjola, the desk officer for Ukraine, and Terhi Hakala, Director on the Unit for East Europe and Central Asia, about the need for additional election observers in Ukraine during upcoming elections. Poloffs noted the interest [...]	2004-09-01 11:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PGOV PREL PHUM FI OSCE
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1288	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) I spoke today with Jaakko Kalela, President Halonen's chief of staff. I noted news reports over the past few days that a cache of weapons, mostly handguns, had been seized in Finland. Just today Finnish customs officials have reported that these weapons were transiting Finland, from China [...]	2004-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1360	ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel),stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...]	2004-10-19 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU
04HELSINKI1406	FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR TURKISH ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (U) Several Finnish officials and opinion makers have recently expressed support at a variety of fora for eventual Turkish accession to the EU. Such statements mark Finland as being among those who support a positive decision as regards the Turkish question later this year. Olli Rehn, the ne [...]	2004-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TU FI EUN
04HELSINKI1407	FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...]	2004-11-01 15:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1442	FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Tulla Yrjola, the Counselor for Ukraine in Finland's MFA on November 10. Yrjola confirmed that the two Finnish observers that worked with the OSCE during the first round of the Presidential Election in Ukraine would return for the second round. Yrjola sa [...]	2004-11-12 14:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP FI
04HELSINKI1444	SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: FINLAND [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche November 10 to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter said that Finland would like to find a way to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) if it can. The GoF would hope to find some area in w [...]	2004-11-12 15:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ FI
04HELSINKI1445	DISBURSING PLEDGES FOR THE UN PROTECTION FORCE IN [...] (C) POL Chief delivered reftel demarche November 10 to Elina Kalkku, Director of the Finnish MFA's Security Policy Unit. Drawing on reftel talking points, he noted that deployment of a Georgian battalion to Iraq for "middle ring" security is imminent, with a Romanian unit likely to follow soo [...]	2004-11-12 15:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ FI
04HELSINKI1468	FINNS AGREE TO EXTENSION OF MOTAPM COORDINATOR AT [...] (U) Netherlands Ambassador Engels telephoned U.S. Ambassador Mack on November 10 to report that he had received instructions from The Hague to deliver a demarche on behalf of the EU, requesting that the GoF extend the tenure of Ambassador Markku Reimaa as coordinator for the Group of Governmen [...]	2004-11-17 01:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL FI
04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04HELSINKI1482	FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...]	2004-11-19 08:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU
04HELSINKI1486	FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI
04HELSINKI1499	NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...]	2004-11-26 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO
04HELSINKI1504	FINLAND WILL SIGN BILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO U.S.-EU [...] (U) Poloff on November 29 spoke about the bilateral instrument with Matti Joutsen, the Director for International Relations at the Ministry of Justice. Joutsen said that the GoF was "favorably disposed" to signing the bilateral instrument in Brussels on Dec. 15 or 16. Joutsen said that Fin [...]	2004-11-29 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL FI EUN
04HELSINKI1535	FINLAND: NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Veikko Suralahti in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there has been no change in Finland's policy toward or contacts with Cuba since Ref. B was drafted. Finland does not have an Embassy in Havana and has little co [...]	2004-12-08 12:36:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL CU FI
04HELSINKI1547	FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...]	2004-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC
04HELSINKI1571	NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...]	2004-12-16 12:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU
04HELSINKI1603	FINNS FIND PUTIN "FRUSTRATED, ANXIOUS" [...] (C) Finnish President Tarja Halonen's most recent meeting with Vladimir Putin left the Finns with the clear impression that the Russian president is feeling frustrated and anxious. He complained at length to Halonen that Russia has been misunderstood and mistreated by the West, with an implici [...]	2004-12-29 14:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KNEI RS FI EUN
04HELSINKI1604	FINNISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS ESTONIA, [...] (C) On December 22 Jarmo Viinanen, advisor to Finnish President Halonen, gave us a read-out on the December 14 meeting between Halonen and Russian President Putin. Viinanen confirmed that, as reported to Embassy Tallinn (reftel),Halonen had asked when Putin would sign border treaties with Est [...]	2004-12-29 14:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN LG
04HOCHIMINHCITY1002	ACTIVIST NGUYEN DAN QUE SENTENCED [...] (U) On July 29, a HCMC criminal court sentenced prominent activist Nguyen Dan Que to 30 months imprisonment for "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State." Que was originally charged with the much more serious charge of "espionage" after calling for political and [...]	2004-07-30 00:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1024	(SBU) DPRK REFUGEE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" RUNS THROUGH [...] (SBU) We met August 3 with a counterpart at the ROK Consulate in HCMC to follow up on press reports that the four hundred and fifty North Korean refugees that defected recently to South Korea did so via HCMC. (On July 27 and July 28, 450 North Koreans refugees arrived in Seoul, the single lar [...]	2004-08-05 01:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KS KN CH VM DPRK
04HOCHIMINHCITY1074	VIETNAM DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-released dissident, Tran Van Khue, and Ms. Tam Van, the wife of jailed activist Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, told us that Vietnam remains far from meeting international human rights standards, particularly in areas such as freedom of association and expression. Despite the inju [...]	2004-08-19 11:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1077	GVN LAUNCHES MASSIVE AGENT ORANGE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has launched a vigorous media campaign to whip up support for the Agent Orange lawsuit in a New York Federal Court, but our contacts and (wo)man on the street in Ho Chi Minh City remain largely unmoved, tending to be more preoccupied with quality of li [...]	2004-08-20 00:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL SENV OPRC VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1128	MEKONG DELTA CAPITAL SEEKS NATIONAL ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Can Tho, the commercial center of Vietnam's fertile Mekong Delta, wants to break out of its role as a provincial capital and establish itself on the national and international stage. While participating in a trade fair opening led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Econoff saw [...]	2004-09-06 23:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ETRD EFIS EAGR VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1129	VIETNAMESE PASTOR TRAN MAI RELEASED FROM DETENTION [...] (SBU) We spoke with Pastor Tran Mai, at home and in good health on September 7, and confirmed his release on September 6 after eight days detention. The pastor said he was unclear as to why he was detained at the Cambodia/Vietnam border on August 29 (ref a). He stated that, as on previous occa [...]	2004-09-07 11:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1140	STAFFDEL JANNUZI FOCUSES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Central Highland Province of Pleiku September 2 to 4, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffer Jannuzi focused on religious freedom issues, particularly among the region's ethnic minorities. The response of local GVN officials to Jannuzi's call for great [...]	2004-09-09 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1173	SFRC STAFFER FOCUSES ON PLIGHT OF VIETNAM'S CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Paternalism, racism, bureaucratic ineptitude, communist orthodoxy, economic and educational marginalization, and war legacy issues were all on display when SFRC staffer Frank Jannuzi assessed the status of ethnic minorities -- Montagnards -- in the Central Highlands province of [...]	2004-09-17 07:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1204	SUBDUED REACTION TO IRF REPORT IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and official reaction in Southern Vietnam to the decision to designate Vietnam a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) has been muted. While the HCMC press faithfully carried Hanoi-issued editorials on CPC, there was no "piling on," i.e., no effort to supplement wi [...]	2004-09-24 12:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP OPRC VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1240	RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Danang September 30 and October 1, religious leaders from GVN-recognized Catholic and Protestant denominations painted a picture of provincial leadership that is tolerant of organized religion. While bemoaning their lack of "complete religious freedom," they t [...]	2004-10-05 12:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1308	AMCIT PASTOR AND 17 HMONG DETAINED IN RELIGIOUS TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HCMC authorities on October 11 detained two Protestant pastors, one of whom was an American citizen, and 17 ethnic Hmong Protestant deacons from Northern Vietnam attending a Bible training class at a private house in HCMC. Police told the participants their meeting was illegal. [...]	2004-10-19 12:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1321	(SBU) PESONNEL CHANGES IN VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Personnel shifts within the Communist Party in Southern Vietnam indicate that jockeying for position ahead of the party's 10th Congress in 2006 is underway. A contact close to the Party told us that the Party's Central Committee had begun to consider who might succeed Prime M [...]	2004-10-21 11:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI VM DPOL
04HOCHIMINHCITY1359	KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...]	2004-10-27 11:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1383	FORMER PM VO VAN KIET ON U.S. TIES, WTO, ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, one of the fathers of Vietnam's economic reform policy and an informal advisor to the GVN and the Party, stressed to the Consul General October 30 that Vietnam is on the verge of eliminating the last vestiges of its central planning system, div [...]	2004-11-04 07:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EAID EFIN ETRD VM WTO SOE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1386	CONTROVERSIAL KONTUM PASTOR FANS RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) On November 4 post received from EAP/BCLTV an electronic copy of letter from Kon Tum Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh dated October 26 containing two highly inflammatory allegations: -- in late September, Kon Tum provincial police detained and tortured seven new converts for three days [...]	2004-11-04 13:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1388	GVN AND HCMC RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSULT ON NEW LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: GVN officials in Ho Chi Minh City are in the process of consulting with the religious community in southern Vietnam on new draft implementation guidelines for Vietnam's new religious ordinance. These officials are also making overtures to Vietnam's evangelical Protes [...]	2004-11-05 00:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1400	MONTAGNARDS, RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the South Vo Viet Thanh told the Consul General that the GVN wants U.S. support to solve the problem of ethnic Montagnards in the Central Highlands fleeing to Cambodia. He suggested that Vietnam could establish an "in-country" program s [...]	2004-11-09 11:33:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1404	NGUYEN CAO KY VISITS HCMC AGAIN - ADVISING THE GVN? [...] (SBU) Summary: We met November 9 in HCMC with former Vice President of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, who made headlines with a well-publicized reconciliation visit to Vietnam in January 2004. Ky told us he was back on a "quiet working visit" to engage the GVN on Viet Kieu reco [...]	2004-11-09 12:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL ECON VM HUMANR ETMIN CVR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1422	CONTROVERSIAL VIETNAMESE MENNONITE PASTOR CONVICTED IN [...] (SBU) According to Pham Dinh Nhan (strictly protect),a leader of the Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF),an association of house church groups, in a trial the morning of November 12, the HCMC Criminal Court sentenced controversial Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang to three years imprisonme [...]	2004-11-12 10:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1464	RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are keeping a tight lid on religious activities, particularly in the Protestant community. According to GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam, only 4,300 of 125,000 believers worship in "official" churches; [...]	2004-11-23 12:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF PHUM VM KREF HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1468	DAS DUGAN VISITS UBCV BUDDHIST LEADER IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Quang Do, Secretary General of the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that he strongly opposes the GVN communist government. In his first meeting with USG officials since he was placed under de facto "pagoda arrest" in October [...]	2004-11-24 09:47:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY147	GVN DECREE ON NORMALIZATION OF PROTESTANTISM IN THE [...] (SBU) A December decree from the GVN National Committee on Religious Affairs, provided to ConGen by the Dak Lak province Representative Board of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV),promised new steps to "normalize" the operation of Protestant churches in the Central Highlands. [...]	2004-02-13 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1482	AMBASSADOR VISITS UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),at Quy Nhon General Hospital November 21. Thich Huyen Quang confirmed that he remains under unofficial pagoda arrest, although local officials arranged [...]	2004-11-26 08:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1491	ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLAND DAK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak appears to be following Hanoi's directives to improve the economic and educational status of ethnic minorities. Discrimination and a plantation economy have left the ethnic minorities poor and disenfranchised. Provincial officials clai [...]	2004-11-30 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1493	DAK LAK PROVINCE - CONTROL INHIBITS GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local leaders in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak loathe to relinquish economic control are missing the chance for growth in tourism, industry and agriculture. Agriculture, the mainstay of Dak Lak's economy, has been hit by falling world coffee prices and drought. State [...]	2004-12-01 01:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM SOE ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494	DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...]	2004-12-01 04:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528	VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...]	2004-12-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY153	CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGION IN VIETNAM: MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Local religious leaders offered up fewer specific complaints of violent or coercive acts of religious oppression and called for greater activism during meetings with a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in January. While some government offici [...]	2004-02-13 11:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY1554	SHRIMP, DEVELOPMENT AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN SOC [...] (SBU) Shrimp farming in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is driving economic growth and poverty eradication. Beneficiaries include the large ethnic Khmer minority. Reports from exile groups of disenfranchisement and oppression of the Khmer appear out of date. The GVN began a l [...]	2004-12-17 03:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREL SOCI PHUM PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR HIV AIDS
04HOCHIMINHCITY1581	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OPEN TO U.S. AID [...] (U) This is a Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi joint reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An ECON HCMC-Hanoi and USAID visit to the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum revealed the area's economic and development situation is particularly desperate, even compared with its impoverished Central Highl [...]	2004-12-22 11:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1590	CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to contacts in the Catholic and Protestant communities, Christmas services in the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kontum were numerous and peaceful, although under heavy police and military scrutiny. In contrast, Protestant services in Dak Lak province were [...]	2004-12-28 10:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY210	MORE FRIEND THAN FOE? THE CHAM MUSLIMS OF AN GIANG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang Province's small ethnic minority Cham Muslims expressed delight at U.S. interest in them and a willingness to meet again. Poloff informally visited three Cham Muslim mosques on February 20, 2004, meeting with lay followers and one Imam. The Cham shared current inform [...]	2004-03-02 09:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM KIRF RELFREE ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY232	LATEST CLAIMS OF "RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION" DON'T WASH [...] (SBU) On March 4, ConGen received information from U.S.-based sources that Vietnamese public security officers had surrounded the home of Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang in District 2 of HCMC, at 16:15 local time on March 2. The security officials were alleged to have ordered everyone who w [...]	2004-03-05 10:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY252	HOW NOW HOA HAO? RELIGION IN AN GIANG PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leadership of the government-recognized Hoa Hao Administrative Council (HHAC) provided a predictably positive report on the condition of the indigenous Hoa Hao faith in Vietnam, during PolOff's recent visit to An Giang Province. The HHAC, recognized by the GVN in 1999, was [...]	2004-03-09 09:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY255	HO CHI MINH CITY OPENS THE DOOR TO CATHOLIC CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) In a small dinner on March 1 at his 100-year-old residence, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of HCMC, told the Consul General that he had just received a letter from Ho Chi Minh City authorities seeking assistance in dealing with the growing HIV/AIDS problem. The letter, signed by the [...]	2004-03-09 13:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HIV AIDS RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY303	CLAIMS OF CHURCH CLOSURES AND BEATINGS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Protestant sources reported that while the overall religious situation in the Central Highlands was still showing signs of improvement, as evidenced by six new ordinations, additional cases of house church closures, destruction of church properties, and arrests and beatings of tho [...]	2004-03-18 09:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY315	LETTERS FROM HOA HAO DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading HCMC-based Hoa Hao "dissident" Tran Huu Duyen recently provided Post with two letters detailing his views on the status of religious freedom and the Hoa Hao. One letter was addressed to the Consulate General and one to Congress. While few of his points are new, they pro [...]	2004-03-22 13:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY336	FORMER UBCV MONK THICH TRI LUC: RELIEVED AT HIS RELEASE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Pham Van Tuong (protect),formerly known as Thich Tri Luc, met with CG and ConGenoffs for two hours on March 30, 2004, four days after his release from prison. The former monk from the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) appeared to be in good physical and mental c [...]	2004-03-31 00:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY343	REPORTS OF HOUSE CHURCH CLOSINGS, BEATINGS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Three new Protestant contacts, introduced by a trusted HCMC-based source, shared information on several recent incidents in Kon Tum and Quang Ngai provinces with Poloff in two meetings in HCMC on March 31. At the first meeting, two lay pastors provided firsthand accounts of hou [...]	2004-04-01 12:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY374	A KINDERGARTEN FOR CAN GIO: THE U.S. NAVY CONNECTS WITH [...] (SBU) On March 14, 2004, Consul General participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a kindergarten built with the assistance of the U.S. Navy and funding from a U.S. NGO. Ground was first broken on this project back in November 2003, during a port call to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by the U [...]	2004-04-07 03:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV SOCI PREL VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY391	REPORTS OF ETHNIC UNREST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) The Consulate General has received credible reports of ethnic unrest in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak. According to several reliable second-hand sources, groups of ethnic Ede began moving into the provincial capital of Buon Me Thuot early on the morning of Saturday, April 10. [...]	2004-04-10 07:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY401	MONTAGNARDS PROTEST IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OVER EASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen HCMC has spoken with numerous sources in Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands regarding reports of violence during demonstrations by ethnic minority residents ("Montagnards") of Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces. The demonstrations began early on the morning of Saturda [...]	2004-04-12 12:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY406	MFA IN HCMC ASSURES CONGEN SITUATION IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Le Hung Quoc, Senior Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO),downplayed reports of widespread protests and high casualty numbers in the Central Highlands (refs A and B) during a meeting with Acting Consul General on April 13, assuring her tha [...]	2004-04-13 14:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY45	PASTOR BUI VAN BA TO STAND TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ho Chi Minh City District 11 People's Court will try Pastor Bui Van Ba on the morning of January 13, 2004. Pastor Ba, of the Full Gospel Assembly, is charged with assaulting a police officer in the course of his duties. The charge stems from an August 18, 2003, altercati [...]	2004-01-09 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY505	PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM: HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held technical talks in Hanoi with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) program, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting certain category eligibility under the orderly departure [...]	2004-04-22 12:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY507	HCMC ERO BRIEFS FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ON THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a briefing for the Consular Corps on April 20, Director Le Quoc Hung of the Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Office (ERO -- the southern branch office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) blamed "extremist elements" inside and outside of Vietnam for demonstrations that turn [...]	2004-04-23 03:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF SOCI SCUL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY510	PROTESTANTS CRITICIZE MFI ROLE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite continued assertions from Human Rights Watch, the Transnational Radical Party, Montagnard Foundation, Inc. (MFI) and various other groups that police and military units brutally beat, raped, killed and arrested ethnic minority demonstrators in the Central Highlands durin [...]	2004-04-23 18:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY572	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UBCV LEADER THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 00:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR

04HOCHIMINHCITY573	EMBASSY/CONGEN TEAM VISITS DAK LAK, ASSESSES EXTENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen poloffs discovered more questions than answers concerning reports of recent ethnic unrest (refs A and B),during an April 26-27 trip through the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. While everyone from government officials to some of the protesters themselv [...]	2004-04-30 00:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY673	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MAKES SLOW PROGRESS IN HUE [...] (SBU) Both religious leaders and government officials in Thua Thien-Hue Province expressed a generally positive outlook on religious freedom during recent official meetings. However, Embassy and Consulate General officers were prevented from making unannounced visits to dissident Buddhist and [...]	2004-05-18 00:31:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY751	HO CHI MINH CITY BUDDHISTS (OFFICIAL AND UN-) MARK [...] (U) Several thousand Buddhist believers joined hundreds of Buddhist monks and nuns at a June 1 dawn celebration of the 2548th anniversary of the Buddha's birth. The event featured speeches by various leaders of the government recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and local government offici [...]	2004-06-03 01:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY752	PROTESTANT S0URCE DISCUSSES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS UNREST AND [...] (SBU) In a May 28 meeting with the Consul General, a reliable Protestant source reported that the April 10-11 Easter weekend unrest in the Central Highlands had resulted in the deaths of 10 ethnic minority persons in Gia Lai Province and another 190 in Dak Lak Province -- contrary to GVN claims [...]	2004-06-03 01:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY758	LEGAL PROTESTANTS SEE MOVEMENT ON SEMINARY, NEW CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Several members of the Executive Board of the government- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) told the Ambassador they were moving ahead with plans for construction of a new seminary campus during a meeting last month at their offices in HCMC. The Protestant leaders [...]	2004-06-04 13:31:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY76	CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM: CATHOLICS [...] (U) Dr. Scott Flipse, senior policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) traveled through Hanoi, Hue, the Central Highlands, and Ho Chi Minh City on an official fact-finding mission from January 7-16. He was joined by Mr. George Phillips, from the office o [...]	2004-01-28 00:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY789	WELL KNOWN MENNONITE PASTOR DETAINED IN HCMC [...] (SBU) On the evening of June 8, ConGen HCMC received information from several reliable Protestant contacts that police in HCMC had "arrested" Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang at his home in District 2. This followed earlier reports that police were searching the home, which doubles as an un [...]	2004-06-09 13:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY796	LOCAL PROTESTANTS TAKE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen followed up with several local Protestant leaders on June 10, to obtain additional details on the June 8 detention of Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang (ref A) in HCMC. ConGen also obtained a copy of an official "announcement" of the arrest, which the District 2 police [...]	2004-06-12 10:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY824	FORMER UBCV MONK TO PURSUE IMMIGRANT VISA AFTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Pham Van Tuong, formerly known as Thich Tri Luc while still a monk with the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, has confirmed that he is now scheduled to depart Vietnam on June 22 under UNHCR auspices for resettlement in Sweden. He will travel with his wife and child. Mr. Tuo [...]	2004-06-18 13:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CVIS PREF SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY84	CIRFDEL/STAFFDEL GROVE SURVEY RELIGION IN VIETNAM: [...] (SBU) The religious situation for Protestants in Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces has seen some real improvements in the last three months, according to both government officials and Protestant leaders who met with two USG delegations in early January. Official registrations for new Protestant ch [...]	2004-01-28 12:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY870	HCMC RELIGION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DETAINED MENNONITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, ranking officials from the HCMC Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) met with Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship (VEF) leader Pham Dinh Nhan (please protect) to admonish him over his activities on behalf of detained Mennonite Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and, more general [...]	2004-07-01 01:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV SCUL PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY873	RECENT NGO STATEMENTS ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST KHUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has spoken separately with the wife and two of the adult children (strictly protect) of detained democracy activist Tran Khue over the past two weeks, to follow up on a recent report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) concerning the status of his case. While t [...]	2004-07-01 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY917	DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST TRAN KHUE SENTENCED TO TWENTY MONTHS [...] (SBU) The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court convicted detained democracy activist Tran Khue of violating administrative detention and abusing democracy and freedom to undermine national interests on July 9th. Khue was sentenced to 19 months, with credit for 18 months and nine days time served. [...]	2004-07-12 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL SCUL VM HUMANR
04ISTANBUL1019	A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...]	2004-06-30 08:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU NATO
04ISTANBUL1062	TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]	2004-07-09 07:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ISTANBUL1074	ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" AND THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES [...] (sbu) Summary: The lack of agreement and dialogue on the so-called Armenian "genocide" question remains a major obstacle to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. A long-term resolution of this problematic issue can only be built on an open dialogue and healthy academic debate. Free and complete ac [...]	2004-07-12 09:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL1090	NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elected on June 16 as the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Secretary General (reftel),Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu met with poloff on July 12 to discuss his recent election, plans for the organization, and views on a range of topics. Well-known to the Consul [...]	2004-07-13 11:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1249	TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATION URGES HALT TO WORK [...] (sbu) Immediately following the August 2 murder of Murat Yuce, a former Turkish trucker who had been held hostage in Iraq, Turkey's largest transporters' association released a statement calling on its members to halt work on all U.S. military contracts in Iraq. The non-binding statement may [...]	2004-08-09 07:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU
04ISTANBUL1346	ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...]	2004-08-27 03:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU
04ISTANBUL1459	THE FUTURE OF ORTHODOXY [...] (sbu) Summary: In addition to the struggle to maintain Istanbul as a viable seat for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Bartholomew faces a rising challenge for moral and ecclesiastical authority within the Orthodox world from Moscow-based Russian Patriarch Alexy II. End Summary. 2. (sbu) Ecumen [...]	2004-09-22 11:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1488	TURKISH TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS OUTLINE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Turkey's two leading transporters associations told us in meetings this week that their members perceive a deteriorating security situation in Iraq, with problems now reaching as far as Mosul in the north. They also continue to see serious problems with the [...]	2004-10-04 03:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PTER PREL IZ TU
04ISTANBUL1714	THE PLIGHT OF TURKS IN WESTERN THRACE: RED HERRING [...] (sbu) Summary: There is a solid strain of Turkish opinion promoting the idea of "reciprocity" re dealing with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Increasingly, opinion makers and the GOT attempt to justify the current situation by citing the "mistreatment" of Turks living in Greece. The Association [...]	2004-11-17 11:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU
04ISTANBUL1716	SECURITY AND PAYMENT HEAD LIST OF TURKISH BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of Turkish companies active in Iraq outlined their main concerns in a November 5 meeting with Turkey Caucus co-chair Representative Ed Whitfield. Security and payment issues headed the list, with companies reporting not just serious problems in ensuring the safe delivery [...]	2004-11-18 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG MOPS PREL PTER TU
04ISTANBUL1751	VIEWS FROM IZMIR ON IRAQ, EU MEMBERSHIP, HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Izmir business and religious leaders, NGOs and a journalist shared their views on human rights, Iraq, Turkey's EU membership and religious issues November 12 with Izmir liaison officer. The Izmir branches of the Human Rights Foundation and the Bar Association, both involved with [...]	2004-11-24 03:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL1804	CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...]	2004-12-06 08:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI
04ISTANBUL1821	MEETING WITH KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Consular Section Chief met on December 7 with H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading Company Managing Director Sadan Kaptanoglu and other company executives to review Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the company. While reiterating that th [...]	2004-12-08 04:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL KFRD TU
04ISTANBUL1868	THE NEW EU? ARRANGING MARRIAGES ON TURKISH [...] (u) Summary: With Turkey on the verge of receiving a historic invitation on December 17 to begin membership negotiations, Europe is seized with the question of whether Turkey is sufficiently "European." Religion and economic disparities aside, Turkish television provides a window into some ke [...]	2004-12-15 05:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TU
04ISTANBUL1944	RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE OR WINDOW DRESSING [...] (sbu) Summary: In trying to burnish ruling AKP's religious tolerance credentials, Prime Minister Erdogan attended the December 5 opening of a museum at an Armenian Hospital in Istanbul and four days later presided over the opening ceremony for a new mosque-church-synagogue complex near Antaly [...]	2004-12-28 11:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL262	BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...]	2004-02-20 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU
04ISTANBUL266	CHALDEANS LEAVING IRAQ THROUGH ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A significant number of Chaldean-Iraqis have left Iraq, and are currently taking refuge in Istanbul. Estimates vary on the size of the group, with Turkey's de facto Chaldean leader estimating 4,600, while Catholic relief Charity Caritas thinks around 1,500 refugees may currently [...]	2004-02-20 12:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL276	ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...]	2004-02-24 12:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
04ISTANBUL295	TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER ON US/TURKEY [...] (u) Summary: During the course of a February 26 courtesy call by the Ambassador, First Army Commander General Buyukanit offered his views on U.S.-Turkish military-to-military relations, the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, and the Greater Middle East. End Summary. Mil-Mil Relations --------- [...]	2004-02-26 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ISTANBUL298	ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...]	2004-02-26 13:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU
04ISTANBUL365	ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]	2004-03-09 12:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL374	FUROR OVER ATATURK'S DAUGHTER'S ARMENIAN ANCESTRY [...] (sbu) Summary: Recent claims reported in two Turkish newspapers that the late Sabiha Gokcen -- Ataturk's adopted daughter and Turkey's first female pilot -- was Armenian have exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society. The reports led a number of prominent figures to make racist rema [...]	2004-03-10 12:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL376	ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...]	2004-03-10 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU
04ISTANBUL381	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...]	2004-03-11 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL401	ARMENIAN PATRIARCH DISCUSSES ONGOING CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II believes the run-up to a decision for Turkey on EU accession in December provides the best opportunity in years to get movement from the GoT on a variety of problems faced by minority communities, including church administration and property issues, cl [...]	2004-03-17 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL432	TERROR STRIKES ISTANBUL MASONIC LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, a botched suicide attack against an Istanbul Masonic lodge left 2 dead and 7 wounded (reftel). Investigations continue, but police statements and assorted press reports suggest that there may have been a network of planners and accomplices, as well as connections to [...]	2004-03-22 07:29:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL492	TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...]	2004-03-30 12:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU
04ISTANBUL530	GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE: YOUNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH A GROUP OF ISTANBUL ACADEMICS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE REACTIONS OF INFORMED INTERLOCUTORS TO THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE. SEVERAL WARNED OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND OTHERS WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED COMMITMENT COULD BE SUSTAI [...]	2004-04-06 11:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI XF TU
04ISTANBUL71	PATRIARCH AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I plans to travel to Cuba to accept title to a rebuilt Greek Orthodox Church in Havana. He has undertaken to raise human rights concerns both publicly and privately while in Cuba, and has agreed to a reception hosted by U.S., Greek, and Turkish d [...]	2004-01-12 11:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU PHUM TU
04ISTANBUL789	TRUCKING INTO THE EU...VIA CYPRUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of Turkish truckers were stopped for days at several EU border crossings on May 1 when European customs officials insisted that they present insurance cards valid in Cyprus. Although the crisis was resolved by issuing replacement insurance cards, Turkish truckers and [...]	2004-05-17 04:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD GR PREL TU
04ISTANBUL797	THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH STRIKES BACK [...] (sbu) Summary: Following a decision by Archbishop Christodoulos of Greece to appoint three new bishops without his approval, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and an enlarged Holy Synod formally broke communion with Christodoulos on April 30 and called on the newly-appointed bishops not to assu [...]	2004-05-20 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GR TU
04ISTANBUL798	TURKISH-ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: NO LIGHT AT THE [...] (c) Summary: Until now Istanbul-based initiatives have had an important role to play in track-two moves to improve Turco-Armenian relations. However, the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC),much-derided by the Armenian diaspora and largely ignored by Turks, has discontinued its [...]	2004-05-20 08:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL891	TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...]	2004-06-08 09:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY
04ISTANBUL90	LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...]	2004-01-14 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL974	TURKEY'S "EURO" VISION [...] Summary: While European officials assess GOT efforts toward meeting the Copenhagen Criteria in advance of the EU Council's important December Summit, Turkey's de facto integration into the cultural life of Europe deepens. Turkey's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, along wit [...]	2004-06-21 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL TU
04JAKARTA10342	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yudhoyono Oct. 21. Yudhoyono painted a broad picture of needing to convince the Indonesian people on the importance of international cooperation and friendship as well as showing foreign friends that Indonesia is on the right path. SBY sai [...]	2004-10-21 11:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINS PTER ID
04JAKARTA12319	INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...]	2004-12-14 11:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID
04JAKARTA5072	POLITICAL INTRIGUE IMPERILS BAPETEN'S CHAIRMAN JOB [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Control Board (BAPETEN) Dr. Djaloeis (please protect) confided to us 25 July that political intrigue involving one of his deputies and the State Minister of Research and Technology Hatta Rajasa, and a previously unknown radical Islamic group called T [...]	2004-05-28 12:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	TRGY AORC KNNP KTIA IAEA ENRG PREL
04JAKARTA8872	THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...]	2004-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID
04JERUSALEM171	HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO [...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...]	2004-01-20 05:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
04JERUSALEM4203	PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WORRIED AS ARAFAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat's health deteriorated suddenly the evening of November 3, according to ConGen sources in Ramallah, who said his doctors in Paris had moved him to an intensive care unit after he began vomiting and experiencing fatigue and fever. Negotia [...]	2004-11-04 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS
04JERUSALEM4306	ABD RABBO: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SUHA -- STRANGER [...] (C) Summary: PLO ExCom member Yasir Abd Rabbo told DPO November 9 that Suha Arafat's undignified rant on al-Jazeera in which she accused the Palestinian leadership of conspiring against her husband had found no resonance among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, her behavior had [...]	2004-11-09 16:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR
04JERUSALEM926	ARAFAT BLOCKS COURT ORDER UNFREEZING HAMAS ACCOUNTS [...] (C) ON THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF YASIR ARAFAT, PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) GOVERNOR AMIN HADDAD CALLED ECON/C MARCH 23 TO REPORT THAT ARAFAT HAD INSTRUCTED THE PMA AND THE PA SECURITY SERVICES TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 21 HIGHER JUDICIAL COUNCIL ORDER UNFREEZING 39 BANK [...]	2004-03-23 15:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL IS
04KABUL1381	NORTHERN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. VII Corps General Wasiq met with the Ambassador on May 10 to discuss major initiatives to bring stability and promote economic and political progress in northern Afghanistan. Key topics included: northern disappointment with the perceived slow pace of reconstruction efforts in t [...]	2004-05-15 04:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF
04KATHMANDU1001	NEPAL: KING'S ADVISOR OUTLINES STEPS TO FORM NEW [...] SUMMARY: KING GYANENDRA'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND CONFIDANT, PRABHAKAR RANA, TOLD THE CHARGE AND DCM ON MAY 28 THAT REPEATED EFFORTS TO PERSUADE THE LEADERS OF THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES TO ACCEPT SOMEONE ELSE AS PRIME MINISTER HAD FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE KING IS LIKELY TO CALL ALL THE PART [...]	2004-05-28 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NP PGOV PREL GON
04KATHMANDU1026	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: HISTORY STARTS TODAY [...] (C) We appreciate the perspective, based on personal experience as well as scholarship, brought to the history of the Nepalese Bhutanese refugee problem by Embassy New Delhi (REF B). The roots of the present imbroglio are deep and complex. What the Government of Bhutan describes as legitim [...]	2004-06-03 07:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV BT IN NP
04KATHMANDU1030	NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Central Committee members. Among those reportedly arrested is Kumar Dahal (a.k.a. "Bijay"),the head of the Maoists' Kathmandu Valley Special Regional Bureau. [...]	2004-06-04 02:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN
04KATHMANDU105	NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...] His Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003. Ambassador-designate Adhikari will replace acting Nepali CDA Pradeep Khatiwata, who has been GON's representative since Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa retur [...]	2004-01-14 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1080	NEPAL: PM DEUBA'S PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a warm 40-minute courtesy call by the Charge on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on June 10, Nepal's new Prime Minister broadly outlined the challenges he faces in building a new government, dealing with the Maoists, and restoring democratic processes in Nepal. Deuba's sta [...]	2004-06-10 21:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP GON
04KATHMANDU1096	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). However, refugees who make the dangerous passage continue to face other risks. For example, the reports of abuse of three female refugees in April appear to have l [...]	2004-06-14 08:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH
04KATHMANDU1183	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 15 TO 21, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- UML, NC (D) agree on Common Minimum Program: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that both the parties (ruling NC-D and CPN-UML) had agreed on the common minimum program. "We have reached consensus and soon will give all-party shape to the present government," [...]	2004-06-24 06:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1269	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to 31-member cabinet by inducting 28 ministers from four political parties and civic society on Monday. (Major reports, 7/6) -- Cabinet faces: The cabinet has 19 cabin [...]	2004-07-08 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moriarty made his first official call on Foreign Secretary Madhu Acharya on July 8. Acharya stated that the UN offer to mediate with the Maoists was appreciated, but third-party mediation from any quarters would not be accepted for the time being. Meanwhile, India's [...]	2004-07-09 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IN BH NP UN
04KATHMANDU1304	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 7 TO 12, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Govt. ready to talk to Maoists: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government was ready to talk with the Maoists on any political agenda with maximum flexibility except on constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy. (Media reports, 7/12) -- Mo [...]	2004-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1319	NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...]	2004-07-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP
04KATHMANDU1353	NEPAL: KING OFFERS VIEWS AT AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 20-minute one-on-one after I presented my credentials on July 16, Nepal's King Gyanendra told me that he wanted to be a constitutional monarch, and would take a "hands-off" approach now that Prime Minister Deuba had formed a government. The King described ongoing U.S. assist [...]	2004-07-16 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP PGOV PINS PTER PHUM NP
04KATHMANDU1372	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 13 TO 19, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- FM unveils Rs 111 billion budget: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari unveiled Rs 111.68 billion-budget ordinance for the fiscal year 2061/62 (2004/05). The budget does not make any radical departure from those of the previous years. It h [...]	2004-07-20 07:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1418	NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and especially to President Bush, for supporting Nepal's development and counter-insurgency efforts. Deuba emphasized the need for a coalition of democratic forc [...]	2004-07-26 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1443	NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must be the government's priority. Believing the Maoists ready to meet, Adhikari defended his budget by stating that a strong military and administration were req [...]	2004-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON
04KATHMANDU1444	NEPAL: STATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's State Foreign Affairs Minister Mahat told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists before the Maoists were serious would be fruitless. Mahat indicated that a critical RGOB had accepted the results of Nepal's criminal investigation of the 22 December Bh [...]	2004-07-27 08:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BT NP
04KATHMANDU1479	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER KHADKA ON MAOISTS, REFUGEES, [...] (S) Summary. Nepal's Home Minister Khadka discussed the role of the Nepal Police in the Government of Nepal's counter-insurgency effort as well as Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues with Ambassador Moriarty on July 27. Khadka suggested he was supportive of the idea of Nepal supplying troop [...]	2004-07-30 07:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1481	NEPAL'S TOURISM SECTOR UNDER THREAT, BUT SIGNS OF [...] (C) The eight-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the insurgency is most visible in Nepal's floundering tourism sector. The Maoists have reneged on repeated assurances not to target Nepal's struggling tourism [...]	2004-07-30 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PTER ASEC CASC PINS NP
04KATHMANDU1493	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...]	2004-08-03 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1547	NEPAL: OFFICE OF TIBET REPRESENTATIVE MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Wangchuk Tsering, Director of the Office of Tibet, outlined for Ambassador Moriarty on August 5 the issues facing Tibetan refugees, both those transiting Nepal to India and those resident in Nepal. The Ambassador informed Wangchuk that he had raised many of these issues in his me [...]	2004-08-06 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1549	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE FRUSTRATION GROWING - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Only surprising in that it took so long to come about, some Bhutanese refugee leaders and many refugees are starting to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. During a discussion between StaffDel Blazey and two refugee leaders, as well as with young professional refugees, r [...]	2004-08-06 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP
04KATHMANDU1550	NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese refugees would resume. Meanwhile, for the first time, some Bhutanese refugees had begun to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. On Tibetans, UNHCR wa [...]	2004-08-06 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR
04KATHMANDU1551	NEPAL: SMALL CLASH BETWEEN BHUTANESE REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) According to press reports, UNHCR staff and refugees, a fight between two Bhutanese refugees and three locals has led to the reimplementation of camp procedures requiring all refugees to request passes before leaving the refugee camps. On 29 July, two Bhutanese refugees from the Beldang [...]	2004-08-06 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL: CPN-UML GEN SEC MADHAV NEPAL ON POSSIBLE [...] (S) During their first meeting on August 5, Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML General Secretary, sought the Ambassador's approval of secret exploratory peace talks in a third country. The UML leader wants the King and parties to present a unified front to the Maoists and determine Maoist intentio [...]	2004-08-06 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS MARR NP
04KATHMANDU1590	NEPAL: NATIONAL CONGRESS PRESIDENT KOIRALA: [...] (C) In his August 6 courtesy call on National Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala, the Ambassador urged the parties to reach consensus before talks with the Maoists. Koirala replied that he wanted to stay outside the government to push for peace and position himself for power once elections [...]	2004-08-12 21:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
04KATHMANDU1592	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 3 TO 9, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM to head peace secretariat; experts to back it: The government is setting up a Peace Secretariat, which will have chiefs of the four coalition partners and a nominee of the king as political advisors and a retired government administrator or a retired UN administrator [...]	2004-08-12 23:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1605	NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] (U) On August 13, the Ambassador delivered by hand the President's message of congratulations to the Prime Minister. Upon its receipt, Prime Minister Deuba exclaimed how he had always been an admirer of the President. The Prime Minister noted that the President was making difficult decisio [...]	2004-08-13 07:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1647	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 10 TO [...] CURRENT AFFAIRS -- Koirala refuses to be in the peace committee: Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala has refused to join the High Level Peace Committee (HLPC). However, Koirala said he was ready to provide all kind of cooperation from his side for the restoration of peace. [...]	2004-08-18 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1696	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, [...] MAOIST BLOCKADE -- RNA providing air cover: The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is to provide air cover as security for vehicles entering and leaving Kathmandu in an attempt to break the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley. (Centrist "The Kathmandu Post," E/D, 8/23) -- Int'l media spreading ru [...]	2004-08-25 03:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1705	NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur Khadka, co-coordinator of Nepal's National Security Council. Khadka told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Maoist leadership would be willing to achieve [...]	2004-08-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN
04KATHMANDU1714	NEPAL: RPP PRESIDENT RANA ON THE COALITION, PEACE [...] (C) The coalition government was working together fairly well and was discussing modalities for an eventual peace process with the Maoists, RPP President Rana told the Ambassador on August 24. Meanwhile, security cooperation between India and Nepal seemed to be improving, in Rana's view. Fin [...]	2004-08-27 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS IN NP
04KATHMANDU1758	NEPAL: INFO MINISTER MOHSIN ON THE PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Minister of Information and Communication Mohammad Mohsin outlined for the Ambassador on August 31 the structure of the newly-announced Peace Secretariat. Mohsin hoped the new body would help prepare the government for any eventual peace process with the Maoists, as well as build trust be [...]	2004-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KMDR PINS NP GON
04KATHMANDU180	NEPAL: NO END IN SIGHT FOR POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (C) During a January 29 meeting, the U.S., UK, and Indian Ambassadors agreed that there is little evidence that a breakthrough in the political deadlock between the Palace and the parties is imminent. The three discussed possible long-term implications of the demonstrating student unions' ca [...]	2004-01-29 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL UK IN NP
04KATHMANDU205	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: January 27 to [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Valley bandh: The Kathmandu valley is shutdown due to the one-day strike called by the five agitating parties. (Major reports, 2/2) -- Parties threaten to flare up their agitation: The five agitating political parties, following King Gyanendra's interview with Time m [...]	2004-02-03 03:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU230	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: REPATRIATION INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary. From January 19-22, PRM/ANE Melissa Pitotti and PolOff met with various Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR officials and visited two of the seven Bhutanese refugee camps to discuss the status of negotiations between Nepal and Bhutan to find a durable solution for the refugees. [...]	2004-02-06 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP
04KATHMANDU279	NEPAL: KING'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE FAILS TO APPEAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. King Gyanendra's civic reception in the southwestern city of Nepalgunj on February 8 did not attract the numbers expected despite government-provided buses and a heavy security presence. The low attendance can be attributed in part to the forced closure, or bandh, declared by [...]	2004-02-10 08:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER NP
04KATHMANDU280	NEPAL: SECURITY SOURCES CONFIRM INDIANS HAND OVER [...] (C) Police and Army sources have confirmed that on February 8 Indian authorities handed over Maoist Politburo member Matrika Yadav and Maoist Central Advisor Suresh Ale Magar to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Unconfirmed reports suggested that the Maoists may were captured in the northern India [...]	2004-02-10 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP IN
04KATHMANDU310	NEPAL: UN OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE IMMEDIATE HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Tamrat Samuel, Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the UN, said that the UN stands ready to assist in mediation efforts between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists if asked by both sides, but indicated that [...]	2004-02-17 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP PHUM UN
04KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL PLEDGES CLOSER [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Gianni Magazzeni, Geographic Teams leader from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),acknowledged that a UN-proposed hman rights accord will likely face resistance from the Government of Nepal (GON) unless the UN [...]	2004-02-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV NP UN
04KATHMANDU350	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In January, two groups, comprising 18 undocumented Tibetans, are believed to have been deported from Nepal at the Kodari border crossing in Sindhupalchowk District. No incidents were reported in February. Despite consistent denials by Government of Nepal (GON) officials in Kath [...]	2004-02-26 00:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU371	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SIGN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not sign the proposed human rights accord because the accord implicitly puts the Maoists on the same level as the Government. The GON would, moreover, object [...]	2004-02-28 07:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL NP UN
04KATHMANDU396	NEPAL: S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. COFER BLACK [...] (C) On March 3 Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by Ambassador Michael Malinowski, held separate meetings with de facto Foreign Minister Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Black reconfirmed USG support fo [...]	2004-03-03 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: KING PONDERING POSSIBLE POLLS NEXT YEAR [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador on March 3 that King Gyanendra is considering holding national elections by May 2005. There was no indication of when an official announcement might be made. While we view free and fair elections as the best way to restore Nepal's derai [...]	2004-03-04 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON

04KATHMANDU408	NEPAL: KING APPOINTS BHEKH THAPA AS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 3, NEPAL'S KING, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF PRIME MINISTER SURYA BAHADUR THAPA, APPOINTED DR. BHEKH BAHADUR THAPA AS FOREIGN MINISTER AND HEALTH MINISTER. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOME MINISTRY WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INF [...]	2004-03-04 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR NP GON
04KATHMANDU439	NEPAL:AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In an effort better to understand Nepal's controversial, new "Village Defense Committees," Ambassador Malinowski and the Defense Attache on March 2 visited by helicopter one of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) pilot projects located in Lamjung District (in a remote area northeast of Pokhar [...]	2004-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU45	NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE POSTS CONTENTS OF ARMY [...] (SBU) ON JANUARY 5, NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ROYAL NEPAL ARMY BRIEFING PROVIDED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIA, CHRISTINA ROCCA, DURING HER VISIT IN DECEMBER 2003 AND REPORTED REFTEL. ACCORDING TO MAJOR INDRA BAHADUR [...]	2004-01-06 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU466	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary. On March 15, DCM and PolOff called on Home Ministry Joint Secretary U.P. Mainali to discuss Tibetan refugee issues as raised reftel. The DCM thanked Mainali for his effort in processing exit permits for Tibetans who were eligible for U.S. immigrant visas. The DCM expressed conce [...]	2004-03-16 08:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL CVIS CH NP
04KATHMANDU475	NEPAL: SA DAS PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and the Ambassador, King Gyanendra affirmed that there is "no question" that he is committed to democracy and identified handing over power to an elected government as his first priority. His [...]	2004-03-17 06:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
04KATHMANDU476	NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING [...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...]	2004-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU481	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: March 9 [...] GOVERNMENT -- NHRC submits list of dos to protect human rights: The National Human Rights Commission has submitted a memorandum to the government urging the latter to immediately take minimum steps to protect the human rights situation in the country. The NHRC statement said that the gov [...]	2004-03-18 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU484	NEPAL: DAS PATTERSON MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Torkel Patterson and Ambassador called upon Finance Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani. The three discussed the Government of Nepal's financial situation, U.S. military assistance, the Maoist insurgency and current political impasse between the King and political p [...]	2004-03-18 05:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) On 2 March, Ambassador Malinowski and Defense Attache visited by helicopter the Government of Nepal's (GON) newly opened, pilot Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) facility located in Tanahu District (approximately 125 kms northwest of Kathmandu). The GON announced the cre [...]	2004-03-18 07:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU541	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The GON has prepared a report on the December incident in Khudunabari Camp and will provide it to the RGOB in April. A UNHCR official confided that the Government of India had requested information from UNHCR on conditions for return faced by the refugees and how these condition [...]	2004-03-23 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PREL NP BH IN
04KATHMANDU580	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM 16 TO 22 MARCH [...] MAOIST INSURGENCY -- Massive attack in Myagdi district headquarters: Maoist rebels launched a huge attack in Beni, Myagdi district headquarters on Saturday night. The Maoists took the District Police Office (DPO),Chief District Officer and 39 security personnel. The Maoists completely de [...]	2004-03-29 07:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU588	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON [...] (C) In a March 31 call on the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran provided additional information on the March 29 arrest in Siliguri, West Bengal, of Nepali Maoist leader Mohan Vaidya. According to Saran, the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) had been watching Siliguri for some time sin [...]	2004-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN NP
04KATHMANDU591	NEPALI PRIME MINISTER VOWS BETTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26 Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa issued a reaffirmation of the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to constitutional and international human rights standards. Among the numerous obligations the Prime Minister says the GON commits to fulfil are the right to h [...]	2004-03-31 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU623	NEPAL:MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE STATION IN TERAI, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an apparent retaliation against Indian interests for the March 29 arrest of Politburo member Mohan Vaidya in West Bengal (Ref A),Nepali Maoists torched 18 Indian fuel trucks parked at a customs checkpoint, shooting three of the drivers, in the southwestern district of Kai [...]	2004-04-05 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL ETRD IN NP
04KATHMANDU681	CODEL DREIER MEETS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Dreier, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reviewed the Government of Nepal's (GON) three-pronged strategy to return to a more stable political and economic path: public security, increased assistance to grassroots areas and democratic governmen [...]	2004-04-09 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
04KATHMANDU682	NEPAL: CODEL DREIER MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER THAPA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr. Bekh Bahadur Thapa on April 9, Codel Dreier discussed the ongoing Maoist insurgency, the need for political reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties, human rights and efforts to improve the socio-economic status of women. Thapa [...]	2004-04-09 08:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN NP
04KATHMANDU683	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS SAY THEY WILL MEET PALACE [...] (S) During an April 8 dinner in honor of Codel Dreier, senior leaders of the four largest political parties told the Ambassador that they were prepared to discuss with a Palace envoy a resolution to the current political impasse. Madhav Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal [...]	2004-04-09 08:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU693	NEPAL: FACEOFF BETWEEN PARTIES AND PALACE [...] (C) April traditionally is a month of political ferment in Nepal. This year, with all three of the country's politcal actors--the parties, the King, and the Maoists--in apparent overdrive, promises to be particularly interesting. Some commentators have expressed concern that the anti-governm [...]	2004-04-12 09:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU74	NEPAL: DE FACTO FOREIGN MINISTER ON SAARC SUMMIT, [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, de facto Foreign Minister Amb. Bekh Bahadur Thapa discussed the SAARC Summit, recent problems in beginning the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees, and a possible EU demarche criticizing the Government of Nepal's (GON) failure to restore peace and [...]	2004-01-09 09:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF NP SAARC
04KATHMANDU758	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: A HISTORICAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The history and complexity of the Bhutanese refugee situation is worth recollecting in the light of reliable documentation. The first Nepali-speaking immigrants settled in Bhutan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the invitation of the then-King of Bhutan in an effor [...]	2004-04-22 05:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT
04KATHMANDU864	NEPAL: DAS CAMP AND INDIAN AMBASSADOR SARAN [...] (C) On May 6, Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp, Charge d'Affaires Janet Bogue and Indian Ambassador Shyam Saran met on the sidelines of the Nepal Development Forum to discuss the current political situation and the value of reinforcing each other's strong and consistent messages to both the [...]	2004-05-06 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BT
04KATHMANDU901	NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETS KING, POLITICAL PARTIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 5 meeting with Nepal,s King Gyanendra and a May 6 meeting with representatives of the main political parties, SA DAS Camp found both sides deeply distrustful of the other and adamant that they would not budge from their positions. (Both meetings took place before the res [...]	2004-05-12 05:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU937	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE UPDATE [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) indicates that no terrorist assets listed by the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee have been identified in Nepal and therefore, no accounts have been frozen. The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has no evidence of financial links in Nepal to international ter [...]	2004-05-18 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL NP
04KIGALI1163	DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...]	2004-08-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS RW SU NL
04KIGALI1166	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES [...] This is an action request for the Department (please see paragraph 4). 2. The RDF will deploy the following unit to Darfur, on or around August 14: -- A Co, 99th BN, 305th BDE, from Kibuye The company is not (NOT) a composite unit. -- The following officers are OPCON in support of th [...]	2004-08-13 10:43:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW SU
04KIGALI1169	CONGO'S VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA VISITS RWANDA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following meetings in Kigali with President Kagame and other GOR principals, DRC Vice President Ruberwa met with Banyamulenge refugees in Cyangugu and urged them to return to eastern Congo. Banyamulenge are concerned about their personal safety and economic security, including los [...]	2004-08-16 07:46:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PREF SMIG RW CG
04KIGALI1175	RWANDAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BURUNDI [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Rwandan foreign ministry issued a communique dated August 14 condemning the recent attack on Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp that killed up to 170 Banyamulenge refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The GOR communique attributes the attack to "a combined force" of ex- [...]	2004-08-16 14:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS RW BY CG
04KIGALI1193	NAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO RWANDAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 11:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC RW
04KIGALI1208	EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH [...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...]	2004-08-20 08:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA
04KIGALI877	KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG [...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...]	2004-06-24 13:23:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS RW CG
04KINSHASA1036	KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...]	2004-06-04 12:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC
04KINSHASA1140	ECONOMIC REPORT - MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2004 [...] SUMMARY. Prices and the exchange rate remain stable even through political difficulties. The mining sector has been extremely active. Mining company America Mineral Fields (Amfi) wins approval and signature of its USD 300 million contract and then changes its name to Adastra Minerals. The UK g [...]	2004-06-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELTN EMIN EPET ETRD PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1141	DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...]	2004-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1160	KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD [...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD),visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...]	2004-06-23 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1177	GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...]	2004-06-28 15:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1214	TENSIONS WITHIN CONGO'S RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is much frustration within the ex-rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD),but members are divided on how best to proceed. There are disagreements over whether to make more versus less concessions to their adversaries, how best to deal with current and future insurgents, [...]	2004-07-02 12:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR CG
04KINSHASA1217	PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...]	2004-07-02 13:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1244	ROYCE CODEL HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. From June 26-30, Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee for Africa, Ed Royce, led a delegation, which consisted of Rep Royce, his wife, two staffers (Tom Sheehy and Malik Chaka),to Kinshasa focused on national and environmental security issues. Key meetings wer [...]	2004-07-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON OREP PGOV PREL SENV CG
04KINSHASA1246	KISANGANI TENSE AS POPULATION FEARS SPREAD OF [...] (C) Summary. Kisangani is currently tense as population remains concerned about possible Rwandan aggression through dissident RCD-G officer Laurent Nkunda. A large presence by various GDRC military components has also added to this tension and could increase the potential for problems, especia [...]	2004-07-06 13:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1260	CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]	2004-07-08 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1261	KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 12:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG ECON OREP PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1263	LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM CONGOLESE FONMIN [...] Embassy Kinshasa received the attached letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda for Secretary Powell and NSC Africa Director Courville SIPDIS thanking the U.S. for hosting the May 13 Quadripartite talks. Post will forward the originals by pouch. 2. Text of the letter: [...]	2004-07-08 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1271	TRAINING THE CONGOLESE POLICE IN TIME FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with Congressman Royce and Charge, SRSG Swing stressed the importance of having at least 6,000 well-trained and equipped police to provide security for elections. The GDRC officially agrees that training an electoral police is a top priority, but has not committe [...]	2004-07-09 11:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1284	NEW ITURI DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TRAVELS TO BUNIA [...] (C) Summary. New Ituri District Commissioner Petronille Vaweka traveled to Bunia on July 12 with a goal of improving security, resolving the IDP situation and rebuilding Ituri. Although she is a competent and determined individual, her effectiveness will be contingent on receiving support from [...]	2004-07-12 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1287	GDRC MAKES AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has taken an important step forward in the transition with the appointments of ambassadors from the various composantes. The PPRD retained Washington while the important African posts of Lusaka and Luanda were given to the RCD-G and the MLC respectively. End Summary. [...]	2004-07-13 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1302	DONOR COUNTRIES SET UP COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on earlier discussions, MONUC and member states on July 13 set up a committee on Security Sector Reform (SSR). The committee includes representatives from the GDRC plus MONUC, the World Bank, and major embassies; it will meet monthly to coordinate donor efforts and [...]	2004-07-14 15:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MARR EAID CG
04KINSHASA1311	RCD TO FIRE EIGHT DISSIDENT PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight RCD parliamentarians, citing numerous government failings including tolerance of ethnic hatred, declared they will not participate in parliament. A senior RCD official in Goma sympathized, saying "most people" in the Kivus agree with their views. A top RCD official in Kin [...]	2004-07-15 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1323	FAPC AND FNI MILITIAS FIGHTING IN ITURI [...] (C) Summary. Fighting between FAPC and FNI militias in Ituri has continued into a second week resulting in hundreds of IDPs and an undetermined number of refugees. The conflict has been fueled by apparent efforts to control a gold mine and the perception that MONUC's and the GDRC's attention an [...]	2004-07-15 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PINR CG
04KINSHASA1324	UK AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VIEWS [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 05:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV PREL CG UK
04KINSHASA1339	MONUC EXPECTATIONS OF TASK/SIZE INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG William Swing says MONUC needs more troops, and that UNSYG Kofi Annan is likely to support such a request. According to a mid-level MONUC source, the organization plans to ask for an additional 25,000 troops, increasing the annual cost to an estimated $2.2bn. The source sa [...]	2004-07-19 14:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA1340	NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU CONTINUE MOSTLY CALM [...] (C) Summary: Recent shifts in Congolese military deployments bringing these forces closer to Minova and Goma seem to have lent impetus to ongoing negotiations with rebel commander Nkunda, who now says that he is willing to go into exile if a recipient country can be found. Initial press repo [...]	2004-07-19 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1342	PRESIDENT KABILA CONGRATULATES US ON INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Embassy received the following dip note (in French (Embassy provides translation)),dated July 5, 2004, conveying an Independence Day greeting: Mr. President: On the occasion of the celebration of your country's national day, I have the honor to present to you, on behalf of the Congol [...]	2004-07-19 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1357	EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...]	2004-07-20 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG UG US
04KINSHASA1365	RUMORS MOUNT OF PENDING GOVERNMENT ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Eastern regional military commanders were ordered to return unexpectedly early to their posts July 21, cutting short follow-on meetings scheduled for Kinshasa. Upon reaching Bukavu, General Mabe immediately called his field commanders in and, according to Monuc sources, briefed [...]	2004-07-22 13:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1366	GDRC SLOWLY PREPARING FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The DRC's National Preparatory Committee for the Great Lakes Region Conference (on security, economic integration and social issues) met for the first time on July 5th to develop a national agenda. Baudoin Hamuli, National Coordinator, acknowledged that GDRC preparations are behind [...]	2004-07-22 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1368	KABILA REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila fired foreign minister Antoine Ghonda on July 22, at the insistence of GDRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba. This did not come as a surprise, since Bemba told us seven days ago he was determined to replace Ghonda and his aides had hinted for weeks that Bemba had [...]	2004-07-23 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG
04KINSHASA1380	N. KIVU MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff, DATT and British DATT visited Kisangani and Goma July 19-22 to meet with N. Kivu governor Serufuli, N. Kivu Regional Military Commander Obedi, and MONUC elements. Obedi no longer appears loyal to the transition government, and Serufuli's loyalties are opaque. MONUC Goma mi [...]	2004-07-27 10:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC
04KINSHASA1399	ECONOMIC REPORT - LATE JUNE THROUGH 23 JULY [...] Summary. Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD) liquidation and conflict in eastern DRC temporarily raise exchange rates. Prices remain relatively stable. The diamond sector continues to see increased activity with CEEC projecting exports of USD 1 billion by 2006 (up from current USD 700-800 [...]	2004-07-29 06:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1407	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX 2004 [...] Per Reftel, Post submits ICS appendix below. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement. This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has been provided to assist investors in t [...]	2004-07-29 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
04KINSHASA1456	POSITIONING FOR THE NEXT TRIPARTITE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an informal Sunday meeting at the CMR, former FM Ghonda told the Ambassador that the GDRC wants to have some agreement regarding the proposed Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) prior to the next round of Tripartite talks. He asserted that the Rwandans had concurred formally with [...]	2004-08-02 15:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1468	UNHCR REPATRIATES 283 AS PART OF ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: UNHCR repatriated July 26-27 a total of what UNHCR believed to be 283 Rwandan refugees from S. Kivu to Rwanda as part of an ongoing repatriation effort. Once they crossed the border, however, many "refugees" said they were really Congolese who wished to stay in the Congo. While the [...]	2004-08-03 15:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	RW CG PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1488	DRC PARTICIPATES IN CENTCOM'S TAMPA CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Summary. Two Congolese officials participated in Centcom's Golden Spear Conference on disaster management held in Tampa, Florida, from July 26-30. The GDRC has expressed its appreciation for this regional initiative and indicated that it looks forward to further cooperation. End Summary. [...]	2004-08-06 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1490	ECONOMIC REPORT - JULY 25 THROUGH AUGUST 04 [...] Summary. Exchange rates are quite stable, but prices show signs of impending increase due to transportation problems between Kinshasa and the provinces, including the collapse of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. The GDRC reported significant macroeconomic progress for 2003, including 5 percent GDP gro [...]	2004-08-07 06:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELTN EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1500	FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...]	2004-08-09 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CG
04KINSHASA1501	NEW ITURI COMMISSIONER: "KINSHASA IS NOT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Ituri District Commissioner questions GDRC commitment to new Ituri administration. She asserts that despite repeated pleas, Kinshasa has yet to provide her with a salary or with the basic resources necessary for her administration to function. End Summary. Good Intentions Insuff [...]	2004-08-09 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1504	A RELAXED RUBERWA RENEWS OLD ACQUAINTANCE WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Meece's August 6 initial call on Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, Ruberwa provided a tour d'horizon, highlighting his concerns about the current situation. He outlined a series of challenges facing the transition, suggested a political solution to the Nkunda probl [...]	2004-08-10 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1511	MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...]	2004-08-11 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1512	MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND [...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...]	2004-08-11 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1540	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 05 THROUGH AUG 12 [...] Prices remain stable despite the collapse of the Mai- Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates are very stable. COPIREP will pay out USD 11.5 million in severance packages to liquidate three Congolese banks. The government of the People's Republic of China is funding construction of a 150 bed hospital [...]	2004-08-13 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1545	CIAT AND GDRC CONDEMN GATUMBA MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee Accompanying the Transition (CIAT) and the GDRC strongly condemn the August 13 attack on the Gatumba refugee camp and call for an independent international commission to investigate the massacre and bring those responsible to justice. Post believes such [...]	2004-08-16 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC
04KINSHASA1546	DRC REACTIONS TO MASSACRE OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES AT [...] (U) Summary. The CIAT condemns attack on Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp, Burundi, calls for an independent international investigation and respect for the peace process in the DRC. The President's office and Vice-President Ruberwa also call for inquiries and punishment of those responsible. [...]	2004-08-16 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1552	VP BEMBA FLYING HIGH ON TRAVEL TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Amb Meece paid an introductory courtesy call on Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba during which Bemba reiterated his desire to meet with U.S. officials during travel to the U.S. in October. Bemba has previously made a strong push for an invitation for official travel to t [...]	2004-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1553	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...]	2004-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC
04KINSHASA1554	NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF THE UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (U) Poloff delivered copy of U.S. Note Verbale to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of the International Organizations Section at FonMin August 14. Matondo indicated that the DRC has yet to start working on UNGA issues, but will do so in the next three weeks. He noted that the DRC does not ye [...]	2004-08-17 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM PREL CG CDG UNGA
04KINSHASA1555	GDRC URGES UNSC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO GATUMBA CAMP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of other senior officials, the International Cooperation Vice Minister, an RCD-Goma appointee, convoked UNSC Perm 5 heads of mission August 16 to urge support for an international investigation, a more vigorous MONUC disarmament mandate, and aid to attack victims. [...]	2004-08-17 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1557	EASTERN TURN FOR THE WORSE [...] (C) Septel describes worrying events in eastern Congo following the weekend attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and effects on the fragile DRC transition government and peace process. While the Burundi refugee attack did not in itself provoke a complete change in transition dynamic [...]	2004-08-18 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1558	CONGO-KINSHASA AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2004 [...] This cable responds to reftel request for an AGOA eligibility review and update of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summary. Since October 2003, the DRC has made progress in almost all areas listed in reftel. The DRC has maintained sound fiscal and monetary policies leading to bro [...]	2004-08-19 06:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1562	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...]	2004-08-19 12:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1565	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN CONGO COULD THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Following the funeral service for the 180 victims of this weekend's massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumbe, events in eastern Congo took a turn for the worse. Rebel commander Nkunda issued an inflammatory declaration repudiating any prior connection he might have had to the tra [...]	2004-08-19 15:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1571	KABILA AUG 20 [...] (C) Summary: I met privately with President Kabila on August 20, the day after Kabila,s return from the SAC summit and Burundi-related meeting in Dar es Salaam. Kabila reiterated his absolute commitment to the transition process, notably including democratic elections slated for next year. H [...]	2004-08-20 17:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1572	SERIOUS SITUATION IN EASTERN CONGO THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Inflammatory rhetoric from Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, coupled with the buildup of Burundian and Rwandan troops on the Congolese border and discord and disarray within one of the major parties in the Congolese transition threaten the fragile peace of the Great Lakes. South Afri [...]	2004-08-20 17:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1576	ANTI-TUTSI PREJUDICE RISES [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, moderate Banyamulenge community leader Enock Ruberangabo Sebineza told us that he was concerned about increased anti-Rwandan/ Banyamulenge sentiments in Kinshasa and eastern DRC. Many Congolese are again becoming increasingly hostile towards Rwanda, Ruberwa and the R [...]	2004-08-23 12:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1578	INCREASED TENSIONS WITHIN RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events have highlighted internal divisions within the RCD ex-rebel movement. RCD "radicals," including virtually all the Rwandophones in the movement, want to quit or at least boycott the transitional government. They have been pressuring "moderates" and other RCD members [...]	2004-08-23 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1584	RUBERA ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: In a late August 18 telephone conversation, Vice President Ruberwa was unreceptive to the Ambassador,s message underscoring the importance of continuing engagement with the transition government. Ruberwa complained that the status quo was doing nothing to improve the situation of [...]	2004-08-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1590	AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...]	2004-08-24 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG
04KINSHASA1596	RUBERWA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN TRANSITION [...] Summary: On August 23, RCD/G VP Azarias Ruberwa announced that the RCD/G had suspended its activities in the transition government and called for an international mediator to hold discussions to break the current impasse. Ruberwa, however, left the door open by suspending, his participation an [...]	2004-08-24 11:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1600	UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...]	2004-08-25 08:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1607	FARDC'S FIRST INTEGRATED ARMY BATTALION DEPLOYED [...] (U) Summary. The first battalion of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) was deployed to Ituri the week of August 16. MONUC views this initial deployment of 750 soldiers as a test of FARDC's commitment to support its soldiers. These soldiers will serve in peace-keeping [...]	2004-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1631	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...]	2004-08-27 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1657	STATEMENTS BY CIAT AND THE GDRC ON THE RCD-G'S [...] (U) The CIAT and the GDRC issued statements concerning the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma's (RCD-G) decision to suspend their participation in the institutions of the transitions, except the army. The following are unofficial translations of the statements issued by each entity: COMMUN [...]	2004-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1678	DRC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's National Coordinator for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) states that initial contacts with civil society groups around the country show that the top priority for most people is peace and security. Congolese citizens have expressed serious concerns about territorial inte [...]	2004-09-07 13:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1685	ITURI ARMED GROUP RELEASES KIDNAPPED PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Summary. On September 6th at approximately 11 PM, the Union of Congolese Patriots Lubanga faction (UPC-L) released a Moroccan peacekeeper whom they had kidnapped September 2nd. The security situation in Bunia deteriorated significantly as armed Hema and Lendu militias openly patrolled the s [...]	2004-09-07 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1690	PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC [...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...]	2004-09-08 12:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1691	COVERAGE OF NATIONALITY LAW SHOWS WEAKNESS OF [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese media's coverage of draft nationality and amnesty laws has shown the limits of entities that lack independence, resources, and professionalism. The directors of Tropicana Television, and the more reputable daily newspapers La Referance Plus and Le Potentiel, acknowle [...]	2004-09-08 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1704	DEMARCHE ON TERRORISM DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on ending state sponsorship of terrorism to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, September 8. Zulu replied that the DRC fully supports U.S. efforts to combat international terrorism and that the Congo agreed that all states nee [...]	2004-09-09 13:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER XX CG
04KINSHASA1728	CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...]	2004-09-15 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC
04KINSHASA1729	SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR ON ETHNIC TENSIONS, THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Kivu's recently-appointed provincial governor told the Ambassador Sept. 8 he is trying to lessen ethnic tensions and arrange for Congolese Banyamulenge refugees to return to the Congo. Mai-Mai and especially Rwandan FDLR guerillas continue to attack and prey upon South Kiv [...]	2004-09-16 08:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1731	MONUC CONCERNED ABOUT REPATRIATION OF BANYAMULENGE [...] (U) Summary. MONUC poloffs briefed members of the diplomatic community September 14 on efforts to repatriate Banyamulenge refugees to South Kivu. MONUC wants to coordinate humanitarian and security assistance with GDRC officials and with other UN agencies to provide protection to returning ref [...]	2004-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1745	POLITICALLY-INEPT RUBERWA PLAYS CARDS BADLY [...] (C) Summary. On September 10, VP Azarias Ruberwa met with a CIAT delegation and complained about the CIAT's ineffectiveness, the state of army integration, security sector reform, and hate media. It is unclear how committed Ruberwa and his followers will be to the transition if their key deman [...]	2004-09-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1746	RCD/G WANTS MORE FROM TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. In exchange for returning to Kinshasa and the transitional government on September 1, VP Ruberwa asked the government and international community to address a laundry list of RCD/G concerns about the transition. The demands, which ranged from disbanding parallel military structures [...]	2004-09-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG

04KINSHASA1750	NORTH KIVU FREE-FOR-ALL [...] (C) Summary. There may be a total of 10,000 Interahamwe/FDLR elements spread out between Beni and Bukavu, but it is unclear whether the FARDC is working with them. There has been serious, sustained fighting in southern North Kivu between Mai Mai and former ANC (military wing of the RCD/G) tro [...]	2004-09-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG
04KINSHASA1753	FARDC ON THE MOVE IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) Summary. The FARDC recently sent up to 2,000 troops to South Kivu and has retaken control of a number of villages in the area of Kalehe and Minova without facing significant resistance. North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale regional military commanders were called in to Kinshasa to discuss [...]	2004-09-17 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG
04KINSHASA1754	20,000 CIVILIANS FLEE ADVANCING FARDC TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Seventeen to 20,000 people (mostly Hutu) fled the area around Minova September 10-13 because they were afraid they would be attacked by advancing troops loyal to South Kivu military commander Mabe for having supported Nkunda. There is no evidence of ethnic cleansing or large-scale [...]	2004-09-17 14:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CG PRM
04KINSHASA1759	ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...]	2004-09-20 12:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG
04KINSHASA1760	NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR HAPPY WITH STATUS QUO [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Kivu governor Serufuli told the Ambassador Sept. 9 the FDLR remains a threat but Laurent Nkunda does not, and his policy is "good relations with all," Kinshasa and neighboring countries included. He is keen to promote foreign business investment in the province, and travel [...]	2004-09-20 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1795	SEPT 23 CIAT MEETING-MEDIA, NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee to Support the Transition (CIAT) met September 23. The CIAT invited the High Media Authority (HAM) officers to exchange views of how to best protect the freedom of the press while promoting a reconciliation agenda, ensure professional standards, and [...]	2004-09-24 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1807	A HOT, BUT NOT WARM, WELCOME TO RETURNING [...] (C) Summary: There were some tense moments over the weekend in Uvira, located in southern South Kivu, when 350 Banyamulenge refugees insisted on returning to the DRC from Burundi sooner than planned. Their arrival at the Congo-Burundi border provoked riots by Congolese citizens in Uvira, dur [...]	2004-09-27 14:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1814	ITURI'S DISARMAMENT PLAN LAUNCHED BUT MILITIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN and the GDRC launched Ituri's disarmament plan September 1st. Very few people have visited the transit sites since they opened, however, and only a handful of those have turned in their weapons. Militia leaders such as Jerome Kakawave are demanding full integration of the [...]	2004-09-28 22:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PKO
04KINSHASA1836	TERRORIST FINANCE: CONGO (LIST 61) [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 06:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN KSEP KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CVIS CG
04KINSHASA1845	MOBUTU'S HOMETOWN OF GBADOLITE "THE MOST FORGOTTEN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to Gbadolite in northern Equateur Province showed a region suffering substantial decay, massive poverty and serious neglect by the national government. Although security had improved with the departure of large numbers of MLC soldiers for the east, abuses by remaining sold [...]	2004-10-04 07:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1850	UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN [...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...]	2004-10-04 15:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG
04KINSHASA1851	PENDING: CIAT MEETING WITH "ESPACE PRESIDENTIAL" [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met October 4 to prepare for a pending and unprecedented meeting with the President, Vice Presidents and other senior officials to review the transition road map and discuss military integration and election-related le [...]	2004-10-04 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1852	FIRST JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM MEETING IMMINENT [...] (C) U.N. SRSG Bill Swing reported to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) October 4 that he is leaving Kinshasa later the same day for travel to Kigali in preparation for convening the first meeting of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) tomorrow, Octobe [...]	2004-10-04 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RW CG MOPP
04KINSHASA1867	CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...]	2004-10-06 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1868	CIAT MEETS WITH ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL OCT 6 [...] (C) Summary: The first-ever meeting of the "Espace Presidentiel" (President plus four vice presidents) with the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) was held October 6, albeit without Vice President Bemba, currently in the U.S. Discussion focused on the transition "road [...]	2004-10-06 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
04KINSHASA1907	DEMARCHE ON DCI SPECIAL ADVISOR'S REPORT ON IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 7. Mpanu Mpanu expressed GDRC appreciation for information on the release of the Duelfer report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. DOUGHERTY [...]	2004-10-14 15:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CG KPDD
04KINSHASA1908	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Director of the Western Hemisphere section at FonMin, on October 8. Shakembo agreed with U.S. position that the embargo was a bilateral issue, but indicated that the GDRC would have to consider its position regarding the C [...]	2004-10-14 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD CU CG UNGA
04KINSHASA1913	DEMARCHE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Sudan to Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, on October 4. Mpanu Mpanu indicated that GDRC was also concerned about the situation in Darfur and that he would recommend that the GDRC support the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry. DOUGHERTY [...]	2004-10-15 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1933	JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...]	2004-10-19 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1958	CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT PLANNING VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Special Ambassador Andre Kapanga told PolCouns October 18 that he and Foreign Minister Ramazani (possibly with other government officials) will be visiting China the first week of November, followed by a 4-day visit to North Korea. Kapanga said the delegation will [...]	2004-10-21 13:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC PINR PREL CG CH KN
04KINSHASA1959	WE DON'T WANT TO KILL KABILA SAYS MAI MAI LEADER [...] (C) During the course of an introductory courtesy call by the Ambassador on Minister of Environment, Anselme Enerunga, the Minister detoured into a discussion of internal DRC politics. Enerunga, who headed the Mai-Mai delegations in Pretoria and Sun City, expressed concern that the Mai Mai are [...]	2004-10-21 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1973	U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...]	2004-10-22 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA1975	EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS PROMPT CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) Summary. The Congolese Franc (FC) has suffered from mild instability for the past two months, declining in value by 12 percent. The Congolese Central Bank has directly intervened to the tune of USD 37 million and has raised interest rates over the past month. The impact on the formal secto [...]	2004-10-22 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1976	KIMBERLEY PROCESS VISIT TO DRC PROVIDES [...] (SBU) Summary. At the request of the DRC government, a Kimberley Process review team visited the DRC in October. Although the GDRC has made some progress, it is not in full compliance with Kimberley Process regulations. There are still serious holes in the DRC's Kimberley Process system, and a [...]	2004-10-22 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1979	KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by the Belgian foreign minister. The ongoing spat does us no good, because the USG and Belgium share many of the same goals in the DRC. Still, the Belgian/DRC r [...]	2004-10-25 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CG BE RW
04KINSHASA1993	RCD-GOMA STICKS UP FOR RENEGADE OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior RCD-Goma leader complained to the Ambassador that his faction had been excluded from the DRC/Uganda/Rwanda tripartite process. He also said the two renegade officers who led the May-June mutiny in Bukavu should not be considered in the same league as other official enem [...]	2004-10-27 09:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2000	CONTINUED CONFUSION ON DIAMOND SECTOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Competition between the Minister of Mines Eugene Diomi Ndongala and CEEC (diamond evaluating authority) Managing Director Victor Kasongo continues to increase. The European Commission (EC) recently decided not to fund a diamond sector audit presented by Diomi and the IMF. The two [...]	2004-10-27 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA2001	KINSHASA HOSTS GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. National coordinators for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) held their second preparatory meeting in Kinshasa from October 19-23. The core group of seven members was enlarged to eleven with the addition of Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, and Angola. Pres [...]	2004-10-27 15:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2004	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-28 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS CG LVPR
04KINSHASA2005	TERRORIST FINANCE: IARA AND FIVE OFFICIALS (LIST [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-28 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS ECON LVPR
04KINSHASA2007	SUDAN/DARFOUR DEMARCHE ON OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-29 06:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINS CG
04KINSHASA2010	UNHCR BEGINS REPATRIATION OF CONGOLESE FROM CAR [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR began repatriation of Congolese refugees to Libenge, Equateur Province, with a ceremony on October 20th. The refugee agency expects to repatriate approximately 10,000 people to Equateur by the end of 2004. Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba headed a GDRC delegation to the [...]	2004-10-29 11:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL CG CT
04KINSHASA2025	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior, and PPRD co-founder, Theofile Mbemba expressed concern that the newly launched pre-election campaigns will further divide the transitional components and throw up new obstacles to military integration. He outlined a PPRD strategy to dominate all the southe [...]	2004-11-02 13:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG KBEM
04KINSHASA2047	THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]	2004-11-05 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2058	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolution [...]	2004-11-08 11:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2062	WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN INGA DAM DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy continues to receive proposals for the development of Inga Dam. The most recent developments have been an MOU signed with Eskom of South Africa and negotiations with MagAlloy (with Reynolds Group participation). The MOU signed with Eskom is one step closer t [...]	2004-11-09 08:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2066	SPORADIC FIGHTING BETWEEN MAI-MAI AND RCD-G [...] (U) Summary. Mai-Mai elements from the 8th military region have engaged in sporadic skirmishes with ex-Congolese National Army (ANC) soldiers from the same military region in Masisi, N. Kivu beginning the week of October 24th and continuing through November 7th. Although civilians have been di [...]	2004-11-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2082	OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, November 10. Mpanu said he would recommend the DRC delegation refrain from supporting anti-Israeli resolutions currently before the UNGA, including resolutions on three biased UN entities dealing with Palestinian i [...]	2004-11-12 12:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS CG UNGA
04KINSHASA2087	UN TEAM TO SHINKOLOBWE: MINE NOT A PROLIFERATION [...] (U) A UN team, composed of officials from IAEA, UNEP and WHO, visited Shinkolobwe mine in Katanga Province from Oct 25 to Nov 04 and concluded that the mine should remain closed due to risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation. The objective of the trip was to [...]	2004-11-12 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EMIN PREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2097	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] The following responses are geared to reftel questions. Post believes the DRC has made credible progress on its outstanding issues, and we will continue to stress to the GDRC the importance of doing so. 2. In May 2004, the GDRC finalized and implemented procedures for issuing official demob [...]	2004-11-16 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2100	MINISTER OF BUDGET ON BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Budget Francois Muamba stressed GDRC compliance with the IMF program and progress on government reforms during a recent call with the Ambassador. Muamba emphasized the good faith of the GDRC to comply with IMF parameters in spite of some minor slippage. Budgeting for e [...]	2004-11-16 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL CG
04KINSHASA2107	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: NO FOOD FOR MUTEBUSI [...] (C) We read with interest reftel detailing possible food assistance to Colonel Jules Mutebusi and his men, who continue to try to portray themselves as refugees in Rwanda. However, given that neither Monuc nor the GOR has been able to verify that Mutebusi has committed himself and his men to [...]	2004-11-18 06:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2115	CONGO/B - IS CONGO'S FUTURE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? IS [...] (C) Summary: Below follows an analysis of current political and economic atmospherics in the Republic of Congo, including points recently noted by the country,s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, regarding his efforts to truly put Congo on a &democratic path8 and change once and for all Congo, [...]	2004-11-18 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CF
04KINSHASA2122	DRC VISIT TO CHINA, N. KOREA - HYDROELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential advisor Andre Kapanga, the second-ranking official on the DRC delegation to China and North Korea, told PolCouns November 17 that meetings focused on investment opportunities in the DRC, particularly hydroelectrical generation and production of roof tiles. China off [...]	2004-11-19 07:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV CG CH KN
04KINSHASA2127	KATANGA POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila's PPRD party is the leading "national" contender in Katanga province, and benefits from local government control and preferential media access. PPRD efforts are nonetheless somewhat in disarray, and face local players such as former governor Kyungu, whose tribali [...]	2004-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA2136	PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Tosi Mpanu, political advisor to FonMin Ramazani. Mpanu replied that the GDRC was supportive of UNSC efforts on this matter and said he would recommend DRC support for the UNGA resolution on Sudan. MEECE [...]	2004-11-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SU CG UNGA
04KINSHASA2164	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani November 24. Zulu said the DRC would do what it could to encourage Zimbabwe to avoid making the same mistakes the Congo had made in the past. He also noted that a stable Zimbabwe was in the [...]	2004-11-26 15:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA2165	MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...]	2004-11-26 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2166	CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO [...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...]	2004-11-26 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2170	CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING [...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...]	2004-11-29 07:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2178	KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...]	2004-11-29 15:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO RW CG
04KINSHASA2182	A/S HOLMES VISIT TO DRC [...] (U) Summary: During A/S Holmes visit to the DRC Oct 23-28, SRSG Swing and staff explained the situation in the DRC and MONUC's accomplishments and challenges. At a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, A/S Holmes learned about preparations for DRC elections and disarmament in discussions with DRC [...]	2004-11-30 13:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2183	KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...]	2004-11-30 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG
04KINSHASA2352	DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...]	2004-12-30 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KUWAIT1003	(C) SCENESETTER FOR VPOTUS MEETING WITH FONMIN [...] (C) Meeting with the Vice President March 31 will be the highlight of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah's visit to Washington. It will also be the GOK'S highest-level meeting with the USG since Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's Septemb [...]	2004-03-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT1010	MFA UNDERSECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge on March 28 that although Tunisia has postponed the Arab League Summit due to lack of consensus on reform, the topic of reform is now on the League's agenda and the GCC will continue to push it. End Summary. (C) Sum [...]	2004-03-29 10:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF KU
04KUWAIT1041	(S/NF) SHAYKH NAWAF AL-AHMED: A NON-ENTITY TO [...] (S/NF) Ref A relayed a report from a well-connected Kuwaiti source that Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, has the inside track to be a future Amir. The Bosnian ambassador (protect),a Muslim who speaks fluent Arabic and enjoys warm [...]	2004-03-30 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT1105	TIP: MINISTERIAL DECREE BANS UNDER-18 CAMEL [...] MFA has just faxed us a Decree by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, number 152 of 2004, dated March 24, 2004, effective the date of publication. 2. The Decree (in Arabic) flatly bans the employment of children under age 18 in camel racing. Separately, it bans their employment in [...]	2004-04-05 08:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KU
04KUWAIT1213	(SBU) CT COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (S) Ref A requested posts to report on steps to improve US-Russian counter-terrorism (CT) coordination and communication in the field. We had already included the Russian Embassy in the G-8 CTAG meeting we hosted February 7 (ref B),and we will continue to do so. Russia has no declared intel [...]	2004-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC EAIR PGOV RU
04KUWAIT1227	(C) SCENESETTER: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Welcome to Kuwait. Your visit will be an excellent opportunity to continue the high-level engagement the Kuwaitis crave, building on the excellent reception the Defense Minister and Foreign Minister received in Washington two weeks ago. We have requested meetings with the [...]	2004-04-14 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT126	IRAQ: KUWAIT TO HOST THIRD "NEIGHBORING [...] Kuwait is due to host the third meeting of the "neighboring countries" of Iraq, shortly after Eid al-Adha which ends February 3. The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC),presumably represented by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zeibari, will be invited. Bahrain will attend in its capacity as Chair of th [...]	2004-01-11 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT127	(S) AIK FUEL: GOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S SIGNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge delivered copy of reftel dipnote to the FM January 10, asking that the GOK continue supplying fuel to US and coalition forces pending bilateral discussions to resolve who will pay for what. He also asked for urgent approval for the deployment of twelve additional C-130s [...]	2004-01-11 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT13	(C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...]	2004-01-04 07:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KU
04KUWAIT130	(S) COALITION FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT OK FOR TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) At the instruction of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who was in Yemen, MFA U/S Khaled Salman Al Jarallah called Charge January 11, 2004, to reply to Charge's January 10 demarche (reftel A) [...]	2004-01-12 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT1329	KUWAITI REACTIONS TO THE NOMINATION OF RICHARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media have prominently reported Islamist opposition to the nomination of Richard LeBaron as ambassador to Kuwait in the past few days, with a handful of Islamist MPs, members of the Kuwait University student union and other fellow travelers expressing dismay that "personal [...]	2004-04-21 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT1334	(C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...]	2004-04-22 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT135	(SBU) USTR PROPOSES DELAY IN TIFA SIGNING [...] (U) Comment and Action Request at para 9. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary. Embassy requests Department intervene with USTR to maintain the scheduled 10 February TIFA signing and economic reform discussions with GOK in Washington, even [...]	2004-01-12 18:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT1356	(C) MESSAGE FROM POTUS ON IRAQ [...] (U) CDA delivered reftel letter from President Bush addressed to the Amir, to Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah April 25. Director of the Amir's Office Ibrahim al-Shatti and A/DCM sat in. Receipt of the letter was announced in the Kuwaiti media, as the Ministe [...]	2004-04-26 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT1364	(C) IRAQ: NORWEGIAN COMMANDER WANTS TO STAY, [...] (U) A/DCM AND OMC-K VICE CHIEF MET APRIL 25 WITH A VISITING NORWEGIAN DELEGATION COMPRISING THE DCM FROM THE NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI, PER VATNE, THE COMMANDER OF THE NORWEGIAN CONTINGENT IN IRAQ, COLONEL THOR MOEN, CHRISTIAN HANEBORG OF THE EMBASSY, AND MAJOR JENS HYNDOY, MOEN'S CHIEF [...]	2004-04-26 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NO IZ KU UNSC
04KUWAIT1380	(C) PM ASSURES DEPUTY SECRETARY "WE'RE LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah assured Deputy Secretary Armitage April 19 that "we are long-term allies." SIPDIS Shaykh Sabah urged the US to seek a new UNSC Resolution on Iraq, and to resolve the situation in Fallujah -- peacefully if possible, but if not, then above all quickl [...]	2004-04-27 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT1402	(SBU) CJCS DISCUSSES IRAQ PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discussed the current situation in Iraq with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense April 14. Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah emphasized that Kuwait's support for Coalition efforts in Iraq would continue. General M [...]	2004-04-29 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MARR PREL ASEC IZ KU
04KUWAIT143	(C) SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S BURNS'S VISIT [...] (C) Welcome back to Kuwait. We are requesting meetings for you with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah, for the afternoon of January 14. Given you [...]	2004-01-13 08:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD PHUM PGOV IZ KU
04KUWAIT147	CLARIFYING STATUS OF NON-U.S. PERSONNEL IN KUWAIT [...] Summary and Action Request. Embassy has learned that some DOD contract personnel working in Kuwait believe that their close support of DOD activities here entitles them to the same criminal/liability protections enjoyed by U.S. military and DOD civilians. This may very well not be the case. [...]	2004-01-13 09:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID MOPS PGOV PREL CASC KU IZ
04KUWAIT1500	(S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...]	2004-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU
04KUWAIT1519	(U) GRILLINGS: ROUNDS TWO AND POSSIBLY THREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad,s Cabinet has survived a second round of grillings in the National Assembly and appears strong on the eve of a possible third. The second challenge of the year, this time against Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah, came from Shiite Isl [...]	2004-05-16 10:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU
04KUWAIT1594	KUWAIT WAVERS ON COMMITMENT TO RESERVE AL-ZOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric and Fluor officials have informed post that the Government of Kuwait may have backed away from the Amir's 1996 promise to President Clinton that US firms would have exclusive rights to build the next major electricity generating plant, now anticipated to be the $ [...]	2004-05-19 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BEXP ETRD KU
04KUWAIT1635	(C) ARTICLE 98 STILL STALLED [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-23 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS KU
04KUWAIT1647	(C) HUMAN CLONING: MFA PROMISES TO CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) In a May 24 meeting with MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad on another topic (septel),CDA elicited a promise that Kuwait would co-sponsor the Costa Rican resolution calling for a complete ban on human cloning. We suggest USUN ask the Kuwaiti mission to confirm these instructions wit [...]	2004-05-24 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO KU UNGA KSCI
04KUWAIT1649	(C) UNCC: GOK APPEALS TO HOLD THE LINE [...] (C) An agitated MFA IO Director Amb. Abdullah al-Murad called in CDA May 24 to stress that the GOK at the highest levels attaches great importance to maintaining the existing UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) arrangement. He was concerned about reports from New York that Germany "supported b [...]	2004-05-24 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KU UNSC
04KUWAIT1661	(S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...]	2004-05-25 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU
04KUWAIT1662	(C) ARTICLE 98: "LEAVE IT TO US" [...] (C) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain told CDA May 25 that the Cabinet's Legal Committee (the Ministers of Justice, Information, and Commerce) would meet May 26 to consider what is needed according to Kuwaiti law to bring the Article 98 agreement into force. He said MFA would s [...]	2004-05-25 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS KU
04KUWAIT1663	(C) NEED TO GET MILAIR ARRIVALS UNDER CONTROL [...] (C) CDA was summoned by Foreign Ministry Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain May 25. Among other topics, Babtain complained at the way the US military continues to ignore Kuwaiti immigration procedures. Specifically, Babtain said, Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) Alternate Member Ameer [...]	2004-05-26 03:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OTRA IZ KU
04KUWAIT1699	(C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-30 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU
04KUWAIT1731	(S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...]	2004-06-02 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU
04KUWAIT1748	(C) GOK PROTESTS MISTREATMENT OF MINISTER AT [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Charge was summoned to MFA after its cob June 2 to receive a formal protest at the treatment given to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Feisal al-Hajji at the Chicago port of entry May 2, when he was transiting from London to Houston [...]	2004-06-02 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KU
04KUWAIT1752	(C) UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request. During a June 2 courtesy call, Paolo Lembo, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator discussed with the Charge the possibility of the UN basing some Iraq support staff in Kuwait. Envisioning a staff of 100-120, he said that their new headquarters wou [...]	2004-06-03 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID IZ KU UN
04KUWAIT180	NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...]	2004-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT1809	(C) ASAD TELLS GOK HE WANTS DIALOGUE WITH USG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Kuwaiti FM, Syrian President Asad used a brief visit June 6 to ask the GOK to tell the USG he is serious about working together to promote stability in Iraq. Asad was reportedly very concerned about the Syria Accountability Act, particularly the insertion of t [...]	2004-06-08 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ KU
04KUWAIT1810	(C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June 6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article 98 agreement by the National Assembly. As the Assembly is about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the [...]	2004-06-08 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS KU
04KUWAIT1812	(C) JORDAN'S KING DID NOT DISCUSS OIL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that Jordanian King Abdullah had not/not discussed oil during his June 1 visit to Kuwait (other topics septels). (NOTE: the local media reported that the King had said Kuwait had renewed for six months the p [...]	2004-06-08 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO IZ KU
04KUWAIT1829	(C) SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON ELECTRICITY FOR [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A oral message from the Secretary to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah SIPDIS al-Salem al-Sabah June 7, after MFA advised that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed would not be available (other topics septels). The Minister listened attentively and promis [...]	2004-06-09 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT1904	(S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-19 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT1928	(C) GOK INQUIRES ABOUT KUWAITI HELD IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note, number 20041331 from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, dated 20 June 2004, marked "Secret" and noting that ICRC informed the GOK on May 11 that it had registered a Kuwaiti citizen dur [...]	2004-06-21 08:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC MOPS PHUM IZ KU ICRC
04KUWAIT1933	KUWAIT CONDEMNS MURDER OF AMCIT PAUL JOHNSON [...] The GOK, National Assembly, and Muslim religious leaders have condemned the Johnson murder and expressed support for Saudi actions against terrorists in the Kingdom. On June 19, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed publicly condemned the murder as a terrorist act and stressed that those who "k [...]	2004-06-21 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC CASC SA KU
04KUWAIT198	(C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to work on putting together a team of investigators to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal in its in [...]	2004-01-19 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KJUS IZ KU KAWC
04KUWAIT1996	(SBU) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE TO [...] (C) A/DCM joined the British, Italian and Libyan DCMs in delivering reftel demarche June 28 on MFA Acting Director of Legal Affairs Ghanem al-Ghanem. Ghanem promised to contact the Kuwaiti OPCW Executive Council delegation urgently (it had just left for The Hague that morning) and to put the [...]	2004-06-28 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL LY KU CWC
04KUWAIT2050	(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working to arrange a meeting with Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, who is expected to be the Acting Foreign Minister at the time of your visit (both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister are expected to be out of the country). A [...]	2004-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU
04KUWAIT2072	(S) OIF FUEL ISSUE: GOK INVITES COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Further to the conversation reported reftel, Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the MFA Americas Dept. (number 20041488 dated July 7, 2004),in Arabic, marked "Urgent and Secret." Informal Embassy translation follows: BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its b [...]	2004-07-07 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT2152	(C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER, [...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...]	2004-07-12 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT2217	(SBU) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETING SET FOR SEPT. [...] (SBU) Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Regional Delegation of ICRC announcing that the 46th session of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Kuwait on September 7, 2004 at 9: [...]	2004-07-18 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC

04KUWAIT2248	(C) COUNTRY TEAM POSITION REGARDING RELEASE [...] (C) Background. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has requested release to purchase the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure System (ATIRCMS) for its AH-64D Apaches. The first Apaches for Kuwait will be delivered in Sep 06. The ATIRCMS uses the AN/ALQ-212 Infrared (IR) Jammer and the Commo [...]	2004-07-19 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL
04KUWAIT2274	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 18 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage met with Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other Kuwaiti Ministers on July 18. The Deputy Secretary took the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Iraq, soliciting Shaykh Nawaf's views on the [...]	2004-07-21 07:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2335	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...]	2004-07-27 06:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2345	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's exclusive interview with local Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-A'am (7/18) generated a wealth of coverage in the local press. The interview, which ranged widely from democracy in Kuwait and stability in Iraq to the war on terror, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Le [...]	2004-07-27 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OIIP KU
04KUWAIT2366	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Saturday, July 31st. Foreign Minister Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah will most likely also be in attendance. Since your last visit on March 20, there ha [...]	2004-07-29 07:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU
04KUWAIT2389	GOK RATIFIES TIFA [...] The MFA informed Embassy via Diplomatic Note No. 13543 dated July 6, 2004 that Kuwait has ratified by Decree No. 135 the Trade and Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed on February 6, 2004. 2. The document also notes that the GOK has not yet received formal notification from the US that the US [...]	2004-08-01 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PGOV EINV ECON KU
04KUWAIT2425	(U) INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES IMPOSE BAN ON [...] (U) Action request at para 11. 2. (C) Summary. MFA reports that the Embassies of the Philippines and India, responding to a deteriorating security situation, requested GOK assistance on 3 August in banning travel of their nationals to Iraq. MFA, reportedly in order to provide USG an opp [...]	2004-08-04 03:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ETRD EAID PREL PHUM IN IZ KU
04KUWAIT2426	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S HISTORIC VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All local news dailies covered the historic three-day visit to Kuwait by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, July 31-Aug 2. Pro-forma high-level meetings were conducted during the visit, which focused on the resumption of the bilateral relationship. Allawi reassured Kuwait that Ir [...]	2004-08-04 03:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04KUWAIT2493	KUWAIT CIVAIR: PROMOTING OPEN SKIES [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 3 August, 2004, expressing the Directorate of Civil Aviation's interest in beginning direct negotiations on a bilateral Open Skies agreement. An informal translation of the note follows below. We would appreciate the [...]	2004-08-07 11:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL ECON ETRD KU
04KUWAIT2496	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: US MILITARY PRESSES INDIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted an August 5 meeting between representatives of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) and representatives from the Indian and Phillipines Embassies concerning the travel ban that both India and the Philippines have imposed, prohibiting their natio [...]	2004-08-07 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP
04KUWAIT2512	INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIAL APPRAISES KSS [...] (C)SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting with Charge, Interior Ministry Undersecretary LtGen Nasser Al-Othman said that the Ministry will not stop in its efforts to uncover militant activities in Kuwait. Al-Othman also spoke of a need to improve KSS and for the organization to be more aggressive in [...]	2004-08-08 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV KU
04KUWAIT2523	ANTI-TIP ACTION PLAN FOR KUWAIT DELIVERED [...] (U) On August 9, 2004, Charge delivered reftel Anti-TIP Action Plan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Ambassador Al-Babtain expressed surprise that the USG deals with all nations directly on this issue and recommended that Anti-TIP efforts be c [...]	2004-08-09 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL KU
04KUWAIT2524	PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...]	2004-08-09 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER
04KUWAIT2542	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: IMPACT ON US MILITARY CONTRACTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff spoke on August 10 with the two major US military contractors transporting supplies for US operations in Iraq, to see how the travel ban preventing Indian and Filipino workers from entering Iraq is affecting their operations. Altanmia, which holds the Defense Energy Sup [...]	2004-08-10 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ IN RP
04KUWAIT2567	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ACTIVITIES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Emboffs visited border-crossing points on the Kuwait-Iraq border to identify future construction sites for a planned Kuwaiti border barrier and to seek context for GOK reports of friction with Iraqi border patrols (reftel). Both Kuwait and Iraq appear determined to [...]	2004-08-12 07:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT2701	UPU POC DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] Acting PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Department First Secretary Fayez Al-Jassim on August 22. Al-Jassim said he has received many requests from other states seeking election to the Universal Postal Union Postal Operations Council (POC) and said he would r [...]	2004-08-22 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KU
04KUWAIT2741	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-23 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KU UNGA
04KUWAIT2742	LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...]	2004-08-23 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC KU
04KUWAIT2747	GOK CONCERNED WITH TONE OF DISCUSSIONS OVER AIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following A/S Bloomfield and PDASD Flory's August 20 meeting in Washington with the Kuwaiti Charge concerning the GOK's decision to suspend assistance-in-kind (AIK) fuel for operations in Iraq effective September 4 in the absence of a formal contract, Acting Minister of Foreign [...]	2004-08-24 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT276	(U) DRUGGED OUT: NON-CITIZENS LACK ACCESS TO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 04:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL PINR KU
04KUWAIT2772	GOK AWAITS NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR MNF-I FUEL CONTRACT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) CDA was called to a meeting with Minister of Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd on August 24 to discuss the MNF-I fuel. The Minister said that he had been tasked by the GOK to resolve the matter, in response to the recent meeting in Washingt [...]	2004-08-24 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT2783	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...]	2004-08-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT2789	GERMAN-FRENCH DEMARCHE ON UNSC PERMANENT SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 11:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GE
04KUWAIT2873	NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN TO ENSURE CONTINUED FUEL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Initial discussions between the USG and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to ensure KPC's continued provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies began on August 30. The KPC delegation [...]	2004-08-30 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT2900	(SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...]	2004-09-01 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU
04KUWAIT2907	FUEL FOR IRAQ: ONE MONTH REPRIEVE FROM CUT-OFF [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and USG delegations met again on September 1 to continue discussions over Kuwait's provision of assistance-in-kind (AIK) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel supplies for US forces, which KPC had been instructed to terminate on September 4. KPC Chairma [...]	2004-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
04KUWAIT2909	KUWAIT BANKING AND FINANCE UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this edition of the Kuwait Banking & Finance Update: the Central Bank raises interest rates; a Kuwaiti bank limits its business in Iraq due to security concerns; the banking sector opens to foreign banks; a new Islamic bank is formed; and a new draft tax law is approved by [...]	2004-09-01 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ FR KW
04KUWAIT294	(SBU) MFA REVIEWS RECIPROCITY [...] (SBU) Post has received the following diplomatic note (in Arabic; informal translation by Post): BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol Top Urgent Circular 50003 January 18, 2004 MFA - Protocol Department - sends its compliments to all the diplomatic mis [...]	2004-01-27 05:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC AMGT KU
04KUWAIT3028	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 12:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER
04KUWAIT3033	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...]	2004-09-09 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ
04KUWAIT3145	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG FIVE INITIATIVES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
04KUWAIT3190	KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQ, [...] (U) In a forty-five minute meeting on September 15, the morning after arrival in country, Ambassador LeBaron presented copies of credentials to Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad Al-Sabah. The Foreign Minister was joined by Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah, Office Director Shaikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, [...]	2004-09-15 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP KU
04KUWAIT3194	GOK ATTENDANCE AT G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-18 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI ECON KU UNGA
04KUWAIT326	MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAO and APAO met with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Rashid al-Hamad, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools concept and other issues. The minister told us that he is interested in principle in working with the USG in establishing 2-3 such schools in Kuwait, and said that he [...]	2004-01-28 09:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO OEXC XF KU
04KUWAIT3320	FAILAKA FOUR FREE ON BAIL [...] (U) News dailies reported September 21 that four of the suspects allegedly involved in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island attack, Adnan Asad Al-Kandari, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kandari, Yousef Ahmed Al-Kandari, and Ghazi Faisal Al-Tarrah, were released on KD 200 bail (approximately USD 670) but r [...]	2004-09-22 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL KU
04KUWAIT3365	EXTRADITION OF GUANTANAMO KUWAITI PRISONER, NASSER [...] The upcoming release of one of the twelve Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo Naval Base, Nasser Najd Al-Mutairi, is front page news here, as the press reports an expected transfer date back to Kuwait before Ramadan, o/a October 15. Quoting the Foreign Minister, Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Al-S [...]	2004-09-26 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KU
04KUWAIT3369	KUWAITI DETAINEES IN U.S. CUSTODY: MFA AFFIRMS [...] (C) Political Chief met September 26 with MFA Director of Coordination and Follow-up, Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, to deliver information on the designation of a Kuwaiti national as an enemy combatant (Ref A and Septel) and to receive information on the verdict against detainee Adel Zamil A [...]	2004-09-27 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KU
04KUWAIT3371	IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED [...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...]	2004-09-27 04:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU
04KUWAIT3374	TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONALS WORKING FOR US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with DCM and a September 25 follow-up with US military officials, Turkish diplomats raised concerns about the treatment of Turkish drivers working for US military contractors and sub-contractors in Kuwait and Iraq. They said that the Turkish Embassy i [...]	2004-09-27 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ TU
04KUWAIT339	(C) FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS STAFFDEL ABRAMOWITZ [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN ECON KU
04KUWAIT3391	KUWAITI RUMOR MILL ON OVERDRIVE REGARDING IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: After two days of intense public speculation about a possible change of senior Kuwaiti leadership, post is unable to confirm persistent rumors that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad will be elevated to the post of Crown Prince or Amir. The rumors followed a September 2 [...]	2004-09-28 10:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT3413	NOTIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF THREE [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cases of three Egyptian drivers presumed to have been killed while driving in Iraq (text in pa [...]	2004-09-29 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ EG
04KUWAIT346	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN KDEM KU
04KUWAIT3462	GCC DISCUSSES COMMON THREAT OF TERRORISM [...] (U) In preparation for an October 9-10 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Interior Ministers in Kuwait, GCC Interior Ministry Undersecretaries met in Kuwait on October 2 and 3 to discuss the common threat of terrorism and what steps the Council could take to further bolster their cooper [...]	2004-10-04 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU BA YM QA UE OM
04KUWAIT3465	KUWAITI FM SAYS FUEL ISSUE RESOLVED; DRIVER ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a 50-minute meeting on October 4, Ambassador and Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammed committed to continued fuel for U.S. forces in Iraq, to be supplied at "close to zero" cost. The FM said that signing of a contract was a necessary political/legal formality and asked that U.S. team be [...]	2004-10-04 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT350	(C) TIP: KUWAITI EFFORT TO HELP REPATRIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia is working with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the Indonesian Embassy to expedite repatriation of domestic servants stranded in Kuwait, and to ensure payment of wages owed to them. He hopes to be able to extend this initiative to Filipin [...]	2004-01-31 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL KU ID RP
04KUWAIT3504	CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...]	2004-10-07 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU
04KUWAIT3511	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-10 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC PINR KU
04KUWAIT3525	SHAYKH JABER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR,S CREDENTIALS [...] (C) In a quick, well-choreographed October 12 ceremony, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Shaykh Jaber at the Amiri Diwan. The Ambassadors from Japan, Azerbaijan, and Canada presented credentials in succession before the Amir received the Ambassador and the six senior members of the [...]	2004-10-12 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR KU
04KUWAIT3529	REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...]	2004-10-13 03:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ
04KUWAIT3544	AL-SABAH INSIDER SAYS U.S. DOESN'T VALUE KUWAIT; [...] (S/NF) Summary: In early fall 2004, PolOff met several times with a senior Shaykh from the Al-Sabah ruling family who works in the Prime Minister's office and has daily interaction with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad. The interlocutor, who is in his forties and has a prominent lineage, [...]	2004-10-13 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KWMN IZ KU
04KUWAIT3546	SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...]	2004-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT3547	PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL
04KUWAIT3548	KUWAITI CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Vern Clark, met with Kuwait Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Fahed, on October 11 and discussed the state of the bilateral relationship. Fahed asserted that the bilateral relationship is now based on mutual desires and interes [...]	2004-10-13 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER KU
04KUWAIT3578	KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER SEES "NO PROBLEM" WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met on 18 October 2004 with H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss the A/S Lincoln Bloomfield and DASD Peter Flory delegation's 19-20 October visit to finalize a contract for Kuwait's continued provision of fuels for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ambassador rei [...]	2004-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MOPS PREL EAID MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT3590	GOK REMOVES BAN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB IN IZ MOPS PK PREL
04KUWAIT3592	ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION NOW ON FAST TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU KLEG
04KUWAIT3607	MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...]	2004-10-23 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER
04KUWAIT3633	JUSTICE MINISTER: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FLAWED, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 23, Justice Minister Ahmed Baqer disputed U.S. claims of a corruptible judiciary, increased censorship, and preferential treatment of Kuwaiti nationals and discussed what he sees as numerous mistakes in the 2003 Department Report on [...]	2004-10-25 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT3635	AMBASSADOR MEETS AL-SABAH GOVERNOR: FRANK TALK ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting, Mubarak al-Kabir Governor Shaykh Mubarak al-Humoud al-Sabah shared with Ambassador his view that a possible Amiri leadership succession in Kuwait would not include Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed. In addition, the Governor relayed concerns that [...]	2004-10-25 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KU
04KUWAIT3657	AMBASSADOR AND KUWAITI PM REVIEW BILATERAL TIES, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 25 call on the Prime Minister, the Ambassador reviewed the main elements of the bilateral relationship. The Ambassador thanked the PM for Kuwait's steady cooperation on security matters and generous support for coalition efforts in Iraq, including provision of fu [...]	2004-10-26 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWMN PHUM ECON KU
04KUWAIT3658	KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...]	2004-10-27 04:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ
04KUWAIT366	(S) HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) Charge chaired Post's monthly Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) meeting January 26. (Visas Viper meeting reported septel.) The group agreed that the Embassy is taking all appropriate security measures. 2. (S) Embassy has facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between t [...]	2004-02-03 12:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT367	ARTICLE 98 [...] This is an action cable. See para 4. 2. (S) During his January 27, 2004 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter C.W. Flory, the Kuwait Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mo [...]	2004-02-03 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT368	U.S. DELEGATION MAKES PROGRESS ON CONTINUED [...] (C) During a series of meetings on January 27, 2004, U.S. Delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. made a concerted effort to ensure continued Kuwaiti AIK fuel supplies for the foreseeable future. Bloomfield, supported by a large DOD and St [...]	2004-02-03 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT3681	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...]	2004-10-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ
04KUWAIT3682	PRIME MINISTER REITERATES ECONOMY IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah summoned cabinet members, their deputies and key economic figures to Bayan Palace on October 23 to impress upon them his intent to move forward with economic reforms during the current legislative session, which was inaugurated on October 26. L [...]	2004-10-27 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET KU
04KUWAIT3683	US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL
04KUWAIT3684	PHILIPPINES REQUESTS KUWAIT RECONSIDER DECISION TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ RP
04KUWAIT3726	KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...] (S) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi during his October 25 visit to Kuwait that Iran should "look at Iraq" as an example of what happens to countries that de [...]	2004-11-01 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EPET KU IR IZ
04KUWAIT3759	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO STUDY UNGA HUMAN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah during their November 2 meeting. He noted that Saudi Arabia had already agreed to support the U.S. position in favor of the Costa Rican resolution. The U/S said he would discuss the USG request with relevant [...]	2004-11-02 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL KU UNGA USUN
04KUWAIT3762	KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT [...] (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's n [...]	2004-11-02 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT3768	KUWAIT CALLS IRAQI PRESIDENT VISIT A SUCCESS: [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a November 2 meeting, Kuwaiti MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a readout of IIG President Ghazi al-Yawar's October 30 - November 1 visit to Kuwait. Jarallah said the visit had been "very fruitful," though Yawar had not come with a specific [...]	2004-11-03 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KU IZ
04KUWAIT3769	AMBASSADOR AND INFORMATION MINISTER DISCUSS IPR, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In a lively November 3 courtesy call on Minister of Information Muhammad Abulhassan, the Ambassador discussed intellectual property rights (IPR),the prospect for Kuwaiti women's enfranchisement, and the State Department's Human Rights Report. Abulhassan conceded [...]	2004-11-03 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM PREL KIPR KU
04KUWAIT3771	AMIR'S SON ALLEGES CONSPIRACY TO OUST HIS FATHER [...] (S) Summary and Comment: An Al-Sabah ruling family member and son of the Amir recently asked PolChief to join him on a walk through his garden during which he railed against the Prime Minister, accusing him of manipulating his power and position to force the Amir and Crown Prince out of off [...]	2004-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PINR
04KUWAIT3842	GOK TO TAKE "LEADERSHIP ROLE" ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered 8 November reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah, following up on Deputy Secretary Armitage's 7 November raising of Iraqi debt and the Sharm el-Sheikh conference with Prime Minister Sabah. Dr. Mohammed said the GOK would t [...]	2004-11-09 08:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT3873	CONFUSION OVER PORT FEES FOR COALITION SHIPS [...] (S) Summary and Comment. The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has intermittently charged US and coalition shipping agents various vessel and cargo-handling fees, in apparent contravention of the US-Kuwait Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite repeated MFA assurances that these vessels wer [...]	2004-11-10 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MOPS EWWT PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT3876	ISLAMISTS WIN ANOTHER BATTLE: RAMADAN TV SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The recently banned Ramadan television special 'Donia Al-Quwy' has become a nationwide hit for the very reasons it is not being aired by local stations: its focus on taboo societal issues. While the ban reflects the growing influence of Kuwaiti Islamists in this cons [...]	2004-11-10 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU
04KUWAIT3877	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON CONVENTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KSCI
04KUWAIT3878	BRITISH WORKING BORDER PROBLEMS WITH KUWAITIS AND [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The British Ambassador has been working with the Kuwaitis and UK military elements in Southern Iraq over the last two weeks to resolve some border complaints made by the Kuwaitis. The GOK turned to the UK Embassy partly because of the presence of UK forces in southern Ir [...]	2004-11-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER IZ KU
04KUWAIT3880	UNDERTAKING MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Department Head Ambassador Khalid Babtain on November 10. Babtain stated that Kuwait fully supported IIG and Coalition action to defeat insurgents in Fallujah and would make that support known publicly. He disparaged a public statement attributed [...]	2004-11-10 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT3892	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON ICTY NOMINEE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL KAWC PHUM KU UNGA
04KUWAIT3893	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KU UNGA
04KUWAIT3897	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S NOVEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a 45 minute meeting November 7, the Deputy Secretary and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the situation in Iraq. The Deputy Secretary briefed the PM on his visit, informing him of the IIG's declaration of a state [...]	2004-11-12 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT390	BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION MEETS INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior U.S. delegation led by PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. with PDASD/ISA Peter Flory, met on January 27 with representatives of the Kuwait Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense and Energy as well as the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation at the Kuwait Ministry of Finance [...]	2004-02-06 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ
04KUWAIT3933	COURTESY CALL ON THE INTERIOR MINISTER REVEALS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf, the Minister was unable to clarify status of the border MOU with the U.S. military. Shaykh Nawaf insisted the signed agreement had been returned to the MFA for further action, but he had no [...]	2004-11-18 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT3979	KUWAIT: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 APPROVAL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised status of Article 98 approval with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on November 21. Dr. Mohammed restated the GOK had "fast-tracked" the agreement with Parliament, explaining it was currently under review by the Foreign Affairs C [...]	2004-11-21 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KLEG
04KUWAIT3984	KUWAIT SUPPORTS SECRETARY' POWELL'S INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed November 21 on developments on Iraqi issues in advance of the FM's departure for the Sharm Al Sheikh regional conference. The Ambassador secured GOK support for Secretary Powell's conference intervention and reconfirmed SIPDIS K [...]	2004-11-21 16:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID
04KUWAIT4016	GOK MOVES CLOSER TO DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ, NO [...] (U) 22 November newspapers reported that "diplomatic sources asserted that Kuwait will write off 80 percent and more of the Iraqi debts, if there was an international consensus in the Club of Paris." The newspapers did not identify the diplomatic sources, and no one from the GOK has been quo [...]	2004-11-23 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT4026	ITALIANS SEEKING GCC SUPPORT ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) In a November 20 courtesy call on Emboffs, Nico Frandi (protect),2nd Secretary of the Italian Embassy, spoke at length on Italy's views on UN Security Council reform. He said his government was dismayed there was no common European position on reform and, as a result, decided to approac [...]	2004-11-24 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KU IT UNSC
04KUWAIT4100	TWO EDITORS AGREE: UNCERTAIN SUCCESSION IS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In courtesy calls by Ambassador LeBaron on the editors of Kuwait's top two Arabic-language dailies, each editor cited Kuwait's uncertain ruling family succession as the number one problem now facing the nation. The two papers, Al-Qabas and Al-Rai Al-Aam, differ signifi [...]	2004-11-30 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT4106	KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...]	2004-12-01 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO
04KUWAIT4132	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION LAUDS PROGRESS IN ID OF GULF [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The 27th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing was held November 24 in Geneva at ICRC headquarters. In stark contrast to previous sessions (ref C),this meeting was characterized by strong cooperation among TPC members and the participation [...]	2004-12-01 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC
04KUWAIT4199	SENIOR MP SAYS THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 courtesy call by Ambassador LeBaron, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, MP Mohammed Jassam Al-Sager (also Al-Saqer),was not shy about his views on Iraq, U.S. policy successes and failures, and the effectiveness of the Government [...]	2004-12-06 03:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID KU KLEG
04KUWAIT4200	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KU
04KUWAIT4216	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR FULL [...] (C) Political Chief delivered December 7 ref demarche to Ambassador Faisal Al-Mashan, MFA Arab World Department Manager. Al-Mashan said Kuwait agreed with the U.S. on the need for full Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections and said Kuwait would do its part to achieve such an end [...]	2004-12-07 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KDEM PHUM IZ KU
04KUWAIT4312	MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,s December 7-8 visit to Kuwait. Shalaby said the meeting covered three GOE concerns: support for Mahmoud Abbas, candidacy in upcoming Palestinian ele [...]	2004-12-13 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG
04KUWAIT4314	UN OFFICIAL IN KUWAIT TO BE QAZI'S DEPUTY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY Ambassador LeBaron met twice recently with the United Nations Resident Coordinator ad interim and United Nations Development Program representative, Paolo Lembo, to discuss the growing role of the UN in Iraq and the surrounding region. Lembo stated that the UN would, in time, fu [...]	2004-12-13 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS AORC IO IZ KU
04KUWAIT4360	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC KU
04KUWAIT4361	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 11:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KU UNGA

04KUWAIT4369	SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...]	2004-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT4370	NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. Billed as a courtesy call, the meeting covered the U.S-Kuwaiti bilateral relationship and a wide range of regional issues. On terrorism, Al-Babtain said the [...]	2004-12-18 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU
04KUWAIT4371	THE LINES AND BEARDS GET LONGER AT THE ARAB BOOK [...] Summary: The 29th Arab Book Fair reflected a continued trend of the gradual Islamization of the annual exhibition. A noticeable increase in Islamic religious books, shoppers, and booksellers highlighted the fair, where the majority of participants and shoppers were rural conservative Muslims. [...]	2004-12-18 08:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL PGOV KU
04KUWAIT4389	CHINA AND ITALY TO STORE KUWAIT'S STRATEGIC [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff on December 15 that Kuwait had concluded an agreement with China -- reportedly through a China-based Chevron subsidiary -- for the storage of part of its foreign-based "Strategic Petroleum Reserve," (SPR) bolster [...]	2004-12-18 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL KU CH IT
04KUWAIT4407	SUCCESSION: APPEAL FOR ROYAL TITLE DAMAGES [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister told Poloff that Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Commander of the National Guard, had asked the Amir on November 30 -- in the presence of both the Crown Prince and PM -- "if (PM) Shaykh Sabah was more important than him" and d [...]	2004-12-19 11:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
04KUWAIT4411	KUWAITI FM ON BAHRAIN FTA AND THE GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah updated Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton on the GCC ministerial gathering earlier this month. As reported by others, Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal's obje [...]	2004-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU SA BA
04KUWAIT4413	AMBASSADOR URGES GOI ACTION ON TERROR THREAT IN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on December 18 and initiated the conversation by stressing the gravity of the recent security threat posed to U.S. interests in Kuwait. Ambassador noted that the matter was being dealt with in liais [...]	2004-12-19 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CASC EFIN KU
04KUWAIT4414	GOK READY TO WORK WITH PALESTINIANS ONCE ABU MAZEN [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton that the December 13 visit to Kuwait of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) "went very well." Dr. Mohammed added that [...]	2004-12-19 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON KU IS
04KUWAIT4415	KUWAITI CALLS BMENA MEETING A SUCCESS, REITERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 call on Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador stressed the gravity of recent security threats to U.S. and Kuwaiti interests and noted the weakness of the GOK legal instruments in combating terrorist financing. (SEPTEL) Th [...]	2004-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV MOPS ECON KU
04KUWAIT4425	SHARAR GRILLING MEANT TO SEND OFFICIAL MESSAGE ON [...] (C) A senior advisor to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told Poloff December 15 that the December 6 grilling of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar (ref b) had been engineered by the government in an attempt to "send a message" to members of the royal [...]	2004-12-20 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
04KUWAIT4426	GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS: GOK REQUESTS UN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah called the Ambassador and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton to his office on December 18 to provide background on the GOK's request to activate a clause in UNSCR 833, requiring the UN to ensure that border po [...]	2004-12-20 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER IZ KU UN
04KUWAIT4427	ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (S) Ambassador LeBaron raised on December 18 the status of the Article 98 Agreement with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, noting that Bahrain is re-examining the idea of finalizing the Agreement through an exchange of notes. The Ambassador suggested that Ku [...]	2004-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG
04KUWAIT4449	GOK FAILS TO LOCATE REMAINS OF ITS MISSING IN [...] (U) During Ambassador LeBaron's December 21 courtesy call on Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Chairman of the National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA),NCMPA Director General Rabea Al-Adsani reported that Kuwaiti officials recently traveled to Karbala to search for bodie [...]	2004-12-21 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPOW PHUM AORC KU IZ ICRC
04KUWAIT451	(C) IRAQ: GOK SEEKS INPUT FOR NEIGHBORS' MEETING [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Jarallah asked Charge February 8 to provide urgently any points the USG would like to have included in the final communique of the "Neighboring Countries" (of Iraq) meeting that Kuwait will host on Febru [...]	2004-02-09 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT4540	SURVIVING GRANDSON OF LATE AMIR MUBARAK THE GREAT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a December 26 call on the Ambassador, Shaykh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the eldest surviving grandson of Mubarak the Great, complained about a lack of American respect for Kuwait. Shaykh Mohammed, a young but influential Shaykh, admitted to an inability [...]	2004-12-28 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
04KUWAIT4552	KUWAITIS CONFLICTED OVER CHRISTMAS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: While some of Kuwait's western educated elite dabble in decorating Christmas trees and exchanging presents, and Christians openly celebrate the holiday, some Islamists have called for banning the [...]	2004-12-29 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL SCUL ECON KU
04KUWAIT4553	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 12 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 10:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AORC KU
04KUWAIT4554	TOO MUCH STICK, NOT ENOUGH CARROT: KUWAIT EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Econoffs met with representatives from the Kuwaiti Embassy in Washington on December 21 to discuss the TIFA process and prospects for a second TIFA Council meeting. They echoed the comments made by senior Ministry of Commerce officials that Kuwait is "jealous" that [...]	2004-12-29 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON KIPR KU
04KUWAIT474	COORDINATING WITH THE UK ON IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) UK Deputy Head of Mission in Kuwait Jamie Bowden reported to EconChief on February 8 that the UK Embassy here did not intend to demarche GOK on a reduction in Iraqi debt as described Reftel. According to Bowden, debt reduction for Iraq had been discussed January 27 at a meeting in Kuwait [...]	2004-02-11 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT480	(C) OFAC MEETS WITH CENTRAL BANK: KUWAIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Richard Newcomb met with Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Shaykh Salem Al-Sabah on January 19, 2004 to discuss issues outstanding from OFAC's October 2003 visit to Kuwait. Shaykh Salem verified that the CBK will give instructio [...]	2004-02-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT481	(U) KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy convened the first meeting of Kuwait's counterterrorism action group (CTAG) under US leadership; the French, Japanese, British, Russian, Italian, German, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish embassies participated. Only the US and British have specific anti-terrorism programs i [...]	2004-02-12 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN ETTC PREL KU
04KUWAIT494	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: LDI ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR ITS [...] (C) Summary: OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with representatives of Kuwaiti charity Lajnat al-Dawa al-Islamiya (LDI) and its parent organization, the Social Reform Society (SRS) at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 19. The group discussed a number of issues outstandi [...]	2004-02-15 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
04KUWAIT495	(C) KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE OPENS UP TO OFAC [...] (C) Summary: On January 19 OFAC Director Richard Newcomb met with Kuwait Finance House (KFH) General Manager Jassar Al-Jassar and officials from the KFH Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Unit (AML). KFH officials described in detail to OFAC representatives their efforts to combat te [...]	2004-02-15 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
04KUWAIT498	(C) TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAITIS WAITING FOR LDI [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met with MP Nasser Al-Sane on February 8 to follow up on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) January visit to Kuwait. Al-Sane detailed the history of his efforts to get the Kuwaiti charity Lajnat Al Da'awa Al-Islamiyah (LDI) de-listed as a United Nations-desig [...]	2004-02-15 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
04KUWAIT510	(C) IRAQI ASSETS: KUWAIT'S $85 MILLION TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post reported in Ref A that the Government of Kuwait decided in December 2003 to transfer $85 million held in the Commercial Bank of Kuwait's Nassau branch to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),pursuant to UN Security Council [...]	2004-02-17 09:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC ECON PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT539	(U) IRAQ: NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES' MEETING SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwait hosted the Fifth Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Iraq February 14-15. The participation of the Iraqis for the first time, and the presence of UN Special Envoy Brahimi, minimized contentiousness and resulted in success, in the GOK view. Th [...]	2004-02-17 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ KU UNSC
04KUWAIT598	(SBU) FEMALE LAWYERS BREAK TABOO AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-23 07:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CASC KU
04KUWAIT675	(C) BAHRAIN'S KING VISITS, PUSHING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) King Hamad of Bahrain made a three-hour visit to Kuwait February 28. His main purpose was to seek support for the Saudi-Bahraini proposal to reform the Arab League, according to MFA Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah, who confirmed to Charge that the GCC states would support the proposal [...]	2004-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF
04KUWAIT69	HUMANITARIAN FUEL CONVOYS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: THE [...] (C) Summary. A survey of the provision of gasoline and kerosene to southern Iraq under the humanitarian fuel program showed bottlenecks inside Iraq that are slowing truck convoys coming from Kuwait. The downloading depots at Diwaniyah and Latifiyah lack adequate pumps to download fuel from tr [...]	2004-01-07 07:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IR KU
04KUWAIT731	(C) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETS, NOTES CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) held its 45th official session in Kuwait March 2. 30 more remains of Kuwaiti missing have been positively identified since the December TPC meeting. The TSC authorized ful [...]	2004-03-03 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC
04KUWAIT758	(C) ARTICLE 98: GOK TO NOTIFY US AGREEMENT IS IN [...] (C) Ambassador emphasized to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah March 6 that it is important to the USG to have an Article 98 agreement in force even if Kuwait decides not to ratify the Rome Statute, and that we believe it is in Kuwait's interest also. The Minister confirmed that t [...]	2004-03-07 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KJUS KU
04KUWAIT760	(C) FONMIN ON ARAB LEAGUE REFORM AND GME [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the course of the meeting, the Ambassador asked about the prospects for Arab League reform, in light of the upcoming summit and the March 1 Ministerial in Cairo. The Minister laughe [...]	2004-03-07 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF KU
04KUWAIT762	(C) SPECIAL 301: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FONMIN FOR [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, he informed the Minister that our required annual report on Special 301 will show Kuwait as the weakest of the GCC states when it comes to protection of intellectual pr [...]	2004-03-07 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR KU
04KUWAIT765	(C) IRAQI WAR CRIMES: GOK STRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, the Minister asked about Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid ("Chemical Ali"). The Ambassador explained that Saddam is in solitary confinement and being interviewed; [...]	2004-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KJUS IZ KU
04KUWAIT777	(C) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT [...] (C) Mister Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti leadership is looking forward to meeting with you. We are seeking to confirm an appointment with the Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, on Thursday evening, March 18, and a meeting with the Prime Minister, [...]	2004-03-08 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT811	(C) U.S. FUNDING REQUESTS PUSHING HARD CHOICES ON [...] (S/NF) The GOK has been the most stalwart supporter of U.S. actions in Iraq anywhere in the Arab world. As a result of our close partnership, the Kuwaitis have given us tremendous support. The large number of pending U.S. requests for additional support, however, is beginning to pinch, and [...]	2004-03-11 04:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL IZ KU
04KUWAIT812	TIP: ADDITIONAL STATISTICS [...] We have belatedly received a few more statistics related to the major vulnerable group in Kuwait as far as Trafficking In Persons (TIP) is concerned. In 2003, according to GOK statistics, there were criminal charges pressed by the public prosecutor as follows: -- 114 reported felonies comm [...]	2004-03-11 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KU
04KUWAIT839	(C) IRAQ - KUWAIT ELECTRICITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with the Kuwaiti Minister of Energy and the Iraqi Minister of Electricity in Kuwait March 8. According to the Minister of Energy, Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers gave approval in principle on February 29 for construction of a power plant to serve Iraq [...]	2004-03-14 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON IZ KU
04KUWAIT91	(C) OFAC'S CHANGE OF HEART ELICITS GOK REQUEST FOR [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post has received a diplomatic note dated December 28, 2003 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the October 5 meeting between OFAC Director Richard Newcomb and representatives from Kuwaiti charitable organizations. The note says that "w [...]	2004-01-10 07:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
04KUWAIT922	(C) FOREIGN MINISTER URGES RESOLUTION OF AIK FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-21 15:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MARR MOPS KU IZ
04KUWAIT928	(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]	2004-03-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR
04KUWAIT947	(U) KUWAITIS CONDEMN ASSASSINATION OF AHMED YASSIN [...] (U) The Amir and Crown Prince issued condolences to the family of HAMAS founder Shaykh Ahmed Yassin, whom the Amir described as "a symbol of the Palestinian legitimate struggle against tyranny." Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed expressed sorrow at the news of the Israeli assassination of [...]	2004-03-23 12:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL IS KU
04KUWAIT956	(S) AIK FUEL: FM TO DISCUSS IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) MFA clarified to us March 24 that the next step in the AIK fuel issue (reftel) will be for Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah to discuss it during his visit to Washington at the end of the month. 2. (S) Our assessment is that the GOK would like the USG to indi [...]	2004-03-24 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR EPET EAID MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT991	(SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...]	2004-03-27 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04LAGOS110	NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...]	2004-01-18 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM
04LAGOS1203	AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the first of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. After one year under new administrations, all f [...]	2004-06-10 07:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS1205	AH, THE "O'S" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the second of a four-part report on PolOffs' visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Part 1 at reftel) After one year under new a [...]	2004-06-10 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS1206	AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the third of a four-part report on ConOffs visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1 and 2 at reftels B and A) After one ye [...]	2004-06-10 14:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS1207	AH, THE "O'S!" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN AND [...] Summary. This is the last in a four-part report of ConOffs visit to four of the five formerly Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Parts 1, 2, and 3 at reftels C, B, and A) Af [...]	2004-06-10 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
04LAGOS124	NIGERIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN [...] (U) Anarchy reigns in the government of Anambra State. Since the challenged gubernatorial election in April 2003, the state has countenanced the July abduction of Governor Chris Ngige (reftel B),a state coup attempt, and the Governor's questioned resignation. Everyone has accused everyone e [...]	2004-01-21 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS1462	NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, includingthe dividends of democracy, procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restar [...]	2004-07-19 09:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI
04LAGOS1477	NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, including procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restart of the polio va [...]	2004-07-20 14:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI
04LAGOS1775	UPDATE ON BANKS' REACTION TO NEW [...] (SBU) In response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new N25 billion capital base requirement (about USD 200 million),banks are forming strategic alliances through consolidations, mergers and acquisitions. Big banks are expected to comply fully, many smaller banks face the unwelcome choic [...]	2004-08-30 07:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
04LAGOS2134	WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush of violence is a moment of acceleration in a negative spiral that began years ago. The eruption is a byproduct of not only the 2003 elections but also of econ [...]	2004-10-20 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI
04LAGOS2138	NIGERIA: SOLE IJAW GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS GON TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief, Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha, Nigeria's only Ijaw governor, downplayed the import of talks between the GON and Ijaw Delta militant leaders Dokubo Asari and Ateke Tom. Clearly seeing Asari as an usurp [...]	2004-10-21 15:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI PGOV EPET KDEM
04LAGOS2227	NIGERIA: OBASANJO KEEPS FIRM GRIP ON PDP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The ruling PDP controls the governments in all the southern states except Lagos. As so often happens when a party obtains such dominance, most political friction in the south is no longer the child of inter-party competition. It is a product of the leviathan party's own internal [...]	2004-11-02 15:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NI PGOV PREL PINR
04LAGOS2277	NIGERIA: ARMED BANDS BURN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: In what appears to be a full throttle attempt to provoke a state of emergency in Anambra State, armed bands have been on a rampage in the state over the past two days. They have burned government buildings, including the Governor's residence and State Election Commission buildi [...]	2004-11-12 12:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
04LAGOS2288	ANAMBRA STATE REMAINS QUIET; NGIGE AND UBA MEET IN [...] Anambra State remained quiet over the weekend following the violence of last Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, November 12, President Obasanjo convened an emergency meeting. As a result of the meeting, according to press reports, additional police were sent to Anambra and Governor Chris Ngige [...]	2004-11-15 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
04LAGOS2290	NIGERIA: POLITICAL UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Abia State Governor Kalu has announced that he will run for President in 2007. Kalu is being partially financed by VP Atiku, who likely is using the abrasive Southeastern governor as a stalking horse. Meanwhile, Senator Nzeribe is bankrolling the very long-shot presidential camp [...]	2004-11-15 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
04LAGOS2301	TIP: NIGERIA INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] When Post made its submission last March for the 2004 TIP Report, the GON had just created the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). With a staff of over 150 now in place, the fledgling agency has demonstrated its commitment to combatin [...]	2004-11-16 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2353	NIGERIA: ANAMBRA CONTINUES TO ROIL [...] (C) Summary: As a cavalcade of Nigerian dignitaries gathered in Anambra for the funeral of Chief Asika -- the former administrator following the Biafran war -- the crisis in the state continued to roil. Anambra Governor Ngige made cameo appearances in the state during the past several days [...]	2004-11-22 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
04LAGOS2394	TIP: COURT DELIVERS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER [...] Summary. The High Court in Benin City delivered the first conviction under the 2003 Human Trafficking Prohibition Law last week. Sarah Okoya was found guilty of attempting to procure persons for prostitution, attempting to organize foreign travel for prostitution, and deceitfully inducing pe [...]	2004-11-29 10:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2418	NIGERIA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: The Anambra State crisis continues to replay itself like a B-rated soap opera. Nigerian press reported that on November 29 gunmen attempted to assassinate embattled Anambra Governor Chris Ngige, presumably at the behest of his nemesis -- the presidentially connected, Chris Uba [...]	2004-12-01 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PREL PGOV KDEM
04LAGOS2454	RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON TIP INTERIM [...] (U) The information below responds to interim assessment follow-up questions from the November 19, 2004, email from Rachel Yousey. 2. (U) Has NAPTIP investigated any of the informant reports of corruption among law enforcement, immigration, and airport officials? Answer: NAPTIP has begun [...]	2004-12-08 04:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2591	SOUTHERN POLITICAL FIGURES TALK OF REMOVING A [...] (S) Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, talk of "what to do with President Obasanjo" is widespread. Many Southern political figures believe Obasanjo is not only unpopular and increasingly detached from sound political moorings, [...]	2004-12-30 12:39:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI
04LAGOS2592	SOUTHERN NIGERIA: POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an early December visit, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu told Consul General his presidential bid is tactical. Kalu admitted he was serving as Vice President Atiku's stalking horse to distract President Obasanjo, with the understanding that Kalu will emerge as Atiku's [...]	2004-12-30 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
04LAGOS260	ANAMBRA UPDATE - JANUARY 30, 2004 [...] (U) The crisis of the Governor vs. the "godfather" continues to grind on in Anambra State. There have been accusations that the GON, namely President Olusegun Obasanjo, is doing nothing to bring peace and order to Anambra, and, in fact, may be the main force stirring up trouble for Governor [...]	2004-01-30 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
04LAGOS261	LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-30 16:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
04LAGOS296	EKITI UPDATE: HIS AND HER EXCELLENCIES [...] (U) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose and his wife Feyisetan of tiny, impoverished Ekiti State have had their Public Relations Director working overtime recently to "spin" them a high-profile, positive public image. The couple has been appearing almost weekly in news [...]	2004-02-06 15:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS300	NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September and October 2003 (reftel). POLOFF was accompanied by Bose Akinola of the NGO Voice of Women in Africa and members of the Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCO [...]	2004-02-06 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN
04LAGOS457	NIGERIA: AGOA III: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's textile and apparel industry is uncompetitive and in decline, and manufacturers are skeptical about the possibilities of reversing the industry's long downward trend. Nigerian producers are not yet eligible for AGOA textile and apparel benefits, and most believe that AG [...]	2004-03-02 08:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA
04LAGOS469	CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...]	2004-03-03 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI
04LAGOS568	NIGERIA: POLITICAL MURDERS OR MURDERED POLITICIANS? [...] (U) The spate of high profile attacks and killings of prominent Nigerian politicians and public figures has again caused many to question the strength, and even the future, of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the last three weeks, at least ten prominent Nigerians have been brutally attac [...]	2004-03-16 05:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PTER NI
04LAGOS637	NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...]	2004-03-24 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS685	NIGERIA: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (U) In response to questions raised in the above- referenced email, Post is pleased to provide the following information: 2. (U) Designated Abuja and Lagos EconOffs have primary responsibility for trade agreement monitoring and compliance. The Mission's commercial counselor and agricultur [...]	2004-03-29 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL NI AGOA
04LAGOS698	OIL COMPANIES READY TO CUT NIGERIA'S APRIL [...] (C) ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco and Shell have received instructions from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to anticipate reductions in their April production quotas in response to an anticipated OPEC decision to reduce production worldwide. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's presidentia [...]	2004-03-30 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL NI
04LAGOS704	NIGERIA - SAO TOME JDZ: EXXONMOBIL BIDS BLOCK 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil has exercised only one of its preferential bids for crude oil exploration and development in the Nigeria - Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ). ExxonMobil matched ChevronTexaco's bid on Block 1, leaving the Joint Development Authority to determine the fi [...]	2004-03-31 13:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL ECON NI
04LAGOS75	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...]	2004-01-14 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LAGOS752	INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...]	2004-04-06 17:16:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI
04LAGOS82	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...]	2004-01-15 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LAPAZ2814	PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the current (soon-to-be-invalid) hydrocarbons law. This follows three days of intense meetings in the MAS/NFR-led committee. Minister of Economic Development and h [...]	2004-09-03 20:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL
04LILONGWE1018	MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...]	2004-10-28 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE1067	IMF REVIEW TEAM IN MALAWI [...] (U) The International Monetary Fund's Staff Monitoring Program assessment team has briefed donor mission representatives twice since its arrival in Malawi. The team leader has characterized the GOM's performance as good through the end of September and outlined a scenario under which the Fund [...]	2004-11-22 09:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL MI
04LILONGWE165	FY 2004 ESF REQUEST [...] SUMMARY. Post welcomes the opportunity to submit proposals for funding under ESF's Africa Regional Fund. Our four proposals are directly linked to MPP goals related to counterterrorism, the environment and economic development, and democracy and governance. 2. Proposals follow: A. Anti [...]	2004-02-26 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON PTER MI
04LILONGWE187	"FARMER" MULUZI CULTIVATES HIS POST-PRESIDENTIAL IMAGE [...] (C) I met with President Muluzi at his request on February 18 at his private residence in Blantyre. We discussed his three-point agenda: a) USG assistance in training Malawi Defense Force (MDF) officers as helicopter pilots; b) USG support of an HIV/AIDS Center he wishes to lead after he le [...]	2004-03-04 13:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MI
04LILONGWE188	AGOA III: INFORMATION ON MALAWIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] THIS CABLE IS IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES IN AGOA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES. TEXTILES -------- 2. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN MALAWI IS SMALL AND UNDERDEVELOPED. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY TEXTILE FACTORY, MAPETO (DWSM) LIMITED (FORMERLY DAV [...]	2004-03-04 13:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KTEX PREL MI AGOA
04LILONGWE223	MALAWI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilian Patel to deliver reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. At the March 16 meeting, the Ambassador also briefly discussed Haiti (septel) and the MCA with the Minister. 2. (C) Patel stated that Malawi remains hopeful for increased dialogue betw [...]	2004-03-18 14:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MI ZI
04LILONGWE415	TAIWAN FRETS OVER POST-ELECTION TIES TO MALAWI [...] (C/NF) Taiwanese diplomats are worried that an opposition win in Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections could result in Malawi breaking diplomatic relations, Second Secretary C.W. "Albert" Chang told Pol/Econoff. Local Taiwanese officials avoid the opposition and channel [...]	2004-05-18 12:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KHIV PINR TW CM MI
04LILONGWE477	MALAWI UPDATE ON AGOA III [...] (C) Per reftel request, failure to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act's (AGOA) third-country fabric provision, if permanent or even long-term, would likely have a significant impact on Malawi's garment exports to the United States. Of the five companies currently exporting under AG [...]	2004-06-03 11:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON MI
04LILONGWE514	HOPE FOR NACALA WITH NEW GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Ministry of Transport Principal Secretary Francis Chinsinga told emboff on June 9 that former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was the reason the Nacala Corridor Direct Agreement with Malawi had not been signed (reftel). Chinsinga said the relevant ministries (Transport, Justice, and Finan [...]	2004-06-09 15:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EINV PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE520	PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] SUMMARY. More than three weeks after elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika finally announced his cabinet on June 13. With 21 senior ministers (including the President and Vice President) and 8 deputy ministers, Mutharika failed in his attempt to reduce the size of the cabinet to 20. In an e [...]	2004-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL PINR KDEM MARR MI
04LILONGWE523	SADC TEAM ALONE IN PRAISING MALAWI'S ELECTIONS [...] (U) The SADC Election Observer Team (SEOT) stood alone in its failure to find fault with Malawi's May 20 elections, and unlike all other observer missions deemed the elections as "free and fair and credible" according to a preliminary statement. African Union (AU),Commonwealth, European Union [...]	2004-06-15 13:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE623	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA SENDS CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO [...] Post received a congratulatory letter from President Bingu wa Mutharika for President Bush on the occasion of the U.S. Independence Day. Text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin text: As you celebrate your country's national day, today, the government and people of the Republi [...]	2004-07-07 15:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV MI
04LILONGWE649	MUTHARIKA ASSUMES AID TO RESUME [...] (U) Upon arrival from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, President Bingu wa Mutharika reportedly told the media on July 9 that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had written to donor governments, instructing them to resume aid because the Fund was pleased with Malawi's renewed commitme [...]	2004-07-13 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MI
04LILONGWE652	FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER BECOMES MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (U) The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 12 that with immediate effect Deputy Commander Lt. General Marko Chiziko will succeed General Joseph Chimbayo as Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF). According to the OPC statement, Chimbayo's contract finished last month, [...]	2004-07-14 06:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PINR PREL PGOV MI
04LILONGWE662	GOM INTERESTED IN OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Minister of Transport and Public Works Henry Mussa expressed interest in learning more about the USG's Open Skies Agreement during a July 16 introductory call with the Charge. Mussa was interested to learn of the code-sharing benefits the agreement offers and to hear that several of Mal [...]	2004-07-16 10:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL PBTS PTER PINS MI
04LILONGWE677	MUTHARIKA MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (U) Officials at the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced on July 14 that President Bingu wa Mutharika, who already leads the Ministries of Defense and Civil Service, will also be responsible for the Ministry of Statutory Corporations and Privatization. Vice President Cassim Ch [...]	2004-07-20 14:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON PINR PREL MI
04LILONGWE716	OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT LOOKS CLEAR TO MFA [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda confirmed the GOM's interest in the Open Skies agreement when the Charge provide reftel A information during a July 29 meeting. Chaponda said the GOM will review the documentation provided and begin consultations with the relevant Ministries. [...]	2004-07-30 04:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL MI
04LILONGWE723	GOM TAKES ISSUE WITH MALAWI'S TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda told the Charge on July 28 that the GOM is "very concerned" about Malawi's ranking as a Tier Two - Watch List country in the Department's 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Chaponda said the ranking "did not reflect the situation on the [...]	2004-08-02 08:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM MI UNGA
04LILONGWE734	TIP OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IN MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. On July 29, post hosted a Human Rights Symposium focused on trafficking in persons (TIP). In attendance were numerous GOM officials, including Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services Joyce Banda. The keynote address was presented by Supreme Court Justice Anastazia [...]	2004-08-04 13:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL MI

04LILONGWE735	NACALA CORRIDOR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) After several last-minutes delays and missed deadlines, the Government of Malawi has signed a direct agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Central East African Railways Company (CEAR) to revive the Nacala Port and Rail Corridor. CEAR's holding company b [...]	2004-08-04 13:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL MI

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