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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09NEWDELHI1029MEDIA REACTION: TALIBAN/PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA,
[...] "TALIBAN, TALIBAN, TALIBAN," editorial in May 17 Islamist Urdu bi-weekly DAWAT: "In the Taliban, the United States seems to have found a new imaginary foe. Today the word Taliban has been reduced practically to an expletive. The U.S. initially carried out intensive bombardments against the Tal [...]
2009-05-20 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1030REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...]
2009-05-20 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1031INTERNAL SECURITY PRIORITY FOR NEW UPA GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the first meeting of the victorious United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leaders on May 20 that internal security will be the new government's highest priority. The same day two newspapers columns that are often used by the government to leak sto [...]
2009-05-20 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1036MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, UNITED
[...] QWAR ENDS, BUT ISSUES STILL ALIVE,Q editorial in May 20 centrist Gujarati daily, JANMABHOOMI: QThe 30-year old violent ethnic struggle for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka may have ended, but it would be erroneous to infer that this will lead to a lasting peace. The Sri Lankan Rajapakse gov [...]
2009-05-21 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1049JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...]
2009-05-22 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN
09NEWDELHI105DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 12-16, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 12-16, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Budget Session February 12-26 -- April-May Schedule Expected for Parliamentary Elections -- Jharkhand Chief Minister Steps Down [...]
2009-01-16 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI1051MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, TERRORORISM IN
[...] "END OF LTTE," editorial in May 5 centrist Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been crushed, the fundamental problems of equal rights and status for the Tamils persist. The Sri Lankan government has to ensure that the Tamil people get justice. India, a [...]
2009-05-22 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1052RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON
[...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to reftel request for details of India,s immigration and border controls. A. (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Foreigners Re [...]
2009-05-22 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1053INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY READOUT OF SRI LANKA TRIP
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 briefing for the Charge, Foreign Secretary Menon provided a readout of his visit, along with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, to Colombo on May 20-21. India's message to President Rajapaksa was to focus on resettling IDPs, reconstruction, demining, and the lo [...]
2009-05-22 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CE IN
09NEWDELHI1055INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS PORTFOLIOS, SWORN IN (CANCELLED)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 14:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1056CORRECTED COPY: INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS
[...] (SBU) Indian President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 19 Cabinet Ministers at 6:30pm (local time) on May 22. Portfolios will be announced in the coming days. Among the returning ministers were prominent Congress Party names from the previo [...]
2009-05-26 04:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1059MEDIA REACTION: TERRORORISM, U.S. AID TO
[...] "MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK: SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in May 26 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It has been six months since Mumbai was shaken by the terror blasts. Undoubtedly, the purpose was to paralyze the financial capital of India. In the final analysis, peace won over terrorism. The neigh [...]
2009-05-26 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1060INDIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN EXPRESSING
[...] In response to North Korea's nuclear test, on May 25 India's External Affairs Ministry issued the following statement: "We have seen reports that DPRK has conducted a nuclear test on 25 May 2009. For the DPRK to conduct such a test in violation of its international commitments would be un [...]
2009-05-26 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC KN IN
09NEWDELHI1062GOI PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING NEW FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: At a Cabinet meeting on May 23, the newly formed Indian government announced six major portfolios: -- S.M. Krishna, External Affairs -- Pranab Mukherjee, Finance -- P. Chidambaram, Home -- A.K. Antony, Defense -- Sharad Pawar, Agriculture -- Mamata Banerjee, Railways Former [...]
2009-05-26 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1063VIOLENT REACTION TO SIKH TEMPLE KILLING --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Life has returned to relative normalcy in major cities across the state of Punjab after curfews were imposed to halt violent protests over the death of a religious sect leader and injuries to another on May 24 during a clash in a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austria. Mainstream Sikhs [...]
2009-05-26 15:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1069MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, NORTH KOREA MISSILE
[...] "NEW GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL," editorial in the May 26 nationalist Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA. "Nepal's former Prime Minister Prachanda may accuse his successor Madhav Kumar Nepal of hatching a conspiracy to oust his government, just as he accused India. Instead of a confrontation, Madhav should [...]
2009-05-27 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1072RAHUL GANDHI ON HOW CONGRESS WON, VISION FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting with the Charge on May 23, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed his work with the Youth Congress, why he gambled on Congress going it alone during parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh, and what he sees as the future of Indian politi [...]
2009-05-27 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IN
09NEWDELHI108MAYAWATI CANCELS BIRTHDAY PARTY, CASH GIFTS STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati canceled her January 15 birthday party ostensibly because of the Mumbai attacks. In previous years, the now fifty-three year old Mayawati threw multiple lavish parties for herself that were noteworthy fo [...]
2009-01-16 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI1081MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, OBAMA'S ECONOMIC
[...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL DANGEROUS TO THE WORLD: DOESN'T FRANCE KNOW THAT?" op-ed in May 28 centrist Marathi daily PRAHAAR. "While every neighboring country, particularly India, is worried about the prospect of Pakistani nuclear arms falling into the hands of Islamic insurgents, we hear new [...]
2009-05-28 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1083GOI FILLS OUT CABINET, MANY PORTFOLIOS STILL ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian Government announced 59 additional Ministers on May 28, bringing the total number to 78. However, no portfolios have been made public aside from the six top spots previously announced (Ref B). All told there are 33 Cabinet Ministers; ranking slightly below that, se [...]
2009-05-28 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1084 FIRST SESSION OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT: POMP AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: After an unexpectedly strong performance in the parliamentary elections, the Congress Party and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government it leads will convene both houses of the Indian Parliament from June 1-9. The highlight of the short session will be President Patil,s [...]
2009-05-28 15:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI109BJP VETERAN ATTACKS CENTER, INFIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's criticism of his own Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani garnered widespread media attention last week. While the 86-year-old party stalwart's cranky outburst is unlikely to cause any lasting da [...]
2009-01-16 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1092MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN
[...] "SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in the May 28 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN. "Even after six months, Pakistan has done nothing to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. U.S. efforts to bring about an India-Pakistan rapprochement should be a matter of concern for India. America wants [...]
2009-05-29 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1099GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...]
2009-05-29 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1113MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...]
2009-06-01 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1123MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, U.S.
[...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS," editorial in June 1 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The Indian Army Chief has valid concerns about Pakistan's attempts to enhance its nuclear capability. India has to raise this issue at the international diplomatic level, but should also talk to Pa [...]
2009-06-02 10:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1128INDIA REACTS VOCIFEROUSLY TO RELEASE OF LET LEADERS; HOPES TO PROCEED WITH TRILATERAL MUMBAI INVESTIGATOR'S MEETING IN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed dismay about the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed to Charge Burleigh on June 2, noting that the Government of India's plan to provide wheat shipments to aid internally displaced people in the SWAT Valley was now threatened. The Minist [...]
2009-06-02 14:33:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1129CHARGE MEETS NEW INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER;
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 courtesy call by the Charge, newly appointed External Affairs Minister Krishna said he welcomed enhancement of the bilateral dialogue. In a prior meeting with Foreign Secretary Menon, the Charge flagged the need to move forward on "legacy" issues in the run-up to ne [...]
2009-06-02 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ENRG CE IN
09NEWDELHI1132MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, U.S.
[...] "TERROR AND INSENSITIVITY," editorial in June 1 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "The British and Chinese objections on India's request to put Masood Azhar and Azam Cheema on the UNSC terror list are beyond understanding. The Pakistan government's double standards on terrorism have becom [...]
2009-06-03 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1138SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...]
2009-06-03 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1141MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "PAKISTAN'S BACKOUT," editorial in June 3 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Pakistan maintains its double standards, even though it is fighting a war for its existence. On the one hand, it bans Jamaat-ud-Dawa, but at the same time it releases the organization' leader, Saeed." 2. "PAKISTAN'S JUSTICE, [...]
2009-06-04 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1142BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1143INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY LEAKS SPUR DISCUSSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Despite Pakistan's release of JUD leader Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday and allegations of cease-fire violations yesterday, Indian media is buzzing with suggestions that the Indian Government is taking a second look at its no-dialogue strategy with Pakistan and may be considering restar [...]
2009-06-04 16:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID EAGR PK IN
09NEWDELHI115SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...]
2009-01-20 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1151OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT I
[...] "Obama's eloquent address conspicuously excluded any reference to the Kashmir issue in the Indian sub- continent, home of the largest concentration of Muslims in the world, likely to the dismay of Pakistan and its separatist proxies who have made it a cause, and the delight of Indian nationali [...]
2009-06-05 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1163NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...]
2009-06-05 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI118FIERCE INDIAN REACTION TO MILIBAND'S KASHMIR
[...] (C) Summary: British Foreign Secretary Miliband's visit to India January 14-16 was a public relations disaster after his comments linking the Mumbai attacks to the Kashmir conflict made headlines. Miliband was widely criticized by the media and was the victim of pointed remarks by Indian offic [...]
2009-01-20 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK UK IN
09NEWDELHI1180INDIAN PM SINGH LIKELY TO ATTEND SCO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director (Eurasia) Mrs. Nagma Mallick told us on June 4 that though it has not been announced officially, Prime Minister Singh will likely attend the June 15-16 SCO summit in the Russian city of Yektarinburg. This would be the first time that India has [...]
2009-06-08 09:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1185OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT II
[...] "OBAMA'S CANDOUR IN TIMELESS CAIRO," opinion piece in June 6 centrist English daily, THE INDIAN EXPRESS: "Barack Obama's speech is quite simply one of the most important articulations by any world leader on the relationship between Islam and the West-indeed, between Islam and the rest of the w [...]
2009-06-08 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1191MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN
[...] "OBAMA TRYING TO BECOME SAVIOR OF THE WORLD," op-ed in June 8 right-of-center AMAR UJALA: "President Obama is trying to become the savior of the world, projecting himself as a messiah. The United States, before advising others, should know that the Israel-Arab conflict, terrorism in Pakistan a [...]
2009-06-09 10:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1196MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/U.S. MILITARY AID,
[...] "INDIA NEEDS TO KEEP HER EYES WIDE OPEN," op-ed article in June 10 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "For over five decades now, Pakistan has been receiving U.S. aid on one pretext or another just to gain military superiority over India. It is thus widely perceived that the purpose of U. [...]
2009-06-10 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI12MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, WAR
[...] "PAKISTAN IN DEEP CRISIS," op-ed article in January 4 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The only contribution of Pakistan in the war against terror is that it is the origin of terrorism, safe haven for Al-Qaida and the hub of the Pakistani and Afghan [...]
2009-01-05 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1204MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN
[...] "DOES THIS NEW LANGUAGE SPEAK OF NEW POSSIBILITIES?" editorial in June 11 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The importance of President Obama's Cairo remarks is certainly different since he wants to dissociate himself from his predecessor. He does not offer an immediate solution [...]
2009-06-11 10:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1210FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...]
2009-06-11 17:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1213HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS
[...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...]
2009-06-11 18:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1220MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] "AMERICA'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in June 12 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America seems to be singing the same old raga of Indo-Pak talks. Pakistan has moved its troops from the Indian border to the Afghan border. But does that mean that all its sins can be absolved? One should ask Rich [...]
2009-06-12 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1223U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...]
2009-06-12 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1224ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...]
2009-06-12 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN
09NEWDELHI1225FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA
[...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...]
2009-06-12 15:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1226 INDIAN "YOUTH WAVE": NEW STARS IN THE PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of a generational change in Indian politics, with the spotlight on Rahul Gandhi as well as a large contingent of young contestants vying for seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) [...]
2009-06-12 15:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1228NSA NARAYANAN MEETS WITH U/S BURNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan saluted the dynamic nature of the U.S.-India relationship in a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, stating "we don't want a hiatus." The NSA encouraged visits of senior U.S. officials, and described cooperation on defense and coun [...]
2009-06-12 16:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1229INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS: RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian press reported June 11 that a group of Indian parliamentarians had submitted an appeal to Prime Minister Singh to ask Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi and to hold elections. Member of Parliament Sharad Joshi, a leader of the previously defunct Indian Parliamentarians' F [...]
2009-06-15 04:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1233DALAI LAMA PRAISES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) On June 15, Representative of the Dalai Lama in India, Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter from the Dalai Lama to President Barack Obama. The letter commends the President's efforts to reach out to Muslim countries and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tsering confirmed that Pres [...]
2009-06-15 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PREF IN CH
09NEWDELHI1234BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS
[...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post copies of letters from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment. Once we receive the original letters, we will send them to SCA/INS. 2. (U) Begin [...]
2009-06-15 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1235INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1236MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN
[...] "OBAMA'S EXPRESSION," op-ed in June 14 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "President Obama's speech in Cairo was meant to assure the Islamic community of American goodwill. Some warmly supported it and some expressed a need for concrete actions, particularly on the Palestine-Israel i [...]
2009-06-15 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1237INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...]
2009-06-16 03:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1245U/S BURNS MEETS INDIAN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Kapil Sibal, the genial and upbeat new Minister of Human Resources Development (MHRD) welcomed Under Secretary Burns and his delegation for a tour d'horizon of India's educational challenges and a proposal for partnership. In office only two weeks, Sibal is clearly relishing the [...]
2009-06-16 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKPAO OIIP SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM PK PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1250FOURTH KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE ON
[...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi delivered a letter from the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake, congratulating him on his appointment. We will send the original letter, along with the original letters from the Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...]
2009-06-16 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI126SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday night (22:30 India time) urban India was glued to their TV sets as "history was being made, and hope and change being ushered in" for the United States. Live telecasts, with Indian language commentary and voice-overs, ran on all mainstream news channels. Leading broadcaster [...]
2009-01-21 11:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1260MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-INDIA
[...] "NATURAL CONCLUSION," editorial in June 16 nationalist Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is not unnatural for Indian policymakers to conclude that Pakistan will not take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. The basic reason behind Pakistan's tenacious anti-India attitude [...]
2009-06-17 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1261HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE
[...] (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is that the Congress Party is considering early elections for the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections [...]
2009-06-17 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1263SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COMMENTARY ON
[...] "IRAN ON THE BOIL," editorial in left-influenced THE HINDU: "The official declaration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a runaway winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran's post-re [...]
2009-06-17 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1266INDO-PAK TALKS: MEDIA REPORTS OF LEADERS' FIRST
[...] SUMMARY: Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg June 16, their first meeting since the Mumbai terrorist attacks last November. Indian media widely applauded PM Singh's comments, cr [...]
2009-06-17 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PK IR IN
09NEWDELHI1272MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PALESTINE,
[...] "CLEAR WARNING," editorial in June 17 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Manmohan Singh clearly and publicly told President Zardari in Yekaterinburg that Pakistan's territory should not be used for terrorist attacks against India. Such a firm attitude is absolutely right when deal [...]
2009-06-18 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1276INDO-PAK TALKS: ICE BROKEN ON ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) The meeting between Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16 (ref A) continued to dominate headlines following press conferences by Prime Minister Singh June 17 and Foreign Secre [...]
2009-06-18 14:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1277SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...]
2009-06-18 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1278BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...]
2009-06-18 14:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI128SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1282MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW
[...] "MANMOHAN-ZARDARI MEETING," editorial in June 18 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The only outcome of the Singh-Zardari meeting in Yekaterinburg is the decision to have a meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries. In Yekaterinburg, Singh firmly told Zardari that his mandate was to [...]
2009-06-19 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1285MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...]
2009-06-19 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1287INDIA: DEMARCHE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Charge D'Affairs (CDA) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Science and Technology, on June 19. CDA emphasized to Minister Chavan that the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF),and a strong Lead [...]
2009-06-22 03:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI129INDIA INC. ENDORSES MODI, BJP ANXIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a global investor conference in Gujarat on January 13, India's "captains of industry" -- Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and K.V. Kamath -- heaped lavish praise on Chief Minister Narendra Modi for developing Gujarat as one of the nation's leading busi [...]
2009-01-21 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN PHUM
09NEWDELHI1291MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "PAKISTAN USES NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BLACKMAIL AMERICA," editorial in June 22 right-of-center Marathi daily, SAAMNA: "Despite the rising global pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan does not seem to have changed its ways. On the contrary, the Pakistani government s [...]
2009-06-22 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1293INDIA SUPPORTS STATEMENT OF IMPARTIALITY IN AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV AF IN
09NEWDELHI1301MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN
[...] "OBAMA'S POSITIVE PEACE PROPOSAL," editorial in June 17 Kolkata Bengali magazine, DESH: "The question is to what degree hardcore Islamic nations and terrorist groups will respond to Obama's call. The Americans will have to shun their arrogance. On their part, the Islamic world will have to bec [...]
2009-06-23 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1302OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT III
[...] "OBAMA'S EFFORTS," editorial in June 8 right-of- center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "Obama cannot be held responsible for the atrocities perpetrated by Bush, but it is a fact that massacre and bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq were committed by none other than Obama's predecessor. To what extent can O [...]
2009-06-23 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1308MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...]
2009-06-24 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1316MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "IRAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF CHANGE," op-ed in June 25 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "The turbulent aftermath of Iran's elections also holds some positive possibilities. Nobody can predict when the violence will stop over there, but President Ahmadinejad now cannot be stripped of his presidency [...]
2009-06-25 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1318INDIA WELCOMES SRI LANKAN DELEGATION, PROGRESS ON
[...] (U) Senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President Basil Rajapaksa and his brother, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothbaya Rajapaksa, met with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna in Delhi on June 24. They discussed the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) [...]
2009-06-25 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PTER CE IN
09NEWDELHI1319CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...]
2009-06-25 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1328WOMEN IN THE LOK SABHA: IS IT A CHAMPAGNE MOMENT?
[...] SUMMARY: The 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of women leaders in Indian politics, with the focus on Meira Kumar as the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) along with a contingent of influential women leaders vying for parliamentary seats. Fi [...]
2009-06-26 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1329BJP: NOT THERE YET
[...] (U) The BJP,s two-day national executive meeting held in Lucknow was expected to be a fire-works show, complete with stinging accusations and counter charges. Embassy contacts and media report that passions ran high, and the meeting lived up to its controversial billing. In the aftermath [...]
2009-06-26 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1333MEA KRISHNA HONORS BHUTAN WITH FIRST VISIT ABROAD
[...] (U) Summary. India's newly-appointed Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna visited Bhutan June 18-20, marking his first trip abroad after assuming power. Krishna met with the current and former kings, Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley, and other officials to reaffirm the close relationship b [...]
2009-06-26 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG EAID ELTN
09NEWDELHI1334INDIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT MALDIVES TO RAISE
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Menon told Charge on June 26 that he would be traveling with National Security Adviser Narayanan to the Maldives June 29-30 to address their growing concern over Maldivian internal stability. Menon related that India feared the one "stable" nation in the region was at ris [...]
2009-06-26 13:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MV PK IN
09NEWDELHI1337NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...]
2009-06-29 05:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN
09NEWDELHI1338PRIME MINISTER SINGH DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh shared his views on the bilateral relationship and regional security challenges with visiting National Security Advisor Jones June 26. The Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary of State's planned visit to develop the "enormous opportunities" in the relationsh [...]
2009-06-29 05:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1339NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...]
2009-06-29 10:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
09NEWDELHI1340MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TERRORISM;
[...] "TALIBAN'S TYRANNY IN FAILED PAKISTAN," editorial in June 29 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The Taliban-orchestrated violence and mayhem is becoming a severe challenge for Pakistani administrators, with innocent civilians becoming targets of mindless acts of terrorism that has ruined [...]
2009-06-29 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1349NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...]
2009-06-29 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1350SPOTLIGHT ON RAHUL GANDHI AFTER 2009 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) The 2009 Indian parliamentary election was largely seen as a "coming-of-age" for 39-year old Congress Party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi. Throughout the campaign, media cast a spotlight on Rahul's every move -- from visiting almost every state to address public rallies, to gambling o [...]
2009-06-29 14:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1356RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA MAY GROW
[...] (U) Summary. India's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transvestite (LGBT) community is becoming increasingly active, while Indian society appears to be slowly accepting equal rights for the community. The global LGBT Month saw marches in major Indian cities, including New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, [...]
2009-06-30 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1357MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S MUSLIM
[...] "OBAMA'S NEW KID ON THE KASHMIR BLOCK," editorial in June 30 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The Obama administration's appointment of Farah Pandith, a woman of Kashmiri-origin chosen to reach out to the Muslim world, has been welcomed. This is the first time the post of such [...]
2009-06-30 10:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1362MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] "FAILED COUNTRY PAKISTAN," editorial in June 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, INQUILAB: "Defeat of the Taliban will not resolve all the problems of Pakistan. The country will have to tackle the problems like food scarcity, water shortage, power failure, unemployment and many more. Without taking [...]
2009-07-01 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1367MINISTER KRISHNA'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rounding out the new Minister of External Affairs team headed by S.M. Krishna (Ref A),Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Preneet Kaur and Shashi Tharoor as Ministers of State. Tharoor's extensive foreign policy background and savvy media image are expected to lend clout to [...]
2009-07-02 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI137MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA INAUGURATION; NEW DELHI.
[...] "DREAM AND REALITY," editorial in 21 Jan centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Despite its openness, American society is very conservative when it comes to gender and racial equality. When you see how difficult it is for women and non-whites to make it big, then you know the significance of B [...]
2009-01-22 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1372MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA
[...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...]
2009-07-02 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1374HISTORIC DAY FOR THE RIGHTS OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA
[...] (U) On July 2, the Delhi High Court issued a landmark judgment in support of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community in India. The High Court ruled that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes consensual sex between adults (18 years of age or above [...]
2009-07-02 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1386MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, PAKISTAN;
[...] "UNNECESSARY CONCERN ABOUT CHINA," op-ed in July 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "In 1962, India's political and military leadership was not experienced enough to face China. The question is should we be still worry about another armed struggle with China? 2009 is not 1962, and now India may not [...]
2009-07-06 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1397MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ; NEW
[...] "NORTH KOREA'S FRUSTRATION," editorial in July 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "What is wrong with North Korea? It again test fired missiles Thursday and Saturday, in complete disregard of international opinion. What was Pyongyang trying to convey by testing on the U.S. Independence [...]
2009-07-07 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1398KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE
[...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post a letter from the Fifth King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment and inviting him to visit the Himalayan kingdom. We will send the original letter to SCA/INS. 2. (U) [...]
2009-07-07 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1401THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...]
2009-07-07 14:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1411MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, POTUS
[...] "ALTHOUGH LATE, ZARDARI FINALLY SPEAKS THE TRUTH," editorial in July 9 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "Pakistani President Zardari's admission, that Pakistan created and nurtured terrorists to achieve short-term goals, is the first such instance by any Pakistani head of state in recen [...]
2009-07-09 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1432MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-
[...] "A SHAMELESS CONFESSION," editorial in July 10 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "President Zardari made a sensational admission, saying Pakistan nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives. Now anything that Zardari does is not simple. So he might take a u-turn and deny or tw [...]
2009-07-10 11:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1439MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8
[...] "DOUBTS ABOUT ZARDARI'S INTENTIONS," editorial in July 10 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Pakistan President Zardari's statement that his country not only willfully created but also nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives is important. However, confessions a [...]
2009-07-13 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1442KING OF BHUTAN WISHES PRESIDENT OBAMA A HAPPY
[...] (U) Post received a letter of congratulations to President Barack Obama from His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. We will forward the signed original via pouch and send a scanned copy to SCA/INSB. 2. (U) Begin text: Your Excellency, The people of Bhutan jo [...]
2009-07-13 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1447MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PAKISTAN,
[...] "READY FOR PEACE TALKS," editorial in July 13 right- of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "PM Manmohan Singh has once again made it clear that India is ready to restore bilateral relations with Pakistan. Now Pakistan should also take initiatives to make the joint efforts successful. Pakista [...]
2009-07-14 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1458MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "ANOTHER ABOUT TURN BY PAKISTAN," editorial in July 15 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "Despite the prevailing security threats and volatile political situation in Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government informed Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday that it wanted to withdraw its petition ch [...]
2009-07-15 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1459HOME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO USG LETTER REQUESTING
[...] (U) Indian Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram on July 6 responded to Charge Burleigh's May 26 letter regarding increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation between our countries. The full text of the letter is below: Thank you very much for your letter dated 26 May 2009 congratulating m [...]
2009-07-15 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1464SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]
2009-07-15 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNEAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1466INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN SECRETARIES MET;
[...] (SBU) The Sharm-el-Sheikh session between India and Pakistan,s Foreign Secretaries on July 14 appears to have gone fairly well, with the Indian press reporting that Menon and Bashir discussed terrorism, specifically the 26/11 attack and Islamabad's next steps in trying the accused perpetrators [...]
2009-07-15 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI147MEDIA REACTION: CORONATION OF OBAMA; NEW DELHI.
[...] "BIRTH OF A NEW DREAM," editorial in January 22 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "In the U.S., thousands will attend a rock concert, but it gets tough to get even a hundred people to a political gathering. But they came for Obama -- in thousands, braving the numbing cold. So, what made th [...]
2009-01-23 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1475MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8
[...] "ZARDARI'S TRYST WITH TRUTH," commentary in July 15 right of center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Zardari has shown rare courage in making a candid admission of the domestic realities. Till recently it was both blasphemous and anti-national in Islamabad to acknowledge this truth. The military-l [...]
2009-07-16 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1485INDO-PAK TALKS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Singh's July 16 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani has drawn a heated reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The political fallout threatens to overshadow the potential positive developments stemming from t [...]
2009-07-17 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1486MEIRA KUMAR: INDIA'S FIRST FEMALE PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) elected Meira Kumar the first female Parliament Speaker on June 3, 2009. The former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment is largely viewed as a safe, consensus choice. As a woman and a Dalit (former untouchable),Kumar's sel [...]
2009-07-19 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1487POWER STRUGGLE IN LITTLE LHASA: TIBETAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The battle for control over the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has begun in Dharamsala, India. As the Dalai Lama turned 74 years old on July 7, Tibet watchers reiterated that the most volatile times in Tibetan politics usually occur around the time of a Dalai Lama's death. T [...]
2009-07-19 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI1488NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...]
2009-07-20 01:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1490MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK
[...] "TERRORISM, PAKISTAN AND HILLARY CLINTON'S INDIA VISIT," editorial in July 17 centrist Marathi daily NAVSHAKTI: "The Indian government is as usual is in a state of high alert in order to protect its financial capital - Mumbai -- from yet another terror attack. On the other hand, the Pakistani [...]
2009-07-20 07:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1501MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK
[...] "RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN NEW ERA," op-ed in July 19 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam: "Hillary Clinton is very popular among the Indian community in the U.S. No previous secretary of state was in a better position than her to strengthen the U.S.-India relations.... [...]
2009-07-20 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1514SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY
[...] The Secretary's press conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna generated lead stories today. Reports said U.S. and India announced they had agreed on an "end-use monitoring" pact that takes a major step toward allowing the sale of sophisticated U.S. arms to India. 2. Secretar [...]
2009-07-21 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1517SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY
[...] Media reports said that the Indian government, under attack from the Opposition for "compromising" national sovereignty by agreeing to allow U.S. inspection of military installations, asserted it has not bargained away India's interest by going in for the End-User Monitoring Agreement with Ame [...]
2009-07-22 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1524U.S. NGOS: INDIA CONSIDERS SUPPORTING
[...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake raised the issue of two American NGOs recently refused accreditation by a UN ECOSOC committee. The NGOs in question are the Democracy Coalition Project and the Dynamic Christian World Missi [...]
2009-07-22 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1526MEDIA REACTION, NEW DELHI: SECSTATE INDIA
[...] "DEAD WARRIOR IN A POLITICAL DRAMA," editorial-page article in July 23 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is unethical for the U.S. to advise China and India to become responsible without spelling out its own agenda on environmental protection issues. Secretary Clinton [...]
2009-07-23 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI153DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 20-23, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 20-23, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Dalai Lama Asks Delhi to Choose Dialogue, Promote Tolerance -- Former BJP Parliamentarians Join Congress in Karnataka -- CPM Sus [...]
2009-01-23 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI1535A/S BLAKE DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Robert Blake met with Indian Joint Secretary (AMS) Gaitri Kumar July 21 and outlined next steps in the new Strategic Dialogue. They agreed that Counter Terrorism was an immediate focus and that Home Minister Chidambaram should visit Washington as soon as p [...]
2009-07-24 08:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1538MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK
[...] "NEW MILESTONE IN RELATIONS," editorial in July 23 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The agreements finalized during the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India can be defined as a new milestone in U.S.-India relations. No doubt there are differences over enrichment and reproces [...]
2009-07-24 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI154PRIME MINISTER TO UNDERGO BY-PASS SURGERY
[...] (SBU) Media sources and government officials confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undergo heart by-pass surgery tomorrow as one or more of his arteries have blockages. He was admitted to hospital tonight. Minister of State for External Affairs confirmed this to DCM and MEA Join [...]
2009-01-23 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI1546RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT:
[...] (C) In a July 24 meeting Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary (Russia) Rahul Shrivastava. He welcomed the information and said it was useful to get a more detailed readout. Shrivastava noted that he did not believe that Russia's main irritant [...]
2009-07-27 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1547MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO INDIA, INDO-
[...] "U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP: IS IT A REAL FRIENDSHIP?" article in centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "The U.S. Secretary of State received an extraordinarily warm welcome in India. However, the overwhelming media coverage is not an indication of the nature of bilateral bonds between India and the U. [...]
2009-07-27 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1565MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.-
[...] "WELCOMING ARIHANT: INDIA NEEDS TO BE ALERT TO A POSSIBLE ATTACK FROM THE SEA," editorial in July 28 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "India's naval defense preparedness has taken a decisive leap forward with the launch of the first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine, INS Arihant, whi [...]
2009-07-28 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1572CONGRESS WALKS A FINE LINE IN UTTAR PRADESH
[...] (SBU) Three weeks before Uttar Pradesh,s (U.P.) state assembly by-elections, the Congress Party,s state unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi kicked up a political dust storm with an incendiary comment about U.P. Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati. The party now finds itself having to weather this storm [...]
2009-07-28 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1583MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1595MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...]
2009-07-30 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1600AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 26-27 visit, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta announced the establishment of an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council and discussed security concerns with Prime Minister Singh, Foreign Minister Krishna, and National Security Advisor Narayanan. Embassy contacts called the v [...]
2009-07-30 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IN
09NEWDELHI1604MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S-
[...] "INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS: NO NEGOTIATION OUT OF FEAR; AND NO FEAR OF NEGOTIATION," editorial in July 31 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "In his response to the accusation of being a sellout to Pakistan, Prime Minister Singh reiterated Kennedy's rhetoric: "let us never negotiate out of fear, but l [...]
2009-07-31 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI161BHUTANESE FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES SECRETARY
[...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post an original letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Ugyen Tshering to the Secretary congratulating her on her confirmation. We will send the signed original via pouch and fax a copy to SCA/INS. 2. (U) The text of the letter follows: Begin [...]
2009-01-27 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI162BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to Vice President Biden from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax a [...]
2009-01-27 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1620PM SINGH DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY IN PARLIAMENT (CORRECTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Singh defended his government's handling of foreign policy before the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on July 29, addressing head-on opposition criticism of the joint statement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani at Sharm el-Sheikh, and ancillary gripes ab [...]
2009-08-03 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1621MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "PRIME MINISTER'S NEW POLICY," op-ed in August 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh's message in Parliament was clear: Pakistan is a tough neighbor, and we along with other nations should prepare it to denounce terror. Since Pakistan has nuclear weapons, all nati [...]
2009-08-03 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1624REACHING OUT TO RAHUL GANDHI AND OTHER YOUNG
[...] (C) Summary: In a candid conversation with the Ambassador during the July 20 lunch hosted by Prime Minister Singh for the Secretary, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi described his focus on upcoming state and local elections, expressed concerns regarding the challenges surroundin [...]
2009-08-03 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1625KASHMIR: CHIEF MINISTER OMAR ABDULLAH'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a raucous Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state assembly session on July 28, Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah resigned after an opposition party member accused him of involvement in a 2006 sex scandal. Even though the Home Ministry issued a statement later that day exonerating [...]
2009-08-03 14:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI163BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to President Barack Obama from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax [...]
2009-01-27 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1636MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "MISPLACED GENEROSITY," op-ed in August 3 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest peace overture to a recalcitrant Pakistan seems bewildering and misplaced. How can you repose trust in a Pakistan that is unwilling to own up to its misdemeanors? Paki [...]
2009-08-04 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1641NEW MEA COUNTERTERRISM DIRECTOR SOUMEN BAGCHI
[...] (SBU) Soumen Bagchi, the new director of counterterrorism (CT) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),expressed interest in expanding U.S. - India CT cooperation in an Aug. 3 courtesy call in New Delhi. S/CT and Poloff brought the new CT Director up to date on pending activities, in [...]
2009-08-04 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PINR PK IN
09NEWDELHI1648MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "PAKISTAN'S INTENTION," editorial in August 4 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Pakistan is showing its true colors now. From its attitude on the Hafiz Saeed's case, it is clear that Pakistan has no intention to improve relations with India. India should also adopt a tit- for-tat attitude against Paki [...]
2009-08-06 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1655MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, THE
[...] "MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND INDIA'S PAK POLICY," op-ed in August 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Even though India's extended hand has been slapped again and again by Pakistan, right-minded Indians still desire peace and stability on the subcontinent -- but with dignity. Instead of P [...]
2009-08-07 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1666MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.-
[...] "AFTER BAITULLAH," editorial in August 8 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's killing in a U.S. drone attack does not benefit the NATO forces struggling in Afghanistan much, but it is a big relief for Pakistan. The U.S. strategy is to weaken the T [...]
2009-08-10 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1667DALAI LAMA SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a August 8 introductory meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on his upcoming October visit to the U.S. and his strategy for engaging China. The Dalai Lama suggested the U.S. engage China on climate change in Tibet, recognizing that Tibetans could wait five to ten ye [...]
2009-08-10 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALSENV PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI1673MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, SRI
[...] "CONTINUING JIHAD IN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: AN AMERICAN GAMEPLAN," op-ed in August 11 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Analysts and researchers throughout the world have concluded that the jihad continuing in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the last 30 years is, in fact, an American [...]
2009-08-11 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1677NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE IMPLEMENTATION, CT/INTEL
[...] (C) Summary: Indian NSA M.K. Narayanan stressed a desire to work closely to develop a ambitious agenda for PM Singh's November visit to Washington and flagged his decisive role in pushing through End-Use Monitoring Agreement (EUM) and directing Indian foreign policy, during an August 10 introducto [...]
2009-08-11 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1678INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
[...] (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the o [...]
2009-08-11 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1690MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, INDIA-
[...] "AMERICA'S DOUBLE STANDARDS," op-ed in August 12 left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. policy towards Pakistan is duplicitous and not favoring India. The U.S. is more bothered about Pakistan's sovereignty, as if it is America's responsibility to protect Pakistan from variou [...]
2009-08-12 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1698MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA-
[...] "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each other does not allow any progress in relations. The decision to set up a hotline between them was the only outcome of last week's talks. [...]
2009-08-13 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI17MENON PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF PAKISTAN INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Mulford and fourteen other ambassadors January 5 evidence linking the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan. Menon reported that he had summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner earlier in the day to share a similar, more limite [...]
2009-01-05 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI170MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA-NEW
[...] "OBAMA'S SIGNAL TO PAKISTAN" editorial in the January 28, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily NAVASHAKTI. "Two U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan three days ago could be interpreted as a tangible sign of U.S. [...]
2009-01-28 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1707FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO UPBEAT AND EXPANSIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Foreign Secretary Rao August 12, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of the Strategic Dialogue and of implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, as well as bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumb [...]
2009-08-13 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1708THE 13TH ROUND OF INDIA-CHINA BORDER TALKS:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The thirteenth round of the India-China boundary negotiations, expanded to include a range of bilateral and international issues, was held on August 7-8 in New Delhi and ended without progress on the border dispute. The two sides agreed to establish a telephone hotline between ca [...]
2009-08-13 14:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH IN
09NEWDELHI1717MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "USED TO BEING CHEATED," commentary in August 14 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Pakistanis must be laughing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's borrowed formulation that we must adopt a "trust but verify" approach to our relations with their country. Our politicians only trust [...]
2009-08-17 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1722INDIAN AF-PAK ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: When Ambassador Holbrooke visits New Delhi, his GOI interlocutors - National Security Advisor Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Rao, and Special Afghanistan Representative Lambah - will be eager to discuss India's USD 1.2 billion dollar assistance program in Afghanistan. They will like [...]
2009-08-17 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PTER PINS EAID MASS IN
09NEWDELHI1727AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: INDIA
[...] (C) The following responses are keyed to reftel questions and are drawn largely from our recent discussions about Afghan elections with senior GOI officials in which we highlighted reftel points. A) Analysis of India's likely strategic interests in Afghanistan's election: India has made a sub [...]
2009-08-18 09:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN AF
09NEWDELHI1728MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, SHAH
[...] "MUSHARRAF IN TROUBLE," editorial in August 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's Supreme Court bench got ex- President General Musharraf into trouble declaring his provisional constitutional order unconstitutional. If President Zardari and PM Gilani accept th [...]
2009-08-18 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1739MEDIA REACTION: SHAH RUKH KHAN, TERRORISM,
[...] "WAS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER WHO HARRASSED SHAH RUKH A JEW?" commentary in August 19 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prior to the Shah Rukh Khan incident, several Muslim clerics have been deported from American airports. The strong American Jewish lobby prevents entry of Muslims [...]
2009-08-19 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1747BJP EXPELS JASWANT SINGH -- INTERNAL STRIFE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh became the latest victim of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) infighting on August 19 when the party expelled him for his favorable depiction of Pakistani founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his latest book. The decision to oust Jaswant Singh occurr [...]
2009-08-19 15:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1749UPA 2.0: SLOW AND STEADY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly constituted Indian parliament concluded its first post-election session on August 7 after approving the annual national budget and passing important legislation on education while shelving several other pressing matters. The budget session was a mild disappointment f [...]
2009-08-20 02:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1753MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "MANMOHAN'S STATEMENT," editorial in August 19 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks on Monday that there was credible information that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in India may be news to him, but it's n [...]
2009-08-20 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1754India's Monsoon Politics
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian government (GOI) is trying to manage a poor monsoon season expected to result in low yields in rice, sugar cane, oilseeds and other crops. Between rising food prices and burdensome subsidy costs, the Food and Agriculture Minister and United Progressive Alliance (UPA [...]
2009-08-20 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO IN
09NEWDELHI1763MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "STATES' ROLE IN INTERNAL SECURITY," editorial in August 20 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there was credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. On the one hand, the PM's warning reminds [...]
2009-08-21 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1768HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM TO AMBASSADOR: LOOKING
[...] (S) Summary: Home Minister Chidambaram spoke positively of U.S.-India cooperation on security issues in Ambassador Roemer's August 20 introductory meeting. The Ambassador shared several areas in which the U.S. hopes to advance cooperation, and assured the Minister of support at the highest [...]
2009-08-21 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PK IN
09NEWDELHI1769HARYANA: DODGING DROUGHT, RIDING WAVES
[...] (U) Summary: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress Party announced on August 21 that he has recommended dissolution of the state legislature and early elections to the state assembly. The state Governor must accept his recommendation. Originally scheduled for February [...]
2009-08-21 15:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1774MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, INDIA-NEPAL
[...] "WARNING OF DANGER," op-ed in August 23 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh recently warned that there was credible information of possible terror attacks from Pakistan- based terror groups. If Pakistan is really sincere about cooperating with India on terrorism [...]
2009-08-24 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1778MEA JOINT SECRETARY RAGHAVAN CALLS MEETING FOR AN
[...] (C)Summary: Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, T.C.A. Raghavan called an ""urgent briefing"" on August 18 for representatives of countries whose nationals were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Raghavan provided a dossier on Hafiz Saeed, [...]
2009-08-24 14:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI178MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GUANTANAMO:
[...] "POLICY OF FRIENDSHIP," editorial in the January 28 pro- Congress Party HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "All of the following happened at the same time: U.S. President Barack Obama said in his message on Republic Day that the U.S. is India's best friend -- the message had a very personal touch; secondl [...]
2009-01-29 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1782MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL
[...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...]
2009-08-25 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1783HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S WASHINGTON D.C. VISIT, SEPT. 7-10
[...] (S) Summary and Background: India's Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram will visit New York and Washington D.C from September 7 - 10. On August 19, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials shared the ""agenda points"" for the Home Minister's visit. The GOI sees the visit as an opportunit [...]
2009-08-25 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1788MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-INDIA
[...] "TALKS WITH PAKISTAN," editorial in August 25 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "There are indications that Pakistan is pressuring India to start the composite bilateral dialogue. Our strategists should get alert, and no softness should be shown toward Pakistan. Any dialogue under the present circum [...]
2009-08-26 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1789BJP MELTDOWN, HARYANA RAMIFICATIONS
[...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has parted ways with its occasional ally, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, electing to fight the upcoming state assembly elections on its own. INLD leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala termed the decision "unilaterali [...]
2009-08-26 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1801INDIA BOOSTS TIES WITH NEPAL, KEEPS AN EYE ON CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nepali Prime Minister Nepal's visit to New Delhi allowed India to hit the reset button in its ties with Nepal. PM Nepal met with all the right people and, despite Maoist pressure from home, came away with promises of substantial aid in infrastructure, trade, police training, and [...]
2009-08-28 05:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1805MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM,
[...] "CANNED TERROR," editorial in August 27 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "A suspected Lashkar-e- Taiba militant's arrest cannot be taken lightly. Prime Minister Singh has already warned the nation against more dangerous terrorist activities in the coming festival season. There is no room [...]
2009-08-28 12:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1806FOREIGN MINISTRY PROPOSES MOU ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed External Affairs Minister Krishna August 28 to complete the outstanding civil nuclear cooperation implementation items prior to Prime Minister Singh's November 24 visit to Washington. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar [...]
2009-08-28 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1813BJP: ENTER HINDUTVA HAWKS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With party revolts, expulsions, leadership intrigue, and name-calling dominating the headlines, the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) is in serious trouble and appears rudderless. The conclusion of the three-day long "introspection" meeting by the top party brass exacerbated the pub [...]
2009-08-31 15:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1819MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, INDIA-
[...] "LATE WISDOM DAWNS ON THE U.S.," editorial in September 1 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The U.S. has made a great and late discovery - that Pakistan illegally modified missiles given by the US to expand its capability to strike targets in India. There have been countless in [...]
2009-09-01 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1833NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR REJECTS FURTHER NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In several media interviews August 29-30, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan defended India's 1998 nuclear tests against claims by a former defense scientist that its hydrogen bomb was a "fizzle" and that India should therefore refuse to sign the CTBT until its thermonuclea [...]
2009-09-02 07:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI1834MEDIA REACTION: AL-QAEDA, PAKISTAN / WEAPON
[...] "FIRST SUICIDE ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA," editorial in September 1 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "Anti- terrorism initiatives taken by Saudi Arabia have increased al-Qaeda threats to this royal state. An attempt to assassinate Prince Mohammad bin Naif is a matter of serious concern for the [...]
2009-09-02 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1836AMBASSADOR MEETS MEA STATE MINISTER SHASHI THAROOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with Ambassador Roemer, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor asked the U.S. to weigh in with Pakistan on cross-border terrorism and to stay the course in Afghanistan. He indicated that there is room for the U.S. and India to cooperate more [...]
2009-09-02 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1853MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IFTAR DINNER,
[...] "OBAMA'S IFTAR" editorial in September 4, 2009 centrist Urdu daily, MILAP: "The U.S President's hosting an Iftar dinner at the White House is a praiseworthy initiative by all means. Hosting Iftars is a good way to feel the essence of Islam. However, the invitees are generally those who agree [...]
2009-09-04 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1857JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...]
2009-09-04 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA IN AF
09NEWDELHI187MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICIES, WAR AGAINST
[...] "FIRST OF ALL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND ITS USURY", editorial in the January 29 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "Barrack Obama is a symbol of a 'Change' in the America of the 21st century. Therefore, the American hand of friendship extended by the American to India, through the g [...]
2009-01-30 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1872MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...]
2009-09-08 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1874INDIA: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SCIENCE, NOT YET EQUAL
[...] SUMMARY: More than 60 attendees from a variety of backgrounds discussed India's climate for women scientists during an Embassy Environment, Science and Technology (EST) Office-hosted "Celebrating Women in Science" workshop. Women scientists in India are every bit as intelligent and hard workin [...]
2009-09-08 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KWMN KDEM TSPL SCUL PHUM ELAB PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1879MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S
[...] "NATURAL ASSESSMENT," editorial in September 8 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "A discussion on Pakistan's promises and will to eliminate terrorism is natural during Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram's forthcoming visit to the U.S. But it is difficult to say if the U.S. will se [...]
2009-09-09 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1887MEDIA REACTION:SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, VISIT OF
[...] "CHINA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INDIA'S SILENCE," commentary in September 9 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "On the one hand China denies India's allegations of intrusion in Ladakh and talks about investigating it. On the other hand, however, it is quite evident that China does not respect the borde [...]
2009-09-10 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1896INDIA SHARES CONCERNS, WILLING TO COOPERATE ON SRI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA shares USG concern over the situation of Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and remains focused on getting them resettled. India is providing significant aid and is working to de-mine affected areas. There are plans to augment the GOI-funded de-mining [...]
2009-09-11 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1897INDIA: READY TO HELP NEPAL, SKEPTICAL OF MAOISTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Satish Mehta told us September 3 that India's priority in Nepal is to support a stable, democratic government. Prime Minister Nepal's August visit was a positive step and left a strong impression of Nepal's confidence and commitment to democracy. India [...]
2009-09-11 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1898INDIA SHARES VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (MEA/DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra summoned the DCM September 11 to share a nonpaper (paragraph 3) articulating India's views on the UN Security Council summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmam [...]
2009-09-11 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN
09NEWDELHI1899MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S. FOREIGN
[...] "THE SHADOW OF 9/11 CONTINUES TO LINGER," editorial in September 11 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America became alert to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism after the 9/11 attacks... But the counter- insurgency and counter-terrorism measures of the U.S. have their limitations, mainly [...]
2009-09-11 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1906MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PALESTINE,
[...] "CONTRADICTORY INDICATIONS," editorial in September 12 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After India's declining any kind of talks with Pakistan, it is surprising to hear that the foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet in the U.S. this month. The Indian government, known [...]
2009-09-14 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1917MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, INDIA-CHINA,
[...] "EXPECTATION FROM PAKISTAN," editorial in September 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's U.S. visit has yielded something, in that the U.S. has now at least asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice. Despite providing all the evidences, Pakistan [...]
2009-09-15 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1926INDIA'S SHERPA FOR THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs-DISA) Vipul on September 14. Vipul informed us that Mr. Achal Malhotra, India's Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna, will attend the September 15th initial planning meeting for the Global [...]
2009-09-16 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1927INDIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Vipul on September 14. Vipul took note of the U.S. stance, but informed us that the GOI, as yet, has no official position to share regarding the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities Resolutio [...]
2009-09-16 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1928MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN /
[...] "MUSHARRAF'S REVELATION EXPOSES U.S.," editorial in September 15 Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Pervez Musharraf is back to playing games. His admission that U.S. aid was diverted against India is nothing but a ploy to gain public support. During his forthcoming U.S. visit, External Affairs Min [...]
2009-09-16 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1929INDIA NON-COMMITTAL ON THE IRAN CHORUS, BUT
[...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan September 14 and with MEA Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao September 16. With both officials, the Ambassador stressed the need for strong private GOI private approaches to Iran on the consequences of its non-complia [...]
2009-09-16 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1941MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] "MUSHARRAF'S CONFESSION," editorial in September 16 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pervez Musharraf's confession is nothing but a ploy because any anti-India activity is seen as a sign of patriotism in Pakistan. He is trying to gain sympathy of the hardliners and the Pakistani army... It is cl [...]
2009-09-17 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI195JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIAN ANXIETY OVER NEW
[...] (C) Summary: There is uncertainty and anxiety within the Indian foreign policy establishment over the direction the new U.S. administration might take on its India policy. The principal areas of Indian concern are: -- renewed U.S. activism on Kashmir; -- replacement of the stand-alone bil [...]
2009-01-30 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI1953MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-IRAN-
[...] "CHINA PHOBIA," editorial in September 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Some media people and experts are painting a picture of reiteration of 1962. At present war is out of question. China will neither gain anything extraordinary on the boundary dispute nor will it benefit strategi [...]
2009-09-18 11:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1960INDIA PLANS TO DISCUSS CTBT IN STRATEGIC SECURITY
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul reaffirmed India's unilateral, voluntary moratorium on further nuclear testing in place since May 1998. He declined to speculate about India' [...]
2009-09-22 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN
09NEWDELHI1961MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-PAKISTAN;
[...] "CHINA-CONCERN," editorial in September 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Army Chief Deepak Kapoor's saying that there is no cause for alarm over alleged Chinese incursions is not enough. There should be more clarification from the governmen [...]
2009-09-22 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1962RAJE AGAINST THE MACHINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rajasthan's opposition leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to remain a force in Rajasthan's political scene, despite efforts by the national BJP to marginalize her role. Raje's local popularity at the grassroots amd h [...]
2009-09-22 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1973MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, PAKISTAN, CLIMATE
[...] "What is meant by democracy?" editorial in September 23 Kolkata Bengali independent, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is virtually impossible for any individual creativity to flourish in countries where the Communist leadership imposes political and social autocracy. In such an environment, talented a [...]
2009-09-23 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1978HOME MINISTER PREVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram shared with Ambassador Roemer September 18 a provisional list of five opportunities for further cooperation gleaned from his visit to Washington, including on forensics, large city policing, real-time intelligence sharing, coastal security, an [...]
2009-09-24 07:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI198MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI.
[...] "OBAMA AND MUSLIM WORLD," op-ed article in the February 1 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert K. Subrahmanyam: "George Bush kept fighting till the last day of his term against terrorism, but never defined his enemy. But the new U.S. President Barack Obama did not vaci [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1983MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH
[...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...]
2009-09-24 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1991MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM,
[...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...]
2009-09-25 10:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI20MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE
[...] "UNNECESSARY STEP," editorial in January 5 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's upcoming U.S. visit to share evidence of Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks means the U.S. is not convinced of Pakistan's complicity in the Mumbai carnage. With an FBI team [...]
2009-01-06 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2008MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, NPT ISSUES,
[...] "EXPANDING HORIZONS: GROWING FROM 8 TO 20," editorial in September 28 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "Rather late in the day but the G8 nations, including the U.S., have ultimately realized the need to bring developing nations like India to the negotiating table. Following the G20 official a [...]
2009-09-29 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2022MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, INDO-PAK
[...] "FROM EIGHT TO TWENTY," editorial in September 27 nationalist Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "That economic changes are sweeping the entire world once again became clear at Pittsburg, with the G-20 proving itself to be the new driving force. This proclamation has several significances. No doubt, [...]
2009-09-30 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2032MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR
[...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...]
2009-10-01 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2044MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, KASHMIR,
[...] "CHINA'S TOUGH CHALLENGE," editorial in Oct 3 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "India-China tensions have been in the news lately. The difference between India and China is clearly reflected in the attitude of the two countries toward hosting international games. While China saw an [...]
2009-10-05 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2059MEDIA REACTION: G-20, CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] "FUTILE TO EXPECT MUCH," editorial in October 6 leftist Bengali newspaper, GANASHAKTI: "There will be no fundamental change in the world order even if G-20 replaces G-8 to control global capitalism. Despite tall claims, the G-20 does not protect interests of the developing nations. So, it is q [...]
2009-10-07 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2069The UPA's Austerity Drive: Cynical or Brilliant?
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Congress Party has committed to an "austerity drive" as a gesture of solidarity with India's "aam admi" or the common man. VIPS are traveling in economy class on trains and aircraft, foregoing chartered helicopters or private planes. Critics attack these gestures as pur [...]
2009-10-08 10:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2070MEDIA REACTION: G-20, INDIA-CHINA,
[...] "G-20 SUMMIT AND WORLD ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE," editorial in September 30 Assamese, AMAR ASOM: "The emergence of G-20 as an influential group in world economy will eventually benefit countries such as India and China. But there is a possibility that the U.S. might use this group to improve its e [...]
2009-10-08 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2078MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT,
[...] "OBAMA TURNS HIS BACK TO INDIA," editorial in October 9 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "U.S. President Obama has often shown high regard for India, Indian culture and values. In his presidential election campaign, he often mentioned the image of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman that is close to [...]
2009-10-09 10:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2079SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: BLAST OUTSIDE INDIAN
[...] SUMMARY: The blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, the second attack in two years allegedly targeting the Indian Mission in Afghanistan, generated widespread reporting in the Indian media today. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived in Kabul to review the sit [...]
2009-10-09 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2088SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: Mission India warmly welcomes you back to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washington [...]
2009-10-09 14:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI209DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 3, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 26 to February 3, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Supreme Court Denies Congress Attempt to Help Political Ally -- Indian Leaders Rail Against Pub Culture -- Kaly [...]
2009-02-03 09:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI2092MEDIA REACTION: ATTACK ON INDIAN EMBASSY IN
[...] "ATTACK ON INDIA NEMBASSY IN KABUL: WILL IT BE THE LAST?" editorial in October 12 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The attack on the Indian embassy, the second in the last 15 months, indicates that the security situation in strife-torn Afghanistan is far from satisfactory. Secondly, [...]
2009-10-13 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2094SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE
[...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...]
2009-10-13 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2104MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, POTUS NOBEL
[...] "PAKISTAN, PLEASE WAKE UP!" editorial in October 12 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters shows that it is reaping what it has sown. The strategy of nurturing terrorism against India has now become the biggest challenge for Pakistan's own exis [...]
2009-10-14 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI211MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PAKISTAN
[...] "OBAMA'S POSSIBLE PAKISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 16 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Diplomatic conjecture about President Obama's possible Pakistan policy points to the fact that Pakistan is useful in safeguarding America's interest in the Indian sub-continent. True, America has [...]
2009-02-03 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2111MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE,
[...] "RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AWARD RECIPIENT," editorial in October 14 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "President Obama should have declined the Nobel Prize, because the U.S. is still engaged in Afghanistan and is accused of not withdrawing troops from Iraq. However, now that the awa [...]
2009-10-15 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2116India Pursues Homeland Security Technologies
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a spirited discussion at an October 9 Federation of India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)- hosted conference on Science and Technology (S&T) for Homeland Security, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary G.K. Pillai acknowledged the need for changes to make the [...]
2009-10-16 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA TSPL PGOV PRIL PTER ECON ECPS SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2123MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY, NOBEL
[...] "OBAMA'S LOVE FOR CHINA," editorial in October 08 Cuttack nationalist Oriya SAMAJA: "By denying audience to the Dalai Lama, President Obama has sent a wrong signal. It is interpreted as America's endorsement of human rights violations in China and the Chinese clampdown in Tibet. It is obvious [...]
2009-10-19 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2132MEDIA REACTION: PM VISIT TO U.S., PAKISTAN,
[...] "COUNTDOWN TO U.S. VISIT," editorial in October 19 centrist, Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Preparations for building new bridges between America and India have started in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's state visit to United States. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wi [...]
2009-10-20 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2135JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD, OPENS
[...] (C) Summary: Not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue to resume, India has moved forward unilaterally on the Delhi-Srinagar dialogue and its efforts for reconciliation in Kashmir. Home Minister Chidambaram announced on October 14 that the GOI will talk directly "with all shades" [...]
2009-10-21 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2136MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, KASHMIR, NOBEL AWARD
[...] "BLOOD-SOAKED WAZIRISTAN," editorial in October 20 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Under growing pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani Army launched a major incursion into Waziristan in the hopes of mounting a final offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. India needs to keep its eye [...]
2009-10-21 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI214MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE / GAZA
[...] "OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 23 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "President Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to intensify the war on terror has received only lukewarm response from the European nations. At the upcoming April 3 NATO Summit Obama wi [...]
2009-02-04 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2149MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PRIZE
[...] "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION," editorial in October 21 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's approach on the Kyoto Protocol just before the Copenhagen Climate Change summit was not right. While there is no harm in India reconsidering its stand [...]
2009-10-22 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2155JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
[...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...]
2009-10-22 14:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2162MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-US DEFENSE RELATIONS,
[...] "US AMBASSADOR ROEMER'S VIEWS WELCOME," editorial in October 22 Hindi daily, VEER ARJUN: "US Ambassador Timothy Roemer recently said that America is ready to support India's drive to modernize its armed forces. The US is ready to support India in its drive to modernize its armed forces, Roemer [...]
2009-10-23 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2172MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS,
[...] QCHINA: VERY LITTLE SWEETNESS IN TIES,Q editorial in October 25 nationalist Hindi daily, PUNJAB KESARI: QPM Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Wen JiabaoQs meeting in Thailand seems to have brought about some sweetness in the otherwise bitter India-China relations. China is our biggest interna [...]
2009-10-26 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2179MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, AF-PAK,
[...] "PART OF THE FAMILY," editorial in October 27 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "U.S. President Barack Obama's saying that he considers the Indian Prime minister a part of his family is a great honor. This shows how strong the bilateral relations between the two nations are. [...]
2009-10-27 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2190MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS,
[...] "CHINA'S REPLY," editorial in October 27 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh did right to reiterate New Delhi's traditional stance that the Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India. China has not reacted and we cannot be sure that it has accepted the Indian [...]
2009-10-28 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2192Disaster Management Capabilities and Engagement
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Disaster Management (DM) in India means preparing for both natural and man-made disasters, everything from avalanches to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) incidents to terrorist attacks. India has chosen a tiered approach to DM in which states and districts ha [...]
2009-10-28 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL KSCA SENV EAID PGOV PTER ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2197MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS/TALIBAN,
[...] "TALIBAN AND INDIA", editorial in October 28 right- of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "Pakistan's allegation linking India with Taliban is bizarre by any stretch of the imagination. Pakistan is today reaping what it sowed.... America and China may support Pakistan, but Islamabad should u [...]
2009-10-29 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2198SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...]
2009-10-29 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL
09NEWDELHI2206MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN,
[...] "MEANINGLESS OFFER, editorial in October 29 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: QIndia is ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan if it can effectively control terrorism emanating from its soil, PM Manmohan Singhsaid in Kashmir Thursday. Alas, the PMQs offer is in vain! Neither does [...]
2009-10-30 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2208MANMOHAN SINGH'S JAMMU AND KASHMIR VISIT: NOT YET
[...] (C) Summary: Although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not announce any dramatic new initiatives during his October 27-28 visit to Jammu and Kashmir, there was significant underlying content that could have been missed by those looking for bold gestures. On Pakistan, his language was restrai [...]
2009-10-30 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2214MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO PAKISTAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI222MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN; NEW
[...] "THE NON-BELIEVERS AND OBAMA" op-ed article by columnist Amarendra Nandu Dhaneshwar in the February 5, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily AAPLA MAHANAGAR. "In what can be termed a notably tolerant and broad based attitude to diverse beliefs and lifestyles, the U.S. President [...]
2009-02-05 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2226MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN;
[...] "TALIBAN NOW WANT ALL OF PAKISTAN," editorial in November 3 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The Pakistani government has clearly lost control over the internal situation in the country. The Taliban want all of Pakistan, nothing less will do. Pakistan's neighbors are alarmed. Even Iran is wondering w [...]
2009-11-04 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2231MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS,
[...] "CLOSENESS WITH THE U.S.," op-ed in November 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer recently said the U.S.-India relationship today is very different from what it was even a few years back. Not only Mr. Roemer, but even President Obama and his predecessor George [...]
2009-11-05 11:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2235SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER AND THE STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi for the launch of the Strategic Security Dialogue. The Indian Government is focused on using the Strategic Dialogue process launched during Secretary Clinton's July visit as a mechanism to explore ways to broaden an [...]
2009-11-05 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI2242SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] "PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND AMERICA," commentary in November 5 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been completely unsuccessful in convincing Arab leaders that the United States is adopting a serious attitude to stop construction of Jewish settlem [...]
2009-11-06 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2247PREVIEW OF IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S
[...] (C) Summary: In a visit characterized by GOI officials and local observers as routine, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will meet here on November 16 with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. Mottaki's planned visit, which follows a 2008 visit to Tehran by his Indian coun [...]
2009-11-06 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI2248SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE TURNS INTO WAR OF WORDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: India and China have launched a "war of words" over disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh (AP). The GOI has been uncharacteristically bold in responding to Chinese moves, spurred on no doubt by unrestrained hyperventilation in the Indian media over Beijing's intentions. It seem [...]
2009-11-06 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CH IN
09NEWDELHI2257MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, INDIA-
[...] "PM-OBAMA MEETING RAISES HOPES," op-ed article in November 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "There are high expectations from PM Manmohan Singh's upcoming U.S. visit. U.S.-India relations have come a long way... These two democracies will have to jo [...]
2009-11-09 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2269MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA
[...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...]
2009-11-10 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2278MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS;
[...] "DALAI LAMA'S IMPORTANCE," editorial in November 10 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "It was not the Dalai Lama's first Arunachal-visit, but China has accused India of using this visit to mock it. China claims Arunachal Pradesh to be its territory, but the Tibetan monks in Arunachal abh [...]
2009-11-12 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2283MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA, PRESIDENT OBAMA,
[...] "U.S. COMPLEXITY," editorial in November 12 centrist Hindi daily DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The U.S. claim of fighting terrorism and establishing peace in the world seems to be feeble. It was disappointing that Indian intelligence officials were not allowed to interrogate David Headley, the American n [...]
2009-11-13 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2292MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST
[...] "WHEN WILL WE LEARN OUR LESSON?" editorial in November 14 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "It was India's good fortune that we escaped horrifying attacks plotted by terrorist David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. Fortunately the U.S. cops nabbed them and nipped the conspiracy in [...]
2009-11-16 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2309AMBASSADOR VERVEER AND SECRETARY SIKRI SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Melanne Verveer met Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) Secretary Devender Kumar Sikri on November 9 to discuss the Women's Empowerment Dialogue (WED). Sikri described the GOI's ideas for WED discussion topics. These included social and economic empowerme [...]
2009-11-17 07:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TSPL KCRM KCOR ELAB KDEM KWMN KOCI PHUM
09NEWDELHI2313MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST
[...] "HALF-BAKED EVIDENCE," editorial in November 16 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Anti-India terror plotters David Headley and Tahawwur Rana are in the net thanks to America's FBI. The sorry Indian intelligence has once again been caught napping. May we ask Home Minister P Chidambar [...]
2009-11-17 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2318RAHUL GANDHI ON GOVERNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INDIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy one-on-one meeting on November 16, Indian Congress Party General Secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi expressed interest in U.S. perspectives on India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. He dismissed any rumors of a Cabinet shake-up and focused on th [...]
2009-11-17 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI2319U/S TAUSCHER AND INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSS NON-PRO AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher reviewed the status of USG efforts regarding START, CTBT, and the FMCT. Narayanan expressed great interest in USG efforts to refu [...]
2009-11-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI2324MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, MYANMAR; NEW
[...] "FOR A CONSENSUS," editorial in November 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, who is leading the group overseeing the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, and leaders like President Barack Obama do not want binding deals on emission cuts. Presid [...]
2009-11-18 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2330MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS
[...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...]
2009-11-18 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2332 U/S OTERO ENGAGES GOI MINISTER TIRATH ON WOMEN'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Minister of Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath on November 6 to discuss Government of India (GOI) measures for women's empowerment and to combat trafficking in persons, two enormous challenges India faces. [...]
2009-11-19 03:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM KTIP IN
09NEWDELHI2337INDIA: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 09:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN AF
09NEWDELHI2338MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ TERRORISM, INDIA-
[...] "JUSTIFIED WORRIES," editorial in November 17 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After the Headley case has come into the limelight, the focus of the Indian security establishment has shifted to Woodstock and Doon schools in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Keeping in view the [...]
2009-11-19 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2339SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was reported saying: "The Government of India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through a peaceful bilateral dialogue in accordance with the Simla Agreement. A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary. [...]
2009-11-19 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI234MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, SRI
[...] "INDIA'S EXPECTATIONS For OBAMA" op-ed article by former diplomat Rajendra Abhyankar in the February 6, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is welcome that the new U.S. President feels that Pakistan needs to play a more positive role in the interest of peace and stabilit [...]
2009-02-06 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2349MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ASIA VISIT, U.S.-INDIA
[...] "DIPLOMATIC FAILURE," op-ed in November 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "China is becoming increasingly aggressive toward India. A new troublesome U.S.-China-India triangle has come into being in South Asia, with the China visit of President Obama and the Arunachal visit of Da [...]
2009-11-20 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2354TURBULENCE IN PARLIAMENT AWAITS PRIME MINISTER ON RETURN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The winter session of Parliament kicked off on a stormy note on November 19 as the opposition parties brought parliament and the capital to a halt over the issue of sugarcane prices to farmers. The Opposition effectively mobilized over 25,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh to [...]
2009-11-20 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI2355JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOVERNMENT TALKS TO SEPARATISTS
[...] (C) Summary: Following up announcements by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister last month (ref a-c),the GOI and the Mirwaiz Omar Farooq-led separatists have publicly acknowledged that they are engaged in closed door talks. The separatists have indicated to Embassy that they intend to en [...]
2009-11-20 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2356JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PAKISTAN-BASED TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (C) The improving security situation and the return to relative peace and prosperity in the state has encouraged the Indian government to be forward leaning on seeking a solution to the Kashmir issue through confidence building measures and the start of a dialogue with separatists (refs a-d). [...]
2009-11-20 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2357INDIA PROVIDES PART 810 ASSURANCES ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) conveyed by diplomatic note November 20 a document entitled "Assurances by the Government of India to the Government of the United States on Nuclear Technology Transfers" in reply to reftel demarches. These "Part 810" assurances constituted a key r [...]
2009-11-20 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN
09NEWDELHI2358 India Wrestles With Food Price Inflation - Plans to Import
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government of India (GOI) is struggling to contain double-digit food price inflation, while sitting on near-record food grain stocks. An uneven 2009 monsoon that significantly reduced the rice output combined with regressive GOI decisions on grain stocks, support prices and [...]
2009-11-20 15:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI236MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "UNNECCESARY ACTION," editorial in February 7 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has done it again, speaking out of turn and thereby harming the interest of the nation. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week almost snubbed Narayanan in pu [...]
2009-02-09 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2360MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., AF-PAK
[...] "LESSONS OF MUMBAI ATTACKS," op-ed in November 22 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "India's campaign to create diplomatic pressure on Pakistan for bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice seems to be unsuccessful. And the U.S.' unreasonable softness towards Pakistan in this context [...]
2009-11-23 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2365INDIA SIGNALS BUSINESS AS USUAL ON FUEL BANKS,
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul repeated familiar positions November 23 in reply to reftel demarches on several issues before the November 26-27 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, including fuel banks, [...]
2009-11-23 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR SY IN
09NEWDELHI2373RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...]
2009-11-24 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2376RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...]
2009-11-24 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI
09NEWDELHI2377MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S VISIT TO U.S.,
[...] "WHAT SHOULD INDIA ASK AMERICA FOR?" editorial in November 23 centrist Hindi daily NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Both countries want to send out the message of a strong partnership between two big democratic forces. One wonders, however, if anything substantive will come out of the visit. Will the same ol [...]
2009-11-24 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI238BILLION INDIAN VOICES: ELECTION COMMISSION ROW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now seconded calls by the Chief Election Commissioner to remove one of his colleagues from the three-member Election Commission. This spat is allegedly based on the targeted Election Commissioner's close ties to the Congress Party, but Cong [...]
2009-02-09 14:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2382MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., 26/11
[...] QONUS ON U.S. TO STRENGTHEN TIES, REASSURE INDIA, editorial in November 24 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Barack Obama is neither path breaking, nor ambitious in any respect. By anointing China the lord of entire Asia, Obama not on [...]
2009-11-25 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2386A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM RUDD VISITS NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AS IN
09NEWDELHI2388IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S HOLLOW VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and Vice President Hamid Ansari during a November 16-17 visit to New Delhi that was large on formality but little on substance. A senior Indian Ministry of [...]
2009-11-25 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI2391LIBERHAN LEAK STEALS REPORT'S THUNDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The list of political scandals awaiting Prime Minister Singh upon his return from Washington has grown with the release of the Liberhan Commission report. Bowing to immense pressure from the Opposition, Home Minister F.M. Chidambaram presented the report in the lower and upper [...]
2009-11-25 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2396CURRENT INDIAN GOVERNMENT THINKING ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 24 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K.Sinha lamented that recent media focus on the corruption and inefficiency of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government is "undermining" international commun [...]
2009-11-27 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN PK AF
09NEWDELHI2397SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S
[...] "MATURING TIES," editorial in centrist, independent English daily, THE TIMES OF INDIA: "The outlook for Indo-US ties going forward is substantive, though it might not be spectacular, and promises decent dividends. It is in India's interests to push through more market reforms and scale up its [...]
2009-11-27 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2398U/S TAUSCHER ENGAGES FS RAO IN STRATEGIC SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Delegations led by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao exchanged views on the full spectrum of nonproliferation and disarmament issues in the first meeting of the Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) November 12-13 [...]
2009-11-27 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI2401FRESH MOMENTUM: CANADIAN PM HARPER VISITS INDIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian PM Stephen Harper's November 15-18 visit to India was long on atmospherics but short on solid deliverables. In addition to official meetings with PM Singh, EAM Krishna and Sonia Gandhi, Harper had a highly visible public program in Mumbai and touched base with the Sikh c [...]
2009-11-30 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CA IN
09NEWDELHI2403MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S
[...] "MANMOHAN SINGH'S SUCCESSFUL AMERICA VISIT: BOTH [NATIONS] NEED EACH OTHER," editorial in November 29 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The number of accords signed in the field on defense, science and technology, trade and commerce, education, etc., by the United States and India duri [...]
2009-11-30 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2413MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S
[...] "U.S. ASSURANCE," editorial in November 29 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's U.S.-visit has been more successful than was expected. Singh held talks with Obama on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, the situation in the region and global challenges like terroris [...]
2009-12-01 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2429SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - COVERAGE OF POTUS AF-
[...] The speech appeared on major Indian news networks soon after it was delivered. NDTV 24x7 headlined their story "Nuclear-armed Pakistan big security threat, says Obama," and quoted the President as saying the cancer of terrorism has spread from Afghanistan to Pakistan and that the danger will g [...]
2009-12-02 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2430MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, CLIMATE
[...] "QUESTION MARK ON NUCLEAR SAFETY," editorial in December 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "At a time when the U.S. and other nations are moving on their respective nuclear initiatives with India, it is unfortunate if incidents such as the one at Kaiga nuclear plant happen, where t [...]
2009-12-02 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2433SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT -- COVERAGE OF POTUS AF-
[...] India said it was not "complaining" about not being mentioned in President Obama's speech. Instead, India welcomed Washington's continued commitment in Afghanistan, saying it was "very pleased" that pressure on al Qaeda and the Taliban would not be eased. Minister of State for External Affairs [...]
2009-12-03 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2444SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: COVERAGE OF POTUS AF-PAK
[...] Media reported that India on Thursday welcomed the emphasis in the U.S. strategy on strengthening the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces, and that India hoped the international community was prepared for a long haul in the region. 2. India's foreign office spokesperson [...]
2009-12-04 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2453MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, NPT,
[...] "INDIA, AMERICA IN THE NEW AGE," op-ed in December 6 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Singh's U.S. trip was more about symbolism than substance. America's pledges to fight terror in India's neighborhood seem to be diplomatic. It remains to be seen if the US will really exert pressure on Pakista [...]
2009-12-08 11:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2455JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CHIDAMBARAM PLEDGES MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: In a follow up to assurances by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister P. Chidambaram in October (ref c-e),the Home Minister declared in Parliament on December 2 that the GOI would withdraw "significant" military and paramilitary forces from Jammu and Kashmir, but he [...]
2009-12-08 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2459MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "DEAL OF EQUALITY," editorial in December 8 right- of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The India-Russia nuclear deal further strengthens the close relations between the two nations, while uncertainty still looms over the implementation of the U.S.-India nuclear initiative. The pact with Russia [...]
2009-12-09 11:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI246BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS WILL FLY SOLO, NOT AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party has decided to fight coming parliamentary elections mostly alone and not as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) alliance; it will only seek case-by-case seat-sharing understandings with allies at the state level. In making this decision, the Congress Party [...]
2009-02-10 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2461PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...]
2009-12-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL IN SL
09NEWDELHI2462PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES GOI ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a lengthy meeting at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on November 10, Suresh Reddy, Director for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Maldives, described India's relief efforts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka with PRM Principal Deputy Assi [...]
2009-12-09 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL IN SL
09NEWDELHI247BHARAT BALLOT 09: SONIA GANDHI SOUNDS ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi kicked off her party's 2009 parliamentary campaign on February 9 articulating three broad themes: safeguarding secularism, inclusive economic growth and the fight against terror. Speaking to a conclave of Congress Party functionaries, Gandh [...]
2009-02-10 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2470MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN,
[...] "OBAMA'S AF-PAK STRATEGY," op-ed in December 9 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It seems very unlikely that America's work will be over in 18 months. The Taliban will sit tight to execute their plans till the Americans leave. There are, however, crucial elements in this strategy th [...]
2009-12-10 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2472TELANGANA - A NEW STATE IS BORN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with mounting protests from students and supporters of a new state of Telangana and the deteriorating health of a regional politician who was in the 11th day of a hunger strike to death, GOI abruptly caved on December 9 and gave the go-ahead for formation of a new state [...]
2009-12-10 14:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2481MEDIA REACTION: INDO-RUSSIAN NUCLEAR
[...] "RUSSIA-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT," editorial in December 11 Leftist Kolkata Bengali GANASHAKTI: "The Indo-Russian nuclear agreement will have far reaching effect on bilateral relationship. This pact offers more facilities than the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. Washington naturally faces terr [...]
2009-12-11 11:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2489MEDIA REACTION: AF/PAK ISSUES, OBAMA NOBEL
[...] "ADVICE FOR U.S.," editorial in December 12 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The arrest of five U.S. nationals in Pakistan for their involvement in the terrorist activities should be an eye-opener for the U.S. It is meaningless to have a new Af-Pak policy focusing on Afghanistan, [...]
2009-12-14 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI249MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 01:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2492INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. India has made continuing progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated trafficking in persons a top priority and demonstrated renewed efforts in tackling the problem. India enhanced efforts to expand law enforcement capac [...]
2009-12-14 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP IN
09NEWDELHI2493JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON
[...] Summary: (C) In a reminder that there are many Kashmir-focused terrorist groups who do not want any negotiation or accommodation with India, unidentified gunmen on December 4 shot Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi, a prominent moderate separatist leader who was part of the recently announced GOI-Srinagar [...]
2009-12-14 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2494INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...]
2009-12-14 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
09NEWDELHI25MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "THE CRAFTY MOVES OF PAKISTANI ARMY" editorial in the January 7, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It would be naove to conclude that Pakistan- based terrorist outfits were the sole engineers of the Mumbai terror attacks. It is as naove as the assumption that a singular a [...]
2009-01-07 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2500MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, POTUS NOBEL
[...] "COMMON GROUND," editorial in December 14 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India and China have different concerns and strategies in Copenhagen. Copenhagen offers a great chance to these two big emerging economies to forge an understanding, not only on climate change but on strategic is [...]
2009-12-15 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2502South Asia: Integration as Anti-crisis Response
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 11 opening of the "Second South Asia Economic Summit" in New Delhi, speakers stressed that enhanced regional cooperation could be an effective response to the global recession and allow countries to diversify and insulate against developed country problems in the [...]
2009-12-15 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL PGOV PK IN
09NEWDELHI2507MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, NOBEL PRIZE
[...] "WRANGLING OVER CARBON EMISSIONS," op-ed in December 15 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Industrial countries want to get the poorest nations on their side to pressure India and China to cut their emissions. The idea is to destroy the economic challenge posed by these two big emerg [...]
2009-12-16 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2510MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS, MUMBAI
[...] "INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE TALIBAN," op-ed in December 17 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan after the year 2011 and that's when a vacuum will form in the country, which is likely to be filled by nefarious insurgent forces [...]
2009-12-17 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2515High Food Inflation Eclipses Economic Recovery
[...] SUMMARY: Despite a promising overall economic outlook, rising food price inflation continues to pose a serious challenge to the Government of India (GOI). Food prices increased by a staggering 19.95 percent for the week ending on December 5, the fastest pace in eleven years. Causes of the ris [...]
2009-12-17 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI2516NSA NARAYANAN ON CIVIL NUCLEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan in a telephone call December 16 for progress on civil nuclear implementation, assurances about the protection of sensitive information, and a commitment not to seek extradition in the Headley case. Narayanan remai [...]
2009-12-17 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI2521BREAKING THE STALEMATE IN NEPAL: INDIA DOESN'T
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) Director (North) Sanjiv Ranjan told us on December 16 that India has conveyed to all concerned parties the need to build consensus, but has not bought into the "flexibility argument" which the GOI perceives as [...]
2009-12-18 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2522MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] "U.S. INTENTION," editorial in December 17 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The latest information on David Headley and Tahawwur Rana is not only shocking, but worrisome. The Indian government should ask the U.S. why it did not inform India about Headley much earlier. It seems the [...]
2009-12-18 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2530INDIA-RUSSIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL DOMINATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During an annual India-Russia summit on December 6-8 in Moscow, Prime Minister Singh and President Medvedev inked six bilateral agreements that included a civil nuclear deal and pacts focused on military relations, cultural exchanges, and trade. The joint statement was warm in to [...]
2009-12-18 15:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2539MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...]
2009-12-21 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2540MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...]
2009-12-21 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2541INDIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN ASEC
09NEWDELHI2543WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITHOUT CIVIL
[...] (C) Summary: The lack-luster winter session of Parliament came to an end without passage of the Civil Nuclear Liabilities legislation. Despite assurances from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that it intended to push the legislation through, we did not see any signs of Congr [...]
2009-12-21 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2544AMBASSADOR VISITS PARLIAMENT, CALLS ON SPEAKER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Meira Kumar expressed an interest in meeting Speaker Pelosi in the United States. Kumar wants to increase exchanges between Indian and United States legislators. The Ambassador and Spe [...]
2009-12-21 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
09NEWDELHI2545 ADVANI MOVES UPSTAIRS, HANDS OVER REINS TO THE NEXT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),implemented a generational change at the top when its leading stalwart, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, stepped down from his position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower hou [...]
2009-12-21 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2546MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES," editorial in December 21 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The summit at Copenhagen practically failed miserably because it could not be successful in finalizing any comprehensive and binding agreement. Evasion to accept their responsibilities, t [...]
2009-12-22 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2548ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...]
2009-12-22 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI2553MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE,
[...] "KYOTO KILLED," editorial in December 21 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "There were hopes of forging binding agreements in Copenhagen and making the US sign it. Who expected Kyoto would be killed! But that is what happened. Neither were the developing countries able to obtain technology to cut [...]
2009-12-23 09:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2559MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, COPENHAGEN,
[...] "SECURITY OVERLOOKED IN U.S. INTEREST," op-ed article by leftist leader Prakash Karat in December 23 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The proposed Nuclear End Use Bill is brought by the government to meet U.S. demands... It is noteworthy that Russian and French suppliers have not raised such demands. [...]
2009-12-24 07:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2569MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM,
[...] "AL QAEDA'S PLOT FOILED," editorial in December 28 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The Al Qaeda attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound jet on Christmas Day once again brings home the need for a review of the databases used by U.S. security agencies. If a man, who tried to blow up a jet [...]
2009-12-28 10:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2575MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE; NEW
[...] "WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE," editorial in December 17 Bhubaneswar Oriya centrist SAMAYA:"It is good to see that America, responsible for maximum environmental pollution, is eager to reduce emission of greenhouse gases. The Copenhagen summit should take into account the views of developing count [...]
2009-12-29 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2585MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "PAKISTAN IN DISARRAY," editorial in December 30 left-of-center Marathi daily APLA MAHANGAR: "Even as India is trying to get back on track after the 26/11 tragedy, Pakistan continues to be plagued by serious domestic crises. The general lack of law and order has robbed the country of all its c [...]
2009-12-30 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2597MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, PAKISTAN, COPENHAGEN,
[...] "A RESPONSIBLE U.S. MEDIA SPARED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST," op-ed in left- of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. media should be congratulated for the balanced and sober coverage of the attempted act of terrorism aboard a flight that landed in Detroi [...]
2009-12-31 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI260MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN,
[...] "GREAT EXPECTATIONS FROM OBAMA," op-ed in the February 10 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by right-wing economist Bharat Jhunjhunwala: "Gandhi's photo hangs in Obama's office. He says India and the U.S. are natural partners. This talk is fine, but kind of superficial. Obama's mission is to salvage t [...]
2009-02-11 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI265BHARAT BALLOT 09: AN ENDORSEMENT THAT MATTERS
[...] (C) Summary: In a public letter to party workers, Sonia Gandhi unequivocally endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making it virtually certain that he would remain Prime Minister if the Congress Party leads the next government. Manmohan Singh has built a good and clean image around the cou [...]
2009-02-12 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI266MEDIA REACTION: INDO - PAK RELATIONS, WAR
[...] "PAKISTAN'S MANEUVER," editorial in the February 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's demand for more information to complete its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks shows that it is simply misleading the world and killing time. But, for how long will the Indian government tolerate Pakis [...]
2009-02-12 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI268INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as India begins to gear up for parliamentary elections likely to be held in April-May. While popular anger over the November Mumbai attacks has cooled slightly, Indian officials continue to demand that Pakistan respond to Delhi's demands for action against the [...]
2009-02-12 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI269INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS
[...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...]
2009-02-12 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI274MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK
[...] QPAKISTAN FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACEQ editorial in the February 13, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. QAlthough PakistanQs Interior Minister has finally acknowledged that the Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on Pakistani soil, there are some expected twists in this [...]
2009-02-13 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI278DALAI LAMA REQUESTS SECRETARY TO PROMOTE CALM IN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 13 farewell meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on the Secretary's upcoming visit to Beijing. The Dalai Lama underlined that neither Tibetan leaders nor the PRC would like a repeat of last year's violence. Consequently, he suggested the Secretary [...]
2009-02-13 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH
09NEWDELHI281DELHI WELCOMES PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO DOSSIER
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government reacted positively to the much awaited official response from Pakistan to the dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks. Foreign Minister Mukherjee's recognition of the Pakistani response as a "positive development" was echoed by the Indian media and Post contact [...]
2009-02-13 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI282BHARAT BALLOT 09: A THAW IN CONGRESS-COMMUNIST
[...] (C) Summary: Communist supremo Prakash Karat signaled that the Left parties could, under certain conditions, return to a coalition that includes the Congress Party. The Congress Party was quick to pick up the olive branch, saying it is ready to join hands with the Left parties to keep the B [...]
2009-02-13 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI283INDIANS SEEK MODIFICATION OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: While stressing that a complete overhaul is not necessary, Indian officials and experts on Afghanistan have expressed a clear desire for a change in approach to implementing Afghan reconstruction. India has been a significant contributor to Afghan reconstruction. Visits by Afgha [...]
2009-02-13 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI284DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 3-13, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 2-13, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Valentine's Day Violence? -- Six-year-old's Beating Caught on Tape in UP -- Vajpayee Hospitalized, Making Steady Progress Valentine's Day [...]
2009-02-13 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI288INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY: “HUGE STAKE” IN SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Special Representative Richard Holbrooke on February 16, Menon: -- stated that India "has a huge stake" in the Special Representative's success in his new role and promised to support Holbrooke's efforts publicly to al [...]
2009-02-17 08:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI289MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS/ WAR
[...] "PAKISTAN4S CRISIS," editorial in the February 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's saying that the Taliban is trying to take over Pakistan is not surprising. The Taliban and Al-Qaida are spreading terror with the aim of global jihad and their fir [...]
2009-02-17 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI29MUKHERJEE SHARES CONCERN ABOUT SPECIAL ENVOY IN AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Mulford's January 7 farewell call on External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Minister said he understood the seriousness of the error in releasing sensitive intelligence from the Mumbai terrorism investigations and pledged that the Ministry would not further diss [...]
2009-01-07 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG
09NEWDELHI297MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW
[...] "TALIBAN'S TRUCE WITH THE DEMON PAKISTAN" editorial in the February 18, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "The Pakistani government's handshake with the Taliban is the worst piece of news for India and the global community. Pakistan's President Asif Zardari had earlier ex [...]
2009-02-18 10:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI298BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP SWINGS INTO ELECTION MODE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani kicked off the party's 2009 national elections campaign unveiling the slogan, "If BJP wins, India wins." Advani heralded the BJP's terror-fighting and governance record, while attacking the United Progre [...]
2009-02-18 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI309MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NEW ADMINISTRATION'S
[...] "DEFEAT IN SWAT," editorial in the February 18 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Not even a week has passed since Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari admitted that the Taliban has established sway over large parts of his country and aims to take it over entirely. Now we hear that Islamab [...]
2009-02-19 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI317MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO
[...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...]
2009-02-19 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI319BOUCHER IN BHUTAN: VISIT EXPLORES WAYS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The February 9-11 visit to Bhutan of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher demonstrated continuing U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom. In meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and the Fourth King, Boucher addressed Bhutan's peaceful transit [...]
2009-02-20 05:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREF PREL IN BH
09NEWDELHI328DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 16-20, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 16-20, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress Reshuffles Ahead of Elections -- NC-Congress Sweep J&K Rajya Sabha Elections -- More Jobs if BJP Elected Congress Reshuffles Ahead [...]
2009-02-20 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI33INDIAN READOUT ON CHINESE VICE FM HE YAFEI'S NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei visited New Delhi on January 5, where he met with FM Menon, FS Mukherjee, and NSA Narayanan as well as Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission Ahluwalia. Press coverage of the visit focused almost exclusively on discussion of the India-Paki [...]
2009-01-08 09:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK CH IN
09NEWDELHI332INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARM AL-SHEIK CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff on February 18 conveyed reftel points to MEA Deputy Secretary of West Asia and North Africa Division, Suhil Khan, informing the GOI of U.S. intention to make a pledge of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian Authority at the Sharm al-Sheikh March 2 conference and encouraging [...]
2009-02-23 09:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IN
09NEWDELHI335MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, WAR AGAINST TERRORISM;
[...] "MEANING OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed in the February 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The Pakistan army and its supporters have given three clear messages to the U.S. during the first step of Richard Holbrooke mission. They tried [...]
2009-02-23 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI346MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO - PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN," editorial in the February 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "It is pretty evident from the ceasefire in Swat Valley that the Taliban is regaining strength in Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari's comments also underline Islamabad's helplessness in the face of the Taliban. The [...]
2009-02-24 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI35MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India is not capable of la [...]
2009-01-08 10:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI351MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "PAKISTAN'S MILITARY WAR PLAN AND UNSTATELIKE CHARACTER", editorial in the February 23 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "It is of course not a concealed fact that the formation of terrorist outfits has always been a special ingredient of Pakistan's military strategies. Pakistan h [...]
2009-02-25 10:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI354CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...]
2009-02-25 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KZ TU IN
09NEWDELHI359MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, UNITED STATES,
[...] "THE REBELLION IN BANGLADESH" editorial in the February 26, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "In a land that has witnessed several rebellions in the recent past, the latest uprising of the Bangladesh Rifles (BR - paramilitary troops) is the most shameful in Bangladesh's [...]
2009-02-26 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI365MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...]
2009-02-27 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI367DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 14-27, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 14-27, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- 14th Lok Sabha Ends Respectfully, But No Election Dates Yet -- Parliamentary Committee Calls for Better Military/Intel Coordination [...]
2009-02-27 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PINR PTER MOPS IN
09NEWDELHI378MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US
[...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...]
2009-03-02 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI379BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) India will go to the polls between April 16 and May 13 to elect a new parliament and put in place a new government. The announcement was made on March 2 by the Indian Election Commission which released an election schedule with voting occurring in five phases beginning on April 16 and endin [...]
2009-03-02 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI381FS MENON CALLS IN CHARGE ON SITUATION IN BANGLADESH
[...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in by Foreign Secretary Menon on Saturday, February 28, to hear GOI concerns about the situation in Bangladesh. Menon said that while India was relieved that the rebellion by paramilitary troops appeared to be over, Delhi was worried that the Jamaat-e-Islami might [...]
2009-03-02 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS BG IN
09NEWDELHI392MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST FINANCING, INDIA-
[...] "COASTAL SECURITY," editorial in March 2 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the Mumbai terror attacks exposing the lack of coordination among security agencies, India has completely overhauled its coastal security apparatus and handed over the overall responsibility of maritime security to the [...]
2009-03-03 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI394WOMEN IN INDIA: REPORTING BLITZ HONORING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary. With unprecedented economic growth and rising prominence on the international stage, India hands have dubbed this the "Golden Age" for the world's largest democracy. Indian women have also made significantly strides, as saris and salwar's climb the corporate ladder and break the [...]
2009-03-03 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI395MUMBAI ATTACKS: GOI CHARGESHEET POINTS TO PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI396GOI OPEN TO RECONSIDERING MONUC DECISION IF DRC
[...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Kaestner met MEA United Nations-Political Division Joint Secretary Asit Bhattacharjee on March 3, 2009 regarding India's plans to withdraw its troops from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Kaestner expressed the USG's gratitude [...]
2009-03-03 14:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCG IN PGOV PHUM PREL
09NEWDELHI40DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 2-9, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 2-9, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- J&K: Omar Abdullah Sworn-In as Chief Minister -- PDP Pulls out of UPA Coalition -- Shootout in Poonch -- UAE Naval Commander Vis [...]
2009-01-09 07:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
09NEWDELHI403BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking in world history. Neither of the two largest parties, the currently ruling [...]
2009-03-04 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI405INDIAN HOME MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TO FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (S/Noforn) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram: -- thanked the FBI for assistance in the Mumbai terror attacks investigation and pledged to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation; -- expressed concern at the possibility of terrori [...]
2009-03-04 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN
09NEWDELHI412INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...]
2009-03-04 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN
09NEWDELHI413INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HOLBROOKE: WANT YOU TO
[...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and Ambassador Mulford, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also acting Prime Minister, congratulated the United States on the election of President Obama. Mukherjee made the following points on U.S-Ind [...]
2009-03-05 04:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI415INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN
[...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...]
2009-03-05 06:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI417MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORIST ATTACK ON SRI
[...] "A BARBARIC ACT" editorial in March 5 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... The attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers has clearly demonstrated the inability of Pakistan's present regime to rein in the Taliban who are running a parallel government within its territory ... The world community n [...]
2009-03-05 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI42MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI420FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH DIRECTORS OF
[...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with the Director of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Mathu and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director Radha Vinod Raju. Director Mueller thanked the government of India (GOI) for its cooperation and access in the investigat [...]
2009-03-05 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR POREL IN
09NEWDELHI436MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORISM; NEW DELHI.
[...] "TROUBLED SOUTH ASIA", op-ed in March 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs columnist Vinay Kaura: "When Hasina won the elections, India celebrated. Today with the army crisis in Bangladesh, India grieves. Barely a year has passed and Pakistan democracy is already being questioned, pa [...]
2009-03-06 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI438THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...]
2009-03-06 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN
09NEWDELHI439WOMEN IN INDIA: LONG HISTORY OF POLITICAL
[...] (U) Summary: Women have held high political office in India since the 1960's when Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister. Today, her daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi is perhaps the most powerful person in India. But women without famous names - such as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and form [...]
2009-03-06 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI440WOMEN IN INDIA: GOVERNMENT'S PROGRESS GOOD, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During its five-year tenure, the Congress Party-led ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),has made uneven progress on women's issues. Activists credit the current government with creating an independent Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and initia [...]
2009-03-06 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI441INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON,S WASHINGTON VISIT:
[...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will travel to Washington March 9-11 at the invitation of Special Representative Holbrooke to provide India's input to our Afghanistan policy review. While in Washington, Menon will meet with Ambassador Holbrooke, the Deputy Secretary [...]
2009-03-06 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ABLD ECON OFDP IN
09NEWDELHI442CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT: NATIONAL ELECTION
[...] (U) Corrected Copy: To revise seat distribution in paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking [...]
2009-03-09 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI447MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] "BIG MISTAKE," op-ed in March 8 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The terrorist attack on the Lankan cricket team came as the biggest shock for Pakistanis. Pakistan is paying a heavy price for its mistake. The same terrorists whom it created and suppor [...]
2009-03-09 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI451INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...]
2009-03-09 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN
09NEWDELHI46CHIEF MINISTERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Prime Minister Singh's charge at a January 6 meeting that Pakistan was complicit in the Mumbai attacks garnered most of the headlines, the Chief Ministers meeting was also an important first step in launching the new National Investigation Agency (NIA). Following passage [...]
2009-01-09 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI468MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CAMPAIGN AGAINST
[...] "POLITICAL CRISIS IN PAKISTAN" editorial in the March 13 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... It seems Pakistan is heading for another military coup with the current political crisis deepening further ... The government's failure to curb the growing activities of the Taliban and the Al Qa [...]
2009-03-13 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI470BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY POISED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political observers expect the Congress Party to pick up 6-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan in the May 7 parliamentary elections. They see the Congress Party riding on momentum from its December 2008 win over the BJP in the state assembly elections, [...]
2009-03-13 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI475MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; NEW
[...] "PAKISTAN'S TRUE FACE," op-ed in March 13 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by editor Sanjay Gupta: "Musharraf's statements in New Delhi show clearly how much ill will this man harbors against India. When someone out of power can harbor such ill will, you can imagine what kind of mindset those in powe [...]
2009-03-16 10:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI48MENON TOUGH ON PAKISTAN, BULLISH ON BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on January 8 discussed Pakistan and the bilateral relationship in the context of the U.S. political transition with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford. Boucher and Menon were in full agreement on the need to ensure th [...]
2009-01-09 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN TSPL KNNP ETTC
09NEWDELHI484BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...]
2009-03-17 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI489MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW
[...] "HERE'S THE ANSWER," editorial in the March 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan sent 30 questions earlier in March on the Mumbai attack, and on Friday India gave 32 answers which included more than 400 pages in all, as well as CDs, intercepted voice recordings and voice logs [...]
2009-03-17 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI503MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES OF
[...] "PAKISTAN CRISIS," editorial in March 17 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The crisis in Pakistan has blown over, at least for the time-being. Western countries, as well as India, may think it is all resolved, but the basic problem stays. President Zardari merely gave in to the publ [...]
2009-03-18 10:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI507PUNJAB, AN EXAMPLE OF STATE OPPOSITION TO INDIA'S
[...] (SBU) After the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, the Indian government moved quickly to establish a National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate and prosecute terrorism cases. The move stirred resistance from many states which view ceding power to a national agency as an infringement of [...]
2009-03-18 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI519MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY," op-ed in the March 18 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "That America is behind the Pakistan army is no secret. Washington has been cajoling, influencing and forcing Islamabad for the last 50 years t [...]
2009-03-19 09:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI52MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA;
[...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...]
2009-01-12 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI522BILLION INDIAN VOICES: CONGRESS SET FOR GAINS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party appears poised for a comeback in Punjab with political observers projecting the party will pick up five to nine seats in the two phase parliamentary elections on May 7 and May 13. Just two years into the current state government's tenure, the inherently di [...]
2009-03-19 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI528MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES,
[...] "GOOD TERRORISTS, BAD TERRORISTS," op-ed article in March 19 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert Brahma Chellaney: "The Obama administration's strategy to separate a majority of insurgent commanders from the hard core of the Taliban is flawed. America is about to repe [...]
2009-03-20 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI541RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Negma Malik of the Eurasia division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 17. Director Malik relayed to Poloff that she had delivered the nonpaper to the concerned individuals within MEA and that they are fully aware of the United St [...]
2009-03-23 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS IN
09NEWDELHI543MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM
[...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...]
2009-03-23 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI544WOMEN IN INDIA: CHANGING CHOICES OF WOMEN IN INDIAN
[...] (U) Summary: With each passing decade since 1950, increasing numbers of women in India enter into higher education, and the disciplines they are choosing to study have changed over time. While educational opportunities for women in India remain a study of contrasts, the women in four of Delhi' [...]
2009-03-23 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI550MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "PAKISTAN ON LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in the March 23 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Pakistan Home Minister's report on the attack on Lankan cricketers blames 'some foreign countries' for the strikes. It says militants based in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region may have been used [...]
2009-03-24 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI557INDIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP
09NEWDELHI558ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES REVIEW:
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank, Govind Mohan on March 12. In a follow up meeting J/S Mohan stated that the government of India agrees with the United States' position that the proposed ADB requiremen [...]
2009-03-24 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB IN
09NEWDELHI559BHARAT BALLOT 2009: THE "OTHER" GANDHI FACES HATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Varun Gandhi, until now the lesser-known grandson of Indira Gandhi and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha aspirant, burst onto the national scene when an election campaign video caught him delivering anti-Muslim remarks. The video footage, played in a continuous loop on [...]
2009-03-24 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI563BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Next month's Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will be held in South Africa after the league's organizers failed to secure Government of India approval for the matches to go ahead in India. The tournament - scheduled to begin on April 10 - clashes with the upcomin [...]
2009-03-25 09:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON IN
09NEWDELHI564MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "SAUDI ARABIA'S INTEREST IN PAKISTAN IS DUE TO THE BOMB," op-ed article by columnist Lata Raje in the March 25 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are close, and that is for specific reasons. They have had a deep strategic military relationship for decades. Pakistan has e [...]
2009-03-25 09:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI567BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY HAS NO REGRETS IN
[...] (U) Summary: On March 22, the Congress Party, head of the United Progressive Alliance government at the center, announced its decision to re-nominate Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Delhi. Both Tytler and Kumar have been accused of instigatin [...]
2009-03-25 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI577MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.A.; NEW DELHI.
[...] "IRAQ IN SEARCH OF PEACE," commentary in March 25 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by Vinay Kaura: "The U.S. military mission has completed six years in Iraq. Both the Iraqi people and the U.S. are battle-weary and fed up. The political scenario in Iraq is critical, with ethnic and sectarian power st [...]
2009-03-26 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI578INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...]
2009-03-26 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN BG
09NEWDELHI588FOR LET, IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING
[...] (S) Summary: Recent terrorist activity in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is in line with the annual increase in infiltrations during the spring thaw. The upcoming national elections may also be a factor in the increase. At least 17 militants and eight Indian soldiers were killed in a March 20 battle [...]
2009-03-27 08:19:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI592MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] "BRIGHT INITIATIVES OF BLACK U.S. PRESIDENT" op-ed article in the March 26 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA by staffer Asad Raza: "Obama is implementing his election campaign promises. The U.S. can regain the lost trust of the Muslim world by stopping its blind support to Israel, an [...]
2009-03-27 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI593BHARAT BALLOT 09: MANMOHAN SINGH COMES OUT SWINGING
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a rally this week to release the Congress Party's election manifesto, Prime Minister Singh attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani in unusually combative, personal terms. He described Advani as an "opportunist" and "unfit" to be Pr [...]
2009-03-27 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR IN
09NEWDELHI594INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP: FORMER AMBASSADORS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. Bilateral ties - describ [...]
2009-03-27 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR PK IN
09NEWDELHI6MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "SOFTENING OR ACTING?" editorial in January 1 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's National Security Advisor Durrani's not ruling out that captured Mumbai militant Kasab is a Pakistani national indicates a softening in Pakistan's attitude. But, that's not without reason. Besid [...]
2009-01-02 10:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI601SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] "TARGETING THE REAL PROBLEM," editorial in March 30 Centrist, nationally circulating, pro-Congress Party English daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES: "There is no greater strategic threat to India than the struggle that today encompasses southern Afghanistan and, increasingly, swathes of northwestern Pa [...]
2009-03-30 10:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI604BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING
[...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...]
2009-03-30 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI61MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE
[...] "SHAMELESS STATEMENT," editorial in January 12 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Drawing a parallel with the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani has accused the international community of double standards saying that it was more concerned about the Mumbai [...]
2009-01-13 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI612SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] "PUSH FORWARD," editorial in March 31 Centrist, Independent, nationally circulating THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: "With the suicide bombing of a mosque...and the audacious assault on a police training centre... on the outskirts of Lahore, the Taliban-terrorist nexus has reimposed its warpe [...]
2009-03-31 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI618AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW PAPER DELIVERED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI631ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) Mr. Sevala Naik. Naik indicated that India has not yet decided whether it will file a brief with the International Court of Justice regarding the advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. He rel [...]
2009-04-01 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PGOV PREL ICJ KVIR IN
09NEWDELHI633MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AF-PAK STRATEGY, G-20
[...] "PAKISTAN HEADED TOWARD DESTRUCTION," editorial in March 31 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "From the attack on the police academy in Lahore, it is clear where Pakistan is headed. Pakistan covertly supports terror, allowing blacklisted outfits to operate under different names. The U.S. knows this w [...]
2009-04-01 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI637TOWARD A MEANINGFUL NATO-INDIA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The primary goal of a strengthened NATO-Pakistan relationship must be to support our vital efforts in Afghanistan, and Post concurs that ref A's recommendations can help soothe Indo-Pak sensitivities. However, we should not assume India's automatic opposition to greater NATO enga [...]
2009-04-01 14:40:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI646MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS,
[...] "LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in April 1 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Lahore attack once again shows the extent to which the terrorists' writ runs in Pakistan... organizations like Al-Qaida and the Taliban are laboring to take full control of Pakistan. One can imagine the Pakistani people's [...]
2009-04-02 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI647SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you both back to India. Since your last visit, the political season has entered its final phase, with the political establishment fixated on elections in April-May that will deliver a new government in June. Despite hot campaign rhetoric and political tu [...]
2009-04-02 10:33:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI651INDIA TO APPROACH IRAN TO DISCUSS ROXANA SABERI'S
[...] (C) Acting DCM met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint-Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran Division) T.C.A. Raghavan on April 2 and, inter alia, delivered reftel points regarding the continued detention in Iran of Amcit Roxana Saberi. Raghavan acknowledged our concern, and in re [...]
2009-04-02 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL IR IN
09NEWDELHI654DALAI LAMA URGES USG TO ADHERE TO HISTORIC U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, the Charge d'Affaires solicited the Dalai Lama's views on the Tibet movement. This was the first meeting between a senior USG official and the Dalai Lama since March 10, the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's escape to India in [...]
2009-04-03 03:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH
09NEWDELHI662MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS,
[...] "BLOOD ALL AROUND", editorial in April 2 right-of- center Urdu daily HAMARA SAMAJ: "As was expected, the conspiracy behind the terrorist attack on the police training academy in Lahore was unearthed. Baitullah Mehsood, the leader of the Taliban, was said to have owned up to the attacks in a co [...]
2009-04-03 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI665BHARAT BALLOT 09: MOHAN BHAGWAT NEW RSS CHIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) selected 59-year old Mohan Bhagwat as its new leader, replacing the 78-year old K.S. Sudarshan who stepped down citing health problems. Bhagwat is the youngest chief in RSS history and represents a "generational change" in the organizatio [...]
2009-04-03 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN
09NEWDELHI666AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW WELL RECEIVED, SOME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI667INDIA FORWARD LEANING ON AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IR IN
09NEWDELHI670MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM,
[...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...]
2009-04-06 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI676BHARAT BALLOT 09: Tytler Ruling Angers Sikhs, Congress
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the GOI's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cleared senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler of his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, in which at least 3,000 Sikhs died. The ruling comes as Tytler begins his campaign as the Congress Party's candida [...]
2009-04-07 09:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI678MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM,
[...] "ARBITRARY ACT" editorial in April 6 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The United Nations Security Council is obviously ineffective in checking North Korea. North Korea's desire to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction seems to be turning into an obsession. There is a need to find a permanen [...]
2009-04-07 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI679SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] Following is the full text of a Press Trust of India (PTI) wire story that appeared in several leading English language dailies, including THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU, THE ASIAN AGE and DECCAN HERALD: 2. (Begin text) DUBAI: Reaching out to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama on Monda [...]
2009-04-07 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI684INDIA ANALYZES DOD REPORT ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Sec retary for East Asia Vijay K. Gokhale received the Annual Report to Congress on Military Power of the People's Republic of China (Reftel) with clear interest. He expressed concern about China's opacity in terms of its budget and its i [...]
2009-04-07 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PM CH IN
09NEWDELHI686BHARAT BALLOT 09: A MATTER OF COALITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The fragmentation of political power away from Delhi and the national parties to the states and regional parties means that no single party is capable of forming a national government by itself in India. With little more than a week to go before the start of the polling cycle [...]
2009-04-07 14:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI690MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20 SUMMIT,
[...] "SECOND CRISIS," editorial in April 7 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "If North Korea's missile launch is not taken seriously, another crisis of the proportions of the global economic recession may start. The 6-nation dialogue to make North Korea halt its nuclear program is taking its own sweet t [...]
2009-04-08 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI694BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE INDIAN RURAL VOTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: It is conventional wisdom in India that the rural voter is more important than the urban voter, mainly because there are more than twice as many rural as urban residents in India and polling in recent years has indicated that rural voters are more likely to vote than urban voter [...]
2009-04-09 10:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI698SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] "BARACK OBAMA AND ISLAM" editorial in April 8 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "President Barack Obama's significant remarks at the Turkish parliament indicate that he does not intend to repeat the follies of his predecessor George W. Bush, but rather establish a broader engagement with the [...]
2009-04-09 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI699INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN
[...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...]
2009-04-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI700MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, HOLBROOKE
[...] "Obama's dream," editorial in April 9 Tamil daily DINAKARAN: "President Obama, during his tour of Europe, advocated that international pressure may be applied to change the mindset of countries engaged in nuclear weapon production. He reached out to the Muslim world with his goodwill message a [...]
2009-04-09 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI708MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "SHORTCOMINGS OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed article in April 12 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "An Asia Society report on the Pakistan-Afghanistan region and U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke's mission is causing concern in India. There is fear that Holbro [...]
2009-04-13 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI710BHARAT BALLOT 09: A VIEW FROM THE GROUND LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Embassy New Delhi's coverage of the 2009 Indian general elections, we will provide a series of reports from a rural constituency in Uttar Pradesh to give some feel for how the election looks from the ground level. Bulandshahr, a market town of 175,000 located 40 mil [...]
2009-04-13 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI728MEDIA REACTION: UNREST IN THAILAND,
[...] "UNREST IN THAILAND" editorial in April 14 independent Bengali daily ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Thailand due to anti-government unrest is unparalleled, even in the entire South East Asia... It will affect Thailand's credibility as a safe investment destinatio [...]
2009-04-14 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI730BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE
[...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...]
2009-04-14 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI734MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW
[...] "PAKISTAN GIVING IN TO TALIBAN," editorial in the April 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Demonstrating a clear lack of will to challenge the Taliban, Pakistani president Asif Zardari has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliba [...]
2009-04-15 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI74MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE
[...] "WAR NOT AN OPTION," op-ed in the January 13 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily by Joginder Singh, former director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation: "Addressing chief ministers of Indian states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently conceded that the defense mechanisms to thwart terror thr [...]
2009-01-14 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI742INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...]
2009-04-15 15:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI743FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON ON END GAME IN SRI LANKA
[...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed with Ambassador Burleigh the current state of Indo-Sri Lankan discussions as the conflict in northern Sri Lanka reaches a conclusion. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama was in New Delhi April 15 for meetings wit [...]
2009-04-15 15:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN
09NEWDELHI745SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] Following is the full text of another report in April 8 independent, centrist Eastern India based English language daily THE TELEGRAPH by Washington correspondent K.P. Nayar: 2. (BEGIN TEXT): Washington, April 7: The speech was delivered in Prague. But its echoes are being felt in New Delh [...]
2009-04-16 04:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI746HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: OPINION LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Senior Indian officials welcomed the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in a series of meetings in Delhi April 8 with visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. (The [...]
2009-04-16 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI747HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: AFGHAN POLICE
[...] (C) In a series of high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Indian Officials told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen that they were prepared to establish a major new Afghan police training program -- [...]
2009-04-16 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI748HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: INDIA LIKES
[...] (C) During their several high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen were told that India liked the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan thus far outlined -- and [...]
2009-04-16 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI749HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: RECENT
[...] (C) In each of the three important substantive meetings with Indian officials on April 8 (Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador S.K. Lambah, and National Security Advisor Narayanan),Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...]
2009-04-16 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI753FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON FLAGS CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Burleigh his views on Bangladeshi instability following Menon's two-day visit to Dhaka on April 13-14. Menon characterized the situation there as ""fragile"" and said that following the late-February m [...]
2009-04-16 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG IN
09NEWDELHI754FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON SAYS KABILA LETTER
[...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged that the GOI reconsider its intention to withdraw Indian forces from UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),pointing to recent letter from President Kabila as evidence that the Congo [...]
2009-04-16 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN
09NEWDELHI755BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP PROMISES FREEBIES TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) struck a populist tone with the release of the party's manifesto ahead of the April-May parliamentary elections. The BJP lays out a range of programs offering something for nearly everyone. The manifesto has its focus, however, on lifting those [...]
2009-04-16 15:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI756SUBJECT: BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA GOES TO THE
[...] Summary: (U) On April 16, Indian voters cast their ballots in 124 election districts across 17 states and territories in the first of five phases of parliamentary elections, thus marking the start of the biggest democratic exercise the world has ever seen. Polling in the first round was gene [...]
2009-04-16 15:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI759MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERROR, PAKISTAN,
[...] "SAME FLAW IN NEW RULE," commentary in the April 15 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by S. Shankar. "President Barack Obama is making the same mistake over which he criticized Bush's policy -- continuing aid to Pakistan to control the Taliban. A major part of this aid is used by Pakistan against Indi [...]
2009-04-17 10:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI769MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW
[...] "PAKISTAN WILL NEVER GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK," editorial in the April 16 DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has firmly stated that the peace talks cannot be resumed unless Pakistan stops allowing anti- India terrorist activities on its soil and acts against the perpetrators of the M [...]
2009-04-17 10:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI773BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE GHOST OF THE 1984 RIOTS HAUNTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party on April 9 withdrew the nominations of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as candidates in the April-May Lok Sabha elections in response to outrage by Sikh activists that the candidates would not have to answer for their alleged roles in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. [...]
2009-04-17 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI779MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, US
[...] "PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT'S SURRENDER," commentary in April 19 right-of-center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs expert K. Subrahmanyam: "By giving in to the demand to enforce Islamic law in Swat Valley and other tribal areas, Pakistani President Asif Zardari has indicated that Islamab [...]
2009-04-20 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI785MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "SIGNALS FROM THE RED MOSQUE," editorial in the April 20 right of center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's Red Mosque is again becoming a threat. With his release, the mosque's cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has called for the imposition of Islamic rule in Pakistan. Pakistani hardliners are in [...]
2009-04-21 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI788BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...]
2009-04-21 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI79KARZAI VISIT TO INDIA "SYMBOLIC" OF AFGHAN
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Karzai met January 12-13 with Indian Prime Minister Singh to express solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and to discuss counterterrorism cooperation. The two leaders also lauded India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction, pledged to f [...]
2009-01-14 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI792MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CUBA; NEW DELHI.
[...] "AMERICA'S AF-PAK POLICY DANGEROUS," op-ed article by foreign affairs columnist Lata Raje in April 22 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The U.S. is finding it difficult to contain the Taliban in Pakistan. Afghanistan claims that unless the terrorist hideouts on the Pakistani borders are destroye [...]
2009-04-22 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI797NSA NARAYANAN SHARES VIEWS ON SECURITY AND U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described to a visiting congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman April 17 what he viewed as a genuine convergence of interests between India and the United States, as well as his concerns about Pakistan-based terrorism [...]
2009-04-22 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI800BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...]
2009-04-22 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI801BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI804CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES BILATERAL, REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 17 meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman, the two sides discussed regional issues, including the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, terrorism, and Iran, as well as bilat [...]
2009-04-22 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN
09NEWDELHI808FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON CONFIRMS INDIA WILL KEEP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN
09NEWDELHI809MEDIA REACTION: THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS, PAKISTAN,
[...] "CRISIS STILL CONTINUES" editorial in April 23 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "The Manmohan Singh government is silent about the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While it considers the LTTE terrorists, it doesn't like to meddle in the internal affairs of its next-door [...]
2009-04-23 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI814INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES COOPERATION ON SRI
[...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon April 23 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and its ramifications for India. Menon began the conversation by noting that External Affairs Minister Mukherjee had requested a telephone call to Secretary [...]
2009-04-23 14:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC CE IN
09NEWDELHI815INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SEES TACTICAL RETREAT BY
[...] (C) Charge met April 23 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon for talks which included the current standoff in Nepal between Prime Minister Dahal and Army chief Gen. Katawal. Menon said he believed the situation had been quite close to a disaster for Nepal as it would have taken [...]
2009-04-23 14:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NP IN
09NEWDELHI816BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL?
[...] (C) Summary: In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani appears to have walked back some of his party's opposition to the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Instead of finding knee-jerk fault with the deal, he carefully pointed out the di [...]
2009-04-23 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI817BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND TWO OF INDIAN
[...] Summary: (U) On April 23, Indian voters cast their ballots in 141 election districts across 13 states in the second of five phases of parliamentary elections. Polling in the second phase was mostly peaceful and smooth. Final turnout numbers were not available at COB, but turnout appeared to [...]
2009-04-23 15:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI823MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN / TALIBAN, SRI LANKA
[...] "WE TOO HAVE TO FIGHT THE TALIBAN," op-ed in April 23 right-of-center AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by columnist Kuldip Talwar: "The Pakistan government believes that the Sharia deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley will strengthen peace in the country. The international community is, however, not [...]
2009-04-24 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI829RAJAPAKSA PROMISES A PAUSE TO INDIAN ENVOYS
[...] (C) On April 25, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Charge that Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had agreed to announce on April 27 a cessation of hostilities with the LTTE. Narayanan, who had traveled with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to Colombo on April 24, related that he had p [...]
2009-04-25 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI844MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST,
[...] "CLASH IN SRI LANKA," editorial in the April 25 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The UN should concentrate on restoring normalcy in Sri Lanka. It should also make all out efforts to stop the military action. The Lanka government and LTTE rebels should be brought to the table for talks. If [...]
2009-04-27 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI850MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, TERRORISM; NEW
[...] "CEASEFIRE OR TEMPORARY TRUCE?" editorial in April 28 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The temporary de- escalation of violence in Sri Lanka has come as a relief to many political parties in India.... What caused Sri Lanka to take this step? Did pressure from India play a role? Or did the centr [...]
2009-04-28 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI855MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK
[...] "TALIBAN'S HOLD OVER PAKISTAN," op-ed article by columnist R.R. Palsokar in April 29 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The conflict in Pakistan has various facets. First, political clashes between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League are pulling the administrat [...]
2009-04-29 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI861MEDIA REACTION: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK, OBAMA's 100
[...] "FLU'S TERROR" editorial in April 30 right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "The World Health Organization's warning on the rapidly spreading flu is an indicator of the severity of this killer flu that has left more that 149 dead in Mexico.... As far as India is concerned, the gover [...]
2009-04-30 11:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI863DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST
[...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...]
2009-04-30 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN
09NEWDELHI864BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND THREE OF INDIAN
[...] (U) Summary: On April 30, Indian voters cast their ballots in several states seen as key to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bid to win power from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. This is the third of five phases of parliamentary elections; p [...]
2009-04-30 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI875MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] "WHO WILL RULE KABUL?" oped in April 30 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR by foreign policy writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "Presidential elections are due in Afghanistan on August 20. It is likely that President Karzai will win again. During Obama's campaign it seemed as if one of his first actions, if he wo [...]
2009-05-01 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI876DELHI SAYS U.S. PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR
[...] (U) Indian press began reporting on 30 April that Pakistan was moving 6,000 troops from its border with India to fight the Taliban in the west. The reports are based on an April 29 New York Times article citing an unnamed Pakistani official. One report also cited satellite images that it cla [...]
2009-05-01 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI877INDIA SELECTS HARDEEP SINGH PURI AS ITS NEW UN
[...] (C) The GOI announced the selection of Hardeep Singh Puri on April 16 as the new Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Puri replaces Nirupam Sen, who has served India as Permanent Representative since 2004, and was a dyed-in-the-wool Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocate who made coo [...]
2009-05-01 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI88MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE
[...] "NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY COME TO THE POINT" editorial in the January 15, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is commendable that India's Home minister P. Chidambaram spoke of the possibility of breaking off business, transport and tourist links with Pakistan and isola [...]
2009-01-15 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI880BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE CONGRESS LOSES GROUND IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party appears poised to win five to seven seats in Haryana parliamentary elections on May 7. Currently, they hold nine of Haryana's ten seats. Congress's strong development record and high economic growth rate -- together with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Part [...]
2009-05-01 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI885MEDIA REACTION: STATE DEPARTMENT TERRORISM
[...] "INCOMPLETE STUDY," editorial in the May 2 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "In its recent report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department has included India among the worst-hit countries in the world. But Pakistan does not figure in the list of countries whose governments support te [...]
2009-05-04 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI886SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] President Obama's April 29 press conference generated widespread reporting in India the next day. The media highlighted his remark: "On the military side you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days, that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been m [...]
2009-05-04 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI891MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100
[...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...]
2009-05-05 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI904MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "THE NEPAL PROBLEM," editorial in May 5 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "The army and the Maoists have been at loggerheads since the Maoist government of Prachanda came into power in Nepal. Prachanda was forced to fire the Army chief Katuwal because of the latter's insubordination. There is clear [...]
2009-05-06 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI910BHARAT BALLOT 09: ELECTION BODY GETS NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Power Ministry Secretary V.S. Sampath on April 21 assumed charge as one of three commissioners on India's Election Commission, following the retirement of Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami. Sampath is the junior member of India's three-member Election Commission [...]
2009-05-06 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI913INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES SPEEDY POLITICAL
[...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge sought the GOI's views on recent events in Nepal and suggestions for ways the U.S. and India could coordinate on responding to the political crisis. Menon explained that Prime Minister Dahal had been backed into a corn [...]
2009-05-06 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER NP IN
09NEWDELHI922MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS,
[...] "NEPAL RATTLED AGAIN" op-ed article in May 6 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "China is quietly playing its anti-India games in Nepal. Beijing has for long been working on Nepal's leaders to shake off their leanings toward India. China's slow convincing seems to have worked, and it is evi [...]
2009-05-07 09:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI927BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary: The rolling Indian parliamentary election moved north as Indian voters cast their ballots in the fourth round of elections on May 7. In play were several key battleground states for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance's attempt to stay in power. In this fourth of [...]
2009-05-07 15:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI933BHARAT BALLOT 09: BATTLEFIELD BULANDSHAHR -- TAKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. On May 5th, two days before its parliamentary district went to the polls, PolOff and PolFSN ventured back to Bulandshahr to see how [...]
2009-05-08 10:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI936MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN: TALIBAN INTERNAL
[...] "FIGHTING THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD," editorial in May 8 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Pakistan is involved in one of the worst and most violent confrontations with the Taliban. This is the time when the Pakistani government needs the support of the entire global community. The leadership in Pa [...]
2009-05-08 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI94INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 10:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI943BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND PERSONALITY DOMINATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN
09NEWDELHI944BHARAT BALLOT 2009: DELHI POLLS PEACEFUL, VOTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, the fourth phase of the election, PolOff and PolFSN visited several polling sites in three of the seven parliamentary districts in the Delhi Capital Territory (DCT). The voting process for the average voter seems to be orderly and well-established. Election day passed [...]
2009-05-08 14:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI945CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A visit to six constituencies in an arc along the western border of bellwether Uttar Pradesh revealed that caste, personality politics, and tactical voting dominate over national issues as the region went to the polls May 7. Results of all parliamentary contests across the cou [...]
2009-05-08 14:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN
09NEWDELHI947MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, TALIBAN /
[...] "FRESH DIALOGUE WITH INDIA," editorial in the May 8 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "Pakistan today is in the grip of grave dangers both within and from outside. It is imperative for Pakistan to improve its ties with India. Who is behind enervating and destabilizing Pakistan? The needle of [...]
2009-05-11 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI948SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S.-
[...] The Xinhua news agency reported that India Sunday welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks that India is not a threat to Islamabad, saying it is a positive step towards a peace process between the two neighbors. "It is a positive step. It looks to be a positive step towards the [...]
2009-05-12 05:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI95INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE
[...] (U) Corrected copy - new text. 2. (C) Summary: India's initial reaction to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik's January 15 statements on investigating the Mumbai attacks has been skeptical. Foreign Minister Mukherjee explicitly criticized the Pakistani government for bypassing dip [...]
2009-01-16 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI952MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TALIBAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "PAKISTAN'S WAR A SHAM," editorial in May 11 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's rulers know very well that if U.S. aid is stopped even for a few months, the country could collapse. Zardari has, therefore, declared an open war against the Taliban to keep the U.S. in good humo [...]
2009-05-12 11:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI960MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...]
2009-05-13 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI964MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI
[...] "PAKISTAN ON COURSE CORRECTION," editorial in the May 12 right-of-centers DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently conceded in Washington that India is not a threat to Pakistan. This does not, however, mean that Pakistan's Army necessarily subscribes to this vie [...]
2009-05-13 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI967UK READOUT OF DES BROWNE (SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SRI
[...] (C) Summary. UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Des Browne visited New Delhi May 6-7 to consult with Indian officials on possible collaboration on the humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka. Browne briefed diplomats on his view of the situation in Sri Lanka, and a UK High Commission coll [...]
2009-05-13 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CE UK IN
09NEWDELHI968CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...]
2009-05-13 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN
09NEWDELHI969BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA'S MARATHON ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary: Indian voters cast the final ballots in the country's marathon elections on May 13. In this fifth and final phase, polling took place in 86 constituencies across seven states and two territories. Voting was relatively peaceful with the exception of small skirmishes in West Beng [...]
2009-05-13 15:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI98MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S.-
[...] "EXHAUSTED STRATEGIES..." op-ed article by columnist Ajay Lele in the January 16, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Terrorist Ajmal Kasab's arrest and interrogation is the only instance in which India has compelled Pakistan to admit Pakistani complicity in terrorist viol [...]
2009-01-16 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI981BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN
[...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...]
2009-05-14 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI982BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN EXIT POLLS: NO CLEAR
[...] (U) Polling in India's month-long election to choose a new parliament and form a new government ended at 5:00 pm on May 13. Immediately afterward, the hyperactive Indian electronic media began to furiously air exit polls that compiled results from all five phases of voting. TV coverage cont [...]
2009-05-14 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI987BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UTTARAKHAND SUFFERING FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled north to Uttarakhand on May 11 to assess the political landscape of this small state with five parliamentary seats up for grabs. In discussions with a mix of local journalists, academics, business leaders, and state civil servants, the themes that we h [...]
2009-05-15 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI988BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...]
2009-05-15 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI990MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA 100 DAYS, SRI LANKA,
[...] "OBAMA INITIATES TAX REFORMS TO CREATE JOBS" op-ed article by Ganesh Natrajan of NASSCOM in May 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The protectionist anti- outsourcing voice from the U.S. need not send shivers down the spines of Indian Business Process Outsourcing units (BPOs)and the IT sector. [...]
2009-05-15 12:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI995BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...]
2009-05-15 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI996INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY WEIGHS POST-CONFLICT
[...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon May 15 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Menon acknowledged the dire situation and said that the fighting was more intense in the conflict zone, with higher casualty figures and more use of heavy we [...]
2009-05-15 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CE IN
09NEWDELHI997BHARAT BALLOT 09: TIGHT BATTLE IN RAJASTHAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the race is close and tight in Rajasthan, the Congress Party is expected to pick up between 5-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary election. Polling was on May 7 and results will be declared on May 16. The Congress strategy was to pick strong [...]
2009-05-15 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI998BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS
[...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...]
2009-05-16 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN
09NIAMEY1004 Niger: Upcoming Local Elections, Republic Day Celebration
[...] (U) Summary: On December 15, President Tandja launched the campaign for local elections. On December 17, he addressed the nation on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Niger. On December 20, political parties favorable to the president's continuation in [...]
2009-12-21 20:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1005 Niger: ECOWAS MEDIATOR AND GON PRIME MINISTER OPEN THE
[...] Summary: On December 21, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). The aim of the INPD is to arr [...]
2009-12-22 08:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG XY
09NIAMEY1008 Niger: Labor Unions Strike; Inter-Nigerien Political
[...] Summary: The Inter-Union of Nigerien Workers (ITN) observed a strike on December 22 to demand salary and benefit increases and to press the Government of Niger (GON) to implement previous agreements signed. During a press conference, President Tandja criticized the Economic Community of West [...]
2009-12-22 19:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1009 Niger: Government Delegation Walks out of Political Talks
[...] On December 22, the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) issued a statement at its headquarters in Abuja regarding the end of President Tandja's term in office under the 1999 Constitution, subsequently superseded by the disputed August 4 referendum's new constitution. In the sta [...]
2009-12-23 18:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1011 Niger: Government Returns to Negotiation Table
[...] On December 23, during the state television evening news broadcast, the Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson read a Government of Niger (GON) statement about recent developments in the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). Following are highlights of the statement: (Beg [...]
2009-12-24 11:06:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1013NIGER: POSITION PAPERS REQUESTED; WARRANTS
[...] (U) Summary. The ECOWAS Mediator for the Niger political crisis requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on the evening of December 24 to provide an update on the negotiations between the Government of Niger (GON) and Opposition. The Mediator requested both negotiation teams to prepare a po [...]
2009-12-28 07:50:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY1017 Niger: Municipal Elections Pass Quietly; Ruling Party
[...] Summary: Municipal elections of December 27 occurred without violence; preliminary Government of Niger (GON) tallies indicate a strong showing by ruling party-affiliated candidates and a GON-alleged overall voter turnout of 56 percent. Although that figure appears high based on mission person [...]
2009-12-29 17:02:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1018Niger: Saudis Ambushed, Killed Near Mali Border
[...] (U) Summary: Unknown assailants ambushed a Saudi hunting party in western Niger near the Malian border on December 28 during early morning prayers, killing at least three and wounding three others. The Government of Niger (GON) has deplored the "barbaric act" and the Saudi Arabian Government h [...]
2009-12-29 18:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL PGOV CASC SA NG
09NIAMEY1021 Response: Information on Human Rights Trends Pertaining
[...] Summary: Niger is a conservative country both culturally and religiously, and homosexuality is not discussed publicly. There are no provisions in the 1993 Penal Code that make homosexuality illegal, and there are no advocacy groups regarding homosexuality. While there is tolerance of homosexu [...]
2009-12-30 16:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL NG
09NIAMEY1023NIGER: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST, IVLP PARTICIPANT THANKS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: PAO met with Marou Amadou, a leading Nigerien pro-democracy advocate, for a December 28 out-briefing to prepare for his upcoming participation in an International Visitor Program (IVLP). During the meeting, Amadou shared his view that the current Nigerien administration would [...]
2009-12-31 09:32:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY1025NIGER: OPPOSITION LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: On December 30, Opposition leaders briefed Ambassador Allen of their proposal for a way out from Niger's political standoff. The proposal calls for a return to the 1999 Constitution; the formation of a transitional political body; the consensual drafting of a new constitution, e [...]
2009-12-31 14:13:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCIA PHUM US NG
09NIAMEY106PM CHOSEN AS MNSD PRESIDENT AT PARTY CONVENTION; PRO-HAMA
[...] Summary: MNSD members selected PM Oumarou as party president during a February 21 extraordinary congress in Zinder, elevating him from his role as interim president. Party members also chose Minister of Interior Abouba as party Secretary General. Numerous MNSD members who supported former PM [...]
2009-02-23 21:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI KCOR PHUM NG
09NIAMEY108 PRESIDENT TANDJA EXTENDS STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION
[...] On February 24, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" on Agadez region for an additional 90 day period from its effective date, also February 24. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007. 2. This decision wil [...]
2009-02-26 08:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY109 GON OPENS PEACE AND SECURITY FORUM ON NORTH
[...] On February 25, the Government of Niger (GON) opened the two-day "Forum on Peace and Security" at the Hotel Tenere in Niamey under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior and the High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace. DCM and Pol Specialist attended the opening session, which roughly [...]
2009-02-26 08:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR PTER ML NG
09NIAMEY110 NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER
[...] On February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and community leaders met in Niamey to finalize the "Projet de Compromis Commun de Saisine de la Haute Cour de Justice" (Joint Consensus Project for Referral to the Intern [...]
2009-02-27 14:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN
09NIAMEY111 CIVIL SOCIETY PROTESTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPENSATION
[...] Arm-wrestling between the National Assembly and civil society continues. On February 19, three umbrella groups of civil society organizations - the Citizen's Convergence (CC),the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),and the Citizens' Movement for Peace, Democracy, and [...]
2009-02-27 14:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY112 SULTAN OF AGADEZ CALLS ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 12 luncheon, the Sultan of Agadez told Ambassador that the security situation in Niger's north had improved, with fewer abuses by the military, although sporadic attacks by rebels and smugglers continued. His efforts to get insurgents to cease their hostilitie [...]
2009-03-02 07:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL PHUM SOCI ASEC CASC PTER NG
09NIAMEY118 NIGER DECLINES INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN DMI CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) On February 26, Embassy Niamey received Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation diplomatic note number 1322, dated February 25, from its Division of Military Cooperation: (Begin text) (complimentary opening) ...and, in reference to the Embassy Diplomatic Note No. 015 dated Feb [...]
2009-03-04 13:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL MCAP PGOV US NG
09NIAMEY121 NIGER: CONTRACT TEACHER PROTESTS AND STUDENT
[...] On March 3, public high school and middle school students took to the streets to protest in support for contract teachers. The latter have been observing slowdown strikes for several weeks to pressure the Government of Niger (GON) to provide permanent employment to those who have completed at [...]
2009-03-05 08:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR ASEC NG
09NIAMEY122 NIGER: PRO-HAMA AMADOU MNSD FACTION MEETS, VOWS TO
[...] On March 1, following the February 21 Mouvement National pour la Societe de Developpement (National Movement for a Development Society - MNSD) convention in Zinder (Ref a),former prime minister and former MNSD president Hama Amadou's supporters organized a meeting in Niamey to reconsider their [...]
2009-03-05 08:40:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR NG
09NIAMEY163 FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU HOSPITALIZED FOR MALARIA;
[...] On March 12, officials transferred jailed former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from the Koutoukle prison to Niamey National Hospital for medical care, reportedly following a malaria attack. There was no further information available regarding his illness and general condition. Amadou's transfer o [...]
2009-03-17 06:22:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY165 NIGER: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN QADHAFI STOPOVER MORPHS INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary. African Union (AU) Chairman Muammar al- Qadhafi's March 12 stopover in Niamey concluded three days later, March 15. Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja praised Qadhafi for the delivery of six former hostages previously held by Mouvement des Nigeriens Pour la Justi [...]
2009-03-17 12:02:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PGOV SOCI AU LY NG
09NIAMEY211 NIGER: UNDP, DONORS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR NIGER'S 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 meeting for development partners, GON officials, and civil society representatives, discussion focused on the nearly complete voter registration process, the prospect that this and delays in forming the CENI would delay local elections anticipated for June 30, [...]
2009-03-26 06:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY214 NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR MARCH 2009
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for March 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President Sarkozy to Visit Niger Briefly on March 27; -- Civil Society Demonstrations Occur on March 21 & [...]
2009-03-27 06:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL TBIO FR NG
09NIAMEY217 NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA FORMS CENI; JUDGES DISPUTE
[...] President Tandja signed a decree on March 25 appointing members of the Independent National Commission on Elections (CENI),consistent with Articles 10, 11, and 12 of the constitution. Moumouni Hamidou, current president of the National Committee to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (CNP [...]
2009-03-30 06:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY223NIGER: GON DETENTION OF SWISS NATIONALS REVEALED
[...] (SBU) On April 1, Ursula Funk (protect),a Swiss national heading the Swiss Cooperation Office, advised CDA at an evening reception for newly accredited, Abuja-based Swiss Ambassador Baum, that Nigerien security forces had detained four Swiss nationals in February 2009 in Dirkou. Dirkou, loca [...]
2009-04-03 08:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS SZ ML NG
09NIAMEY225 NIGER: LABOR CONFEDERATION, GON SIGN 20-POINT PROTOCOL
[...] Negotiations that started in mid-2008 between the Government of Niger (GON) and seven labor confederations came to conclusion on March 20 with the signature of a protocol. Out of 20 items negotiated, only one did not reach resolution. 2. On May 1, 2007, on the occasion of International Labo [...]
2009-04-03 13:46:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL NG
09NIAMEY227 FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU RETURNED TO PRISON FROM
[...] On April 2, Government of Niger security forces returned former Prime Minister Hama Amadou to prison from Niamey National Hospital at 4:00 a.m., where he had been since March 11 due to an attack of malaria (Ref A). Amadou's lawyers have lodged a complaint before the judiciary complaining that [...]
2009-04-06 06:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY230NIGER: GON Prosecution of Journalists Continues
[...] On April 1, police arrested Mr. Abibou Garba, owner of private media group TV/Radio Dounia, on charges of "broadcasting false information," and transported him to detention at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (PJ). 2. Garba's arrest resulted from a debate broadcast on [...]
2009-04-06 15:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY233 NIGER: THE DILEMMA OF CONTRACTUAL TEACHERS
[...] Since the beginning of 2009, roughly 37,000 contract teachers representing almost 85 percent of primary and secondary educators have been on strike for improved compensation and the opportunity to convert to regular civil service positions. The long duration of their job action threatens to an [...]
2009-04-06 16:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PHUM NG
09NIAMEY234 VISIT OF PRESIDENT SARKOZY; PRESIDENT TANDJA'S REMARKS
[...] On March 27, French President Sarkozy paid a four-hour visit to Niger, where he met with President Tandja to strengthen the "strategic partnership." Sarkozy also met with the National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP),the country's political elite, with whom he discussed governance issues [...]
2009-04-06 16:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEN SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY235 GON DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN PEACE TALKS WITH TUAREGS IN
[...] (SBU) Despite long-held refusals to negotiate with rebel Tuareg groups, including most notably the Mouvement Nigerien pour la Justice - MNJ, the Government of Niger (GON) recently sent a high-level delegation to engage in talks in Tripoli, with the first sessions of talks taking place on April [...]
2009-04-06 16:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PREL PHUM PINR PINS PTER NG
09NIAMEY252 MORE ON FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU'S RETURN TO PRISON AND
[...] (U) On April 3, attorneys for former Prime Minister Hama Amadou held a press conference to request an explanation for Amadou's unexpected 4:00 a.m. return to prison on April 2 (Refs A and B). The attorneys stated that Amadou had fallen unconscious during his transfer, and that medical advisors [...]
2009-04-08 16:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY273 NIGER: UPDATE ON CASE OF SLAVERY VICTIM HADIZATOU MANI -
[...] On March 24, the Tribunal of Birni-N'Konni sentenced Naroua, the defendant in the slavery case of Hadizatou Mani (reftel),to one year's imprisonment, a fine of one million F CFA (USD 2000) in damages payable to Mani, and a fine of 500,000 F CFA (USD 1000) in damages payable to the Government o [...]
2009-04-16 07:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY281 NIGER: UPDATE ON GSP PETITION-RELATED MATTERS
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Background: Ref A tasked post with obtaining information pertaining to the continuing review of the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition involving Niger; post responded in Refs B, C, D, and E. Ref F was a follow-on tasking that requested that post meet [...]
2009-04-17 17:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL ECON ETRD NG
09NIAMEY282 COURT DATE SET FOR FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU; MEDICAL
[...] (U) On April 8, the Investigative Commission referred the case of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou to the High Court of Justice (HCJ). In doing so, the Commission also stated that Amadou embezzled 39 million CFA instead of the 100 million announced in the lower court's and the National Assemb [...]
2009-04-17 17:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY302 Former PM Hama Amadou released from prison; receiving care
[...] On April 23, the High Court of Justice approved the provisional medical release of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from prison, where he had been detained since June 26, 2008. Amadou, who faces corruption charges, left Niamey on April 24 to seek medical care in France. The High Court has st [...]
2009-04-28 07:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY31Niger: Latest Arrest of a Journalist Reflects No Change of
[...] SUMMARY: On January 23, Nigerien Judicial Police arrested Boussada Ben Ali, publication director for independent weekly newspaper "L'Action" following a complaint lodged by Minister of the Economy and Finance Mahamane Ali Lamine Zeine. 2. Police arrested Boussada for allegedly "divulging inf [...]
2009-01-27 10:54:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY321NIGER: PLEA FROM UN SYSTEM RESIDENT COORDINATOR
[...] (U) See action request in paragraph eight. 2. (U) Summary. United Nations (UN) System Resident Coordinator/UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Khardiata Lo Ndiaye paid an April 27 call on Ambassador Allen to make a plea for USG election support for 2009 local, legislative [...]
2009-05-04 06:43:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY326 Opposition Leader Confirms Fears that Pres. Tandja Will Seek
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY333 President Tandja Meets with Rebel Leaders, Ceasefire to
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Tandja met May 3-4 with rebel leaders in Agadez, marking their first dialogue since conflict commenced in February 2007. Following April 6-7 peace talks between a GON delegation and three rebel groups in Sirte, President Tandja addressed their bid for amnesty and rein [...]
2009-05-07 06:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI SCUL PTER PHUM NG
09NIAMEY336NIAMEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Allen, accompanied by Embassy Econ/ConsOff (notetaker),met with Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Minister of Economy and Finance on May 8, 2009, at Zeine's request. He called attention to Niger's high growth rate in 2008 and expressed the Government of Niger's (GON) intere [...]
2009-05-12 07:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND PGOV KMCA EAID NG
09NIAMEY337// ZFR //ZFR NIAMEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER //
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 07:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND PGOV KDEM KMCA EAID NG
09NIAMEY341 President Tandja Calls for Constitutional Referendum;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Mohamed Ben Omar announced on May 8 that President Tandja will seek a new constitution, via referendum, that would lift the current limit on presidential terms. In response, opposition political parties and civil society held a massive demonstration on May 9 in protest [...]
2009-05-12 13:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG
09NIAMEY344NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] Summary. On May 12, Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and international organizations' resident representatives to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to elaborate on President Tandja's call for a referendum. She s [...]
2009-05-13 15:15:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID NG
09NIAMEY350 GON Officials, Tuareg Rebels Continue Peace Talks in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two of Niger's three rebel groups, the Niger Patriotic Front (FPN) and the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (NMJ) held peace talks May 13-14 in Niamey with Prime Minister Seini Oumarou and Minister of Interior Albade Abouba. These meetings follow the May 3-4 dialogue held betw [...]
2009-05-15 09:37:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG
09NIAMEY353NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) DISTRIBUTES
[...] Summary. ----------- The GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Embassy Niamey via diplomatic note the official timetable and budget requirements for the local, legislative and Presidential elections to be held in the Republic of Niger in calendar year 2009. The diplomatic note speci [...]
2009-05-15 16:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY354 Minister of Competitiveness and High Cost of Living Abdou
[...] On the night of May 14-15, Minister of National Competitiveness and Fight against the High Cost of Living Abdou Daouda died, apparently of a massive heart attack, while on a road trip to Zinder (historical capital of Niger located approximately 550 miles from Niamey). His body was being sent b [...]
2009-05-15 16:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY356 President Tandja Realigns Cabinet; Six Seats Affected,
[...] (SBU) On May 14, President Tandja replaced six cabinet ministers in what is regarded as a preparatory move to a constitutional referendum designed to lift presidential term limits. Although some of the replacements appear designed to sideline members of parties critical of the referendum, othe [...]
2009-05-15 16:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY357 President Tandja Realigns Cabinet; Six Seats Affected,
[...] (SBU) On May 14, President Tandja replaced six cabinet ministers in what is regarded as a preparatory move to a constitutional referendum designed to lift presidential term limits. Although some of the replacements appear designed to sideline members of parties critical of the referendum, othe [...]
2009-05-15 16:43:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY358 Minister of Competitiveness and High Cost of Living Abdou
[...] On the night of May 14-15, Minister of National Competitiveness and Fight against the High Cost of Living Abdou Daouda died, apparently of a massive heart attack, while on a road trip to Zinder (historical capital of Niger located approximately 550 miles from Niamey). His body was being sent b [...]
2009-05-15 16:43:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY371NIGER'S EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE: SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: Niger was admitted as an EITI candidate country in September 2007, but has yet to publish a public accounting of government revenues from mining and other extractive industries. Niger's EITI Coordinator expresses confidence that an initial reconciliation will be published in June base [...]
2009-05-21 11:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG EMIN EPET PGOV PREL NG
09NIAMEY373 PRESIDENT TANDJA EXTENDS STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION
[...] On May 22, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" on Agadez region for an additional 90 day period. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007 (Refs C and D). 2. Comment: This decision comes at a time of ongoin [...]
2009-05-26 11:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER SOCI KDEM PHUM NG
09NIAMEY374 NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR APRIL 2009
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for April 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- First Woman Appointed to National Assembly VP; -- Council of Ministers Seeks Parliamentary Reimbursements; [...]
2009-05-26 13:34:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EIND KDEM EPET EAIR ECON ELAB
09NIAMEY375 ECOWAS Advisory Body Urges President Tandja Not to Effect
[...] On May 15-18, the Council of Wise Men of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) held a meeting with GON officials in Niamey. The Council, an advisory body, discussed the proposed draft constitutional referendum that would lift presidential term limits, and thereby allow Presid [...]
2009-05-26 17:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM AORC SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY376 Constitutional Court Finds Against President Tandja's Move
[...] On May 25, the Constitutional Court issued a non-binding opinion against President Tandja's proposal for a constitutional referendum to eliminate presidential term limits. The Court stated, "If the President decides to maintain his status as leader of the country beyond the limits of his term, [...]
2009-05-26 17:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER SOCI KDEM PHUM NG
09NIAMEY377 Anti-Referendum Consortium Forms, Plans Caravan
[...] A new political party consortium, Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),announced its plans to conduct an "anti-Tazartche" (Note: Hausa for "Let it continue." End note.) caravan with conference/debates in all eight regions of the country, beginning on May 30 in Diffa and ending on June [...]
2009-05-26 17:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY378 President Tandja Dissolves National Assembly
[...] (SBU) On May 26, President Tandja signed a decree to dissolve the National Assembly. Although disturbing, the move is not entirely a surprise. President Tandja has suffered a series of recent setbacks. On May 18, an ECOWAS advisory body urged him to not seek a new constitution, and warned th [...]
2009-05-26 17:05:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY381NIGER: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT TANDJA ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. On Wednesday, May 27 at 11h00, I demarched Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja as outlined (ref a). He listened intently to the points delivered in favor of democracy and stability, but remained steadfast in his intent to proceed with a referendum to the people. [...]
2009-05-27 16:13:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY382 Update on Hadizatou Mani, Woman of Courage Award Recipient
[...] (SBU) On May 10, PolOff and LES Pol Specialist traveled to Birni N'Konni to deliver the State Department's Woman of Courage prize to Mani Hadizatou (Ref A). Timidria, the local NGO that helped Mani file her successful lawsuit against the Government of Niger for failing to assist her under cond [...]
2009-05-28 12:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY385NIAMEY GRAND MARCHE FIRE
[...] Shortly after 1400 on May 27, a fire broke out in a shop in the Grand Marche of Niamey (the largest market in Niger). It spread quickly through the immediate area, and burned for several hours, generating a high column of smoke visible across the city. In addition to Niamey's limited fire fig [...]
2009-05-28 16:30:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV NG
09NIAMEY386 NIGER: MINISTER OF FINANCE HOLDS MEETING OF DONOR
[...] (U) On the afternoon of May 27, Government of Niger (GON) MOF Lamine Zeine's office contacted donor partners to request their representation at a meeting the minister had decided to hold at 17h00. A U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee represented Embassy Niamey; three Mi [...]
2009-05-28 21:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY391 President Tandja Announces Intentions to Hold
[...] (U) On Friday, March 29, President Mamadou Tandja addressed the nation on state television (Tele-Sahel) to inform Nigeriens of his intentions to seek a new constitution, via referendum, that would lift the current limit on presidential terms. This announcement comes despite the Nigerien Consti [...]
2009-06-01 12:41:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY406NIGER: REPORTS OF CLASHES IN DOSSO
[...] (U) Summary: On June 1, Embassy received reports of a clash in Dosso between groups for and against President Tandja's call for a referendum on a new constitution. A couple of Embassy contacts, including a nongovernmental organization (NGO) employee, reported large civil disturbances in Do [...]
2009-06-01 17:32:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY407Niger: Anti-Referendum Consortium Leaders Request U.S.
[...] (SBU) On June 1, Ambassador Allen received a letter from the Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),an anti-referendum consortium (ref b),requesting that she as "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps" facilitate a meeting with the diplomatic corps to discuss the political, social and economic situat [...]
2009-06-02 11:08:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG
09NIAMEY411 Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare
[...] On June 1, President Mamadou Tandja created a five-person "technical committee," tasked to prepare a draft constitution that he intends to promote for a later constitutional referendum among the different social, professional layers of society. This action follows his dissolution of the Nation [...]
2009-06-03 13:03:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PNAT NG
09NIAMEY413 Niger: Army and National Police Conduct Door-to-Door
[...] (U) On June 2, the Nigerien Minister of the Interior Albade Abouba visited Dosso (about 80 miles southeast of Niamey),scene of the June 1 clash (ref a) between proponents and antagonists of President Tandja's planned referendum (ref b). Embassy received reports that the Nigerien army, nationa [...]
2009-06-03 16:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY43 EMBASSY RECEIVES ATTY LETTER AND ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC NOTE
[...] (U) On January 22, post received a diplomatic note and a letter from an attorney representing the former USAID FSN employees pertaining to a longstanding USAID issue concerning the separation of FSN employees when the USAID mission closed more than 10 years ago. The attorney also submitted 18 [...]
2009-01-27 16:37:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT KLIG PGOV EAID USAID US NG
09NIAMEY432 Niger's Council of Ministers Set Date for Constitutional
[...] (U) On June 5, Niger's Council of Ministers announced a fixed date for a constitutional referendum. This comes on the heels of President Tandja's May 29 address to the nation on State television (Tele-Sahel) informing Nigeriens of his intention to seek a new constitution, via referendum, that [...]
2009-06-08 16:05:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY433 Human Rights NGO President Calls on Ambassador
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, Ambassador Allen met with members of the Nigerien Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ANDDH). Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist also participated in the meeting. The ANDDH representatives described themselves as "Ambassadors of Peace" and ca [...]
2009-06-09 15:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY439 Ambassador Meets with Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires
[...] (C) Summary: On June 9, Ambassador Allen and Political Officer (notetaker) met with Muhammad Sani Yunusa, Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires (CDA),to obtain his views on the ongoing political developments in Niger. (Note: The Government of Nigeria has had a CDA in Niger for the last 18 months; a ne [...]
2009-06-10 06:57:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG
09NIAMEY44 PRES. TANDJA GREETS DIP CORPS; COMMENTS ON TERRORISM, UN
[...] On January 13, President Tandja received the annual greeting of the diplomatic corps and offered his own remarks in return. His comments, a stocktaking of the past year, covered a wide range of subjects, ranging from thanking development partners for their assistance, the state of the economy [...]
2009-01-27 16:49:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI PTER EMIN EAID UN US NG
09NIAMEY446 Niger: Constitutional Court Rules on Tandja's
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 15:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY447ILO Country Program Holds Child Labor Conference
[...] (U) Summary: On June 11-12, Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist traveled to Zinder (approximately 550 miles east of Niamey),Niger's second largest city, to attend a conference celebrating June 12 World Day Against Child Labor. The two-day conference, organized by the Internati [...]
2009-06-15 15:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY448 Niger: Constitutional Court Rules on TandjaQs Constitutional
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, NigerQs Constitutional Court issued an QarretQ, a binding decision that, in principle, cancels President TandjaQs plan for a constitutional referendum. On June 14, a consortium of opposition political parties, labor unions and civil society groups held a massive, pe [...]
2009-06-15 15:56:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY45NIGER: MOTION OF "NO CONFIDENCE" AGAINST PRIME MINISTER AND
[...] (U) Summary: During the ongoing extraordinary session of the National Assembly that started on January 20, several majority party (Mouvement National pour la Societe de Developpement aka MNSD) deputies filed a motion of "no confidence" against the Government of Niger. On January 29, Niger's M [...]
2009-01-30 13:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY462NIGER: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 TIP Report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 14:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG NG
09NIAMEY463 NIGER: NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION SETS DATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Niger's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) set an August 20 date for legislative elections. Although this is a positive development, the date has yet to be endorsed formally by the Government of Niger (GON). End Summary. Legislative Elections to be [...]
2009-06-19 13:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY466 NIGER: President Tandja Signs Decree Authorizing
[...] (U) On June 20, President Tandja signed a decree authorizing legislative elections for August 20. This comes one day after the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) proposed an August 20 date for the legislative elections (ref a). According to CENI, the election campaign will open [...]
2009-06-22 19:30:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY467WORKING LUNCH WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. On June 24, French Ambassador Alain Holleville and I discussed the political environment in Niger, notably the Government of Niger's (GON) posture after the June 12, 2009 Constitutional Court ruling that President Tandja's proposed constitutional referendum is not in conformity w [...]
2009-06-25 11:30:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY477 Niger President Requests Constitutional Court to Retract
[...] (U) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Spokesperson Ben Omar appeared on the June 24 Tele-Sahel evening news broadcast on behalf of GON President Mamadou Tandja to announce Tandja's request that the Constitutional Court retract its June 12 ruling that declared unconstitutional Tandja's propose [...]
2009-06-26 11:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY479CDS Party Withdraws from Government; Labor Unions Stage
[...] On June 25, the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS) party, the second largest party of Niger's ruling coalition, announced that it would withdraw its eight ministers from the 31-member cabinet. This move comes in response to President Tandja's June 24 request that the Constitutional Court r [...]
2009-06-29 06:07:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY484President Tandja Assumes Emergency Powers, Opposition Calls
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26, President Mamadou Tandja announced he would assume emergency powers and rule by decree. This came on the heels of the June 26 re-assertion by the Constitutional Court of the illegality of a proposed constitutional referendum to permit President Tandja to remain in pow [...]
2009-06-29 12:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY492President Tandja Dissolves Constitutional Court, Names New
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, President Tandja dissolved the Constitutional Court, named eight new ministers, and had an opposition civil society group leader arrested for alleged inciting security and military forces not to obey unlawful orders. The armed forces' spokesperson, in a message on s [...]
2009-06-30 14:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY493GON Shuts Down Private TV and Radio
[...] Summary: On June 29, the Government of Niger closed Radio and TV Dounia, private stations, for allegedly airing opposition incitements to security and military forces to disobey unlawful orders. Although the suspension order came earlier in the day, police appeared during the 8:00pm broadcast [...]
2009-06-30 15:40:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY495Niger: Police Detain Opposition Party President; FDD Holds
[...] (SBU) On June 30, police temporarily detained and questioned Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS),the main opposition party. Reports indicated that several hundred supporters of Issoufou assembled outside the gendarmerie headquarters where he was [...]
2009-07-01 16:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY502Niger: Child Labor in Gold Mining Operations
[...] SUMMARY: On June 25, Embassy officials visited three artisanal gold mines in Tillabery region, 100 km outside of Niamey. The visit, organized by the ILO's International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO/IPEC),evaluated gold mining sites in Niger that are notorious for exploitin [...]
2009-07-06 13:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM EMIN SOCI EAID NG
09NIAMEY503President Tandja Names New Constitutional Court, Sets Date
[...] On July 2, President Mamadou Tandja signed a decree appointing both the president and members of a reconstituted Constitutional Court. This falls subsequent to actions taken on June 29, when President Tandja issued a decree dissolving the Constitutional Court and suspending relevant constituti [...]
2009-07-06 13:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY504Opposition Rally Draws Thousands; FDD Denounces President
[...] On July 5, the Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),made up of political parties, civil society organizations and labor unions, organized a rally in central Niamey to protest President Tandja's intention to organize an August 4 referendum on a new constitution. Although police estimated 5, [...]
2009-07-06 14:06:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY505 NIGER: Ambassador Allen Hosts Political Parties
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Allen hosted a series of dinners at the Chief of Mission Residence (CMR),June 4-30, inviting six of Niger's most influential political parties. These dinners allowed Embassy officials to meet political party leaders and gain insight into party perspectives on upcomin [...]
2009-07-06 15:51:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY507Private TV, Radio Station Dounia Back on the Air
[...] Summary: Private radio and TV operator Dounia went back on the air on July 3 following a legal reversal of the CSC's (High Council for Communication) suspension order of June 29. The Supreme Court also ruled on June 17 that the CSC's decision to suspend Dounia in August 2008 was unwarranted, [...]
2009-07-06 16:24:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY511 Dinner with KEY OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On July 7, Ambassador Allen hosted Sanoussi Tambari Jackou, President of the opposition Nigerien Party for Self-Reliance (PNA),and other senior party officials for a dinner.. Jackou criticized the non-interactive introduction of the draft constitution he belie [...]
2009-07-10 12:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY515President Tandja Tightens Grip on the Media
[...] Summary: President Tandja boldly moved to assert his will over the independent media on July 08 by granting sweeping powers to the chairman of the media regulator agency, the High Council for Communication (CSC). Independent media organizations have been swift in their condemnations. The Pre [...]
2009-07-13 11:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY517 President Tandja Launches Campaign for New Constitution
[...] (U) Summary: In a July 12 address on public media, President Tandja launched a campaign for the August 4 referendum on a new constitution. Although the campaign period started officially on July 13, government officials commenced sensitizing the public on the draft constitution on July 6. Ke [...]
2009-07-15 06:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY520 Niger's Lawyers Engage in Nation-wide Strike
[...] On July 13, Niger's Bar Association observed a one-day strike to protest against President's Tandja's decision to dissolve the Constitutional Court and to assume emergency powers. Attorneys stayed away from their offices and the courts, effectively stopping judicial proceedings nation-wide. T [...]
2009-07-15 20:02:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY521 Police Disperse Women's Protest with Tear Gas and Batons;
[...] Summary: Security forces forcibly dispersed women demonstrating in Niamey on July 15 in support of the recently dismissed Constitutional Court and its president, using batons and tear gas to end a four-hour rally. Opposition groups have formed yet another coalition, with calls to "actively bo [...]
2009-07-16 15:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KWMN NG
09NIAMEY522Independent Media to Strike July 20-26
[...] Summary: Independent media organizations will go silent on July 20 - 26 in protest of President Tandja's decision to restrict press freedoms by strengthening the hand of the president of the media regulatory body, the High Council for Communication (CSD),part of a trend of public outcry over [...]
2009-07-17 06:02:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY527 Update on Niger's Political Situation
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political tensions remain, with anti-Tazarcists breaking up a civil society conference for the public in Zinder; organizers, however, vow to continue their campaign against the August 4 referendum. The Nigerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS),the nation's main opposit [...]
2009-07-21 16:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY531 Niger: UN-AU-ECOWAS Delegation Meets GON Officials,
[...] Summary: On July 20-21, a joint UN-AU-ECOWAS delegation met with President Tandja, PM Oumarou, political party leaders, civil society, and labor union heads in an attempt to defuse the ongoing political crisis. All meetings took place behind closed doors; President Tandja subsequently declare [...]
2009-07-22 20:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AORC UN AU ECOWAS NG
09NIAMEY536 Niger: Court Rules Union Strike Illegal, GON Bans
[...] On July 20, the Inter-Union of Niger's Workers (ITN),made up of seven labor confederations, notified the government of its intention to go on strike on July 23-24 to demand a 10% salary increase and press President Tandja to repeal his referendum plan. On July 22, the Government of Niger (GON [...]
2009-07-23 20:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY551SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
[...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...]
2009-07-30 17:07:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG
09NIAMEY552 Mysterious Mining Monies: Opposition, Media Open
[...] (SBU) Summary: Niger's independent newspapers this week carried the story of a multi-million dollar mining deal involving President Tandja's son. Long a concern of the political opposition and civil society, the issue of transparency and mining concessions again surfaces during the week prece [...]
2009-07-30 17:16:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN KCRP SOCI NG
09NIAMEY553 Niger - Update on Trafficking in Persons
[...] Overview: Although Embassy Niamey has engaged in discussion with Washington regarding trafficking in persons-related issues over the past year, including through its Trafficking in Persons, Human Rights, Child Labor, Advancing Freedom and Democracy, and other annual reports, much of this infor [...]
2009-07-31 05:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KTIP SOCI NG
09NIAMEY554 Niger: Five Day Countdown to Referendum
[...] Over the month of July, a series of circumstances have contributed to rising levels of tension in Niger in the pre-August 4 referendum period. The referendum, deemed unconstitutional three times by the former Constitutional Court (refs A and B),would be a national vote to approve a new consti [...]
2009-07-31 05:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY556 Niger: Unions Launch Strike
[...] Summary: The Inter-Union of Niger's Workers (ITN) went on strike on July 30-31 to demand salary increases and press the Government of Niger (GON) to implement agreements made with the country's labor unions. Although political discontent remains an issue with labor confederations, the strike [...]
2009-07-31 14:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY557 Niger: Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for
[...] On July 29, Niamey media reported that the Tribunal of Niamey had issued an international warrant for the arrest of former prime minister Hama Amadou on charges of "illicit enrichment" and money laundering in the amount of US$30 million (15 billion CFA),including US$1 million (500 million CFA) [...]
2009-08-01 07:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KCRP PHUM NG
09NIAMEY558NIGER: SECURITY FORCES VOTE EARLY ON THE REFERENDUM;
[...] Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) issued a warning to those who may be planning to disrupt the August 4 referendum. It announced a 24-hour land border closing and informed the public that security forces will vote on August 3 so that they will be available, if needed, to "protect voters" [...]
2009-08-03 10:40:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY56NIGER: "No Confidence" Vote Against Prime Minister
[...] On January 31, the 12 National Assembly deputies who issued a motion of "no confidence" against Prime Minister Seini Oumarou's cabinet withdrew their motion (reftel). During preliminary discussions in the plenary, Moumouni Djermakoye, a senior member of the National Assembly, raised an interlo [...]
2009-02-03 16:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY567Police Detain Journalists in Referendum Run Up
[...] Summary: Police summoned eight independent media editors for questioning on August 1, ahead of the August 4 constitutional referendum, and two remain in custody. The police accused them of defaming the son of President Tandja by publishing reports that he received millions in kickbacks for hi [...]
2009-08-05 16:46:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY568 Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum
[...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]
2009-08-05 17:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY569 Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum
[...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]
2009-08-05 17:34:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY57NIGER: Voter Registration Update
[...] On January 21, amid civil society concerns, the president of the National Commission to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (known by its French acronym CNPRFE) briefed the National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP) made up of all political parties on the progress made in the preparati [...]
2009-02-03 16:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY570 Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum
[...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]
2009-08-06 06:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY582 Niger: Provisional Referendum Results Released,
[...] Summary: On August 7, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the provisional results of the August 4 referendum on a new constitution. CENI stated that "yes" votes in favor of the new constitution won with 92.5 percent of the vote. Furthermore, CENI stated that 68 perc [...]
2009-08-11 07:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY584 Niger: Post-Referendum Tension Continues, Police Arrest
[...] On August 10, the judicial police arrested Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),a civil society umbrella group made up of 22 civil society organizations and labor unions, after he read at a press conference a statement that FUSAD issued on [...]
2009-08-11 15:38:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC NG
09NIAMEY591Niger: Potential Suspension or Termination of USAID and MCC
[...] (SBU) Summary: I am writing to urge continuation of two programs in Niger that promote girls education on the grounds of our national security interests and for humanitarian purposes. I believe that cancelling the investment in the education of girls would send a message that we are abandonin [...]
2009-08-14 11:36:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG
09NIAMEY593 Niger: Update on Civil Society Activist Case
[...] Summary: Shortly after his release from Niamey prison on August 11 (reftel),Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),forcibly was taken away by the Nigerien Intervention and Security Forces (FNIS),then brought back to prison before being tra [...]
2009-08-14 13:03:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY595NIGER: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) SUMMONS
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Niger (GON) MFA Secretary General Dan Maradi summoned Ambassador Allen on August 17 to voice complaints regarding communication between the MFA and the Embassy leading up to the latter,s August 14 press release rejecting the results of the August 4 constitutional re [...]
2009-08-17 15:40:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY596 Niger: Court Validates Referendum Results, Opposition
[...] Summary: On August 14, the newly-appointed Constitutional Court declared as valid the results of the August 4 referendum as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on August 7 (ref B). While the president's supporters welcomed the court's decision, the opposition dis [...]
2009-08-17 17:06:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY597 Niger: Update on Case of Civil Society Activist Amadou
[...] As of August 17, Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),arrested on August 10 on various inconsistent charges and then finally jailed for "operating a non-authorized organization," remains in custody at Koutoukale maximum security prison. FU [...]
2009-08-17 17:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY599 Niger: President Addresses Nation, Enacts New
[...] On August 17, President Tandja addressed the nation following the Constitutional Court's validation of the August 4 referendum for a new constitutional (ref A). Tandja thanked Nigeriens for "massively voting 'yes' for this Constitution, paving the way for the Sixth Republic...(and for) having o [...]
2009-08-18 19:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY609 Niger: President Tandja Re-appoints Cabinet, Sets
[...] On August 19, President Tandja re-named the same 31 members to his new Cabinet following their August 18 resignations made in response to his promulgation of the new constitution (ref A). In his announcement, President Tandja re-appointed Prime Minister Seini Oumarou, Minister of State for the [...]
2009-08-19 16:50:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY610 Niger: TIP Tier 3 Reassessment
[...] This update provides Embassy Niamey's response to reftel para 4. 2. The Government of Niger (GON) has not yet enacted legislation drafted in 2006 prohibiting human trafficking. Embassy Niamey, however, continues to prod the GON to do so. Efforts to prosecute and punish trafficking offenders [...]
2009-08-20 05:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG NG
09NIAMEY611NIGER: PRIME MINISTER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:15:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY618NIGER: DIPLOMATIC CORPS ATTENDANCE THIN AT THE
[...] Summary. Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja presided over an August 21 swearing-in ceremony to install Prime Minister Seini Oumarou for the Sixth Republic of Niger (ref a). The GON extended invitations to the diplomatic corps and international organization senior representativ [...]
2009-08-24 16:05:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CASC ASEC NG
09NIAMEY619POSITIVE AND EXTENSIVE MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. PRESS
[...] Summary: Coverage of the August 13 and August 17 press releases, respectively outlining the USG positions on the referendum in Niger and calling for the release of a leading opposition leader and a journalist, has been widespread and favorable in the independent print and broadcast media. (N [...]
2009-08-25 10:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI PREL KCOR KPAO KDEM NG
09NIAMEY624 STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION EXTENDED
[...] On August 26, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" in Agadez region for an additional 90-day period. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007 (Refs A and D). 2. The decision comes at a time of ongoing peace [...]
2009-08-27 13:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC CASC PHUM SOCI PTER KDEM NG
09NIAMEY625 Niger: National Council for Political Dialogue Proposes
[...] Summary: The National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP) convened on August 26 to discuss issues related to the announced October 20 legislative elections (Ref B),and adopted a proposal to increase the size of the National Assembly. Most opposition parties shunned the meeting. End Summar [...]
2009-08-27 15:40:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY626 Niger: Several Detained Opposition Members Released;
[...] Summary: Several persons detained in connection with various opposition protests in August (Refs B and C) have been released. The Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (MNJ) reacts to President Tandja's extension of the state of alert in northern Niger (Ref A). End Summary. Detainees in Niamey. [...]
2009-08-28 10:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM CASC NG
09NIAMEY630 Niger: ECOWAS Envoys Visit to Niger; Police Disperse
[...] Summary: On August 29-30, a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met with various actors of Niger's political spectrum in an effort to find a solution to Niger's political quagmire. All meetings took place behind closed doors, and envoys informed local media t [...]
2009-08-31 15:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC CASC NG
09NIAMEY631LETTER OF CONDOLENCES FROM PRESIDENT TANDJA
[...] Following is the text of a condolences letter from Government of Niger President Mamadou Tandja. The letter was received at Embassy Niamey on September 1, 2009. We will forward the original French-language letter together with English translation to the White House via diplomatic pouch. [...]
2009-09-01 13:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NG
09NIAMEY633 Niger: Opposition Party Leaders Call on Ambassador
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) representatives, Niger's main opposition party, met with Ambassador Allen to discuss the country's current political developments. Embassy Political Assistant (note taker) also participated in the meeting. The PN [...]
2009-09-01 20:08:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY640 Niger: Some Former Parliamentarians Arrested; Detained
[...] (U) Summary: On September 3, Niamey police summoned and arrested several former National Assembly Deputies in connection with "unduly received amounts." Detained civil society activist Marou Amadou and journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo remain in prison. End summary. ------------------------------ [...]
2009-09-04 12:34:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY641 Niger: Northern Rebel Group Dismisses Leader
[...] On August 31, the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (MNJ) dismissed its leader for "misconduct." In a September 1 posting on its website the MNJ announced the dismissal of its leader, Aghali Alambo for allegedly cutting himself from the base and taking unilateral decisions on the MNJ's behalf [...]
2009-09-04 13:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY646 Niger: Detained Ex-Parliamentarians Appear in Court
[...] Summary: On September 7-8, about 30 former National Assembly Deputies arrested for allegedly receiving "undue amounts" (reftel) appeared before the investigating judge at the Niamey Tribunal. While President Tandja's supporters welcome this as an "operation clean hands" (to combat corruption),[...]
2009-09-09 15:38:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM KCOR NG
09NIAMEY653 Niger: Travel Ban for Ex-Parliamentarians; Updates on the
[...] Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) banned foreign travel for former National Assembly members. On September 9, the Ministry of Interior closed the reception of candidacies for the October 20 legislative elections. On September 10, President Tandja announced the local elections for December [...]
2009-09-11 11:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY664 Niger: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by Political Officer (notetaker) met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou, in the presence of the GON Director of the Americas, Asia and Oceania (notetaker),to deliver three demarches related to: the Unit [...]
2009-09-15 11:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID EAGR UNGA NG
09NIAMEY684 Update on Niger's Political Situation
[...] Summary: On September 13, fifty former National Assembly members who were arrested for allegedly embezzling funds from State coffers denounced President Tandja for making false accusations against them. In a separate, yet similar case, opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou appeared before a tr [...]
2009-09-18 13:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY690Pan-African Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Ambassador
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, four members of an African Union (AU) Pan-African Parliamentary delegation called on Ambassador Allen, and stated that Niger's political opposition should accept the status quo and negotiate with President Tandja for a way forward that reflects their objectives. [...]
2009-09-21 21:16:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY701Prime Minister and Two Cabinet Ministers Resign To Run for
[...] (U) On September 23, President Tandja accepted the resignation of three key cabinet members during a ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister Seini Oumarou, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson Mohamed Ben Omar, and Minister of Religious Affairs and Humanitaria [...]
2009-09-25 16:08:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY702Another Journalist Jailed in Niger
[...] (U) Summary: Ibrahim Soumana Gaoh, director of a private weekly newspaper, is the latest journalist to be arrested in Niger for criticizing the government. Security officials arrested him on September 20 for defaming the Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman by implying he was c [...]
2009-09-25 16:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY72Niger: Journalist Convicted, His Attorney Jailed
[...] On February 6, a Nigerien court sentenced Mr. Boussada Ben Ali, publication director of independent weekly newspaper "L'Action" to three months in prison. Police arrested Ben Ali on January 23 on charges of "divulging information likely to undermine public order." The charge stemmed from an a [...]
2009-02-12 15:32:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY79NIGER: FORCE ARMEES NIGERIENNES (FAN) COMMANDER
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Niamey Acting Defense Attache learned informally from the Nigerien Deputy Chief of Defense Staff that the Forces Armees Nigeriennes (FAN) will scale back its acceptance of USG-offered military training until such time as all training programs offered prior to sanctions [...]
2009-02-13 11:10:00Embassy NiameySECRETMARR PGOV PREL NG
09NIAMEY790Campaigning for Legislative Election Begins, Opposition in
[...] Summary: On September 27, President Tandja appeared on State television (Tele-Sahel) to discuss the National Assembly election slated for October 20. He outlined the importance of the poll, urging Nigeriens to vote in mass and to "choose competent men and women in order to set up a National A [...]
2009-09-30 15:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY791 USAID/OFDA FIELD REPORT AGADEZ: POST-FLOOD EMERGENCY
[...] In the wake of September 2 flash floods affecting the city of Agadez and nearby rural communes of Dabaga, Tchirozerine, and Tabelot, representatives from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) conducted a joint [...]
2009-09-30 15:49:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV NG
09NIAMEY793Journalist Freed After Retraction
[...] Government of Niger officials dropped charges and freed Director of the weekly private newspaper "Le Temoin," Ibrahim Soumana Gaoh, on September 29. Gaoh, arrested on September 20 on charges of defamation against the Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson Mohamed Ben Omar (ref [...]
2009-10-01 16:05:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY795 FY 2010 Renewal of Disaster Declaration for Flooding in
[...] SUMMARY. On September 16, post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding on September 2 in the northern city of Agadez and surrounding rural areas (ref A). In response, the USG has provided nearly USD 88,000 in emergency assistance to date, including USD 50,000 from USAID's O [...]
2009-10-05 06:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV NG
09NIAMEY808Political Rights Activist Flees Country
[...] (SBU) On October 4, Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Preservation of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),left Niger en route to Paris. Embassy Political Specialist spoke with Amadou by phone on October 5, who told him that he and one of his colleagues were able to leave Niger without [...]
2009-10-06 07:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY809 President Tandja Appoints New Prime Minister
[...] (U) Summary: On October 2, President Tandja appointed former finance minister and deputy governor of the Central Bank of West African States, Ali Badjo Gamatie, to serve as Prime Minister. This comes on the heels of the resignation of former Prime Minister Seini Oumarou (reftel),who resigned [...]
2009-10-06 07:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY810 Rebel Tuaregs Surrender Arms
[...] According to Radio France International (RFI) and Embassy sources, hundreds of Nigerien Patriotic Front (FPN) combatants handed over their arms to Nigerien authorities in Tidene valley, north of Agadez, starting in late September. The process is expected to continue over the next several days. [...]
2009-10-06 07:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY812National Police Prevent Former National Assembly Members
[...] On October 6, national police prevented 67 former National Assembly members from accessing the headquarters of the Nigerien Democratic Movement (MODEN),an opposition party created by former Prime Minister Hama Amadou. The former parliamentarians had planned to organize a symbolic "opening of [...]
2009-10-07 17:16:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY813 Niger: Early Warning of Increase in Food Insecurity
[...] Summary: There are increasing official and anecdotal reports that this year's harvest will be poorer than that of most recent years with some areas facing acute stress. FFPO made site visits across the agro-pastoral zone and found poor or negligible harvest in many villages. Populations are a [...]
2009-10-09 09:21:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY819President Tandja Appoints New Cabinet Members
[...] (U) On October 10, President Tandja appointed Kassoum Mamane Moctar to serve as Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson. He also appointed Salah Ben Mamouda Ali to serve as Minister of Religious Affairs and Humanitarian Action. The two appointees replace Mohamed Ben Omar and Iss [...]
2009-10-13 19:24:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY826 Niger: Tensions High as ECOWAS Imposes Sanctions
[...] Summary: On October 17, heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) attended a special summit in Abuja to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Niger. This came on the same day when thousands of protesters held a rally in Niamey and demanded that the legislati [...]
2009-10-19 16:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL AORC PHUM NG
09NIAMEY830 Niger: Legislative Election Calm, Turnout Low
[...] On October 20, some six million Nigerians were called to a vote for deputies to serve in a newly constituted National Assembly. This came one day after security forces voted, allowing the police, gendarmerie, and military to provide security for the general public during balloting. The vote to [...]
2009-10-21 20:38:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY831Niger: EmbOffs Meet with Cheiffou Amadou
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 21, Pol Officer and Pol Specialist met with Cheiffou Amadou, President of the Social Democratic Rally (RSD). Cheiffou admitted that turnout for legislative elections held on October 20 was low in some areas, but blamed it on the harvest season. He added that ECOWAS [...]
2009-10-23 09:46:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY832Niger: Ruling Party Takes Early Lead in National Assembly
[...] On October 23, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced that early results show the ruling party, National Movement for a Society of Development (MNSD),had taken a lead in the October 20 National Assembly elections (reftel). The MNSD provisionally has wo [...]
2009-10-23 12:30:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY834 Niger: Ruling Party Gains Majority in National Assembly
[...] On October 24, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI),Moumouni Hamidou, announced the final results from the October 20 National Assembly elections. The ruling party, the National Movement for a Society of Development (MNSD),won 76 out of the 113 parliamentary [...]
2009-10-26 17:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY835 Niger: President Tandja Grants Amnesty to Rebels and
[...] (U) On October 23, President Tandja signed an order granting amnesty to Tuareg rebels who have relinquished their weapons, representing a major step beyond the largely ceremonial acts organized in the past to mark the ongoing peace process involving Niger's vast north. 2. (U) The following [...]
2009-10-26 20:09:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY838Journalist Tiemogo Released from Prison
[...] (U) Summary: Authorities released journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo of the weekly independent newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" from prison on October 26 after accepting an appeal to commute his sentence. Held in prison since August 1, officials had accused Tiemogo of having "discredited a judicial de [...]
2009-10-27 15:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO NG
09NIAMEY840 GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States
[...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...]
2009-10-28 10:00:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY844 GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States
[...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...]
2009-10-29 06:15:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY854NIGER: PRIME MINISTER GAMATIE MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie held a meeting with Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff was note taker) that broached a wide scope of topics, ranging from the ongoing peace process in the North, the current political situation and discus [...]
2009-11-03 18:25:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NG
09NIAMEY862 Niger: Food Insecurity Disaster Alert
[...] (U) Summary: This message provides an alert that Niger may be moving towards a full-scale disaster declaration. The Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Agricultural Development (MDA) released the "Pre-Evaluation and Provisional Results of the Agricultural Season - 2009/2010," indicating a c [...]
2009-11-04 17:01:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY864NIGER: PM GAMATIE MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR ALLEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 15:54:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR NG
09NIAMEY866 Niger: Counter-Narcotics Strategy
[...] Summary: Niger, while not a drug producing country or a significant consumer market for narcotics, should be characterized as a "developing" transit point for narcotics en route to North Africa and Europe. Mindful of the potential for increased drug trade, the Government of Niger (GON) has ta [...]
2009-11-06 08:55:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY869ENCOURAGING NIGER BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] Ambassador delivered to the Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister ref A demarche encouraging central government budget transparency as requested. FM responded that the GON continues to work on improving transparency and that she will share the contents of the demarche with the Minister of [...]
2009-11-06 17:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KMCA NG
09NIAMEY871 Niger: Meeting with High Commissioner for the Restoration
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, Embassy Political Officer and Specialist met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP),Mohamed Anacko. The Commissioner spoke about the ongoing peace process, landmine removal, fears of Al-Qaeda in the region, and e [...]
2009-11-06 17:45:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM KDEM NG
09NIAMEY882NIGER: NEW PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff note taker) met Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie at the PM's office. Over the past few months, the GON has made concerted efforts to silence its critics and to marginalize the opposition. Some GON mem [...]
2009-11-12 12:15:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY89NIGER -- ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW
[...] The following is Post's response to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs. Below are Post's responses to the questions posed: A. What are the key internal or regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? (i.e [...]
2009-02-17 15:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PARM PGOV PTER SNAR SOCI NG
09NIAMEY899 NIGER: NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY INSTALLED
[...] Summary: On November 10, the Constitutional Court validated the legislative elections held on October 20. On November 14, the President of Niger convoked a special session for the installation of the new National Assembly. While all government bodies and political parties supporting the Sixth [...]
2009-11-16 15:36:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY90NIGER TO HOST PEACE FORUM ON THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) plans to host a Peace Forum to address continuing instability in the north of Niger and Mali on February 25 -27 in Niamey. The event will gather roughly 80 government and civil society leaders to discuss how best to deal with underlying causes of co [...]
2009-02-17 16:03:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI PTER SCUL PINR PHUM ML NG
09NIAMEY900 ECOWAS MEDIATOR OPENS TALKS ON NIGER
[...] (U) Summary: November 9, members of the People's Movement for the Reshaping of the Republic (MPRR) met with General Abdusalami Abubakar (retired),ECOWAS Mediator responsible for dealing with Niger's political crisis. MPPR members submitted a memorandum outlining the Government of Niger's (G [...]
2009-11-16 16:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY935NIGER: OPPOSITION MEMBERS PAY CALL AT EMBASSY
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 20, opposition Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) Vice President (VP) Bazoum Mohamed and PNDS Deputy Secretary General (DSG) Assoumi Massaoudou provided a read-out of the November 11-13 meetings that Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]
2009-11-23 16:40:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL ASEC NG
09NIAMEY936 Niger: Opposition November 22 Rally in Niamey
[...] Summary: On November 22, the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR) organized a rally in Niamey to demand that President Tandja step down on December 22, the end of his term of office under the constitution of the 5th Republic, which was supplanted by that of the 6th Repu [...]
2009-11-23 16:42:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY943Niger: Poor, but not too Poor for Cell Phones
[...] Summary: Cell Phone usage is Niger is expanding rapidly, despite high costs to users with very limited means. With four service providers, cell phone growth has left landlines far behind. A Government of Niger (GON) survey indicates that men are twice as likely as women to have a cell phone, [...]
2009-11-28 11:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON SOCI PGOV KWIR NG
09NIAMEY948NIGER: USAID/OFDA PROGRAM MONITORING TRIP KEY FINDINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: October 26 to November 2, 2009 field observations by USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Acting Senior Program Officer from across the three most easterly regions of Niger revealed that cereal prices remain high, harvests are poor or non-existent, pasturage i [...]
2009-12-01 10:30:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY950Government Warns Independent Media
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) admonished three independent media organizations on November 19 for disseminating the statements of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou claiming that President Tandja intended to kill him. In a written warning, the GON's media regulator, the High Counc [...]
2009-12-01 14:55:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY952 Niger: National Assembly President Elected
[...] On November 25, deputies elected former Prime Minister and current President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) Seini Oumarou to serve as President of the National Assembly. Oumarou stated that his immediate goals are to, "Boost the fortunes of the National Assembly [...]
2009-12-01 18:27:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY964 Niger: Food Insecurity Continues to Deepen
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evidence continues to accumulate that Niger is facing a serious food insecurity crisis between now and the next potential harvest in September 2010. Reporting from the field continues to confirm poor, minimal, or no harvest in many villages. Pasturage is virtually non-existent [...]
2009-12-07 16:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY977 Niger: Opposition Protests Again; Pro-Tandja Rally
[...] On December 13, Niger's Opposition, led by the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR),organized a rally in Niamey to demand that President Tandja step down at the end of his second five-year term of office on December 22, as permitted under the 5th Republic (the pre-Augus [...]
2009-12-14 17:06:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY984 Niger: Pro-Tandja Rally Musters 3000
[...] On December 15, the Patriotic Movement for the Defense of the Nation and People, supporters of President Tandja's continuation in office, organized a rally in downtown Niamey to show support for President Tandja and the National Assembly. 2. The roughly 3000 supporters consisted of students, [...]
2009-12-15 16:32:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY987 Niger: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has demonstrated a greater interest in the Republic of Niger (RON) in 2009, with attempts to extend its influence into Nigerien territory from the largely ungoverned region bordering Mali and Algeria. The porous borders and u [...]
2009-12-16 13:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC SNAR PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PREL NG
09NICOSIA104MONCHEGORSK: CYPRIOTS BEGINNING TO SQUIRM
[...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see Paragraph 7. 2. (C) Status of Ship: No changes since last report -- M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol harbor, under maritime police observation. Conversations with Palace officials hint at discord between the RoC, sh [...]
2009-02-05 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL PGOV SY IR CY
09NICOSIA106MONCHEGORSK: CYPRUS FLESHING OUT MALTA IDEA,
[...] (U) Status of Vessel: No changes since last report (Reftel). 2. (S) Diplomatic Activity: Ambassador at 1130 hrs local (0430 DC) on February 6 telephoned Presidential Diplomatic Coordinator Leonidas Pantelides for further clarity on Pantelides's day-earlier suggestion that the RoC transp [...]
2009-02-06 14:30:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETPARM MNUC PREL PGOV IR SY CY
09NICOSIA107CYPRUS: ORAMS CASE OUTCOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line anxiously await the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on the Apostolides-Orams lawsuit, which pits a displaced G/C property owner against a British couple that acquired his land in 2002 and erected a vacation home there (Reftel). [...]
2009-02-06 14:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCY PGOV PREL TU UNFICYP
09NICOSIA123REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: [...]
2009-02-13 10:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF CY
09NICOSIA124TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3-364, Fax: [...]
2009-02-13 14:15:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF
09NICOSIA130CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT USG, AU STANCE ON MAURITANIA
[...] (C). On February 18, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche concerning USG views on the military junta in Mauritania and the African Union's (AU) recent decision to impose targeted sanctions to Andreas Kouzoupis, in the Cypriot MFA's Department of Middle East and African Affairs. Kouzoupis said th [...]
2009-02-19 12:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL XA MR CY
09NICOSIA135CODEL DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS SOLUTION
[...] (C) During February 15-17, Senator Richard Durbin led a Codel of six persons to Cyprus to discuss progress towards a solution to the island's division. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot leaders, including President Chrisotfias, Chief Negotiator Iacovou, Foreign Minister Kyprianou, and Oppos [...]
2009-02-20 07:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
09NICOSIA136CYPRUS: TALAT CHARGES CHRISTOFIAS WITH DUMPING
[...] (C) Summary: "If Christofias abandons established UN parameters (regarding a Cyprus settlement),then everything will be up for grabs," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Leader Mehmet Ali Talat complained on February 9. Talat, in a 35-minute meeting with the Ambassador, was referring to Christofias's pu [...]
2009-02-20 09:20:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
09NICOSIA141CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY GAERC
[...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to Afghanistan, Panayiotou stated that the GOC is in broad agreement with the USG points raised and appreciates the need for a regional approach, particularly one that takes in [...]
2009-02-20 14:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZL AF SU GZ YI BK KO HR MK CY
09NICOSIA142CYPRIOT PLANS FOR SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 15:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM GZ CY
09NICOSIA148CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eur [...]
2009-02-26 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA149CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...]
2009-02-27 05:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA150CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...]
2009-02-27 05:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CY TU
09NICOSIA17CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS CALL EARLY ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 07:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA179CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed to Reftel. 2. (SBU) Reftel Para 13: [...]
2009-03-12 09:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV EFIN ENRG KCIP CY
09NICOSIA181CYPRIOT STANCE AT MARCH GAERC/GYMNICH
[...] (C) On March 12, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with the upcoming GAERC, and in particular with its Western Balkans discussion component, Panayiotou assured that the GOC position on Bosnia remains the same, and that the GOC believe [...]
2009-03-13 14:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU GZ HR MW IR IS BO SY CY
09NICOSIA186CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT "GOVERNING" PARTY DOWN,
[...] (C) Summary: The "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) hopes to close a fifteen-point gap with the opposition, hard-line National Unity Party (UBP) by turning the upcoming April 19 "parliamentary" elections into a debate over UBP's retrograde past, rather than CTP's own lackluster governa [...]
2009-03-17 14:57:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA193CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...]
2009-03-19 09:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA199CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT MAIN OPPOSITION UBP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 14:22:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA2CYPRUS TO CONSIDER U.S. THOUGHTS ON GEORGIA WAY
[...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM on January 5 called on Cypriot MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis. He stressed to Yiordamlis the imperative that the U.S. and Europe cooperate long-term to support Georgian sovereignty and restore its territorial integrity. Such a strategy would incorporat [...]
2009-01-05 14:30:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY GG RS
09NICOSIA200CYPRUS: DIKO BATTLE COULD AFFECT COALITION, TALKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democratic Party (DIKO) leader Marios Karoyian suffered a major defeat in March 15 internal party elections that puts his political future in doubt, threatens the fragile coalition with President Demetris Christofias's AKEL party, and conceivably could hinder Cyprus settlement [...]
2009-03-20 14:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
09NICOSIA217CYPRUS: UNFICYP DOWNBEAT ON CBM PROGRESS, TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer desires continued U.S. pressure on Turkey for flexibility on Cyprus and is pursuing a call on the National Security Adviser to make this point. UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Ambassador on March 25 that Downer acknowledges Turkey's [...]
2009-03-27 10:55:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA233CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION A RELUCTANT KINGMAKER IN
[...] (C) Summary: Denktash family scion and Democrat Party (DP) leader Serdar Denktash believes his center-right party, the perennial junior coalition partner in Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politics, may once again play that role after April 19 "parliamentary" elections. Nevertheless, the second son of [...]
2009-04-03 12:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA256CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Nicosia looks forward to welcoming you to Cyprus, an island whose political complexity and strategic value belie its small size. We have crafted an intensive program including calls on President Demetris Christofias and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus (RoC) officials, a m [...]
2009-04-09 14:54:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA257CYPRUS: UN ENVOY SHARES REPORTING PLAN DETAILS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Good Offices Mission on Cyprus (UNGO) will orally brief the Security Council on/about April 30, Special Adviser Alexander Downer informed the Ambassador on April 9. While the report will present a reasonably positive account of negotiations progress so far, it also will hi [...]
2009-04-10 13:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA266CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 15
[...] (C) Summary: Your April 15 meeting with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community, Mehmet Ali Talat, is an opportunity to unambiguously register U.S. support for current efforts to re-unify Cyprus. This is a time of extreme crisis for T/C pro-solution forces, of which Talat is the un [...]
2009-04-14 12:37:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA270CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 12:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ASEAN BM CY
09NICOSIA271CYPRUS: PRO-SOLUTION TURKISH CYPRIOTS HEADED FOR
[...] Summary (C) The "governing" party in the Turkish Cypriot north, the pro-solution, center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP),appears headed for defeat in April 19 "parliamentary" elections. The main opposition, solution-skeptical National Unity Party (UBP),has forged and held a double-digit [...]
2009-04-16 13:48:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA272CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...]
2009-04-16 14:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA278CYPRUS: CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman on April 14 led a six-member Congressional delegation to Cyprus to discuss progress towards the island's reunification. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot (G/C) leaders, the Codel heard repeatedly that "the obsta [...]
2009-04-27 06:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
09NICOSIA28CYPRUS: UN ENVOY CRITIQUES SETTLEMENT TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a spirited and friendly exchange of views, UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer on January 14 told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza that Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had made measurable progress in settlement discussions, although [...]
2009-01-21 04:59:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA301CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER SHAKEN BY ECJ
[...] (C) Summary: "The European Court of Justice (ECJ) broke our hands and legs with the Orams decision," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador on May 4. A demoralized Talat complained that the April 28 ECJ ruling (Ref B) had strengthened the Greek Cypriot (G/C) negotiating [...]
2009-05-07 07:20:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA305CYPRUS TALKS AND THE ORAMS CASE: CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 5, the first meeting between the Greek Cypriot(GC) and Turkish Cypriot(TC) leaders since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made known its decision in the Orams property case went well, according to Turkish Cypriot (TC) lead negotiator Ozdil Nami. TC Leader Talat stood up [...]
2009-05-07 12:38:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY
09NICOSIA306CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF POSITIVELY GRADES SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Readouts of UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer's April 30 briefing of the Security Council and of the May 5 meeting of Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat dominated the Ambassador's May 6 tour d'horizon with UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun. The Council [...]
2009-05-07 14:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP UN CY TU
09NICOSIA314CYPRUS: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus (ROC): United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on seaport security and anti-terrorism. 2. (SBU) Cyprus has rou [...]
2009-05-13 08:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR MOPS PREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA317CYPRUS: G/C OPPOSITION LEADER FRUSTRATED WITH
[...] (C) Summary: "Demetris Christofias is focusing on the (anti-solution) minority, not the (pro-solution) majority," DISY Chairman Nikos Anastassiades bitterly complained to the Ambassador on May 11. Anastassiades said that President Christofias was overly solicitous of his two hard-line coalit [...]
2009-05-13 12:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA325CYPRIOT STANCE FOR MAY GAERC
[...] (C) On May 14, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. First taking up Iran, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes the new USG direction and agrees that the U.S. and EU must remain united in message. The GOC strongly supports the "E3 3" appr [...]
2009-05-15 08:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SO IS RS MD CG CY
09NICOSIA327CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER SUGGESTS SUBTLE NUDGING OF
[...] (C) Summary. "Greek Cypriots (G/Cs) must develop a sense that the status quo is over," UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador during their May 15 meeting. Downer suggested that a low-key discussion on the future of UNFICYP might help break the G/Cs of their perception [...]
2009-05-19 08:00:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY
09NICOSIA332CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...]
2009-05-20 14:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA333CYPRUS: TALAT IN FOUL MOOD ON LIMNITIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat continues to demand the right to transport vehicle fuel to the T/C military enclave in Kokkina as quid pro quo for the opening of a Buffer Zone (BZ) crossing at Limnitis. During a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Talat explained he could [...]
2009-05-21 14:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA342CYPRUS: COMPROMISE POSSIBLE ON LIMNITIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer on May 25 secured buy-in from Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators George Iacovou and Ozdil Nami on a compromise plan to allow the Limnitis/Yesilirmak Buffer Zone crossing to open. Iacovou and Nami must now "sell" the plan to Demetris Christo [...]
2009-05-26 13:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA344CYPRUS: TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" ON LIMNITIS,
[...] (C) At a May 22 working lunch with the Ambassador, Sakir Fakili, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," did not respond substantively to the Ambassador's call for a compromise to allow the eventual opening of the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point in northwest Cyprus. Fakili instead voiced fu [...]
2009-05-26 13:50:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY
09NICOSIA36CYPRUS: TALAT DENIES "CONFEDERALIST" ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A cautious but constructive Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assured visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14 that T/Cs remained committed to reunification of Cyprus into a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, despite Greek Cypriot fears the T/Cs were shifting to favor [...]
2009-01-22 06:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA37CYPRUS: FORMER FM PREDICTS DIFFICULT SLEDDING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis on January 16 candidly told the Ambassador that the Property working group had achieved only modest success despite months of intensive discussions. Marcoullis, who headed the G/C delegation, noted the sides held funda [...]
2009-01-22 07:27:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA379CYPRUS: PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BELIEVES TALAT UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 04:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
09NICOSIA383CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) On June 11, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Taking up the Israel-Palestine points first, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes recent USG overtures but remains concerned over the stance of the Netanyahu government, particularly o [...]
2009-06-17 05:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY LE CU AF PK BK YI KO HR
09NICOSIA390CYPRUS: "TRNC PM" EROGLU TAKES PRO-SOLUTION LINE
[...] (C) Summary: "If we cannot open one crossing point, how can we solve the Cyprus problem?" "TRNC PM" Dervish Eroglu rhetorically asked the Ambassador in a June 16 meeting. Eroglu said he supported Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat, but that Greek Cypriot "intransigence" would contin [...]
2009-06-17 15:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA402CYPRUS:UNSG SPECIAL ADVISER DOWNER UPBEAT ON
[...] (C) "There has a been a (positive) sea change in attitude in the negotiations," UNSG Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador in a June 19 meeting. Downer said that both Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat were "feeling their [...]
2009-06-22 15:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR UNFICYP CY
09NICOSIA415CYPRUS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CORFU MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Acting Head, Charis Christodoulidou. Christodoulidou stated that the GOC supports USG positions and existing security institutions. She added, however, that increased dialogue with Russia [...]
2009-06-25 13:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON RS CY
09NICOSIA432CYPRIOT RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT BALANCED,
[...] (C) Summary: Reactions to the 2009 State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report were generally positive. GOC officials welcomed this year's report as long-overdue recogNi4ign of subsdaltial GGC progresc to co-bat TIP.Q BeActigns drom NGOs ald lo#al acti6ists in the GPeek Cypriot commUn [...]
2009-07-01 11:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KPAO KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CY
09NICOSIA44CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO
[...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...]
2009-01-23 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI
09NICOSIA45CYPRUS: T/C "PM" PRAISES ERDOGAN, BASHES TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: "I can solve problems with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan," "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader and "TRNC PM" Ferdi Sabit Soyer told the Ambassador during a January 20 meeting. Soyer voiced strong confidence in the Turkish PM's pro-solution stance and full support fo [...]
2009-01-23 14:24:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA456CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...]
2009-07-13 07:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA457CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF CALLS LAST QUARTER 2009
[...] (C) Summary: "We could reach irreversibility if the parties can identify areas of give and take in the last three months of the year," UNSG Special Representative Taye Zerihoun told Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza on June 29. Zerihoun, who noted tangible improvement in atmospherics, s [...]
2009-07-13 09:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA46CYPRUS: LOCAL BRITS LAUD CHANGE IN TONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In moving from earlier debates on procedure to real substantive give-and-take, the Cypriot leaders had progressed far, UK High Commissioner Peter Millett and visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza agreed on January 14. Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias's [...]
2009-01-26 06:35:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY UK TU
09NICOSIA469CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL ON POSSIBLE U.S. ROLE IN EUMM
[...] (C) On July 17, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Georgia Desk Officer, Salina Shambos. Shambos stated that both the GOC and EU strongly support the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and would almost certainly vote to renew its mandate in September. Shambos avoided comment o [...]
2009-07-17 14:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS EU CY
09NICOSIA47CYPRUS: OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES CHRISTOFIAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The continued demonization of the 2004 Annan Plan had precluded greater progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, opposition DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. G/Cs' determination to keep the compromise Plan off the table had resul [...]
2009-01-26 06:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA470CYPRUS POSITIVE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) On July 15, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Russia Desk Officer Selina Shambos. Shambos stated that the GOC believed "things had gone quite well" during President Obama's visit to Moscow and that "a lot of ground was covered." In fact, she noted, a similarly positive report had be [...]
2009-07-17 14:55:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS CY
09NICOSIA471CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS GENERALLY UPBEAT IN
[...] (C) Summary: Like their Greek Cypriot (G/C) counterparts, Turkish Cypriots voiced optimism regarding the UN-brokered peace process, muted by a cognizance of the magnitude of the task ahead and serious divergences between the sides, in discussions with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 [...]
2009-07-20 08:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFIYCP TR CY
09NICOSIA479CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JULY GAERC
[...] (C) On July 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with Iran, Panayioutou said that the EU is presenting a unified stance concerning the detention of UK Embassy employees and one French citizen during the post-election turmoil. While [...]
2009-07-24 08:37:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SO GG EUN CY
09NICOSIA48CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...]
2009-01-26 12:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA49CYPRUS: ARCHBISHOP DECRIES TURKISH INTRANSIGENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Continued intransigence from mainland Turkish leaders has slowed the Cyprus negotiations, argues hard-line Archbishop Chrysostomos II. In a January 14 dinner with visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza, Chrysostomos described current Greek Cypriot imperatives for [...]
2009-01-26 12:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA50CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS DISAPPOINTED IN TALAT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Demetris Christofias, while acknowledging Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's desire to reach a Cyprus settlement, worries that the model Talat prefers is confederal, not federal. Still, Christofias remains ready to engage in a genuine give-and-take discussion w [...]
2009-01-26 12:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA532CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES,
[...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...]
2009-08-13 14:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA533CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES,
[...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...]
2009-08-13 14:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA538CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERN OVER AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S
[...] (U) On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel points on the GOB's recent conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) to Cyprus MFA Burma Desk Officer Sevak Avedissian. Avedissian said that the GOC and the EU share the USG's strong concern over the verdict and continuing detention of ASSK. Avedissian [...]
2009-08-19 04:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM CY
09NICOSIA539CYPRUS: GOVERNMENT SHARES USG VIEWS ON AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) On August 17, Charge shared reftel points on upcoming Afghan elections with MFA Political Director Rea Yiordamlis, emphasizing the need for credibility of the process, a legitimate outcome, and the impartiality of the USG. Yiordamlis welcomed the USG position and expressed broad agreemen [...]
2009-08-19 07:01:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV AF CY
09NICOSIA561(C) CYPRUS: SEPTEMBER 3 LEADERS' MEETING POSTPONED
[...] (C) Summary: According to Greek Cypriot (G/C) media reports, approximately 650 Greek Cypriots set to attend a September 2 morning mass in Turkish Cypriot (T/C)-administered territory were unable to pass a T/C crossing point due to G/C snafus with passengers lists and a lack of T/C good will. [...]
2009-09-02 15:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
09NICOSIA563CYPRIOT STANCE FOR SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (C) On September 1, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. First taking up Iran, Mina stated that the GOC backs applying pressure on Iran while stressing engagement. Cyprus would consider further measures, including sanctions, but only if such measur [...]
2009-09-04 05:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS IR AF PK CY
09NICOSIA576CYPRUS: TURKISH FM SUPPORTS PEACE PROCESS DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hit all the right notes with his Turkish Cypriot (T/C) audience during a one-day, September 1 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)." The goal of the visit was to coordinate Cyprus policy with T/C leader Mehmet Ali Talat [...]
2009-09-11 13:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA578CYPRUS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. Mina welcomed the USG positions on the Eastern Partnership and Georgia, but stated that the GOC had no feedback to share on these issues at present. On the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka, Min [...]
2009-09-11 13:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CE CY
09NICOSIA580CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER SRI LANKAN IDPS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE CY
09NICOSIA581CYPRUS WELCOMES U.S. UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNGA CY
09NICOSIA595CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER UPBEAT AFTER START
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat said that the September 10 meeting launching the second round of UN-brokered talks went "extraordinarily well." He was nonplussed by Greek Cypriot (G/C) leader Demetris Christofias' postp [...]
2009-09-17 13:54:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA598CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNGA WALKOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 13:22:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA6CYPRIOT FM TO VISIT CARACAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his second official foray to Latin America -- his first took him to Havana in September -- Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will visit Caracas on January 10 for two days of meetings with BRV officials, then fly to Panama, Brazil, and possibly Costa Rica. A working-l [...]
2009-01-09 14:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY VE
09NICOSIA659CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS CANCEL
[...] (U) In near back-to-back announcements, both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on October 13 the respective cancellation of their annual "Nikiforos" and "Toros" military exercises, normally conducted in the fall. The exercises were last held in 2007, but canceled in 2008 [...]
2009-10-15 12:06:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TR GR CY
09NICOSIA670CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...]
2009-10-23 11:13:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA672CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...]
2009-10-26 03:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA680CYPRUS RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On October 29, Poloff delivered reftel points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Regarding no-action motions and country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK, Nicolaou said tha [...]
2009-10-29 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA CY
09NICOSIA681CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT: "THE SIDES
[...] (C) Summary: "The sides cannot finalize a deal without international involvement," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat warned the Ambassador during an October 21 lunch. Although he admitted that progress was possible, Talat lamented what he dubbed the "acquiescence" of the internatio [...]
2009-10-29 14:23:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR GR CY
09NICOSIA7CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...]
2009-01-09 15:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA716CYPRUS: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR GOC
[...] (SBU) Russian FM Sergey Lavrov made an official visit to Cyprus November 4-5 where he stressed the need for the two sides in Cyprus to "find the formula for a settlement to the problem themselves." Echoing Greek Cypriot political leaders, Lavrov said a settlement formula in Cyprus "must be to [...]
2009-11-09 17:06:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY RU
09NICOSIA725CYPRUS: NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) On November 12, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She noted that the Ministry is in the process of preparing position papers for the upcoming GAERC and welcomed the U.S. points, though sh [...]
2009-11-13 06:25:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA767CYPRUS: INCREASING TURKISH CYPRIOT EURO-SCEPTICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Cypriot UBP party, led by its leader and current "Prime Minister" Dervis Eroglu, are long-time euro-sceptics. Disappointment with the EU is growing among Turkish Cypriots who believe the Union has not kept promises made and that its policy towards Turkey and Cyprus i [...]
2009-12-04 11:49:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU CY
09NICOSIA773CYPRUS: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. APPROACH ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 15:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA774CYPRUS: DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS
[...] (C) On December 7, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA Deputy European Correspondent Nectarios Soteriou in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Attache Dionysis Dionysiou in the Department of Middle East and Africa. They shared the following views on behalf of the Go [...]
2009-12-08 15:20:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CY
09NICOSIA789REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus: United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on Waterside Port Security. This activity is clearly in the US national i [...]
2009-12-22 14:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
09NICOSIA93MONCHEGORSK: MFA SEEKING LEGAL OPINIONS,
[...] (U) This telegram contains action requests; please see Paragraphs 3, 4, and 11. ------------ Ship Status: ------------ 2. (C) M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in the Limassol port. Cypriot maritime officials have conducted a cursory inspection, finding high explosives of obvious [...]
2009-01-30 14:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL PGOV SY IR CY
09NICOSIA96 CYPRIOTS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] (C) Status of Ship: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol, although the Embassy has received reports it might have moved slightly owing to traffic conditions in the port area. Cypriot maritime officials are conducting a more-thorough inspection of 50-plus crates onboard the vessel. [...]
2009-02-02 16:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PGOV PREL IR SY CY
09NICOSIA98M/V MONCHEGORSK: CYPRUS INSISTS ON UN COVER
[...] (U) Status of Ship: No changes since last report. 2. (C) Diplomatic Activity: Ambassador on February 2 spoke with RoC Diplomatic Coordinator Leonidas Pantelides regarding latest developments on Monchegorsk. Contradicting recent messages from the Foreign Ministry regarding the applicabi [...]
2009-02-03 15:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC PREL PGOR SY IR CY
09NOUAKCHOTT101BEATING FEET: THE FREEZE DEEPENS
[...] (U) Charge spoke with Israeli Ambassador Arbel over week-end and on February 1st and 2nd. 2. (C) Ambassador states that Israeli MFA contacted Mauritanian Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 1st. Embassy staffer, non-Mauritanian, discussed situation in English without realizing contact was wit [...]
2009-02-02 14:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT102"TIME TO TALK TO AL QAEDA?" ARTICLE
[...] (U) Summary: Local English language monthly, Peace, ran an item on January 18 entitled "Time to Talk to Al Qaeda?" by Junta Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou. The article posits that Al Qaeda grievances are legitimate and invites the US to acknowledge them: "Septemb [...]
2009-02-03 16:31:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO MR PGOV PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT105MORE AMBIGUITY ON MAURATANIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 14:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT108TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON
[...] (C) National Front for the Defense of Democracy director, Mohammed Ould Maouloud, tells us the very thought of targeted sanctions is taking a toll on the Junta. Anxiety is growing among businessmen and Junta financiers. As the February 5 AU/PSC and the February 20 EU/AU consultative meetings [...]
2009-02-05 11:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT11REFINING THE FNDD POLITICAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: The FNDD will hold back until February or March to launch a political counter-offensive believing General Aziz will see himself further isolated both internationally and domestically. The "National Dialogue on Democracy" brought nothing substantive to the negotiation table and w [...]
2009-01-06 18:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT111TAWASSOUL, APP, AND SAWAB POLITICAL PARTIES OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup parties and one pro-coup party gave their reactions to recent events. From the anti-coup Tawassoul and APP parties, the main themes were categorical rejection of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" and upcoming presidential elections, concern about civil war, and [...]
2009-02-08 13:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT114JUNTA GIVES FIRST REACTION TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON
[...] (U) Colonel Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye, Secretary General of the High State Council posted a statement on the HSC web site in the junta's first official reaction to the sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel). In his statement, Baye offered mild criticism of the AU, arguing [...]
2009-02-09 17:15:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT116POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RUMINATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 28, AID Rep met with United Nations Systems Mauritania Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Maria do Valle Ribeiro (protect) to discuss the current political and assistance environment in Mauritania. While Ms. Ribeiro is a sociologist and technical program spe [...]
2009-02-09 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT117MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel) fell predictably along existing fault lines. Pro-coup media and political parties condemned the sanctions, while anti-coup forces largely welcomed the targeted sancti [...]
2009-02-09 17:49:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT118MAURITANIAN JUNTA PRESSURES ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritanian Junta Foreign Minister has called Israeli Ambassador and strongly suggested it is time for the Ambassador to leave. After consultations with the Israeli MFA, the Israeli Ambassador has informed us that if further pressure applied, he will indeed depart but he "won't [...]
2009-02-09 18:06:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT124ROSSO MAYOR: "I AM THE MOST SANCTIONED PERSON IN
[...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the southwestern city of Rosso (Trarza region) is feeling the pressure. The World Bank has suspended two key projects -- a marketplace reconstruction and an advanced rain water canal. The canal, 70 percent complete, has filled with stagnant water and [...]
2009-02-11 09:01:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MR PGOV PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT126IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING
[...] Summary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor. He has been approached by Aziz' own Ouled Bisbaa tribe business leaders about resigning but rejects any negotiations with the military and hopes to return [...]
2009-02-11 19:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT127MAURITANIA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Post Coup Caveats: This is a response to REFTEL request for information. Our response reflects activities we believe would be useful if political conditions -- i.e. the return of democratic governance -- will allow. In the Post-Coup environment, our engagement must be very limited a [...]
2009-02-12 13:10:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI
09NOUAKCHOTT128MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...]
2009-02-12 14:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT130FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situation in Mauritania has deteriorated precipitously. There are increasing signs that the junta is running out of money and hard currency is becoming increasing [...]
2009-02-12 14:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT131MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of February 8-12, the junta, political parties, and media voiced their first responses to AU-imposed sanctions. General Aziz visited the University of Nouakchott, leading to a tale of two visits, and he remained coy about his presidential intentions. Amidst rumors [...]
2009-02-12 14:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT137LIBYAN DELEGATION ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE
[...] (SBU) A Libyan delegation led by Ravi Al-Madani, a special envoy of Muammar Qadhafi, arrived in Mauritania February 11. The ostensible purpose of the visit was to encourage all sides to find a consensual solution to the crisis and spare the country from further international sanctions and is [...]
2009-02-17 11:43:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT138MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...]
2009-02-17 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL USAU PGOV MR IS
09NOUAKCHOTT140JUNTA LETTER TO AU PSC PRESIDENT PING - ANOTHER
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy has received copy of letter written and sent February 12 from Junta Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou to AU Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping. In the letter, Mohamedou promises that the HCE will limit itself to national security only as o [...]
2009-02-17 20:38:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT142MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO JUNTA LETTER
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohammedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of the Senate 45 days before the presidential elections June 6 (Reftel) elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch at [...]
2009-02-18 13:41:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT143CORRECTED COPY: MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch attempt to avoid EU sanctions. The following is a [...]
2009-02-18 14:28:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT155SLIPPERY AS EVER, OULD DAHDAH STILL IN TOUCH WITH
[...] (C) Summary: RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah informed Poloff he asked the National Assembly to postpone a February 19 vote to February 22 on key election-related issues and threatened an RFD boycott if he were denied. For the regime sponsored June 6 elections, Ould Dahdah demanded suffrage [...]
2009-02-20 15:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT156MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a letter to the AU proposing a way out of the crisis, a move widely regarded as a bid to avoid further EU condemnation. A proxy of Colonel Vall put forth a new [...]
2009-02-21 09:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT158MAURITANIA 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructins, post submits the following information on Mauitania for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persos (TIP) Report. POC for this report is Political fficer Nitza Sola-Rotger, phone: (222) 525-2660 xt 4404, sola-rotgern@state.gov. 2. (SBU) MURITANIA'S TIP SITUATION [...]
2009-02-22 10:27:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCM KTIP KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC
09NOUAKCHOTT159POST-PARIS: TWO REQUESTS FROM FNDD
[...] (C) Charge met with National Front for the Defense of Democracy President (FNDD),Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, February 20 as Abeidna received word from Paris regarding the outcome of the OIF Consultative Committee meeting regarding Mauritania. (Note: FNDD is national coalition of 14 political par [...]
2009-02-22 13:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT16REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY' HARDENS
[...] (C) Summary -- The two week "National Dialogue on Democracy" developed more a menu of options than a political roadmap out of Mauritania's political crisis. Detractors see what they expected from the process, a charade designed to legitimize General Aziz' coup. Insiders hope Aziz will not u [...]
2009-01-08 08:43:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT161MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO PARIS
[...] (SBU) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to the results of the February 20 OIF-led Consultative Committee Meeting in Paris were mixed, though most saw a small victory for the High State Council. The following is a sample of the reactions. 2. (U) Junta response: No [...]
2009-02-23 12:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT164MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 22-26, first reactions to the Paris Consultative Committee meeting emerged. Libya began a mediation blitz, sending a delegation to Mauritania, and receiving a visit by General Aziz in Tripoli. Muammar Qadhafi may also visit Mauritania for the Prophet [...]
2009-02-27 14:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT165EDUCATING THE LIBYANS; FNDD OUTLINES FIRST STEPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) Director of External Relations, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, met with Charge, Thursday, February 26, to outline policies regarding the mediation efforts of African Union President Qadhafi, relationships within the Mauritanian opposition, [...]
2009-03-01 07:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT167MAURITANIAN JUNTA ASKS ISRAELIS TO LEAVE
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel called Charge evening of March 1 advising that he had been convoked that afternoon by the MFA Secretary General and asked to reciprocate actions taken by the Mauritanian authorities by closing his embassy and leaving. The Secretary General said Mauritania had [...]
2009-03-02 11:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT169WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING? REGIME SEES U.S. POSITION
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi dit Bedena on issues related to Israel (SEPTEL),the Secretary General told Charge that the "government" saw the U.S. was finally coming to better understand the Mauritanian problem as seen in the State Department's F [...]
2009-03-02 15:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT170PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI MAY GO TO LIBYA
[...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge March 2 that President Abdallahi had accepted in principle a request from Muammar Qadhafi to meet with him in Libya on Friday, March 6. Hammoudi said the President had accepted the request from the Libyan Special [...]
2009-03-03 07:49:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT175PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S CAMP INCREASINGLY WORRIED
[...] (C) Multiple FNDD contacts are markedly discouraged following the February 20 meeting if in International Consultative Group on Mauritania and Muammar Qadhafi's entry into the political mix. Qadhafi is not trusted to hold the AU's hard line against the coup but the FNDD recognizes rejecting [...]
2009-03-04 15:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT176ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE "ON EXTENDED VACATION"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 10:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT177FNDD SEES LIBYA RUSHING FOR A DEAL
[...] (C) The FNDD's rotating President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna confirmed to Charge March 5 that President Abdallahi will probably go forward with the Friday trip to Libya to meet with Muammar Qadhafi. Abeidna said he had already received a partial readout from the FNDD delegation in Triploi that is [...]
2009-03-05 10:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT182MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...]
2009-03-05 14:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT183MAURITANIANS PULL BACK SECURITY FROM ISRAELI
[...] (C) The Israeli Ambassador and his Security Officer notified Mission morning of March 6 that host government embassy security forces have been withdrawn from the Israeli chancery leaving it open to attack or pillaging. The Israeli's are moving what they can to the Ambassador's residence whi [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT187ISRAELI AMBASSADOR LEAVES TOWN AS JUNTA CITES U.S.
[...] (C) Status of Israeli Presence: Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel and his wife departed Mauritania the evening of March 7. The Israeli Chancery is now officially "closed" with all security barriers and Mauritanian protective services removed. The Israeli management/security officer and two TDY [...]
2009-03-08 13:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT188HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters under one party has found detractors. While stating their support to the High State Council (HSC),independent parliamentarians are distancing themselves from [...]
2009-03-08 14:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT190EL BASHIR'S ARREST WARRANT ELICITS MIXED REACTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 4 International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur has elicited strong reactions in Mauritania. While the majority of the political class condemns [...]
2009-03-08 16:47:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ICC SU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT191FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...]
2009-03-09 12:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT195QADHAFI WILL SETTLE FOR A JOINT DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Negative review of Libya meeting: Charge met evening of March 9 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Hammoudi's request. Hammoudi provided much the same readout on the Libya visit as provided by FNDD rotating President Abeidna in REFTEL (Hammoudi seemed [...]
2009-03-10 11:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT199GLOBAL FUND ALLEGES FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Global Fund issued a formal complaint letter to its Mauritania Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) February 13 alleging fraud and mismanagement of the country's $32 million Global Fund aid package for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. All funding has been fro [...]
2009-03-12 11:16:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV UNDP KHIV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT2THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY - AN INSIDER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The respected moderator of the National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) sees the process as the best chance to get out of an untenable situation. The 'pragmatists" in the process are looking to establish a framework that will get democracy back on track [...]
2009-01-02 13:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT202QADHAFI LEAVES MAURITANIA WORSE THAN HE FOUND IT
[...] (C) Summary: Libyan leader Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania saw the President of the African Union pursue a mediation policy in direct opposition to the pro-democracy position of the international community he was ostensibly recommending. Qadhafi embraced the junta's plan for return to civilian [...]
2009-03-12 18:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT203MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint declaration between the parties to the crisis, without success. Adding insult to injury, FNDD leaders walked out on his speech at the Palais des Congres when [...]
2009-03-15 08:13:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PROP KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT204OULD DADDAH AND THE FNDD: UNITED AGAINST QADHAFI,
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation," Ahmed Ould Daddah and President Abdallahi's FNDD have again been pushed towards cooperation in denouncing Qadhafi and renouncing the military strategy for June 6 elections. Ould Daddah remains fixed in opposition to President Abdallahi's re [...]
2009-03-15 17:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT210MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 16:35:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT211PRESS CRACKDOWN: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, WEBSITE
[...] (C) Summary: On the night of March 15th, Mauritanian police arrested Abbass Ould Braham, University English Teacher and editor of the tri-lingual on-line newspaper Taquadoumy while he sat in a restaurant among friends. On March 16th, General Prosecutor Seyid Ould Ghaliani ordered Mauritania's [...]
2009-03-18 13:03:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT215MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 15-19, the effects of Qadhafi's visit reverberated throughout the political scene. Aziz began a series of trips around the country that were widely viewed as campaign stops, and launched direct verbal attacks on President Abdallahi and former presidents [...]
2009-03-20 11:38:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KDEM LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT220PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI REACTS TO RECENT EVENTS; FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: In the Charge's fourth visit to Lemden, President Abdallahi expressed concern for Mauritania's economy, and the lack of international reaction to Qadhafi's failed "mediation" efforts. He offered his side of the story with his meeting with Qadhafi, and reiterated his belief that [...]
2009-03-23 14:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT221DELAYS OBTAINING MAURITANIAN VISAS
[...] (C) Summary: The military junta is delaying issuance of visas to American and European citizens. There have been no reports of visa applications actually being denied, but in many cases the delays have lasted well over a month. All visa applications made at Mauritanian embassies in the Unite [...]
2009-03-25 15:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALOTRA PGOV PREL CVIS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT222DADDAH MAKES LEGAL CASE FOR JUNTA MEMBERS'
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Charge received a letter March 25 from RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah. The letter outlines the RFD's argument (which was also made publicly in the press) that members of the military junta (High State Council) cannot legally [...]
2009-03-25 15:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT226MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...]
2009-03-30 07:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT227CONSOLIDATING POWER: THE JUNTA'S NEW CLIENTELISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Qadhafi's mediation efforts unfolded the week of March 9-13, the High State Council (HSC) continuedQming coup supporters to key government positions -- particularly in ministries involved with elections such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Communicat [...]
2009-03-30 11:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT229FNDD RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO FRENCH AND SENEGALESE
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kabed Ould Hammoudi called Charge evening of March 28 to convey President Abdallahi's astonishment with statements made by French President Sarkozy to the effect that there was no opposition to the coup, and to advise that the President [...]
2009-03-30 14:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT230INSIDE THE MAURITANIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: ONE
[...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Editor-in-Chief Cheikh Tijani Ould Isselmou (pen name: Abbass Ould Braham) of the Taqadoumy website was arrested and detained March 15 after posting a story critical of the military regime (Reftel). PolAsst and PAO met with Isselmou March 26 to hear about the cond [...]
2009-03-31 11:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT235FORMER PRESIDENT HAIDALLAH WEIGHS IN ON THE CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Haidallah has maintained a low profile after the August 2008 coup. Nevertheless, he expressed clear support for the upcoming June 6 elections, and tacit support for General Aziz. He characterized the FNDD's position as "illogical," and by extension, the USG po [...]
2009-04-01 13:37:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT237MAURITANIANS DIVIDED OVER SETTLEMENT OF "PASSIF
[...] (C) Summary: Almost twenty years after the "passif humanitaire" -- the state orchestrated persecution of Afro-Mauritanians that resulted in summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, layoffs, expropriations and deportations -- the Mauritanian government, led by junta leader General [...]
2009-04-02 12:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT238MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 29-April 2, General Aziz went to Doha to attend the Arab League Summit, while other members of the ruling High State Council traveled around the country to "educate" the population about the "rectification movement" (coup d'etat). The election calendar was [...]
2009-04-02 12:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT24POLISARIO DISSIDENT VISITS
[...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi dissident Mahjoub Saleck of the Khat al-Shahid faction of POLISARIO saw a significant decrease in nationalist fervor among young Sahrawi in his first authorized visit to POLISARIO controlled areas of Western Sahara since 2006. Saleck saw a disturbing focus instead on mak [...]
2009-01-09 15:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR WI AG
09NOUAKCHOTT240ROUND UP OF CURRENT EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Marked differn*ces exist between the French, Germans, Spanish and European Commission in Nouakchott. The EC sees the Europeans poised to join the American hard-line against the coup with the release of its Article 96 conclusions o/a April 6 (but at a lamentable cost for the Maur [...]
2009-04-02 15:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USEU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT246INCONSISTENT FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NATO STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians, who are prone to glom onto the slightest international statement as a sign of policy signals, are now focused on NATO's Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration released April 4 The official French translation of the Declaration has caused consternation/excitement be [...]
2009-04-05 18:01:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT247SENEGALESE STILL PUSHING FOR MEDIATION ROLE
[...] (C) President Abdallahi's "Foreign Minister" Mohammed Ould Maouloud told Charge April 5 that Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has returned to Mauritania intent on getting President Abdallahi and opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah to accept a bilateral Senegalese political med [...]
2009-04-05 18:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT251JUNTA UNILATERALLY APPOINTS ELECTORAL COMMISSION
[...] (C) The junta took another step towards elections with the April 6 designation of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) president and members. Professor Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, reputed Afro-Mauritanian sociologist, was appointed president while Hamdy Ould Mahjoub, former depu [...]
2009-04-07 17:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT253WHILE PM WAGHEF AND OTHERS LANGUISH IN PRISON,
[...] (C) Summary: Despite General Aziz's repeated claims that there are no political prisoners in Mauritania, the selective targeting of prominent anti-coup individuals indicates otherwise. Four people, Prime Minister Waghef among them, remain in prison charged with corruption and mismanagement [...]
2009-04-08 13:54:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT255FROM CHILD BRIDE TO SEX SLAVE: HOW MAURITANIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Reports of trafficking of Mauritanian child brides to Saudi Arabia are on the rise. The girls, usually between 5 and 12 years of age, are married off to wealthy Saudi men in exchange for hefty bride prices. Once they arrive in Saudi Arabia, they become sex slaves to their hus [...]
2009-04-08 15:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MR PGOV PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT257MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...]
2009-04-08 16:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT260MAURITANIAN ECONOMY DETERIORATING AND LIKELY TO
[...] (C) Summary: The foreign exchange market in Mauritania has stopped functioning and the Central Bank has been rationing foreign currency since November 2008. The difference between the parallel and official exchange rates has grown from zero to 10%. While large companies with connections abroa [...]
2009-04-12 09:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EMIN PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT261MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 5-9, anti-coup sentiment was visible in several venues. The EU suspended cooperation with Mauritania for two years, while an unfortunate translation of a NATO statement sowed confusion. The national electoral commission was finally appointed, while forme [...]
2009-04-12 09:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT266CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AZIZ'
[...] (C) Summary: Efforts to mediate a solution to the Mauritanian crisis continue. AU Commissioner for Security and Peace Ramdane Lamamra and Libyan Secretary of African Affairs Abdessalam Triky arrived in Nouakchott April 11 to discreetly continue the negotiations started by Senegalese Foreig [...]
2009-04-13 12:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT268RENEWED AU-LIBYAN MEDIATION EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union and Libya have started a renewed mediation effort aimed at avoiding the need to apply sanctions. The African Union questions whether the three main Mauritanian protagonists can ever come up with a consensual plan if left to their own devices, and suggests the [...]
2009-04-14 11:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT269THE FNDD'S INTERIM STRATEGY
[...] (S - N/F) Summary: The FNDD sees opportunity in General Aziz's upcoming resignation to work on internal divisions in his support base -- hopefully leaving him out in the cold. Diplomatic activities (including travel by President Abdallahi) will continue as will open resistance. The FNDD fea [...]
2009-04-14 13:52:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT271THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The first person to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming June 6 elections, Ibrahima Sarr is a study in contradictions. A long-time advocate for Afro-Mauritanians, many of his own supporters and peers now accuse him of selling out by working with the military. Recog [...]
2009-04-15 13:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT276MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OULD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT277THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ETHNIC RELATIONS AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's political crisis keeps stirring longstanding ethnic rivalries. The media talks about a "war" between junta leader General Abdel Aziz and anti-coup Haratine political leaders. Some of the leaders themselves describe it as the regime's "permanent" war with anyone re [...]
2009-04-16 13:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT278MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...]
2009-04-16 13:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT28ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL OF
[...] (SBU) Friday prayers in Nouakchott January 9 ended with people taking to the streets to protest continuing Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. Accurate crowd numbers are hard to obtain -- some press reports placed the crowd at 10,000 or even 13,000 people. A more realistic number may [...]
2009-01-12 10:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT282DADDAH STILL IN THE ANTI-COUP CAMP; WANTS MORE US
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah maintained his anti-coup stance, suggested the Senegalese mediation effort might be acceptable, and called for increased USG involvement. He tried to brush off the recent divisions within his party, and he still maintains t [...]
2009-04-20 10:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT284CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL DODGES JUDICIAL
[...] Summary: In a speedy and little published decision, Mauritania's Constitutional Council declared April 15 -- the same day General Aziz resigned -- a "de facto" presidential vacancy which, in keeping with the constitution, opened the way for a transitional period led by President of the Senate [...]
2009-04-21 11:13:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT287ELECTORAL COMMISSION MEMBER RESIGNS FROM "MAFIA
[...] (C) Summary: Sid'Ahmed Ould Habott, a prestigious member of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),resigned April 20 as he believes the CENI's objective is not to organize free and fair elections but to certify Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's electoral victory. For Ould Habott, or [...]
2009-04-22 17:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT288ACCORDING TO VALL, PRO AND ANTI-COUP PARTIES WANT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, political actors are ready for a consensual solution but Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz remains the main obstacle to an agreement. Vall believes the time before the election is crucial to finding a solution. Once the election takes place, [...]
2009-04-23 12:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT289MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...]
2009-04-23 14:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT290CONSIDERING THE SENEGALESE MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Democratically elected president Abdallahi intends to travel to Senegal on Sunday, April 26, accepting an invitation from President Wade. The FNDD and RFD remain open to participation in a Senegalese/African Union mediation subject to several large reservations. They believe (p [...]
2009-04-23 16:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USAU MR
09NOUAKCHOTT306FNDD LOSES FAITH IN SENEGALESE MEDIATION AS IT
[...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees less and less utility in a Senegalese mediation. Despite initial positive signs from Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, the FNDD thinks President Wade was steered away by Aziz. The FNDD was upset that Wade accepted the regime Ambassador's credentia [...]
2009-04-29 15:38:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT308SENATOR SYLLA: OUR RECURRING VIOLENT BIT ACTOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senator Sylla stated he and a group of anti-coup activists are determined to stop Aziz and derail upcoming elections, through violence if necessary. To this end, he wants to obtain arms and logistical support from the Israelis, and have Post serve as an intermediary between t [...]
2009-04-29 17:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT31"NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY" RESULTS APPROVED
[...] (SBU) On January 9 the junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf presided over a special session at the National Assembly where the final report of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" was officially approved. Seventy of the 95 parliamentarians were present, with 63 membe [...]
2009-01-12 17:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT312MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces through the signature of NDI's CFD Charter, which earned them criticism from Ould Daddah for accepting foreign money and interference. Deputy Sid'Ahmed Ould Ahme [...]
2009-04-30 14:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT313MAURITANIANS REPATRIATED FROM SENEGAL SURPASS
[...] (U) Summary: The cumulative number of Mauritanian refugees repatriated from Senegal surpassed 10,000 people in April. There are approximately 10,000 more refugees that remain in Senegal that have expressed their intent to return to Mauritania. To date, all of the refugees have returned to the [...]
2009-04-30 16:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF SOCI ECON MR
09NOUAKCHOTT315SENEGALESE STILL WANT TO PURSUE MEDIATION
[...] (C) During an April 30 meeting, Senegalese Ambassador to Mauritania Mahmoudou Kane downplayed President Abdallahi's decision to "delay" a visit to Senegal indicating that Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio would return to Mauritania the week of May 3 to revive the mediation initiative. 2. [...]
2009-05-03 09:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT32PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO TRAVEL ABROAD, NAME SPECIAL
[...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge that President Abdallahi would be returning to Nouakchott "in a few days" and plans to take a trip abroad after a few days of political and diplomatic consultations in the capital. The President has asked the [...]
2009-01-12 17:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT321MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (C) Summary: This week in Nouakchott the authorities surprised everybody by authorizing protests. Demonstrations were overall peaceful except for two incidents of violence by FNDD and RFD supporters against the journalist who published the Ould Daddah interview and an Aziz supporter. Mauri [...]
2009-05-10 07:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT323AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President of the Senate Ba M'Bare's "presidency," and the role played in the political crisis by Mauritania's neighbors. The FNDD and RFD asked the U.S. to pressure Fra [...]
2009-05-11 16:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT327THE FNDD'S EVER-CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The FNDD, while suspicious of Senegalese President Wade's intentions, is again looking at the Senegalese mediation as a method to derail the regime's election agenda. The FNDD has multiple conditions, but sees the Senegalese proposal as the basis to start talking about talking [...]
2009-05-12 17:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL USAU SG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT328AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI IN LEMDEN
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi, still determined to fight the coup and very much active in the opposition, declared himself open to concessions as long as proposed solutions respected the constitution. The president thinks the Senegalese, rather than coming to the negotiation table with [...]
2009-05-13 17:01:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT330MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of May 10-14, there were rumors of possible arms from Iran. An embassy travel notification to the MFA was rejected, and Taqadoumy touched off another sensation in the media. There was a sit-in at the National Assembly, and the Ambassador traveled to Lemden to visi [...]
2009-05-14 12:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KDEM PHUM CVIS ASEC PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT332MEETINGS WITH NEW PRO-COUP POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst met with two different breeds of new pro-coup political parties. Union Pour la Republique (UPR),intimately connected with coup leader and now presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sees the June 6 election as an opportunity to return to constitution [...]
2009-05-17 08:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT333AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON JUNTA "FOREIGN MINISTER"
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on the junta "Foreign Minister" on May 12 amid a wave of negative press featuring accusations of improper interference by the Embassy in internal affairs, an apparent GIRM suspension of visa issuances for official Americans, and attempts to limit in-country US [...]
2009-05-17 08:40:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETPREL PGOV ODIP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT336SENEGALESE MEDIATION: FNDD AND RFD STILL COMMITTED
[...] (C) Summary: FNDD and RFD emissaries told Ambassador that they remain committed to the Senegalese mediation, which they described as the "last opportunity" to reach a consensual agreement. Nevertheless, Aziz has sent discouraging signs by not responding to their calls to suspend the electi [...]
2009-05-18 09:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT342CONTRARY TO SENEGALESE CLAIMS, FNDD AND AZIZ HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: Contrary to what Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio apparently implied to U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Marcia S. Bernicat, the FNDD has not struck a deal with Aziz. According to the Senegalese, all the elements are in place for an agreement but RFD President Ahmed [...]
2009-05-20 13:00:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT343THE FIRST LADY: NOT THE PRIMA DONNA DETRACTORS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware's wife and EconOff spent the day with First Lady Khatou Mint El Boukhary while Ambassador met with President Abdallahi. Boukhary, portrayed by many as controlling and demanding, was warm and down to earth and clearly pleased by Mrs. Boulware's visit. She than [...]
2009-05-21 09:02:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT344MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Senegalese mediation efforts dominated the political scene for the week of May 17-21. The anti-US media campaign continued, while the FNDD and RFD held a large march to protest General Aziz's election plans. Despite rumors of the imminent release of the "FNDD four" (arrested fo [...]
2009-05-21 17:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT345OULD DADDAH'S RESERVATIONS: THE SENEGALESE WANT A
[...] (C) Summary: According to RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah, anti-coup forces are currently on standby following a May 20 meeting with Senegalese mediators. The opposition has still not received a firm response regarding pre-conditions for continued negotiations. If the response to their dem [...]
2009-05-22 14:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT346SENEGALESE OPEN THE DOOR
[...] (C) Summary. Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio and fellow mediators convoked on May 21 representatives of members of the International Contact Group on Mauritania to announce agreement in principle between major protagonists to end Mauritania,s political crisis. The deal, to be announced a [...]
2009-05-22 14:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MR PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT352ABDALLAHI'S EMISSARIES' CONCERNS ABOUT MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary: Sidney Sokhna, Diplomatic Advisor to President Abdallahi, called on Ambassador to provide background on the Senegalese mediation and seek clarification of the USG position. Sokhna said that pro-democracy forces in the FNDD and RFD suspected the impartiality of mediators and we [...]
2009-05-26 12:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT354FNDD AND RFD FEEL THEY ARE NEGOTIATING "UNDER THE
[...] (C) Summary: The FNDD and RFD have accepted Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's invitation to travel to Dakar on May 28 for a last negotiation. They stated they are accepting "in good faith" but reiterated their distrust of the Senegalese and the Libyans. According to FNDD and RFD emiss [...]
2009-05-26 18:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT356ROSSO'S TOWN HALL: AGREEING TO DISAGREE
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the town hall in Rosso, EmbOffs witnessed spirited but respectful political debates between the Secretary General, who expressed support for General Aziz, and a Deputy Mayor, who advocated constitutional order. Such free debate indicates a willingness to coe [...]
2009-05-28 09:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT357THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: AN EMPTY SHELL
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst visited Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) representatives in the Trarza, Mauritania's second largest administrative and electoral region after Nouakchott. The visit took EmbOffs to two contrasting places: the regional capital of Rosso and the [...]
2009-05-28 13:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT358PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SGHAIR OULD M'BARECK: "I
[...] (C) Summary: Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Haratine (Black Moor) with extensive experience in Mauritanian government, and says he will strengthen democracy in Mauritania if elected. He accused the United States of encouraging a "radical" opposition, and maintains the June 6 elections are the so [...]
2009-05-28 15:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT360PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAMIDOU BABA KANE: "YES WE
[...] (C) Summary: Hamidou Baba Kane is one of two Afro-Mauritanian candidates in the upcoming June 6 presidential elections. The Vice President of the National Assembly (and former Vice President in Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD party),Kane claims he is still a member of RFD, even though Daddah expel [...]
2009-05-28 16:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT361MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (C) Summary: The electoral campaign has started without much participation or enthusiasm. General Aziz's campaigning has taken over Nouakchott, giving the not-so-mistaken impression that there is only one candidate in this presidential race. Nevertheless, the campaign's empty tents make it [...]
2009-05-28 16:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT363ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESIDENT: CARTE BLANCHE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara believes that the June 6 elections are the only way out of the crisis. Camara, not a friend of the FNDD or President Abdallahi's, is convinced that moving forward with the June 6 election has ma [...]
2009-05-31 12:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT366JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN
[...] (C) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are distributing free fish to their constitutents, likely on behalf of the junta. The "Prime Minister" and "Food Security Commissioner" oversaw the distribution of 2 [...]
2009-06-02 13:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS PGOV PREL SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT368NOUADHIBOU CENI: FINGERS CROSSED FOR CONSENSUS BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In a visit to Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) headquarters in Nouadhibou, EmbOffs saw comparable conditions to those found in the Trarza CENI (Ref A). Like their Trarza colleagues, Nouadhibou CENI representatives wished there would be a consensus but keep prep [...]
2009-06-03 09:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT369TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED IN DAKAR, BUT NO
[...] (SBU) The agreement: Representatives of the three main parties to the Mauritanian crisis -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Ould Daddah and his RFD party, and the anti-coup FNDD group -- tentatively reached an agreement the evening of June 2 in Dakar, after six days of intense negotia [...]
2009-06-03 12:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT37EUROPEANS ON NEXT STEPS IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Summary: The EC Representative in Nouakchott says no position has yet been taken on the significance of the National Dialogue on Democracy but does not believe the regime's actions will be sufficient to avoid negative European actions under Article 96 proceedings. European ambassadors a [...]
2009-01-13 16:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT370ON THE EVE OF AN AGREEMENT, NOUADHIBOU "MOROSE AND
[...] (C) Summary: A day before a tentative agreement to the ongoing political crisis was reached in Dakar (Ref A),EmbOffs traveled to the economic capital of Nouadhibou to assess the mood and political situation ahead of elections. In meetings with both anti-coup and pro-coup political actors, t [...]
2009-06-03 17:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT374MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Once again, the Senegalese mediation dominated the political scene in Mauritania for the week of May 31 to June 4. To the surprise of many, a tentative agreement was reached in Dakar June 2. President Wade and the parties to the crisis are scheduled to officially sign the agr [...]
2009-06-04 15:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT378HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR
[...] (C) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a sometimes raucous ceremony. After a meeting with President Abdallahi in Lemden on June 6, International Contact Group members and representatives of the three po [...]
2009-06-08 16:13:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT379LONG DETENTION PERIODS AND POOR CONDITIONS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Much has been said about the Nouadhibou illegal migrant detention center, also known popularly as "little Guantanamo" or "Guantanamito." The detention center -- or "welcome center" as Mauritanian authorities refer to it -- houses illegal migrants intercepted at sea on their way [...]
2009-06-08 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR PHUM SMIG
09NOUAKCHOTT385MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (C) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took center stage. As of June 11, though, a national unity government had not yet been finalized. Prime Minister Waghef and other detainees deemed political prison [...]
2009-06-11 11:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT386MAURITANIA: A NEW DRUG-TRAFFICKING HUB IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Drug-trafficking in Mauritania is on the rise and becoming a concern not only for the country but also the region. Mauritania is a transit country for hashish resin and cocaine, two highly profitable drugs. Hashish resin is trafficked from Morocco to the Gulf States through t [...]
2009-06-11 12:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR SNAR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT396MAURITANIA TIP DEMARCHE CABLE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, leaving the non-paper and the 2009 TIP report country narrative for Mauritania with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi Baba on June 15, 2009. 3. (SBU) After a review of the TIP [...]
2009-06-16 16:55:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT411FNDD REMAINS IN SOLIDARITY WITH ABDALLAHI
[...] (C) Summary: FNDD co-President Mohamed Ould Maouloud denied Senegalese and European statements that the Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) and the Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques (RFD) were ready to accept implementation of the Dakar Accord without President Abdal [...]
2009-06-24 18:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT414MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (C) Summary: This week, the parties to the crisis traveled to Dakar to negotiate the future of the High State Council (HSC),an issue that has been blocking the implementation of the Accord for the past two weeks. The parties were unable to reach a consensus, obliging President Wade to rus [...]
2009-06-25 10:51:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT420MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 28 -- A
[...] (C) One day into the new and internationally recognized transitional Government of National Unity, the inherent distrust of all the parties are already threatening collapse. The International Contact Group, that has agreed to meet twice daily into the foreseeable future, has its own division [...]
2009-06-28 23:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT422MAURITANIA: THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians and the international community alike breathed a sigh of relief when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi signed in the late hours of June 24 the decree forming a Transitional Government of National Unity, followed by his voluntary resignation. This symbolic gest [...]
2009-06-29 13:27:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MR KDEM PINR
09NOUAKCHOTT423MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 29 --
[...] (SBU) June 29 saw the opposition parties' protest to the Constitutional Council dismissed, with the Council's decision to uphold the election schedule decreed by Prime Minister Laghdaf on June 28 despite the lack of consensus. The Constitutional Council's decision clears the way for the mult [...]
2009-06-29 15:48:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT428MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 30:
[...] (C) The Contact Group met the afternoon of June 29. AU Ambassador Annadif said that, despite previous confidence expressed by Prime Minister Laghdaf, the three parties had not yet been able to reach agreement concerning the civil society members of the National Independent Electoral Commiss [...]
2009-07-01 09:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT431MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...]
2009-07-02 14:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT433MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 2 -- ON
[...] (C) Maouloud complains about electoral list revision timeframe: On June 30, Maouloud complained to Annadif and the ICG that the original ten-day extraordinary electoral list revision had been shortened to four days. The revision, a crucial step towards transparency and confidence building, [...]
2009-07-02 15:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT436MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 5 -- THE
[...] (SBU) Minister of the Interior satisfied: The International Contact Group (ICG) met with the Transitional Government of National Unity's Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ould Rzeizime (from the anti-coup FNDD political alliance) on July 2. Rzeizime stated election planning was on track and [...]
2009-07-06 16:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT440MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 6-7 --
[...] (C) Electoral campaign kicks off (again): Almost overnight, Nouakchott has become a tent city with hundreds of "khaimas" erected one next to the other in honor of the main presidential candidates. Compared to the dull, one-man campaign leading to the canceled June 6 elections, this preside [...]
2009-07-07 17:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT443MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 8 --
[...] (U) The OIF will send observers: The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) confirmed on July 8 it will send an observer mission headed by former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya. 2. (U) Aziz comes forward as the real author of the 2005 coup: During a political rally i [...]
2009-07-08 15:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT446MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Campaign against forced-feeding and over-eating: The Mauritanian government will launch a program in 2010 in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund to fight cultural practices and perceptions that adversely affect women, including forced-feeding and over-eating. The program [...]
2009-07-09 15:52:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT45A BEATEN SENATE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Charge visited a dejected President of the Senate Ba M'Bare on January 14. During Charge's previous meeting in November (REFTEL),M'Bare opposed the regime despite extreme pressure from the new Central Bank Governor who had cut his check signing privileges and a commission of inquiry set [...]
2009-01-14 14:44:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT451MAURITANIA ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 12 --
[...] (SBU) Aziz organizes massive political rally: As promised last week on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held a political rally in the Nouakchott neighborhood of Arafat on July 11. The event was widely publicized and Mattel cell phone users received an unso [...]
2009-07-12 17:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT453ARAB MAGHREB DIRECTOR TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WESTERN
[...] (C) PolOff paid a courtesy visit on July 12 to Arab Maghreb Director Mohamed Ould Mekhale to inquire after UN SRSG for Western Sahara Chris Ross's visit to Mauritania on June 27. PolOff wanted to ask if the Secretary of State in charge of the Arab Maghreb had met with Ross, how the Mauritan [...]
2009-07-13 15:30:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV WI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT455MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 13 -- THE
[...] (C) AU pressures Prime Minister to address complaints: The Ambassador attended an International Contact Group (ICG) meeting July 12 which discussed persistent complaints by the main three opposition candidates about Aziz's disregard for main Dakar Accord points (Ref A and B),African Union r [...]
2009-07-13 16:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT46IRAN URGES/ENTICES MAURITANIA TO CUT TIES WITH
[...] (SBU) Iranian Vice President Mohamed Ridha Rahimi came to Nouakchott January 13 and met with military junta leader General Aziz to discuss primarily Gaza. Press reports in the official media said the Iranian welcomed the Mauritanian decision to recall their ambassador. Independent press and [...]
2009-01-15 13:37:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT460MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 15 - 16
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs declines US help: The US Embassy offer of aircraft support for the transportation of AU/OIF observer missions to the faraway cities of Zouerate, Selibaby and Nema was declined by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 16. In a telep [...]
2009-07-16 14:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT461THE RISE OF THE OULED BISBAA
[...] (SBU) Summary: It is extremely difficult for Westerners to gain an understanding of the complex and opaque world of Mauritanian tribes. Mauritanians tend to be tight lipped about tribal issues and rarely unveil tribal details or the dynamics of tribal politics. The Ouled Bisbaa, a traditi [...]
2009-07-16 14:14:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT462MAURITANIA: DEFINING -- BUT UNPREDICTABLE --
[...] (C) Summary: As we approach the July 18 Presidential elections in Mauritania, there are too many unknowns to make any credible prediction about the outcome. Although Mauritania's elites have been enmeshed by over ten months of intense political struggle since the August 6, 2008, coup, the [...]
2009-07-16 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT47FREEZING OF MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONS
[...] (C) The Mauritanian regime's decision, as announced by General Aziz at the Doha Summit on January 16, to "freeze relations" with Israel has little practical effect for the time being. The Israeli Ambassador received a diplomatic note January 17 announcing that Mauritania had decided to freez [...]
2009-01-18 15:28:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT480THE MAURITANIANS DISAPPOINT -- AZIZ ELECTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian people appear to have selected General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their next duly elected president. Although there are isolated reports of inappropriate efforts to influence voters, the election itself proceeded reasonably well offering the population a chance [...]
2009-07-20 11:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT486MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WOULD WELCOME USG HELP IN
[...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice has been informed of Mauritania's reclassification to Tier 3 in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and has been briefed about the process and potential consequences for future USG- Government of Mauritania engagement. Dr. Haimoud Ould Ramadhane, [...]
2009-07-22 13:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR ELAB KTIP PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT490MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JULY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 15:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR PHUM PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT491IT'S OFFICIAL -- CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL CONFIRMS
[...] (U) The Mauritanian Constitutional Council on July 23 issued its ruling ratifying the results of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections definitively establishing General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as president elect. Prior to ratifying the election, the Constitutional Council addressed the [...]
2009-07-24 12:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT496AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT AZIZ
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware called on President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to say that the USG accepted the Constitutional Council,s determination that Aziz had been elected and was not persuaded that opposition complaints of major electoral irregularities were convincingly supported [...]
2009-07-29 09:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT504ON IRAN, ISRAEL AND US-MAURITANIA RELATIONS: HEADS
[...] (C) Summary: According to Mohamed Aly Cherif, Parliamentarian Majority President and leader of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),the new government is willing to work with the opposition but the ball is now on the opposition's court. Cherif doe [...]
2009-08-03 09:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT505MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...]
2009-08-03 17:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT506OPPOSITION LEADERS ON THE FUTURE OF THE FNDD
[...] (C) Summary: The Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) is still active despite its electoral defeat and the defection of founding party Tawassoul. Leaders Mohamed Ould Maouloud and Abdel Koudouss Abeidna believe the FNDD has a future as an umbrella organization for oppositi [...]
2009-08-04 15:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT510MAURITANIA: LEADER OF OPPOSITION OULD DADDAH SEES
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to see fraud in the July 18 presidential elections even as he remains at a loss to explain how. He regrets that the U.S. -- "the last hope for Mauritania" -- has accepted a mechanical definition of democracy and opted for security o [...]
2009-08-11 15:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT512MAURITANIA: TIER 3 REASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A, please note that due to a prolonged political crisis, Mauritania has made limited progress in addressing the recommendations outlined in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). The Transitional Government of National Unity stemming from the Dakar Acc [...]
2009-08-12 16:28:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKTIP PGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT513JAPAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN
[...] (C) The head of the "Japanese Preparatory Office" in Nouakchott, Miyamoto Musayuk, told DCM August 12 that Tokyo was moving forward on the establishment of an embassy in Mauritania. As discussed in REFTELs, the Japanese had been well advanced in their planning for an embassy but had to put e [...]
2009-08-12 17:14:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA MR
09NOUAKCHOTT514AZIZ' NEW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 12:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT515THE "FIRST" FEMALE ARAB MUSLIM FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass emphasized the importance for women in the Arab world that she not fail as the "first Arab Muslim" foreign minister. She welcomed renewed cooperation with the United States in all areas of counter-terrorism but emphasized devel [...]
2009-08-17 17:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN MR IS
09NOUAKCHOTT538BIO INFO FOR MAURITANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) On August 11, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz named his cabinet, composed of 29 positions (24 ministers, 3 deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generals and one minister counselor) (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf: Laghdaf was first appointed prime [...]
2009-08-20 11:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MR PINR
09NOUAKCHOTT546AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER LAGHDAF -
[...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian relationship with the U.S. has "turned a page," and the newly (re)appointed Prime Minister looks forward to a broad and strong revitalized relationship. Counter-terrorism is of extreme importance -- the withdrawal of Peace Corps following the killing of an Ameri [...]
2009-08-25 15:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT569PRESIDENT AZIZ ON MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Ambassador met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 ostensibly to deliver President Obama's invitation for a luncheon with sub-Saharan Heads of State on the margins of UNGA (SEPTEL) and to deliver REFTEL demarche on the eve of the Arab League summit. Ambassador expanded [...]
2009-09-08 16:32:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT575MAURITANIA: LAYERED SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (C) The Way Forward: On September 2-3, Post hosted a Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) country-specific conference to develop a coordinated "hard" and "soft" counter-terrorism re-engagement strategy for FY09 and FY10. Conference participants included Country Team members, [...]
2009-09-09 16:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PTER EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT577GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATION IN MAURITANIA: FUNDS GO
[...] (C) Summary: After widespread reports of mismanagement of aid granted to Mauritania through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a Global Fund financial investigation uncovered that nearly 74% of all aid funds to Mauritania were either spent improperly, or were not sufficie [...]
2009-09-14 09:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID TBIO SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT580MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...]
2009-09-14 13:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR
09NOUAKCHOTT593MAURITANIA: PRESIDENT AZIZ ON TERRORISM AND
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's August 8 call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on other matters, Aziz spoke about the terrorist and extremist threats facing Mauritania. Aziz focused first on the internal drivers of extremism, telling the Ambassador that disgruntled youth were driven to extre [...]
2009-09-15 12:40:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS EAID PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT607MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP DOES A
[...] (U) The International Contact Group on Mauritania convened on September 10, 2009 in Nouakchott to consider developments in Mauritania since the finalization of the Dakar Accord's laying out the steps for a consensual return to constitutional order leading to new elections to resolve Mauritan [...]
2009-09-17 17:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT617MAURITANIA: FY2010 1206 PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post supports the following two fiscal year 2010 (FY10) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funded proposals totaling $16.1 million from US Africa Command for: - Mauritania counter-terrorism company T&E - $10.50 million - Maintenance/logistic [...]
2009-09-28 10:57:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP MASS MR PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT619FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW
[...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...]
2009-09-28 12:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NOUAKCHOTT623FORMER PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI - "I UNDERESTIMATED THE
[...] (C) A Man Content With Himself: Charge met with former President Abdallahi on September 24 at his simple home in the village of Lemden (three hours southeast of Nouakchott). This was the first meeting with Abdallahi since he resigned his office on June 24 as his part of the Dakar Accords. Ab [...]
2009-09-29 13:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT635MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In the month of September, the International Contact Group visited Mauritania to take stock of the post-election political situation. Delegations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank also visited and renewed programs with Mauritania. President Aziz travel [...]
2009-10-01 12:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT639TURKEY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA
[...] (U) According to press reports published on October 1, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davat Ogloo announced his country's intention to open an embassy in Nouakchott to strengthen Turkish-Mauritanian cooperation. This declaration followed Ogloo's meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Affai [...]
2009-10-06 13:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR TU
09NOUAKCHOTT655OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MAURITANIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA
[...] (C) Summary: On October 8, African Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Habib Ball shared with PolOff Mauritania's official position on the Guinean crisis as well as his personal insights. According to Ball, Mauritanians, who have not yet issued an officia [...]
2009-10-12 14:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT657A PESSIMISTIC ALGERIAN OUTLOOK ON MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Departing Algerian Ambassador Rachid Chakib Kaid (protect throughout) provided Charge a pessimistic outlook on Mauritania's political prospects in the coming year. Kaid, who has served in Mauritania for five years, said he had witnessed the roller-coaster of recurring coups. He had hope [...]
2009-10-12 15:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MR AG
09NOUAKCHOTT659MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION SLOWLY ADJUSTING TO NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leaders continue to absorb the results of the July presidential elections with a mix of disillusionment and anger. While they struggle to maintain some of the political unity that marked opposition resistance to the coup, they are preparing to assume the role of a peac [...]
2009-10-13 15:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT663GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 08:08:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT664SENATE ELECTIONS: MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COMPETE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One third of the senate -- fifteen seats -- is up for election on November 8 before the opening of the next ordinary parliamentary session in mid-November. These elections will be the first for the majority party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),which hopes to assert its contr [...]
2009-10-19 08:38:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT696MAURITANIA: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post supports the following two fiscal year 2010 (FY10) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funded proposals totaling $16.1 million from US Africa Command for: - Mauritania counter-terrorism company T&E - $10.50 million - Maintenance/logistic [...]
2009-10-28 10:16:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP MASS PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT697MAURITANIAN MINISTERS ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM
[...] (SBU) DCM met October 21 in separate meetings with the Minister of Islamic Affairs, The Minister of Communication, and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to discuss the efforts of these ministries to combat extremism and to discuss how the DOD Media Information Support Team (MIST),USA [...]
2009-10-28 14:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT698TAWASSOUL: PUSH TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PRESENCE
[...] (C) Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul has been one of the few winners in the past year of political crisis -- successfully establishing itself as a credible political movement and poised to expand its influence. This political party, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Taya's gove [...]
2009-10-29 13:54:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT7GAZA: MAURITANIANS INDIRECTLY LINK RECALL OF
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel confirmed with junta Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou the Mauritanian authorities have recalled their Ambassador in Israel "for consultations" in response to tremendous domestic and foreign pressure. Ould Mohamedou told the Ambassador that [...]
2009-01-05 19:00:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT705MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE
[...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...]
2009-11-02 07:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT708MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW
[...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT711SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA: AN OVERVIEW AND ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: A deeply entrenched social, cultural and economic phenomenon, slavery is present in both the Moor and Afro-Mauritanian communities and is linked to a caste system rather than exclusively racial considerations. Slavery practices still exist in many forms -- from the most tradit [...]
2009-11-03 16:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM TIP PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT72EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S
[...] (SBU) President Abdallahi, who was "released without condition" by General Aziz on December 21, is being prevented today from returning to Nouakchott with his supporters. Abdallahi's spokesmen have announced that the President intends to make a policy announcement laying out an alternative ex [...]
2009-01-22 13:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT727RULING PARTY SWEEPS SENATORIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, ruling party Union Pour la Republique (UPR) won a majority of seats -- 13 out of 17 -- in the November 8 election for the renewal of the senate's third. Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul, which was fielding a common list with UPR, won one seat in Nouakchott. Th [...]
2009-11-10 08:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT728OPPOSITION DENOUNCES CORRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: For opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohamed Ould Maouloud, the outcome of the November 8 senatorial elections is the living proof that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz intends to squash all dissenting voices through widespread electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the [...]
2009-11-13 03:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT73ABDALLAHI'S POLITICAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's political base see the blockage of the President's return to Nouakchott on January 22 as evidence he is still under effective house arrest and prohibited from engaging in the political process. There are fears for his physical security if he tries to leave [...]
2009-01-23 16:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT730TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN
[...] (C) Ambassador raised the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Aziz with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ould Sidi on November 15 and shared copies of diplomatic notes exchanged in the first detainee return in 2007. The Secretary General promised a later formal respons [...]
2009-11-15 16:30:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR
09NOUAKCHOTT735ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR GLOBAL FUND ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the announcement of Mauritania's suspension from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS grants, a recent internal United Nations Development Program audit of the Mauritanian Global Fund grants for tuberculosis and malaria indicates that these funds have also been improperly di [...]
2009-11-16 12:10:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT815MAURITANIAN LAW AND PRACTICE RELATED TO SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritania has harsh laws making homosexual acts a crime ostensibly punishable by death; however, these laws have never been applied. Mauritanian society is very conservative in regards to homosexuality with recognized homosexuals keeping a low profile. End Summary 2. (SB [...]
2009-12-27 15:14:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT818MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEES ALGERIA AS
[...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian Foreign Minister sees Algeria as hindering a regional response to the AQIM threat -- both by seeking to exclude some regional countries (presumably Morocco) from the conversation and dissuading neighbors from cooperating with external partners like AFRICOM. The [...]
2009-12-28 14:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET MR AG
09NOUAKCHOTT823AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed concerns that lack of respect for due process in the prosecution of corruption and slander cases -- regardless of the merits of the case -- will negatively affect Mauritania's human rights image which, in turn, may inhibit the expansion of partnerships wit [...]
2009-12-30 08:26:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT83MAYOR OF NEMA FIGHTS ON WHILE PRO-COUP PARTISANS
[...] (C) Summary: The mayor of the remote southeastern town of Nema continues to try to improve the living conditions of his residents, despite ongoing attempts by pro-coup politicians to unseat him from his post. The economic situation remains as precarious as ever, exacerbated by the pullout o [...]
2009-01-28 09:14:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KDEM MR PGOV PREL PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT9ALLEGED MAURITANIAN SUPPORT TO MALIAN TUAREG REBELS
[...] (C) During a January 6 meeting with President Abdallahi's effective Foreign Minister and FNDD leader Mohamed Ould Maouloud on internal political issues (SEPTEL),Maouloud raised the FNDD's concern about increasing Mauritanian military support to Malian Tuareg rebels. Maouloud alleged that abo [...]
2009-01-06 17:07:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ML MR
09NOUAKCHOTT94SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity and concessions to the Junta allow General Aziz to consolidate power. This is, they intimated, an economic, human rights and political disaster. Senator Mo [...]
2009-01-30 03:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09NOUKKCHOTT514AZIZ' EW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD"
[...] (C) Summary: President elect Mohamed Ould AbdelAAziz appointed a new cabinet on August 11. Led by former Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagha f, the cabinet has 29 positions (24 ministers, deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generalsa nd one minister counselor). Aziz set a posit [...]
2009-08-13 12:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09OSAKAKOBE135Of Madonnas and Manifestos: Kansai Braces for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in western Japan are poised to hand a historic victory to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in legislative elections, tracking developments nationwide in a race highlighted by negative campaigning by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),a debate dominated by issue [...]
2009-08-28 09:09:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE37 Paradigm Shift: Kansai Enterprises Contemplate a
[...] (SBU) Summary: "Paradigm shift" was the catchphrase of choice during the annual meeting of Kansai area economic groups, global companies, high tech firms, and other major enterprises. With major stakes in manufacturing for export, many participants bemoaned the gloomy prospects for dealing w [...]
2009-02-25 22:37:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ENRG PGOV JA
09OSAKAKOBE45KANSAI ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kansai-based business people and experts are generally optimistic on the mid to long term outlook for Kansai's economic recovery. In the short term, they cite lack of economic confidence and the uncertainty over Japan's leadership and political outlook are the biggest obstacl [...]
2009-03-16 23:13:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
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